Chapter III: Execution

In the cells of the prisoner of war camp, four human-like creatures gathered around a square table, enjoying a luxurious course of high-class prisoners, and the smell of barbecued meat filled the entire floor. Outside, the midday sun poured in through the large, clean portholes, and then through the iron railings, shining on Sally's black boots.

Although Sally looked expressionless, she was actually already in turmoil in her heart, she never thought that the people of Linglan Star were the same as the people of the earth, if she hadn't checked the cosmic coordinates of Linglan Star several times, she might really think that this was the earth, because these four people not only looked like people on the earth, but also spoke a language on the earth.

At the same time that Sally was observing the four Linglan starmen, a humanoid alien creature with light blue skin, long silver-white hair, and a body full of hard bumps walked over, and when he saw Sally's thoughtful back, he blinked his big black eyes, which were all black, and hesitated to disturb Sally. After thinking for a while, he made up his mind and took a step forward, but still did not speak.

She had been wearing a black robe with silver-trimmed sleeves and hem, and a large hood attached to the back of the robe, perhaps because she liked to grasp the fabric at the elbow of the robe when she was nervous, as it was now, so there were always more folds there than elsewhere in the robe. The robe reminded Sally of Earth's wizards, but in reality, the alien was the ship's medic who had come to deliver a blood test report to Sally.

Just as she was about to call Sally, three of the four Antelopes in the cell saw her first, and the wary and frightened gaze made her shyly and quickly grab her hood and put it over her head. A breeze from the hat eventually catches Sally's attention.

"Haiqin." Sally turned to greet her.

"Sister, the report is out." Haiqin lowered her head and handed a few pieces of paper to Sally, "According to your request, everything has been printed, and the original electronic version of the document has also been deleted." ”

"Hmm......" Sally wanted to see the results here, but Haiqin's squirming appearance made her change her mind, so she took Haiqin to a place away from the four prisoners of war.

"You're too scared of life." Sally pulled off Haiqin's hood, and Heqin finally breathed a sigh of relief and rested her head on Sally's shoulder.

"Sister, are you sure this is not the earth? Their genome is the same as that of you humans. Actually, it's perfectly fine to call them humans. ”

Sally looked at the data on the paper, then at the pinholes on her fingertips, and opened her mouth slightly to say something, but paused for two seconds and sighed.

"I've checked the coordinates several times, and it's really not the Earth, so what if it's genetically the same? What should I do? ”

With that, Sally stuffed the pile of waste paper to Haiqin and instructed her to destroy all the data she had just tested, including the blood sample.

With that, Sally went to the weapons depot, but the pile of reports was not immediately burned. Hychen met Varvara on her way back to the infirmary.

"Hello battalion commander." Haichen lowered his head, clutching the test report tightly in his hand, Varvara, who is a Komodo, can basically be regarded as a lizard, and his eyes are not good. Although it couldn't read Haiqin's expression, it could feel her nervousness, and its letter caught the smell of paper.

It stretched out a paw and motioned for Haiqin to hand it the paper.

"Hmm......" Haiqin didn't know what she was nervous about, and a thin layer of sweat appeared on her forehead, but she still handed over the report.

Varvara brought the paper to her eyes and looked closely.

"Uh......" it spat out the letter, "it seems to be in Earth language, tsk." I don't know human words, what's on it? ”

"Major Sally wasn't feeling well, so I gave her a medical check-up." Haichen said. At the same time, her blue cheeks looked even bluer. Her face is blue like a human blush, but in fact, the color of her face is related to the color of the person's blood due to emotions such as weakness.

It seemed that Haiqin was not good at lying, but Varvara believed it, and it immediately became serious, "What's wrong with Sally?" ”

"Hmm...... Reports indicate that she was mentally stressed, which led to complications that caused her to experience further physical discomfort, which is common in humans...... Well, that's it! ”

Varvara didn't speak, just watched the report, which it didn't recognize, said. Haiqin was probably hoping that this conversation would end soon, she didn't like to deceive people too much.

"My bad." After a long time, Varvara finally spoke, her tone full of self-reproach, "Always let Sally be executed, and I've been running away." ”

Then, it pulled out the Ruger P85 that Sally had just given it, and the reports returned to the Hygen.

Meanwhile, Sally, who was in the arsenal, picked out an M16 rifle from Earth, and as she pulled out the bullets, she said to the guards in the arsenal, "Go and call the other executioners, you won't be on duty for the next hour." ”

"Yes!" The soldier wrapped in steel armor replied in a sonorous voice.

After the guards left, the door to the arsenal closed tightly, and Sally's left hand, which had been in her pocket, finally reached out, still holding a few empty rounds in her palm.

She wants to make a risky attempt: save the Linglan people. The reason is very simple, she is tired of eating and waiting for death in the prisoner of war camp, and she is tired of the endless aggression and killing on the battlefield. Over the years, she hated the feeling of running around more and more.

As an executioner, as long as it is handled properly, it can fake a perfect shooting scene, and this little trick, she Sally can use it effortlessly, but the most important thing is that with Varvara, a stupid hat who doesn't care, as the battalion commander, even if something goes wrong, it is easy to push it on Varvara, and she can get out of her shell. It may not sound very moral, but as I learned in the Blue Python's training camp, the means to an end are the means.

Just as she was thinking about this, the other executioners had arrived.

"Sister Sally, what do you command?" The executioner at the front asked.

"I have studied the body structure of the Linglan people, and it is safest to use this gun from the earth to deal with them in the future, and I have already put away the bullets inside, so you can use them directly next time."

"Ah, that's it?"

"Not many of you have ever used this kind of gun, so I'd better tell you in advance, come, tell you how to operate it......"

It is really unnecessary to call other executioners for such a trivial matter, but for outsiders, as long as they fool the past, as for the inside, no one will think much about it because of the extra trip to the weapons depot. Sally wanted to take this opportunity to observe the demeanor of the other executioners, to see if they could find out if the bullets in the guns were empty, and by the way, to see if they knew the guns of the earth very well, if they knew very well, then it would be easier to detect if they used their hands and feet on the guns, and the "empty bullet strategy" she planned to implement had to be abandoned.

“…… That's how it's used, you probably haven't been exposed to it before, right? Sally was quick to finish explaining.

"You are most familiar with weapons in the entire prisoner of war camp," one of the executioners fiddled with the gun in his hand in a strange way, "although the principle is the same as the laser gun we used to use, but you really make us feel more at ease." ”

"Indeed, indeed." Several other executioners chimed in.

Sally observed them, feeling a little relieved, the gang had probably never touched Earth weapons before, let alone noticed that there was something wrong with them.

While Sally was working on the execution rifle in the arsenal, Varvara took the Ruger P85 and walked briskly to the high-ranking POW area. It remembered that it had just received a new order: to execute captured prisoners of war first. Sally should have known about this order, presumably preparing at the weapons depot at this time.

With a "tick", the door of the high-ranking prisoner of war section opened, and the bright and warm sunlight inside made Varvara a little confused whether this was a hostel or a prison. It held out the letter, licked its eyes as it had not yet adjusted to the light, and then made its way to the place where the four prisoners were being held.

"The cage is opened, and the person is pulled out." It said to the guard next to the cell.

"Sister Sally is already preparing for execution, and I saw her go to the arsenal to get a gun." The guard looked at Varvara and put his hand on the iron door, waiting for Varvara to decide whether or not to execute herself. Everyone knows that this lizard is afraid of killing, so it has always been able to keep blood without blood.

"I'll come this time." Varvara's tone was resolute at this time.

The guards didn't say anything more, and a few colleagues pulled the prisoners out and made them kneel in front of Varvara, all four of them had a little bad premonition in their hearts, but even if they died, they should eat enough according to the rules, they looked at each other, and finally looked at Varvara, but because Varvara looked too strange, they lowered their heads in fright.

Seeing the four prisoners with their heads bowed, Varvara was still a little reluctant in her heart. When it went to the battlefield to kill the enemy, it often worried about its own life, and it was not difficult to pull the trigger in that environment, but now it is facing unarmed civilians who have no sins, and the blue python group that is still the aggressor, makes Valvara, who is more and more uneasy in conscience, feel like being wrapped in a layer of iron, unable to move.

But Varvara soon remembered Sally again, and every time Sally was executed, she was a big male lizard, what was she doing here? Thinking of this, it raised its gun without hesitation.

Although the four gunshots were not deafening, they were enough for Sally in the arsenal to hear, after all, most of the ships were metal structures, and the ability of these metals to transmit sound was quite good.

"Don't panic if you have an accident, I'll be executed with you." Sally admonished as she put away the M16 in her hand and put it in the weapon magazine, "I'll go see what's going on." ”

From the weapons depot to the prisoner of war quarters, there is a short corridor, on both sides of the corridor are some staff dormitories, and some employees who are resting hear strange noises and come out to find out.

Sally glanced at these curious and dazed faces, and probably guessed what was going on, I really didn't know who was so bold to rob the prisoner with her.

"Drop", the door to the POW area was opened when Sally was two steps away, and Varvara, whose paws trembled slightly, appeared in front of Sally.

"You did it for me?" Sally asked.

"Hmm...... No, you're welcome. Varvara barely managed to squeeze out a smile.

"Don't you dare to kill?"

"I ......"

"There's growth, battalion commander." Sally walked to the door, and Varvara consciously stepped back so that Sally could pass, "But have you thought about how to clean up this mess?" ”

The scene in the room was as Sally had expected, four corpses lying crookedly on the ground, lined up, each with a penetrating wound from a bullet on their head, and a stream of white and red liquid material from the wounds. Looking at the food on the table just now, although it was almost eaten, the rest was still steaming.

The red blood on the ground reflected the sunlight off Sally's face, which made the look of loss on her face even clearer, but Varvara standing behind her was unaware of it.

Sally took a light breath, turned around, and reached for Varvara, "It's getting more and more like a battalion commander, not bad." She smiled and patted Varvara on the shoulder.