【Liai】Horizon

BERLIN, GER2013.7.20

After six o'clock, when Allen woke up, he didn't open his eyes immediately.

In the little darkness he constructed for himself, he tried to retrieve those incredible images.For example, simple towns and familiar people.Or at the end of deserts and forests, huge monsters that suddenly appear and disappear.What would that be?There are also those indifferent words that always jump out at a certain moment and make myself stunned, and they have long since disappeared when I want to think about it.

Allen thought about it, and sure enough, it took him 12 years to recover his memories before he was five years old, and his life experience is unknown until now. It's better not to think about these hallucinatory things.

"Maybe it's just one missing opportunity." Mikasha said.

The two walked side by side on the tree-lined road, and it was already full of sunlight at seven o'clock.Mikasha pushed the bicycle, sucking on the unfinished yogurt little by little, and the sun shone through the gaps in the leaves, leaving mottled light and shadows on the ground. Allen stepped on them step by step like a checkerboard.

"You're in a good mood, you." Mikasha bit her straw, turned her head to look at the young man who was entertaining herself, "Find a new job?"

"Ah...speaking of which, what date is it today?"

"number 20."

"It's been three days."

"Ok?"

Allen didn't say anything more, but walked back to her quietly, thinking about something with his head down.Mikasa didn't ask any more questions.The finished yogurt bottles were thrown into the trash can at the intersection, as every day before.

He knew her obsessive-compulsive desire to protect herself, and she also knew his character and behavior.Such a tacit understanding permeated the air. If he didn't say anything, she wouldn't ask any more questions.Will show up on time when we need each other, that's the bond.Many people will misunderstand the relationship between Alan and Mikasha, and think they are lovers. For this reason, Alan has been stared at by Jean Kirches more than once.But in fact, it feels more like family than lovers.

He clearly knew that he and Mikasha could not reach that level of relationship, but the word liking was blank for him.Vaguely, he seemed to be waiting for someone to appear, maybe that was the opportunity.Who knows, not to mention that Alan still has doubts about the future, he himself is a secret.

The last school day, followed by a three-day self-study holiday, then two days of final exams, and finally a school trip.Speaking of the school leave trip, although the plan has been finalized, Armin has been keeping it secretively. "In short, everyone must take the exam well and show the level of the elite class. The vacation trip will definitely be a super big surprise." He said.

Allen was lying on the desk, with the cool wooden table against his cheek, and he was warmed up in a short while.I took out a book and flipped through it at will. The pages of the book were clattered to the end by a thin fan, and the draft paper clipped in front of the first page floated out gently.The messy drafts were concentrated in a certain area, trying to cover a few letters, but that was just a bluff.

LEVI

What are you doing?Mr. Levi.

Levi actually doesn't like dealing with people.

Before Erwin went to the United States, everything was taken care of by the other party, and Hanji, who was full of passion every day, and Petra, who was good at communicating with people, were there, and it was almost not Levi's turn to come forward.This just happens to be part of his mystery as the leader of the regiment - the enemy doesn't even know his face.

So Levi was mad at the guy who escaped on the night of the sixteenth.Some people who do not keep their duties as ants need not discipline, but sanctions.Commonly speaking, Levi is not afraid of any opponent coming to his door, and it is also good to be a target to practice shooting.So after he dropped Oluou's phone, which he didn't find anything, Han Ji rushed to his office with the expression of discovering the New World.

"Letting someone go makes you so angry?"

Of course, the reason for anger may be that someone else will be threatened, and he hates things that are beyond his control.Although this "thing" has begun with the arrival of someone, the end is still far away.So there is a new content in the conversation between Han Ji and him:

"How is that kid?"

"...can you stop asking the same question every day."

"Then I'll ask those people you sent to secretly escort him home."

"..."

"No, there really are?!"

While Hanji was yelling, Levi had already messaged Petra and went out with the car keys.To be honest, Levi is also a little confused about what he has done recently, and he simply blames it all on hallucinations.

Whether it's the desert, the forest, or the sea.

It is still the sound that can be heard in the last second and disappears in the next second.

such as--

"Mr. Levi? Why are you here? Miss Petra also—"

The boy in a linen T-shirt and a black schoolbag on one shoulder is just as refreshing as his impression.Behind him is an overly colorful sunset, just like a painting, such a scene can be printed on a postcard.The night in Berlin is just about to start. The lights of the planes on the top of the tall buildings in the distance have changed color, large and small neon lights are vying to be the first to catch the eye. 340 million people are breathing in this city at the same time, and the Spree and Havel rivers are sparkling.

Levi leaned against the front of the car and didn't speak, Petra smiled and stepped forward to rub the boy's hair.

"Come to help you move."

In short, Allen's question of "how did you know I live here" was completely ignored.

Well, Mr. Levi, you have great powers, you even know that I leave school early today.

The three days available for him to "consider" became the default on the evening of the last day.So when the slightly stingy landlord in the past nodded and bowed to Levi, Alan was no longer surprised.Allen watched as Levi took out an envelope and handed it to the landlord. After opening it, the landlord glanced at it and walked away with a smile.

Then he was about to say something when Levi turned his head blankly.

"Deducted from your salary."

Such a lukewarm way of getting along is probably one of the reasons why Allen accepted the job.He doesn't like other people's handouts, and Levi has no intention of it.

Unspoken.

Moving takes place from 06:30 to 08:30.At first Levi went in and walked around, then came out with a look of disgust on his face. He asked Alan when was the last time he cleaned, and the boy replied that it was yesterday.Then Levi rolled his eyes, put on white gloves and a mask, and stuffed the books on his shelf into the cardboard box.

The Boss with the most cleanliness in human beings did it himself "in order to improve efficiency", which made Petra stunned in surprise.However, her eyes were quickly attracted by the photos in the boy's drawer, and Alan hugged the folded clothes and made some explanations with embarrassment.Levi's showing zero interest in this - he's seen the pictures anyway.

Then Petra went to Rose, and the store that was being renovated looked a little embarrassed.Thinking of what happened that night, Allen couldn't help but shudder, and Levi drove away quickly after sending Petra off, as if hiding something.Allen only had time to see a young woman with glasses and a short reddish-brown ponytail in the rearview mirror.

He has no time to care about those.The few sheets of A4 printing paper Allen was holding were given to him by Petra before he left, and some precautions were listed on them.The first one is about breakfast and dinner, the taste of coffee, the softness of bread and so on.Then there are the ingredients for dinner, it's great that there are hardly any fussy eaters.The second one is the cleaning regulations on the whole side. Allen turned over after a glance. In short, every corner from top to bottom should be cleaned every day.

There is only one sentence on the third piece of paper:

"Don't mention Levi's name outside."

A mysterious person with a good-looking profile.

Hallucinations of unknown significance.

What are the strings?

Alan peeks at Levi in ​​the rearview mirror for a moment, just for a moment.

>>>

Habits always come faster than you think.

Allen took a sip of iced Coke and sat on the bay window looking at the ordinary night sky in Berlin.

Where was he before that snowy day when he was five years old?There will be a father, a mother, a simple and warm home, it must be like this.At that time, I could still act like a baby in my mother's arms, and hold my father's hand to see the world I just started to understand.It's just that this habit has become blank along with the memory.

Then Alan Yeager got used to the room closest to the duty room in the orphanage, with a beige ceiling, various stickers on the walls, and a pot of sunflowers by the window sill.Although I have lost my memory, I am not empty at all, and the emotions in the depths of my soul are almost overflowing.Although his expression is still as calm as water, even though he hasn't found anything for the time being.

The subsequent habit is a small rental house next to the junior high school, a small house of tens of square meters, the room faces the sun, and the ivy spreads to the window sill along the old wall, which needs to be trimmed regularly.After that, the house I rented during high school was a little bigger than before, and the newly added bookshelves were made by myself and Almin.

And later on——

"Alan, are you asleep?"

"Ah, not yet." The boy whose thoughts were interrupted got up from the desk and walked to the door, "What's the matter, Mr. Levi?"

"You don't have to get up too early tomorrow, I'll drive you to school."

The sound of footsteps revealed that the person had walked back to the room and closed the door, and Allen put his hand on the doorknob down again.Through a door, I imagined that person's expressionless expression, and the words he said were like orders that no one could question the next sentence, but they obviously had nothing to do with orders.

"Thank you, thank you."

Although not conveyed.

The current habit is that the strange but not so strange room in front of him is very spacious even though it is just a guest room.Allen likes to sit on the bay window and read a book. It is very comfortable to lean against the cool tiles. Looking up, he can see the night sky above the lights in the center of Berlin in the distance.All future habits will be related to that person named Levi.Keep the house clean at all times, and be punctual, and complete the things he explained cleanly.When I think about it this way, I always feel that I have to be careful, but I am inexplicably grateful.

Allen packed up the necessary test equipment, jumped on the bed and waited for himself to be submerged in darkness and the strange dreams that followed.Strangely, he was still lying motionless in the center of the dream, and the dream was thickly black, but Levi opened a certain door and sat beside his bed.

A gentle whisper is comparable to a tender ear.

When news of Vincent Algland's death hit the headlines, Allen was in the school lecture theater writing the last question on a math paper, and the principal called an emergency meeting of the school's non-proctoring teachers.

Levi walked out of the office with a serious expression, Petra sat in front of the newly renovated bar, folded the newspaper and put it in the bag, then took out the mobile phone, Hanji sat in the laboratory and stared at the newspaper The photos are tranced.

Vincent Elgren, 16 years old, is studying in Class C of Senior One of Berlin Higher School of Arts and Sciences.Ordinary family, ordinary character, ordinary grades, ordinary relationships.He is so ordinary that he has the youthful appearance of a high school student of that age, such as the same height and hair color as Alan Yeager.

"Those people are starting to provoke, see?"

"Ah."

"you prepare……"

"Come talk to Rose."

It was still daytime and there was no one in the bar except Petra and the security guard.But this is a place suitable for darkness. When the curtains are drawn, the high light outside the floor-to-ceiling windows is blocked, leaving only a white mark on the floor.Levi stared at the screen of Petra's laptop, and while he was waiting for Hanji, he watched the surveillance video of that night back and forth many times - the sound of glass shattering everywhere, gunshots, blood, huddled behind the bar The voice of the boy who jumped up suddenly again.

Uneasy.

"Is Alan still used to it?" Petra brought black tea, and when she remembered something, she brought an ice bucket and added three cubes of ice to the cup.

"If you don't adapt, you have to adapt."

"Soldier, you are still so merciless when you speak, you obviously care about that child."

Levi looks up at Petra.

She is only 21 years old, young and beautiful, dynamic and sharp.

but.

"The ingredient list and cleaning regulations were given to that brat by you, right?"

"……Yes."

Feelings that cannot see the sun grow wantonly in the dark, and they are killed immediately when they break the ground.The remaining sourness is probably the sound of beige nails scratching the sandalwood drawer wall, the slight pain, like ants gnawing on a serious ailment.

"I remember saying very clearly last winter that you—"

"Yoooooooooo Levi!!! Look what I got!!" Han Ji hurried over, throwing something messy in front of Levi.

Levi sighed.

Petra gave her a thankful look, Hanji was still in the excitement and didn't pay attention at all, Levi took out the white gloves from his pocket and put them on, then took out the bullet from the transparent tape .The blood on the golden bullet had turned black, and Levi looked at the tiny lettering on the bullet's tail against the light.

"The child was killed with a single shot. The time of the incident was around [-] o'clock yesterday evening. The body was found in the warehouse at the end of No. [-] Street. His hands and feet were tied and his body was bruised." Speaking of which, Han Ji tweeted Pushing his glasses, his expression was a little sad, so he picked up the black tea that Levi hadn't moved and took a big sip.

"Almost clear. You went to blackmail Officer Rott again?" Levi took off his gloves, then glanced at the printout of the scene.

"How can it be considered extortion? Please! How many experiments have I helped them do that can't be approved by the higher authorities!"

"I didn't receive Erwin's call yesterday, did he call you?"

"He said that except for the top few others, you can deal with them."

"That's good."

Silence followed, and the three stopped talking.

Levi stared at the boy in the body bag on the photo, and then at the boy in the surveillance video.

If the two faces are swapped.

No, can't even think about it.

This kind of thing must never happen.

After Levi left, Petra's face was not very good, and Hanji patted her on the shoulder comfortingly.

"Because of that hapless kid, or Levi?"

"Because of Allen, and the captain. Anyway..."

"Relax! Levi will protect that kid!"

"No, it's not—"

Petra lay prone on the bar, her face buried deep in her arms. "Han Ji, I have a bad feeling."

"I think the past will repeat itself."