Chapter 20: The Survivors' Covenant
After each suppression of the Brain Leaf Corporation's "Midday Test", the entire staff is given a period of time to eat and relax, during which time they do not need to do any work.
"Whew~"
Jonny pulled the mimic knife from the last scavenger's corpse and watched the monster in front of him turn into a pool of liquid, his heart unwavering.
He had also struggled in the back alleys, and he had heard of the notoriety of scavengers, but at that time, he would never have imagined that he would be able to kill these monsters with ease.
In this noon test, they reacted in time, did not have any casualties, and even saved all civilian positions.
Looking at his subordinates who had grown, Jonny was a little proud.
"Good work, Captain Jonny, we'll be in charge of cleaning with the civilians. Go and rest. ”
"Ah, well, excuse me. Something came to me in the training department, I went to their captain. ”
With that, Jonny put away the mimic broadsword, walked into the elevator connecting the middle and upper floors, and took the elevator to the upper floor.
On the way to the deputy break room of the Ministry of Intelligence, Jonny noticed that there were many fewer people coming to the break room today, it seemed that something had happened to the Ministry of Intelligence, several civilians got together and whispered something, but Jonny didn't pay much attention to it.
Whatever the matter, his old friend, Mero, the captain of the Intelligence Department, will definitely take care of it.
Arriving at the main break room of the training department, Jonny saw Evangeline sitting on the side, but Mero hadn't arrived yet.
Evangeline lowered her head, she seemed to be a little unhappy, she was usually very lively, could it be because this guy blamed herself for not protecting his subordinates in the noon test just now?
Originally, the matter of comforting Evangeline should have been handed over to Melo, who was the best at enlightening others, but now that Mero was not there, Jonny could only take over the work of his good friend and comfort Evangeline.
However, Jonny is not actually comforting, even when the other party is obviously very disappointed, he still chooses to speak in an enthusiastic tone.
"Yo, Evangeline~"
Carrying three sandwiches, Jonny greeted Evangeline as she was sitting in her chair as she usually greeted, seemingly completely oblivious to the idea of comforting the other.
Evangeline looked up slowly, and responded to Jonny in a lost spirit.
"Good afternoon, Johnny."
Jonny handed the sandwich over and said with a playful smile.
"What's the matter, so lost, is it because you didn't protect the rookie in your department?"
That's what Jonny thinks he's comforting......
But what Evangeline said next made Jonny unable to laugh anymore.
Mero...... He's dead. ”
Jonny shoved the sandwich into his mouth for a moment, but then he shoved it back into his mouth.
At first, Jonny was in disbelief, but he knew that Evangeline wasn't a joker, but he still didn't believe the news of Mero's death.
However, thinking of the sparse civilian position of the Ministry of Intelligence just now, the few people who got together to discuss something, Jonny also understood that whether Mero had an accident or not, there must be something wrong with the Ministry of Intelligence.
Jonny asked as he chewed his food and feigned disappointment.
"What's the matter, did he forget to wear an ego to work on the anomaly?"
"He was killed by the charred girl."
Jonny was convinced of Mero's death.
"Well, what an unlucky guy."
Jonny continued to eat his sandwich and remained silent.
In the past, Mero and he would come to the training department, and the three of them took turns to entertain, yesterday it was Evangeline, today it was Jonny, tomorrow it was Mero, and the day after tomorrow it was Evangeline......
During a short break at noon, they would gather together to exchange interesting stories about their respective departments with Iraq, which was one of the few and most important forms of entertainment in the day.
They will say a lot of interesting things.
For example, a rookie from the intelligence department who communicates with the anomaly, but because of excessive tension, he confuses the communication work with the insight work, and turns the communication work that should be carried out into insight work, which finally causes the anomaly to escape, and finally Mero will clean up the mess for the employees.
For another example, an employee of the Central Department had just arrived at the toilet, but at that time, the green noon test had just been triggered, and a wet robot with a chainsaw machine gun suddenly came out of the toilet, and then even crawled out of the pants and shouted for help, and Jonny who was passing by hurriedly ran in with Ego and rescued the unlucky ghost.
And Evangeline, once......
Every time, they clean up the mess for these troubled employees. The events they recounted were all sudden, but in the end they did not cause much casualties, and they became the talk of the conversation after dinner.
But today......
The trio will never get together again, because Mero is gone forever.
Evangeline, Jonny, Mero and another employee named Eva are the same employees who joined Brain Lobe and worked together in the Control Department, and then the four of them went to the Intelligence Department together.
Among them, Jonny and Evangeline and Mero are each other's best friends.
They also had troubles, but fortunately, they also had a reliable captain to help them wipe their buttocks, and now that the times have passed, the former reliable captains have been sleeping and turned into stars in the sky, and they have inherited the responsibilities of the former captain, guiding and protecting the new employees.
Evangeline was the captain of the training department, Mero stayed in the intelligence department and served as the head of the intelligence force, and the most powerful of them, Jonny, went to the central department and served as the captain of the first section of the central department.
Jonny silently finished the sandwich in his hand, and looked at the other two sandwiches that had not been touched, and he reminded Evangeline.
"Hey, I've got work to do later, eat quickly."
Then he looked at the mustard-flavored sandwich that had been left for Mero, which was Mero's favorite flavor and the one he hated the most.
He took it and ate the sandwich with all his might.
Now that he's eaten the sandwich that belongs to Mero, he'll take care of Evangeline, along with Mero's share.
"I'll go back to the middle level first, I won't be here in the next few days, take care of yourself."
"If there is any emergency, remember to notify the staff to come to me."
With that, Jonny stood up, and then, feeling his clothes being grabbed, he looked back at Evangeline.
"Johnny, don't you leave me like Mero......"
Jonny was stunned for a moment, just now, he seemed to hear Evangeline's words with a hint of crying.
In order to reassure Evangeline, he pretended to be arrogant.
"Don't worry, even if all the ministers are dead, and Miss Angela and the director are dead, I won't die."
Evangeline's hand on Jonny's clothes slowly let go, and said in a small voice.
"That'...... In a word, it is a certainty......"
"It's a deal."