Cyberpunk, but urban

Judging from their current situation, neither of them has the time to fall in love. In order to continue to live well in the city, Ellie thinks it is best for them to separate and calm down first.

However, she didn't tell Run this directly, which led to her suddenly suggesting that they go back to their own homes. Run began to wonder if his behavior today had made her unhappy.

In the end, Ellie did not explain her reasons for this decision to Run, so Run could only return to his office with some worries.

A person.

"Hey, representative, how was your date with Miss Ellie today?" A closer who couldn't see the situation clearly waved at Run and made fun of this useless representative.

Run ignored him, but in his heart he had already put this guy among the people who could be used to finish the office.

As for Finn, although he liked the little guy very much, unfortunately, he was also on the list of expendables.

Chapter 77. Wandering in the Back Alley

Ye Lan and Luna left the Lobotomy Corporation branch with two eggs that were transformed from sleeping abnormalities. With these two deadly things in hand, the two didn't know where to go for a while.

"Luna, where do you think we should go next?"

Still holding the branch that looked like a long sword with a guard in his hand, Ye Lan asked Luna.

"I don't know. Do you want to go back to the hotel?"

The little girl held an umbrella in one hand and pulled her suitcase with the other, and looked at Ye Lan with her head tilted.

"Let me think about it... How about we just wander aimlessly in Alley 12 for a while?"

Ye Lan rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then came up with an idea that seemed a bit crazy to others. Lane 12 was a back alley under the jurisdiction of L Company. Now that the Lobotomy Company had collapsed and the L Wing had been broken, the level of chaos here was second only to that inside the L Nest.

No normal person would choose to hang out in a place like this at a time like this, even if the alley was actually still functioning normally.

However, the things that ordinary people worry about are not worth worrying about for Ye Lan. He still has two abnormalities in his bag. Even if a color-level cleaner suddenly appears, he can't get any benefits from him.

Then, a color-level finisher actually walked out from the other end of the street.

Vermillion Cross, a color-level finisher who occasionally assists an association in handling high-threat commissions at the Metropolitan Star level.

In the original story of the Ruined Library, this color-level finisher assisted the Southern Section of an association in launching an operation against the Symphony Orchestra, and then all members were chopped to pieces by the Symphony Orchestra. His body was also injected with blood by the blood demon Elena and controlled, becoming a tool for attacking the library.

It can be said that there is almost no personal information about it, and it is just a pitiful stepping stone for the Symphony Orchestra.

"Ye Lan?"

Luna noticed that Ye Lan looked a little strange and called out his name in confusion.

"I'm fine. I was just thinking that even if we ran into a color-level finisher in the alley, I would be able to protect you... and we actually ran into a famous color-level finisher."

"Ye Lan reached out and smoothed Luna's hair, and told her about the wonderful fun that had just happened."

After hearing his words, the little girl thought for a moment, then she was amused by the performance of Ye Lan that she imagined and smiled happily.

Her smile actually made the Scarlet Cross who was walking towards them stop. The color-level finisher who was carrying a cross-shaped broadsword with some signs of melting and condensation looked at them puzzledly, as if asking Ye Lan and the other two why they were laughing at him.

The silence between the three of them was finally broken by Zhu Hongxi himself. He glanced at Luna, then at Ye Lan, and then said to the two of them: "Are you still wandering around with your own children outside? Aren't you afraid of encountering danger as an adult?"

Although it was just a little insignificant concern and kindness to him, it was a very satisfactory first impression on Ye Lan.

"Ahahaha, don't look at me like this, I'm still pretty strong." Ye Lan laughed and said to the color-level finisher in front of him: "If you want to know, you, the color-level finisher, may not be my opponent."

"Oh? You recognized me?"

Zhu Hongshizi ignored the offense in Ye Lan's words. Since he was able to say that Ye Lan's fighting ability was no less than his own after recognizing him, it meant that the gentleman with the child did think that he had at least the strength of a first-level finisher.

A few laughs rang out from under the Vermilion Cross's helmet, and then Ye Lan heard him say, "It seems that you think you have at least the strength of a first-level finisher."

"Want to try?"

The next second, the cross-shaped sword was placed together with the claw-shaped weapon belonging to [Yu Lan Chuanghen] in Ye Lan's hand, making a squeaking sound.

"I say, do you, a color-level finisher, still need a sneak attack?"

Waw-level ego equipment does not have the ability to quickly defeat some of the powerful color-level finishers, but for most first-level finishers and those colors that are not known for their combat effectiveness, the combat effectiveness bonus that a Waw-level ego can bring is enough to put them in a tough fight after a brief stalemate, or even make them seize their flaws and be beaten into a point where they are unable to resist.

"I'm just testing your reaction ability. I don't want to hear you say that you killed your own child because of your negligence the next time I see you on the street. By the way, what's your name?"

There was indeed nothing wrong with what Scarlet Cross said. After all, if he used all his strength, the obviously specially made cross sword would definitely light up with flames and become so hot that it would even melt a little.

"Ye Lan, I am currently just a ninth-level closer who has just opened a small office... The main reason why my level is low is that I haven't completed enough missions."

"Ha, that's normal. Many Finishers who had great power before becoming Finishers have encountered this situation. One of my old friends also had to bite the bullet and work as a cat and dog finder, and even as a sewer unclogger."

Vermillion Cross said with a smile. Although the helmet concealed his friendly expression, Ye Lan could still feel the respect from his tone and attitude.

"So I am also your new friend of color? Then you will definitely not regret meeting a friend like me today."

"Of course, I'm beginning to think it's a good thing to know your friend."

Ye Lan pulled Luna aside to chat with him for a while, and then the three of them said goodbye to each other and walked in their respective directions to the two ends of the road.

As Luna walked beside Ye Lan, she curiously turned her head to look at the color-level finisher known as the Scarlet Cross.

He seemed to have regarded the colorful title of Vermilion Cross as his own name. Even when Ye Lan asked him about it just now, he just said that if the title was too long, just call him Vermilion.

However, this good-tempered color finisher probably would not have thought until that day came that his encounter and friendly attitude today could save his life at that desperate moment.

Ye Lan was looking forward to that day very much. He believed that Jin Zi Lei Di would find ways to let Cang Lan Zan Xiang form the Zan Xiang Orchestra in order to achieve her goal.

Chapter 78. Sister

I knocked on the door of the house, but no one answered.

It looks like my sister is out on a commission today, Finn thought to himself.

"My sister may not be back until tonight. I'll take you to the station to buy a ticket back to Alley 11." Finn said to the black cat above his head, then turned and left his sister's rented house.

"Hey, messenger boy...if you're going to come back later, why don't you buy the ticket right away?"

The black cat patted Finn's hair with its front paws in its boots and asked with a hint of sarcasm, "You miss your sister so much that you forget everything else and can't wait to see her right away, right?"

"I, I don't have that!"

Finn subconsciously retorted, and then he heard the laughter of his imaginary sister. He was very familiar with that laughter, exactly the same as his own sister.

During this day, Finn had no idea how many times he had wondered if he missed his sister too much that he had developed schizophrenia and had developed his sister's personality.

But that imaginary sister was just like his real sister, so real that it didn't seem like his fantasy.

There were no unpleasant accidents on the way to the station to buy tickets with the black cat who claimed to be Charles Perrault, except... the price of the ticket was really not pleasant for Finn.

But this is not a big deal. The client generously wrote in the power of attorney that as long as her lost cat can be successfully found, she will be responsible for reimbursing all reasonable travel expenses incurred by the person who found the cat along the way.

After putting away the purchased train ticket, Finn went to a nearby flower shop and bought a bouquet of flowers. The owner of the flower shop carefully inserted a greeting card into the bouquet of mainly ice-crushed blue roses, which read [you are my love].

This greeting card that Finn left for himself made him laugh at the black cat lying on his head:

"Wow, you really are obsessed with your sister. Messenger brother, you don't want to have something beyond a brother-sister relationship with your sister, do you?"

"I... How could I possibly..."

"Wow, you really thought about it." The black cat stepped on Finn twice, then said to him: "I don't understand the strange reserve of you humans. After all, in our cats' opinion, if we like someone, we should mate."

Finn was silent for a long time after what the black cat said, until he walked into the market and bought all the ingredients needed for dinner. Then he finally said the first words to the black cat in a long time.

"But we humans are not beasts. I can't do this."

When the two walked back to Finn's sister's house, the black cat on Finn's head suddenly said:

"Would you like to buy some wine, Mr. Messenger? I'm good at picking out the right red wine."

……

……

"A friend of mine picked it out for me. How's it going?"

Finn poured red wine into his glass and asked his sister.

It was now eight o'clock in the evening, and his long-missed sister finally returned to her rented house.

As an elder sister, Elvira was very touched after seeing her lovely brother prepared a bouquet of roses and a candlelight dinner made by himself for her.

Elvira asked Finn, "The red wine is good. You have a good eye for friends. But how much did this bottle of wine cost you?"

After seeing the bouquet of crushed blue roses and the greeting card, the atmosphere between her and her brother Finn became a little awkward. However, when she saw the candlelight dinner and the bottle of red wine with a name that meant "love of a lifetime", she was completely sure that Finn's feelings for her were completely different from what she had initially thought.

"Not much. It was on sale when I bought it. Besides, this is a rare dinner for the two of us. What does it matter if I spend a little more?"

Finn was helping his sister remove the cover on the dish as he spoke. Today's menu, the wine he bought, the etiquette and actions from the moment his sister entered the door, were all instructed by the black cat in boots.

According to the black cat, his owner was a woman of some status in the alley, so he learned a lot about etiquette from her.

The knowledge he learned from Black Cat and put into practice really shocked his sister.

He and sister Elvira drank the red wine in the glass while enjoying the dishes he learned from Black Cat today, and Finn poured a second glass of wine for the two siblings.

The glasses were clinking, and I don’t know if it was because the atmosphere was too good or for some other reason, but by the time Sister Avella reacted, the bottle of red wine had been drunk up by the two of them.

In a corner ignored by the two, the black cat in boots was tasting the cheese and tomatoes prepared by Finn with its front paws pulled out of the boots, like a guest waiting for a movie to start, waiting for what would happen next between the two.

I believe that with the intelligence of all readers, you will definitely think that this black cat must have made a small contribution to the improvement of the relationship between the two siblings.

The black cat, an abnormality, was born in the city based on the fairy tale "Puss in Boots". Like the abnormalities taken in from the outside world by Lobotomy Corporation, such as Mitori from the Black Forest, it was also an abnormality that existed naturally in the city when the Lobotomy Corporation was still in the laboratory stage.

This black cat, which was as smart as the cat in the fairy tale, quietly mixed its homemade love potion into the two people's red wine and dishes. It was believed that this magical potion would soon make the two guests open their hearts.

The fact was just as Black Cat thought. Finn, whose psychological defenses were soon destroyed by the combined effects of alcohol and elixir, put down his cutlery and asked his sister solemnly, "Sister, what do you think of me?"

"Of course you are my brother. Finn, what else can you be other than my brother?"

Elvira, who is at the level of a sixth-level finisher, has not yet been controlled by the effect of the elixir, but her unintentional words have severely hurt Finn, who was confused by the elixir and alcohol.

"Sister, you know I don't want to be just your brother."

Finn stood up, and before Elvira could respond, he pulled her up from the chair. The sudden change in posture prevented her blood circulation from adjusting in time, and Elvira's eyes went dark for a moment.

The next moment, as blood rushed to her brain faster, alcohol and elixir also began to take effect on her.

"Finn, I'm your sister...I can't..."

Chapter 79. Return to the Office

The next morning, Finn got on the bus he ordered and headed towards Lane 12.

He had almost lost all memory of what happened last night, but he vaguely remembered that he seemed to have said some things to his sister that he shouldn't have said, and did some things that a younger brother shouldn't have done to his sister.

But when he woke up from the bed in the guest room, his sister told him that he was just drunk last night and said some nonsense.

The headache from the hangover made him wonder whether he should believe his sister's words or his own vague memory. But the way his sister moved freely did not seem like she had done that with him.

When he asked his imaginary sister what happened last night, the imaginary sister who should have been open and honest like yesterday turned her back unexpectedly and ignored him no matter what he tried to ask.

Then he decided to ask the black cat, and he saw that the black cat in boots was staring at him with an expression of respect that even humans would find difficult to produce.

But no matter how he asked the black cat what he did last night, the black cat would only say to him:

"My respected messenger boy, you really did something that I never thought anyone would do."

Finally, Finn could only move to the address of Run's office with a headache and confusion. After he handed in the completed commission and returned the black cat in boots to the client, he finally remembered that he still had the invitation letter that appeared inexplicably in his pocket.

"Finn, what are you researching in that commission book?"

A senior ninth-level finisher was sitting on the sofa in the office and shouted at him.

"Hmm? What is that thing you are holding in your hand? Let me see it!"

Another sharp-eyed ninth-level finisher saw the invitation to the library in Finn's hand. The two took the invitation from Finn and saw something about books written on it.

"It smells suspicious..."

The first person to talk to Finn spoke first. An invitation letter inexplicably appeared in his pocket, but he didn't find it at the first time?

When Finn told them the story of how he got the invitation, the invitation became a terrifying object that could bring death in their eyes.

The sharp-eyed closer said to his companion, "Hey, which commission doesn't look suspicious? If it's your opinion, if what's written in the invitation is true, the major "associations" will definitely be very interested in those "collections". How can we let such a good thing go?"

The finisher tried his best to persuade several companions around him to join the exploration of the library. He knew that the library must be full of dangers, but in his opinion, as long as these companions acted as cannon fodder to clear the way, he could easily get some valuable things back.

Unfortunately, Finn, who was still having a headache, didn't listen to what the guy said. He just followed the rules and said to them, "It sounds interesting, but we don't know what kind of risks are hidden in the library, right? We should report this to the office first and make a decision after getting approval."

"Tsk, what's the point of going to a rubbish office where you don't get paid for nine meals out of three days? If you don't go, we'll have to go."