"This is ......." I don't know how long later, when the boy slowly opened his eyes again, the first thing that caught his eye was not the familiar ceiling of the laboratory he expected, which made him breathe a sigh of relief, "I don't know...... Ceiling? ”

"Are you awake?" At this moment, an old man's voice came from the side, the voice was not special, but it inexplicably gave the boy a sense of intimacy, hearing this voice, the boy moved and struggled to sit up.

"....... frog?" Looking at the old man in a white coat in front of him in a daze, the boy was stunned for a long time, and finally spit out a word from his mouth.

"........" may have been for a moment, and the boy seemed to see a flash of helplessness on the old man's face, but then disappeared without a trace.

No, no, no....... the boy looked at the familiar old man in front of him, shook his head hard, and threw the frog-related thing in his mind out of his mind and thought about it carefully, the old man's white coat looked a little different from those researchers....... plus he vaguely remembered before he fell unconscious, he wanted to escape to a hospital, but he was hit in the shoulder by a bullet....... recalled that the feeling that was different from other bullets to himself, that special hot feeling....... was really a sniper rifle? What about this ...... Is it a doctor?

Thinking of this,The boy couldn't help but be startled.,If he was hit in the shoulder by a sniper rifle,Judging from the power of the sniper rifle in the school city,,I estimated that half of my body was blown up.,Hurriedly moved his arm.,To his surprise,Not only did it not appear as he imagined.,Even the wound was only slightly painful.。 The doctor, who could be cured to this extent, thought of some of the legends he had heard in the institute, as well as a vague impression of his previous life, which made the boy think of a possibility......

"Are you...... Soul Chaser in the Underworld? The boy looked at the frog-faced old man in front of him incredulously, and his heart couldn't help but tremble.

My luck...... Great, isn't it?

"Well, that's what some people call me." The old man nodded, turned his head to look at the still dark crowd outside the window, and his face, which was originally very funny because he looked like a frog, now looked very serious.

"They're ....... chasing you, aren't they?"

"Hmm." The boy was speechless, only nodded quietly, and then hurriedly said, "I...... I just want to come in and hide........ I'll leave .......I'll leave right away......." Before he finished speaking, he saw that the old man waved his hand indifferently at him.

"The patient stays in the hospital honestly." The old man said indifferently, "No one in this city has dared to rush into my hospital and take away my patients. ”

The boy froze, and he heard a strong confidence in the old man's uncaring tone. What surprised him even more was the old man's attitude towards him.

There is no preferential treatment, no discrimination, just an ordinary attitude, but it gives people an incomparable warmth in the bottom of their hearts. It was as normal as an ordinary doctor talking to a patient, and nothing changed because of the dark crowd outside the window.

Rao is a human being in two lives, and his mind has long matured, but after experiencing such a huge psychological gap of joy and sorrow, the boy still has a slight sense of dizziness.

"Your shoulder, I'll heal you temporarily." The Soul Chaser looked at the boy with a hint of pity in his eyes, "The warhead has been removed, but it will take a few days to move freely, in this time, you should stay here first." ”

"Won't I cause trouble for the old gentleman if I stay here?"

"What's the trouble." The old man smiled and waved his hand, "It's a doctor's duty to save lives and help the wounded, isn't it, if it's all troublesome, but it's a blasphemy of the sacred profession of a doctor." ”

The boy was silent, but if anyone had noticed, the pale gold in the boy's eyes had lit up slightly.

"Speaking of which," the old man sighed, "that guy from the Qing Palace...... Something happened, right? ”

"You know Daddy?!" The boy sat up abruptly from the bed and looked at the old man with blazing eyes, and the old man sat there with no change in face, but raised his hand and pointed at the boy's neck.

The boy was stunned for a moment, and looked in the direction pointed by the old man, and at his neck, in addition to the cold metal collar, there was a thin thread tenaciously wound in the gap under the collar.

Gently pulling out the thin thread, the boy looked at the other end of the thin thread and was silent.

A simple carved wood fish.

"That guy from the Qing Palace, the most precious thing in ordinary times should be that fish." The old man looked at the old wooden fish with nostalgia, and his fingers unconsciously fiddled with his wrist, "Those guys who also wear white coats, he is the cleanest." ”

Holding the fish tightly, the boy was silent, but his eyes were already red before he knew it.

"I've known that guy from the Qing Palace for more than ten years." Stygian Soul leaned back in his armchair, "A friend to an appetite...... It's a pity, with his personality, I'm afraid it's really not in the dark, right? ”

"Actually...... I knew he was going to have this day sooner or later. The old man sighed deeply, "But I can't persuade him to melt into the darkness. Even I can only protect this hospital. ”

The boy's hands clenched tightly, and the knuckles creaked between them.

"But what are you going to do?" The old man turned his head and stared at the boy, "The child who Qing Gong protected with his life." ”

The boy originally wanted to say something, but when he heard "the child who was protected by the Qing Palace", he swallowed back what he originally wanted to say.

This wise and kind old man had already used his methods to unravel him.

"Don't dwell on hatred, for it will ruin you." The old man's wise eyes reflected the shadow of the boy, "Qing Gong is a kind person, I think his child will not live up to his hopes." ”

"Daddy, what do you want from me?" After a long silence, the boy muttered, his voice hoarse and a little frightening.

"Maybe it's like this fish." The old man was silent for a while, then pointed to the small wooden fish between the boy's neck, and said softly.

"Like a fish?" The boy froze for a moment.

"I guess it's freedom." The old man sighed lightly, "When a fish enters the water, it is like a dragon returning to the sea." Although he knows very well how difficult it is to be truly free in the academy city, he still hopes that one day you will become strong, strong enough to control your own destiny, and can truly look at the first rays of this city. ”

"Is it ....... free?" Lowering his head, feeling the coldness of the metal around his neck, the boy's voice was slightly low, "Eye level....... the first rays of dawn?" ”

"Anyway, today is the summer solstice." The old man suddenly smiled and flipped through today's calendar, "If it's the dawn, today should be the earliest day, right?" ”

"Summer Solstice ......" The boy's voice gradually became inaudible, just as the old man sighed secretly and wanted to turn away, but found that the boy slowly raised his head, and what surprised him even more was that through the boy's black hair, he saw two brighter and brighter eyes, as if something with great power was slowly pouring out of this small body.

"Thank you, Dr. Frog." The boy looked at the face of the Soul Chaser in the Underworld seriously, and his pale golden eyes slowly lit up, "I think, I know what I should do after that." ”

"I will live well, in the freest way, with my father's share, and live well!"

"That's good." The old man who was called Doctor Frog smiled, "By the way, what's your name?" I'm going to do today's case! ”

"My name is ....... Qing Palace Zhixia!" The boy laughed, with the brightest smile on his immature little face, "Today, June 21st, is my birthday!" ”

"Qing Gong to Xia....... the old man smiled, "Good name, next, take a good rest, your injuries are not completely healed, it is time to rest more." He was about to turn away, but he turned around again, staring at the boy with serious eyes.

"If you want revenge, when you are healed, I can recommend you to meet someone."