If I don't have money to go to college, I can only go to slay the dragon.

On the first day that the intensive care unit was officially opened for visiting patients, in addition to the Lion Heart Club, the student union, the executive department and even the professors came to the special care building for a visit. Flowers and fruits turned the entire intensive care unit into a fruit flower shop. , probably all the flower and fruit shop sales of the entire Kassel College for a whole month are here. When I opened the door, I thought I had gone to the wrong place and entered the wholesale market of fruits and flowers.

As the representative and chairman of the student union, Caesar Gattuso gave Lin Nian a piece of jewelry, which was a necklace with a cross hanging on it. It was not a luxury brand product, but a work of art hand-carved by an unknown craftsman. A small and exquisite cross was carved out of the bones of some kind of creature, and there were reliefs of the twelve disciples' heads on the cross. Lin Nian wearing this necklace was like Jesus. Jesus was resurrected three days after his crucifixion. He was considered a A small meaningful gift.

Although Caesar bluntly said that he could not sell it for much money, Lin Nian did not feel any pity. On the contrary, he was very grateful to the other party for his kindness. When he casually asked what Caesar had done after disappearing back to his hometown in the past few months, the other party just smiled softly. He smiled and shook his head without answering him. Seeing this, Lin Nian simply didn't ask any more questions.

In the latter round, the visiting group represented by the Executive Department felt that they were not here to visit the patients, but to pay their last respects. Everyone was wearing a black trench coat that had not changed for thousands of years. It seemed that they could not find anything else except this piece of clothing. It was time to wear casual clothes. Lying on the bed, Lin Nian looked at the group of people and kept wondering if he could find a loaded gun inside if he lifted up their windbreakers.

Led by Minister Schneider, several instructors and commissioners related to Carmel Town bowed to Lin Nian and thanked him. Although Lin Nian was listed as the CEO of the mission at the time, it was his job to deal with the town's anomalies. But being injured and lying in bed for four months also changed the nature of the matter a lot. It can be said that without him for four months, these people in front of him would not have had the opportunity to bow.

Instructor Schneider wrote an application. The final exam of last semester was waived and all grades were 'A'. All subjects in this entire semester will be considered full marks. By the way, the two independent courses of internship class and war practice class will also be full marks.

Lin Nian is probably the first freshman student to win this honor. From a historical perspective, it should be put in a glass frame and framed so that future freshmen can use it as an example.

In fact, judging from the final performance of the small town of Carmel, he saved more than 4,000 people in one breath, including all his companions. Such a great achievement would have to be given first-class merit by the country. Now it is only given a GPA. 4.0 is really not good. It was too much. Lin Nian hadn't asked about the bonus yet, so it was a bit inappropriate to ask me how many dollars I could get for a shot in the heart in the midst of a group of solemn salutes and bows.

People are rushing in and out of the ward. This is a visit list specially restricted by the hospital. If you really want to register and queue up to visit the doctor in the entire college, the quota will probably be sold by scalpers at a sky-high price, or you can wait until the beginning of the sophomore year. .

But looking at Lin Nian's condition now, he couldn't lie down for such a long time. After waking up, he only had a few physical examinations. During the period of his sleep, his physical characteristics had almost been thoroughly analyzed. Even the slightest gastrointestinal upset was recorded.

After more than a dozen comprehensive physical examinations by Mr. Ling Ling, Lin Nian’s physical condition, apart from the unavoidable muscle atrophy, could hardly find any other adjective besides "healthy". This also made many doctors call him a ghost. .

As for Lin Nian's recent performance in rehabilitation training, which is too excellent even for an 'S' level, the school failed to give a very clear answer and could only conduct a rough blood collection for research. Judging from the progress in a few days, there is a high probability that there will be no problems in the research.

If there was an abnormality in Lin Nian's bloodline, then there would be no ward visits now. Those who rushed into the room should be fully armed soldiers, in case he might turn into a Deadpool at any time.

But the problem is that Lin Nian's bloodline is too stable now. It's so stable that it's a bit scary and abnormal, but it's also very stable and strong that researchers can't understand. To give an example, what's happening in Lin Nian's body now? The abnormality is as shocking and incomprehensible as observing controlled nuclear fission technology.

There is no doubt that he has crossed the critical blood limit, and it is no longer just a few steps like before. Now even if he looks back on the past, he may not even be able to see the dazzling red line. He is walking alone on the black quagmire but still... Without a trace of color, the farther you go, the farther you go.

It is not that such examples have not been found in the history of the secret party, so Lin Nian's situation was not publicized with great fanfare, but was completely blocked. Everyone is eagerly looking forward to the time when he returns to the top. What kind of landscape. At the same time, the Philosopher's Stone bullet that disappeared into Lin Nian's body was officially recorded in the puzzle by the research department, and they began to study again the various possibilities of the Philosopher's Stone for hybrids.

Lin Nian did not express his opinion on all this, and just let the college decide the next matter. He seemed to be waiting, but no one knew what he was waiting for, until in the evening, a person was supposed to come. When I arrived in front of him, someone who was unexpectedly late appeared.

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The setting sun is gradually setting in the wilderness far away from the lonely mountain of Kassel College. Unlike the sublime feeling brought by the hanging sun in Manhattan, the red sun rising or setting on the barren land always seems very big, so big that it makes people feel excited. The only background for the feeling of loneliness is the boundless sky and the boundless earth. The sun falling to the ground seems to have slept in a huge tomb on the earth. What then rises from the tomb is the confusion of its lonely dreams.

"A body that can raise the moon must have carried countless sunsets." The old man was wearing a silver-gray suit lined with white Florence clothes. He stood in front of the intensive care unit under the same late sunset as himself. He was originally about to knock on the door. The fingers also stopped following the words of the boy in the ward.

"I like the words you left very much." Lin Young, who was watching the setting sun in the distance by the blinds, gently pulled his hand back and turned to look at Ange at the door.

Ange put his hands in the pockets of his trousers and looked at him from afar, nodding lightly, "Sorry for wasting some time. I should have arrived earlier."

The intensive care unit was empty except for Lin Nian, who was waiting for his arrival. Even Lin Xian, the 24-hour nurse, had temporarily left the place.

This conversation should have happened much earlier, but somehow it didn’t happen until now.

"What are you doing?" Lin Nian walked over.

"Things at work, some minor troubles that I have to deal with, I have always disliked the people on the school board. They are like philistine businessmen who always want to use their words that they have honed for decades to make a small profit. Here are some flowers." Ange walked to the chair next to the bed and sat down, reaching out and gently pressing the bed. "But I have to admit that if this college loses them, it will not be able to operate normally, so it will always need Spend more energy on them during your busy schedule, and make them feel that they are taken seriously, and then they will stop being surly."

Lin Nian walked up to him and sat on the bed, looking at the silver-haired old man. "Did the school board get involved in the hearing?"

"Even if it's not the school board, there will always be such a hearing. All the evidence points to your senior sister as the murderer who shot you. There were only two of you in the movie theater at that time. You rushed to the town at that time. The closest member of the execution department is about three hundred meters away from you, and at this distance someone personally admitted that he felt the activation of the 'Speech Spirit and Commandment', and the center position is where you two are." Angers said from the table I took a fruit knife and gently peeled an apple. The blade slowly rubbed across the peel, making a rustling sound.

"There are both witness and material evidence, and the parties involved did not make any self-defense. It is difficult to overturn this case. Moreover, in the coastal city, the leader of the non-party forces who claimed to be the 'Emperor' publicly announced his existence. And the school board of directors has been suspecting that there is a mole in the college since then. In this case, your senior sister has been pushed to the forefront again. From a certain point of view, the current situation is inevitable. "

"Things are more complicated than they imagined." Lin Nian said.

"There is no such thing as uncomplicated." Angers said, "The most important thing is that you need to simplify complex things in order to rationalize your motives. If there is no reasonable motive, whatever you want to do next will be It’s hard to move even an inch.”

Lin Nian raised his head and found that Ange was not looking at him. After a moment, he lowered his head again and played with a coin in his hand. "How many people died in the last incident?"

"The official number is 353, but in fact it should be more. Even if the word spirit 'Nightmare' can minimize the physical characteristics of the affected person, it cannot reach the level of 'Winter'. Four days is too long. Over time, hybrids may be able to hold on, but there are always special cases of frailty and aging among ordinary people.”

"No matter what the purpose is, the person who activated this spirit has blood on his hands." Angers lowered his head and peeled the apple, "The mastermind behind the scenes does not take human life as a thing, so from now on he will His life is no longer meaningful in our eyes, and this cruel joy will eventually end violently."

"The one who accused Mandy was the investigation team. I heard that the investigation team was from the school board?" Lin Nian used a toothpick to insert a piece of Anche's opened apple and put it in his mouth.

"The seven school directors have sent their cronies to form an investigation team. This matter is related to the internal unity of the secret party. The problem of foreign enemy infiltration has been regarded as serious since ancient times. After all, we have suffered because of this kind of thing. It's a big loss. If you have ever fallen, you know the pain of bleeding. What's more, we have been walking on a single-plank bridge. The bottom is not a spacious flat land but an abyss." Angers cut into the apple with a knife, "In a case like this, a There may be an unjust, false, or wrong case if one person is shot, but someone who is shot every other person will definitely slip through the net. You know the consistent style of the school board."

"But that doesn't mean I can accept it." Lin Nian said.

"Do you know? The reason why the investigation team has not been disbanded yet."

"They haven't disbanded. Are they thinking that I will die in the life-support cabin waiting for a meal?"

"Eating dinner?"

"In Chinese traditional customs, after a person dies, there will be a funeral banquet. The whole village, young and old, relatives and friends will come and eat with one or two chopsticks to express their condolences."

"They probably won't want to eat from your table. They are afraid that you will die because they still have questions to ask you." Ange handed the cut apple to Lin Nian.

"What's the problem?" Lin Nian took the cut apple with one hand and ate it piece by piece with a toothpick in his right hand.

"You stabbed a companion in the small town of Carmel."

"Caesar and the four of them? Killing them won't affect anything, right? Intruders who use the 'Snake' to access the 'Nightmare' will only be forcibly expelled from the domain after death, and will be accompanied by some minor reversible brain damage. , it will take some time to recover.”

"Killing them is not a problem. The problem is why you killed them. The investigation team wants to know your motive." Angers crossed his hands between his legs and looked up at Lin Nian with a slight stoop, "Carmel Town There are many doubts. For example, we have not found the murderer who released the word spirit so far. The dangerous hybrid that was initially suspected has been eliminated, so someone must have released the super-standard word spirit. But we did not find him in the end, and You were the one who killed him in the end, but you fell into coma before you could explain, so the investigation team’s interrogation could only be put on hold.”

"Now that I'm awake, the things that were put on hold have been put back on the agenda." Lin Nian bit into the apple and said, "Do they have any other problems?"

"They hypnotized Caesar and Chu Zihang, and the guide asked them the final truth. In their words, you seem to have maintained your memory in the field and have never been affected by the spirit of words and lost yourself. This is also the reason for the investigation team I want to cross-examine a doubtful point." Angers looked Lin Nian up and down, "You were not like you are now."

"Like now?"

"Let's not mention this for now. Ever since the last time Coastal City was freed from Norma's surveillance, the school board has suspected that you are hiding something, and they want to use this to their advantage and interrogate you."

"What's the worst case scenario?" Lin Nian looked up.

"Have you started thinking about the worst case scenario while the investigation team is still on the way? Don't you want to find some excuses to fool them?" Angers smiled.

"It's nothing. I'm just curious about how confident the school board is and how powerful it is." Lin Nian lowered his head, "Let them come to me. I promise not to say a word. They were silent from beginning to end. They have If you have any seeds, just lock me in. If you don't have any seeds, get away and stop hanging around in front of me."

"It's a good thing for young people to have a temper." Ange gently pressed Lin Nian's shoulder, "I probably understand what you are thinking."

Lin Nian bit into the apple in his mouth, chewed out the juice and swallowed it before saying, "What's the situation at Chernobyl now?"

"A private prison that is independent of sovereign states and the United Nations. It has central monitoring systems, thermal infrared detectors, and computer management systems. It has all the cutting-edge prisons you can think of. It covers a vast area and uses walls to isolate the inside and outside, and it is a cover for letting out the outside world. It is a nuclear radiation survey and research institute, but in fact it is the last place for all hybrids who violate laws and rules." Angers said lightly.

"The secret party is fully operating?"

"Not really. The secret party only holds 51% of the shares, and the rest is controlled by some mixed-race families and groups scattered around the world. The interests involved behind this prison are very large, and it is a well-known piece of fat. Meat has been operating steadily to this day under the watchful eyes of tigers."

"Fifty-one percent of the shares should have absolute say." Lin Nian said, "So the secret party still has the final say in this prison."

"The Secret Party is the Secret Party." Angers shook his head, "Since when did you think that the Secret Party has always been a piece of iron? Or is it that the Secret Party is led by an absolutely superior figure? The Secret Party follows the ancient Presbyterian Church system, and the Presbyterian Church is composed of seven positions. The fifty-one shares are divided into seven people. Each person occupies a different share. The largest piece is in the hands of the Gattuso family, followed by the Laurent family. Only in the Secret Party When it is really necessary to forcibly intervene in the behemoth to make fundamental changes, the seven shares will be temporarily transferred to the hands of one person to manage and form absolute controlling rights."

"What benefits can a prison have?" Lin Nian asked. "Can it be profitable by embezzling the tobacco and alcohol red envelopes sent by family members?"

"Ha" Ange laughed, something dark flashed across his lowered eyes, as if he remembered something unpleasant, but after a moment he shook his head and looked up and said, "The water inside is better than yours." It’s even more imaginable, but the only thing that’s certain is that as long as people go inside, they can never get out again. There is a set of strict rules with self-consistent logic. To leverage the rules, you need more than just shares. It’s an illusory thing. When the situation is really pushed to a certain level, the 51% controlling stake is nothing more than apparent pressure.”

"I probably understand." Lin Nian finished eating the last piece of apple.

"I know what you want to do," Angers said, "but I hope you remember what I said before."

Lin Nian put the toothpick on the cabinet and clapped his hands, "Principal, don't you think the school board's claws have stretched too far?"

Angers didn't answer this sentence, just looked at Lin Nian.

"In their eyes, there is not much difference between black and white. There are only things that can be controlled and things that cannot be controlled." Lin Nian said, "When a person leaves, in their eyes, it is just another winter leaf falling in." It fell into the water, floated and fell into the mud."

"Do you really know Mandy Gonzalez as a person? Maybe she was lying to you from the beginning."

"I don't know. That's why I continue to struggle with this matter. Because I never use a person's past to doubt a person's essence."

"She has lied to me and told a lot of lies. I still can't tell which ones are true and which ones are false." Young Lin said in a low voice. He reached out and put his hand on the scar on his heart, "But In the end, when I think back from the time I met my senior sister until now, she has never really wanted to hurt me."

"A liar may only say the truth when she dies." Angers said, "Maybe you should think so too."

If she really approached him with malice, then from beginning to end, he was actually just on his own, and no one really loved him except himself.

But who can he trust in the future, the knife in his hand or the bullet in the gun's chamber.

"But now is not the time." Lin Nian put down his hand and shook his head, "Now is not the time."

"You have to first figure out what happened to you and what you lost in the past four months." Ange reached out and touched Lin Nian's heart, "This is what you should do now."

Lin Nian paused for a moment, then raised his head to look at Ange, but there was only speechlessness in the eyes of both parties.

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