That day, Rin, who thought she had confessed, would never have imagined that the distance between them and the Xplay in the secret room would be so close and there would be no escape.
Chapter 35: The Runaway Prince is Caught Red-Handed and Has a Good Time
The inspection checkpoints were much stricter than the ones encountered before, and adventurers who came from other places to provide support lined up in a long queue.
Rin and Reimu relied on their special status as reporters to enjoy VIP treatment and cut in line to complete security checks ahead of time.
They found an officer and asked him about the current battle situation. After they were confident, they continued driving and officially entered the area where sea king attacks were most frequent.
In the closer range, you can still see some ordinary residents, most of whom are businessmen and traveling merchants. The real casual residents living in this area have already evacuated.
The closer you get to the war zone, the only things you can see are patrolling soldiers and ruins.
The war is intense now, and the common people have no time to rebuild their homes. So looking around, the once bright neon lights are now hung everywhere, the power supply has long been cut off, and only the soldiers' searchlights shuttle back and forth, combined with the dilapidated buildings with a corner occasionally falling off, it is like being in a ghost market.
Rin skillfully tied the recording crystal to the head of the intelligent little robot, still setting it to follow Reimu, and officially started her work as a war correspondent.
He had seen all kinds of ruins, including the charred ruins formed by ancient cold weapons and artillery bombardment on Earth, urban ruins filled with scrapped cars and broken roads in modern wars, and ruins that were crushed by the fight against monsters in other worlds.
The underwater world is completely different from the other worlds. It exudes the stench of rotting salted fish corpses and sea king chemical weapons, as well as all kinds of mucus that the builders have not yet cleaned up. It looks more like an abandoned chemical plant.
To their left front, a group of soldiers were carrying dead bodies, piling them into a small hill.
As an immortal species, the greatest sorrow is the loss of the respect for life in human nature. Rin, who has experienced battles of all sizes and piles of corpses everywhere, also lacks compassion for the world.
What's more, the pile of corpses about to be burned in the distance is just like the pictures of fish and shrimps dying due to waste pollution released by the Man and Nature and Science and Education Channel, which can only make people think of environmental protection.
Not to mention Rin, even Reimu, who had the world's most precious possessions in her heart, when she looked at the pile of corpses emitting a strong stench, the first thing she thought of was... canned herrings.
This made Reimu feel a little embarrassed and ashamed, and she quickly put aside all distracting thoughts.
Lin rubbed his face, letting it reveal a hint of sadness, and stopped a driver who had just pulled over several corpses.
"Hello, we are reporters from Hedgehog Cat. Can we take up a moment of your time?"
The gambler took off his poison mask, revealing the ugliest fish head Rin had ever seen. His lips moved "click, click", and he nodded, revealing his toothpick-thin but densely packed teeth.
There was a fleshy whisker on its head protruding forwards. The head was original, and with the white eyeballs, Rin immediately recognized it as his childhood shadow, the anglerfish, and it was a female.
Although the other party looked horrible and ugly, Lin still showed no discrimination or avoidance, and pointed at the corpses in the distance: "Are you going to destroy those bodies en masse?"
"Yes, the rotting corpses will pollute the water quality, and bacteria will breed and viruses will spread, so they must all be physically destroyed."
When it spoke, its densely packed, needle-like teeth touched each other as if it wanted to bite off Rin's head.
"Oh, then may I ask, how many days have these bodies been piled up? How many are there?"
"It will take about three days at most. As for the number, there are only about three or four hundred."
Lin used this opportunity to judge the scale of the battle, nodded, and left with a sullen face, not wanting to disturb others at work.
Seeing his heavy expression, Reimu hurriedly followed Rin and said, "This is just the outer perimeter. The more we go in, the more casualties there will be. I am deeply sorry for your loss."
"Uh..." Lin coughed dryly, "It's not that I'm sad, don't you think... as a war correspondent, you should show your hatred for war and commemorate the martyrs?"
"..."
Receiving Reimu's contemptuous look, Rin opened his mouth and was about to flatter himself, but his feet paused and his shoes did not touch the ground. Right below his shoes, a little turtle flapped its fins and slowly paddled in the sand.
"what?"
Rin noticed a small piece of blue particles stuck on its wing-like fin and picked it up curiously.
The turtle was very weak, as if it had been ill for a long time, so it moved slowly in the water, all because of this small piece of debris.
The blue crystal fragments were only the size of green beans, but the aura they emitted was very strange, as it was corroding the turtle's vitality all the time.
Lin reached out and pulled it out, and sure enough, the strange aura was cut off within the turtle's body.
Lin let the turtle go and stared at the broken particles in his hand. This force that corroded vitality did not pose any threat to him.
So...what is this thing?
The entire Supreme World is vast and rich in resources. Not to mention that Lin is a young boy who has just arrived, even if he is an old scholar, he may not know half of this world.
Lin went over it in his mind and found no information about such a sinister object, so he could only take off the backpack and release Xiao Qi who was sleeping happily.
The backpack flipped over and Xiao Qi fell directly to the ground, grimacing with his hair standing on end. After he came to his senses, he pounced towards Lin's face with his teeth bared.
Lin reached out and grabbed its back, pulling out a few cherries. The little guy instantly calmed down, and asked with a smile while holding the fruit, "Master Lin, what can I do for you, Pas?"
"Do you know this?"
Xiao Qi threw away the core, stared at the particle for a while, and shook his head: "It's just such a small fragment. I really can't see what the pas is. There are still many pas with corrosive ability."
"Well, it seems that I can only wait until later to find someone to take a look at it and see what it is."
After all, this was just an episode that couldn't be any smaller, so Lin didn't take it seriously and continued on his way. After a quarter of an hour of rapid flight, he was already far away from the town.
The world outside the town was dead silent, pitch black and empty, with only the occasional glowing coral providing a ray of light.
Only at this time can you feel the silence and depression of the deep sea.
Originally, Rin and Reimu had become accustomed to the pressure of the deep sea due to the magic they possessed, but now, due to the psychological effect, they felt a heaviness in their chests.
It is easy to lose your sense of direction in the dark, and you can only follow the fingernail-sized light of a lighthouse that guides you in the distance.
Because there are no buildings, no shields, and no marine plants to block the flow, the seabed is frequently turbulent, just like a sandstorm that covers the sky and earth, carrying the corpses of seabed animals.
Rin quickly released the submarine, pulled Reimu to hold the intelligent aircraft, opened the hatch and got in.
The cold and pressure suddenly disappeared, and the lights in the submarine became bright and warm, offsetting all the pressure.
The underwater black-tech submarine has first-class resistance to pressure and current. Even so, Lin still carefully added another layer of shield to his precious submarine.
The submarine searchlight was turned on to illuminate the pitch-black vision. Even under the strong light, only a dozen meters or so could be seen, showing how deep and dark the seabed was.
As soon as Xiaoqi came in, he threw himself on the sofa, found a corner and curled up like a cat to sleep. It couldn't be more comfortable.
There was no idea of any danger in the darkness, so Rin released her perception and directly detected the farthest distance, turned on the automatic driving, sat on the sofa, and silently flipped through the encyclopedia, while Reimu quietly ate senbei, drank tea, and read a novel.
"boom!"
Less than half an hour into the journey, a roar was heard in the distance. At the same time, Lin's perception also detected the collision of different forces and someone was fighting.
As the submarine got closer, the senses gradually became clearer. It was two people fighting, enjoying the battle back and forth.
The breath and strength of one of them were very familiar. Lin couldn't remember it at first. Until he could distinguish them clearly, his face changed. He quickly jumped onto the control console, grabbed the rudder, turned around and ran away.
That familiar power was clearly the special aura of Ciri's arrow.
Why the hell is she in the underwater world?!
His head was full of MMP, and the only thing Rin could think of was "run away".
However, the weather was not good, and the lucky plug-in once again slapped Lin's face with its little tsundere.
His submarine had just turned around for only three seconds when Ciri's body was blown away by the other side and quickly retreated in the direction of Lin. Finally, she stabilized her body, stepped on the submarine, and rolled sideways to avoid the artillery attack.
She was able to dodge, but Rin's submarine wasn't so lucky. It was instantly hit by the shell and began to vibrate violently.
Fortunately, he had put on a shield before, otherwise this place would have become a shipwreck scene.
Lin, who had been caught in an unexpected disaster and whose fish pond was affected, had no intention of looking for trouble. He still held on to the steering wheel and tried to escape in a panic.
Ciri pulled the bowstring, and an explosive arrow pierced through the water and shot out. Her body continued to retreat until she reached the front of the submarine. Out of the corner of her eye she saw Rin through the glass in front of the submarine. Her eyes instantly lit up like stars, and a smile instantly spread.
Without caring that she was still being chased, Ciri saw Lin squatting with a guilty look on his face, curled the corners of his mouth, and reached out to grab a corner of the submarine.
This time, Rin finally realized the power of a demigod. Under Ciri's pull, his super-powered submarine could not move at all.
Being caught red-handed, Lin's face was filled with grief and despair.
This is... really like a sheep walking into a tiger's mouth, tying itself up in its own web.
I never expected... I crossed the interstellar space and escaped 10,000 light years, but I was still found.
WTF it’s not even been a week yet!!!
There's a one in ten million chance of running into it, what else can I say?
No, no...it's not desperate yet. Ciri is fighting right now. We can find a chance to escape.
Damn, I wish I had learned about the gap earlier!
However, things did not go as planned. After Ciri caught the submarine, her enemy stopped attacking and appeared beside her in an instant.
Coincidentally, Rin also knew this person.
Isn’t it the knight Ji Mee whom we met last time?
Tachibana frowned and stared at Ciri closely. His knight's uniform was slightly wrinkled and there was a cannon on his shoulder.
"Release the hostages! Stop adding more crimes to the crime!"
"..."
Miss Tachibana regards Ciri's behavior as hostage-taking. As a principled and upright police officer, she would never harm innocent people in order to capture hostages.
And... She glanced at Lin, whose face was pale, and her expression became even more solemn.
The person held hostage was actually a journalist, who was also his own witness.
She gritted her teeth and looked at the elf-like Ciri, hating her "mocking" smile.
Xili's eyes moved, and suddenly she held her stomach and laughed out loud: "Who told you that I would hurt him?"
After that, she knocked on the submarine shell, and the sound penetrated into the submarine through the machine: "Dear, when you have had enough fun, can you come back with me and marry me?"
"You..." Before Rin could say anything, Tachibana was already furious. He pointed at Ciri and shouted, "Shame on you! Taking hostages is not enough, you're even forcibly taking Minnan away!"
Ciri tilted her head, still smiling: "Your Space Administration is too nosy... Why do you even want to control other people's love and marriage?!"
"...I don't care about the others, but you must not touch this person!"
Ciri's smile gradually disappeared. She looked suspiciously at Tachibana, who looked serious but a little nervous, and knocked on the submarine shell again: "Honey, do you know her?"
Rin nodded innocently, and realized that the last time she saw Tachibana, the time-travel smuggling suspect she was chasing was most likely Ciri.
With eyes narrowed slightly, Xili raised her head towards Tachibana: "No wonder you chased me like a fly all the way, did you want to steal my husband?!"
"??!"
Tachibana's face changed, as if she had eaten Marisa. She was calm but flustered. She shook her head decisively, "What nonsense are you talking about?! He is an important witness! In addition to the crime of smuggling and assaulting a police officer, you are now adding another crime..."
Before she finished speaking, Ciri breathed a sigh of relief and interrupted her with a wave of her hand: "I was saying, how could my prince have such bad taste that he would even fancy a police knight like you who is so-so, has a parallel figure, is gloomy, and is annoying."
Ciri has always been straightforward. She speaks directly and doesn't bother to hide her feelings, but she is surprisingly sharp-tongued.
Looking at Tachibana again, her face had turned red with anger, her shoulders were shaking with anger, and she lowered her voice, "You're talking nonsense! Not only am I an elite in the Police Knights, I've also won the titles of Knight Flower and Police Flower for three consecutive terms. How can it be as unbearable as you say?! I...I...I don't care about love at all. Work is more important, wuwu."
When I think about how every time I went home during the holidays, my parents would force me to go on blind dates...but none of them were successful. From the time I graduated from the Knight Academy to the time I was training as a police knight until now, I have never had a relationship!
Every time... every time those people say exactly the same thing.
"Ms. Tachibana...don't be so rigid."
"Tachibana, you should smile more often."
"My dear daughter is so beautiful, why do you have to have such a stern face? Listen to mommy and be gentle and generous. Boys don't like girls who are so serious... Hey, I shouldn't have let your dad take care of you."
"I'm sorry, Ms. Tachibana... It would be better if you could change your career. Ahem, it's not that the career of police knight is bad, it's just not suitable for girls. I always feel that you are... very fierce."
Damn it! Don’t I want to be as gentle and tender as a white lotus? ! But can gentleness deal with those vicious criminals? ! Can gentleness deter those cunning and sophistry suspects? !
Ciri looked at Tachibana strangely, and soon discovered her weakness. She nodded sympathetically and said honestly, "If you like my prince, it's okay to fall in love and get married, but I hope you can abide by the rules. You can only be with him after I marry my dear prince and have a baby."
What the hell is this watermelon mess?!
Rin couldn't keep up with the two girls' train of thought at all. She just felt goosebumps all over her body. She quietly pushed the hatch, waved at Reimu, and prepared to sneak out.
"Really?!"
Tachibana blurted out, and then her face changed, as ugly as if she had eaten the dead Marisa.
At this time, Rin had quickly opened the hatch and was about to get down, but Tachibana, who was furious, pulled the trigger and fired a shell, which hit his hatch right on the door.
The shells without magic power had no damage, they just closed the hatch again...
Rin was inexplicably sad and glanced at the trembling Tachibana.
Are these two girls... teaming up to bully me?!
Of course, Tachibana had no other thoughts. She was both ashamed and angry at the moment. Her face was red and blue. She shouted, "Not only are you charged with illegal immigration and assaulting a police officer, I will also charge you with insulting a public official and defaming a knight!"
After saying that, she turned down her mouth.
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