Dr. Sen took me to the base, his dormitory.

He said I was a person with no identity. Until my body is completely repaired, in order to avoid anything else, I will live with him for the time being. But after that, he will find a suitable opportunity to put me in the army and let me go into battle.

He said, "Kazama-kun, I'm a person who cares about profits. All I care about is how much value I need for me to take such a big risk to bring you back from the battlefield. ”

I said okay, I can listen to him.

If going to war is the value I can create for him.

Anyway, nothing means anything to me, not even life. When the right to die is stripped away by my power, life becomes the cheapest thing. Even wanton waste is only the most insignificant loss to me.

He wanted me to go to war, which didn't really matter to me. If this arrangement satisfies him, I think I will be happy for it too.

It's weird.

Although we had just met, I cared a little bit about him.

"Welcome back, master."

A blonde girl in a nurse's dress opens the door to her dorm room for Dr. Sen. She has a perfect smile on her lips, but her eyes are cold and emotionless, like a perfect doll with a pre-programmed movement.

"Little Alice." Dr. Sen just called Alice's name briskly, and Alice obediently took me off his back.

The girl Dr. Mori called [Alice] looked like she was about my age, but she was surprisingly strong. I was held in her arms, and she smelled of disinfectant water exactly like Dr. Sen's.

With no way to move on my own, I couldn't follow Dr. Mori, so I could only sit in Alice's arms and stare at his back.

It was only at this time that I realized that because my leg had not been repaired, the oozing blood had dyed the navy blue military uniform on his back a dark brown. The color was almost blackened, and the shape appeared on his clothes hideously.

I don't look away.

I suddenly felt a little weak.

I got his clothes dirty.

Dr. Mori must have felt his clothes soaked with blood, too. He didn't shy away from taking off his coat, revealing the white shirt underneath.

The hem of his white shirt was neatly tucked into his trousers, and he was tied with a featureless black belt, which made his waist look thin. Although his shoulders are not broad, they do not give the illusion that [this man is actually very thin].

Very smooth back line.

Thin, but powerful.

As for his dormitories - the décor and layout of his rooms is simple. A glass medicine cabinet with bottles and jars, a desk with lots of papers, and a simple single bed in the corner. There is a standing lamp next to the bed, and he may sit on the bedside and read a book before going to bed.

Dr. Mori casually hung the blood-stained coat on the hanger, and leaned over to rummage through the lower compartment of the medicine cabinet for something. He gave orders without raising his head—

"Alice, bring Kazama-kun in."

"Yes, master." Alice replied softly.

I was carried into the inner room by Alice. Perhaps because the lights were not turned on, the inner room made me feel dark and cold. It wasn't the same as the cold of Everdark Island, where at least there were stars and sea breezes, but this small room only made me feel suffocated by sleep.

Unlike the simple outer room, which has an unobstructed view, it lacks the breath of human life, replaced by some large instruments that I don't know at all, and an operating table in the center of the inner room.

This is an operating room.

Alice obediently put me on the operating table, got up and walked out. Not long after, Dr. Sen walked in, and by this time he had changed into a clean white dust-free suit.

Dr. Mori in a white lab coat is in a more relaxed state than Dr. Mori in a military uniform. He came to the operating table and continued his work on Tokoku Island - checking on my physical condition.

"Kazama-kun, I don't recommend that you get out of this operating room until your body is completely recovered." He took the moment to look up at me, "And I think you can understand that you can't exist as a whole and non-dangerous person right now. ”

He made no secret of his wariness of me, as I had been picked up from the Isle of Constant Darkness, and my identity was suspicious to him. As he spoke, he found the cable tie and tied my limbs to the operating table.

However, because my leg has not been fully repaired, Dr. Sen can only tie one leg. It was funny to see how he wanted to tie two legs because of inertia but was stunned with a cable tie after tying one leg.

"It's not fixed yet." I pointed to the leg and said, "You can wait until it's repaired before you tie it." ”

He also reacted, and shook his head a little funny: "No, Kazama-kun." When you're completely healthy, you're ready to join the army. ”

He got up to leave, and I stopped him.

"Wait—"

"Anything else?" He asked good-naturedly.

"Dr. Sen, I'm hungry." My stomach growled at the right time, proving to him the truth of my words.

"I see, I'll get Alice to bring the food."

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After that, another day passed, and my body gradually recovered. At the same time, Alice was also preparing food for me on time, and I rarely lived a life without going hungry.

It's just that in Dr. Sen's dormitory, I'm probably the least noticed ornament. If I had ignored Alice, Alice would not have spoken to me. She is like an emotionless machine, meticulously carrying out all of Dr. Sen's instructions.

For example, Dr. Sen asked Alice to bring me food. Then Alice would bring the food to the shelf next to the operating table, not caring that I was an injured person with my hands and feet tied. She only reluctantly listened to my needs when I asked for it.

Dr. Sen was also shocked by the speed of my recovery. Although he said that he would send me to the battlefield when I had fully recovered, he made it a prudent fact and let me lie in the operating room for two more days.

By the time my limbs were untied and people were released from the operating room, it was three days later.

Dr. Mori gave me a uniform that was similar to the one he was wearing, a dark green uniform from the same series. The uniform was a bit big for me, and the fabric was a bit rough, not even as comfortable as the shabby clothes I was wearing, but the overall look was decent.

As for the tattered old dress I was wearing, it probably had been thrown into some trash can by Alice.

I rolled up my slightly longer sleeves and tucked my pants into my heavy boots, as Dr. Mori had done. At this point, I stood up and looked in the mirror.

[I also have a whole new look, right?] ]

[Maybe it will be as neat and clean as Dr. Mori in a military uniform?] ]

I didn't expect me to look sassy and elegant like Dr. Mori in uniform, I just wanted to look decent next to him, at least like Dr. Mori's kind, and not some beggar from an unknown place.

Dr. Sen was looking at me and laughing, even though he was smiling a lot of the time. But I'm still willing to interpret it to mean that he's actually happy with my outfit and that's why he's looking at me and smiling.

In this way, I stood in front of the mirror with great anticipation and mustered up the courage to look at myself in the mirror.

However, I was disappointed.

The slightly longer black hair was scattered around the neck, and the hair on the forehead was also long enough to half-cover the eyebrows, and I could only see the lower half of the face, which was somewhat pale and pale. With white lips and a thin chin, there is no anger to be seen. The whole person looks gloomy and weak, and if it is not for the barely human appearance, I can hardly be called a "human" decently.

As for the satisfactory uniform I imagined, it was even worse. It was unreasonably large, and the overly loose clothes were tied up by the belt and piled up at the waist to form dense folds, making me look embarrassed and funny, like a child stealing adult clothes.

It turns out that this is the image in the eyes of Dr. Sen. He didn't laugh at me because I was good-looking, maybe it was just because my embarrassed image made him amuse.

I suddenly felt a little frustrated.

Dr. Mori didn't seem to notice my momentary loss, and he came up and stood behind me, so that the mirror reflected me and him as well. He's a head taller than me. My brain stared at his portrait in the mirror, his purple eyes and delicate eyebrows were so beautiful.

As I watched, he raised his hands and placed them on top of my head. Then, his fingers gently inserted into my hair, pulling them back and forth, and finally tying my slightly long hair into a little upturned braid at the whirlpool.

The eyes and forehead are exposed.

The line of sight suddenly felt wider.

Only then did I see my whole face in the mirror, which was indeed a bit bland. But those eyes, a pair of gray eyes that are not pretty, and slightly sharp corners, are stubborn and fierce on this face. It was a pair of slightly aggressive eyes, which didn't match this bland and malnourished face.

In particular, the gray eyes looked through the mirror at Dr. Mori behind him. With a little curiosity, a little temptation, and a little unknown expectation.

I was secretly surprised.

I didn't even know I was like this.

What was I expecting? Do you expect Dr. Sen's approval?

I don't know myself.

"Since you're going to join the army, it's better to be in good spirits." Dr. Mori smiled and tied my hair up, leaving only a few locks of mischievous shredded hair on my forehead.

He pressed his hands on my shoulders and leaned forward slightly to reach my side. His head was next to mine, and he looked like he was leaning on one of my shoulders, which was quite intimate.

He looked at me in the mirror.

In the same way, I was looking at him in the mirror.

I looked in the mirror at Dr. Mori, who was at the same height as me, and even the similar uniform and hairstyle, and I was happy again. The slightly narrowed eyes weakened the sense of sharpness, and it appeared softer.

In the mirror, he turned his head in the direction of my face. I subconsciously turned around and saw his face on the side of my shoulder.

"Kazama-kun, will you disappoint me?"

A faint warm snort spilled over my face. Although it was a question sentence, I could hear that his tail note was slightly raised.

He was clearly satisfied.

I shook my head.

It doesn't matter, I'm not going to die.