The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Are you awake?" As soon as Mikael opened his eyes, he heard Mebius's voice.

"Here... Zhuhuo No. 1..."

He tilted his head sluggishly and saw Mebius moving a stool to sit on the bedside, holding a stack of reports in his hand and absently reviewing them.

She impatiently crossed her legs and swung her feet. The small high-heeled shoes hung on the heels. She seemed to be wearing no socks. With Mikael's eyesight, he could clearly see every inch of the texture of the skin on the soles of her feet.

"It stinks..."

Mikael's voice was a little weak.

"What?"

Mebius raised his head and looked at him with a frown. Only then did Mikael realize that she had put on a pair of small glasses and looked more mature than before.

"I said... you always turn off the lights in the laboratory. Are you short-sighted?"

"Hey! It's better than almost drowning in the sea! No, don't you know how to swim?"

"Ahem!" Mikael regained some strength, sat up with his hands on his body, and said awkwardly: "Isn't there an old saying in China, those who drown are those who can swim..."

This incident is really funny to say. Logically speaking, the escape methods that Mikael could choose at that time include but are not limited to: swim two hundred meters to Pohnpei Island/use the power of the Herrscher of Reason to build a ship/mimicry The core of the Herrscher of the Sky travels through space...

But the water was too cold and his scalp was extremely itchy (a dog's head would save his life). His legs cramped almost as soon as he fell into the sea water, and then he struggled involuntarily, and he didn't know how much water he choked on. Fortunately, I was lucky enough, and it only took ten minutes to be washed to the island by the ocean current.

"Where are the captain and the others?" Mikael asked seemingly casually.

Mebius sneered, "You want to ask Alicia, right?"

"No, don't think too much about it."

"Hey! Don't worry, they are all back and no one was hurt. That woman blocked me at the door for a long time this morning and wanted to come in to see you."

"Which woman?"

Mebius glanced at him, not bothering to respond.

Mikael, who failed in his trick, could only get out of bed and change his hospital gown into a combat uniform without any scruples.

"By the way, the noise you made last night has already been on the news."

"Hmm, is it serious?" Mikael saw the mini mushroom cloud from a distance last night. He had to admit that the sound of that blow was indeed a bit too loud. If it were an ordinary tank-level Honkaimon, even if It is an existence that is over 20 meters in size and is infinitely close to the upper level Honkaimon. If it takes that hit, it will probably be either seriously injured or dead. Even Mikael himself was not confident that he would be unscathed by that blow.

"so what?"

"So there is probably a demonstration going on in Luluye Dagon District now - protesting against the demolition company's demolition in the middle of the night for many days in a row, which affects the sleep of nearby residents."

Mikael tried not to laugh.

"By the way, the survivors of those towers..."

"It's all taken care of. What's the name of... Al? I heard that you asked for that child by name?"

"Well, he has good adaptability to Honkai Impact... Don't make any wrong ideas!"

"Hey!" Mebius shook his head disdainfully, "Let me tell you, Michael, have you become a bit of a saint these days? Why do you care about all the cats and dogs?"

Mikael was about to leave, but upon hearing this, his steps stopped.

The two of them were very close, but looking away from each other, they seemed far apart. The light from the fluorescent lamp hit Mebius' face, but cast a shadow behind her.

And this light also illuminated Mikael's back, but made his entire face disappear in darkness.

"Mebius..."

Mikael's voice was low and hoarse, and for the first time he didn't carry the honorific title Doctor.

The person whose name was called shivered for no reason. She narrowed her eyes and her pupils trembled slightly.

"I know that in your mind, human beings are a whole concept. It doesn't matter if some individuals are sacrificed for the sake of the whole. After all, as a minority, we must always follow the interests of the majority."

"Maybe, but what's wrong with that?"

The two of them turned their heads sideways and looked at each other out of the corner of their eyes.

"No, one day, you will find that in your heart, there are always certain 'individuals' whose weight and meaning are more important than all."

"Oh? Then why am I so curious? Who is the individual you are talking about?"

Mebius said nonchalantly.

Mikael turned his head straight. The action just now was really cool, but his neck was a little tired.

"Actually, I just mentioned it casually, Mebius, for the sake of our somewhat friendship, can I [please] you not to target ordinary people who have nothing wrong with them?"

"Hmph..." Mebius turned his neck stiffly and snorted.

"I'm leaving." Mikael announced unilaterally, with a hint of something different.

"etc!"

"What's wrong?" Mikael's hand was already on the door handle.

"Did you use the Herrscher power again last night?"

"Otherwise?" Mikael was a little confused and asked such a meaningless question. This was not Mebius's style.

Could it be that he was discovered by the Fire Chaser Moth? That's not right, then he shouldn't stay in Zhuhuo No. 1.

"It's nothing. When I just fished you out last night, your Honkai energy reaction was a bit high. Didn't you rely on me to fool you?"

"Oh, thanks."

Mikael breathed a sigh of relief. Since the Fire Chasing Moth hadn't caught the evidence, it wasn't a big problem - well, although it felt like he had overlooked something, it wasn't a big problem!

The sun outside looked like it was past noon. Mikael first went to the restaurant to have a meal. Then, he did not go to see Ally immediately. Instead, after asking the staff, he found the cockpit who was assisting with recording. Himiko of flight data.

Himihu didn't seem to be surprised by Mikael's arrival. While she was recording something on the paper with a pen, she asked with concern as if nothing had happened: "Are you okay?"

"no problem.

She nodded, and then whispered: "I asked Sakura to entangle Ellie. You leave Zhuhuo One first and wait for me next to the 680mm rail gun. I will be here in ten minutes."

Mikael was stunned for a moment, and then felt ecstatic.

What are they going to do? It's just asking for some "truths" and then trying to make some kind of judgment.

An hour later, night was about to fall on Luluye again. When it was time to get off work, the bureaucrats stepped out of the door of the city hall in twos and threes and walked on the streets that had been frosted to look crystal clear without being too smooth.

Mikael and Himiko were sitting on a park bench opposite the city hall, chatting as if no one else was around.

Of course, it is said to be a park, but in fact there is not even a blade of grass - human civilization is overwhelming on Luluye Island, and there is no natural landscape.

But...but no matter what, Luluye is still a magnificent existence.

"How about it? Human beings alone can create such an incredible landscape." Himihu said half proudly.

Mikael looked up at the sky. Light green crystal high-rise buildings formed a circle. Only at an extremely distant height was there a bright spot as big as a sesame seed. It was hard not to think of the metaphor of the frog at the bottom of the well.

"It's really good." Michael praised half-heartedly, but what he was thinking in his heart was: "...it's also called Luluye, and it really looks like a place 3 million light years away from the earth. ah……"

Himiko on the other side was already talking about another thing: "I've done some research and found out that Alfred gets off work half an hour later than everyone else every day. We can wait until everyone else has left before going in. It's totally too late."

As soon as they finished speaking, they saw a man in formal clothes running towards them with small steps.

The two looked at each other secretly, and both saw a hint of vigilance in each other's eyes.

The man came to them quickly: "Captain Himihu, Captain Mikael, our city mayor has been waiting for you for a long time, please come quickly."

The second time he saw Alfred, he was leaning on the desk, his face almost buried in the paper. He draped a coat over his shoulders and wore a thin white shirt underneath, and his skin was as pale as ever, just like the shirt.

"Wait a moment...ahem, let me handle this document."

The assistant did not enter the office, but closed the door after Mikael and Himihu entered.

There were only three people left in the room. Mikael was obviously unwilling to wait any longer and asked directly: "Alfred, doesn't your conscience hurt?"

The other party's writing movement stopped midway.

"You really came to me to accuse me? But what did I do wrong? Apart from anything else, if it weren't for my serum, Captain Himihu, would you still be standing here?"

He denied calmly.

Himihu frowned, "You know that's not what we're talking about - let's be honest, were you responsible for the collapse of three blocks in Dagon District?"

"Hey, hey! Don't talk nonsense. Do you have any evidence?"

Mikael took a deep breath, suppressed his anger, listed all the unreasonable things he had discovered before, and finally concluded: "I guess you probably misappropriated the micro-Honkai energy reactor on Pohnpei Island. This caused the collapse energy response in one of the blocks to reach a maximum value in an instant, and then quickly shut down and moved away. In this way, the collapse broke out very quickly at the beginning, and quickly spread to three blocks, and everyone suffered from it. I think the tens of thousands of patients have now become dozens of tubes of serum, right?"

Alfred sat back in his chair, and after listening to Mikael's analysis, he couldn't help but smile, and then clapped to himself.

"Perfect! Awesome! What next? As a warrior against Honkai, you don't think that the value of these dozens of tubes of serum will be lower than tens of thousands of ordinary people, right?"

Mikael couldn't bear it anymore. He grabbed Alfred by the collar, easily lifted him up, and pressed him against the wall.

Alfred had never been treated like this before. He bared his teeth and couldn't stop coughing.

Himihu didn't stop it, just watched it all with cold eyes.

"You..." Mikael's voice suddenly trembled, and Himiko frowned, realizing that things were not simple.

"What's wrong?"

"Come and see for yourself." Mikael put Alfred down, who always had a sarcastic smile on his lips.

He casually unbuttoned the collar of his shirt, and his neck covered in purple lines was exposed to the two of them.

"How could it be... When we were on Pohnpei Island, you hadn't..." Himihu became more and more confused. She felt that this result was more ironic than the smile on Alfred's lips. She even felt that this was the other person at all. Painted with watercolor pencils.

"It is indeed Honkai Impact Disease." Mikael said coldly, feeling a bit final.

After thinking for a while, he added two more words: "Late stage."

Then there was a long silence, silence to the point of death, silence to the point of solemnity, as if this was not the office of the city magistrate, but a cemetery.

Did he really do that? If there really were dozens of tubes of serum, why didn't he treat himself? Is it because he didn't do such a thing or because of his guilty conscience that he didn't treat himself?

A flood of questions ravaged the brains of Mikael and Himihu.

Thinking back to the time when they first came to Luluye, the other party seemed to be a playboy, but in fact, he deliberately urged them to solve the problem.

For a moment, I couldn't tell whether the person in front of me was good or evil.

"Any more questions? If not, can I ask you to leave?"

Mikael turned around and left with a sullen face.

The moment they were about to step out of the room, Alfred suddenly said quietly: "By the way, say hello to everyone on Pohnpei Island for me!"

Mikael's footsteps did not stop.

After the two left, Alfred stayed alone in the office until late at night.

"Beep beep beep..."

He put the phone to his ear and let the hoarse voice that he was very familiar with and disliked come from it: "Is the annoying moth gone?"

"Let's go. According to the request of you, an old immortal, I was first suspected, and now I have been cleared by deliberately showing my Honkai Disease... No, I have not been cleared, but they are still confused now and are not sure. It’s just what kind of person I am.”

"That's good." The person on the other end of the phone didn't seem to be angry at the title "Old Immortal", or he might have been used to it, "Moths are moths after all, they will only chase weak points of fire, especially , when the leading moth leads the wrong way.”

Alfred frowned. Although he was very familiar with it, this voice that sounded like he had swallowed hot coals still made him very uncomfortable. What's more, the other person's language was a bit harsh.

"That's it, give yourself a shot quickly. You are my favorite biologist, much better than that lunatic Mebius. I don't want anything to happen to you..."

Alfred hung up the phone, "Hey! Much better than Mebius... Are you praising me for my outstanding ability, or praising me for being obedient?"

He opened the drawer and looked at the only two objects in it - a tube of serum and a photo.

Driven by a strong desire to survive, he picked up the serum, opened the sleeve on the needle, and aimed the needle at the vein...

But when his eyes turned away from the blurry photo, he finally gave up.

"Maybe... but I don't want to solve this trolley problem anymore... Saving some people means killing others. No matter what choice you make, there is no right or wrong... It's just that the person who makes the choice executes the choice The person who was born was already burdened with unforgivable sins at that moment. Only..."