Late at night in autumn, it rains heavily.

A figure in a black poncho stood next to the carriage and opened the door for Andrei. Andre's footsteps paused and bowed slightly, "I'm sorry you've been waiting, Gavin." ”

"It's a matter of duty, sir. Gavin just smiled.

As the doors closed, the carriage rushed into the rain and headed for Uptown.

In silence, Andrei put the long cone on his knee and slowly released it. He gripped it too hard, and the whitish joints stretched out, making a faint sound of stones rubbing.

"It's up to you to connect with the institute in the past two days. He suddenly said, "We must ensure that the assembly of 400 pieces is completed within nine days." ”

Gavin bowed, "Yes." ”

"Thank you. Andrei closed his eyes and recuperated, "It's so late, let the coachman send you back first, I'm tired too." The orchestra will talk about it tomorrow. ”

"Yes. Gavin agreed, and had no opinion.

Soon, the carriage stopped, and Gavin said goodbye, holding up his black umbrella and leaving. The carriage began to move again, and even the sound of breathing was cut off in the carriage that had returned to silence.

It's just that in those lowered eyes, there is a faint light like a sword.

Andrei pressed the long cone on his knee, as if touching red-hot iron, and his fingers grazed the blade, and a hole was opened, and blood oozed red, and fell to the ground along the blade.

Silently, the long cone turned into powder, which fell to the ground and gradually dissipated.

"A machine to replace a musician? It's a ridiculous ......"

Andrei raised his eyes, stared at the darkness in front of him, and said in a low voice:

"Someday, Newton, you're going to hell. ”――

The sound of the rain came from the window, and the faint sound of the wind seemed to blow the dim lamp in the hall. The dim light faded in the rain. The once magnificent hall was only a blur in the reflection, as if it had been weathered and covered with dust.

The young man, who was drenched in the rain, quietly pushed open the side door and walked in, but he was stunned when he saw the decayed old man in the light. The decaying man still had a respirator on his face, and the slender hoses were tangled with his gray hair, as if they were growing in one place.

There was a faint sound of breathing, with the sound of lung water tumbling.

Footsteps are heard. The old man opened his eyes and stared at Gavin.

Gavin paused in his footsteps and whispered, "Father, I'm back." ”

After a long silence, a disgusted voice came from under the respirator: "Do you still know how to come back? Do you still have my father in your eyes?"

Gavin lowered his head, "I'm sorry, father, the orchestra has been ...... for the past two days"

"Enough, don't say those nice things anymore. The man waved irritably. "Gavin, after you became a royal musician, didn't you have a family in your eyes? Don't let your mother down!"

Gavin was stunned, his iron-gray pupils trembled, and after a long time, he lowered his eyes:

"Yes, father. ”

The old man snorted coldly, and his expression was dissatisfied: "Today, Deputy Regiment Leader Andre sent you back in the carriage, why don't you invite him to come over for dinner?"

Gavin hesitated and whispered, "Deputy Commander, he has ...... work today It's tiring. ”

Undisguised disappointment flashed in the man's eyes. Retracting his gaze from him: "Forget it, you shouldn't have been expected from anything in the first place."

People like you. As long as you don't cause trouble to the family. ”

Gavin tightened his grip on his shirt and remained silent.

"And ......" The old man gasped hard, straightened up from his wheelchair, and looked at him, "Banner's business...... How's it going?"

"Mr. Ferrin has promised me that there will be a place for Banner in three years' time. ”

"Three years?!"

The hoarse voice was raised, and the old man was enraged. Staring at him, his muddy breathing was mixed with a vague question:

"Do you want Banner to waste a few more years? Don't you even have a place for your brother in your heart...... You've disappointed me, Gavin!"

He choked with all his might, coughing like a hammer slamming into an open cavern. Gavin hurried up to help, but he impatiently pushed him away.

A hand sticks out from behind. Pulling him away, he stepped forward, gently pressed the old man's back, and skillfully injected cough suppressants.

Gavin froze.

"It doesn't matter, father, even if I don't rely on my brother, I can become a royal musician. ”

Banner softly comforted the old man, glanced at him coldly, and pushed up the wheelchair: "It's too late, you go to sleep first." ”

The boy pushed the old man out of the hall.

Gavin stared at their backs in a daze, trying to reach out and say something, but after a long time, he hung his hand weakly.

In the dim light, he sat on the dusty couch, his eyes down tiredly.

Outside the window, a faint electric flash illuminated the rain curtain.

On the dead branches, the robin withdrew its gaze and flapped its wings to fly.

On the same rainy night, the blonde young man who came home and took a comfortable shower was in the basement surrounded by a bath towel, and marveled at the unrecognizable metal skeleton on the workbench.

“...... The internal power circulation was blocked, the pressure pump was destroyed, the artificial muscle was crushed and torn by 80 percent, and the etheric nerve was paralyzed by overload. ”

He briefly looked at the skeleton and shook his head: "No, it's completely scrapped, Yezi, you're a little ruthless this time."

Did you go and fight the legendary Ripper for 300 rounds?"

“...... Almost. ”

On the opposite side of the workbench, Ye Qingxuan, who was covered in bandages and had two plasters on his face, couldn't help but look away.

Now he is almost paralyzed, and the slightest movement up and down his body is a tearing pain.

It's just that for some reason, under the light, his pupils reveal a heterogeneous feeling. It's pure black, but it has a sense of transparency.

At a glance, it looks like looking into a clear deep pool, and you can't see the bottom or the edge. It's like an invisible whirlpool that pulls people's minds and makes people can't help but be in a trance.

After checking it for a long time, Charles dropped the wrench and shook his head: "No, there is no way to fix it." ”

"Huh?"

Ye Qingxuan was stunned for a moment, and was a little panicked in his heart: "Won't it?"

For a long time, this set of 'iron bones' has accompanied him from birth to death, if it weren't for it, with Ye Qingxuan's waste wood physique, he would have died long ago and didn't know where he would.

Now when he heard Charles say this, he suddenly felt a sense of heartache: what can I do if I die in the future!

"It's not at all, look here. ”

Charles pointed to the trunk of the skeleton and showed him the fine cracks on it, and when he reached out and knocked it, the iron bone echoed hollowly.

Ye Qingxuan frowned.

"You hear that, right?" said Charles, lifting the skeleton and shaking it slightly, then emitting a small murmur.

"The inside of the material is completely broken, and it's okay to fix it, but if you barely move it, it will crumble to the ground on its own. It's okay to break it, in case somewhere the card owner ...... Hehe, you don't want to find that you can't move one leg when you're about to run for your life, do you?"

"What then?"

"Lose it. Charles shook his head and sighed: "If it's broken like this, if you want to fix it, you might as well build a new one." After all, it was designed when I was fifteen years old, and it is not easy to survive until now. ”

Ye Qingxuan was silent for a while, reached out and touched the skeleton, and sighed gloomily: "It's only like this." ”

"Don't be upset. ”

Charles patted him on the shoulder and smiled mysteriously:

"--Senior brother will show you a treasure. ”

As he spoke, he didn't know that he took out a thick booklet that looked like it was some years old and put it into Ye Qingxuan's arms: "Look at this." ”

"What is this? The little yellow book you copied by hand?"

Ye Qingxuan looked at the empty book on the cover in his hand, opened it with doubts, but fell silent. After a long time, he raised his head, his face pale:

“...... Senior brother, do you know how many years you will be sentenced to if you smuggle this kind of thing out?"

"If you don't get caught, it doesn't count. ”

Charles grinned, "Ask me to work, you have to let me get paid, right?"

In the book unfolded by Ye Qingxuan, it is full of small characters, as well as detailed and rigorous patterns-it can be seen that this is a hand-painted original, and there are still scribbled annotations and handwriting on it.

It's like a dead giant being dug out of a thick rock formation, and the bones exude a hideous chill that makes you shudder just by looking at it.

At first, I was confused, but once I put it together in my head, I was able to imagine what the hell it was.

"It's ...... Archangel armor?"

Ye Qingxuan lowered his voice.

"Strictly speaking, sixty years old, relax a bit, this is only part of the internal skeletal system, and it does not include the aether system and the weapon system. ”

Charles whistled: "I carried a bad old man in the classified library for more than two hours to find this thing, and I lost my eyes like a torch, hehe...... Otherwise, wouldn't this loss be in vain?"

"The magic eye is like a torch, a ghost!" Ye Qingxuan's expression twitched: "You just touched a copy with your hands and came back!"

"Don't talk so much, just say if you want it!"

"Yes!" Ye Qingxuan subconsciously hugged the book: "Why not?"

"That's easy!"

Charles hooked his shoulders and rubbed his fingers: "Now that we have all the tools, we will be short of materials." Senior brother knows that you have a wide path, why don't you think of a way?"

A list of materials that had been prepared a long time ago was placed in front of him, obviously waiting for Ye Qingxuan's words, and then pulling him to be an accomplice.

“......”

Ye Qingxuan looked at him with a strange expression, and he stopped talking.

"What's wrong?" Charles was stunned, "Is there something that can't be solved?"

"It's done, but ......" Ye Qingxuan was silent for a long time, then covered his eyes: "Senior brother, did you notice that your bath towel had already fallen to the ground?"

"......" (To be continued.) )