Did something go wrong in finding the truth on the way to defections?
Chapter 8 Defection
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"Group A is out!"
"■■■■■, here!"
"Bellamy, here!"
"The voice is good, the morale is very good, very good! You are in Group A on the list given to me by the school, don't embarrass the school! Now, let me see your strength! Get on the field and prepare for the drill!"
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"Take a deep breath! Can you hear me? Give me a response, Bellamy? Cadet Bellamy! Damn it! How could this happen in a drill? Didn't I stop talking! Practice with Bellamy Who is it?"
wrong.Again.
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"Group A is out!"
"■■■■■, here!"
"Bellamy, here!"
"The voice is good, the morale is very good, very good! You are in Group A on the list given to me by the school, don't embarrass the school! Now, let me see your strength! Get on the field and prepare for the drill!"
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"Just watch a show, and you have nothing to lose. Anyway, anyone with a discerning eye can tell that that guy was the one who injured Bellamy just to win the first place? If he wants to act, let him act."
wrong.Again.
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"Group A is out!"
"■■■■■, here!"
"Bellamy, here!"
"The voice is good, the morale is very good, very good! You are in Group A on the list given to me by the school, don't embarrass the school! Now, let me see your strength! Get on the field and prepare for the drill!"
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"I know there have been rumors recently that you did it on purpose, but those are all rumors, and I won't believe it. Your knife did break my nerves, but that wasn't your intention, right? Don't let the gossip affect you."
wrong.Shut up.Again!
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"Group A is out!"
"■■■■■, here!"
"Bellamy, here!"
"The voice is good, the morale is very good, very good! You are in Group A on the list given to me by the school, don't embarrass the school! Now, let me see your strength! Get on the field and prepare for the drill!"
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"The debate was 'Should constructs have equal rights with humans in non-combat life' and we were on the opposite side. We were discussing a similar issue the day before the debate, so glad you were persuaded by me then gone."
wrong.It should not be the opposite.Again.
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"Group A is out!"
"■■■■■, here!"
"Bellamy, here!"
"The voice is good, the morale is very good, very good! You are in Group A on the list given to me by the school, don't embarrass the school! Now, let me see your strength! Get on the field and prepare for the drill!"
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"You are the hope of mankind. And hope, there must be no confusion."
wrong.There is a problem with this sentence... Do it again!
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"■■■■■? What are you thinking, don't be distracted, it's time for us to play soon."
play?we?This voice is... Bellamy?
When you come back to your senses, there are rows of backs in standard training uniforms directly in front of your eyes. You still have a memory of some of them. They are your former classmates, but unfortunately you have never seen them again after graduation.You lower your head and find yourself wearing the same clothes, your hands are only covered with a thin layer of calluses, your left hand has not been pierced by a bullet through the wrist, and your right hand has not been worn out by the handle of a knife.
This is school?But you graduated two years ago.You graduated as the chief, entered the military to take over the Gray Crow Squad, led them to fight everywhere, and then one day, you chose to defect, and then...
Wait, defected?Yes...why did you defect?
"What's the matter?" Bellamy stood beside you.Seeing that your face was so pale that it was scary, he frowned and touched your arm, "Are you uncomfortable? Do you need me to report to the instructor?"
"No." Your brain hasn't caught up with the status quo, but your body has already responded one step ahead.You look sideways at Bellamy, then reject his offer.
"Hey, what's going on?"
A familiar voice came from behind, and a finger gently poked your waist a few times.You turned around in surprise, only to see a young girl with tied hair looking at you worriedly.Seeing that you turned your head away directly, she hurriedly supported the back of your head and turned your head back, "What are you doing so hard? The instructor is calling you, hurry up, there are so many people waiting."
Your gaze is forced back to the front by her.Looking around the shoulders of countless figures from behind, you saw the instructor standing at the front.You remember him, this instructor with a scar on his face is named Middleton Rogney, this should be the last time you saw him alive, because in the third month after you took over the Gray Crow Squad, you During a ground battle, I witnessed the instructor being torn in half by an infected body.
You swallowed silently, then turned your head slightly, looked behind you from the corner of your eye and said, "Garcia?"
Garcia frowned and looked at you, "What are you doing? Don't tell me you suddenly have stage fright, do you need me to kick you up?"
"puff."
A male student next to Garcia suddenly laughed. Although he immediately lowered his hat to hide his expression, you still saw disdain and mockery in his eyes.Probably he didn't expect that you, a dignified member of Group A, would also have stage fright. There is nothing to be angry about, and you don't plan to argue with him.
But Garcia obviously didn't think so. Her eyes suddenly became fierce. She quickly stepped on the opponent's foot with her heel, and then crushed it hard.
"what--!"
The student couldn't bear the pain, and he let out a miserable howl from his throat, which instantly attracted everyone's attention.
Bursts of anger radiated from the instructor's scarred face, and the other students also laughed uncontrollably.Garcia winked at you secretly, and Bellamy put his hand on your back to signal you to stand up quickly.
"What are you talking about! Group A members, ■■■■■, Bellamy, hurry up and get on the field! What, do you need me to warm you up?" The instructor frowned and shouted towards you.
"Come on," Bellamy whispered to you, and he went out first.
Your mind is in turmoil, but even though you have absolutely no idea what's going on, you follow Bellamy out under the influence of body memory.Garcia gave you a triumphant gesture from behind you, and you were about to nod her in reply when the world in front of you suddenly changed:
There's only a split second, like a splash screen due to poor communication, but you catch the moment that comes.
You see Garcia's smiling face transform into a face with black blood streaming from the corners of its mouth and skin as pale as a corpse.
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Bellamy's various abilities are excellent, on par with you, but only in melee combat, you seem to have an innate talent. Among all the students in the same class, even Bellamy can't beat you It's too long, not to mention that you are still holding your most familiar weapon, the saber.In this exercise, your advantage is already very obvious.
You and Bellamy have fought countless times in private, and you know each other's moves very well.Of course you know what the instructor wants, it's nothing more than to see the strength of Group A, and then let you set an example for others, the so-called drill is actually almost enough.Seeing the instructor nodding frequently and showing a satisfied expression, you know that your performance has reached the standard, and this drill can be over.
You and Bellamy exchanged a look, and when you were about to take a step back and stop as usual in training, something unexpected happened.
Bellamy suddenly changed his tactics.
Usually, his usual movement of retracting his hands is to slash upwards, but now he leans forward, the saber is like a willow leaf flashing a ray of light from the air, hitting your head with a downward slash.He moves so fast that you don't have time to ask him why.You only saw that Bellamy's left and right sides were full of flaws, you bent down quickly, moved behind Bellamy with a sliding step, and then out of fighting instinct, you swiped your saber towards his lower back.
"No!"
You let out a short exclamation.You immediately shift the center of gravity of the body back, and the ground of your feet changes from the front of your feet to your heels.You are braking hard.Bellamy's body still maintains the tendency to rush forward. Although the distance between you is very close, as long as you retract your strength in time, your saber will not touch Bellamy.
But for some reason, Bellamy's body suddenly stopped the tendency to rush forward.You watched his back getting closer and closer in your eyes, as if he was deliberately falling on you.
It's too late to close the knife!
Bellamy is getting closer to you, and his waist is getting closer to your blade.Your mind goes blank.Just when Bellamy's clothes and skin were about to be cut by your blade, you turned your wrist violently, turned the blade and the back of the blade, and then pushed your left shoulder against Bellamy's back with all your strength. back.
——!
That feeling came again.As if this is not the real world, but a video tape, some garbled characters flashed in front of your eyes.When your sight finally recovered, Bellamy had already knelt down on the ground, bright red blood kept coming out from the wound on his waist, blood drops kept falling from the back of your knife, and in the blink of an eye your right hand and The cuffs are dyed red.
You hurriedly squatted down and supported Bellamy's shoulders, "Bellamy? What's wrong with you, I've obviously pulled back, and how could the back of the knife cut you..."
"■■■■■! Listen to me!"
Bellamy suddenly grabbed your wrist with astonishing strength—you never knew Bellamy's grip was so strong, maybe his fingerprints have been left on your skin.
Along with a slight tingling sensation on the surface of the skin, you feel something warm melt into your skin.Bellamy raised his head, before the instructor and other students rushed over, he put his head to your ear and whispered:
"They will suspect that you injured me to ensure the final ranking. They won't believe you, run away."
——The body is not afraid of the shadow crooked, and I didn't mean it, why did I run?Whatever they suspect, I can ask them to investigate, and I will watch them get slapped in the face with my own eyes.
You thought so, but when you came back to your senses and tried to call the medical team, you realized that your body had escaped.You pushed away the students and teachers who were blocking the way, and you also pushed away the shocked Garcia.
You wiped your face carelessly, and when you lowered your head, you realized that the reason why you felt the tingling when Bellamy grabbed your wrist was because Bellamy's nails scratched your skin. There was a light black color around the wound, which didn't look like blood.
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"I know there have been rumors recently that you did it on purpose, but those are all rumors, and I won't believe it. Your knife did break my nerves, but that wasn't your intention, right? Don't let the gossip affect you."
what?
You jump to your feet.The chair fell behind you, hitting the ground with a loud noise.
You look down at your hands. There is no saber, no blood, and no weird blackness.You look up and look around, this is indoor, it looks like an infirmary from the furnishings, but why did you appear here?Is this a dream, intermittent and jumping dreams?
It seems that I forgot something.You look at your hands, you feel that you have forgotten something, but you also have a sense of joy that you have lost and found, but you don't know what you forgot, and you don't know what you got.
"What's wrong with you? Get up the chair quickly. Be quiet, do you want to be discovered by the teacher on duty?" Bellamy sat on the hospital bed and looked at you with a slight frown.He was wearing a loose hospital gown, and the moonlight penetrated through the glass beside his bed, illuminating half of his face, while the other half of his face was shrouded in shadow.
You stare blankly at Bellamy.Under Bellamy's silent reprimand, you turned around and gently lifted the chair up, sat down again, and then pointed to the notebook on the bedside table, "That's... the notes from the past few days?"
"What are you talking about, didn't you give this to me just now?" Bellamy frowned slightly, and he reached out his hand to motion you to come closer, and you did so.He touched your forehead, then his own, and said, "The body temperature is normal and there is no fever. Is it too much stress these days? Listen to me, ■■■■■, we are the ones involved." , since I didn't blame you, you don't need to feel guilty because of other people's eyes, understand?"
You look at Bellamy.Your back is leaned against the back of the chair, and your hands are slowly clasped together on your knees.
You remember, it was that night in the school infirmary.
Since you couldn't get around the teacher on duty in the corridor, you went through the window and entered Bellamy's ward.You were going to put down your notes and leave, but Bellamy suddenly opened his eyes and said that he has been wanting to see you very much these days.What the hell is going on, is it a dream or your memory is messed up?You have graduated from school a long time ago, and now you are Little Gray Crow...
Gray Crow... Gray...
"Hui...crow?" You repeated in a low voice, then slowly frowned.
Little Gray Crow...?What were you thinking just now, why can’t you remember now when you turn back and think about it?gray crow?What is Gray Crow, and why does this word appear in your memory?
"What's wrong with you?" Bellamy's tone suddenly became serious when she saw that your complexion suddenly became extremely pale.He sat up straight, looked you in the eyes and asked, "Did someone say something to you?"
"No, it's not. Bellamy, I have something to ask you." You raised your head to meet Bellamy's eyes, a faint sense of dizziness surrounded your head, but you didn't show it, " Do you know 'Grey Raven'?"
Bellamy looked at you strangely, and you could read from his eyes that he was wondering if there was something wrong with your mind.After a while, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you referring to an animal, a gray crow? If you refer to this, I suggest you go to Mrs. Nasu Ayano, who is in the third grade. She is an expert in paleontology."
"No." You shook your head.Bellamy's familiar attitude has greatly relaxed your mind, and your tensed back has gradually relaxed, and you smiled shyly and said, "I'm not sure what it is, but I think ...That shouldn't be an animal. Maybe this name appeared in a book or a story, do you have any impression? For example...adventure novels?"
"You know I don't like to read novels. The stories in novels are illusory and unrealistic. Although they are beautiful, in the world we live in, such stories are too redundant." Bellamy thought for a moment, "If you insist Having said that, I have indeed heard the term 'Grey Ravens' elsewhere. It is a team name, a ground combat squad attached to the military's enforcer unit, consisting of three constructs, two of which are offensive type, one is auxiliary type."
You stared blankly at Bellamy, "...what?"
Gray Crow... team?Consisting of three constructs, two offensive and one auxiliary?
Bellamy shook his head, he avoided your question, "It's nothing, it's nothing important. Back to the beginning, don't be influenced by gossip, understand?"
"Gossip? You mean..." You blinked slowly, as if remembering something, "Those people said that I hurt you on purpose to compete for the first place?"
Two offensive types, one auxiliary type... the original Gray Raven squad?Three constructs?
"Yes." Bellamy said to you very patiently.He seems to have an exceptionally strong patience with everything and everyone, especially when it comes to your problem, he is even more patient than the teachers and instructors at school, "Don't care what they say, you shouldn't be They influence. You just have to make it through to graduation and become chief, the only chief."
"What about you, Bellamy? Why can't there be two chiefs? You're as good as I am, aren't you?" you asked, looking Bellamy in the eye.
The original Gray Raven team?initial……?
"I have other plans. I hope you're not upset, which is unnecessary. Even if we're not together, I will continue to help you in my own way, and so will Garcia." Bellamy gave you a reassuring look Smiling, "Okay. Anything else to say?"
"Are you tired?" you asked rhetorically, repeating what you remembered saying when you promised Bellamy to stay, "If you're tired, I'll leave immediately. I said so when I came here." ,Right?"
"...I'm a little tired." Bellamy turned her head and looked at the night outside, "You should have a way to sneak back to the dormitory, or are you not planning to go back tonight? ■■■■■, it's rare to see you There should be a lot of things you want to say to me, why don't you take this opportunity to say them all?"
"What do you want me to say?" You asked again.
You get up from your chair—the words and the actions are out of memory.You pick up the notebook on the bedside table and look through it, as expected, it contains the contents of the school's lectures at that time.
The handwriting of the notes is very neat, and the notes are also very detailed. It is obvious that you are afraid that others will not understand it. It is conceivable that you at that time wrote such beautiful notes with so much guilt for Bellamy.
As you flipped through the notes, you said without looking up: "Do you want me to apologize to you, saying that I shouldn't hurt you for the sake of being the first, or do you want me to express my gratitude to you, thanking you for expressing every word clearly?" Are you reminding me that I hurt you, but you still tell me not to care like a good friend? Or..."
You close your notebook and look up at the person on the hospital bed.As you might expect, Bellamy is looking at you in surprise.
This is the best evidence-
Now you are in a dream, the content of the dream is the memory of the past, and all the details you have forgotten come back.Bellamy sitting in front of you at this time is just an image in your memory, like a programmed robot, he will only complete the conversations that have happened before, so for your actions that are completely different from the past, He showed reasonable surprise and doubt.
You hand the notebook to Bellamy.Bellamy didn't answer, half of his face was illuminated by the moonlight, and half of his face was shrouded in shadow. He looked at you steadily, but you couldn't see his emotion.You threw the notebook on his quilt, and you took a step closer to Bellamy, the moonlight finally covering you, your eyes reflected Bellamy's tightly pursed mouth.
You bent over to Bellamy, looked him in the eyes and said:
"Or, do you want me to tell you, 'The General'?"
Bellamy didn't speak, he still looked at you with that emotionless expression.
The mosaic appears in your sight again, this time it is no longer a splash screen, but slowly encroaching on your field of vision from bottom to top like water pouring into a tank.
With both hands resting on the edge of Bellamy's bed, the mosaic has taken up half of your field of vision, and you have to lean your upper body forward so that you can see Bellamy's face clearly and completely.
"I know you don't understand, this is just a dream, or my memory. It doesn't matter, I will explain it to you outside in a while, and I will let him explain everything clearly." You said.
You wanted to reach out and grab Bellamy's cheek, or simply grabbed his neck, but when you wanted to do it, you realized that your body had been frozen in place.You smiled indifferently, and then said to Bellamy:
"I'll see you later, Bellamy."
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When the mosaic filled the entire line of sight, the dream was also declared shattered.
Your tense nerves finally relax.The feeling of being possessed by the soul is very good, you control your fingers and touch the things under your body, it is the bed board, no, the mattress, it is many times better than the hard bed in the cell.Counting it carefully, from the time you defected and left the Hanging Garden to the present, you have slept countless times, but you only dreamed after returning to the Hanging Garden, and you dreamed three times after sleeping three times.Is this one side's water and soil raising one side's people...
No, if you use Watanabe's words... What is the Hanging Garden?
That's right, poor mountains and bad waters.
You slowly open your eyes, and the white ceiling is directly in front of you.The right eye is still wrapped in a bandage, but the vision of the left eye has indeed recovered a lot.Asimov really kept his secrets. It was unexpected that he, a scientific researcher, would perform surgery.When the injury recovers, you must personally go to the R&D department to thank him. It would be even better if you could invite him to the dormitory.
The sound of electronic equipment echoed in the dark room, and you looked around from the corner of your eye while maintaining a lying flat position.This should be the intensive care unit, but it’s not the one where Chairman Hassan is. The material of the walls looks different——The wall of Chairman Hassan’s room is as thick as a safe room, and it needs to be broken even if the structure is broken with weapons. certain time.You thought about whether you would become vegetative patients with Chairman Hassan, but this idea seems to be in vain.There is a very faint sense of pressure on your face, and you look at it for a while before you realize that it is an oxygen mask.
You close your eyes and take a slow, deep breath.
Breathing is normal, heartbeat is normal.Other than still not being able to feel your lower extremity and left hand, you're in incredible shape right now.The technology of the hanging garden is really powerful. It can not only reproduce the beautiful plants of the golden age, but also save your almost fragmented body.Your right hand is placed on the quilt, and the needle is stuck on the back of the hand, and the needle is connected to the infusion tube.You moved your right hand, trying to grab the edge of the quilt, and you wanted to lift the quilt and sit up.
"Don't move."
"—?!"
You thought you were the only one in the ward where another person's voice suddenly sounded. You suddenly opened your eyes and turned your head to the right to look in the direction of the voice.
The first thing you see is a wheelchair and then the person in it.The man has black hair and facial features similar to Garcia's. He seems to have not noticed your gaze and continues to work at hand: he puts a used small glass bottle into the pocket of his white coat, and then reaches out to adjust it. Take your infusion bottle.After confirming that the medicine liquid is falling at a moderate speed, he sat down again, and then looked down at you.
"Long time no see, ■■■■■."
His wheelchair is right next to your bed, you are not far away, and it seems to take care of your recovering eyesight, he stretches his neck slightly to get closer to you, his graceful neck and Adam's apple are exposed to you in front of you.You shift your gaze from his neck to his face.This face is quite different from the one in your memory, not to say that the facial features have changed much, but an indescribable feeling, as if...
No, it's really an indescribable feeling.
You want to call this person's name, but after all, you have just returned from the gate of hell, your voice is very weak, and coupled with the blocking effect of the oxygen mask, it is even more difficult for your voice to pass out.
"Want to talk?" he asked, and you nodded.
"Then take it off, you can't hear clearly with the mask on. Don't worry, you can already breathe on your own." As he spoke, he dexterously untied the straps tied on both sides of your ears.He took off the oxygen mask and put it on the bedside table, then sat upright again, looking at you quietly.
You are in no hurry to speak.After taking a few breaths to confirm that you can get rid of the oxygen mask, you look sideways at the man again, and you smile with a weak but heartfelt joy and say:
"Long time no see, Bellamy. Why are you here? You've changed a lot in the past few years."
"You too." Bellamy looked down at you, and he stuffed your hands back under the quilt with an indifferent expression.
You closed your eyes and turned your head back, still with a smile on the corner of your mouth, you said: "I mean your appearance. I haven't seen you for more than two years. You are no longer the young student you were back then. I didn't expect you to be in this situation Reunion with you, to be honest, you are quite handsome in this white coat."
Although your tone was full of reunion joy, Bellamy didn't seem to be affected by your emotions. He turned his head and glanced at the electrocardiograph and said, "Stop talking. You don't have a good place on your body now. The people in the ward The air is so cold that a sudden cold can start your lungs cramping."
The tone was all too familiar.You have been preached by so many people, but Bellamy's tone is the most special.
The sermons of Watanabe, Ri, and Coulom often carry the care and warmth of both mother and brother, while the sermons of Speaker Hassan and Commander Nicola carry the unique hatred and awkward rebuke of their superiors and elders. But only in Bellamy, you can only hear "preaching".
Bellamy has been like this since I first met you.
It was okay at first, but from the day you became good friends, all of Bellamy's advice to you became "preaching".That is pure preaching, without any "I am for your safety" and "you will put yourself in danger by doing this", but purely, like God's perspective, correcting mistakes and persuading for the purpose of forcing revisions .
persuasion?No, it's not persuasion, Bellamy's tone doesn't have the slightest hint of "persuasion".If I had to say it, it should be...
"Did you dream?" Bellamy asked suddenly.
Your train of thought is interrupted by Bellamy's words.You had to stop thinking, looked at Bellamy with some doubts and asked, "What?"
"I asked you if you were dreaming," Bellamy said.
You shook your head, "How is it possible. I just came back from the gate of hell, so I don't have the heart to dream. Why do you ask?"
"You look bad, like you've had a nightmare." Bellamy said succinctly.
You smiled slightly, then winked at Bellamy, "I'm thirsty, can you get me some water?"
"No water or food for 24 hours after the operation. Your body is not short of water. I have already changed the bottle for you three times when you were drowsy." Bellamy rejected you expressionlessly.
Hanging the bottle three times, how swollen will your hand be? This right hand probably won't be able to be used for a while.You close your eyes and breathe slowly.
"I don't pay much attention to the personnel changes in the medical department, so I didn't notice you. By the way, why don't you come to me? I usually stand by at the base occasionally. The medical department is not far from Gray Crow's base, right? I seem to be on the road Never saw you either."
"I'm not in the medical department. As I told you, both my parents work on the Science Council," Bellamy said.
"I remember. Your father is the general manager of a big project related to the future of mankind, right?" You still closed your eyes, taking Bellamy's words with a smile on the corner of your mouth.
"No." Bellamy replied.
"Huh?" You opened your eyes.Bellamy is on your right, but your right eye is still wrapped in bandages, you can only turn your head to look at Bellamy with your left eye, but you can't see Bellamy's expression clearly in a completely dark environment, "Did I remember wrong?"
"You remember correctly, but your brain needs to be refreshed." Bellamy's tone was calm, and you couldn't hear the slightest emotion from his tone, "My father used to be the general manager of that project, but he is no longer .”
"Then who is it now?" you ask.
"It's me." Bellamy said, looking you in the eyes.
"Are you working for the Science Council? Sounds good, at least you don't have to worry about salary." You said in a relaxed tone, "What about your father, retired? Or promoted?"
"He's dead," said Bellamy.
You were taken aback when you heard this.
Bellamy's father should have been alive two years ago, but even if two years have passed, time can dilute everything, he is still his father who is related by blood after all.According to ordinary people's logic, it is impossible for Bellamy to say this matter so calmly.Maybe you should say "sorry" and "sorry" now, but seeing Bellamy's face, you can't say these two words anyway:
Bellamy's face was too calm, if it wasn't fake, then he really wasn't sad about his father's death at all.
Maybe it's because your expression is too obvious now, or maybe Bellamy knows you too well, he can see your thoughts almost immediately.There was finally a slight change on his mask-like cold and rigid face, he sighed slowly, and then reached out to push your head back to its original position, so that you don't have to stretch your neck so hard.
"My father died a year ago. The Science Council announced that it was an experimental accident, but I know that he died in a civil strife, and the murderer was my mother. In order to compete for the position of chief executive, my mother will The drug developed was injected into the father. The drug did not work immediately, and the father struggled and smashed the mother's head with a microscope before dying. After that, as their eldest son, I took over the project as a matter of course." Bellamy Glancing at you, the tacit understanding of friends for many years allowed him to understand what you meant just by looking at his eyes, "Of course, there were some twists and turns in the process. I was helpless at the time, and after my parents died, I could be bullied by them at will. Fortunately , the Science Council needs me, and the Hanging Garden also needs me."
You slowly clenched your hands under the quilt, "...so they helped you. Did all the higher-ups know about this? They helped you clear up all the opposing voices in the research team?"
"You shouldn't speak like this." Bellamy didn't answer directly, but once again adopted a preaching tone, "We intended to protect you when we were in school, but you have been a commander and have been dealing with those officials for a year. You should know that in order to achieve certain goals, the higher-ups don't mind using any means. My parents' friends also lost their lives in that purge, but so what? What they need is a research team leader who can provoke the leader, And I just happen to be the best. I deserve it."
You clutched the bed sheet tightly, and there was a faint pain from the stitched wound.Although there is a nameless anger brewing in your chest at the moment, you know that you should not be mobilized so easily.
Although Bellamy's words were cruel, they were true. Since that project was related to the future of mankind, it must be very important. The Sky Garden would never give up on it anyway.As the eldest son of the general manager, Bellamy has inherited his talents and has a lot of knowledge about this project. It is the best way to choose him as the next manager, so...
You close your eyes and calm down.
So the Hanging Gardens must have cleared Bellamy of any dissonance.Even if they are stepping on the flesh and bones of countless people, they still want Bellamy to sit firmly in the position of chief executive.
"Then let me ask you another way." A nauseating feeling came back from your stomach, but you tried your best to restrain it.You grip the sheets even harder, and ask Bellamy, "Is all the higher-ups involved?"
"I know what you want to ask. You should wake up, ■■■■■, I've told you that stories are beautiful but unrealistic." Bellamy looked at you indifferently, "If it weren't for them participation, do you think I will still sit here safely and talk to you as the leader of the first research team? The Science Council is undercurrents, and it is much more difficult for us to survive than you imagine."
"It is difficult for everyone to survive, and so are structures. Your battlefield is the laboratory, and our battlefield is the earth." You refuted Bellamy's words in a not very obvious tone.You look sideways at Bellamy again, "Are all the higher-ups involved? I know you don't like me asking, but if you don't tell me, I'll keep asking. No matter what you say, I'll just I will answer your question."
Bellamy frowned at you, and you stared at him steadfastly.Just when you thought Bellamy was going to take out a small knife from his white coat and put it on your neck, Bellamy spoke.
He knows how stubborn you are, and he can only smile helplessly at this—this is the first smile he showed after seeing you, and you suddenly saw your friend from your student days on his face look.
But you know, those are all phantoms of the past.
The man in front of you is the leader of the first research group of the Science Council.
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"Group A is out!"
"■■■■■, here!"
"Bellamy, here!"
"The voice is good, the morale is very good, very good! You are in Group A on the list given to me by the school, don't embarrass the school! Now, let me see your strength! Get on the field and prepare for the drill!"
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"Take a deep breath! Can you hear me? Give me a response, Bellamy? Cadet Bellamy! Damn it! How could this happen in a drill? Didn't I stop talking! Practice with Bellamy Who is it?"
wrong.Again.
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"Group A is out!"
"■■■■■, here!"
"Bellamy, here!"
"The voice is good, the morale is very good, very good! You are in Group A on the list given to me by the school, don't embarrass the school! Now, let me see your strength! Get on the field and prepare for the drill!"
……
"Just watch a show, and you have nothing to lose. Anyway, anyone with a discerning eye can tell that that guy was the one who injured Bellamy just to win the first place? If he wants to act, let him act."
wrong.Again.
……
"Group A is out!"
"■■■■■, here!"
"Bellamy, here!"
"The voice is good, the morale is very good, very good! You are in Group A on the list given to me by the school, don't embarrass the school! Now, let me see your strength! Get on the field and prepare for the drill!"
……
"I know there have been rumors recently that you did it on purpose, but those are all rumors, and I won't believe it. Your knife did break my nerves, but that wasn't your intention, right? Don't let the gossip affect you."
wrong.Shut up.Again!
……
"Group A is out!"
"■■■■■, here!"
"Bellamy, here!"
"The voice is good, the morale is very good, very good! You are in Group A on the list given to me by the school, don't embarrass the school! Now, let me see your strength! Get on the field and prepare for the drill!"
……
"The debate was 'Should constructs have equal rights with humans in non-combat life' and we were on the opposite side. We were discussing a similar issue the day before the debate, so glad you were persuaded by me then gone."
wrong.It should not be the opposite.Again.
……
"Group A is out!"
"■■■■■, here!"
"Bellamy, here!"
"The voice is good, the morale is very good, very good! You are in Group A on the list given to me by the school, don't embarrass the school! Now, let me see your strength! Get on the field and prepare for the drill!"
……
"You are the hope of mankind. And hope, there must be no confusion."
wrong.There is a problem with this sentence... Do it again!
……
1.
……
"■■■■■? What are you thinking, don't be distracted, it's time for us to play soon."
play?we?This voice is... Bellamy?
When you come back to your senses, there are rows of backs in standard training uniforms directly in front of your eyes. You still have a memory of some of them. They are your former classmates, but unfortunately you have never seen them again after graduation.You lower your head and find yourself wearing the same clothes, your hands are only covered with a thin layer of calluses, your left hand has not been pierced by a bullet through the wrist, and your right hand has not been worn out by the handle of a knife.
This is school?But you graduated two years ago.You graduated as the chief, entered the military to take over the Gray Crow Squad, led them to fight everywhere, and then one day, you chose to defect, and then...
Wait, defected?Yes...why did you defect?
"What's the matter?" Bellamy stood beside you.Seeing that your face was so pale that it was scary, he frowned and touched your arm, "Are you uncomfortable? Do you need me to report to the instructor?"
"No." Your brain hasn't caught up with the status quo, but your body has already responded one step ahead.You look sideways at Bellamy, then reject his offer.
"Hey, what's going on?"
A familiar voice came from behind, and a finger gently poked your waist a few times.You turned around in surprise, only to see a young girl with tied hair looking at you worriedly.Seeing that you turned your head away directly, she hurriedly supported the back of your head and turned your head back, "What are you doing so hard? The instructor is calling you, hurry up, there are so many people waiting."
Your gaze is forced back to the front by her.Looking around the shoulders of countless figures from behind, you saw the instructor standing at the front.You remember him, this instructor with a scar on his face is named Middleton Rogney, this should be the last time you saw him alive, because in the third month after you took over the Gray Crow Squad, you During a ground battle, I witnessed the instructor being torn in half by an infected body.
You swallowed silently, then turned your head slightly, looked behind you from the corner of your eye and said, "Garcia?"
Garcia frowned and looked at you, "What are you doing? Don't tell me you suddenly have stage fright, do you need me to kick you up?"
"puff."
A male student next to Garcia suddenly laughed. Although he immediately lowered his hat to hide his expression, you still saw disdain and mockery in his eyes.Probably he didn't expect that you, a dignified member of Group A, would also have stage fright. There is nothing to be angry about, and you don't plan to argue with him.
But Garcia obviously didn't think so. Her eyes suddenly became fierce. She quickly stepped on the opponent's foot with her heel, and then crushed it hard.
"what--!"
The student couldn't bear the pain, and he let out a miserable howl from his throat, which instantly attracted everyone's attention.
Bursts of anger radiated from the instructor's scarred face, and the other students also laughed uncontrollably.Garcia winked at you secretly, and Bellamy put his hand on your back to signal you to stand up quickly.
"What are you talking about! Group A members, ■■■■■, Bellamy, hurry up and get on the field! What, do you need me to warm you up?" The instructor frowned and shouted towards you.
"Come on," Bellamy whispered to you, and he went out first.
Your mind is in turmoil, but even though you have absolutely no idea what's going on, you follow Bellamy out under the influence of body memory.Garcia gave you a triumphant gesture from behind you, and you were about to nod her in reply when the world in front of you suddenly changed:
There's only a split second, like a splash screen due to poor communication, but you catch the moment that comes.
You see Garcia's smiling face transform into a face with black blood streaming from the corners of its mouth and skin as pale as a corpse.
……
Bellamy's various abilities are excellent, on par with you, but only in melee combat, you seem to have an innate talent. Among all the students in the same class, even Bellamy can't beat you It's too long, not to mention that you are still holding your most familiar weapon, the saber.In this exercise, your advantage is already very obvious.
You and Bellamy have fought countless times in private, and you know each other's moves very well.Of course you know what the instructor wants, it's nothing more than to see the strength of Group A, and then let you set an example for others, the so-called drill is actually almost enough.Seeing the instructor nodding frequently and showing a satisfied expression, you know that your performance has reached the standard, and this drill can be over.
You and Bellamy exchanged a look, and when you were about to take a step back and stop as usual in training, something unexpected happened.
Bellamy suddenly changed his tactics.
Usually, his usual movement of retracting his hands is to slash upwards, but now he leans forward, the saber is like a willow leaf flashing a ray of light from the air, hitting your head with a downward slash.He moves so fast that you don't have time to ask him why.You only saw that Bellamy's left and right sides were full of flaws, you bent down quickly, moved behind Bellamy with a sliding step, and then out of fighting instinct, you swiped your saber towards his lower back.
"No!"
You let out a short exclamation.You immediately shift the center of gravity of the body back, and the ground of your feet changes from the front of your feet to your heels.You are braking hard.Bellamy's body still maintains the tendency to rush forward. Although the distance between you is very close, as long as you retract your strength in time, your saber will not touch Bellamy.
But for some reason, Bellamy's body suddenly stopped the tendency to rush forward.You watched his back getting closer and closer in your eyes, as if he was deliberately falling on you.
It's too late to close the knife!
Bellamy is getting closer to you, and his waist is getting closer to your blade.Your mind goes blank.Just when Bellamy's clothes and skin were about to be cut by your blade, you turned your wrist violently, turned the blade and the back of the blade, and then pushed your left shoulder against Bellamy's back with all your strength. back.
——!
That feeling came again.As if this is not the real world, but a video tape, some garbled characters flashed in front of your eyes.When your sight finally recovered, Bellamy had already knelt down on the ground, bright red blood kept coming out from the wound on his waist, blood drops kept falling from the back of your knife, and in the blink of an eye your right hand and The cuffs are dyed red.
You hurriedly squatted down and supported Bellamy's shoulders, "Bellamy? What's wrong with you, I've obviously pulled back, and how could the back of the knife cut you..."
"■■■■■! Listen to me!"
Bellamy suddenly grabbed your wrist with astonishing strength—you never knew Bellamy's grip was so strong, maybe his fingerprints have been left on your skin.
Along with a slight tingling sensation on the surface of the skin, you feel something warm melt into your skin.Bellamy raised his head, before the instructor and other students rushed over, he put his head to your ear and whispered:
"They will suspect that you injured me to ensure the final ranking. They won't believe you, run away."
——The body is not afraid of the shadow crooked, and I didn't mean it, why did I run?Whatever they suspect, I can ask them to investigate, and I will watch them get slapped in the face with my own eyes.
You thought so, but when you came back to your senses and tried to call the medical team, you realized that your body had escaped.You pushed away the students and teachers who were blocking the way, and you also pushed away the shocked Garcia.
You wiped your face carelessly, and when you lowered your head, you realized that the reason why you felt the tingling when Bellamy grabbed your wrist was because Bellamy's nails scratched your skin. There was a light black color around the wound, which didn't look like blood.
……
"I know there have been rumors recently that you did it on purpose, but those are all rumors, and I won't believe it. Your knife did break my nerves, but that wasn't your intention, right? Don't let the gossip affect you."
what?
You jump to your feet.The chair fell behind you, hitting the ground with a loud noise.
You look down at your hands. There is no saber, no blood, and no weird blackness.You look up and look around, this is indoor, it looks like an infirmary from the furnishings, but why did you appear here?Is this a dream, intermittent and jumping dreams?
It seems that I forgot something.You look at your hands, you feel that you have forgotten something, but you also have a sense of joy that you have lost and found, but you don't know what you forgot, and you don't know what you got.
"What's wrong with you? Get up the chair quickly. Be quiet, do you want to be discovered by the teacher on duty?" Bellamy sat on the hospital bed and looked at you with a slight frown.He was wearing a loose hospital gown, and the moonlight penetrated through the glass beside his bed, illuminating half of his face, while the other half of his face was shrouded in shadow.
You stare blankly at Bellamy.Under Bellamy's silent reprimand, you turned around and gently lifted the chair up, sat down again, and then pointed to the notebook on the bedside table, "That's... the notes from the past few days?"
"What are you talking about, didn't you give this to me just now?" Bellamy frowned slightly, and he reached out his hand to motion you to come closer, and you did so.He touched your forehead, then his own, and said, "The body temperature is normal and there is no fever. Is it too much stress these days? Listen to me, ■■■■■, we are the ones involved." , since I didn't blame you, you don't need to feel guilty because of other people's eyes, understand?"
You look at Bellamy.Your back is leaned against the back of the chair, and your hands are slowly clasped together on your knees.
You remember, it was that night in the school infirmary.
Since you couldn't get around the teacher on duty in the corridor, you went through the window and entered Bellamy's ward.You were going to put down your notes and leave, but Bellamy suddenly opened his eyes and said that he has been wanting to see you very much these days.What the hell is going on, is it a dream or your memory is messed up?You have graduated from school a long time ago, and now you are Little Gray Crow...
Gray Crow... Gray...
"Hui...crow?" You repeated in a low voice, then slowly frowned.
Little Gray Crow...?What were you thinking just now, why can’t you remember now when you turn back and think about it?gray crow?What is Gray Crow, and why does this word appear in your memory?
"What's wrong with you?" Bellamy's tone suddenly became serious when she saw that your complexion suddenly became extremely pale.He sat up straight, looked you in the eyes and asked, "Did someone say something to you?"
"No, it's not. Bellamy, I have something to ask you." You raised your head to meet Bellamy's eyes, a faint sense of dizziness surrounded your head, but you didn't show it, " Do you know 'Grey Raven'?"
Bellamy looked at you strangely, and you could read from his eyes that he was wondering if there was something wrong with your mind.After a while, he raised his eyebrows and said, "Are you referring to an animal, a gray crow? If you refer to this, I suggest you go to Mrs. Nasu Ayano, who is in the third grade. She is an expert in paleontology."
"No." You shook your head.Bellamy's familiar attitude has greatly relaxed your mind, and your tensed back has gradually relaxed, and you smiled shyly and said, "I'm not sure what it is, but I think ...That shouldn't be an animal. Maybe this name appeared in a book or a story, do you have any impression? For example...adventure novels?"
"You know I don't like to read novels. The stories in novels are illusory and unrealistic. Although they are beautiful, in the world we live in, such stories are too redundant." Bellamy thought for a moment, "If you insist Having said that, I have indeed heard the term 'Grey Ravens' elsewhere. It is a team name, a ground combat squad attached to the military's enforcer unit, consisting of three constructs, two of which are offensive type, one is auxiliary type."
You stared blankly at Bellamy, "...what?"
Gray Crow... team?Consisting of three constructs, two offensive and one auxiliary?
Bellamy shook his head, he avoided your question, "It's nothing, it's nothing important. Back to the beginning, don't be influenced by gossip, understand?"
"Gossip? You mean..." You blinked slowly, as if remembering something, "Those people said that I hurt you on purpose to compete for the first place?"
Two offensive types, one auxiliary type... the original Gray Raven squad?Three constructs?
"Yes." Bellamy said to you very patiently.He seems to have an exceptionally strong patience with everything and everyone, especially when it comes to your problem, he is even more patient than the teachers and instructors at school, "Don't care what they say, you shouldn't be They influence. You just have to make it through to graduation and become chief, the only chief."
"What about you, Bellamy? Why can't there be two chiefs? You're as good as I am, aren't you?" you asked, looking Bellamy in the eye.
The original Gray Raven team?initial……?
"I have other plans. I hope you're not upset, which is unnecessary. Even if we're not together, I will continue to help you in my own way, and so will Garcia." Bellamy gave you a reassuring look Smiling, "Okay. Anything else to say?"
"Are you tired?" you asked rhetorically, repeating what you remembered saying when you promised Bellamy to stay, "If you're tired, I'll leave immediately. I said so when I came here." ,Right?"
"...I'm a little tired." Bellamy turned her head and looked at the night outside, "You should have a way to sneak back to the dormitory, or are you not planning to go back tonight? ■■■■■, it's rare to see you There should be a lot of things you want to say to me, why don't you take this opportunity to say them all?"
"What do you want me to say?" You asked again.
You get up from your chair—the words and the actions are out of memory.You pick up the notebook on the bedside table and look through it, as expected, it contains the contents of the school's lectures at that time.
The handwriting of the notes is very neat, and the notes are also very detailed. It is obvious that you are afraid that others will not understand it. It is conceivable that you at that time wrote such beautiful notes with so much guilt for Bellamy.
As you flipped through the notes, you said without looking up: "Do you want me to apologize to you, saying that I shouldn't hurt you for the sake of being the first, or do you want me to express my gratitude to you, thanking you for expressing every word clearly?" Are you reminding me that I hurt you, but you still tell me not to care like a good friend? Or..."
You close your notebook and look up at the person on the hospital bed.As you might expect, Bellamy is looking at you in surprise.
This is the best evidence-
Now you are in a dream, the content of the dream is the memory of the past, and all the details you have forgotten come back.Bellamy sitting in front of you at this time is just an image in your memory, like a programmed robot, he will only complete the conversations that have happened before, so for your actions that are completely different from the past, He showed reasonable surprise and doubt.
You hand the notebook to Bellamy.Bellamy didn't answer, half of his face was illuminated by the moonlight, and half of his face was shrouded in shadow. He looked at you steadily, but you couldn't see his emotion.You threw the notebook on his quilt, and you took a step closer to Bellamy, the moonlight finally covering you, your eyes reflected Bellamy's tightly pursed mouth.
You bent over to Bellamy, looked him in the eyes and said:
"Or, do you want me to tell you, 'The General'?"
Bellamy didn't speak, he still looked at you with that emotionless expression.
The mosaic appears in your sight again, this time it is no longer a splash screen, but slowly encroaching on your field of vision from bottom to top like water pouring into a tank.
With both hands resting on the edge of Bellamy's bed, the mosaic has taken up half of your field of vision, and you have to lean your upper body forward so that you can see Bellamy's face clearly and completely.
"I know you don't understand, this is just a dream, or my memory. It doesn't matter, I will explain it to you outside in a while, and I will let him explain everything clearly." You said.
You wanted to reach out and grab Bellamy's cheek, or simply grabbed his neck, but when you wanted to do it, you realized that your body had been frozen in place.You smiled indifferently, and then said to Bellamy:
"I'll see you later, Bellamy."
2.
When the mosaic filled the entire line of sight, the dream was also declared shattered.
Your tense nerves finally relax.The feeling of being possessed by the soul is very good, you control your fingers and touch the things under your body, it is the bed board, no, the mattress, it is many times better than the hard bed in the cell.Counting it carefully, from the time you defected and left the Hanging Garden to the present, you have slept countless times, but you only dreamed after returning to the Hanging Garden, and you dreamed three times after sleeping three times.Is this one side's water and soil raising one side's people...
No, if you use Watanabe's words... What is the Hanging Garden?
That's right, poor mountains and bad waters.
You slowly open your eyes, and the white ceiling is directly in front of you.The right eye is still wrapped in a bandage, but the vision of the left eye has indeed recovered a lot.Asimov really kept his secrets. It was unexpected that he, a scientific researcher, would perform surgery.When the injury recovers, you must personally go to the R&D department to thank him. It would be even better if you could invite him to the dormitory.
The sound of electronic equipment echoed in the dark room, and you looked around from the corner of your eye while maintaining a lying flat position.This should be the intensive care unit, but it’s not the one where Chairman Hassan is. The material of the walls looks different——The wall of Chairman Hassan’s room is as thick as a safe room, and it needs to be broken even if the structure is broken with weapons. certain time.You thought about whether you would become vegetative patients with Chairman Hassan, but this idea seems to be in vain.There is a very faint sense of pressure on your face, and you look at it for a while before you realize that it is an oxygen mask.
You close your eyes and take a slow, deep breath.
Breathing is normal, heartbeat is normal.Other than still not being able to feel your lower extremity and left hand, you're in incredible shape right now.The technology of the hanging garden is really powerful. It can not only reproduce the beautiful plants of the golden age, but also save your almost fragmented body.Your right hand is placed on the quilt, and the needle is stuck on the back of the hand, and the needle is connected to the infusion tube.You moved your right hand, trying to grab the edge of the quilt, and you wanted to lift the quilt and sit up.
"Don't move."
"—?!"
You thought you were the only one in the ward where another person's voice suddenly sounded. You suddenly opened your eyes and turned your head to the right to look in the direction of the voice.
The first thing you see is a wheelchair and then the person in it.The man has black hair and facial features similar to Garcia's. He seems to have not noticed your gaze and continues to work at hand: he puts a used small glass bottle into the pocket of his white coat, and then reaches out to adjust it. Take your infusion bottle.After confirming that the medicine liquid is falling at a moderate speed, he sat down again, and then looked down at you.
"Long time no see, ■■■■■."
His wheelchair is right next to your bed, you are not far away, and it seems to take care of your recovering eyesight, he stretches his neck slightly to get closer to you, his graceful neck and Adam's apple are exposed to you in front of you.You shift your gaze from his neck to his face.This face is quite different from the one in your memory, not to say that the facial features have changed much, but an indescribable feeling, as if...
No, it's really an indescribable feeling.
You want to call this person's name, but after all, you have just returned from the gate of hell, your voice is very weak, and coupled with the blocking effect of the oxygen mask, it is even more difficult for your voice to pass out.
"Want to talk?" he asked, and you nodded.
"Then take it off, you can't hear clearly with the mask on. Don't worry, you can already breathe on your own." As he spoke, he dexterously untied the straps tied on both sides of your ears.He took off the oxygen mask and put it on the bedside table, then sat upright again, looking at you quietly.
You are in no hurry to speak.After taking a few breaths to confirm that you can get rid of the oxygen mask, you look sideways at the man again, and you smile with a weak but heartfelt joy and say:
"Long time no see, Bellamy. Why are you here? You've changed a lot in the past few years."
"You too." Bellamy looked down at you, and he stuffed your hands back under the quilt with an indifferent expression.
You closed your eyes and turned your head back, still with a smile on the corner of your mouth, you said: "I mean your appearance. I haven't seen you for more than two years. You are no longer the young student you were back then. I didn't expect you to be in this situation Reunion with you, to be honest, you are quite handsome in this white coat."
Although your tone was full of reunion joy, Bellamy didn't seem to be affected by your emotions. He turned his head and glanced at the electrocardiograph and said, "Stop talking. You don't have a good place on your body now. The people in the ward The air is so cold that a sudden cold can start your lungs cramping."
The tone was all too familiar.You have been preached by so many people, but Bellamy's tone is the most special.
The sermons of Watanabe, Ri, and Coulom often carry the care and warmth of both mother and brother, while the sermons of Speaker Hassan and Commander Nicola carry the unique hatred and awkward rebuke of their superiors and elders. But only in Bellamy, you can only hear "preaching".
Bellamy has been like this since I first met you.
It was okay at first, but from the day you became good friends, all of Bellamy's advice to you became "preaching".That is pure preaching, without any "I am for your safety" and "you will put yourself in danger by doing this", but purely, like God's perspective, correcting mistakes and persuading for the purpose of forcing revisions .
persuasion?No, it's not persuasion, Bellamy's tone doesn't have the slightest hint of "persuasion".If I had to say it, it should be...
"Did you dream?" Bellamy asked suddenly.
Your train of thought is interrupted by Bellamy's words.You had to stop thinking, looked at Bellamy with some doubts and asked, "What?"
"I asked you if you were dreaming," Bellamy said.
You shook your head, "How is it possible. I just came back from the gate of hell, so I don't have the heart to dream. Why do you ask?"
"You look bad, like you've had a nightmare." Bellamy said succinctly.
You smiled slightly, then winked at Bellamy, "I'm thirsty, can you get me some water?"
"No water or food for 24 hours after the operation. Your body is not short of water. I have already changed the bottle for you three times when you were drowsy." Bellamy rejected you expressionlessly.
Hanging the bottle three times, how swollen will your hand be? This right hand probably won't be able to be used for a while.You close your eyes and breathe slowly.
"I don't pay much attention to the personnel changes in the medical department, so I didn't notice you. By the way, why don't you come to me? I usually stand by at the base occasionally. The medical department is not far from Gray Crow's base, right? I seem to be on the road Never saw you either."
"I'm not in the medical department. As I told you, both my parents work on the Science Council," Bellamy said.
"I remember. Your father is the general manager of a big project related to the future of mankind, right?" You still closed your eyes, taking Bellamy's words with a smile on the corner of your mouth.
"No." Bellamy replied.
"Huh?" You opened your eyes.Bellamy is on your right, but your right eye is still wrapped in bandages, you can only turn your head to look at Bellamy with your left eye, but you can't see Bellamy's expression clearly in a completely dark environment, "Did I remember wrong?"
"You remember correctly, but your brain needs to be refreshed." Bellamy's tone was calm, and you couldn't hear the slightest emotion from his tone, "My father used to be the general manager of that project, but he is no longer .”
"Then who is it now?" you ask.
"It's me." Bellamy said, looking you in the eyes.
"Are you working for the Science Council? Sounds good, at least you don't have to worry about salary." You said in a relaxed tone, "What about your father, retired? Or promoted?"
"He's dead," said Bellamy.
You were taken aback when you heard this.
Bellamy's father should have been alive two years ago, but even if two years have passed, time can dilute everything, he is still his father who is related by blood after all.According to ordinary people's logic, it is impossible for Bellamy to say this matter so calmly.Maybe you should say "sorry" and "sorry" now, but seeing Bellamy's face, you can't say these two words anyway:
Bellamy's face was too calm, if it wasn't fake, then he really wasn't sad about his father's death at all.
Maybe it's because your expression is too obvious now, or maybe Bellamy knows you too well, he can see your thoughts almost immediately.There was finally a slight change on his mask-like cold and rigid face, he sighed slowly, and then reached out to push your head back to its original position, so that you don't have to stretch your neck so hard.
"My father died a year ago. The Science Council announced that it was an experimental accident, but I know that he died in a civil strife, and the murderer was my mother. In order to compete for the position of chief executive, my mother will The drug developed was injected into the father. The drug did not work immediately, and the father struggled and smashed the mother's head with a microscope before dying. After that, as their eldest son, I took over the project as a matter of course." Bellamy Glancing at you, the tacit understanding of friends for many years allowed him to understand what you meant just by looking at his eyes, "Of course, there were some twists and turns in the process. I was helpless at the time, and after my parents died, I could be bullied by them at will. Fortunately , the Science Council needs me, and the Hanging Garden also needs me."
You slowly clenched your hands under the quilt, "...so they helped you. Did all the higher-ups know about this? They helped you clear up all the opposing voices in the research team?"
"You shouldn't speak like this." Bellamy didn't answer directly, but once again adopted a preaching tone, "We intended to protect you when we were in school, but you have been a commander and have been dealing with those officials for a year. You should know that in order to achieve certain goals, the higher-ups don't mind using any means. My parents' friends also lost their lives in that purge, but so what? What they need is a research team leader who can provoke the leader, And I just happen to be the best. I deserve it."
You clutched the bed sheet tightly, and there was a faint pain from the stitched wound.Although there is a nameless anger brewing in your chest at the moment, you know that you should not be mobilized so easily.
Although Bellamy's words were cruel, they were true. Since that project was related to the future of mankind, it must be very important. The Sky Garden would never give up on it anyway.As the eldest son of the general manager, Bellamy has inherited his talents and has a lot of knowledge about this project. It is the best way to choose him as the next manager, so...
You close your eyes and calm down.
So the Hanging Gardens must have cleared Bellamy of any dissonance.Even if they are stepping on the flesh and bones of countless people, they still want Bellamy to sit firmly in the position of chief executive.
"Then let me ask you another way." A nauseating feeling came back from your stomach, but you tried your best to restrain it.You grip the sheets even harder, and ask Bellamy, "Is all the higher-ups involved?"
"I know what you want to ask. You should wake up, ■■■■■, I've told you that stories are beautiful but unrealistic." Bellamy looked at you indifferently, "If it weren't for them participation, do you think I will still sit here safely and talk to you as the leader of the first research team? The Science Council is undercurrents, and it is much more difficult for us to survive than you imagine."
"It is difficult for everyone to survive, and so are structures. Your battlefield is the laboratory, and our battlefield is the earth." You refuted Bellamy's words in a not very obvious tone.You look sideways at Bellamy again, "Are all the higher-ups involved? I know you don't like me asking, but if you don't tell me, I'll keep asking. No matter what you say, I'll just I will answer your question."
Bellamy frowned at you, and you stared at him steadfastly.Just when you thought Bellamy was going to take out a small knife from his white coat and put it on your neck, Bellamy spoke.
He knows how stubborn you are, and he can only smile helplessly at this—this is the first smile he showed after seeing you, and you suddenly saw your friend from your student days on his face look.
But you know, those are all phantoms of the past.
The man in front of you is the leader of the first research group of the Science Council.
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