Chapter 21 Sakura

"Da-da-da-da..."

The girl walked through the cold and dark tunnel, and the soles of her boots inlaid with iron sheets collided with the road surface made of special steel, making a crisp and pleasant sound.

For a moment, whether it was because of her childishness or something else, she deliberately controlled her pace, making the footsteps sound like a strange piece of music.

After walking through the tunnel, she finally saw human figures.

These figures were hidden under heavy cloaks, wearing masks that looked like Honkai beasts on their faces - the girl had long forgotten why they wore masks.

There are many theories about this.

One theory is that most of the Poison Pupa are composed of serious criminals, and they wear masks to cover up their once lost past.

Another theory is that each Poison Pupa has countless bloodstains from their compatriots in their hands. Therefore, no one wants to be recognized by others. This is true even among the members of the Poison Pupa.

As for No. 007 Poison Pupa, there was only one reason for her to join the Poison Pupa…

A familiar smile flashed through her mind, as if the girl’s hand was pulling the corner of her mouth, trying to make the cold face under the mask smile.

But this attempt was undoubtedly in vain—no, maybe if she was given a little more time, she could indeed recall the instinct to smile, but a burly figure was already standing in front of her.

“Leader…”

“Follow me.”

The man was the only human in the Poison Pupa who did not wear a mask. No…it’s better to say that he did not wear a mask than to say that there was no need to wear a mask.

Sakura’s sight gradually moved up from the fat leather boots to the man’s face. Even though it was not the first time she saw him, her pupils could not help but shrink and tremble.

The light of the fluorescent lamp caressed the man’s scarred face, just like the river water wading through the mountains and rivers, and finally reflected the facial features that gradually became blurred due to the scars that bloomed to both sides like chrysanthemum petals.

Sakura followed him calmly to the deeper part of the base.

"Since you're back, does that mean that your surveillance target has completed the mission?"

The man's voice was hoarse and low, and every breath he took would cause a wheezing sound like a bellows. When this sound passed through Sakura's ears and poured into her mind, she could only recall the flesh and blood that was burned by the charcoal fire and was still wriggling.

"Well, the madman named Weiwei has been sent to Dr. Mobius's laboratory."

In contrast, although Sakura kept lowering her voice, it was not difficult to hear the immaturity in it.

"Mobius?" Vashak whispered the name, "Did you find anything? For example, did the two people you monitored show any abilities that humans should not have?"

"No."

"Really not?"

Vashak stopped, turned around and looked down at the girl.

And the girl was fearless and confronted Vashak through the hole in the mask.

Vashak seemed very dissatisfied with this result. He sat down with his hands on the table. Sakura realized that she had followed Vashak to the deepest part of the poison pupa without realizing it.

He took out a folder from the drawer and read the records in it for the umpteenth time.

"Poison Pupa No. 007, do you know? My suspicion of these two is not groundless, nor is it just routine surveillance like FAMAS."

Sakura assured that this was not the first time she heard Vashak say this, but just like many times before, he did not tell her what the so-called "not groundless" suspicion was.

She stared at the handwritten "Vostok-51" on the folder and fell into deep thought.

"Chief, so far, we have not found any abnormalities in them, so will the future surveillance be..."

In fact, she did not completely fail to find the so-called abnormalities. For example, at Dusk Street, the boy named Mikael rushed to the wall of the garden at a speed that normal humans could not reach. He was carrying a burden with him. How did he do it?

But the dust raised by the explosion obscured her vision, making it difficult for her to see clearly.

For example, during the escape, Mikael used her body to smash through the building more than once, but she recalled the conversation she heard in the FAMAS office last time, and it seemed that humans might not be able to do this.

Of course, according to the rules of the Poison Pupa, although these observations could not effectively point out the abnormality of the other party, she should still report them in full.

But she didn't.

The reason was also ridiculous...

It was a very vague feeling - where did I seem to have seen this brother and sister?

But she searched through her memories and was very sure - she had never seen such two faces.

Of course, as a Poison Pupa, she has her own professional ethics, so these reasons alone are not enough for her to cover up the surveillance object.

And the decisive reason is the word that has been mentioned by FAMAS, the monitored person, and other members of the Fire Chaser Moth for more than two months - collapse.

"By the way, your last report mentioned that the monitored person No. 1 had sneaked into Mobius's laboratory at night many times in disguise... Forget it, if Mobius's laboratory was so easy to tamper with, it wouldn't be Mobius... But what shameful things are they doing..."

Taking advantage of Vashak's mumbling, Sakura suddenly plucked up the courage and asked a seemingly irrelevant question:

"Chief, what exactly is the collapse that people outside are talking about?"

Vashak narrowed his eyes and looked at the girl in front of him again.

"Have you forgotten the oath you made when you joined the Poison Pupa?"

Ying pursed her lips, "We don't care what humans face, we only swing our knives at the traitors among humans."

She spoke the cruel oath in a childish voice, but Vashak knew that the girl in front of him had a maturity and stubbornness that was completely inconsistent with her age.

Of course, she also had a strong strength that a human cub of this age should not have.

Fortunately, the chain that controlled her was still in his hand - Vashak thought so.

"Houkai... You can think of it as a disaster, no different from floods and epidemics. Since you work for the Poison Pupa, your sister is naturally under our protection. Don't worry, she will be fine."

"Poor child..." Vashak couldn't stop mocking in his heart, "Maybe you don't know that your extraordinary power will come to help..."

Sakura was silent for a while and said, "I haven't seen Ling for half a year."

"Oh, really?" Vashak pretended to be surprised, "Then, after completing the new mission, I will let you see her... Well, but you can only see her from a distance. You don't want Ling to smell the blood on you..."

Sakura's heart jumped, "New mission?"

"That's right!" Vashak tapped the cold table with his index finger joint.

"Since your monitored person has not actively exposed his abnormality, then we will force him to show it..."

Sakura instinctively touched her waist, but suddenly remembered that she had handed in her weapon when she entered the base, and her right hand suddenly touched nothing.

But Vashak was very satisfied with her reaction, "Yes, it seems that your business ability is getting more and more sophisticated. I just said this, and you understand what you should do..."

"It's too difficult to operate inside the base." Ying replied coldly.

"No, no, no, this mission has no deadline. You can choose the time and place at will - as long as you think it's appropriate."

Ying closed her eyes silently.

"Honkai... What exactly is it..."

This question still echoed in her heart.

In the vague darkness, the crying sound became clearer and clearer. She couldn't help but recall the monster she encountered many years ago before she entered the poisonous pupa...

The monster was bigger than their former home, and the shadow cast by its feet alone was enough to cover them.

At that time, Ling pulled her skirt and cried helplessly.

As a sister, she could only stand in front of Ling in vain, without even the courage to open her eyes.

Until the monster's huge body fell to the ground, she opened her eyes and saw only two backs in the darkness that were not much taller than her. They held blue translucent swords in their hands, as if the swords were not real weapons. The next moment, they disappeared in front of her.

She didn't want Ling to experience such helplessness for the second time

But her own helplessness was no different from that year.

A strange groan interrupted her reverie. Vashak still put all his weight on the back of the chair. He murmured softly: "That day, He fell from the sky. People on the ground looked up and saw the starry sky."

Vashak's voice was as unpleasant as ever, making it difficult to tell whether it was a prayer or a ballad.

But he soon sneered.

So Ying knew that it was neither a prayer nor a ballad.