Last Totem Novel - Chapter 521
Chapter 521 Hug
“I’m Old Amp.” Said the reformer.
“What!” Tie Zha was even more shocked. “Didn’t you already …”
“Yeah, I was beaten into a sieve that day. I don’t know why, but I woke up here.” The self-proclaimed “Old Amp” reformer said.
“What about Wildfire and the others?” Tie Zha asked.
“I don’t know. I’m old, and my legs are not flexible. I was beaten to the ground before I left the dock.” Old Amp shook his head and let out a mechanical sizzling sound from his neck.
“Do you know who sent you here?” Tie Zha asked.
Old Amp spread out his hands to show that he didn’t know anything, and then analyzed, “Someone probably got my body, froze it, and then shipped it over here to sell for money. However …” He hesitated, “It’s a long journey from the southern cemetery to Sand Wind Castle. Adding on my age and my average ability, I’m not profitable at all.”
Tie Zha pondered for a moment, but couldn’t think of any clues for a moment. He told Old Amp about the situation and called Zhao Wenke and Shen Bo in.
“Can you help me find out what happened to him before he died? For example, who sent him here.” Tie Zha asked Shen Bo.
“Alright.” Shen Bo quickly complied. However, according to the client’s information, the delivery time of Old Chili Pepper’s corpse was Dr3714-10-06 in the afternoon, but the transportation column was empty.
“Any other clues?” Tie Zha asked.
“There are also some personal belongings.” Shen Bo replied. Coincidentally, they had completed their transaction and were going to the morgue to collect it.
More than ten minutes later, Shen Bo brought the three of them out of the office building, got into a jeep, and arrived at a morgue similar to a completely sealed gymnasium.
Passing through the morgue gate, the scene in front of him was shocking. The floor was as clean as a mirror. The passageway was more than 50 meters wide, and on both sides were large freezers that were dozens of meters tall. They could not be seen at a glance. Hundreds of white-clothed workers were busy. Some were driving landing gear cars, some were holding registration books, and were standing on the landing gear platform. They moved up, down, left, and right, checking the freezers. Some were driving flat cars, transporting corpses wrapped in white plastic sheets back and forth.
After entering the door, Shen Bo went to a registration station, opened the folder, and reported a group of numbers to the staff.
“Please wait a moment” The staff checked the computer information and left the registration station. Not long after, he returned with a transparent plastic bag wrapped around him.
“My clothes!” Old Amp recognized it at a glance and took three steps forward to grab the parcel.
Through the plastic film, one could see the dark green canvas robes covered in bloodstains and bullet holes.
After bidding farewell to Shen Bo and leaving Santa Maria Mechanical Renovation Hospital, on the way back, Old Amp opened the parcel and carefully inspected his previous belongings.
Tie Zha and Zhao Wenke also helped to search, but there were only clothes and trousers in the package, as well as some small items such as pens, money bags, knives, and so on. Rummaging around, he didn’t find any useful clues.
In the end, it was Old Amp who was familiar with his things and found a line of small words at the corner of his coat.
“I didn’t write this.” Old Amp said confidently.
Looking at his fingers, the expressions of Tie Zha and Zhao Wenke froze at the same time, because it was written shockingly,
“May the sacred flame be glorious!”
In silence, the three of them felt as if their hearts were churning like the ocean, causing a thousand layers of huge waves to rise in their hearts.
In this world, there were still many people who hid in a dark corner, silently supporting the cluster of flames.
Perhaps, they had received some scattered information, combined with a few words in the newspaper, and guessed the cause of Old Amp’s death.
As a result, they traveled thousands of miles across the ocean and quietly sent Old Amp’s corpse to Sand Wind Castle. Let him still have the chance to return to the mortal world and work hard for that common faith.
With a single message, he said that he had experienced countless years of vicissitudes, and that he had exhausted boundless hot blood.
In every corner of the world, we are waiting for the reigniting of the sacred flame, waiting for the summoning of the lightning hammer!
Suddenly, the three of them raised their heads, as if they had seen a spark in the darkness of the sky …
After an unknown amount of time, the jeep got off the ring road and drove into the main street of shops. At this moment, it was already nighttime, and the street lights were on.
Although the stench of the corpses hadn’t dissipated, many shops had already opened, and there were gradually sparse pedestrians on the streets.
Ralph, whose shoulders were bandaged, opened the door and placed the first batch of toast in front of the counter.
“Fresh bread, only three copper coins.” Ralph shouted loudly.
“Three.” The driver, who had just parked his car, stepped forward and took out nine copper coins and placed them on the counter.
“Alright.” Ralph skillfully packed the bread in a paper bag and handed it over.
“Boss, eat something.” After taking the bread, the driver trotted to catch up with Tie Zha and Zhao Wenke who were about to go upstairs and said.
“Thank you.” Tie Zha took the bread and went upstairs while eating.
“Good evening, Mr. Staff Officer. Our boss has gone to Crimson Peak Stronghold.” Walking into the corridor on the second floor, an employee of Syris Investment Co., Ltd. Greeted him. He first explained Syris’ whereabouts and then added, “But Miss Tie Ling is back.”
Zhao Wenke nodded and walked into the office with Tie Zha and Old Amp.
Tie Ling was sitting on the sofa, staring blankly at the flickering candle. When he saw Tie Zha enter, he stood up and stared at him.
“You’re back?” Tie Zha asked.
“Yes.” Tie Ling nodded her head gently. Her calm gaze was filled with sorrow. There was no pain, no helplessness, but it was as deep as the sea and as deep as the forest.
Looking at her appearance, Tie Zha couldn’t help but feel his heart tighten. With the same experience, he could easily guess what had happened to her. Thus, he walked forward silently and hugged her forcefully.
“She … she’s dead … just like her mother … she’s dead …” The girl murmured, tears rolling down her cheeks. She once told herself to be like that person and have the strongest heart to face this cruel world. No matter how much she suffered, no matter how much she suffered, she would not shed a single tear. Even in the face of death, she would stand proudly.
She had thought that she had done it.
However, he didn’t know that the copper-cast iron heart would melt into molten iron at some point.
“Cry, cry loudly. She will understand. She will definitely understand!” Tie Zha’s eyes were red as he shouted loudly.
Until this moment, this strong girl could no longer control her emotions, “Wow!” He cried out loudly.
“She’s dead! She’s dead! She’s dead!” She screamed as if she had gone mad. The intense sadness moved Old Amp, who had five cold senses.
Throughout the entire process, Tie Zha only hugged her tightly and did not say a word. Because this affection would settle in the deepest part of her soul and become a part of her life.
Along with her, she drifted in the vast sea, walked in the vast desert wilderness, and threw herself into the cold world.
This was the inheritance of iron and blood, a legend that belonged to the insecticides.
“Let’s go. It’s almost the festival. I’m going home. I’ll catch gerbils for you to eat.” After Tie Ling gradually calmed down, Tie Zha patted her back and said.
“Yes.” Tie Ling wiped away her tears and nodded forcefully.
Not long after, they went downstairs and got into a jeep, heading towards Crimson Peak Stronghold.
Just as Tie Zha and the others were leaving Sand Wind Castle, Syris waved his small fan, twisted his waist, and walked into Hagrid’s office.
At this moment, Hagrid was sitting at his desk reading through the documents. When he saw Syris enter, he immediately put down the documents and stood up to welcome him. “Boss, why are you here? You’re too far away.” Syris is the chairman of the investment company, and Crimson Peak Stronghold is the property under the name of the investment company. Therefore, at least on the surface, she was the boss of Crimson Peak Stronghold and Hagrid’s superior in the official documents of Silver City World.
“Can’t you come and inspect the post-war work?” Syris raised his sharp chin, lowered his eyes, and glanced sideways at Hagrid. Then he withdrew his fan and said arrogantly.
Hagrid smiled foolishly and nodded repeatedly.
“What are you doing?” Syris asked.
“I’m looking at the list of preparations for the Praise of the Gods dinner.” Hagrid said truthfully.
“Is that so?” Syris looked at Hagrid’s face with suspicion.
“Yes.” Hagrid said sincerely.
“Do you understand?” Syris suddenly frowned and tapped Hagrid on the shoulder with his fan. “Simple mind, well-developed limbs …” he said with slight disgust.
“Hehe” Hagrid smiled foolishly and didn’t answer.
Syris rolled his eyes at him. Then, he changed the topic and said, “Oh right, your younger brother is too arrogant. He completely ignores me as his aunt. As your eldest brother, you can’t control him properly. You don’t have any upbringing at all.”
‘”Well …” Hagrid scratched his hair, then straightened himself, and bowed to Syris with a serious expression. “Miss Syris, on behalf of my fifth brother, I apologize to you.”
“What’s the use of apologizing?” Syris said aggressively.
“Then … what do you think we should do?” Hagrid asked.
“Beat him up! Beat him up fiercely!” Cyrus smashed his palm with a fan and said.
“Uh” Hagrid was speechless.
“What, unwilling?” Syris asked with a cold expression.
“No … no …” Hagrid hurriedly denied.
“What’s that?” Syris frowned, looking a little impatient.
“I” Hagrid rubbed his nose and said awkwardly, “I can’t beat him.”
“Hmph, it’s really useless.” Syris snorted and said disdainfully, “It’s big, but it’s made of straw.”
‘”Yes, yes” Hagrid nodded and echoed.
Syris bit his lips and looked at him with a resentful expression.
“Right” After a while, her crafty eyes rolled back and forth and she said, “I suddenly …” She deliberately stretched out her voice and repeated a few breaths before saying, “I want to be his sister-in-law.”
“Ah!” Hagrid was shocked and instinctively opened his mouth wide.
“What? I don’t want to!” Syris asked in a deep voice as his eyes widened.
“This” Hagrid scratched his head and stammered, “I … I’m just a stupid soldier … I have nothing … How can I … marry a noble lady like you?”
‘”I like to have nothing …” Syris put his hand on his shoulder and stared into his eyes. “Because that’s the only way to get you married to our Cyrus family, isn’t it?”
“Uh …” “Not good!” “I…” “Me what? Big bull, useless at all.” “That’s not what I meant …” “What does that mean?”
After a moment of silence, Hagrid gradually put away his smile and said sincerely, “Fourth Miss of the Xerox Clan, I am an abandoned worm. I cannot give it to you …”
However, before he could finish speaking, his mouth could not open, because a slender finger gently pressed against his lips.
“I know” she whispered to herself.
“Ever since I met you a year ago, I’ve begun to understand …”
“I understand why my sister falls in love with him. She loves him so thoroughly and loves him so recklessly.”
“I don’t care who you are.”
“I don’t care if you can accompany me for the rest of my life.”
“I only care …”
“Do you like me?”
Facing such a simple and blazing confession, the tall man choked, opened his wide arms, and used all his strength to hug the person in front of him.