Life as a mercenary turned into a girl is a bit difficult

Ling Jiu glared at him and then turned his head and ignored him. Even Hiiragi and Phil's eyes became wary. They both knew that the reason why Ling Jiu stayed here was because of a death list that was concealed from the base government. , this is a big taboo. Ai Cheng, who noticed the changes in the expressions of several people, immediately shook his hands and gave up: "It doesn't matter if you don't want to answer. This is just out of my personal doubts. Don't worry, I am too lazy to get involved in the Southern Federation." matter."

Since Ai Cheng was so confident in his attendant, he had no choice but to believe it. There was no way to rush. Hiei Jing took Phil and sat down on the sofa near the door. Ling Jiu also moved a column. The shaped chair sitting on the other side of the door echoes the quiet position.

Just as Hiiragi Jing was sorting out the information she learned from Ai Cheng in her mind, she suddenly discovered an important piece of information through her interpretation of the other person's previous words.

"By the way, what did you just say? They didn't confirm your location?" Hiei Jing suddenly stood up from the sofa and looked at Ai Cheng suspiciously, "You mean..."

"Yes, yes, you are right..." Ai Cheng, who was lying peacefully on the sofa, still looked extremely lazy, "Yes, their target is me."

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Chapter 8 Be prepared to break out

Sometimes the truth comes so unexpectedly that the whirlpool of this farce is right around you?

This group of well-trained militants who were so bold that they dared to hijack an entire shopping building at gunpoint in the inner-city business district at the core of the New City was actually looking for this guy?

Ai Cheng's frank performance made Hiiragi a little bit unconvinced of this fact. She really couldn't see what value he had in him that would make those people risk his life to kidnap him. His appearance was ordinary, and his behavior was unimpressive. It doesn't look like he has mastered any important information or other techniques. He is only distinguished by his flexible brain.

Since there is no important value in Ai Cheng, the only possibility Hiiragi can think of is Ai Cheng's life background.

Could it be that he wanted to use him as a hostage to demand a huge ransom from the family behind him?Then why bother to risk being surrounded and suppressed in a shopping mall?Wouldn't it be more convenient to just find a nook and cranny place?

"What's wrong? Do you have any idea of ​​handing me over to end this commotion?" Ai Cheng's closed eyes opened a narrow gap, and the eyes behind them looked at Hiiragi Jing, who was deep in thought.

"It's not that I haven't thought about it." After a few seconds of contemplation, Hiiragi shook her head gently, and did not verbally reject her thoughts when she first heard the news. "But you saved Sister Phil, and compared to you Those guys out there holding up shopping malls are even more annoying."

"Similarly, I don't think that we, as insiders, will be able to escape from this trouble after handing you over... Those people will not allow us to get out of the vortex unharmed..."

interesting……

Ai Cheng looked at Hiiragi Jing with admiration in his eyes.

"Well, please..." At this moment, Phil, who had lowered his head in thought after listening to Ai Cheng's words, suddenly raised his head again, and after a moment's hesitation, he asked Ai Cheng, "Manager of Wushan City Management Committee, Southern Federation What is the relationship between Member of Parliament Ai Chenghao and Mr. Ai?”

"Oh, him, in terms of blood relationship - he is my father." He prolonged his reply as if he was unsure, but his tone was doubtful even though he was sure.

Ai Chenghao?

Who is that?

To be honest, Hiiragi didn't know much about other city-states in the Southern Federation except Newborn City. Unless it was necessary to carry out entrusted tasks, let alone get to know the politicians among them, the only thing she could understand was from Phil's From the changes in his expression, he could tell that this Ai Chenghao was definitely an extraordinary big shot.

"It turns out that Councilor Ai is the father of Mr. Ai Cheng. My father-in-law's financial support to the institute in the past few years is really very grateful." Phil Fei heard that Ai Cheng personally confirmed her relationship with Ai Chenghao as she said. Er's eyes visibly lit up, "I am a student who benefited from that grant. The expanded enrollment quota for orphanages gave me the opportunity to enter the graduate school."

"That has nothing to do with me, and I didn't provide that funding. If you want to thank him, just thank him." Ai Cheng waved his hands, still looking nonchalant, and refused Phil's thanks for the second time, but Phil I don't care if my thanks are ignored. The meaning of thanks is not just a simple expression of gratitude.

Orphanage?No wonder Phil has never mentioned anything about his family. Although there are speculations, this is the first time Hiiragi has heard Phil explain his life experience in person.

Just when the room returned to silence after such a conversation, Ai Cheng suddenly reached out and pressed the wireless earphones to his ears: "Hello?"

Hiiragi thought Ai Cheng was going to take the initiative to restart the conversation with one of them, but soon she realized that the person she was communicating with Ai Cheng was on the other end of the earphone.

"Oh, I know, then come back soon..." After the visit, Ai Cheng sat up from the sofa where he was lying, and while putting on his shoes and socks, he explained the latest situation to Hiiragi Jing and others. Progress, "I'm sorry ladies, the rest time is over. My guards seem to be too useless. Those people immediately started searching on these floors after realizing that there was no trace of me. I guess it won't be long before they Will find it here..."

"Someone is here!"

Before Ai Cheng finished speaking, Lingjiu suddenly stood up from the chair, removed a stool leg as thick as an arm from the chair with one hand, and immediately moved to the door to get ready for battle.When the alarm sounded, Hiiragi told Phil to hide behind the sofa and stood against the wall at the same position where Ai Cheng attacked her at the beginning.

Within a moment, there was a sound of footsteps outside the room door.

Ai Cheng looked at Ling Jiu with a bit of surprise. He didn't expect Ling Jiu's early warning to be so accurate.

"Snapped!"

Suddenly there was a heavy sound of kicking the door nearby. Judging from the distance of the sound, it was only a matter of time before those people searched for the room where they were located.

"You all saw my fighting power just now, so I can only leave it to you..."

But at this time, Ai Cheng started to take care of his unbuttoned shirt and jacket after putting on his shoes and socks. He neither picked up the knife to fight nor hid it like Phil did. He still sat there leisurely, Obviously, he handed over the next intruders to Hiiragi Jing and Lingjiu.

The door to the room was so small that Ai Cheng's combat power could not provide them with effective support. Sitting on the sofa was better than standing at the door and causing trouble for them.

"Snapped!"

There was another sound, and this time it happened right next door to them. The clear footsteps were getting closer and closer along the wooden floor. Even the few people in the room could feel the ground shaking slightly amidst the rapid and heavy footsteps through the thick carpet. vibrating.

Both Lingjiu and Hiiragi clenched the weapons in their hands, in prepared postures just waiting for it to come.

"Snapped!!!"

As one foot penetrated the closed door, it was kicked open heavily. The masked man who stepped into the room immediately saw Ai Cheng sitting on the sofa. It was obvious that he himself did not expect this kick. He actually found his target and was stunned for a moment.

"Hi~"

Ai Cheng, who was sitting on the sofa, greeted the dangerous intruder with a faint smile, as if the masked man was not a dangerous person with a gun but a familiar friend. However, he His faint smile revealed strong malice, but these masked men did not pay attention.

Find the target!

The masked man suddenly came back to his senses and was about to shout loudly, but the moment he broke into the room, Zero Nine swung a wooden stick in his hand that was as thick and long as his arm and hit his left leg at the popliteal socket.

The knee supporting the body was hit hard, and the masked man had to kneel down to the ground. Perhaps everything happened so suddenly that the masked man did not feel the pain at this moment. When he realized that something was wrong, When he wanted to call out to his companion, the gun butt in Hiiragi's hand had already landed on his head.

'boom! '

A solid muffled sound came out, and the masked man instantly lost consciousness under a heavy blow and fell to the ground swaying.

Hiiragi Jing and Lingjiu quickly grabbed his body and dragged him into the room. If they could hide this attack, they could delay the discovery of this place for a while...

It's just a pity that reality did not respond to their expectations.

At the same time that the door was closed, the shouts of the masked men came from outside the door: "We were attacked and the target is on the fifth floor! The target is here!"

These masked men did not act alone, but carried out searches in a unified area as a team, ensuring that everyone was always under the care of others when acting.

"Allow fire!"

"Get down!"

The command that followed from among the group of masked men shocked Hiiragi into a cold sweat. Almost at the same time as the first gunshot, Hiiragi and Lingjiu fell to the ground together, but the gunshots continued. After a while, the sound of bullets was heard continuously, but Hiiragi didn't feel the bullets penetrating the wall and flying overhead.

what happened?

After a while, the puzzled Hiiragi raised his head and met the eyes of Ai Cheng, who was still sitting on the sofa. The other person's efforts to purse his lips were obviously holding back a smile: "Get up, The walls of these rooms are built using special concrete and bulletproof materials. Unless there are special armor-piercing ammunition and weapons, this wall will not be penetrated..."

"You... why didn't you tell me earlier?" Hiiragi Jing, who got up from the ground, had reason to believe that this guy did it on purpose. Even Ling Jiu, who got up, stared at him with an unkind expression.

Ai Cheng then explained continuously: "I didn't expect them to shoot so decisively. It seems that they really don't have enough time..."

As he spoke, Ai Cheng's eyes fell on the door panel that was riddled with bullets, and his small expression immediately calmed down: "And the protection here doesn't seem to be as comprehensive as I thought..."

Not long after the gunfire ended, Hiiragi suddenly heard a sound of metal colliding nearby. Her combat experience made her immediately realize what this sound represented - it was the sound of the clip of a throwing weapon being bounced away.

Oops? !

The next second, a black object the size of a fist flew into the room through the hole made by the bullet in the door panel.

However, before Hiiragi had time to see clearly whether it was a grenade or a blinding bomb or other throwing weapon, Lingjiu, whose reaction speed was much faster than ordinary people, had already swung the rounded wooden stick towards the object with quick eyes and hands.

Boom!

With a crisp impact sound, the flying object was perfectly hit by the wooden stick that came in, and immediately flew out in the opposite direction through the gap entering the room. It is unknown what kind of flight trajectory was drawn behind the door panel. , Hiiragi only had time to hear a short and frightened cry, and was drowned out by the loud explosion the next second.

"Boom boom boom!!!"

In an instant, the loud noise shook the entire shopping building. The shaking ground beneath my feet seemed to collapse at any time. Countless glasses were turned into flying fragments in the sonic explosion.

Waiting for the aftertaste of the explosion to subside slightly, Hiiragi immediately took advantage of the cover of smoke and dust to peek through the bullet hole.

I saw that the scene outside had been turned into a mess in the explosion just now. Large tables, chairs and other facilities were either overturned to the ground or turned into pieces. At the center of the explosion, the wooden boards laid on the ground It had disappeared, leaving only a large area of ​​charred blackness. Four masked men were still lying not far away. It was estimated that they were preparing to rush into the room immediately after throwing in grenades when the explosion went off.

It's just that they didn't expect that Ling Jiu, a bug-level existence for humans, was waiting at the door of the room.

"Quick! Take advantage of now!"

Hiiragi Jing turned around and looked at Ai Cheng, who was no longer calm because of the appearance of the projectile just now and hid behind the sofa in a hurry: "Now! Let's take you out! You don't want to huddle here and be blown into a pile of rotten meat..." …”

Indeed, with this gap in the door panel, this room is no longer safe. The surrounding walls are a huge cage. Throwing weapons that are likely to fly in again will make it inevitable for those hiding here. What to do? Of course Ai Cheng knew the choice.

Chapter 9 The battle between humans and humans

The profession of mercenaries is not unique to Newborn City. There are mercenaries or people similar to mercenaries all over the territory of the Southern Federation.

After all, every city-state knows one thing: the size of the standing army it can maintain is far from enough to deal with the dangerous wasteland world, and there is no extra energy to deal with the endless and complicated problems near the city base. These problems are not serious, but Trouble, and the benefits from solving the problem are not enough to make up for the consumption of using the army.

Therefore, it is extremely important to properly play the role of civil armed groups.

However, the mercenary system of Newborn City is undoubtedly the most complete among all urban bases. The number of people working in the mercenary occupation in Newborn City is also the highest among the urban bases in the Southern Federation among the total residents.

However, among these many mercenaries, those who can actually accumulate overseas qualifications, complete the mission and receive mercenary certificates are less than one-tenth of the total.

Most of the mercenaries either died in early outing missions due to lack of experience, or they could only survive by accepting low-level commissions such as protecting farmland that did not even have a risk rating.

Mercenaries who can't even get limited low-level tasks have to go out to dig out some valuable things that can be exchanged for food in the wilderness and ruins. Under the name of mercenary, they are actually scavengers.

If the lives of such people never improve, they will eventually have no money to pay the mercenary taxes, and will be removed from the mercenary list by the management center, completely confirming their identity as scavengers.

Therefore, there are not too many people who can obtain two-year mercenary qualifications, but not too many. However, Hiiragi Jing, who can obtain the second-level mercenary qualifications within two years, is the best among mercenaries with the same qualifications.

In the past two years, she has completed hundreds of missions, large and small, and has experienced countless battles. She is definitely considered a person with rich combat experience.

But this battle was extremely special to her. The enemies she faced were not monsters... but humans, a group of humans armed with guns.

This is not to say that Hiiragi Jing has not had conflicts with other people. Whether it was fist-to-fist fights with other people, or gun-to-gun shooting with looters, she has experienced it. Even that time with Zero in the research institute. Nine's battles can be included, but in the end they can only be regarded as minor conflicts.

This was really just her first experience in a battle like this where she dodged the hail of bullets from dozens of people behind her and fired back with the same fierce means.

These masked men will not be like those plunderers who immediately retreat after two or three people are killed. They bite behind them and achieve their goals at all costs. This is the first thing Hiiragi has experienced. A fight to the death between humans.

"Quick! Quick! Quick! Run!"

Loudly urging Ai Cheng to move harder and keep fighting back at the masked men approaching behind him. Hiei Jing did not expect that his hasty counterattack could kill anyone. He could only hope that the fire he spewed behind him with his gun could slow him down. their speed.

In comparison, Zero Nine seemed much more calm. So far, her bullets had killed many masked men. It was precisely because of her firepower that the masked men were always left behind them during this period.

In order to avoid the bullets behind them, they naturally cannot run carelessly in a straight line in the corridor. They constantly change their direction and use the nearest bunker to cover themselves. The distance of just a few hundred meters seems to span more than ten kilometers, but fortunately, they take advantage of the opportunity. Before the masked men scattered throughout the shopping building had time to gather, they had already reached the fourth floor.

The commotion here is enough to attract the attention of the entire shopping building. Sister Fei's side should be fine.

For safety reasons, Hiiragi asked Phil to stay in that room and hide.The more targets there are, the greater the threat of bullets, not to mention that Sister Feil is not physically capable of keeping up with them. On the contrary, as long as they bring Ai Cheng with them, the greater the noise they will make, and the greater the noise that Sister Feil will make if she stays in the room. It's safer. Who would search that room after discovering the target Ai Cheng?

"There's someone ahead! Be careful!"

In addition to the masked men chasing behind them, the masked men left behind downstairs are also coming up in a steady stream.

At the corner of the corridor ahead, several figures of masked men rushed in to support them. Lingjiu, who had already detected the opponent's aura, raised his hand and pulled the trigger. However, after a face-to-face meeting, he killed two masked men. The gun in my hand can no longer produce extra bullets for shooting...

Out of bullets?

Looking at the fierce battle in front of him, Zero Nine forgot to pay attention to the amount of ammunition in the magazine. Such a low-level mistake even Hiiragi Jing on the side found it incredible. In fact, Zero Nine did not have much experience in using guns in actual combat. Those outstanding ones before The results are nothing more than the result of relying on one's own special physical qualities.

"This way!"

Fortunately, Hiiragi's reaction was not slow. Hiiragi, who was at the end of the team before the opponent noticed them and raised his gun to shoot, grabbed Ai Cheng and Lingjiu by their coats and quickly dodged towards the corridor on the left to change the direction of their steps.

The next second, a series of bullets penetrated the position where they were standing, and the ground and walls exploded into a series of flying debris under the impact of the bullets.

"It seems... Phew... It's too late. These, these guys are faster than we believed..." Ai Cheng panted while looking back around the corner behind him. He was sweating profusely and had already seen Without leaving the comfort of slumping on the sofa before, "They, they have caught up..."

"Then keep dealing with them here!"

Half of the fourth floor is a furniture store. All kinds of furniture, large and small, as well as independent rooms for displaying furniture decoration effects are the best cover for them to keep wandering around, whether they are planning to delay or taking the opportunity to escape from the guarded empty stairs. This is the only way to achieve a breakthrough.

Just when they were about to move quickly, Lingjiu's nose suddenly moved slightly, and then she suddenly turned back to look at Hiiragi Jing, and her eyes immediately fell on Hiiragi Jing's right shoulder.

"Hiiragi, are you injured?"

"Ok?"

Following the direction of Ling Jiu's gaze, Hiiragi looked at her right shoulder. Only then did she realize that the black shirt had been cut through an opening. The wound exposed under the opening was oozing dark red blood little by little, and it was close to her. The cloth on the body was stuck together, and the burning pain came from the wound after being shielded for a moment after realizing the existence of the wound.

It should be the damage caused by the bullet just now.