When the magic flower blooms

Green Marsh Park in the western suburbs of S City is a huge wetland located at the foot of a mountain.Here, the river network is densely covered, the trees are towering, and wild animals come and go.The year-round open area only accounts for 10% of the total area, and the rest are deep and dangerous wild areas.

White Stone Bridge, located at the westernmost end of the seasonally open area.There is abundant rainfall in summer, and the bridge body is basically submerged by river water.On the opposite side of the bridge is a small wetland island called "Lover's Island".The island is covered by dense native forest and isolated from the world for many years. It is an excellent hiding place and secret activity place.

The vehicle driven by Ming Ruoxing slowly slowed down in front of the Baishi Bridge.Almost at the same time as they reached the bridge, the phone turned on, and a line of small characters jumped out on the screen.

"Follow the bridge to the island and head west to the wooden house."

Lover's Island has only one land entrance and exit, Baishiqiao, and it seems that the final transaction place should be on the island.Ming Ruoxing reported the situation to the rear, and at the same time reminded all accompanying personnel to get ready.

Due to the heavy rain in the early morning, the rushing river completely submerged the bridge deck of Baishi Bridge.The armored van drove smoothly through the water. As soon as it arrived at Lover's Island, there was a dull and loud noise from behind, followed by water splashing all over the sky, as if a shower had fallen.

"The bridge collapsed." Someone reported.

It should be that the Chimera installed underwater explosives at the bridgehead, so that the land entrance and exit disappeared.The island is also not suitable for air take-off and landing. If you want to go to the island, the only option is the waterway.

The vehicle slowly moved along the rammed earth road around the island, and a wooden house appeared 200 meters ahead.Two masked men with loaded guns stood guard in front of the house.

Ming Ruoxing stopped the car, and the silence in the car was so tense, only the sound of checking guns and equipment.

The phone rang again, and the person who called could already be seen standing in front of the wooden house.

Ming Ruoxing answered the phone, and the other party asked him to get out of the car with the hostages.

Ming Ruoxing refused: "Let me see my people first."

The man turned his head and said a few words to his companion, who turned around and entered the wooden house. After a while, two criminals came out with an electric wheelchair.

Ming Ruoxing saw the person in the wheelchair clearly at a glance.

Naga looked even more terrifying than the previous video, thin and dry, almost a lifeless corpse.Only the infusion bottle hanging above the wheelchair proves that this person is still alive.

A masked gangster escorted the wheelchair to an open space about 50 meters in front of the wooden house, and then stopped to wait for further instructions.

Ming Ruoxing also kept his promise.He ordered an armed policeman and a researcher to stay in the car and stand by; the remaining two took the hostages and followed him to get out of the car, advancing to a place 50 meters away from the Naga, and also stopped.

On the phone, the other party suddenly asked a question.

"Aren't you afraid of an ambush on the island?"

"I'm afraid I won't come." Ming Ruoxing showed no fear: "Now it's one person for another, and there will be no such good things in the future."

"Have guts! Well, let's go."

The man standing in front of the wooden house issued instructions to his subordinates.The electric wheelchair carrying Naga started slowly and drove towards Ming Ruoxing alone.

At the same time, Ming Ruoxing also ordered the release of his hostages.Since the tranquilizer was taking effect, the hostage could only move forward step by step, but the speed was almost the same as that of a wheelchair.

30 meters, 20 meters...

Ming Ruoxing watched the wheelchair approaching intently, although his face was expressionless, his heart beat faster all the way.

Is it nervous, excited, angry or sad?It seems that there is a little bit of everything, but it seems that it is not comprehensive.

But it doesn't matter, as long as they pick up Naga and go back together, they still have a long, long time to slowly sort out their feelings for each other.

Closer, close enough to see the turning of the spokes of the wheelchair.However, Ming Ruoxing suddenly discovered that there was a suspicious device emitting green flashes hidden under the seat.

"Back off!"

He immediately ordered sharply, and the two armed police quickly obeyed the order and retreated in the direction of the bulletproof vehicle to seek cover.However, Ming Ruoxing rushed to the side of the wheelchair with a stride, pulled Naga up with all his strength, and flew towards the rushing river on one side.

Just as the two of them jumped into the water, there was an explosion on the shore.Fragments of the wheelchair flew across the air like bullets.Many of them also shot into the water, but luckily they all became inoffensive under the effect of water resistance.

Ming Ruoxing quickly dived in the water with Naga in his arms, and adjusted his posture when he approached the bottom.In order to avoid inhaling the river water, he kept tightly covering Naga's mouth and nose, and took a breath while floating up.

Naga has been in a coma.Even after removing the effect of buoyancy, he was still shockingly light, as if there was nothing left but a handful of dry bones in his roomy prison uniform.

The two of them hid at the bottom of the water for a while, and when they resurfaced, the surroundings had returned to calm, only the strong smell of gunpowder smoke remained in the air.

Two armed policemen took Ming Ruoxing and Nagara ashore and explained that a large amount of smoke was produced when the explosion occurred. When the smoke cleared, the Chimera side had already taken advantage of the chaos and escaped. They should have left the island by water on a speedboat.

With the help of everyone, Naga was placed on a temporary stretcher inside the carriage.The researchers fetched quick-drying towels and thermal blankets for emergency use, and began to monitor his vital signs.

Ming Ruoxing quickly took off Naga's drenched prison uniform, and the bruised and bruised body he had seen in the video before appeared before his eyes again.

Everyone present gasped.

Naga didn't have a piece of intact skin all over his body, and there were bruises, knife marks and even burnt marks everywhere.A piece of skin the size of a palm was peeled off the left shoulder; there was an unsewed incision on the thigh, with yellow fat and bright red muscles bursting out; the back was almost scratched by the knife; When I opened it, I saw that there was still a section of rubber catheter left.

What kind of hell has he been in for more than a month!

Holding that cold and weak hand, Ming Ruoxing couldn't stop shivering.He knew that from today onwards, an emotion called "hatred" would be doomed in his life until the word Chimera was completely erased from this land.

Of course, there is some good news amidst the great misfortune-the researchers connected life monitoring equipment to Naga.It was found that his vital signs were weak but stable, and there was no danger of his life for the time being.

A few minutes later, the support force arrived and escorted everyone to the patrol boat. The ambulance of the hospital directly under the Asian Security Bureau was already on standby on the nearest road.

On the boat, Ming Ruoxing began to report the results to the headquarters: the hostage exchange mission has been completed, and the follow-up tracking mission can be carried out as planned—in fact, after the hostages fell asleep last night, the technicians had already implanted a miniature GPS transmitter into the hostages. His neck was cleverly hidden behind the carotid arteries.In this way, even if it is found on the way, it cannot be taken off rashly.

Right now, the transmitter is still working stably, but due to the limited battery life, it can only last until ten o'clock tomorrow morning.During this period, the command will continue to follow the hostages to ensure that the strike operation is launched at the most appropriate time.

But these have nothing to do with Ming Ruoxing for the time being.

The whistle of the ambulance whistled, and Naga was sent to the hospital directly under the Asian Security Bureau in the shortest time.The on-call expert team consulted immediately, followed by quantitative testing of various physical indicators.

At first, Ming Ruoxing was pushing the stretcher around the various inspection windows with the nurse; but soon, he was stopped by a man in a white coat.

"So far."

Shen Dongli pressed his shoulder, but quickly retracted his hand.

"Leave the big snake to us. You'd better go back and take a shower and change your clothes, don't look like a water ghost."

"At least let me know the results of the inspection."

Ming Ruoxing sincerely begged: "I've been looking for him for a month, and the result is right in front of me. How could I go away?"

"It's been a month and how many hours are left?"

"Poor! I can't wait."

Shen Dongli let out a "tsk", and unnaturally cast his gaze elsewhere.

"I'm really afraid of a stubborn guy like you, come with me."

So the two left the outpatient building and came to a secluded doctor's lounge on the third floor of the inpatient department.Shen Dongli also bought a set of patient clothes for Ming Ruoxing to change into, and then told him to stay calm and rest, or be forced out of the hospital by the security guards.

Without a third choice, Ming Ruoxing could only obediently obey.Shen Dongli finally promised him to come and notify him as soon as he had news, closed the door and left.

The lounge is furnished very simply: a couple of sofa beds, a table and chairs, and nothing else.Ming Ruoxing reached out to touch the phone, only then remembered that the phone had died when he jumped into the river just now.

Unable to do anything, he could only lie on the sofa bed and look at the snow-white ceiling in the darkness.

Naga's examination is almost finished, and the next step is symptomatic treatment.Do you need surgery?Definitely need it.

The skin graft on the shoulder is probably troublesome, right?And those wounds on the back, do they need stitches?All repaired, it should be divided into many times, right?

There is also a long-term hospitalization, can I be discharged this year?Will there be any disabilities left?But that guy is an umbrella-level demihuman after all, so he should recover quickly.

However, as expected, he should take the white cat into his home first, right?

Speaking of which, Naga should be promoted next year, from team leader to deputy director of the operations department...

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All kinds of ideas popped up in my mind.Ming Ruoxing could clearly feel that his body and mind had become relaxed amidst this series of fantasies.

How long has it been without this feeling of relief?Maybe 48 hours, maybe a whole month.

With the disappearance of the pressure, some repressed things floated out from the depths of my heart.

Does Naga remember what happened that night?Did he remember that they had agreed to sit down and have a good talk after all this was over?

What will he talk about?

Ming Ruoxing vaguely knew it, but he wasn't sure.

The only thing he can be sure of is that his answer will be completely different from before.