Stray Chapter 37: Crime and Punishment
Wow...you laughed?
Even though Kana Junjima was panicked and overwhelmed at the moment, he really didn't quite understand what was going on with this person.
Only at this time, Xia Ran didn't care how she reacted. He just frowned and turned around, looking in the direction of the other side of the street, where the other parasitic beast escaped. ...is there something unexpected going on over there?
Bang!
Boom! Bang bang bang!
Suddenly there was a faint and vague gunshot coming from a distance, and the frequency seemed to be relatively dense. Xia Ran blinked, and her first reaction was that the official force had intervened... If this is the case, it seems to be much earlier than the original plot line?
Is it because I, the little butterfly who entered in disorder, finally radiated some inexplicable influence? He thought so subconsciously.
However, the gunshots didn't last long before quickly becoming sparse and seemingly distanced, becoming more indistinct, almost inaudible.
This changing trend gave Xia Ran an inexplicable premonition. This does not seem to be the intensity that the official power should show! What can this little firepower do to exterminate parasitic beasts?
It would be better to say that this firepower is more stable only by killing two humans, Izumi Shinichi and Uda Mori.
Just very quickly, the figures of the two people appeared in his field of vision, and it seemed that they had not been shot, which is a bit regrettable... oh, no, it was a sigh of relief.
"We didn't kill that parasitic beast..." After Quan Xinyi came back, the first thing he said was an unsightly expression. He probably blamed himself a little, and seemed to be a little scared.
"Did something happen?"
Xia Ran didn't choose to question why the other two couldn't stop a parasitic beast, because the most important thing to do after things go wrong is definitely not to divide responsibilities.
Blaming is the most pointless thing, other than creating a rift between teams.
"Because we didn't catch up with it the first time, it ran a long way, and I didn't expect that there seemed to be... as if there were two groups of people trading or something,"
Uda Mamoru spoke at this time. He scratched the back of his head, as if he didn't know how to explain this **** expansion.
"Maybe it was because it rushed out directly. The people on both sides seemed to be very vigilant at the time. The smell of gunpowder was very strong. After being scared like this, the two groups of people shot and started fighting..."
Are you so lucky?
Xia Ran nodded thoughtfully, and then asked, "Then, has that parasitic beast been killed?" He didn't care about what happened.
Anyway, if you die, you will die. Just like the bad gangster behind him who was knocked unconscious by him, Xia Ran doesn't pay too much attention to their life and death.
"Not sure, the scene is too chaotic..."
Quan Xinyi took his eyes back from Xia Ran's back, then shook his head, and said so embarrassedly.
"We didn't dare to rush out, the group of people just shot like crazy...but the parasitic beast must have been shot too."
In the end, they are still ordinary people, and subconsciously don't want to face bullets. After all, this is not the same as summoning the courage to fight against parasitic beasts, it is a completely different behavior.
"How many people were there?"
"Sorry, I didn't have time to see clearly at the time, there should be dozens of them..." Quan Xinyi was not too sure. After thinking for a while, he gave such a very uncertain tone. Answer.
"What weapons did they use? Pistols?"
"This, there are only pistols... They can't always drive tanks and carry machine guns to trade." Uda Mori said.
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Xia Ran raised his fist and tapped his forehead in annoyance. He pondered. He suddenly felt that this time was a little dangling, or it should be said that the parasitic beast might really escape.
To put it more bluntly, he suspects that the parasitic beast may have been seriously injured, but it is very likely that it will not be killed on the spot.
Unless those guys are sharpshooters, make sure that every bullet will hit the target, and the concentrated firepower will completely shred the parasitic beast and prevent all accidents from happening...
But obviously, this is impossible.
Sure enough, this world lacks everything except surprises.
"Forget it, let's get out of here first... By the way, take the following two people away together, don't let them stay and talk nonsense for a while."
Xia Ran sighed, then turned around to leave.
At this time, it's impossible to catch up, so I can only leave this area temporarily, so as not to wait for the official violence agency to sweep over them and chug them together.
And Xia Ran also doesn't think that he is currently capable of fighting against modern mainstream weapons. If the opposite side really comes over, then there will definitely be no objection. He will definitely die on the spot.
Mitsuo is still very happy in a coma, so naturally he won't resist. Although Kana Junjima is frightened, even his trust in Izumi Shinichi has fallen to a low point, and he suspects that the other party is also among "monsters". a member of .
But it's obvious that as a girl, it's really impossible for her to fight men in terms of strength.
So I couldn't break free, so I was forcibly taken away...
At this time, even Quan Xinyi didn't choose to reason with her in a long-winded speech. It was the right choice to leave the scene as quickly as possible.
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The group escaped from the crime scene without any risk.
Although with a comatose punk and a girl struggling to escape, it's really weird.
However, there was little attention along the way, as many roads were deserted.
Since a few months ago, various homicide cases have appeared, and the number has increased, and the situation has intensified, and the city has become like this.
And not only Japan, but most countries around the world are basically the same. There is a trend of turmoil. Many people are beginning to become reluctant to go out. Even if they go out, they will avoid going to places with few people. , for fear of becoming the next victim.
This has led to the population distribution of the city, which suddenly became very unbalanced. In some areas, the streets were bustling with people, and in some areas, there was not even a single dog...
So naturally, certain areas and roads are not only suitable for parasitic beasts to hunt, but also suitable for Xia Ran and others to quickly retreat. Don't worry about what will happen to this blatant kidnapping.
As long as it's not so stupid that it's hopeless and goes the route with surveillance...then it's totally fine.
However, along the way, they happened to meet another thing-
First I heard the gunshots from a distance, Xia Ran thought it was because she and others were so unlucky, and then encountered the underworld forces fighting... Speaking of the rampant parasitic beasts, it really caused social unrest and public security. The situation has declined across the board.
It's not just parasitic beasts eating people and killing people, there are many criminals who take advantage of the chaotic situation to make trouble, they see this chaos as their opportunity, and they see their own ambitions and self-interest in it.
In order to act prudently, Xia Ran asked everyone to stop, and he touched the situation himself.
It turned out that the government building a few blocks away was surrounded, and the buildings were blocked by large vehicles. A large number of well-trained elite soldiers were fully armed and held explosion-proof shields. The enemy blocked all exits.
"Attention! Attention!"
"Attention everyone in the government building, important information will be released from now on, please listen carefully..."
"I'm Mizushima from the Criminal Division of the East Fukuyama Police Department. Just now, a man with a shotgun broke into the government building and is currently lurking near the roof of the building. All personnel in the building are requested to go to the first floor of the building immediately Lobby assembly..."
The broadcast is constantly ringing, with continuous statements over and over again, soothing people's emotions.
Traffic in the surrounding area is clearly blocked without any other pedestrian traffic. Heavily armed soldiers in black uniforms were escorting people evacuated from government buildings into vehicles that had been ready.
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Xia Ran narrowed his eyes slightly, he did not get too close, but chose to watch from a distance.
After all, there is something wrong with this scene. He doesn't believe that there are illegals breaking into the government building with guns... Moreover, the most important point is that the scene of this scene vaguely gives him a certain sense of sight. , just can't remember for a while.
until the gunshots sounded again——
Bang!
Boom! Bang bang bang!
He saw that a small group of soldiers seemed to have found something, and quickly isolated a woman, and after everyone else was escorted into the car, he shot directly!
The woman didn't seem to be able to understand what was going on, her heart was pierced, she staggered and took a step back, her face showed an incredible look, her mouth was open, but she didn't say anything yet, Just got shot again.
Blood spurted out, quickly dyeing the clothes she was wearing and the surrounding ground.
Her expression soon became twisted, and she let out a roar that didn't resemble a human being. A beautiful face split in an instant, turning into two terrifying tentacles with huge eyes and sharp-toothed tentacles. mouthparts.
She became it.
But it can't do much, the parasitic beast must also rely on the parasitic body's organs to survive, and the most important heart is accurately broken down in the first time, which is an irreversible fatal injury .
The bullet next to it, even worse, quickly deprived it of all its vitality, making it unable to even fight back when it was dying.
The roaring parasitic beast spilled a lot of blood from its mouthparts and fell to the ground... and the sound of gunfire also attracted the attention of others. Some people who had just got in the car were startled and subconsciously wanted to go back See what happened.
However, the soldier behind him resolutely pushed him into the vehicle and quickly closed the door.
Seeing this scene from a distance, Xia Ran couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. Is this the official launch of a sweeping operation? And the first step is to attack the government building, which means that they have noticed the most terrible problem?
And...the ability to distinguish between parasitic beasts and humans so quickly is because they developed related technologies in advance?