Chapter 108 Your Parts Are Installed Reversely
Going back a little bit in time, when Gerard was standing in front of the old warehouse, Bai Wei's voice rang in his mind: "I said you really have three burrows. Where is this secret base from?"
Gerard didn't know why Bai Wei always came up with some strange metaphors, but they sounded very reasonable and vivid.
"This warehouse is not mine." After checking around the warehouse, Gerard said to Bai Wei, "It's one of my team members."
"The one called Herme?"
"No, the other one...his name is Eric." Gerard said, "He was the mechanic in our team, the best one."
"Ah, another new character. How many of you died in there?"
Gerard was silent for a moment before answering, "Twenty-six."
After saying that, he no longer paid attention to Bai Wei and began to carefully inspect the warehouse.
It was only one or two kilometers from Lim Station to here, not very long, but there were many checkpoints along the way, but they were all bypassed with Bai Wei's eyes. Of course, this was also based on the fact that Jellal's wanted order had not been raised to the highest level. If it was higher, with Jellal's current physical condition, it would be difficult for him to avoid it even with Bai Wei's warning.
After checking around the warehouse, Gerard murmured in confusion, "Strange."
"how?"
"This warehouse seems to be used by someone." Gerard stood in front of the door, looking at the lock that was not covered with dust, frowning, "This lock is often opened."
"Could it be that your fellow mechanic has also returned?" Bai Wei raised his eyebrows again. "He has been waiting for you here. As soon as you opened the door, he said to you, 'Ah, brother, did you expect it? I'm not dead yet, let's do something big'?"
The joke was a little bit hellish, but Gerard took it seriously. He stood there and recalled it seriously, then shook his head.
"No, it's impossible. I did lose a lot of my memories from ten years ago, but the memories about him are still there... There is absolutely no way he could be alive today."
Well, it seems that his death was not a very peaceful one.
Bai Wei asked: "Does he have any relatives?"
"He had a wife." Gerard replied in a low voice, "but she is dead too."
"And are there any children? Like little girls?"
"No, I don't remember him having a child..." Gerald shook his head subconsciously, but soon realized that Bai Wei's focus was on the "little girl", and then he realized something, "Did you see something?"
Bai Wei did not hide this aspect: "Yes, there are obvious signs of life in the warehouse, and it looks like it should be a little girl."
"Traces of life?" Gerard was slightly stunned. "But this is just a warehouse. How could someone live in here?"
"Who knows?" Bai Wei said, "Anyway, it is true."
After hearing the news, Gerard hesitated slightly, then turned around and left.
"Hey, you're not going in?" Bai Wei said, "I see the metal accessories inside are quite complete."
Gerard replied, "I don't know who the child living in here is. Whether it's Eric's child or not, my arrival will cause trouble for her."
"To be honest, it is true." Gerard nodded slowly with his middle finger. "You have thought it through very carefully. You should leave now, and then be caught and killed by those guys when your body reaches its limit and you can no longer walk. Then wait for the new god to eat your old god to death, and then kill all the people in Tianqin. When this child goes to hell, you can happily say to her, 'You know, I, your uncle, was very considerate and didn't cause you any trouble'."
Jellal's body froze.
"Haha, just kidding, don't take it seriously." Bai Wei said calmly, "Don't worry, the birth of the new god won't kill all the people, because He also needs believers, so at most He will kill... one-third. Who knows, maybe that girl is the two-thirds that survived?"
Bai Wei was not talking nonsense in this regard.
In the original plot, the disaster caused by the new gods when they eliminated the weak Lyra did cause many Lyrans to lose their lives. It is hard to say whether it was one third, but it is definitely a huge astronomical number.
After hearing what Bai Wei said, Gerard could no longer convince himself to leave. He looked down at his body, where flesh and metal were mixed together. His wounds had already become infected, and there was no way he could survive until he found his next place to stay.
So he turned back silently, but did not break in directly. Instead, he walked to the window, broke the lock on the window head, and squeezed in through the not-so-spacious window.
It was obvious that he was planning to replace the parts and leave, preferably without attracting the little girl's attention at all.
Bai Wei was somewhat disdainful of this attempt to cover up one's own faults, but he didn't say much.
The warehouse is not big, and because it only has one small window, it is not very ventilated. There is fluffy dust floating in the air and the air quality is very poor.
After entering the warehouse, Gerard also found the "traces of the little girl's life" that Bai Wei had mentioned before.
Among the rows of spare parts was a pieced-together iron bed with clothes scattered on it. Most of them were little girls' clothes, but there was also an especially long men's coat, which seemed to be used as a quilt by the little girl.
The style of the coat looked familiar to Gerard. He walked to the bed, picked up the coat, and saw the familiar armband.
"Evening Star - Eric".
Gerard fell silent immediately.
"The living environment here is even worse than yours." Bai Wei said slowly, "It's hard to imagine what it would be like for a child who grew up in a place like this."
Gerald turned his head and saw a few more photos placed by the bed, which seemed to be Eric's.
He subconsciously wanted to take it, but his hand stopped halfway.
"Why? Don't you think it's okay for an old man like you to look through little girls' things?"
Gerard put his coat back and shook his head. "I just don't want to leave too many traces here. I should finish my work and leave as soon as possible."
After saying that, Jellal turned around and walked towards the pile of machines.
But even so, Bai Wei's words just now kept echoing in his mind - it is hard to imagine how a child grows up in such an environment.
Eric's...daughter?
Walking to the pile of accessories, Jellal took several deep breaths, temporarily putting those thoughts behind him and cheering himself up.
"Eric is a mechanic who loves his job." Gerald spoke slowly while searching for parts. He didn't know whether he was introducing Bai Wei or reminding himself not to forget. "This warehouse is his own private property. It is not included in the Evening Star, so it was not taken back by the higher-ups... That guy always likes to come here alone for a day or two after finishing his work to study some gadgets... Like this one."
Gerard took out a mechanical man from a pile of scrap parts. After winding it up, the man began to clap "bang bang bang", but the clapping sound was not as loud as the "creaking" sound made by the aging and rusty parts.
"These are all from ten years ago, right?" Bai Wei asked. "Can they really be used? Besides, you're not a mechanic, right? Can you handle your own body?"
"I'm not a mechanic, but I'm not completely ignorant of mechanics." Gerard tore off the broken steel plate on his chest. Because it was connected to his flesh and blood, the tearing also affected the wound, which made him frown involuntarily, but he still held back from humming. "Every member of the Evening Star must master a certain amount of mechanical knowledge. When we set out for the contaminated area, we will also wear some replacement parts to prevent mechanical failures and the mechanic from being unable to do anything if something unexpected happens..."
With a "bang".
He finally pulled out the steel plate, and it was bloody as if he was pulling out a tooth.
He exhaled heavily, then rummaged through the parts and soon found a new steel plate with the same specifications as the one he had pulled out.
"It's because these are from ten years ago that I can replace them." Gerard tapped the steel plate with his finger, making a dull sound. "Ten years ago, equipment updates were not that fast. These were already the most advanced things at the time, just like what I have. So I can find replacements for all the equipment I have here."
"So you'll change it if you find it?"
"Of course." Gerard picked up another part and said without much hesitation, "I watched Eric change it many times."
After saying that, he paused again, and then hesitated again.
“I think so…”
Half an hour later, Gerard was looking at the two accessories in front of him that were almost 70% similar, and was stuck.
Bai Wei seemed to have anticipated this, and said slowly, "It seems that just looking is useless."
Gerard was silent for a while, but he didn't say anything stubborn. He just sighed softly and said, "Well, it is indeed much more difficult than I thought."
Gerald's condition is quite serious now.
Because the parts of his body were not broken, he only needed to replace one or two parts. His current problem was that all the metal parts of his body were completely broken, and he needed to replace them with new ones. This was in his blind spot. In addition, the bugs of the new god ate the entire part, so he couldn't even find a reference.
"So what should we do now?" Bai Wei raised his eyebrows and said, "Let's go to the library and buy a textbook to learn and spell it first? Do you have a book like 'Three Years of Mechanics and Five Years of Simulation'?"
Gerald's other brow furrowed tightly. "What are those things you are talking about? Why haven't I heard of them... Is it some secret that I don't know about?"
So it's really no fun to joke with this guy.
Bai Wei did not explain the meaning of "梗" to Gerard, he also began to think about what to do now.
To be honest, the situation was a bit tricky, but not very tricky either. He could use his eyes to make Jellal's mind recreate the structure of the metal bodies, and then fight accordingly. But that would further damage Jellal's body. Bai Wei was still counting on Jellal to cause trouble for the new god, and didn't want him to waste his time here.
But apart from this, there seems to be no other way. After all, Bai Wei himself knows nothing about Tianqin's black technology.
Just as the two were thinking about it, the door lock of the warehouse clicked.
Jellal's body froze instantly.
He subconsciously wanted to leave, but half of his body was still on the ground and he couldn't run away at all.
So after a burst of short footsteps, he looked at the girl with short brown hair.
So there was silence,
There was a long silence.
And Gerard didn't know whether he was dizzy due to excessive blood loss, he actually said slowly: "Don't be nervous, I'm just... passing by."
Then he added another sentence.
"I have some health problems, so I want to come here to borrow... no, to buy some parts, but I have no bad intentions."
"I know." Ju nodded slowly, "I've seen you."
"See me? Where?"
Ju pointed to the warehouse door: "On the wanted poster outside."
"Okay..." Gerald was a little helpless, "I'll leave soon."
"And in the photos." Ju continued.
"What?" Gerard didn't hear clearly.
Ju raised his hand and pointed to the bed: "I've also seen you in Dad's photo."
Gerald fell silent immediately. He looked at the girl in front of him and said softly, "Are you really Eric's daughter?"
Tachibana said "hmm", but did not retreat. Instead, he slowly walked in front of Jellal, stared at Jellal with his black eyes, and then asked softly: "So, are you here to kill me too?"
Jellal's breathing stopped for a moment: "Why do you say that?"
"Because everyone says that you killed my father and caused the death of my mother." Ju shrugged, and that action did not look like a ten-year-old girl at all. "So according to the order, it should be my turn now, right?"
Gerard fell silent again.
This time the silence was longer than ever.
He looked down at Tachibana, who looked up at him.
It was unknown how long it took before Gerard broke the silence: "I didn't kill your father, and I won't kill you either. I'm sorry to bother you here. I'll leave now. You can report my whereabouts to the Skeleton Army later, and that should be able to exchange for some money."
Having said that, Jellal stood up and prepared to leave, but then he noticed that Tachibana had lowered his head and was looking at his thighs.
"What's wrong?" Gerald asked.
"Your parts..." Ju pointed at his legs, "are installed backwards."
(End of this chapter)
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