Demons Beside You (The Demons Beside Me)

"Chen, how are you?"

"I'm okay." Chen Zhao was exhausted at this moment. He had determined that there were no living people on the four floors where the fire had taken place. All the people who could be rescued had been rescued: "Your son How about it?"

"He has woken up." Bant pointed to Ken sitting on the ground not far away. His injury was not serious, but he was a little choked: "Chen, I don't know how to thank you."

The fire chief came over and said, "Hey man, are you okay?"

"Fortunately, can the fire be controlled?" Chen Zhao looked at the people on the fifth and sixth floors. They were all waiting for rescue at the window, and there were quite a few of them.

If the fire continues to spread upward, Chen Zhao may have to risk going in.

"No problem, our water cannon can reach the fourth floor." The fire chief patted Chen Zhao on the shoulder.

"Be gentle, buddy." Chen Zhao really felt pain all over his body at this moment.

"Sorry, your pets are so powerful. How do you train them? Especially this child, I want to take him away."

When Wanda heard the fire captain's words, she grinned and growled at the fire captain.

"Haha...it seems it doesn't want to."

"Is the ambulance here?"

"Not yet, it's too far from the hospital."

There is no five-minute rule in the United States. The time it takes for ambulances, fire trucks, and police cars to arrive depends on their distance.

If a town's finances are tight, they may need to share these public safety properties with other towns.

Chen Zhao stood up and said, "I'm a doctor, I'm going to see the injured."

"Man, you are overtired now, and the consumption in the fire field will be five times as usual. What you need most now is rest."

"Okay, I'm a doctor. I know that excessive fatigue will only cause me back pain in the next few days, but it will not be fatal. But they will. I rescued them from the fire, so I can't let them. They died in front of me."

One person's body was severely burned and he might not be able to leave the hospital in a short time, but Chen Zhao secretly fed him some perfect crystals.

The injuries of the others were not serious, and most of them suffered from excessive smoke inhalation.

The fire on the fourth floor did not continue to spread upward and was slowly extinguished.

The fire hit the town hard economically, with millions of dollars reduced to ashes.

Moreover, several people were killed. If Chen Zhao, Wanda, and Carrie hadn't rushed to the fire to save people, I'm afraid the casualties would have been even greater.

The three rescued nine people from the fire scene, one of whom was seriously injured, and the others were only slightly injured.

The ambulance arrived half an hour later, and three hours later, the fire was finally extinguished.

"Chen, can our whole team take a photo with you and Wanda?"

"Of course." The members of the fire brigade obviously admired Chen Zhao and Wanda. After all, Chen Zhao and Wanda rescued nine people.

"Chen, I'll take you back."

"Don't you want to go to the hospital to be with your son?"

"No, I asked Mary to go. I can't leave the hero behind."

"Bant, please don't call me a hero. If you do this again, I'm afraid I will move away directly."

"Okay, okay, Chen, that's okay."

Chen Zhao was sitting in the car, feeling a little drowsy.

"Chen, are you okay? Do you want to go to the hospital?"

"No, I'm just a little tired."

After arriving at the door of the house, Bant woke up the sleeping Chen Zhao.

"Thanks, Bant."

"No, I should be the one saying thank you."

Bant hesitated for a moment and then said: "Chen, you have to be careful about the mayor."

"What?"

"This fire may have something to do with the mayor."

"Then why didn't you tell the police?"

"It's useless, there is no evidence, unless there are some clues found at the fire scene."

"what's going on?"

"The land where the winery is located has been spotted by a chemical factory. They have always wanted to buy it and open a chemical plant. However, it was unanimously resisted by the residents of our town at that time. Only the mayor supported the chemical plant, and we owned the winery. The town’s public property, so the chemical plant never had a chance to succeed, and later they tried to purchase the land through the town mayor, but the town mayor also had no decision-making power.”

"So you suspect that the mayor set this fire? Really?"

"Yeah, he's not a good guy."

"Then why can he still be the mayor?"

"He won't be in office for much longer. His term is up in two months, and no one will vote for him by then."

"Does the mayor have any bad past?"

"On the surface, he is just an ordinary politician. Even saying he is a politician is flattering him. But I heard that he has connections with some gangsters, so I want you to be careful."

"Okay, I understand, but I'm just saving people, so there's no reason for him to conflict with me, right?"

"Among the people you rescued, there was his nemesis, the old guy Ted, the director of the winery. They had had a fierce conflict. The mayor once said in public that sooner or later, Ted would be reunited with his winery. Turn into ashes.”

"Is that mayor really so blatant?"

"Yes, that is a villain, a scoundrel, and an out-and-out devil."

Woof woof woof——

"Um... Bant, my children are called little devils, and they don't like others taking away their nicknames."

"Okay, anyway, be careful. That madman probably wants to take advantage of his last term to go crazy. No one knows what he will do."

"I understand, I will be careful."

After Bant warned Chen Zhao, he went home.

Tonight was not going to be easy for anyone. Chen Zhao estimated that Bant would have to rush to the hospital later.

When Chen Zhao returned home, he opened the metal box as soon as possible.

Sure enough, a huge perfect crystal was lying there quietly.

Tonight's efforts were indeed not in vain.

Chen Zhao felt that his desperate efforts to save people were all worth it.

Not to mention Chen Zhao's reality, Chen Zhao is very risky when he saves people.

Even with Carrie's protection, it's not foolproof.

Chen Zhao took out all the bits and pieces of demon crystals: "Carrie, Wanda, this is yours."

"Human, where's mine?"

"And I."

"You two haven't done anything to help, so what reward do you want?"

"We can't do anything when we go into the fire scene. Do you expect us to go in and hold you back? We are cheering you on outside, which is to give you the greatest help." Beelzebub said matter-of-factly.

"Okay." Chen Zhao picked two more smallest demon crystals: "This is a reward for your cheers."

"So small?" Beelzebub and Raymond looked at the demon crystals in front of them, and then at the seven or eight demon crystals in front of Carrie and Wanda.

As the saying goes, there is no harm without comparison. Beelzebub and Raymond were unhappy with this comparison.

"Wanda, you have my blood flowing in your body, so I will share half of yours."

Woof——

Wanda opened her mouth and roared at Beelzebub. He was also a demon now, not an ignorant dog.

As for Carrie, she never backed down Beelzebub and Raymond.

The possibility of grabbing the demon crystal from under her mouth was infinitely close to zero.