The general is above [rebirth]

"Ye Ze?"

The young coffee shop owner was still quietly reading a book by the window, when he heard someone push the door, he couldn't help but startled when he looked up and saw who it was.

"Come in and have a seat." William put down his book, got up from the wicker chair, and beckoned him in. Then he went behind the counter and asked, "What would you like to drink?"

Ye Ze smiled: "It's the same as usual."

"Why do you remember me here?" William chatted with him while grinding coffee.

Ye Ze shook his head where he couldn't see, and said, "I just want to talk to someone for a while - I'm on this planet, and I don't have any other friends, so I'm here to disturb you." He went to the base in the northern suburbs of Jiuling The matter of work has not been mentioned to William, and the latter has no idea what he has been through these days.

However, as keen as William, he still faintly noticed some problems. At this moment, the hand that grinds the coffee stopped, and he turned his head to carefully look at the young man who hadn't seen him in a month.It still has the old taste and old appearance, but he always feels that Ye Ze is different from before.

But he didn't ask the bottom line, just smiled lightly: "If you want to chat with me, you can do it anytime."

William served two cappuccinos to the table, and sat down opposite Ye Ze.

The warm and mild sunlight in the afternoon poured into the simple and elegant wooden cabin, and the strong aroma of coffee permeated the room. Everything was quiet and beautiful, just like when they first met.

"What happened?" William finally asked bluntly. He knew that since the other party came to him, he just didn't want to keep some things in his heart.

Ye Ze gently shook the palm of his hand, and he never thought that he would be able to tell this matter in a very calm tone only half a month after the disaster happened.

William was also taken aback. He never expected that his friend who had worked with him for many days would be the victim of the catastrophe that caused a sensation in Milan these days.He instantly understood what caused Ye Ze to have a subtle change invisibly, not only understood, but also empathized with him.

To this day, he still remembers the fear and helplessness he felt when he faced the monster for the first time. It was also an accident. It was at that critical moment when his life was hanging by a thread that the 15-year-old boy summoned his contracted beast for the first time.However, the shock that the terrifying giant beast brought to him was a double torment both physically and mentally.

He looked up at the black-haired young man who was still calm on the surface, and suddenly felt a little distressed.

So by accident, he got up and hugged Ye Ze's shoulder tightly. He felt sorry for him, just like he felt sorry for the powerless and helpless self back then.

"Do you want to hear my story?" William's gentle voice came over.

Ye Ze nodded, and couldn't help being a little curious. He had already noticed that William also had a story.

"I have encountered similar things—twice." William returned to his seat, Ye Ze's eyes widened at the first sentence.

He smiled and stirred the coffee in the cup with a silver spoon, and continued: "For the first time, my contracted beast awakened in a critical moment, but it was just born with a huge difference in strength from the monster. Fortunately, the rescuers arrived in time. I was lucky enough to survive, and at that time I thought, as long as I can spend the rest of my life in peace and stability, I will never face these monsters again."

Ye Ze raised his head, the shock in his eyes was even worse than when William heard his experience just now.The gentle coffee shop owner who has been with me for so many days actually has a contracted beast? !

There were no other customers in the coffee shop in the afternoon, and William's friend who helped him watch the shop was also absent, so the shop was extremely quiet at the moment.The shop owner got up again and took a plate of chocolate cookies and put them on the table. The pale golden sunlight shone on them through the glass window. The atmosphere was like two old friends chatting over afternoon tea. Harmonious and happy.

"The second time I confronted monsters, when I was 17 years old, my best friend and I traveled to Star Tambe." William continued to tell his story, but sighed almost inaudibly, Star Tambe It was the place where the guys in Lorient asked him to travel a while ago, but he smiled and declined.He lost something too precious there, and to this day, he still doesn't want to return to the old place.

Back then, Lorient and others who had been his classmates for two or three years didn't know about it, but for some reason now, he told the people in front of him so easily.

"I encountered a bigger disaster there, and that incident was no less sensational than this Jiuling monster case." William said, suddenly changed the subject, and asked: "Why do you want to go to the military academy?" Woolen cloth?"

Ye Ze was taken aback, he hadn't thought about this question deeply, because he was a soldier in his previous life?Because of the longing for the unknown universe and the vast starry sky?Or because of other?

It felt like everything was coming naturally and with the flow, perhaps even today he is still resigned to fate.

"You just, why do you want to join the army? You can choose a more comfortable life and live under the protection of the army. Of course, if it's just for money and fame, you can also regard joining the army as a gamble. In today's era, the army His power is absolute, he can give you a better platform, if you want to stand out, this is an excellent way."

Ye Ze shook his head: "I don't know, but it's not for these."

William lowered his blue eyes slightly, looked at his own reflection in the coffee cup, and said after a while: "For me, only the tempering of the army and the practice of the battlefield can make a person strong enough. Only then can he become strong enough." Really guard what you want to protect."

As he spoke, he slowly closed his eyes. The person who went to Star Tambei with him was his best friend since he was a child.And in that catastrophe, what they faced was only one of the two-star monsters.He could have protected him.

He has a highly talented contracted beast that everyone dreams of, but because of the fear of monsters, he buries its talent time and time again. He doesn't want it to upgrade and evolve, and he doesn't even want it to appear in front of his eyes. He stared at his friend crushed to pieces by the monster.

"After that disaster, what did you choose?" the quiet listener suddenly asked.

William raised his eyes: "After that, I began to yearn for power. I used to have only fear of monsters, but if I let the fear settle down, I still couldn't protect anything when danger came again. When a certain mood surpassed fear, I was eager I pray that I have the power to fight against the monsters."

Ye Ze was silent.

He looked down at his palm. Unlike the Earth period, a single person was no stronger than a single bullet. In this era of contracted beasts, one person's strength can also be invincible. If he can become strong enough , there will never be anything that can take away from him what he cherishes.

Seeing that he bowed his head in silence, William smiled and said, "Now you don't need to think about too heavy issues, because some things will be downplayed unconsciously, and it won't be so scary when you look back. It's just, No matter what path you choose, you must at least go forward, if you stop here, you will not go anywhere."

As William said, he stood up, picked up the coffee cup that had bottomed out with one hand, and stroked Ye Ze's short, dark and beautiful hair so naturally with the other hand: "Let it be, you still have a long way to go, be good. Just wait until school starts. Now, do you need a refill?"

"Thank you." Ye Ze smiled at him, suddenly thought of something, looked up at William, and asked, "So you... joined the army?"

William smiled: "I know what you want to ask." He shrugged as he said, "The reason why I can still open a coffee shop so leisurely is because I haven't graduated yet."

"You are also a military student!" Ye Ze's eyes widened instantly.

"It doesn't matter, anyway, I'm about to graduate, and you're just about to start school." William said, knocking on the cup, and asked, "Is it still cappuccino? Do you want to try another flavor?"

It was more than half a month before leaving school, William invited Ye Ze to live with him for the rest of the time, that is, in the small attic on the second floor.

Ye Ze didn't refuse, perhaps because the night when the disaster struck was too long, so he wanted to bathe in the sun more than he expected any time, and the feeling with William was like this, very warm and comfortable.

That evening, Ye Ze was cooking dinner as usual, while the owner of the coffee shop with light chestnut hair was sitting on the wicker chair and reading the news.

"Well, the battle with the white-fronted giant crab spider has been dragged on until now, and it's finally publicly commended, and all the D029 divisions have received first-class merit?" William said, taking a sip of coffee.

"Is it the battle that took place in the Gamma galaxy not long ago?" Ye Ze paused when he heard the words, remembering the giant fireball that hit the sky that day, and the wolf he met after the dust cleared, before he could recall more , I heard an exclamation: "The spider king who led the team was judged as an eight-star monster?!"

William's brows were frowned rarely, and it took him a long time to let out a breath, but he said, "Nonsense."

Curious, Ye Ze stirred the soup, covered the pot, turned down the heat, and walked over to have a look.

"Is the military department joking?" William scanned the news line by line, and his brows became more and more wrinkled.

Ye Ze seldom saw the serious face of this always gentle coffee shop owner, so he couldn't help asking: "What's wrong?"

William said: "The eight-star monster already has the ability to self-destruct. Guys of this level have always caused headaches for the military. If they knew in advance that it would lead the team, the battle plan would have to be changed accordingly. Besides, if Even the level of the monsters leading the team was wrongly estimated. It is hard to guarantee that there will be no deviations in other data, such as the number and scale of monsters. What the hell are those guys in the technical department doing... However, it is not necessarily all their fault that this happened. Mistake." William said, his blue eyes flickering.

Ye Ze's heart skipped a beat: "What do you mean?"

"Earlier, people discussed that it was a bit strange that the D029 Division came to support this war. After the war, they also speculated that the military must have concealed something. Major General Kuross did not show up after the war, and the deputy of the Intelligence Bureau was not long after the war ended. The director was dismissed, giving the impression that the intelligence department's mistake this time was not just an accident."

William said, but sighed: "However, if it is artificial, Major General Kulos is the only son of the marshal. If any party has the power and ability, it would dare to do this..."

He paused, and finally shook his head: "That's not something we can talk about... By the way, can we have dinner?" William said, putting on his usual smiling face.

At this moment, in the spacious and bright office, a silent confrontation between father and son is taking place.

"Answer me, Major General! Why did you cut off my communication and change the battle plan without authorization!" Marshal Kuros slammed the report submitted by the No.11 Army's Supreme Commander on the table. The federal marshal, who can keep his face on the sky and the sky, is actually trembling slightly because of anger at this moment.

"Reporting sir, due to a mistake in the technical department, we got wrong information. The battle situation was urgent. In order to prevent the Spider King from exploding himself, I had to temporarily change the battle plan. Please forgive me."

The youngest major general of the federation is standing upright in front of the large desk at this moment, staring straight ahead with his eyes fixed on him. He has a standard military posture, and his tone is neither humble nor overbearing. He completely treats himself as a subordinate who comes to give a report.

"It blew itself up in the end, major general." The marshal said coldly.

"I'm sorry, sir."

It was this respectful and rusty tone that made the Marshal almost unbearable. He really wanted to tear up his subordinate's report and throw it in his son's face. In fact, he did - he grabbed the report in his hand and threw it forward.

In an instant, papers fell all over the sky, accompanied by the marshal's growl: "Sorry? You are gambling! If the D029 division is wiped out in the explosion, can you save it with a single apology? You are just lucky this time! Major General!"

The latter endured all this calmly, watching reports falling in the air one after another without sleep, but still did not change his face, and did not even blink his eyes.He didn't open his mouth to make any more excuses. He already knew enough about the marshal's temper, and he also knew not to make unnecessary explanations in the confrontation again and again.

Marshal Kuros took a few deep breaths and gradually calmed down. He even regretted the moment he made the move.

His rage did not stem from the loss of D029 division this time. He knew that under such circumstances, his son had tried his best to minimize the loss.In order to prevent eight-star and above monsters from exploding themselves at the last moment, they had to be killed in one blow. However, they miscalculated the monster's level and obviously did not prepare for such conditions in advance, so the explosion was almost inevitable.

As the commander of this battle, most of the decision-making judgments of the son were correct, but he almost lost himself!Such an irresponsible move almost caused the federal marshal to lose his most capable subordinate and his only son, which made him unbearable.

The federal marshal tried to talk to his son about this issue in a different tone: "I taught you what is the first priority."

There was a brief silence, Major General Kuros paused for a moment, and in the end, only five words came out of his thin lips: "I'm sorry, sir."

The title of the last two words is always against the temper of the federal marshal, and he was finally offended by this indifferent tone. He may not care about a success or failure, but he can't tolerate the complete loss that almost happened. , so he raised his voice again: "I'll say it again, Major General! You can't expect such good luck every time! Don't you know what you've been through these days? You almost never come back!"

The low roar of the officer and father echoed in the large empty office. At this moment, the young general was miraculously distracted.

What happened these days...Major General Kuros thought carefully, and he really almost couldn't come back.

He remembered the scene when he was first sucked into the distorted space breakpoint and landed on Star Star. At that time, the pup was so weak that a young child could be strangled to death at will. He also thought of someone who more than once He hugged the wolf cub covered in blood and limply on the ground, and stroked its back gently until the wolf's pain was healed...

He tried to look at the story that happened over the past month from a third-person perspective, but at the end of the story, he suddenly saw that the cub who was so weak was himself.

The federal major general's eyes flashed, and he suddenly remembered something.

"Major General!" Noticing his distraction, Marshal Kuros raised his voice to remind.

"Yes, sir."

Marshal Kuros took a deep breath and finally chose to give up the topic. After a long stalemate, he asked, "How is your injury?"

"It's all right, sir."

The word "sir" sounded harsh, and this alienated and indifferent tone dilutes his joy of regaining it again and again. Marshal Kuros looked at his son who was only across the table in front of him, but he became more and more aware of the insurmountable gap between them. chasm.

This discovery made the federal marshal who has been in power for more than ten years feel a little disappointed, but he will not show this loss. The scheming marshal has long practiced a skill, hiding all emotions in front of people in the wolf-like deep eyes inside.

But at this moment, the old wolf who was in his prime raised his eyes to look at the young and strong little wolf, but found sadly that, before he knew it, his son had already possessed this skill of his own.

Marshal Kuros sighed heavily: "I didn't ask you to come here to get angry... The report is finished, you go down." He waved his hand, as if a little tired.

Major General Kuros saluted with a very standard gesture, then turned around and left.

Only then did the marshal raise his eyes, and cast his eyes unscrupulously on his son's back. He was not afraid of being found by the other party to find some emotions in his eyes that were trying to hide at the moment, because he knew that his son would not look back.

Marshal Kuros slowly leaned back on the seat, suddenly missing his son when he was a child—the soft little meatball who would lie on his body and call him daddy in a milky voice.Later, he was too busy, and every time he went home, his son would grow up a little, so that once when he first stepped into the gate of his house, he didn't recognize which of the four peers playing together in the garden was his own son.

The young general who strode out of the marshal's office didn't stop for a moment, and the adjutant who had been waiting at the door for a long time hurriedly followed him. He didn't ask until he got back into the car, "Marshal didn't make things difficult for you, did he?"

Just as the general was about to close his eyes and rest his mind, the general opened them again, his amber eyes slanted towards his adjutant, who obediently fell silent.

The general turned his head to look out the window, and suddenly remembered the matter he was thinking about just now.

In the past month or so, the contracted beast mode has been the dominant form of his body. Although he has lost the corresponding fighting ability due to backlash, his body structure is still dominated by contracted beasts.That's why the healing device didn't work for him, and the system security check at Jiuling Base didn't find him in the suitcase.

However... the general's thoughts drifted to the time when he first met that man.Bai Chuwo's ​​ability was almost equivalent to that of a healing instrument, but when the little white contracted beast healed it, it confirmed that its body had been repaired to a certain extent!That time in Xuebin City, it also healed itself at night... Different from its own strong repairing ability, it was the healing ability activated by that little white contracted beast!

The general's eyes froze.There is no existence that can heal the contracted beasts. Once they are injured, they can only rely on the medicinal effect of the spirit plant and their own repair ability to heal their injuries.

But in this ever-evolving age, nothing is impossible.

What if there is a contracted beast that can heal the contracted beast?

Major General Kuros took a deep breath, and suddenly found that he had some... looking forward to?

What to expect?The young general shook his head, turned to look at the blue sky outside the car window, a gleam of light flashed in his amber eyes.

Without changing his face, he ordered his first lieutenant: "When you return to the base, help me find someone."