“Aliya, why have you suddenly come to Earth?” After finally recovering from my shock that she was an angel, my first question was to ask why she had come here. From Sandora’s narration, I knew that the world arbitration organs were extremely important to a Xyrin home-star’s existence. Under ordinary circumstances, these super-conscious beings would not leave the home-star.
“Aliya is able to remotely control the Xyrin home-star. As such, I can leave the home-star whenever I like. As the connection between Lord and the home-star is very difficult, I have decided to come to Earth and make myself a signal base station to strengthen my Lord’s link with the home-star. The second and third arbitration organs have agreed to this suggestion. As such, Aliya has gotten this opportunity to come to this world.”
“So this is the reason…” I nodded. It seemed as if these Xyrin Apostles were making decisions on their own once again. However, as they were after all doing it for my sake, I couldn’t possibly reprimand them for this. It was just that as more and more people came, it was getting a lot harder to manage all of them.
“Aliya,” I looked at her huge wings that were slightly trembling as I asked, “could your wings be kept?”
“Kept?” Aliya looked at me as if bewildered, not understanding the meaning of my query. However, she didn’t think too much and chose to obey my command. Her huge, white wings instantly became feathers of light that filled the skies and slowly dissipated. In the next second, however, they once again appeared on Aliya’s back.
“They can’t be kept…” Aliya replied honestly.
Sandora’s index finger touched her lower lip as she analyzed, “It seems to be a rather special model; it actually cannot change its appearance…”
Why did I feel like Sandora’s words were so strange?
“Then, what should I do? She can’t go and meet people like this!” My head throbbed as I said. Bringing an angel or rather an unknown luminescent being on the streets… it was not possible.
“Then, she shouldn’t meet anyone, then.” Sandora shrugged as she said casually, “An invisibility forcefield should be rather easy for a Xyrin Apostle. A pure energy type model like her can even hide in space; she can maintain an invisible presence, then.”
“That’s not right!” I immediately rebutted, “It’s not fair to her!”
Hearing my words, Sandora first looked at me strangely and then nodded in praise. She said, “I did not expect… you are even more outstanding than I had thought. However, you can be assured that this girl does not care at all if she can interact with carbon-based beings. For a Xyrin Apostle, only spiritual connections bear meaning.
“I believe that this girl only cares about whether she can stay by your side or not; she is not bothered with whether anyone else knows of her presence. If you are worried she would be bored or lonely, you could ask her to talk to you whenever no one is around.”
I turned and looked at Aliya as I asked, “Is that okay with you?”
She nodded slightly as her body gradually grew transparent until it disappeared in the air. However, I could still clearly sense that this angel was flying very close above us.
“Alright, alright!” Sandora stretched fully, “This retrieval is a success: a small angel has been taken. It’s getting late; let’s head back first. We can also finally start to plan where we will be going on holiday a few days later…”
“An enemy target is nearing Big Sister…” Pandora suddenly used a very cautionary voice and said.
I exclaimed, “What?”
Pandora used her mechanical voice and replied: “Ex-35 Model Xyrin Observer has reported that an enemy target is nearing Big Sister Chen Qing. The enemy’s threat level is… zero. Error, according to the protected person’s profile, the enemy threat level is… very high!”
This sudden news stunned me for a few seconds. Fortunately, after hanging out with so many abnormal beings and encountering paranormal activities, my ability to withstand shock had been greatly elevated. I immediately calmed down.
Since Pandora had already designated a Xyrin Observer to protect my Big Sister, a few people that Pandora had determined to possess a negligible threat to her were not to be feared. However, I was very curious as to who would dare to harm my Big Sister; we haven’t offended anyone.
“Pandora, who is the Xyrin Apostle nearest to Big Sister now?”
Pandora’s eyes lit up with a blue light as she answered, “I have already linked up with him. Pandora Corps Infantry Commando Commander Aikman is standing by for orders.”
I immediately recalled that unlucky person that had been teleported into a tree that night. “Ask him to bring the enemies to us. Remember, I want them alive!”
In a dark, small alley, Chen Qing was looking at three suspicious men in front of her.
“Miss, we have already said that we are Chen Jun’s friends; why don’t you believe us?” The bird-eyed man to the left revealed what he thought was a friendly smile as he said. Unfortunately, this fake smile could not hide the evilness and cruelness in his eyes. Chen Qing was never going to believe him.
“Since when did Ah Jun have friends like you guys?” Chen Qing strongly suppressed her fear, though her slightly trembling voice still betrayed the anxiety she was feeling. These three men were obviously up to no good, and they were definitely not looking for her brother to catch up on old times; she was not going to let them find him.
Unfortunately, her current situation was quite dire. This was a very deserted and dark small alley, and it was getting late; no one would walk by here. As District K was rather relaxed when it came to fireworks, they were being set off all about to welcome the New Year. Even if she cried out loud for help, it would be drowned out by the fireworks. Thinking of this, Chen Qing felt a sense of absolute despair.
Just now, she had seen something in that devilish bird-eyed man’s eyes: desire in its naked and unconcealed form. That look seemed to pierce through her clothing and could see underneath it. This made Chen Qing even more worried about her predicament. Of course, compared to all these, she was still more concerned about someone else’s safety.
At this time, the bald man who seemed to be their leader lost his patient. He gestured furiously as he said in a hoarse voice, “I’m not gonna beat around the bush anymore. I’ll tell you straight up: your precious little brother had offended someone he shouldn’t have. Now, that person wants him to pay with his life. We are here for that purpose.
“If you know what’s good for you, you would tell us where he is now. Then, you can let us have some fun with you; we will naturally let you live. If not, hehe… we don’t mind pleasuring ourselves first and then try to think of a way to extract the information we need from you…”
The bald man’s words made Chen Qing feel as if she had fallen into ice; the thing she had feared the most had happened.
Seeing the three perverse men walking towards her, Chen Qing felt her entire body tremble. She understood that based on her own strength, she was no match for the three of them. At this moment, she wanted to die. Only that way could she maintain her innocence, and they wouldn’t know where her little brother was.
As such, Chen Qing closed her eyes as she was prepared to slam her head into the cement wall near her in the next moment.
However, just as she closed her eyes, an astonishing cry suddenly rang out, making her shiver in fear.
This horrible cry seemed to have come from that bald man.
Chen Qing carefully opened her eyes and saw that bald man lying on the ground in pain, his entire body convulsing furiously as if he was being electrocuted all over.
Behind the bald man stood an expressionless, tall, and burly man with a full beard. Chen Qing recognized him from memory as a security officer from a nearby hotel.
At this time, the bald man’s two companions finally reacted. They cried out in rage in unison as they turned and charged aggressively at the burly man that had suddenly appeared.
Two pitiful screams rang out. The bird-eyed man and the skinny man had already been held by the neck and raised into mid-air as their hands became limp. In that instant, the bones in their arms had been crushed.
This was not all; that man placed the two moaning men face-down on the ground as he then pounded the bald man that was curled up in a ball as the latter became unconscious. He then lined the three of them up as he stretched out his thumb and pressed it on the back of one of this man’s neck. This man struggled and tried to climb up; however, his pitiful muscles that relied on oxygen to move could not resist the Xyrin Apostle’s might. As he cried out bitterly, that burly man’s thumb lit up with blue light as he lost consciousness as well.
The remaining conscious man saw this strange sight, and he was already frightened to the core. Before he could react, however, it was his turn.
After doing all this, the stalwart man stood up and respectfully bowed towards Chen Qing who was terrified to the core. Following that, he seemed to completely go against gravity as he easily dragged the three unconscious men up and onto his shoulder as he leaped up a few-meters-high building and landed on the roof!
Chen Qing’s legs grew soft as she finally collapsed on the ground.