Longmen Memoirs

"I know, I know, I'm not that stupid. I don't think that adult would really let us leave simply." Ines shook her head and said, "But the most important thing is that you also thought about staying at that time."

"..."

"Do you still remember the question you asked me when we were in the industrial area?"

"Always remember."

"Now there is an answer, but I would rather not have this answer. Hedley, that adult has opened up this question. Yes, Kazdaele's problem has been exposed to the light, but we are now in the center of the vortex, Every day I wonder when I will die on the battlefield, whether at the hands of the enemy or one of our own."

"We used to think so," Hedley replied.

"But we didn't have as many battlefields and enemies as we do now." Ines said: "We all knew that there was a problem with the Tower of Babel and Kazdaele, but when the problem was revealed, we knew how terrible it was. No wonder so many people don’t want to think about it, don’t want to think about it, or can’t do it, but those who do it will die badly.”

Hedley was silent for a moment.

"Are you talking about us, or your lord?" he asked.

"There is no difference. Everyone knows who we are with." Ines replied, and suddenly said: "A few days ago, someone came to see me."

"……Um."

"My lord knows?"

"He knows better than we do."

"Ha, he is obviously so old. What were you doing when you were that big? Hedley, what was I doing? We were still rolling around on the battlefield, and he..." Ines sneered: "He is Drag Kazdale’s powerful people to bury him with him!”

"Don't say that, Ines."

Sir, he gave us the answer, but now we are afraid of the answer. How ridiculous.

"Haha." Ines chuckled twice, and she looked at Hedley: "You... they should be surprised when they see your expression now."

He said: "Since when did you start, every time you go to the battlefield and come back, you always look thoughtful, like a child who has done something wrong. I thought you would lose your fighting spirit even more."

"No, on the contrary, I understand more and more what I should do." Hedley shook his head and replied.

"why?"

"Because I don't have a choice, at least now I don't have a choice, so I don't have to think so much anymore, and I'm relieved, right?" Hedley asked: "You are right, Ines, even if I go Think about it, even if I think about it, I don’t know how to do it, and I can’t do it. In this case, I can only follow the people who think about it but dare to do it.”

"My lord must have said something to you. Did you really go find him when we were in the industrial area?" Ines asked in surprise.

"Do you think the Lord will have time to talk to me?" Hedley asked: "He said last time that I have so much time to think about it."

Ines' expression was a little strange, but Hedley had a smile on her lips.

"War can determine the value of Sakaz's life. It can be recognized by others as a prop, gain fame and fortune from military exploits, achievements, and battles, and raise his social status." Hedley said: "Then what?"

"What then?" Ines asked confused.

"Then it is regarded as a kind of prop by others to promote ourselves. We have always done this." Hedley said: "But that is only as a mercenary, as a mercenary. In the eyes of ourselves, we have never thought about what we should do or what we can do. We have never thought about assigning value to ourselves and writing down a price tag for ourselves. Even if the value is pitifully low, for us, it is Is it worth it to us?”

"..."

Ines didn't answer.

After two seconds, she looked at Hedley with a look that looked like she was mentally retarded.

"I think your Excellency is right."

"Ok?"

"You are so idle." Ines said: "Since we joined the Tower of Babel, haven't we been doing the kind of things you are talking about now?"

Ines smiled and stirred the bonfire, watching the sparks rise in the night.

"If the old guys at the scar market hear what you say, they will laugh until their asthma comes back."

"The committee will not be happy to see this happen. They have spent a lot of time and money to maintain the fighting among the mercenaries."

"How long do you think the Scar Market and the Committee can exist, and how long can those old guys live?" Ines asked, "They also killed a lot of people, and they saved a lot of savings."

"You're right...and those old guys, some of them have a pretty good relationship with us." Hedley's expression became much more relaxed.

"They must be debating whether to leave or stay." Ines replied: "This war has changed many people's ideas and positions, and also changed many originally fixed facts. Perhaps the identity of Sakaz mercenary, It’s really going to be history.”

Ines threw away the branch in her hand.

"But what does this have to do with us? We are no longer mercenaries."

Hedley heard her say this.

He looked up at the dark night sky and could vaguely see a few stars that were not bright.

Chapter 19 Silence before leaving court ([-])

Kazdale East

battlefield buffer zone

November 11/7:19P.M

weather/overcast

The Glasgow Gang has temporarily become a member of the Leaving Court. In fact, they are more suitable to stay here than in the Tower of Babel. As outsiders from Victoria, their status is not suitable to directly participate in the civil war of Sakaz. Here, if they were in the Tower of Babel, they would not be protected at all, and Kelsey and the doctor would probably not allow it.

Indra finally found something to do. Although he was still reckless, for this upright and careless girl, she was the fastest to integrate into the new life.

The premise is that if she doesn't often find people to fight in the name of sparring, the soldiers who leave the court will probably like this girl more.

They were organized into a new team, with Vina becoming the nominal captain, and one of them was included in the mission, but most of the time, Vina would not set off with them.

Injuries have become the norm, but the members of the Glasgow Gang are changing at an alarming rate, from gangsters fighting for turf in the lower city to warriors on the battlefield.

This transformation comes quickly, but it also requires a price, and the price is the lives that may be lost at any time in this cannibalistic war, and oneself gradually becoming numb.

Once life becomes no longer so precious, life has never been precious, but for a few people, for those who want to live, there are countless ways to live, but live without escaping, while living It is difficult to do anything else.

Chen Mo didn't let anyone deliberately protect them.

He regarded the members of the Glasgow Gang as members of the Leaving Court. If they wanted to integrate, they naturally needed to make efforts.

Chen Mo thought, Indra and the others knew clearly.

They knew in their hearts that as long as they followed Vina, sooner or later they would have to face this. They would have to face the battlefield, they would have to face measuring the enemy's life and death, they would need to face and examine their own value, and Sakaz's war taught them in advance got them.

It has taught these people that sometimes enthusiasm cannot change anything, and sometimes you are determined to die, but what is supposed to happen will still happen, and damn it will not change.

They talk too much. They don't know what they are going to face. Maybe they are prepared, but it is not enough, far from enough.

The battlefield is not a place where you can apologize after killing someone. The battlefield cannot give you extra time to think about what you are doing. There is no right or wrong here, and when you face the enemy, there is only life and death.

The Glasgow Gang is still too immature. They must quickly learn what they should learn in this war, which will be enough to save the lives of many of them in the future.

Wei Na has no objection to this, it is better to say that she is the one who knows best.

Since the dispute in the parliament two weeks ago, the war has not stopped. This is probably the only good news for Chen Mo recently, but the situation outside the court has become more and more difficult. They are on the battlefield, but they have become the least popular one. He is also the one who is most feared and feared.

Chen Mo restrained some of his recent actions, but he seemed to turn a blind eye to the current situation. He knew very well that in this war in Sakaz, he and his Li Court were not the main force in the war. The Tower of Babel and the Parliament The troops under his command are the main force on the battlefield. He is willing to make concessions and examine the opinions of all parties, but he also has to show his attitude, just like a letter of greetings that sometimes appears on a congressman's desk.

He is willing to be a sharp butcher's knife, but blind threats and high pressure cannot promote a stable situation.

Now he seems to have become the shadow of the Tower of Babel. At least in the eyes of other people, he has become such a existence. At least the war on the front line has not had many twists and turns. The occasional assassination and the rumors of Sakaz cannot reflect on him. cause any substantial harm, even if they try to reach into this unfamiliar organization.

Just like the claw that he chopped off with his own hands a few days ago, he must maintain the mystery, mystery and power of Li Ting, in order to make the people in the Parliament and the Tower of Babel restrain themselves.

He wasn't sure he could do this well, but fortunately, the doctor's opinions always came in time, and the connection between Liting and the Tower of Babel was not broken.

The evening of February 11

When Wei Na saw Chen Mo again, the first thing she saw was not Chen Mo, but the steaming food on the table.

She seemed to have thought of something, so she looked for Chen Mo's figure. No one could be seen behind the pile of documents where he could often be seen, and a voice sounded from behind.

Wei Na turned around and watched him come in from the door with a food box and change his appearance, especially the mask that covered his face like a criminal.

Wei Na was a little surprised, but soon she thought of something and felt a little funny.

Chen Mo was a little helpless.

As the commander of this camp and the leader of Liting, he naturally cannot run into the camp's cooking room and cook blatantly in front of everyone. If Niyan knew that he had neglected his duties to this extent, he would probably reprimand him face to face. .

The look in the adjutant's eyes made it difficult to refute.

He had no choice but to do so.

"I thought you were looking for me because of your mission?"

"It's also about the mission." Chen Mo looked at Wei Na sitting opposite him, and he took off the mask he was wearing.

Vina took the simple wooden chopsticks from her hand and she held them in her hand.

"How about it?"

"It's not bad. Ever since I stayed with Indra and the others, the food has become terrible."

As if to prove this point, the movements of her hands were not slow at all.

Chen Mo could imagine that for someone who could say that meat and potatoes are enough for food and why there are so many tricks and scraps, you really can't expect her taste to be that good.

To put it another way, Indra is not a picky girl.

"Are you dressed like this because of your Sakaz lieutenant?"

"It's mudstone."

"You seem to be on good terms?"

"She did a lot of things for me." Chen Mo said, "I heard from Hogg that they did a good job in the past few days."

"Indra and the others have always been very uneasy. Although life in the Tower of Babel is peaceful, it is precisely because of the tranquility that they find it unbearable."

"Because I don't know what will happen after calmness?" Chen Mo asked.

"Yeah, I don't know what to do, but after coming here, the atmosphere became much more relaxed." She breathed a sigh of relief.

"Sarkazi has no prejudice against us, but it is more difficult to live a life of being dependent on others and having nothing to do."

"I'm very sorry."

"It's not your fault, Gurney."

"No, I mean, maybe I shouldn't have let you go back to Grai with Rhode Island in the first place. I thought it would be safer for you, but I didn't consider that after throwing you in Grai, you situation." Chen Mo explained: "Indra and the others need to change. This war is the best way. I can't guarantee you that I can make each of them, every member of the Glasgow Gang, be able to survive in this war. Stay safe."

"You all have to be prepared, Vina, to be prepared to lose one of your companions in this war. I know that you know very well that this day will happen sooner or later. I also know that you have some considerations in your mind. Indra and the others also Not fragile."

Wei Na opened her mouth and looked at Chen Mo.

"This is what you should say to Indra."

"She would point in my face and call me a bastard. She thought I was looking down on her and wanted to beat me up, or at least show her teeth. I knew her reaction."

Wei Na thought of that reaction, Hannah might really do what he said.

"She has caused a lot of trouble for Hogg. Hogg said that she and you have made rapid progress, but he also told me that they just suppressed their inner thoughts. In fact... they forced themselves a little." Chen Mo said: "This is fatal, Vina. They force themselves to change and accept everything now just for you, but this can easily kill one of them. I don't want to wait until they come to their senses one day. Recognize this and they follow you, and it will only become more common in the future.”

"..."

"Maybe you should have a talk with them."

Wei Na did not answer. Her eyes fell on the table. The girl looked a little dull. Chen Mo looked at her and then at the pair of semicircular animal ears above her head.

He suddenly felt a little unbearable in his heart, but this feeling went away as quickly as it came. This is Kazdaele, Kazdaele where a war is going on. Life here is not peaceful, and Vina in front of him, her identity It also indicates that her life will not be as smooth sailing as ordinary people in the future.

Maybe it would be worse, no, only worse.

"Have you not thought about what to say?"

"On the contrary." Vina shook her head: "I know what to say to them. Indra and the others also know very well what they will face after following me. I believe them, but I don't want them to be useless. Sacrifice, whether it’s for me or for whatever.”

"I changed their original lives, or in other words, from the day I met them, their lives and mine changed together. I can't do anything for them, but I can take them and be with them. To face it.”

"..."

Chen Mo thought the words were funny, but looking at Wei Na's golden eyes, there was no hesitation or hesitation in her eyes. She seemed to really think so.

Just like she thinks about things every day until very late, she won't say what she is thinking in her heart, but without her having to say it, people around her know it very well.

"Are you worried about me? Gurney."