Foreword:
Love cannot be expressed in words, it can only be expressed through life and all of life.
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy | "War and Peace"
[Part①·Fist of the Living]
Hasband Madison, a foreign service soldier, made a video call with his fellow soldiers to report that they were safe. Surrounded by the medical rescue team and militiamen from the 41st District, he had to undergo a basic quality check for spiritual disaster concentration.
The battle is over, but not completely over yet. There is a lot of clean-up work to do, and we have to wait for the combat teams active on the second line to analyze and trace the source. In order to trace the traces of other immortals.
"The teacher's fist is amazing"
Hasband said this to Robert Downing on the video call.
"I seem to understand what you are talking about."
Tangning was in the office, smiling frivolously, and said to this ignorant junior brother who was older than him, "That thing? What is it? You should explain it clearly!"
Haspen touched his nose, feeling a little unconvinced. He seemed to still remember the last time his senior brother lied to him and asked him to forcefully kiss his eldest sister, but he was shot in the end.
"That's Martha, Martha Stuart."
Robert Downing's expression changed and gradually became serious: "Oh"
Hasben recounted what he saw during his trip.
"When I came to District 41, I met many brothers and sisters. They all claimed to be gunsmith students and regarded me as a role model and their predecessor."
"When I heard the gunsmith teacher's summons bell, I set off immediately and was the first to rush to the battlefield, but I almost lost my life."
"I was hung on the wall by the enemy, and steel nails were driven into my limbs, turning me into a hanging painting."
Robert Downing scoffed: "Their taste is not bad! They are very artistic!"
"Hey," Hasben suppressed a smile and asked his senior brother to be more serious: "It's not important. The teacher arrived in time later."
Robert Downing immediately said: "He is going to kill everyone!"
"No, it's not like what you said." Hasben frowned and described: "He is not as fast and ruthless as before, but he can't be much slower. He was injured - I haven't seen him for a long time. The scars on his body made him mistakenly believe that he was a god who could not bleed.”
"Ah" Robert Downing was stunned for a moment, looking stunned.
In the past two years, the gunsmith has seldom been involved in Joe Star's affairs. He is busy taking care of his children to fish and make guns. Apart from outrageous special missions like Shinto City, the actual record of fighting the cultists was only a dozen months ago.
For Tang Ning, teachers always bring news of victory.
There is such a magical thing as a panacea, and every time the nameless hero returns to the station, he is full of energy and radiant. It will make people mistakenly think that this mission is easy and simple, and the description of the gunsmith also has a touch of divinity.
"Have you read the mission briefing?" Hasban asked Tangning: "How much do you know about this little kid, Marley Perot?"
Tangning immediately became serious: "I've seen it all."
Hasband: "The teacher didn't kill him."
Tangning: "Ah"
Hasband: "When he invited me to the duel, the teacher told me that this kid wanted to commit suicide and had a strong desire to self-destruct."
Tang Ning: "When a monster reaches its end, most of them have this face and this kind of virtue."
Hasband: "No Robert, you weren't there, you couldn't feel their reiatsu, you didn't understand what was going on, you didn't have their experience. It's really complicated."
Tangning: "Then please speak slowly."
"The boy's father and mother, under the influence of Pellelini, worked together to kill his younger brother." Hasben recounted the whole story from the perspective of a bystander: "That was his His childhood playmate was his closest brother by blood. His childhood dream is gone and gone."
"Pellerini turned him into a blood-granting monster, controlled his body, and ate Yukiko Haruta. This was his youth, the first time he wanted to struggle to unlock the chains of fate. The desire to start a family of my own and pursue beautiful love is gone, gone.”
"To reassure Pellerini, he killed Claire Wolfe, Zebra Power's slutty cheerleader. This was his coming of age, he had come of age, he had a beautiful partner and a job. , treating knightly competition as a passionate career, which has nothing to do with love and ideals. In the end, it was gone and disappeared. "
"From beginning to end, there are only a few paths this little guy can choose. Like every frustrated young man, he is transformed by society and either becomes a lamb or a wolf."
"Mr. Jason Megan pointed out the scope of Pellerini's activities to the teacher, but this is far from enough. It can only lock the route of the food truck. It is too difficult to catch this cunning eagle."
"Marley Perrault came to our aid and sent the teacher to Pellerini with a decisive move. This painful and annoying cat-and-mouse game ended prematurely."
"Even if the proud Mingde comes, he won't be able to hear this kind of story - because Pellerini, the culprit, is not dead yet, where will it be Mari Perrault's turn to go to the underworld to atone for his sins?"
Tangning remained silent. When she heard that this little guy had lost his two friends, his face showed the same confusion and anxiety.
Hohenheim's theory of metaphysics also confirms a very ambiguous topic, love and sex are inseparable——
——This boy has lost his spiritual partner and his physical partner. Once is passive and once is active.
In addition, the death of little Groba almost shattered his soul essence. If put on ordinary people, it would be a psychological shadow that is difficult to get rid of for a lifetime. It is an eternal seal engraved in the soul, and this pain will accompany it throughout life.
"So I said, the teacher's fist is amazing." Hasben's Chinese vocabulary was so pitiful that he had to use English to communicate with his senior brother: "When I was hanging on the wall, the teacher gently patted my face with his hand. , I immediately fell asleep - even though it was only a few seconds, it seemed that the teacher also noticed that the fragrant dream had an effect."
"At that moment, the teacher's appearance suddenly became psychedelic."
Hasband described it awkwardly, and his expression became weird.
"I don't understand that he actually turned into Glory. I've heard before that Fragrance Fantasy's superpower is to make people dream and create the most beautiful dreams in the world. This is information that only the core circle of the Anonymous Doe knows, but when When I saw it with my own eyes, I just thought it was ridiculous.”
"Does it mean that in my heart, I have always wanted to connect Glory with her mentor? Why is this so?"
"But this big sister helped my weak body off the wall. I felt warmth, peace of mind, and an indescribable peace."
"I don't dare to joke with her anymore. My abrupt courtship and proposal have become unreasonable delusions."
"There has been a heavy stone weighing on my heart, and it was finally lifted at this time."
"Since the fragrant dream is so powerful and can fulfill my wishes, why is it this kind of dream?"
"Why doesn't it send me to a church, let Glory and I get married, let me have several children, and let me hold her tightly!"
"Why? Why do you want to turn the gunsmith teacher into Glory? Why?"
"Later I felt relieved and felt that this was not bad. At least I would no longer offend her, hurt her, or be hurt by her."
"Later, we repaired our equipment together, healed all our injuries, and then we went to clean up the battlefield and continue to hunt for Pellerini."
"I immediately became happy. I just wanted to seize every minute. My chaotic mind, which seemed to be on the verge of death, suddenly became clear, and I no longer had any hesitation."
"I finally know that the teacher's fist has the same effect on and off the ring."
“It can bring people back to life.”
"The teacher's boxing style is very clean and precise. It always makes me feel that I can adapt slowly and learn slowly. Maybe I can defeat him in the next fight and become a very powerful fighter. .I will not give up, there will always be a chance to seize the victory."
"Perhaps the ability of Fragrance Dream is exactly what Marley Perrault said. It can turn monsters into humans - Ao Mingde was also a monster once. The teacher said - good cats are more like humans than Homo sapiens. "
"Whenever--
"——If people want to be happy! They must believe that they can achieve happiness!"
Tang Ning: "If I record these words, my wife will definitely kill you ten to eight times."
Hasband: "Hahahahahaha."
Tangning: "So? What does this have to do with Martha?"
"I have seen the madness of Mads." Hasband described it this way: "This salary king candidate will do whatever it takes for the waiter and the illusion in his heart, and he becomes paranoid and crazy. I have heard Mr. Jason's story. In the dangerous underground world, we can lose important people in our lives at any time - even in the mortal world, Sister Hong lost her husband before she became a passenger."
"Teacher's wife has also gone through a detour. She was once a criminal. It is not easy to achieve righteousness with a person as upright as Mr. Gunsmith."
"You have been arguing with me, telling me that Martha Stuart in the dream is so important. For this reason, you are willing to let me get shot several times and send me to the ICU to prove this."
Tangning whistled and pretended to look at the scenery.
Hasband continued: "I seem to understand your mood, and I don't want to make fun of this casually anymore - there are so many people in this world who can't even figure out what they want. After seeing the fragrance and dreaming, Only then did I realize how wonderful that feeling was. As for the feelings of family and country and great achievements, they require many, many people to complete them with the great power of common deeds of all living beings. Not only for me, but for ordinary people, I can find a Ge Lori, just being on the mission with her was a great experience."
Tangning immediately started making a stupid joke: "Don't even think about competing with me for a seat in the Internet cafe!"
"I didn't mean that." Haspen rolled his eyes.
So Tangning asked seriously: "What do you think the ending of Marley Perrault will be?"
"This should be just the beginning." The light in the treatment room shone in Hasbon's eyes, illuminating his red hair: "The journey has just begun."
[Part②·The long journey]
The train is going farther away——
——The unfamiliar street scene in Nagaizumi Town made Marley Perrault feel uneasy.
He watched Yukiko push up her luggage, cross the Japanese restaurant with difficulty, and walk to the side of the kindergarten. Just as she was talking about the history of this kindergarten and the story of her childhood, the terrain became steep and urgent, and he quickly grabbed the Yukiko's suitcase, the two of them went to the old house together.
"Grandma lived here, and her parents would come back to visit her when she was little."
Yukiko held up an umbrella to protect Marley from the sun.
The midsummer sea breeze blows all the way from the ferry to Long Street, giving it a salty smell.
"Now that grandma is gone, I come back alone to visit during the summer vacation. I don't have much contact with my sisters from elementary school, so our relationship has faded!"
Marley Pero followed Yukiko while looking at the foreign street scene curiously, and asked casually.
"Do you care about these people?"
"Of course!" Yukiko shouted loudly, like a carefree girl: "If we don't contact each other, wouldn't we be just like strangers? Friends should always take care of each other!"
Only a few dozen meters away, they passed a law office and in front of a single-family house with a high platform. Yukiko asked Marley to help carry the luggage onto the stone platform, and finally entered the house.
She pushed Marley into the house while struggling to open the door of the old house.
"This is the most troublesome thing about living in Mishima City. The houses have to be built very high."
Marley hunched his head and squeezed into the entrance hall, avoiding the small booth in the corridor where the clothes were hung to dry, for fear that the box would hit the door frame, so he asked casually.
"Why?"
"Hey!" Yukiko patted Marley on the head as if she was a fool: "If you don't build it higher, there's a typhoon! There's a tsunami! The whole house will suffer!"
Maripero put down his luggage, and before he sat down to take a sip of water, Yukiko immediately pulled the boy out of the house.
"It's getting late! Don't sit down, don't sit down, let's go catch the bus!"
"Where to go?" Marley closed the door, asked Yukiko to pull him to the street, and rushed back and forth.
The two of them ran, sprinting down the steep and rapid downhill road to the seaside. The hot air hitting their faces made it difficult for Marley to open his eyes, but he tried to open them again and remember every scene in his heart.
Until Yukiko rushed through the green light on the seaside road and came to Futaba Town in Numazu. She leaned on the railing beside the green belt and finally started to breathe heavily.
“Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!
She laughed happily and squeezed Marley's arm with her elbow.
"How's it going? Running downhill is so refreshing, isn't it?! It's so fun! It's been climbing for so long! All of a sudden it's like that, that, that, that."
Yukiko couldn't describe it, but she remembered that there was a Western-style restaurant next to the factory in Toyama, and there was a hot spring egg that fell from a slide into a soup pot.
"It just fell in like a hot spring egg!"
Marley didn't understand what Yukiko was saying at all. He could understand very little Japanese, so he was completely confused. But he could feel that this girl was very happy, super happy.
"Let's go for a ride! Marley! Mr. Marley! The mature Mr. Marley who doesn't like to talk!" Yukiko took out her mobile phone and turned on the navigation, then pulled Marley onto the tandem bicycle.
It's still early, but if you want to go to Toyama City, now is the right time to take the bus.
Along the coastline, following the low-flying gulls, we headed towards the nearest station.
When Marley stepped onto the platform and got into the carriage, Yukiko sat sluggishly across the table, taking off her straw hat to use as a fan, sweating profusely and exhaling through her mouth, her cheeks flushed.
"Marley! Marley! How is it? How is it? My home!"
Marley looked away casually: "I didn't even come in to take a closer look. What's going on?"
"Normally I don't like to stay in the house!" Yukiko replied casually: "The places nearby are all places I like to go, they are all my home!"
Marley: "Pretty good"
Before he finished speaking, the train started slowly, and the steel jungle outside the window gradually turned into fields and oceans, into blades of grass and flying flowers.
In the far distance, looking towards the horizon along the empty hills, Mount Fuji is right there, like a snow-capped coffee.
After a while, Yukiko saw that Marley didn't like to speak, so she wanted to sleep on the table for a while.
Marley thought about it for a long time and couldn't believe it was true——
"——It seemed like I had a long, long dream."
"Hey?" Yukiko raised her head: "What? What what? What dream?"
"I said," Marley Perrault explained: "I felt like I had a long, long nightmare. A lot of very scary and scary things happened in the dream."
"Scary?" Yukiko teased: "I was shocked by you! I was still waiting for the bus at the platform and was going home for vacation, but I couldn't contact you! But all of a sudden you—— "
"——()! Poof! Appeared next to me! He even kissed me! The brass bell at the station rang, and it started to make a lot of noise. My heart started to hurt!"
Marley Perrault: "Excuse me."
"What are you so embarrassed about!" Yukiko patted the table lightly: "Did Marley kiss me accidentally while walking?"
Marley stammered: "That's true...that's not true."
"That means it's very nice, very nice!" Yukiko changed the subject, her face gloomy: "Does Marley often kiss girls?"
Marley said nothing and was speechless for a moment.
"Tell me about that dream?" Yukiko immediately stopped asking, thinking -
——A sports star from the Zebra Power Team, he should have many suitors.
"In a dream" Marley Perrault described it, and suddenly broke into a cold sweat: "You are dead"
Yukiko said casually: "Yeah! Yeah! You should listen to more stories like this in summer! It's time to cool down!"
Marley Perrault: "I was controlled by a monster. When I was dating you, I killed you."
"Yeah! Yeah!" Yukiko nodded: "You still need to learn how to tell stories! You still need to practice!"
Asking Marley Perrault to recall this story and pick out every detail was like repeatedly opening a bloody hole in his heart.
"I won't say I don't know what to say."
"Marley!" Yukiko pursed her lips and stared into Marley's eyes with a serious expression.
The scenery outside the car window flies by. The cable car going to Mount Fuji looks like a small kite.
"What if this isn't a dream? What if this isn't a dream, this is real."
Marley Perrault did not dare to think, he was speechless.
Yukiko's playful smile turned lively.
"Hey! This is what a horror story should be like! Doesn't it stop being hot all of a sudden!"
Marley: "Hahahahahahaha"
Yukiko squinted her eyes, held her chin up, and tilted her head in anticipation.
"What if! I mean what if! Really what if the nightmare comes true, what will you do in the future? Marley, just imagine it!"
Marley clenched his fists involuntarily: "I have to find a way to revive you all."
"There is no way to bring the dead back to life!" Yukiko waved her hand, asking Marley to calm down: "If there is, I want to bring grandma back to life!"
Marley shook his head and said with sincerity and fear: "Then what should we do? What should we do? What should we do?"
"Go travel! Marley!" Yukiko said: "Since you think there is always hope and you can always find a way, the world is so big, maybe it can really be done?"
"There are more!" Yukiko changed her face again and said in a gloomy and terrifying voice: "You just said 'you'? Who else is there?"
"Uh-huh. Uh-huh." Marley was frightened by the horror story again.
Yukiko laughed with joy: "Hahahaha! It feels so good to tease people!"
Marley quickly corrected him: "This is not funny! This is terrible!"
"Then" Yukiko immediately stopped smiling and became more obedient: "Then I'll say Marley."
"Live well, in the park, I thought and thought about it - you were so indifferent to me, and I felt very wronged."
"But after I figured it out, I didn't feel so aggrieved. Because there are still many Marley Perots in my life, but if you continue like this, there will never be another Yukiko."
"As for this nightmare, just do what you want! Have you heard the story about Mads's salary king? People living in District 41 always want to have a sun in their lives. They can't always We borrowed a little bit of light from Chenguang County, so we are eagerly watching every candidate for salary king!"
Marley nodded and said, "This guy killed many people in order to resurrect his waiter. He has gone completely crazy and become paranoid."
"You know! It turns out you also know this! That's easy to say!" Yukiko clasped her hands together and sent her blessings: "Marley! Go travel, no matter what the result is, this is the only way for you. "
Marley didn't think much, and all his energy was consumed by the rush. Yukiko rested his head on the table and gradually closed his eyes.
Drowsiness was like an infectious disease, pulling him into a deeper dream. He lowered his body, looked at the girl's face, and saw a sweet smile.
Yukiko opened her eyes and took a sneak peek, as if she had been waiting for a long time.
She happened to know that Marley was peeking, like a telepathic glimpse.
When they looked at each other, both men and women pursed their lips, used the hot table as a bed, and fell asleep on the same bed.
(End of chapter)
