Chapter 694 61. The Commander-in-Chief’s Urgent Special Task
"It was like I had a dream, a very scary and strange dream."
Behind Mason, the girl who had come back to her senses looked at the strange and strange environment around her with a puzzled face. Her spirit was obviously still a little dazed, but her consciousness was returning to normal.
After noticing that there were many androids poking around behind Mason and some of them were taking pictures with cameras, the girl exclaimed, grabbed her clothes and hid behind Mason's windbreaker, wearing clothes rustlingly and whispering Say to the captain:
"Where is this? I remember that everyone else and I were swallowed up by the black tide. Not just us, but the whole city and even the whole world were swallowed
Too scary. ”
"Do you remember anything else?"
The captain asked:
"For example, your brother, Alex Mercer."
"Him?"
The short-haired girl named Diana was stunned by this question. She put her coat on her body and rubbed her forehead and said:
"I only have some vague memories. I remember that the night before the world was swallowed up by the black tide, he who had been missing for many years suddenly came to my apartment.
He said a lot of incomprehensible things to me, and said he was not my brother but just looked like him.
I feel like he has changed a lot.
The feeling on him is hard to describe. He clearly remembers me and I can feel that he has some feelings for me, but he is stubborn and unwilling to admit it.
I wanted to find him, but"
"He is by your side, always."
Mason patted the black branch at his hand and said to Diana behind him:
"There are still a few minutes until dawn. Maybe I can, as a friend of your brother, introduce you to his life during the time you left.
Oh, by the way, it has been almost seventeen years since you last 'died'. ”
"Seventeen years?"
Diana was visibly shocked.
But this smart girl realized something when she saw Mason's actions. When she turned back in shock to look at the black "monster" behind her that looked like a mythical creature, she covered her mouth in horror and said: < br>
"Is this Mercer? Is this monster?"
"He's not a monster!"
Mason interrupted Diana's words with an emphasis, and he said to the girl in front of him very seriously:
"Anyone can say he is a monster, but not you.
His name is Alex Mercer, he's your brother, remember that!
There may be many reasons for what he has done, the darkness and loneliness he has experienced, and carrying your world forward in despair, but I believe the most important one is about you.
He's not just here to save your world, he's here to protect you. ”
"Then who are you?"
Diana bit her lip. She stared at Mason, looked him up and down, and said with suspicion:
"You are so young, are you Mercer's child in these seventeen years? Should you call me aunt?"
"I can call, but I doubt you dare to answer."
Mason laughed.
He looked back at the towering "Black Light Tree" behind him, and with some emotion and a low tone, told the story of himself and Brother A.
Of course it's impossible to tell them all.
This is a story of nearly three million words, and the arrival of dawn is only a few minutes later, so Mason can only describe it briefly, but even though too many details have been omitted, the remaining branches of the story are still enough. It made Diana, an ordinary girl, open her mouth wide.
The legends Mason told had never occurred to her in her wildest imagination, and she could not imagine that her brother could play an important role in such stories.
But it doesn't look fake.
Especially the overflowing respect and awe of the more and more bionic people at the back for Mason, as well as the unique calmness and calmness of the young man in front of him who is younger than himself when he speaks, seem to prove this sound. Exaggerated stories are just descriptions of reality.
I even had to erase many legendary filters due to time issues.
"Your brother finally decided to die. I can't dissuade him and I have no reason to dissuade him."
In this "black light forest" covering half of the city, Mason stared at the fish belly white emerging from the darkness in the distance, and said to Diana beside him:
"His death will shape a new world, which is a sign that your civilization will set sail again. When a whale falls, all things will come to life. His bitter journey is over, and he chose to rest in this place far away from his hometown today.
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I also suspected that he was reluctant to let me help him shape a tombstone because he was short of money.
But now it seems.”
The captain raised his head and looked at the black light forest in front of him, which would never be ignored or forgotten. He shook his head and said:
"He really doesn't need my help in this regard. I really didn't expect that this guy is also a good at creating miracles.
This is the tombstone he chose for himself, and he was the first to release you from his body, and it was probably the last thing that stubborn bastard wanted to ask of me.
He is asking me to take care of you for him to repay his guilt for you.
He is indeed not your brother.
Perhaps his origin is slightly different from what I remember. He was a life that was born after taking over your brother's body. He is an evil thing in every sense of the word.
But I have always believed that identity is not a big deal. What really matters is emotion and action. Replacing identity is just a replacement.
Anyway, the real Alex Mercer was not a good person. Brother A took his identity and helped him leave a mark in history.
So, he should thank him. ”
Having said this, Mason looked back at Diana, who had her head lowered. He paused and asked:
"What's your answer?"
"I don't know."
Diana said honestly:
"I have just been resurrected, and my mind is in a mess. I don't have enough reason or time to think about this ethical issue, but I do have some pictures in my memory.
I have a vague but rough guess that it should be Mercer's experience and life in the gathering of stars you mentioned, and I did see your presence in those flashback memory fragments.
If I told you that it might take some time for me to sort out my relationship with Mercer, would you beat me or kill me in anger?
After all, in your description, Mercer has always appeared as a tolerant anti-hero. ”
"That is just my subjective feeling and cannot be a channel for you to understand the world."
Mason shook his head and said:
"Brother A has done a lot of bad things. I will not deny this. Many worlds have died because of him. If he had not jumped to our side before I launched the liquidation, I would not have bypassed him so easily.
But now, he has used death and the restart of civilization to atone for his sins. Even I can no longer be harsh on him.
Mercer was never a hero. ”
The captain reached out and patted Diana on the shoulder and said softly:
"He is just your relative, he just wants to be a responsible brother, that's all. Look, the dawn is coming."
Mason pointed his finger into the distance.
Diana followed his finger and saw that the red sun's light jumped out of the sea level at that moment, and the radiant light and heat emitted instantly dispelled the endless night.
Like some kind of catalyst, the moment the light shone into the black light forest, a series of breaking sounds sounded under the black light branches.
It was like raindrops from a heavy rain falling on the ground, and they connected into one piece.
Those red light spots representing vitality danced and enveloped the newly born and confused people. They emerged from their cocoons and stood upright in a completely unfamiliar world. They covered their bodies with shame and couldn't help it. After a long slumber, he looked back towards the sky.
Light.
The light representing the dawn shines on them, making them feel warmth and hope again seventeen years later.
The road to the future that had been cut off for a long time has been restarted, and it is time for them to move on.
As Mason watched, the leaders of the androids here, who had been prepared for a long time, came forward with a group of therapeutic staff to give clothes and food to these confused newcomers.
Although it is not ruled out that this is a ceremonial project to increase the sense of presence in front of the big leader Mason, it must be said that this kind gift still gave the confused crowd an initial sense of security.
Brother A said that the first batch of people to be resurrected will be the elites in the world.
They were indeed worthy of this title. They quickly organized themselves and began to communicate with the local androids for the first time in the morning light to obtain sufficient information.
Mason laughed, knowing he didn't need to worry about what was going to happen next.
The captain reached out and patted the black branch at his hand, and whispered:
"Waiting for you to blossom and bear fruit again and again, the world will be resurrected bit by bit, until the last moment arrives, and we will enter the new era with a new attitude.
Congratulations, Mercer.
Your mission is over.
You are free. ”
The morning breeze on the coast blew the leafless branches as if in response to Mason's farewell. However, the captain knew very well that Brother A's consciousness had already dissipated when he transformed himself into this permanent form.
As he said, the essence of this new life is suicide. It may seem like a coward's choice but it is full of a sense of fateful reincarnation.
Finding hope at the end of the bitter journey finally prevented the story from falling all the way in the dark direction.
"What about you?"
Before Mason left, he looked back at Diana and asked:
"Are you leaving with me? Or stay here? I will fulfill his last request and take good care of you for him."
"No."
Diana shook her head and said:
"I want to stay here, my people need to know the stories you told me, they need to know who saved our dead world.
I don’t want him to be called a monster anymore”
"Okay."
Mason nodded, he glanced at Diana and whispered:
"Mercer left something in your body, perhaps to give you some self-protection power. It is the original gene of the Black Light Virus. If you don't plan to use it, then seal it permanently.
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Don't let others know about your unique gift, and if you have any trouble please contact me. ”
"Well, thank you for your concern, I can take care of myself."
Diana thanked Mason seriously, and then watched the mysterious man turn into water and disappear before her eyes.
In the increasingly warm and bright light, she turned around and stroked the black branches surrounding her behind her. Without any movement, the branches surrounded the short-haired girl as if they were given life. .
She felt the blood connection between herself and the black light forest in front of her.
After a few seconds, she lowered her head, just like Brother A's previous "transformation", letting the clothes on her body turn into a hood to cover her hair and face under the impetus of the still very immature black light virus.
She said:
"Thank you, Mercer, thank you, brother."
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"You came back late!"
When Mason returned to the Afterlife Bar, it was already over. In his office, an angry Harley complained:
"Quinn and I have been waiting for you for a long time. Look! Quinn fell asleep from waiting impatiently!"
"Are you asleep?"
The captain looked at Quinn, who was sleeping soundly on the sofa, and the big bump on her head. The emotion in his heart given by Brother A's feat dissipated in an instant, and he stretched out his hand in anger. Knocks on Harley's head.
He said:
"Is this how you treat your evil twin? Did you knock her unconscious? Do you want to piss me off to death with this way of getting along with you?"
"Oh, I just don't want Quinn to disturb our two-person world."
Harley came up with a playful smile, hugged her fiancé and chewed him hard for a while, which finally made Mason calm down.
But the "good thing" she was looking forward to was destined to take a long time. Just after taking off Mr. K's coat, the communicator in the office beeped.
"Leave it alone!"
The little cutie screamed and pushed Mason down on the sofa. He got on top and planned to continue the attack, but the communication kept ringing in an incomprehensible manner. The angry Harley grabbed the clown pistol and shot it several times behind him, damaging it. The communication module stopped, and Mason helplessly covered his eyes as if he was being carried back to the den by a she-wolf to be devoured.
He knew there was nothing that could stop the cutie from going crazy now.
But the matter to be notified to Mason this time seemed really important and urgent. A few seconds later, another communication alert sounded on his watch, and this time the situation marked "emergency" was sent directly from the Bat Network. .
"Stop!"
Mason held down Harley, who was shaking her disheveled hair, and gave her a look. Then he connected the communication, and the optical projection opened to reveal the young man's handsome face.
But at this moment, Grayson's handsome face was filled with helplessness.
He said to Mason:
"I have something to trouble you about. It has to do with me and Barbara."
"Did her rejection get worse?"
Mason asked, and the young master shook his head and said:
"No, she is fine and recovering well, but she is still very weak and needs a wheelchair to travel. That's not what I want to say. Bruce and Selina's wedding will be held in two days, you know, right?"
"Well, I heard that they are not planning a big banquet for guests, just a small-scale private wedding. What? What happened?"
The captain asked, while suppressing Harley who was about to move.
The young master sighed and said:
"The thing is, I was originally the best man, and Barbara was the bridesmaid, but she obviously can't attend in her current situation, and I can't do it if I want to take care of her.
But it was too late to find someone temporarily.
Afu was already going crazy while preparing for the ceremony. He was very concerned about Bruce's wedding and asked me to find a best man within thirty minutes.
Ertong agreed, but it was not enough, so I wanted to ask if you are interested in participating.
You're part of the Bat-family, right?
It's your responsibility to do this. ”
"That's not a problem for me. I'll be free for the next few days anyway."
Mason pursed his lips and said:
"But if I am the best man, there will be two more positions on the bridesmaid side. Will Selena agree to Harley and Quinn making noise at her wedding?"
"What's wrong?"
The eldest son asked in surprise. Mason coughed a few times and glared at Harley beside him. The little cutie just pretended not to notice and continued to play this dangerous game.
"I'll be over to Wayne Manor in a minute."
Mason sped up and said:
"Let's meet there. Let's not talk anymore. I'm suddenly in a hurry. Please inform the old lady and the old lady for me, and we'll talk about it when we meet."
The captain hung up the communication and was about to punish the little cutie, but suddenly a pair of arms stretched out from behind. Quinn, who had regained consciousness, lay on his shoulders and complained pitifully:
"Take care of your mad dog Harley. She just attacked me and almost beat me stupid. And you don't want to go anywhere today. Didn't you make an agreement with Harley?
Today belongs to both of us. ”
"There are still many days ahead."
Mason closed his eyes helplessly and said:
"Why are you in such a hurry?"
"There will be no such opportunity after Ciri is resurrected."
Quinn kissed the little sweetheart's earlobe, and she said hoarsely:
"Hallee is crazy. She suddenly wants a baby. She thinks it will make her invincible in the competition with Ciri. As for me, maybe I am crazy too, but I also think it is a good idea. < br>
Therefore, the little sweetheart is affected. "(End of Chapter)