Chapter 12 Black Hand

The explosion made my eardrums ring, and smoke enveloped my figure.

I rushed in the direction of the little girl. I wanted to save her because of my impulse just now.

She is still a child and should not be involved in such a war.

Until I rushed to the little girl's side, all I could hear were gunshots and explosions.

I helped the little girl up, but before she could stand firmly, there was an explosion!

From the billowing smoke, a stump of limbs flew out, and a bloody head rolled out on the ground.

The dead man was a soldier from Kashima. I could vaguely identify him from the badge on his uniform.

I protected the girl, bent down and rushed back towards the alley where I came from.

However, a hand caught my trouser leg in the smoke.

"Hmm... um..."

I looked down and saw that Xue Anya's mouth was stuck with sealing tape and she was holding on to me for help.

'Tite, tert…'

There was another burst of gunfire in the distance, and their battlefield was shifting, already some distance away from us.

Squatting down, I picked up a sharp piece of stone and cut the rope binding their wrists in two or two strokes.

As soon as the rope was broken, Wang Long and Xue Anya got up from the ground.

I protected the little girl and led the two of them to run in the direction of Xiao Leng.

Entering the alley, my legs instantly softened.

Falling to the ground, Xiao Leng threw herself into my arms.

"You can't rest yet. If you go further and are found by them, you will all die."

A childish voice sounded, and I turned around to find that the little girl had stood up.

She stretched out her hand towards me, "My name is Xia Xue, thank you for saving me."

The girl's voice was calm and her bright eyes looked directly at me.

Under her gaze, I actually felt a bit of pressure from her aura.

"My name is Lin Wen."

I reached out and held her.

Xia Xue had a calm aura about her, and she had not been affected at all by such a dangerous thing just now.

Who is she?

I looked at her and I thought, I'm afraid I can't face her the way I would a child.

When I was scared, she took her hand away from my palm.

On the other side, Wang Long and Xue Anya had torn off the sealing tape on their mouths, completely paralyzed on the spot with mournful faces.

Xia Xue glanced around, turned around and said to me in a childish voice, "Lin Wen, please take me away. There are other forces searching for me. If any of them finds me, you will die."

Her words made my hair tremble for a moment.

"Who are you?"

I hugged Xiao Leng and stood up from the ground, looked at her and asked.

Xia Xue shook her head gently, "Take me away and hide me. As long as I'm not found, I can go anywhere. I can do anything. I'm young and I'm valuable to you."

Her words made me stunned again.

In what environment did this eleven or twelve-year-old girl grow up in to be so calm?

Even the request, in her mouth, turned into an exchange of conditions.

Seeing that I didn't say anything, she turned back and glanced outside the alley.

The fighting has not stopped, but the gunshots are farther away.

As if she understood my hesitation, she continued, "Don't worry, as long as they can't find me, I'm just an ordinary person."

After saying that, she hesitated for a moment, bit her tender pink lips and looked at me, "If you don't want to, just kill me here."

"As long as I die, the chips won't exist."

There was a bit of despair and loss in her eyes.

I didn't know what she was talking about, but how could I kill a child?

Even her mind cannot be described as a child.

"It's not too late to go back to the shelter now."

I stood up and looked at the watch. It was now two o'clock in the afternoon. It had been two hours since we were hijacked by this team. In other words, our current location was three hours away from the air raid shelter.

There is still plenty of time to get back before sunset.

"What did you say? You want to take her back? You didn't find the supplies, so you want to open your mouth again when you go back?"

Wang Long's voice suddenly sounded from the side, and he seemed to have recovered from the panic just now.

"Do you know she almost killed me!"

Listening to Wang Lung's words, I frowned. It seemed that because I had no weapons, Wang Lung's attitude towards me became more presumptuous.

"You were so excited when you saw the troops. What does it have to do with her? You should have harmed us!"

I opened my mouth to retort.

"If it wasn't because she was surrounded, I wouldn't even be able to recognize Kashima's troops?!"

Wang Lung spoke back again, his voice trembling as if he was venting his fear.

However, before I could refute, Xia Xue took my hand and said, "Time is running out. They will find me as soon as the battle is over. Leave as soon as possible."

Xia Xue's tone was still childish and calm.

I nodded, picked up Xiao Leng and turned around to leave.

Xue Anya shouted to me and quickly followed me.

Wang Long had a cold face and chased after him shamelessly.

I don't know what forces are pursuing Xia Xue, but there is no doubt that the armed forces of any party will make me unable to fight back.

So my plan is to advance from the mountain road and find a commanding height to determine the location of the air raid shelter.

The jungle on the outskirts of the city was overgrown with weeds, and we walked through the woods at a somewhat slow pace.

Xue Anya and Wang Long walked behind, keeping some distance from us.

I didn't pay attention, just thinking about what to do next.

The water bottle and food I brought with me were still there, but most of the food was left in the air raid shelter.

If there is one more person named Xia Xue, the problem of food and water will become even more urgent.

The water in the sink is good for up to two days.

This mountain road belongs to the infrastructure of the electric tower.

We climbed to the top and I found the landmark I had made a note of in the morning.

The ridge with the cement embankment, under the ridge, is where the air raid shelter is located.

To the naked eye, the distance is probably about ten kilometers.

"It's in that direction. We can arrive before sunset."

I pointed in the direction with my hand and spoke.

"Yes." Xia Xue nodded solemnly, and her childish voice whispered in my ear, "To the northwest, let's take the path after going down the mountain."

"good."

I responded, turned around and said to Xue Anya and the others, "We must go back before sunset. Can you hold on?"

However, the moment I turned around, I froze in place.

Wang Long actually pushed Xiao Leng to the cliff!

"Xiao Leng!"

I couldn't stop it at all, Xiao Leng's scream exploded in the air!

"Wang Lung, what did you do?! I'll fucking kill you!!!"

I yelled angrily, but a force pushed me on my back.

My body's center of gravity was instantly out of balance, my feet slipped, and a strong feeling of weightlessness hit my heart.

When I fell from the cliff, I turned around and saw Xue Anya's panicked face, and her hands that were frozen in mid-air and hadn't been taken back.

My back was hit hard and my body rolled down the hill.

Before I passed out, I saw Xia Xue also rolling down the cliff, and a white dress falling far away in my direction.