Chapter 096 Chapter 96
After Lorenzo appeared this time, Hermann changed dramatically.
He began to become increasingly silent.
Being alone more and more often.
Xia Meng watched his series of changes continuously during the jumping time, and found it even more shocking.
He was becoming—more and more like Lorenzo.
Those clean and pure eyes gradually became numb, gloomy, cold and vicious.
More and more sentinels, guides, and even ordinary humans died at his hands.
He and Xiao Li Zhou, two young men whose backgrounds should have been very similar, slowly drifted towards two extremes.
Not long after, Xia Meng looked at Hermann again.
The look in his eyes was exactly the same as when she first saw him in the orphanage.
A young boy was dragged into the deep pool right before her eyes.
Xia Meng closed her eyes.
When I looked up again, I saw my ten-year-old self walking into the welfare home.
A small figure stood in front of the gate, looking up, naive.
As an adult, she stood in Herman's class.
During recess, everyone is free to do what they want.
At this time, the sentries sitting in front of the window seemed to have noticed something, lowered their eyes and looked, and heard rustling sounds.
"A new guide?"
"You're so young."
"She's quite cute, I wonder what level she is."
"Why? You want to recruit him as your partner?"
"no?"
"I heard that the one coming this time might be an S-rank? You, forget it."
"S? Isn't that for...?"
Several curious glances came over.
Herman raised his eyes from the book, turned his head and looked at the girl who came in from the door downstairs.
No one noticed that Xia Meng was leaning against the window with her arms folded.
She raised her hand and touched her chin.
These two spiritual images were actually connected so seamlessly.
The only difference is that last time she was the girl downstairs, and now she is, um... a ghost that no one can see?
That's fine.
This way, she could explore Hermann's secrets without worrying about him discovering them.
Xia Meng was very familiar with the scene that followed.
After all, I've seen it once before through "her" own perspective.
Xiao Xia Meng entered this class and kept a distance from the sixteen-year-old Hermann.
The two are like the two poles of a magnet.
They exclude each other, yet have to be connected.
Everyone in the welfare home tacitly accepted that she was his exclusive guide.
She began to learn how to channel herself, and he became her regular and only channeler.
Xia Meng had rarely seen her counseling Hermann.
Maybe time skips by every time.
In the picture, two people are sitting opposite each other at the table.
Hermann stretched out one hand, back of it facing upward, and placed it on the table.
Xiao Xia Meng's face showed undisguised disgust. After a while, she reluctantly raised her hand and placed it on Herman's wrist.
Yes, usually when guides are guiding the sentries, they hold hands.
They were a completely unconventional couple.
Hermann was unwilling to reveal the vital point on his wrist to her.
She also didn't want to touch his hand.
Xiao Xia Meng's powerful mental power surged towards him along her wrist.
She didn't try to hide or adjust at all, and didn't care whether he would feel uncomfortable accepting her overwhelming power.
As expected, Herman couldn't help but groan.
The counseling was done in a sloppy manner and not with full dedication.
Mental power surged over continuously.
Before long, he was covered in cold sweat.
Seeing this, the guidance teacher nearby immediately stopped the class.
While muttering, he thought that the matching rate between the two was obviously not low, at 55%, so why was he in so much pain?
Xia Meng found it funny listening to this.
55%? Is that high?
You probably haven't seen the harmonious scenes between her and 80% of the sentinels around the world.
Xiao Xia Meng raised her head seriously and said, "My match rate with the others is very high, at least over 60%. Billy and I even have a 72% match. He and I only have a 55% match, which means I'm not suitable to be his partner. You should change people."
There wasn't even a hint of doubt in this statement.
Very confident.
The counseling teacher said perfunctorily, "Maybe it's because you two are both S-rank. It's okay, just cooperate a few more times and it will be fine."
Xiao Xiameng wanted to try again, but was interrupted by the counseling teacher: "Forget about changing people. You should think about how to improve your compatibility."
Xiao Xia Meng pouted in dissatisfaction.
Xia Meng lowered her eyes and saw a flash of viciousness in Herman's eyes.
Xia Meng: “?”
She narrowed her eyes.
The look in Herman's eyes... seems like he's going to cause trouble?
…
Xia Meng's intuition was not wrong.
Then the scene changed.
The next morning, all the sentinels in their class gathered early. When Xiao Xia Meng stepped into the classroom, Billy told her that they were going to carry out a mission today.
This is Xiao Xia Meng's first mission.
Emir took them to their destination.
Among the towering high-rise buildings, the exit of the Sky Rift was located on the rooftop of a building.
Xiao Xia Meng and Billy stayed where they were.
Billy is responsible for cutting off the power system of the target street during the operation.
The operation was completed smoothly.
It's basically the same as Xia Meng's memory.
But last time, the action ended and time jumped.
Xia Meng didn't know what happened afterwards.
Fortunately, there was no time jump this time.
After coming back, Xia Meng deliberately followed Billy closely.
If she remembered correctly, she never saw Billy again the day after the operation.
Billy is a Class A Sentinel.
According to the dormitory configuration of the welfare home, he lives in a double room.
The person living with him is Emil.
The relationship between the two cannot be said to be good, not because of their incompatibility in personality. Xia Meng thinks that it is mainly because Emil is a person who can hardly say a few words to anyone.
So, Xia Meng sneaked into the dormitory of these two little boys.
At night, the two went to bed, and Billy chatted with Emil for a few minutes as usual before going to sleep.
Emile was silent as usual.
Billy was used to it and chatted to himself.
While talking about today's mission, he accidentally used too much energy and cut off the power to an entire area in one go, which drained most of his mental energy.
Talking about tomorrow's physical education class, he probably won't be able to run anymore.
In this kind of bedtime chat, Billy could say ten sentences and Emil might not be able to reply to even one.
As we were chatting, we suddenly talked about "her".
Billy: "Oh, by the way, I have to tell you in secret. During the mission today, Xia Meng helped me with my counseling. Ah... I finally understand why some Sentinels are so obsessed with finding a Guide who is highly compatible with them. It's completely different from the feeling of taking Guide Supplements! It's so comfortable! I've decided that when I grow up, I will find a Guide partner of my own."
Xia Meng leaned against the wall with her arms folded, and couldn't help but smile knowingly when she heard it.
Billy's personality is a bit like Ou Xu.
He talks a lot, and his thoughts are wild and imaginative, and he is always nagging.
And then, Emil finally responded to the first sentence of the night.
"Don't let Hermann know about this."
Billy didn't understand: "Huh? Why?"
But Emir was no longer willing to respond.
Billy had no choice but to continue changing the subject.
The one-sided chat lasted for more than ten minutes. Billy finally made himself sleepy and was yawning when suddenly there was a knock on the dormitory door.
Billy immediately got up from the bed and went to open the door. He covered his yawning mouth with one hand and opened the door with the other hand: "Who is it——"
The moment he saw who was outside the door, Billy subconsciously stood up straight.
He was surprised and asked, "Hermann? Why are you here?"
Xia Meng raised her eyes, a dark glint flashing in her eyes.
Billy and Herman barely spoke.
He is the weakest sentinel in the class.
He has poor physical fitness and average close combat skills, but his lightning ability is somewhat impressive, which is the main reason why he was admitted to this class as an exception.
Xia Meng knew that this was also the reason why Billy was able to chat with her for a few more minutes at that time.
We are all invisible at the bottom of the pyramid, so no one should look down on anyone else.
Billy's first reaction was that Herman must be here to see Emil.
These two people are usually inseparable.
Except for sleeping, we almost do everything together.
Billy turned his head and was about to call Emil.
Herman finally spoke at this time: "I came to see you."
"Me?" Billy pointed at himself in surprise. "Ah...what do you want from me?"
Hermann did not answer immediately.
He raised his hand and pushed Billy towards the door. The movement seemed very light, but in fact it pushed Billy back two steps involuntarily and made way.
Inside the room, Emil had already sat up.
Herman walked over to him and sat down on Billy's bed.
Emil turned his head and looked at Hermann.
Herman raised his chin and said arrogantly, "You go out first and guard outside."
At the door, Billy blinked blankly.
"Hermann, what do you mean?"
Emil said nothing, nodded, and got up from the bed.
He followed orders without hesitation*, brushed past Billy, and went straight out the door.
Before going out, he didn't forget to close the door.
Xia Meng leaned against the wall with her arms folded, her gaze slowly shifting from Billy, whose body was gradually tensing, to Herman's face.
Herman looked even more grim tonight than usual.
When I looked up, I felt a damp feeling as if I was being stared at by a poisonous snake.
Herman glanced over and said lightly, "Come here."
Billy realized something, and his hands hanging on both sides of his thighs began to tremble subconsciously.
He swallowed and said in a trembling voice, "Hermann...is there something you want to tell me?"
Hermann crossed his legs slowly and gracefully.
He: “Come to me.”
As he said this, a blood-red light flashed in his blue eyes.
The next second, Billy's eyes also lit up red.
Billy suddenly froze, his eyes blank, and he slowly walked towards Herman like a controlled zombie.
Until I walked in front of him.
Herman: "Kneel down."
Xia Meng looked at it quietly.
Hermann, who said this, had a cold expression that looked exactly like Lorenzo's before.
Who said they are not related?
They look like they were carved from the same mold.
Billy fell heavily to his knees.
Kneel on both knees.
High-level sentinels have a strong suppressive power over those of lower rank.
Not to mention the suppressive force from the S-class sentinels.
Billy had no way to resist.
Herman raised his hand and slowly grabbed Billy's neck.
Billy's head was pinched so hard that it was tilted back high, and he couldn't help but let out a difficult, muffled sound from his throat.
When he was having difficulty breathing, he finally broke free from the suppression for a short time. He raised his hand and tried to pry Hermann's palm away, but unfortunately he had no way to break free.
“W…why…”
Herman suddenly asked, "How can we quickly improve the matching rate between sentinels and guides?"
Billy: “……?”
Billy's eyes were almost blurry.
At this moment, he had no idea what Hermann was asking.
Match rate?
What match rate?
Did he come to kill himself in the middle of the night just because he couldn't figure out this problem?!
However, Xia Meng, who was eavesdropping, understood.
Xiao Xia Meng had just mentioned this to Hermann not long ago.
She was only a 55% match with him, but a 72% match with Billy.
72%, this is a pretty high number.
Herman's fingers tightened one by one with such force that the veins in Billy's throat popped out and his whole body trembled violently.
Xia Meng subconsciously wanted to step forward to stop him.
She took only half a step before realizing that she had no physical presence here and she couldn't stop him.
She looked at Hermann in confusion, finding it unbelievable.
Just because Billy and her were a good match, Herman wanted to kill him?
Is he such a strange person?
Is he such a possessive person?
So what if we kill Billy?
She wouldn't look up to him because of it.
The next second, Xia Meng's eyes flashed with the image of lightning bursting out from Hermann's fingertips.
No, that's not right.
Billy's abilities were transferred to Herman.
Why is this?
There are too many questions.
She could only force herself to continue reading.
However, this scene is a bit too bloody and violent.
It's comparable to an R-rated horror movie.
Billy didn't answer Herman's question.
He couldn't even utter a complete sentence.
But Hermann didn't expect him to answer.
He grabbed his neck and slowly pulled him in front of him.
Herman lowered his eyes and murmured, "If I take all your blood into my body, will I be able to possess your spiritual power?"
Xia Meng was stunned and slowly opened her eyes.
Just watch as Herman lowers his head and bites Billy's neck as he struggles to death.
The carotid artery was punctured by the fangs in the blink of an eye.
Scarlet blood splattered.
It splashed all over Billy and also splashed on Herman's face.
Billy uttered several broken whimpers of pain.
The sound was not loud, but loud enough for people standing outside the door to hear.
“Ah…ah…”
"No……"
"Help……"
The door didn't open.
In the moonlight, blood was all over the floor of the room.
After an unknown amount of time, Herman finally let go.
Billy's head drooped lifelessly, his cheeks shriveled. As the only force supporting his body withdrew, he fell straight to the ground, motionless.
Herman stood up slowly and raised his hand to gather his mental strength.
Light blue mental power condensed, and after a few seconds, slowly, strands of electric light gradually emerged between the blue light spots.
The power that belonged to Billy has now reached Herman.
In the dim room, the electric light illuminated Hermann's bloodstained face, making it as white as a real vampire.
Bloody and crazy.
He didn't even glance at Billy again.
He stood up and walked out, without even turning his head, he instructed the people outside, "Clean it up, make it clean."
After a few seconds, the person outside the door nodded softly: "Yes."
Xia Meng stood straight in place, the cold air coming up from the soles of her feet, freezing her blood so much that it made her whole body cold and painful.
It turns out that this is Herman's real ability.
…
Another counseling session.
Xiao Xia Meng sat opposite Hermann again.
The counseling teacher came over with the newly released test report, with a happy look on his face.
"I didn't expect your compatibility to increase. It's already gone from 55% to 58%. Even though it's only 3%, it's only been less than two weeks since your last test. To be able to increase that much in such a short time, the rate of improvement is incredibly fast."
"I believe that in the near future, your matching rate will be able to exceed the 70% mark. What great news!"
The words fell.
The corners of Herman's lips curled up in a satisfied arc.
Opposite him, Xiao Xia Meng frowned slightly, not satisfied with the good news.
Not far from the two of them, Xia Meng was looking out the window with her chin in her hand.
The setting sun is slowly setting among the distant mountains.
She suddenly remembered that night when she was standing in Billy and Emil's dormitory, listening to Billy's cheerful tone as he imagined the future.
He said that when he grows up, he will find a guide partner of his own.
result……
There is no such thing as growing up.
The other hand on the table gradually clenched into a fist.
Hermann.
You deserve to die.
The crisp sound of shattering glass rang in my ears again.
Countless pieces of glass shattered before her eyes at a speed that seemed like a slow motion movie.
Countless Hermann figures were reflected on the broken glass.
All kinds of.
Some are in their early teens, some are fifteen or sixteen, and some are in their twenties...
She watched as the number of sentinels in the class dwindled.
Only one Emile and one Lance remained.
Of course, if there are too few people, the mission cannot be carried out.
So the class teacher would add some fresh blood from time to time.
Select a few outstanding talents from the lower grades and bring them in for training.
Among these children, some are even younger than Xiao Xia Meng, with childish and innocent eyes, and look more lively and friendly than Billy did back then.
But Xiao Xia Meng never got close to anyone again.
Including Emil and Lance, neither.
She seems to prefer to live like an isolated island.
If she was asked to counsel Hermann, she would do it; if she was asked to follow the mission, she would follow.
But other than that, she never spoke a word to anyone.
Xia Meng knew why.
Because, even if she gets just a little bit closer to someone, perhaps she has already engraved a countdown on that person's life.
Hermann would not allow any sentinel better than himself to appear by her side.
Nor would he allow her to surpass him in matching rate with any Sentinel.
When Hermann was eighteen years old.
Hermann finally came out of the orphanage, officially took the surname Dreiser, and then entered the Black Tower, becoming the right-hand man of Lorenzo Dreiser, the general manager of the Black Tower.
Emil, Lance, and Xia Meng also left with him.
Unlike Hermann, the three of them did not appear in public.
Their names were not on the personnel roster at the Black Tower headquarters.
They were like three people living in the shadow behind Hermann.
Became his three shadows.
That day, three shadows stood in Lorenzo's office.
Hermann was not present.
Lorenzo's eyes swept over the three of them, and finally landed meaningfully on Xiao Xia Meng: "There is a mission that requires sending someone to China."
At this time, Xiao Xia Meng had just turned eighteen.
The ghost version of Xia Meng sat down on Lorenzo's desk with familiarity.
Anyway, no one saw her, so she could sit however she wanted.
Lorenzo didn't finish his words, but Xia Meng could already guess what he wanted to say.
He set his sights on a new target.
As for the power under your control, the more the better.
China...Xia Meng sat cross-legged with her chin in her hand, thinking quietly, it must be that little Li Zhou.
After so many years, he should have grown up.
At this moment, Lorenzo raised his hand and gently tapped the table, as if assigning a task. "Go to China. I will arrange a new identity for you. Find an opportunity to approach a sentry."
"Then bring him here."
Xiao Xia Meng slowly raised her emotionless eyes and asked calmly, "Do you want to live?"
In the welfare home, they have performed countless tasks.
Some want to capture them alive, some want to kill them directly, and some don't care whether they are alive or dead.
This kind of mission of arresting people has never had anything to do with her.
It would be enough to just use Hermann every time, and she would never have a turn.
Asking a guide to capture a sentry is not a very feasible task.
Lorenzo replied firmly: "If you want to live, you must live."
Xiao Xia Meng frowned slightly: "Then let He——"
Lorenzo quickly interrupted her: "The enemy is an S-rank Sentinel. Even if we send Hermann, it will probably be very difficult. But you are different."
Lorenzo looked at her meaningfully.
"An S-level guide, I believe that will be enough temptation for him."
To put it bluntly, it is seduction.
Xiao Xia Meng: “.”
Emil and Lance: "."
Xia Meng, who was sitting at the table: “.”
Tsk, you shameless old man.
Emil and Lance exchanged a silent glance.
They are both Herman's subordinates now, so they naturally understand Herman.
He was afraid that it would be impossible for him to agree to let her go to China.
Lance said cautiously: "This matter...shouldn't I discuss it with Herman first? After all, Xia Meng is his guide now."
Lorenzo seemed to have anticipated this.
He raised his eyebrows coldly: "Do I need his consent to give orders?"
The intimidating words immediately made Lance lower his head.
Emile also lowered his head.
Lorenzo glanced at Xiao Xia Meng and said, leaving no room for refusal: "I'll give you half a day to prepare. We'll set off early tomorrow morning."
…
Glass fragments flew everywhere.
Time and space changed in an instant.
Under the blue sky, white doves flapped their wings and took off.
The long bell rang nine times, the wind blew through the treetops, and the sun was gentle.
Xiao Xia Meng walked through the Beijing Sentry Post towards the university campus.
There were military training whistles in the distance.
Nearby, you can hear the clear sound of a basketball hitting the ground.
The voice next to her was the senior student who was responsible for showing her, the freshman, around the campus.
The senior student gave a detailed introduction: "Just ahead is our school's Special Warfare Academy. Most of the people over there are sentries. Our medical school has a lot of cooperation and exchanges with them on a daily basis, such as targeted counseling research, and they usually send people to help."
Xiao Xia Meng stopped and looked in the direction of her senior.
I saw a group of young sentries in their twenties playing basketball on the court.
The size of an ordinary basketball court can no longer satisfy these physically strong sentinels. This basketball match, whether it is the size of the basket, the area of the court, or the weight and speed of the basketball, is much more intense than an ordinary basketball game.
At this time, the game on the field had just come to an end.
The teenagers surrounded someone while wiping their sweat and chattering.
At this moment, that person looked towards them as if he had realized something.
Wet brown hair, clear gray eyes.
The moment they looked at each other, the boy suddenly chuckled.
He casually tossed the white towel from his shoulders back, and the next second, he was at the edge of the court, half-crouching at the highest point of the terraced spectator stands. He raised his hand to half-support the wire mesh of the court fence, lowered his eyes, and smiled brightly, "You look so familiar. What's your name?"
The senior student introduced her, "She's this year's exchange student from our medical school. She's a junior in the Department of Psychiatry. Li Zhou, you should call her Senior Xia."
"Senior Sister Xia?" Li Zhou raised his eyebrows, placed his hand on the wall, and then turned over swiftly, landing in front of the two of them.
To be precise, it was in front of Xiao Xia Meng.
He lowered his head slightly to look at her, chuckled and said, "My name is Li Zhou, Li for dawn, Zhou for daylight. What about you, senior sister? What's your name?"
Xiao Xia Meng looked at him quietly.
After a while, he spoke slowly.
"A Midsummer Night's Dream, a summer dream."
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