novelhk Chapter 12 The Last Job
Chapter 12 The Last Job
As viewers watched the heartwarming scenes of everyday life flash across the screen, they couldn't help but flood the screen with comments.
[Viewers worldwide: Ahhhhhh, this is so sweet! I'll give you a gift, please, please get married!]
[Junior Sister of the Taixu Sword Sect: Master, I've realized! The ultimate sword isn't a ruthless sword, but a sword of protection. I also want to find someone to protect me…!]
[Company executive: What happened to that fat guy who mocked Lu Li before? Have you found him?]
I'm going to personally offer incense to him. If I offend such a cosmic-level saint of pure love, he'll probably be reincarnated on a square planet in his next life.
……
However, just when the whole universe thought this sweet period would last forever.
A dimly lit afternoon.
An unexpected ringtone interrupted the two people who were watching a movie on the sofa.
Lu Li went to the balcony and connected the call.
A processed male voice came through.
"The location has been found. It's in the abandoned starport, Putello."
"But... are you really going to do this?"
After listening, Lu Li glanced at Kafka, who was yawning on the sofa, and smiled.
"Isn't this the best possible outcome you found out of countless possibilities?"
There was a moment of silence on the other end of the communication line: "...This is what I owe you."
"It's okay, just remember to take good care of her for me."
Lu Li hung up the call and took a deep breath.
When he turned around, all the struggle and pain on his face had disappeared.
Instead.
It was an unprecedented, even heartfelt, gentle smile.
Lu Li walked up to Kafka, who was looking at him curiously, squatted down, and gently straightened her slightly disheveled collar.
"Kafka".
Lu Li's voice was as gentle as ever.
"Let's go and finish this last 'job'."
"And then, we'll be together forever, never to be apart again."
Kafka nodded as if she understood, then broke into a radiant smile.
"good!"
The image on the screen froze on that smile.
Meanwhile, the entire universe outside the screen fell into a deathly silence.
A few moments later, several comments appeared on the screen.
[Uh, this should be the same as usual, but I have to ask, even though it's such a warm and sweet scene, why do I have this uneasy feeling?]
[Hmm, has my taste changed? Why can't I suddenly taste anything sweet?]
[By the way, wasn't Putello mentioned in the scene just now? I don't remember him being there...]
Speaking of which, wasn't the place where Lu Li appeared in the very beginning of the scene...?
【…】
On the Starry Sky Train, March 7th looked on with some confusion: "Putello? What kind of place is that?"
"I remember this place."
Walter adjusted his glasses, his tone heavy. "That was a mining planet belonging to the Interstellar Peace Corporation a long time ago."
"A large-scale 'mental plague,' also known as 'demonic spirit' by the Immortal Ship people, broke out there for unknown reasons."
"The entire planet was turned into a dead zone in a short period of time, and was subsequently occupied by the antimatter legion and designated as a top-level restricted area by the company."
Himeko nodded, her gaze slightly darkening as she murmured, "He actually wants to take Kaffa to such a dangerous place..."
For some reason, an inexplicable unease welled up in her heart.
but……
Himeko glanced at Lu Li, who stood to the side, looking indifferent (bored).
Now that Lu Li is here, Kafka should also live well.
That means the ending... shouldn't be as bad as she thought, right?
At the same time, the previously silent comments began to scroll.
[It's an illusion, it must all be an illusion!]
【Yeah! It must be my imagination. After all, Kaffa is smiling so happily, and Lu Li is smiling so gently. What could be wrong?】
[Yes, just like Lu Li said, once they complete this mission, they'll be together forever!]
[That's right, Lu Li said it himself!]
【…】
With a sense of relief and anticipation, everyone looked up at the sky once again.
……
The camera pans across the screen, and the two are now standing at the doorway.
Lu Li was straightening Kafka's combat uniform collar, just as he had done countless times before.
Lu Li gave instructions as he tidied up.
"Remember, the enemy is very strong this time. Don't stray more than ten meters from me."
"Yes!" Kafka nodded emphatically, her face full of excitement.
"Keep the communicator on. No matter what happens, follow my instructions, understand?"
"Understood!" she replied crisply.
Lu Li paused for a moment.
Then he took a strawberry-flavored lollipop out of his pocket, unwrapped it, and put it in Kaffa's mouth.
"If... I mean if."
His voice was low, as if he were talking to himself.
"If I'm gone one day, you must learn to take care of yourself."
"Don't mistake salt for sugar anymore, tie your shoelaces properly, and remember to put your clothes away..."
"Also, don't trust anyone who's easy to be nice to you..."
"Ah Li, what nonsense are you talking about?"
Kafka, with a candy in her mouth, interrupted him, her words muffled, "Didn't we promise to be together forever?"
Looking into Kafka's clear eyes, which reflected his own image.
Lu Li finally managed a gentle smile and ruffled her hair.
"Yes, it's settled."
"Little Black, watch the house carefully." Kafka waved to the black cat sitting in the entryway and went out first.
Lu Li took one last look at the apartment, which was full of life, and gently placed the key to the apartment on the cabinet in the entryway.
The door slowly closed.
The black cat sat quietly in the entryway, watching the two figures gradually disappear.
……
The scene shifts in the sky.
A small, black shuttle silently pierced the sky and entered warp drive.
Destination – Putello Abandoned Starport.
The cabin was very quiet.
Kafka sat in the passenger seat, swinging her legs and humming an off-key tune.
She was holding a brand-new black submachine gun that Lu Li had carefully tuned.
Lu Li silently piloted the spaceship, his gaze fixed on the bizarre and dazzling Milky Way rushing past the window.
His profile flickered in and out of focus in the shifting light and shadow.
Soon, the spaceship carrying Lu Li and the other person completed its warp jump.
The moment the shuttle burst out of warp space, an apocalyptic scene appeared before the two and the entire universe's audience.
The sight before them made everyone's hearts tighten.
A huge, burning, dark red star hangs like the eye of a dying beast against the backdrop of the dark universe.
The distorted light stained the entire galaxy with an ominous blood-red hue.
Beneath that red light lay a vast, boundless graveyard of steel.
The massive circular starport has been broken, and the wreckage of countless warships floats in the vacuum like the skeletons of whales, silent and desolate.
Black, poisonous fog drifted through the planet's air, and the insectoid creatures of the antimatter legion could be vaguely seen roaming the land.
This is Putello, a once-thriving interstellar hub.
now.
This is just a desolate planet where the air is filled with terrifying demonic toxins, and ordinary people would go mad if they even inhaled just one breath.
All that remains is the deathly silence after destruction.