【Ruijin】Eye of the Storm

When Kelly walked into the auxiliary hall of the meeting room with hot coffee in her hand, she found that there were already several people sitting in it.She raised her eyebrows at Zitang Huan who was a little restless, turned around the coffee table, found a place at random on the sofa and sat down.

"What kind of battle is this?" She raised her chin at the new face beside An Mixiu, "This is not from our tower."

An Mixiu raised his hand and patted the shoulders of the people around him, and said, "His name is Red, a sentinel from our second tower. He just arrived last night, so I didn't introduce you in advance."

The red-haired young man took the opportunity to say hello to Kelly, and smiled mysteriously: "It's just a part-time job, don't mind."

"I don't mind." Kelly's eyes only stayed on Red for a while, and then she lifted the plastic cup lid of the coffee, tore off the bag of sugar cubes that came with it, and threw a few pieces in it. Glancing at the young man sitting on the other side of the sofa, "Zi Tang also wants to participate in this work?"

"Well, I came as soon as I received the notification. I'm not very clear. I'm probably only in charge of technical work... How about you, Kelly?" Zitang felt a little cramped when he saw Kelly enter the meeting room. Relieved a little, he was really not very good at communicating with strangers, so he silently moved his body away from the members of the second tower.Reid on the side didn't feel anything outside, and enthusiastically shook hands with Zitang.

Turning the coffee cup around a few times, Kelly didn't answer Zitang right away, but just looked at An Mixiu, and asked, "Who else hasn't arrived?"

"I don't know either." An Mixiu looked at the watch on his wrist, "We all came here directly after receiving the notification from above, so we probably have to wait a little longer."

As soon as the voice fell, the door of the conference room was pushed open from the outside.Everyone looked up at the same time, and Gray came in with a tall strange sentinel.

He looked around, as if to determine the number of people.Zitang Huan was the first to stand up and say hello, Gray nodded in response, and then locked the door behind him with his backhand.

An Mixiu's eyes fell on the face of the person behind Grey, and his expression immediately became dangerous.The other party didn't seem to have expected to see him in this situation, and narrowed his eyes after being stunned for a moment.

It seems that due to the natural oppression and leadership of the S-level sentinel, the air has suddenly become quiet since Gray entered the meeting room.Everyone sat around the conference table in order, and Gray stepped forward and opened the console to call up a simple PPT on the big screen, with no expression on his face.

"Lei Shi, a non-staff sentinel in the first tower, is responsible for assisting this field investigation." Gray introduced concisely, glanced at Lei Shi sitting on the outermost edge of the conference table, and then at the first one sitting beside him. An Mixiu on the seat, "This is An Mixiu, the A-level guide of the Second Tower."

Lei Shi laughed and put his elbows on the table: "No need to introduce, An Mixiu, we have known each other for a long time."

Zitang Huan could clearly feel the smell of gunpowder in the air, he swallowed, and quickly lowered his head, pretending to concentrate on studying the materials in his hand.

Gray changed the PPT to the next page, leaning on the table with one hand: "...including the seconded personnel from the second tower, a total of six people participated in the operation. Four sentries and two guides."

"Every word I'm going to say next, I hope everyone will keep it strictly confidential." Gray paused, and said slowly, "Preliminary speculation, the other party is likely to be a large number of banned drug production organizations, and it is very likely It has already infiltrated into the tower. If you encounter an unpredictable situation, according to the usual practice, you should first protect the guide."

"—May I ask a question?" Red, who was sitting in the corner, raised his hand suddenly.Gray glanced at him and nodded.

"According to the rules of hierarchical leadership, are you the commander-in-chief of this operation?" Reid rubbed his chin and asked with a half-smile, "If the opponent is an insider, can everyone who is sitting here be trusted now? I I don't think anyone would be willing to hand over their lives to 'comrades' who don't know the truth, right?"

Gray stood there with his chest folded, looking down at the paper cup filled with water on the table: "Due to personal reasons, I have already applied for avoidance. It will be postponed according to the level. This operation will be directed and coordinated by the guide An Mixiu." .”

As soon as he spoke, everyone's eyes were on An Mixiu.An Mixiu obviously didn't expect that, he frowned suddenly, and when he looked up, he met Gray's cold purple eyes.He suddenly remembered something, and the surprise in his heart was immediately replaced by shock. He quickly lowered his head and gave a fake cough to quickly cover up his emotions, picked up the documents and stood up in his seat.

"Regarding the issue of team trust, everyone can rest assured." An Mixiu said, "All the candidates who can participate in this operation have been re-screened by the tower, and the suspicion of involvement in the case can be completely ruled out. At eight o'clock tomorrow morning, we will gather at the main gate of the sentry tower. Let’s go to the city bureau first.”

An Mixiu took a deep breath, and slowly glanced over the faces of everyone present: "The meeting is over."

"Grey!"

The person whose name was called paused and stopped.Kelly walked up to him quickly from behind, putting her hands in the pockets of her jacket: "What does it mean to apply for recusal? What's wrong with Jin?"

Gray leaned his back against the tiled wall of the corridor and relieved his strength, and his tone could not hear any waves: "It's okay. Daniel intercepted the announcement before it was sent out, and it was in my hands yesterday. Jin is fine for the time being. He is arguing with the tower chief One shot, just locked up at home for a few days in confinement."

Kelly made a disdainful air: "The old guys are not too bad, it's so quick to suspect him."

"Things we can think of, they may not be able to think of them." Gray pinched the bridge of his nose, sighed, and looked a little tired, "Let's prepare for tomorrow first."

Kelly nodded, suddenly remembered something, and asked suspiciously: "No, since you were forced to avoid it, how could they let you participate in the action? Isn't this contradictory?"

"Because I signed the bond."

Kelly's eyes widened the moment she heard this answer. She looked at Gray almost in disbelief, and couldn't help raising her volume by a few octaves: "Are you crazy?!"

"You're too emotional, Gray. You don't even have a single piece of proof, so you're in a hurry to sign the guarantee. What if the result isn't what we thought this time? What if something goes wrong? At that time, no one can save you," Kelly said calmly, "Does Jin know about this? He just let his sentry do things like this?"

"I have to participate," Gray interrupted her, stood up straight again, his eyes were cold, "I have my purpose, don't ask too much, and don't try to contact Jin."

"You—" Kelly was speechless for a while, and could only watch Gray turn and walk away, disappearing at the end of the corridor.

When Gray walked out of the sentry tower, the night had completely occupied the city.He stood on the empty square and took a deep breath, the cool wind poured into his nostrils together with the unique damp feeling at night.He buried himself in the direction of the apartment step by step, not knowing what he was thinking.

The apartment area is actually not far from the outpost, and the whole area is very quiet.Gray took the key and opened the door in the dark. The light in the living room was on, and there were several fast food boxes on the coffee table that hadn't been cleared away, but there was no one there.

Gray called Jin's name, took off his boots and put them on the shoe rack, and hung the windbreaker and scarf one by one on the coat rack on the other side of the entrance.

No one answered him.

The silver-haired sentry suddenly had a bad premonition. He clenched the hand hanging by his side quietly, and moved slowly, bypassing the sofa and the low cabinet, and slowly approaching the only bedroom between him and Jin.

A shadow suddenly jumped out from behind the door, and the muscles of Gray's whole body tensed instantly. At the same time, Lie Zhan ran in front of Gray with lightning speed, arched his body and let out a low "woo hoo" sound. dumb growl.Gray frowned, and put his hand on the top of Silver Wolf's head to comfort him. Unexpectedly, the spiritual body firmly lowered his head, grabbed Gray's trousers, and dragged him in the direction of the bedroom.

Gray's temples twitched, and he pushed open the bedroom door in a few strides—the room was empty, and the only window in the room that had been carefully closed was wide open, and the night wind blew the curtains on one side. Fly high.

Kim is gone.

When he turned and ran outside, Gray had little time to think about where Jin had gone.Lie Zhan was beside him and ran with him on the deserted street filled with darkness. He closed his eyes subconsciously and wanted to feel the other end connected to him in his mind, but the once golden chain has long since faded. There was no light, and the other end was thrown far into the dark abyss. Even though Gray knew that it had never been broken, he could no longer perceive Jin's existence and feelings through the link at any time.

Like a flash of lightning suddenly flashed in front of his eyes, Gray's steps suddenly stopped, and he suddenly changed direction and ran towards the underground prison.The sentinel's physical strength has always been so strong that he is very fast. As soon as he reached the destination, Gray immediately swiped open the gate with his S-level authority.

This is a place where even the moonlight cannot reach. Gray's footsteps caused a scalp-numbing empty echo in the empty aisle. When he saw the sentry on duty fainted by the monitoring platform, the silver-haired youth Finally, I can be sure that I did not gamble wrongly.

He exited the monitoring room and walked towards the detention room step by step.As he rounded the last partition wall, Gray finally saw Kim standing in front of the one-way glass.

He silently walked behind the man, and during the whole process, Jin just turned his head slightly and glanced at him, with no surprise on his face, as if he had expected that Gray would find him here.

"Where's the guide from before?" Jin asked in a low voice.

Gray followed his line of sight and glanced at the empty detention room in front of him, and said calmly, "He's dead."

"..."

I don't know if it was because the tone of his answer was too indifferent as if he stayed out of the matter, or for some other reason, after hearing these two words, Jin even gave a short laugh.

Immediately afterwards, there was an oncoming rush of fist wind.Gray staggered back a step, and the corners of his mouth quickly became red and swollen.Jin withdrew his punching gesture, twisted the fabric of his collar forcefully, and slammed Gray hard against the nearest wall.

Gray didn't want to hide, Jin thought, he was beaten voluntarily.Otherwise, given the difference in their physiques, I wouldn't be able to touch him at all.

They were so close, almost nose-to-nose.In their relationship, kissing and sex/love are the best things to do at such a close distance.

Kim stared intently into those beautiful purple eyes, reflecting his own face: "...remember when we first met, Gray?"

"You are like an intruder, breaking into my territory without saying a word. I thought you were going to trouble me just like them."

"At that time, I was not a guide, nor were you a sentinel. If it weren't for what happened later, you would definitely become one of the people I hate the most in this world. My sister has been missing for almost six years, and I have long... "

"Gerry..."

Jin's eyes were bloodshot, and he opened his mouth, as if he didn't know what to say anymore.He slowly loosened his grip on Gray's collar, leaning against him, and slowly lowered his head to put his forehead against the sentinel's hard shoulder.

"...Don't lie to me," Jin closed his eyes and murmured, "Don't hide it from me anymore, I..."

His throat was tight and flustered, as if he could hardly find his own voice: "Don't, don't..."

—Don't leave me.Kim actually meant to say that.

During these nearly 360 days and nights of isolation and helplessness, Gray thought he should have gotten used to it, and he once thought that Jin was the same.

They are all far away from the innocent teenagers in their memories, no one can escape the law of time and refuse to grow up.They become more and more like a qualified adult, more and more adapted to become special people like sentries or guides who are good at obliterating themselves into the mud and night.

But it turned out that no one got what they wanted.

Gray ran his fingers through the shaggy blond hair and pressed the man closer to his shoulders.The pain caused by the wound at the corner of his mouth was distinct, and he said in a low voice: "No."

"I want to know everything about me," Jin said, "whether it's good or bad. I don't want to be a waste that only deserves to be protected by my own sentry. I want to catch that person with my own hands."

"Let me also participate in the investigation, let me stand with you." He suddenly looked up at Gray, his blue pupils flashed, "Just like when we were young, you go to fight, and I will fight for you Keep watch. Will you, Gray?"

Gray held his face with one hand, wiped the skin under his eyes with his thumbs, and said "OK" in a deep voice after a long time.

TBC

To add a little setting, the level leadership means that in any action, the leader with the highest level among all the sentry guides on the spot is the leader.And when a sentinel and a guide are at the same level, the guide takes precedence.