Advent

"Raymond... tell me, are these guys at the base still doing... those things to you? Those experiments?!"

Allen looked at Raymond, and when he spoke, his voice was filled with uncontrollable anger.

"..."

After hearing Allen's words, Raymond showed a slightly dazed look just right.

At the same time, under the cover of the tin blanket, several extremely thin transparent tentacles quickly spread out from under his skin, and then extended to the lower edge of the hospital bed.The receptors under the tentacles immediately detected the bloodstains that had not been wiped clean.

It was the blood of last night's unlucky "cleaner"—and also a huge hole left by a clumsy tentacles separated by a naga emperor.

"Ellen..."

Raymond's eyes flickered quickly.

"Tell me what they did to you!"

It's just that at this moment, Allen obviously didn't notice the hidden gloom in Raymond's eyes.

In the bottom of Alan's heart, there were only those horrible traces he had seen on Raymond before.

It has to be said that the love and affection evoked by Raymond in his subconscious completely blinded his previous keen intuition, and also left enough room for Raymond... no, it should be said, Emperor Bai. .

"Ellen is caring about me &...I'm so happy!"

A look of surprise slowly appeared on Raymond's face.

Although there were still tears in the corners of her eyes that she hadn't had time to wipe clean.

"No one...no one dares to treat me like that again!" Raymond sniffled, and then seriously said to Alan, "Alan said that it was wrong...so I won't let those People come close, and if they come close to me, I'll... hit them!"

While speaking, Raymond raised his arm seriously like a child, and waved it quickly in mid-air.

It's just that, unlike children, Raymond has long since left his terribly thin image. At this time, his body has been covered with lean and strong muscles, and his extraordinarily tall figure is even more impressive. This action made him seem particularly intimidating.

...he does appear to have the strength to violently resist various medical experiments.

Seeing Raymond like this, Allen relaxed a little.

He belatedly remembered the series of commotions that Raymond had caused in the ward area before.Yes, how could I forget?Raymond can't control himself when he is emotional, and even causes quite terrible bloody conflicts.

"...Don't let those people treat you like a laboratory animal."

Allen forcibly suppressed the care and worry in his heart that made him feel embarrassed, and then he said to the other party with a straight face.

"I listen to Alan." Raymond responded immediately, "...I listen to Alan in everything."

After the words fell, Raymond immediately showed a particularly bright smile towards Allen.

That smile is pure, hot, sweet...

It even made Allen's expression loose, and he involuntarily pursed his lips at Raymond and showed a faint smile.

...It's just that, even Alan himself didn't realize that, in the deepest part of his heart, there was a faint unease passing quickly.

Is the blood really left over from the previous fight with those medical officers?

Does this really make sense?

It's just that when Raymond rushed over, and Alan's neck became hot again because of the breath on the opponent's body, and his heart was beating like a beating, his confusion about the blood stains was quickly covered up by other worries.

……

"Raymond Morkmont..."

In the long, empty and silent corridor of the military base, Rafael was walking quickly.

Although there are junior mechanical soldiers and humans passing by from time to time, the fear brought by Raymond Mo Kem's glance at him before seemed to be stuck in his mind, and he couldn't help it. erase.Until now, Rafael's back was still soaked in cold sweat.

Was he the only one who noticed something was wrong with Raymond Morecambe?

For a moment, Rafael even wanted to shout at the group of busy soldiers with bewildered faces.

Fortunately his sanity got him under control.

These guys don't know anything, no, maybe someone in the base knows, but they don't care...

No, maybe someone already cared about it, otherwise they wouldn't have sent the damn "cleaner".

Oh God, why did he think of the cleaner...the missing cleaner and his unfinished tasks.

Countless things and countless worries flooded into Rafael's mind in an instant, almost causing him to completely collapse.

He fought a cold war again, and realized that he had fallen into abnormal anxiety.

After returning to his living cabin, Rafael was like a headless chicken, circling in circles in his room.

Fear, anxiety, confusion...

From meeting his new colleague yesterday to knowing that Raymond Morecambe was actually the cleaning target, everything that happened during this period made Rafael feel anxious and scared.

It was as if somewhere, something had completely derailed.

And he was sitting in the car like an idiot, unaware that the out-of-control car was already sliding towards the cliff.

Raphael suddenly stopped in the room.

No, he had to discuss it with someone.

Although on the surface, he and Sakhir are at the same level, it was not until after taking over Raymond Morecambe's project that Rafael first contacted Sakhir.Unfortunately, the little contact between them is enough for Rafael to know that he and the other party are not compatible at all.

But so what?

A few days ago, Sakhir had already reminded Rafael that the Security Bureau was about to send new colleagues to deal with Raymond Morecambe's project.This can only show that Sakhir must know something he doesn't know...

Now is not the time to be concerned about the relationship between colleagues and not say a word.

Rafael said to himself, and then he rushed out of the cabin and found Sakhir's office directly.

Strangely enough, Sakhir, the famous workaholic, was not in the office on this day.And Sakhir's rookie assistant told Rafael with a puzzled expression that just a few minutes ago, Sakhir sent a message asking for a call.

"Officer Kruhn said that he was unwell, so he couldn't be on duty today..."

Rafael turned around and left Sakhir's office without waiting for the young man to finish speaking.

His mood became worse than before, and his whole body became more anxious.

Are you kidding me, Sakhir Kruhn is on leave?

Would a man like him take time off work because he wasn't feeling well?

Rafael didn't think so, thinking of the missing cleaner made him feel even more uneasy.

Without any hesitation, Rafael came directly to the officer's dormitory area this time. At this moment, most of the people living in this area have already gone to their posts.

The entire officer living area was unusually quiet...

This silence was like an invisible shackle, which made Rafael feel more and more out of breath.

He came to the living cabin marked with Sakhir Kruen's identity plate, and rang the communication bell forcefully.

The monotonous, ear-piercing ringing of the bell was transmitted through the thick metal hatch, hazy all the way to the outside of the hatch.But after waiting at the door for a long time, Rafael did not wait for Sakhir's answer.

Cold sweat trickled down Rafael's forehead drop by drop.

"Damn it, Sakhir, where the hell have you been—"

Rafael was about to curse, he turned around and was about to leave.

But at this moment, he suddenly heard a slight noise.

It sounded... right behind the hatch.

"Sakhir!"

Rafael jumped up.

But when he rang the communication bell again, there was silence once again behind the door.

Only this time, Rafael would not feel that Sakhir's cabin was empty.

It is impossible for him to leave directly like this.

"Sakhir! You better fucking stay alive and—"

While cursing, Raphael took out the ion gun he was carrying with him from his pocket, and angrily aimed at the control panel at the door of the living cabin.Just when he was about to kill the shattered panel and rush into the hatch, the metal door opened automatically.A strong arm suddenly protruded from the room, and then dragged Rafael into the room.

Then, the hatch closed again, shutting everything out.

"Huh - Sakhir?!"

The man who grabbed Raphael was none other than Sakhir Kruen, but at this moment he looked quite bad.

Almost half of the body of this cold and indifferent Alpha officer was stained red with blood, only his face was covered with splattered blood, which made him look like he was wearing a red mask.

And in the middle of the cabin, a corpse was lying on the ground.

There was a long gash in his throat, which was no longer bleeding at this time, the fatal wound was like the mouth of some monster, black and red with a foul smell, and he was naked outside the uniform His skin had turned a hideous bluish-gray—every detail showed that the man was dead.

However, even though the face of the corpse was slightly deformed due to the death, Raphael still recognized the identity of the other person at a glance.

That was the missing person he had chanted 1 times in his heart.

The cleaner.

"For God's sake—what the hell is going on—"

"For God's sake, you better shut up!"

Sakhir wiped off the blood on his face with a clean towel, then stared at Rafael coldly.

Before the latter had time to scream, he spoke forcefully to his colleague.

As before, Sakhir had no expression on his face, his whole body was as cold as a steel plate, but now... this "steel plate" seemed to have just been lifted out of the freezer.

Rafael never liked Sakhir's overly indifferent attitude, but at this time, it was Sakhir's strange calmness that infected him.

Rafael calmed down more or less.

"...I need an explanation."

Rafael raised his head, looked at Sakhir and said.

"I thought it was obvious enough that this new friend of yours tried to assassinate me, but I killed him."

Sakhir said coldly.

"He's going to kill you? Wait...why? He told me the only thing on his to-do list was Raymond—"

Rafael's voice stopped suddenly, because even he realized how stupid what he just said sounded.

All men lie, but the "cleaner" is even more so.

"God..." Raphael staggered back, his breathing became heavy, "You are also his mission target..."

"As a matter of fact, I think so do you. Anyone connected with Raymond Morecambe will be a mission person."

Sakhir said.

"The Security Bureau wants to kill us? We are its employees!"

Raphael muttered in disbelief.

"The Security Service has the right to remove anyone it deems as a potential threat to the safety of the alliance, and that obviously includes its own staff."

Sakhir's tone became colder and colder.But after trying unsuccessfully to wipe the blood, he got up and walked to the corpse. He put his toes against the corpse and forced the "cleaner" to turn over.

"However, I'm afraid the trouble we are facing now has nothing to do with our big boss. Look at this—"

Sakhir squatted down, then grabbed the corpse's head, forcing its side to face Rafael.

Rafael wrinkled his face in disgust, but he still watched Sakhir pinch the ears of the corpse, and then exposed the skin behind the ears

The mark was not conspicuous, but Rafael still noticed it keenly: behind the corpse...that is, behind the cleaner's ear, there was a very faint mark, which suddenly looked like some kind of natural pigment spot.

But when Sakhir took out a test tube and poured the light-colored reagent in the test tube on the skin, the "pigmented spot" quickly showed a small group of complicated lines.

It was a ferocious eagle, with two claws holding a skeleton and a gold coin.

"Eagle, skeleton, gold coin? Wait, this trace could be..."

The blood on Rafael's face faded, and he looked at Sakhir in disbelief.

"If the guess is correct, this guy is from the military department."

Sakhir said softly.

"This mark shows that his previous identity was a 'Black Skull'. We all know that this kind of scum is dedicated to doing dirty work for those big people... I mean the real dirty work. The eagle should be tattooed later, It means that he withdrew from the black skull, and as for the gold coins... Well, the gold coins probably prove that he is still taking jobs."

While speaking, the indifferent Alpha let go of his hand, and the corpse's head hit the ground heavily.

"No matter how crazy our crazy boss is, he wouldn't agree to put this kind of garbage among our people. Then it's clear now: this guy ambushed some hapless guy from the Security Bureau on the way, and then In his place. He didn't come here to kill Raymond Morecambe, he wanted to do..."

"Just kill all the people related to Raymond, and all the clues will only point to the inside of the Security Bureau..."

Raphael continued with a pale face.

"You look a little wiser at last."

Sakhir responded coldly.

The cleaners had sneaked into his living quarters in the early hours of the morning.

It has to be said that even Sakhir has to admit that these damned black skeleton mercenaries are indeed unique-the heavy security measures Sakhir set up around the living cabin have no effect at all.If it wasn't for the man's arrogance to reveal a rather idiotic flaw at the moment of shooting, which woke up the sleeping Sakhir, the corpse lying on the ground at this moment might be himself.

And until now, thinking of what happened in the early morning, Sakhir is still a little scared.

It's just that in front of Rafael, he won't show this weakness.

"But... I still don't understand..."

Rafael also didn't notice Sakhir's fleeting fear. He stared intently at the corpse of the "cleaner" on the ground, full of confusion.

"Why do people from the military department want to kill Raymond Morecambe, shouldn't that scum be from the military department?"

"I heard," Sakhir raised his eyebrows, "that big star... played a considerable role in helping Raymond recover. He just met the man a few times , The mummy who was dying before was revived, and then, the idiot who couldn't even speak clearly became able to walk and jump, and his language and thinking abilities recovered at an astonishing speed."

"Colonel Raymond relied on Allen's singing to support him until now. Isn't this a normal thing? Wait, what does this have to do with Allen?"

Raphael frowned.

Immediately afterwards, he received a sarcastic look from Sakhir.

"Your IQ seems to start to drop every time it comes to that 'Kraken', don't you understand? Alan Bracewell's role is a bit too much, with him, Raymond Moore Kem's recovery was a little too fast, and it was starting to scare some people."

While speaking, Sakhir met Rafael's shocked gaze.

"...they're terrified that if it goes on like this, Raymond is really going to get back to normal with the help of his big star partner."

"Then, think of something you shouldn't think of."