Unspeakable bubbles

Without money, who will treat Keke?

Having a gun is useless; he's not crazy enough to use a gun to coerce a hospital—that's a dead end.

Sweat beaded on the kobold's forehead as he racked his brains, a multitude of strange and wonderful ideas popping into his head.

'Should we talk to the store manager? I heard he takes good care of Keke.'

After much hesitation, he still refused to entrust Coco's safety to a human.

At that moment, he inadvertently made eye contact with the human girl in the rearview mirror.

She looked bewildered, as if she hadn't yet recovered from the unexpected event.

Got it!

He hasn't failed yet; there's still one hostage left.

The dog-headed man had an idea and steered the car towards the outskirts.

Having hostages allows us to negotiate with those guys. Money aside, at the very least, we need to get Coco cured.

There are risks involved; what if they turn their backs on us...?

But he is now at his wit's end and has no other choice.

"team leader"

The faint sound startled the kobold.

"Keke, hang in there, I'll take you to get treatment right away."

"Captain, let's just forget about it, we're finished."

Catwoman removed her mask, revealing a bitter smile.

"Let her go, the child is innocent."

Let her go? She was his last trump card!

The kobold didn't say anything, he kept honking his horn, but the car in front still sluggishly refused to give way.

He held the steering wheel with his right hand and extended his left hand out the window with a gun.

"boom!"

Instantly, the street descended into chaos.

"team leader"

Coco clutched her bleeding abdomen. "It's too late. Don't make another mistake. The police won't let this go."

"you shut up!"

The kobold roared, "Those idiots are rotten to the bone, don't even think about catching us."

"Don't talk, just lie down."

"Sister, you're bleeding."

At that moment, the little girl spoke unexpectedly.

"I'm injured. I'm sorry for dragging you into this."

The catwoman said weakly, "Don't worry, that uncle driving, although he's fierce, but... but..."

She wanted to say that the kobold captain was a good person, but when she thought about what he had done, she couldn't bring herself to say it.

"Sasha said that injuries should be treated."

The little girl pointed to the box under the seat in front of her: "There's a first-aid kit."

Not only Koko, but even the kobolds were stunned.

He wanted to slap himself. He kept telling himself to calm down, but he had completely forgotten about the first-aid kit in the car.

If this causes Keke to die from his illness, he will not rest in peace.

"First aid kit..."

A light also appeared in Keke's eyes. If she could live, she wouldn't want to die at such a young age.

"Thank you. Could you do me a favor and bring that box over here?"

Bubble nodded, jumped off her seat, and took the first-aid kit.

Gloves, sterile gauze, bandages...

The room was fully equipped, and after the bandages were applied, Catwoman no longer had to worry about bleeding to death.

"You didn't poison the dagger, did you?"

"how come"

With Keke's condition improving, Doghead felt a sense of relief.

Where do we go next?

Hearing Coco's question, the kobold hesitated.

That little girl from the Federation had done them a favor, and now they're just going to sell her off like this?

Section 101, Chapter 100: The Impermanence of Life

The kobold hesitated for only a moment before deciding to sell the little girl.

Koko was the most important thing to him. Although demi-humans were much more resilient than humans, the kobold was unsure whether a single first-aid kit would be enough to survive.

“Let’s go to the suburbs first,” he said simply.

"We have to send her back."

Keke is a grateful person, and after receiving the little girl's kindness, he was even more unwilling to hurt her.

"That depends on the timing. If we send her back now, wouldn't we be courting death? Let's wait until things calm down, and I promise to send her back to her teacher."

Catwoman hesitated, but since her captain had already agreed, she stopped arguing.

"Sister, are you still in pain?" Bubble asked with concern.

"Hmm, just call me Keke."

Catwoman took a compressed biscuit from the first-aid kit. "Want some? By the way, what's your name?"

Bubble shook her head; she wasn't very hungry.

"My name is Bubble!"

Keke found it strange that the little girl was so full of energy.

Most adults would panic and lose their composure in such a kidnapping situation, but this little girl didn't seem nervous at all from beginning to end.

"Bubble, you're really unlucky."

Coco sighed: "On such a rare trip, we run into this kind of thing."

"It's nothing. Bubble has encountered many strange things before."

The little girl waved her hand, "But you should send Bubble back as soon as possible, or Kaito will worry."

"Kaito?"

It was clearly a boy's name, and Keke thought of the boy who rushed up at that time.

"Yes, Bubble's good friend," the little girl said happily.

"Bubble, you must have a lot of friends."

“Kyoko, Xiaoshan, Kaito, Yuko, Kazuto, Kuroro…” Bubble thought for a moment and rattled off a string of names.

"Ah, Bubbles are much more popular than me."

While Keke and Paopao chatted, the off-road vehicle sped towards its destination.

The towering buildings gradually disappeared, replaced by secluded alleyways.

The surrounding forests on both sides of the road added a touch of tranquility to the car.

There are no pursuers.

A smile crept onto the kobold's lips. His biggest fear was that the police would relentlessly pursue him, but now it seemed his worries were unnecessary.

'I don't know if those bastards have been living comfortably for too long and are slow to react, or if they've actually done something to distract the police.' The kobold hoped it was the latter.

"Hey, did you hear that?" Bubble suddenly said.

"what?"

"The sound of ticking."

Coco pricked up her ears, but after Bubble stopped talking, the surroundings became very quiet.

With her keen hearing, Catwoman could only hear the noise of the off-road vehicle and the chirping of some small insects in the woods.

"No."

Coco looked at her in confusion, "Bubble, you must have misheard me."

"But it keeps ringing."

Bubble looked at Coco, puzzled. "Coco, didn't you hear me?"

"...Captain, did you hear that?"

"No."

The kobold captain was also unaware, but a sudden chill ran down his spine.

“Bubble, I won’t send the lying child back,” he said threateningly.

"Bubble is a good child, and good children don't lie." The little girl said earnestly.

The kobold's ominous premonition grew stronger. He already didn't quite trust those 'comrades,' and now, after hearing Bubble talk about the 'tick-tock' sound, he couldn't concentrate on driving at all.

He slammed on the brakes. "You guys get out first, I'll check the SUV again!"