The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Minister, is this really good...? After all, she is still a younger girl than the eldest lady... What is the difference between what we do and Cocolia?"

In a daze, the girl heard a noisy and clear sound.

"Where am I? No, I am... who am I... what?"

The girl's consciousness is like a drowned person floating on the sea. With the wind and waves on the sea, sometimes it rises out of the water, sometimes it is pushed underwater by the waves, sometimes it is awake, sometimes it is drowsy, and it is pulled repeatedly like this. Under this, she couldn't even remember what happened before, and even her own name was blurred.

As soon as I try to recall my name, a hazy character will appear in my mind - it's not that I can't remember it, it's just like this, I can only see the general outline of the name, but what is my name, and what is my name? What the name means... I have no idea at all.

"Xiaosong, have you been a driver for too long and your brain has gone bad? Do you pity her? Did you pity the president when Cocolia framed him? When Miss Mei was bullied in school, Did she feel sorry for the eldest lady? "

Two completely unfamiliar voices were arguing fiercely, even though they were saying words that the girl couldn't understand at all. Even though she was rarely angry at all, she felt a little irritated at this time.

At the same time, there seemed to be a fire in my chest. At first, I just felt a little warm, as if warm blood was dripping on my chest, but soon the blood started to burn. The severe pain made her want to open her mouth and call for help, but the order was issued from her mind, but her body did not respond at all... Could it be that her consciousness was just awake, but her body was still comatose? Xi'er didn't understand.

So, she could only continue to listen to the two noisy voices:

"Arthur! I know what you mean, but first of all, I am talking to the minister, and secondly, Cocolia's fault is her own. Why should we affect such an innocent child?"

"Huh? Innocent? Then has Cocolia considered the innocence of the president? Has she considered the innocence of the eldest lady?"

"Don't talk to me like that! What happens to Cocolia is Cocolia's business. Didn't I say that from the beginning? What's the difference between what we do and Cocolia's?"

"Hmph! Then think carefully, who took the photos of these children and handed them over to the minister? In fact, you agree with this approach in your heart, don't you?"

"I...I'm not! I didn't!"

"Now you're denying it? Now you're starting to feel guilty? If you didn't agree with this approach from the beginning, you could have stopped taking those photos or not giving them to the minister."

"How can it be the same? Although I don't agree with this approach, as a subordinate, of course I cannot hide all useful information from my superiors!"

"Haha! Don't you think you are being pretentious? Of course you can't hide this information from the minister, but from the time you handed in those photos to the time before the action, you can express your opinions at all, but you can't express your opinions at all. Never said that once!”

"Then...I wouldn't have thought that the minister would choose this plan in the end..."

"After the minister announced the plan and before taking action, did you ever object?"

"I……"

"I didn't object before it happened, but after it happened I felt regretful and had a bad conscience? Isn't this affectation? Isn't this hypocrisy?"

"Ahem! Okay, don't say any more."

Finally, a third voice interrupted the meaningless dispute between the first two. I don't know why, but when the quarrel stopped, the girl's consciousness also let out a long sigh of relief.

"Listen, I don't care what you think in your heart. Whether you agree with the current actions or not, I don't care. But now that things have happened and we have brought this girl here, we will never let her go directly. Reason to go back.”

"But……"

"It's nothing! Can you be sure that she never saw us from the beginning to the end? Furthermore, even if we were not exposed, Cocolia wouldn't know who did this? If we put her back, it will only make her Cocolia can retaliate against the eldest lady with confidence and boldness! Therefore, there is only one way before us - to reach an agreement with Cocolia through this girl, and then we can put her back."

"I see……"

"No, you don't understand yet, Xiaosong. Just having this girl named Xi'er is not enough. A woman like Cocolia will never compromise with us for such a child, so we still need..."

The girl couldn't hear the rest of the words clearly. She seemed to have been soaked in water. Everything she could feel in her body became cold and wet, and she even felt a trace of salty taste inexplicably.

"Xi...Xie'er? Is this...my name?"

"Ah...yes, yes, yes, my name is Xi'er."

The sound reached Xi'er's ears through the thick water curtain, carrying the unique obscurity and depression of the deep sea.

"Well……"

Therefore, Xier could confirm that she seemed to have really "immersed" in a certain ocean.

But if that's the case, why don't you feel any suffocation at all? On the contrary, there is something... like a fish returning to the bottom of the sea, not unfamiliar or afraid, because this is her home.

"What happened? Those three men's voices just now...what happened? Why did Xi'er become like this..."

In a daze, Xi'er felt her body curl up against the current, and her arms slowly hugged her head.

Then, many fragmented memories began to flash back in my mind:

"Ahhh! Why is mashed potatoes for dinner today again! Woohoo...Rosalia doesn't want to eat mashed potatoes. If she eats mashed potatoes again, Rosalia will turn into a potato!"

"Well, Rosalia, the children who were originally staying in Siberia are going to the Far East tomorrow, so the kitchen plans to save all the delicious food until tomorrow night."

"I don't care, I don't care! Aunt Natasha! Even if I starve to death today, I will never eat another bite of mashed potatoes!"

The red-haired girl banged her spoon on the plate in protest, while the girl with bandaged hands and feet looked helpless.

"Uh... first, please call me sister, not aunt. Second... okay, I can give you money, but my injury is not healed yet. You can go out to eat by yourself, or choose someone to go out and pick up the food. Buy it and eat it... apricots, how about you go..."

"Why? It's not like I'm crying and making a fuss about not eating. Why should I run errands? If she wants to go, let her go by herself!"

"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu! Aunt Natasha! She's so fierce, I'm soooooo!"

"First of all! You call me sister!"

"Okay! Everyone, please stop arguing. Whatever Rosalía wants to eat, Xier can buy it for you."

It was probably such a process, and in her subsequent memories, only half a sunset, a dark alley, and the darkness that quickly engulfed her were left.

"Am I... kidnapped? What on earth are they going to do... ah! They just seemed to say... that they wanted to use Xi'er to make a deal with Cocolia's mother... ah... Cocolia's mother..."

Recalling too many names at once, Xier felt that her brain was a little swollen, so swollen that it pressed on her eyeballs, and her eyes opened unconsciously... She was greeted by endless clear blue.

"This is……"

Gentle light fell from the sea, and the floating water cast a grid-like shadow on Xi'er's cheeks. Even though this ocean is so addictive, even though she really wants to be wrapped in the water and sink to the bottom of the sea, Xi'er still stretched out her hand towards the light - she was still a little confused, but her instinct told her, She can't stay here, she wants to go back, she still has unfulfilled promises in that world... Yes! correct! It’s sister Bronya! She couldn't stay in the dark sea, because there were still people waiting for her above the sea.

"Uh-huh——"

There was severe pain in her abdomen, as if she had been punched hard. She finally floated up a little, but it seemed as if she was going to be knocked back to the bottom of the sea by this punch.

"No...no..."

Although the pain was unbearable, it also made people wake up suddenly. Those names that were previously hazy and whose true meanings were still unclear are now back in my mind along with a large number of memories.

"No! I must go back. I can't drag down Cocolia's mother... I can't drag everyone down..."

She struggled hard, but like most drowning people, struggling could not save herself. The more she struggled, the deeper she would sink... However, for her, even if she was addicted to the ocean, He won't "die" either, right? So why bother?

"No! I must go back! Sister Bronya and I still have an unfulfilled agreement..."

"Oh? Is there an unfulfilled promise? It seems to be the same for me."

"Um……"

The sound reached her ears, and Xi'er responded habitually, and then her eyes were about to burst.

Only then did she realize that she hadn't said a word from beginning to end. The voice came from behind her...

She turned around with difficulty under the influence of the undercurrent, but what she saw before her eyes was bottomless darkness.

Then in the darkness, a pair of scarlet eyes lit up.

"You...who are you!"

"Hehehehe! You actually asked me: Who am I? Hehehe! Didn't I tell you the answer at the beginning?"

The light falling behind him dispelled some of the darkness, and the outline of the person in front of him gradually took shape...

"Who am I? Haha!"

The girl raised her hand and used her blood-red nails to lift up the hair hanging down the side of her face, revealing a face that was exactly the same as Xi'er's.

"Isn't the answer obvious? Xi'er."

…………

"So, we still need to use this girl to lure out more children in the orphanage. Only if all, at least half, of those children are in our hands can we have the confidence to negotiate with Cocolia. Of course, even if That's right, it's just a matter of confidence. In fact, with Cocolia's character, hehe... But there is no other way. This is the most promising counterattack that we, the homeless dogs, can make against Cocolia. "

Gregory pressed the cigarette butt on the coffee table and stubbed it out, then lit another one without stopping.

"Still... still have to continue..."

Xiaosong, who was standing aside, twisted his body unnaturally and touched his thighs helplessly with his hands. When Arthur saw his appearance, he naturally couldn't help but snort.

"Don't be naive, Xiaosong! You're like this, it's really annoying, I..."

"alright!"

Seeing that the two were about to quarrel again, Gregory blew out a mouthful of white smoke, coughed and banged the coffee table twice with his bent knuckles.

"We are all our own people, there is no need to quarrel. If anyone starts a quarrel again, don't blame me for being rude. Do you understand?"

"snort!"

Arthur glanced sideways at Xiaosong, probably because he had been standing for a long time. He walked to the sofa and wanted to sit down, but when he looked at the old god Grigory who was sitting comfortably and puffing away, his knees that had just been bent fell again. He straightened up instantly.

"hehe……"

Xiaosong sneered twice, but there was no more sound.

"Well?"

Sensing the strange atmosphere, Gregory glanced at Xiaosong, then glanced at Arthur, and couldn't help but smile and blew out the smoke.

He raised his hand and pressed down:

"Arthur, sit down."

"Ahem! Minister, I can just stand..."

"You're welcome, sit down."

Gregory said, throwing a whole pack of cigarettes in his pocket onto the coffee table.

"Arthur, take one for yourself."

This time, Arthur didn't make any extra drama and just smoked a cigarette and put it in his mouth. Gregory left the lighter on the table again, then smoked out the cigarette in one breath and stood up.

"Xiaosong, come with me. Arthur, please stay here and take care of this little girl."

"no problem."

Arthur glanced at Xiaosong proudly, causing the latter to grit his teeth.

But there was no other way. Since it was Gregory's order, he could only obey it.

The two quickly left the too dark room and came to the somewhat deserted courtyard. When they were bathed in the last dim twilight, Gregory and Xiao Song took a deep breath together.

"Want one?"

Unexpectedly, Gregory took out another pack of cigarettes and another lighter from his pocket.

"Minister, didn't you just..."

Seeing Xiaosong's silly expression, Gregory smiled slightly.

"What? I never said I only had a pack of cigarettes and a lighter on me, right?"

"Uh... yes. But, I don't smoke."

"Huh? Sorry."

Gregory put the cigarette back in his hand.

"I even forgot that you used to be the eldest lady's driver, so you gave up smoking for this reason..."

"It's not all because of Miss. Smoking is inherently bad for your health."

"hehe."

Gregory grinned and didn't say much, just silently lighting his third cigarette in five minutes.

"Xiaosong, in which year did you become the driver for the eldest lady?"

"Huh? I really didn't remember this carefully, but it was probably after 2005, right?"

"Well, that's about that time."

Gregory's words left Xiaosong speechless. He thought the other party had forgotten the time, but he asked knowingly.

"In short, Arthur only joined our department after you came to the eldest lady's side. He is like this. He has a bad temper, his brain is straight, and he always does all kinds of extreme actions. Well, he is actually very energetic. He has some problems and is always inexplicably irritable... But he is loyal enough to the president and strong enough to cope with most situations. The two of us can't stand in front of him for ten seconds... The original brothers either lost contact or changed families. ,I have no way."

"oh."

Xiaosong understood. It turned out that Gregory had pulled him out to smooth things over. That's right. At this time, it's more important to maintain stability within the team.

"Actually, what he said is right. My hindsight thinking is indeed hypocrisy."

Gregory shook his head noncommittally and threw away the half-smoked cigarette in his hand with some irritation.

"Xiaosong, do you have Mikael's phone number?"

"Ah? Yes, there is, but..."

"Call and tell Mikael about this."

"ah?"

"Ah what? Cocolia found out that her adopted child was kidnapped. She will definitely use other methods to get revenge. The eldest lady must be prepared in advance."

"I see."

Once he heard that it was for the safety of the eldest lady, Xiaosong immediately had no objection.

He took out his cell phone, quickly dialed a number he knew by heart, and then put it to his ear.

But he quickly took the phone down and hung up.

"What's wrong?"

"On the call."

Xiaosong shook his head helplessly.

"It doesn't matter, I'll call you later."

Gregory lit his fourth cigarette, and Xiaosong nodded obediently.

"boom!"

Suddenly there was a muffled sound in the house. Although it was weakened by the walls, the two of them could still hear it clearly.

Gregory and Xiaosong looked at each other, and the two hurriedly ran into the house. As they got closer to the room where Xi'er was detained, the sounds of shaking and yelling became clearer.

"It's all fucking Cocolia's fault!"

"Haha... Hahaha... I don't care what your relationship is with Cocolia, go to hell!"

"Stop! Arthur!"

Xiaosong slapped the door panel in panic, covering the door handle with his body in his haste. Gregory was a step late and could only gasp for breath and worry.

But what sounded in their ears the next second was Arthur's scream.