Chapter 41: The Wailing of the Dead
The feeder train glides over the smooth railroad tracks, skimming the dandelions that bloom around it, and small white umbrellas are blown away in the wind. Not far away is the clear blue sea washed by clear water, which is clean and clear, and you can see the creatures swimming underneath. It was a train close to the Atlantic coast, ending at a distant airport, a direct plane to the Pacific Division, waiting for the commissioner.
The avant-garde secretary general sat by the car window and looked at the changing scenery outside the window, the green turned yellow, symbolizing the course of life, the journey of life after birth, and death.
"Secretary-General, we have fifteen minutes to get to the terminal." Paccar bent down slightly and said respectfully.
"Really? Then how long will it take for us to get to the Pacific branch according to the plan. The avant-garde stared intently at the scenery passing by the window, her slender knuckles rhythmically tapping on the table under her elbows, making a crisp sound in the carriage, like a tune, with a cheerful rhythm.
"Normally, there are about five hours." Paccar replied.
"Five hours, it's nine o'clock in the morning, which means we'll be there at two o'clock in the afternoon?" The avant-garde quietly calculated in his mind, and then said: "Are our materials ready?" ”
"Everything is ready according to your orders."
"That's good, but do you think our investigation will go well?" The avant-garde turned and looked at the young man in front of him with inky blue pupils, he bent over slightly, his long forehead hair covering his pupils, making it impossible to see his eyes.
"I don't think so." Paca calmly spoke his answer.
"So what do you think they'll do? Is it a blatant rebellion or is it a small gesture behind us that we can't see? The avant-garde asked, the light outside the window shining on her long golden hair, adding a bit of divine air to her.
"I think they'll choose the latter." Paccar thought about it seriously and gave the answer. "Because they haven't chosen the strength and qualifications of the former, they openly confront us, and in exchange for only death."
So what will they choose? Do you choose to kill the leaker Xu Kai or hide him? ”
"I guess it's going to be cut down and rooted."
"I think too, the only thing we can do now is pray that this witness will survive before we come." Avant-garde nodded, agreeing with him. "We are now like a tiger, and in spite of our great strength, we will not be afraid of the serpents in the distance, and our majesty will not fear them unless we are there."
"I think there's something else to worry about, and there's another Admiral who graduated with perfect marks - Jiqi." Paca calmly analyzed, "Because Xu Kai is already old and has gradually entered middle age, and Jiqi is different, he has just graduated, according to the information we have gotten, he is only nineteen years old this year, and there is still a lot of room for exploration, which is what we pay attention to." ”
"No, there is not much difference between young and old, the important thing is to make their talent, a commander with good talent, even if he is old, he is still the mainstay of the fight against the deep sea." Avant-garde shook his head, "So, what we value the most is Jiqi's talent. ”
"Talent? What a talent. Paccar asked.
"Unbelievable, can you believe that a Admiral can have infinite possibilities?" The avant-garde raised his head and asked, his eyes flashing with frenzy. "He's the kind of existence that people can't believe, he can stack his Admiral bonuses with all attributes, and such terrifying bonuses will increase with the number of expeditions, and most importantly, there is no upper limit to such stacks. In other words, as long as he goes on a sufficient number of expeditions, he can wipe out the deep sea with just one fleet. ”
"Does such a terrifying talent really exist?" Paccar couldn't believe it, and he muttered, his tone full of hesitation. He didn't know what words to use to describe such a being, and it would not be an exaggeration to say that it was terrifying.
"I don't know, but it's written in that letter, it doesn't matter if it's fake, if it's true, it's worth our lives to care for his growth." The avant-garde shook his head and replied.
"Did the Secretary-General send someone? Whether this thing is true or not, it's worth a try. Paccar said anxiously that such a jade must not fall until it grows, and must be closely protected.
"No," the avant-garde sighed, a little helpless. "There is simply no one on the other side of the Pacific who can be trusted, and we are beyond our reach."
Hearing the answer, Paca felt a little sorry, and he looked up, and his heterochromatic eyes appeared in his long forehead, like brilliant fireworks, blooming in the dark night. "We can only pray for him, and hope that he will not pass away."
"This may be a test, survival is a bright future, limitless." The avant-garde paused and said the opposite, "Dying to save proves that he can't be the savior of mankind yet, and our future needs another strong man to open up, he is not the chosen one." ”
"Won't be the Admiral I want." The avant-garde added in her heart, she turned her head to look out the window, the transparent car window reflected the young and immature face, long forehead hair and eyebrows, like heavy rain washed by the eyes clear and clear, you can see the pride and confidence in his eyes, as if strategizing, the wise man of the lupine scarf, also like the strong and resolute, a soldier with a sword, as long as he decides, he will not retreat, even if there is the abyss of death in front of him, he can jump down without hesitation, and he sees death as home.
I just hope you can wait for the moment when I come to you, Jipra. The avant-garde looked at the delicate young man on the glass, with a shallow smile on the corner of his mouth like a crescent moon.
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In the dim room, Xu Kai shook the red wine in his glass, and he said to the old figure in front of him in a deep voice: "Your coming this time will not be as simple as before, right?" ”
"Indeed." The old man did not deny it, he sank into the soft sofa, looking at the fire burning in the fireplace, and his voice was low. "You know what? After so many years, I have developed feelings for you, and I am a little reluctant to let you go. So every time I want to erase you, I tell myself that there is no need to add to my heart. So, whenever it came to the last minute, I still didn't make a decision. ”
"So it's up to you to make a decision today?" Xu Kai smiled hard, looked at the familiar face in front of him, and swallowed the wine in the cup in one gulp. "To be honest, Mercarron, I really admire your patience, I don't know how many years you have struggled for the goal in your heart, and you have never given up. Unlike me, I can only bow my head to the cruel reality, live a life of living in secret, and see the light of day like a rat crossing the street. ”
"That's your voluntary choice, if there is a smooth road, you don't want it, you have to go all the way to the dark." Mecarron shook her head, lamenting her misfortune and angry.
"Maybe it makes our beliefs different." Xu Kai said calmly, there was no tension at all like the previous meeting,-for-tat. "You want to be strong, I just want to live a stable life. You are a hero standing at the top, and I just want to be one of those people who look up to you, maybe not as great as you, but at least with peace of mind. ”
"That's the difference between me and you." Mercaren sighed and did not continue the discussion with the stubborn man. "Do you know the Doge's Palace?"
"The Doge's Palace?" Xu Kai was a little puzzled, "Even if it's not the Admiral, the name of the Governor's Mansion is also thunderous, who wouldn't know." ”
"The notorious investigation team inside also knows about it, right?" Macallen then asked.
"The madmen?" Xu Kai said bluntly, "I have seen their madness, just like a dog with a sensitive nose, when it smells a little, it will trace it back to the source and catch it." So they are the worst nightmare for the Admiral. ”
"It's not just the Admiral, it's still a terrible existence for us." Mecaron nodded and sighed, a little helpless. "That's why I'm here today."
"They're looking into my case?" Xu Kai's guess was very accurate.
"Indeed, they got the information that you are still alive, so they went out to try to bring you to life." Mecaron held his forehead, with a headache expression, but there was not the slightest look of sadness in his eyes, only calm and bottomless.
"So you want me to be completely dead?" Xu Kai sneered, knowing the purpose of the old man in front of him.
"It's easy to talk to smart people." Instead of denying it, Mercaren answered in the affirmative. "Although I don't want to see your old friend leave, but there is no way, in the face of dreams, nothing can stop me, so I can only wronged you to make sacrifices." He said it lightly, without the slightest regret or heaviness.
"I've been dead for a long time, and I've only lived so many more years." Xu Kai did not show the fear of death, but a look of relief. He smiled and said, "Then you know what my only obsession in the world is, what I care about, I hope you can take good care of her and find another good admiral for her, I am not the person she was destined to be." So, hopefully you can help her find that person. ”
"I will, and I will do what I say." Mecaren nodded solemnly, her expression as serious as an oath.
"Can I see her one last time?" Xu Kai showed a pleading look, he had never begged anyone in his life, but in front of love and the girl he loved, his self-esteem became ridiculous. He doesn't even care about life, and he doesn't care about that little bit of face.
"Yes, but only from a distance, as usual." Mecarron agreed, but gave a request.
"I see." Xu Kai smiled and sighed, he stood up and put the goblet in his hand on the wooden table. The beating fire shone on the glass, like his own life, which could be extinguished at any moment. "I hope you can offer a message at the grave in the future, and it should be remembered as an old friend of mine."
"Yes, definitely." Mecaren said in a deep voice, her eyes shining with regret.
Xu Kai smiled as if he was relieved, and his smile was full of lingering reluctance. Enterprise, maybe you will really be alone in the future. He squirmed his thin lips slightly, and again, for the last time, whispered in his heart the poem he had written in his diary.
I had read old books with legends and myths, Achilles and his trophies, Hercules and his gifts, which were manifestations of power and power, and it was obvious that I was not among them, and I was not such a hero. You ask me where I want to go? What do you want most? I said, I don't want those superhuman talents, I envy those superheroes, I look forward to those fairytale blessings. I just want to do what I can, kiss the people I love, that's all I want, that's all I want.
After reading the last byte, the tears in Xu Kai's slightly red eyes crossed his old face, flowed through the cheekbones, and dripped down the stubble at the corners of his mouth on the cyan slate at his feet, like dripping ink, emitting invisible ripples on it.
Enterprise, goodbye, goodbye. He smiled wryly and left his last words in his heart, like a child who has lost everything, kneeling on the ground and weeping bitterly in the dark. He followed in the footsteps of Mercaren, step by step towards the light, like the bottomless darkness.