Chapter 573: It Should Be Considered a Bad Ending, Right?

"I'm sorry, Sister Mei... I originally agreed to help you find your friends together..."

The girl with short purple hair curled up and held a small steel pipe in her hand. There was an IV bag hanging on the top of the steel pipe. Unfortunately, it was neither a collection nor an ornament. Xiao Kong's unbandaged eye stared at her feet, trying to keep her pace consistent with Mei's, lest the two of them accidentally fall down the already slippery metal stairs together.

Fortunately, the sound of dripping rain was loud enough to cover up another danger, which was the groan from the rusty escalator.

Even so, with each step, you can feel the slight dent in the escalator pedals, as well as the weak escalator struggling to get out of the building.

"It doesn't matter. No matter what time it is, safety must always come first. Your teacher must have taught you this. Besides... looking for Kiana is my own business. If I involve you, , it’s inevitable…”

"Don't say that, Sister Mei. Although Xiaokong doesn't know the past between you and that sister Kiana, but you are so worried about her, her meaning to you must be no less than Mark Rabbit to Xiaokong. It was Sister Mei who saved her. He also helped Xiao Kong find Mark Rabbit, so Xiao Kong must also find a way to help sister Mei find sister Kiana. "

"Xiao Kong..."

Meiyi's eyes flickered, and besides being a little moved, there was also a deeper level of guilt.

After all, the culprit who turned Changkong City into this...

"Sister Meiyi, it's raining so heavily. After Xiao Kong returns to the nest, you should hurry back to Helios. If the rain gets lighter tomorrow morning, we'll be at the place where you rescued Xiao Kong. How about meeting up?"

Yayi was silent.

Every time and only at such times did she realize how stubborn she was. Of course she knew what Xiao Kong said was right. The Valkyrie's physical fitness was stronger than that of ordinary people, but she couldn't bear to be soaked in the heavy rain. If she even collapsed, it would be too difficult to find Kiana.

But she still decided to search in the rain. The reason was actually not complicated——

She contacted the Helios at noon, and Dr. Tesla of Counter-Entropy told her that Herrscher-level Honkai energy reactions could be detected in Changkong City. In other words, if the Herrscher from Taixu Mountain hadn't followed ran over, or a new Herrscher appeared in Changkong City, then Kiana is indeed here...

Unfortunately, this does not mean that the work of searching and finding can be relaxed. On the contrary, it is precisely because the Herrscher-level Honkai energy reaction can be detected that the search action needs to be accelerated - if the body is in normal condition, how can it be possible to continuously emit such strong Honkai energy radiation.

Finally reaching the end of the escalator, Xiao Kong and Mei Yi speeded up their steps in unison, almost jumping to the top of the building.

Here, containers of various sizes, sizes and colors are stacked on top of each other to build a "nest".

"Okay Xiao Kong, I... eh..."

Meiyi's eyes immediately caught the two figures.

Her heart suddenly sank, and she moved her steps backwards unconsciously. Her original words were bitten by her tightly closed teeth, and for a while there was nothing but a "buzzing" roar in her ears.

Why? Why are the two of them here?

Even she herself suddenly came to Changkong City along Kiana's space rift near noon. Why are these two people here? Is it a coincidence? Or was it a premeditated stay? If it was the latter, how did they guess this almost random whereabouts?

In surprise, she even kept turning her head and looking around, probably thinking that she was still having a nightmare in Tianqiong City.

But at this moment, Xiaokong's voice passed through the bead curtain made of rain and fell next to her ears, showing her the reality of the world:

"What a coincidence, Sister Mei, that is Xiao Kong's teacher. Uh... who is that man? Forget it, the teacher will not bring anyone back casually. Sister Mei, didn't you say before that you wanted to talk to Xiao Kong if you had the chance? Do you want to meet the teacher? Xiao Kong will take you to say hello."

"Uh, no need-"

Xiaokong stretched out the hand that was not used for infusion, gently grabbed the corner of Meiyi's clothes, and dragged her forward.

Mei didn't have time to refuse, and couldn't think of an excuse to refuse. For a moment, she let Xiao Kong's thin body drag her forward.

And the only person who didn't want to give her time to react was Xiao Kong, who didn't understand anything.

The two of them took just two steps forward before the rain curtain around them stopped.

Looking around, the rain was still falling sparsely, but there was an extra layer of transparent shield between them and the rain curtain.

The raindrops fell on the glass-like shield, instantly exploding into brilliant water splashes, and then slowly fell against the shield under the pull of gravity, sliding out a long trajectory.

Meiyi threw down her coat and hugged her head helplessly.

The next moment, a warm palm fell slowly from the top of her head, but at the approaching moment, it suddenly changed its trajectory and slid to the side. In the end, it looked like the slap on her head.

"Xiao Kong, let's go back first. This uncle has something to say to sister Mei Yi."

Like Mikael, Raven also emerged from behind the two of them. She gently pressed Xiao Kong's head, helped Xiao Kong lift the infusion bag with one hand, and led her towards the "nest".

The rainproof shield silently grew a little bigger, and the edge just included the plastic baffle. In this way, Xiaokong and Raven could walk directly under the plastic baffle without getting wet.

But... Mikael regretted it the next second.

"Teacher, is this uncle Kiana?"

"?"

"..."

"Puff——"

Raven was the first to laugh. She gently patted Xiaokong's wet hair, as if the insignificant temperature in her palm could dispel the coldness brought by the spring rain.

"Kiana is a girl's name, right? The guy standing in front of you is a real male creature."

"Ah... I'm sorry Meiyi, I'm sorry... Brother, Meiyi has been looking for Kiana, and I saw you waiting for her here, and I thought..."

"It doesn't matter. It's not a mistake to mistake two people and names that you don't know. I won't get angry for such a simple reason."

Mikael slowly raised his hand. Before his palm fell, he glanced at Raven. After the latter nodded, he put his warm palm on Xiaokong's head, and his other hand, which was emitting warmth, instinctively reached out to Meiyi, but put it down the moment he reacted.

"Hey... It feels so warm..."

As the white steam rose from her body, Xiaokong's rain evaporated. Even though Mikael's hand had been retracted, she could still feel the warmth radiating from her torso.

Meiyi didn't know when she was pushed behind the three people, like a very qualified audience, silently watching this ordinary and warm scene.

There are many, many, many questions in my heart, some of which may be more accurately called "questions".

Among the three people in front of her, except for Xiaokong who is too young and still ignorant, the other two guys are not people that Meiyi can face with a normal heart.

Enemy? Maybe it should be an enemy. From the moment Mikael attacked Kiana, her, and Bronya, they should be considered enemies. But Mikael is too mysterious. As long as you stand next to him, you will blindly think in your heart, "This man is still hiding something."

And when Meiyi looks back on everything Mikael has done, this feeling becomes stronger.

Mikael is undoubtedly an enemy, but perhaps not an enemy. No matter what he wants to do, judging from past experiences and his capricious attitude, perhaps he is just a poor man who is swept by the tide of fate, unable to change, and can only occasionally paddle the oars to move forward as much as possible towards the result he wants.

Then again, Meiyi feels that she is not qualified to pity the man in front of her, let alone forgive this man for the more than two million lives in Changkong City. But there is one thing she cannot deny-it seems difficult for her to regard Mikael as a pure enemy. The reason for this is that it is the indelible memory, or the feeling that the two seem to have a deeper connection in the dark...

In short, the result is like this.

The result is that Meiyi quietly watched the scene in front of her, and suddenly felt a little...uncomfortable in her heart.

There is also a voice in her mind that keeps telling her that she should draw her sword and cut this dangerous man into pieces. But reason also tells her that this kind of thing is impossible. If it was just a game between emotion and reason, it would be fine, but what was that uncomfortable feeling?

It was because Mikael had dried the rain off her body like this before.

In addition, she also saw the hand that was raised and retracted.

Before, she had been thinking about Kiana, thinking that Changkong City was the place where she first met her. Only now did she realize that "Changkong City", this simple place name, meant more to her than that.

Maybe it's not just for "her".

This place, which is now dirty and dilapidated with no livelihood, and can be called hell, may also be the turning point of the whole world.

This thought came to her mind unconsciously.

"What are you thinking about? They have already gone back."

With a light sigh, Mei was about to adjust her mentality and tone to communicate with Mikael again, but she just opened her mouth and the rain "splashed" and soaked her.

The warmth that had just risen in her body was extinguished by the cold rain. The sudden increase in wind force made her stagger. After finally standing firm, the second wave of wind brought countless raindrops to her face. Although it was not as heavy as hail, it forced her to bend down and cover her face with her arms.

"Mikael, just say what you want to say. I don't have time to play these tricks with you."

Wipe the rain off her face and suppress the urge to sneeze. Mei's response was calm and restrained, as if she had matured a lot in just a few days.

Or maybe she has always been so mature.

"Just say it if you have something to say. This is what I should say. I don't have anything I must tell you, but you must be full of questions at this moment - why am I here? Where is Kiana, and what happened to her? Secondly, why is Raven here, and how did Raven become the teacher mentioned by Xiaokong... Am I wrong?"

"..."

Mei seemed to be stunned, and seemed to be thinking about something. In short, she did not give an answer immediately.

Mikael wiped the rainwater accumulated in his sunken eye sockets. The "nest" was built on the roof of a high-rise building, surrounded by a circle of railings that had long been rusted and brittle. Mikael walked to the railings step by step and propped up his arms.

The railings "clanged" and fell towards the unrestrained sky. Even the cement fixed at the bottom had obvious cracks, but Mikael was not very scared. Perhaps it was because, at this height, even if he really fell, he would not die...right?

Just kidding.

Some things are not something you will not be afraid of just because you will not die.

People will not be afraid of injections because they will not kill them, they will not be afraid of boiling hot water because they will not kill people, they will not be afraid of jumping down from even five or six steps because they will not die, and they will not be afraid of loneliness because loneliness cannot kill people.

Mei took a step forward unconsciously, but stopped as if waking up from a dream.

The rain was pouring down, and the falling of the rain was not affected by anyone's will.

The water drops fell on the uneven surface of the railing, and then flowed down along the slender iron rod. Along the way, a lot of water was absorbed by the red rust, but it didn't matter. More and more water flowed along the railing to the concrete base, and then flowed into the gaps between the cement little by little.

It kept flowing in, and kept flowing in, but the gap seemed to never be filled.

However, it was not clear whether the rain was hopelessly rushing towards this narrow crack, or whether this crack greedily captured the rain.

"If you have nothing to say, I'll leave first."

Meiyi was not pretending, she was really ready to leave.

It was of course unexpected that Mikael and Raven would appear here, and she even had the idea of ​​doubting Xiaokong for a moment, but the so-called purpose was not so difficult to guess.

It was nothing more than the power in Kiana's body.

Therefore, she must find Kiana before the World Serpent, and then bring her back to Helios and North America. Only in this way can she escape from the World Serpent and escape from Mikael's control... But, will this be a disguised way to "lead the way" for Mikael? If the other party does not attack her, is she using her as bait?

So difficult...

"Then what?"

"?"

Mikael's voice was mixed in the sound of rain, but it was still so clear.

"Is that enough? Find Kiana and bring her back to Anti-Entropy. Do you think that's enough?"

"What do you mean! I don't have time to play dumb with you here!"

"Didn't I say that a long time ago?"

Although she couldn't see Mikael's expression, Meiyi understood that Mikael's tone was absolutely serious at this moment, without any joking intention.

It was precisely because she knew that he was not joking that his next words were so unacceptable.

"Kiana is now facing only one danger, that is, the Honkai energy exceeds the body's tolerance threshold. And there is only one way to save Kiana, that is, you, Raiden Mei, become the Herrscher of Thunder again and transfer the Conquest Gem in her body."

"...Doing this will help your plan, Mikael, right?"

"Yes, but it is indeed the only way. You don't have to believe me. The anti-entropy doctors will only give the same answer. If you don't believe me, you can try it. I won't stop you."

"I'm leaving."

Mei strode towards the shaky escalator, without a trace of nostalgia in her steps.

"Wait a minute."

Mei continued to take two steps forward, and finally turned around reluctantly, waiting for Mikael's words.

However, she only saw Mikael rubbing his chin constantly. After about ten seconds, he asked without a beginning or an end:

"Mei, do you think your class leader is... well, how is it?"

Mei's eyes, which were originally wide open, were slightly absent-minded, and then she turned around quickly, without giving any answer, and left here.

Mikael held his head and looked at her back with a faint smile, without stopping her.