"I wasn't sure at first,
But when I saw the reactions of the people on the street, I understood everything, "
The man dragged out his tone, and the corners of his mouth curled up. "It's still good to encounter something good when you go out occasionally,
You think so too, right,
Su Yu. "
He put his hands in his pockets,
He turned his head to look at her.
Su Yu was stunned for a moment before she nodded. "Maybe,
Why is Phyllostachys Amoena here? "
This place shouldn't be near that bar, right?
"Well,
Who knows..,
The man straightened his body slightly and looked at the crowd beside him,
"Anyway, no matter where you go, there are a lot of idiots and liars. There's no difference between here and there."
She didn't expect the man to have such an antisocial personality,
Su Yu's expression was slightly subtle, and she quickly noticed the direction of his gaze.
It was a large display screen that was commonly seen on the street,
It played various advertisements in turn,
And now on that display screen..,
It was a professional hero wearing a distinctive combat suit, promoting the colorful energy drink in his hand.
Alright..,
She should have understood what kind of existence these professional heroes were,
It wasn't just advertising..,
Whether it was a fire, a convenience store robbery, or a young girl who lost her footing and jumped off a building..,
One could see all kinds of heroes mixed with firefighters, police officers, and paramedics.
In short, heroes were all bricks that were moved wherever they were needed.
"Does Phyllostachys Amoena have a favorite hero?" she asked casually. Anyway, in this era, heroes had almost completely replaced the role of idols. It seemed normal for young people nowadays to have one or two heroes that they liked very much.
"Hero?" The man's tone instantly became strange. He repeated, "What's there to like about that kind of ridiculous guy? Why don't you say that you feel so disgusted that you want to vomit when you see those people?"
"That's a dangerous statement..." Su Yu replied awkwardly. She changed her question, "Does Phyllostachys Amoena hate heroes? It's clearly a profession that contributes a lot to society."
"Are you kidding me? With those guys?" Phyllostachys Amoena's voice rose a few octaves. She seemed to be agitated. "Those hypocrites only know how to sing about love and peace all day long. It's because of them that society has become what it is today."
He raised his head and looked at the billboard. His eyes, which were covered by his long bangs, were gradually filled with madness. "It's because of the existence of this group of hypocrites that so many people pin their hopes on heroes. It's so disgusting. They can't do anything, but they're still laughing foolishly and making the whole world believe in them …"
On the huge screen, the scene of a hero saving people was being replayed. He had two tufts of golden hair on his head, and he had saved seven or eight people from the collapsed ruins. He faced the camera and smiled, showing his white teeth.
Su Yu noticed that the scene of the accident in the video seemed to be the Kaiyue Hotel where she and Kenneth had stayed a few days ago. When the accident happened, she happened to witness the whole process with Akaji.
It turned out that the incident had blown up.
"… One day, I'll let the world see, see, see, the disgusting hypocrisy under those people's faces," the man muttered over and over again. He raised one hand and began to scratch the skin on his neck. The sound of his fingernails rubbing against the surface of the skin was very loud, as if he was using all his strength. "It's so disgusting … Ohrmat … Ohrmat … Damn it!"
He suddenly roared angrily, and his scratching movements became faster.
With that kind of strength, blood would be spilled.
But in the face of Phyllostachys Amoena, Su Yu felt that he was easier to get along with than when she met him at the bar. If she had to say, Phyllostachys Amoena, who showed such emotions in front of her, seemed to be more realistic.
So she blinked and said half-jokingly, "That's not easy, Phyllostachys Amoena -kun, you have to work hard in the coming days."
Su Yu's intention was to casually end the topic, but she didn't expect the man to suddenly turn his head and look at her.
"…" Shocked by his sudden reaction, Su Yu paused for a second and asked curiously, "Did I say something wrong?"
The man suddenly showed a big smile at this moment.
"Sure enough, my intuition was right," the corners of his mouth pulled hard, but the emotion in his eyes was only fanaticism. "Su Yu, you feel it, you have the same idea, right? Heroes shouldn't exist. You have such ideas, but you're still dating a student from the Heroes Department, hehehe …"
"What?" Su Yu raised her eyebrows. "Why don't I know who I'm dating?"
She had only been to that school once.
Phyllostachys Amoena's expression became quite happy. "That red-haired brat, Heroes High School's Year One Class A. You two are quite close, right? You two ran out together in the middle of school …"
"That day … you followed me?" Su Yu frowned.
In the face of the girl's questioning, Deadhandle Mu Diao maintained his bright smile that did not have the slightest hint of a smile, and casually brushed it off. "Of course not, I just happened to bump into you. It's hard not to notice you standing in front of the school gate in broad daylight …"
Who would believe that!
Su Yu looked at him suspiciously. Combined with the man's previous behavior, she couldn't help but wonder if there was a hidden story behind their 'coincidental' encounter today.
However, she had relied on her teleportation ability to come here. Phyllostachys Amoena couldn't have predicted where she was going in advance.
Taking a deep breath, Su Yu didn't continue to harp on this issue. However, just in case, she still warned the man, "I don't care what happened before. Anyway, Phyllostachys Amoena -kun, if you do something like following me again, I will take action."
"I already said that I'm not following you. You're so annoying." Phyllostachys Amoena had an impatient look on his face. He scrunched up his face like a naughty child who was being lectured.
Su Yu sighed in her heart. In fact, even if Phyllostachys Amoena did something like this again, she didn't have any effective methods to deter him.
What else could she do? She could kill him so that he would never follow her.
While she rejected this idea, Su Yu felt a strange sense of strangeness.
When did the concept of not being able to kill someone become established?
Before she could think about it, the phone in her pocket suddenly vibrated violently. The only person who would call her with this phone was Wei Gong Qisi. She quickly took it out of her pocket.
Sure enough, Tatsuji Omiya's voice came from the other side.
"Lancer, return to the warehouse immediately. Allie has been kidnapped by Rider!!"
The man's words shocked her. She glanced at Phyllostachys Amoena in front of her. She didn't even bother to say goodbye. She immediately turned around and rushed into the crowd. Using the slight cover, she teleported.
"… I'm at the warehouse. What's the situation now? The door was kicked open from the outside. There are obvious footprints … Maiya?!"
With one hand still holding the phone, Su Yu hurriedly ran to the figure lying on the ground. On the magic circle she made, Jiuyu Maiya was quietly lying on her side. There was a large warm blood stain on her chest, soaking the fabric of her coat. When she heard someone's voice, she struggled to open her eyes.
"Lan … Lancer." Her voice was weak, but her finger was pointing in the direction of the door. "Don't worry about me. Rider took Madam away … Hurry, hurry up …"
"I, I know. Then I'll go outside and take a look." Su Yu quickly agreed. Between making medicine to treat Maiya and immediately tracking Alice Fair, she chose the latter. "Hang in there. Hang in there until I come back. You can be cured …"
Worried about Alice Fair's situation, she could only hold the woman's cold hand tightly and ran out of the house.
Outside the house, the setting sun was like blood, splashing most of the sky into a dazzling red color, as if it was foreshadowing the occurrence of something ominous.
Su Yu jumped to the roof. Her eyesight was very good, so she could easily see things nearly a kilometer away. However, whether it was the sky or the ground, she couldn't see Rider's eye-catching body. Other than that, she couldn't even see any suspicious person in a hurry.
She gritted her teeth and once again moved to the highest TV tower in her field of vision. Although the height increased a lot, she still couldn't find any suspicious figure.
After leaving the magic circle, would Alice Fair's situation worsen again? What did Rider want to do by kidnapping her? If he directly summoned the Holy Grail, would she die on the spot?
Would she never see the gentle smile of the silver-haired woman again?
Her nails dug into her palms, causing a small but sharp pain. Su Yu gritted her teeth and found the direction of the national highway that Wei Gong Qisi had mentioned before. She quickly moved in that direction. In order not to miss any details, she could only flash along the route.
Although she also felt that Rider would not return to the base where he had stayed for a long time after making such a big move, she still wanted to try her luck and decided to go take a look.
But she didn't expect that on the way, she would run into Rider's group, who was rushing in her direction.
"Oh, little girl, I didn't expect to meet you here," the red-haired man sitting on the frame waved at her with a calm look on his face. "Looking at the direction you are going, are you planning to compete with me tonight?"
Seemingly happy with the coincidence of the two's thoughts, the red-haired man laughed heartily.
Su Yu squatted on a street lamp on the side of the highway, without a trace of a smile on her face. "Rider, answer me honestly, where is Alice Fair?"
"Alice Fair?" Rider repeated the name. "Is she your master, little girl? How could you lose your master?"
"Didn't you just kidnap her?" Su Yu couldn't keep her cool. The anxiety in her heart was growing, making her tone a little sharper. "Don't think you can fool me by pretending."
Rider's body shape was so unique, and Maiya was so sure about it. There was no way she could be wrong.
"Lancer, are you suspecting Wang?" the smile on Rider's face disappeared. He said very seriously, "The competition between us has always been fair and square. There has never been any shady business behind the scenes. Not now, and not in the future."
His voice was sonorous and powerful, without the slightest sign of cowardice. Su Yu was silent. The scales in her heart swayed back and forth. She didn't know whether to believe what he said or to beat him up first.
After a few brief interactions with him, she could indeed feel that he had a straightforward personality. However, the competition for the Holy Grail involved too many things. It was an opportunity to make a wish at will. It was hard to guarantee that no saint would fall into the secular world and try his best to achieve an impossible wish.
"Rider …" she asked hesitantly, "If you get the Holy Grail in the end, what kind of wish do you want to make?"
"Is this the time to talk about this?" Sure enough, even Rider was surprised at this time. He reached out and scratched his brown-red curly beard, saying, "Well, it's not something I can't say. My wish is to get a real body."
"Not a body of Heroic spirit condensed by magic, but a real body born in this era."
Continue his conquest of hegemony.
Hearing his words, Su Yu bit her lower lip. She was now close to believing his words. After all, his wish was quite sincere. And if he wanted to be reborn as a human, he would not destroy his own personality before achieving his wish.
The almighty Conqueror King did not seem like a person who would do such a thing.
Taking a deep breath, Su Yu closed her eyes and said, "Sorry, I'm narrow-minded. The almighty Conqueror King does not need to do such a thing."
Rider's face relaxed a little. He said generously, "It's fine. You're still young. But it seems like you like your master quite a lot."
After all, when she was by Kenneth's side, she did not do anything at all. She did not even show up when her master was in danger several times.
Su Yu did not respond to his words. She nodded to the two people on the chariot and said, "Then I have something urgent to do. I'll take my leave first. We'll talk about the battle another time."
"Okay, I don't want our fair duel to be interrupted by external forces," Rider agreed. "Do your best, little girl."
After saying goodbye to Rider, Su Yu lost her direction again. She could not help but let out a long sigh.
It wasn't that she hadn't thought of making an item to search for people, but that kind of item basically had a distance limit. Although it was very useful in the past, she could easily reach any place within sight now. If she couldn't find anyone within this range, it would be even more impossible to find an item.
After sorting out his thoughts, Su Yu took out his phone and called Wei Gong Qisi, whose whereabouts he didn't know.
"… I met Rider. They didn't kidnap me." As soon as the call was connected, she said concisely, "Archer should be able to rule out suspicion. He doesn't bother to disguise himself. So, the only one left is Berserker from the Tong family."
"No," the male voice on the other end of the phone instantly became dejected, "I have a rough idea. The one who kidnapped Allie must be that man."
"Yee Yee Yee."
Hearing this name again, Su Yu could not help but be stunned. She subconsciously said, "Why is it him again? Is he that powerful?"
"…" The man seemed to sigh. He was silent for a moment. Then, he said, "You come back first. Lancer, come to the warehouse."
Su Yu hung up the phone and teleported to the newly purchased house. The door of the warehouse was still in the same state as it was when it was violently demolished. A man in a dark suit leaned against the wall, holding a cigarette in one hand. The other hand had just put down the phone.
His face looked even more haggard. His eyes seemed to be filled with pain and silence, flowing into his heart like a black spring. After seeing Su Yu, his face was in a trance for a moment. If she had to describe it, it would be like a child who had lost his beloved toy. He was confused and did not know what to do.
Su Yu suddenly thought of Alice Fair's evaluation of this man. Alice Fair said that he was like a child whose time always stopped at a certain moment in the past. He stumbled around in this world with naive ideals, believing that justice would eventually come. This kind of naivety and reality blended together, tearing his soul apart day and night. In the end, it fermented into something unknown.
It was the source of his pain, but it was inevitable that it would be cute.
Just when Su Yu was still thinking about it, Tatsuji Omiya finally ended his silence. He first opened his mouth, then finally spoke.
"Maiya is dead."
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