Chapter 99: Chapter 99: Avoiding the Crisis
As the two of them dodged the attack, the ambushers on the other side were furious. One of them even directly scolded his own companion. "Damn it! Who made that noise just now? It made our sneak attack fail!"
"I don't know either! A rock just suddenly fell from above."
"Forget it! The intel says there are only two of them. Let's just take them out directly. It's not uncommon for Public Security officers to go missing in a Hollow anyway."
Following the suggestion from one of them, the group of ambushers immediately moved out, attacking Zhu Yuan and Qingyi. However, these two were no ordinary Public Security officers. Soon, the ambushers were defeated. But the two, who were taking a short rest, both had frowns on their faces.
"These guys are tougher than I thought. And from what they said just now, they knew we were coming and had set up an ambush near the evidence vehicle beforehand." Qingyi analyzed the information she had just obtained from the ambushers' mouths. Zhu Yuan, on the other hand, was very confused.
"What on earth is going on... Could it be that the information about us coming to find the evidence was also leaked?"
They had clearly come here directly without reporting it, but the other party still knew. This point made the two of them unable to figure out the reason. However, there was no time for them to continue thinking slowly now. The pursuers soon found them. Because there were many of them, the latter could only retreat first.
[Warning. Multiple biological signals detected rapidly approaching the vicinity of the Public Security officers. It is recommended that the two officers immediately adjust their direction of movement, otherwise they will have a frontal contact with multiple armed personnel.]
Seeing this, Wise also immediately took action. But no matter how fast he ran, the Bangboo's short little legs still had a limited movement speed. So by the time he arrived, Zhu Yuan and Qingyi had already been cornered in a building and were in a tough fight.
"Fairy, hurry up and think of a way! We have to get them out!" Belle on this side anxiously urged Fairy. Wise on the other side had already sneaked into the building first, thinking of giving the two inside some cover. So he took out his long-unseen Poké Ball smoke bomb. At the same time, Fairy on the other side also gave a reply.
[Master, after detecting the area where the target Public Security officers are located, there are several unstable spatial rifts. These spatial rifts are difficult to be marked in the data of a universal radish, but if they are utilized, they can help the target evacuate from their current position.]
After Fairy finished speaking, Wise again asked if there was a way to tell them this news. And the answer he got was that she could access the communicator that Qingyi was carrying. Although this would expose their existence, there was no better way at present. After all, saving people was the priority.
After the siblings had decided, Fairy immediately took action.
At the same time, on the other side, the two who were trapped inside the building...
"Damn it, the enemy has completely blocked the exit. Unless something can attract the enemy's attention, we have no way to escape at all." Speaking of which, Qingyi paused for a moment, and then turned her head with a serious expression. "Zhu Yuan, if we can't think of a way to escape, then I'll go and lure the enemy away. You seize the time to escape."
"Huh—?! Senior, what nonsense are you talking about?" Hearing Qingyi's words, Zhu Yuan's expression instantly changed. At the same time, she asked back with some anger. The former, at this time, took the responsibility upon herself.
"Today, it was my insistence to come and investigate inside the Hollow. If it weren't for me, you wouldn't have put yourself in danger. Besides, I am not human. Even if I lose my body, it's no big deal. But you can't."
"Wait a minute, senior! I'm your captain, right? Even if we have to find someone responsible for today's events, it should be me!" Zhu Yuan was clearly unwilling to accept Qingyi's proposal. After all, for her, abandoning a companion to escape alone was something she could never do! "And senior's physical functions are much better than mine. Even if we really have to choose one person to escape, your survival probability is higher."
"Zhu Yuan, now is not the time to argue..."
Neither of them was willing to let the other sacrifice themselves, so they kept arguing and were at a stalemate. And just at this moment, a hero appeared!
"That's right. You two should stop arguing."
"Who's there?" Qingyi looked around warily. And Zhu Yuan at this time discovered the source of the voice.
"The voice is coming from the communicator. Someone has cracked our encrypted channel. How on earth did they do that?"
Wise did not answer Zhu Yuan's question. After all, time was tight now, so he directly spoke out the plan. "You two don't have to discuss who will be the bait. I have a win-win solution here."
"Who are you? Why should we trust you?" Qingyi said this, but in her heart, she was constantly thinking. Although the other party had used a voice changer, she could still vaguely hear something special. This special quality was hard to describe. If one had to say, perhaps it was particularly attractive? In short, she just felt as if she had heard it somewhere before, but she couldn't remember it for a moment.
"You're right. I have no way to make you trust me. I'm a Rope-master. Logically speaking, I shouldn't be appearing in front of you. It's just that I'm also a person with a conscience. I can't just stand by and watch good people die."
"A Rope-master?!" Zhu Yuan was confused and surprised as to why a Rope-master would appear here, and also know that they were in a difficult situation. And Qingyi at this time directly asked, "Alright. In your opinion, what should we do next?"
Although their education from a young age had told them not to trust suspicious strangers of unknown origin, there was no better way at present. And for some reason, both of them felt that the other party should be trustworthy. Was it because the other party spoke nicely? Or was it because of a sixth sense? Or was it that the charm displayed by the other party made them have to believe? Alright, just kidding, how could there be such a thing.
"Don't worry. I will create an opportunity for you to escape. You just need to trust me and act according to my instructions."
As the action began, a Poké Ball bomb suddenly flew from a distance, accurately landing in the middle of the enemy. After a loud 'bang', a large amount of smoke was formed, directly covering the vision of the enemy outside. And Zhu Yuan and Qingyi also took advantage of this time to escape under Wise's guidance.
The enemy who had reacted hurriedly wanted to give chase, but the other two had already run to the first rift. The spatial rifts inside the Hollow were very strange. Normally, if you didn't get close, you couldn't see them with the naked eye at all. And their positions also changed frequently. This was also why no one could make rational use of them.
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