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One thousand and 300 meters away, about 45 degrees east by south, on the roof of an eight-story residential building, the sound of a sharp object tearing the air sounded.

The muzzle velocity is 180 meters per second. As far as the crossbow is concerned, excluding the special bonus of origin stone skills, it is already the top equipment. At least with the reaction speed of human beings, even the most powerful fighter like Lapland , it is also difficult to make any reaction before the arrow approaches a certain range.

But unfortunately, the initial velocity of 180 meters per second is not fast enough.

At least, compared to the speed of sound of 340 meters per second, it is far from fast enough.

Ashe opened his eyes and leaned back slightly. Two seconds after he finished this action, an arrow pierced through the air, pierced through the car window, and nailed to the right car door.

The door, which was specially reinforced by Penguin Logistics, was almost submerged by the arrow under the huge kinetic energy. If it fell on the human body, it would cause serious injury at the least.

"45 degrees east by south, 1300 meters, rooftop."

Ashe said, "Laplande."

When the words fell, Laplande kicked the car door, took out the blade from his waist, bowed slightly, and galloped towards the target indicated by Ashe with a vigorous posture like a cheetah.

After pinpointing the position of the sniper, with Laplande's hard power gained from licking blood at the edge of the knife all year round, coupled with her beast-like intuition, it is not difficult to dodge the arrow shooting with a muzzle velocity of 180.

But Ashe didn't expect Laplande to bring back the killer or the killer's body.

"Abseil, drive, run away."

When Laplande returned to the car, he only held a piece of paper with a double-headed vulture drawn on it, and a big cross marked with a red pen underneath.

That was a sign Ashe was all too familiar with.

That is the Sicilian lady's coat of arms.

"As expected, it's her style."

Ashe took the paper, gently rubbed the double-headed eagle emblem on it, and sighed: "Send a killing order first as a warning, and then send out the real elite, that lord always has such a sense of ritual. "

"So, we are being targeted by that woman again?" Laplande showed no fear on his face, but instead had a bloodthirsty smile: "Is that thrilling day going to happen again? It's really shocking." miss-"

"No, no, although that lord unexpectedly emphasizes the sense of ritual in many places, she is still a very pragmatic leader in essence. At the beginning, she was unsuccessful in chasing and killing in the wasteland and snowfield for a whole year. With a large number of elite assassins that she has cultivated so hard, she should understand that her elites alone cannot handle the two of us."

Ai Xi shook her head: "So in the next two years, she never sent anyone over again, she acquiesced to our escape, I believe that as long as we don't take the initiative to go to Syracuse to provoke her, she will not waste energy to deal with us .”

"Then, since it's not us, it's—" Laplande raised his eyebrows, and his eyes fell on Texas who had been silent in the back seat.

"That's right, my noble lord, my love, what trouble have you gotten into again?"

Ashe shrugged, and handed the paper to Dexus: "Unlike the 'special treatment' given to me, that lord treats the remnants of the various families in Syracuse as preferential treatment, and accepts those who are willing to surrender. She will not stop those who want to escape, let alone pursue them thousands of miles away... Unless it is a group of diehards who gathered and consolidated forces abroad and then returned to Syracuse to counterattack, otherwise, she seldom kills the grass."

After a pause, Ashe narrowed his eyes: "Ever since I received the appointment to Penguin Logistics in Rhodes Island, I have felt strange, and now it seems that it is not a coincidence of fate—my lord, are you Are you really gathering the remaining power of the family in secret, preparing to return to Syracuse and win back your past glory? The arrival of me and Laplande was also secretly arranged by you?"

"If that's the case, I don't have any objections." Laplande showed a cruel smile, and said in an inexplicably joyful tone: "Compared with this nameless messenger like a stray dog, I still like you in the past, De Texas~"

"...It's not me. I didn't know in advance that the two of you would come here, let alone plan to return to Syracuse."

In the end, Texas, who had been silent for a long time, still spoke, and she denied Ashe's guess in a calm and decisive tone: "The past is over, and now I am only Texas, and I belong to Penguin Logistics. The messenger is the partner of Neng Angel, Kong and Croissant... I am very satisfied with the peaceful life now, and I don't intend to destroy it."

"Texas is right. Since we met, she has been silently following us to take on tasks and run business. Where is the time to gather the remnants of the past?"

At this time, the angel could not help but said: "To be honest, I don't know much about the Texas in the past, but in my eyes, I am very familiar with the current Texas. She is not like What a big conspiracy!"

After a pause, seeing that everyone's eyes were attracted to her, Angel Neng couldn't help shrinking her head, and then said with a wry smile: "Oh...the amount of information I know tonight is really too much, I'm a little out of my mind. It's messed up. I never thought that my closest friend would hide such a past. It was like a dream. If it wasn't for the killer just now, I would have thought you were colluding to play tricks on me... I said, why don't we still Stop for a while, don't talk about those brain-burning things, go back to the company first, it just happens to be a welcome meeting, relax first, and then communicate slowly, OK?"

After a pause again, she shrank her head again, and carefully looked around the three of them, "Finally, by the way, that... you really won't kill me to silence you?"

Ashe and Laplande looked at each other, and then, first Ashe laughed, then Laplande also laughed, and finally, even looking at Texas outside the window, the corner of his mouth could not help but raise a tiny radian.

With an expression of embarrassment mixed with peace of mind, Ashe nodded.

"Okay, let's go back."

Chapter No.17 Deeper Jealousy

Two tires were blown and the car broke down. The four of them had to walk back and left the car where it was to be repaired by the towing company. Fortunately, it was not far from the bar at the end of the earth. Within 10 minutes, the four of them returned to the bar.

It was six o'clock, and there was still some time before the welcome party at 07:30. Ashe and Laplande went back to the dormitory first.After a noisy afternoon, they encountered a sniper on the way. The two of them sweated a lot and got a lot of dust on their bodies, so they went to take a bath one after another.

The decoration of the bar is indeed very luxurious. Not only do each room have an independent bathroom like a hotel, but also a small indoor hot spring bathhouse is set up on the third floor. After Angel and Texas came back, they went directly to the hot spring. Ashe saw It's a pity that as a male, even if he is young physically, he can't squeeze in to wash together, so he can only sigh and go back to the room to use the private bathroom.

Fortunately, Laplande has not abandoned him to go to the hot spring alone, which made him feel a little warm in the world.

Laplande didn't procrastinate about washing up like ordinary girls, and finished the shower quickly and neatly within 5 minutes.When Ashe finished washing after him, he left the bathroom wrapped in a bathrobe and wiping his wet hair.

Laplande was also wrapped in a bathrobe, lying on the bed, but he was not reading a book or watching TV. Instead, he was looking at the ceiling, his pupils were not focused, and he seemed to be thinking aimlessly.

Her two feet overlapped and landed at the end of the bed. Her slender ankles, flawless white insteps, and lovely rosy toes swayed slightly after washing in the clear spring, attracting people's attention.

Ashe stood where she was, staring at Laplande's feet in a daze for a while, then touched her face, not knowing whether it was because she just took a shower or for some other reason, feeling the slightly hot temperature, and sighed .

Maybe it's the steaming heat of summer that makes people restless?Or is it because of the reunion with Texas after a long absence?His recent desires are a bit abnormal, and the self-generated power generated three times a week is not enough, and he always thinks about Laplande beside him again and again.

"Starting again?"

The strange gaze naturally couldn't hide the sharp senses of a Laplande warrior. She withdrew her aimless gaze, looked at Ashe who was standing there in a daze, swept up and down, and finally landed somewhere on the white bathrobe " "Normal reaction", raised his eyebrows, and couldn't help showing a strange smile:

"Your body of a little boy who has remained unchanged for thousands of years is really troublesome."

"Adolescence, adolescence..."

Ashe sighed, walked to the bed and sat down, "Since you know my physical state, can I trouble you to change into some normal clothes earlier? It's not that you didn't dry off, why do you have to wrap yourself in this bathrobe? .”

"What do you know?" Laplande snorted softly, "The time when you come out of the shower and lie on the bed wrapped in a bathrobe with the air conditioner in a daze is the most pleasant time."

"Yes, yes, you are comfortable, but I am out of luck." Ashe lay on her back and lay down on the bed, with Laplande's feet next to her face, which is naturally impossible for her feet just after taking a bath He stared at it for a while, stretched out his hand, stroked the smooth instep from his slender ankle, and finally joined his five fingers with his toes, "holding" Laplande's sole.

"...Are you a pervert?" Laplande frowned. Although he didn't withdraw his feet, he cast a disgusted look: "I can understand liking legs, but what's the matter with hands?"

"Are you ignorant? In the traditional sense, feet have always been the sexual organs in the eyes of men, and even to a large extent, they are much more important than other parts such as legs."

Ashe didn't mind Laplande's disgusting eyes. To be precise, as an absolute hedonist, he couldn't substitute the psychology of "M" in the traditional sense and get some subtle sense of immorality from it (of course , except for the gameplay that will feel pain).

He closed his eyes, pressed the soles of Laplande's feet to his face, and felt the soft soles of his feet - due to the advantage of the Lupus' blood, although Laplande is a perennial sports fighter, the soles of his feet did not grow What kind of rough and thick calluses, although it is not the "baby-like delicateness" described in the little yellow article, but compared with the soft meat on the thighs, it is still not too much.

The delicate soles of his feet were pressed against his face, even for the "slutty" Ashe, it was quite a rare side-kicking experience. He closed his eyes and quietly experienced this different feeling.

Laplande tilted his head, and waited for a while, thinking that he would express some insightful opinions in a serious manner, but he didn't expect him to close his eyes so quietly, and laughed out of anger, with a cruel heart He stepped on his feet hard, but also guessed that it was just a "reward" in some sense for the foot control, so he shook his head, lay back on the pillow, and stopped talking.

In this way, maintaining a rather ambiguous and weird posture, the room fell into silence again.

The ambiguous relationship between Ashe and Laplande has always been in this state, far beyond the boundaries that friendship should abide by, but it can't be said to break the red line of love.

Laplande has always been unwilling to take that step, and Ashe, who respects her friends, also stagnates. A skin-to-skin date like this is already the limit.

At this moment, Ashe is only temporarily suppressing the anger in his heart in a transitional way, letting him do whatever he wants, and it will be over in a few minutes.

— Laplande understood this in his heart.

But for some reason, after a short two or three minutes of silence, a different idea surged in her heart.

At that moment, she suddenly thought of the deep and long kiss between the two at noon, and the throbbing in her heart when she leaned against the door.

He also thought of the reunion with Texas in the afternoon, and the determination with which she went straight to Ashe and swung her long sword without even looking at her.

Thinking of the bloody kiss between Ashe and Texas, and the flirting of the two licking the corners of their lips in the back seat.

No... There are more, more in the past, in Syracuse, he and she, boy and girl, courtier and lord, and myself who was watching from the sidelines from beginning to end...

Unconsciously, Laplande clenched his hand.

Her breathing was suddenly a little difficult, and the bitterness in her heart was so strange that she didn't know how to face it or react.

--what is this?

Chapter 18 Sin City

Can Angel hesitated for a moment, then knocked on the door.

"Please come in."

The voice of the Great Emperor came.

The energy angel pushed open the door, and what fell to my ears together with it was the slightly hoarse sound of the vinyl record turning, and the beautiful rhythm of classical music.

In the owner's office on the third floor of the bar, the emperor was sitting on a chair, holding a glass of red wine in one hand, with his back to her, looking at the sunset outside the window. face.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Boss." Angel Neng closed the door and bowed slightly.

"Oh, oh, it's rare to see such a polite and capable angel. It's really rare."

The emperor turned his seat, turned his head, drank the red wine in the glass, and uttered a vicissitudes of life: "What? You came to me suddenly, do you want to raise your salary or are you planning to resign? Important issues that need to be discussed? Let me explain in advance that if it’s about love, I, a single penguin, can’t help much.”

"The boss was joking." Canangel smiled wryly: "It's about Texas, to be precise, and the new arrivals, Ashe and Miss Laplande."

"Oh~" The emperor paused, and sighed meaningfully, "It seems that I finally found it. Why, did something happen when I went out in the afternoon?"

"Boss, you really know the truth." Angel Neng breathed a sigh of relief, briefly described what happened in the afternoon, and then smiled wryly: "According to Axi, you should also be an insider who knows the secrets of the three of them. So, I would like to ask you about the stories you know, the past of the three of them... To be honest, what I learned today shocked me. The best partners and friends I used to be familiar with suddenly became strange , if I keep these questions buried in my heart, I probably won't be able to sleep for the next two days."

"Actually, it's not really a secret. Up and down the Dragon Gate, the leaders of some forces know about these 'old stories' that have just passed. Moreover, based on the relationship between you and them, if you ask directly, they will be generous. Answer." The emperor waved his hand.

"The answer will be answered, but I think it is difficult to get a more objective truth. After all, the two of them are insiders, and... it seems that the relationship is not very good." Can Angel recalled the afternoon when Texas stabbed Ashe With that sword, he touched his nose: "I am worried that if I ask them directly, I will get completely different answers from two positions, and then I will get stuck in these two positions and even fight myself."

"Hahahahaha, then you don't have to worry too much. The stories that happened in those years have no position to speak of. No matter who tells them or whitewashes them, people with brains will understand the truth once they hear it." The emperor suddenly laughed Get up, then look up at your watch, "Well, there are still 10 minutes before the welcome meeting, we still have enough time, come on, since you want to hear, let's talk slowly——First of all, what do you most want to hear? What's the question?"

Before coming, Angel Neng had sorted out his own questions in his mind, and upon hearing this, he replied without hesitation: "I want to confirm the identities of the three of them first."

"This is a very simple question, but we still have to start from the beginning." The emperor pondered for a moment, poured himself another glass of red wine, and after taking a sip, he said, "First of all, three years... no, six years ago Syracuse, you should know what kind of country it is, right?"

"...The first impression is like the troubled times in the ancient times of the Great Yan." The energy angel hesitated for a moment, and said: "And it is far darker, rotten, divided, and struggling than that."

"A very good summary, darkness, decay, division, and struggle." The emperor nodded: "The deformed and hypocritical political system, the torn mobile city-state, and the supreme power controlled by a violent organization called the family are rooted in the deep soil. The criminal network under it is not so much a country as it is a criminal paradise on the continent of Terra. Murder, robbery, smuggling, arms, gambling, sex...all the crimes you can imagine or unimaginable are all in Sylla The ancients prospered, and after each family negotiated or fought in an ancient way, they cut and merged with each other, and finally spread toward a more lush apex like a thousand-year-old tree."

After a pause, the emperor narrowed his eyes, as if remembering something from the past, he stretched out his hand and gently held it in the void: "Ah, the angel of power, that is from Lateran, you who come from the real 'heaven' will never A grand scene that may be understood... In Turin, tens of thousands of people gathered in a casino to sway the ocean of money, and became worth billions overnight. He lost everything overnight and even sold his wife and daughter, jumped from the top of St. Turin Cathedral, and turned into an inconspicuous blood flower in the crowd of crazy people."

"In Genoa, scantily clad prostitutes stood on every street corner, and a thousand and one bars, dances, and clubs turned the entire city into Terra's largest red-light district, but these were still only haunts for the poor, and the real rich People and powerful people dismiss it, their heaven is above the giant white tower, where there are one-in-a-million beauties from the entire Terra world for them to enjoy, singers, dancers, stars, idols, the most moving voice, the most The most attractive dancing posture, the whitest skin, as long as you have enough gold, you can buy all the slaves you want from that giant tower, regardless of age, gender, and origin, even queens and slaves of conquered countries Princess, it’s just a plaything in your crotch.”

"In Milan, there are a thousand murders every day, ten thousand robberies, and countless thefts, but none of these crimes can be compared with one crime, that is drugs, that is the real city of fantasy, the streets Always shrouded in the fog of burning plants, whether it is day or night, there are always zombie-like crowds wandering on the streets, they carnival, they sing, they dance, they wave sticks and daggers at each other in wild laughter, Even fighting each other with fingernails and teeth, because each other is in an eternal dream, which is the real capital of madness."

"Can you imagine? An angel."

The emperor's eyes fell on Angel Neng, and the little face of the Lateran girl had become a little pale at some point. She frowned tightly, almost suppressing her physical disgust and desire to vomit. After a long silence, she gently Asked: "Texas, is this the land where you grew up?"

"Yes."

The emperor nodded:

"In Rome."

Chapter 19 Sonnets about Rome

"Rome, the great Rome, the birthplace of Syracuse, the beginning of all glory and all evil, even after Syracuse fell into the family's divided rule, this mobile city-state is still the center of all power. On December 21, [-], the rulers of the various families in Syracuse must gather in this city to hold an ancient meeting, delineate their respective territories and commercial shares in conspiracy, negotiation and struggle, and even decide whether to A certain family is permanently expelled from Syracuse."

"And the ruler of this city-state is the surname you are familiar with, the Texas family."

The emperor poured another glass of red wine, sipped it lightly, and said in a tone of nostalgia for the past: "There are countless families in Syracuse who are qualified to hold power, but the ones that stand at the highest point have been around since hundreds of years ago. It is a definite number, eight or eight families have monopolized the power of Syracuse since ancient times, they have formed an unshaped alliance, and hold ancient meetings regularly, and among them, although the Texas family is not the oldest in history It has a long history and is not the most powerful, but with various advantages, it has served as the leader of the alliance all year round, and the only city-state it controls is Rome."

"Then, Texas is..." The energy angel leaned forward slightly, his eyes sparkling slightly.

"Yes, as you imagined, she is the direct descendant of that generation of Texas family." The emperor swung his wine glass: "The seventh heir."

"seventh?"

When Neng Angel heard this, he was taken aback for a moment: "I thought..."

"Think she should be the first successor?" The emperor laughed: "No, no, don't imagine the Syracuse family as the Great Yan Empire... In that sinful land, there was never What is the eldest son inheritance system, the continuation of all power is only based on strength, and the change of the leader of each generation of the family is a bloody fight."

"So, Texas...cleaned her brothers and sisters?" Neng Angel opened his mouth wide, and it was hard to imagine that the taciturn Lupu girl would hide such a cruel past.

"Yes, it's not right." The emperor played a riddle: "Theoretically, she should be the one who bears all the blood, but if you really want to calculate it carefully, her hands are not stained with any blood." .”

"What does this mean?" Can Angel was confused.

"Let's talk slowly..." The emperor shook his head, and did not rush to answer Neng Angel's question, but continued to speak eloquently:

"You also know that Texas is about the same age as you, not very old. According to the tradition of Syracuse for hundreds of years, the change of family leaders in each generation basically happens when the previous generation of leaders is old. The leaders of the new generation have passed the middle age, and the reason for the special case of Texas is an assassination, a brilliant assassination that has not been successful on the land of the Texas family and Rome for a hundred years —Texas’ mother and father, who had just taken over the family power for only five years, died together in that assassination.”

"At that moment, it doesn't matter who the murderer is, who the enemy is, and what kind of conspiracy they have. The old patriarch has already passed away, and the young new patriarch died in an assassination. Almost all the heirs are still underage. Germany The Texas family fell into chaos unprecedented in a century, and all greedy people wanted to get a share of the chaos. Various factions within the family established their own chosen successors overnight, and a brand-new The war started decades in advance, and outside the family, the coveted enemies joined hands one after another to form an impenetrable network, waiting to completely tear the Texas family that has been the leader of the alliance for a long time. Chance."

Between the simple words, a giant screen as heavy as history was outlined, and the energy angel held his breath unknowingly, and said in a slightly trembling voice: "That, then Texas at that time—"

"At that time, Texas was only 15 years old, ranked seventh in the line of succession, and she was a woman. How many people do you think would be willing to support her?" The emperor shrugged and asked.

"That's right...then how did she get to sit in that seat? Could it be that it's just because—" Angel Neng bit her lower lip tightly. Although she asked this question, there was already a faint feeling in her mind The shadow of the answer.

"Yes."

The emperor said softly: "Just because of that person...my new employee, your old best friend, who now lives in Longmen without a name, who calls himself 'Aixi'-he chose Texas Texas, so Texas became Texas."