[Spell Back to Battle] Asuka

64.

When the starship was moored in the military area in the early morning, General Ellie was already waiting on the tarmac.

She stood in front of me and repeatedly confirmed that I was fine, and then she breathed a sigh of relief: "It's good that you can come back safely. I'm still worried when I heard that the elders' house sent all the high-level new humans..."

"I'm sorry for making you worry." My eyes were slightly black and blue, and I looked at the corpses preserved by the soldiers. "These are the ironclad evidence of treason in the Elder's House, and... the corpse of Yuzu Yuren."

General Ellie's gaze narrowed slightly.

"It is indeed the child possessed by the two-faced Su Nuo..." She lifted the white cloth, glanced at the corpse, and sighed softly, "He is also a very talented child. It is a pity that he is still so young..."

I don't want to comment on her exclamation. I just think that such a speech is particularly ironic after she signaled the people of the Academy of Sciences to take the corpse back.

Scientific research and human progress outweigh the interests of the minority, and that's the way most politicians think - not pejoratively, but it's hard for me as the "minority" that keeps losing.

"Excuse me, general, where are these corpses sent?" asked the soldier who was transporting them.

"Leave two as evidence, and store the rest in the laboratory first." General Aili said naturally, "We must study the container of the double-faced Nuo carefully—this will be of great help to us in the future against the Zerg."

"Yes!"

"I'll leave this part of the research to you, Asuka." General Ellie looked at my pale face and frowned slightly, "But don't rush to start, you have to go back and rest for two days... Why is your face so bad?"

"Excessive use of mental power, a little tired, nothing serious." I shook my head, "Thank you, General."

"You should have a good rest. Your body is the most important thing." She patted me on the shoulder with a gentle tone, "Speaking of which, where is Yi Gu? Didn't the child come back with you?"

"I will escort the evidence back first, and Yi Gu will stay in the prison to arrange follow-up. After all, Wujo Wu and the rest of the prison still need to settle down." I said with a natural expression, "He will return to his life probably a day later."

Considering the teacher-student relationship between Yi Gu and Gojo Satoru, General Ari quickly accepted this explanation.

"Anyway, go back and have a good rest," she repeatedly urged, "There's really no rush to study this matter, and there's no need to overwork yourself for work. It just so happens that other researchers are on vacation, so it's settled."

I couldn't shirk it, so I could only go back to rest under her arrangement.

All seemed to be back to normal—until the Academy of Sciences was engulfed in flames.

The flames burned quietly in the middle of the night, and the shouts of soldiers and the sound of gunfire could be heard endlessly.

"There is an enemy invasion!" The patrol captain said in a deep voice, "Among the enemies are powerful new human beings. It is initially suspected that the remnants of the Elder's House came to destroy the evidence. Protect the evidence!"

"The second team is going to protect Miss Jiuchuan and prevent the opponent from deploying an assassination plan against Miss Jiuchuan. Hurry up!"

The flame was still burning, making a crackling sound.Such small voices cannot drown out those louder voices.

Yi Gu swung his knife down, smashing the tempered glass that closed the experimental object.He looked at the half-worm, half-human experimental subject inside expressionlessly, his eyes were cold.

"Please..." The voice of the experimental subject entangled and corroded by the Zerg was hoarse, "Kill me..."

Yi Gu drew his knife and stopped his screams.

He threw the body transported back into the fire, and saw Omega standing outside the huge cage, looking at the long-haired Zerg inside.

I looked at the long-haired Zerg in blue scales and fell silent for a while.

"You'd better hurry up, there are still about 10 minutes before the people from the military department can finish killing the mixed Zerg that Xia Youjie sent in." On the other side of the headset, Shi Er reminded.

"...I know." I said.

The Zerg looked at me curiously, and licked its claws.The part of her body that clearly belonged to the Zerg had the upper hand, looking at me with hunger and thirst.

There was still half of the corpse in her cage, which belonged to the researcher she caught into the cage yesterday, bloodstained, tooth marks, and internal organs spilled all over the floor.

This is also the reason for the collective vacation of the Academy of Sciences. After I went back, I heard from Shi Er, who had finished inquiring about the news, that a certain researcher was caught when he opened the glass to throw food, and only half of his body was left after eating. The rest of the colleagues were frightened. Collective leave.

'I just said that you were obviously very tired before, and General Ellie didn't let you go back for vacation, why did you have such a good time this time. '

At that time, Shier curled his lips and said, "I heard that the other researchers present were petrified, and some people peed in fright—come on, this is the most important project of the chief, and they usually don't need to be alive." Do death row prisoners and war criminals feed that Zerg?Don't you think it's too late to be scared when it's your turn? '

He's right, and I think so too: People should be prepared for things to happen to them before they do them.

"You want to save her?" Yi Gu stood beside me and asked in a low voice.

"I think." I sighed softly, "but I'm soberly aware that... I can't save her."

"I'm still too late."

When I came to the Academy of Sciences, she had already been raised by Osamu Miyamoto to be such a bloodthirsty monster, who fed on humans and was sliced ​​and studied by humans.She was transformed into this form the day after tomorrow, and the human part has almost completely disappeared in her body.

She is a lot like Satoshi.I want to save her.

But also from the first time I saw her, I realized that I couldn't save her—I could try my best to restore her body back to human, but it is impossible for her to go back to the past and change back" Pure" human beings.

"That's why I hate this place so much..." I looked into her eyes and murmured, "They should be working hard for the well-being of more people, not conducting such research for their own selfish desires."

"Everyone...all the people in 'this position' are like this, using the interests of the vast majority of people as an excuse to deceive others, and then taking away the rights and even the lives of a small number of people. Whether it is the military department or the elders' house , all human beings are the same.”

I paused for a moment, then continued, "And we're even lucky because we got to know the truth instead of standing where we were and being tricked into losing everything."

"As such, we have an obligation to inform others and to save others."

My shadow is reflected in the vertical pupils of the long-haired Zerg.

I looked at her and said slowly: "I have an obligation to save her, but I cannot save her."

I hate everything here, hate my being late, and hate my own incompetence.

I hate... myself.

Yi Gu held Li Xiang behind him to prevent her from making a sound.

"It's not your responsibility, you're not a god, and you can't be everything." He said softly, "You can hate everything that happens here, but you have no reason to hate yourself—what happened here is not your fault, and neither is the past. no."

"You don't understand." I gritted my teeth and said eagerly, "Whether it was in the past or now, I have had opportunities. If I could have been earlier, and sooner—"

Bone pressed my shoulder.

He forced me to turn my face, face his face, look into his eyes: "It's not your fault, Asuka, no one will blame you!"

"I blame myself." My pupils reflected the fire light and his face, and it seemed to be nothing. "I don't think I have the right to hate other people, because the one who should be hated most is myself. I give up My own principles, foolishly doing what I think is right, trying to save everyone, but in the end I couldn’t save anything.”

"Haven't you thought of it that way?"

Yigu Yuta looked at me, his dark pupils were full of sadness.

"I thought about it, so I hope you won't be like me. Don't be like this," he whispered, "Don't think about yourself like this, Asuka, you should live a happier life. Although you didn't save Lixiang, you at least Without making a second mistake, you saved..."

I interrupted him again: "It's because you know how it feels that you're here, don't you? You, like me, are venting your loathing for yourself through your hatred for others."

"I know that hatred will not do you any good," he said earnestly, "I am no longer filled with pain like I was at the beginning, because I met my companions, Panda, Ji, Maki, and many important people, they can make you feel better." Me coming out of the hate, of course, can help you too - you shouldn't be wallowing in negativity all the time."

His expression was sincere and without haze, which made me feel overwhelmed.

"I thought you were the same as me..." I smiled wryly, "It turns out that I am the only one who really feels unforgettable."

"That's not it, Asuka," he held my cheeks, and said patiently, "I hate these things as much as you, and I will always stand by your side. Even if I hope you don't get immersed in such emotions, I don't I won't stop you anymore..."

"If indulging in hate makes you feel better, then hate them," he repeated, "I'll hate them with you, stand with you - said it before, we're accomplice."

"Hate only makes sense if it makes you feel better, maybe hate will be food for my strength, but that's too painful, it's not for you."

I looked at his face and was silent for half a minute: I know I shouldn't be immersed in hatred, but I can't help myself.

At the same time, my rationality gradually returned to my mind, clearing away some extreme emotions.

"...Anyway, thank you." I whispered, "Thank you for standing by my side."

"You don't need to thank me." His tone was gentle and patient. "So, have you thought about how to deal with this Zerg? Leave it to me."

"...Well, please." I turned my head and stopped looking at the scene behind me.

The sound of drawing the knife was only for a moment, and there was silence behind me.

A moment later, Yi Gu chased after me again and took my hand.

"Does that make you feel better?" he asked. "Revenge and salvation."

"I don't know." I murmured.

"I'm just... just pushed to the highest sky by my own hatred and the expectations of others, and I don't know... I don't know how I will land."

I don't know what to do other than keep going.

After all, how could I not resent, how could I not respond to the expectations of others and myself?

"Then keep going until you know what to do."

Yi Bone's expression is simple and serious.He took my wrist and smiled reassuringly.

"No matter what, I... and Li Xiang, we will stand by your side."