Age Of The Sirens

Chapter 9: Mercury (2)

Views:

"Water... Silver...?" Tang Yi had just revealed this unfamiliar and familiar name, when he suddenly heard people's shouts. The two mini-machines quickly approached them, and everything that followed was chaotic. He felt a lot of hands pulling him out of Mercury's arms, and the Kraken kept staring at him, shouting to him, "Tang Ya! Wait for me!"

Tang Yi was dragged into the drone, pressed firmly on the seat, and a man who looked like a doctor injected an injection into a vein in his neck. He quickly lost consciousness.

Splitting headache. His consciousness was pulled back to reality by the pain, and he opened his sore eyes and saw a dazzling light. He was lying in the room of the medical room, with soft white light shining from behind the white walls all around, and the floor was spotless, as if he was the only stain in the whiteness.

He sat up from the hospital bed, and a soft female voice from the medical computer immediately came from the room, "Good morning, Mr. Tang. This is the medical department of the Kraken Squadron. You were injected with a sedative before, and now the effect of the drug has almost disappeared."

Tang Yi fought a cold war, he remembered what happened last night.

He met Mercury... My brother's Siren Mercury...

He actually saw Mercury just halfway through the training... Wouldn't that be the case? !

He lifted the quilt and jumped out of bed almost immediately, but at this time the computer said again, "Please wait a moment, the captain wants to see you."

"... Captain? You're not talking about the captain of the Kraken team, Major General Jiang Yanfeng..."

"Yes, Major General Jiang Yanfeng is the only captain of the Kraken Squad." The computer affirmed in a calm and gentle tone.

Tang Yi knew that this time it was a big deal. Even the commander-in-chief of the Kraken Squad was alarmed... Maybe I'll have to get out of bed this afternoon...

He really wanted to slap himself twice, why did he mostly run out to smoke? ! Just pump it, what kind of moon is it blinding? ! Let's bask in the sun, what are you curious about? ! This is good, the crime for the past half month has been paid for nothing, and maybe he will be punished in the end, maybe even the soldiers can't do it. Tang Yi became nervous again, and began to bite his fingernails fiercely until he bleeds.

He usually looks like a ruffian and tough. Only he knows that he is as sensitive and vulnerable as a snail under the stance that he doesn't care about whoever provokes me. He suppressed his sentimentality severely, used pain to divert his attention, and formed the habit of biting his fingers.

When the footsteps sounded outside the gate, he tried his best to look calm and composed, maintaining the usual upright posture of a soldier, but at the moment he was wearing a patient's clothes, which looked a bit nondescript.

The automatic doors opened to both sides, and a doctor entered first, followed by Yin Chengmin and Qu Lan, and the last officer who came in was wearing a spotless military uniform, with an ordinary appearance and a pair of slightly drooping eyes, which made his majestic appearance. A bit of decadence and melancholy were added to the resolute temperament. The most peculiar thing is that the officer's right foot seems to be somewhat inconvenient, leaning on a dark brown cane. Tang Yi guessed that this was Major General Jiang Yanfeng.

He felt his palms sweat and his throat slid up and down, but his eyes were still staring straight ahead. He was considering whether to rush over to hug the major general's thigh and beg him to give him another chance, but he felt that he might be kicked out of the team more simply...

Qu Lan and Yin Chengmin automatically stepped aside, and Jiang Yanfeng walked to Tang Yi with a steady but steady pace.

"Second Lieutenant Tang Yi!" The major general's voice shook the ground beneath Tang Yi's feet like a subwoofer.

Tang Yi immediately straightened his waist a little bit, and answered with a loud voice, "Yes, sir!"

"Briefly describe why you were in the restricted area yesterday."

It turns out that the breakwater is a restricted area... Tang Yi has never left the training camp, and he has no idea which places in the team are forbidden to enter. Tang Yi had no choice but to shake off the fact that he ran out of the dormitory to smoke. Jiang Yanfeng listened with an unpredictable expression, and when Tang Yi finished speaking, he turned to ask Yin Chengmin, "It seems that he slipped out very early, and this is not the first time that he has done this. Didn't check bed?"

Yin Chengmin seemed to be a little nervous, "The dormitory management is indeed relatively lax today, and bed checking is rather sloppy. This incident is due to our poor management and supervision of the training camp. We have already punished the dormitory of Building No. 3."

"If you can't maintain even the most basic discipline, the Kraken team might as well be disbanded as soon as possible." Jiang Yanfeng's tone was flat, but his voice had an invisible thickness that made it impossible to underestimate. It could be seen that even Major Qu put away his cynical arrogance and stood silently by the wall.

Jiang Yanfeng turned back to look at Tang Yi, those eyes that were always a little tired were as bottomless as the black sea outside, "The Kraken Squad wouldn't keep an undisciplined soldier like you. , but Mercury has already seen your face. Since it was you who stabbed it, it is your responsibility to mend it."

Tang Yi blinked, "I wasn't fired?"

"Whether you are fired or not depends on your next luck." Jiang Yanfeng swiped a few times on the screen of the watch, and the laser projected a folder, "Here are all the details of the mercury. It was originally going to wait for you to pass in a month. I will show it to you after the assessment, but now it can only be done in advance. We will arrange for Mercury to meet you three days later. If he does not recognize who you are, you can continue to stay in the Kraken team as Tang Ya. The incident will also be recorded in your information first, and will not be investigated for the time being. But if you are found out, you will have to be fired, and the information will be sent back to the Security Department, and they will decide where you will go in the future.”

Tang Yi swallowed, knowing that these three days were his last chance. Once expelled from the Kraken Squadron, the security department would not necessarily let him return to the original army unit, and he might throw his data back to the sword and reassign him to a dark workshop to assemble electronic parts.

With a somewhat tragic mood, he received the document with his watch, and hesitantly asked, "Did Mercury really not see my brother die?"

Jiang Yanfeng said, "He saw it, but he didn't see Tang Ya dying. He has been isolated since he was brought back to the team. Although everyone knows about Tang Ya's sacrifice, the Ministry of Security ordered that no one or the Kraken reveal Tang Ya to him. Ya's death. So he always believed that Tang Ya was just seriously injured."

Who would dare to disobey the order issued by the Ministry of Security, or even just disobey? Tang Yi recalled the silver figure singing the moon in the vast black sea, and suddenly felt sour in his heart, and felt sad for the Kraken.

Even such a beautiful creature is nothing but a weapon cultivated in a cold glass jar. For human beings, sacrifice for love is hopelessly romantic and stupid, but for sirens, it is a destination to get rid of the shackles of sadness. He has no right to choose his lover, or even to follow his lover to die.

Tang Yi suddenly hesitated a little. Even if it is his dream to join the Kraken team, is it really worth it to deceive a poor Kraken as a brother? Can such persistent and hopeless feelings really be so blasphemous

Is this really what he wants

But it doesn't matter what he wants. Because that's what the Ministry of Security wants, that's enough. He made such a big mistake and has not been kicked out of the team, but instead accelerated the training progress, which can only be explained by the requirements of the Ministry of Security. Once he expresses any doubts about the order of the Ministry of Security, it is estimated that when he opens his eyes tomorrow, he will find himself locked in a boiler room hundreds of meters underground, and he will follow the numb workers day and night to take care of those huge monsters. The natural gas stove, until one day, due to inhalation of excessive harmful gases. This is absolutely not what he wants.

The Ministry of Security decided to let Mercury maximize its value, and force him to live at the cost of using substitutes. It can be seen that Mercury also has extraordinary significance to the base. Just from the information he has learned so far, apart from the beauty that shocked the soul when they met suddenly and the singing that touched the soul, he couldn't see anything special about Mercury.

"Get ready." Before Jiang Yanfeng left, he gave him another deep look and whispered, "If Mercury recognizes you, it might be a good thing."

Tang Yi stared blankly as a group of people filed out, the door closed in front of him. He has a kind of dreamlike illusion.

His daily necessities were moved out of the training camp dormitory and moved into a remote and empty clinic in the medical room. This arrangement is to give Mercury the feeling that Tang Ya has been receiving treatment. His daily physical combat strategy training and so on were all stopped, and Yin Chengmin came here every day to do nothing but focus on teaching him how to impersonate Tang Ya.

"The bond between Tang Ya and Mercury is not the same as others." Yin Chengmin lit a cigarette, saw Tang Yi's eager eyes, sighed, and handed him one.

Tang Yi happily took the cigarette, lit it with Yin Chengmin's beautiful silver lighter, and took a deep breath, his expression intoxicated as if he had reached a climax. Yin Chengmin felt very heavy when he saw his unsteady appearance at all.

There are only three days left, if Mercury recognizes that he is not Tang Ya, then there is only one fate waiting for the Kraken.

Yin Chengmin pressed his thoughts back into the depths of his mind, and continued, "Mercury's biological energy is much stronger than ordinary sea-monsters. Before he was artificially bound, he suddenly woke up and caused quite a mess. At that time, he seriously injured more than 30 doctors and soldiers, rushed out of the breeding hall, stumbled into the training camp, and happened to meet Tang Ya. Tang Ya hid him in his dormitory for about two weeks. He was almost expelled from the training camp, but at the age of 15, his points were close to 1,000. He was a rare wizard, and his score in the loyalty test was high enough. That time he disobeyed the commander-in-chief, but he was just trying to appease the Kraken. , to make him emotionally stable, and then turn it over to reduce the casualties caused by the conflict. All the students pleaded for him, and the doctors found out that Mercury had been bound to Tang Ya, so they decided to change the punishment of expulsion to confinement. You After my brother was locked up for a month, he started double training with Mercury."

"Why does it sound like my brother has had shit luck?" Tang Yi sneered.

"Perhaps, some people in this world are just a little bit luckier than others. But now it seems that if they weren't bound to mercury, Tang Ya might not have died because of him. It's hard to tell if it's a blessing or a curse." Yin Chengmin's eyes turned to the scene where the mercury projected from Tang Yi's watch was fluttering and dancing in the artificially purified sea area, his eyes seemed to flash a dark color for a moment. Tang Yi couldn't see clearly, but felt that Yin Chengmin was weird today.

However, Yin Chengmin suddenly laughed lightly, "Mercury has a strong possessiveness towards Tang Ya, once during the training, Tang Ya was arranged to help replace another sick student in synchronous combat training with his Kraken. It is inevitable that there will be Some more intimate contact actions. Later, after the Krakens were put back into the Kraken Building, the Kraken was beaten by Mercury. Since then, no other Kraken dared to approach Tang Ya again. So, see you After you get to Mercury, you should also keep your distance from other people, especially not to hang your shoulders with others. Although Mercury has not attacked humans yet, there are many teammates who have been pierced by his eye knife before. "

Tang Yi choked on the smoke, "No way... Then can I go out to have fun during the holiday?"

"Mercury's nose is very smart. If you get on the scent of powder, it doesn't rule out the possibility that he will go berserk. But... Tang Ya never goes out to have fun, don't forget, after three days you will no longer be Tang Yi is gone. Your every move, including the sleep talk, must forget that you are Tang Yi. You can't do anything that Tang Ya can't do." Yin Chengmin put away his smile slightly and became serious , "If you are still unwilling, you might as well give up this task as soon as possible."

Tang Yi lowered his eyes and thought for a while, "If I give up the mission or fail in disguise, what will happen to the mercury?"

"He will be told the truth."

"… and then?"

"I was sent to the convalescence hall."

"Convalescence hall?"

"Yes." Yin Chengmin said in a flat tone, "We call it the Kraken cemetery again. Because most of the Krakens who went in were lost their will to survive because of the death of their masters. There are only the most basic nursing staff, and the Krakens will waiting there to die."

Tang Yi felt that his heart was squeezed hard by an invisible hand.

The silver figure singing under the moon once again floated clearly in the sea of his memory. The ecstasy and happiness that burst from those blue eyes when they saw him again made him giddy.

"Have you heard a song sung by Mercury?" Tang Yi asked in a dry voice, "The song is probably like this..." He recalled the scene he saw last night, and hummed the tune that the Kraken sang. Yin Chengmin only listened to a short paragraph and then replied, "Tang Ya taught him. In the two weeks when Mercury had just awakened and tried to escape and was rescued by Tang Ya, he was emotionally unstable and was terrified of everything around him. , Tang Ya used this song to appease him."

Tang Ya has always been very interested in music. Tang Yi still remembers that when they were young, they sat on the roof of the orphanage and looked at the vague and rough mountain shadows in the distance, talking about what they would do when they grew up. Tang Yi said he wanted to join the Kraken team, while Tang Ya said he wanted to be a composer like Chopin. Tang Yi couldn't understand it at the time, because the base did not allow humans to compose music, and all music could only be synthesized by machines. How can such a wish come true

And now, he heard the most beautiful voice in the world singing his brother's tune.

Tang Yi silently extinguished the remaining half of the cigarette and took a deep breath. He looked at Yin Chengmin and said for the first time what he thought he would never admit: "I will try my best to become Tang Ya."