"The plane has reached its destination, please get off the plane." The automatic voice prompt echoed in the cabin again and again. The old man stroked the young man's short hair and sighed, and finally let him go and left.
"Professor, welcome to the base that is about to be relocated. I'm Long Dylan, the head of the WORLD gold team, and this is my assistant, Gray M. Although I'm clumsy and can't help much, I can share a little of the chores."
"What clumsiness! Others are just..." The boy on the side made a small protest, but was pushed back by Long's vicious eyes.
The old man held the palm of the dragon: "Jack Moreo, thanks to Mr. Long for your help, but it seems that someone noticed our actions, and we lost one ship."
"As long as the other one is fine... By the way, is there anyone who can drive an angel?"
"Yes. The boy named Leon has been recognized as the Master by one of the angels. It's a pity that he disappeared with the angel when he was blocking the enemy."
"Enemy--did you later find the satellite that wasn't affected by the jamming wave?"
"No. In the end, it was Leon's brain that went fast and crashed all the satellites. But then because an unknown fighter jet was following us, he slammed into the plane, exploded, and disappeared. ," the old man said sadly, "for this reason, my grandson also grieves for the loss of the friend he made with great difficulty."
"That's really... the responsibility for what happened is still on me, and it's useless to say anything now. Professor, please don't blame yourself, so - Mr. Moreo is still on the plane?"
"Yes. He's… still sad."
Gray ran away from them. "I'll call him."
"Grey?! Hey!" Long wanted to stop him, but the boy had already run far away, "This child is...?"
"He's a very energetic kid. I believe that with him around, Mr. Long will not be bored." The old man said with a strong smile.
Long glanced at the shrunken figure and turned his face: "I see. Then, Professor Moreo must be very tired from the long journey - if you don't dislike it, we have prepared a residence for you. Important matters will be at the cadre meeting tomorrow. Let's talk."
"Just call me Jack. Thank you for your kindness, then my grandson Yadi..."
"Don't worry, I will let Gray bring him." Long Yanran smiled.
──Yadi, who was curled up in the corner of the cabin with his hands on his knees, stared blankly at the gray sky outside the window, remembering that the sky was like this a long time ago- The moment people meet, they should have already started to part. Bar? The first step is also the first step towards the end. People just didn't notice it. So we can only get used to it, and constantly get used to unfamiliar places, unfamiliar people, and unfamiliar changes.
"I can't feel the warmth, it's cold other than the cold, I..." I stretched out my hand and touched the place called forever—
"You can't even read books well, what can you do in the future - just yell at Mommy and stomp me like a lunatic."
"You can't follow in my footsteps!" The falling slap really hit his face.
"I'm sorry, mom is not right sometimes and has done a lot of wrong things... Didi, can you forgive mom?"
"You go to die, go to die... go to die... go to die!"
"Yadi has a problem with his nerves, let's ignore him! He—is sick."
"You're just in your own world, and no one can save you if you don't change. Try to trust others."
"Yadi, thank you... If possible, I hope we can be good friends."
"No, I absolutely absolutely have to live!! Even if it's just alone!!" he shouted with all his might to the lingering chaotic phantom.
"You... calm down!" A pair of hands pushed him back to reality. The red-haired boy came into view.
"You, it's okay?"
"... Leave me alone, go away." Yadi curled his body even tighter.
The teenager frowned with a headache [troubling guy...] The soft fingers touched his cheeks, making him shudder unexpectedly. Yadi raised his head, and the crystal water drops hung on the boy's index finger, and fell back to the ground after shaking for a long time.
"Don't cry alone... If you still feel sad, cry now. I won't laugh at you." Gray said, extending his arm to him, "Can you still stand up?"
Yadi's eyes widened, stunned.
"… "
"You must really hope that someone can understand your sadness, but you are forced to be strong because you are afraid of losing face, don't you?"
The grief of the broken embankment was rushing out, and he threw himself into the boy's arms, crying loudly.
"...You and I used to be like, really like..." The boy's voice drifted to a distant place like a petal that was blown off. It seems that someone has been singing an unknown ballad, and Ding Dong's voice with piano accompaniment is like a gurgling water, lingering, lingering, lingering -- everyone starts to carry things from the moment he is born. From the initial instinct to live, to the fetters of important things, the older you get, the heavier the things you carry will become. They will gradually disappear until he can no longer walk, and then, when all is lost - no matter how many lies he tells, these are facts beyond reproach, facts that must be faced.
So, even if I am sad, even if I have nothing, even if no one agrees, I... want to live...
"You must really hope that someone can understand your sadness, but you are forced to be strong because you are afraid of losing face, don't you?"
Cries kept coming from the corner of the room. Another voice continued to soothe it. Yadi looked around, the square light green room, no, it was more like a sealed box than a room.
[Dreaming? ] He walked barefoot in the direction of the sound, until he came to the corner where the loud noise was coming out--there, but there was no one there. Only the human voice surrounds Yadi.
[What is this place? ] Feeling a little tired, so he simply sat down against the wall.
[Is it my world-──]
"You're finally here, I've been waiting for you for a long time," the figure in the dark slowly walked out, "Che, I thought it was sacred, it turned out to be a kid, I'm so disappointed." He raised his face covering his face. Black hair and fiery red eyes seem to be able to suck away a person's soul.
"..." A strange electric current made Yadi tremble slightly.
"Kid, answer me. That guy named Law was the one who got into Angel 2's cockpit after that?"
"So what?" Although he was a little frightened, the boy's arrogant tone provoked Yadi's anger, "Why can't it be a kid?"
"Hey, let me ask you a question, are you afraid of death?" The young man floating in front of the boy suddenly grabbed his neck. The momentary suffocation made Yadi unable to move, and the boy relaxed a little: "Are you afraid?"
"Then are you afraid of dying?" Yadi asked rhetorically.
"Don't answer questions with questions!"
"I'm afraid, so I don't want to die, at least now." The boy let go.
"It's honest—interesting," he grinned, revealing two sharp tiger teeth, "hehe. Actually, I'm afraid too, although I'm not human."
"?"
"You may be able to do it, Yadi Moreo." Looking at Yadi's astonished face, the boy still had a mocking look on his face, "I forgot to introduce myself, my name is HIDE, the one you ride on. Angel No. 2, please advise. My master."
[HIDE? ...Master? ]
"Ah? Did your grandfather not tell you that the angel will choose the Master independently?"
"I was just a little surprised that you suddenly appeared," Yadi turned his head in disdain. "I was disappointed. I thought he was a powerful person, but I didn't expect to be a wild boy with sharp teeth."
"Who are you talking about with sharp teeth?!"
"You." The fierce expression of HIDE, who wanted to pounce on the boy and bite the boy's neck, was indescribably cute -- of course, it's a bit strange to use cute to describe a boy, but the first impression is very important, if HIDE knows the other person The definition of him is not as simple as throwing a sanitary ball.
"Forget it, arguing with the kid is too boring."
The boy who was a "little devil" put his hands in his trouser pockets and walked to the other side. "Hey, I'll say the ugly first. If everything you do disappoints me, I will kill you. Remember, how did you do yourself? The feeling of sitting on an angel and looking for something." The boy who melted into the wall just disappeared in front of Yadi.
"Let's go back to the real world, too. Someone has been arguing outside."