He always asks me to send propositions [End Times]

"Very beautiful. The golden translucent petals are small and elegant, and they look like they will break when touched. It is a sunflower, a plant in the family Portulaca oleracea, and a primary mutant creature alienated by Kepler. It has no infectivity and the ability to act autonomously. But it evolved a…”

Luo Qingyun paused, just now Geng Jinrou said that Tan Mo was a "first-class injured patient".

Geng Jinrou raised his chin slightly: "Captain Luo, why don't you say anything?"

"However, it has evolved a neurotoxin. Although it is not fatal, it can make the poisoned life worse than death, and the pain can reach the level of maternal delivery. This toxin will quickly combine with neuromuscular and cannot be treated. Only special sedatives can be used. painkiller."

At that time, there was a ravine in Yunxia County, and the ravine was full of flowers of Aedra.If Tan Mo wants to reach the designated location in the most time-saving way, he must cross the sea of ​​flowers.But with the zipline tool that Tanmo carried at that time, it could be done.

"Tell me, what exactly happened." Luo Qing Yun asked.

"The pollen of Aedra's flower was too fine, and it got embedded between the retractors of the zipline, causing a delay in the retracing of the rope. If it was someone else, it might have fallen, but Tan Mo's reaction was quick, and he shot out immediately On the second zip line, he didn't fall completely but his left leg got caught in the sea of ​​flowers. After he climbed up, he sent you an instruction that he might not be able to reach the destination on time."

Because of the severe pain, he couldn't finish the remaining 3 meters in 800 minutes.

"But your order to him is—people can't be missed, but the bullet must be there. So he ran 300 meters with all his strength, climbed a tree, completed your order, and let the bullet arrive." Geng Jinrou looked at Luo Unfortunately, Qingyun's expression didn't change in any way.

Geng Jinrou almost doubted whether this person had "crossed the line", why couldn't he see any emotion that a human being should have?

Not even an iota of empathy?

Luo Qingyun said: "When that mission was over, he assembled in front of me and saluted me without any strangeness."

He didn't remember Tan Mo's face at that time, because his face was covered with oil paint. He only remembered that his straight back was like an unsealed sharp blade, but the bow was full of strings and was easy to break, and the sharp edge of the sword was easy to break.

Luo Qingyun only felt that this young man almost failed to complete the task, but he stood there without saying anything.

"This is what Gao Zhi said, he can endure what ordinary people can't bear. Although I don't understand why he endured so much, why didn't he say it? After all, there is a saying in the front line of the field - death cannot conquer human will, but love The Flower of Della can destroy everything."

Luo Qingyun closed her eyes, and in her vague memory, she tried to outline the figure of Tan Mo five years ago.

Why... why didn't he show any pain?If he really admired and longed for him, why not have him feel a little bit of regret?

Luo Qingyun recalled every word Tan Mo said, every expression, and his sentence to Wang Xiaoer, "No matter what you decide to do, no matter what you sacrifice or dedicate for, it must be because you love It, not because of another person".

After a long silence, Luo Qingyun tried to understand this sentence from the perspective of an ordinary person, but he found that he would never get the answer.

He can only turn himself into Tan Mo, a Tan Mo who is looking at the target intently in the scope, a Tan Mo who may fire every shot even if the Kepler creature is under pressure and dies.

"Others may say it, but Tan Mo can't."

Geng Jinrou didn't understand, "Why?"

"He wants me to evaluate him fairly and without any influence from external factors. He wants me to make decisions that follow all the systems of the Gray Tower and meet all evaluation standards, rather than sympathy and pity. He wants me to respect his will And soul. That way... I can always be his perfect vision."

Luo Qingyun seemed to be able to understand what Tan Mo's intention of persevering to the end was - what Tan Mo longed for was Luo Qingyun's B, he didn't care about going back to the gray tower for retraining, because he was so proud, he was absolutely confident that after a year I was still able to stand in front of him with a straight back, shining brightly.

But what exactly made him completely disappointed in him?

"What happened later?" Luo Qingyun asked.

Geng Jinrou coughed and continued: "He was sent to the hospital that night, and he had two choices, either to use Adera analgesic for life, but this analgesic is also resistant, three to five years After that, it will gradually fail. Either give up that left leg and use a prosthetic. With the prosthetic technology at the time, it might take him three to five years to get used to it."

"He felt that it would be a waste of life to spend three to five years getting used to the prosthesis, so he chose analgesics." Luo Qing Yun slightly raised her eyes.

"En." Geng Jinrou rubbed his nose subconsciously, and he realized that Luo Qingyun seemed to know Tan Mo's thoughts and decisions very well, or maybe he only wanted to understand Tan Mo and didn't care about anything else, "It was also in the hospital that time Gao Zhi marveled at the boy's stubbornness in enduring the severe pain without crying or crying. Think about it, if a person can endure this kind of neuralgia, what else can he not do? "

Luo Qing Yun didn't speak, she pinched the handle of the coffee cup with her fingers.

"Gao Zhi applied to transfer Tan Mo from Beichen City to Yinwan. They have been together for five years. Tan Mo's tolerance to analgesics is becoming more and more obvious. Before that, he took one every six months, and then four months later. One, one in three months last year...and one in a month this year. Actually, he could have applied for retirement a long time ago, but he insisted on it all the time, just for the sake of Gao Zhi."

Now that Gao Zhi was about to retire, there was no need for Tan Mo to persevere.

Luo Qingyun picked up the coffee and took a sip.

Geng Jinrou frowned, carefully observing Luo Qingyun's expression: "Do you know why Tan Mo didn't deal with you?"

"I think, I get it." Luo Qing Yun closed her eyes and took a deep breath.

After that, Luo Qingyun's deputy captain selected Tan Mo's contemporary student Yao Zhengyu as the supervisor.Luo Qingyun remembered that Yao Zhengyu, he ranked average in the training class of the Gray Tower. At that time, there were rumors that Luo Qingyun chose Yao Zhengyu with a background in order to climb to the top of the central city.

But in fact, Luo Qingyun grew up in the central city, and if he wants to climb up, he doesn't need to please anyone.

He was confident no one could hit him, so it didn't matter who the monitor was.

Luo Qingyun couldn't imagine how Tan Mo felt when he heard the news that Yao Zhengyu had been selected in the hospital.Because in terms of strength, even if Luo Qingyun didn't choose Tan Mo, she should have chosen Li Zhefeng who was at the same level as Tan Mo.

This also made Tan Mo clearly realize that Luo Qingyun didn't need supervisors at all, and never trusted any supervisors, and even treated the supervisor system of the Gray Tower as nothing. To Luo Qingyun, the Inspector is like passers-by A, B, C, D, anyone can be placed in that position.

This really destroyed the value and significance of Tan Mo's years of hard work. Luo Qingyun didn't care about what he paid and insisted on.

Gao Zhi, on the other hand, gave Tan Mo the meaning of being an inspector again.

[My value is determined by my goals. ]

This was what Tan Mo told Luo Qingyun when they stood in front of the room that day.

At this moment, Luo Qingyun finally fully understood the meaning of that sentence.

In the past, Tan Mo was just like Wang Xiaoer, who regarded Luo Qingyun as his goal and ideal.Once, he was the unique existence in Tanmo's scope, his starting point and ending point.

Geng Jinrou looked at Luo Qingyun with a rare gloomy expression.

"So...although this analogy is not very suitable, you and Tan Mo... have nothing to do with each other."

Luo Qingyun smiled, and touched the edge of the porcelain cup twice with her fingers, "Are you particularly expecting me to feel guilty, sad, and beat my chest, regretting yesterday's cause and today's consequences? It's best to reflect on yourself why your vision is not as good as Gao Zhi's? "

Geng Jinrou smiled stiffly: "How is that possible? You are an elite here."

"Instead of regretting the past, it's better to grasp the present. Mr. Geng, I am very grateful to Gao Zhi... Thank you for making Tan Mo the independent, strong and confident person he is now."

At the same time, Luo Qingyun became extremely grateful for no reason, because he couldn't imagine that if he had kept Tan Mo behind, his naive admiration would influence his judgment. He couldn't grow up to be like this now with a sharp knife in his hand but a scabbard in his heart. the strong.

"Ah?" Geng Jinrou didn't understand.

"I am very clear that I am not suitable to be someone else's ideal, because I have no enthusiasm in my heart, and my world only has success and failure. And Tan Mo followed me, either died in the mission that wiped out the whole team, or died at zero. Base No. [-], even if he doesn't die... I will make him doubt his own ideals and doubt his own value."

In that cruel mission, if Tan Mo was really his supervisor, he would spare no effort and even go deep into the hinterland of No. [-] base to rescue him, but Luo Qingyun didn't know how to keep him.

Just imagining Tan Mo being swallowed and crushed by Kepler's creatures, Luo Qing Yun's fingers trembled, it was a completely different feeling from death.

——He believed that he was the most powerful Fusionist, but in front of Base Zero, he was vulnerable.

So he was glad that Tan Mo was obsessed with the position of "inspector" and chose Gao Zhi instead of returning to the Gray Tower for a year of training and then coming before him.

Luo Qingyun stood up, he was already slender, and the shadow almost completely enveloped Geng Jinrou.

Geng Jinrou looked up at the other party with an ugly smile: "That...Tan Mo's application has been approved..."

Luo Qingyun picked up the coffee cup and lightly touched the cup in front of Geng Jinrou. The vibration of the porcelain made Geng Jinrou's heart ache for no reason, and then the porcelain cup shattered!

But the cup in Luo Qingyun's hand was intact, and he drank the last sip of coffee.

"Look, Mr. Geng, if I am unhappy, I will 'cross the line'. Who do you think can save you at that time?"

After finishing speaking, Luo Qingyun turned around and walked out.

Geng Jinrou looked at the tile in front of him and touched his neck.

"If you want to talk about ink, you can do it. Why do you touch porcelain for me?"

This set of porcelain cups is a collector's item!

Geng Jinrou wanted to cry but had no tears.

And Luo Qingyun's voice came from afar: "Are you sure the central city will allow him to retire safely? That task, the six inspectors who were skilled in using 'Suzaku' couldn't even recover the body."

Geng Jinrou's eyes trembled... Tan Mo was ranked seventh.

Luo Qingyun returned to her office, made a phone call and went to the research institute.

"Professor Zhao, I need your help."

"Qingyun! It's so rare that you have something to ask me for help? What's the matter?"

"I remember that the research project you are in charge of has a new type of analgesic for neurotoxins, and I want to use it." Luo Qingyun said.

"Qingyun, are you injured?" Professor Zhao became worried.

"I'm not injured, it's for a...very important person."

Professor Zhao said regretfully: "But the notice from Central City just came this morning to call for a new type of analgesic from my side. I also wonder why Central City needs this kind of analgesic? Not many people use it. "

"It's okay, I'll think of a way."

Luo Qingyun took out the cigarette case from her pocket, opened it and lit a cigarette for herself, it seemed that strong alcohol was in her throat.

He subconsciously searched for the source of that pain, and buried it so deep that every cell in his body trembled when he took a breath.

He was obviously penetrated by the nerve cord of the Minos, stripped of flesh by the scale bird, and stabbed in the chest by the inspector's dagger... But he never felt that it was pain.But now it seems... in pain.

At that moment, he remembered the scene of Tan Mo holding his hand next to his ear on the transport plane, lowering his head and asking him to light his cigarette.

At that time, Luo Qingyun simply thought that he looked good when he smiled, but now that he thinks about it, it might be the relief that Tan Mo finally got his wish.

Because Tan Mo... didn't care about him that much anymore.

"I seem to have no choice but to let you go like this."

——Everything in the past is a prologue.

Gao Zhi, Tan Mo and the others went to a KTV in this city. Jiang Chunlei shopped around to confirm that the beer in this one was cheap and not mixed with water, the song list spanned a century, the sofa was spacious enough, and there were five microphones in a box. It is guaranteed that each of them can grab the mic, and no one can be the mic bully.

Tan Mo was very excited today, ordered a row of beers, and Lao Chang took a special look at Gao Zhi, Gao Zhi nodded before he dared to ask the waiter to bring the beer.

In front of the waiter, Lao Chang grabbed the German Xiaoqiang, stretched it out in front of the waiter and said, "Brother, the hygiene here is not good! Give us a discount!"

The waiter became embarrassed: "This little German cockroach, you can find it in another KTV."

Wu Yusheng flicked the little cockroach away, "Why haven't I seen you so clean in the apartment? Isn't it the German Xiaoqiang? It's not the Minos!"

The old saying said earnestly: "The Minoans worms that are alienated from German cockroaches are the troublesome ones! There is a hidden danger of infestation with these worms!"

"Don't worry, Minos worms really came, I'll stuff them all in your mouth and eat them all by yourself!" Tan Mo smiled and winked at the waiter.

The waiter hurriedly left.

Five people sit in a row, blowing bottles with their heads up, very imposing.

After all, how can you not moisten your throat before karaoke?

There was a "ding dong" from the communicator on Tan Mo's wrist. He took the last sip of beer in his mouth, clicked on the message, and spit it out in one gulp.

"Cough...cough...cough..."

Tears were choked out.

"What's wrong?" Gao Zhi asked while patting Tan Mo's back.

"Hui Tower didn't approve my retirement application." Tan Mo's eyes sank, and he wiped the beer off his face, "I was only approved for a month's vacation... shit... I'm going to find that old dog Geng Jinrou !"

Gao Zhi frowned.

The atmosphere of the whole KTV became depressing.

Unexpectedly, Lao Chang suddenly jumped up and cheered: "Oh—long live! I, a player who was on ten-year public leave, haven't retired yet, and you want to go home and enjoy the happiness! No way!"

Wu Yusheng also laughed, "Bai is sentimental."

Chang Heng and Wu Yusheng exchanged glances. It is not easy to train an inspector now, let alone one with a high hit rate like Tan Mo.

Scarce resources, how can they be hidden in the snow.

"There is always a banquet in the world... This is the banquet of flowing water, and the food is endless~" Jiang Chunlei also yelled.

"Get off!" Tan Mo had a very bad feeling, "Don't drink it! I'm going to the Gray Tower now!"

Gao Zhi held Tan Mo down, "But I really have to leave. Can't you drink a few bottles with me?"

The light in the box was dim, and Gao Zhi's gaze became soft and distant. Tan Mo paused for a second, grabbed another bottle of beer, and touched Gao Zhi, "Old Gao, every year there is today, every year there is now."

It means that these fellows are all safe and sound.

Gao Zhi touched the bottle with him with a smile, but there was a tinge of uneasiness in his heart.

At this time, the rhythm familiar to everyone sounded, and Chang Heng and Wu Yu sounded like a concubine, Tan Mo jumped up: "My song——my song has arrived!"

"What song?" Jiang Chunlei squinted his eyes, "..."Red Sun"? What song is this?"

"It doesn't matter if young people haven't heard this half-century classic. There will be opportunities in the future, but you need this now!" Chang Heng threw a pair of sound-isolating earplugs to Jiang Chunlei.

Looking again, Gao Zhi, Chang Heng, and Wu Yusheng applauded calmly, but their ears were plugged.

"Fate counts as ups and downs! Fate counts twists and turns! Fate counts as a threat to you!"

Tan Mo held the microphone in his hand and looked immersed. Jiang Chunlei was too curious about Tan Mo's singing voice. He only listened to one sentence. Jiang Chunlei wanted to call an ambulance, but this guy sang so energetically that he lost himself completely.

At this moment, the communicators of Wu Yusheng, Chang Heng, and Jiang Chunlei all vibrated, and a message came from the Gray Tower.

Chang Heng and Wu Yusheng exchanged a look of "it's not easy to take a vacation and go on a mission", and clicked on the message of the gray tower.

It was a document, and the content inside was clear and clear, and it was absolutely heavy.

Omitting the high-sounding words in front of the document, the main point of the content is the merger of the first team and the current second team, that is to say, from now on, the captain of Wu Yusheng, Chang Heng and Jiang Chunlei will be Luo Qingyun.

There was no prohibition on spreading outside the document, and there was no "confidential" sign in the document, so Wu Yusheng showed it directly to Gao Zhi.

Gao Zhi frowned, shook his head slightly, and mouthed: Let him finish.

Gao Zhi lowered his head, there was no Tan Mo on the combined list of the two teams, and Geng Jinrou would not embarrass Tan Mo, so the only one who rejected the retirement application could only be Central City.

After Tan Mo sang "Red Sun", he pointed out another old song.

"Sweet honey~ You smile so sweetly~ Like flowers blooming in the spring breeze~"

Talking about ink and singing is not enough, you have to turn around and give them high fives one by one.

Now except for Tan Mo, everyone else is guessing about the arrangement of the Gray Tower - Tan Mo will probably be Luo Qingyun's vice-captain when he comes back from vacation.

Only Gao Zhi always felt that something was wrong.

After drinking until after four o'clock in the morning, Tan Mo roared until his throat was tired, so he drank several more bottles and curled up on the sofa.

Gao Zhi's work and rest schedule was always regular, and he fell asleep with his head tilted a long time ago. Tan Mo curled up uncomfortably, and subconsciously moved in Gao Zhi's direction, resting his head on his lap before falling asleep contentedly.

Chang Heng leaned against the sofa, still holding a beer bottle in his hand.Wu Yusheng and Jiang Chunlei were also sound asleep with their heads leaning against each other.

But Luo Qingyun in the apartment didn't sleep, but stood by the window sill, the pack of cigarettes in her pants pocket had already been smoked.