159 Go to headquarters
The security bureau rescue forces soon found the shelter, and judging by their reaction, it was clear that they were also deeply shocked by the fact that the mirage had been destroyed. An event of the magnitude of "the destruction of the entire city" would definitely bring a huge earthquake to the hidden world of this country.
The rescue team has contacted more follow-up manpower and material resources, and the survivors of the shelter can be considered saved. At first, the latter was very wary of the arrival of the rescue force, and adopted a rather sensitive antagonistic posture, but fortunately, Qiao Licorice stood up, so there was no more unpleasantness.
It was also Joe Licorice who was in charge of communicating with the rescue forces, and I took a horse and sat down on the rooftop of the shelter. Although I would like to help her, I am not good at that kind of communication after all, and I have not eaten for so many days, and it is the first time in my life that I am hungry to this extent, and I feel dizzy from time to time. Joe Licorice has prepared me with plenty of food and water, and I plan to replenish my depleted body here first.
"Can your stomach stand it? You really don't need me to cook you some porridge? She asked uncomfortably.
"It's fine." I know how well I can digest.
She continued to do communication work. I took out my phone as I took a bite of food, intending to contact Liewan. But the call hasn't been made yet, I just heard a blast in the sky, I subconsciously raised my head to look at the sky, and a thick purple thunderbolt fell in front of me, and immediately turned into a familiar figure, it was Lie Que.
"What's going on here?" He asked with a sinking face, and at the same time he was observing me, his brow furrowed even deeper, "Are you hurt?" ”
"My spirit is wounded, but I won't mention ...... yet," I said, briefly explaining what had happened to me before.
He glanced at Maza underneath my butt, then manipulated the purple thunderbolt and actually knitted something similar with electricity, and then sat down. It was an eye-opener for me to be able to do this with a thunderbolt spell. He patiently listened to all my narratives, and then let out a long breath.
"Yes, Naruyoshi was bitten like that...... he said, "and the sentence is heavy...... He actually colluded with fanatical believers, and even the investigation team at the headquarters covered for him. ”
His gaze seemed to fly into the distance, and after a moment, his attention seemed to return, and his gaze fell back on my face.
"I didn't expect you to defeat the fanatics." He sighed and disbelief. To paraphrase the more popular adjectives of recent years, his reaction is like hearing ordinary people say that he killed the tiger with his amazing sliding shovel skills. Fanatics are such a formidable opponent compared to me.
Still, he accepted my account in its entirety.
"I'm a fluke too." When I think of my previous battles, I also feel like I am walking on thin ice, and if I miss the slightest mistake, I will die without a place to be buried.
"In the words of martial arts, the fanatic believer is also a big man who is a 'megatron'. Even if it is placed in the Security Bureau, it is enough to become the leader of a certain camp. He said, "Your name will surely truly resound in the Hidden World." Not in notoriety, but in prestige. ”
"That's an exaggeration." I say.
"It's not an exaggeration at all." He smiled, looked at me again, and frowned again, "But, is your injury really okay?" ”
"At this rate, I only need to recuperate for another month or two, and my spirit body should be healed." I say.
"I'm not talking about this......" he shook his head, "Forget it, it's useless to talk about it now, you remember to go back and get a medical check-up." ”
He turned and left, leaving me confused. Since the Mirage Security Bureau has collapsed, the task of cleaning up the situation for the Mirage has fallen on the shoulders of the Security Bureaus of several neighboring cities, including the Liucheng Security Bureau. To rescue and resettle survivors, collect the bones of victims, and deal with demons and demon sorcerers who may still be hiding in the city, the fanatics have left a mess behind.
However, the residual influence of the fanatics is haunting more than I had imagined.
I immediately understood what Liek had noticed in his conversation with me.
It's a very simple logic. My spirit body was burned by the power of the true spirit, so the recovery rate was very slow, which is still a mild symptom. If this wasn't my own True Spirit Power, it wouldn't be more than just a matter of slow recovery. What about my physical body?
My body was also seriously injured by the power of the true spirit of the fanatics, and that was not my own true spirit power. Why is it that my physical recovery is so slow, but my physical body is now fully restored? I actually felt that my body was fully repaired, and the siren was the one in charge of repairing, but it was dark in the lamp, looking at the seemingly sound body and not noticing the contradiction. As an outsider, Lie Que is keenly aware of the problem.
Perhaps it was after eating and drinking that I was much better, and my groggy mind finally really restarted and became aware of strange details. Even though I've eaten so much, I still have a lingering hunger in my body, like something important is still missing from my body. It's not that it will affect your activities, it's just that you don't feel happy.
Perhaps this is the so-called "void without supplement"? But there is no reason for this to happen in my modified flesh.
When I mentioned the abnormality I felt to the siren, she asked suspiciously, "Is it sick?" But you shouldn't get sick. ”
"I'll have to do a full medical check-up when I go back." I say.
"That's not necessary." She said, "I've absorbed the memories of so many demonic sorcerers, and I'm pretty proficient in human flesh, so let me give you this physical examination." ”
"Then I'll leave it to you." I said, "But what are you going to do?" ”
"You don't need any special spells, just input the spirit as a probe......"
As she spoke, I felt like the inside of my body was stuffed with tiny fluffy tentacles, and I felt a little restless. She seems to have started a medical check-up.
"It's the first time I've done this, and it might make you a little uncomfortable." She said, "Let me see, well, it's true that there's no problem anywhere...... Wait, this is ......"
The strange feeling on the inside of my body suddenly disappeared, and she fell into a long silence.
"What's wrong? What did you find? Even though I asked, she hesitated, as if she didn't know what to tell me.
It took a while for her to explain.
To put it simply, I probably have less than a year left on my life.
My body has been specially modified to fit in with its powers, and I can't survive on my own without the support of its powers. According to the results of past medical examinations by the Security Bureau, I would have died in as little as two years or as long as four years. The serious injuries inflicted on me by the fanatics using the power of the True Spirit made it even worse, and my body only appeared to be completely repaired, but the damage remained in my body in a form that could not be repaired in any way.
I immediately realized that this was a "real kill", an "irreparable wound".
The weapon that I have been fighting against others all this time has finally fallen on my own.
I can't blame the sirens for not diagnosing this in the first place, it's because of my own characteristics. Until the end of my life, I can still live as before, even fighting, and diseases in the normal sense cannot invade me, no matter how you look at it, it is extremely healthy.
I'll try to see if I can fix this. For example, since my head has not been injured by a fanatic, can I replace all the body parts below my head? This method may seem whimsical and even crazy to others, but it is easy for me to achieve it with super-fast regeneration. Just cut off the head first, and then regenerate the body parts below the head at super speed.
It does sound a bit outrageous, but it's a big injury, which is nothing compared to the injuries I've experienced before, and it's a bit of a hassle to deal with the rest of my body.
But this attempt also failed, and the regenerated body was still the same. I'm afraid it's the true spiritual power of the fanatics that has hurt some kind of essence.
The fanatics' understanding and use of the power of the true spirit is obviously more advanced than mine. If he used the power of the true spirit to cut off someone else's arm, it is estimated that there would be no tricks such as "as long as the wound is cut off, a new arm can be regenerated". Perhaps to him, my use of the power of the True Spirit was like using a machine gun as a mallet. If I hadn't had the power of the True Spirit, I wouldn't have been able to escape from such a fatal injury.
And even if I could do the same thing as him in the future, I wouldn't be able to reverse that change. I was keenly aware that the "invisible countdown" hidden in this body had jumped more than half the time. Just as time doesn't go back, lost life doesn't come back.
To be honest, I don't feel much about the fact that I have less life left. There was an instinctive sense of urgency, but I didn't resist death. I was a man who was innocent. It's just that......
It's just that I think of the sirens and this girl who is destined to live and die with me.
If I die, she will bury me too.
I......
After returning to Liucheng, I wrote a report on my experience and handed it to Lieqing, and I also went to the security bureau for a medical examination, and the results were similar to what the sirens had said.
Due to confidentiality norms, the medical examiner only told me about this matter, as well as the vacancy as my superior. Bluebird isn't my watchdog now, so I don't know about it yet. What I mean by this is that I have to tell the Blue Bird myself, and I have this idea too. But when it came time to speak, I felt that it was more difficult to say anything about my heart than before.
I didn't intend to hide it from the blue bird, however, I felt scared.
Why do I feel this way? All along, I have nothing to hide from the blue bird. My weakness, my stupidity, my meanness, my indecency...... Even my suspicions about her were told to her. How is this different from what I confessed in the past?
On the other hand, why did I hide nothing from the bluebird in the past?
Perhaps it was because I both despicably hoped that the blue bird would accept me even so, and I really hoped that she would dislike me, so I simply pushed me away. As long as she is far away from me, I can finally die alone in a corner that no one can see.
But now I can't even die alone. When I die, someone will die with me. Every time I realize this, I feel a lot of pain.
And now, even if she says that to Bluebird, she won't stay away from me. She's been looking for ways to prolong my life, but I've lost so much of my life out there. My words just made her cry.
The next morning, Lieq contacted me,
"Have you already told Bluebird about that?" He asked in a complicated tone.
"Not yet." I say.
"Aren't you going to say it to her?" He asked.
"No, I'll talk to her in two days at most." This is the dead line I have set for myself, and no matter what, it is impossible for me to hide it from the blue bird. What's more, it is irresponsible to conceal this matter.
"Yes." After a pause, Lieq said, "But I'm not here to ask you about that this time, I'm going to take you on a business trip." ”
Hearing this, I directly asked the question I was most concerned about, "How many days will I be on a business trip?" ”
"Don't worry, it won't prevent you from confessing to the blue bird. Because the blue bird is also going on a business trip with us. He said.
"Where are you going on a business trip, and you need the three of us to go together?" I asked, confused.
"Headquarters of the Security Service in the capital." He said, "What the fanatics are doing has shaken the headquarters, and the Security Service can no longer tolerate the organization like the one that fought the night before, and is ready to concentrate its forces to carry out a large-scale extermination campaign against the night before." To this end, the headquarters convened a large council in the capital under the auspices of the law camp. Bluebird is my successor in the legal camp, and she has to show up on important occasions like that. ”
"And you, as the hero who solved the mirage fog incident with your own hands, also have to show up in the meeting." He continued, "Besides, your spirit body has been hurt too deeply, is this the damage you inflicted on yourself with the power of your true spirit? We don't have the conditions to recuperate for you here, but there must be at the headquarters, and you will have to recuperate there for a while. ”
"I see." I said, "When are you leaving?" ”
"Now." He said.
In the afternoon, Lie Que took me and Jade Bird by train to the capital.
"Li Duo, are you alright?" Bluebird asked with concern, "Is your body still in pain?" ”
"It doesn't hurt much anymore." Actually, it hurts, but it's not unbearable, and I'm used to it.
"Let's go to the headquarters to report first." Column said.
We moved towards headquarters. Looking at the crowded streets, I unconsciously remembered the deserted mirage. In such a peaceful situation, the war in the hidden world is about to start.