Barton walked into the elevator at the Alliance Base Hospital, the elevator was empty and there was no one, and Barton pressed the button on the top floor.

The top floor is the area of the senior ward.

Barton opened a room at one end of the hallway, and there was no one there, and the marks on the bed showed that the person had not been gone for long. Unsurprised, Barton exited the room, closed the door, looked back and forth in the hallway, and then walked in the direction of the fire door, which was outside the rooftop.

The birds formed a formation and flew through the vast sky above the Virginia base.

The person in the wheelchair has his back to the aisle and looks into the distance, and a drip rack is randomly strapped to the back of the wheelchair, hanging with salt water.

A beautiful woman, sitting on the edge of the rooftop, her feet dangling, unconcerned about the dazzling height of the building.

Not far away, there was a stout guy with a cigarette in his mouth, smoking hard, and then he opened another bottle of wine.

"Smoking is not allowed in the hospital," Barton said.

Yoshimoto turned around, took another puff, then dropped the cigarette butt on the ground, crushed the spark with his foot, and said indignantly, "The roof is not in the hospital!" ”

Caitlin stood up from the edge of the rooftop and nodded to Barton, the expression on her face showing that she was not in a good mood.

Only Ning Fei didn't move, as if he hadn't heard Barton's arrival.

"Is he okay?" , Barton asked.

"It's okay, after being fished back from the sea, just a little dehydrated and weak."

"Don't be too confused and sentimental," Barton comforted.

"No, he's just angry."

Ning Fei turned the wheelchair around, as if there was a dark fire in his eyes, and asked in a deep voice, "That person, where is it?" ”

Ning Fei asked about the arrested space invader.

"Someone from the council has been sent to take them away in the name of an investigation, and I agreed," Barton said, squinting into the distance, revealing the smell of conspiracies.

Ning Fei didn't understand the politics in the parliament, but Patton was a scheming spy chief, and by doing so, it showed that there were more unknown things hidden behind this series of attacks, and Barton smelled those smells.

Moreover, there is a strange thing, after Ning Fei came back from the sea, Fengying has never shown up.

Feng Ying and Ning Fei are old partners who have fought side by side, and the captain is also a super soldier, but his fighting style is completely different, and it is also different from other alliance fighters, he is often deadly in his shots, good at stealth tracking, and is used to using cold weapons, just like his name, revealing coldness and sharpness, not so much that he is a warrior, but he looks more like a killer.

"And when will we be able to get out of here? Armed security guards have been added to each exit of the building, which is the treatment of a suspect, and if a conflict breaks out and someone is injured, it will become a wanted person," Caitlin asked.

"The order from above wants you to recuperate here temporarily, you all have military status, strictly speaking, if the time has not exceeded 72 hours, it is not a violation of the regulations", Barton said helplessly.

Yoshimoto poured another sip of wine in annoyance when he heard this, in this boring base hospital, it is really difficult to find something to kill the boredom and sorrow, and the wine and cigarettes are still brought in, otherwise I am afraid that there will only be disinfectant alcohol mixed with saline here.

Caitlyn pouted at the big Nunu and said sarcastically to Barton, "You see he's as strong as an anxious mad cow, does he need to recuperate?" ”

"Hey, hey~ What are you talking about, I'm like a mad cow, I admit I'm burly and straight, but this has no resemblance to a mad cow at all, I know that a small girl like you often makes fun of other people's strengths because of her own shortcomings, but I won't see you in general", Gibbon shouted as he pointed at Caitlin.

"Idiot, you can't communicate, if you and Ning Fei fish it back from the Atlantic Ocean together, I really suspect that your brain will be soaked in the sea", Caitlin was angry and rolled her eyes with disdain.

"Listen, guys, please don't mention the word sea water again, it makes me uncomfortable", Ning Fei also said irritably.

"How long will it take to quarrel again?"

Colonel Barton, who suddenly raised his voice, quieted the others and continued: "We have lost Kevin, he is my best friend, he has faced desperate situations many times, but this time he really can't come back, this world is not out of crisis, everyone's future is uncertain, we can only rely on ourselves. ”

Ning Fei listened to Barton's words, then straightened up, ripped off the needle on his arm, and said with an ugly face while nodding: "Yes, that's right, what you said is true, but I want to state one thing, I joined here for purely personal reasons, I lack such a noble spirit of sacrifice, I don't intend to be a great savior, I'm not Captain Kevin, after losing him, there won't be a second person flying into the sea with a nuclear bomb!" ”

Ning Fei is just an ordinary person, and other people are actually the same as him, Barton can understand this, no one should convince others to sacrifice, this is unjust.

Barton sighed and sat down on the edge of the rooftop, "No one can be him, thank you for what you have paid, everyone has the freedom to choose in life, I will not force you or anyone else, you have this freedom, Ning Fei." ”

Ning Fei paused, as if he had made an important decision on the improvisation, looked into Patton's eyes, and said slowly, word by word: "I will apply to withdraw from the Alliance Army." ”

Patton was already prepared in his heart, and after a short silence, he nodded and said, "The alliance will provide you with the treatment of retired soldiers due to injuries."

Ning Fei pushed his wheelchair and walked alone.

Caitlin didn't hold back.

Yoshimoto was also stunned by Ning Fei's decision, stepped forward, stopped, and stopped talking.

"Did you just let him go?" , Caitlyn asked Barton.

"I'm sure he'll be back, and I think Kevin would be very optimistic about him if he's here, he has a burning heart."

"He'd never said anything like that."

......

It only took Ning Fei half a day to complete the discharge application, and Dr. Wiener provided his injury certificate and psychological state assessment report, and the procedures were not cumbersome, Ning Fei refused to go to the retired soldiers' welfare center for recuperation. Instead, I bought a ticket to New York, packed my bags, and set out on the journey alone.

The road to New York was not far, and the plane arrived on time.

A brown jeep stopped at the exit of the airport, and a woman in a hooded sports jacket leaned against the door, still wearing a mask, and Ning Fei waved at him as she walked out.

"Hey, here," called Crescent.

Ning Fei stepped forward quickly, threw away all the luggage in the back seat, got into the co-pilot, looked at Xinyue's dress, and said, "It looks low-key today." ”

Xinyue didn't immediately take Ning Fei's words, started the jeep, and drove out of the airport, "I heard that you have resigned?" ”

"Confederate soldiers are, after all, a high-risk profession."

Xinyue shook her head, what she knew Ning Fei was not a withdrawn character, so she said, "I guess you must be planning to do something." ”

Broken by Xinyue's words, Ning Fei smiled dumbly, nodded and said, "This is an extraordinary time now, and I need to avoid the eyes of some people. ”

Jeeps drove through the streets, crowds of people holding banners with slogans and shouting slogans in unison, some of them dressed in uniformly coloured parade costumes, and a whole chaotic procession slowed the flow of traffic.

Ning Fei opened the window of the car and looked towards the rear of the procession, but there was no end in sight, and the explosion-proof police along the street tried their best to maintain order at the scene, but the ground was still a mess.

"What are they doing?"

"The march, the referendum on the joint military action plan of the Alliance Parliament has begun, these people are the camp of supporters, led by some social peace organizations, once the referendum adopts this plan, the alliance will start negotiations on Hellfire, the two will probably no longer be hostile, they will join forces to fight against the invasion from space, and there are some opponents, there are not so many people, they will avoid the ranks of supporters, and the two sides have not formed much conflict for the time being."