The so-called interlude refers to the key plot of the key characters in two volumes, the first of which is about Clark. Ethan's role in the story of the double agent has been very controversial, but the individual has a personal story, and he will become a key character in the second volume. It is expected that the three more -

The brazier crackled and burned, and the yellow flames, like a greedy demon, licked the white file bag, the thick file bag, and a few other things with its hot tongue little by little, slowly turning into ashes in the brazier.

Clarke. Ethan, dressed in a brand-new white uniform, stood in front of the brazier, and the boy, with a calm that did not match his expression at all, took out things from the box next to him, one by one, and threw them into the brazier.

It's all his personal belongings that can prove Clark. Proof that Ethan lives in this world.

Clarke. Ethan is dead, along with 201 of his classmates, slaughtered by the traitor knights in the "Ark Incident", the entire attack, with no survivors.

Ethan reached out and picked up his light blue cadet uniform and threw it into the brazier, the blood on his clothes not even having time to be washed.

Watching his former military uniform turn to ashes little by little, Ethan suddenly lost his mind, he reached out and groped in the box, it seemed to be empty.

The boy turned his head and glanced at the box, which was empty, but just as he was about to turn away, he suddenly noticed a long black object in the box.

Stretching out his hand, the moment Ethan touched the object, he suddenly understood what it was.

This is a piece of belt, the belt of the EMP dagger that was originally wrapped around his waist.

Ethan picked up the belt. It wasn't a high-grade material, and it was torn off by his own hands, so much so that a small piece was caught in his clothes.

The boy silently stared at the belt in his hand, as if hesitating, and then shook his hand and threw it into the blazing brazier.

The flammable cheap belt was engulfed in flames in an instant. It turned into a wisp of green smoke and drifted into the sky.

Ethan stood still, watching the rising smoke gradually disperse before his eyes and become a familiar face.

Ethan's pupils contracted slightly, and through the smoke, he seemed to see the face of the freckled girl, who was still smiling sweetly at him, and the silver bell-like laughter still echoed clearly in his ears.

"Nothing. I'm just a little girl from Reykjavík. ”

As if infected, Ethan gently hooked the corners of his mouth.

yes, it's just ...... It's just a little girl.

***

Three months ago, Reykjavik Junior Military Academy.

"Don't let me see you! Otherwise, I'll see you hit it once! ”

The strong boy dropped a harsh word and spat at Ethan, but it seemed that because of his poor skill and lack of aim, the saliva did not hit Ethan, who was kneeling on the ground, but landed on the floor in front of him.

Ethan didn't speak. Just watched as the boy turned around and walked out of the toilet, and then slowly got up. Turning on the faucet, holding the water in his hand and patting it on the bruise on his face, he raised his head, and the boy looked at himself in the mirror and smiled coldly.

The greenhouse flowers of these cavalry units are really weak.

Newcomers are always going to be bullied. This is a common practice, no matter where it is, even in the most developed places of civilization, there will be cold violence, which is caused by human nature, and the people who do not understand are defined as different people. Then transfer the internal contradictions to outsiders...... It's all too common.

The vast majority of the students in the cavalry are from Iceland itself, and those from the three Nordic countries are relatively second-class, but because of the large number, those locals can only secretly slander them, and only students from the outside world, who are very uncommon, will become the target of public criticism.

And Ethan seems to be more unlucky than his predecessors, this time, he is the only one from outside the territory of the cavalry, so he doesn't even have a group target, and the other party is even more unscrupulous when bullied.

It's just that in South Africa, he has to leave at least one leg, and he can only leave a few scars on his face, and Ethan can't help but give an indifferent response.

These idiots can't even fight.

If he wants to really fight, Ethan is not afraid of the flowers in these three greenhouses, but he doesn't want to be the high-profile existence now, and his mission to come all the way to the cavalry team is not to teach three little children who don't know what to do, but to infiltrate as ordinary as possible to the level where they can access the core secrets of the cavalry.

So patience is necessary, which can be said to be a must for spies, and this pain is nothing compared to loneliness and silence.

Ethan raised his hand to straighten his neckline, he looked at himself in the mirror, wearing a well-made cavalry uniform, his hair was neatly combed, if it was not a scar, there were no stains on his face, and even his teeth were white and neatly brushed.

This is probably the life I once longed for.

Ethan has no impression of his parents, according to the warehouse uncle who occasionally gives him a bite to eat, he is the product of his parents' disorderly sex after drug use, and after finding out that he is pregnant, his father's whereabouts are unknown, although his mother wants to give birth to herself, but she can't afford to go to the hospital, and finally can only give birth to herself in the toilet of the bar where ACA soldiers often go, and then died of postpartum hemorrhage, according to the uncle, if he hadn't cried too miserably, he would never have brought himself out.

So he was raised by this corporal who showed the ACA warehouse in Pretoria, and it was more appropriate to say that he was raised, rather than stocking, and when he had an allowance, he had a bite to eat, and when he didn't have a allowance, Ethan could only help the unkempt ACA soldiers in the warehouse to sneak out and smuggle a little contraband - of course, if he was caught, he would be shot.

So according to the uncle, Ethan raised himself after weaning, and the two couldn't talk about friendship, and Ethan could only rely on himself for the rest of the matter.

So at the age of 5, Ethan was swept away, citing a major reorganization of the rear by the ACA, and staying in the warehouse would not only be shot, but also affect the soldiers who had given him a job opportunity. So Ethan became a street child without any nostalgia.

The rest of the story is very cliché, Ethan has done everything from selling newspapers and billboards legally, to illegally pimping and stealing, and because of his experience, there are occasionally some trusted old customers who let him continue to smuggle a little contraband. For a bite of food, he can do anything, dare to do anything.

Industrious people will always become a thorn in the side of lazy people, and for street children, if they want not to be bullied, they can only sharpen their teeth.

So Ethan became able to fight, especially to fight.

Once, an ACA soldier was in a good mood after his smuggling and paid him an extra 10 Universal. This incident became the fuse, Ethan was blocked in the alley by four or five street children and beaten up, but in the end, the two sides could only be regarded as equal.

Because Ethan pierced the eye of a boy three years older than himself with a steel pipe on the spot.

Kill on the spot.

No one cares about the life or death of the street children, at most they just complain a few words when the gendarmes clean up the stinky corpses, but this incident became a turning point in Ethan's fate.

Children who are particularly good at fighting usually become the leader of the street children, but Ethan doesn't seem interested in becoming the boss, and just as Ethan is receiving smuggling jobs from ACA soldiers as usual, he is caught.

"Ethan" was shot. "Clark. Ethan" became the man of the "Eye of Unity", which required little trade. Ethan doesn't care who he works for, as long as he has something to eat.

Appreciating Ethan's coldness and decisiveness, and the ability of those who have seen blood on their hands to deal better with unexpected situations, Ethan's forged identity is quickly delivered, and Eyes of Unity succeeds in getting the boy into the interior of the Privy Order, and in the end. Even they didn't expect that Ethan would be able to become the one who was promoted to the cavalry.

In this way, Clarke, who was born into a family of high-ranking intellectuals in Johannesburg, whose parents were killed for opposing the rule of the ACA, was left to live on the streets. Ethan put on his mask. Infiltrated the interior of the cavalry.

Comfortable clothes, on-time, nutritious and hot meals, and mattresses so soft that they felt like they were falling – even when his classmates from Iceland complained about the stiff slats, he still felt that this qiē felt unreal.

It's just that he understands that this qiē is all brought by the mask on his face, and without this mask, all the qiē he has will be wiped out in an instant.

It is necessary to continue to wear the mask until one day, when it is possible to get rid of this qiē.

Ethan hooked the corners of his mouth, as if he was laughing at the meaningless "loyalty", he didn't have that kind of burden, he just wanted to find a way to live and find a way to live better.

"Bang bang bang-"

Just when Ethan looked at his immature face in the mirror and sneered, there was a sudden knock on the door of the toilet, Ethan was stunned for a moment, feeling a little strange - this is a public toilet, why would someone knock on the door?

But he still covered his head, pretended to be broken, and walked slowly to the door.

The sensor door was opened from the inside, and a pale blue figure rushed in almost instantly, Ethan took a step back, saw the other party flash directly to the door, and then pressed the "Cleaning" button.

Then Ethan understood why the other party was knocking on the door - she was a girl, and this was the men's restroom, and the automatic sensor door would not open automatically.

"There's no one else in there, right?"

The girl turned around, she had short hair as required by the military school, and there were some noticeable freckles on her fair face, which was not pretty, but there was a real feeling.

"Nope."

Ethan turned his head to look at it, then shook his head.

"Whew, that's good."

The girl let out a long sigh of relief, then unfastened the small satchel from her back and unzipped it to reveal the medical supplies inside.

"I saw Lloyd and the others pulling you in here, and I guessed what was going to happen." The girl spread her hands and said the name of the boy who took the lead in beating Ethan, "I'm sorry I can't beat them, I can't save you, but fortunately, my mother knows the aunt in the infirmary, so I usually have some medical supplies saved." ”

"You're smart." Ethan didn't have a smile on his face, just shook his head slightly, "But why are you helping me?" Won't it cause you trouble? ”

"Not everyone is afraid of Lloyd, don't worry, I still have something to ask you to help with, one for one, no one owes anyone."

The girl shook her head, took out an ice pack and put it on Ethan's face, then took out the contusion spray.

"It's better for you to say what you want me to help you with first." Ethan took a step back, dodging the spray in the girl's hand, "For the classmate relationship between us, this one ice pack is enough." ”

"Mom is right, you people from the outside, you look like bad people."

The girl was stunned for a moment, and frowned.

Ethan looked at the girl's brows, and wondered in his heart, how can he behave more naturally? Accept or reject?

"Then at least you have to tell me first, what's your name?" However, Ethan didn't think about it for too long, but first found a way to change the subject.

"Blair, my name is Blair." As if accepting Ethan's excuse, the girl's brown eyes turned to her name, "Class 4." ”

"Clark. Ethan, Class 5. Ethan nodded lightly out of politeness.

"I know you, the only outsider in this class." Blair smiled lightly, "Since you're going to exchange, then it's okay to sue me for things outside of Iceland, especially the matter in the ACA area, how about it?" ”

Ethan was silent for a moment, as long as he didn't reveal the core problem, it shouldn't matter if he said something well-known, not to mention that the girl's mother seemed to work in the cavalry team, and a little relationship would also facilitate the next lurking.

"Deal."

Four seconds later, Ethan nodded. (To be continued......)