Strike!cowardly [interstellar]

on the VIP seat.

The little emperor Bazel looked at Sauron with bright eyes, "Marshal, if the pet dog is really dead, will this task count as their success or failure?"

After waiting for a while, Zoro didn't answer what he meant. There was a serious expression on his alluring face at this time, with his fingers on his chin, and his eyes focused on the screen.

Bazel's face was slightly unsightly, and he repeated it again.Sauron still ignored it.

Ai Weiluo on the other side was afraid that the little emperor would get angry, so he leaned over and explained to him: "Your Majesty, No. 101 and No. 13 have successfully rescued the baby from the mouth of the wolf. The task is considered complete. Look at the display screen." He stretched out his finger, and then Bazel noticed that there was a giant rectangular screen floating above the western part of the auditorium, on which the real-time ranking was scrolled. Now No.1 is the No. 39 participating dog, and it has been successfully rescued. 6 NPCs.

Bazel didn't find number 101 on the first page, and waited until the screen switched to the third page before he saw two rows of numbers side by side at the end:

【13:1】

【101:1】

There are dozens of participating dogs whose number is 0, but only one NPC was rescued, which is already far behind in the entire ranking.

Bazel couldn't help chuckling, "It's a pity, so what if the mission is successful? After death, you will be eliminated... With its performance, it may cause psychological trauma, Brother Suolong... "

In a moment of carelessness, he called out his private address and hurriedly shut up.I thought the other party would not notice, but suddenly felt a pair of stern gazes slashing like knives, and immediately looked shocked.

Sauron withdrew his gaze, raised his head, and raised his hand to summon the adjutant, "I remember that when the Roberta galaxy was cleaned up this time, there was a famous veterinarian among the captives?"

"Yes, boss. That Mr. Emmonson graduated from Han Luoxing Medical University and then worked in the scientific research institute. He has a very important position in the field of veterinary medicine. By the way, he was once invited by Colonel Haimeng to take care of him for a period of time. Apollo, for some reason, was actually working for the rebel army." The adjutant said, "After being captured, according to his own account, he was stranded in the rebel army when he went out to take samples because the war happened so suddenly. The occupied planets have to listen to them."

"He who knows the current affairs is a hero, and this person knows how to survive himself, and he is smarter than Lance." Sauron didn't care, and nodded his forehead, "Then what, you bring him out to me, since the brat may Being frightened, I naturally want to take its old acquaintances to greet it."

"I hope Lance won't reject my good intentions... Hahahahaha!!"

Sauron laughed out loud, with a hint of amusement and deep meaning flashing across his eyes.

Seeing him like this, Ai Weiluo couldn't help feeling cold and shivered.

He has always known that Marshal Sauron is a dangerous person, you can never guess what is in his mind, and don't try to understand his behavior.

But this person, he is strong enough, and he doesn't bother to pay attention to the details like His Majesty in many things, and is happy to let his subordinates profit from it.

Aiweiluo once took a lot of benefits from Sauron, but as he got closer to each other, he became more and more afraid of this person from the bottom of his heart.

After the adjutant retreated, Sauron leaned back on the sofa in a leisurely manner. The strong emotional fluctuations around him made him look sideways slightly, as if he had just discovered it, and asked with bent lips: "Your Majesty, what are you doing?"

Bazel tensed up like an angry little beast, staring at the man with betrayal in his eyes, "Marshal Sauron, what does this mean? Why do you care so much about...that pet dog? !"

"Your Majesty is serious. Take care?" Sauron said casually, "It's just that I think it's a bit interesting, and it's also a bit difficult..." He said lightly, "Some things, you have to see it with your own eyes to know the result."

……

"Aww...?" On the field, Alpha stared blankly at the white ball on the ground, lowered his head and arched it. The little guy was a soft ball without making a sound.

"Wow..." The thick bulldog seemed to realize something, twitched lightly, got down on his stomach, and put his chin on Yao Zai'er.

A pair of Doudou's eyes were filled with tears.

Facing the two adult male wolves just now, he was not afraid... The big dog, whose body was covered in blood and had never barked, now stood in front of his motionless companion, feeling so wronged and sad...

Di Valen wiped the tears on his face, the doll's face was covered with red marks, turned to Lance and muttered: "I, I've never seen an Alpha like this... it's short and clumsy. , always walks alone among the training dogs of the army, Apollo, was the first friend he made..."

On the big screen, Old Joseph raised his gun again, "Okay, there's a scapegoat, but it's okay, it's your turn now!"

The gun was aimed at Alpha, an excellent strong dog capable of killing two wild wolves, but under his gun, he didn't have the slightest thought of resisting. Instead, he pulled Yao Zai'er's body under him and blocked it .

"Oh my god! Old Joseph is going... to kill both of them?!" Rogge's voice was incoherent, and he shouted in panic, "They obviously saved his granddaughter! They are heroes!"

Gritting his teeth, Di Valen rushed forward a few steps, wishing he could plunge into the screen.But seeing the marshal standing still, he tried his best to hold back, seeing that the gun was aimed at his partner who had been with him day and night, but he was powerless, and the young man choked up in a low voice angrily.

Lance's deep voice sounded above his head. He thought it was something to cheer him up, but unexpectedly he murmured: "Do you feel powerless? Me too. I promised it that I would keep looking at it, but I can only look at it... ..."

Di Valen was taken aback, raised his head, and asked blankly: "You...do you also feel powerless?"

The corner of Lance's mouth was pulled down, revealing a hint of self-mockery, "Of course. I have watched my closest relatives destroy themselves in front of me, but I can only watch as I am now, unable to do anything, and even rely on them sacrificed, humiliated and returned alone."

Di Valen opened his mouth wide. The young soldier had no way of hearing about the fate of that distant tragedy, but his intuition believed that this should not be the case!

His lips moved a few times, but he didn't know what to say. A person like Marshal doesn't need any comfort from him.

Feeling his entanglement, Lance lowered his head, the deep blue eyes hid eternity, and said firmly: "The reason why I feel powerless is because we are not strong enough and cannot protect us. Those who want to protect people.

The young man's breath stagnated, "Master Marshal...then what should I do now? I don't want Alpha to suffer any harm! Damn..."

Lance gently put his hand on the boy's shoulder again, and pushed him to the position where he was facing the big screen -

"No! I don't want to see..." Di Valen twisted quickly.

"Corporal DeVallon-O'Dunjue."

"……Yes!"

"Now all you can do is watch. Write down this scene, print it in your mind, and then you will find the answer yourself.

The boy gradually stopped struggling, and gently lowered the hand covering his eyes.Two figures, one tall and one short, stood side by side in the center of the field.

On the screen, old Joseph was aiming his gun at Alpha's head.

Di Valen trembled, but he didn't fall down because of Lance's warm palm.

He straightened his back, widened his red eyes, and looked at his partner without blinking.

Old Joseph's finger moved!But just when the trigger was about to be pulled, a loud cry of a baby suddenly filled everyone's eardrums——

Old Joseph raised his head in astonishment and looked on the bed, only to see his granddaughter was waving her arms and twisting, crying with confidence, obviously not injured!

"Alice!" He dropped the shotgun, ran to the bed, picked up the child carefully and recovered it.While patting her on the back lightly, he coaxed lovingly: "It's okay, it's okay, grandpa is back..."

Only then did he notice a huge wild wolf corpse on the floor of the house, staggered two steps, and when he looked at the two dogs again, his gaze changed...

"Oh...God, what the hell did I do?" The old man covered his face in annoyance, and walked towards Yao Zai'er step by step. Alpha pointed his head at him unkindly, and let out a low growl of warning from his throat.

"Excuse me... can I have a look at this poor little guy?"

Alpha stared into his eyes for a while, and then slowly moved away to expose Yao Zai'er.

Old Joseph knelt down and gently wiped away the blood on Yao Zai'er's body with his hands.

Touching it, his face suddenly became very strange, "Huh? Why didn't you see the wound?"

Without the communication device, Alpha couldn't accurately understand the meaning of human beings. Seeing him fumbling and pressing Yao Zai'er, he barked anxiously!

"Wang! Wang Wang Wang!"

But the audience understood what Old Joseph meant, and they were immediately puzzled.

Isn't it a hit?How come there are no wounds?

"Don't be impatient, little guy, let me check my shotgun first." Old Joseph fiddled with it for a while, and suddenly realized, "...I forgot! When I went out today, I didn't seem to have a new magazine! Hahahaha , do you know? When I was young, I had a nickname called Old Confused, I’m afraid my memory is really not very good, otherwise I wouldn’t have forgotten to close the door and let the wolf in!”

Seeing Alpha's stunned look, Old Joseph blinked at it, "Don't worry, little guy. This means that your friend is fine, it should just... fainted from fright!"

The audience at the scene: "..."

The audience watching the live broadcast in front of Xingwang: "..."

Rogge coughed dryly, "Well...well, I never thought that this would end up like this? Haha..."

The little emperor dropped the coffee with a "crack", frowned at Ai Weiruo and said, "What's going on, are you playing with us?"

Ai Weiluo lowered his head, "Your Majesty, calm down... The characters and props of the NPCs in the map should have been designed by the planners in advance, and I will invite them to discuss this in detail later."

"Hahahahaha...!!" On the other side, the man with long wine red hair was about to burst into tears, patted his thigh wildly, sat up straight from the sofa, looked at Ai Weiruo, and then pointed out the window, Laughed until I couldn't make a sound.

"Suo...!" Bazel was exasperated, his pale face showing a pathological blush.

"What, what's the matter, Your Majesty?" Sauron rested his hand on his abdomen, looked at him brightly and moistly with tears in his green eyes, and coughed silently, "No...don't you think it's funny?..."

Bazel: "..."

"Aveiro..."

"Marshal." He kept his head down.

"Quick, find out who designed this mission! I want a reward! There will be rewards! Hahahahaha..."

Sauron managed to recover a bit of strength, and seeing the white ball still lying motionless on the ground, he couldn't help but burst out laughing, "And that dog... Lance's dog! Unexpectedly, it was shot by an empty gun!" I fainted from fright! Hahahahaha..."

The owner whose name was called had a very delicate expression at this moment, as if a battle between heaven and man was going on... In the end, he didn't know which side won, so he turned around abruptly and sat back on the chair with big strides, his slender right The legs are pressed on the sitting legs, and there is an imposing manner of not disturbing others.

Di Valen swallowed, but decided to obediently reduce his sense of presence, and continued to squat down by his hand like a puppy.

While Rogge was explaining, he looked at the comment section on Starnet, and as expected, the screen had already been swiped by a string of "hahahahahahaha".He couldn't help but pick out a few of the most interesting comments and read them to the audience, trying to mediate the sad atmosphere.

It wasn't until this time that everyone's mood changed from the state of Apollo's "resurrection from the dead".

"Huh? We saw that Old Joseph, the most confused NPC in history, spoke again! He proposed to let two dogs accompany him to the town to see a doctor for his granddaughter. Is there any hidden mission?" Rogge After taking a sip of water, "However, there are many people in the town. If we go, we should have more chances to rescue NPCs!"

On the screen, Old Joseph picked up his granddaughter. Alpha looked at his partner who was still on the ground, opened his mouth, grabbed the soft flesh behind its neck, and lifted it up with difficulty.

In this way, he followed the old man out of the wooden house.

After walking a few steps, since the two dogs were about the same size, Alpha had a hard time holding it. If he was not careful, Yao Zai'er was thrown on a few firewood sticks.

Just when Alpha was about to pick it up again, he heard a childish "Aww~!"

The white dumpling exploded on the spot, and the hair on its belly was still attracting a few clusters of sparks. It rolled and crawled to get off the firewood stick, and then lay down on the mud with all its strength and flattened its limbs.

"Pfft—" The spark was suppressed, and a puff of gray smoke rose from under its stomach...

"Oh my god! The firewood ignited spontaneously! If it burns up after we leave, the consequences would be unimaginable. Is it because of the dry weather?... In short, you saved my house, little cutie who came back from the dead, oh no, It saved the lives of people in this forest and the surrounding town!" Old Joseph said cheerfully, and looked at Alpha again, "Of course it's also your credit, you threw it on the firewood stick accurately, didn't you? "

As soon as his words fell, the ranking on the giant screen changed drastically!

No. 13 and No. 101 quickly appeared at the top of the first page from three pages away!The number of rescued people behind them has become——2000!

"Aveiro!" Bazel couldn't help being angry, "What's going on?!"

"Return to Your Majesty..." Ai Weiruo lowered his head, "Judging according to the rules of the game, it is indeed a matter of eliminating the fire and saving the lives of human NPCs..."

"..."

With a flash of inspiration, Rogge explained to everyone: "I know! Because no participating dog has ever started the task of [baby who nearly fell into the belly of a wolf], old Joseph's granddaughter must have been eaten by wild wolves! Then Old Joseph should be crying in the house or burying his granddaughter at this time, and will not leave the yard, so he can find the firewood stick that spontaneously ignited... And now that Apollo and Alpha have completed the task, Old Joseph is going to town, if Had Apollo not extinguished the fire with his body, the firewood would have ignited after they were gone, burning down the entire forest and the surrounding town!"

The whole audience was stunned.Faced with this unexpected joy that fell from the sky, I just feel that I have finally seen it with my own eyes today, what is lying to win.

The "Lie Win" contestant Apollo is still ignorant of luck, and is licking the burnt soft fur on his belly in distress.

Its pure white fur is not only dirty, it is also bald, and it is burnt yellow, which is extremely ugly.

Yao Zai'er was aggrieved on the ground, the more he licked, the more he wanted to cry.

Alpha walked up and down in front of it apologetically, trying to help, but was turned away by Bai Tuanzi, who was throwing a fit.

Because of the little episode of Yao Zaier putting out the fire, they still didn't follow Old Joseph to the town in the end, but this is not important anymore.

The number of 2000 is the sum of the number of people rescued by other participating dogs, which is also difficult to achieve.

The first assessment - tied for No.1 in the Jedi search and rescue competition:

Participating dog No. 13: Alpha

And entry dog ​​No. 101: Apollo.

Di Valen looked at Lance with a full face of admiration. At first he thought it was his own dog leading the Marshal's dog to a race, but it turned out to be completely the opposite - if it wasn't for the Marshal's dog, his Alpha would not have been able to start this magical mission , It is even more impossible to just deal with two wild wolves, watch them lick their hair happily, watch the whole game, and finally win the championship in a daze!

The portal lit up again, and the participating dogs who woke up from their respective spaces rushed out one after another and ran towards their respective owners!

Alpha's stout figure leaped nimbly, and just jumped into Di Valen's arms, and one person and one dog played together affectionately.

"Good job! Brother! You look so handsome killing a wolf!"

"Aww!" Alpha yelled twice energetically, then got off the master and looked around.It is looking for a new partner of its own.

Di Valen cast his eyes on Lance again. He had been waiting in front of the door since a long time ago, and his expression looked a little serious.The boy murmured in his heart, could it be that he was angry at the fact that Apollo was fainted?

He has seen too many poor dogs that greet their masters' wrath as soon as they come out, and he can't help but feel deep sympathy for his new Alpha companion...

Waiting until the dog tide completely subsided, and there was no one at the portal, the last snow-white fluffy white ball cautiously got out of it.

It had its tail between its legs, as if it was at a loss to be squeezed among many much taller dogs.When he was hesitating about how to take a step, he raised his head and saw the man standing closest to the door.

He was looking at himself as if he had been waiting for a long time.

After staring at each other for a moment, slowly, they opened their arms towards themselves.

Yao Zai'er's round ears stood up, his almond eyes sparkled, and without hesitation, he ran towards him happily and quickly with his short legs.

On the playing field, the little white figure was picked up in the arms of the tall man.

However, before they had time to make out, the ass was slapped mercilessly!

"Have you learned to pretend to be dead? Are you comfortable lying on the ground?" The man said in a deep voice, and slapped him again.

"Aww! Aww..." Yao Zai'er twisted left and right to hide, and almost fell off him. The next second, he was hugged even tighter.

Lance rubbed the little one on the heart, tightly, exhausting all his strength, but he was not willing to hurt it at all.For two hours, it played inside, and I was even more nervous outside. My heart went up and down with it, and I couldn't relieve my anger without a beating.

Lance let out a heavy breath.

Yao Zai'er gradually stopped struggling, stuck out her little tongue, and licked the man's palm.

I heard the man's much gentler voice this time, softly said: "Apollo. You did a great job, and I'm proud of you."

***

The fierce dogs who had just participated in the competition hadn't had a long rest when they heard Rogge's voice on the radio again, "Attention everyone, please pay attention! The owners and participating dogs who passed the first assessment will be in an hour later. Please go back to the entrance of the competition field, we are about to conduct the second assessment! This assessment is to be participated by the participating dogs and their owners, and the tacit understanding and obedience between them are examined, and the form is more exciting! Please viewers Take a break and don't walk away!"