Chapter 9 Under Fire
I would not stay with them obediently.
These two S-level fugitives were too dangerous.
I decided to escape at the first chance.
That afternoon the pursuers reached the basement door.
While they were distracted, I rushed out and shouted, "We are here!"
A group of armed men stared at me.
"I am Ji Shutong, Correction Officer from Extreme North Prison, number 2046. The two fugitives are inside..."
They did not move. Instead they raised their weapons and aimed at me.
It looked like they had made a decision.
No, you misunderstood.
I am one of the good ones.
Before I could speak, bullets flew.
"The Queen said, kill without mercy!"
I dodged one shot on instinct, but luck did not last.
A bullet grazed my arm and slammed into the wall.
The pain blanked my mind for a second.
All I could think was that I had let my mother down.
The next second someone threw himself over me.
It was Fu Yanan.
He held me and ran, almost flying through the streets.
I saw the real power of the Empire's great general.
One turn and the pursuers were left behind.
He set me down gently and tore his clothes to bandage my wound.
Only then did I see the sweat on his face and the blood soaking his back.
He had been shot.
After he finished bandaging me, he dug the bullets out one by one with a knife.
He never frowned.
I asked weakly, "You saved me. Why?"
He smiled with self-mockery. "You are innocent."
Then Zhou Zilang joined us.
I asked what was really happening.
He stayed silent for a moment, then told me the story of how they had been framed.