Chapter 127 Daly's Past
"And thirdly, Backlund's Red Gloves team received a request for assistance from the Tingen City team. They will arrive in Tingen tomorrow... well, it's already today, this afternoon to search for the Aurora Society member."
The Red Gloves... that elite unit whose members are all Sequence 7 or above... the captain just sent a telegram to Backlund yesterday afternoon. They will arrive this afternoon, which is much more efficient than the previous operation at Enmat Port.
Not knowing what was going on in Angel's mind, the translucent face representing Daly continued:
"They are a three-man team, usually carrying a Sealed Artifact. This is a common Nighthawk attack configuration. Sometimes, one or two more people will be added depending on the situation, or the number of Sealed Artifacts may be changed. You should have noticed this during your many battles."
"The key is, you must find an opportunity during this operation to reveal the magical item from the Mechanical Heart, the one you just used. Proactively reveal the truth and have it mentioned during the Red Gloves' mission report. Based on my understanding of the church's internal code of conduct, no one will mention this matter again until the Mechanical Heart discovers it and proactively demands the return of the item."
Is this some kind of hidden rule of the churches' open and covert struggles... Angel guessed, remembering that Dunn had mentioned this "little trick" before.
"So you're the 'acquaintance of Backlund' the captain mentioned. He told me about this yesterday, including the significance of using magical items in front of the Red Gloves."
"An acquaintance of Backlund..." The translucent face revealed a bitter smile, a hint of sadness in its tone, "So this is how he sees me?"
Angel broke out in a cold sweat, and she suddenly realized that she might have made a big mistake.
After completely digesting the "Instigator" potion, she became more sensitive to other people's negative emotions. Even through this translucent face, she could already see that Daly was brewing an extremely negative emotion.
"No, no, I remembered it wrong. He said best friend... That's not right..."
Angel quickly spoke up to try to save the situation. She had a premonition that if the mistake was not corrected in time, some misunderstanding would occur in the future that would make both parties regret for the rest of their lives.
"It's okay, maybe I'm just being too sentimental. A conservative person like him always keeps his distance from me. I should have understood it a long time ago..."
Daly's words were steady but lacked spirit. Angel seemed to be able to see through her voice that her face was expressionless and her eyes were empty.
"You may not know this, but just a few years ago, I was a..."
"Stop, wait a minute!"
Angel immediately interrupted Daly's recollection. She knew that if she continued to let the person talk in this situation, it would only reinforce the other person's negative emotions and make the conversation slide into an irreversible abyss.
"On the first day I joined the Nighthawks, no, even on the night Madam Sharon attacked the Blackthorn Security Company, I learned from Leonard that Captain Dunn liked you. He said the entire team knew about it. How come you were the only one who didn't know?"
Angel finished his words in one breath before pausing to breathe a sigh of relief.
A translucent face floated in front of her, lips tightly closed, silent. Angel could feel Daly's gaze falling on her through the face without eyes.
The living room fell into an awkward silence for a moment.
"Really? He, he said he likes me?"
It wasn't until several minutes had passed that Daly's words were delivered.
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"Have I ever mentioned that I became a Beyonder and a 'Corpse Collector' when I was 19?"
"The captain mentioned..."
Angel curled up in the corner of the living room, trying her best not to notice the dim streetlights outside the window. The two emerald green gas lamps in the room had been thoughtfully extinguished by Daly, making her translucent face even more ethereal, like a wisp of smoke in the air.
Hearing Daly's question, she answered in a thin tone.
"I had just lost my family and was a bit cynical. Coupled with the influence of the potion, I became a real 'corpse collector'. I wandered the cemetery all day, fell asleep in front of the graves, and even kissed the corpses in my dreams."
“Everyone I know is afraid of my weirdness and instinctively wants to stay away from me. I enjoy this life of being isolated from society, but I’m also afraid of the loneliness and the coldness that comes with waking up in the middle of the night.”
Only then did Angel know that Ms. Daly, who liked to wear heavy makeup and was sharp-tongued, had such a past.
"So that's when you met the captain?"
"It would be great if I could meet him now..."
A wry smile appeared on the human face.
"Before I met Dunn, I had a dissolute life. Well, that's what you understand. One man after another coveted my body and my looks, and I needed their warmth to fight against the coldness brought by loneliness and potion use."
Is this a bit...
Angel tried his best to keep his expression unchanged, but he still felt a little uncomfortable deep down.
This is contrary to her style of doing things in her previous life and her current code of conduct. Although she will not interfere in other people's private lives, it does not mean that she will agree with Daly's behavior.
However, Angel still did not say anything, but continued to listen. After this period of contact, she knew that although Daly liked to joke verbally, she was no longer such a casual person.
"It was in this decadent and confusing life that I met Dunn, a man who was different from others..."
Daly had nothing but praise for Dunn Smith. Even taking the added filter into account, Angel could agree with most of the evaluations of her captain. Dunn was indeed a senior trusted by his teammates, a selfless night watchman, and a captain who stood in front of everyone.
Well, besides the fact that my memory has been getting worse lately...
"That's it. I've indulged myself too much in the past. Could a conservative man like him really like me? Did he really say that?"
After introducing her past, Dai Li seemed to fall back into her previous negative state, with the corners of her mouth drooping.
"That's not the case... No, I mean, he didn't say it directly, but everyone can see it, even Klein knows it."
Angel replied with a smile on his face.
"By the way, when I was discussing 'acting method' with the captain, he mentioned your promotion experience. He felt that he had stayed in the 'Nightmare' sequence for too long. At that time, he also had a feeling of, um... inferiority, just like you feel now."
Angel's instinct as an instigator surfaced, and he recalled the negative emotions Dunn had expressed when he talked about Daly.
"Is there a possibility, not necessarily true, that you both have the same low self-esteem and are afraid to approach each other, but no one can break through this barrier?"
"Really? Should I really take the initiative? But he..."
Daly seemed a little shaken.
Logically, this should be done by Leonard, Xijia, Frye, or even Roxanne. How could it be the turn of me, a newcomer who has been working here for less than two months?
Angel secretly complained and used his "instigation" ability again to add the last straw.
"Come to think of it, after two months of living together day and night, I've discovered that I also quite like a mature and reliable man like the Captain. If you feel inferior and don't think you're worthy of him, why not give him to me..."
"Bang——"
The large gas lamp hanging on the ceiling of the living room suddenly emitted a green flame.
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