nebula story

Standing at the door of the open confinement room, Nan Zhuo and Xie Wei'an felt relieved at the same time, and slowly calmed down.

Chesu sat upright on the bed, quietly allowing the guarding soldiers to change the gauze on his shoulders.Hearing them coming in, the soldier turned his head and motioned: "Captain, Colonel Nanzhuo!"

Seeing at a glance that the imprisonment on the imperial boy was still intact, Xie Wei'an breathed a sigh of relief, and stepped forward to watch the soldier's movements.

"Changing the dressing?" she asked softly.

The gauze on Chesu's shoulder had just been opened, and the blood-stained tampon was unceremoniously pulled out by the soldier, trembling slightly undetectably, Chesu's teeth were exposed on the side of his delicate cheeks because of clenching. Clear outlines.

Suddenly striding forward, Nan Zhuo rudely took the medicine and clean gauze from the soldier.

Looking up at him gently, Chesu was not as excited as Xie Wei'an imagined, but was extremely quiet.Sitting beside him, Nan Zhuo lightly picked up the cotton sliver soaked in the medicine on the tray, slowly stuffed it into the burn hole on Chesu's shoulder, and began to change his dressing according to the standard field rescue knowledge he had learned. .

I don't know if it's raw or weak, but Xie Wei'an, who was watching silently, suddenly felt that Nan Zhuo's steady hand seemed to be trembling slightly.

"Do you need anesthesia? There are some on the ship." She said suddenly.

"Bring it!"

"Need not."

Nanzhuo and Chesu spoke at the same time, the former was eager, while the latter was indifferent.

Nan Zhuo was startled, then turned to Xie Wei'an and said kindly: "Sorry, can we stay alone for a while?"

The door was gently closed, and the small temporary confinement room was temporarily isolated from the outside world. There was an eerie silence, only the sound of Nan Zhuo picking up the medicine again and the collision of knives and tongs.

I don't know how long it took, Nan Zhuo finally finished changing the wound medicine and gauze calmly, and the bandaging technique is also considered standard.But both of them had thin beads of sweat on their foreheads.

Looking at Chesu's silent face, Nan Zhuo said abruptly, "Why don't you want to use anesthetic, at least it can make you feel better."

"It doesn't hurt." Chesu said lightly.

"It doesn't hurt?" For some reason, Nan Zhuo suddenly became angry and slammed his fist on the edge of the fixed bed: "If it doesn't hurt, your forehead will be covered with sweat?! Do you think you are so brave? Do you know that this It’s really nothing! In the Commonwealth, there is more..."

The voice stopped abruptly, and the blood in his eyes became thicker and thicker, but he couldn't continue.

Raising his head, Chesu looked at him for a while, and suddenly smiled curiously: "I do have a little pain, so I sweat a little. But what about you, why do you sweat so much?"

The seemingly plain words were like a sharp thorn, piercing into Nan Zhuo's heart fiercely.

Looking at Chesu silently, Nan Zhuo gradually calmed down from his irritability.His amber eyes were a little sad.

"Chesu, don't think about hitting me." He whispered, "Since I have made a decision, I will never regret it."

"Regret?" Chesu repeated his words, a little puzzled on his calm face, "I have the position to say this word, what qualifications do you have?"

Looking at him, Nan Zhuo's eyes finally turned from pain to calmness.

"I heard that you have been asking me to come to see you? Now that I am here, what do you want to say?"

"No more." Chesu said lightly, "I was just a little angry at first, but now I have figured it out."

"Have you figured it out, or are you ready?" Nan Zhuo asked quietly.

Without raising his head, Chesu seemed unmoved, but Nan Zhuo's vicious eyes had clearly seen his fist, and he quietly clenched it!

Sighing slightly in his heart, Nan Zhuo reached out and grabbed his wrists, holding them together seemingly tenderly. "I don't want to take anesthesia, because I'm afraid of being injected too much, which will affect my mobility, right?"

He lightly picked it with his fingertips, and the electronic shackles on Chesu's wrists had been released silently.

Startled suddenly, Chesu suddenly raised his head, his hands were about to get out of trouble, but at the next moment, Nan Zhuo pressed hard and coldly: "Don't move!"

Sudden shortness of breath, Chesu fixed his eyes on him, his eyes were clear and menacing, as if fighting instantly between two extreme emotions!

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What should I do if the chance I finally got was ruined again by this man who knew him so well?Fight violently, take advantage of him being weaker than yourself, subdue him as a hostage; or wait a little longer? !

"You are really capable, Chesu." Nan Zhuo pressed his hand with difficulty, then lightly touched his ankle, and sure enough, he also responded.The original shackles, who do not know when, have long been useless.

Quietly staring at Nan Zhuo's extremely pale face, Chesu coldly shook off the electronic shackles on his wrists and ankles, leaving only the surviving alloy ropes on his wrists tied in front of him, with a desperate expression on his beautiful face. Firm: "Guess what, can I subdue you now and try one last time?"

"Why bother? You still have no chance of winning." Nan Zhuo sighed, "Since you dare not kill anyone, then even if you catch that guard, or me, what's the use?"

"You are wrong. Don't dare to kill people? Maybe I will do it next time." Chesu sneered, slowly moving the alloy rope on his wrist, as if preparing to perform some magical magic.Nan Zhuo watched quietly, but didn't stop him.

"I was indeed wrong." Nan Zhuo's voice was very soft, a bit deceptively gentle, "It's not that you don't dare, it's just that you can't bear it."

Chesu's complexion finally changed slightly.

"Look, this is your weakness. Courage can be exercised, but temperament is hard to change." Nan Zhuo's voice was full of pity that saw through everything.

Gritting her teeth, Chesu's face flushed red, and her heart was full of annoyance.

"I don't want to guess whether you can subdue me and try again. How about I guess you, how did you get out of trouble?" Nan Zhuo said lightly, "Hunger strikes and smashing food are all illusions. You just want to use these actions to Cover up something, hide something. Then you get what you need, and you break the shackles.—Although I don’t know what it is for the time being.”

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Chesu's breathing became even more rapid.

"Then you want to take advantage of the guard's opportunity to help you change the dressing, take the things you got, try to subdue him, and force him to help you untie the alloy rope. As for how to get out, you probably have no specific plan , It’s just one step at a time. Right?” Nan Zhuo said softly.

Although he knew that it would be extremely difficult for Chesu to get out of trouble, Nan Zhuo still felt that as long as he was allowed to successfully climb into his mecha, this amazingly talented young mechanic would definitely be able to drive the mecha out of here and return home. to space.

"Give up...Chesu. You can't escape, and you can't change anything." Nan Zhuo sighed deeply, his eyes were as cold as those of a federal soldier, "I just reported the secret of Nansu Star to the top military officer. Now the captain of this ship should have received the latest instructions, and will keep you at all costs. ——If you said that when you subdued me as a hostage for the first time, there was actually a glimmer of life, even if you hold the entire fleet If you threaten your life, the captain will not promise you anything."

Chesu's eyes finally shrank slightly!Although I already knew this ending, but when I knew that everything was finally difficult to change, I still felt a little sad and at a loss after all.

"I can stay here." Nan Zhuo said lightly, "If you feel unhappy, or want to fight hard, I will not resist. You might as well try to see if it is useful to take me as a hostage again-I always A little better than that soldier."

As if to prove his words, the door of the confinement room suddenly slammed open, and the figure of the young and beautiful female captain Xie Wei'an stood outside the door.The moment she saw Chesu's wrist, her expression froze, and countless firearms behind her were quickly opened, aiming at Chesu and Nanzhuo who were naked in the room.

"Colonel Nanzhuo, come out." The cold female captain lost her gentleness and regained the calmness of a soldier, "The superior has ordered that this person is a first-class criminal. From now on, two people will be guarded in two shifts 24 hours a day. There is absolutely no room for loss.”

Looking at Chesu quietly, Nan Zhuo suddenly smiled: "Look, now even if you cut me dozens of times and poured ten or eight buckets of blood on me, you won't be able to leave."

A whole group of soldiers approached slowly, rushed to Chesu's side, and saw that he was not making any dangerous movements, so they rushed forward, pinned him down on the bed, and started to bind him again.

Nan Zhuo, who had been standing aside all the time, finally erupted when he saw a soldier roughly pressing the wound on Chesu's shoulder.He rushed forward fiercely, and he punched the corporal flying: "Didn't you see that he didn't resist?! Hit so hard?!"

"Sir!" The soldier fell to the ground in embarrassment, and called out aggrievedly, "He is a repeat offender, and..."

"Shut up!" Nan Zhuo forced a few words through his teeth fiercely, "You all go away, from now on, I will come and see him in person!"

Under everyone's amazed gaze, Nan Zhuo bent down and searched Chesu's whole body again carefully.Sure enough, in his shoe, a thin broken alloy cable was hidden inside. I don't know if he stepped on it accidentally. A deep scratch was cut on the sole of Chesu's foot, and the blood was slowly seeping out.

With a sullen face, Nan Zhuo took off his shoes silently and grabbed his ankle with his own hands.Skillfully applied medicine to him, and then carefully wrapped it in gauze.

Watching his movements, Chesu never resisted, nor did he try to do any more irrational actions.

"Nan Zhuo, you..." Xie Wei'an frowned, and wanted to say something, but was interrupted rudely by Nan Zhuo.

"Captain, please hand him over to me." Nan Zhuo looked into her eyes sharply, "You don't need to tie him like this, and you don't need to put on heavy shackles."

He picked up the brand new electronic shackles, and with a click, one end was handcuffed into Chesu's wrist, and the other end was coldly handcuffed to his own wrist.Under the surprised eyes of everyone, he said word by word: "From now on, until someone from the military department takes over, I will be locked up here with him."

"Nan Zhuo, you don't have to do this." Xie Wei'an said softly, "I can guarantee that my subordinates will not give him any more chances."

Nan Zhuo didn't speak, but stared at her stubbornly and silently.

Sighing slightly, the young female captain finally waved her hand and retreated from the crowd, leaving her alone for the time being.

"Colonel Nanzhuo, I have to remind you." She said seriously, "Although I don't know why the superior's order is so strict, but you must know the reason better than me. ——If you insist on doing this, I can agree, but if it happens again In any case, I will never take your safety into consideration."

"I know." Nan Zhuo nodded, his eyes flickered darkly, and he turned to look at the quiet young man beside him, "Did you hear that?"

Without answering his words, Chesu tightly pursed his lips, and gave him a cold look, his eyes were extremely strange.

Watching Chesu's eyes and expression, Xie Wei'an suddenly realized one thing: his stupid and naive judgment before was a serious mistake.The young man's proud appearance now is his true face.

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The scout ship was finally on its way back.

There was a strange atmosphere on the seemingly calm, unnamed ship, and even the most basic technicians felt a little strange.The confinement room on the bottom floor is now guarded extremely tightly, not to mention that even the battalion commander of the Federal Flight Battalion who was rescued on the way guards there in person in undressed clothes, and their female captain goes there in person several times a day Visiting and inspecting, it seems like facing a big enemy.

In the prison cell, another bed was temporarily moved in, side by side with Chesu's small bed.Except that the two were handcuffed together during the day, even when they slept at night, they were very close to each other, with their hands tightly locked together.

Staring at the ceiling of the room, Chesu did not look at Nanzhuo.Beside him, the doctor on board the ship was hanging a plasma bag on a simple bracket on one side, and thick blood droplets were flowing into Nan Zhuo's arm little by little.A lot of blood was shed by Chesu that day. I don't know if it was due to weak blood or lack of energy. Nan Zhuo, who was imprisoned here together, also kept silent.

On Nansu Star, the warm atmosphere of two people looking at each other with a smile and turning fighting into friendship has long since disappeared like the wind, and there is no trace of it anymore.

One drop, one drop.Yin Hong's blood was finally transfused. Seeing the doctor pull out the needle from his arm, Nan Zhuo smiled: "Thank you."

The doctor shook his head noncommittally, and left two sets of pills in a small plastic box on one side: "You take the one on the left, and ask him to take the one on the right. They are mainly anti-inflammatory, and the wounds of both of you are quite deep."

"Okay, I must take it on time." Nan Zhuo nodded and agreed, watching the doctor pack up the medical equipment and close the door, he moved his cold wrist casually, picked up the plastic cup with one hand, and swallowed the pills by himself first.

Looking at the silent Chesu beside him, he stretched out his hand and handed over the water: "Take the medicine."

Without being stubborn, Chesu took it silently, and swallowed the pill silently.

A sluggish silence weighed down the small room, and inside the closed door, it seemed that the air had become heavy and stagnant.

After a long time, Nan Zhuo suddenly said: "In another twenty hours, this scout ship will be docked at our Federation's air force base."

There was no response, Chesu seemed to be dumb.

Lying quietly on his side of the small bed, Nan Zhuo said to himself: "When you arrive at the base, someone from the military will come to pick you up. I think the next thing is beyond my control. Chesu, I know you hate me very much now, but would you like to listen to some advice from me?"

"No need. I'm not interested in your words." Chesu said indifferently, his dark eyes were full of clarity, "Besides, I can guess what you want to say."

Yes, apart from persuading surrender, what other topics are there between them?Nan Zhuo closed his mouth in disappointment, the chaos in his heart was like a mess, and he couldn't figure it out.

After a long time, he said slowly, "Chesu, do you hate me?"

The boy beside him pursed his lips.Looking sideways, his face was so clean that it was a little transparent, and it was as quiet as a sleeping crystal on the seabed.

Turning his face, Nan Zhuo stared at the face close at hand. Unlike on Nansu Star, the gentle and simple boy no longer had a faint smile on his face, and the ominous fate looming ahead had already forced him to As he grew up rapidly, he put on a strong and indifferent coat.

It did not fly into the federal base near Fisher Star according to the established route like ordinary reconnaissance ships.The "Vian" chose an extremely remote abandoned base to land. In the dark and gloomy night, no one noticed the strange whereabouts of this ship.

All the soldiers were gathered in one place, and a strict military order to keep silent was issued quietly.At the same time, in the dark night, a silent and fearful federal agent team stood ready to personally take over the two people who were released from the ship.

——Nanzhuo, and Chesu.

Several experts with serious faces also quickly took over the mecha transported from the ship, carefully placed it in a large special trailer and galloped away.

Soon, the reconnaissance ship took off again and flew to the original stop according to the original route. On the Wei'an, which left silently, only Captain Xie Wei'an and the dozen or so sergeants knew that they had accidentally captured An inconspicuous young mechanic from the Empire, returned with him, and the commander of the elite flying battalion who disappeared in the first large-scale encounter between the Federation and the Empire, Colonel Nanzhuo.

After being quickly taken to a black military off-road vehicle, the thin figure of the imperial boy was transferred to the hands of the team of federal agents and disappeared in front of Nan Zhuo.

"Colonel Nanzhuo, please come with me." A leading soldier nodded to him, "Someone wants to see you."

Taking a deep breath, Nan Zhuo followed him to a base secret room not far away.

The moment he opened the door, he saw the middle-aged man in front of the table, Nan Zhuo's pupils shrank slightly.

"You strongly insisted that I accept your suggestion, but I didn't want to agree at first." The man with a serious face, light sideburns and a little silver hair turned around from the simple long table and looked at him, "But I thought about it , this is a big matter, so I still want to come and have an interview with you again in person."

Staring at Nan Zhuo's complicated eyes, the supreme leader of the military and the father of the young female captain Xie Wei'an, General Xie Zhan of the Federation, said word by word: "Do you really think that the military may not be able to pry open this prisoner's body?" Mouth?"

"..." After a short silence, Nan Zhuo nodded shyly, "General Xie, I really think so."

There was no expression on his face, nor was he angry. General Xie Zhan raised two fingers indifferently and shook them: "I think, you may be thinking too complicated."

"I firmly believe that violence and torture are not acceptable." Nan Zhuo looked at the man in front of him firmly, and said word by word, "This is the judgment I have spent with him for ten months, please consider it seriously

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His eyes lighted up, and the well-known federal general Xie Zhan suddenly said something strange: "Colonel Nan Zhuo, I heard my daughter tell me how she feels about you, would you like to hear it?"

Slightly startled, Nan Zhuo scratched his head in embarrassment: "Ha, what did Wei An... say?"

"She said that you look like you don't care about anything, you are lazy and careless, but in fact, your heart is very soft and you are too sentimental." There was a shrewd insight into the world in his eyes, and the famous federal general stared at the young colonel in front of him : "Being together for ten months, is it enough for you to develop a little friendship with this imperial prisoner?"

Sudden suffocation, Nan Zhuo's face flushed red: "I am not a war machine, of course I will have feelings for someone I have been with for a long time." Looking at General Xie Zhan's indifferent eyes, he gritted his teeth, " But this has nothing to do with my judgment on this matter, I personally think that my suggestion is the most worthwhile solution."

Gently tapping the long table under him with his fingers, the famous general of the Federation, who has always been decisive in killing, fell into a short thought.

Finally, he raised his head: "Okay, I respect your judgment, and I decided to take a risk to try your proposal." Picking up the communicator, he lightly pressed a button, and soon, there was a crisp knock on the door .

The federal soldier who led Nan Zhuo over pushed the door and entered. He was about thirty years old, and his pale face showed signs of long-term ignorance, but the pair of phoenix eyes on his face were unforgettable.After entering, he gave a military salute to General Xie Zhan.

"This is the current chief of MI[-], the former major general Bihai." General Xie Zhan nodded to the two of them, "This is Colonel Nan Zhuo, let's get to know each other."

"General, should we start the second plan first?" The former director of Bihai glanced at Nan Zhuo with a polite attitude, "I discussed this issue with you on the way here. I think Colonel Nan Zhuo's performance in air combat Needless to say, he seems to have underestimated our abilities as professionals."

"Sir, what do you mean?" Nan Zhuo stared at him coldly.

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"It's very simple." The former director of Bihai had a faint determination on his face, "I just took a close look at the captive of the empire. He looks young, and his demeanor is even a little childish."

Yuan Bihai Xiruo Danfeng's eyes flickered, and he added: "According to our information sources, he has been in the army for a very short time and has been immersed in machine repair training. He must not have received professional intelligence training. For resisting torture He shouldn't have any experience in destroying his defenses."

Staring at him firmly, a sneer appeared on the corner of Nan Zhuo's mouth: "Sir, you rely too much on dark means and overestimate the energy of violence."

Unconcerned, E's pale-faced head of the Federal Intelligence Service shook his head: "Colonel Nanzhuo, under the blue starry sky, driving a majestic mecha to attack and defeat the enemy is just a kind of fair and just violence."

Nan Zhuo said coldly: "Some violence makes people excited, but some violence makes people disgusted."

Shaking his head with a half-smile, the former director of Bihai looked at Nan Zhuo's handsome and vigorous face: "You are wrong, violence is violence, there may be differences in performance, but there will be no distinction between superior and inferior."

Not wanting to argue with him anymore, Nan Zhuo turned his head and looked at General Xie Zhan who had been listening to their conversation quietly: "General, you have already made a decision, haven't you?"

After pondering for a while, General Xie Zhan didn't speak for a while, Nan Zhuo couldn't help feeling anxious.Suppressing his anxiety, he tried his best to make his voice sound calm and objective: "General, in fact, you should know that no matter whether it is the Federation or the Empire, there is no shortage of courageous people who cannot be bent or surrendered." .”

With a slight smile, the former director of Bihai slowly took out the blue handkerchief from the pocket of the military uniform on his chest, and wiped off the dust that fell on his shoulders when he entered the door just now.

No one has been to this abandoned base for too long, and it is full of dust.And the military's action this time is really a bit too careful.he thought absently.

"Okay, let's start Plan No. [-] first." General Xie Zhan finally nodded, "It won't be too late to use Plan No. [-] to extract confessions."

The majestic gaze scanned Nan Zhuo, and Nan Zhuo's expression of relief for a moment did not escape his eyes.

"From now on, the former director of Bihai will be responsible for the safety of this operation. ——In specific operations, he will fully assist you, but when it comes to the monitoring of prisoners, you must also fully obey his command."

"Yes!" Nan Zhuo quickly raised his hands in salute.

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Stepping away from the room, General Xie Zhan looked at the dark military bulletproof vehicle parked quietly in the distance, and walked over in a strange way.

Raising his hand to signal, the black window of the car slid down silently, and landed slowly in front of the eyes of the top general of the federal military.Sandwiched between two agents with live ammunition, the imperial prisoner noticed something strange and turned to look at him.

The middle-aged general, who was around 50 years old, looked at the boy with a handsome face and clean eyes through the car window and the agent's shoulder.

I don't know if he was oppressed by his sharp aura, or because he saw the badge of the general's rank on his shoulder, the boy's eyes were slightly dazed, and his snow-white teeth bit his lower lip hesitantly.

The two stared at each other silently for a few seconds, and the cold federal general waved his hand; "Take it away."

The black glass window slowly rolled up in front of him, and he turned and walked along the way he came from. General Xie Zhan felt such a strange feeling in his heart for a moment.Unwilling to analyze this overly weird emotion, he sat silently in his private car and closed his eyes.

That was the first time they met.

A long time later, when Xie Zhan recalled this short-lived side, he always felt in a trance, wondering if there was something in the dark looking at them coldly, so that there was a strange chill on his back.

So much so that he will always remember the dazed and innocent look in the child's eyes when he looked at him.