[K] Shoot Zhou Fangzun

"Ogata hasn't woken up yet,"

Kusanagi threw the carton of milk in his hand to the red-haired man standing against the wall, and he pulled the tab of the can of beer, took a sip of the cold beer, and squinted his eyes in satisfaction.

Zhou Fang glanced at the strawberry milk in his hand, tossed the box, and replied without enthusiasm, "In the ICU... the situation is not very good."

Kusanagi glanced at him, reached out and patted his shoulder, and suggested, "Go to bed, I'll wait for you, and I'll call you when she wakes up."

The red-haired young man rubbed his short hair with one hand, let out a casual "um", but his body didn't move, and he asked in a low voice after a few seconds, "Tushu and Hatta haven't gone back yet?"

"Kamamoto and the others went out to look for it, and they couldn't file a case for less than 24 hours after the disappearance... It's really troublesome~ The lady inside just wakes up." Kusanagi followed Zhou Fang's example, leaning his back against the wall, a little lazy Answered triumphantly.He turned his head sideways to look at Zhou Fang with a tired expression, pushed the polarizer and asked, "Speaking of which... how do you plan to get along with Ogata in the future?"

Zhou Fang played with the cardboard box in his hand, and he was silent for a moment before giving his answer: "Listen to her explanation."

He can no longer express his feelings for Ogata in two or three simple sentences. From the moment she decided to pay back with death, he can no longer face him with pure negative emotions.Ogata did not hold back the shot he shot at herself, and the emergency operation was not completed smoothly. Until now, the attending physician still dare not say that she is out of danger.

The red-haired man closed his eyes irritably, and when he opened them again, he regained his calmness of restraint and forbearance.

Ogata's state was terrible, and he noticed something strange from the first bullet hit - the sniper bullet originally aimed at the joints drifted away from the best entry point, and the second bullet was bluffing and forcing the ice The effect lasted less than three seconds, so it could be said that the shot was all for sealing his bleeding wound.

Not to mention how embarrassed she was when we met, her face was frighteningly pale, and the bandages wrapped around her wrists and neck could not stop the smell of blood.The five senses are as keen as he could see through her physical condition at the first time. The emptiness period after a large amount of powers were drawn has not yet passed, and the blood in the body is extremely lacking. At that time, Ogata was broken like an empty shell being eaten away. So fragile that it can almost be said to break at the touch of a finger.

The eyes she stared at him were no longer full of spirits, but a bottomless darkness, which is the eyes of people who are desperate to the extreme.Under that gaze, he couldn't help but want to hold her hand. He should have been her reliance, but she didn't give him the chance.

The moment the gun was aimed at Ogata Toru's heart, he realized what she wanted to do in an instant——

Atonement.

As she said, "Return you", life for life—even if Judgment Gun was on the verge of death, she was still too proud to grab his hand, she would rather give him her life as compensation, Also unwilling to lightly say "I'm sorry" and get back to him.

Darkness once again appeared in the amber eyes, no matter how much Zhou Fang endured, he couldn't suppress the sharp pain in his heart.He frowned, unconsciously increased the strength in his hand, and the paper box was deformed in his palm, but he hadn't noticed it yet.

He wanted to forgive her, but she didn't expect his forgiveness at all.

From the time Zhou Fang saw Ogata again, he realized clearly that she had given up the idea of ​​returning.There is no hope in her eyes, every time she pulls the trigger, she is wasting her life, even if she is full of scars, she does not have any desire to cry out for pain, there is no fear or regret in her dark green pupils, nothing but dead silence.

She was ready to die from the beginning of the action, and she struggled to survive just to atone for her sins, but...

"I'll leave it to you here, I'll go get Tosuke and Hatta back first." Zhou Fang's voice became a little hoarse, and he hurried away without waiting for Kusanagi's answer.The carton of drinks in his hand was thrown into the trash can. The box was twisted to a point of damage, and his fingertips still trembled spontaneously with the sweet liquid remaining. He didn't dare to stop, and left the hospital at a faster pace.

The closer he was to the ICU, the more clearly Zhou Fang could feel her weak heartbeat. The intermittent heartbeat frequency constantly increased his mental load, as if her life signs would disappear in the next second.

The red-haired man clenched his fists, and his knuckles showed a bloodless paleness due to excessive force.

In fact, he didn't need her atonement at all, and the apology he expected was not in this way.Attempting to escape responsibility with death, he had told her long ago, don't even think about it, but she wanted to use her life as an apology, and didn't give him a chance to refuse.

Zhou Fang suddenly began to regret letting Ogata use the Scarlet Spear.

He was attracted to her because of the similarity, and it was because of the similarity that he could understand what she did—not make up for the mistakes he made by himself, even if he showed a nonchalant attitude after that, there would still be an insurmountable gap in his heart.He didn't want such obstacles to arise, so he condoned Ogata's behavior, but her determination far exceeded his expectations.

Zhou Fang, who was walking alone on the road, rubbed the center of his brows. He instinctively identified the direction where Tosuke and Hatta were hiding, and then walked forward.The two of them should be fine. He could feel that the flames belonging to the two were still burning steadily, and there was no sign of injury other than a little weakness.

The sound of an incoming call notification from the terminal interrupted his thoughts temporarily.He took out the terminal and saw a familiar name displayed on the screen. He rubbed the buttons a few times, and finally answered the communication request from the Blue King.

The red-haired man's voice was deep and thick: "It's me, what's the matter?"

The other party first greeted him politely, and then got to the point and asked, "Did you fight the suspected Green King last night?"

"Ah." Zhou Fang stopped, looked left and right, then turned his head and walked to the left road. He held the terminal with one hand, and fumbled for the cigarette case in his pocket with the other hand, "It seems to be called Green or something. ...should be the new fifth king."

"It is indeed the successor." Munakata Reiji was silent for a few seconds, "Last night, the latest information fed back by the intelligence team showed that the previous Green King had disappeared about half a year ago, and his clan also disappeared. The investigation has continued By the early hours of this morning, the Special Inspection Division had discovered bones that had not been completely dissolved in the soil composition of their residence, and it was basically inferred that the original Green Clan had all died."

Zhou Fang had a cigarette in his mouth, brushed the end of the cigarette with his fingertips and lit it, and took a deep breath.He exhaled slowly while listening to the other party's voice, and after snorting in a nasal voice, he asked, "About Ryota Asakawa...what did you find out?"

"There has been some progress. When he was expelled from the second scientific research group, he was working on the development of mind-controlling biochemical drugs. After leaving the research laboratory, he was hired by a certain drug company. Later, the company went bankrupt, and he and some technicians were separated Transferred, whereabouts are unknown. There are rumors that he was doing research and development for Prescott's biochemical reagents, and other personnel in the same period as him have been exposed to death in recent years. At present, together with Ryota Asakawa, four people are still missing."

The Red King walked into the deserted building smoking a cigarette, and walked up the stairs. The flame sensor of Toku and Hatta was already very close. He looked at the tiny vines attached to the wall, and talked to the Blue King absently. Said: "Have you sent someone to investigate?"

"Of course. Prescott Biochemical Factory, which claims that its main projects are experimental preparations, polymers, and rubber, is actually developing illegal addictive drugs. In recent years, it has been involved in psychotropic drugs. Procedures are required I simply flipped through the written materials, and it was quite beautiful. However, it is worth noting that there is no production line with the registered address in the country.”

Zhou Fang inspected the dense thorns blocking the way in front of him, and changed his hand to hold the terminal, and the flame suddenly rose from the tip of his right finger.He avoided the sharp thorns and pressed the meridians of the plant with one hand. High temperature energy instantly poured into the plant, and vesicles of different sizes bulged on the dark green vines, which burst suddenly half a second later.

The dark red sanctuary isolates the viscous sap that drips like rain, and the dark green slime corrodes shallow dents on the ground and walls. Compared with the yellow-green acid vine, the blocking effect of this thorn is slightly Inferior.Zhou Fang frowned, stepped on the uneven ground, and continued to walk deep into the building. He said "Hello" to the terminal twice, and after getting a response from the other party, he said, "I have something to do here, hang up first." .”

"...Understood. One last thing, after Ms. Ogata regains consciousness, S4 needs her to cooperate in the inspection work."

"I'll take her there myself." Zhou Fang replied in a low voice, staring at the hundreds of dark green cocoons half-hanging in the air, "Hang up." He said, without waiting for the other party to reply, cut off the call and plugged the terminal back in the trouser pocket.He stretched out his finger and made a gesture out of thin air. Almost every cocoon was the size of an adult.

The red-haired youth frowned even tighter, and casually cut through a vine cocoon, and what fell to the ground along with the foul-smelling liquid was a human corpse that had been so eroded that a broken skeleton could be seen.He froze for a second, quickly smashed all the vine cocoons, and hurriedly searched for Shishu and Hatta.

There was a viscous liquid mixed with corpse oil flowing on the ground, Zhou Fang endured the urge to burn everything instantly, and recognized a familiar body in the foul smell, "Ten bunches!" He approached the unconscious young man, keenly It was a blessing in misfortune to find the orange-haired boy who was about to fall above the man's side. Both of them didn't seem to be in too bad a situation.

Zhou Fang breathed a sigh of relief, and raised his hand to catch the boy curled up in the vine cocoon.

"Don't touch him—!!"

The girl trapped in the boundless nightmare suddenly woke up.