Episode 10
Are you sure?
"Yes!"
"......"
The terrorists' sudden appearance made Benjamin uneasy, but after careful consideration, he suddenly realized that what Li Zan had said all made sense. What did Li Zan say that day that made him doubt his stance? However, he had no time to think about these things now. He just wanted to see Sasin one last time, but the purpose of calling him this time was to have him patrol.
"Where are you going?"
"Wake him up."
What was originally a very ordinary matter was changed when he asked Sasin to drive while they were on patrol. This time, it wasn't because of his poor eyesight, but because he was wearing a bulletproof vest and he also had something to tell Sasin.
"patrol?"
"Um."
“I have a feeling that the patrol is just an excuse, because you have something to say to me.”
“Sasin, let’s switch shifts.”
"?"
"Didn't you want to be the captain? You're the acting captain now."
"I don't want to."
"......"
"Besides me and Pei Xiaonan, you are the person everyone trusts the most. If it weren't for you, they wouldn't even listen to what I say."
"You're wrong. Everyone's confused because we're not here, and they're all asking when you'll be back?"
"......"
"This is probably the most glorious moment of my life."
"......"
"the same as you."
"My biggest worry is that terrorists have found out about our relationship."
"Of course they know about our relationship. What we thought was a secret romance has been discovered."
"If that's the case, I think you should either go home obediently or continue to hold the line. Choose one."
"I choose to continue to defend the line."
"......."
"It's one of two choices, and the injury has healed. As long as I don't show off and reopen the wound, it should be fine, right?"
"If you want to wait for me to come back, that will be in a few days."
"good."
Upon returning, Sashin got out of the car, and Benjamin moved from the passenger seat to the driver's seat. He went to the area where the terrorists were most active, but the moment he saw the child Sashin had rescued, his calf "inexplicably" began to bleed.
"It would have been better if you hadn't gone that morning."
"It's just a superficial wound, nothing serious."
“Jokes are fine, but this isn’t funny. If Sasin knew you were injured, I think he would definitely fall for someone else, given his personality.”
"This is fine too."
"Why?"
"I've thought about it once: he is indeed a good person, but we are really not suitable for each other."
"Quotes from a scumbag boyfriend".
"......"
In fact, Benjamin not only had a cut on his leg, but his arm was also grazed by a bullet, which clearly explains why he didn't drive.
"You're going to the border?"
"good."
"How are you going? Your wound hasn't healed yet?"
"I'll drive there, and my injury has almost healed in the last few days."
"Then be careful."
"If I return, please be the master of ceremonies at my wedding to Sasin."
"You're just spouting nonsense again. Let's talk about it after you get back safely."
"Bye-Bye!"
This was actually a hint from Benjamin to Pei Xiaonan. If she could guess what he meant, she would look at Sasin a few more times. When she saw him again, it would be several days later.
"Benjamin, what exactly is he trying to do?"
"He was unsure, but one thing was on his mind: the terrorists had become active again in the past few days, but there was a problem with the stronghold where they had suddenly become active. So he had to patrol the area first, just in case."
"There's something wrong with the active outposts, could it be...?"
"It's just a possibility, because Li Zan said the same thing."
"You mean, he knew about this all along? Then why did he...?"
"His goal was to negotiate with me, and the condition was to send Song Ran back to her own country."
"This... how is this possible..."
"There's just one thing I don't quite understand. If he wanted to find Benjamin, wouldn't it have been better to just go directly to him? Why go through with this kind of commission?"
"......"
“I’m a little worried. After all, no matter how powerful he is, he might resort to inhumane treatment when outnumbered.”
"......"
Benjamin was still bleeding at the time, and his trousers were covered in blood. He had been hit by a child. Li Zan's story about "A Child" made him realize that the child who hit him was the same one. Although he had guessed the child's identity, he was still shocked when he saw him.
"It's you......"
I can speak chinnese.
"What does Li Zan mean?"
"I mean, because he's just an executor."
"I have many questions to ask you."
"Fuck you!"
"Stop! He is a solider, me too, he must know something."
"Yes, sir!"
"My men were too rude, please don't mind them, Brother Benjamin."
"......"
Besides Sasin, there was a second person who felt comfortable calling him that. However, compared to Sasin, this child calling him "brother" was most likely just to appease his age. He was ten years old, but his height for ten years was quite alarming.
"Why would you do something like this when you're so young?"
"Ever since you met that man named Sasin, you've never understood what it means to know someone's face but not their heart."
"I wanted to show you the beauty of the world, but it seems unlikely that's possible now. You were such a cute little kid, I never expected you to be..."
"Is there anything else you want to ask?"
"there is none left."
"Please come in."
Benjamin really didn't want to ask anything about the terrorist leader, but his biggest worry was whether Sasin would find out and summon him. Since Sasin could threaten Li Zan with Song Ran, it wasn't impossible that he would use Sasin to threaten him. But his worries went far beyond that, because...
"Benjamin, you're a mercenary, I think you've seen these things before, haven't you?"
?
"......"
"Do you know why I'm asking these questions?"
"Why?"
"In that war ten years ago, I imagine you, as someone who participated in that war, dealt with someone, right? But that person was truly innocent, therefore..."
"Ten years ago?"
The words from ten years ago also awakened Benjamin's memories. Later, he understood why the child had told him this story. He was one of the members who carried out high-pressure strikes against terrorists ten years ago. After being exposed to some toxic substance, he stopped growing tall. Being old but not tall might not have been the most important thing to the child. What mattered was that his only trusted playmate from the war was gone. Anyone would probably feel the same way as that child after their playmate died.
"So that's how it is. You were the one from back then..."
One of his men knocked Benjamin unconscious from behind. The man knew him best because he believed that Benjamin had ruined his boss's life, and those tools were specifically prepared for him.
“His boyfriend owed him half a life, and I will take responsibility for that life, and I will repay half a life with one life.”
Ever since the terrorist leader learned that Sasin had risked his life to save him and that his boyfriend owed Sasin half a life, yet he remained indifferent, he became unhappy. So he devised a plan to lure Sasin out, and sure enough, Benjamin fell for it.
"What! He's missing?"
"Yes!"
"What's done?"
Don't worry.
"I know."
Benjamin thought the matter was over, but he never expected Sashin to come back and explain! Judging from the current situation, the probability of Benjamin escaping from here is almost zero. However, what the terrorists did not expect was that once Benjamin arrived, he had no intention of leaving.
"Benjamin..."
"Are you going to find him?"
“Well, I think those terrorists are still quite active, and that kid wasn’t afraid of Benjamin at all when he saw him. I’m worried that he might know Benjamin.”
"I just remembered something that might delay your search."
"Um."
"Come in and speak."
Although it's still a solitary confinement cell, conversations here are generally not heard by those in other cells because this cell holds the most dangerous individuals, and no dangerous person has entered since that most dangerous person was taken away.
“Sometimes these kinds of places are indeed suitable for discussion.”
"It also suits his hooliganism."
After briefly recalling the incident where he was scolded by Benjamin after returning to the solitary confinement cell following his injury, he complained to him, hoping that such a thing would never happen again. However, this incident also made Sashin very regretful.
"You still seem to be enjoying it very much."
"No, I'm flattered."
"The reason he went voluntarily is because he felt guilty towards that child."
"Feeling guilty?"
"He was originally going to shoot Benjamin, but your appearance disrupted their plans, so they had to choose another way to attract his attention."
"But what does this have to do with that child?"
"Because that child was an orphan from the war ten years ago."
"An orphan...? If he's an orphan, why doesn't he go to an orphanage? And why does he insist on causing trouble for Benjamin? Could it be that he wasn't originally an orphan but became one for some reason? Or did Benjamin kill him with his own hands...?"
Pei Xiaonan remained silent, only nodding. So much time had passed, yet he still remembered this incident. Perhaps, for Benjamin, Sassin existed as a form of redemption.
"So he went back to being a reporter and submitted that report?"
"without."
"?"
"If that's the case, then Benjamin didn't need to continue being a journalist. Because of this incident, Benjamin went to several hospitals to treat his mental illness. He wanted to use this profession to witness the cruelty of war and thus achieve a numbing effect. However, not long after this incident, Benjamin still 'resigned'."
"Benjamin..."
"Go ahead. If you get there in time, you might be able to come back together, but one person won't be enough. You should take a few more people with you."
"......"
Sasin ran out faster than ever before, but he forgot one thing: Benjamin had specifically told Sasin not to come out, but the soldier gave him a "helping hand".
"Captain, what's going on?"
"Ready a jeap."
"Yes, sir!"
As he pondered this, one of the soldiers asked Sasin what he was up to. Sasin initially wanted to tell Benjamin that he was waiting to rescue him, but after calming down, he remembered he needed to buy them some things. None of the soldiers suspected anything and let him go. However, this led to a rather intriguing conversation between the two soldiers:
What's going on?
"He?"
"Yes."
"Go to the supermaket and buy something."
"......"
"What's the matter?"
"Shit!"
"......"
I can't say it again!
"......"
Are you sure?
Why not?
"?"
The soldier who lent the jeep to Sashin then realized he had been tricked. But there was only one patrol car, and the spare car had to be borrowed again. This was one of the problems, because going to rescue someone alone would almost certainly result in an accident.
"Look!"
"Jeep? Who are they?"
"Warning!"
The jeep was parked right at the entrance. One of the men in the jeep recognized them as the third-party force that had been fighting terrorists in the previous days after noticing the soldiers' epaulets and uniforms.
Who are you?
"Soilder!"
"Third Soilder?"
"Yes."
Please.
A day passed, and Benjamin was repeatedly slashed by the child with a knife. He was in such a state that it was as if scallions, ginger, garlic, and salt were being sprinkled on his wounds to make them more flavorful. From top to bottom, there wasn't a single unscathed spot on Benjamin's body, and the other part of his body was that the wounds had been cut open.
"Shit!"
What's happening?
"......"
At this point, Benjamin was no longer the same Benjamin. Most people, seeing Benjamin covered in cuts from a knife, might instinctively vomit. The terrorist leader used "shit" because a knife wasn't fast enough to cut human tissue; a scalpel was much faster. However, he didn't have a scalpel with him, and even if he did, there wouldn't be time. The only solution was to sharpen the knife he carried. But there were patrolling soldiers in their area; killing him would attract attention, and sharpening the knife would be the same. Therefore, he thought of another way.
"I get a new idea."
What's your idea?
After hearing the idea, the soldiers left to draw Sashin's attention. The terrorist leader really did rub salt into Benjamin's wounds—perhaps more effective than cold water—and a crisp sound came from inside the lab:
Ah~
"Isn't it awesome?"
"......"
The vast majority of wounds became infected within a short period of time. Benjamin, whose wounds in the city did not heal quickly, had his infected area expanded after being treated by this doctor.
However, after thinking it over, Benjamin held back, because this was not as painful as the child losing his family. She understood the hardships the terrorist leader had gone through, but it was useless for her to sympathize with him, because she did not sympathize with him, she did not understand him, and how could she possibly understand him if she did not understand him?
"By the way, you owe Sasin half a life, and you owe my only one a life. I want to hear your opinion on this matter from ten years ago."
"Bang! Bang!"
Two gunshots rang out, startling Benjamin, who was already feeling listless. However, it wasn't just Benjamin who was awakened; Sasin was also awakened. Just who could be so audacious? The moment the person burst in, Benjamin caught a glimpse of him through the corner of his eye as the door opened—it was Sasin! Upon closer inspection, he realized that Sasin was being forced to sit on top of Benjamin by others.
“Sasin, you should thank me, because I helped you capture him. Now you can return your life to him without any hesitation.”
Sasin wanted to make a sound, but something covered his mouth. The "silent scream" made him understand what helplessness meant. Benjamin tried to help but was punched and unable to move. Then he was stabbed in the abdomen. Not satisfied with that, the knife circled around the internal organs protected by the abdomen before being pulled out.
"......"
"I'm done playing. Give me back my life and his."
With one stab, no matter how hard Sasin tried, he was eventually pinned down. He watched helplessly as the other end of the paper, which he had never been able to pierce, was plunged straight into his heart by the child's knife. The moment Benjamin reached out to Sasin, he was about to touch him, but the next second his hand seemed to fall to the ground as if it had lost its life.
At the age of 23, Sasin lost his lover.
At the age of 32, Benjamin died in front of the people he wanted to protect.
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