Chapter 16 Sunny and Rainy

When it was time to reach her destination, Nana focused and ready to deal with the unforeseen that was to come.

Captain Sentomaru knocked lightly on the door, and after getting a response, he immediately pushed open the dark solid wood door, and the faint smell of tobacco slowly overflowed, accompanied by a strong sense of storage.

Nana took a deep breath, passed by the boy standing by the door, and stepped into the office full of invisible tension.

The moment the door closed behind her, completely separating the indoor and outdoor areas, Nana felt the boy behind her become nervous, quickly glanced at her and stopped, and finally hung her face in frustration.

The general Yellow Ape sat on the sofa in a corner of the room, listening to the movement, another strange man raised his eyes, his gaze swept over, and then he looked down again at the folder in his hand.

Strangers who have never met before, gray hair, calm and imposing... A faint glance... Nana looked away carefully, she didn't see the epaulettes on the other person's body, but [heard] it... The same generosity and love as Mr. Stokes.

"Yay~ What are you doing standing?" The Yellow Ape General raised his hand casually, and his fingertips also held a page.

Walking to the side of the couch and standing still, Nana was as respectful and obedient as she would for any general with military rank," reported an intern researcher in the Biological Research Group of the Ministry of Science. ”

"yes yes ~ so strange ~ am I really scary? Greg. The general yellow ape raised his eyelids and suddenly chuckled, "Every time this girl sees me, it's like seeing a vicious criminal~"

"If you don't have much of this girl, it's probably a matter of looks." The others didn't raise their heads, and quickly flipped through the materials in their hands, "Besides, who in your science department is not afraid to see you?" ”

"The coercion of the admiral, I think this girl is already very good."

Then, Nana saw that the smile on the corner of the Supreme Commander's mouth deepened, but she didn't say anything, and then handed over the page in her hand, "Sit down and read the information, and then tell me what you think." ”

"Yes, sir." She respectfully received the order.

…………

The text placed on the coffee table in front of the sofa was stacked a little high, and Nana reached out to take a copy, opened it, and browsed it in ten lines at a glance.

They are a column of numbers jù, each of which comes from a person's body number jù.

It took her time to go through the stack closest to her, then took the other stack, and repeatedly... Xu was preoccupied with it, and the surroundings became quiet.

Nana unconsciously narrowed her eyes, her mind immersed in the characters and numbers arranged on the paper.

I don't know how long it took, when she finished reading the information in her hand, she was about to change it to a new one, but when she raised her eyes, she found that there was no more text, and the general Huang Ape and the other one looked at her, and the eyes of both of them were a little thoughtful.

Retracting her hand, Nana straightened her back slightly.

"Yay~" General Yellow Ape looked away with a smile and raised his chin towards the third person present, "Greg. House, Chief Medical Corps Officer. ”

"Sir—"

"You don't have to get up." The intention of wanting to get up was stopped by the other party's gentle voice, and the old elder's face was flat, but his breath was kind, "What you see is the blood test number of the first batch of personnel, and the medical department can only do this kind of process." ”

Speaking of this, there was a slight pause, and the head of the medical unit slid his gaze over the general yellow ape, then raised his hand to pick up a control device on the coffee table, and pressed the switch before continuing to speak, "The next thing that the movie bug is playing is a video of the activity of blood cells in the petri dish under the microscope. ”

Nana smiled back quietly at the old man's encouraging eyes, and then turned her gaze to the small projector... Seeing that she had been nervous, the medical unit commander was expressionless but tried to release kindness.

It's the same with Mr. Stokes.

Mom has always been right, Nana thought to herself, Mom said that there have always been good Samaritans, so she can't always speculate with malice about everyone she meets for the first time, that will miss a lot, and negative feelings will also affect her.

…………

After a long time, the moving images on the projection screen stopped, and then, the yellow ape general broke the silence in a deep voice, "Tell me what do you see." The tone is nonchalant, "Or can you discern something?" ”

"A fight." Still immersed in the fierce battle, Nana subconsciously replied, "They are fighting invisible enemies, and they have killed many people who shouldn't be enemies..."

"It's immune cells." The person in charge of the medical unit replied, "White blood cells have the ability to engulf foreign bodies and produce antibodies to resist pathogen invasion, and changes in the number of cells are an important basis for clinical judgment." ”

Raising his hand and clicking on the movie bug that had stopped working, the elder frowned, "As you said, the number of white blood cells in the blood exceeds the limit, and the strange thing is that there are no bacterial infections and any foreign bodies, they are killing healthy human cells by mistake. ”

"Little girl, are you a Devil Fruit powerhouse?"

Nana's sudden question from the head of the medical department made Nana stunned, and then denied it, "No, sir. ”

"It's weird." The elder looked slightly surprised, but he no longer bothered to turn back to the original topic, "This blood image is a low-level officer who is one level different from the strength of the mutant, and the same situation appears in the blood of the people of the same class as him. ”

"And below these people, with each decreasing level of strength, the number of white blood cells decreases by one step, until ordinary soldiers, whose white blood cells are only active in the form of a cold, and there is no abnormality in the bodies of civilians."

"Civilian, domineering, and Devil Fruit abilities are not infected."

"The infected are confined between two phases and eventually devour completely... A person who is about to cross the barrier and enter the next stage of strength. ”

"In other words—" After thinking about it, Nana slowly took the encouragement from the eyes of the head of the medical department and said softly, "They consciously screen excellent human bodies?" ”

The gray-haired elder's face did not move, but his breath instantly revealed sadness, "At least the civilians survived. ”

…………

As the compassion spread around the head of the medical department, the atmosphere in the room froze, and Nana's mood fell to the bottom.

After a long time, the general Yellow Ape stood up, "Follow me." ”

Nana blankly followed behind the head of the science department, and the two walked to the corner of the office one after the other, and before turning the screen, the voice of the elder sounded from behind, "Polusalino." "Calm tone, with a hint of displeasure.

"Yay~ This kid was born to see and hear." The general yellow ape stopped at his feet, hooked his lips slightly, and if there was a deep meaning, "I won't joke with the lives of my own command." ”

Behind the screen, the Yellow Ape General reached out and pressed the password lock for the entrance of a closed passage, and the metal door slid open silently, overflowing with a cold and solemn barren chill in the depths of the passage.

After a slight pause, Nana immediately followed the steps of the man in front of her, her hands behind her back clenched quietly, and the knuckles of her ten fingers turned slightly white.

The passage is long and quiet, and the footsteps of the general yellow ape have a certain sense of rhythm, like a leisurely stroll, but it is unfathomable.

After a long time, standing in front of an entrance, the Yellow Ape General turned his head slightly, and there was a little strange emotion in his slightly narrowed eyes, "You look much sharper than yesterday, is it because you have found the way forward?" ”

"Not afraid?"

The question sentence that seemed to be smiling but not smiling did not need to be answered, and the man once again took the lead in entering the entrance.

…………

Nana didn't want to answer, even if it was her current supreme question.

General Yellow Ape, Supreme Commander of the Ministry of Science, Nana [Audible] Man Who Can't Read, She Can't Read Each Other, But That Doesn't Mean He Can't Understand Her Changes, Because He Doesn't Want to Answer, Mom Said It's Good To Be Silent At This Time.

Raising her eyes, she took a breath and took a slow step.

When she was a child, she once planted a plant, and very close to the coast, she went to water it every day, watching the greenery break through the soil, from small seedlings to mature growth.

The sea breeze always breaks off the plants that seem to be the tallest and strongest, leaving behind inconspicuous seedlings that are weak on the surface but are actually tough.

Like people, children in towns like to isolate a few people who are different, and when adults are not paying attention, or when they are unsuspecting, the damage comes suddenly.

Who says that children are simple and ignorant, but in fact children's likes and dislikes are clearer and sharper than adults.

Like the sea breeze, the tallest sapling is the first to break.

When the plants grew and flowered, she understood why her mother gave her seeds to plant high on the coast.

Nana learns to hide herself, like the grass, to simply frolic, to be careful to avoid malice, to learn to pretend that she is no different from other children, until she can protect herself.

Originally, I wouldn't be as frivolous and impatient as I was just now, but... She wants to be stronger, she hides her cowardice again and again, and if her mother pays the price, then she would rather ... Hurt yourself.

………… Dividing line ............

What catches your eye is a blunt arc space, the walls are glowing with a slight metallic glow, and you can't see the material, but there is a strange sense of stagnation between breaths, as if the unrestrained consciousness is rigidly trapped into some kind of restraint, and the sense of limitation is a little bit, slowly invading the pores and penetrating into every nerve.

The Spirit shuddered, and Nana looked around, a little surprised.

"Yay~ very sensitive, but don't worry, it's not against you." The Yellow Ape General stopped in front of a half-human high metal platform, turned his face, and smiled half-mockingly, "Come here, let me see what kind of Cheng Dù your ability has reached." ”

"Born to see and hear, you noticed it, didn't you? So that's when it got out of control. The corners of the man's mouth lifted, and his slightly deep voice appeared particularly clear in the semi-confined space, "Do you want to be stronger?" Let me see your qualifications. ”

It's a very clumsy agitation method, and I don't care if it will work, so I focus on the metal table after speaking.

Nana stepped forward at once, whatever awaited her... She doesn't believe in the Yellow Ape General, her natural ability makes her not trust anyone other than her mother, but she does want to be strong.

Become strong and protect the people who have always protected her.

…………

The plane of the metal platform is silently separated from the two sides, and under the partition is a whole piece of cold ice, and in the center of the translucent freeze is a blurred wreckage of flesh and blood, crimson muscles and bruised blood vessels, and Sen Sen Broken Bones...

Caught off guard, Nana retreated slightly, but in an instant she held back her fear and widened her eyes.

"It's the only thing left of the mutants, and the Pheasant's Frozen Moment retains it." In the corner of her eye, the general yellow ape closely observed her reaction, and said lightly, "What is it talking about?" ”

Countless shrill screams drowned out the voice of the Yellow Ape General, and Nana heard the chaotic scene that exploded in the sea of consciousness in an instant, a cruel voice she had never heard since she was sixteen years old.

Hunger... The desire for the flesh and blood of the living.

Hunger... Tearing human limbs, finger residues, thick and warm...

Hunger... Can't wait to swallow... Plump Fat... Pliable muscles... Fatty bone marrow... The sound of humanity shattering... Moist and soft to chew... Squirted blood-red liquid...

……… No......... No!

As the world swirled, her vision began to distort, and Nana felt nothing more than a huge and hideous formless substance colliding violently, and a burning bonus cone seemed to peel off her brain...

Pain... Mom... Nana hurts...

…………

The severe pain paralyzed the consciousness little by little, and it spread out in the blood all over the body, and it was a bitter cold.

Something was torn apart layer by layer, and the auspicious light swept through the countless fragments of images, and Nana vaguely saw... Shadows prostrate under the altar made of boulders.

Half-bright and half-extinguished, a figure shuttled between the kneeling black shadows, raising his hand to penetrate his chest, revealing from behind, blood snaking down his sharp nails, dropping slowly.

The withdrawn hand pinched the heart and tightened it fiercely... Throw it away... The Shadow Orbs of the Black and Evil Void roamed through the halls, and they quickly found their way out, silently burrowing into the cracks in the stone walls... Missing.

The empty hall was covered with blood, splashing a sea of cracked blood like some kind of ancient totem.

The sharp gaze pierced through the void to accurately grasp her gaze, her handsome and evil face, and her beastly pupils could not see a single star of human breath...

Thin lips twitched, an unfamiliar voice, 'Found you...'

The hunger for flesh and blood, the despair of the bitter despair...

The Sea of Consciousness roared and rolled up huge waves, violently extinguishing the vision.

…………

The soul shuddered from instinct, the subconscious mind blinded all fear, desperate to avoid danger, Nana hid in the darkness that could not see the light of day.

That was the place where it began, in the warm belly of my mother.

Nana has memories since she was very young, very, very small, small enough that she could curl up in her mother's belly, the moist pulsation, the first contact she had with her.

At first, she couldn't hear the vague voice clearly, but the feelings that were connected to her gradually spread to her consciousness.

At first, I was anxious, dazed, angry, worried, scared... Negative feelings make her uneasy.

Gradually, those fluctuations calmed down, she received a little joy, she reached out and moved her feet, and there would be a warm touch gently rubbing against something, and that feeling was very comfortable.

I don't know how long it took, she involuntarily peeled off the damp sweetness and fell into a strange sharp place, her instinctive fear, until a piece of warmth wrapped her up.

She heard a familiar pulse... Behind the unclear whiteness.

At the age of nine months, Nana clearly discerned kindness and malice, and she buried herself in a watery embrace, trying to ignore the pervasive violent restlessness and the darkness of countless small malices.

Mom also noticed it, whether it was the environment at that time, or her uneasiness, and soon, Mom carried her away to a more stable place, and later Nana knew that this was Malinford.

When she was young, her mother would always talk to herself, thinking that she couldn't understand her apologies.

'I'm sorry, baby, but I didn't allow you to be born into a fair world of peace and abundance. ’

'I'm sorry, baby, I couldn't give you a carefree and stable life. ’

At first, my mother always apologized, and when she began to learn to express her voice, my mother stopped saying those worried words, and my mother kept smiling softly, and then tried her best to protect her, give her stability, and give her all her love.

She was always crying, because she heard countless voices, good and malice, sharp and furious, filthy and muddy... She didn't know how to refuse, so she could helplessly let the loud sound erode her consciousness little by little.

It was Mom who discovered the anomaly, and she was held tightly in her arms and listened to those wonderfully beautiful stories all night long.

Her mother took her to wander around the island, carefully observing the world, she had seen the sun rise in the east, the moon in the sun, the growth of all things, and the depression of plants and trees.

She has been thriving from prosperity and bustle, and she has seen all kinds of living beings in the bright lights.

The glamorous flower street wine house, the noisy and rude laughter and scolding in the market.

The solemn and awe-inspiring fleet ships, the killing justice of hunting in the wind.

Finally, Mom covered her eyes, put them in her ear, and whispered, 'Nana, listen, the voice of the world. ’

'Black and white, life and death, all one is nature. ’

'Don't resist, don't be afraid, remember, where Mommy is, no one can hurt you. ’

…………

Immersed in the infinite darkness, she closed her eyes and listened with all her might...

Once again, she felt the omnipresent softness, the undetectable protection of the island.

The rush of the tides, the pulsation of the earth, the familiar heartbeat... Gradually, the end of the darkness as deep as the night lit up a little hazy, slowly hiding the chaos.

A forest of deep and light emerald green, shrouded in mist.

Just like when my mother opened her eyes, the spring branches and leaves bloomed in the depths of her inky black crystal pupils, there was endless hope.

"Mom-"

Nana opened her eyes, and the room was full of chaos.

The metal platform was torn apart, the ice shattered everywhere beneath your feet, and... The source of the terrible roar was nowhere to be found, except for tiny pieces of black ash interspersed between the transparent, cold and sharp crumbling ice.

General Yellow Ape stood very close, his eyes were sharp and he wanted to cut the flesh and bones layer by layer, and after a long time, a trace of realization appeared on his face, "Yay~ The Ministry of Science has really picked up a treasure." ”

"Born to see? You're listening to the sound of all things, right? ”

Her tone was slow and coherent, leaning slightly as she spoke, and Nana saw her own guarded look in the eyes behind the dark brown lenses.

She had been afraid of this man, she couldn't [hear] it, but she could know at a glance that the other crimson suit man who had left his back far away, full of danger, made her subconsciously retreat.

The general yellow ape and the general red dog, two men with completely different temperaments, are like an abyss in nature.

…………

After a long time, as if she was very satisfied with her frightened appearance, the yellow ape general straightened up again, raised his hand to dust off the cuffs of his suit, and smiled casually, "yes~ Why be unwilling, you are only sixteen years old, and you are already outstanding in the new generation." ”

"You know, even if I'm your age..."

After a pause, the general yellow ape looked at her again, and his eyes gradually became meaningful, "Lady Anna is really amazing, an ordinary woman can raise a child who is born to listen to the sound of all things to be calm and tenacious, and her ability to be able to control and release it freely. ”