Chapter 5: The Song of the Dead (Part 5).
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The swing of the tip of the knife was a silver light left in the air, not lit up in the not-so-narrow passage, followed by the sound of ping-pong metal clashing. It can be heard that each of these mutual slashes is used with all their strength. On one side is the gene enhancer, on the other side is the cell enhancer, whether it is the strength of each slash is enough to split a piece of pure iron into two pieces, and it is precisely because of this that the impact again and again makes the two dare not take it lightly, in fact, although the duel in the middle is not one death and one injury, but there are not a few who leave a lifelong disability regardless of life. Moreover, Lancelot did not use all his strength, and the main body of the order he received was "hindering" rather than "killing".
Jumping back hard, he dodged a horizontal slash from Lancelot forward, and Rider watched the military long knife slash in front of him, and a strong wind blew the sea in front of him. However, Rider did not panic in his heart, extremely focused on Rider temporarily forgot his fear, and after landing, he quickly took a step forward and received the military long knife in his hand to the left side of his body, with a loud bang, a large spark burst out from the position where the blades collided, and Lancelot's slash was blocked and did not hit.
Lancelot, who missed, did not wrestle with the rider, but quickly pulled the long knife away and prepared for the next attack.
The friction between the blades and the blades made the sparks burst out continuously, and the wrist force exerted by Lancelot on the long knife made Rider a little unbearable, and his body couldn't help but lean back, and Laslot, who had withdrawn away, quickly turned back, and the long knife in his hand slashed vertically towards Rider's head, Rider gritted his teeth tightly, and quickly returned the long knife in his hand, aiming at the trajectory of Lancelot's swing. The tip of the knife struck the blade of Lancelot's long knife with precision.
A crack spread outward from the point where it was hit, and after a soft click, Lancelot stopped the attack suddenly, and Der naturally would not let go of such an opportunity, and immediately adjusted his body and chased Lancelot. The long knives in his hands swung crosswise in the air, giving Lancelot no time to block with his knives. Lancelot could only keep backing away, twisting his body left and right to dodge the Rider's attacks again and again.
The attack speed of the rider is obviously faster than that of Lancelot, and the speed advantage in the name of the cavalry is undoubtedly revealed at this time, whether it is the speed of the forward rush or the power contained in each lane, as well as the mastery of the angle and timing of the knife, but it can be called the best in the knife book. Repeated attacks finally pushed Lancelot back to the edge of the passage.
- There is no way back.
Lancelot gritted his teeth tightly, and glanced at the long knife that had been accepted by the rider's gaze, although the blade of the long knife was already scarred, but the next moment Lancelot still held the long knife above his head.
Immediately after, a collision sound accompanied by the sound of the titanium alloy metal blade shattering came to the ears of the two people who were fighting.
The weapon broke, and the der took a step back. Then, with the left heel as the central axis, the body rotated clockwise, and a beautiful slalom kick hit the severed blade with precision. The blade of the blade hit by the heel spun and flew out with a thud into the metal walls of the passage. Then Rider raised his knife to his side in front of Lancelot, the coldness in his eyes faded a lot, and the corners of his mouth scraped a smug smile.
"You've lost, Lancelot." Rider squinted at Lancelot out of the corner of his eye, and spoke slowly, the long knife in his hand removed from Lancelot's throat. The blade, which had been intact, was now scarred, and the hard blade made of titanium alloy was covered with large and small chips. A military long knife that cost five thousand dollars was scrapped in less than thirty seconds. In the bar, Roth's hand was even more miserable, with only half of the blade left on the hilt, and the other half stuck in the wall, both of which were also full of gaps.
"......" Lancelot looked at Rider with deep eyes, a little surprised in his heart, and at the same time he couldn't help but admire the woman in front of him, and at the same time regret his reckless behavior.
But chivalry told Lancelot. Be honest and be fair about winning and losing. Sighing slightly, Lancelot looked up at the rider again, and the corners of his mouth once again showed the gentle smile that looked like a friend, "Congratulations." You win. I will keep my word. ”
The motorized infantry in the passage became nervous, their commander got out of the way but he couldn't, the order was to block the three for thirty minutes, since the commander had blocked for fifteen minutes, then the remaining fifteen minutes should be blocked by himself. The captain commander who commanded the motorized infantry raised his hand and waved, and twenty motorized infantry immediately surrounded him, divided into two groups to surround the rider and Xia Yuhao and Ye Kexin in the gap.
"What does that mean?" Rider looked at the motorized infantry around him for a moment, and then anger arose in his heart, and he looked at Lancelot and yelled at Lancelot in a questioning tone, "Lancelot, is this how you keep your promise?" ”
"I said I would keep my word." Lancelot was clearly unhappy with Rider's distrust, but he also knew where Rider's dissatisfaction came from. While frowning slightly, Lancelot immediately waved his hand to the motorized infantry around him, and shouted loudly to the captain, "Captain, take your people out of the passage, we have already divided the victory and defeat, I will not break my promise, so please get out of the way and let them go." ”
"I'm sorry sir, I can't." The captain shook his head, looked directly at Lancelot without any scruples, and said, "I received an order to stop these people here for thirty minutes, sir, I know that you have done your best, so the rest of the matter will be left to us." ”
"Are you telling me to break my word? Captain, I can understand your pressure, but for my sake, get them out of here. Lancelot's brow furrowed even deeper, clearly dissatisfied with the Captain's attitude towards his words and his disobedience to his orders. Then Lancelot immediately stepped forward and blocked the rider behind him, and made a ready gesture with his right hand behind his back to the rider.
Rider seems to have some scruples. Then he had to accept Lancelot's intention to make this gesture. Lancelot wants to help himself, but why? Didn't Lancelot come to stop himself from leaving?
The answer is imminent, and Lancelot's sense of honor as if he has been brainwashed makes him choose to help his enemies when he is forced to play.
However, despite his fears, Rider is grateful to Lancelot for helping him, and Lancelot does not act inconsistently, and Rider knows that Lancelot's chivalry makes him hate them.
"Sir, if you know my pressure, you should get out of front of her. I'm just on a mission, please don't embarrass me. The captain's tone was still calm, but it was obvious that he couldn't suppress the impatience in his heart, his hands tightly grasped the rifle in his hand, the captain shook a step forward, and the pace under his feet was more steady, without the slightest intention of getting out of the way, and the motorized infantry around him also surrounded him, and ten motorized infantry surrounded Lancelot and Rider in the middle, without giving the two of them any room to escape. However, such an encirclement will naturally not stop Lancelot and the two, but the fact that they cannot kill people limits their actions to an extremely narrow range. Lancelot looked at the motorized infantry around him. The dissatisfaction in his eyes and the coldness in his eyes turned cold, and although the captain's tough attitude did not make Lancelot go on a killing spree, it was inevitable that a few motorized infantry would be injured.
"Are you sure the captain won't get out of the way?" Lancelot asked one last question, pulling out the loaded pistol from the holster behind his back, his thumb gently pulling the trigger lock, and his index finger hooking it onto the trigger.
"I'm sure, sir. I will ......," the captain replied immediately, but Lancelot didn't wait for the captain to finish his sentence, and his right hand, which had already clenched his pistol, quickly flung out from behind his back. Almost instantly, the muzzle of the gun was pointed at the automatic extinguishing sprinkler above the passage, which was activated by the heat and smoke from the impact. Although the liquid flame retardant sprayed does not cause substantial damage to the motorized infantry, it does have an effect on the motorized infantry's field of vision, with two-thirds of the face covered in the visor of the hologram helmet, and the most annoying thing for the motorized infantry is rainy days, which interferes with the built-in camera's visual capture.
As Lancelot pulled the trigger, the rider behind him made a move. Before the flame retardant in the sprinkler was sprayed, Rider jumped back sharply, leaned forward with his waist and kicked his feet against the wall, Rider's body flipped over Lancelot's head, and Rider, who aimed at the captain's helmet mask, kicked down at the target with all his might.
Der fell to the ground with the captain on his back, rolled forward in a five-point landing and quickly pulled out the pistol at his waist. The ten motorized infantry who surrounded the gap on the other side immediately noticed that the situation was wrong here, and left from the gap and surrounded the rider, but the rider did not give them a chance to surround themselves, and after landing on the ground, they quickly sprinted forward and rushed towards the two motorized infantry on the side.
The motorized infantry that formed an encirclement on the sudden change were stunned at the same time, but by the time they came to their senses, it was already too late. The grip of the pistol in his hand slammed into the motorized infantryman on the right as it passed between the two motorized infantrymen, and the weight of nearly a ton hit the soft alloy armor of the motorized infantryman.
Seeing that his companion was knocked to the ground, another motorized infantryman immediately turned his gun and aimed at the rider, but at this time, Lancelot, who had caught up from behind, pulled the trigger, and the first shot hit the assault rifle in the hand of the motorized infantryman, and the second shot pierced the motorized infantryman's right kneecap.
"Shoot fast! Kill them! With the screams of the motorized infantry as they fell to the ground, the captain who had been lifted down before struggled to get up from the ground holding on to his completely damaged helmet mask, while his left hand kept groping on the ground, the helmet's hologram screen was destroyed, and the captain's eyes were dark. But he still kept shouting, at this time, the captain no longer cared about the order to prohibit killing, and he could keep these people in the base no matter what means he used, and killing them himself would at most only record the mission as unfinished, but if they were allowed to escape, he would most likely be sent to a military court. The captain is not without brains. He naturally understood that Ye Kexin was a puppet to the committee, she could be useless but she could never get out of the control of the committee, once Ye Kexin escaped from the laurel base, the consequences would be absolutely unimaginable.
The surrounding motorized infantry received the captain's order, and they all raised their rifles and aimed at the rider, but a loud noise came from behind the motorized infantrymen, and a strong shock wave knocked the motorized infantry to the ground. Lancelot tossed the grenade launcher aside in his hand. Two military batons were pulled out of the equipment box.
"Catch, rider." With a wave of his hand, he threw one of them at the rider who was surrounded by motorized infantry, and the other held it tightly in his hand, weighed the weight of the baton, and nodded with satisfaction.
When Rider looked up, the baton fell from the top of his head, and he quickly flashed from the side of a motorized infantryman and bounced on the ground to catch the baton thrown by Lancelot, and after landing, he quickly shot a stick behind him, accurately hitting the rifle in the hand of the motorized infantry who wanted to sneak up on him. The bullet spike on the rifle made a soft click under this blow, and it came from the middle, and the near end spun and flew out and fell to the ground on the side, and Rider knocked the rifle in the hand of the motorized infantryman crooked, and immediately stepped forward and rushed into the arms of the motorized infantryman, and hit the motorized infantry's abdomen heavily with his right arm and elbow, and smashed the motorized infantry to the ground at the moment when the motorized infantry lost its balance. Another motorized infantryman rushed from behind Rider, and after Rider slightly sideways to let the motorized infantryman pass, Rider pinned the motorized infantryman's elbow with his baton, and twisted the motorized infantryman's arm joints outwards with both hands. The motorized infantry didn't have time to react, and the body that had not yet stood firm immediately fell backwards, and then the rider quickly pushed his right hand to the shoulder of the motorized infantry, and tightly pressed against the shoulder of the motorized infantry, and then fell to the ground after pulling the motorized infantry back. With a bang, the magazine box hanging from the waist of the motorized infantry fell off the fastening buckle of the armed belt. The rifle in the hands of the motorized infantry fell to the rider's feet, and he held the rifle in his hand. However, the third motorized infantryman slammed the rider with the butt of his rifle in the air.
"Hey, it's ungentlemanly to go to the ladies." Lancelot didn't know when he stood next to the rider, watched as he bent his body and took a step forward, and the baton in his hand swung forward and hit the motorized infantryman's chest, and then the baton struck the motorized infantryman's jaw upward, knocking the motorized infantry backwards.
The three motorized infantry were killed in less than ten seconds, and the other motorized infantry were slightly jealous in their hearts, but their side was still the side with more people. Reinforcements will not arrive, as each emergency response unit of the Emergency Response Department will only be responsible for one area, and cross-area operations are prohibited unless the base is invaded.
More motorized infantry rushed towards Lancelot and Rider, their riflemen engaged them instead of firing but using cold weapons such as bullets or butts.
With one hand picking off a rifle bullet from a motorized infantryman stabbing at him, Rider turned around and swung his baton behind him to knock the motorized infantry released by Lancelot to the ground. Lancelot, on the other hand, knocked the last motorized infantryman to the ground with a kick, and then stepped forward to make up for it and hit the motorized infantryman in the chest, pinning his breath to his lungs, and the motorized infantryman's eyes rolled and he fainted. Lancelot slowly got up and looked at the rider behind him, throwing the baton aside in his hand.
"It seems that there is no rope to hinder it, you guys should leave quickly, there should be little time left."
"yes, there's no time." Rider nodded, picked up a rifle from the ground and held it in his hand and nodded to Lancelot, but soon a trace of puzzled expression appeared on Rider's face, and he waved his hand to Xia Yuhao in the gap, signaling Xia Yuhao to take Ye Kexin to leave first, and then his eyes fell back on Lancelot's body again, "But I'm a little unsure, what are you helping us for?" Is it just a previous agreement? If that's the case, it's a little strange that you can do it. ”
"Incredible, isn't it? You mean that I have a reason to help you in addition to the agreement? Lancelot raised an eyebrow and looked at Rider with interest, his eyes full of curiosity. Xia Yuhao carried Ye Kexin, who was still not awake, on his back and ran towards Rider, but Rider raised his hand to stop Xia Yuhao, and then pointed to the middle of the passage to indicate that Xia Yuhao took Ye Kexin to go first.
"Is it really okay?" Xia Yuhao didn't get close to the rider, but asked with some worry on his face.
"No problem." Rider shook his head. Although I still feel a little relieved in my heart. But after Xia Yuhao hesitated for a moment, he still gritted his teeth and ran towards the hangar with Ye Kexin. Looking at Xia Yuhao who was leaving, Rider breathed a sigh of relief and looked at Lancelot again, the expression on his face was no longer smiling, but a serious and deep look.
"What is your purpose, or have you been instructed by someone? You can disobey the orders of the committee, and I can't think of anyone else who can order you to be moved. Rider took a step back and distanced himself from Lancelot. Although the rifle in his hand was not pointed at Lancelot, the rider already held it in his hand, and as soon as Lancelot acted rashly, he would immediately hit all the bullets and tilt them on Lancelot's body.
"Don't talk about me yet, your behavior doesn't seem to be spontaneous, it's also obeying people's orders, why can't you tell who is behind you?" Lancelot raised his hands up, signaling to the rider that he was harmless, and then snorted softly with his nose, "Actually, needless to say, I also know, President Feng, right?" From before the earth was invaded, I thought he was omnipotent, but I didn't expect it to be like this. ”
Lancelot had a smile on his face, and he turned his face to the side to look at the scratched metal wall.
"Looks like you know where I'm standing, so you have only two options." Rider's eyes gradually cooled, and he looked at Lancelot, and a killing intent gradually appeared in his heart, and Der slowly retreated.
"You don't have to back off, Der." Lancelot laughed out loud, and then quickly turned his head to look at the rider, his face full of smiles, "What a smart and beautiful woman, like a thorny rose, so trying to deceive your eyes but still failing." Is the glory of a knight really that worthless in your eyes? I have made a pact with you with the glory of my knighthood, but I have not gained your trust. I don't know where exactly I was exposed? ”
"I know you too well, Lancelot." After listening to Lancelot's words, Rider sighed, his grip on the rifle loosened slightly, and Der shook his head slightly, "If you were still a member of the committee, you wouldn't have agreed to my challenge at all, even if you would definitely win." ”
"Oh? So, you've been testing me from the beginning, right? Lancelot raised an eyebrow, his eyes full of smiles.
"Of course not, I was just in a hurry, and I just figured it out." Rider shook his head, looked up at the watch on his wrist, looked at Lancelot again, and asked with some expectation, "Won't you come with us?" Staying here won't do you any good. ”
"I'll leave if I can, but President Feng told me I can't do anything about staying here. My order is to standby and you......" Lancelot paused, looking at the rider with interest.
"The beast in the cage broke through the shackles, maybe that's what President Feng thought."
Ye Zifeng looked at the thick stack of materials in his hand, his brows were furrowed tightly from the beginning, and his eyes were full of concentration, as if he wanted to engrave every word on the printing paper in his mind.
Colonel Brownon sat in the swivel chair beside him, looking out the window at the bright sun in the sky, without saying a word. The room had been quiet for half an hour, and Ye Zifeng had been looking through the documents since he got them, while Bai Lanton slowly sat back in his place and did not talk to Ye Zifeng. This may be the tacit understanding formed between the two, Bai Lanton knows Ye Zifeng's character, and he is unwilling to be disturbed by others when he is concentrated.
Every word on the information may become a breakthrough point in the incident, from the conversation with Naoto Sakurai in the corridor just now, Ye Zifeng suddenly noticed that something was wrong with the whole thing, something vaguely put all the things that have happened in the past four years together, Ye Zifeng can see but can't grasp it, he doesn't know what made the Admiralty fall into such a situation. The difference in strength is fundamental, but the Admiralty, which has begun to rot from within, cannot be completely wiped out even if it is only half of the fleet. Ye Zifeng couldn't understand why the top echelons of the Admiralty still let the fleet form a defense line and be annihilated when they saw that the defense line had collapsed and defeat was only a matter of time, this was definitely not an order that Feng Fengxiang or Ye Kexin could give, but who could have more authority than the president of the board of directors of the Admiralty and the commander-in-chief of the fleet? Undoubtedly, there is only the Supervisory Board. The three elders hold the fate of the Admiralty in their hands. Francisco can be excluded, Ye Zifeng believes that he left the Navy War Department after Judgment Day, and the focus naturally falls on the remaining two elders, Ye Zifeng doesn't know what they are planning, or it is really that he was seriously injured in the Judgment Day and lived in seclusion in the mountains and old forests, but the result has already happened, the Admiralty miscalculated the situation of the war and someone used the highest authority of the Admiralty to wipe out the Admiralty's fleet.
Although he thought so, Ye Zifeng couldn't read anything about the elders in the Hanging City at all, although it was also confidential, but with Ye Zifeng's highest authority, he could still check it. However, the Hanging City could not connect to the global network, which greatly limited Ye Zifeng's access to information, just like the "Trembling" plan, which had already started for two days, and Ye Zifeng still didn't know anything about it. Therefore, Ye Zifeng can only rely on the insignificant information at hand to sort out a relatively clear area of thought and explain what has happened now.
Flipping the information in his hand to the next page, Ye Zifeng hurriedly glanced at the text on it, it was still the resume of the mission, and every task was recorded, but there was nothing suspicious. Things like what kind of combat readiness patrol or vigilance in the base Ye Zifeng are also necessary homework when he is in office, so all of Lan Qi's actions are legal.
Until Ye Zifeng flipped through the last piece of information, he didn't find anything suspicious. His brows furrowed again, Ye Zifeng closed the information book in his hand, raised his hand and rubbed his temples that were a little painful, and let out a long sigh.
"Is that all there is to it?" Ye Zifeng put the information in his hand on the coffee table in front of him, and turned his head to look at Bai Lanton's back. He asked softly.
"No, these are the limits I can figure out." Brandton turned the swivel chair towards Ye Zifeng, propped his hands on the desk in front of him, and shook his head gently, "If you still want to know something, sir, you can ask me." The content of the information cannot be so comprehensive. ”
"That's right, then I'll think about it." Ye Zifeng smiled slightly, stretched his waist, leaned back on the sofa, looked up at the ceiling, and was still thinking about what questions to ask, "Lan Qi, what do you think of him?" ”
"Huh?" Bai Lanton was stunned for a moment, he didn't expect Ye Zifeng's first question to ask this, and he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart, but since the chief asked, Bai Lanton would naturally answer, and after sorting out the wording in his mind, Bai Lanton coughed lightly and cleared his throat, "How do you say it?" Lan Qi is a decent person, he didn't do anything beyond the regulations when he was at TSAS, and he was the only one in the team who had not been administratively punished, which the chief should know best. ”
"That's true...... Ye Zifeng nodded lightly after thinking about it, taking a deep breath, Ye Zifeng then asked, "Then have you and Lan Qi ever carried out a mission together?" ”
"Yes, but not many times, because there are twenty people in the whole team, and my position is to command, so there are few opportunities to carry out tasks together." Brandton thought for a moment and replied, "But it's not nothing, there have been a few missions together, but there are no accidents, Lanch is still the one who listens to orders." ”
Brandton felt a little emotion in his heart, and also looked up and thought about his life in the Laurel Crown Base, eating and sleeping with the other tsas, although it was psychologically difficult to bear some pressure to stay in that closed metal shell all the time, but it could not be said that Brandton was not doing well.
(To be continued) (To be continued.) )
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