Chapter 109 Let's make a deal.jpg
The rain is getting heavier.
The young woman stood alone in front of the ruins that looked like tombstones, with a black umbrella blocking the rain.
"Is this where you used to live?" Footsteps were heard, and a man holding the same black umbrella and wearing the armband of the Devil Army walked up from behind her. "It used to be a heroic area, but now it has become like this."
Ina didn't look back at the man, but asked calmly: "Have you finished your business?"
"Yes." The man stood beside Ina and sighed softly, "What's going on? We received an order from Bishop Holman to return to the city, but as soon as we got back, the bishop was gone."
"Who did you hand over to?"
"Lord Yongxin."
"I don't remember such a person."
The man glanced at Ina's delicate profile, and then said, "Look, you are playing dumb again, aren't you? I have mentioned to you many times that Lord Yongxin is the person appointed by Bishop Holman to contact us. He will issue all the orders of Bishop Holman. I think Bishop Holman is training him as his successor. He may be the future bishop of the fourth district... You haven't met such a person yet."
“I don’t care who the future bishop of the Fourth District is.”
"Oh, right, right, you only care about what's in the deepest part of the contaminated land." The man agreed, "So that you can get solid evidence to convict your unreliable adoptive father... But now it's no longer necessary. Your adoptive father killed Bishop Holman, and the evidence is irrefutable. The Skeleton Army has already issued a wanted warrant for him, and it won't be long before he's captured. In this way, your brother's revenge will be avenged, and you don't have to be so persistent in reaching the deepest part of the contaminated land."
Ina was silent for a while, then said slowly: "I still want to go."
"Tsk, then it's up to you, but I still want to remind you..."
The man turned his head and looked at Ina's body carefully. Under the black clothes, most of it was human flesh and blood, and only a very small part was mechanically driven.
"Your metallization is still too low. You don't even have a complete prosthetic limb." The man tapped his right prosthetic limb with his left prosthetic limb, making a crisp sound. "Although your abilities are outstanding, you are still limited by your flesh, especially in the deepest part of the contaminated area. You will definitely not be able to cope with it. Therefore, whether for your own safety or what you want to do, you need to have a higher degree of mechanization, just like us."
"Back then, Eve Star didn't have such a high level of mechanization," Ina said, "but they have gone further than any of us."
"Yeah," the man said calmly, "So they're all crazy, what's the point of going far?"
Ina had no way to refute this statement because the example was right in front of her.
The once heroic zone has now become a cemetery-like existence. Those warriors who once ventured deep into the polluted zone for Tianqin are now labeled as rebels after their eternal sleep. Their bodies and achievements are rotting away over the years.
"What do you mean? Where do you think your adoptive father has gone?" the man said. "The Skeleton Army hasn't caught him yet."
"so what?"
"So, as his only relative in this world... Of course you may not think so, but you are indeed the person who knows him best in this world." The man said, "So, where do you think he has gone? This is not what I want to ask. It is Lord Yongxin. He said that you may have some clues. If possible, he hopes that you can be temporarily assigned to the Skeleton Corps to help, and then return to the base after finding your adoptive father. Of course, it depends on your opinion."
Before Ina could speak, a female voice sounded beside her: "Ina?"
The two turned around and saw a middle-aged woman with a haggard face standing beside them, looking at them with disbelief.
"Is it really you... Ina?"
The woman took a step towards Ina. She was also holding an umbrella, but the umbrella fell out of her hand unconsciously. She was soaked by the rain in an instant and looked like a crazy woman.
When she saw the woman, Ina's body stiffened for a moment, and then she spoke softly: "Aunt Shana..."
"Ah, it's really you, Ina." Shana walked up to Ina, slowly raised her hand, and gently stroked Ina's cheek. "Auntie hasn't seen you for a long time. Why don't you come to my house to play? Your uncle Helmer keeps talking about you..."
Ina did not say anything, but just looked at Shana quietly. Her gaze seemed to travel through time and space. The other party still looked young, standing in the sun and extending her hand to her with a smile.
"Are you Mr. Gerard's daughter? You're so cute... Oh, I forgot to introduce myself. My name is Sana, you can call me Aunt Sana. I live next door to you. If you have time, you can come and visit me."
At that time, Shana also stroked Ina's face in the same way, her hands were warm and comfortable.
Not like now, cold and painful.
"That old bastard, you little bastard! Give my husband back to me!" Shana grabbed Ina's cheek tightly, and suddenly became hysterical as if she had changed into a different person. "Why are you still alive?! Tell me, why are you still alive?!"
Shana's sudden change scared the man next to her. He immediately walked towards the woman, yelling "Crazy woman, what do you want to do?" while raising his prosthetic limb to smash it down.
But before he could do anything, Ina had already gently pressed the back of Shana's neck, causing Shana to fall asleep in her arms.
"What do you want to do now?" Ina looked at the man's raised prosthetic limb, "Do you want to kill someone?"
Seeing that Ina had already started to fight, the man put down his prosthetic limb, but he was still saying, "She is attacking you, and I am helping you defend yourself, there will be no problem."
"She is not an attacker, she is just an ordinary woman who is powerless." At this moment, Ina's umbrella had fallen, which made her and Shana soaked like drowned rats. They looked very embarrassed, in sharp contrast to the man who was still holding the umbrella next to them.
The man immediately stepped forward and wanted to shield Ina from the rain, but Ina had already taken a step back and refused: "No need, you wait here, I'll take her home."
Then, without giving the man a chance to refuse, Ina carried the unconscious Shana and walked towards the house next door.
The man looked at Ina's back, then looked at the umbrella in his hand, and shrugged: "Why bother?"
Ina didn't know what the man was thinking, nor did she care.
She simply brought Shana back to the house she had visited countless times, swept away the piles of waste with her feet, and then placed it on the bed.
Shana was still mumbling something, but Ina couldn't hear it clearly. She just looked at her quietly, but the vague voice of conversation echoed in her mind.
"Aunt Shana, what is this?"
"Twist the spring at the back and see."
"Is that so...ah, why is there music?"
"This is the mechanical sound box. Your uncle Helmer gave it to me. Isn't it amazing?"
"Okay, that's great."
"Then this is for you."
"But isn't this a gift from Uncle Helmer?"
"Hehe, your uncle Herme will give me a new one soon. It's called 'Lyra'. It has more and better music recorded on it. Remember to come to Auntie's house to play when the time comes."
"good!"
The vague memories were gradually suppressed by the sound of rain outside the window.
Ina reached into her arms and took out a brand new mechanical sound box.
She turned the spring, and when the mechanical sound box produced a melodious and peaceful tune, she placed the sound box next to Shana's ear.
When Shana's frown gradually relaxed in the music, Ina spoke softly: "I'm sorry, Aunt Shana."
Then he got up and left.
The man was still waiting outside the house. When he saw her come out, he said, "Do you have a good relationship with her? I saw she wanted to kill you just now."
Ina replied calmly: "She and I are the same person."
"The same person?" The man thought for a moment. "Do you mean that all your relatives were killed by your adoptive father? From this perspective, they are indeed the same person. But she is now a relative of the rebel, and you are already a member of the Devil's Army, so you no longer have to... Hey, hey, hey, where are you going?"
While the man was talking, Ina walked to the ruins again, picked up her umbrella and held it up again.
But her body was already soaked.
"Of course, it is to complete the task assigned by the superiors." Ina said lightly, then turned and left.
The man quickly followed: "Oh, have you decided to listen to Lord Yongxin's advice? That's great. With your help, I believe we can find your adoptive father soon. By then, your brother's revenge and that woman's revenge can be avenged..."
Ina still ignored the man. She just took another look at the collapsed house when she turned the corner.
To be precise, it was by looking at the photo of the wanted poster posted on the house.
This gaze once again penetrated the years, and the still young man stood in front of her.
"Yina, from now on I will be the one taking care of you and your brother. You are different from your brother. You are more introverted and like to keep things to yourself. This is not good. You can tell me directly if there is anything. You can completely stop treating me as a father and just treat me as an ordinary elder or... a friend?"
She still remembers that cautious look.
"Can you tell me anything?"
"Of course." That cautiousness instantly turned into joy, "You can tell me anything."
"Then...it seems like you're wearing your clothes backwards."
…
"You put the parts in backwards."
When hearing these words, Jellal suddenly felt a little dazed, as if the girl in front of him actually overlapped with an image in his memory for a moment.
This made him a little dazed, and he stared at the other person blankly.
Until Bai Wei's voice sounded: "Although I really don't want to remind you at this time, don't you think it is inappropriate for you to stare at a little girl with such eyes... and you are using my eyes."
Jellal immediately came back to his senses, and then found that Tachibana had lowered his head.
"Oh, sorry." Jellal rubbed his forehead with his hand, thinking that he was really confused because of too much blood. "I'm just surprised that you knew I installed the parts upside down... Who taught you this?"
If Eric was still alive, Gerard would not be so surprised, but Eric is dead, and judging from his age, the child was either just born or not yet born when Eric died, and it was impossible for him to receive Eric's teachings.
Is it true, as Bai Wei said, that Eric has also returned?
When he thought of this, Gerard couldn't help but slap his head.
Make you bleed too much! Make you bleed too much! What have you been thinking about all day!
Tachibana didn't pay attention to Jellal's strange behavior. She just said slowly, "If you practice more, you will get it."
Too much effort?
Jellal looked around, and soon realized what Tachibana was talking about.
In addition to the scattered accessories, there are also many prosthetic limbs that have been assembled in this room.
Originally, Gerard thought that this was Eric's masterpiece during his lifetime, but now it seems that it was completed by the little girl in front of him?
Jellal looked at Tachibana and asked hesitantly, "Did you make all of those?"
Orange nodded.
“Why are you doing this?”
"Because there's nothing else to do." Ju replied calmly, "I can only fight with these."
Gerald was suddenly speechless.
Did you teach yourself to this extent just because you had nothing to do?
He is obviously just a child, but you can tell at a glance that there is something wrong with his legs. This level means he should be at least a junior mechanic.
Bai Wei also agreed with this. He looked at Ju's brown hair and couldn't help but exclaimed: "What is Huiyuan Ai?"
"Who is Haibara Ai?" Jellal had never heard of this name.
"Ah, don't worry about it, I just said it casually." Bai Wei didn't mean to explain to Gerard, he just said, "Isn't the opportunity here now?"
"What opportunity?" Gerard didn't understand Bai Wei's meaning for a moment.
"A chance to repair your body." Bai Wei said, "You can't figure it out by yourself anyway, so why not ask her to help? From what I can see so far, this girl's skills are much better than mine."
Gerard subconsciously wanted to refuse: "I can't..."
"You can't involve her, so you have to fight with your sick body, and then fail and go to hell because of a malfunction. In the end, you have to say to her who also goes to hell because of the disaster, 'Sorry, I can't involve you'?" Bai Wei said lightly, "Why? Do you really have to do this?"
Gerard was silent for a while, and then he said to Bai Wei helplessly in his heart: "I just want to say that I can't let her help me for free."
Then, he lowered his head and looked at Ju, and said after thinking for a while.
"Let's make a deal."
Hmm...why does this sound familiar?
My work and rest schedule has been completely broken these past two days. Yesterday I stayed up all night to revise the article until eight or nine in the morning. I felt like my soul was flying. I wanted to ask for a leave but the leave application was gone. I can only maintain the minimum update for the time being. I will talk about adding more updates next month.
(End of this chapter)
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