Chen Shuang, who was standing at the end of the corridor, was slightly nervous. A lot of things had happened in the past few days, many things that should not have happened. As the captain of the special service team, Chen Shuang bears the unshirkable responsibility for negligence.
But what she is most worried about is not her handling, but the safety of millions of innocent civilians in the shelter.
That Mary Li was indeed an agent, but she still refused to speak even after receiving special care for twelve hours... Although Chen Shuang had expected this, she vaguely felt that she still underestimated the beliefs of these guys.
.
As for Natsume and Masato, the two "victims" of this incident.
One remembers nothing, and the other is completely untouchable.
Chen Shuang was really panicked.
The sound of footsteps came and the lights came on in the corridor.
…
"So far, we have arrested a total of 139 suspects, of whom 37 are confirmed to be members of the 'Warrior of the Nation'. They are generally between the ages of 20 and 40. Most of them have received military training and can
They are proficient in using firearms and making improvised explosive devices. At the same time, we also found illegal weapons and ammunition that were not registered in many maintenance rooms. It is initially estimated that these people brought them into the shelter through special channels." Chen Shuang briefly reported the current situation.
Case.
The man behind the desk said nothing.
Chen Shuang was a little unclear, so she had no choice but to continue talking.
"The entire arrest operation went relatively smoothly and did not affect the production and life of the residents in the shelter. The investigation of key facilities has been completed and no threats have been confirmed. At the same time, we have also deployed additional guards in various districts and strengthened regional security
Security inspection work for the movement of people between rooms, in addition..."
"Xiao Chen." The man suddenly interrupted Chen Shuang's words.
"Here." Chen Shuang stood up straight immediately.
"You were serving in the Pacific Rim Guard before entering the shelter, right?"
"Well, yes, Colonel."
"Hmm...then you must have had contact with these 'heroes of the country', right?"
Chen Shuang recalled it for a moment and then nodded and said, "Twice."
"Oh? Tell me, which two times were they?"
"Well... one time was at the inauguration ceremony of Wangye Ecological Zone. At that time, some suspicious people tried to set fire to the newly built public facilities in the ecological zone. As patrol guards, we passed by and discovered the clues and stopped them."
"Oh... I have the impression that the people who were caught were all young men under the age of twenty, right?"
"Yes. Later, after identity verification, it was discovered that most of the 'Warrior of the Country' members who participated in the arson were third-year students at Shoko International College in New Tokyo."
"Well, continue."
"The second time... was an encounter outside the Antarctic Azure Scientific Research Base. At that time, a group of well-equipped armed personnel were attacking the base under the cover of night. As the garrison closest to the base, we, after receiving
We rushed to the battlefield as soon as possible after receiving the signal for help. At that time, we killed 19 invading enemies and wounded seven others. We also had one person killed and three injured."
"Well, you remember it very clearly."
"Yes, the man who died in battle... was my brother."
"Huh? Why have I never heard you mention it?"
"It is his honor for my brother to sacrifice his life for the country. As a soldier, it is his duty."
"Well..." The man stood up and walked over.
Seeing the slightly feminine face, Chen Shuang subconsciously took a step back.
"Xiao Chen, do you know how many terrorist attacks the 'Warriors of the Country' have carried out around the world in recent years?"
Chen Shuang was asked, and she shook her head: "I don't know."
"One thousand, six hundred and twenty, remember?"
"remember."
"Externally, the world thinks that we have uprooted the 'warriors of the country', but in fact... they have been broken into pieces and become more difficult to deal with."
Chen Shuang didn't say anything. She looked at the colonel quietly and listened to what was going on.
"The First Central Axis' investigation into the Qingshui family has already produced preliminary results. Although I can't tell you what they are exactly yet, but... don't make things difficult for that girl from the Qingshui family when you go back. She is the victim.
"
Chen Shuang was shocked when she heard this. She was surprised and a little aggrieved, but she did not defend herself.
"yes."
"By the way, I'm here to bring you good news. Do you want to hear it?" the colonel asked with a smile.
Chen Shuang was a little surprised, but he nodded with a smile and said, "You tell me."
"I have contacted your sister. She took your parents to the No. 7 shelter in New Zandi not long after the disaster occurred. Now that all three of them are safe, you can work with more peace of mind."
Hearing this, Chen Shuang was stunned for a moment, then his eyes became hot, and he immediately saluted: "Yes, thank you Colonel for your concern."
"Well... ok, you can go back and do your work. I will stay here for a few days before going to the first central axis. Don't pay too much attention to me. Just do whatever you want. The organization has great confidence in you.
"
Chen Shuang didn't put down her hand, and her heart was suddenly filled with strength: "Yes!"
…
After taking Natsume home, Masato stayed with him all day.
I don't know whether Natsume's current silly appearance is due to the inhuman treatment he suffered from the "Warrior of the Country" or because of the treatment. In short, his aura has disappeared.
Seeing his best friend in this state, Masahiro was both scared and sad.
What she was afraid of was that Natsume would continue like this, so how could she explain it to Hanako?
What's sad is that Natsume, one of the few friends she had in the shelter, has now become a fool.
The look... how could she not blame herself or feel sad...
Qingshui asked the arranged doctor to tell Masato to be mentally prepared after diagnosing Natsume.
"His cranial nerves have been severely stimulated. Although the examination results show that his brain is not damaged and his body is normal, most vegetative people have similar situations, so... medical drug treatment can only maintain the status quo.
, if you want him to recover, you have to use some special methods." The doctor said seriously.
"A special method?" Masato didn't quite understand.
"Yes, for example, you can tell some stories about him and play his favorite songs to him."
Masato understands.
"thank you."
"Well, you're welcome, please take care of yourself."
…
Another week has passed.
When Chen Shuang saw Mary Li again, she was no longer as radiant as before.
She put on a white one-piece coat, her hair was fluffy and as dry as clumps of weeds, and her bloodless face looked blankly at everyone with a pair of empty eyes.
But even so, she still never spoke.
Chen Shuang even admired her.
After sitting down, Chen Shuang took out a piece of chocolate and placed it in front of Mary Li, and motioned for her to eat it.
mary Li Zhan gingerly picked up the chocolate and glanced at Chen Shuang secretly before taking her mouth. She didn't bite it until she saw Chen Shuang smiling.
Mary, who had not eaten anything that could be called food for a long time, just chewed a mouthful, and when she tasted the sweetness, tears welled up in her eyes.
Chen Shuang sighed softly and said: "As a woman, I sympathize with you and admire you. I will definitely be able to survive seven days. You are the first one to make my most proud subordinate so angry! But there is no way...
I have something I want to protect. We are in a hostile relationship and cannot tolerate the Holy Mother's Heart. You should understand this, right?"
Different from the disdain she showed a few days ago, Mary Li nodded silently after hearing this.
"Just understand. Well... I'm here to say goodbye to you today."
mary Li Wenyan was stunned for a moment, then suddenly raised her head and looked at Chen Shuang, with fear and uneasiness hidden in her confused eyes.
"Even if you look at me like this, it won't help. You have made too many mistakes as a high-ranking member of the 'Warrior of the Country'. You are no longer at the level where you can become a Buddha immediately by putting down the butcher's knife, so... now you can only... be sentenced
You are sentenced to death." Chen Shuang said, taking out a document with a red seal and pushing it to the middle of the table.
After Mary saw it, Li excitedly wanted to get up and get it, but her body was locked in the chair and she struggled several times without success.
Upon seeing this, Chen Shuang stood up and came over and said: "No need to read, I will explain it to you briefly... This judgment is a special document issued by the First Central Axis. It is a special treatment for special personnel in a special period. As a
The 'Warrior of the Country', not only participated in many terrorist attacks, but also masterminded the 803 Pacific Rim Nuclear Power System attack that resulted in the death of 1.27 million innocent civilians at No. 01-03 Shelter, Mokino Ecological Zone, New Tokyo City. Therefore,
, after the deliberations of the highest judicial authority of the First Central Axis, it is now up to me to convey to you the results of your verdict... The death penalty is not the treatment of ordinary death row prisoners, but a kind of treatment that is specially allowed by the First Central Axis.
Talk about an inhumane execution method - memory stripping."
Hearing this, Mary Li's eyes widened, her breathing became rapid, and her whole body seemed to be frozen.
"You know what? In fact, after receiving such a verdict, I really wanted to appeal for you, but then I thought about it. As a 'warrior of the country,' you should have already known what would happen if you were arrested.
Is this the end of him?"
Mary Li shook her head.
"Isn't it?"
Mary Li didn’t say anything, she just didn’t believe everything would happen so quickly.
"Okay then, the memory stripping surgery is ready and will start in three hours. If you have anything to say or eat, you can put it forward and I will try my best to satisfy you."
"No...I'm not the mastermind..." Mary Li muttered in a low voice.
Chen Shuang heard it clearly. Of course she knew that Mary Li was not the mastermind, but this was not important.
The crime committed by the "warrior of the country" is equivalent to declaring war on the whole world. It is not very unusual to have such a special sentence at this time.
"It was Mr. Yinsi who told me that all of this is necessary to restore order when the sun rises again. If human beings don't take advantage of this night to learn to reflect on themselves, someone should stand up and lead them.
Get out of the darkness, get out of the psychological darkness." After Mary Li said this, she looked up at Chen Shuang and said, "Listen, what I said are crazy, aren't they?"
Chen Shuang was speechless. This was not the first time she heard these words. Almost everyone who was caught after Mary Li was arrested said similar words.
But without exception, no one has revealed the whereabouts of Master Yinsi. It is not even clear whether he is a boy or a girl, tall or short, fat or thin.
"Do you really believe it? Believe the arrogance of a madman? Think that blowing up the discovery unit and freezing to death more than a million people can save mankind?" Chen Shuang rarely chats with them, and he has never done so before, but now
She suddenly wanted to talk to Mary Li.
Because Chen Shuang believed that the woman in front of her, who was similar in age but had completely different circumstances, must have a deeper darkness hidden in her heart than these conspiracies.
mary Li smiled: "What if not? I joined the Warriors of the Country just to find a safe haven, so at the beginning, I looked down on them at all. I thought they were not only naive but also incompetent.
Hypothesis... But later... Later, when I had more contact with Mr. Yinsi, I discovered that this man, this man who leads everyone, is not the leader of a cult who relies on the ignorance of his followers to seek personal gain. He is real.
have a thought."
After hearing this, Chen Shuang's eyes moved and he asked: "Oh? Then how come this Master Yinsi you are talking about has an idea?"
mary Li laughed bitterly, shook his head and said: "I don't know... I just feel... that everything he does is not for himself, but for the whole world, or the overall concept of mankind.
Putting his ideals first makes him inhumane and even weird, but he is so determined that he can even affect everyone around him and make them feel that what he does
It's all for a greater ideal! Even...many people feel that they are the savior and can be moved to tears."
Hearing this, Chen Shuang was a little confused. She thought to herself: 'There are really people who would put the concept of human beings as a whole first in their ideals? What kind of guy is this person?'
"Oh... after hearing what you said, I am even more curious about you, Lord Yinsi. Can you introduce me to him?"
mary Li shook his head: "No..."
"no?"
"It's impossible... Mr. Yinsi has never been influenced by anyone. We are just his students. How can we introduce others to him? Besides, I am already going to die. There is no need to do it at this time.
I broke the principle I had adhered to for so long."
Chen Shuang was startled when he heard this, and then sighed in his heart. Sure enough, he still couldn't figure it out.
This is really discouraging.
But it doesn't matter... As long as the memory stripping surgery goes well, the secrets Mary has hidden will be dug out sooner or later, and the rest is just a matter of time.
So, Chen Shuang stood up and said, "Okay then, is there anything else you want to eat?"
Mary Li was still holding half a piece of unfinished chocolate in her hand. When she was so excited just now, the chocolate had been crushed into shape by her.
"There's no need for food. Can you just leave me alone for an hour?"
Chen Shuang looked at Mary Li for a while and then said: "Someone, take her to the solitary room."
"yes."
…
Four hours later, the operation was completed, or in other words, Mary Li’s execution was over.
When she was withdrawn, her body seemed intact, but only Chen Shuang, who witnessed the entire operation, knew that there were as many as 3,000 densely packed pores hidden in Mary Li's hair.
Those probes were inserted directly into Mary Li's brain. At the same time, in order to ensure that the memory stripping process went smoothly, the area above her head could not be anesthetized, which meant that she was awake during the entire operation.
Until the last probe was pulled out, the exhausted Mary Li closed her eyes forever after losing the support of the medicine.
At the end of the operation, even though they had long known that the person undergoing the operation today was a "warrior of the country" with a record of crimes, out of respect for human ethics, all the doctors still lowered their hands and observed three minutes of silence.
The body was transported out of the operating room and sent directly to the incinerator.
The extracted intelligence samples are directly encrypted and uploaded to the top intelligence management department of the First Central Axis.
When everything was over, Chen Shuang felt like he was in a trance.
Logically speaking, Chen Shuang shouldn't feel any guilt for executing Mary Li, but I don't know why... After a week of Mary Li's desperate resistance, Chen Shuang's view of Mary Li changed.
She began to wonder, were these "warriors of the country" really just a group of lunatics with no bottom line, as the world saw?
What Mary Li mentioned before dying, the content of the name of the Temple was stabbed in Chen Shuangxin.
Chen Shuang, who was finally able to get off work normally, did not go back to his residence to rest. Instead, he changed into casual clothes and went to Masato Shimizu's home alone.
Seeing Chen Shuang's sudden visit, although Yaren felt a little unwelcome, he still let her in and poured her a cup of tea.
Sitting in the comfortable large room, Chen Shuang felt like he was back at home.
Masato, who was still cooking in the kitchen, put down her tea and went back to the kitchen without saying a word to Chen Shuang from the beginning to the end.
Chen Shuang was a little embarrassed. She knew that the previous incident had left a very bad impression on Yaren.
So she got up and followed to the kitchen. When she saw Yaren throwing the ingredients into the hot oil pan from a distance like a grenade, Chen Shuang smiled and raised his sleeves and said, "Do you want my help?"
Masato, who was frightened by the splash of oil and stepped back, asked blankly after hearing this: "Can you cook?"
Chen Shuang said nothing.
More than half an hour later, Yaren tasted the dishes carefully prepared by Chef Chen.
Suddenly, Yaren's eyes widened and he looked at Chen Shuang in disbelief.
Chen Shuang was a little embarrassed to be stared at. She wiped her hands and asked with a smile: "What's wrong? Is it a little salty? I haven't cooked for a long time."
But Yaren immediately shook his head: "No, no! It's really delicious! Captain Chen! It's a pity that you don't want to be a chef!"
"Haha, as long as it tastes good, I thought my cooking skills would never improve." Chen Shuang took off his apron and sat down.
Masato smiled and handed over the chopsticks, but just when she was about to take another bite, she suddenly thought of something, so she immediately put down her chopsticks and stood up to go to the second floor.
Chen Shuang was a little strange.
After a while, she saw Masato helping Natsume, who still looked stupid, downstairs.
Seeing this scene, the smile on Chen Shuang's face disappeared. She put down her chopsticks and walked over, helping Masato and Natsume sit at the table.