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With a devilish smile on its face, it looked back at the curtain—there, out of nowhere, an old-fashioned fortress cannon with an extremely exaggerated shape and a muzzle bigger than Gu Qian's head had appeared!
Tom was standing next to the cannon, holding a long, burning match in his hand!
Jerry took a deep breath and suddenly ripped the entire curtain off!
"Sizzle—" (sound of fuse burning)
Gu Qian and Er Kang, who were about to bend down to inspect a wooden box, were drawn by the sudden sound and instinctively turned around—
What came into their view was a huge, dark, bottomless cannon muzzle that seemed capable of swallowing everything, pointed directly at them.
Behind the cannon was Tom's face with a standard villainous grin, and Jerry jumping around excitedly beside him.
Gu Qian and Er Kang's expressions froze instantly, their pupils dilating to the extreme.
"Ah ah ah ah ah--!!!"
The screams of the two were comparable to the howls of a banshee, and they turned to run away.
But it's too late.
Tom lit the fuse with a precise match.
"Bang--!!!!!!!"
A deafening roar, as if it could tear the sky apart!
The cannon spewed out huge flames and thick black smoke, instantly engulfing Gu Qian and Er Kang completely!
The flames and thick smoke slowly dissipated...
All that remained were two human-shaped, charred remains, still emitting wisps of smoke.
Gu Qian and Er Kang remained in their fleeing postures, like two abstract charcoal sculptures.
A gentle breeze blew by, and the two "charcoal sculptures" blinked their only remaining white eyes, then crumbled and collapsed like a weathered sandcastle, finally turning into two wisps of burnt ash that drifted into the distant sky, as if searching for a resurrection point.
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In the distance, at the outdoor seating area of the Deer Hunter Restaurant.
Ying sipped her afternoon tea, watching the series of loud noises, dust storms, and finally the exaggerated cannon blast coming from the west of the city. Helplessly, she put down her teacup and rubbed her temples. "What are they up to now? Weren't they supposed to be dealing with two little demons? This sounds like they're attacking the Wind Dragon Ruins."
Paimon, who was floating to the side, was happily munching on a donut bigger than her face. Hearing this, she chuckled indistinctly, "Hey! Don't worry, Ying! Anyway, chaos is the norm when they're around! As long as justice doesn't come knocking, nothing serious will happen! And look."
She pointed around, and the other Mondstadt citizens seemed unfazed by the commotion in the distance, continuing to eat and drink as usual.
"Everyone's really calm!"
At this moment, the Wolf King, dressed in a well-fitting waiter's uniform (temporarily making an appearance), walked over carrying a plate of freshly baked, fragrant Mondstadt potato pancakes. He elegantly placed the plate on the table, his calm, mechanical voice devoid of any emotion: "According to sensor analysis, although the energy fluctuations are intense, the destructive power is concentrated in a small area, and no life signals have disappeared. Preliminary judgment is that it is the masters' daily... 'interaction and communication'. There is no need to worry, as long as it does not affect the normal operation of the catering area."
Ying looked at the Wolf King, then at the carefree Paimon, and finally sighed, picking up a potato pancake: "Okay... as long as they don't bring trouble here."
As soon as she finished speaking, Tom's signature scream, a mixture of shrillness and a touch of humor, came from afar, along with the rumble of some building collapsing...
It seems that this afternoon in Mondstadt is destined to be anything but peaceful.
Chapter 119 Zhang Chu: "Get out of here!"
The emergency room in the West Wind Church, which should have been solemn and dignified, now looked more like a temporary post-war shelter, or a disaster scene from a comedy comic.
"...So, that's roughly how it is."
With a thick bandage wrapped around his head and a huge ice pack on his forehead, Qingyu weakly reported to Commander Qin, whose face was as gloomy as the sky before a storm.
His clothes were torn in several places and covered with suspicious shovel marks and dust.
The troupe leader braced her hands on the makeshift desk, her knuckles turning white from the force.
She listened to Qingyu's almost absurd narration—
From how a mouse tricked Zhang Chu into stepping on a shovel, to how Zhang Chu stepped on a banana peel and embedded it in the wall, and then to how Gu Qian and Er Kang were blasted to ashes by a giant cannon that appeared out of nowhere—
She felt her sanity teetering on the brink of collapse.
Tired, destroy it.
Even these four guys, who can fly Stormterror like a kite and play the Fatui Executors like monkeys, can be tormented like this by a cat and a mouse...
Mondstadt is probably shrouded in some invisible "aura of reduced intelligence," beyond saving, utterly beyond saving.
Just then, the door to the emergency room was pushed open, and Cavalry Captain Kaia walked in with his head down and unsteady steps.
His usual playful elegance was completely gone, replaced by dust covering his body, his face covered in bruises, and his signature eye patch askew. He exuded an aura of utter despair.
Qin asked, clinging to her last glimmer of hope, her voice trembling almost imperceptibly.
"How's the situation outside...?"
Kaiya looked up, revealing his face, which resembled a palette of colors, and replied in a weary tone as if he had seen through the world: "The situation? It's bad, very bad, Commander. The chase between those two 'ancestors' has started again, demolishing everything from the west side of the city to the east side, and now... now the headquarters building of the Knights of Favonius... has been... smashed in one corner by them using some giant springs and seesaws they got from who-knows-where..."
Captain Qin: “…”
She silently released her grip on the table, slowly straightened up, and looked up at the benevolent (?) face of Barbatos, the god of wind, in the church's stained-glass window, her eyes vacant.
She felt that it wasn't that Mondstadt was beyond saving, but that she, the commander, was about to have a heart attack on the spot.
"boom--!!!"
A sudden loud noise interrupted the zither's self-imposed exile!
A huge anvil, which looked like it was used in a blacksmith's shop, smashed through the window high up in the emergency room like a meteorite, and with a whooshing sound and flying glass shards, it fell precisely and irresistibly towards the only hospital bed in the room!
On the hospital bed lay Er Kang, who had just regained his human form but was still groaning incessantly.
"Boom!!!"
The hospital bed was instantly smashed to pieces, with wood chips flying everywhere.
Er Kang's head, the moment it was struck by the anvil, was once again compressed into a thin sheet of paper in a very cartoonish way, pressed tightly against the ground.
The whole world seemed to fall silent for a second.
Then, Er Kang casually reached out, grabbed the edge of the anvil, and lifted it off his "head" like a hat, throwing it aside with a loud "bang".
He sat up, and the paper head swayed with his movement, its features still displaying a look of astonishment.
"puff--!"
Despite the extremely heavy atmosphere, upon seeing Er Kang's flat, anime-style head, Qin, Kaiya, and even Qingyu with a bag on his head and Barbara who had just entered, all instantly covered their mouths tightly, their shoulders shaking violently, and their faces turning bright red.
Do not laugh! Absolutely do not laugh! This concerns the dignity of the Knights of Favonius!
But... but that paper-thin head was just too impactful!
"Bang bang bang bang-!!!"
Before they could catch their breath, a burst of gunfire, like popping beans, came from outside the window!
Tom was holding an old-fashioned double-barreled shotgun, the muzzle puffing out smoke, and he was firing wildly at Jerry, who was frantically jumping and dodging on church pews, candlesticks, and even Barbara's medical equipment!
The walls were riddled with bullet holes, but Jerry remained completely unscathed. His marksmanship was appalling.
Zhang Chu silently pulled out a huge metal shield bearing the insignia of a Hilichurl mob and held it in front of the broken window, blocking any stray bullets that might fly in.
He sighed, his voice filled with unprecedented weariness and resignation: "Gentlemen, let's think of a way... If this continues, we will no longer be honorary knights of Mondstadt, but the 'fun' of the entire city of Mondstadt."
What can we do?
Qingyu simply gave up and slumped into a chair.
"Are we waiting for them to tire themselves out and come back? I think they have more energy than ten Klee!"
Before he finished speaking -
"boom!!!"
The heavy oak door of the emergency room was kicked open from the outside!
The door slammed against the wall, groaning in pain.
Tom stormed in, wielding a gleaming woodcutter's axe!
Its cat eyes burned with raging fury. Completely ignoring the stunned crowd in the room, it raised its axe and swung it down fiercely at Jerry, who was hiding at Zhang Chu's feet!
Barbara screamed in fright. Jean and Kaia reacted quickly, each grabbing one of Barbara's arms and pulling her to a corner of the room, away from this place of trouble.
Jerry squeaked in fright and hurriedly climbed up Zhang Chu's leg.
And then Tom's axe came along!
"Snap! Bang! Thud!"
The axe narrowly missed Jerry's tail, striking the chair Zhang Chu had just been sitting in, the medical cart next to it, and the wall...
"Ughh ...
A shrill, inhuman scream suddenly rang out!
It turned out that Tom had missed a swing with his axe; the sharp blade had grazed Zhang Chu's calf and struck his instep.
At that moment, he was hugging that leg and started hopping around on one leg in the room, screaming. The scene was both tragic and strangely comical.
Just as Tom and Jerry were about to chase each other out of the emergency room to continue their endless demolition business, an unnamed rage finally broke through Zhang Chu's calm dam!
"You two—!! Stop right there!!!"
Zhang Chu let out a deafening roar, which even shook the dust off his head.
He suddenly stretched out his hands, his arms seemingly breaking through some spatial limitation, reaching directly out of the frame!
The next second, as he pulled his arms back, his two large hands firmly gripped Tom and Jerry, who were trying to escape, as if he were holding two disobedient dolls!
Tom and Jerry screamed and thrashed in pain as they were squeezed, their limbs flailing wildly in the air, and genuine fear finally showed on their faces.
They could sense that this "monster" was truly enraged this time!
"You two bastards, listen up!"
Zhang Chu brought his face close to the cat and mouse. Although the Thunder Hammer was not in his hand, the anger in his eyes was almost bursting out.
"Look what you've done! You've turned the whole of Mondstadt into a mess! Chickens are flying, dogs are barking, houses are collapsing, and you've even demolished the Knights' headquarters! Although... although we do this all the time!"
He paused, seemingly a little unsure of himself, but immediately raised his voice, spitting almost onto Tom's face: "But after we cause this destruction, we'll make amends! We'll fix it! We'll compensate! We'll find a way to recover our losses! And you?! Besides running away! Besides tearing it down! Besides leaving this mess behind, what else can you do?!"
As Zhang Chu grew angrier, he suddenly exerted force with his arm and slammed Tom and Jerry hard against the newly repaired windowpane, making a dull thud.