When she saw Lan Qi, Atasha"s pupils narrowed, and the light element in her body began to move more frequently. But Zero held her hand and she looked at him, puzzled. Zero Ning said, "Can I handle it? I promise he won"t get out of this town. "
"You promise?" Atasha asked after a moment of silence.
Zero nodded his head and said, "Listen, the situation now is not good for us. So I want you to do something for me. Take Monnie away. You go further afield, next settlement, or some other base. And then stay still. I"ll go and find you, wherever you are. "
"Zero …" Monnie started to speak but then stopped.
Su Ming patted her head and smiled, "Don"t worry, I won"t die. I promised you I"d protect you until you turned eighteen. Until then, I"ll be fine! "
Monnie nodded vigorously.
"What a touching scene." Beside the car, Sauron clapped his hands and said, "Then, let"s set the time for the duel to be noon. Before that, please let me prepare a stage for the duel. Before the duel began, the two of them could leave as far as they could. But zero, when you die, I will find these two women and properly entertain them! "
A hint of a smile appeared on Zero"s face, "Don"t worry, before that, I will end your life first!"
The feud between him and Parkland no longer had room to cus.h.i.+on, especially with Sauron. Sauron also knew that when the girl Leah had died at the hands of Kabu, only one person between him and Zero could survive.
"Then we"ll just have to wait and see." Saurun spread out his hands and smiled.
With a snap of his fingers, he pointed his gun at the soldiers and kept his weapons. Under Saurun"s series of orders, nearly half of the soldiers jumped onto the truck. Saurun also got into the car, and Parkland"s team drove towards the center of Windmill Town. As for the remaining soldiers, they were responsible for watching the zeros, to ensure that he would not wait for an opportunity to escape before the duel at noon.
In fact, Zero did not intend to do so. If he were to escape, it would mean that both Atasha and Monnie would lose their lives. And in the wilderness, if Saurun"s troops caught up to them and started a indiscriminate firepower attack, it would be hard for even a zero to survive. On the contrary, it would be better to keep Sauron in the windmill town so that the two of them had time to leave.
At the very least, in a town with complicated terrain like Windmill Town, if you couldn"t beat zero you could still run. Unless Sauron razed the whole town to the ground, otherwise the probability of blocking zero would be very low. As for the damage to his reputation caused by his escape, Zero did not even consider it. As long as the situation allowed, he didn"t want to lose his life for nothing. During the turbulent times, even the strong knew that life was the priority, so they didn"t need to worry about anything else. All they needed to do was to stay within the range allowed by their own principles.
Being alive was the foundation of everything. As for the dead, no matter how much glory they had, it wouldn"t change anything.
Everything was for survival!
There was no more form of farewell, and Zero gave each of them a hug before leaving the windmill town with Monnie and Lara. With her agility that was close to the fifth step, they could easily escape from Windmill Town by around four hundred kilometers by noon. Even if Sauron wanted to catch up with them, he would have to go through a lot of trouble.
Without any worries, Zero quietly waited in the hotel for the duel to begin. Near noon, he ate a piece of bread in silence and drank 200 milliliters of clean water to keep his body in its best condition.
At Sauron"s announcement, Zero left the hotel. He had Colt on his back and the M500 in its holster at his waist. The military knife was inserted into the sheath on the outside of the thigh, making it easy for him to pull it out at any time. As for the energy weapon Light Tooth, Zero hid it on his body and hoped that it would be best not to use it. When a gunman fights hand-to-hand with a short weapon, he also realizes that he will dance with death.
Zero knew this, and he knew that his opponent knew it too. The black man called Lange was also an excellent gunman.
At noon, Windmill Town was very lively. The small fountain in the town square was filled with people who wanted to watch the fun. Sauron had brought a leather sofa from somewhere and was leaning back comfortably on it. An umbrella opened behind him to block out the dazzling sunlight. On a round table in front of the sofa, there was a bottle of iced water and a goblet.
Saurun just drank his wine and waited for the show to start.
He had prepared a dueling platform for Zero and Lankey, an abandoned factory in town. Inside, Sauron had made some arrangements to make the duel more exciting.
When the hour hand on the pocket watch pointed to 12 o"clock, it was zero, exactly.
Sauron raised his gla.s.s to him as if he were looking at a dying man. Zero memorized his expression as the crowd on the other side parted to reveal Lange, who was also armed.
Lan Qi was wearing a tight combat suit and was still carrying his vulture. However, he had an automatic pistol and a double-barreled hunting rifle. He was also wearing an ammunition belt with two grenades in addition to the special bullets for the hunting rifle.
"Very well, you didn"t run away, or you would have found it a waste of each other"s time." Saurun jumped up from the sofa, walked to the middle of the two and said with a smile, "I won"t say anything unnecessary, now let the soldiers lead you to the stage. Only one of you will make it out alive. If you win, I can graciously give you half a day to run for your life. "Then, go!"
He clapped his hands, and a soldier walked up from behind Saurun, leading the way for Ling and Lan Qi.
Arriving in front of the factory building, Zero saw Sauron"s soldiers surrounding the area, seemingly to prevent Zero from escaping. At the soldier"s signal, two rusty doors of the factory were pushed open, revealing a s.p.a.ce that was not bright at all.
Zero and Lan Qi walked towards the door at the same time. As they entered the factory building, the door slowly closed behind them.
The first floor of the factory building was obviously the workshop. Zero saw a lot of machine tools that were no longer usable. They were covered in a thick layer of dust, and it was unknown how long they had been idle here. Now they were a silent audience for Zero"s duel with Lange.
Looking up, Zero could see the broken floor, the steel bars jutting out of the concrete, and the cracks in the walls. All of this ill.u.s.trates the fact that the building is damaged. It can"t withstand too severe an impact. Maybe just a grenade would cause the building to collapse.
In short, it was an extremely dangerous stage.
"Can we start now?" Lan Qi asked in an extremely gentlemanly manner.
Zero nodded. "Anytime."
"Then let"s begin!"
Lan Qi"s eyes shone with a sharp light.
The two of them moved at the same time.