Ethan stretched out his fingers, trying to press the carotid artery of the boy in front of him, but the blood spurted out made him unable to control it at all, and finally, when the other party's pupils dilated, the boy stopped the futile first aid, removed his hand from the other party's neck, and wiped the blood on his hands with the other party's light blue student coat, and there was no change on his face.

Ethan gritted his teeth, he didn't know the boy in front of him, probably looking at Cheng Dù with a familiar face, but he still pulled him down the moment he was shot by a bullet.

It's a pity that his hand is still a step slower, and a bullet directly hits the opponent's neck, cutting the artery, and Ethan can't handle it at all.

The boy sighed, not regretfully, but more like a person who had just woken up from a sweet dream, missing the dream that he knew was illusory.

Without hesitation, Ethan stood up, dropped the body, glanced at the sealed door that had been locked by himself, and turned and ran towards the emergency escape route that he knew by heart.

For the boy, the dream may really be becoming a reality little by little, although he wears a mask, but the more and more normal life more or less makes him have an illusion - maybe ACA will never use himself, maybe he can just become a knight and live a dull life.

It's just that a dream is a dream after all, even if Marven's coup d'état was an accidental event, but the warm blood of his colleagues on his fingertips, like sharp needles, woke him up from the dream.

If you can't live, there's no point.

As many years ago, the boy was running, for his life.

The cacophony of sirens stopped abruptly, and it was clear that the knights of the coup had turned off the alarm, and as more and more gates were seized by them, Ethan was the path that these probationary knights could take. There are fewer and fewer of them.

Obviously, the putschists have long been ready to wipe out these teenagers, Ethan is trying to calm himself down, his only chance now is to find a way to break out of the encirclement, the number of putschists is too small. It is not enough to control the entire ark, only by escaping can he have a chance to hide, the reinforcements will not be delayed for too long, and it is impossible for the putschists to carefully search the entire ark.

Suddenly there was a rush of gunfire around the corner ahead, and Ethan suddenly stopped his steps, leaned sideways against the wall, and held his breath.

And almost at the same time, a boy was lifted by the huge thrust of the bullet and landed heavily around the corner. Fall to the ground.

Ethan was slightly surprised, because this boy was Lloyd, who had been at odds with him.

Lloyd, who was blasted out of several holes by bullets, has not died immediately, and the successful TF transformation has given him a stronger vitality than the average boy, but he is still too small after all, and cannot be compared to those adult TFs who can bounce bullets with muscles.

Of course, Ethan is no different.

"Help—"

"!"

Ethan looked at Lloyd, who fell to the ground and stretched out his hand to him, and cursed in his heart. Lloyd's action was obviously exposing himself, and the coup knight who killed him obviously didn't mind coming to check why Lloyd was calling for help in this direction before he died.

Ethan couldn't save Lloyd. couldn't save anyone, and he had no plans to bury the other party.

It's not a personal vendetta to communiqué, even if it's not Lloyd lying there, but a person who has no personal grudges with him, Ethan can't save it.

Ethan, who turned and ran along the way he came, knew that there was a fork in the road ahead, although the fork in the road did not know where it would lead. But it's the only viable option right now.

But...... What about Blair?

Ethan's heart suddenly tightened, but before he could think more, the footsteps behind him made him grit his teeth.

Sure enough, they caught up!

Ethan ran with all his might, but still couldn't shake off the tracker behind him.

After all, it is also TF that follows behind.

Ethan could already see the fork in the road he had come. He wanted to pray that it was a pathway, but before he could start praying, he went around the corner.

Fifty meters away, the gate was locked.

Ethan took a few steps forward and stopped in the middle of the passage, his heart filled with despair.

He turned his head, and two black-clad knights had appeared at the other end of the passage.

Is this a suicide A faint feeling of despair spread from Ethan's heart, he turned his head to look at the locked gate, and at the knight with the blood-stained sword, and gritted his teeth.

As if to play with Ethan, who had been cornered, the other knight with an assault rifle did not shoot immediately, but allowed his fellow with a sword to slowly approach Ethan, who was slowly retreating, and the boy could even imagine the other party's smirk through the fully enclosed helmet.

Seemingly...... That's it, right?

Ethan suddenly felt so tired that he didn't even seem to have the strength to retreat, and the boy who had been running around for the past eleven years suddenly didn't want to continue.

In fact, Ethan himself has never thought about this problem, for as long as he can remember, he has never thought about it, he just feels that it is very uncomfortable to be hungry, and it hurts to be beaten, but what about death? As if death itself isn't painful, is it?

So what's there to be afraid of?

Ethan gave a wry smile.

Heaven or hell...... I hope that after death, I can have my own bed.

Looking at the slowly approaching knight, Ethan took a deep breath and was almost about to give up struggling.

And at this moment, a crisp ticking sound suddenly sounded from behind the boy, followed by the sound of the door opening!

As if stimulated, the boy trembled all over, but before he could react, a crisp, like a glass bottle breaking sounded behind him, and then, more than ten meters of passage, it was instantly filled with smoke!

"Over here!!"

A familiar girl's voice came from behind him, and Ethan almost subconsciously turned around and rushed into a cloud of smoke!

At the last moment, the desire to survive that has been engraved in his bones for more than ten years still controls the boy's body.

He wants to live, even if he doesn't know why!

Only, he didn't notice that when the thought popped into his head, his pupils had completely discolored. From brown to pitch black!

Stay alive!

Dense gunfire rang out from behind, and the boy was even ready to be hit by a bullet, but as if by a miracle, the huge impact did not come from behind.

Until the moment he rushed into the electronic gate, the electronic gate closed.

He could clearly hear the sound of bullets tearing flesh.

Then the sound of the girl falling to the ground. It was the sound of the electronic door re-locking, and it reached his ears.

***

"Blair!"

Ethan threw himself directly at the girl who fell to the ground and lifted her body, but only touched a handful of warm blood.

The bullet hit the girl exactly in the center of her chest, a large hole shredded her trachea, and blood kept pouring out of the girl's mouth, depriving her of the ability to speak.

I don't know if it was because of the pain or because of the fear of death, tears cut out of the girl's eyes, however. What is inconsistent with this qiē is that the corners of the girl's mouth are slightly hooked, as if she is laughing.

I, thinking, help-

The girl could no longer make a sound, but she still opened her mouth, kept spitting out blood, and spat out three words with her lips. Raising his hand, he gently poked Ethan in the chest.

Ethan wanted to say something. But as soon as she opened her mouth, the girl shook her head slightly, and then reached out and pointed to the ceiling behind Ethan.

Ethan turned his head and saw the hole in the ceiling, at this time. It seemed to be the first time, and the boy's heart throbbed.

The girl's fingers were still poking at Ethan's chest, moving slowly, and the trail of her fingertips formed four letters, one word.

J.U.S.T。

And then. The girl's hand fell, she slowly closed her eyes, and stopped breathing.

Ethan hugged Blair's body, his eyes fell on the girl's blood-covered face, and he wanted to call the other person's name, but the sharp pain in his chest prevented him from making any sound.

The boy looked up, and the medical kit that Blair always carried with him was still thrown aside, and the medicine scattered should be the raw material for the pod that covered him.

He turned and looked at the missing piece of the ceiling, which was the hope of life, but it seemed to lose its appeal.

Eventually, the boy turned his head and saw that he had just stepped from death to survival.

Blair couldn't have known that the person behind the door was herself, that is, when she knew that someone was at the door, she was ready to come to the rescue.

No matter who it is.

And what do the last four letters mean? Is it the unfinished "justice", or the helpless "fairness", or the name that represents the girl's dream?

None of that matters, though.

Ethan stiffened the girl's body on the ground, looked at his red hands, and slowly made a knightly salute at the girl's body.

Then, he turned around and climbed up the ventilation pipe.

***

Ethan survived in the end because of the salvation of two people.

A girl named Blair, and a knight named Linya.

Ethan later learned the whereabouts of the EMP dagger, and he didn't have much hope, but it was indeed the dagger that made Linya, who was definitely not Charl's opponent, ruin Char's plan.

Ethan did not hide it, which does not need to be hidden and cannot be hidden.

After three months of treatment, or house arrest, Ethan received an order, and when he pushed open the door to his office, he saw his boss in a new white knight's suit.

The secret organization of the Guards Cavalry, the "Hundred-Eyed Giant".

"We have a high interest in your experience and abilities, so we offer you a job that is a good fit for you."

"I don't think I have the right to refuse."

Ethan understands that behind this appointment, I am afraid that it is not only an appreciation of himself, but also a kind of "purge" of himself as a survivor.

But perhaps, this is not a bad thing, away from the core of power, the ACA will not enable itself.

The boy knew it was wishful thinking, but he still had the idea of it.

Because he had already begun to think about why he was alive.

***

"Only by living well can you realize your dreams, there are too many martyrs in this world, you shouldn't be next."

Ethan stood in front of the brazier with his eyes closed, the smoke from the burning of the belt had dissipated into the air without a trace.

"It doesn't matter who you work for, loyalty is a worthless thing, only to live, as long as you live, there will be an answer, and the one you want will naturally appear by your side."

"So, if you don't have the courage to live, then let me help you, no matter how shameless and cruel things are, I don't mind, because I've already experienced it, there's nothing to be afraid of, I'll help you."

"Because, what we want, it's the same."

As if talking to someone, Ethan was alone in the empty room, and the boy didn't seem to mind, he turned around, walked to the door, and opened his eyes.

The brown pupils had turned black like the night sky.

***

In a dark room, a man in a white knight's uniform casually threw a file on the table.

"Morris. Ethan, codenamed 'Scavenging Bird'. ”

"...... 'Errebos' Project ......"

“…… Contact ......"

"Bruce. Payne ......"

"Helis. Ivanova. (To be continued......)

PS: There are 7 more interludes...... However, Ling Yu is about to appear in the next chapter, and there are currently 4 Ling Yu interludes, two new character interludes and a Logan interlude, and this information is still very necessary for the second volume, so I still hope you will take a look