C43 (1/2)

I didn't expect that the one who blocked the knife for 43 would be my mother.

The knife stabbed my mother's shoulder.

”Mom!”

My mother fell.

”Mom!” ”Mom!” I threw myself at my mother and hugged her. Are you alright? ”

The blood on my mother's shoulders was spreading, her skirt was stained red, and the roof was dark. I couldn't see anything, just a warm, unstoppable liquid.

”Mom...” Mom, wake up … ”Sob, sob, sob …”

”Don't …” Suddenly, my mother let out a vague sentence from her mouth.

”Don't... ”Kill my child …”

I was stunned.

My mother used only a tiny bit of her own consciousness to block the knife for 43.

But why did Mom protect forty-three?

There were two possibilities. The first was that although the brain damage was very severe, the mother sensed that her child was in danger. Instinctively, she tried her best to protect her child. But my mother's consciousness was already very fuzzy. She didn't distinguish between me and 43, she just subconsciously tried to protect the person who was being attacked.

The other possibility was that the person she wanted to protect was Alpha. Maybe she had forgotten that Alpha had died many years ago, even though she was unconscious.

But my mother did block it on her own.

”... It's impossible for her to still have consciousness … ” murmured.

”Mommy …” ”Wake up …” I put my arm around my mother's body and pressed hard against her wound. Her blood was cold from the wind on the roof.

”...” ”Why …” 43 Before I could finish, I heard two shots.

”Bang!” ”Bam!”

One shot in the belly of forty-three, the other in his lungs.

I was stunned. The people who came up to the balcony were Shuyue and a few foreigners that I had never seen before.

He was shot twice but did not fall.

It didn't show any expression of pain, not even a hint of fear. There was no surprise or anger on its face.

”Don't come over here, or they'll both die.” He spoke slowly in English.

The two foreigners wearing black suits wanted to continue walking, but Shuyue stopped them immediately.

”Mommy …” ”Mom …” I put my arms around my mother and tried to warm her, but I could feel her hands growing colder.

No matter how much I cried, my mother didn't react at all.

After a moment's hesitation, I put my mother down on the ground, turned around, and climbed up to the edge of the balcony. The wind on the balcony was so strong that I could see a few black Audi parked at the bottom of the street. One of them looked up and saw me.

One more step and I'll fall.

”What are you doing!?” Come down! Wang- ”Shuyue shouted in the wind.

”Shuyue! Don't come near me! ” I interrupted her loudly.

I didn't look back, and couldn't see Shuyue's expression.

”I've already thrown the syringe away. If you want to avenge your brother, you've already killed my dad. I can also die right now.” I took a deep breath. ”But I beg you, please let my mother go. If she doesn't go to the hospital now, she will die …”

”Please...”

Closing my eyes, I put one foot out --

Dad, I'm sorry, I didn't manage to protect Mom.

We're going to meet soon.

His head hurt!

I felt a powerful consciousness surge into my mind.

Then my body went out of control.

By the time I reacted, I had already fallen back to the ground with a thud.

43 Standing in front of me. He looked down at me.

There was a complicated look in its eyes, and I couldn't explain it. It seemed to be confused, disgusted, and disappointed.

There's something else I don't understand.

I didn't know what it was going to do. Instinctively, I stood in front of my mother.

He didn't look at me again. Instead, he raised his head and looked past me to higher ground. In less than a second, a dazzling spark burst from the concrete beside him.

The bullet missed.

A bullet hole appeared in the ground, followed by a scream from the direction of the voice. A figure fell from the top floor of another building not far away.

”Don't you understand me?” His voice suddenly became very cold.

”You won't be able to escape.” A foreigner standing beside Shuyue said.

”In addition to the one that just fell, there are two other snipers nearby. There are six people downstairs. Including you guys, there are a total of 12 people.” Alpha's voice did not contain the slightest bit of emotion as he continued, ”I can at least kill seven people before your head explodes — if I'm lucky, and also the one in your car. Should I try my luck? ”

The expression of the foreigner who spoke changed visibly.

”Let me finish.”

Alpha turned around and looked at me with disdain:

”You think you can put an end to everything just by jumping in with that syringe?”

I froze.

When I asked him, I didn't answer him. How did he know the syringe was in my pocket?