After being captured by the old enemy

"and many more."

Rand, who had been silent all this time, suddenly spoke up.

Esther frowned and looked at him: "What's wrong?"

"There must have been an accident in the last experiment. If you really wanted to benefit His Highness, you shouldn't have hurt him!"

Rand walked quickly to his side, stopped his hand, stood in front of Ji Xingjue, and said sharply: "Yeser, are you for His Highness, or for yourself?"

Esther's face was a little stiff: "Of course I did it for..."

The Pope sneered abruptly: "Are you for Ludwig, or for the Ludwig in your mind?"

Iser looked over coldly, strode up to him, picked him up, and said in a low voice, "Tell me, what is your method."

Facing this bewitching and beautiful face, even the Pope was a little terrified.

He calmed down and looked directly at Iser: "You let me go first."

Iser squinted and stared at him for a few seconds, and actually let the Pope go.

"The method is very simple, but it is not easy to say that it is simple." The Pope finally broke free from the shackles, rubbed his wrists, and looked around imperceptibly. "First of all, the equipment here is not good..."

Esther tapped the table with her fingertips, a little impatient: "It's useless to delay time, do you want to suffer again, or die quickly?"

The inhuman experience of the previous body came into his mind again, the Pope shuddered and paused for a moment: "Well, it's okay to tell you. You need to bring Ludwig back to the Holy City and study it underground. Let’s do another freezing experiment in the room, capture his mental frequency, and adjust the frequency of the memory chip to be the same, and that’s it.”

"It's that simple?" Esther couldn't believe it.

The Pope spread his hands: "It's as simple as that. You 'smart people' are always used to complicating things. But only I know the specific operation method. You probably don't want to conduct experiments again and again to make your Highness miss you so much." suffer?"

Yser didn't speak, but turned to look at Ji Xingjue.

He was lying on the experimental table, like a bound butterfly, fragile and beautiful.

Ludwig was always like this in the past, pale and weak, with a few hints of bitter medicinal fragrance on his body, always smiling, enduring the torment of illness, and exuding warm kindness to the people around him.

Esther hardly hesitated.

Do you believe in the pope, take the risk of being found by Qi Qing and leave here, hide from the chasing soldiers and return to the holy capital, or just pour your memory into it?

If Ji Xingjue can recover his memory immediately, even if Qi Qing comes to him, he will be facing a strange Ji Xingjue, which will surely shock the lackeys of the empire, and experience how he is suffering like ice thorns now. pain.

The laboratory fell silent, and everyone was waiting for Iser's decision.

Rand walked up to the optical brain and glanced at the data on it, all of which were Ji Xingjue's body data.

"Iser," the pope said suddenly, "you're going to kill me anyway, aren't you?"

Esther glanced at him indifferently: "If you hadn't done those stupid things, maybe I would consider saving your life."

He kept people in the imperial capital without telling him, and used the influence he left behind when he was lurking to frame Ji Xingjue, and secretly assassinated him many times-the Pope was standing in front of him at this moment, and he could bear it without doing anything, which was already the limit.

The Pope said softly, with a weird tone of voice.

But Esther didn't pay attention.

He wandered around a little anxiously, the balance in his heart fluctuating.

Ji Xingjue looked at several people in the laboratory with cold eyes, and looked at the little robot with lowered eyes.

The little guy wrote in the palm of his hand before, and it could unlock the metal buckle on his hand.

But the speed was a bit slow, and after a while, only one was untied.

The little robot struggled to get the second one, muttering: "Papa, come quickly, mama is being bullied."

A warm current flowed through Ji Xingjue's heart, and he whispered: "Baby, when there is chaos in the laboratory, you should find a place to hide and don't come out. When Papa comes, you will come out to look for him, you understand?"

Although the tone was soft, it was an order from the master.

The program of the little robot cannot allow it to disobey the master's order.

It gave a low "Oh", somewhat reluctantly.

At this moment, Esther seemed to have made a decision.

He looked at the Pope and said slowly, "Of course I can't bear to see His Highness suffer."

"However, there is no need for you to exist."

Everything happens in an instant!

As soon as Iser opened his mouth, the Pope rushed to Ji Xingjue without hesitation, flipped his hands over, and found a pocket gun that was only the size of a palm.

Rand, who was guarding in front of the optical brain, changed his face, and then realized that he had missed the search, and blocked Ji Xingjue without hesitation.

With a slight "poof", Rand groaned and fell limp to the ground.

Esther was furious: "You are courting death!"

Even though the Pope's body had been strengthened, his strength and speed were stronger than that of ordinary people, yet he couldn't escape Iser's furious blow.

He was thrown to the wall with a bang, and a clear sound of bone shattering could be heard, his body twitched, and there was no more movement.

Esther quickly walked up to Rand, grabbed the hemostatic spray, quickly gave Rand emergency treatment, carried him to another laboratory table, rummaged through the first-aid injections, his chest heaved violently: "Uncle Rand, Are you okay? Don't worry, I will take you and His Highness out of here immediately, and return to the holy capital, and it will soon be the same as before..."

"Esther."

Ji Xingjue interrupted Yser.

Esther's hands were stained with Rand's blood, and she stared blankly.

Ji Xingjue sat up at some point.

The shackles on his hands have been lifted, one hand is propped on the experimental table, and a chip is twisted between the fingers of the other hand.

It is the memory chip that he regards as a treasure.

He suddenly realized what Ji Xingjue wanted to do, his pupils shrank, and his body trembled uncontrollably: "No! Your Highness, don't, that, that is your memory..."

"I do not care."

Ji Xingjue looked at him expressionlessly, and with all his strength, he broke the chip severely.

There was a soft cracking sound of "click", and there was a "buzz" in Iser's mind, and the whole person froze in place.

It seems that what Ji Xingjue crushed was a hope.

The one he misses the most, the one he loves the most, the complete Ludwig that should belong to him.

His god is taking revenge on him in the cruelest way.

Iser's breathing became heavy: "Why... don't you want to remember all that, you almost..."

The effect of that injection is still there, and it took Ji Xingjue more than half of his strength just to break the chip. He tried to sit up, his face was pale and indifferent, and he stared at Iser: "As Rand said, Iser Ser, are you for me or for yourself?"

Iser opened his mouth and was speechless. His expression was dazed, and he looked a little pitiful: "But, I just want you to come back to me..."

Ji Xingjue closed his eyes.

The tolerant and hearty Duke Qibai, the always foolish and serious Luo Fan... Faces flashed before his eyes, he let out a deep breath, and calmly opened his eyes: "Whether I have a complete memory or not, I will never come back to you."

Esther stood there alone, looking hurt.

Ji Xingjue stared at Yser's every move, and Yser was a little lost. Neither of them noticed that the Pope, who was lying motionless on the ground, silently raised his head.

The little robot had already been pushed under the experimental table by Ji Xingjue, and when it was scanned incorrectly, he raised his head in a daze.

Ji Xingjue gave him an order not to come out.

But papa told him to protect mama no matter what.

It is the egg that loves mama the most.

It was too late when Ji Xingjue realized something was wrong.

The Pope raised his gun again, with a hint of madness in his expression: "Ludwig!"

There was a loud "bang", and the little robot swooped out from the corner to meet the gunshots at close range, smashing into pieces.

Ji Xingjue never knew that robots would disobey orders.

The little guy's chubby body had been torn open a big hole, and the light in his eyes was extinguished. He hurriedly caught the destroyed little robot, and regardless of the sharply rising heat, he stretched out his hand, gasping for breath, to rescue the core of the little robot. .

Even though I have joked many times, and the little robot wants to dismantle it, even if this little guy is really not very smart, and he is always stupid, but—this is——

A layer of skin was burned off his fingers, and Ji Xingjue rescued the core of the little robot, but he didn't know if it was damaged under such a close-range impact.

Will that little robot that will jump out and lie on his and Qi Qing's feet every time the door is opened, and always like to hug his legs and climb on his shoulders, come back?

Iser, who was a step behind, also reacted, drew the gun at his waist, and fired several shots at the Pope.

The Pope choked out a mouthful of blood, and his superior physique prevented him from dying immediately. He glanced at Ji Xingjue and then at Iser in a trance, with a weird twisted smile on the corner of his mouth: "That chip...cough, cough Cough, is it really that important..."

Esther fired again without blinking.

"...Don't you dare to admit it, he actually..."

Iser kept a cold face, and the last shot directly pierced the Pope's temple.

The pope's voice stopped, and the smile froze on the blood-stained face, as if he thought of something happy before he died, and he was extremely happy.

Yise threw away the gun in his hand, walked up to Ji Xingjue, looked at Ji Xingjue who was clutching the core tightly and kept his head down in silence, feeling a little at a loss: "Your Highness, don't worry, I can help you Put it back together...sorry, I was careless."

For the former defeated general, he really didn't take it very seriously.

He was so annoyed that he turned around and gouged out the eyes of the completely dead Pope: "It's all his fault, he shouldn't have died so easily."

Ji Xingjue moved, raised his eyes, the tails of his eyes were slightly red, and his voice was hoarse: "Is it all his fault?"

It is impossible for a person like Iser to recognize his own mistakes.

Iser said stubbornly: "It's all his fault, I'll take you away immediately."

He walked to the optical brain, picked up the terminal he had left there before, and contacted his subordinates who were guarding outside.

However no response was received.

Esther's eyelids twitched.

The laboratory door was knocked open.

With a bang, the imperial army with live ammunition poured in from outside.

Qi Qing walked in the front, her cold gaze met Yise's.

Esther said "ha": "It's you again, you are really a stalker."

Qi Qing ignored him, and turned her gaze to Ji Xingjue behind him.

Seeing the broken shell of the little robot, his breathing was slightly stagnant.

At this moment, Rand, who was lying motionless on the test bench, suddenly raised his hand, pressed the button beside him, and rushed over to hold Esther.

The floor under the two of them suddenly cracked a crack, and they fell together.

The mechanism closed again immediately, Damel rushed up and pressed the mechanism twice, but the ground did not open again, he cursed in a low voice, looked at Ji Xingjue, did not dare to speak, looked down to find the release of the restraint button, pressed it.

Qi Qing still looked at Ji Xingjue, her voice was very deep: "Let people guard all the exits and conduct a carpet search. The warships in space are on standby at any time, and any strange warships are prohibited from setting sail."

"Yes!"

Damel received the order and left the laboratory with a flood of people, leaving only a few people standing outside and waiting for orders at any time.

After giving orders to his subordinates, Qi Qing strode to Ji Xingjue's side, and met Ji Xingjue's eyes.

His Ah Xing was always calm and elegant, but at this moment his eyes were bloodshot, and tears were faintly shining in the blink of an eye.

He stretched out his hand to grab Qi Qing's arm, his voice was slightly trembling, and he even choked up when he spoke: "Eggy..."

Qi Qing closed her eyes, and pressed him firmly into her arms.

Ji Xingjue buried his head in his neck, and for a moment, Qi Qing felt warm liquid flowing from his neck.

This was the first time he saw Ji Xingjue cry.

"It's okay, Ah Xing, it's okay," he lowered his head and kissed Ji Xingjue's hair, and told him repeatedly, "Don't be afraid, Eggy protected you, and now Xiaobao is here."

"There will be no next time. Once Esther is caught, this should be over."

The author has something to say: continue to kneel...

Knocking down "balls are gone" and "balls are broken", the atmosphere feels a bit strange...

Then, delete the following word (.)

There will be no more sacrifices after that!