7. Chapter 7: Names
They hurt me and killed me...... Hate it...... Wanting to kill, kill...... Kill them all! 】
I opened my eyes suddenly, and strange emotions seeped into my mind like a jar.
Despair, hatred.
I really want to kill someone.
I want to kill those who hurt "me" and kill them all!
"Kasha Kasha!"
My body was shaken violently, and my face was cold, as if something was covered, but thanks to this thing, I woke up completely.
"You ......" I opened my eyes, and just as I was about to speak, I saw a pool of blue blood flowing under my feet......
"Kasha Kasha!" I shuddered and shuddered to find that the blood was gone, and the merfolk were patting my face in worry, the tail of the fish wrapped around my legs.
God, what happened? I held my forehead and closed my eyes to reflect on it, only to realize that it was just a dream, a real and terrifying dream.
The pungent smell, the screams of despair, and the flowing blue blood were all echoed by the strange sights I had seen before. It's just that I don't understand why I had such a dream from the first perspective and turned into a mermaid with light green eyes.
What's even more strange is that the image of the mermaid I "played" in the dream was very vague, I didn't know how tall "I" was, what physical characteristics "I" had, what color "I" fishtail was, or even what those soldiers looked like.
Only the psychological state of "me" is very clear, and even now that I have come out of the nightmare, I can still describe the feeling of "me" at that time in very smooth words - it is a kind of despair and hatred that wants to destroy the whole world and bury "me".
My limbs were piercing cold, and the chill seemed to freeze my soul.
What exactly does this dream mean, and who is the person who crushed "my" eyeballs? Also, what does "I", who also has light green eyes, have to do with this little guy next to me?
"Man, you ......" Oh, I was so frightened, I don't know when, this naughty little guy actually arched into my arms, put his hands around my waist, rubbed his ear fins against my ears, and the mucus secreted from his body made my clothes slippery, and it felt terrible.
"Thanks, I'm fine. Please don't come near me, I'm not used to being so close to people...... Well, contact. "Although I have a lot to ask this little guy, I think it is necessary for me to let him go first. I awkwardly pulled away from the webbed claws that were around me, but he hugged them tighter.
God, I'm almost out of breath.
"Okay man, I'm fine, I just had a dream, please let me go."
The little guy looked depressed, he pointed at himself, and then at me: "Hug...... Da, one nai. ”
It took me a moment to understand what he meant, and he said he had hugged me all night.
...... "I think I have to reflect on myself, he held me all night, and I was always on high alert, and I didn't realize that if the enemy came this night, I must have died." I can't let that happen again.
"Release?" The merfolk blinked innocently, her voice low and slightly nasal, and the fish's tail rubbed against my lap, seemingly flattering me.
I undeniably relented. Ed also showed such an expression to win my sympathy after taking my gun and being scolded by me, and I was finally moved by his expression and forgave him.
"Well, please don't do that next time. I'm not used to being in contact with others, even though you're doing it with good intentions. Seeing that the mermaid was still bowing her head in frustration, I tried to change the subject, "Speaking of which, I don't know your name yet." My name is Sals, my friend's name is March, what about you? ”
"Release, release?" The merfolk looked up and winked at me.
Forgive me for my lack of knowledge, but I still don't understand the meaning of this string of syllables that he often puts on his lips, and since he says it, I will assume that it is his name.
"Shi, hello, nice to meet you." I kindly extended my hand to him.
He didn't seem to understand what I meant, and he looked at me with his palms tilted his head, and then looked up at me, and the expression on his face became very strange.
"It's our way of being friendly as human beings, you just have to reach out to me like that and hold my hand...... ......"I gasped and withdrew my hand, which had been pinched into a deep red mark, and the pain was so intense that I almost thought that my hand bones had been crushed.
Shi also seemed to understand what he had done wrong, and his ear fins drooped down without energy, and he stretched out his webbed claws upwards with his backhand, lowered his head and whispered, "Nidawa." ”
I don't understand.
He grabbed my hand and slapped it his webbed paws, and with a crunch, I finally understood what he meant in pain: he wanted me to punish him.
To be honest, I was surprised that he would do such an incredible thing, but looking at his insistent eyes, I had to reply first: "You didn't mean to, I don't need to punish you, as long as you pay attention next time." ”
He smirked at me - pardon me to put it in a misapt sentence, like a baby smiling at the sight of a beloved toy - anyway, with my encouragement, he carefully took my hand and slowly increased the pressure until I told him to stop.
His webbed claws were cold, the biting coldness piercing through my skin, and I felt like my blood was clotted, but he seemed to like the way he communicated, and he held my hand and refused to let go.
"Release, release." He excitedly pressed his face against the back of my hand and rubbed it gently, "Iwaka." ”
I tried to pull my hand, but he was so strong that my struggle didn't work at all. If it had been before, I would have been annoyed by his domineering behavior regardless of his personal will, but now I only feel ...... Glad?
Oh yes, compared to the death of the mermaid in my dream, at least the mermaid in front of me is alive and has a heartbeat, and he is still holding my hand very warmly, I should be glad that the mermaid is alive, shouldn't I?
I didn't shake him off again, the touch in my palm was cold, but it gave me an indescribable sense of security: "Thank you, my friend." By the way, what about March? ”
Under Shi's instructions, I walked out of the hollow of the tree, and when I looked over, there was no sign of March.
I looked back at the tree hole and walked around it, deep in thought.
Here in the dream, there is a small shrub, there is a jasmine there, and these all coincide strangely with reality, is this really just an ordinary dream? Why, it always feels like something is foreshadowing.
I frowned. Sadly, I didn't come up with any answers, and these mysteries are like a scrambled yarn that will never be solved unless the yarn head is found.
March soon returned, holding a large closed blade in his palm and smiling, "Man, guess what I found?"
"Water?" I was a little excited, you know, I hadn't had a sip of water since yesterday morning, and now my throat was as dry as if it had been burned. However, just as I was carefully picking up the blade, a claw swept over and knocked the blade to the ground, and the water unfortunately sank into the earth.
"Oh my God, that's the water I managed to find!" March's eyes widened, "What the hell are you doing!" ”
There was a fierce light in his eyes, and he grinned at March, and the rows of sharp teeth flashed with a cold light, as if he was going to eat Marche alive.
"Release." My voice was low. I think I need to tell him how important this water is to me.
But if you think about it, this is not the first time that Shi has targeted March, and there must be some reason or misunderstanding in it. It is important to know that mermaids are highly intelligent creatures, they are not blindly loyal like dogs, they can even distinguish between good and bad, good and evil.
Their bickering continues.
"Shame, Hell!" With a high-pitched shout, he crawled up in front of me and threw the water on the ground at March with his fishtail.
"Hey!" March was quick to dodge, but he still inevitably ran into the crumbs, "You guy, are you going to fight?" ”
"Wait." Just as March was swinging his fist, I noticed something was wrong.
A swarm of ants.
Yes, they industriously carry their food, just as they pass through the watered soil. But when they pass through the soil, they seem to have inhaled an excess of B. The ether shook completely off the track, and then fell to the ground one by one, and without even struggling, it didn't move. But ants that don't pass through the soil don't have this phenomenon at all.
March's expression froze, and he tugged at his facial muscles unnaturally, looking at me: "Sals, are you right to believe me?" I didn't know there was a problem with the water...... Oh my God," he slapped his forehead, "I know why this guy is targeting me, he must have mistaken me for wanting to hurt you, and God knows, I didn't intend to hurt you, it was just an accident." ”
"I know." I gratefully touched the head of the man, if it weren't for him, I might have had an accident by now, "March, you drank that water too, right?" ”
March's face suddenly turned ugly.
"I think we need to get back to where you fetched water."
Although March's body has not had adverse reactions for the time being, it is necessary for us to figure out the problem of water to ensure the safety of life.
After March vomited some of the water, we set off. According to March, it only took fifteen minutes to get there, but unfortunately, we got lost.
We actually came to the beach, of course, not the beach where we landed, but the other beach.
There are traces of human development here, the lighthouse on the top of the cliff, the small base in front of us, how clearly it tells us that there are people here, and moreover, the people of the LS organization.
As if to show off its vast ownership, the LS organization had to engrave the word "LS" in the brightest red color even on a stone standing on the edge of the beach.
As curious as I was about the organization, I had a hunch that I would regret being in contact with them. March and I looked at each other in tacit agreement and decided to leave cautiously.
However, some restless little guy is always "against us".
Shi behaved strangely again, as if he was inexplicably aggressive towards March, and he made a sound almost angry at the iron bridge by the beach, nay, to be precise, at the few people busy on the bridge. The muscles of his face were twisted, and even his gaze was so vicious that it was like a shot bomb soaked in corrosive fluid, ready to fire at any moment, leaving honeycomb bullet holes in those people's bodies.
"Shame, Hell!" His voice was lowered, but his grip on me grew tighter and tighter, and it looked like he was restraining himself from rushing out.
I wonder if it's time for me to take this guy seriously, he's always doing things I don't understand at all, he's being hostile to strangers, and he feels like he's full of secrets.
I had to set my sights on the iron bridge.
At the entrance of the bridge near the beach, a heavy truck painted with the "LS" logo is parked, and a middle-aged man directs several people in overalls to unload boxes of plastic boxes from the truck, and then transport them to the end of the iron bridge to dump the contents of the boxes into the sea.
A disgusting smell of decay.
Soon after the lid of the box was opened, this indescribable stench reached my nostrils along the sea breeze, and I felt like I was suffocating, and I swore that a septic tank that hadn't been cleaned for ten years smelled better than this.
What are they pouring?
"Sharava." Shi Kuai couldn't help it, the fishtail was already flung up agitatedly, if I hadn't pulled him tightly, I believe he would have rushed up.
"I don't know what you have with them, but please don't be impulsive." I pointed at two men with guns guarding the heavy truck, "If I'm not mistaken, they're laser walkers. Gun. ”
Shi obediently didn't move, he lowered his head, leaned his face on the back of my hand and rubbed it gently, as if he wanted to restrain himself by this behavior.
The men finished emptying, packed up the plastic boxes and put them back on the truck, while the middle-aged man in the lead walked to the passenger seat.
If they drive away, they may find us and we have to go back the way we came.
However, perhaps because of standing still for a long time, March's body shook a little, and he hit the bush next to him, making a rattling sound.
Almost the next second, a flash of golden lightning quickly struck us.