Did something go wrong in finding the truth on the way to defections?

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The commander of Gray Raven Squad has a secret.

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You put on the cap of the pen, stretched your arms, leaned back in the chair and raised your neck.

Today's assistant is Liv, and it took you a long time to convince her to go back and rest first.Fortunately, Liv is using an Eclipse machine today, otherwise you really wouldn't dare to say that.

You broadcast a newsletter.After zooming in on the virtual screen with a black screen displaying communication access in front of you, you changed into a comfortable posture and picked up a document from the table to read it.

"Zi,Zi..."

The speed of communication access is two seconds faster than you imagined.You turned the page of the file and said without looking up: "The answer was very fast, have you been waiting for me these days?"

There is no sound on the opposite side, but the communication status shows normal.Feeling the scrutiny from the top of your head, you close the document, tilt your head and greet the person in the communication video, "Long time no see, Watanabe. Are you still angry?"

"You don't mind taking your own life as a bet. I have nothing to be angry about."

Watanabe's communication image is rare so clear, there is neither yellow sand all over the sky, nor the sound of howling wind.Half of his cheek is illuminated by a yellow candle, and it looks like he is communicating with you in the Forgotten leader's tent at this time.As soon as he opened his mouth, you felt a sense of guilt and guilt in your heart that you were caught doing something wrong.In order to relieve this feeling, you pointed to the corner of your mouth, "You were injured, there is a scar here. The scar is very small, not disfigured, you are still so handsome."

Watanabe and you stared at each other silently for a while.As if realizing that you are not going to admit your mistake, and there is no point in wasting it like this, Watanabe turned his gaze to your left hand, "How are you recovering?"

"There is a scar." You rolled up your sleeves and showed the inside of your left wrist to Watanabe, "It was broken before, so now you can't do fine work or bear weight. When you're doing target practice, It shakes when you hold a gun. The same goes for a knife. You can’t even cut through artificial skin with a knife in your left hand. There are also scars on your legs and body, so I won’t show you. How are you?”

"Since you were taken away, my side has never stopped. Qi is really here with me, how long will you keep her here? I would rather deal with the infected body than take care of her." Watanabe snorted softly With a sound, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and the scrutiny in his eyes became gentle and soft, "You walked quite simply, and I have to clean up the mess. The defense line of the Forgotten is affected by the batch of infections you attracted. The body is in disarray, and it was rebuilt only a week ago. The little supplies you asked Gray Crow to bring are not enough to make up for the loss of Forgotten, so if you want to apologize, come here in person.”

"Are you complaining to me? Be careful not to be heard by your subordinates, they will think they have seen a ghost." You shook your head and smiled, you called out the virtual keyboard, and quickly typed a few times on it, "Check it. I put The consent form to go out has been sent to you, signed by the speaker and Asimov. If my injury does not recur, you are expected to see me in a week, and I will bring more supplies and rations."

Watanabe quickly glanced at the document you passed over, "Grey Crow will follow, I knew it. Speaking of Gray Crow, why didn't they supervise you to rest? It's already midnight. For patients , the most important thing is rest."

"That's the same sentence, I'm going to be sick these days." You raised your hand and rubbed the center of your brows, "Please, Watanabe, don't mention the word patient in front of Ri. Yesterday I asked him to Assistant, he has been nagging me all day long. Coulom has also come to visit frequently recently, and the two of them stood in front of me without talking, and the look in their eyes almost made me cry."

"Crying at least shows that you have introspected, but you haven't even introspected. And they won't scare you," Watanabe's tone returned to seriousness, "Only you scare us. As for your entrustment, you think too much, Even if I want to teach you a lesson, your team won't let me do it. Especially after what happened, they will only protect you better."

"I think they like to fight more. When Liv came in to deliver documents to me in Yangon's body, I saw red circulating fluid on the skirt of her body, in the form of jets." You raised your hand In the air, I drew the jet-shaped curve I saw that day, "Yangon, the auxiliary type, and it's not melee, how did she get this kind of circulation fluid? Asimov has already asked me to persuade them to keep quiet Yes, but every time I ask about it, they fool me."

"You really can't see it?"

"Huh?" You narrowed your eyes, with a weird smile on your lips, "What did you say, Watanabe?"

"...It's nothing. This is your choice, and I have no right to intervene." Watanabe's eyes were a little complicated, "There is just one thing I want to tell you. Since you choose to do this, you must learn...to control."

You shook your head with your still weird smile, "I don't understand what you mean."

"Forget it, I'll stop here, and you understand the rest." Watanabe closed his eyes and sighed softly, "How is your leg? Do you need me to pick you up then?"

"Rehabilitation is going well, but it's too slow. I asked Asimov to make an exoskeleton, and I have adapted to it in the past few days. I have to stand up quickly." You picked up a black notebook and opened it. Look, there are a bunch of names written on it, and the top two have been ticked off, "Since you know that I have a problem with my leg, you should have heard about other things from the speaker, right? Bellamy has been deposed Now, Garcia is dead, and those people have to pry my mouth open if they want to know about the drug. The good news is, they won't be rough on me."

"It seems that you didn't just say it casually at that time." Watanabe snorted slightly, and you felt the sharp edge of the Soul Slayer through the screen for an instant, "You used to have a friend named Bellamy, he and my The bandaging method is the same. Is this sentence a clue you left for me? Or is it purely to confuse the public and prevent me from believing the image from the Hanging Garden? "Human beings are like this, you have a deep understanding", this is what you want What was conveyed to me?"

"I regret telling you. Didn't you also notice the change in my attitude at that time?" You peeled off the pen cover and wrote something behind the third name on the notebook, then looked up and smiled at Watanabe, "I was originally I want to ask you for help, maybe you can become my second teammate on the road to defection? But you are not completely unconnected with the Hanging Garden, you have a secret communication channel with the speaker, and I can't take the risk of dragging you in."

Watanabe raised his eyebrows when he heard this, but didn't speak, just looked at you.

"Commander Nikola did contact you. If I'm not mistaken, you should have seen that video before I arrived, right?" You closed your notebook, closed your eyes and leaned back on the chair with a smile. "To be honest, I'm very happy, Watanabe. It was a risky move when I decided to go to the oasis to find you. It's not that I don't believe you, but that if something goes wrong in this link, it will not only bring you bad luck, but also my plan. The whole thing went to waste. Fortunately, I succeeded, and you took in and took care of Qishi. When did you guess my plan?"

"...after everything is over." Watanabe's tone sounded a little...unwilling?His image shook for a moment, as if he had clenched his fist and slammed it on the table, "I have too little information. Hassan deliberately kept me from knowing his plan. The reason why he sent me that video was to Make me suspicious of you, so that you cannot seek help from the Forgotten."

"His plan? Come on, his plan is more complicated than you think." You twisted the pen back and forth between your fingers, "Bellamy's last email was not so much a hint as a throw at me." Bomb. The Speaker has been paying attention to the Bellamys for at least four years, and I've been in his project for a long time. My teacher at the time kept saying that there was a big man who was paying attention to me. Who do you think it would be? That's why I I don’t like to deal with those who engage in politics and tactics. I told Liv before that the speaker used me as bait for fishing, not just about defecting.”

Watanabe slowly frowned, "...It's really a place where people live."

"You can speak directly. I put my life on the line, so why not the chairman? There are subordinates for any kind of boss." You smiled, and just as you were about to continue teasing a few more words, then I heard footsteps coming from outside the corridor.You immediately put the notebook back into the drawer, quickly said "I'm here, see you in a week" and hung up the communication.The leader of the Forgotten who was far away on Earth clenched his fist and slammed it on the table again.

The door of the office opened, and a figure walked in. At the same time, there was a familiar preaching voice: "What time is it, why are you still awake? Are you feeling better?"

"Brother Li, are you here to bring me a supper?" You smiled while turning your pen, "I want to eat a small hot pot."

"There is no hot pot. You can't touch any stimulating food for the next six months, unless you want to go back to bed again." Li walked up to you, sorted out the documents spread on the desktop, and put them in the corner of the table. folder, and stopped your attempt to quibble with a look, "Liv said that the speaker told you that these documents can be handed in tomorrow. Now, go back to sleep. Or do you want me to go to the base of the Assault Eagle to take Is Colum calling?"

"Don't stop, he must sleep, it is not good to bother others." You hurriedly stood up from the chair, and his legs exterior banged on the table to make a crisp sound. "I will rest. I'm used to going to bed late, and it's not one o'clock now, so I can't fall asleep even if I lie down."

"You want to hear me tell you a bedtime story?"

"That's not necessary, you can return the confiscated novel to me." You stretched out two fingers to gesture a thickness, "I have read less than half of such a thick book. Even when I was fleeing for my life on Earth, I can't forget it too. It's the book I miss most of all, besides you."

"No." Li refused you as expected, "Go to sleep now. I have a lot of bedtime stories in my database. If you can't fall asleep, I can stand by your bed and tell them all the time. Constructs don't need to rest."

"You don't need to stand. It's not that there is no sofa in my room. If it's not possible, you can come to the bed together. My bed is quite big."

Li raised his eyebrows and glanced at you, "It seems that you are really not sleepy. Two people telling a story is more interesting than one person. I will contact Coulom and explain the password by the way..."

"Brother Rigori!" You hurriedly grabbed Li's wrist to stop him from sending messages, "I'll sleep, I'll sleep right away. But when did you have such a good relationship with Kurom, don't you often fight? "

"What else can you do in the training room without fighting?" Li asked you back.

... makes sense.You nodded and walked out of the office with Ri.

"By the way, how do you know that I haven't gone back to rest? You haven't been waiting for me in the bedroom, have you?"

"Have you lost your mind? Even if I destroy another training room, I won't wait for you in your bedroom!"

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Saying goodbye to the seemingly inscrutable official, you walk out of the meeting room.When you turned the corner of the corridor, you saw a familiar figure, and coincidentally, the other party also saw you, and waved to you and ran over, "Commander!"

"Shenwei." You accepted Shenwei's hug, you held the document in one hand, so you could only use the other hand to hug Shenwei, "Just came back from a mission? Did the mission go well, did you get injured?"

"Don't worry, Commander, the mission this time is very simple, and the enemy is vulnerable." Shenwei looked behind you, "Grey Crow's base is not here, Commander, where did you go just now?"

"Meet someone." You squeezed the space between your brows with some headaches, "I should have seen him earlier, but unfortunately... I have other things to deal with."

"Who is it? Commander, you look a little unhappy, don't you want to see that person?" Kamui pressed your shoulder and looked down at you, "Ah, I saw dark circles under your eyes. Commander, you still Dare to stay up late? Won't Brother Li be angry?"

"I was already scolded by him this morning." You smiled helplessly, "It's not that I don't want to see you, it's just that talking to him is too much work. If you want to know, promise me to keep it a secret, okay?"

"Hmm! I won't tell anyone, not even the captain." Kamui took your hand and walked to a corner where no one was around. He stood in front of you and blocked your sight. This posture looks like It was you who were cornered by Kamui.

"It's true that you can't tell him." You nodded, "I saw Administrative Officer Smith."

"It's the captain's..." Shenwei was taken aback for a moment, and then he pushed your shoulders violently, pushing you against the wall, "Commander! Have you guys made it this far? But the captain has been on missions on Earth recently. , How did you talk about this matter? So... that's why you didn't let me tell the captain about it? Commander, you... how could you do this, don't you want me?"

"...?" You watched Shenwei slowly approaching in a daze, and the tall figure completely shrouded you in the shadows, "How far? What are you talking about? How could I not want you? I told the political officer about that Whose business is it?"

"that whoever?"

"That's who." You pursed your lips, and then suddenly grabbed Shenwei's wrist, "It's just right, are you okay now? Come with me, we're going to meet someone."

"Huh? Well, okay, let's go!"

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You and Shenwei have walked through countless corners, there are fewer and fewer people in the corridor, and the temperature of the air is getting lower and lower.You and Shenwei didn't talk to each other along the way.You stopped in front of a white gate. The electronic eyes on the gate scanned the images of you and Shenwei, and then detected the codes of you and Shenwei. Only then did you open the authority, and slowly opened the gate.

This is a very heavy door, which looks like the door of the vault in the old days.After you and Kamui both walk in, the door closes behind you.In front of him was a corridor that was white enough to be dazzling. At the end of the corridor was a door, and there was an outline of a small door in the lower right corner of the door.

"It's all here, you should know what I want you to do." You looked sideways at Shenwei.

Kamui looked at you puzzled, "Commander? What are you talking about?"

"It's so strange, do you still call me that?" You held the file, stared into Shenwei's eyes and smiled softly, "Asimov doesn't allow me to use the link of consciousness, but I won't become a fool because of it, So you don’t have to do this, there’s no need.”

"Commander?" Shenwei tilted his head, "What's wrong with you? What does it mean to become a fool?"

"Okay, stop acting. Just take it as a chance for me to say thank you to you. Say it to yourself." The smile in your eyes suddenly became a little weird, "...Kamu .”

Hearing this, the person on the opposite side froze briefly, then he leaned back against the wall and said to you with a slight sarcasm: "I don't see that you still have some skills."

"I didn't speak all the way, Shenwei is not so quiet. And I said before, when you are switching consciousness," you tapped your temple, "I will feel it here."

Kamu scoffed at your words. He looked sideways at the door at the end of the corridor, and said with a sneer, "I didn't expect that they really did this. I thought it was just pretending. Shouldn't that kind of lunatic be chained up?" ?”

"Be careful, Teacher Ka. Bellamy was my friend once." The weird smile in your eyes still hasn't faded away.

"Friend?" Kamu looked at you mockingly, "Then you rush in to save him, and I will open the way for you. Maybe that guy will regain his sanity as soon as he sees you, and now you just happen to create the future with him."

"You heard it too, I said 'once'." You narrowed your eyes and smiled, "Let's get down to business first. Thank you, Kamu, you didn't come out when I confronted Kamui on Earth, Kamui You were the one who saved him when he was blocked by the Science Council. Without your help, we would never be as comfortable as we are now."

"You call this Anyi? Shenwei is right, look at your dark circles." Kamu snorted coldly, "What else? Didn't you want to come here to visit old friends a long time ago, why wait until now? "

"The chairman stipulates that I must be accompanied by a structure to come in. During this time, Shenwei has been going out on missions. Others say," you slowly opened your eyes, and the familiar darkness and treachery slowly turned in your eyes, "even if I say They wouldn't let me go near that door if I moved them. Bellamy is too dangerous for them."

Camu stared at you coldly, "It's a pity to be a commander with such good acting skills. Why, you want to say that Bellamy is actually not dangerous, because he is not as dangerous as you?"

"No, why? Bellamy is so dangerous, even I don't want to see him." You leaned against the other wall and smiled, "I don't need to see Bellamy anymore. The monitoring is only outside the door , The distance inside the door is not monitored, so I need a video of Shenwei coming in with me, and a chance for me to stand here and talk to you."

"...So, what do you want to tell me?" Kamu stared at you, "If it's just thanks, you've already said it. Aren't you afraid that I'll tell your secret?"

"I want to say a few words to Teacher Ka's consciousness. Is this a secret?" You said with a slow smile, "Don't be so vigilant, Kamu. I won't hurt Kamui, and I won't hurt anyone. Including you. You see everything in Kamui's sea of ​​consciousness, right? You know what I'm doing. Before, I wanted to see Bellamy because I couldn't control 'it' perfectly, but now there is no need."

"But your current state doesn't look like you have perfectly controlled that thing." The sexiness in Kamu's voice gradually became stronger.

"If I didn't say that, you wouldn't believe me. Judging from the result, there's nothing wrong with it." You slowly closed your eyes, "For me, you are not only treasures, but also family. I won't let 'it' hurt you, and I won't let anyone hurt you. Bellamy was the first and the last. Why else do you think I went to all of Bellamy's supporters one by one? I Gotta make sure there aren't any more lunatics among them."

"If so?" Camus asked.

"No." You stared at Kamu, the darkness in your eyes was gradually replaced by cold paranoia and madness, "There is no such person, Kamu. In the future between me and you, there will be no such person."

"You swear?" Camus said mockingly.

"I promise." You looked into Kamu's eyes.

Camu leans against the wall and stares at you, and you meet him with a smile on your face.Finally, Kamu lowered his head and snorted coldly, "If you want to make a mistake, I'll break your neck. Before that, I'll trust you for now, madman of Gray Crow."

You narrowed your eyes and smiled, "That name doesn't sound very nice."

"Huh? What's your name?" The person on the opposite side raised his head, looked at you with a puzzled face, and then walked up to you in two or three steps, "Commander, did Kamu come out just now? Did he do anything to you?" ?”

"Don't worry, Shenwei, he didn't do anything. Just like before, we just made an appointment for next week's cage." You raised your hand and stroked Shenwei's hair, the darkness and treachery just now had already disappeared from your eyes.

"Where is this place? Is... that person imprisoned?" Shenwei looked at you in surprise after seeing the small door at the end of the corridor. After getting your nod, he immediately took your hand, turned and walked towards The gate, "No, no! I have an appointment with Li Ge and the others. No matter what the commander says, we will not agree to bring you here! Hurry up, let's go back!"

"But I've come here, and I won't see each other anyway, so it's okay to walk over?"

"No, no, no! Commander, come back with me, it's rare that the captain is not here, we should go back and play games!"

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You are back to that dream again.Unlike last time, the location of this dream is not the auditorium of the graduation ceremony, but a vast white space.You are standing face to face with another person.It has the same facial features as yours, but its body is shrouded in black shadow.In the whole white space, only it is black, facing the danger of being swallowed by white at any moment.

"Sit down, this is my dream, you're welcome." You snapped your fingers, and a chair appeared behind it.But it didn't move, so you had to sit down by yourself, and conjured up a pen and twirled it in your hand.

"Why don't you go see Bellamy?" it asked. "Don't you want to destroy me?"

"That's what it was, but then I realized that you're still useful," you say. "You're a part of my consciousness that's been activated by Bellamy's drug. The reason I want to see Bellamy is to Asking for a way to kill you. But now I have a better idea. I've got you under control, and you won't get out of control again."

"Control?" it repeated softly, "Have you already controlled me? Not only Kamu, but Watanabe has also seen it. You are now... as dangerous as a ****."

You laughed, "Do you know why you were born? You were born after I entered the Hanging Garden. In this regard, you have to thank my constructs. Without them, there would be no you."

"..." It was silent.

"Have you thought about the future? If one day the Pamish virus is eliminated, what will happen to the structures? What will humans do with them? Scrap them, or destroy their consciousness? To put it bluntly, although they are my family, humans only When they are tools. When the tools are no longer needed, their only destination is to be abandoned." Your eyes gradually turned cold, "I will not allow this to happen. But if I have always been the 'Commander of the Sky Garden' and the 'leader of mankind', I can't change this ending. Because of this, I need another way of thinking. The new way of thinking must be based on the fact that the constructs will not be destroyed in the future, and you are Another way of thinking about me."

"I am your love for the Construct, right?" it asked, "This love is too unbearable, so it must be hidden in the dark, and this is the reason why you always want to destroy me?"

"No." You said blankly, "this kind of love is definitely not unbearable. No one stipulates that human beings cannot have such a relationship with a structure. Tifa and her commander are just an example. I will not let this This happened to my constructs. I won't let myself die until I've cleared them of all threats around them... by any means, or in any form."

"You can't do it alone," it said.

"I am not alone." You raised the corner of your mouth, "They are not only my constructs, but also your constructs. I will not let misfortune happen to my constructs, and you will not let misfortune happen to my constructs." on your construct."

It looked at you quietly, and you reached out to it.

"They, are 'our' family."

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"Commander? Are you awake? It's still early. You can sleep a little longer."

"I have to get back to work as soon as possible. How's the new body, Lucia? Has it been tested yet?"

"Yes, Commander. The explosive power of the new body is very strong. Combined with the ability of the ice attribute, even if it faces two armored types, it will not be at a disadvantage."

"Armor type? Did Asimov input the data of the armor type for the test stakes? Isn't it a bit too anxious to test two for the first test... Forget it, as long as you are satisfied with the new body."

"Yes, Commander. Then today, Lucia will assist you to complete the work."

"Well, thank you for your hard work."

You hand over the written document to Lucia.When Lucia walked out of the office, you heard a very soft voice in your consciousness:

"But...they are the ones who save us, aren't they?"

"They protect the world, we protect them."

5.

The commander of Gray Raven Squad has a secret that no one else knows.

The darkness has not disappeared, it has only united with the light for a common purpose.

- Not "control", but "integration".