Chapter 6: The House of Mirrors
"It's finally time for the exam. The two of them lined up and entered the examination room. Chaoyang, who was standing in the front row, turned around and grinned at the little tree, revealing two cute tiger teeth. Long since returned from the blow just now.
"As long as you pass the exam, you can go out into the outside world. The boy narrowed his eyes and smiled. Some excitement. Soon he will be able to see his sister. There is only one type of person in the four countries who can enter and leave the borders, and that is the soldiers who go out on missions. In addition to the soldiers, the rest of the old and infirm, women and children had to stay in the country, partly to prevent the location of their country from being known to the hostile countries, and partly to protect the people. Shikoku teenagers before the age of 15, the game can only be within the besieged range. Even the most willful children will not go, because every night the parents pat the quilt attached to their bodies and tell bedtime ghost stories, and the place where they happen is always unknown outside the nine-foot high wall.
"I don't know what kind of exam it is, but I'm ready. The young man lifted the lenses on the bridge of his nose, and the two small lenses glowed with golden light, and Xiaoshu glanced at the schoolbag placed at the door, and sighed wordlessly. Even if he is frustrated 10,000 times, in his head that restarts every day, the world is still beautiful. Shikoku emphasizes military force over literature, and everyone is just literate. It is impossible to test too deep words and sentences in the written test.
Sure enough, when he entered the examination room, Chaoyang was stupid. What is this big guy in front of you who is covered with a cloth?
"Never. The young man calmly picked up the tea bowl and took a sip. I don't know when, I no longer remind Mr. "Take the Lead". The teacher's "teaching" is beneficial in the long run. For example, self-cultivation. Belch...... If it weren't for understanding how dark this world is. What a stupid and irresponsible act to give yourself to others with such confidence.
"That hateful woman. I've finally been caught!See what excuse she has this time?" "Okay, this time he's going to settle the old and new accounts together."
"Ah, that's what you care about?" he couldn't spare his hands because he drank tea, so he could only endure the clothes on his shoulders collapsing, revealing his slender collarbones.
"It's noisy!" a deep male voice emerged from the corner. Attracted everyone's attention. The curious noise suddenly stopped.
When Xiaoshu saw the person who came out of the darkness, his heart couldn't help but speed up two steps.
A pair of signature silver hair, a pair of bloodthirsty red eyes replaced by a calm black. However, a pair of dead fish eyes that no one puts in their eyes are still unforgettable in a place like Shikoku.
"The upper echelons actually sent a tiger-level general to be the invigilator?"
"Really?" Chaoyang also showed a solemn look. Unexpectedly, hasn't the examiner of Flying Eagle City always been the teacher of Yanyang? It seems that this review is really in vain. The last remaining bit of humanity is shattered.
"The Eight Great Generals are either fighting outside the country or protecting the Imperial City. Ordinary civilians are not easily seen. I didn't expect to see you here. It seems that this exam is not as simple as thought," Xiao Shu looked at the young man in front of him with a lazy face, leaning on the table and looking at the palm of his hand in a daze, "Whatever he is, why did he come? Chaoyang pretended to be relaxed and patted Yuki on the shoulder and encouraged. It's not that simple, is it really life-threatening?
"Well, I don't have much to do with the little kids. All the precautions are just to be said once, and a row stands here. If you hold on for ten minutes, you can leave. Prepare for tomorrow's exams. This exam is only to determine whether or not you are eligible to take the next exam. It's time to start ticking. The silver-haired young man tilted his head and gouged out his ears.
Luckily, there are no long speeches like the spur of love. Otherwise, the energy monsters around you will misinterpret and make some strange life changes. He never dared to tell any "celebrity stories" in front of the rising sun.
Tearing off the red cloth, everyone's eyes widened nervously and curiously. The mysterious thing is imprinted with a silly self. It was a mirror, five meters long and one meter wide.
Everyone: "......"
"Hey, where's the plug for this thing?" asked the invigilator who stared at the examinee's side with a wary look at the old man in the middle of the examinee's eyes.
"Just press the button below. The old man did not take his eyes off.
"Oh, it's on batteries. I saved looking for sockets everywhere. ”
"Don't you see such a big solar panel?" said the old man impatiently. I really don't understand how the imperial capital sent guys. Although it is at the tiger level, its observation is so weak. Although he is 11,000 reluctant, who calls him his superior. As long as the task is completed, everything is bearable. If you can't do it, you can't blame me. Everything is for the sake of being able to return to Lord Yuanfeng. The old man secretly clenched the brush in his hand.
The conversation in front of him eased the tense atmosphere again. Everyone was speechless. It can be seen that the old man is a little arrogant, pedantic, and difficult to communicate. That brother is an egotist who never cares about other people's feelings.
"Yuuki. In the mirror, my sister's always strong and forbearant voice came. "You have to try to live and run like everyone else to run to the place where there is light. It is really too lonely for a person to continue to feel sorry for himself in the dark. ”
In the mirror, he sat on his knees in the corner of the wall where the light did not shine, and buried his head deep in his knees, covering his expression and his heart. My sister whispered comforting on the side, as usual. The soldiers of Shikoku suffered a great loss in this war, and the marshal ordered that one person from each household must join the army. He was seriously ill in bed because of fever at the time, and the eldest sister was worried that her sick and weak younger brother would never return, so she took the initiative to write her name.
"Sister. "The secrets that were buried deep in my heart ten years ago are now reappearing in the mirror. The young man's mood was like the waves under a storm, and he couldn't calm down for a long time. It's a shame, and in the end, I still didn't let my sister leave with peace of mind. What's even more ironic is that while others are fighting on the battlefield, the horse leather shroud protects his family with his own life. And what about him? Who is he fighting for? Maybe no one needs his protection at all. Just as he couldn't protect his sister at the beginning, what can he protect now?
In the past ten years, he has just remembered the past over and over again, living a life of walking corpses and people. Even joining the army this time was only passively following others, and after all, nothing was done on his own initiative! The eldest sister's earnest advice had long been forgotten by him.
In the quiet examination room, the expressions of the teenagers in front of the mirror are varied, happy or sad, but their eyes are chaotic and empty. The mirrors show different scenes of average size.
In front of the mirror, Mu Feng looked at everyone's demons, and there was no change in the slightest expression on his face.
"No problem?" asked the old man, who was standing on the back of the mirror. I couldn't help but be surprised by Mu Feng's ability. The mirror is a mind-reading mirror used to spy on the secrets of the soldiers' hearts, and after using it, the mirror will automatically record their secrets, and write two copies, one in the warehouse, and one in the custody of their superiors, so that they can better control them. The mirror is so powerful that even a person like him with such a strong concentration will be read if he accidentally stands in the range. didn't stop him at first, just to see him make a fool of himself, but he didn't expect his ability to be so strong, but he underestimated him. Thinking of this, the old man's contempt for Mu Feng decreased a lot.