【Liai】Horizon

LAUSA2013.8.24

His mouth was sealed with tape, and Allen could only stare at the person opposite him.

The other party also looked at him playfully, the old Miller pushed his gold-rimmed glasses, raised his black cane with his right hand and poked the boy's shoulder, neither light nor heavy, in exchange for his dissatisfied grunt.He struggled hard for a while, but he also judged rationally that he couldn't break free from the hemp rope that tied his hands behind his back.

"When did Levi raise such a beautiful little beast?"

There were chuckles, and Allen's angry eyes aroused their interest instead, which made him sick.

He woke up in the evening, almost glanced around and thought of his current situation.The person who kidnapped him was just tying him up, and there was no excessive action other than verbal teasing.Obviously they're waiting, waiting for a deal, or rather, Levi.

Old Miller looked determined to win, and he even hummed a song in a good mood.Allen swore that if he wasn't bound by the damn rope, he would definitely break his hooked nose with a punch.

Seemingly getting bored of waiting, the old Miller walked up to the boy again, pulling his hair and forcing him to look directly at him.

"Guess, how much assets will Levi exchange for you?" Old Miller squinted his eyes, then tore off the tape on the boy's mouth with a sudden realization, "Oh, I almost forgot that you can't talk."

Allen gritted his teeth and replied, "Maybe I'm completely irrelevant?!"

"Well, German kid, you can speak English well." Old Miller let go of him, and there was another burst of laughter around him.

Allen tried his best to breathe steadily, and looked at the stacked wooden pile boxes around him. This looks like a warehouse, and the outside is very quiet. It seems that this place is in the suburbs.Surrounded by people who looked like thugs, there were about 20 of them.Old Miller sat at a brought desk with white papers spread out and a suitcase with--

"Are you looking at this?" Old Miller smiled and raised the pistol on the table to the boy's eyes. "Wings of Liberty, tsk tsk. Don't you know what that is, kid?"

"What?" Allen didn't want to say a word to him, but this question did make him care.

Old Miller seemed to remember something, he weighed the gun in his hand, looking at the silver wings carved on the black handle. "The Wings of Liberty is a relic left to him by Levi's father. To some extent, it symbolizes the supreme power of CORPS. All people under CORPS on the road, or those who owe their favors, must do their best to serve the Wings of Freedom unconditionally. Allegiance to his master."

The old Miller spoke slowly, as if telling a story, and he admired the boy's eyes from anger to surprise.

"Well, that's the gun I stole."

"Oh?"

As soon as the old Miller's rising sound started, the door of the warehouse opened, and the sound of footsteps gradually approached.Allen stared at Levi who was walking towards him with wide eyes. There were seven thug-like people behind him, and the old Miller nodded at them.

no? !alone?

Allen looked at Levi nervously, but the other's gaze moved away after only sweeping across his face once.

"It's a long way to go, Levi." Old Miller said with a half-smile, "You're a little younger than I thought."

Levi said nothing, his face was expressionless, his eyes were like knives.The old Miller knew that he was cold, and laughed dryly a few times.

In the face of an absolutely overwhelming number of people, in his opinion, Levi has no chance of winning. The opponent's reinforcements will not arrive so quickly. He has many opportunities to kill him directly with a single shot, but this is boring.Old Miller enjoys the process of hunting prey, which is a kind of revenge and desire. He likes to watch people struggle, just like the boy's eyes just now, it is undoubtedly adding to his enjoyment.

Of course, the hunter who was killed by the prey is another story that he doesn't believe.

No one spoke for a while, and the old Miller squinted at Levi: "One billion dollars plus all the companies in the United States controlled by CORPS, how about this gun and this boy?"

Levi still didn't speak, the thug behind him impatiently stabbed him in the back with a gun, "The old man asked you something!"

It doesn't matter if you don't move, Levi turned around blankly, and punched the man in the face, the man was cursing and just about to make a move, Levi grabbed his gun with five strokes and put him down, taking advantage of the situation Press the toe of his shoe to his throat.

"I don't like being pointed at with a gun, and." Levi took two steps back and straightened his collar. There were already more than 20 guns pointing at him around him, and he turned his head as if he didn't see it. Looking at the old Miller, "To trade, you have to show some sincerity."

The old Miller chuckled a few times, and he pointed to Allen, "Untie him and put down the guns."

Allen, whose hands and feet were free again, was stopped in place by the muzzle just as he wanted to approach.Levi put aside the gun he just got, which made the old Miller raise his eyebrows again.

"Let him go, I agree to your terms."

This sentence had a great impact on Allen, he opened his mouth, Levi's calm expression made him not know what to say, he didn't look at himself at all.

The old Miller was a little excited. He watched Levi pick up a pen on the blank check on the table and sign his name.

"Let him go, now."

Levi flipped through the documents without raising his head, his tone remained calm.

"If you don't do it, will it appear that my Miller family is not good?" Old Miller chuckled, and he threw the Wings of Liberty to the young man.There is no reluctance, life lies in the game.He thought vainly that after Levi was dealt with, the gun would be his sooner or later.

Allen's first reaction when he got the gun was to shoot the old man, and the wings of Wings of Liberty flew across the air.But he took the gun tremblingly, and heard Levi's voice, "Allen, let's go now."

"But! Mr. Levi, you..."

"Do you want to defy my word?"

"I--"

The old Miller looked like he was watching a play, and made a "please" gesture to the boy.

The man whispered, "Be obedient."

Allen felt very bad, he tried his best to turn away from Levi, and then walked away from him step by step.For a moment he thought of a lot, and for a moment his brain went blank again.

He is stepping away from Levi, the man who suddenly broke into his life, but is determined to quit at any time.

He had almost reached the warehouse door, and Allen's heart was beating wildly. He looked at the gun in his hand, and the Wings of Liberty under the moonlight had a delicate and solemn outline.

If he just left like this, he would probably regret it... definitely.

If you don’t know what to do, just ask your heart.

As if he heard the boy's footsteps walking back, the old Miller raised his hand and fired several shots at the wooden pile box on the side. The purpose of the demonstration was obvious.When Allen heard the gunshot, he saw a stack of boxes about to fall towards him, and he had to make a choice at that moment.

In many cases, a choice is a fork in the road, which will branch the future into two completely different directions.He didn't have much time to think about it, but it mattered a lot: if Allen avoided the falling stake boxes, he would miss the best shooting opportunity.He fired a total of 23 shots at the shooting club the day before yesterday, removing four clips of six bullets each.In other words, there is only one bullet in the Wings of Liberty, and only these critical seconds may bring Levi back to the situation.

But if he doesn't get away.

He didn't even realize that he put the "but" on the back burner.

"I have always wondered why no matter how wise and reasonable a choice we make, no one can know whether it is right or wrong until the result comes out. In the end, all we are allowed to do is to firmly believe in that choice and try not to regret it That's all."

That was the only word that came to mind at that moment.It is like another part of memory that has fallen elsewhere, dragging a heavy chain, but clamoring to wake up.The blood of battle, the soul of soldiers, is as fresh as it was thousands of years ago.

Old Miller smiled lightly and watched the pile of goods fall down, he didn't care what was inside, he just thought that the puffing smoke and loud noise wouldn't scare the brat out of his ass, now He can take good care of that proud man now.As soon as he moves his gun on Levi, he knows he's wrong.

The bullet pierced his lung, and the boy he saw had only one eye open, and the other half of his face was covered in blood.He held Wings of Liberty, and there was still smoke from the muzzle of the gun.

His green eyes were like Shura's eyes.

Obviously Levi's eyes flashed with surprise, but his reaction was faster.Almost all of Miller's men subconsciously pointed their guns at Allen, and the latter gasped for breath. The child who had completed the mission smiled slyly, and then fell down like a puppet off the string, and the surrounding wooden piles became natural. of shelter.

"you--"

Levi punched old Miller hard in the stomach and then sprinted behind his back, snapping his wrist with his backhand, and with a cracking cry, he was probably dislocated.Only five seconds had passed since Allen shot and Levi had stopped the old Miller.

Blood gushed out from the old Miller's lung wound, and more than 20 people around him were terrified.The police sirens sounded outside, and the thugs all looked shocked.Levi raised the corners of his lips, coughed up a mouthful of bloody phlegm, and spat out a silver triangular piece of metal, which was covered with blood and had a light on at one of its sharp corners.

"Don't move if you don't want him to die," Levi said.

Until Erwin came over and patted him on the shoulder, he still maintained the posture of strangling Old Miller's neck with his arms and squatting on the ground.The old Miller held his wound and breathed with difficulty, his whole body was already in a state of semi-shock.Erwin found it funny, "It seems that I came just in time?"

"Earlier is better."

"What if we don't catch up?"

"We all know it won't, don't we?"

Levi knew from the beginning that the other party would transfer the location, and Erwin could also judge that the sudden interruption of the location contact that was originally maintained through the silent phone meant that Levi had reached the transfer point.

In the warehouse on the southern outskirts, Miller led people to meet Levi, searched him after making sure he was alone, and took him to the place where the ambush was really good.And Levi holds the transmitter under his tongue, embedded in his gums during the fight.The sound of gunfire and the smell of blood excited him.Originally, he wanted to do it alone, but the old Miller mobilized a large number of people to capture him alive, so he brought such a person, and he just stood still and waited for Erwin to support him.

In the face of these uncertain smoke-free wars, he will not hesitate.The most is death, but Levi knows he won't die.It's just that weird confidence, and it's always been that way.

"Actually, you're scared this time, aren't you?" Erwin said.Levi doesn't speak, he looks across the crowd as Petra and Hanji lift the unconscious teenager onto a stretcher.

Just as Levi was about to answer something, the old Miller stammered out a few sentences.He raised his hand slowly, and put the gun on Old Miller's temple, with a bang, blood spattered all over the ground.

Erwin was slightly surprised, "That's it?"

"Alan shot him through the lung, and he couldn't have survived."

The person who got the answer let out a thoughtful oh.

"Are you going to train that boy?"

"No." The answer was quick.Levi thought for a while, and then said, "He's not suitable for blood anymore."

"Why use 'again'?"

"Nothing. He wouldn't like killing people."

"It's so gentle, Levi." Erwin smiled, and then ignored the white eyes cast by the other party. "So you repaired that gun just now, and Old Miller's life is counted on your head, not the kid."

Levi remained silent, took the clean shirt from Petra, took off the bloody clothes and threw them aside.He looked at Erwin, he was still the same as many years ago, how should I put it, a polite and blond gentleman, wise and decisive, but he was cleaning up the mess for himself more often when we met, the sense of smell in some aspects Also damn sharp.

"What about old Miller's property?"

"Send it to you."

Levi waved his hand and walked out of the warehouse door.

Afterwards, the guns and drugs seized from the old Miller's house would be sent directly to the police station, and the police officers and gentlemen just pointed their guns at dozens of thugs and made a great contribution that they never thought of.They watched Levi leave, and finally understood how a person who takes everything in black and white has climbed to this unshakable position step by step.

Levi's choice probably has his own reasons.Or he himself doesn't know where the end will be.At twelve o'clock, Los Angeles slowly fell into a deep sleep, and there were still no stars in the suburban sky, only the wing warning lights flashing at the end of the passing plane line, like scarlet eyes on a black curtain.Money, fame, alcohol, smoke, drugs, doping, dirty dealings, near and far.Close your eyes and those dark and ugly people's hearts will flash.

The warehouse where people gradually left was calm again, and the clearing personnel carried away the corpses, leaving only puddles of blood.The policeman wearing a mask picked up a blank check stained with blood and brains, frowned, crumpled it up and threw it into a black plastic bag.

In the end, everything is worthless, and the things that are drunk and dreamed will eventually return to nothingness.Death brings peace, doesn't it?like a grave.Everyone runs towards it.

Since he took over everything his father left behind, he has been mentally prepared in all aspects, but tonight was unusual, he felt a sense of exhaustion after he breathed a sigh of relief.Levi looked at the Wings of Liberty that had returned to his hands, subconsciously touched his pocket, but found that there was no smoke.

I'm not really free, not at all.

But I want to give you "freedom", Ellen.