Advent

"So what should we do next?"

Rafael looked at Sakhir blankly and asked.

Rafael wasn't part of the executive branch (although he did have a rather intimidating Security Service officer status), and up until then he'd been dealing with paperwork—like most Beta officers.

When he received the order to go to the central region of the earth and take Allen to the human military base of Virgo, Rafael's mind was full of joy when he was about to meet his idol.He never thought that one day he would have to face the current situation.

The military department, the security bureau, the only survivor Raymond Morecambe, and by the way, the assassins sent by the military department...

Even the most stupid people can imagine that Raphael seems to be involved in a huge conspiracy without his knowledge.

But this is not what Raphael expected.

Raphael lowered his head to look at the pale corpse on the ground, his face turned pale little by little, and he seemed to see his future in a trance: a mass of silent, lying on the old and cheap synthetic fiber carpet dead meat.

As soon as Rafael finished speaking, Sakhir looked at him.

"How to do?"

Sakhir seemed to find the question rather amusing.

"Don't forget our identities, we are people sent by the Security Bureau...and the reason why we are here shows one thing, our lunatic director wants to know the truth of the matter," Sakir said. With a shot, he pointed to the ceiling with his middle finger, "What the military department wants to hide is what we need to investigate."

Even at this moment, Sakhir's face is still indifferent and calm, like a hard slate, and it is disgusting as always.Rafael stared at each other, and after a short look at each other, his eyes became sharper.

"This is your real mission, isn't it? The guys from the Security Bureau knew that there was a problem with the military department, and they also thought that Raymond might know something, so they sent you here, and I just..."

"We need you as cover."

Sakhir said frankly.

"People from the military department will definitely be watching us. In this case, we need to act like we don't know about it. In fact, your mission is done very well. You see, even the military department can send killers like this Frankly tell you my purpose..."

It's just that in the middle of the sentence, Sakhir caught a glimpse of Rafael's face.

The always ruthless man got stuck for the first time.

"What are we really going to investigate now? At least you have to give me the general direction - I know, in your opinion, I should pretend to be an idiot and know nothing, but now we both have Trouble, just like you said, maybe I'm on this guy's list..."

Raphael looked down at the corpse of the "cleaner" on the ground. He took several deep breaths, then suppressed his emotions, and said coldly.

Sakhir hesitated for a moment, he shouldn't have spoken, but perhaps because the bloody smell in the air was too strong, Sakhir was somewhat touched.

He finally said honestly: "The war three years ago."

"Three years ago? You mean..."

"The Dark Blade operation three years ago was not right. The Security Bureau has been investigating this matter. The Bureau seems to feel that the encounter between the Blackbird Fleet and the Naga spaceship and the subsequent battle with the White Emperor do not seem to be what everyone expected. like..."

Operation Darkblade.

Death of the White Emperor of the Naga.

The most glorious victory in the history of the battle between humans and aliens.

The spiritual sustenance of all human beings in the entire star field and the cornerstone of social stability.

……

For a while Raphael was too shocked to speak at what he heard.

It is obvious to all how important that battle was to the entire human civilization, but now, someone came to tell him that there was something wrong with that battle?

Rafael even regretted his questioning just a little bit. If he hadn't asked, he wouldn't have needed to know such a shocking thing.

Perhaps seeing Rafael's panic, Sakhir quickly returned to his previous indifferent and inhuman appearance after being briefly moved. He kicked the corpse on the ground and turned around. , took out space work gloves from the drawer of his bedside table, and threw them to the other party.

"Don't overthink it. Now, let's get a little more realistic."

Sakhir said to Rafael.

"whats the matter?"

Rafael's body shook, and he looked at Sakhir even more terrified.Then he heard Sakhir talking to himself in a flat tone.

"Once the corpse of the 'cleaner' is exposed, it will cause commotion in the entire base. This is something that the Security Bureau does not want to see anyway. So, now we have to deal with the corpse."

After speaking, Sakhir turned around and fumbled in the bedside table for a while.

When he returned to Rafael's side, he raised the miniature cutting saw in his hand, and then he met Rafael's gaze.

……

What followed was a long period of experience that could be regarded as the most unbearable experience in Raphael's entire life.

Together, they cut up the "cleaner"'s body and sealed the pieces of meat into small airtight barrels. Only in this way can they fish in troubled waters and stuff the body parts back into the cargo hold of the spaceship back to Earth, so that the security bureau The group of colleagues further analyzed the identity of this unlucky ghost.

And at the end of cleaning up the corpse, Raphael retched and took off his blood-stained gloves, and the trace of something wrong that had been lingering in his heart became more and more intense.

Suddenly, he stopped what he was doing, and then raised his head to look at Sakhir.

"Wait, if the people in the military department are really so afraid that Raymond will remember what happened because of Alan's help, then why don't they just kill Alan?"

"..."

This time, Rafael's question stopped the movement of Sakhir's hands.

He looked back at Rafael, although he didn't speak, but his expression said everything...

"Oh no..." A large bag of minced meat fell directly from Raphael's hands.The splashed blood and small pieces of minced meat instantly made Sakhir's cabin even more messy.

……

……

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Let's push back in time one more time.

While Rafael and Sakhir were discussing the security bureau, the military and that appalling conspiracy, Alan was dragging his heavy steps exhausted physically and mentally, leaving the ward step by step under someone's fiery gaze.

"call……"

With his back turned to Raymond, Allen let out a long sigh.

Dealing with Raymond is definitely not an easy task, and Alan's sense of burden is even stronger today.

It's not that the crying and tearful Raymond that Allen faced today would be more difficult to deal with than the humanoid weapon that was full of violence and almost strangled Sakhir a few days ago.

The reason why Allen felt that he was going to be out of breath was because he thought that he...

The strangeness in himself.

Allen had to grit his teeth to keep himself from moaning out of pain—at this moment, the back of his neck seemed to burn.

The body is hot, the heart beats faster, and the skin becomes extra sensitive and fragile...

And the reason for all these strange voices was that Raymond threw himself into his arms while acting like a baby, and made him smell a wonderful and pleasant fragrance.

Allen couldn't believe that such a thing would happen to himself who suffers from information gland dysplasia.

As early as he noticed something was wrong, Allen immediately covered up all his strangeness and planned to leave.

However, finding a way to get out of the ward smoothly took Alan too much energy, so that when the metal hatch finally closed behind him, Alan had already fallen into a state similar to a high fever .

However, if it was just a high fever, Alan's current symptoms would not appear.

Allen didn't even dare to touch the back of his neck. The two glands hidden under the skin began to swell again, sore and hot.They seem to be waiting to be pierced by Alpha's teeth, waiting for the pheromone from Alpha to refill...

"&...%￥——"

Allen fought a cold war and forcibly awakened his sanity.

Damn, what was going on in his mind!

Allen forced himself not to think about the strange pictures shown in middle school physics textbooks, those pictures that Allen thought were extremely far away from him before today.

But no matter how powerful the reason is, the physical feeling can never be relieved.

In just a few steps, Allen felt that the ground he stepped on became soft and bumpy, and his breathing made him feel as if his body was on fire, and the strange hot feeling kept burning from the tailbone to the top.

So sad……

it's wired……

Allen took a few steps in the direction of his cabin, and then vaguely realized that something seemed wrong.

Ah, yes, no.

The door of Raymond's ward was actually empty, and there was no one guarding it.This long-lost silence made Allen feel a little strange. After all, in the past few times, no matter when he came here, there were always soldiers and medical officers with live nuclear ammunition standing here.

But now those people have disappeared without a trace.

Moreover, before that, whether Alan went to the ward or returned to his living cabin, there were people guarding him every step of the way...or, to put it more politely, escorting him.

But now there is no one waiting for him here.

Allen stood there for a while, but there was still no one else at the door.

However, the information glands on the back of Allen's neck became more and more sore and painful, killing all his vigilance and patience.

Allen took another step and walked towards his cabin alone. Now he just wants to go back to his living cabin and lie down.

This thought became Alan's last straw, and he staggered forward with great energy.

However, the passage that seemed ordinary when we came here seems so long and far away at this time.

To make matters worse, just halfway through, Allen had just crossed a junction when a strange siren suddenly sounded from a distance.

[Warning, power failure in A-k133 area...]

The first thing he felt was a slight vibration... Allen staggered under his feet, and then almost fell to the ground directly. He thought it was because his physical condition had reached its limit.But in the next second, the originally bright corridor fell into complete darkness in an instant.

It's like going back in time and everything repeats itself.

Alan leaned on the cold wall, his eyes widened in shock. He stared at the darkness around him. He couldn't believe that such an important military fortress like the Tianmao Human Military Base would come back again in such a short period of time. Once ushered in a power outage.

"No, no... wait..."

But after calming down, Allen noticed that the energy failure this time was much weaker than the last one.

At least, in front of him, the emergency lights were still on, and he could hear the siren.

Across the porthole in the corridor, Allen looked out the window, and other parts of the circular military base were still shining with tiny lights like stars, only the area close to him was plunged into darkness.

"Shit—"

But even so, Allen still felt a little irritated.

He could hear the siren and the noise of people in the distance, all of which added an extra burden to his already very bad physical condition. I can't wait to just lie on the ground like this, and then pass out directly.

And at this moment, a man's voice sounded from beside him.

"Mr Alan Morecambe."

The man called Alan softly.

Allen turned his head a little sluggishly, and a figure holding a flashlight appeared in his hazy vision.

Judging from the clothing, it was a staff member of a military base. Allen was sure that he had never seen the other person, but the friendly and mediocre face and the medium figure of the other person always made Allen feel a little familiar.

"Who are you……"

"Ah, sorry, I'm the energy engineer in charge of this area. I've come to see you, Mr Alan Morecambe."

The man smiled at Allen, but the light from the headlight hit his face from bottom to top, which made his smile look a little weird.

"The timing is too unfortunate. I was planning to go to the ward to inform you. The area connected to your common sense of life and the ward is undergoing routine system troubleshooting. All airtight doors and passages will be automatically closed. , The medical department should have sent someone to escort you back to the living cabin through another passage, but there are some problems with our information connection. Those people forgot to tell you this information."

"But……"

"Please allow me to make amends for this time's work mistakes, and then I will lead you the way and go back from another route..."

The dizziness got worse.

The pain and soreness in the back of the neck became more and more unbearable...

In the end, Allen didn't hear what the man said clearly at all. He endured the discomfort and agreed to the staff's kind help. Afterwards, Allen followed the man towards another narrow passage.

However, neither he nor the friendly staff noticed that in the vent they passed by, there were a few drops of light green slime that looked like lubricant, slowly dripping down the metal gap .

And when the man led Allen into the darkness, Raymond, who was inside the ward, also opened his eyes at the same time.

hiss--

He turned his head sideways, looking straight in Alan's direction through the layers of metal walls.