A white pickup truck was running fast on the road. Jackal was driving and Olivia, a freckled girl, was sitting in the passenger seat.
Anna and Gao Zhiming were sitting in the back seat, moving away from the center of the battlefield.
As the wheels of the white truck rolled over a small stone on the road, Gao Zhiming, who was resting his head on Anna's thighs, suddenly shrank his body.
Anna looked down at him and gently stroked his tear-stained cheek.
Gao Zhiming gritted his teeth and persevered through all the chaos before, without any setbacks in the process.
But when he calmed down, the shattered corpses, the blood-sucking monsters, and the screams of those people before they died tortured Gao Zhiming to the point of almost breaking down.
Looking at Gao Zhiming's body curled up like a baby instinctively, Anna felt a trace of heartache in her heart.
No matter how many people he will kill in the future, at least now, he is still a nine-year-old child, and it is too early for him.
Anna reached out and hugged Gao Zhiming, holding him gently in her arms, humming the lullaby, trying to use her warmth to dispel the fear in his heart.
Feeling the familiar smell that was full of security and listening to the gentle singing, Gao Zhiming, whose pale face, finally stopped shaking.
"Master Priest, there is a traffic jam ahead. It looks like the army is imposing martial law." The jackal who was driving one-handed in the front seat reminded.
Anna looked out the window and found that a metal fence had been set up at the intersection in the distance, and some people in military uniforms were checking it.
It seems that in the face of the emergency, local administrators have begun to implement military control.
Judging from the official background of the IMF, it is hard to say that this was done without their authorization.
"Rush into the bushes on the left." Anna ordered.
The surprised jackal looked at Anna through the rearview mirror and said, "It's a forest over there, there's no way to get through."
"I told you to drive, so you drive." Anna said, putting her hand on the back of the car in front of her.
The entire truck vibrated at a high frequency and quickly moved through the forest. Olivia looked at the towering trees passing through her body in amazement.
Thanks to Anna, the truck equipped with the huge mirror easily avoided strict inspection.
However, applying her abilities to such a large object was very draining on Anna's spirit.
The car stopped beside a clear forest stream and began to be repaired.
Anna sat in the car holding Gao Zhiming, watching the jackal easily catch fish in the stream with one hand.
This guy has obviously received wilderness survival training, and he is one of the best.
Anna didn't ask what department he had worked in the IMF, and he didn't tell her either.
He quickly lit up a bonfire and roasted the fish skewered on the branches until they were golden and crispy.
The four of them sat around the campfire in silence, enjoying a peaceful meal after the fierce battle.
Gao Zhiming woke up. Anna held him as he ate the grilled fish in big mouthfuls, with food all over his face. He seemed to want to vent the negative emotions in his heart through eating.
After finishing his food in a few bites, the jackal wiped the greasy corners of his mouth with his hand and stared straight into the clear stream.
"What are you looking at?" Anna asked.
"That branch, the branch that is part of the body of the god Futan." The jackal answered in a hazy voice.
Anna felt very awkward when she heard the other party call Charles "Fentan".
If I had known this earlier before I said the name, I would have just made up a fake one.
"Can you still see the branch?" Anna followed his gaze towards the stream, but still saw nothing.
The jackal pointed his finger over there and said, "He is there. He is everywhere."
This scene frightened the freckled girl next to her. She held the fish with both hands and moved slightly closer to Anna.
The jackal suddenly put his hands down and squatted in front of Anna, who was sitting sideways with her knees bent.
The jackal's expression was very calm, and he said in a neither humble nor arrogant tone: "I think we need to have a good talk."
"Oh? What to talk about?" Anna was waiting for the other party to speak.
"Let's talk about your attitude towards the god Futan. Why don't I detect any respect for Him from your words?"
Anna did not answer his question, but directly took over the conversation and said: "Your task now is to keep praying."
"Pray to the god in your dream and tell that guy that Anna is waiting for his reply. Please contact him for me."
For now, this guy's value seems to be reflected only in this way.
Hearing this, the jackal frowned, "Why don't you use honorifics! You are blaspheming God!"
"Pa!" Anna slapped him on the face, making a crisp sound.
"Pay attention to your status. What qualifications do you have to yell at me? Huh?"
"If you really want to help your God, then do as I say."
Anna pinched the other's cheeks together with her fingers and looked at him with hostility in her eyes.
Dozens of green, corrosive fireballs appeared instantly and surrounded him. If he moved even a little bit, he would die instantly.
When she saw the jackal's gaze move downwards from meeting hers, Anna finally let go of his face.
"Let me guess. Since you are so devout in your belief in him, your purpose must be to meet him, right?"
"As long as you do what I say next, your wish will come true."
Faced with the opponent's almost insulting demonstration, the jackal did not feel any resentment in his heart.
At this moment, in his heart, the existence of God is everything, and his own honor and disgrace are not worth mentioning at all.
"What are you going to do? From what has happened so far, it seems that you are unable to summon the great god Futan."
Anna shook her head slightly and told him her chance. "No need to summon him. He is underground. As long as we can open the door connecting the two places, you will be able to see Him."
“No, you are wrong! The great God Futan is everywhere!! He cannot be trapped in some damn underground world!!”
It seems that the jackal has another explanation of his own in his heart.
Anna didn't intend to argue with him and tapped her temple lightly with her fingers.
"Okay, since your God is everywhere, then you should contact Him and ask Him to bring you to Him. Everything else is just empty talk."
If possible, Anna certainly wouldn't want to wait for so many years. It would be great to just go back to Earthsea.
"I will... I will..." said the jackal and sat back down, continuing to look at the stream.
"Ah! Ms. Anna, look, there's smoke coming out of the back of that car!"
The girl's scream made Anna turn her head quickly and she found that the cargo compartment with the mirror was emitting red mist, as if the scene in the mirror had been leaked.
(End of this chapter)