hunting stars

A gorgeous silver flower suddenly exploded between Raymond's right fingers, and the bowl-sized silver flower rushed towards Levi's front as fast as lightning.Fortunately, Levi was well prepared and dodged to the side when the opponent started to move.In a blink of an eye, the silver flower slammed heavily on the position where Levi had just stood.

The moment it was fixed, Levi saw clearly that it was not a flower at all, but a ring-shaped weapon with dozens of crescent-shaped blades spread out one after another, row upon row.Its shape resembles a small sunflower without a flower heart, but the petals are no longer tender plant tissues, but sharp metal that can cut human flesh.These "petals" are linked together by a long, thin, silver-white chain. One end of the chain is connected to where the "flower heart" should be, and the other end is held in Raymond's hand.

The young man with a cold murderous intent in his eyes shook his wrist lightly, as if he had opened the door.

Some kind of device on the silver chain, the blades that were inserted into the wall in a static state rotated together in a swirl shape, twisting the hard wall into a round hole the size of a plate.Raymond pulled it lightly again, and the "sunflower" like a meat grinder returned to his hand, and it became only the size of a "petal". If you don't pay attention, you may even think that it is just a uniquely shaped decoration.

"Lieutenant, what do you think of my toy? It's pretty, right?" The boy lowered his head and grinned, "I used it to chop up Baron Parsons. Compared with the hot weapons like laser guns, it looks a bit old-fashioned." , but I have been using it since I was eight years old, so it is very handy. It is much easier to hide than a gun, and it will not make any noise when killing people.”

"It seems that I underestimated you. I didn't expect that your skills are not bad." Levi said lightly.

The short conversation time is very important, enough for the second lieutenant to judge the whole situation clearly: the laser gun is placed in the bedroom outside, and now he is completely unarmed.The inner bedroom the two of them lived in was not only small, but also had no barriers to cover them, and Raymond blocked the only exit. If they wanted to dodge, they could only rely on their body's speed and reflexes, but this wasn't going to last for a long time. count.

Without waiting for him to think for too long, the boy's second wave of attack has already started.

At the beginning, he still teased Levi like a cat and a mouse, but he soon discovered that this officer was not an ordinary person.

Levi's quick bounce and excellent sports vision can often find the direction of the boy's target and dodge it the moment his fingers spread out.As time went by, Raymond also gradually became impatient. He released and retracted the weapon faster and faster, and sometimes pulled the control chain to flip and spin at unfathomable angles.

Because Raymond has not undergone systematic physical training for many years, Raymond's physical strength is not at the same level as Levi's. Therefore, after such a silent battle lasted for more than ten minutes, he gradually felt that his arm movements became more and more stiff. His fingers were not as flexible as they were at the beginning, but Levi's jumping and turning around still seemed brisk.The original cheerful smile on Raymond's face gradually disappeared, replaced by a ferocious face, he suddenly changed the direction of the attack, and concentrated all the attacks on the lower part of Levi's body, so the second lieutenant had to do a lot of things. The physical exertion of jumping and somersaulting is greatly increased.

Levi also discovered his plan, but he was too clumsy to deal with it and couldn't fight back. A few minutes later, he couldn't dodge and was slashed by a blade. His legs and feet, which seemed dull in this way, would soon be cut off by the cruel boy. .

His eyes suddenly touched the test equipment that hadn't been fully packed, and Levi swept all the test tubes and containers towards the roof with his arm, and then kicked all those things from the air to the boy who was always blocking the door.

Seeing those glass vessels flying towards him, Raymond hastily smashed them in the air with a flying blade. With the sound of "clinking", the broken glass powder and corrosive

The liquid fell into his eyes, face, and arms together, and Raymond yelled in pain, and couldn't help closing his injured eyes.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Levi quickly kicked him away, and rushed towards the laser gun placed in the outer bedroom from the door of the inner bedroom.

The laser gun was right in front of him, but the wind behind him was like a shadow. Hearing the sound of breaking through the air, Levi had to give up the gun that was close at hand and go back to look.Raymond's face was blood red, and the face burned by glass and corrosive liquid was disfigured and covered with tiny wounds, even the eye sockets seemed to see blood.He rushed over frantically, and the "sunflower" made of blades had reached less than ten centimeters from Levi's face.

It was impossible to think about it at all. Levi grabbed the chain linking all the blades, which is the "flower stalk" of the "sunflower", but the diamond weapon is obviously not a real flower, and it seems to have been prepared in the design In case someone would launch an attack on this part, the blades that were originally folded forward suddenly turned backward collectively, tightly wrapping the "flower stalk" and Levi's hand holding the "flower stalk".

At this moment, with just a slight movement of Raymond's hand, Levi's entire right hand including the belt bone can be cut into pieces.

The excitement of winning had already appeared in Raymond's eyes.

But it was only for a moment, Levi slammed the plastic bag containing the imperial prince's genetic sample into the center of the blades that he had been holding in his left hand, and his hand was bloody when he went in and out. The plastic bag that penetrated into the center of the blade may not be spared either.

Raymond was taken aback, and instinctively let go of Levi's right hand surrounded by reversed "petals", and wanted to lower his head to check whether the precious DNA samples were safe, but at the moment when his fingers were about to touch the blade, he Suddenly, I felt that my head was blocked by a hard thing.

The corner of his eye told him that Levi was holding a shiny black thing in his blood-dripping hand—it was a laser gun.

Raymond trembled, at first it was very slight, and gradually it became bigger and bigger, almost to the point of shaking and convulsions, and finally Levi had to say, "If I were you, I would not move at all."

"Are you going to kill me? Can you really do it?" The blood-stained boy seemed to be laughing and crying.

"You can give it a try..." the expressionless second lieutenant whispered.

"You can't kill me, Lieutenant, we might still be related by blood." Raymond muttered nervously, "And once you kill me, how will you explain to the alliance? The corpse is not easy to deal with, the Empire will If you notice your abnormality, you will not be able to go anywhere by then. Besides, I haven’t told you yet. Returning to the Alliance and handing over your DNA is your only option. You may not know the person named 'Levi' copied by the Alliance You're not the only one..."

This passage caught Levi's attention, and he suddenly turned his face and stared at Raymond closely, "What do you mean I'm not the only one?"

Realizing that this secret might become a bargaining chip, Raymond stopped trembling all over, and pretended to be surprised instead, "Huh? Second Lieutenant, don't you know?"

"Stop talking!"

"Hey hey..." Raymond turned his head, as if he didn't care that his forehead was facing the muzzle of the gun, "Let me guess what you were thinking just now. Oh, you must want to kill me, and then put you and the prince Hiding your relationship as a secret...Second Lieutenant, what should I say about you? Is it naive or stupid? You still want to be with the crown prince of the empire...There is no possibility of the two of you, even if you can hide it from him for a while , the alliance will always expose this matter, and guess what he will think then? He will definitely think that everything you have done before is a hypocrisy. Or you want to leave silently and not give the DNA to the alliance. Disappear... That's impossible. There are still many experimental subjects copied by the alliance that are exactly like you. If you leave without saying a word, there will definitely be another 'Live' to take your place and come to your beloved Be around the little prince, enjoy the love you have enjoyed, listen to the sweet words he said to you, have sex/love with him like you, and finally steal his DNA in the same way. So, your only way out is Come back to Union with me..."

"Shut up!" Levi bit his lips until his teeth broke through the skin and revealed bright red blood.

Seeing such a color, Raymond was even more excited, almost dancing, "What? Are you jealous, or are you jealous? When you hear that you might be replaced by another person, don't you feel so angry that you are about to go crazy? Tsk tsk tsk, it's scary. , second lieutenant...you can't see the expression on your face..."

Raymond's uncontrollable speech came to an abrupt end, and his body seemed to petrify instantly, because he saw Rivera unbolt the gun and pull the trigger inch by inch.

"No! You can't... you're crazy... Levi, how can you do this?! Are you kidding me? It's not funny at all, no... you're not serious, I don't believe you're actually going to do this , please, don’t kill me, I don’t want to die, I really don’t want to die...” As if he had predicted the final result but couldn’t believe it at all, the young man shook his head frantically, tears like blood suddenly flowed from his eyes, and his whole face The wounds on his face were connected into a net in the extremely ferocious expression, splitting the originally delicate and beautiful face into pieces, he suddenly let out a squeezed and deformed cry from his throat, "Ah--! Levi, I curse you , Why, why is it up to you to end my life? I am not reconciled! I am not reconciled! I am not reconciled! It’s all because of you, because of you—! I want to curse you with everything I have, that you can never be with the crown prince of the empire…”

"boom--!"

Before he could finish his sentence, he fell back amidst the burst of blood on his forehead, and fell straight on the ground.

The unrepentant young man stared at his eyes full of malice, so hard that his eye sockets were about to burst, his eyes kept falling on Levi's face.

r> Jets of blood splattered on Levi's face. After looking at Raymond for a while, he reached out to touch the boy's eyelids, trying to close the eyes that couldn't be closed, but he couldn't after several attempts success.

After sitting for a while, Levi dropped the laser gun in his hand and staggered towards the living room. He turned on the TV and curled up on the sofa.

This is not the first time he has killed people, but the targets he killed before were all enemies, but this time he personally killed his companions.Even though he couldn't figure out whether he should belong to the Empire or the Alliance, and even though the decision to kill the boy was determined since he realized that he might threaten Roger Hill, he couldn't justify it anyway. He replied that he took the lives of others for his own self-interest.

It was so cold, so cold that I was almost frozen to breathe.

As if in a world of ice and snow, Levi hugged his shoulders tightly.

A thin morning light shines through the window, and swirling snowflakes flutter and fall hand in hand.

The harsh winter has finally arrived.

In such coldness, he seemed to hear Roger Hill's voice.

Looking up in a daze, Levi found that it was the 24-hour scrolling news on the TV that had just been turned on.

"Yes, the royal family has just been confirmed." On the pleasant background screen, the crown prince's graceful figure is surrounded by reporters' long guns and short guns, "The final public selection project is to fly a dream fighter: The Bloodthirsty Queen, father The emperor, the grand duke and I all agree - whoever can assist me to drive this 'Queen' into the sky will be the final winner of this competition. I sincerely look forward to being able to drive this 'Queen' with my destined person Fighter planes sail in space..."

Standing in the cab of the "Bloodthirsty Queen" again, the second lieutenant almost felt as if he had been in another world when he recalled the last experience.

The only thing that is the same is that, just like that time, only he and the crown prince are left in the current TBQ.

As soon as the two got together alone, Roger Hill obviously relaxed a lot. Compared with the decent and elegant face of the media and the public just now, the expression and movements of the prince at this time are more in line with his real age.

"How about it? Lieutenant, I'm smart, right?" The crown prince tilted his head and said in an unusual tone of asking for credit, "Arrange you to be the first to board TBQ, as long as we drive it to hover over the imperial capital In a week, other people should automatically abstain. I don't want anyone other than you to get in touch with this fighter. At my coming-of-age ceremony, can you also be my co-pilot? At that time, our wedding can be held together ..."

Having said that, he paused for a moment, as if embarrassed to speak so clearly, "I like your feelings, I really want to let everyone know right away..."

-- let everyone know.

Roger Hill thinks so, and is putting it into practice.

At the scene where TBQ was about to take off, all members of the royal family had arrived amidst the crowds, even Grand Duke Offie, who never wanted to appear in public, had also arrived.Just waiting for the only candidate to appear, the emperor of the empire will immediately announce the official birth of the crown princess.

He really wants to be with me forever. --Looking at the uncontrollable joy on Roger Hill's face, Levi felt his heart throbbing.

It's too late.

Raymond's unprocessed corpse was in the guard's dormitory. The cold weather delayed the decay, but the stench would always come out after a while.All DNA samples related to the prince were destroyed, and everything about him that was once stored in the computer was deleted long ago, leaving nothing behind, not even a certificate of memory.

The only thing he can do is hope to buy a little more time to let this person be reflected in his pupils.

How much I want to kiss his ice blue eyes again, how much I want to touch his golden hair again, how much I want to hear "Honey, I love you too" from his mouth again.

But even these cannot be done.

He couldn't show the slightest strangeness at such a moment, and couldn't make him feel any reluctance in the betrayal he was about to make.

Hot flashes could not be restrained from the eye sockets, and Levi could only cover up his head.He felt that his throat seemed to be completely blocked by silted sorrow, and he could barely make a sound after working hard for a while: "Your Highness, when will we officially start driving?"

"Oh, let's do it now." Roger Hill teased his lover with some joy, "The second lieutenant seems to be more anxious than me."

"..."

Looking at his bright smiling face, Levi didn't dare to speak at all, he was afraid that only

If you want to express your sadness, you will not be able to suppress it.

This is the last time.

Looking at him smiling unpreparedly like this, when we meet again in the future, this face with unparalleled beauty will probably only show merciless coldness and hatred.

I really wish that time could stop at this moment forever, but such a delusion can never be realized.

Seeing that Li Wei didn't speak, the crown prince mistakenly thought that the second lieutenant didn't know how to deal with his teasing. He took the other's hand in a funny way, and pulled him to sit in their respective seats.

After the prince lay down completely and started brainwave connection with the fighter plane, Levi stared at his face for a long time before placing his head in the fixed groove.

[Live! 】Almost at the same time, the familiar sweet and childish voice of a girl came from her ear, and she jumped for joy, 【Levi, Levi!You haven't been here for a long time, I thought you forgot Lydia, I'm so happy to see you again... Ah, aren't you happy? 】

"Long time no see, Lydia." In his heart, the second lieutenant whispered.

[Is something wrong?There are many, many tears in your heart... Lydia can help you beat someone who upsets you. 】

"...No need." Trying to calm down, Levi finally convinced himself in the difficult decision, "Can you help me get out of here?"

【Ah, of course. 】The "Bloodthirsty Queen" laughed happily, 【When was that? 】

"Now."

【now?Have you really decided? -- Once confirmed, you can no longer go back on your word. 】There is a hint of evil in the innocent child's voice.

"I've made all the preparations."

[Great, Levi is leaving with me, I'm so happy. 】The "Queen" cheered, 【There will only be the two of us in the future, and Levi will be mine. Wow, I really can't wait.That's it - here we go! 】

The red fighter plane vibrated, and under the fanatical and surprised eyes of everyone, the engine started, and it rose to the sky with a steady posture.

On the square of the takeoff and landing platform, people cheered. Numerous colorful balloons took off together with the fighter planes, and flocks of white pigeons were also released. Under the blue sky, everything presented a warm and beautiful atmosphere.

Among the ten finalists including Wen Sen, there was a small commotion. Some people broke down and cried in disappointment, and some people frantically stretched out their hands to the blue sky, as if they could catch the flying machine.Only Vincent watched the frivolous "Queen" fly away from his sight with a calm expression, and disappeared into the blue sky.

In the center of the specially built stand, the emperor Dylan II had already stood up, and only waited for TQB to hover over the imperial capital for 10 minutes before reading out the prepared speech for celebration.

Time goes by gradually.

A quarter of an hour, 10 minutes, until half an hour passed, there was still no return fighter.

celebratory cheers from the crowd

It began to fade away, but was replaced by whispers.Gradually, such discussions seemed to converge into rivers, and anxiety and speculation began to spread among the masses.

After 5 minutes, the two members of the royal family who faintly sensed that something was wrong received the top-secret information presented by Officer Xue Nuo in an anxious tone at the same time, "Report to Your Majesty (His Royal Highness), the military department urgently reports, from TBQ Ten minutes after takeoff, all contact with the two pilots was lost."

Looking at the emperor from a distance, the Grand Duke stood up abruptly, and quietly left the viewing booth without disturbing the people as much as possible.

About seven or eight minutes after the fighter plane started, Roger Hill noticed the abnormal state of TBQ driving, and the actual route on the display deviated obviously from the set direction.

The crown prince immediately cut off the nerve connection with TBQ, but found that the fighter plane seemed to have its own life, all the indicator lights flashed in an orderly manner, and it entered the automatic driving state without instructions.

"Second Lieutenant, Levi, Levi..."

As he called, the second lieutenant, who was in the assisted driving state with his eyes closed, ended the operation, and after the seat automatically flipped from a flat to a straight sitting position, he slowly opened his eyes.

"Your Highness, what's the matter?"

All the expressions on Levi's upright and handsome face disappeared, and he looked at the crown prince indifferently, his dark pupils seemed to become frosted and no longer reflected light.

The anxious prince didn't notice these abnormalities immediately, "Second Lieutenant, TBQ doesn't seem to be quite right, it doesn't follow the preset track, if I didn't miscalculate, it is leaving the imperial capital..."

"Ah……"

A thread of thin, gossamer laughter interrupted his words. When Roger Hill turned around, he saw the second lieutenant's face was blocked by the shadow because of the hair hanging down on his forehead, and only the vivid smile remained on the corner of his mouth.That weird smile was like a sharp knife stabbing the Crown Prince's back, and he suddenly felt something was wrong, "Levi?"

"Your Highness, you don't need to worry. Because TBQ is only sailing according to my order, she is a fighter that can realize unmanned. Without your guidance...she will do well."

The second lieutenant in the silver and black military uniform raised his head. Almost at the same time, Roger Hill, who caught his gaze, stepped back half a step, but he quickly retracted his backward leg, forcing himself to return to the original position. position. --The person in front of him seems to be the familiar guard officer, but he doesn't seem to be. His facial features are clearly the same, but his expression and demeanor are completely different.

If you want to describe it, the former second lieutenant is like a poplar growing in the blue sky and green grass, but the current one is a black marble flower blooming in the depths of the jungle.

"Sail according to your order? Why? Second lieutenant... I don't quite understand what you mean." Although he had vaguely guessed the truth, the crown prince still refused to believe it.

"It's unreasonable

solution?Or have you thought about it but are unwilling to accept it? "Levi stood up, and the breath of the two people close at hand could be heard. He brushed away Roger Hill's fluffy blond hair draped over his shoulders, bent down and put the strands of hair on his lips and kissed, "Your Highness, I'm really sorry, this This time I have to let you down, I——betrayed your trust. But this is also a last resort, I am originally from the alliance, and what I am doing now is only to express my loyalty to my motherland.”

"What did you say..." The crown prince suddenly turned around, he paused, and suddenly returned to a natural smile and a relaxed tone, "Now is not the time to play around, Second Lieutenant. Father and Grand Duke are waiting for us to go back, There are also countless people present... If this matter is opened up, even I will be a little ignorant and explain it to everyone.”

"Do you think I'm joking?" The second lieutenant, who seemed to be a different person, let go of those brilliant golden long hair and sat back in the driver's seat in a relaxed posture. Like you. Then... I can understand that your love for me has penetrated into the bone marrow and penetrated into the soul, or that you have been fascinated by me to the point where you would rather deceive yourself?--It's great to have you with such pride The favor of a beauty of noble status, even for me as the enemy, is an honorable enough victory to show off everywhere.”

Roger Hill's cheeks that were originally flushed with joy were turning white little by little.

Levi didn't seem to notice it at all, and just said to himself, "But, even if you really love me, my loyalty to the motherland will not be shaken. Ah, it can be like this, after I bring you back to the alliance, if If the military allows it, I will remember to visit from time to time. If you need it, I can even provide the same service as before, after all... we are all very happy..."

"Stop talking." The Crown Prince said in a low, stifled voice.

From this angle, Levi couldn't see his expression, he could only see the long golden eyelashes trembling slightly beyond the outline of his face.

When the crown prince turned around, he could only see reddish eye circles and aggressive eyes.

"I don't believe it at all, Second Lieutenant, do you want me to believe that you are trying to kidnap me now?"

"It's fine if you want to understand it that way."

"Even if the alliance catches me, what's the use? The empire will not sacrifice the lives of thousands of people for the safety of a member of the royal family!"

"We don't need your life, we only need your genes." The second lieutenant stated coldly.

"..." The crown prince seemed to have had his throat sawed off suddenly, and it took a long time before he recovered his voice, but at this time there was already a trace of weakness mixed with his stubbornness, "Levi, you have to tell me that the evidence of our love is Is it fake? Your room is covered with photos of me, the password to enter the computer, and the scar on your side...how could all these be from a disguise?"

He said forcefully, and

Rather than being firm, it is better to say that he is convincing himself.

"So, just because of this... have you been deceived? Your Royal Highness, the Crown Prince of the Empire." The alliance second lieutenant wearing an imperial uniform smiled casually, "Maybe I should say sorry, Your Royal Highness, I am really sorry, As a junior officer of the Union, I deceived your noble feelings."

For a moment, Roger Hill felt that he seemed to be temporarily deaf, and there was a noise in his mind and it seemed to be silent. He couldn't hear what the person on the other side was saying, and he could only see the indifferent smile and frivolous and indifferent words. eyes.

The unbelief and doubt that were forcibly blocked in my heart finally burst, and the raging flood flooded over the love and trust that had been carefully watered, and then washed everything away, leaving only a bare blank.In this barrenness, the surprise of knowing that person's secret love, the anxiety of not being able to respond, and all kinds of visions for the future of the two are like cold jokes, pitiful, embarrassing, and unbearable to look at. .

The hot and boiling heart slowly cooled down, and finally turned into a pile of ashes.

Roger Hill was surprised that he could still say such a question peacefully, "So... it was fake from the beginning?"

Levi didn't answer right away, but after a while, "Yes."

"Is it planned from the beginning?"

"Yes."

"Then how did it feel when you heard me say I fell in love with you? Do you think I'm stupid and ridiculous?"

"..."

"You can just say it doesn't matter."

"Yes."

"As expected..."

"...Actually, you're just a little too naive."

"Second Lieutenant, you are really..." The crown prince smiled, gradually becoming translucent and vicious, "Second Lieutenant Levy, if I were your boss, I would definitely give you the highest award, because--you let me The person I fell in love with completely desperately. Before, I didn’t notice your changes, nor did I have no doubts about you, but I told myself repeatedly to trust your love, and I even thought about it, if The royal family cannot accept us being together, and I will automatically give up the inheritance of the empire...Do you feel more proud after hearing this?"

"..." The second lieutenant remained silent with a hard expression.

The silence did not bring the prince to stop his self-abuse speech. He continued to speak more bitterly to himself, "I have commanded bloody wars and dabbled in dirty politics, but these unclean things have brought me supreme Glory and fame. However, my love, the feeling that I am in love with someone, has repeatedly caused me to be stigmatized, one for Electra, the other for treason.”

Roger Hill closed his eyes, and all kinds of encounters, acquaintances, and love with the person in front of him flashed through his mind like phantoms.

Those fleeting pictures seemed to be the toxins that paralyze the nerves, tempting him not to let go so easily, it was just a shallow heartache in a trance

Then, he involuntarily said, "Second Lieutenant, even if it started with an impure purpose... have you really never liked me?"