01.

This is the first diary I have written, the first diary I have taken in the dark of night as a union. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Because I know that if one day I join this organization, what I have done will be buried under the facts, and who would make this a job that will not see the light of day.

"Andrew Goodred." In front of me was my boss, Mr. Marquis from the Kingdom, who asked me to call him Mr. Rael, "This is the name you got as a union night, the previous one you died in an accident. ”

I know about it, because it's a job that doesn't see the light of day, and I have to leave behind my previous identity. Of course, in addition to abandoning my previous identity, I also abandoned my previous leisurely and comfortable life.

Next to Mr. Rael was a slightly handsome man, half a head shorter than me, and it looked like he would be a cronie or something.

"Hello, my name is Sophie Sack." The man's voice was much older than I expected, at least not as young as it seemed, "We're colleagues from today onwards." "I started to take a little interest in this young hunter, and at this age, what would prompt him to join this organization that could not see the light.

But for the time being, I can't manage too many other people, this job is completely new to me, and I have to think about how to do this job well and survive here.

Before I made up my mind, a specialist came to explain to me about the dangers and secrets of the job. I didn't want to accept the job they had put me in, but there were only two paths in front of me: accept it or die. I didn't want to die, so I had to choose another path.

When I first joined the organization, they didn't send me out on any missions, but instead arranged for me to learn about using my surroundings to hide myself, how to shoot targets with the least amount of bullets, learning to distinguish the weapons and armor of various monster hunters, and many more.

But fortunately, they said that I was learning very quickly, and it didn't take long for them to give me my first assignment. Although this mission is only to assist Sophie in completing the assassination mission, it is a new step for me.

At the very least, this is the first step in surviving in this underground world.

02.

The first mission, although it was completed relatively smoothly, Mr. Rael did not seem to be very satisfied with my performance.

Originally, he only assisted Sofer on the side, but it may be because it is the first time to use this kind of lightweight thin crossbow that has been modified by the union, and he has not yet grasped its recoil and accuracy well, or it may be because it is the first time to kill someone. One of the target's two assistants was not shot in the first place, and the mission almost failed.

However, with Sofer's timely follow-up shot, the remaining assistant also became a ghost under the gun without making any sound. The modified lightweight crossbow fired bullets without any sound, and the bullets entered the human body without a sound. Maybe in this way, I must not feel anything when I die, like I am asleep, but I will not wake up again from this sleep.

To me, Sophie is more like an opponent than a senior, but I know that I have not yet been his opponent, and his sense of experience and even Alice's attitude towards him in the assembly hall can be said to have completely defeated me.

I understand these facts, but another fact tells me that if I want to survive, survive in this dark back, I have to make myself stronger.

The accident of this operation fortunately did not affect Mr. Rael's opinion of me, and he just said something to us very easily, "The first time, as inevitably, I remember the first time Sophie went on a mission, this guy had to take that task alone, so that when he finally completed the mission, he almost revealed his identity. ”

"Hehe, you still remember what happened so long ago, and you were just young and ignorant at that time." Young and ignorant? It's hard to imagine that this sentence could come out of the mouth of a young man who looked to be in his early twenties.

Then, how young he was when he learned to hold a gun.

Why did he have to learn to hold a gun at such a young age?

03.

I hadn't kept a diary for a while, and after the first mission, Mr. Rael not only didn't ask me to relearn and accept the assignment, but finally gave me a number of assignments to do alone. With the increase in the number of tasks, my error rate has been reduced to almost zero, and the discussion of me in the dark has changed from one-sided defection to the current approval of some people.

The pace of surviving in this world has taken a few more steps.

At the same time, as more and more people recognized me, I began to think that I could be called Sophie's opponent, and I gradually talked to Sophie.

During a casual conversation with Sophie, I learned a few things about his background. When they were children, they were captured by the human trafficking organization 'Bram', during which both parents died, and the organization was smashed more than a year after they entered, and after being smashed, only two siblings were left to rely on each other.

Then it was his admission to the Knights of the Kingdom and his knighthood as a knight in the dark night. This man left all the good things to his sister, but he did the job behind his back.

He hated that darkness, so he wanted to destroy that darkness, and only in a world without darkness would he see the light. Like me, I hate the dark.

Because, my background is also in 'Bram'. There I survived eight years of fighting monsters, and eventually I was allowed to leave from there. I was just twenty years old, and I struggled there for eight years and survived.

Two years later, I heard the news that Bram had been destroyed by the kingdom, and I was both glad and emotional.

However, after many years, it is useless to sigh.

Sophie was so much luckier than me, he didn't have to endure eight years of suffering, he also had a sister, and he recently adopted a boy named Ruby.

And I, only myself, and this gun.

04.

There's a strange thing. I had something to tell Mr. Rael, and I was in front of Mr. Rael's office, and I wanted to wait for the people inside to finish talking before knocking on the door and entering. But what I overheard here was a conversation about myself.

"The above experiments have already yielded preliminary results, and the researchers hope to find a physically strong Dark Night Personnel to assist in the research."

"Physically, Andrew is a good candidate, and his score on the fitness test is comparable to that of the Night Guard."

"You're talking about the recently incorporated member of the Night?"

"Yes."

"Then I'm going to prepare, and next time I'll bring him over to assist in the research."

A middle-aged man in a white robe and thick glasses walked out of Mr. Rael's office, and the man looked at me subconsciously as he walked.

He smiled weirdly at the end. Be all abroad.

05.

Today Sophie introduced me to a friend of his from the kingdom, whose name was Eller, a scholar of the Royal Library.

I said against my will, "First meeting"

He also said against his will, "First meeting"

Poor Sofiel really didn't know anything, he was still good friends with him. Maybe this world is so ironic, the best friend is...

This wasn't the first time we'd met, I wasn't in that capacity at the time, and he wasn't in that capacity. Many years have passed, and it turns out that each other is still the same, hypocritical, and time has left us only with the growth of age.

Sophie had something to do and needed to leave for a while, and it was just me and Eller left in the empty house, and I didn't know if I should call him Eller.

"Andrew, huh?" It was he who broke the silence first, "I really didn't expect to see you here after so many years." ”

I was about to speak, and he used a booing gesture to silence me.

"Let me think about it. You are willing to join here, probably because your experience back then made you hate and hate the darkness. "I didn't fight with him this time, and let him finish his words, "'Bram' eight years of life is really not something that ordinary people can survive. Fighting monsters, snatching food from other slaves, being whipped by trainers, and this life is harder every year than the last, fighting more ferocious monsters, and snatching food from stronger slaves, being whipped more often by trainers. ”

"I'm not as great as you say, I just don't want to die yet, that's what a teenager should have, isn't it?" I was slow to respond to Eller's speculation, "Yes, I hate the dark, but I'm not there yet. I'm still just trying to survive. I don't have a choice. ”

"Yes. People often have no choice, you were like this twenty years ago, and you are like this now. The world is dark, and perhaps if you sweep away the darkness, you will see the light, but who can that ray of light illuminate? You say yes, Medul? ”

Medour is a very familiar and unfamiliar name, I thought that no one would remember it again after entering the dark night, and I would never come into contact with it again. Likely, it is unlikely.

06.

It was an event that happened during a mission. Here's how it happened: I was knocked unconscious. But I didn't even notice the pace of that person, and I was curious about who it could be.

When I woke up, I was locked in a dark room, and every day someone would re-inject me with the paralyzing potion before the previous shot wore off. I was also given some injections that I don't know what it was, but I didn't feel any pain.

I don't know who they were, I just know that I was locked up for a while and then they let me go. The method is still to make me dizzy.

When I woke up again, I was lying in my bed, and the room was filled with familiar smells, how did they know about my room, and the address of the Night Agent was not kept secret.

I couldn't even guess the time of this 'kidnapping', and when I asked someone about it, I realized that more than a month had passed.

The most talked about thing in the dark night was my death, and I confirmed that my ears were right, and it was rumors like 'Night Agent Andrew died in a failed mission'. Given that each agent's address was top secret, they tirelessly pulled me to discuss the matter even when I stood in front of them.

What was going on, I approached Mr. Rael for an explanation.

"That's an order from the Academy, Andrew." This was the explanation that Mr. Rael gave me, "When the research is done at the institute, I will arrange a new role for you to come back to the dark night." If there is a new task during this time, I will give it to you personally. Also, don't let unrelated people know that Andrew is still alive for no special reason. ”

"What about Sophie?"

"Let's treat him as unrelated."

Speaking of the Institute, I remember that the middle-aged man who walked out of Mr. Rael's office that day was not the same person sent by the Institute, and they were not discussing me in the first place. I tried to remember what the drugs they were injecting me, but I really had no memory of them. It's really thanks to the pharmacology that I took an A rating in the dark night.

I wanted to ask Mr. Rael about the potion, but reason told me not to mention it. Maybe my days here may really be coming to an end.

I wanted to live a little longer, so I chose to be silent.

07.

What's going on! Scales like those cold-blooded animals appeared in the skin of my left hand! The nail layer on the nail has also become several times thicker and sharper.

I was afraid to look in the mirror, although I could tell from the contours of my face that the man in the mirror was me.

But, but it's not me at all.

At this moment, there was a knock on my door, and my attention was diverted, and the visitor did not come in, but just stuffed a piece of paper into the gap with the words "My mission" was written. Visit a figure named Volcker at the Royal Hotel on Caesar's Street, the capital of the kingdom.

I don't know who Volcker is, but when I showed him the mutation on my body, he didn't show any surprise. It can't be said that there is no surprise, but there is no natural expression of fear in the heart.

He slowly watched the mutations in my hands and face. His eyes were not like looking at a monster, but like an artist looking at a work of art, a genetically modified work of art.

Crazy, that's all I can say about him.

08.

Mr. Rael himself came today to give me the assignment. Because I'm the one who has already claimed to be dead, and because of the way I am now, I haven't been in front of people for a long time.

For the assignment that Mr. Rael assigned, but this assignment I find a bit unbelievable.

Assassinate the three brothers from the kingdom in a noble mansion, armed with the rifle 'Aisha', which accompanied me as soon as I entered here, and the bullets were only three killer type B rounds. I still think it's ridiculous to think of using bullets to kill people like I am, but since the mission requires it, I can only do what I am asked to do. Three bullets kill three people, it's enough.

09.

It's been so chaotic these days, sometimes even I get confused. I'm going to have to sort out my thoughts.

Volker turned out to be a genius of the kingdom who was proficient in mechanical and biological principles, and during his days at the Royal Hotel, he had been studying the mutations that had occurred in me, and from time to time he had copied down some notes and removed the scale armor from me as a specimen.

We talked a lot about it.

Among these things is this character: Ambi Jones. The duke from the kingdom was killed because he couldn't agree with Mr. Rael about something. And the duke could not leave a good name even after his death. Appi is at best a pawn to buy raw materials, but Mr. Rael puts all the blame on him.

Poor people, sad people. But after listening to Volker's story about Appi, I wondered if I would one day be like Appi, and after nothing worked, I would be disposed of silently.

No, I will never allow them to take my life, I want to survive, to survive in this dark world. If someone comes to stop me from surviving, then I'm going to have to get rid of them. Even if that person is Sophie, I will not hesitate at all, and I dare not have the slightest softness. In this world of cannibalism, the weak meat will naturally be eaten by the strong, and I don't want to be eaten, so I can only eat others.

"You don't want to be disposed of after it loses its effect, do you?" As if he had seen through his thoughts, Volcker's expression had a conspirator's flavor to it, but I didn't dislike it, because I might have to use this man to keep me alive. "If I'm not mistaken, they didn't send you just to let me, an 'adversary', see their research, but more so that I could find out the genetic defects in you and improve them."

"Good calculations, I guess in a few days they'll send a second agent to assassinate us and seize my research report on your mutations, in my big house not far from the southern outskirts of Spartak Street, where I'm going to stay."

I can't imagine if what Volcker told me is the truth. If that's really what Volcker said, then Mr. Rael and Sophie have to be sorry.

I made a deal with Volcker that I could keep him safe at the cost of turning me back into a normal person and creating news of fake death for me.

10.

In the big house, Volker didn't really go to the big house because he had expected a visit from the members of the night. A huge room, with only one man and a monster.

"Yo, Sophie Sack." That's the first thing I said when I met the Night Agent, old friends get together, and there's no reason to fight right away, even if they have different positions.

My guess was correct, and Mr. Rael sent Sophier because Rael needed to know if this man was still useful.

The young man standing on the opposite side looked a little confused, as if he had an expression that shouldn't have been me standing here. It's a bit ridiculous to look at this expression. You've also been a little fool of Rael.

I was dressed that day in the night and I was wearing a knight's suit, which I remember vividly, because I remember very much the contrast of colors when Sophie's bullet wounded me and blood splattered on my clothes.

Ah, I let him escape because he shot him. I guess this is the first time this young man has failed in his mission. I'm really looking forward to what Rael will do with a person who has no effect.

Back in the makeshift quarters, the wound wounded by Sofiel in the big house had fully healed not long ago. Is this still the self-healing speed that a normal person should have? I began to feel very frightened of my shell.

I really hope that Volker will soon be able to figure out what he promised me, and then I can move on with my life in another place.

11.

Today I met a man on the street, an old friend Delhousie. He was excitedly reporting something to Sophie, but even though I had monstrous hearing, I couldn't hear it because I was too far away.

When Sofiel was gone, I took Delhaus's hand and walked out of the crowd to a place where few people came. This middle-aged man tried to resist, but it was as strong as a monster, and his resistance was only in vain for me.

I took off the cloak that concealed my figure, and the middle-aged man was surprised for more than two seconds before he recognized it.

I gave him a brief explanation of what had happened, and then asked him what he had just said to Sofelle.

"Oh, Mr. Sophie suspects that there are people in the upper echelons of the assembly hall who are illegally trading with the kingdom without permission, and I am responsible for looking for information among the hunters, while Mr. Sofer is looking for evidence inside the assembly."

"Yes." I always thought that the young man was just a chess piece, and it turned out that this chess piece also had its own layout.

"I haven't seen you in a few years, do you want me to go and get a pot of wine to have two glasses together."

I nodded, and he smiled and went to buy wine, but I didn't wait for him to come back.

12.

The people of the night still found me. But they didn't tear their skins to arrest me, they just came to convey the mission. The assignment was not given by Mr. Rael himself, nor was he the commissioner in charge of the previous union in charge of messengers. It's her, Alice, the Kanban lady of the clubhouse, and of course, that's just who she is on the surface, just like Sophie and I are just ordinary union knights on the surface.

In fact, in the Night, she is of a higher rank than me and Sophie, and this is not a fact that every Night Agent can know.

"Why should I accept this task?"

"Because this quest will prove that you still have a role to play, and you don't need to be abandoned by the night."

"Oh, then I'll try my best."

13.

This will probably be my last mission, although Alice conveys that Sophie must be killed. But I decided, give Sophie a chance, kill me.

Although this is contrary to my purpose, I don't even have a human soul, where can I talk about purpose.

He is young, hopeful, friends, relatives, and soul.

But I'm already a decaying old tree, and even if I don't care about it, I'll still wither in a corner.

To survive is for those who have hope, for those who can see the darkness after sweeping away the darkness, and for those who will not be alone even if they are lonely.

Farewell, Andrew; Farewell, Medour.

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Sophie perspective.

In Andrew's case, I found this diary, which contained some things that I had anticipated, but also many things that I had never imagined. I should have anticipated Andrew's determination to die so that his best friend wouldn't die in that deserted place, but perhaps only because he didn't want others to see what he would be like when he died.

He wants to live, maybe just to live ordinarily, but the world doesn't allow him to live that life. People like him, even if they fall into darkness, will be darker than the darkness, so dark that they shine brightly.

I buried him on the spot, saying that it was a burial, but in fact it was just buried under a small mound of earth, with a piece of dead wood engraved with his name engraved on it, and his 'Aisha' next to it.

Goodbye, Andrew Goodred.