About the time I was picked up and adopted by Tallulah

Hei looked at the people who were gradually approaching him, hesitating whether he should close his eyes.

One bodyguard tore off the remaining clothes on his body, while the other pointed the tip of the dagger at his thigh.

"..."

The moment the dagger and fingers touched her skin, Hei finally understood one thing. She thought she had already accepted her own descent into darkness and was prepared to die at any time in the most ugly, tragic and painful way.

But all of this was wrong. In the dim abandoned mine, surrounded by men who had clear murderous intentions and other impulses towards him - facing such a situation, Hei still felt 'fear' in his heart.

——Is it... the same as then?

On the day that his childhood ended, his parents died in the driver's seat and he was surrounded by countless mercenaries.

Without the ability to resist, without the possibility of rescue, surrounded by pure 'malice'. The only choice I can make now, different from then, is probably to endure it with all my might and not make a sound?

Hei closed his eyes, perhaps in this way he could see again the gem-like bright lights in his memory.

Boom!

She felt a shock of force in her chest, and one of the bodyguards looked like he had jumped directly on top of her.

Hei pressed his tongue against his teeth, doing his best to suppress all his emotions, and silently waited for the nightmare to come.

however……

Boom!Boom!

"Hey! What's going on—BOOM!"

What was expected did not happen. Instead, I heard the sound of something hitting the ground all around me, and the panicked shouting of one of the bodyguards, followed by another dull sound of something hitting the ground.

The sound of something hitting the ground echoed in the empty abandoned mine, and then fell silent again.

Then, a familiar voice came from right above Hei.

"I'm sorry I'm late... Are you okay, Miss Black?"

"—!!"

Hei immediately opened his eyes, and what he saw was the dim light tubes at the top of the abandoned mine, and - the concerned expression of the young man.

He had gone through the same ordeal as the nightmare he had experienced in his childhood, but the difference this time was that a gem-like light shone into his sight this time.

"I'm fine..."

Hei responded vaguely, her tone a little weak, because she wasn't sure if this plot, which was exactly the same as the one in Miss Ceylon's favorite "Love Story", was just an illusion she had made up at the last moment.

"I'm glad you're okay... Ha... I'm really sorry, I'm not very familiar with... Xiosta's terrain, and my Originium skills for finding people were disrupted..."

Orson helped Hei up and untied him, then casually pulled a suit from the bodyguard who was lying on the ground and put it on Hei. However, he seemed to be out of breath and was breathing heavily when he spoke.

"...Orson? What's wrong with you?!"

Only then did Hei notice that Orson in front of him was covered with scars.

This boy must have been through a hell of a battle… No.

Hei asked the other party concernedly and panicked, but the next moment she noticed that those scary-looking "scars" seemed to be traces of cat scratches and bites.

"I'm... fine. I was just bitten once when I met Kal'tsit... and then, when you heard I was coming to see you suddenly... you... you got tickled again - wait a minute, my stomach feels a little uncomfortable..."

Orson struggled to explain himself, then waved his hand to indicate he couldn't go on, then staggered to the corner.

“Ugh, ugh, ugh!!”

"...Um, Orson, please exercise more in the future."

"I'm so sorry for my poor health..."

The Prince Charming boy responded awkwardly after being grabbed by Kal'tsit and running over at full speed, only to vomit himself.

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25. Orsen was defeated at the beginning of the live broadcast

"Are you okay…Orson?"

"Ahem... I'm fine. No, I should be the one asking you this... Are you okay, Miss Hei?"

Because of the intense long-distance running, Orson reached his critical point for a while, so after rescuing Hei, he vomited immediately as his tense body relaxed.

This look does not seem to match the image of the 'rushing Prince Charming', so now it is Hei who was originally rescued who asks Orson with a worried look on his face.

"There are some bruises on my hands, but they won't affect my crossbow accuracy—I'm fine, Orson. And...really, thank you."

Hei looked at his wrists, which were bruised from being roughly tied with ropes.

But Hei didn't care about these slightly glaring marks. She looked at the boy in front of her who was smiling at her and wiping the corner of his mouth.

"You're welcome. If only I could come faster—Pfft!"

Hei hesitated for only a few seconds, then without any hesitation he opened his arms and hugged Orson completely in his arms.

His almost uncontrollable panic and despair were all completely dispelled by the arrival of this young man.

Walking on a suspension bridge with the opposite sex can create the illusion of being in love, and after experiencing the ups and downs just now, Hei no longer has any energy to "restrain" herself from this young man. She chooses to express her gratitude and love for this chimera in the most direct way.

“Mmmmm…!!?”

At this time, Hei's clothes were cut open by the guards with daggers, and he was only wearing the suit handed to him by Orson. In other words, there was nothing underneath the suit.

And Hei hugged Orson without any hesitation, and the result was that Orson's relatively smooth face enjoyed a wave of facial cleanser care.

“—Ugh!!”

Hei hugged Orson in her arms without thinking, but the overly "strange" touch made her realize that something was wrong in an instant.

"Sorry—"

Boom! !

Hei quickly distanced himself from Orson, but because of shyness he used too much force and accidentally bumped Orson into the wall of the abandoned mine.

"Wow wow wow... are you okay, Orson?"

“@v@No, nothing’s wrong…”

Orson staggered and said that he could still hold on.

During this rescue operation, no enemies were encountered along the way. In the end, the only one who caused real damage to Orson was the "hostage" Hei.

Oh, and the normal attack is a secondary attack with an M3 attack, and the green cat head scratches and bites madly.

"I didn't expect you to still remember the code from before, Miss Hei... That's really helpful."

"So the restaurant owner appeared near the mansion because you called Orson?"

"Well, after all, that place might be under surveillance, and the only person I know in Xiosta is the boss... Mainly because I didn't expect Cronin to act so decisively at first. It's like I made a device that predicts the destruction of the Earth, and then I just took a quick look and found that it really did... My heart almost stopped beating at that moment."

The human alarm that Orson used as a substitute for "tuning" actually encountered the scene of Hei encountering an emergency, which made Orson, who was just preparing it casually, not prepared.

"Even so, how did you find me?"

"Hehe, don't underestimate the value of the Minister of Qicheng's temporary intelligence department! (Although the only subordinates that the Minister can command are Junjun)"

"Is that so... Anyway, I have to go to Miss Ceylon and Master."

After understanding how Orson had gotten here and the initial chaos and commotion had subsided, Hei changed into a suit. Although wearing these scumbags' clothes made Hei feel a little disgusted, it was at least better than acting in a state that would attract the police if seen on the street.

"Wait a moment, Miss Black. We need to analyze the situation now. Since that man named Cronin has already taken action, it means that he probably feels that the situation is completely under his control."

Orson stopped Hei who was about to leave, and took out a mobile phone from the pocket of a "guard" on the ground.

"That guy... he's probably kidnapped the master and the young lady... I have to go over and kill him immediately."

Hei's fists and eyebrows were tightly locked. As the director of the Security Bureau and a personal bodyguard, Hei could not accept this situation at all. He only felt regret and anger in his heart.

"Calm down, Miss Hei. That guy probably won't attack Mr. Herman and Miss Ceylon for the time being."

“…Really?”

If someone else said this, Hei probably would think it was just meaningless empty comfort.

But Orson's words seemed to have some kind of magic, which made the angry Hei calm down and feel at ease. And for no reason, Hei chose to believe Orson's judgment.

"Miss Hei, although it may not be polite to say this... why do you think you are still alive and able to open your eyes?"

Orson asked a somewhat pointed question while continuing to collect the mobile phones from the guards' pockets. He also tied up their hands and threw them onto the rock wall of the mine.

Only then did Hei notice that these guards weren't dead, but had fallen into a coma. They all had large swellings on the backs of their heads, likely caused by some unknown blow from Orson. (Controlling Pause to throw a rock)

"Is it because... these people want to humiliate me?"

Recalling his previous experience, Hei felt disgusted and chilled again.

At this time, I actually wished that I was a severely infected person with mineral disease, because the infection was being treated with care by Ceylon, so the black mineral disease was not serious.

If it was a severely infected person, at least those people would not have any desires towards him after seeing the black crystals precipitated on his body surface.

But speaking of this... Orson clearly knew that he was an "infected person", but he had no reason to interact with me at such close range.

"Probably not, because there would be no need to knock you out. The only conceivable reason is that they were ordered not to kill you yet."

"--What's the meaning?"

Hei frowned, not understanding what Orson said.

"It must be Cronin's request. There are only two possibilities for him not destroying the city outright. One is that he doesn't yet possess the ability to do so—which is unlikely. Since he's been using his identity as the Messenger of Scourge to conceal Xiosta's problems for so long, it's impossible for him to rebel without being fully prepared. The other possibility is that before destroying the city, he still wants something from the mayor. Reputation, money, social status, corporate interests—and the key is, these things can't be obtained naturally by letting the volcano devour Xiosta. He must actively obtain them from others."

——The master once entrusted one-third of his property in the name of Miss Ceylon. Could it be for... ?

What did Hei think of?

"...But, the master will never give everything he has to the other party so easily."

"That's right, so at this time we usually have to use the simplest and most effective method—"

As Orson explained, he found the travel bag that the guards brought with them at the foot of the abandoned mine. After opening it, he found a "video recording device" inside.

Next to the travel bag were some tools that were used for "digging and prospecting" but could also be used on the human body, such as a short saw, a chisel, a pickaxe, a hammer, and nails.

"—That means interrogating a companion whom the person cares about."

Orson set up the camera and tripod, then picked up a few nails.

“…torture”

Hei frowned. As a former mercenary, she knew very well that what the boy said was true.

A person may not be afraid of having his limbs cut off, but he cannot accept his relatives being tortured to death bit by bit in front of him. This is the most effective and brutal means of interrogation.

"That guy named Cronin has a pretty good idea. He'll use Miss Ceylon and Mr. Herman to contain you, the most powerful fighter, and then use you to threaten Ceylon and Herman. I'm not sure about the situation on Miss Ceylon's side, but judging by the situation here, it seems things aren't going well there, so he needs to use you."

"Miss..."

The reason he was still alive was because Ceylon was still holding on, was that what he meant? This time, it wasn't him who protected her, but rather this young lady who couldn't make black tea, who had saved his life in her own way.

"What do we do now?"

Hei put away the worries in his heart. He had said that he "would believe Ceylon", so what he had to do now was to believe her, believe Hermann, and then do what he could.

"That guy must be thinking his script is flawless and foolproof. If that's the case, how about we just follow his script and tweak a few details?"

Orson smiled, but it was different from his usual silly smile that didn't look very bright. Hei could clearly feel the anger and... murderous intent from the other person's expression.

Only then did Hei realize that the young man seemed to be even angrier than himself from the very beginning, but he had perfectly suppressed this emotional impulse.

"Wake up, everyone."

Orson squatted on the ground and slapped the guards a few times.

“Wuwu…Wuwaaa!?”

Several guards woke up in a daze and were shocked by what they saw.

"I don't know the specific situation over there, so I'll keep it short. Could you answer a few questions for me and cooperate with me?"

Orson said to the guards with a smile, shaking the rusty nails and claw hammer in his hands.

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"About three months ago—that's when I suddenly realized that the volcano next to Xiosta wasn't extinct at all. It was just dormant, and it would erupt one day."

In the living room of a cruise ship, Cronin, the messenger of the Liberian Scourge, dressed in a neat uniform, paced slowly while speaking to Mayor Xiosta, who was standing beside him with his hands locked and surrounded by guards.

"For me, this isn't the end. It's an opportunity, a chance that will allow me to solve all my problems at once. Illegal obsidian mining has almost reached its limit. In fact, I've exhausted all my methods of concealment. If nothing unexpected happens, Master Herman will be aware of the illegal obsidian mining chain I've constructed by the end of this month."