"You, you...!" Elaine was startled and almost shouted.
"Shh!" The kid poked half of his head out of the water, near Elaine's lower abdomen. After he made a "don't make a sound" gesture, he immediately dived in again. The kid was probably about ten years old, and he almost stood up straight.
He could barely get his head out of the bathtub. When he dived in, his face was pressed against Elaine's belly, which gave Elaine a strange feeling.
The white lion boy was still wondering what was going on, and someone poked his head in from outside: "Well... excuse me."
"What, what?"
"Sir, did you see someone running in just now?" The ferocious-looking middle-aged human man asked: "That's a dead kid who stole things in the market. He is a habitual offender. If I catch him, I will definitely catch him."
You have to break his legs."
"Hmm... No, I didn't see it." Elaine shook her head. The size of the bathtub was not big, only enough for three or four people to take a bath in it. From the distance where the man was standing, he could not see the person hiding at the bottom of the bathtub.
Human boy. Of course, if that guy walked in and took a few steps forward, he would be able to see everything in the pool - including Elaine's lower body, which was soaked in the translucent water. That would make Elaine, the guest,
It's very unpleasant, so the man is trying to avoid doing it.
"Okay, excuse me." The man retracted his head and started looking for someone in the backyard: "You brat, are you hiding in the grass? Come out! Come out quickly! If you come out now, I promise to only beat you.
Break your legs! If you come out later, I will cut off your right hand that committed the crime!"
The guy was saying very dangerous words, which made Elaine break into a cold sweat.
"Finally." The child popped his head out of the water again, "I'm sorry, Brother Lion. Let me hide for a while. After that guy leaves, I will leave immediately."
"...You soaked in without washing yourself." Elaine said unhappily, "The water in the pool was all soiled by you."
"Is this what you care about? I'm so pitiful, and you don't even care?" the boy said with a pout, looking like a naughty boy.
"You, you are a thief." Elaine said, not feeling sorry for the child in front of her at all, and even wanted to report him. If the man just now hadn't cruelly threatened to break the child's legs, Elaine would have started reporting him long ago.
.
"I didn't steal!" The kid defended himself: "Rough old Dan said that as long as I worked for him, he would pay me wages. But he lied to me and didn't give me any money after I finished the work! I took some money from his shop
What does it mean for Apple to pay off its debt?"
"I don't care about the right and wrong between you." Elaine said with a straight face: "And this is your story, one-sided words, who wants to believe it."
"Believe me -" the kid said halfway, and suddenly dived into the water again. Because there was movement outside the bathroom, the rough man was still looking for the child. The so-called bathroom walls were very thin, and there was only a simple bathroom.
The dome is used to protect against wind and rain, but it is actually not very soundproof. Maybe Elaine and the others' quiet conversation just now was heard by people outside.
"Well... this damn boy... he should be around here obviously -" the middle-aged man who was looking for someone outside was still muttering, rummaging around in the corners of the backyard, making the trees rustle.
"I just heard the sound of someone climbing over the wall. Could it be that they have escaped and fled outside?" Elaine quickly added.
"Really? That brat——" The other party really bought it, and his voice gradually became distant.
"Huh. I'm saved. Thank you, Brother Lion." Then the child stuck his head out of the water.
"If you're saved, hurry up and leave. Don't disturb me from taking a shower." Elaine said unhappily.
"Big brother helped me, how can I repay you better?" The kid grinned and said, "For example, massage service?"
"Nothing, no need to do it! Get out of here!"
"Hey hey hey--" The kid climbed out of the water and ran away quickly.
"Ouch..." The white lion boy covered his head.
The kid was so dirty that the water in the bathtub was polluted. Although new tap water would be continuously added to the pool, the water in the bathtub was temporarily polluted and turned an uncomfortable gray color. Elaine continued to take baths
He was no longer in the mood for a bath, so he simply climbed out of the pool and found a faucet nearby to rinse his body. After washing, he changed clothes and went back to the hotel room to rest. At this time, he did not realize the seriousness of the matter.
"Did you get it?" asked the sinister-looking middle-aged man outside the hotel's backyard wall.
"I got it." The kid took out a box from his back, "The lion brother always wears that belt when he takes a bath, I must have something good in it."
The box was naturally stolen from Elaine's tactical belt when the kid dived into the water just now. The white lion boy was guarding against the big man outside and did not notice that the storage pocket of his belt was being rummaged through.
Pass.
"Okay, let's open it and check it first," the big man said.
"Hey--" The human boy opened the box with anticipation, thinking that there were valuable things like gold, silver, and jewelry inside.
However, there are various surgical equipment inside. The sharp scalpel shines in the sun.
"What the hell are these?" The middle-aged man with a fierce face slapped him hard: "You spent so much effort to steal this piece of garbage for me? Do you really want me to break your legs, Ma?"
build?"
"Hey!" The kid dropped the box and turned blue: "Yes, I'm sorry, brother! I'm going to steal it again!"
"Wait!" The man grabbed the kid by the back collar and said with a gleaming look in his eyes, "Listen, I have a plan."
When Elaine returned to the hotel room, he originally planned to lie down and take a rest. But before he entered the room, he smelled the smell of blood and became nervous. He pressed his hand on the hilt of the weapon, kicked open the door and walked carefully
When I went in, I discovered——
"Ah, you're back." Queeg glanced at Elaine, then turned to bandage the wound of the werewolf boy lying on the floor.
It was the red wolf kid from yesterday. And he was covered in wounds. The smell of blood was not caused by the fight, but the smell of blood from the wounds on this guy's body.
"You're here too early." Elaine complained, "How did you find this place?"
"I remember... your scent." The red wolf boy replied feebly: "Following the scent... I chased you."
Yes, Elaine saw it too. The guy took an unusual route and climbed in through the window. There was still some blood stains on the window lattice. There was also a bloody fingerprint above the window lattice. The guy climbed in through the window from the roof.
Entered.
"Does your companion also know this place? We won't be found?" the white lion boy asked nervously.
"An... Anla... The only ones who remember your scent are Lena, Garner and I... We set fire to the boat yesterday, leaving no trace... And Lena, Garner are already dead... Just
Last night."
"What, how did you die?"
"The superiors... did not believe our report. They thought there were other people on the ship at the time - that is, you. They wanted to recover... a certain item from the captain. But they failed to recover it. So... they arrested us
...Torture us. Reiner and Garner did not survive the torture, but they never confessed your information until their death."
Then the French people kept the child alive, because if he also died, the clues would be completely cut off. The kid escaped from the prison in some way, and escaped until he made an appointment with Elaine
The city, Montpellier.
"Where are the pursuers?" Elaine asked nervously again: "Won't they follow your scent and pursue you?"
"I took the water route... and swam for a long time to get to Montpellier. They didn't know I would come here. Well..." The red wolf boy stopped mid-sentence. The wounds on his body were constantly gushing blood.
The pain made it impossible for him to continue talking.
"Give him painkillers," Elaine ordered.
Quigg quickly took out the medicine from the first aid kit and injected it.
Elaine also took this opportunity to look at the child's injuries. In fact, the injuries on the red wolf boy's body were not fatal. They were all wounds caused by knife wounds and whips. Of course, there were also wounds from being cut and burned with iron rods - all
These are common scars left by punishment. But because there are so many scars, and this kid also traveled long distances by swimming yesterday, the wounds on his body have been soaked in sea water and are getting worse. If the wounds are not treated and disinfected immediately, there will be
Risk of gangrene.
"I... rarely ask for help... I know begging... is of no use." The young man became weaker and weaker, lying on the ground and crying softly: "But you said you would save me... I believe you... That's it.
Here you go...my companions and I never betrayed you until our death...so...please do something."
The white lion boy frowned. The other party's logic was correct. The child and his companions guarded Elaine's secret with their lives, so the French pursuers did not come here (for the time being). The French people
After so nervously interrogating these werewolf teenagers to extract confessions, the thing they were looking for was naturally the national treasure of France - the holy cloth. Now the holy cloth is wrapped around Elaine's neck, and it is also wrapped around the cursed left shoulder like a bandage.
position to suppress the curse. Without the Holy Cloth, Elaine's left arm would be useless, and he would not be able to hand over the Holy Cloth so easily.
"What are they looking for?" Elaine asked tentatively: "We just attacked and defeated the tiger shark captain, obviously we didn't do anything."
"I don't know...it seems like a piece of cloth...or something." The red wolf boy shook his head and said, "They didn't explain clearly, but they forced us to tell everything we knew."
"Then why didn't you say it? Why did you protect us?"
"Nonsense..." The young man looked at Elaine with tears in his eyes: "You are our... only salvation. If you also fall into the hands of France... won't we never be free?
The dark cage... is only allowed to leave for combat training.
The rancid food... I had to swallow it by force in order not to starve to death.
They tortured us... gave us drugs... forced us to do things we didn't want to do... raised us like dogs... but treated us like wild dogs.
There used to be hundreds of slave-born children like me in the concentration camps... who were sent out to perform tasks one by one... but many did not come back. Some... even if they came back, they would eventually be executed... because they knew too much.
many.
Who can endure this kind of life?!"
Elaine was silent for a long time after hearing this. He checked the red wolf boy's chest and found an obvious old scar - a trace of an operation. He knew there was a bomb buried inside.
"When will this thing explode?" he asked in a low voice.
"There is not much time... They have set this up so that once it is far away from the base, it will explode within 24 hours." The red wolf boy replied: "I have... no place to go... If you don't save me...
…Please just finish me off."
"What's your name, kid?" Elaine asked.
"...Io."
"Then Io, I will take you to have an operation to remove the bomb from your chest." The white lion boy continued: "No one knows what the result will be. There is a possibility that it will explode during the operation."
, and then you will die immediately. It is also possible to remove the bomb, but you will not survive the heavy bleeding and postoperative infection caused by the operation. Your probability of survival is high, about one in a thousand. Even so, you still want to
Do you entrust your sex and life to me?"
"Yes. It's up to you... to do whatever you want." The other party replied in a low voice, already extremely weak.
"Then," Elaine took out the rainproof black cloak and wrapped the red wolf boy all over: "Go to that clinic, be sure, prepare for the operation."
"Yes, doctor." Queeg picked up the child carefully and said.
"Don't tease me. I'll beat you up." Elaine said grumpily.