radicalducati Chapter 178 Morning Tour of Beihai, Evening Tour of Cangwu
Chapter 178 Morning Tour of Beihai, Evening Tour of Cangwu
Chapter 178 Morning Tour of Beihai, Evening Tour of Cangwu
"Okay, be careful!"
The lion lazily gave a word of advice, though he himself found the remark somewhat amusing.
Safe? There's no safe place these days.
However, for my sister, everywhere is probably a safe zone.
Whatever, it doesn't matter. That's what I've always said since I was a child.
When my younger sister was little, she would call out to me like that when she went to school; later, when she took my place and became a magical girl, I would give her the same instructions every time she went on a mission.
Even after the apocalypse, when a nuclear explosion-like commotion occurred in Xinmao, and my younger sister insisted on going—that's what I said.
That really gave her a fright; she thought the big shots had bombed that spot.
Therefore, she wanted to go and see for herself, and then consider in detail whether or not to abandon this stronghold and lead the people across the river.
However, just when she finally managed to stand up for herself, her younger sister cried and tried to stop her from going.
This made the lion feel both amused and helpless.
Sending myself was clearly the best option; I didn't care about dying.
But looking into her eyes, he just couldn't bring himself to be harsh with her, nor could he go against her wishes. In the end, he could only sigh with a bitter smile and repeat the phrase he had said countless times: "Be careful."
As for whether magical girls can resist radiation—nobody knows, and no magical girl has ever been attacked by a nuclear bomb.
To be honest, if she really had the chance while she could still transform, she would love to try her luck at a reactor.
Forget it, I don't want to think about all this nonsense anymore. In any case, the ending is good, and that's enough.
My sister was very happy when she came back that time; she must have made some great friends in Xinmao.
Aside from the girl I know who's just giving up, the rest, according to Wolf, include a gender-swapped person I've never heard of before, and an extremely rare gun-related person. I wonder what kind of weirdos they are.
I'd really like to get to know him if I have the chance.
Lion's thoughts drifted a little far away until she felt that persistent gaze, which brought her back to her senses.
My sister was still standing there, staring straight at me.
"?" The lion tilted its head. "Aren't you leaving?"
"Sister, what do you want to do now?"
"Hmm? Going to sleep."
"My sister hasn't been active in a while, and she did two big things today, so she's a bit tired~"
"Sister, take a bath first."
"Wrong? But I already washed today." The lion immediately wanted to slack off.
Are you kidding me? This is the apocalypse. Taking a shower is a huge undertaking, incredibly troublesome.
The wolf moved closer, sniffed her gently, and then delivered a stern verdict.
"My sister smells of dirt, smoke, and sweat; we can't go to bed with her like that."
"That's how you taught me when I was little."
"Well—"
The two remained locked in a stalemate for a few seconds, until Lion finally gave in.
She smiled helplessly and prepared to take her second shower of the day.
Sigh, sometimes it's actually quite nice that my little sister isn't around.
Thinking this, Lion walked into the bathroom, pondering how to just throw things out and do a haphazard job.
After all, putting the facts aside, this child is the purest and most authentic JK (high school girl), so how could she possibly barge in and supervise her?
The wolf left the villa, flew through the rain, and soared into the sky above Dragon Mountain.
The destination was clear: the police station and Longshan Mining.
She wasn't very familiar with either of these places, but she wasn't completely lost either.
The former goes without saying, and for the latter, just follow the railway tracks and choose the direction that doesn't lead to Xinmao at the fork in the road.
Following her memory, she flew towards the police station halfway up the mountain.
Looking down at the city from above, even though he had seen it many times before, the sense of desolation and decay still stung Wolf's heart.
Things are different now.
In the past, choosing to settle in this place was her own decision.
The older sister wasn't actually a magical girl from Ryuzan at the beginning.
"Magical girls are free, little sister." Wolf still remembered what her older sister had said back then.
"Those groundhogs didn't sign any labor dispatch contracts with us, and there were no rules about where we had to work."
that's the truth.
In Southeast Asia, after achieving so-called "financial freedom" by fulfilling her sister's wishes, they embarked on a spontaneous trip.
Wolf still remembers that in the latter part of that summer, all he did was fight nightmares and travel.
In the early hours of one day, they were in a rainforest littered with landmines and Agent Orange residue. A few hours later, they saw snow-capped mountains and blue skies.
That same evening, they appeared at a beach whose name she had forgotten, watching the sunset sink below the horizon.
That sea is so beautiful.
Of course, the price was that my sister lay in bed for three whole days before recovering from the aftereffects of insufficient magic power.
While complaining about her headache, she felt perfectly justified in ordering herself to buy all sorts of junk food.
She said that it was measuring the performance limits of a top magical girl.
And so, before the summer vacation ended, Lion took her flying over many cities.
But the wolf eventually grew fond of Longshan, this unremarkable little town where he stopped for rest during his journey.
My sister couldn't understand this at all. She complained about it for a long, long time, from urban construction to local eating habits, and it took her a long, long time to calm down.
However, she seemed to get used to the place later on.
Longshan is a small mining town built on a mountain.
This is completely different from the neighboring Xinmao City. It is nestled in rugged mountains, like an isolated island.
The stronghold that the wolves and lions have now established on the mountaintop is, in fact, an old town where the mines have been depleted.
This so-called old town area was gradually developed from former staff dormitories, and there were hardly any people there a long time ago.
Before the apocalypse, the wolf had heard his sister tell him about the history of this city.
My sister said that Longshan is like an unlucky guy who can never seem to catch a glimpse of good fortune.
After its mineral resources were depleted, Longshan desperately tried various solutions, including tourism and other industries, but all of them resulted in huge losses.
The wolf still remembered how he marveled at the beauty of the "Dragon Mountain Heavenly Pool" when he first saw it on the mountaintop.
She asked her sister, "Why doesn't anyone come to such a beautiful place?"
"There are plenty of beautiful things out there, little sister," the older sister replied lazily.
"No one would want to spend most of their day coming to this godforsaken place just to see a slightly larger puddle."
The wolf thought his sister was wrong.
However, the older sister couldn't understand why, after seeing so many sights with her, she was so fond of this one puddle.
"Besides," the older sister pointed down the mountain, "this is the only decent spot. If you look further down, isn't it all just ruins?"
That's true. Further down, there's a dilapidated old town area.
The wolf flew out of the stronghold and the several fortified villages, and its view suddenly opened up.
The outline of the old town on the mountaintop was quickly left behind.
She flew towards the mountainside, and her first target location came into view.
That area belongs to the new urban area of Longshan.
Unlike the lingering sense of decay at the mountaintop, everything here is brand new.
Wolf remembered that he had fallen in love with this place because he saw this new urban area.
Yes, Longshan, a resource-depleted city, did not ultimately...
It has become a downward spiral.
When the wolf and its sister found it, it had already survived on its own.
It wasn't because any of the previous investments had resulted in huge losses.
As for the reason, my sister said it was "purely a deus ex machina".
—In the far suburbs of Longshan District, people unexpectedly discovered a large copper mine with extremely high abundance and associated rare earth elements.
Wolf remembered that when his sister talked about this, her tone was undisguisedly disdainful.
"This is not a good story at all. All the struggle, hard work, and sacrifices are meaningless."
"In the end, it's all just ordinary good luck. It's so fucking boring."
But the wolf didn't care.
She doesn't care whether the history here is interesting or whether the city's revival is dramatic enough.
She just felt that it was enough that Longshan survived.
This made her very happy.
The door was closed tightly.
The wolf knew that the survivors had already searched the area.
My sister said that the guns and weapons inside were distributed to people she trusted.
Can he trust them? The wolf doesn't know. But those weapons can't kill him, nor can they kill his sister.
If they make a mistake, their older sister will punish them.
She landed on the steps in front of the door, raised her hand, and gently knocked three times.
When she was little, her family told her that she should knock before entering a room.
"Thump, thump, thump."
No response.
Inside the door, there was only deathly silence, as expected.