Don't follow the rules

Chapter 549: Cross Church (XII)

"Wish making mechanism?" Ning Yao and Chun Yukong asked in unison.

It was not their fault that they overreacted. Loulan's act of giving up the wishing mechanism reminded them of the fear of being dominated by the No. 4 bus. Ning Yao could not help but shudder: "Sister Lou, why did you pass on your heaven-defying stuff to Du Jingxiu?"

Lou Lan patiently explained, and at the same time did not forget to urge Ning Yao and the others to set off: "My wishing mechanism is neither a secret nor a magic weapon, it is just a small human game that is not dangerous. Giving it to him can still be considered a personal favor; if I don't give it to him, he can figure it out on his own, it just takes some time. And if we use my mechanism directly, we can easily get other information, but this is not the point. What is more important now is this church in front of us."

She raised her elbow and pushed Ning Yao: "Hurry up, go save them."

"We can't act rashly. We know almost nothing about the interior of the church right now. We have to take a long-term view and collect information about the surrounding area first. Wait..." Chunyu Kong stopped Ning Yao and tried to start the routine investigation procedure, but was interrupted impatiently by Loulan.

"Wait, wait! How long do we have to wait? You young people should not always think about being safe and secure. There are not so many adventures in this world that are fully prepared. The best senior agent in the world is in that church. As long as we rescue him, we will naturally get all the information you need."

Ning Yao: "So, are you also going to participate in this completely blind adventure?"

Loulan: "Of course not."

Ning Yao looked at her silently, one second, two seconds...

"Ahem," Lou Lan coughed twice uncomfortably, as if to cover up the embarrassment, "It's inconvenient with the cat here, and I just had a falling out with the Du guy and demolished his hospital, so now the rules set by this church are extremely exclusive of everything related to me, so I can't enter."

Ning Yao said nothing, just stared at her.

Lou Lan came clean very quickly. Although she was always tough and stubborn, she was not good at lying to the Eye of Truth: "Okay, okay, you are awesome. I can't hide anything from you. The agreement between Du Jingxiu and I is still in effect. We haven't fallen out. Oh, don't worry, dear. Although my stance is always flexible, it doesn't mean that I will hurt you for a piece of covenant. I recognize my friend. The main purpose of coming here is just to bring him a message."

"What?" Ning Yao asked.

Lou Lan imitated Du Jingxiu's tone: "Ning Yao~ Don't retreat at the last minute, remember to go to ten."

Go to ten again?
Ning Yao's pupils shrank slightly.

十？
This cross church in front of me must be the "ten" he mentioned?

Rao Ying had also said something similar to him.

What does "ten" really mean?
Ning Yao and Chun Yukong looked at each other and each had a plan in mind.

"Ahem, as for the church, we will definitely go there, but not now," Ning Yao said. "Since we already know that this Great White Church is part of Du Jingxiu's plan, for safety reasons, we must contact the association and ask them to send more agents and field personnel... After synthesizing all the information, the commander will choose a suitable time to enter."

Loulan didn't say anything. In fact, she understood what Ning Yao said, and her previous urging was just to complete the task.

"By the way, which side are you on now?" Ning Yao poked Lou Lan.

"You know, I always stand on my own side," Lou Lan spread his hands, "I'll be on whichever side offers more benefits. At present, it seems that the benefits offered by the Alliance have a slight advantage, but if the Association is willing to open a four-way bus operation for me, I will not refuse to be a double-sided undercover."

"A fence-sitter." Ning Yao did not hide his disgust on his face.

"Thank you." Loulan accepted it happily.

"She is not a fence-sitter to be able to do this for Rao Qian. She is either a firm love-minded person or she has big ambitions," Chun Yukong suddenly interrupted, "Hmm? She even rhymed it by accident. Forget it, let's just leave it at that."

Lou Lan pointed at his nose and said, "Who are you? Do you have the right to speak?"

Chun Yukong raised his eyebrows: "I thought Ning Yao had already introduced him." Lou Lan looked at Ning Yao in shock: "Is he really your father?"

"Guaranteed genuine." Ning Yao swore to the sky.

Loulan closed her eyes, as if she had made up her mind, and walked away without looking back.

Chun Yukong looked at Lou Lan's resolute back and sighed helplessly: "Why are you so insistent on our father-son relationship?"

Ning Yao whistled and his hands began to busy themselves aimlessly, such as helping the non-existent bartender to clean used glasses and put chairs back in place.

Seeing this, Chunyu Kong knew that he couldn't get anything out of the question, so he stopped asking and just leaned against the window railing, looking out the window, lost in thought.

Outside the window, the heavy rain that had not stopped all night finally began to gradually transform into fine silver threads before dawn. The sparse neon lights were projected through the rain curtain onto the puddles on the side of the road, and were shattered into jumping spots of light by the raindrops.

The strange sparkling gem on top of the Cross Church was still flashing at a certain frequency. Although the frequency had slowed down compared to before, it was obvious that it had no signs of stopping. Instead, it revealed a regular pulsation.

This may not be good news.

A sparrow stumbled through the morning mist, bringing the first ray of sunlight to the horizon; the rain that had lasted all night finally stopped.

The sun began to wake up the city. The mist still carrying water vapor refracted a dazzling spectrum. The accumulated water on the streets evaporated into water droplets, blurring the view behind the glass windows.

Chun Yukong opened the window and prepared to take a deep breath of the air after the rain, but he smelled an unexpected scent.

"What's burnt?" Chun Yukong frowned and said subconsciously.

“You weren’t trying to fart secretly to trick me into inhaling it, were you?” Ning Yao came closer with a sly look.

Chunyu Kong felt his temple throb. He couldn't hold back the frustration he had been feeling all night, so he raised his hand and elbowed him.

"You're the one farting!"

"Oh, okay, okay, I fart, I fart," Ning Yao crawled back with his hands covering his waist and grinning, "Hey, who doesn't fart?"

Chun Yukong said seriously: "I am serious."

Ning Yao climbed onto the windowsill, half of his body leaned out, and imitated Chun Yukong's breathing: "Eh? It seems a little fuzzy?"

Chun Yukong grabbed Ning Yao by the back of the neck and prepared to pull him back: "This is the top floor. If you fall and get smashed to pieces later, I won't be bothered to look for you."

"Hey, there! There's something there!"

Ning Yao was very good at climbing up the pole. Not only did he use Chun Yu Kong's strength to probe further, he even loosened his hands to catch something outside.

Chunyu Kong had no choice but to hold the fluttering moth tightly.

Ning Yao clenched his hands in the air, as if he had really caught something, and then signaled the person behind him to carry him back. Chunyu Kong felt that he was becoming more and more good-tempered, and he actually carried the person back.

After landing safely, he opened his palms as if offering a treasure, but there was nothing there, just a hint of black ash.

"This is..." Chun Yukong stretched out his fingertips to pick up a little, sniffed it and identified it, "Paper ash?"