mechanical court

one-one-one-one

Late at night, the City of Steel is still brightly lit, and the paparazzi huddle in the shadows of the streets and whisper.Patrolling tube-shaped robots walked in groups on the road, and the sound of drones flying at low altitude echoed in the midair.

In the fighter's apartment, on the semi-circular white balcony, Ivan was wearing dark blue casual clothes, with his hands propping up the guardrail, and his short hair was blown back slightly by the night wind.Different from the gloomy and oppressive interior, the outside world is still the brightly lit city that never sleeps. The starlight and city lights in the night are indistinguishable from each other, and even his figure seems to blend into the brilliance at this moment.

I don't know how long it took, Ivan wrinkled his nose, then closed his eyes and took a deep breath of air:

"A familiar smell...she's here!"

"..."

Tachibana then closed her eyes, and at this moment, a hand appeared in front of her out of thin air.The slender palm was covered with a layer of black scales, and the five fingers were forked like knives, attacking Ivan's throat.

"Humph!"

Ivan stretched out his right arm suddenly, bent his arm to block it, and firmly resisted the attacking hand knife.At the same time, the arm exerted force, and the spine turned the arm violently like a top, and flicked out the palm that was deep in the air——Thumbelina seemed to have sensed something at this time, and suddenly stood up and jumped. The figure suddenly disappeared into the void.

Whoosh-!

The white palm turned into a cloud of black mist and disappeared. In the next second, countless black shadows appeared in the void. They appeared in the void as if the darkness had condensed, waving pitch-black, skinny, devil claws Hands like hands, an airtight cage towards Ivan.

call--!

At this moment, golden flames shot out from Ivan's body, twisting into an expanding golden vortex in the air.There was a slight explosion in the air passing by, and the air in the unit space was squeezed to burst.

The exploding flames evaporated the shadow, and disappeared into the air like a phantom.

"..."

Ivan patrolled around vigilantly, narrowed his eyes, and at the same time stretched out his left hand, touching his throat with lingering fear.

"You can't escape."

A clear and ethereal voice resounded from the space, spinning around him with a slight sound of breathing.He clearly felt that his opponent was by his side, but he couldn't pinpoint his position accurately.

"I will definitely kill you...hehe."

A slender figure covered in black scale armor and with a kerchief on his face emerged along with the gradually clear laughter.Suddenly flashed on the guardrail on the left side of the balcony, then his eyes changed, and then disappeared in an instant.

"..."

Ivan didn't pursue immediately, his eyes calmly searched around, as if waiting for something.

In a few seconds.

The tall figure in black scale armor reappeared without warning.She stood in front of him face to face, with no murderous intent in her eyes, then she tore off her face scarf, with a cute and docile smile on her lips:

"Owner."

"Is it orange?" He asked tentatively.

"It's me." She nodded slightly.

"Is it really you?"

Ivan's pupils shrank into a sharp point, and he pressed his right hand on Tachibana's head, slowly stroking her smooth hair:

"If you choose to stand by my side, you will be able to get rid of the fate of the massacre. I will take you to Hyperion Star, which is the far eastern star field beyond the reach of the federal forces. took you away."

"..."

The female killer let the other party touch her hair intoxicated, her eyes reflected his face, the moment she heard the word Holy Master.The light in her eyes dimmed.

"Chuck... cluck..."

'Ju' turned his head ferociously, and suddenly broke away from the other's touch, and threw himself onto the balcony floor.Like a ferocious big cat, it landed on all fours, arched its back, and bared its snow-white teeth.The jet-black hair covered the whole body, and the teeth made a crisp and dense rubbing sound as the body trembled.

"Should I call you... Claire now? You are much more sensible than I imagined, and you seem to be able to talk to me." Ivan stood there, seemingly not planning to do anything, just looking at her calmly—— Judging from the other party's performance, it seemed that I had better luck, and just happened to meet the gap when she was still rational.

"How dare you turn me into that...you just want to turn me into your pet!" Claire clenched her hands into sharp claws, bared her teeth threateningly, and let out a threatening growl.

"No no no! Tachibana is my pet, as for you... I can take you to Heberon and let you live a decent life."

Ivan waved his hand to deny her guess, looked into her eyes, and said in a serious tone:

"Your organization is so terrifying, even if you think about it, you won't tolerate the existence of deserters, and the Shadow King will definitely find you. Your only chance now is to follow me back to Star Heberon, where you can stay away from the organization's revenge I know that it is difficult for you to have a few minutes of sobriety in a day, so you might as well consider my proposal, no matter how bad it is to follow me, it will not be worse than following the Holy Lord."

"..."

Claire's ferocious eyes flashed a little, and she calmed down immediately. She stood up slowly, still so calm, with no expression on her face.

She and Ivan stood on the balcony, the two of them faced each other, eye to eye, without saying a word, the cool night wind blew, and the scales covering her body turned into smoke and dispersed with the wind, revealing a white and exquisite jade. Body.

"Oops!"

Seeing this, Yiwen quickly waved his hand to create a light curtain, covering the scene on the balcony.

"... Tachibana's memory tells me that you are the only one who can help me get rid of the shadow mask, so I am willing to serve you, the price is to take off that mask for me!" Claire stood in front of him naked , showing off his perfect body, said in a calm tone.

"Of course I'll help you take off that mask."

While speaking, Ivan took out a ring from the space armband, and held the ring with a beautiful black and white pattern to Claire's eyes.He gently turned the sapphire in the center of the black and white pattern, and then aimed it at the girl's right eye:

"Tangerine, come back."

At this moment, she lowered her head, her hair fell in waves, her shoulders softened, and her body fell into the opponent's arms.

Chapter 23 Magical skills

"It's like having a big cat."

Ivan hugged the girl who had temporarily lost consciousness, and after noticing that she was gradually regaining consciousness, he let go of his arms, and then dragged down his coat to cover her.

"Go in and talk." He looked at Juju with a weak expression, and reminded him aloud.

"Yeah." Ju nodded slightly, made a cute nasal voice, glanced at him thoughtfully, then turned and walked into the room.

"After the game is over, I will set off to go back to Hyperion. In order to avoid accidents, you should stay in my room during this time and don't go anywhere." Ivan closed the curtains, watched as he knelt on the pillow, Tachibana squashed the pillow and whispered.

"The game is over...tomorrow?" Tachibana looked at him in surprise.

"It won't be so fast. I have to deal with some things. It will be about three days later. At that time, a few friends will go back with me. Some things... I can't handle them without a few helpers." Yi Wen's pupils shrank slightly, Press the switch of the door light to let the soft light illuminate the room.

Beep-beep-beep-beep!

At this moment, there was a sudden beep from his watch, which was rapid and sharp, especially harsh in the quiet room.

What the hell?