When Rojo found Clarice, she was still sitting in the far corner, probably because of her own variants and experiences, which made her withdrawn and uncommunicative, at most she occasionally chatted with Lorna during dinner, and most of the time, you could see her alone, sitting in the corner with a sketchpad in a daze, or scribbling.

"Didn't you have a professor's class today?"

Rojo asked, holding his hands behind his back, as he walked up to her.

Clarice looked up and saw that it was him, and then she said, "Yes, but it's over." ”

"It's the third day, and I think the professor should start teaching you how to control it."

Rojo sat down next to him and said.

"No, no, he's still talking about the principle of mutant ability, as well as the X gene, which is a bit obscure."

Clarice shook her head and said.

"Looks like you're really listening."

Rojo smiled, this is indeed the style of the professor's teaching, every mutant can't escape the X gene course, but if you want to understand yourself, the theoretical course is indeed indispensable.

When Clarice heard this, her beautiful peach blossom eyes looked at him blankly for a while, and said slowly, "Are you cheating on me?" ”

"It's a test of you, good students who are obedient and willing to go to class will be rewarded, and obviously you did it."

Rojo said, taking out the bag containing the gift from behind his back and placing it in front of her, "Your reward." ”

Artboards & Paints

Clarice opened the bag, her eyes flashed with surprise, she held the drawing board tightly, her mouth slightly open, and looked at Rojo for a long time, "Thank you." ”

At the same time, she was a little ashamed, and put down the drawing board, "Actually, learning is my own business, and it has nothing to do with you, you better take these things back." ”

"I didn't say I gave it to you entirely, these things are all in common."

Rojo set up his sketchpad and put the paper on it, "I also like to draw, it just so happens that one person is too boring, and two people are interesting." ”

Clarice knew he was saying a kind word, but it would be rude not to accept it, so she nodded, "Hmm." ”

"I'll help you draw another picture of the old forest, and then color them, and add something else along the way."

Rojo said, picking up his paintbrush.

"I'll look for the painting."

Clarice hurriedly flipped through the drawing book, and before she could reach the page, she heard a rustling sound next to her, and when she looked up, she saw that the boy had sketched the outline of the forest on the drawing board, and began to trace the details on it.

She was incredible, she looked down at the picture book, it was exactly the same, even the details were not deviated, she wanted to speak and stopped wanting to speak, but she couldn't bear to interrupt the young man who was in a state of investment, so she had to stand by and watch, and after a while she was also immersed in the amazing technique of the young man, and the scene of the forest gradually appeared on the drawing paper.

When a person is fully engaged in something, he will completely downplay the things around him and only focus on the things in front of him, Rojo is like this, whenever he chooses to do something or study, he will always pay full attention, and at the same time, beyond the memory of ordinary people, it will also make him unforgettable, unless it is selectively forgotten, otherwise it will always be engraved in his mind.

It was only after the painting had been painted with lust, the temperature created by the electric current, and the paint had been dried to reveal the lifelike forest, that Rojo noticed that Clarice had been watching her, and that the girl's eyes were as clear as a lake, slightly widening with pure surprise.

She bumped into her gaze, quickly moved her face away, and said in a panic: "The drawing is so good, you are a genius in this regard"

"You're not the first person to say that."

Rojo wiped the frozen paint from his body, some of which remained on his skin, which could only be melted by the heat. Fortunately, it was erased in the end, and then he looked at the girl and said, "That wasn't a real reward before, but this painting is, can you please help me keep it?" ”

Clarice's eyes rippled with deep emotion, the light in her eyes radiated warmth and joy, she nodded, and opened her hand to give the boy a hug, "Thank you." ”

"Put away the painting first, it's a little damp in the base."

Rojo felt the softness of the girl and coughed lightly.

"Hmm."

Clarice nodded, rolled it up carefully, and said without wrinkling a corner, "I'm sorry for saying that about you last time, you're not like Eugene, you're not a liar or a bastard, you're excellent, not obnoxious at all." ”

"If you don't say it, I'll forget, but why do you think Eugene is a bastard and a liar?"

Rojo asked suspiciously, he came to Clarice to help the girl get out of the haze, after all, she is always very withdrawn, and she is very reluctant to develop her own abilities, and secondly, he also remembered the girl's evaluation of Eugene before.

"Eugene."

Clarice looked at Rojo, her bright and delicate face was a little gloomy, "He killed a friend of mine. ”

Luo Huo calmed down, listened to her, and understood why the girl hated Eugene, thinking that Eugene was a liar and a bastard, and suddenly had two notorieties on her back, and it could be seen that Eugene had indeed done something not very good.

It happened some time ago, when Eugene was out on a special operation mission.

The goal was to move a shipment, but Eugene never said what was in the box, only telling the people involved that the contents would keep them safe for the time being.

At that time, there were ten people involved in the operation, Eugene John, and his deputy Jerrys, and seven others, and everyone was confident in the mission, in Eugene.

Because he made a seemingly perfect plan to avoid all the task forces and transfer the goods, but there was an accident during the transfer, the task force discovered the existence of Eugene and several people, and pursued them, the encirclement and pursuit of the last task force members, coupled with a bunch of high-tech weapons to restrain mutants, Eugene had no way to deal with it.

In the end, only four of the ten-man team returned, and Eugene told the people in the base that the remaining six were surrounded and killed by the task force, and they were forced to escape, and among the six people who died, Clarice's best friend.

Clarice bit her lip and said, "In fact, Eugene deceived everyone, and it was he who abandoned them to have a chance to escape!" ”

"Could it be that you misunderstood?"

Rojo subconsciously reads Clarice's mind and feels the girl's emotions towards Eugene only anger.

However, it is true that Eugene led the team to transfer the cargo, and was surrounded by the task force, and that operation also plunged the base into a long trough, and the six people who died were the few members of the base who were capable of fighting.

This also explains why, when Rojo first arrived a few days ago, the morale of the members of the underground base was low, and it seemed to be a haze with telepathy, after all, even powerful mutants could not escape the encirclement and suppression of the task force, let alone their group of old, weak, sick and disabled.

This is also Eugene's best effort to get the professor and Logan to get to know everyone, he is trying to calm everyone's sluggish mood.

"No, his words are full of loopholes, but everyone is still willing to trust him, and after you came, the situation has gotten worse, and everyone seems to have forgotten everything that happened before."

Clarice looked bad, clutching a page in her hand and tearing it off bit by bit.

"Perhaps, the only thing Eugene could do at that time was if you understood what I meant, no one is perfect."

Rojo didn't know how to explain it to Clarice, he could feel the girl's anger and couldn't go on.

He chose to change the subject, "What else do you want to draw, this time I will take you to draw together, and by the way, I will teach you some basics." ”

Clarice didn't put on a face anymore, those things were not Rojo's fault, the corners of her mouth curled, "Are you really willing to teach me?" ”

"I said that as long as you study hard and develop your mutant abilities, I can teach anything."

Rojo smiled and said, "Actually, I'm quite looking forward to your teleportation ability. ”

Clarice's eyes flashed with joy when she heard his words, "Well, I will definitely listen to the professor's lectures carefully in the future, and we can travel around the world together when the time comes." ”

"It's not just about traveling around the world, maybe you can also travel through time and space."

Rojo said as he placed paper on his sketchpad and began to remix the paint.

"I didn't say it could planeswalk." Clarice said.

"Believe me, it does, believe in your own abilities, things are often not as simple as they seem."

"You're starting to talk a little like a professor."

"I'm just stating the facts, come, what do you want to draw?"

"A wooden house in the woods, that's my former home."

Through drawing together, Rojo understands why Clarice is obsessed with the forest, because when she was young, her mother hid in the deep forest in order to take her to escape the encirclement of the task force, and it was one of the few times in her life when she could feel warm and calm, and the good times, even if they were short, always left a deep imprint on her mind.

However, Clarice refused to say anything more about what happened next, and Rojo did not ask, nor did he read with his mind, he did not like to snoop into the privacy of other people's minds unless he felt the feedback of threats and dangers.

And Clarice is just a simple-minded child.

The large round clock hanging on the north wall of the underground base made a tinkling sound, and all the people who had eaten dinner in the base returned to their tents one after another to prepare for rest.

After saying goodbye to Clarice, Rojo also went back to the tent, forgetting to mention that in order to protect privacy, the male and female tents are separated, not in the same area, the men are in the left area, the women are in the right area, if it is a couple or a couple, they sleep in the middle, but there is no one in the base in pairs.

In the tent, Rojo was lying on the bed, noticing that the date showed Monday, he tossed the coin in his hand, "Today, Monday, it's time to get the money and make good on the promise." ”

[PS: There will be an update later, the state has been bad recently, six thousand words a day, and when the state improves, I will get ten thousand days as soon as possible! ] Ask for a catch-up subscription, ask for a monthly pass recommendation ticket! No tickets, it's okay for the bigwigs to leave a comment, and the comment area of our book is too quiet]

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