Chapter 137: Phone call to the boss
When Li Qing and Giorno were squatting on the roadside stealing motorcycles two hours ago, he would never have thought that he would have the opportunity to witness such a grand scene two hours later:
Beyond the gray-black sky, on the azure sea level, a patch of star-like lights appeared in the distance.
The light was like the stars in a summer night, almost filling the entire sky.
Gradually, the "starlight" came closer.
With the naked eye, one can see the long flame tails trailing , as well as the simple arcs formed by white smoke left behind as they streaked across the sky.
However, no sound was heard.
Because these little things, as dense as stars and as fierce as storms, are much faster than sound.
It was not until they tore through the sky, crossed the sea and flew in front of Li Qing that Li Qing finally noticed these deadly weapons that embodied the highest achievements of human technology through the abnormal air flow disturbance that was like a hurricane.
He was so shocked by such a big move that he was speechless, and his hands that were tightly gripping the machine gun unconsciously loosened.
He stopped firing the machine gun bullets that served as bait.
But it doesn't matter anymore.
In front of those missiles with unmatched speed, the helicopter that Li Qing and Colt were riding was just a tasteless piece of chicken ribs.
The Meat Mountain quickly abandoned the helicopter that was about to be swallowed into its stomach and turned to face the "fireworks" scattered all over the sky.
"Shoot at me!"
General Colt's heroic and fearless roar on the radio still echoes in the hearts of all officers and soldiers in the aircraft carrier's command center.
After carrying out a saturation fire attack on the monster as ordered, many of them took off their hats to salute General Colt from afar and shed tears of emotion.
Then…
These officers and soldiers, moved by the pure spirit of Mi Li Jian, gradually discovered...
The General Colt, for whom they were mourning, seemed to be fine , but the monster followed the traces of missiles and artillery fire and rushed towards them at a speed comparable to that of a missile.
In just a few breaths, the meat mountain, which was fast enough to "fly" on the sea, crossed the heavy seas and slammed into an aircraft carrier that was continuously pouring fire at it in the distance.
This steel behemoth that was supposed to shine in the Balkan War was smashed into pieces of marine garbage by a meat mountain that was nearly 40 meters tall and moved at a speed exceeding the speed of sound.
“…”
The helicopter hovered over the sea in the distance, and there was silence in the cabin.
General Colt was breathing heavily, his expression dull.
Looking at the monster on the sea ahead that was feasting on the wreckage of the aircraft carrier, he stared with wide eyes in shock, as if unwilling to admit that this was the reality he was seeing.
"That..." Li Qing swallowed and said to Colt in shock, "You...seem to have sunk your own aircraft carrier."
"nonsense!!"
General Colt yelled hysterically.
He took a long breath, and his mood gradually calmed down from the collapse:
"It was my order, but... I didn't know the monsters would attack the aircraft carrier."
"Besides... this is all for the sake of saving humanity and saving the earth."
“Those great guys sacrificed themselves to lure the monster into the sea and save the world from imminent danger… The people of the motherland will never forget them, and neither will mankind!”
Speaking these touching official clichés, General Colt gradually regained his composure as a big man.
After erasing the guilt he felt as a colleague, he keenly realized that today's incident would not only have no impact on him personally, but it might even become an unprecedented military achievement.
There are many generals in history who have conquered cities, destroyed armies and destroyed countries. Which general has fought monsters? Which general has saved the earth?
If this works well, he will be the next savior of mankind to be worshipped.
“Ahem…”
General Colt was imagining a bright future, and then suddenly realized that Li Qing, the uninvited guest, was still around.
He immediately put on airs and asked in a tone that was neither humble nor arrogant:
"Who are you?"
"Does this monster have anything to do with you?"
"Hey…"
Li Qing glared at Colt with his frightening gray eyes:
"The whole city can see it erupted from Mount Vesuvius. What does it have to do with me?"
"As for me... I'm just an ordinary citizen who is doing something brave and righteous."
"What happened today was all an accident. I didn't expect something like that to come out of a volcano."
General Colt was so glared at that he stopped looking.
In fact, he didn't believe that Li Qing had any connection with the volcano monster. He was just lying.
Moreover, for Colt, who wanted to portray himself as a hero of mankind, it would be more in his interest to identify the volcano monster as a "natural disaster that destroys humanity."
"Okay..." His eyes flashed with a sharp light, and his tone was very meaningful: "I believe you have nothing to do with this natural disaster, but..."
"I understand."
Li Qing sympathetically gave a guarantee:
"You and the United States saved the world today. I won't say anything unnecessary."
"Besides, even if I really am looking for trouble...public opinion is controlled by you Western media. Who would care about the truth told by an Oriental?"
Hearing this, General Colt nodded with satisfaction.
What Li Qing said was right. The voice of his mouth was limited and the threat was almost non-existent.
Anyway, Colt was also secretly afraid of Li Qing's supernatural ability to fly high. If Li Qing could just shut up and know what to do, there would be no conflicts among them.
"If you're alright, please take me back."
"From now on, the task of taking care of the monster will be left to you, the 'great hero'."
Li Qing sat down in his seat and urged Colt to take him back to land as soon as possible.
In order to avoid trouble, he didn't want to tell Colt the truth behind the meat mountain.
However, in order to cause some trouble for others, Li Qing specially added two sentences:
"By the way, I don't know where this monster came from, but I know who the terrorist who carried out the biological attack in Naples today is—"
"That guy's name is Diablo, and he's the leader of the passion organization."
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Moments later, the helicopter flew back to the Port of Naples.
After a relatively pleasant farewell, Li Qing jumped directly out of the plane and dived into the shadows, completely disappearing from Colt's sight.
He first returned to the place where he had just separated from Tobio, but Tobio had disappeared.
Li Qing actually anticipated this:
After all, I borrowed Tobio's phone as soon as they met, and then I half-forced him to come here in order to get treatment as soon as possible...
Although well-intentioned, this behavior does resemble that of an armed kidnapper.
The "hostages" will certainly not stay here obediently as they have just had the opportunity to escape from the control of the "kidnappers".
"Forget it, just run..."
"Having the strength to escape alone means that his physical condition is not too bad."
"Even if Giorno didn't help him heal, he wouldn't have died."
Li Qing thought about it and quickly forgot about Tobio.
Then, he fumbled for the cell phone that Tobio had given him without saying goodbye, and prepared to call Bucciarati to ask about his companions' current location .
However, at this moment...
The cell phone rang.
An unfamiliar number was displayed on the screen with no notes.
"Who's calling me at this hour?"
Li Qing answered the phone subconsciously.
Soon, a slightly anxious voice came from the loudspeaker:
"Boss, something terrible has happened."
Um, boss?
Li Qing was in a trance for a moment, and suddenly remembered that the owner of the phone was not actually him.
Boss...Does it mean Tobio?
this?!
Li Qing frowned and found that things were not simple:
Being called boss at such a young age, that guy must be... a rich second generation!
Unfortunately, he is too timid and always speaks with trepidation. I guess even if he becomes a boss, he will be a prodigal son who cannot protect the family business.
Just as he was thinking this, he heard the man on the other end of the phone report impatiently:
"There's news from Naples that Mr. Polpo has also died in the line of duty !"
