Blade and Swift

The moon is sparse, and tonight is brighter than ever.

After leaving the chaotic zone, Yan Xichen always felt uneasy because of the too quiet night.

Perhaps he has also become accustomed to the nights of heavy artillery fire in the S area, and falling asleep to the sound of firecrackers is more reassuring for him than falling asleep in the silence.

After coming out of the chapel, Du Aachen didn't take him back directly. They went up to the Italian-style bell tower not far from the chapel. It looked like the romantic style standing in Florence, and it was a bit out of place with the surrounding modern buildings.

Du Aachen told him that the bell tower should be cast in imitation of Giotto's bell tower, but due to insufficient technology and funds, it looks more like a miniature or imitation.

"People actually build here?" Yan Xichen was a little surprised and patted the concrete railing under his hand.

"Humans can not only build, but also create, destroy, kill, pursue freedom and love." Du Yachen came behind Yan Xichen and held him in his arms.

Yan Xichen raised his head and smiled: "The pursuit of freedom and love?"

Du Yachen lowered his head and pecked him lightly: "For example, even if a person like me grows up in such a cruel and cold-blooded environment, one day he will understand love. This may be the best gift from heaven to me."

"People like you are indeed the ones that haunt me. Don't laugh, don't look at me like that, I'm telling the truth."

Yan Xichen took out the pack of cigarettes that Duan Yun gave him just now from his pocket.

Du Yachen put his head on his shoulder from behind: "Smoking in the clock tower may be the first time in my life."

"Mercenaries always have more first time than ordinary people, don't they?" Yan Xichen lit up.

"I'll have one too."

Yan Xichen held the cigarette holder and handed it back.

The stars in the sky are not obvious tonight, but the moonlight is very good, and the faint thin clouds are looming under the halo, which is a bit more hazy than the clear and bright moon disk.

"You have something on your mind." Du Yachen concluded.

"Well, not only is there something on my mind, but it's also a melancholy thing." Yan Xichen held onto the railing, feeling a little tired from standing, so he simply sat down cross-legged.

He did it comfortably, with his legs crossed, his back in a relaxed arc, and his hands on his feet.

He raised his head very casually, his slightly long hair touched his shoulders, and the exposed side face was very beautiful, especially in the dim and clear moonlight, it seemed to be dyed with a layer of texture.

As for those shining eyes, they are looking intently at the stars in the sky at the moment.

Du Yachen first looked at him for a while, then looked up at the stars above his head.

"There are two things that we need to think about from time to time and wait and see." Yan Xichen took a deep breath of cigarette and exhaled faintly.

"The starry sky above our heads, and the morality in our hearts?" Du Yachen looked at him quietly, "It's a good start, it seems that you do have a lot to say."

"Hello, Du Yachen."

"Ok?"

"Before you met me, what were you doing? How long have you been here? Do you live in the chaotic zone or the stable zone?" Yan Xichen turned to look at him, his black eyes seemed to reflect the stars, looking pious and curious.

Du Yachen couldn't hold back, and rubbed his head: "When you look at people like this, you look like some kind of docile animal. You have a deceitful face."

Yan Xichen warned him with a cigarette butt in front of him.

"I really want to know that you were also deceived by my face back then? When I met you, you were so strong, and almost everything was under your control. You walked into my room that day, aggressively, I thought you were going to Negotiating a deal with me, negotiating conditions, but I never thought you came to fall in love with me." Yan Xichen had a look of reminiscence on his face, and even a little yearning.

Du Yachen shrugged indifferently: "I don't have much experience in love."

"But you said you were not a virgin, we talked about it."

Du Yachen leaned over and kissed him: "I haven't talked about love before, but it's not unusual."

Yan Xichen threw away the cigarette and rushed over to deepen the kiss.

He touched his body like an oasis in the desert.

"I'm glad you found me." He whispered in Du Yachen's ear.

"No, you found me." Du Yachen grabbed Yan Xichen's hand and kissed every knuckle of him, "Yousa|vedme."

He has no problem with Chinese, but English is his mother tongue.

Facing Yan Xichen, he often felt that his language was so lacking.

"Wesa|vedeachother." Yan Xichen said.

"You always make me not cool at all."

Yan Xichen hugged him again and wanted to kiss and rub him, as if he had suddenly turned into a child.

It took him a long time to let go of Du Yachen: "These days in the chaotic area, I have been thinking about those innocent people who died, what were they thinking before they closed their eyes? Before I came to S area, I thought that the people who maintained the world probably It’s a group of people who are completely disappointed in the real world.”

"Did you find out it wasn't?"

"The more I look into the eyes of those dying people, the more I feel that there is no distinction between right and wrong in many things. I hold a murderous knife in my hand, but my heart is not hard enough." Yan Xichen opened his hand and looked at the palm of his hand lightly. on the veins.

"Humans call it gentle."

"It is also a sin to be gentle if you run away from the truth because you cannot face your cowardice."

"You want your heart to be cold and hard, but I want to tell you that you don't need it. Keep warm." Du Yachen stretched out his hand lazily, put it on his open palm, and clasped his fingers, "I Be the knife in your hand, make sure it is sharp enough, and leave your warmth to me, I need it more than others."

Yan Xichen's eyes gradually brightened, revealing the pure moonlight, as if they had changed into Du Yachen's appearance when he saw him for the first time.

When Yan Xichen stared at Du Yachen with those black and quiet eyes, he was calm and focused, charming and bewitching, with an unconscious aura hidden behind the blackness.

Du Yachen's gaze seemed to have substance, and he was a little calm.

A kind of aggression ready to move appeared in him.

Yan Xichen felt hot from his fiery gaze, and got up with some cover-up: "It's time to go back, I have to rest early tonight, and tell me about the Basilica Cathedral in detail tomorrow."

He sat cross-legged for too long, and his legs were already numb. When he got up, his center of gravity was unstable and he wanted to fall forward one step at a time.

Du Yachen picked him up and walked down the bell tower under the moonlight.

Lao Jiang and a group of other watchmen arranged a new address for Yan Xichen.A high-rise apartment with two bedrooms and one living room. From the balcony, you can see the Basilica Theater five kilometers away.

It was quite late when the two went back that day, but they were woken up early the next morning by the sound of the door being slammed.

"Luo Sen." Du Yachen looked outside the door and said to Yan Xichen.

"He can find you anywhere." Yan Xichen yawned and was about to make breakfast.

Rosen almost fell through the door.

This not only frightened Yan Xichen, but also surprised Du Yachen.

Rosen is always a steady and calm person, it can be said that he has almost never seen him lose his composure.

Du Yachen didn't see the rose when he opened the door, and Luo Sen looked like this again, so he immediately had a guess in his mind.

"What happened to Rose?" He asked in a deep voice.

"Please come and see with me."

Yan Xichen and Du Yachen got into the car 10 minutes later, and Luo Sen drove at lightning speed all the way.Yan Xichen had only been in his car last night, and knew that Luo Sen was driving very steadily, not like now.

Yan Xichen's heart skipped a beat: "Is it a crow?"

Rosen didn't answer, he clenched the steering wheel with both hands and clenched his mandibles.

Naturally, Yan Xichen didn't want to ask again.

After 10 minutes, they were in place.

Although it was early in the morning, the lights in the bedroom were all on, the room was very quiet, and there was still a slight smell of red wine.

Rosen took off his shoes, unloaded all his weapons and equipment, and asked the two of them to do the same.Du Yachen was not used to unloading all the equipment in front of others, but he looked into Rosen's sincere eyes, and after a moment of hesitation, he did so.Afterwards, Rosen led them to push open the bedroom door, and Rose sat quietly on the windowsill with the curtains drawn.

She took off her combat uniform and untied her hair, which was always tied, and put on a simple dress.Yan Xichen had never seen such a rose, as beautiful and simple as any girl next door, not the decisive woman.Even the mole on the tip of her eyebrows became tender at this moment.

"Boss." Not only did Rose not come forward as usual, but she backed away in fear. She looked at her hands with a wry smile, "I'm useless."

"Don't talk nonsense." Rosen walked over quickly and sat beside her, as if trying to endure something.

"What exactly happened?"

Rose glanced at the two of them and sighed: "After the little swallow left last night..."

She briefly told them about the crow and the black shadow last night, and then her tone became more and more unstable, and she even cried: "I'm afraid, I'm afraid of the dark, I'm afraid of hearing gunshots, I'm afraid of seeing all weapons , knives, or metal reflectors, I became terrified of death, I was terrified of all violence! I was useless... I can no longer hold knives and guns!"

Rose's mood was very unstable. Rosen held her tightly in his arms, while Yan Xichen and Du Yachen both looked bad.

"You said that black shadow said he was the one who judged and punished?" Yan Xichen's face turned pale.

Rose nestled in Rosen's arms and nodded heavily.

"It's a curse."

"No, it's a trial." Yan Xichen walked slowly to Rose's side, and when he felt that she was a little afraid and began to shrink back, he stopped and squatted down.

"She is afraid of everyone now, and she is not allowed to approach, except me." Rosen gestured to Yan Xichen.

Yan Xichen nodded, expressing his understanding: "You don't have to be afraid, because I have seen the person you mentioned before."

Rose stopped crying, she looked up at Yan Xichen with red eyes.

"And he is everywhere, from the outer world to the inner world. In my dream, he has always been the judge and wants me to atone. And just yesterday, we should know his true identity."

"Who is it?" Rose asked.

Yan Xichen stared at her: "You have always wanted to kill... Cain! Therefore, since it is your enemy all along, it must be harder to defeat than 'human'. You said that he gave you fear because he With the power to control this space, he knows how to make you fear everything, but he does not have the ability to interfere in the real world. So believe me, you will not live in fear forever, let alone be afraid that one day you will no longer be able to pick up a gun. Because one day, you won't need to pick up a gun."

Rose stared blankly at Yan Xichen, her eyes quickly turned redder.

Du Yachen also approached her, squatted down in front of her, looked at her seriously and said, "You've done a good job, good girl. This time, let's use a little boy to protect you."

Rose's lips trembled, and finally couldn't help crying.She clutched Rosen's front collar tightly, looking so sad, but also more than just sad.

She has always been strong and steadfast in front of people, even as a woman in this chaotic world, no one has ever dared to look down on her.She is used to being alone, except for Rosen, she is used to solving all problems by herself.

Now Du Yachen told him that she was doing well and she was stronger than many men.

She was finally able to cry again, and overnight, she turned back to the little girl she used to be, the little girl who would be moved by a little warmth.

Without saying anything, Du Yachen patted Rosen on the shoulder and led Yan Xichen out the door.

There was silence all the way back to the apartment.

Yan Xichen has always believed that what Du Yachen presents to others is always easy to handle.In fact, he has hidden his emotions very well. Perhaps, he also has fear, regret, pain, and difficult times.Although he always smiles, his smile can be a better protective color than some people's indifferent faces.

Yan Xichen stepped forward and quietly hugged Du Yachen from behind, wanting him to feel even a little bit of comfort.If Du Yachen felt something, he touched Yan Xichen's hand with his backhand, without expressing much.

"We have to act. The longer the matter drags on, the worse it will be. Whether it is Cain or the crow who moved her, it is a kind of urging in disguise for me."

Yan Xichen wondered, "What are you urging?"

Du Yachen did not answer Yan Xichen's words, he got up and opened the tulle curtain in front of the bay window, and looked at the Basilica Theater in the distance from the exposed gap.

Yan Xichen followed his gaze, his eyes froze.

"Tonight, I will send an action letter to all the watchmen, and summon the excellent combat power in the chaotic zone in advance."