Alien Executioner

There is a course in Atlanta College that has been condemned by everyone, which is resistance training to spoiled food.

It is also one of the items in the graduation assessment.

She was surprised to see Nanasha eating with gusto.

"Why do you eat so happily?"

"I've eaten dead rats, so the taste isn't a problem at all. And if you feel uncomfortable in your stomach, it will only take about ten minutes." The busty blonde woman was quite optimistic.

An Xiao could only continue eating dumplings silently, deliberately slowing down his pace and trying to eat no more than five before the end of dinner.

"If all else fails, eat chicken. At least it's in a can." Nanasha said in a low voice, then raised her head and raised her voice.

"Dean Katie, are you the only one here?"

Now they finally had the chance to ask questions, many of which would have gone much more smoothly if they had been asked at the dinner table.

"Originally, I had three children, but they were also taken away a year ago. They were the last children to accompany me. The oldest was 15 years old, and the youngest was only 11. Also a year ago, the federal government took away everyone here." Katie put down the soup spoon with her skinny hand, and clumsily picked up a piece of chicken and put it into the white cat's mouth.

At this time, she stroked the white cat lovingly, her voice hoarse and full of nostalgia:

"I prefer quietness. I have said more than once how nice it would be if I was the only one left in this city, so I wouldn't have to be bothered anymore. Maybe God saw that I was too old and granted my wish, and I would really be the only one left. But I never went to church again after that. In fact, people can also be disappointed in God. I still don't know why."

“Then why don’t you leave?” Nanasha asked. “The federal government must want you to evacuate.”

It is not difficult to guess that an old person like Katie has nothing to look forward to in the rest of her life. She can certainly move away and enjoy subsidies to live a better life. What's more, she is over 80 years old and is the director of an orphanage. She has taken care of batches of abandoned children in the past. The federal government will pay attention to her and give her special treatment.

After all, an old man who is about to die won't have too many requests.

But this also shows that there were many abandoned children in this city in the past.

"Where can I go if I leave? But without a place that belongs to me, how many years can I live? Maybe this year, maybe next year, or maybe I won't make it to spring."

Katie smiled. She opened her mouth slightly and drank the chicken soup, causing stiff wrinkles on her face. She was scary, but not scary. Her movements were always clumsy, like a baby who had just learned how to hold a spoon.

"What's more, there are children buried here. Fate allowed them to meet me during the most difficult and miserable times, and I got them. They are my children. I buried them here after they died. Besides me, who else would care about them and remember them?"

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't talk about this." Nanasha was not good at talking about sad topics, so she had to look at An Xiao.

"Director Nanasha is also a very gentle person." Katie commented.

It is strange that an elder in his eighties said to another young and gentle woman that he was very gentle.

"You are very loving and always accept children." Nanasha said dryly.

Katie just smiled.

"What about you?" The old man looked at An Xiao.

"I know you have a lot of problems. Little Nuo must have come back here because of one of you two. It must be you, An Xiao."

An Xiao was silent for a moment, put down the third dumpling in his hand, and looked up into Katie's eyes:

"I want to know about Yald."

The old man stiffened for a moment and shook his head. "Yarde is just a surname, but we are used to calling him by his first name. There are many Yaldes in this city. I don't know which one you are talking about."⑺

She handed Dean Katie half a sheet of paper, on which was Yarde's signature and the last paragraph.

"I wonder if you have any impression of this person." Wu

Katie glanced at the paper, then put on her reading glasses, looking a little surprised, "It turned out to be this Yaerde!"⑻

"Do you know him?"

"Of course I know him. He's a philanthropist who often takes care of the orphanage, always organizing activities for the children and bringing gifts during festivals."

Katie said, "But she is not from here, but outside. I don't know where she is."

The real topic came. An Xiao and Nanasha looked at each other, and Xiao Nuo, who was drinking chicken soup silently, also raised his head.

"In the past, when there were still a few thousand people in this city, the federal government had the idea of ​​developing this place into a tourist attraction. At the beginning, there were five Devouring Weapon Research Factories, and this was one of them. Although it has been abandoned, it has great historical significance."

"So during that period there were a lot of outsiders coming to Siberia to look at these cities, and Ms. Yarde was one of them."

"When Yald first came, she was still young. At least I didn't expect her to be in her forties, only ten years younger than me. She claimed to be from the Red Cross. Yald said the relief agency believed that the medical care in these cities was backward, so they sent her to investigate. In fact, when she came the second time, she did bring a lot of new facilities and a brand new medical team."

"We don't like outsiders, except for Ms. Yarde. She is reliable and compassionate. When she came to this city, she didn't wander around like other people, but helped out in the orphanage. Every time she came, she would bring a lot of things, such as the chairs we are sitting on now, and those sofas. The large living room was converted by her. It was originally a church hall."

"It was only from the third time she came that she kept persuading me to leave the city and send the other children in the orphanage away. She said she was ready and someone would take the children in and ensure that every child would have a better life."

"She did convince me that children should not stay in this abandoned place and wait to decay like me. Although they are still young, they will eventually grow up. They do not belong here, but somewhere in the world, which is much more prosperous and happier than here."

"You said it was a child taken away by the An family." Nanasha couldn't help but speak.

"Did she contact the An family?"

"I think so, or she has a great relationship with the An family."

Katie looked at Xiao Nuo with cloudy eyes and continued:

"Little Nuo was taken away by the An family ten years ago. That was the last time Yaerde showed up. She told me in person that she would come back to take another child ten years later. This letter should have been written before she came. I don't know why she chose to come to me in person and tell me."

"An agreement." An Xiao said softly, "an agreement between you and Ms. Yaerde."

Katie stared at the contents of the half-page letter. "I have been waiting for her, but the time is different from the letter. It is not February 2th. She came the next day, which is... five days later. Of course, if she is still alive."

"Where's the child she said she was going to take away?"

"Dead." Katie's answer surprised everyone.

An Xiao did not ask any further questions. When Katie said that the child was dead, her tone was so calm.

Chapter 257 The Sixth Night (Six)

"Thank you for telling me that."

"Don't get me wrong, I'm doing this just for little Nuo." Katie said, "Don't let her down."

An Xiao was embarrassed and realized that the old dean might have misunderstood something.

Xiao Nuo tried her best to act nonchalant, but when Katie said the last sentence, she couldn't help but lower her head.

An Xiao thought for a moment:

"Dean Katie, regarding the child that Yald is going to take away..."

Before she could finish, Katie shook her head.

"I'm sorry, but I can't tell you more. Since the child is dead, please stop bothering them. I promised them that I would let them live a stable and happy life, but I didn't do it. That's it for now."

"I'm sorry." An Xiao nodded.

"I can help you find the place you want to go. The research institute of this city has a local atlas. I will get it in the evening." Katie slowly poured them a glass of very clean water.

"It's just that I want to hear the truth, where you are going and what you are going to do."

"For a friend." An Xiao took the cup and stared at the water in it.

"Missing friend?"

"Well, she was taken away by the bad guys. She is waiting for me."

"There's more than one person." Katie seemed to be seen through by the old man. She smiled and said, "There's another person waiting for you."

Nanasha stopped eating dumplings, An Xiao was stunned. The old man was like a fox, seeing through everything and easily told her what was on her mind.

"Yes...how did you know?"

"Your eyes." The old man asked in a riddle and held up a finger.

silence.

"Continue eating dumplings. Did I not steam them well enough?" The old man suddenly became frustrated and abruptly changed the subject.

An Xiao had no choice but to continue eating the dumplings. He really hadn't eaten much from the beginning to now. Including the dumpling in his hand, this was exactly the fifth one.

This restrained action naturally did not escape Katie's eyes. After such a long time, he could not even finish five dumplings. It was obvious that he was worried.

Suddenly, she understood.

In this way, An Xiao spent this simple dinner in silence.

……

Late at night, the old clock in the orphanage stopped at eleven o'clock. An Xiao stood in front of the statue of Tang Qiu in the square, letting the heavy snow pour down.

She stared at the statue quietly, trying to transcend time and look the woman from more than three hundred years ago in the eye.

In the distance, a crow screamed at the top of its lungs.

The sound of footsteps not far away attracted An Xiao's attention. He turned around and saw an old man with a flashlight staggering towards him.

Katie also stood in front of the statue, staring at it for a long time, then gave a hasty smile.

"She was once the greatest person. Many people believe that without her, there would be no current situation. When humans faced the disaster brought by Shang, they were smaller than ants. Tang Qiu appeared. Even if the world forgets her, the statue will never decay."

The old woman sighed softly. She appeared here just like An Xiao appeared here, both of them came for the appointment.

An Xiao stretched out his hand towards the old man, in which was a small note.

"Why did you ask me to come here alone?"

She found a note in the fifth dumpling. Apparently, the note was put inside by Katie when she was making the dumplings. Her name was mentioned in it specifically, indicating that Katie wanted to meet her alone without being disturbed by others.

"Obviously, I have something to say to you." Katie's tone was full of energy. At this moment, she was no longer a skinny and weak old woman.

The old man straightened his back, and An Xiao saw some military shadows from his back.

She thought to herself that the other party was not as simple as she had imagined.

"Not even Xiao Nuo?"

"They shouldn't know. Besides, little Nuo won't like the topic between us." Katie smiled, "You should also know that no matter which of the two girls you find in the end, she won't be happy."

She knows a lot.

An Xiao felt uneasy, but she did not hesitate. She went to the agreed place after getting the note.

She was prepared to meet Katie alone, but it was difficult to judge what the other party's purpose was during the process.

"That's exactly what I want to tell you about the dead child." Katie took the initiative to get to the point without hiding anything.

"But this is not a good place. I'm afraid that little ears will get lost. Please follow me."

"Where?"

"It's right here, the real research institute." Katie clapped her hands, the statue shook slightly, and under An Xiao's surprised gaze, a secret door opened in the center of the square.

An Xiao was surprised: "The research institute... is underground!"

"That's right. Devouring Weapon Research Factory No. 05 is completely different from the others. It was originally designed to be underground. In order to ensure that it would not be completely breached by alien species, the plan to build this city was proposed at that time. Apart from me, there are no more than people who know about this research institute. They are all settled in their home, that is, your family."

Katie said slowly that her identity changed from the director of the orphanage to the mysterious owner of the institute.

"Come on, An Xiao, if you want answers."

The old man turned off the flashlight. An Xiao hesitated for a few seconds but followed him in. There turned out to be an elevator.

As the switch was turned, the motor began to hum, and it turned out that the institute was not without power. The city actually had electricity.

The elevator slowly descended, and the friction of the steel cables made a creepy sound, disturbing the darkness below.

An Xiao was worried that this was a trap, so he took out his gun in advance. He had four bullets left from the Eye of Naia pistol and aimed them at the old woman's back, ready to break her heart at any time.

The elevator quickly stopped at the bottom. It was absolutely dark. Even the flashlight didn't work here. No wonder Katie turned off the flashlight. The elevator folding door opened with a clang. The sound echoed in front. Noticing that the other party had moved, An Xiao slowly followed.

Katie turned on the light in front, and An Xiao couldn't help but look up. In front of them was a huge passage, which looked like a runway built in a military factory for airplanes to run. It was spacious and magnificent, and it was hard to imagine that there could be such a large space below.

"So you are not the director of the orphanage." An Xiao couldn't help but say.

"Having two identities is not contradictory. I am indeed the director of the orphanage and have lived in the church for more than 50 years. I am also the current director of this research institute." Katie pushed open a very hidden door on the wall, revealing a very narrow, dark corridor.

Deep behind the layers of folding doors at the end of the corridor is the core area of ​​the research institute. As it has been so long, it has not been maintained and is in a mess. Most of the things have been moved away, making it so empty that it is difficult to adapt.

An Xiao always followed the old man, no more than one meter away. She took back the gun and gradually trusted the other party.

"Welcome to the abandoned Institute 005. I have been waiting for visitors for years. You are the first."

Katie's true identity was finally confirmed. The old woman's short and skinny appearance made it hard for people to associate her with a research institute. This was indeed an unexpected thing, no less unexpected than when An Xiao first learned of his brother's true identity.

"When that child showed up with you, I knew the time had come. I have been waiting here alone for all these years. It is a very cruel thing for an old woman, but it is also very safe here. No one can disturb our secret conversation." Katie gestured for them to sit down. "The third young lady from the An family, please go first."

An Xiao remained unmoved, staring into Katie's cloudy eyes, "Who are you?"

"Katie Yald, this is my name. Don't get me wrong, I am not the same person as that Yald." It seemed as if there was a young woman hidden in Katie's body. She looked old and decadent, but so energetic.

"In this city, there are too many people named Yaerde. There are more than a hundred women with this surname. Originally, it was a very ominous name. It came from a dead cat. Yaerde was its name."