Rushing out of the room, Mei was by then ready to knock down all the enemies.
Yet the exact moment she ran out, intending to use the sound of footsteps to tell their positions, Mei heard a sound.
A sound rarely heard in normal East Asian society.
Bang!
Accompanied by a crisp sound, Mei looked in disbelief at her shoulder, which was grazed by this attack and bleeding.
Was this... a firearm?
The people framing Dad have no bottom line, and my life might be in danger...
Everything Lin Yu said... was true.
These guys...
Did they really want my life?
I'll see about the remaining two chapters tomorrow... um, I'll finish them before 17:10 on the 16th.
As long as I finish before this time, I'll have written eight chapters within twenty-four hours, so that still counts as eight chapters in a day, bold theory.
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Chapter 49. Will he worry about me then?
Hours earlier, this mercenary squad hired long ago by Cocolia had each received several instructions from Cocolia.
According to Cocolia's orders, they were divided into three batches, assigned respectively to the TV station building in Changkong City, the necessary routes to the TV station building, and near Raiden Mei's apartment.
The detailed instructions received by this squad near Raiden Mei's apartment were 'break into Raiden Mei's home and capture her after inflicting a certain amount of injury'.
Seriously, this order was not common.
Generally, when targeting such figures, employers would demand that mercenaries avoid harming the target or capture them alive while everything else didn't matter, depending on whether the target person was important.
There were indeed missions that specifically requested injuring the target before capturing them, but truly not many.
Yet the employer's orders had to be carried out after all.
Though a bit puzzled, mercenaries essentially looked toward money anyway.
Let alone injuring a high school girl, as long as the price was right, Cocolia could have them fuck leather and they might even do it.
Now, looking at the injured girl, this mercenary nodded with satisfaction.
Even though the lights were off, the mercenary, wearing night-vision goggles, still struck Raiden Mei's shoulder with his exquisite marksmanship.
While injuring her, he also made the girl unable to concentrate fully on fighting them due to the pain generated by her shoulder injury.
As for the bamboo sword in the girl's hand...
Heh, such a toy, what threat could it pose to mercenaries with guns in their hands?
With this thought, the mercenary aimed his gun barrel once again at Raiden Mei's other shoulder.
Once he injured her other shoulder as well, this little girl who had knocked out their comrade would...
"What!"
Seeing that the girl's actions did not slow down a bit after being injured, the mercenary before her froze directly.
Soon, however, he realized what a huge mistake he had made.
In this narrow apartment, a mere flash of distraction was already enough to decide the outcome.
Failing to pull the trigger in time, the mercenary was thoroughly disabled after being struck in the throat by a single blow from Mei.
The injured apartment Mei endured the pain transmitting from her shoulder and immediately turned on the apartment lights.
Mei did not dare act rashly at this moment.
From her perspective, if they were inside the apartment, the engaged parties would sooner or later be forced into close-quarters combat due to the cramped space.
Yet if she ran outside...
Without preparation, she estimated that she would have to take a few bullets before finding the enemy.
The stinging sensation currently coming from her shoulder kept reminding Mei just how big of a threat bullets were to her.
Calm down, Mei.
Only two of them came in, which means this squad itself doesn't have many people.
I'm not without a chance.
As long as I can calm down and find an opportunity...
"You! Who the fuck are you!"
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack!"
"Forget about that little girl inside--ah!"
Just as Mei prepared to calmly deal with the impending enemy, she suddenly heard a commotion coming from outside.
What... what is this situation?
Is this a trick they prepared to lure me out?
Or could it be...
"Phew, that woman."
At the front door of this apartment, a handsome white-haired man appeared before Mei's eyes at this moment.
Seeing Mei's clear pupils at this time, Siegfried finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Great, she hasn't entered the Herrscher awakening stage yet.
"Um..."
Looking at the one-armed man before her who showed no hostility, Mei still gripped her weapon, but did not intend to take other actions.
"Raiden Mei, right?"
Looking at the girl before her, Siegfried said with a smile.
"I'm a friend of your father, Raiden Ryoma."
"Dad's friend?"
Hearing the self-introduction of this man claiming to be her father's friend, Mei almost revealed a joyful expression.
Soon, however, the expression about to surface on her face was replaced by a trace of vigilance.
"What proof do you have to prove what you're saying!"
Oh, such high vigilance.
I like this.
Ryoma even said he worried his daughter was too gentle... Ha, isn't Mei this kid quite outstanding?
"Oh, believe it or not, your father and I certainly know each other."
Taking out a photograph, Siegfried pointed at the two people in the photo and said.
"This is a photo of your father and me taken a few years ago."
"This..."
Sudden noticing Siegfried's eye and hair color, Mei asked with slight confusion.
"What... is your relationship with Kiana?"
"Kiana? That's my girl."
As expected.
No wonder I thought he bore some resemblance to Kiana.
"Um, uncle."
Mei, having confirmed at this moment that the other party was indeed her own people, finally relaxed a bit.
"I have two questions..."
"Questions can wait, what you should do right now is leave this place with me."
Watching the unlucky fellow covered and ambushed by Mei with a quilt twitch a bit over there, Siegfried raised Flame-Chaser's Judgment and directly eliminated the opponent with a single gunshot.
Gazing at Siegfried's actions at this moment, Mei discovered that she felt... surprisingly little emotional impact about someone killing another person right before her eyes?
When did my capacity for acceptance become so high?
"Alright, never mind the other stuff."
Seeing Mei suddenly spacing out, Siegfried immediately said.
"You're being targeted by many people now, I must send you out of Changkong City."
"Only when you reach the outside can you say you're temporarily a bit safe."
I... am being targeted by many people?
When did Dad offend so many terrifying people?
Also, Kiana's father...
Although I also felt these people deserved to die, judging from his actions, he was already quite accustomed to taking other people's lives.
Sigh, what on earth has happened?
Yet right now, Mei chose not to question Siegfried further, but followed him out of the apartment according to his words.
I won't think about it so much anymore, let's leave this place first.
However, in that case, I won't be able to go to school tomorrow.
If I disappear...
Will Lin Yu worry about me then?
Chapter 50. Fate Grand Order
On the way leaving with Siegfried, Mei realized that there were actually more enemies than she had imagined.
It was just that the enemies were divided into two batches.
One batch came to her front door preparing to capture her, while another batch was lying in wait at the elevator entrance downstairs.
Yet precisely because of this uncle, these people were easily knocked down by him before they could make any trouble.
Was Kiana's dad actually this powerful?
Then wait, such a powerful uncle... why was one of his arms broken?
After guiding Mei away from the apartment, Siegfried let out a deep breath.
Actually, he had been hesitating just now whether to knock Mei out right then and there.
After all, although Mei looked very emotionally stable right now, no one could guarantee whether the Herrscher would wake up in a moment.
Yet after thinking about it for a moment, Siegfried found that his thinking was all for nothing.
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