"We've got to kill him, right?"

"Yes."

"I don't understand, sir."

"Huh?"

"I mean, why do you have to kill him?"

"Don't talk nonsense."

"I just think that if you don't want him to defect, wouldn't it be good to arrest him directly in Yasen? Why wait for him to get to Kaloi? If we were found out by the police in Kiput, how would the federal government explain it? ”

"You're talking too much, Wiki."

It was a cold winter in the 16th month of the year 260 of the Star Element. In a building in Kaloi, the capital of the planet Kiput, two men in wide-brimmed fedoras and long coats are standing behind a floor-to-ceiling window with curtains drawn, looking through the cracks in the curtains at the shuttle mooring station about 150 floats (kiput's unit of length, 1 float is 1.6 meters) away. This docking station is close to the port of departure of Kaloi, and from time to time there are metered shuttles that stop at the station, spit out departing passengers, and then pick up departing passengers and drive away. The younger one put down his binoculars: "If the poor creature is on time, there will be half an hour, chief." The other was silent, turning his binoculars to a grocery kiosk on the west side of the station, where a passenger was leaning outside the kiosk, his luggage resting at his feet, flipping through a magazine. From the binoculars, you can clearly see the half-naked girl on the cover of the magazine. The traveler seemed so completely mesmerized by the magazine that he missed two shuttles. The telescope turned to the east side of the mooring station. On a bench in the park in the middle of the street, two lovers are whispering, they are intimate and intimate, not caring at all about the passers-by around them.

"Why? Chief? The young man asked again, as if not sensing the impatience of his superior.

"What?"

"Why do we have to kill him? He's not a murderer, he's just a scientist. He's a scientist who studies what kind of energy, right? We are told that he is a defector villain, but for his wife and children, he may be a considerate husband and the best father. Why did he have to die? Think about how those women and children felt. Each of us has only one life. “

"It's an order. Wiki. ”

"I know it's an order, sir, but it's not always right. The big guys up above pat their heads, and we'll get orders: 'Go get this,' 'Go get that,' 'Find a way to get information about how many times a guy snores an hour a night.'" I don't think they're smarter than you or me, sir. ”

Despite anticipating a "shut up" in response, Wiki took it upon itself to finish the words. Surprisingly, the other man did not refute the bold remarks. Maybe it just meant that he didn't bother to answer, but it was enough to embolden Vicky to continue: "I know that we are in the service of the federal government of Gaia, and we are on the side of justice. We have to resist the threat from the Percian Empire, and we have to play a game of cat and mouse with the people on their side. But on the other hand, they are also serving their own country and will consider themselves righteous. So how do we know who is truly righteous? ”

"It's up to the big guys to worry about it, just do your job, wiki."

This answer did not discourage Vicky's quick vomiting, but encouraged him: "But I need to know why I did this." Otherwise, wouldn't it be better to let the robot do it? If the Gaians give them instructions, they will kill the Percians. In turn, they killed the Gaians. They don't think about whether they should kill or why they should kill. ”

The "head" did not speak, and continued to look at the mooring station through the binoculars. There are very few flights coming in and out of the port at this time, and the parking lot appears empty. The owner of the grocery store glanced at the traveler reading the magazine, muttered something, and began to nap on the stall. Viki was right, and there were 28 minutes left before the ship they were ordered to kill would reach Kaloi.

There was silence.

After a while, Vicky spoke again: "You know what, boss? I read a book written by an Amy who said that whether it is an Amy, a Gaia, a Kiput, or a Percyian, and all the advanced civilizations in the entire Utonia system, they all have a common ancestor. Don't you think he has a point? You see, except for people like the Triks, Nudians, and Orcs who don't look like us, everyone looks ...... Sort of, you know what I mean, chief? We may have different colors, different colors, different colors, different languages, but all of them are ...... How so? He pondered for a moment and came up with one word: "Normal." ”

"That's what the Amy people say, they are a race without faith."

"No, Chief, the Amy believe in the stat (this is the common unit of currency in the Utonian system)." Wiki jokingly said, but the leader didn't laugh. "That's where it gets interesting, sir. We believe in Jus, the Percyians believe in the Lord God, and several other planets believe in God. Everyone claims that their god is the real god, and they all think that the entire galaxy was created by their own god, but which one is right? Or is there no God at all? Like the Amy people know? Logically, that's a good explanation. ”

"You've seen too much of the mess, wiki. I never read these things. ”

The book also says," Viki paused, unconsciously lowering his voice a little, even though it was just the two of them in the room: "The common ancestor of all these races is called Earthlings, who migrated from a planet called Earth in a distant galaxy. That place was originally very beautiful, but then like we are now, there were wars, destruction, or being destroyed by an asteroid, in short, it was impossible to live, so the earthlings migrated to the Utonian system and conquered the natives here. So, we were not created by God. It's entirely possible, isn't it? Chief? ”

"Shut up, Wiki!" The leader whispered, shouting at the microcommunicator on his ear: "The target appears!" Plan No. 1 is in place! ”

Vicky grabbed his binoculars, and a bearded man in his fifties was walking out of the exit of the flight port. "Boss, has the spaceship arrived early?" He glanced at the precisely pointed clock on the wall: "He's 17 minutes early." ”

The head frowned, and the two thick eyebrows were almost intertwined. He adjusted the focus of the telescope, selected the automatic identification mode, and a row of instructions popped up next to the image of the bearded man:

Name: Klein Mebius

Origin: Federation of Gaia

Profession: Super energy physicist

Identity: Defector

Hazard Class: Highest level

Notes: Will defect to the Percyian Empire while attending the Paraenergetic Science Conference in Kaloi

Order: Kill him while in contact with Essa (Author's note: Abbreviation of the Essa-Percyian State Security Service)

"It's him, number one is in place!"

Vicky quickly crouched down and picked up one of the blaster rifles standing next to the window. The long barrel of the gun with a tightened muffler and a large scope indicate that it is a sniper rifle. He narrowed one eye and aimed the doji at the bearded man's forehead, waiting for the order to shoot.

"He's early, and Esa hasn't come yet. We'll have to wait. The leader whispered to the intercom, "Be on guard! ”

The bearded man stopped beside the mooring station, looking to the left and right with a slight anxiety, apparently waiting for someone. Suddenly, a figure emerged from the spur and ran towards the bearded man.

"It's coming! Oh no! Vicky cried out. It was a young woman in her twenties, a yellow dress that outlined her slender figure, and beautiful calves looming in the running. The bearded man smiled and embraced the girl in his arms with open arms. "Who is this?!" The leader asked in annoyance, not expecting anyone to answer him. The telescope's auto-identification mode only shows "identity unknown". The traveler at the grocery kiosk reluctantly lifted his head from the yellow magazine, looked at the beard, and buried his head in the magazine again. The passenger's voice came from the communicator of the chief: "She called him Dad." He called her Eina. "It's his daughter. They didn't say she'd be here. The leader said angrily.

"Ena, she's so beautiful." Vicky muttered. A taxi shuttle flew over and stopped neatly in front of the bearded father and daughter.

"Attention One!" The leader raised a hand, which was a signal to prepare to shoot.

In addition to the driver, there was also a passenger in the shuttle. He didn't get off the plane, he just opened the door and said something to the bearded man. Travelers reading yellow magazines leaned over their travel bags on the floor, as if to put them back......

"Number one shot!" The raised hand waved down.

Wiki hesitated. The leader turned his head in shock: "What's wrong?" ”

"Boss, wait a minute, I can't beat him up in front of his daughter."

"Fart! He's on the plane! Shoot now! The leader yelled and turned to look at the binoculars. The bearded man had already bowed down, ready to turn into the cabin. The leader yelled at the communicator: "Shoot two! No. 3 and No. 4 cover! The traveler who was reading the magazine threw it away, and in an instant there was an explosive pistol in his hand. At that moment, the grocery kiosk owner, who was napping, raised his head, raised the explosive pistol in his hand, and fired three shots in the head of the traveler reading the magazine. The traveler fell to the ground, blood spurting from the wound staining the magazine crimson. Almost simultaneously, two streams of blood gushed out from the temples of the men and women on the bench. They remained motionless, still glued together, and a miniature communicator rolled down the woman's ear.

"They have snipers!" The leader screamed and fell to the ground. His face and lips changed color with anger: "What are you doing?!" Wiki woke up to the sight of the bearded man in the scope burrowing into the shuttle, his head blocked, but through the shuttle's window, his chest was clearly visible in the black frame. Wicky aimed at the heart and pulled the trigger. The beard staggered, and a blood splashed on his chest. He looked stunned and fell. Despite the distance, Vicky still felt like he heard the "poof" of a bullet as it burrowed into his body and the girl's cry.

"Fuck down, you goddamn fool!" The boss lunged at the wiki and knocked him to the ground. At the same time, a blaster whistled past the window and smashed the sniper scope to pieces. For a moment, Vicky felt that the Grim Reaper was as close as a piece of paper to him. The leader fell heavily to the ground, a blood stain on his abdomen was rapidly expanding, his face covered with cold sweat turned pale, and his breathing became short: "Vikki, quickly retreat, we are ambushed!" He stopped Wiki from dragging him with a gesture: "Tell the boss that there must be Essa's spies in the headquarters, let's go!" If you are caught, the federal government will not admit that you have anything to do with it. He gasped violently, the shadow of death looming over his face. Let's go, take a look at Cassia for me. Blood poured out of his mouth, and the wheezing in his throat stopped. He's dead.

Vicky didn't hesitate any longer, he threw off his coat and fedora, smashed the lock with his pistol, and climbed out. Downstairs there was a commotion and sirens as armed Kiput police in red uniforms cordoned off the building. He quickly got up and went down two floors, dropped a smoke grenade under a fire detector, and set the carpet on fire. Shrill sirens rang through the building. He then pushed open a room and yelled, "It's on fire!" ”。 It was a trading company, and the people who were bewildered by the busy business and the noise of sirens fled in horror when they heard the news. More doors were opening, and panicked people were pouring down stairs and safety ladders. The unfinished cordon was suddenly breached. While they were scrambling to put order back in order, Wiki was already mixed in with the crowd and out onto the street. He squeezed his way through the crowd, trying not to appear too hurried, and walked towards the port of flight. As he passed the shuttle berth, he glanced at the bloody place of death with a nonchalant look. An ambulance and several police shuttles were parked inside the cordon, some people in white or red were busy, and several black body bags were being loaded. His gaze touched the girl in the yellow dress, who seemed to have exhausted all her strength, leaning against the wing of a police shuttle, her hands over her face and crying. She still had blood on her hands, and Viki guessed it must have been her father's. He turned his face away, not daring to look again, but the yellow dress kept dangling in front of his eyes until the passenger ship he was in took off and took off towards the planet Yasen in the Gaia system.