After waking up

The storm is still going on. Just as Mullan is worried, Valentine is not a place with little rain, but it has never experienced high-intensity rainfall for such a long time. In addition, the urban buildings are relatively dense and the water is collected from the surrounding directions. Although the water flow is normal, It continued to flow to the sea, but floods began to occur throughout the city of Valentine.

Compared with the previous few days, the wind was much lighter, but the rain was becoming more intense, and even the street where Jonest's house was located began to accumulate water.

By the warm fireplace in the kitchen, Leo fell asleep on the couch, Old Buck was cleaning the kitchen, and Mulan stood alone in the room upstairs, looking through the window at everything far and near.

The water on the street outside is already quite deep, and the underground drainage system seems to be completely useless. Even though the water flow is slowly moving towards the port, it cannot offset the continuous rainfall and the water collected from various high places.

Cold, strong wind, heavy rain, and stagnant water. Even in such harsh conditions, Mulan saw pedestrians on the street outside. Everyone knew that they should not go out in such weather, but there was no way. Not everyone Every household has sufficient reserves. After so many days, many people have no food at home.

Some people were holding umbrellas, some were wearing raincoats, or various simple rain gears, wading through the cold water. In this kind of weather, the accumulated water must be freezing cold, and the people outside were of various ages and children. The old ones are still underage, and the old ones are gray-haired.

Those rain gears were completely inadequate to withstand the downpour, but in order to survive, those who could no longer hold on at home had to go out in such conditions.

Some people's homes have even been soaked in water. After all, the water level outside the door of Jonest's house has reached the second step.

At this moment, Mulan seemed to see another side of Valentine. In the prosperous port economic city, under the appearance of prosperity, the working people were struggling to survive.

Perhaps there are many people like Mulan, or people with better lives than Mulan, who are in different moods at this moment, looking at the people exposed to the rain through the windows, the same Dill The Ga people, the same Valentine people.

Mulan's mood was complicated. He was grateful that he could be indoors with no worries about food, clothing, and warmth in this kind of weather. But at the same time, he sympathized with the people outside, but he also understood that his power was very small.

After all, the Jonster family is not actually rich. Even the tight-fitting vest that Old Buck often wears has patches. As the main source of income for the family, a considerable part of Leo's salary has to be paid for rent first, and the rest is used to support the family's living expenses. .

Mulan looked at the water-logged streets in the distance. No one here would take an assault boat to help the people, and no one would come to distribute supplies. People could only rely on themselves.

Yes, the motherland in the 21st century is not perfect, and it has various problems that are either acute or moderate, but in times of crisis, everyone is willing and able to believe in her.

"Master Mulan, Master Mulan"

Old Buck's voice came from outside. Mulan opened the door and went out. Old Buck shouted from the stairs downstairs.

"Master Mulan, we only have some potatoes left. Do you prefer boiled potatoes dipped in salt or roasted potatoes for dinner?"

Reality suddenly hit Mulan mercilessly, and it turned out that he was not much better.

"Grandpa Buck, the boiled potatoes are ready."

"Okay, I'll call you when dinner is ready."

Old Buck went back to the kitchen, while Mulan returned to the window, but as soon as he glanced out the window, his eyes froze slightly. At the end of the street in the distance, three figures walked out of the intersecting alley, and then walked away again. He entered the other end and disappeared behind the house.

Although it was still raining heavily at the moment, although the three people appeared in Mulan's eyes for a short time, and although he could not even see each other clearly, Mulan was still very sure that two of them knew each other, and they were in Nice. A pair of teenage pickpockets on the Princess Helier.

This is not only based on visual judgment, but also has an intuitive impact. Spending a period of time with two young people with special characteristics in tense moments seems to have left a strange feeling for Mulan, which made him not see You have to be very clear to understand this.

'Why are they here? Who was the woman leading them? ’

Mulan didn't see the boy or girl until they got off the ship that day. He thought they had left Valentine on the Nice Helier Princess, but he didn't expect them to appear here on such a rainy day.

Mulan immediately had an impulse to go and take a look, and at the moment the impulse arose, he had already rushed out of the room and headed for the stairs.

"Grandpa Buck, I need to go out immediately for something."

As he spoke, Mulan had already arrived at the entrance and began to get dressed. He put on his windbreaker, the high-top military boots he brought back when he retired, and then put on a hooded cloak-style raincoat. Finally, he grabbed his cane and prepared to go out.

"Master Mulan, what are you going to do?"

"I found an acquaintance. I must go and see him. You don't have to wait for me to eat."

After saying that, Mulan opened the door and rushed into the world full of heavy rain without waiting for Old Buck's response.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh"

Wading forward brought a certain amount of resistance, but it did not have a big impact on Mulan. During the war, he had encountered worse situations than this, so he had a trot-like speed while taking long strides.

According to what he just saw upstairs, the three people were not traveling very fast. After walking along the street for a while, Mulan came to the intersection and quickly discovered that the three people had not gone too far. figure.

Wiping the rain off his face, Mulan once again confirmed that he was not dazzled, but at this time he looked back in the direction of home, hesitating whether to continue chasing.

There is still no news about the perverted murderer. It is difficult to say whether he knows the Jonest family and whether he will risk doing crazy things. Although it is unlikely that the perverted murderer will come out in this kind of crazy weather, in Mulan's eyes, the other party is nothing. Normal people.

If Mulan was at home, he would have the confidence to deal with the murderer in his hands, but if he was out of his range, the injured Leo would definitely not be able to do it, and Old Buck was no longer young. Although when he was a child, Old Buck always replaced his dead father. Mulan and Leo were trained in the tradition of the Jonest knight family, but when they went out that night, it was obvious that their mobility was not as good as before.

While Mulan was hesitating, a beautiful melody interrupted his random thoughts.

"Hmm~~~~Ah~~~~"

Mulan's pupils dilated and he turned to look at the three figures from behind again. He would never forget the melody and humming sound. Although the sound was extremely slight, it clearly came from the third person in the distance.

‘Siren? ’

At this moment, Mulan had already reached into his arms and grabbed the handle of Lun Guang's gun.

At the moment when Mulan was in a panic, someone in the attic of a building on the corner of the street pulled the trigger.

"Bang~"

The terrifying intuition that surpassed that of a beast made Mulan shrink slightly, and he reacted instinctively as soon as the crisis occurred, and pounced forward almost at the same moment as the gunshot.

"Pfft~"

Mulan's shoulders were slightly numb, and his body had already thrown himself into the water and rolled up to stick to the wall of the building opposite. He pulled out the wheel light and glanced at the door on one side and the windows everywhere, thinking about breaking into it or Defend against the danger of a breakthrough.

"Tch, it actually missed!"

In the attic, the gunman threw away the long gun and immediately went downstairs with only the pistol. Without any intention of taking action a second time, he jumped out of the back window of a room on the second floor.

"Pap~"

The gunman landed on the stagnant water in the street behind him, and then fled quickly. At the same time, Mulan also noticed the other party's escape. He turned to the front door of the house and kicked the door with huge force. open.

As he glanced at the bloodstains in the house, he rushed to the second floor, raised his gun in one direction and shot.

"Bang, bang, bang"

A halo of light erupted from the muzzle, and three bullets caught up with the gunman in an instant. Even though the opponent's reaction speed was also terrifying, he did not expect Mulan to move so fast, and his shooting skills were fast and accurate, so even if he could dodge and twist his body It was very strange, but he was still shot in the side of his thigh.

This time he was shot, his body staggered, but his speed did not slow down at all, and he turned directly into the alley on the side.

Mulan jumped from the second floor without hesitation, jumped into the water-filled street with splashes of water, and then rushed forward quickly.

How could Mulan care about whether there is a sea monster at this time? Even if there is, let the Valentine official or the church worry about it. He must get rid of the gunman now. The other party is most likely the perverted murderer he fought that day. After all, he is the only one in the entire Valentine who hates Mulan to the core.