Chapter 1654
Destiny!
Chapter 1654 Destiny!
The sky was ablaze with red, and the azure sea was shrouded in a thin layer of ink. After wandering around the center of the Third Tokyo metropolitan area, He Ming, Murasame Feng, and Namikel Cornell finally drove back to the port.
As he watched the city center disappear into the distance, Namikel Cornell breathed a sigh of relief.
If this continues, I might even betray them myself.
She hadn't expected He Ming to be so generous, paying for anything Cun Yufeng wanted without hesitation.
Among those packaged items, Namikel Cornell clearly saw a hint of pity and affection in He Ming's eyes.
"What exactly is going on?"
Namikel Cornell even inadvertently thought that He Ming had known Murasame for a long time, and might even be one of the orphans who were not adopted by the Murasame Research Institute and were left to fend for themselves in the ruins.
However, Murasame did not show any sign of knowing He Ming; she simply reaped whatever caught her eye without any expression.
"Is there anywhere else to go? It's not easy to get out here. After we get back, we need to prepare to go to the Second Davao City Cluster to assist the local garrison and Calabar in completely eradicating the BTEA that are entrenched in the city."
"BETA? Calaba?"
Namikel Cornell exclaimed in surprise and asked instinctively.
"Are we to become enemies with the Titans?"
He Ming raised his eyes slightly and looked at the rearview mirror, where he saw a face that revealed a hint of fear.
“Mentor Namikael. The Titans are not so scary. On the surface, we will not have any conflict with the Titans. Of course, in certain special circumstances, if those Titans are not sharp enough, conflict will naturally be inevitable.”
“I know. It’s just that the pressure the Titans have put on the institute these past few years has been too heavy. If it weren’t for Colonel Ming’s recall order, Feng would probably have been recalled by the Titans as well.”
Namikel Cornell's words, though on the tip of his tongue, ultimately took a different turn.
After all, the contents of that truck made it impossible for Namikel Cornell to adopt a tough stance.
"Is that so? Then I'm quite lucky. Aren't I, Feng?"
Murasame Feng shifted her gaze, glanced at Namikel Cornell in the rearview mirror, and slowly nodded.
Immediately afterward, before Namikael Cornell could say anything, He Ming and Murasame both looked to the other side.
It just so happens that it was at a street intersection in front of the highway entrance.
"That, that's... How tragic! What is this child...?"
Belatedly noticing, Namikael Cornell followed He Ming and Murasame Feng's gaze and found a thin, dusty, and extremely dirty boy sitting quietly by the roadside, hugging his knees and burying his head in his hands, under the streetlight at the street corner.
With the car moving at will, He Ming skillfully controlled it, and it slowly came to a stop in front of the boy.
"Are you ok?"
For some reason, Namikel Cornell suddenly felt an unprecedented surge of maternal instinct. She opened the car door first, walked up to the boy, and asked softly.
The next second, Namikal Cornell's eyes widened instantly.
"Who, who could be so cruel?!"
To Namikal Cornell's astonishment, He Ming and Murasame also saw the boy's face, which was bruised, swollen, and covered in black eyes.
"Come on! Let's go to the hospital!"
Without hesitation, He Ming pulled the boy up.
"wait wait wait!"
The boy shouted, trying to break free from He Ming's grasp, but found that he couldn't escape at all.
"Don't worry about us being bad guys. I'm a soldier in the Earth Federation Forces. Well, the Garo Tower, which arrived at the city's port today, is my current flagship."
He Ming noticed the boy's resistance, then released his grip and said gently, "You, you're a Federal soldier?"
The boy withdrew his hand and looked at He Ming warily.
"Yes, that's right. If you have any difficulties, feel free to tell me. I'll do my best to help you. But if you feel it's bothering you, it's okay not to say anything. However, I think you need to get proper medical treatment in your current condition. Otherwise, how will you go to school tomorrow?"
He Ming glanced at the boy's clothes, made a rough judgment, and offered his suggestion.
The young man was silent.
He glanced at Namikel Cornell, then at He Ming, and finally at Murasame Feng, but was startled by Murasame Feng's sharp gaze and took a half step back.
"phoenix."
He Ming raised his hand, and Cun Yufeng nodded slightly before returning to the car on her own.
"You, you are really federal soldiers?"
"Replacement guaranteed."
He Ming slightly raised his hand, and the intelligent AI cube Adino jumped out of his pocket, opening He Ming's Earth Federation Army ID card to show the boy.
of course.
Young man, and most of the city's residents, did not recognize the Earth Federation Forces' identification.
After all, this third Tokyo metropolitan area is not a native city of this planet, but a victim city that was forcibly integrated into this world after the space disaster.
Even so, after He Ming showed his identification, the boy miraculously believed what He Ming said.
Half an hour later, the boy was taken to a nearby hospital. While Namikar Cornell accompanied him for treatment, He Ming went to the hospital entrance and made a phone call to the garrison there.
"Colonel Ming, do you value that boy highly?"
Village Rain-Feng sat at the hospital entrance, hugging her knees, and asked softly.
"No. I'm just marveling at the coincidence of fate."
After He Ming made Adino hang up the phone, he thought for a moment and answered seriously.
"A coincidence of fate?"
After a moment of contemplation, Cun Yufeng looked up at He Ming.
"Colonel Ming, what do you think fate really is?"
Upon hearing this, He Ming shook his head slightly.
"Fate is nothing."
"Then, what is it?"
A hint of contemplation and stubbornness flashed in Cun Yufeng's eyes.
"Before receiving the conscription order, I thought I would stay in the Murasame Research Institute until the moment of my death. But after receiving the conscription order, I thought I would be forced into the battlefield under unreasonable orders, becoming a pawn that could be discarded by others at any time."
Murasame lowered her head and murmured something.
"But when I saw that child, the one who had been severely beaten and was hiding on the side of the street, silently shedding tears and refusing to accept the kindness of strangers, I suddenly realized that my fate might be able to change."
Murasame's eyes gradually became somewhat lost, as if she were looking at some distant place.
"Sometimes, when I'm lost in thought, I seem to see myself dying on the battlefield. My future self will probably die!"
"Before I met Colonel Ming, I often saw this scene. But now, it seems different. The battlefield that buried me seems to have become fragmented."
(End of this chapter)