21. The West is Still Suitable for Me (Ticket Request at the Beginning of the Month~)
Strange occurrences kept happening. At first, Lin Ke thought it was just some “little rascals causing trouble,” a trivial issue. She even showed off her long legs right in front of me, pulling out a gun from her thigh to flaunt the Western flair of the Supreme Leader of the Meri United Kingdom.
However, the next moment, an unexpected scene made it impossible for her to remain so optimistic!
*Crack!*
Once again, the sound of shattering glass echoed nearby! If the earlier commotion could still be dismissed as a “hallucination,” then the sound of glass breaking at this moment clearly told us: something serious had happened at the building’s windows!
“!?”
Lin Ke immediately ran to the edge of the railing, leaning out slightly to look down! I followed closely behind. At the edge of the tall building, apart from the cold wind howling, there were also… human screams!
Then, Lin Ke and I saw it clearly: someone had been kicked by something, shattering the glass, and then… fell from the high building! The screams before death were as piercing as knives scraping against our ears!
“Shit, this isn’t just a scuffle; could it be an attack from another family!?”
For this scene, Lin Ke, who had mostly “seen the world,” only shivered slightly before quickly leaving the area, starting to ponder the cause of what had happened!
“Calculating the time, the Pig family’s retaliation is indeed about to come. But is that fat pig crazy? Trying to kill me in public, he’ll be done for too!”
Lin Ke instinctively reached for her pocket, but today she was dressed completely differently, and surely hadn’t brought any “life-saving measures.” Helpless, she looked up and turned around, smiling at me somewhat ingratiatingly.
“I’m sorry, Mr. Oujilide, it seems we’ll have to postpone this candlelit dinner. There’s likely trouble in this building; let me take you to safety first!?”
This sudden crisis seemed to be a common occurrence for Lin Ke in the Meri United Kingdom. Since that was the case, I could only follow her lead to deal with this very “Meri United Kingdom,” very “Western” situation.
As I nodded, Lin Ke grabbed my arm and left the rooftop restaurant. Soon after, upon finding the entrance marked “Staff Passage,” she pulled out her gun without hesitation and shot the lock on the door with a bang. Accompanied by a fleeting “flash” of luck, Lin Ke raised her leg and kicked the door open.
“Anyway, let’s take the staff passage downstairs! Hmph, do those rubbish really think I’m alone? In fact, my bodyguard has already been here for a day to acclimate!”
While kicking open the exit, Lin Ke took a moment to turn around and show off to me, “First, we’ll find my new bodyguard, then we’ll see who’s trying to mess with me here. They’ll definitely regret it!”
With the door kicked open, my gaze fell upon a few figures dressed in black, likely Lin Ke’s subordinates, standing with their backs to us in the corridor. However, before I could even breathe a sigh of relief, the scene Lin Ke encountered as she let go of my hand tightened my heart once again! The crisis was rushing at us like a script unfolding!
“Hey! What time is it? Are you all still dawdling here!? Hurry up and tell me who’s causing trouble this time!”
Nilu, anxious, shouted while slapping one of the bodyguards on the shoulder. However, the next moment…
The bodyguard’s response was… he collapsed to the ground! Just a touch from Lin Ke, and he was down! Not only did he not respond, but it looked like he had lost his life!
“Yikes!?”
Even though Lin Ke was already accustomed to “gunfight scenes,” she couldn’t help but feel a chill of fear deep inside! Just as her urgent, short scream echoed, the other bodyguards in the hallway fell one after another like a line of dominoes, crashing to the ground with a series of “thuds!”
【No one survived in the building!】
The content of the script sent a shiver down my spine! But I forced myself to hide it and quickly rushed to Lin Ke’s side, steadying her as she nearly toppled over from the wave of shocks!
“Lin Ke, forget about your bodyguards. We need to leave this building first.”
“…Ah, yes, yes!”
Lin Ke nodded, then realizing it was no longer the time to “show her femininity,” she sat down on the floor, kicked off the heels of her high-heeled shoes, and quickly gathered her long dress, tying it up in a haphazard knot, inevitably revealing a pair of pale, smooth thighs in front of me.
Finally, she gave me a wry smile.
“Ahaha… sigh, I really am not suited for this troublesome and complicated outfit.”
“Not at all.”
I shook my head, “I forgot to mention, you look beautiful tonight.”
“…thank you~ not many people say I’m beautiful.”
After a brief moment of shock, Lin Ke winked at me, and in no time, the commanding Lin Ke returned just like that.
“I’ve arranged for more personnel, at least.”
As she spoke, she picked up the magic stone clutched in the fallen bodyguard’s hand, shouted a few times, then sighed, “But it seems it was all for nothing. Just like you said, let’s leave here; my people are waiting outside with the car!”
It seemed Lin Ke hadn’t just impulsively invited me to dinner; she had made thorough preparations. Unfortunately…
This time, her “preparations” might have all gone to waste!
【Ogilvy is being hunted.】
After all, just as I was feeling the abrupt emergence of this death script and searching for more information, Lin Ke, who had rushed down the building with me, saw outside what had already collapsed on the driver’s seat—a coachman—and the horses that hadn’t even let out a whinny—this place had been attacked too!
“Fxxk, what the hell is going on!? Anyway, let’s run back!”
Lin Ke tugged at me and started to move.
She might not fully grasp what “magic” and such entailed, but I could already clearly sense the strangeness around us.
Whether from the recent script of And Then There Were None, or from the present moment, everything around—people, events, objects, time…
All of these things exuded a dangerous essence, gradually clarifying my own death script!
Ogilvy is being tracked!
Lin Ke is being tracked!
It wasn’t just me; even Lin Ke had been dragged into this. But at this point, all I could do was apologize. Wanting to have a meal with me wasn’t going to be that easy. Not in the literal sense of “easy,” but one had to be… mentally prepared.
“Ugh… um, Mr. Ogilvy, don’t you think it’s a bit too… quiet around here? The kingdom’s nights aren’t usually this dark and silent…”
“…”
Just as Lin Ke finally began to notice the oddities around us, with the approach of the “script,” I also realized… that fleeing from here would be meaningless. So…
“Come here.”
“Eh?”
I pulled Lin Ke closer; after all, she was an innocent girl caught up in my death script, and I had to at least offer some protection.
Then, I turned, raised my head, and looked ahead.
What was hidden in the darkness was the “wild dog” Lin Ke had mentioned, but now it seemed that calling it a “hungry wolf” might even be an understatement. The sensations coursing through me were all reminders of the chaotic figure before me…
Perhaps it would be better to call it a “hunter.”
“Have you chased enough? Bounty Hunter?”
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