Chapter 204: Looking for Him Among the Crowd
Narancia's figure was submerged in the light.
The light bullet that was powerful enough to shatter gold and jade bombarded his back without reservation, and the terrifying energy bloomed silently in the brilliant light.
Flesh was torn and blood gushed out.
But what came out of Naranja's mouth was not a shrill cry of pain, but a trembling voice: "Go!"
Fugo's heart throbbed.
He subconsciously wanted to support Narancia who was about to collapse in pain, but he stopped abruptly when he saw Narancia's firm and urgent eyes.
"I'm leaving!"
Fugo clenched his fists so tightly that his nails almost dug into his flesh.
He knew that this was his last chance, the only chance that Narancia created for him with his body.
Amidst the surge of unspeakable emotions, Fuge withdrew his hands that were supporting Narancia, turned his head and took a big step forward.
This short distance of 20 meters was finally completed.
During the entire escape, not a single light bomb missed the target and no new damaged surface appeared around Fugo.
He succeeded, he escaped from the pursuit of the Sun Tower.
The moment Fugo escaped from the 20-meter killing range, the light condensed on the sun disk instantly became dim.
Then, the light disappeared, the tower collapsed, and everything disappeared.
And next to Fugo, no new sun disks appeared.
"Narancia, we succeeded!"
Fugo turned around and spoke in a trembling voice with difficulty.
At this moment, Narancia was lying on the ground less than 2 meters behind him, dying.
But Fugo didn't dare to approach or help, because he didn't know the specific operating mechanism of the Sun Tower. He was afraid that if he walked back into the 20-meter range, the disappeared tower would revive.
He could only stand there and watch as his companion trembled and groaned in pain.
"No… I'm fine."
"With this kind of injury, it's not... fatal."
"As long as we quickly get rid of the enemy hiding in the dark, you and I can both return alive."
There was still no fear on Narancia's pale and bloodless face.
He collapsed to the ground, looking deeply at Fugo with his unfading firm eyes:
"Fugo."
"The next battle is left to you."
“…”
Fugo was silent, biting his lip and clenching his fists.
He never thought that the homeless child he picked up from the street a year ago would one day stand in front of him in this way.
He had never experienced this kind of feeling even in the mansion where he was born and raised. It was like being with a real family.
Inexplicably, the fear that had always lingered in his heart disappeared.
This guy who is not greedy for power, does not love wealth, has no ideals, and does not like fighting, seems to have found the meaning of his persistence despite risking his life.
"Um."
Fugo nodded solemnly.
Zi Yan slowly stood beside her master, her muscles gradually tensed in silence:
"Leave it to me, Naranja."
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Not far away, there is a street-side supermarket.
In front of the transparent floor-to-ceiling glass, a tall man in a dazzling golden suit was standing quietly in front of the shelf by the window.
His sharp and cold gaze pierced through the glass, through the night, and silently locked onto Fuge and Narancia on the street.
Looking at Narancia who was seriously injured and fell to the ground in the bombardment of the light bomb, and Fugo who successfully "escaped" under the cover of Narancia, a slightly mocking sneer appeared at the corner of his mouth:
“Sacrifice yourself to save your companions from the endless attacks of the Sun Disc.”
“What a deep friendship!”
"What a shame... this is what I wanted, isn't it?"
Chino Azir, the master of the Sun Disc, muttered to himself in a relaxed tone.
Indeed, Fugo's temporary escape did not cause him any loss.
On the contrary, he succeeded in causing Narancia to be seriously injured and exhausted, thus completing half of the mission goal.
And then, what if Fugo was allowed to escape from the pursuit temporarily?
The power of the sun disc still locked him invisibly.
Whenever Fugo passes by a place with "ruins" again, the sun disk will appear next to him again, and everything that just happened will happen again.
You know, in this ancient city of Rome, where modern construction has been going on for a long time and urban facilities are becoming increasingly outdated, there are too many damaged roads and dilapidated buildings.
Chino didn't even have to take the initiative. He just had to wait and let Fugo walk around the old town twice, and the sun disk would appear again.
"Hmph...it was such an easy battle."
He hid behind the floor-to-ceiling window of the supermarket, blending in with a crowd of ordinary customers, smiling calmly.
The Sun Disc is a long-range automatic stand. Once it locks onto the target through its own vision, it will then take action on its own to hunt it down.
This means that Chino himself does not have to show up to command, and does not have to appear in front of the enemy at all.
As long as he hides quietly in the dark like he is now, he can watch the enemy die painfully in the endless pursuit.
For Kino, this kind of battle is absolutely safe.
"I only need to look from a distance to use my ability. These two idiots didn't notice my existence from the beginning."
"And then I blended into the crowd and hid in the supermarket, so it was even more impossible for them to pick me out from so many ordinary people."
Chino said to himself with such confidence.
He looked from afar at Fugo, who was "at a loss" in front of his seriously injured companion on the street, and felt extremely refreshed.
Of course, Chino was also looking forward to Fugo's embarrassing performance afterwards.
It's like a naughty village boy who sticks a time-delay firecracker into cow dung, stays far away, hides well, and looks forward to excitedly waiting to see what misfortune will happen to passers-by who pass by here.
And just at this moment…
"gentlemen."
The supermarket clerk's polite greeting rang softly in Chino's ears:
"You have been looking at this package of underwear for a minute..."
"Excuse me, is there anything I can help you with?"
"Um?"
Kino suddenly woke up from his focused observation:
“Ahem…”
He put the box of underwear he had picked up earlier as a disguise back on the shelf with some embarrassment, and then said with a straight face:
"No need for help, I can choose it myself."
"Shouldn't you take a little more time to choose the things you wear?"
"But..." the saleswoman said meaningfully, "It looks like you're holding women's underwear."
Chino's face froze.
Being interrupted like this at a crucial moment in the show, he was really a little impatient:
"Why, is this something you should be in charge of?"
"Did you know there are 56 ways to choose your gender?"
"Is there anything wrong with me, a grown man, buying women's underwear?"
Chino scolded the nosy saleswoman so righteously that she stepped back in fear.
Finally, the guy who delayed his show left.
Except that the customer next to him stood a little further away from him, this little incident did not have any impact on Chino.
He turned around with satisfaction and looked at the street in the distance through the glass again.
However…
“Gone?!”
Qinuo's pupils shrank, and his heart twitched violently:
"No, Narancia is still lying on the ground, but Fugo is gone."
"This guy didn't even go to save his companions? Could it be that... he wanted to escape alone?"
Thinking of this, he sneered again:
Of course, running away is useless.
Being locked onto by an automatic Stand with a range of several kilometers, it was useless to run away.
In this old city with damaged roads everywhere, the sun disk will be triggered by Fugo sooner or later.
Just as Chino was thinking this, the door of the supermarket was suddenly pushed open from the outside.
A blond young man covered in dust, sweat and with blood on his left arm, walked into the supermarket amid the horrified gazes of passers-by.
His face was as cold as ice and his eyes were as hot as fire.
"Pannacoda Fuego?"
"How is this possible... How could he find his way here?!"
Chino's heart skipped a beat.
He is best at assassinating people, but not good at facing the enemy head-on.
He rarely encountered a situation like the current one where the enemy approached his main body's hiding place.
And now the one approaching is a terrifying enemy with a deadly killing virus and powerful melee ability.
Judging from the agility that Fuge and Zi Yan had just shown in dodging the light bullet attack, they were fully capable of killing people without getting hurt while being attacked by the sun disc.
In other words, if Chino's true identity was exposed, Fugo would definitely be able to kill him head-on here.
"It shouldn't be like this, it shouldn't be like this..."
Chino tried his best to maintain his calmness on the surface, trying not to let Fugo, who had just walked into the supermarket, notice that he was acting strangely:
"Purple Smoke has no ability to detect enemies, and Aerosmith can only detect carbon dioxide concentration."
"I have been quietly blending in with the crowd since the beginning. How could they know that I was hiding in this supermarket?"
"This is impossible!"
"Could it be...Could it be that he just walked in casually?"
In the sudden tense atmosphere, Chino even had such a ridiculous idea.
Surprisingly, Fuge actually confirmed this absurd idea:
"The guy playing with the plates—"
"I don't know who you are, what you look like, or even where you are hiding right now."
Fu Ge suddenly started yelling angrily at everyone in the supermarket.
Nearly twenty ordinary people, including customers and staff, were now looking at the strange young man bleeding profusely with confusion and fear.
He just roared without caring:
"But if you think about it, you will understand."
"Even if it's a long-range automatic stand, it still has to lock onto the target through some means at close range at first."
"That means you must have been nearby when the battle started."
"And this battle lasted only one minute from the beginning to now. You definitely didn't have time to leave during this time. Not only did you not leave, you probably thought you would be very safe hiding in the crowd, so you hid in a nearby store and watched the show complacently."
Fugo paused for a moment, and his voice suddenly became extremely cold:
"Am I right, you damn bastard?"
The guests around didn't understand what was happening, but they thought the young man's hysterical look was a little scary, so scary that they needed to call the police.
However, unlike the panicked ordinary people, Chino, who was regarded as a must-kill person by Fugo, was relieved by these words:
"Haha...what!"
"After all, this guy just guessed that I was hiding in the crowd nearby."
"But there are so many people in this supermarket. Can that reckless guy who can only spread the virus pull me out from the crowd?"
Thinking of this, Chino couldn't help but chuckle and feel relieved.
He just thought that Fugo was driven mad by the serious injury of his companion, so he ran to a roadside store and yelled.
Could it be possible that just a few words like these could scare him to the point of jumping out?
Too naive!
Chino was thinking this...
But Fugo seemed to have a telepathic connection with him and suddenly revealed his thoughts:
"You're right. I really can't pull you out of the crowd."
"But...do I need to look for it?"
"There are only a few shops open around here that are convenient for people to mingle with, and there are only a few dozen people in total..."
Purple smoke suddenly appeared behind Fuge, and a faint purple air appeared with it.
His eyes flashed with endless murderous intent, and his golden hair fluttered without wind, like a lion blinded by anger:
"Kill them all, and I won't have to look for them anymore."
