[Zhongyingmei] The beating heart

"Don't worry. My friends will surely come to our aid."

Peter tightly held the trembling Princess Yehua's hand, and said, "Trust me? No matter what happens, they will come here."

"But, but Peter..." Princess Yehua's tears rolled in her eyes, she was very, very scared.She didn't know any of Peter's friends.All the relatives she knew were killed, and all the people she could think of who could help her were gone.She has never been so desperate since growing up.Whether it was becoming Sharia's Queen for Three Days, or when the separatist army attacked, she had never been so desperate, "You are bleeding... I can't... I can't stop it..."

"It's okay, it's okay." Peter looked at the wound on his lower abdomen. Although he said it was okay, it hurt so much...Peter simply bandaged it with his own spider web, and it worked a little at first, but then he couldn't stop it at all. Blood, if this goes on, I'm afraid I will die, but Princess Yehua...

She is a complete victim. She was born in the most powerful royal family in Saria. Although she is a princess, she is not the first heir to the throne.She should have lived a carefree life in Li Palace, but when war swept across the galaxy, her hometown was no longer spared.Her family and even her friends fell in an instant, and she became a lone survivor, a bargaining chip, and a tool of an old tradition.

This is not right.Peter knew it wasn't right.Although there are countless more tragic endgames in the war, he knows that he can't help everyone.But he can help one, and he will.When danger arises, those who have the ability to act have the responsibility to act.It doesn't matter whether it can achieve a perfect ending, it doesn't matter whether it can be thanked or commended, even if it is infamous, when people are in crisis, at the moment of life and death, a hero, no, a good person, will definitely lend a helping hand.

It's not about status, and probably not about ability.It is a choice, an idea, and the courage to take responsibility.

"Peter, don't die, okay?" Princess Yehua begged helplessly, she didn't know who she was begging for, God, devil, or anything, it didn't matter, "Only you... only you, don't die... ..."

"Princess, don't cry." Peter managed to smile a little, his complexion was terrible due to the excessive blood loss, "It's okay, I won't die...my friends are all very powerful heroes. They're going to come here, they're going to save you, they're going to save Sallya... because that's what they've always done."

"But... I don't know them... I only know you. I know you don't deserve to die...Only you, of all the people on this planet, you are the only one who doesn't deserve to die." Princess Yehua didn't dare to look at Peter, Wiping her tears with bloody hands, she said, "Since I was taken away by Duke Isoko, no... since I was born, you are the only really good person I have met. All People respect me and take care of me because of my father. Because I am a princess...but only you, Peter, help me because I am me, and because I need help..."

"My friends are like that too," Peter interrupted Princess Yeh, saying, "I just look at them to have the confidence to be a good person. I didn't have the courage to help others before... before. Maybe it's because I don't have power, and then I got power by chance, and I didn't think of helping others. Until one day I met them. They just appeared in my city suddenly, did I tell you? Not so long ago, my city was a mess."

"Corruption, crime, and almost every corner of the city is full of hopeless things. The city seems to be abandoned by God, and it is collapsing all the time, even myself. I have power, but I just want to For the sake of vanity and myself. I don’t even care about my relatives.” Peter said, “I was swallowed up, by that city, I don’t know what happened to me... Then suddenly one day, I don’t know what happened thing, everything has changed.”

"In addition to publishing the crimes that people dare not go out in the newspapers every day, there are suddenly some heroes who save people. A black spaceship appeared in the sky like a falcon to monitor every move of the criminals. The poor began to It is said that there is a lawyer who is willing to provide justice for them free of charge. The deeds of a vigilante with great powers and ordering chaos began to spread among the corrupt police and government officials... and the criminals also began to be terrified of a white skull. In my city Suddenly there were a lot of people who stepped up and kept the city from collapsing."

"They punish criminals, or help people get justice. They used to be members of that collapsed city, but they broke through the shackles, broke the silence, they are like a beacon, telling people what to do... Maybe they will be criticized, there may be voices of opposition, but when someone is in danger, when the city or even the world is in despair, they will come forward. Whether they have the ability to solve it, whether it is their responsibility... ..."

"I just watched them become what they are. I know that if it was any of them, it would help you, Princess Yahweh. I know what they would do. So follow their footsteps I would do the same." Peter said with a smile, "So, please trust them too. Just like you trust me."

"What happened up there?" Alita looked up at the sky of Saria, it was already night, the sky that was originally light green now became darker, patches of peacock green mixed with jet black, the sky was like an impressionist painter's brush The picture scroll is average.It's just that among them, there are constantly red or white meteor-like things dragging their tails across the sky.

"It's just a disaster caused by stupid people for selfish desire and hatred." Countess Anastasia didn't look up, she sat on the delicate white lacquer carved chair on the balcony, blowing the evening breeze leisurely, drinking a drink, "That has nothing to do with us."

"..." Alita didn't speak.Now she belongs to Cynthia, more than half of the companions of the rebel army died because of the 'Ghost of Thousand Moons', if not for Cynthia's arrival, I am afraid that Shalia's palace is still in the hands of the separatists.She heard that Qianyue's ghost is effective for anyone, but she didn't expect that the kind that was popular in the anti-terrorist army would only kill men.She watched her companions die of horrific illnesses, and the screams of their deaths still echo in her ears, "That boy is dying."

"Oh...you said the child who protected the little princess." The countess remembered something, and she said, "You really look like a little knight, don't you? That child is a hero, and it would be a pity to die."

"If we help him now..."

"It's not necessary." The Countess replied very simply, "But if you have to work hard...it doesn't matter. Why don't you just let him die in that cellar with his little princess? They must still be looking forward to the Jedi Knight Maybe someone from them will come to save them? But who knows, Separatism and the Republic will disappear into Shalia's atmosphere like meteors without spending a single soldier. Really stupid, isn't it?"

"...What exactly do you want?" Alita still didn't understand, what was it for?What made Countess Anastasia to be so cruel, what made her careless and only wanted to destroy the world?

"Wouldn't it be fun to watch this galaxy burn."

"So why did you do it? For Kara? For your daughter? Are you taking revenge too?"

"Well... Maybe it was like this at the beginning. But then..." Countess Anastasia thought for a while, then she smiled, and looked at Alita with sparkling eyes, "Then it was just, I can do So far, so I did it. I could make it burn, so I set it on fire. I could make the people die, I let them die. I could make the people live, so I let the They survived. All this, my dear Alita, all this because I could."

"Why did God create this world? Isn't it just because he can do it?" After saying this, the baroness once again looked at the night scene of Sharia, admiring the burning warship fragments and The last light emitted by the fallen life, drinking a drink with a satisfied smile on his face, "I created all this."

crazy.Maybe she's gone mad.Not only her... Even Cynthia's people are a little crazy.Alita didn't know the Countess before, so she wasn't sure if the Countess was a lunatic before, but she knew some of Cynthia's people.They weren't that crazy before, but suddenly for some reason everything changed.Was it consumed by hatred?Or is it like the Countess... swallowed by the pleasure of being a god?

Alita left the balcony.She didn't know what else she could do, but at least, she could save the child.She had done a lot of wrong things, and now she was at least going to try to make up for something.She probably didn't care about anything anymore, but she still loved Sally and the planet.She's not going to let Thalia fall into the hands of a bunch of lunatics, and of course neither Separatism nor the Republic.She needs to act.

"You..." Alita came to the dungeon, she walked to the prison door, looked at the pale Peter, "Do you know Alex Mercer?"

"...Mr. Mercer?" This person is... Cynthia's, right?What did she ask Alex for?Peter was immediately confused. Although he was quite smart at first, but now his brain is not working well due to lack of blood.

"It does seem to be his companion." Alita had already guessed this.She said, "I'll help you and the little princess get out of here, can you contact him?"

"Contact...Mr. Mercer?" Then I really wish for it.If it was Miss Dawn, she would definitely rush over to save herself, right?Peter looked at Alita in surprise, "What the hell do you want?"

"You don't have to worry about it. You just need to contact him." Alita emphasized, and she said, "relatively, I will save you too. If you continue like this now, you will die."

"..." It seemed that he had no choice.Peter paused, and he said, "You won't hurt Princess Yehua either, right?"

"Of course. This is a very affordable deal, kid." Alita smiled slightly, and she said, "Don't you also want to ask for help? It doesn't matter if you ask for help... Take the little princess with you. As long as you help me contact him Just fine."