I'm not Yingjie

"I see."

Kosmo shook his head and also assumed the starting stance of the Fire Moth's fighting skills.

When today's sparring was about to begin, the two people's communicators rang at the same time.

"drop--"

Kevin and Kosmo looked at each other in silence, then put down their hands tacitly, walked to the table and picked up the communicator.

"Staff adjustment..." Kevin frowned and read out the title of the communication. Then he saw a familiar name in the list, "Kosmo."

……

The weather today is still bad. A gray haze covers the sky above the city. The cold air seeps into the trouser legs, and even the blood seems to be frozen.

Lin still went out wearing a helmet. Now all the combat members were on standby in the distribution area and were unwilling to go out to face the increasingly cold environment. Only he would go out.

Are there homeless people in big cities?

The answer is, of course.

Lin saw some ragged people leaning against the wall, rubbing their hands with their heads buried. Their hands and feet had turned purple and necrotic from the cold, and their eyes were empty without any desire to live.

As he walked by, some light would appear in the homeless people's eyes, as if corpses were resurrected, but it would quickly go out.

Are these people also "living strong"?

Lin quietly stuffed some cash into their pockets as he passed by them, and they couldn't see the moment when Lin took action.

He couldn't help everyone, and not everyone needed his help, but Lin thought it wouldn't be a bad thing to leave these people money so they could go to some heated place to escape the cold.

Soon they arrived at Anna's house, and Lin reached out and knocked on the door.

no respond.

Lin knocked on the door again, and after a moment, when there was still no response, he turned on the biometric scanner.

There was a man lying in bed with a high temperature.

Lin didn't hesitate. To him, the strength of the door was like foam. With a little force, he pushed the lock until it was deformed, then pushed the door open and walked in.

The temperature indoors is just a little higher than outside.

Lin raised his head and glanced at the turned-off air conditioner, and he knew what Anna did after he left yesterday.

At this moment, the chestnut-haired girl was lying on the bed, breathing rapidly. An abnormal blush occupied her entire fair face. Her hands, which were placed outside the quilt, were pale and bloodless, and her expression was twisted into a ball of pain.

【Lin, what should I do】

Yeah, what to do?

Lin shook his head and walked into the bathroom.

……

"Woo..."

It was already evening when Anna woke up from her nightmare. The sky was dark and no sunset could be seen. The raindrops hit the glass windows, making a crisp sound.

She raised her head slightly, then let it fall weakly, feeling dizzy and nauseous.

As expected, I got sick again. I should have turned on the air conditioner yesterday.

She felt remorseful when she thought about not being able to go to work because of illness.

Anna covered her head with the cup while grumbling in dissatisfaction, not wanting to face the reality. She would have to call her boss to ask for leave later. She didn't expect that her perfect attendance after so long would be ended by a hailstorm.

It’s so late now. I wanted the uncle in the helmet to accompany her there yesterday. I hope I didn’t stand him up.

"Clap."

Anna's hair stood on end.

There is someone in the house.

The footsteps coming from the kitchen were slowly approaching her.

No, no way, is there a thief in the house?

"Click." The sound of footsteps without any cover-up had reached the bed.

Anna gritted her teeth, threw back the quilt, and pounced on the figure beside the bed.

"Drink! Don't underestimate me!"

"Snapped."

A big hand caught her head in mid-air, and its five fingers clamped on her skull, lifting her up.

Then Anna saw the azure visible window that symbolized someone.

Why do I feel so cold?

Anna glanced down and saw that she was only in her underwear.

There was only one confused thought left in Anna's crashed mind: They said don't underestimate me, but it really doesn't seem that big.

"..."

Lin casually threw Anna back into the bed and covered her with the quilt with one hand.

"Uncle in the helmet?" Anna didn't react until the warm quilt covered her body again.

"Take medicine."

Lin ignored her and put the bowl of medicine in his other hand on the bedside table.

"After taking the medicine, go take a shower and eat."

After Lin said this, he ignored Anna who was full of questions and walked into the kitchen again.

Chapter 58: Man-Made Monsters

"Uncle, you are a weird person."

Anna, who picked up her chopsticks and put them down again, looked worried and said to Lin who was silent.

"How can anyone take such good care of someone they have only met twice? You are so unreasonable."

Lin put down the measuring instrument and said calmly: "No one would go around the city looking for someone just to cheer them up."

"I was thinking about your life. You look so gloomy. If you meet a cute girl and she doesn't care about you, wouldn't that be even more tragic?" Anna said stubbornly, "Just standing next to you, I can feel that you have a strong tragic aura. Most people will definitely not want to get close to you or simply misunderstand you based on your appearance."

"..."

"Are you angry?" Anna asked cautiously, realizing that she had spoken too harshly.

"No."

"Well, don't be angry."

"No, eating."

But Anna always felt that Lin's face, which could not be seen, should be filled with anger. If she were to help others out of kindness and still be scolded, she would definitely be furious.

Should I change to a more positive word, such as "different"?

Lin had no idea of ​​Anna's complicated thoughts. He picked up the measuring instrument and continued to check today's results.

Lin didn't stay here all day. He went out for detection and came back here every once in a while to change Anna's towel and adjust the temperature. When Anna woke up, he had just finished his work for the day and came to cook some food for Anna.

So Anna was indeed overthinking.

However, this was a very new experience for Prometheus. Apart from the agreement, Lin had not taken care of someone alone very often. Almost everyone was of equal importance in his eyes, so there was naturally no such thing as special care.

Anna moved her bangs nervously, feeling her face burning: "Then let's eat together?"

"Need not."

"…You are just angry."

"I have already eaten."

After Lin calibrated today's data, he put away the measuring instrument and said to Anna, "What did you want to say yesterday?"

"Um...well, actually I want to ask you to help me somewhere, but it's too late today, so forget it."

"Okay." Lin stood up and left.

Anna was startled: "Wait a minute! Uncle!"

……

"The purpose of assigning some new recruits together is to form a team that can be used to complete more dangerous tasks when necessary."

The Speaker sat in a chair, playing with a bullet with a smile, and explained to the person on the other end of the communicator.

The caliber of the bullet is the standard pistol caliber of the Fire Moth, which is a type that has been eliminated.

The man in a suit turned the bullet back and forth between three fingers, like a toy he couldn't let go of.

The tone of the voice on the other end of the communicator was cold and monotonous: "You say it so nicely, but aren't you just sending them to die? You don't care about the sacrifice of the soldiers at all."

"Haha, that's different." The Speaker laughed comfortably, "If something can only be accomplished through sacrifice, then I think most people, including MSA-079, would agree to let them sacrifice."

"Why mention him?"

"What do you say?"

"..."

"The value of human life is not equal, so we temporarily deploy personnel and let those with less value to explore the way." He smiled, "It is better to be prepared than to be caught unprepared. This is my favorite saying."

"So your men and the Fifth Branch are both considered 'expendable'?"

"Oh? You actually asked about the Fifth Branch. I thought... that was all." The Speaker wanted to say something, but swallowed it back. "Compared to Dr. Mei's crazy plan, I think sacrificing a few people is still within the normal range. As for the Poison Pupa... I think you also understand that the members of the Poison Pupa are scum who don't deserve to die."

"The death of a scumbag does not deserve sympathy. I think we should all agree on this point."

"'We'?" The person on the other end of the line sneered, "Who said 'we' to you?"

The speaker stopped spinning the bullets and said coldly, "No matter what, I don't want Dr. Mei's plan to be passed. For this reason, it doesn't matter even if the poisonous pupa is completely wiped out."

"why?"

"Because I have seen monsters created by humans."

After the call ended, the Speaker sat in his chair, looking at the bullet in his hand with a serious expression.

He picked up the Fire Moth badge that symbolized his identity and put it together with the bullet into the lining near his heart.

……

"Uncle, your cooking skills...are you a chef from somewhere?"

When taking the first bite of the dish, Anna's expression suddenly changed, because she had started living independently a few years ago and she thought her cooking skills were pretty good, but compared with Lin Yi, it was like the difference between street food and a five-star chef.

"Who the hell are you, uncle? You have such strong motor skills, and you're also a great cook. And you wear a helmet so that no one can see your face."

"Soldiers of the Salvation Organization." Lin replied calmly.

"Hmm..." Anna pondered for a moment, then nodded seriously, "I believe it."

"……what?"

"After eliminating all the impossible options, the remaining one is the only answer no matter how unbelievable it is." Anna shrugged. "The uncle intended to use the truth to create the illusion that he was lying from the beginning, but I thought some parts were too outrageous at the time. Now it seems that the whole thing may be true."

"..."

Sure enough, her intuition and quick thinking are a little different from ordinary people.

"Uncle, assuming that what you said is true, then it means that Teran is in a special disaster now, and you came here to look for clues." With a reasonable assumption, some of Lin's abnormal behaviors that Anna could think of were explained. "I suddenly lost you because you got rid of me so that I wouldn't notice your suspicious whereabouts. You stood at such a high place to detect something, and you knew where I lived because you have a database of ordinary people."

"Haha, as expected of me, my reasoning is correct."

Although she is mediocre in some aspects, Anna is indeed a person with outstanding character and talent. If she joins the Fire Moth, she should be able to quickly become the backbone of the team.

Moreover, the Fire Moth remains secret from the outside world, but it does not remain mysterious to every ordinary person. The survivors rescued from the Fire Moth have the right to choose to leave and live somewhere else, but they need to hide the existence of the Fire Moth from others.

There is also a hospital that cooperates with the Fire Moth, and is aware of the Fire Moth, a special organization that accommodates patients with Honkai disease.

So Lin thought about it and nodded: "Yes."

"...Uncle, you are kidding me."