Chapter 334 104: Forgetting
Two years ago.
Large-scale polluter disasters broke out in Iki Island and Chiyoda Ward, Tokyo, Japan at almost the same time, even endangering the Prime Minister's Office for a while.
Based on the different details of the events in the two places, Yushi Noguchi analyzed that the disaster that occurred in Chiyoda District was just an attack in the east and in the west, because the Mother Goddess Consolidation dispersed its manpower in many places in Chiyoda District, and the Iki Islands were lost one after another. The way to connect is completely different.
So Iki Island should be the main target of the integration of the Mother Goddess. Chiyoda’s polluters can only use the police force and the Self-Defense Force to consume the energy of the Special Affairs Bureau, while the main extraordinary force is placed on Iki Island is used to thwart the opponent's unknown conspiracy.
However, as Chiyoda District is the political center, the traditionalists do not allow the Special Affairs Bureau to give priority to Iki Island and force the polluters who are causing trouble in Chiyoda District to be quelled as soon as possible.
At that time, the Transcendental Sect was still under the suppression of the Traditionalist Sect. Disobeying orders would only plunge Japan into civil strife, which would lead to the unification of the Mother Goddess and ultimately make it impossible for anyone to control it.
After weighing the pros and cons, and adding that Kuroki Shinsen acted as a centrist mediator, Noguchi Yushi could only agree to this approach, but still insisted on sending several extraordinary troops to cooperate with the Self-Defense Forces into Iki Island to carry out the cleanup work.
Later, as the delays of the polluters in Chiyoda District became more and more obvious, and the battle report on Iki Island became more and more unfavorable, Noguchi Yushi couldn't bear it anymore, and finally turned over the table, smashed the casualty report in the opponent's face, and demanded to obtain the right Otherwise, he would not be able to guarantee that his subordinates would do something out of extraordinary righteous indignation.
Under Abe's bilateral mediation, the command was officially handed over to Noguchi Yushi, and the war to recover Iki Island, which had almost entirely fallen, was officially launched.
As for Chiyoda District, they have taken a defensive stance, imposing martial law throughout the city and carrying out comprehensive investigations.
Guan Junyan was temporarily promoted to captain. He took his apprentice Sayuri Iizumi and the Moon Starters from four other teams to form a temporary team. The goal was to investigate whether there was a mother nest of polluters in the urban area. exist.
They stepped onto the scorched earth after a major bombing and began to search the city for the existence of the Brood.
From that time on, communications within the island became intermittent and communication became difficult.
Guan Junyan's team searched almost all of the construction area to the south, but neither of them found the so-called mother nest.
So three days after setting foot on Iki Island, they planned to retreat to the shore according to the planned time and wait for rescue. As a result, one of the Moon Awakeners claimed that they found suspicious potholes in the wild fields, and there were traces of human cover-ups. You can only find it if you get close, and it is probably related to the polluter's mother nest.
Guan Junyan, who was eager to make meritorious deeds, did not expect that they spent almost all the time together and rarely had arrangements to act alone. How did that person discover the potholes in the wild?
So the four people left the building and came to the field, and then white mist appeared.
"Kawada. He seems to be crazy. After I called him, he ran away. I didn't dare to pursue him too deeply."
Spent a night in the fog. back.
During the day, Guan Junyan just woke up from his nightmare and got such bad news.
Kawada was the one who took them to the field and said he found a suspicious pothole.
"It's my fault that I didn't consider his words carefully yesterday. It may be that the continuous nightmares in the past few days have made him lose the judgment between reality and dreams, and that's why this happened."
Guan Junyan He did not mention the suspicion that the other party might betray him, which would only further damage the remaining morale.
It would be better to blame the nightmare that happens when you fall asleep. At least now he is starting to be a little confused about dreams in reality.
"Then, are we looking for him?"
Nanada Qi, who was sitting on the ground next to her, moved her eyes vaguely on Iizumi Sayuri and Guan Junyan, then stopped at Guan Junyan and asked .
Guan Junyan shook his head: "We haven't figured out the cause of this sudden fog at all, and haven't you noticed? Even if you sleep for a while, the physical strength you can recover is very limited."
< br>Iizumi Sayuri lowered her head and thought for a while: "Has there been any change in your dream last night?"
"It's still a nightmare, but..." Guan Junyan did not speak immediately, but looked at Nantian Qi .
"I dreamed that Captain, you killed me, and then the white mist dissipated." Iizumi Sayuri said it before Minami Qi.
But Guan Junyan knew that she was lying with his weak eyes and one hand behind his back.
Nantian's tense body seemed to relax slightly: ".Me, it's about the same."
Guan Junyan understood.
His dream was to cooperate with Jing Quan and kill Nantian together, and then the white mist would dissipate, and presumably the two of them would too.
The reason why Izumi Sayuri lied was because she was worried that Nantian might think too much after knowing it.
"It seems that in our dreams, we ourselves are all victims." Guan Junyan decided to follow Jing Quan's lies. He did not believe that the fog would really dissipate after killing his teammates, let alone It is most likely that they will gradually kill themselves, and finally eliminate them without spending a single soldier.
"So, this is the mother goddess's method of unification? Is she using dreams to disintegrate us?" Nantian Qi relieved her inner worries and did not continue to search for the missing Kawada.
Originally, I was just worried about what the three people’s dreams meant, so I wanted to ask Kawada to come back to check and balance them.
If everyone’s dream was that they were the victim, then there would be less worry.
This was also because Iizumi Sayuri's usual image gave her the impression that she would not lie.
"This is most likely to be the case. Next, we must conserve our strength, make good plans, try to use beacon fire and other means to obtain external contact, and be vigilant, there may be harassment." Guan Toshiyan revealed his plan.
“Don’t we find a place to try to walk?” Jing Quan asked.
“This is exactly what the Mother Goddess wants to do to consume our physical strength. When we run out of physical strength, we will be waiting for death. And if we stay here, the news of the failure of the connection will be sent back to Director Noguchi, he might still send someone Rescue, after all, aren’t there seniors Saga, Tashiro, and Ozaki in the north?”
“And if the opponent’s ability can trap the team led by those seniors, then we will not escape. It’s necessary.”
After listening to Guan Junyan's words, Nantian realized that although staying in place sounded silly, it seemed to be the plan with the highest survival rate.
This fog is definitely not that simple. Maybe they will go around in circles and waste their energy.
"Nantian, what do you think? If you want to find a direction to explore for a while, I also support it. You just need to pay attention to conserving your physical strength." Guan Junyan looked at Nantian.
"Captain, you are right. Acting blindly can easily lead to a desperate situation. Just follow your plan." Nantian Qi didn't have any good ideas.
"Okay, Jingquan, you collect wood to make a beacon, Nantian tries to use all the contact tools, and I look for any creatures nearby."
For the first three days, everything was as usual. Even though they were anxious, they could barely control their moods.
Occasionally, there will be attacks by polluters and moon-dirty ones, but they will not come when they are sleeping. They are very disciplined. This is the conclusion they came to by taking turns to keep vigil.
On the fifth day, it was obvious to the naked eye that there was something wrong with the mental state of several people.
Guan Junyan has a heavy responsibility for the first time and is under a lot of pressure. Regardless of whether he was misled or not, making wrong judgments is his problem, so he has been quietly eroded by nightmares, and he has begun to be vaguely unable to distinguish reality. Sometimes There was something wrong with the way he looked at Nantian.
And Nantian was killed so many times in his dream, and he was filled with fear, anger, and resentment, and his mentality was unstable. Only Iizumi Sayuri was the least affected, probably because she had her sister as a support in her heart. She could balance and adjust their emotions, but she gradually became more and more silent.
The seventh day.
Nantian finally couldn't bear it anymore and found her when he was handing over to Jingquan Vigil, with red eyes and dark bags under her eyes.
"Jing Quan, since we were all killed by Guan Junyan in our dreams, I know he is your master, but can you ensure that he has no other thoughts? I suspect he will kill me in the next two days. , if the fog persists, you will be next, so why don’t we join forces in advance.”
Jing Quan looked at Nantian’s somewhat crazy expression with complicated eyes, and finally nodded with difficulty.
Then, at the moment of Nantian's joy, Jing Quan put his hand that had finished accumulating power on her chest.
“You——”
Jingquan’s ability is to compress air, producing an explosive effect.
The advantage is that it is powerful, but the disadvantage is that it needs to be accumulated in advance.
Faced with Jing Quan's sudden attack, Nantian, who was mainly focusing on guarding against sleeping nearby, had a hole blasted out of his chest.
Before she died, she stared at Jingquan in realization and slowly fell down.
"So. You have been lying to me"
Nan Tian is dead.
Guan Junyan was also awakened, and then looked at Nantian's body in shock.
Jing Quan stared at his blood-stained hands, shaking slightly. After a long time, he slowly clenched his fists.
Guan Junyan's brain slowly came to his senses, and he probably guessed the reason why Jing Quan took action.
He took out his knife, chopped Nantian's body into pieces, and buried it on the spot.
"You killed her because of me. The blame should be on me."
"I will take you out, I promise."
He held his hand Izumi Sayuri's hand was stained with blood and he said firmly.
"After Nantian Qi discovered that Kawada Shen Shen Naotao had left, she chased them and then disappeared into the mist. We never found them again. After we went out, this is what we said to the outside world."
Jing Quan's mentality gradually calmed down, and he reluctantly asked Guan Toshiyan showed a bitter smile: "Well, if there is only one chance to leave, just kill me."
"Don't say stupid things, Xiao Ringo is still waiting for you, I will take you out, I will definitely , otherwise, we will die here together." Guan Junyan shook his head.
Hearing Ringo's name, Jingquan's dazed expression regained its color slightly.
At this time, the surrounding fog began to slowly fade away.
"After that, although we still couldn't make contact with the outside world, at least the fog was gone and we could see the road clearly, so we rushed all the way to the connection point that deviated from the plan for a week."
"But I don't know The battle on Iki Island has begun At the new stage, the endless polluters are consuming our physical strength crazily. Even with the support of the air force, we can't move forward. "
"In the end, in order for me to leave, Jingquan asked me to take care of Xiao Ringo and attract him. Gone big Part of the polluters."
"It seems that the target of the Mother Goddess integration was Izumi Sayuri from beginning to end, and I was just incidental."
"I rushed to the connection point. Cooperation with other colleagues Next, I finally left that nightmare place. However, everything I experienced in the white mist was gradually forgotten subconsciously during the period after the white mist dissipated, and was filled with messy memories of pursuits. ”
"I forgot that we killed Nantian, I forgot the experience of those few days, and I forgot what I said to Sayuri."
"Even if I remembered, taking good care of Izumi Ringo, I failed to fulfill my promise. ”
Iki Island.
Everyone fell into silence after listening to what Guan Junyan said like a story.
“That’s not your fault. There were indeed a lot of thorns in the Moon Enlighteners in the past two years, and they were all the fault of the Mother Goddess. Even if we still remember them after going out this time, we will not follow them. The boss said it!”
Toyokawa comforted.
Hound frowned and thought for a while: "But according to the information I checked, there was no white fog incident on Iki Island at that time. Are what I experienced in those few days really a real experience?"
Toyokawa's eyes lit up and he walked to the hound: "You mean, we are in a hallucination?"
"Probably not. If it is an hallucination, the soul crow should not be affected. "The hound pointed at the soul crow flying around them.
"Angang!" Soul Crow shouted several times in response.
"If the purpose at that time was for Izumi Sayuri, then now we don't have a Moon Awakener here, and the purpose is simply to prevent our investigation? Doesn't this white mist distinguish between ourselves and the enemy, so it is difficult to touch in the white mist? attacked by polluters ?”
“Forget it, don’t think about it anymore, at least Guan Junyan stayed where he was before and couldn’t solve the problem, so this time we will explore outside and use various means to ensure that we don’t get lost. That’s how it is on Iki Island. Big, you can always get out.”< br>
Toyokawa cheered: "Besides, if there is no way to go on the ground, then fly. I don't believe that you can't break through the fog even if you fly to the highest point."
Ni Ge fell back on the hound's shoulder: "You can't fly high. It doesn’t fly high, there’s nothing new here! The smell of the soul!”
“Nico, can you guess where this is?” Hound asked, “Fries, one month.” , I’ve got it.”
Nico's eyes flashed with cunning, and he stretched out two paws: "Two months!"
"Deal!" The hound readily agreed.
Nico was a little hesitant. Did he yell too much?
But as a soul crow, it still has its own pride. Since it has promised, it must do it!
It flapped its wings and flew up from its shoulders. It drew its claws a few times, and the soul lamp appeared on Nico's claws with a faint light.
As soon as the soul lamp appeared, the surrounding fog seemed to boil and surge.
Ni Ge grabbed the soul lantern and flew between the three of them: "Be careful! Be careful! There are bad guys trying to steal my soul lantern!"
As soon as he finished speaking, there were more than a dozen at the edge of the fog. The green-skinned monster appeared in their sights with weapons in hand.
(End of this chapter)