foreigner's journey

Chapter 317 Don't Leave Me

It was not yet five o'clock in the afternoon when we returned to the Qifanjie slum, Tifa walked towards Tianwangzhuang with cheerful steps.

Although the roads in the Qifan Street slums in the past six months have become a little complicated due to the expansion of houses, Tifa has already been familiar with the roads, after all, he has lived here for so long.

When I arrived at Tianwangzhuang, I didn't see Granny Marle who often stood smoking in the corridor on the first floor.

Strange, Granny Marle usually won't go out at this time?What about watching TV at home?

Tifa knocked on the first-floor door, but there was no answer, not even Granny Marle's old dog barking.

She went up to the second floor and knocked on the door of room 202, but no one responded.

Tifa was a little disappointed, today was her birthday, and it was also a good day to be recognized by Naya as a bartender.Originally, I wanted to share this good news with my closest people as soon as possible. Why is everyone not at home?

She sat alone on the steps on the first floor of Tianwangzhuang, with her legs curled up and hugging her knees, looking at the side street from time to time, hoping to see a familiar figure.

At this time, two people walked by and noticed Tifa.

Walking in front was a round young man, who looked about the same age as Tifa, with a smile on his round face.The man walking behind was slightly darker and older, with an earring on his right ear.

"Uh, how are you?"

The chubby little man hesitated for a moment, but he still leaned over to say hello to Tifa.

Tifa, who had been instilled with the concept of crisis by her senior brother and Granny Marle, shrank cautiously, but still nodded politely in response: "Hello, what's the matter?"

"Hey! Weiji, don't mind your own business." The dark-skinned man said lazily and helplessly.

"It's okay, Biggs, I'm just talking to her." The little fat man called Weiji explained to his companion, and then turned to look at Tifa.The girl's beauty made him very embarrassed, but after hesitating for a while, he still said, "Well, are you waiting for the landlady of Tianwangzhuang?"

"...Yes." Tifa's eyes became more vigilant,

"I, I, I'm not a bad person!" The little fat man was startled by Tifa's gaze, he waved his hands indiscriminately, then scratched the back of his head, mustered up the courage to speak out at a very fast speed: "I'm on the mainland at noon today. At the Xingniao consignment station, I saw the landlady of Tianwangzhuang and a black-haired brother wearing glasses. They consigned a lot of boxes and goods away in a Chocobo truck, as if..."

"Salute, move." Biggs added for him.

Weggy gave Biggs a thumbs up, and then looked at Tifa. The super-high-level beauty of the girl always made him subconsciously drift away and dare not look at each other: "Yes, yes, move. I heard that the landlord of Tianwangzhuang My wife is very well connected, maybe she has made up her mind to move out of the Qifan Street slum? After all, the environment here is always a little bit compared to other downtown areas..."

"W-ji-" Biggs's impatient voice interrupted Wage's rambling.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'll finish soon."

Weggy quickly ended his conversation with Tifa: "Anyway, if you really want to find that landlady, you might as well go to the Chocobo consignment station and find out where they went. That's it, goodbye... Oh, Biggs , wait for me!"

The little fat Weegee hurriedly chased after the companion who left first, leaving only Tifa sitting on the steps of the first floor in a daze.

salute?move place?
why did not you tell me?Is it because I'm a redundant burden?
I... am alone again.

She wanted to stand up but her hands and feet were weak, and she wanted to yell out to vent her emotions but she couldn't even open her mouth. Tifa sat on the steps blankly as if she had lost her soul.

I don't know how long it took, the light of the magic stove above the head dimmed, and the surroundings were illuminated with neon lights and warm lights, pedestrians became hurried, but Tifa was still sitting on the steps.

A gangster wearing a nail leather jacket and combing Mohawk hair passed by Tianwangzhuang several times, and it seemed that he had locked his target on Tifa.When he passed by here for the fourth time, he finally confirmed that this beautiful and hot girl had no other companions nearby, so he sneaked over.

"Why is such a beautiful beauty sitting here alone? Is it because of lack of money and no place to stay?"

The little gangster came to Tifa's side, greedily glanced at Tifa's pretty face: "Here comes a great opportunity to get rich overnight, the qualification for registration is your appearance, do you want to use your beauty to make a lot of money? Just follow me , you can escape from this dirty slum and live comfortably in a mansion on a walled commercial street...Pffwah!"

Before he finished speaking, Tifa's face, which was getting closer and closer, was hit hard, and he couldn't help screaming in pain and fell backwards.

Tifa didn't seem to hear his words at all, but stood up and ran towards the distance of the street with all his might.

Don't try to leave me!I'm not a burden anymore, I can work part-time, I can be a bartender, even a waiter, I'm not afraid of being tired...don't abandon me!
Tears blurred her vision, and Tifa didn't even know where to find her brother and Granny Marle, but she didn't dare to stop.She had a feeling in her heart that if she stopped, her brother would leave her forever.

Boom!Tifa, who was running dully, slammed into the body of an acquaintance. She wiped her tears in a panic and wanted to apologize, but she heard a familiar voice:

"Tifa? What are you doing?"

Through the eyes blurred by tears, Tifa saw her senior brother looking at her strangely.It's not a hallucination, it's senior brother!
She threw herself into Heather's arms all of a sudden, and said in a panic: "Take me... Brother, don't go... I can make money..."

Heather no longer had the usual stern look, she stroked her head and comforted her softly, "I'm not going anywhere, speak slowly, what's the matter?"

At this time, the little gangster whose jaw was red and swollen from the bump came after him with a dagger in his hand, and shouted as he ran, "Stinky woman, how dare you hit me? I'm going to sell you to the surrounding..."

He couldn't continue speaking in the middle of the sentence, because the substantive murderous intent had completely enveloped him.

"You made her cry?"

Heather looked at the little gangster with extremely cold eyes, and the murderous intent spread around him almost substantially.Not only the little gangster, but the entire Qifan Street slum felt heart palpitations for no reason.

The little gangster had already foamed at the mouth and turned his eyes white, but Heather's murderous aura was still rising, and black dragon scales began to appear and spread on his body.It’s that muddy pond-like walled commercial street again, let’s just completely destroy that ghostly place together with the entire Midgar...

Boom!There was a muffled sound, and the gangster limply collapsed on the ground. Behind him was Helmer, a member of the Avalanche organization. It was he who provided Heather with information about Kos.

Helmer kicked the unresponsive little bastard, and then apologized to Heather: "Sorry, Heather, this guy sneaked into the slums of Qifan Street from somewhere, and the vigilante team is a little short of manpower recently... ..."

One of the purposes of the establishment of the vigilante team is to protect the residents of the Qifan Street slum from the intrusion of monsters and other fan area hooligans. This is also the basis for the peaceful life of Qifan Street in the past year.

Heather's murderous aura quickly subsided. He glanced at Helmer and said nothing, but lowered his head and said to Tifa, "Let's go back to Tianwangzhuang, and Marley should be back soon."

"Hmm..." Tifa held on to Heather's sleeve tightly with her small hand and refused to let go, and only then did she notice that Heather was carrying a bulging satchel on her shoulder.

When the two walked past Helmer, Heather said in a voice that only Helmer could hear: "If the Vigilante and Avalanche are still so useless, then I will manage this slum in my own way. "

Turning around and looking at the two people who had gone away, Helmer scratched his head and showed a helpless smile.

He really is a grumpy underground emperor.However, only a strong man with such courage can inherit Alfie's position and continue to lead Avalanche against Shinra.

　PS: There is another chapter in the afternoon

　
(End of this chapter)