Chapter 29 Corona
Chris' eyes were wide open with fear and terror. The threat of death so directly and abruptly broke into his vision. Shrouded by death, he was like a dead insect, and even his breathing was difficult to control.
Unable to hold back his tears and snot any longer, Chris, completely overwhelmed by the ensuing pressure, revealed his ugliest side. He howled silently and collapsed powerlessly to the ground.
"Chen Tianwu, what are you doing? Get rid of that guy quickly." The masked gang member who was attacking from a distance also spotted Chris and shouted at the man pointing a gun at him.
"Tsk!" Chen Tianwu made a tut impatient sound. He hated when people spoke to him in a commanding tone, but he was not averse to dealing with the enemy.
The flames were burning fiercely. Chen Tianwu stood in the flames and slowly put his finger on the trigger. The hot air licked the two of them, bringing the man's desperate murmur, but his movements suddenly stopped.
"elder sister……"
"elder sister……"
Gunfire, flames, ruins.
"Brother...save me...Brother, where are you?" The girl's voice rang in Chen Tianwu's mind. His breathing stagnated, and unspeakable painful memories swept over him.
Chen Tianwu's frozen position soon attracted the attention of his accomplices. After impatiently stabbing all the policemen, the captain of the Thousand Fists Society pushed him hard.
"It's so difficult for you to kill a person. You're such a loser. If the boss didn't value your reconnaissance ability, the body would probably have rotted by now." The team leader cursed, loaded his gun and pointed it at Chris.
boom--!
A gunshot was heard, but the bullet landed on the open ground.
The team leader looked at Chen Tianwu who pushed his gun away in disbelief, and his anger gradually rose: "Boy, do you want to betray me?"
Click, click, click.
The members of the Qianquan Society raised their guns and pointed them at Chen Tianwu, but he still looked indifferent and just said softly: "This guy is a good tool. The guys from the Fanghe Society are going to use him as a scapegoat, so let him mess up their plans."
Staring at Chen Tianwu with his eyes fixed, the team leader's finger kept on the trigger and then slowly released it. Although this guy was casual and lazy, he did have some strength and was considered to be a smart guy among the gangsters.
More importantly, the boss seemed to admire him very much and even wanted to transfer him outside the Western Country. If that really happened, he, a small regional team leader, would be like a little chicken that could be manipulated by anyone, and no one would know if he was buried in some flower bed by accident.
"Hmph!" He snorted coldly, approving of Chen Tianwu's behavior.
After the people from the Thousand Fists Club dispersed to deal with the bodies, Chen Tianwu kicked Chris on the ground and said, "Stand up."
Unfortunately, Chris's eyes were already distracted at this time, and he was completely immersed in his own world. Chen Tianwu frowned slightly and put the long gun barrel against Chris' face again.
"3..."
"2..."
Before the last number fell, a pair of sharp teeth bit the gun barrel. Chen Tianwu took a breath and looked back with a pair of emotionless eyes.
Despair? Sadness? No, nothing. Chen Tianwu could not find any emotion in those eyes. He was like a puppet that had been played with, like a corpse that had lost its soul, waiting to be pecked by the vultures circling in the sky, waiting to be torn apart by the hungry wolves.
Waiting to be controlled by the puppet's strings.
Faintly, Chen Tianwu seemed to see from those eyes a hungry wolf shrouded in black fog howling excitedly.
"Hey, kid, there are people waiting for you to go home."
The voice was cold and calm. He didn't look at Chris, whose humanity had been stripped away. He just looked into the distance. No one knew whether he was speaking to himself or to Chris.
The excited wolf howls gradually faded away, and the ancient and time-honored hunter was captured by the black and white marks and gradually lay dormant.
But it hasn't disappeared yet, it's just waiting for the next hunt.
No one noticed that Chris's back was branded with a black and white mark, and no one heard the sound of the gears turning in the theater.
His dilated pupils gradually focused, and Chris's eyes gradually showed some spirit, even though they were full of fear, even though his body was shaking involuntarily, and even though he kept retching because of the strong feeling of nausea.
But he is still like a child who has found his home and has a direction to move forward.
"Go and make this wrong world right."
……
……
At dusk, accompanied by the sound of brakes, the white medical vehicle stopped steadily in front of Chris's house, and several figures walked down from it, all wearing uniform blue medical uniforms and black leather shoes.
One of them rang Chris's doorbell.
Not long after, Corona, looking pale and listless, opened the door and almost fell down when the cool evening breeze blew.
Seeing Corona looking so bad, the medical staff in charge of the treatment quickly supported her body and took her back to her room.
After temporary first aid, Corona gradually recovered.
"Retired Valkyrie Corona, I am Yurika who is in charge of your physical treatment this time. I have to remind you that although we will provide you with long-term and effective treatment, your body has been severely eroded in the last battle and needs a long period of rest."
"..." Corona said nothing, but looked at her brother's room from time to time. She had tidied the room and even bought a new set of gaming equipment. But until now, she still hadn't seen the figure she wanted to see.
"Chris..."
Seeing Corona's lack of cooperation, the logistics staff responsible for her treatment felt helpless. Corona's body was on the verge of collapse. Even with the help of a dedicated medical team, her life expectancy was still less than two years.
They had also read Corona's resume. As a rare A-rank Valkyrie, Corona had been fighting on the front lines almost since she awakened at the age of 12. She decided to retire only after her parents died unexpectedly a few years ago. But before that, her body had already deteriorated to a very high degree, and she could only rely on special painkillers every day to maintain a normal life.
The Valkyrie with such outstanding contributions should have enjoyed a more favorable environment, but she gave up the better environment and chose to take care of her brother. In order to prevent her brother from knowing her physical condition, she even chose to receive treatment at night. But today, no one knew what happened. Corona's body collapsed again, and several months of treatment were almost in vain.
"Also, please don't use this special painkiller anymore. It's not good for your body at all." Yulika put away the candy-like painkillers in the box and said patiently.
Chapter 30: Battle
The world is never perfect. There is no pure and flawless land, nor a harbor for the soul to rest. In the past, I have always been addicted to the virtual world, like a seeker of truth, guarding the holy mountain in my heart alone.
No worries, no anger, he bound his hands tightly, saying that he hated violence, but in fact it was just because he was timid.
In this chaotic place, violence has never gone away, and it is always watching us. However, some people have shielded us from the wind and rain, built us a safe place to live, and blocked all the malice.
family.
No matter what my sister has become, she is still the person closest to me.
"Go and say goodbye to her. I have nowhere to go."
Warm blood splattered on Chris's cheek. Another gang member from the Fanghehui faction died under his gun. His hands were shaking, and his soul was shaking too.
He was afraid that now that he was covered in blood, would he still be the person who supported kindness?
……
"Three days ago, a horrific shooting occurred in the Karlovy Vary district. A young policeman was attacked by gangs while enforcing the law and lost his life forever. This was a very bad incident. The local police immediately took action and locked the murderer through clues. He was arrested on the second day."
"However, the police were attacked by the criminals' accomplices while transporting them. They not only took the criminals away, but also caused the deaths of several honest police officers. The appearance of such vicious criminals in our country is simply a disaster. All citizens are requested to pay attention to the criminals' movements as much as possible and call the police immediately in a safe environment. The police will immediately dispatch to make the arrest."
"In addition, according to the information provided by the police, they have already locked onto the suspect's relatives, and perhaps they can get some information from them..."
"Chris..." The cell phone in his hand fell straight to the ground. The number marked Chris on it had been dialed hundreds of times. The moment Corona saw the photo of the criminal on the news, he felt like he was struck by lightning and his mind went blank.
After a moment of distraction, she quickly reacted. No one knew her brother better than Corona. She simply didn't believe that Chris, who was addicted to games all day, would commit such a murder. It was more likely that the police went to Chris to cover up for the local gangs.
Tuk Tuk.
Just then, there was a knock on the door. A look of surprise appeared on her face, but she stopped immediately after taking two steps. This was not Chris's habit of knocking on the door at all.
"Miss Corona, I'm Locke, your next-door neighbor. I just came back from a trip to Oaxaca and brought some local specialties..."
No one answered.
Slowly retreating back to her room, Corona, with a nervous look on her face, took out a pistol from the closet, which was her auxiliary weapon during her tenure as Valkyrie.
She had never used this weapon since retiring, but now—Corona gently stroked the patterns on the pistol, on which her last name was engraved.
This was supposed to be a coming-of-age gift for Chris, but she gave up the idea after realizing that Chris preferred the second dimension. Unexpectedly, today, she would have to pick up this weapon again to protect her family. Corona said nothing, but just unloaded the magazine as she had learned before, and checked the integrity of the bullets one by one.
"Miss Corona?"
The neighbor's voice was still ringing at the door, but as a retired Valkyrie, how could Corona not know who her neighbors were?
A butcher who secretly resells smuggled dog meat actually said that he brought gifts. This level of joke is no less than the gangsters in this city who gathered just to play poker.
Sure enough, when no one answered, the door of the room was blown open with a loud bang by crude explosives, and the man in black kicked open the tattered door and rushed in.
Judging from the surveillance camera installed at the door, it was not the police who broke in but gangsters.
In this city, there is no difference between the police and the gangs. They cover up for each other and are in cahoots with each other. Although Chris has never thought about this, as a sister, she must consider this. Even the factory where Chris works was not allowed to go until she had investigated it many times.
"Just arrest her. That woman has never left the house. She must be hiding at home." Someone was giving orders loudly, not caring whether anyone could hear them. Corona knew that this meant they would not let anyone go alive. "The Oaxaca state officials have already sent people to intervene. The local police can no longer be relied upon. Let's get rid of the people related to that guy first to avoid any accidents."
boom--!
Gunshots rang out, and a gang member's head was blown off instantly. Corona was gasping for breath, her body was severely damaged, especially after being hurt by the words Chris said when he left, she was almost on the verge of collapse.
She gritted her teeth and took out a few "candies" from her pocket. They were painkillers that Chris mistook for poison. Although the medical staff had warned her many times, she could no longer care about that.
boom--!
Another person fell, 1v9, Corona has a big advantage.
While the fierce shooting battle was taking place at Chris's house, the real police force from Oaxaca was also heading here, not only because the victim this time was a relative of the mayor, but more importantly, the accused criminal was the family of a Valkyrie with many military achievements. Although ordinary people don't know what Valkyrie means, the real upper class knows very well what kind of power it is to control the destiny of most of the world.
When it comes to cases involving the Valkyrie, there is absolutely no room for error.
On the other side, an unlicensed car was approaching. If someone familiar saw it, they would definitely recognize that this was the car Chris drove to and from get off work every day.
At this time, he was driving his car alone. The weapon given to him by the Qianquan Society was placed on the passenger seat. His heart was beating very fast, keeping up with the speed of his car.
Only extreme speed can shake off fear, and Chris knows this very well.
Chapter 31 Fire
boom--
"Huh~ There's only one left." He kept gasping for breath, his throat felt like it was burning, and the lines of destruction were spreading, tearing Corona's skin inch by inch.
After pouring the entire bottle of painkillers into her mouth, Corona felt a little dizzy. Even the special painkillers could not suppress the pain in her body.
"Don't worry, don't worry, just get rid of the last one..." She kept saying to herself.
But she didn't hear any sound after that until an intense burning sensation swept over her and the flames licked the door of the room. Then she realized that the gang had actually set fire to her and wanted to burn her to death.
The flames crackled all around, spreading rapidly until the entire living room was engulfed in flames. In Chris's room, the comic book shelf that Corona had tidied up neatly after he left was also set on fire, and the holy place that the man guarded was reduced to ashes.
"Chris, you need to grow up."
"Because today is your birthday."
……
An unlicensed car stopped on the road, and the strong firelight flickered in Chris's eyes, dyeing his eyes red.
"elder sister?"
I have never felt my voice so dry, never felt my hands so weak, never felt that the sister who lives with me day and night but is so nosy is so important, never felt that breathing is so difficult.
Chris thought that as long as he ran fast enough, fear would not be able to catch up with him.
But at this moment he suddenly realized that no matter how fast he ran, he could not catch up with death.
The next second, Chris rushed directly into the sea of fire, and the rolling flames immediately engulfed him and burned his skin. The house had been burned beyond recognition, but in this home that held his memories for more than 20 years, every corner was so familiar.
Shootings, explosions, bullet holes, corpses, this is the music of violence, and it is also the most direct "gift" that violence has given to Chris.
"Sister?" "Sister!"
Chris, whose skin had been burned over large areas, broke open the last door. Smoke and high temperature engulfed the entire room, and he saw it.
The woman who fell in the flames.
The last bullet is reserved for yourself.
The last gift is for the closest family members.
"To my dearest brother..."
The letter Corona left on her mobile phone before her death was also the most profound farewell.
Even though his body was completely burned, Chris felt no pain. Dark wolves were lurking around him, howling at the flames with their teeth bared.
Chris picked up Corona and walked out step by step in the flames.
The sun outside is warm and bright.
How long has it been since Chris, who has been staying at home, felt such warm sunshine?
he does not know.
