"Aren't we going to take Xiao Hei away?"
On the ice field in the polar night, Renata, wearing a coat and a thick scarf, sat on the sled, exhaling and looking at the road ahead.
The cold wind was howling, and in her eyes the whole world seemed to be covered in boundless white snow.
"The egg is gone, it's just a useless corpse. Besides, didn't you see it shatter into pieces with your own eyes?"
Zero walked in the snow, jumping up and down from time to time. In such weather, he could just step on it and leave a footprint.
"No one will find any more fragments of it in the Siberian winter."
"Then can I see Xiao Hei again in the future?"
Recalling every bit of the past, Renata asked reluctantly.
"Yes, it will definitely happen. There is always a kind of life in this world, and every death of it is for the purpose of returning."
Number Zero waved away the wind and snow rolling in front of him and spoke word by word.
"Besides, no one can take my things and leave with a smile."
"oh."
Renata lifted the scarf up to her face.
The black snake is Zero's pet. She really hopes that what Zero says is true.
"By the way." After talking about this, No. 0 suddenly said to Lu Mingfei in front of him, "Dr. Alex, I'm tired, can we take a rest for a while."
"You've only been walking for a long time and you're already tired. Besides, it seems like I've been doing the most tiring things."
On the boundless ice field, Lu Mingfei was standing in front of the sled, pulling the sled rope while walking in front.
Because the sled dogs had been seriously injured by Su-27 fighter jets before, the heavy responsibility of pulling the sled was left to Lu Mingfei's hands.
Now a day has passed, and Lu Mingfei has also spent a day.
Although he was not too tired, he even had the desire to run in the snow.
But seeing No. 0's careless appearance, Lu Mingfei couldn't help but let him come down and walk for a while.
He didn't believe that Zero, who had just summoned the black snake, would not have the strength to walk.
"Also, do you think Renata is tired?"
Seeing that No. 0 was unwilling to give up and wanted to quibble, Lu Mingfei added.
"She never came down."
Zero looked at Renata who was huddled on the sled and said rather resentfully.
Renata was sitting in the back seat of the sled. When she heard the discussion between the two, she couldn't help but bury her whole little face in her scarf.
To be honest, sometimes she felt that the doctor was too pampering to her.
In order to prevent the doctor from being overworked, she had previously thought of coming down to lighten his burden.
But each time the doctor righteously rejected her request and told Renata that she deserved it.
As for No. 0, the doctor said that he also deserves it.
I don’t know why, but whether he was in Black Swan Port or escaped from Black Swan Port, the doctor always targeted Zero.
It was like an old enemy she had seen in books.
But something's not quite right. The old enemy doesn't seem to mean it this way.
Just as she was thinking about this, an unsatisfactory cooing sound suddenly sounded.
"Huh?" Zero's head looked around, "Where did this sound come from? Could it be that there is a hungry polar bear hiding in the snow?"
"I'm sorry, it's my stomach that's growling."
Renata whispered, her face growing redder as she cooed.
Zero's words made her wonder, was the sound from her belly really as loud as a polar bear?
"Yes, you must be hungry after not eating for a day." Lu Mingfei stopped suddenly, then turned to Renata and said, "I didn't think well."
"Hey, hey, why did you stop at this time? Doctor, do you know that you have double standards?" Zero couldn't help complaining.
"Can you care?" Lu Mingfei did not hide his double standards.
He put down the sled rope, took out an orange that came from the Golden Hall from his arms and said to Renata, "Eat this first to top it up, and I'll come back when I'm gone."
Just after taking a few steps, Lu Mingfei seemed to suddenly think of something.
I saw him take out the cross necklace from the pocket on the other side.
After transforming it into a Zanpakutō, he drew a circle around the sled and Station Zero, and then told the two of them:
"Remember, you must not leave this circle before I come back."
"Hey, that's enough." No. 0 said with a black look on his face, "Don't think I haven't read Journey to the West. Where is the white-bone spirit here for you to be on guard against!"
"Haha." Lu Mingfei laughed and left without explaining.
In fact, he was just afraid that Renata and Zero would run around blindly. This snowy ice field was no joke.
After seeing Lu Mingfei leave, No. 0 glanced at the circle on the ground. He turned around and asked Renata:
"Are you coming out?"
Renata shook her head, believing that what the doctor said made sense.
"You were just fooled by Alex's sweet words."
Zero crossed his arms, said something disdainful, and stepped out of the circle.
"Renata, look!"
Zero bounced back and forth along the inside and outside of the circle.
"Hey, I'm in, eh, I'm out again!"
Seeing Zero jumping up and down, Renata thought to herself, everyone who came out of Black Swan Harbor really had something wrong with their brains.
Without waiting too long, Lu Mingfei's figure walked out of the wind and snow with visibility no higher than fifteen meters.
I saw that he was holding a rope-like spiritual light lock in his hand, with several large and plump cod fish locked on it.
They were even twisting and turning on the spiritual light lock, looking very fresh.
I don’t know where he caught it without fishing tools.
No. 0 didn't see any areas on Lu Mingfei's body that were soaked with water.
"So, how do we eat this stuff?"
Zero walked around Lu Mingfei. He stared at the cod and couldn't think of a way to eat it.
First of all, they had no fire here, and secondly, there was no seasoning here, just three living people and some clothes carried on the sled.
You can't eat it raw.
Although there is a tradition of eating sashimi in some places, Zero is a staunch deli fan.
"It would be nice to have cooked food in this poor place, so we'll just make do with it." Lu Mingfei replied.
Before Zero could ask where the cooked food came from, he saw Lu Mingfei extending his hand towards the cod.
"Broken Path No. 31, Red Fire Cannon, BBQ Version!"
"Uh" Zero immediately closed his mouth.
On the pure ice field, three people sat around the fire-heated version of the red cannon, enjoying a unique picnic on the ice.
Lu Mingfei gave everyone two pieces of grilled cod, which were charred on the outside and tender on the inside.
The unique natural aroma of grilled fish contrasts sharply with the cold air.
The skin of the fish is an attractive golden color. Although there is no seasoning, it is very happy to eat such a steaming grilled fish in the cold weather.
On the snowy land, feeling the cold air around her, Renata only felt that this place was a warm haven.
And this is reality, not Zero’s dream.
"It's really great that three people can live such a life together in reality." Renata thought with a white breath.
It's a pity that the black snake they have always relied on is no longer there.
Also, Renata couldn't help but look at the iron mask on Lu Mingfei's face.
When we eat fish together, can we see the doctor take off his mask?
When she was in Black Swan Port, the doctor had always fed her, but Renata had never seen the doctor eat in front of her.
"Why don't you two eat? The fish will get cold if you don't eat it."
The two people in front of them didn't move for a long time after getting the grilled fish, and Lu Mingfei said doubtfully.
Could it be that the fish you grilled is too fragrant and they are reluctant to eat it?
"This." Renata hesitated for a moment, and after looking at each other with Zero on the side, she finally plucked up the courage and said, "Doctor, can I see what you look like under the mask?"
Renata had only heard of the face behind Dr. Alex's mask that she had heard from the nurses.
And the nurses only heard about it from the soldiers.
It seems that no one has ever seen Dr. Alex's true face except those who welcomed him into the harbor that day.
Of course, unlike Zero, Renata wasn't out of curiosity.
She just wanted to see what the doctor who was kind to her looked like.
She just wanted to avoid admitting the wrong doctor in the days to come.
As for whether the doctor looked really scary, Renata didn't care.
From beginning to end, she remembered the doctor's words, the most important thing to look at a person is his heart, not his appearance.
Just like Bondarev, even though he is so handsome, all the nurses like him.
But his heart is actually the most evil one in Black Swan Port.
"Is that just this?" Lu Mingfei was stunned, "Actually, I planned to take off the mask when eating grilled fish."
"Then take it off quickly and let us take a look." No. 0 Gonghuo said.
Seeing Renata's expectant eyes and Zero's amused expression, Lu Mingfei smiled helplessly.
Children who have not grown up always like to betray themselves with their expressions.
In this case, Lu Mingfei held the black mask with his right hand and took it off.
To Renata's expectation, Dr. Alex's mask was not the ferocious face she had imagined with a mixture of redness, swelling and scabs, but a handsome oriental face with black hair and black eyes and a smile on his face. .
This seemed to be the most beautiful face she had ever seen in the world.
"Let's get to know each other again. I am Lu Mingfei."
Lu Mingfei stretched out his hand towards Renata.
In the last few days after leaving Black Swan Port, he no longer used the makeup techniques taught by Mai Shutoku to maintain his awkward face.
"Tch, it's boring."
After observing carefully and realizing that Lu Mingfei's face did not make him happy, No. 0 turned his head and started to eat the grilled fish.
Compared with Lu Mingfei's actual appearance, grilled fish tastes better.
"Oh, I'm Renata."
Looking at Lu Mingfei's face, Renata stupidly stated her name again.
After reacting, she immediately retracted her hand, lowered her head and whispered:
"Doctor, didn't you say your face was burned?"
"This." Lu Mingfei patted his face, "It's just a necessary disguise when lurking."
"You won't feel uncomfortable seeing an unfamiliar face, right?"
Seeing Renata lower her head, thinking that she was not used to his appearance, Lu Mingfei stretched out his hand and put it on her head and said with a smile.
"No matter what you and I are like, our friendship will never change."
"Oh." Renata ate the fish silently.
"Do you still want to eat the fish? If not, give me one?"
On the other side, Zero didn't look at the scenes that had nothing to do with him at all. He just stared at the grilled fish in Lu Mingfei's hand and drooled.
January 1992.
"Is this Moscow?"
Looking at the deserted streets, Lu Mingfei looked left and right.
After arriving in the human city, he had already changed into a black windbreaker.
Whether he was dressed as an officer or in a suit before, it was too ostentatious here.
In addition, it can be seen that the portraits of Soviet leaders on the wall have been torn to pieces.
This is all because of the recent collapse of the Soviet Union.
Nowadays, with the ruble depreciating wildly, almost all people have become poor households, and everyone is worried about their livelihood.
"The decline of the legendary Eastern Dragon is really disappointing."
On the other side, No. 0 was chewing some noodles and chatting.
And Renata just listened to their conversation silently.
Although she had some impressions of this place, overall she was still quite unfamiliar.
In other words, she is unfamiliar with places other than Black Swan Port.
Therefore, she just silently acted as their little follower.
Looking at the appearance here, Lu Mingfei sighed heartily.
After a month of traveling, the three of them finally arrived in Moscow.
And their goal is very simple, that is, to fulfill Renata's wish and help her find her parents.
For this purpose, Renata specially put on a white shirt with embroidered lace, a camel-colored woolen skirt with fur trim, and the brown-gray boots that Lu Mingfei bought for her on the road.
Her long platinum hair and delicate face look even more radiant in these clothes.
This is arguably the best looking outfit Renata could ever own.
All this is to meet his parents.
They must be very surprised when their daughter, whom they haven't seen for many years, suddenly appears so beautifully.
With such hope, Renata followed Lu Mingfei to a hotel.
In the hotel room, Lu Mingfei helped Renata tidy up her clothes and said:
"There is some chaos in Moscow right now. You wait here for now. I will take you there with me when I find your parents."
"Good doctor," Renata replied obediently.
"Wait, I'll go there too!"
When Lu Mingfei was about to leave the hotel, Zero suddenly chased him out.
He was wearing similar clothes to Lu Mingfei, with a windbreaker that was one size smaller.
"It's not your parents, why are you here?" Lu Mingfei asked.
"You know, I can't sit still. If you let me stay in a hotel, I might as well die, don't you think so?" Zero said hehey.
"Okay, then don't talk nonsense later." Lu Mingfei agreed.
According to the information in the file, Lu Mingfei and Zero walked along the road past the Petrov Theater, then turned right and arrived at the Academy of Sciences Library.
Not surprisingly, Renata's father works here.
(End of chapter)
