Chapter 1398
New City: I'm most afraid of ghosts!
Daigo's voice came in from the background, muffled: "New City team member, are you afraid of ghosts? Mr. Obik is just being overly enthusiastic."
"Enthusiasm?!" Xincheng's voice suddenly rose. "When his face came up to me from the darkness and asked if I wanted some scallions, I thought I was doomed! Do you think I applied to leave the base specifically to come here on duty? It was to avoid him!"
Daigo seemed to still be chewing, his voice muffled: "But Mr. Obik's soba noodles are really delicious."
"Eat it! Eat it all! Don't call me!" Xincheng roared hoarsely, "Instructor! Take me away! Anywhere is fine! I'd rather face the monster!"
Cui Ming's lips twitched slightly.
"Enough talk, I've sent you the coordinates. We'll be there in ten minutes."
He cut off the communication.
Miyuki, standing nearby, couldn't help but burst out laughing, her shoulders shaking slightly.
Cui Ming glanced at her, stepped on the gas, and the SUV turned onto a winding mountain road.
The car window was rolled down halfway.
The night breeze blew in, carrying the smell of the sea.
Miyuki leaned her face out a little, and the wind made her hair fly wildly.
She suddenly stopped laughing.
"Brother Cui Ming."
"Ah."
"Do you think those people controlled by the Radam parasite can ever come back?"
Her voice, carried by the wind, sounded as if it were being torn apart.
Cui Ming stared at the bend ahead, tapping his fingers on the steering wheel.
He didn't say "Don't worry".
They didn't say "it will be alright."
Such empty words are useless to Miyuki.
He simply looked at the road, his tone as certain as if he were stating a fact that had already happened.
"can."
"I'm sure I can bring them back."
Miyuki was stunned.
She slowly shrank back into the car, turning her head to look at Cui Ming's profile.
Cui Ming's gaze remained fixed on the road, his jawline taut with a cold, hard line.
“Whether it’s your family or anyone else,” he added, “not one will be missing.”
Miyuki didn't say anything more.
She pressed her forehead against the car window, her shoulders slowly relaxing.
The off-road vehicle sped along the coastline.
The sound of waves came from afar, one after another, like a steady heartbeat.
The off-road vehicle sped along the coastline.
The sound of the waves crashing against the rocks was like the heartbeat of some large creature.
Miyuki was completely let loose now, her body limp and tilting to the side, her head resting directly on Choi Myung's shoulder, like a stray cat that had finally found its home, even her breathing became light and long. Choi Myung didn't say anything more.
He held the steering wheel firmly with his left hand, while his right hand hovered in mid-air. After a pause, he gently placed it on Miyuki's head and gave it a couple of light rubs.
"Take a nap," Cui Ming said.
"Hmm..." Miyuki responded vaguely, her fingers unconsciously clutching the corner of his combat suit, her voice muffled, "Brother Cui Ming, what you just said... still stands, right?"
“It counts.” Cui Ming didn’t even lift his eyelids, but his tone was as certain as if he had already dragged the man out of the Radam’s lair. “I’ve seen right through those Radam parasites.”
"Pfft..." Miyuki couldn't help but laugh even with her eyes closed. "What underwear... Brother Cui Ming, you're talking weird."
“Strange?” Cui Ming’s lips twitched. “The control mechanism of those insects is, to put it bluntly, bioelectric hijacking. The first stage erodes the nerves, the second stage rewrites the brainwaves, and the third stage treats the host as a puppet. But as long as the right signal frequency is found, a single cut will cause the host’s consciousness to be restarted as if the power has been cut off, and that’s it.”
Miyuki mumbled an "oh" in a daze, it's unclear how much she actually understood.
"And I've already spoken to the Land of Light." Cui Ming continued, as if reading her a bedtime story. "Brother Zoffy is so righteous. When it really comes to saving lives, Mother of Ultra's Life Ray is more effective than any ICU. If all else fails, I'll just send him to the Land of Light, and consider it a trip abroad."
Miyuki clicked her tongue: "Then... what if they still can't save him?"
"Still can't save her?" Cui Ming scoffed, lifting his right hand from her head and patting his side. "Then I still have my Healing Jade Horse Fist."
"Jade Horse... Fist?"
"A medical miracle learned from the block world," Cui Ming said casually, as if introducing a new energy bar. "One punch, and even the King of Hell would have to turn back the Book of Life and Death."
Miyuki finally opened her eyes. Although she was still incredibly sleepy, she couldn't help but complain, "Brother Choi Myung... isn't this false advertising?"
"False advertising?" Cui Ming glanced at her sideways. "I tested it myself back in the EDF era. A comrade of mine had a gaping hole in his chest from a Star Guide's piercing cannon, blood was flowing like a river, and his heartbeat was about to drop to zero. I immediately delivered a Jade Horse Fist punch, and lo and behold, the man's heart actually started beating on its own, and the wound even began to visibly shrink. If this is false advertising, then there's no such thing as a genuine product in the world."
After hearing this, Miyuki paused for two seconds, then completely relaxed.
"Then...I'm going to sleep now..."
"Go to sleep." Cui Ming turned up the air conditioning by two degrees, then grabbed a blanket from the back seat, unfolded it, and covered Meixue with it. "Your family, and those who were arrested, none of them will escape. I'm telling you."
The SUV rolled over a gravel, causing it to bounce.
Miyuki huddled closer to him under the blanket, gripping his clothes even tighter, and a slight smile secretly played on her lips.
Cui Ming caught a glimpse of it.
He looked away, staring at the night road ahead, and pressed the accelerator down again.
Fine.
Patrol cars from Daigo and Shinjo were slowly rolling over the speed bumps on the third street of the East District.
An eerie silence filled the carriage.
Xincheng was pressed against the passenger door, his face turned toward the window, his eyes wide open, looking like a stressed cat thrown into an unfamiliar environment.
Daigo held the steering wheel with one hand and held a half-eaten rice ball in the other, his cheeks puffing out.
“I said Shinjo…” Daigo swallowed his rice ball and glanced at the passenger seat, “Could you turn your body back? I feel very unsafe with you like this.”
"What do you know!" Xincheng didn't turn his head, his voice extremely low, as if something in the darkness was breathing against the back of his neck. "Two streetlights in this area are broken! Two! Do you know what that means?"
"Does this mean the municipal budget is insufficient?"
"It means there's a ghost!" Shinjo turned around abruptly, his finger trembling as he pointed to the thick, impenetrable shadow outside the window. "Mr. Obik floated out from this angle last time! That face! That pot! And that 'Do you want some scallions?' I've had nightmares about it for three days straight!"
Daigo blinked, his expression particularly sincere: "But Mr. Obik's soba noodles are really delicious. Rena even packed two servings last time."
"Delicious my foot!" Shinjo covered his face, a desperate wail escaping through his fingers. "There's probably some kind of sleeping potion in that noodle! You've all been bewitched! Only I'm awake! Only I know that guy's true colors!" (End of Chapter)