The Fire-Chasing Herrscher Who Destroyed the World

"Squeak--squeak--"

The wind had stopped, but the sound of the seesaw continued to echo, and could be heard clearly from the door of the apartment dozens of meters away.

Genfu used his fingers to pull down the glasses on the bridge of his nose a little, then he shrunk his chin and quickly scanned the ant-sized words on the newspaper while rolling his eyes. After all, he has presbyopia, not myopia.

After a while, the hands holding the newspaper loosened. The newspaper, which was not too heavy and certainly had nothing to do with being frivolous, fell on the oil-stained Eight Immortals table. Genfu used his thin, dark hands to lift the ups and downs on the newspaper. Fu Moping... He didn't know the meaning of doing this, and it was hard to tell whether he was doing it consciously, but if someone walked by, he wouldn't feel anything unusual. . After all, this is how an old man should look like this morning. He wears reading glasses and lazily spends the morning holding the latest newspaper, then has brunch and runs to find some friends amidst his wife’s nagging voice of disgust. A group of friends played mahjong all afternoon...

Ah, my memory is really bad... Genfu patted his head hard, and the few remaining half-white hair on his head fluttered casually, and finally his bald head was still gray.

I'm just thinking too much. Where can I find my wife? Where are his friends who have been playing mahjong with him for decades?

But there was still too much time in a whole day, enough for him to turn over the daily newspaper and read it two or three times without missing a word...

And as time goes by, more and more newspapers have ceased publication. He is actually just over 60 this year. Although he does not live in the urban area, it is also a relatively orderly area in the "buffer zone". He owns an entire apartment building. Real estate, the occupancy rate is over 70%, I have no worries about food and clothing, my body is still healthy, I can always live until the day when all newspapers cease publication...

It's really boring. The residents here are all nervous, and they are all guarding against his landlord as if he is a gangster. Although... well, if it hadn't been for the message from his son who would never come to him during the holidays, How can he defend this building and maintain this leisurely life...

But in the final analysis, life is still not very satisfying.

This kind of place is not suitable for the elderly and the weak to survive. It is impossible not to be alone. The contact between those residents and him is only to pay money or supplies every once in a while. If he suddenly said that he would organize a party with everyone, I am afraid no one would dare to come...except for the girl named Paduo who just moved here some time ago. …

The child always quarreled with him over petty gains, and the way he was fussing over everything made it difficult for Genfu not to think of him. There was a stupid expert in the newspaper just now who wrote an article explaining that what a person hates the most is often himself, so he will also hate people who are similar to him... Haha, Genfu doesn't hate it anyway, he quite enjoys being with girls. Bargaining and noisy time. But in a long day, it only took up a moment.

After all, every day is like a year.

There is no way to move to the city. To put it bluntly, this apartment building has locked him in this place. Even if he wants to sell it, no one will take it over. With only the rent he has saved over the years, if he wants to If you go to an urban area where you are unfamiliar with your life... it's better to go to bed.

If you want to leave, you still have to find a way to get a lot of money... But even then, that stupid son will not be willing to abandon the "establishment" he has laid and go to the city to start over.

Unless... there's enough money, just like the reward notice Genfu just saw on the middle of the newspaper... It's not like he hasn't done similar things before. Those who committed crimes in the city were rewarded. Naturally, they will not sit still and wait for death, but will flee to buffer zones with weak official control and suburbs with almost no official power. In between...those who are not ruthless enough will naturally choose to stay in the buffer zone with better order. , it’s not like there weren’t people who came to live with him by accident, and then they were directly reported to him secretly after he mentioned them in the newspaper.

Those fugitives were very unfamiliar with the buffer zone, and the newcomers had no idea what had happened here, and some offered to pay him protection fees.

Generally speaking, if the protection fee is much greater than the bounty, he will just go with them and pretend that he doesn't know. If it is less than... He will organize it and hand over the protection fee as stolen money, and then collect the reward. Money, a lot of money. Sometimes, if you encounter a police officer who causes trouble, you can directly share the protection money with him, so you will lose less.

But this time...he only dared to think about it. A total bounty of more than 100 million sounded wonderful. Even without looking at the S-class wanted level, the danger of fugitives can be imagined. Although he is good at punching and kicking, at this age, it is very difficult to deal with a strong man, let alone a Valkyrie...

"Forget it, let's think about what to eat for lunch first... Is it too early now? Alas, even the appetite is not as good as before when we get older, and there is nothing we want to eat."

Genfu simply leaned back, but unfortunately the original lounge chair was damaged by Pado, so he, the charterer, could only use the most ordinary stool.

"Ah... Damn girl, you were so kind when you only charged her three hundred yuan for repairs last time!"

He probably forgot that he had asked for 300,000 yuan, because the wood and rattan of the lounge chair were extremely rare, and then he was forced to pay 300 yuan by Padu. But I still made a profit, it only cost thirty when I collected it.

"Uh... that... uncle?"

Genfu's body quickly straightened up, and he turned his head to look at the stairs. The girl that Paduo had brought yesterday was standing there like that.

It's broad daylight. Although it's winter, the weather in Tianqiong City is not very snowy. If it's cold, it's certainly cold, but it's not like you're covered in black robes and you're wearing a hood on your head inside the building. ?

If it was Genfu a few days ago, he would definitely think so.

However, Pado also looks like this. He always wears a black coat and a hood on his head... At Genfu's age, he always has some experience in judging people. One look at this outfit and he feels that he is probably a wanted man. He originally wanted to make some extra money (although the little padu was very suitable for him, but how could he not make money if he had money), so he searched all over the newspapers, and rarely opened his mobile phone to check the special There are no similar girls on the official website that publishes wanted notices... Does it seem like it's just a personal preference, or maybe you're just shy about showing off your body? Genfu felt that Pado's companion should be of the same type as her.

Birds of a feather flock together, people flock together...

However, the girl in front of her seemed to be even shyer than Pado, her head was always lowered, and the sun was shining in obliquely. Then her hands twisted in front of her were constantly changing, and the hood cast a shadow on the girl's face. All she could see was To the slightly opened and closed lips.

"Um...hello? Xiaolongbao? Dandan noodles...forget it...Uncle, have you seen Paduo?"

The girl seemed to want to communicate in Chinese at first, but after struggling for a long time, she could only squeeze out a few ridiculous phrases. In the end, she had no choice but to ask in English with some anxiety.

Genfu scratched the gray-white stubble on his cheek and hesitantly opened his mouth to type a set of combos in English:

"Hello? U? Fine, Shuan Q, Anju U? Am fine rabbit?"

Genfu could see the girl in front of him opening and closing her lips constantly, but not even a single syllable came out...

He is no longer a teenager, so of course he will not think that his English is so good that he shocked the girl in front of him. It is obvious that the girl was shocked by his plastic English...

There was no unnecessary expression on Genfu's face. It was not easy to remain calm at every turn, but with the help of time, it would not be difficult.

But he suddenly thought of another foreign language he had learned when he was young for some unspeakable reason, so he spoke again with the mentality of trying:

"Ah Nuo...Is this the death of the Neon Kingdom?"

"ha?"

The key was correct, and the two were finally able to communicate briefly:

"Uncle, do you know where Pado went?"

"Oh? She, um... oh, she goes out every day at this time, and told me that she went to buy breakfast before. Come back soon, she has been gone for a long time."

Kiana tilted her head and reluctantly understood the uncle's grammar.

In fact, she could. In other words, as a wanted person, she should have her own consciousness and try to avoid getting along with people other than Pado. It is already very dangerous to communicate with this old man alone. After asking the question, you should quickly escape and hide in the room...

But she was really scared, fearing that Pado would leave her and run away, or that Pado's delay in returning was because something had happened to her...

She wanted to see the results as soon as possible, whether they were good or bad.

There was nothing left to say with the old man. The silence made time go faster. It seemed that less than half a minute had passed. There was a figure holding a big shopping bag in both hands, wearing a black coat, and holding a fat cat on his head. Suddenly appeared in the alley opposite the building.

She also saw Kiana, but she just responded with a naive smile. She couldn't say hello, both hands were occupied.

She did not run directly from the alley, but pressed her body against the wall, stuck her head out, and looked left and right at the road.

After making sure there was no one, she arched her body like a cat and ran directly into the building in an instant - she probably bought too many things and was afraid of being stared at and causing trouble. No, it should be Trouble has already been caused, otherwise it wouldn't have taken so long. It should have been taking detours before.

"Hey! Qi...cough! Sister Destobia, why did you come downstairs? Didn't I tell you that you haven't recovered from your illness yet? You should just lie down in bed. Okay! Look, I bought some extra ingredients so that I can eat them for two or three days, so I don’t have to go out and buy them every day!”

Pado raised the bag in front of Kiana, as if he was asking for credit.

Kiana didn't know who Sister Destobia was, but she didn't say much. Maybe it was just a name Pado made up casually to hide her identity.

Naturally, Genfu on the side couldn't understand what the two girls were chattering about. He just used every opportunity to add a sentence in Chinese:

"Ah, Pado, be careful not to damage the refrigerator!"

"Ahhhh! Shut up, old man! I'm warning you! We've checked the model of that refrigerator a long time ago. When it was first released, it was priced at only four hundred. Don't even think about cheating me again!"

"Huh? Does anyone still look at the pricing these days? What evidence do you have to prove that it hasn't been priced at 40,000 in the secondary market?"

"Smelly old man, you must be sick! People are speculating on shoes, watches, mobile phones, and graphics cards. Why would anyone speculate on refrigerators??"

"Are you sure you haven't?"

"Don't dare..."

…………

There was another quarrel, and both Padu and Genfu were used to it. Even Kiana, who was on the sidelines and couldn't understand their communication, no longer felt that their behavior was strange.

Back in the rental house, Padolli closed the door and threw the bag in front of the refrigerator. While packing, he explained to Kiana:

"Sister Destobia is also our former comrade. I couldn't think of a good pseudonym just now, so I borrowed her name first."

Kiana didn't know how to reply, so she just leaned down and helped Pado put the items in the bag into the refrigerator one by one.

"Hey! Someone was staring at me when I was in the convenience store just now. It's probably because girls like me are easier to bully and bought so many things. But you know, Sister Kiana, can I be here? There was a convenience store opened in this place, but no one dared to rob and cause trouble, so we ran away as fast as we could as soon as we went out, and circled the area several times before we got rid of the group of people. "

"Uh...you..."

Kiana looked at Pado's cat ears and the tail that was swinging behind her with some curiosity. She wanted to say something, but she also felt that it was not good to say it too straightforwardly.

But in the end... curiosity trumped everything:

"Pado, aren't you a comrade of Red Kite Immortal and Mikael? Why..."

"ah?"

Kiana's heart tightened - it's over! The news that Patophilis was the squad leader's comrade was said by the squad leader, not by herself... She had never told herself this... Should she expose the squad leader's existence at this time? The squad leader said this... Duo and Mikael are like brothers and sisters...

"Ahhhhh!"

Paduo suddenly covered his head and shouted, which scared Kiana so much that she couldn't help but take a step back, making a faint defensive gesture.

But the next moment her hands were grabbed by the excited Padu.

"Sister Kiana, you are so hateful!! Boss Mikael must have told you our names, right! Hee hee! Boss Mikael is the best to us. You don't have to think about it. She must be with you often. You mentioned me before, right? Sister Kiana must have recognized me since I introduced myself! She has been hiding silently until now... Humph! Tell me quickly, Mikael! How is the boss doing now?"

Kiana was a little confused and couldn't help but lower her voice and test:

"Pado, haven't you seen Mikael now? Didn't any of your former comrades tell you about Mikael's current situation?"

Well, it was said to be a test. With Kiana's emotional intelligence, she almost put the problem directly. Unfortunately, Pado, who has always been shrewd, was immersed in excitement and did not notice the problem in Kiana's words.

"We don't know. Sister Mei asked us to find you, and then wait for her to pick you up... Speaking of which, is there no one available for Sister Mei? We are not good at fighting at all. We will really start a fight then. It’s up to you, Sister Qiana, to fight.”

"Oh, oh...really..."

It seemed like she knew nothing about Mikael - Kiana judged.

"So Sister Kiana, what's going on with Brother Mikael! Something happened back then, and we... Well, every time something happens, Brother Mikael likes to keep it in his heart alone, and he doesn't He will find someone to say that neither Sister Snake nor Sister Aili can do anything to him, let alone Sister Aili... In fact, he can also come to us! We can just take him to a club in the city for one night. La!"

"...Uh...Pado, do you know what the club is for?"

"We really haven't had the chance to go there, but I often heard the bosses mention this when I was in Twilight Street. It seems that if you have any troubles, you can just go there and stay for one night, and you can be resurrected with full health the next morning. It's better than what we treasure. Those rejuvenating medicines are easy to use... Oh, by the way, Sister Kiana, do you want the reviving medicine? I took a small sip of the reviving medicine for a serious injury. My waist no longer hurts, my legs no longer hurt, and even my heart stops beating... Ahem, Delete the last sentence, and the medicine will cure the disease!"

"You must have been killed by the medicine...\

,"Kiana was sure, the cat-eared girl in front of her... was even stupider than her!

"So Sister Kiana~~~What's going on with Boss Mikael now... Just tell us, we can't use money to buy information!"

Kiana was not sure, not sure how to answer this question.

Tell her the truth directly? What choice will she make after knowing the truth?

The unknown was too high. She kept calling for the squad leader in her mind, but got no response. Kiana really didn't dare to gamble.

"Uh... ahem, this is actually a long story. How about we make lunch first?"

"Oh! That's right! We originally said we were going to buy breakfast, but it's almost noon now... Come on, Sister Kiana, let's see what dishes suit your taste. Most of what we bought are semi-finished products. ”

Kiana pursed her lips and took out a box of pre-made dishes from her shopping bag.

"Fried pork with ginger?" (End of chapter)