Afterwards, several people returned to the Special Administration Bureau to report on their work.
After hearing that Huo Tian died in battle.
Lin Ze, who had always been gentle and always had a smile on his face, now looked a little serious.
She left Li Muhan alone after appeasing the people of Team 7.
"Sorry, this time the intelligence work of the Special Administration Bureau was not in place."
The first thing she did was apologize to Li Muhan. Li Muhan shook his head, then took a few steps forward and placed the black Tang knife he had been holding on the table.
"This is the captain's knife."
Lin Ze looked at the knife, then picked it up, gently stroked the scabbard and said.
"Suppressing generals and suppressing demons... I gave this to him as a gift for him to pass the special training."
"The captain is worthy of this knife, his trust in the Special Administration Bureau, and his trust in mankind."
"I know."
Lin Ze put down the knife, walked to the window and lit a cigarette.
"You don't need to carry out the mission for the time being, Li Muhan. I should take full responsibility for this incident. I will also put aside the handling of you. If you are willing, I can make you disappear from the files of the Special Administration Bureau, at least I believe you pose no threat to humanity."
The girl looked out the window at the underground city, which was the headquarters of the night watchmen.
In battles with aliens, sacrifices are inevitable, and Lin Ze doesn't want to get used to this feeling.
If she gets used to it and becomes numb, then she will become her former self again.
Become that aloof creature that doesn't care even if humans destroy themselves.
"You can leave first. The bonus for this mission will be paid to you tomorrow."
"Forest Bureau."
Li Muhan did not leave.
He lowered his head slightly, clenched his fists, then raised his head and said to Lin Ze firmly.
"I'm joining."
Lin Ze turned around, looked at Li Muhan, and smiled slightly, with a hint of bitterness in his smile.
"Don't join because you sympathize with us, Li Muhan, sacrifice is inevitable."
“Not out of sympathy, but out of recognition.”
Li Muhan replied.
After the two looked at each other for a long time, Lin Ze sighed, picked up the Fu Jiang Suppressing Demon on the table, and threw it to Li Muhan.
"I'll give you one night. If you regret it, return the knife the next day. If you still decide to join the Special Administration Bureau, then this knife will be yours from now on."
"Forest Bureau, but this is..."
"Tell me, Li Muhan, was that kid's last knife cool?"
Li Muhan was stunned, and then nodded vigorously.
"Very handsome."
"Okay, I hope you can be worthy of this knife. Get out of here. I don't want to work overtime today."
After leaving the Special Management Bureau, Li Muhan found that Xia Yue had already been waiting at the door of the Special Management Bureau headquarters.
"Are you hurt?"
Xia Yue looked around at Li Muhan's body, while Li Muhan pointed to his temple helplessly.
"No, but Captain Huo Tian died."
"Um."
Xia Yue's tone was very calm.
This made Li Muhan slightly unhappy.
But when they think about the fact that the other party is a vampire and has lived for so long, maybe human life is just a flash in the pan and fleeting to them.
"Maybe you can't understand that feeling of suddenly losing something. After all, your life is too long for humans."
The girl who had been following Li Muhan suddenly slowed down.
When Li Muhan noticed, the girl's figure had stopped behind him.
"What's wrong?"
Li Muhan asked doubtfully.
"Although I am an immortal species, it does not mean that I am a monster who does not know the meaning of life and death."
Xia Yue looked at Li Muhan. Although her eyes were still indifferent, Li Muhan could hear a hint of anxiety in her tone.
It wasn't that he was angry, but that he seemed eager to explain something to Li Muhan.
"I...was adopted by an old couple before. They treated me very well and treated me as their own daughter. Even though I had an unknown origin and was an alien, they still fed me and clothed me. And let me study..."
Speaking of this, Xia Yue's voice slowly took on a hint of crying.
And Li Muhan suddenly remembered that when he met Xia Yue for the first time, the sadness and despair in her eyes reflected the loss she had just experienced.
"But I...can't even do such a thing as letting them live. I'm not a cold-blooded monster. I've also experienced loss...and now, I also have people I don't want to lose. "
The girl raised her head, her eyes filled with tears
Li Muhan walked over quickly and held the girl in his arms.
"I'm sorry...I'm sorry, it's my fault, I said the wrong thing."
After a comforting meal, Xia Yue's mood recovered somewhat, but she was still a little angry.
"Don't be angry, I'll buy you dessert tomorrow."
Li Muhan smiled and wanted to touch Xia Yue's head.
But the girl tilted her head and avoided Li Muhan's hand.
Li Muhan was a little helpless, this little vampire had quite a temper.
"Not because of this."
At this moment, Xia Yue suddenly said to Li Muhan angrily.
"Huh? It's not because of which one?"
"I'm not angry because of what happened just now."
"Then...what else did I say wrong?"
Li Muhan's second-degree monk was confused. Before he could react, Xia Yue suddenly snorted, turned away, and muttered in a dissatisfied tone.
"When you hugged me just now, I smelled her scent on you."
Li Muhan suddenly felt like he had made a mistake and been caught. The woman Xia Yue mentioned was obviously Gu Ruoxi, but this vampire has such a sharp nose. Is she born in the year of a dog? Can you even smell her when you hug her?
"Isn't she the victim this time? She was a little emotional when she was rescued."
"So you hugged her?"
"Huh? Well, no, no, I didn't hug her, she rushed over and hugged me."
"I don't want to hear it, annoying."
Xia Yue quickly walked towards the elevator back to the ground.
Li Muhan froze on the spot. At this moment, Su Xue's voice came from behind.
"Hey, why are you still standing there?"
"Sister Xue, you haven't gone back yet?"
Su Xue was still carrying the huge guitar case on her back at this time, and Li Muhan now knew what it contained. It was a detachable sniper rifle.
He is truly a long-range firepower sniper.
"Brother Muhan, you really don't understand a girl's heart."
"Girl? Ah, are you talking about Xia Yue? She shouldn't be considered a girl."
Su Xue covered her forehead and sighed, then gently tapped Li Muhan's head with her hand.
"Okay, don't be stunned, hurry up and chase."
Li Muhan seemed to understand something, and he ran in the direction Xia Yue left.
The moment the elevator door closed, Li Muhan blocked the elevator with his hand and squeezed in.
Xia Yue stood aside obediently, seemingly giving way to Li Muhan, but in fact she seemed to be keeping her distance.
"I went on a mission for the first time today and it felt amazing."
"Obviously I was still in the university classroom yesterday, but today I am just like those agents in the movie. Do you know how many people are surrounding us today?"
"There were hundreds of people, all armed with weapons. Damn, have you seen Kung Fu in that scene? Do the Ax Gang know about it?"
Li Muhan kept talking, but Xia Yue next to him didn't answer a word.
In the end, Li Muhan couldn't bear it anymore.
He held Xia Yue's shoulders and forced her to face him.
"......what."
Xia Yue asked with some evasive eyes.
"Isn't it just her scent? You can just use your scent to cover it up."
After speaking, Li Muhan hugged the girl's petite body tightly. Because the girl was petite, this hug almost made her feet leave the ground.
"...let it go, let it go."
"Don't let go."
"Well, I can't reach the ground."
"It's okay, I'll hold you."
"Okay, okay...I'm not angry anymore, just let go."
Li Muhan didn't let go, he just leaned into Xia Yue's ear and said something.
"Is the smell overridden now?"
"snort."
All he got was a cold snort from Xia Yue, but Li Muhan knew that she was no longer angry.
In the small elevator, Li Muhan hugged that petite body tightly in his arms. At this moment, he also wanted to cry, yell, and vent.
Because until now, the desperate expressions on the faces of those imprisoned girls are still in my mind.
It was still the expression Huo Tian looked at himself at the end.
And the Tang Dao was carried in the long bag behind him, very heavy.
Because the meaning he represents is too great.
"sorry......"
Li Muhan's sorry words were meant for Xia Yue, and perhaps also for those girls who he could not possibly save.
Maybe he was also talking to Huo Tian.
Captain, you said I'm not worthy, you said I don't belong in this world, but I'm sorry, now I have people I must protect, and I also have responsibilities.
So I will inherit this knife well...
After arriving home, Li Muhan was extremely sleepy, perhaps because of the battle. After taking a shower, he hurriedly lay down on the sofa.
Just vaguely, he felt something getting into his quilt and shrinking into his arms.
Without even thinking, he knew it was Xia Yue.
Li Muhan was a little helpless. What's the point of sleeping on the sofa? Isn't this a waste of a bed?
It's better to just let the two of them sleep in the same bed.
With such random thoughts, he couldn't help but hugged the figure in his arms and fell asleep deeply.
At the same time, in the office of the deputy director of the Special Administration Bureau.
Lin Ze brought a cup of coffee to Lin Ziyu in front of him.
"Well done. It's been so long since we've been on a mission and Team 7 is still fresh."
Lin Ziyu picked up the coffee and took a sip as if he wasn't used to it before putting it back. He never liked dealing with big shots. Rather than being called to the office to drink coffee by his boss, he preferred to stay in a dark room tinkering with the computer. Hidden in the virtual world of the Internet.
"Thank you, Forest Bureau."
"Do you accept the proposal I just made?"
Lin Ze sat back on the office chair and asked with a smile while stirring the coffee with a spoon.
Lin Ziyu smiled bitterly.
"Bureau Lin, thank you for your love for me, but I can't be the captain. I have a recommendation for the captain of the seventh team."
"Tell me."
Lin Ze still kept smiling.
Until Lin Ziyu said his name.
"Li Muhan."
