Chapter 20 A fight between life and death
Dragging her seriously injured body, Erica escaped from Jin Bin's office and quickly found a dark corner to hide, slowly chewing a piece of cheese brought from the Mulgore Inn.
The food in the hotel has incomprehensible effects. As long as you sit down and eat it, you can quickly recover from your injuries - this is what she accidentally discovered while working in the hotel. She accidentally cut her finger and didn't care about it at the time, but she was surprised to notice that after eating the dinner provided by the hotel owner, the wound miraculously healed.
After repeated attempts, Erica basically confirmed this magical effect.
"Kavus... is such a mysterious and strange bastard!" She thought silently.
Most of the broken ribs have recovered, and apart from the slight pain, there are no major problems. At least it won't affect her actions.
For this exit, she brought a total of three cheeses from the hotel. After eating one piece, she repackaged the remaining two pieces of flattened cheese and stuffed them into the gun bag on her back - this way it would not affect her movements and would not fall while jumping and running. .
Originally, Erica could escape from Hell's Kitchen during the night, but she only hesitated for a few minutes before decisively giving up the idea.
"As long as I persist for three days, I can return there without any worries..."
In fact, she has another option: escape back to Mulgore Hotel!
As long as he can walk through the door alive, that stingy guy will definitely not sit idly by.
But from the beginning to the end, Erica never thought of bringing the trouble back to the hotel. During the escape, she was not even willing to go near a street around the hotel.
I don't know when, her restless and angry mood gradually became calmer. She didn't have to face endless inhuman training, she didn't have to see the assassination targets die powerlessly in front of her, and she didn't have to deal with intrigues and power disputes every day. He kept entangled, and even those dirty faces full of greed and blood no longer appeared in front of him.
very nice……
Erica could swear that this period of time was the most peaceful one she had ever lived in her memory.
More importantly, she felt a real sense of security at the Mulgore Inn.
Yes! A first-rate killer with superb martial arts skills and proficiency in various firearms. After experiencing dancing on the tip of a knife and countless life-and-death struggles, he puts aside the madness and neurosis in his bones. No matter how great the stimulation is, it is not as important as a sense of security. .
Not even when I'm around Daredevil's Matt Murdock.
For this peace and tranquility, and the little obsession deep in Erica's heart, she would rather die in Hell's Kitchen than let this small piece of pure land be polluted in any way.
"Just think of it as my own redemption..."
Erica leaned over and dodged a bunch of random bullets. She jumped to the rooftop of the opposite building and rolled on the spot, dissipating the huge impact.
Such a move, which was usually easy, caused the wound in the abdomen to further expand. Her legs went weak and she couldn't get up for a long time.
She bit her lip hard and quickly scanned the empty platform.
Looks pretty good.
Erica did not stand up, but took out the remaining cheese and stuffed it into her mouth, chewing hard.
Bullseye was already in pursuit.
As a martial arts genius born with the ability to throw accurately, he possesses physical strength, agility, endurance, speed, and reflexes beyond ordinary people. He can tear an enemy's throat with cards and even kill a hundred yards with just a toothpick. Targets outside, not to mention exquisite marksmanship... these are enough to make him the top killer.
In fact, for a long time, he was the ace assassin in the underground world, and then he was spotted by Kingpin and recruited with a lot of money-until Erica appeared.
Strictly speaking, although Erica and Bullseye's martial arts are roughly the same, Erica has a slight advantage in agility, and Bullseye is better than Erica in key indicators such as strength, endurance, and explosive power. Card wins.
The thing is... Erica is a woman, and a beautiful woman at that.
Women have a unique advantage in approaching the target. When two people appear within the attack range of the target at the same time, the first reaction of professional bodyguards when facing the bullseye is to draw their guns, but when they see Erica, they will only Use the object of inspection to first judge the other person's figure...
So after Bullseye spent half a year in prison, he suddenly found that he had lost his original status. Kingpin's first choice for recruiting assassins became that damn woman in red!
Jealousy and resentment made Bullseye lose his mind. He was always thinking about how to defeat and kill Erica, so that he could retain his title as the number one killer in the underground world and have more wealth.
So when an opportunity arose to kill the opponent, he stood up.
"Idiot!" Bullseye immediately jumped onto the platform and sneered, "Do you think you can escape this world?"
He stared at Erica's every move, but did not get close, nor did he take out a gun to kill her - at this point, as an assassin of the same level, he also knew very well what the other party wanted to do.
She had run out of bullets yesterday, and as a throwing expert, Bullseye was confident that he could dodge all Erica's darts, knives and other throwing weapons at this distance.
"Oh? Aren't you going to run away? You have accepted your fate and are you going to sit here and wait for death?"
Erica didn't answer. After swallowing a piece of cheese three times and five times in half, she held her neck and let out a long breath, and then took out her pistol.
Bullseye didn't move, but his pupils shrank slightly.
Sure enough, Erica just fired a shot into the air, and the machine spring made a crisp "click" sound, but no bullet flew out.
She threw the empty gun aside and grabbed the last piece of cheese and stuffed it into her mouth.
Bullseye put the gun in his gun bag, and after she finished eating, he sneered and curled his fingers.
Erica took a deep breath to let the effect of the food take full effect, then slowly stood up straight, shook her hands, and slid out two short thorns from her cuffs.
As soon as her figure flashed, she had already rushed in front of Bullseye, made a feint with her left hand, and stabbed the short thorn in her right hand fiercely towards Bullseye's abdomen. Bullseye took a step back, sideways to avoid Erica's thrust, and then swept across with a heavy swinging fist. Erica hurriedly lowered her head, and the metal fists passed over her head with the sound of wind. Looking at the strength contained in it, if he was hit hard enough, he would probably be beaten to the point where his brains would burst.
Although the two had been fighting openly and secretly for a long time, this was the first time they faced each other head-on. Erica did not dare to compete head-on with Bullseye, so she could only rely on her quick and agile speed to deal with it. Although Bullseye's punches were powerful, he could not easily do anything to Erica for a while.
After all, Erica had been running away without sleep for three consecutive days. As time went by, Erica, whose physical and mental strength was almost at the limit, gradually slowed down. The food in the hotel can only heal physical injuries, but cannot replenish energy.
Bullseye's situation was much better than Erica's. When he saw the opponent's movements gradually slowing down, how could he not know that the opponent had reached his limit? She couldn't help but laugh strangely, and struck hard with a pair of iron fists, forcing Erica to keep dodging.
Finally, Erica could no longer withstand Bullseye's suppression. The short stab with her right hand was blocked by the glove, and the middle door opened wide, revealing a small flaw.
How could the battle-experienced Bullseye miss this opportunity? As soon as he saw it, his right fist punched out hard. With just one punch, Erica's abdomen was deeply dented, her body arched up like a shrimp, and her back even had a slight bulge - which shows how powerful this punch was!
Just when Erica's body was about to be knocked away, she suddenly raised her right hand, and a ray of silver light shot out from her wrist, and shot into Bullseye's chest with a "chi" sound.