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She didn't speak, but her clear mental incantations flowed like a spring through everyone's hearts:
Go protect everyone.
"No!" Mai Shutoku shouted sharply almost as soon as Erii conveyed her thoughts. She moved swiftly to block the doorway, her cold and beautiful face filled with anxiety. "It's too dangerous outside! It's full of missiles! You stay here, we have a defense system!"
Su Enxi immediately stood up from her workbench and quickly added:
“That’s right, Your Highness! The boss entrusted you to us to protect your safety! If you rush out and anything happens to you, the boss…”
She paused, her voice filled with bitterness and deep fear, "The boss will definitely go crazy! And the final result will definitely be a war that destroys the entire world! Do you understand?"
Erii listened quietly, her clear eyes reflecting the anxiety and bitterness on Su Enxi and Shude Mai's faces.
She shook her head firmly, and the hymn came again, carrying an undeniable, gentle strength:
"I understand, but I must protect everyone until he returns."
Her gaze swept over everyone in the room—Ling, Su Enxi, Jiu De Mai, Su Xiaoqiang, and Liu Miaomiao.
"Aren't you all important people to him too?"
Her gaze finally settled on Su Enxi and Jiu De Mai, filled with genuine concern:
"If anything happens to you, he will definitely be very sad."
These simple words struck Su Enxi and Jiu Demai like a heavy hammer blow to their hearts.
They were instantly speechless, a bitter feeling welling up inside them.
Yes, in the boss's heart, they may just be capable subordinates and reliable "one of their own," but they are definitely not "lovers" like Erii, Zero, or even Su Xiaoqiang and Liu Miaomiao.
This realization is particularly clear and particularly painful at this moment.
But now is clearly not the time to discuss this.
Mai opened her mouth, as if to say something, but Zero suddenly spoke:
"Don't be reckless." Her voice was still cold, but it carried a hint of concern that was hard to detect. "Your power is strong, but you can't fully control it yet. Using it forcibly is very risky."
Erii shook her head again, her small body seemingly containing immense determination:
"I have to go. Right now, I should be the strongest here."
She looked at Zero, her gaze pure and unwavering:
"I must protect everyone, just as you taught me to protect me."
These gentle words carried immense power.
Looking into Erii's unwavering eyes, Mai looked at her and instinctively wanted to step forward to stop her, but Zero stopped her with a single glance.
Zero's icy blue eyes gave Erii a deep look, as if she had made a momentous decision.
She closed her eyes, then snapped them open again in an instant, her gaze sweeping across everyone in the room like lightning, her voice resolute:
"follow me!"
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Without a moment's hesitation, he turned and strode out of the room.
Erii followed without hesitation.
Su Enxi and Jiu Demai exchanged a glance, both seeing the complexity in each other's eyes.
But instinct overwhelmed all other thoughts, and he immediately protected Su Xiaoqiang and Liu Miaomiao, following closely behind.
Zero is the clear objective—a temporary meeting room.
Pushing open the door, a heavy and oppressive atmosphere immediately enveloped the room.
Xia Mi's carefree attitude had vanished, replaced by an unusual solemnity and gravity.
Genji gripped the handle of the Spider Cutter tightly, his knuckles white, his eyes sharp as an eagle's;
Chu Zihang was like a drawn sword, silently gathering power.
Chen Motong leaned against the wall, her expression complex and unreadable.
Upon seeing Zero arrive with everyone, Genji abruptly turned his head, his eyes instantly filled with worry, especially when he saw Erii:
"Miss Zero? What are you doing here? It's too dangerous here! Quickly take Erii to a safer area..."
His words were interrupted by Erii's clear mental incantation:
"Brother, I will protect everyone."
Yuan Zhisheng was stunned.
He looked at his sister, whose clear eyes, which always held a sense of innocent dependence, were now shining with a light he had never seen before.
She was no longer the fragile girl who hid behind him and Lu Mingfei, needing to be carefully held and protected.
An indescribable surge of heat rushed to his eyes and nose, and the astonishment on his face was instantly replaced by a smile that was a mixture of bitterness and pride.
"Okay...okay!" He nodded vigorously, as if a heavy burden had been lifted from his shoulders, or as if he were welcoming a new life.
He understood that, in terms of pure power burst, Erii at this moment might truly be the strongest among everyone present!
Her judgment was powerful enough to tear the sky apart!
Zero wasted no time for sentimentality; her gaze instantly locked onto Xia Mi, and she spoke rapidly, like a commander on a battlefield:
"Xia Mi!"
"Here!" Xia Mi stood up straight as if by reflex, her murderous aura intensifying.
"You and Erii go together!" Zero's voice was clear and forceful. "Give ground defense to Chisei, Chu Zihang, and us. As for intercepting the missiles in the air, that's your task! Can you do it?"
"Roger that, sir! Mission accomplished!" Xia Mi's reply was firm and resolute, her eyes instantly blazing with a mixture of excitement and fighting spirit, as if she had finally waited for this moment.
She subconsciously looked at Erii, who happened to be looking back at her. Their eyes met, and a silent understanding was reached in an instant.
"What?" Yuan Zhisheng and Chu Zihang exclaimed almost simultaneously, their faces filled with disbelief and astonishment.
Should Erii be sent to intercept the missile?
Although I know her words are powerful, they are like hundreds of deadly weapons coming at high speed!
What puzzled them even more was why Xia Mi had to go with them?
In their minds, Xia Mi, though lively and energetic and quite strong, was just an excellent A-level hybrid.
Sending her to help Erii intercept missiles? That's like a mantis trying to stop a chariot!
Genjiro looked at Zero, his eyes filled with questions and worry: "Miss Zero, Erii, she..."
Although Chu Zihang did not speak, his furrowed brows and sharp gaze expressed the same doubt.
Why send Xia Mi?
However, Zero only gave them a cold, unquestionable look:
"Execute the command! There's no time to explain!"
"Xia Mi, Erii! Take the emergency exit to the rooftop! Hurry!"
Xia Mi grinned and instantly grabbed Erii's cold little hand: "Come with me, little apprentice!"
Before she finished speaking, her figure had already darted out of the conference room door like a wisp of smoke, her speed astonishing, far exceeding Yuan Zhisheng and Chu Zihang's expectations!
Erii was led along by her, her skirt fluttering, without the slightest hesitation.
Watching the two figures disappear, Yuan Zhisheng and Chu Zihang felt a storm of surprise and doubt surging in their hearts.
Zero's arrangement must have a deeper meaning! Xia Mi... just who is she?
But now, there's no time to think. Zero's icy voice pierced the deathly silence of the conference room like an ice pick:
"Zhisheng, Chu Zihang, guard the main gate and the emergency exit entrance! Mai, Enxi, prepare for internal defense and counterattack! Xiaoqiang, Miaomiao, stay close to us!"
Boom! ! !
A massive explosion suddenly erupted overhead, causing the entire building to shake violently! The first wave of missiles had arrived!
The rooftop of the Genji Heavy Industries building.
The biting wind whipped Erii's long, bright red hair and the delicate hem of her kimono.
The piercing alarms, the whistling of missiles tearing through the air at high speed in the distance, and the sudden bursts of chaos throughout the city intertwined, like a symphony of the apocalypse.
Xia Mi, standing beside her, had long since lost her lively smile, replaced by an expression as cold and dignified as an ancient glacier.
She looked up at the dozens of points of light in the night sky that were rapidly expanding, trailing orange-red flames like the spears of death, her eyes sharp as knives.
"Are you scared?" Xia Mi's voice still reached Erii's ears clearly through the strong wind, carrying a hint of barely perceptible excitement.
Erii shook her head vigorously, her small hands clenched tightly, a determined flame burning in her pure eyes:
"Don't be afraid! We must protect everyone!"
"Alright!" Xia Mi shouted in a low voice, "Prepare to attack! Remember, unleash your full power! Don't worry about hurting me! Watch my hand gestures!"
Just as the first batch of missiles had flown over the building and were about to swoop down, the deadly sense of oppression was almost suffocating.
"Make your move." Xia Mi's eyes flashed with golden light, making the entire Genji Heavy Industries building seem to have grown two eyes in the twilight.
Her body is covered in jet-black scales.
She is half-dragon.
But it takes time.
Erii took a deep breath, as if she wanted to inhale all the power in the world into her lungs.
She suddenly looked up, her blood-red pupils instantly lighting up like two burning stars!
She slowly opened her arms, as if embracing the impending destruction, or as if proclaiming a verdict to the sky!
A pure will to destroy, centered on Erii, spread out with a roar!
Her voice, no longer uttered through mental incantations, carried the power of some kind of rule, resounding like a divine oracle directly into the depths of the souls of every living being in the skies above Tokyo:
"Judgment."
The moment the words fell...