The Little Prince in the Ossuary

# Below Black Water (4)

“What does killing Anne mean to you? ”

[Don't complicate things, Lieutenant. It's just an offer of companionship.]

“Comrade?”

[Yes, comrade. To be honest, the lieutenant and I are in a very hostile relationship. In a situation like this, sharing secrets is the surest way to build a trust relationship. a secret that should never be revealed publicly. The lieutenant already knows one of my secrets, so if I find out one of his, it should be balanced. Let's make a secret out of it. And get rid of witnesses.]

“ ……. ”

[The footage of you killing Miss Gibson will be sent to Langley via satellite. The face is a problem, but that's it if you fix it... I'm going to attach the situation to it and make it a safeguard. It's good for each other.]

“Well, I'd say that's more accomplice than comrade. ”

Winter immediately denied him.

“No, it's better to be a slave than an accomplice. Team Leader Chadwick, your secret will burn to the ground here, but what I've done will continue to remain. ”

For the boy who was trying to protect his heart, there was no hesitation from the beginning.

“Do you want to live? Killing people you shouldn't have killed, playing a puppet with weaknesses? No, I don't want to live like that. It won't be a winter without winter. ”

Winter puts itself at such peril. It has been the limit for a long time. It'll be hard to turn around if it collapses at all. This was why there was no single exception to protecting the heart.

[Oops. The lieutenant is misunderstanding me now.]

Chadwick is getting more serious.

[Puppet? I swear on all of me. That's never gonna happen.]

“You're not asking me to believe that. ”

[No kidding, lieutenant.]

The story continued to be an unexpected honesty.

[Why do you think I make this offer? To use the lieutenant? No, I'm just trying to save the lieutenant. Because the United States needs you and no one else can!]

As if his personality had changed, a crooked patriot revealed his patriotism.

[I'm afraid I've learned a lot of torture. How important hope is to people. To the current American citizens and military generals on the front lines, lieutenant, what is your hope? And I'm supposed to kill all those people's hopes with my own hands? Ha, that's not funny.]

“Aren't the people who died here? ”

[At least not an American citizen.]

“You've lost your mind. ”

[Yes, I am insane.]

Chadwick's tone has changed again.

[But a country with many enemies needed me like this. I trained him to do this. And I volunteered when I knew I wasn't going to be human. I've never regretted that decision. Rather, I was always proud. All my sacrifices were for national security.]

“ ……. ”

[You can't do it as a government, but you still have to do it. Handling such things is the role of scum like me. Human experiments are the same. Do you think I don't know that it's a terrible sin to infect, dissect, kill and dispose of an innocent young man and woman alive? I know. I know better than anyone what I'm doing is like a Nazi cub. But wouldn't it be most effective to study a disease that only infects humans by using humans as a test subject?]

“ ……. ”

[I swear, I don't want to take my sins to the grave. One day the justice of the United States will judge me. The sentence will be punishable by death. I will be punished accordingly. For the sake of my country, my soul can go to hell. America will be honored because I am a sinner.]

Whew. The sighing of the microphone from over there spreads with a buzzing noise. The rough feeling was that of a patriot who knew he was crazy.

[After I die, my grave will be covered with the garbage people throw. But I'm not Stalin. I don't want the winds of history to take out the trash. because I, Nathan Chadwick, would be proud to have a filthy grave.]

A narcissistic narcissism with no answers. Winter thought the conversation would be meaningless.

Chadwick blushes with a new voice.

[Please, Lieutenant. Please don't let me leave you. Patriots like you don't die in a place like this for nothing. The only death that suits you is an honorable warrior.]

It still sounds crazy, but unexpectedly Joanna nods.

“Winter, look at me. ”

She speaks in a calm, calm tone.

“I don't have to listen to that bipolar idiot's bullshit, but one thing is true. Winter is not a good place to die. People need a midwinter lieutenant. ”

“Anne.

Winter shakes its head in a more verbal way, but the FBI agent's posture remains steady.

“Operation Obvious Liberation has effectively failed. Now the challenge is not to reclaim the contaminated area, but to safely withdraw the out-of-purchase troops. because the combat strength of an army without ammunition is only slightly better than that of ordinary people. ”

She was talking about the hopes the maniac had discussed.

“I'm not sure. How much casualties will occur in the future. A hundred would be a miracle. A thousand would be a good thing. But the Pentagon has enough money for 100,000 units, and worse than that. A lot of people will be frustrated. Obvious liberation has raised that many expectations. ”

“I know what you're going to say.... ”

“Please keep listening. ”

Joanna cuts off the boy's words.

“We can't let even winter go by like this. Winter is already an unprecedented war hero. I still pay tribute to the midwinter lieutenants of the Texas countryside who hang the Confederacy. Your death would have left Berter's suicide a laughable aftermath. Perhaps, at a low rate, the defeat of the Civil War will be different. ”

Beeter's suicide. Beeter was only a character in Goethe-written novels, but his suicide bore numerous copycat suicides. Because there were so many people who were considerate of the character of processing, projecting themselves, and accepting them as part of it.

Sometimes a person's relationship is genuine and unambiguous.

Can you call a relationship worth dying for a fake?

Whether you're listening to this conversation now, the maniac remains silent beyond the noise.

“When Kurt Kovain died, some FBI investigators reported breaking into emergency services. ”

Johanna smiles depressingly.

“Individual suicides are more mild cases. An aimless death of a celebrity. Crime. Terrorism. The loss of citizens who are the cause of all this phenomenon. It's an enormous cost to the entire society. But the popularity of winter... It would be inappropriate to even call this popular. Winter's aspirations are unmatched. One rock star is so funny……. At this point, the chaos of winter's death, I can't even imagine. ”

Will it be a complete and utter disaster or a complete disaster? The future is an uncertain realm of luck and misfortune. That's what she said.

Even in winter, the worldview doesn't end right after death. With contextual calculations of the control personality, even after death, the world will flow towards an end. In rare cases, and I've never experienced winter, I've heard that the world that's lost a connection avoids the end of the world.

The contribution of the accessors will be evaluated throughout the process.

“Kill me, winter. ”

Johanna says calmly.

“Worried things won't happen. Winter is important enough, and the Pentagon regrets that they lent us this operation. which means that it's rare to leave a power grid in the future. ”

“ ……. ”

“The higher the reputation of the winter, the more attractive the institutions will be. It's a shame, but as bad as our relationship with the Bureau of Investigation is, intelligence agencies under the Department of Homeland Security don't see each other as allies. An intelligence agency that has been severely depleted…… but that means that the private sector inside is not a place to do tricks. Secrets? Tell them to come out. I wouldn't start at the White House. ”

For the winter, she smiled softly, pulling off her shoulders.

“You can go back now. ”

“To where?”

“To those who left unwanted. ”

The story of winter itself.

Just like the depressing notion that has often been heard, winter has hardened its face. It felt like the world was reading the inside of a boy. No, you're not. Invisible children cannot intervene this way.

“Winter lieutenant. It's been an honor to be with you. ”

FBI agents say goodbye. A supernova that organizes life without stupidity.

“Please, shoot. ”

She looked straight at him and said,

“You don't have to feel guilty. This is just an unfortunate accident. So instead of winter killing me, I think I'm dying for winter. not just for one winter, but for many citizens who are putting their hopes in winter. ”

Mate, mate, mate. The sound of applause coming from the speakers.

[Gibson, you were a patriot after all.]

The madman cries out for sadness.

[Too bad. Too bad. Why have our paths crossed? If there was a way to buy insurance, it would be a pity to let you live. Hey, Ann. Have you done anything wrong? You know, smuggling drugs across borders, blindfolding immigration, taking bribes.]

What happens in the Bureau of Investigation. It was Joanna who writhed her eyebrows at the words of a madman who picked up affection at his own pace, but the answer was calm and cool.

“There is no such thing. It's not a life like any other living shit in the name of our country. ”

After that, Joanna pushes winter without a word. Nod your head, close your eyes. Twitching jaws and shoulders were fears of death, but they were suppressed with will.

The silent stare of winter suddenly bursts into an unpretentious smile.

“What are you pretending to be? Without even listening to me. ”

“… winter? ”

The agent who opened his eyes examined the boy's officer. The color is cautious. Like I felt something beyond a smile.

Winter hears a stone rolling in your body. I've endured so much. It was a choice to protect myself, including the hypothetical personalities of people, and even the self-proclaimed psychologists who came to me with apologies.

Breaking down the dam is the first flood, a handful of water.

Somehow I'm tired. The boy leans back. Unexpectedly, with such a trivial trigger, it felt like fatigue had reached a certain threshold. I think I've been pulling too hard.

[Lt. Winter. Will you ignore such a great sacrificial spirit?]

With no frustration, winter pointed a pistol at a closed circuit camera. Bang! A shattered piece of glass spills out. The bullet that popped up rolled right after that.

Towards Joanna, who is about to speak urgently and regrettably, winter shakes her head slowly.

“You can't shoot. I'm not saying I don't shoot. Don't ask me to do the impossible. ”

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Q. Karphis: How about hiring @ Ada as a mercenary?

A. Getting involved with Resident Evil's worldview... haha. Well, the monsters in your neighborhood feel similar to the Mogelonics. It's been way beyond the usual zombies for a long time now.