radicalducati Chapter 120 is here, we meet!
Chapter 120 is here, we meet!
At the military headquarters, it was time to leave work, and many female soldiers were walking out one after another, braving the heavy rain to rush towards their aircraft.
The sounds of rain and wind outside the window were blocked out and had no effect on Mikel.
Mikel stared blankly at the computer screen, wondering if the male insect would get anxious if he couldn't get a call from him, and whether he thought Mikel had broken his promise.
Suddenly a commotion came from the doorway, and then Laureen burst in, soaking wet.
Elijah couldn't stop him and followed behind, his face grim. He said with difficulty, "General, I couldn't stop him. He didn't say anything, he just came in saying he wanted to see you."
Mikel told him, "It's alright."
Laureen was visibly unwell; his lips were pale, and his movements were somewhat flustered. He spoke with an air of self-righteousness, "Mikel, Lord Cheng Chu is missing. Do you know his location?"
"What did you say!" Mikel jumped to his feet, his blue eyes widening in shock. He roared, "What do you mean 'disappeared'! Wasn't my master at home? How could he just disappear?!"
Laureen's anxious heart hadn't calmed down yet. He took two steps forward, placed his hands on the desk, and said anxiously, "Now is not the time for explanations. In short, Lord Cheng Chu has simply disappeared. Do you have any way to find him?"
The sound of the rain outside grew louder, and Laureen's mind became increasingly turbulent.
He couldn't imagine what would happen if an S-class male insect ran out right under his nose and something went wrong; the swarm of insects above him would tear him apart alive.
Laureen regretted it more and more. He should have agreed when Kasri advised him to rest and not go. Then, no matter what happened, it wouldn't have affected him.
Mikel stared at him with a dark expression, his tone forceful: "When and where did my lord disappear? Answer me!"
Laureen trembled at the shout, stammering, "He...he...we went to the Nine Stars Wilderness Villa around 2:30, and Lord Cheng Chu ran out, saying he was going to find you. Then, a mechanic named Arungs led him out of the Nine Stars Wilderness Villa complex. Two hours ago, their aircraft had an accident on the N7003 section of road, and Lord Cheng Chu ran away again. We..."
Upon hearing this, Mikel's breath hitched. He grabbed Laureen by the collar, glaring at him with icy fury, and demanded, "The aircraft malfunctioned. Is my lord injured?"
"No...no," Laureen hurriedly said, "According to the repairman, Arungus, Lord Cheng Chu should not be injured."
Arunges?
Mikel recalled that bright, provocative face looking at him almost instantly.
"You have a way, right?" Laureen pinned his hopes on Mikel, disregarding how humiliating his current position was. He raised his hand and grabbed Mikel's arm that was holding his collar, looking at Mikel expectantly and said, "I do, right? The rain outside is getting heavier and heavier, and there's still no news from the guild master. It's too dangerous for Lord Cheng Chu to be out there alone as a male insect."
Mikel loosened his grip on Laureen's clothes and shook off his hand. His face darkened, and he strode around the desk toward the door.
Now is not the time to settle scores; the most urgent task is to find the male insect.
As Mikel walked, he kept looking down to check the location of the male insect. When he saw the male insect's coordinates clearly displayed on the screen, he quickened his pace and eventually started running.
Elijah followed closely behind and started running too.
"Hey..." Laureen shouted from behind, "Wait for me, I want to go too."
Laureen forced her way onto Mikel's aircraft, followed by the other male insect protection association's working insect aircraft.
Elijah piloted the flying machine, reaching its maximum speed.
Mikel stared at the coordinates of the male insect that were getting closer and closer on the screen, his eagerness to see the male insect reaching its peak.
"Mikel, if you hadn't prevented Lord Chengchu from wearing the bracelet, we would have found him long ago. You bear at least half the responsibility for Lord Chengchu's disappearance."
In the quiet environment, Laureen's harsh accusations suddenly rang out.
Laureen knew that Lord Cheng Chu was about to be found, and his anxious heart immediately returned to normal. He even had the leisure to splash dirty water on Mikel.
Mikel raised his eyelids and gave him a cold look, his tone chilling: "In just one afternoon, my lord has been lost right before your eyes. You'd better pray he's safe. If anything happens to him, I won't let you off!"
Laurie was speechless after being rebuked: "You..."
Elijah's piloting skills were superb; the aircraft quickly came to a stop at the location displayed on the optical computer.
It is located approximately 16 kilometers southeast of the N7003 section of road where the incident occurred.
Mikel and his group found Cheng Chu, soaking wet, huddled under a rock to shelter from the rain, in a dense, mutated forest to the southeast.
Under the bright light, the male insect, covered in filth, its face mottled with white and black, sat alone under a rock, its eyes red and swollen, its legs drawn up to its sides. Its gaze was unfocused, lost in thought.
Seeing the male insect in such a sorry state, Mikel's eyes stung, and his voice trembled uncontrollably: "Master."
Cheng Chu looked up in disbelief at Mikel, who had found him so quickly. Before he could even make a face, he was quickly embraced by a similarly cold embrace.
Mikel hugged the male insect tightly, her hands constantly groping its body, her voice filled with undisguised concern and worry: "Master, are you alright? Are you hurt? I was so worried about you. How could you run around like that in the rain?"
Finding no wounds on the male insect and seeing no blood, Mikel felt much relieved. He raised his right hand to wipe the black grime from the male insect's cheek, his eyes filled with tenderness, and softened his voice, saying, "My lord, let's go home, shall we?"
For some reason, this simple question triggered a volcanic eruption of pent-up grievances within Cheng Chu. He clutched Mikel's soaked military uniform tightly, tears streaming uncontrollably from his eyes, and sobbed uncontrollably in the rainy night, "Waaah...you...you, didn't you...aren't you going to leave me?"
Cheng Chu buried her face in Mikel's neck, sobbing intermittently as she recounted Mikel's crimes: "You want... a divorce, you don't want... me anymore, you don't like... sob sob... sob..."
Cheng Chu's pent-up grievances from the day burst forth in an instant, and Mikel felt a lump in her throat and her eyes welled up with tears.
His chest tightened, and his throat went dry as he said, "No, I won't abandon you."
The insects who had followed along witnessed this scene and felt a pang of sadness, but none of them went forward to disturb them.
Laurie was gagged by Elijah and forcibly pulled aside.
Mikel gently stroked the male insect's dark, damp hair, nuzzling her face against its forehead, and repeated, "My lord, I will never abandon you."