Silver Blade and Rose

Ke Er stood still, and after Zals confirmed it, he walked forward alone, going around the wall to check where the gunshots came from.

He originally planned to join the police force after graduation. He has undergone long-term training in school, and he has long been familiar with how to deal with such sudden situations. He skillfully used the wall to cover himself, and quietly glanced in that direction in the shadows. .

A man in an old jacket raised a pistol and looked around vigilantly. He was standing under a street lamp and was illuminated by the dazzling light. Even after a not-so-short distance, Zars could still see the expression on his face. panic.

It looked like he fired the shot, but Zals looked around and found that there was no one on the road except him. This man seemed to be just defending himself against the air.

Who was the target of the attack?Or, was the gunshot just now just the man with the gun being delirious and attacking his imaginary opponent?

Zals didn't act rashly, he first called the police with his mobile phone, and when he looked up, he found that the man was still on guard, so he took two steps away from behind the wall, raised a hand to signal him to calm down, and said, "Sir, Are you okay, do you need help?"

The man's gun immediately turned to this side, Zars stepped back half a step to the right, and seeing that he hadn't fired, he continued: "I was walking my dog ​​over there just now, and I heard gunshots, so I came here to take a look, someone attacked You?"

He raised his hands and did not move, and waited for the other party to see clearly and confirm the opening to let him go, then slowly walked towards where the man was-it was under a road sign, which was one of the few bunkers on this road, but the road sign said There are also bullet holes. It can be seen that the man was in a panic when he shot just now. He didn't know what he hit, or he didn't hit anything.

The man looked him up and down for a while, as if he was confirming whether Zals was a bad guy, and then he seemed to confirm his safety, hesitantly asked, "You...do you see anything?"

"What?" Zals repeated suspiciously.

"It's the one that attacked me," the man gestured, "It's so big, but I can't see what it is, it just knocked me over, and it bled—"

He lifted his coat to show Zars, and saw a deep wound under his left rib, which looked like he had been scratched by some kind of raptor. Zales failed to notice.

"Has an ambulance been called?" he asked.

The man turned a deaf ear to it, and started to look around again with his gun raised: "It hasn't left yet, please help me to see it, what if it comes again?"

His attitude was a little strange, and Zals frowned. Although the injury on the other party was real, he was not a medical staff in the current situation, so he had no way to check the wound for the other party, so he could only make another phone call call the ambulance.But when he took out his mobile phone to dial, the man pressed his hand again, and asked cautiously, "What are you doing?"

"Call you an ambulance," Zarth said, "You are seriously injured and need to be treated. It's not a trivial matter if you get infected..."

He didn't continue to talk, because the "that thing" that the man described vaguely just now had quietly appeared behind him at some point.

Zals originally thought that the so-called "so big, but can't see what it is" was described because the man was unconscious. Now that he saw this thing with his own eyes, he realized that he had wrongly blamed the other party, because it was really It's like this.

It flies in mid-air, almost as big as a basketball, but has a completely different appearance from a basketball.The body is a mass of black without variegation, and it is impossible to see clearly in the night, only a pair of bat wings and limbs can barely be seen.Protruding from the blackness, the limbs had claws like those of a bird of prey, perhaps even more dangerous, for their claws shone eerily in the light of the street lamps.

Zals had never seen such an animal before—or it might not be an animal at all, but something else—it attacked the man just now, and the latter chose to fight back in panic, but it seemed that he missed, This thing wants to make a second attack.

The unknown creature flew in the air without a sound, and seemed to have no intention of attacking for the time being. He subconsciously protected the injured man behind him, took over the gun from the opponent, and began to think about how he could deal with the unknown existence in front of him.He just went out for a run, and he didn't bring anything except his mobile phone and change. He didn't expect to encounter such a sudden situation. Now he can only delay as much as possible, hoping that the police can arrive as soon as possible...

Before Zars had time to continue thinking, the unknown creature that had been circling in midair for a long time suddenly changed its posture, flapping its wings and swooping down towards them.

With a "bang", Zars fired at it without hesitation.He was a good marksman, and he shot at close range, and he hit with almost no need to aim.This shot directly penetrated the unknown creature's body, but nothing happened as if it hit the smoke. It didn't even slow down, and it still rushed towards him in its original posture.

...What the hell is this?

The bullets were useless, he threw the gun directly on the ground, led the man back a few steps, narrowly avoided the dive, then placed the man at the door of a shop by the side of the road, and ran to the other side by himself, intending to lure him away The unknown creature that has turned its target on him.

Zals was running fast, but it was even faster, and before he could reach the end of the street, the thing caught up to him.

Without any blocking tools at hand, he could only casually push a bicycle by the side of the road and use it to block a dive attack from the unknown creature.

The bicycle fell apart, his arm was numb from the shock, and the thing was bounced to the other side. Zars was stunned, it has such great strength?

There was no second bicycle on the side of the road. He ducked behind the flower bed and began to think whether it would be his arm that fell apart next time.

He listened carefully to the noises coming from outside, and when the thing struggled to fly away from the wall, the sound of flapping wings was getting closer and closer, and when it was about to reach the top of his head, it rolled on the ground——

The next second, the unknown creature that was about to hit the flower bed was suddenly intercepted midway, and a black shadow landed on the ground beside Zars.

Cerberus, who came here at some point with the unknown creature in his mouth, arched Zars' arm with his head.

"..."

Zals looked at the unknown creature that was still flapping its wings in its mouth, and his first reaction was to tell Cerberus to spit it out and stop eating.

Cerberus didn't realize it, and wagged his tail at him with the thing in his mouth. Seeing that the living thing in his mouth was still struggling, he took a bite——

The unidentified creature that aggressively chased Zals for two streets just now stopped moving.

Zars stared blankly at Cerberus spitting it out. He didn't know whether to praise it, or felt that Cerberus was more effective than bullets, and it killed things that the bullets couldn't hit.

It appears that 179 Rockhill Street is not even a dog, and his new job might not go well.

The follow-up of the accident was jointly handled by the police and No. 179. Muen, who had rushed over, saw Zars and Cerberus cooperating with the investigation, and immediately understood what was going on.

"Thanks for your hard work. I didn't expect something to slip out and hurt people. Fortunately, you passed by here." Muen patted Cerberus on the head, raised his head and smiled at Zars, "Now you should have a general understanding The content of our work is to deal with such unusual incidents, and most of the things that come out to make trouble will be closed by us in the 'door' again in the end."

"Door?"

Zals remembered that when he went upstairs in the afternoon, Mun in the door said to him, "I'll close the 'door' first", probably the same door as this.

"I originally wanted to explain the specific situation to you tomorrow, but I didn't expect an accident to happen tonight." Muen said, "First deal with the emergency, and if you want to know more later, I will explain it to you in advance."

He turned around and communicated with the police officer who came to the scene. Zals waited for a while with Ke Er, and after finishing the basic record, he was relieved to learn that the man who was attacked had treated his wound in the hospital.

"Thanks to you this time." He squatted down to touch Cerberus, "I thought I was going to be injured, but I didn't expect to be saved by you."

The big black dog tilted its head and looked at him for a while, then leaned over to lick his face, then sat down and continued to wag its tail at him.

"Cerberus seems to like you very much." Muen took a moment to glance at this side and explained, "It's pretty good. It seems that you two can make a good partner."

The so-called joint handling of the incident is actually just transferring the files of this case directly to No. 179. They are responsible for handling and dealing with the aftermath, and transferring the unknown creatures involved in the case to avoid causing social panic.It seemed that this was not the first time the police officer who dealt with the incident had done this. He was not surprised by the appearance of Muen's child, and drove away with his assistant after communicating with him.Mun took a few photos of the scene, and then came to find Zals who was still walking the dog: "Okay, let's go back."

Zals led the dog and walked back with him. This place is actually not far from No. 179, just a few hundred meters away, but the Muun people walk slowly, and Zals walked slowly to match his pace. Walking around asking, "So our work is like... uh, The X-Files or something?"

"It's not the same," Mun said. "We're not actually specialized in handling such cases. Strictly speaking, we're actually the gatekeepers of the city."

The concept of "door" has been mentioned by him too many times, and Muen doesn't seem to shy away from him.Zals became more and more curious about this, but talking about it on the road seemed to be easily regarded as a lunatic by others, so he shut his mouth wisely and decided to go back and ask again.

Cerberus followed him, looking in a good mood, wagging his tail and walking forward.