Time in a collapsing world

Target... found.

In the dusk street, among the people coming and going, Sakura hid her figure, and her cherry-colored hair was wrapped in cloth to make herself less noticeable.

Her eyes seemed to be aimlessly looking at the surrounding buildings like ordinary people, but from time to time she would glance at a figure slightly far away from her.

It was a thin man with a little stubble on his chin. He was in a panic, obviously avoiding something.

And...where does he want to go?

Sakura put back the slightly unsheathed sword. She couldn't be impatient. There were more than one defectors. If this guy could take her to where the others were hiding, then it wouldn't be impossible to keep him alive for a while.

Little did he know that his life had entered a countdown, and the man was still rushing towards his destination today.

Sakura's guess was correct. He was indeed invited to a place to meet other defectors to discuss how to leave the Fire Chaser's monitoring range and get rid of the Fire Chaser completely.

"Damn it, that guy Jace, why would he summon us at this time? Aren't you afraid that the people from Poison Chrysalis will suddenly come to your door and kill everyone?"

At this point, the man began to look around, fearing that someone suspicious was following behind him, but with his ability, how could he find Sakura hidden in the crowd?

No suspicious person was found, and no strange gazes were noticed. The man withdrew his gaze, but the faint uneasiness in his heart prompted him to speed up his pace.

It's better to get out of the street quickly. People are coming and going. Who knows if a knife will suddenly fly out from the crowd and stab you to the core.

Sakura followed silently, but kept a certain distance to avoid being noticed by the other party.

The man walked quickly for a long time and soon left the densely populated area. In the eyes of the "Poison Chrysalis" killer, it doesn't really matter whether there are witnesses or not. As long as the Fire Chasing Moth is around, no matter how big a deal it is, The people above could help suppress them, let alone assassinate them defectors.

But when the man passed an abandoned church, Sakura paused and tilted her head slightly. Her eyes looked up and down at the door, and her eyes became sharp.

There was a faint smell that was very familiar. Just this morning, Sakura had smelled it in her rental house.

Could it have something to do with the person who broke into his room?

Sakura wasn't sure, but she still wrote down the address and planned to come over and search it after the assassination mission was completed.

The man in front had already reached the corner, and Sakura quickly followed him without lingering. There were many trails here, and it would be difficult for ordinary people to follow him without being thrown away while hiding himself.

Ying looked at the nearby buildings. They were all dilapidated houses that might be demolished at any time, so she found a wall as a stepping stone and quickly jumped to the second-floor balcony of a five-story house, and then followed the water pipes next to it. He climbed to the top of the building nimbly, and the whole process took no more than ten seconds.

Looking down at the man's back, Sakura turned her head. From here, she could also see the scenery in the dilapidated church area.

There are children playing inside. For their age, a rubber ball may allow them to play for a long time without getting bored.

Is someone adopting a child here?

Sakura almost understood the nature of this church. Indeed, in this era, some people still use some abandoned buildings as orphanages. I guess this is one of them, right?

but……

Sakura looked at the back of the church. There was a vast cemetery there. Although it was not as good as the Fire Moth, Sakura was surprised that this orphanage could have such a large cemetery, and there were many tombstones. Sakura It was impossible to determine who was buried there, but looking at the neat tombstones, it didn't look like anyone had taken care of them.

Sakura's gaze shifted. Based on the situation around the orphanage, she judged that this cemetery was the most suitable place to sneak into.

After confirming the next move, Sakura focused her attention on the current task.

The man ran a little far, but to Sakura, who had occupied the high ground, his course of action was clearly visible.

It didn't take much effort for Sakura to catch up with the man just by jumping between the rooftops a few times.

"...!"

The man rubbed his arms and felt an inexplicable chill all over his body. He quickly looked around for a while, looking uneasy.

Finding nothing, the man went on the road again. This time he didn't walk long before he stopped outside a small door. He knocked on the door. After two or three seconds, the door was opened a crack. The owner of the house found through the crack that it was After finding the person he wanted to wait for, he immediately pulled him in, and then there was the sound of locking.

Sakura jumped from upstairs to the side of the house where the door was located. All the windows here were covered with newspapers, so she couldn't see clearly what was going on inside from the outside.

But...you don't need to see it.

Sakura approached a window, and someone was talking in an extremely soft voice. The content could not be heard clearly, and Sakura was not interested in listening.

One, two...

Silently counting in her mind, Sakura was using her voice to confirm whether everyone inside was there. If not, she could wait, but the time limit was eight o'clock tonight. After this time, she would rush in directly, but if it was All together...Sorry, they can go die now.

As luck would have it, seven was exactly the number of defectors, as for their identities? Once we get them under control, can we compare the photos one by one?

Sakura pulled out the knife, and her cold eyes reflected on the mirror-like surface of the knife.

……

"Kosmo, I may not go back to the dormitory soon."

"Great...why?"

Not paying attention to Kosmo's true thoughts revealed inadvertently, Li sighed and said: "...He was captured as a coolie by an unscrupulous capitalist and scientific madman again."

"..." He easily remembered that Li had just happily entered Mebius's laboratory, and then ran out in panic. Kosmo almost understood the general reason.

Anyway, Li somehow provoked Dr. Mebius again, and then he was taught a lesson again. Even Kosmo was familiar with this process.

"……Good luck?"

There was no sympathy in Kosmo's eyes, because according to convention, in this case, Li was usually the first to cause trouble, otherwise Dr. Mebius would not have the leisure to deliberately persecute Li.

"Kosmo, why don't you join in and help your good brother share the burden?" Li asked casually.

"I reject."

There was no hesitation or ellipsis. Kosmo rarely said a word decisively.