【Respect】The Beautiful Future

Spread out on the table is a blue sky jigsaw puzzle that was half-assembled, so small that it would give a person like Arakawa Zawakita a headache to look at it all day long.In front of his eyes is a pair of well-knit hands, the movements are elegant and simple to pour tea, the posture of holding the porcelain cup with plain white and slender fingers is so pleasing to the eye, and at the same time, it is so particular that Arakawa has a feeling for no reason. Limitation, the idea that the other party will definitely want to sit in the tea room more.

One hand pushed the brewed tea to his eyes, the emerald green in the cup was still rippling, and the light tea fragrance wafted to his nostrils, but it still couldn't relieve Arakawa Zebei's nervous mood at the moment.

"Aren't you even willing to give me the respect of looking up at you? Dr. Arakawa." A smiling voice sounded right in front of him, startling him, "Obviously you proposed to discuss something with me. "

Hands have nothing to do with people, he thought.

Arakawa loosened and clenched the fingers that were holding his sleeves tightly, and after taking a deep breath, he raised his head cautiously, forcing himself to look directly at that unfathomable person.

The violet-colored eyes are slightly curved with a smile, and the whole face looks extremely gentle.Arakawa Zebei still spoke cautiously: "There is something I want to apply for the approval of the Brigadier General."

Zongxiang nodded, motioning for him to continue.

When the words came to his mouth, Arakawa hesitated again, even he couldn't help but silently reprimanded himself for his timidity, but he had to hesitate.If you said that you were just worried that the brigadier general would be as difficult to contact as rumored and refused to agree, now it is fear.This person's strong sense of presence and coercion make people retreat, not to mention that Munakata Reiji was an experimental subject under their jurisdiction before, and mentioning this matter at this moment is tantamount to hitting the muzzle of a gun.but……

"Do you still mind my little joke when we met?" Munakata asked again when he saw his silence.

A little joke, Arakawa recalled with lingering fear, all the bullets in that gun were loaded, okay?

"No...don't care." He replied vaguely.

Arakawa Zebei closed his eyes, and thought of the eyes in his dream again. He took a deep breath and looked directly at Munakata, "I would like to apply to Your Excellency to increase the intensity of experimental body recruitment!"

"Oh?" Unexpectedly, Munakata only had a trace of surprise on his face, and then he still smiled, "What's the reason?"

Munakata's reaction reassured him a bit, and Arakawa breathed a sigh of relief, and changed into his usual seriousness and spoke again: "Since the rebel Barbara captured Tokyo, we lost the research institute, including all the equipment in it, and moved here , and many of the devices are irreproducible. As you can see, we have not been able to produce any results for this experiment in the past three years," he couldn't help but pause in shame at this point, but after a moment Then he adjusted his mentality and continued: "I think, since there is no way to complete the equipment in the research institute, we can only increase the intensity of recruiting experimental subjects to find suitable candidates and complete the project as soon as possible."

Arakawa was secretly glad that Munakata Reiji did not show any dissatisfaction during the process, but just listened to him politely and patiently.

"Do you want me to approve the increase in collection efforts?" Munakata smiled, leaning his elbows on the table, crossing his fingers and propping his chin to look at him.The tension that had just dissipated was superimposed and surged up again, and Arakawa quietly pinched his thigh with his hands to restrain his emotions.In the end, Munakata suppressed his smile and said, "In my opinion, what about canceling the experiment?" The questioning words were in an unquestionable tone.

"...Wh, what?!!" Arakawa Zebei was stunned for two seconds, then excitedly slapped the table and stood up, staring at the person in front of him in disbelief.

Munakata Reisi leaned back a little to avoid the splash of tea in his cup, and met his eyes indifferently, even though he was in the lower position, Arakawa Zekita who was standing didn't feel the slightest advantage.

"What I mean is, since you can't produce any results, there's no need to spend manpower and material resources on this. Cancel the experiment." Munakata calmly explained that this time, he didn't even ask questions on the letter, it was the most straightforward declaration .

"But wouldn't all the previous sacrifices be in vain?!" Arakawa Zebei didn't care about whether he would offend the opponent, and all of his blood rushed to his head, and he questioned Munakata.

Munakata withdrew his hand resting on the table, and with his slender fingers lifted up his slipped glasses. A sharp light flashed across his purple eyes. He stared at Arakawa's furious appearance, and slowly said: "Your so-called sacrifice...is What do you mean?"

Arakawa Zebei froze there for a while, the chill permeated his whole body from the bone marrow.Not only what Munakata brought, but what he had been avoiding to face up to was torn apart and spread out in front of him. "I..." He opened his mouth and found nothing to say.

Is that kind of death really a sacrifice?

Even if it is embellished and covered up with the most gorgeous rhetoric, the essence will not change.The tragic appearance of the dead person, the painful wailing, and the unwilling and resentful gaze, at this moment, they all wrapped him around him like threads.

I made the best decision.

... Then why am I still afraid and regretful?

Munakata Reiji looked deeply at the person in front of him.Compared with his high-spirited appearance three years ago, his pale face, livid lips, and dazed eyes from shock now.Alive, but as dead.

"I've seen your resume, medical technology, chemistry, etc., you are all-rounder." Munakata suddenly changed the subject, and Arakawa struggled to shift his gaze to his face, not knowing what he meant by suddenly mentioning this.Munakata sighed, "Let's do something useful."

Arakawa Zebei's body trembled slightly, he propped his hands on the table to barely support his standing posture, and after a while, he still uttered firm words with his tightly pressed lips: "It cannot be canceled, you cannot say that it is useless. It is related to Can the war end!"

Munakata narrowed his eyes, curled up the corners of his mouth and smiled silently, like a predatory snake staring at a trembling prey. "Excuse me," he said, "what is the purpose of the important experiment you mentioned?"

What exactly is the purpose of the Federation?The secrecy was kept secret, even he who was in an important position didn't know about it.

Arakawa's lips trembled, but he still said stubbornly: "I can't tell you, you just need to cooperate with the work."

"Oh," Munakata nodded indifferently, "Then I won't cooperate."

"You!!" Arakawa stepped forward fiercely, gritted his teeth and stared at Munakata.

One is furious, the other is calm, the two sides are in a stalemate, and time seems to be frozen.

There was a knock on the door, and a female voice came: "Your Excellency, I am Awashima."

Munakata looked away with a smile, and answered the door allowing him to enter.

As a woman, Seri Awashima silenced all those who questioned her with her excellent ability in the army.The shrewd and capable deputy walked in, and before he could salute, he was stunned by the posture of the two of them.She frowned slightly and looked dissatisfiedly at Arakawa Zebei, who sat down in embarrassment, and continued her actions.

"What's the matter?" Munakata said gently, completely unable to see what happened just now.

Awashima withdrew his speculation, and replied seriously: "The barbarian army has been discovered in the jurisdiction, and people have been sent to defend it. I will ask your Excellency for instructions on how to deal with it."

Reji Munakata nodded without any surprise, "I see." He stood up and walked out, "Let the Knightmare troops prepare and go with me. The other party is going to give us a gift, how can we not deal with it properly."

Munakata closed the doorknob, paused, looked back at Arakawa, and said calmly, "The decision will not be changed, and the experiment will be cancelled. It is better for you to focus on other more useful areas." Then he said goodbye politely and left.

Awashima glanced at him, nodded politely, closed the door and followed Munakata to leave.

Arakawa Zebei slumped on the chair, his eyes were empty, as if he was thinking about something, and he seemed to be in a daze without thinking about anything.