Scarlet Falls

After having a goal in life, the whole state of the person is different.

Get up in the morning, half an hour earlier than usual.

I took a shower carefully and changed my clothes, especially the SpongeBob SquarePants given by Sister Lucky, so I put them on properly.

Fortunately, Sister Lucky gave me two of them at once, otherwise I really don’t know what to do with them now.

The only problem is that the quality of the underwear on this street stall is not good, and it is indeed a bit faded.

But it doesn’t matter, if it falls off it won’t fall off.

I went downstairs in high spirits. I didn't even have time to eat breakfast, so I stepped on the accelerator and rushed to the base.

On the way, I was thinking about where to search for clues about my favorite rose flower. Although I had entrusted it to several people last night, it was an unbearable torture for me to wait so idle. I had to do it myself. .

Perhaps we should start with the simplest archive?

If this Flesh Rose still exists in other parts of Scrap Iron City, there might always be some mention of it in the files, right?

"Hey, Xiao Wei is finally here..."

While thinking about it, he walked into the base and saw Brother Piggy's excited eyes.

He had already been sitting at the table waiting, and immediately enthusiastically served up a handful of single-bread rolls with sauce meat.

There is a bowl of pork offal soup sprinkled with chives on the side, which is fragrant.

"Thank you, Piggy."

Wei Wei sat in front of the table, and Brother Piggy brought the chopsticks, spoons, and pickles over without even having to do anything himself.

"Where are the captain and the others?"

Wei Wei looked around curiously while eating: "Going out again?"

I started patrolling the streets, and the team seemed to be busy.

It is rare to see the scene where everyone gathers around the table to have fun, eat and play like when we first came here. Almost every old team member has arranged their affairs and goes out often. Of course, except for Brother Piggy, he was there no matter what he was doing last time. Whether it was the black goat summoning the demon incident or the big-brained little girl incident, they were always untouchable. They stayed at the base to cook, clean, etc. every day.

Wei Wei speculated that it might be the big-headed girl last time that triggered a series of follow-up events.

I don’t know if these old team members are planning any big plans.

In the past, he would have been a little moved, but now, he has more important things to do.

"The others have gone out, but the captain hasn't. Maybe he hasn't gotten up yet?"

Piggy glanced towards the captain's office and bedroom, rolled another piece of cake for Wei Wei, and said with a smile: "Eat more."

"no problem."

Wei Wei took a look at what was left in the basket and said, "I've got it all, and I can still bring a few pieces with me for lunch."

"oops……"

Brother Piggy's eyes narrowed in excitement: "I'll make you new ones at noon..."

"Brother Piggy, you are so kind..."

"No, no, you are the best..."

"..."

The two of them looked at each other and smiled, feeling that it was hard to find a close friend.

But speaking of it, Wei Wei does feel that his teammates have been treating him better and better recently.

Although Uncle Gun is busy, when he comes back occasionally, he will play billiards with him, and he obviously holds back his energy to play, as if he is too embarrassed to torture himself too hard. Sister Lucky doesn't even bother to play after greeting her, so he just uses the team's The money paid for three months’ rent for myself…

The handsome man Xiaolin, after observing me for a long time last time, gave me a men's moisturizer...

As for Captain Ouyang, his concern was even more obvious, and he even quietly asked him to go out for a walk once.

But unexpectedly, as soon as he spoke, everyone in the yard suddenly looked at him wrong. Uncle Qiang and Xiao Lin looked worried and secretly shook their heads to Wei Wei. Brother Piggy looked frightened and hesitated to speak. Sister Lucky on the second floor directly replied A shotgun was taken out of the room.

And he aimed at Captain Ouyang without hesitation.

Captain Ouyang fled, deeply regretting the loss of an opportunity for in-depth communication with his subordinates.

...How should I put it? Wei Wei always felt that the people in the team seemed to care and love him a lot more.

…

…

After a while after finishing the meal, Piggy declined Wei Wei's request to help wash the dishes. Wei Wei quietly came to Captain Ouyang's office window. He was a little worried that he would see something he shouldn't see, so he got dressed for the occasion. Look surprised.

I looked inside the window and was instantly disappointed, but there was none.

Moreover, Captain Ouyang had already gotten up and combed his hair sleek and shiny early in the morning.

At this time, he was playing with an old pocket watch in his hand, sitting on a rather impressive swivel seat, and answered the phone with a serious face.

Thinking that this might be a work secret, Wei Wei planned to step aside first.

Then Captain Ouyang, who looked serious, listened to the conversation on the phone for a long time, suddenly shook his head and said, "That's not right."

His voice rose sharply:

"Yesterday I only called three sisters, and I had to call one of them old sister. Why should I charge four people money?"

"ah?"

"Sister, do you count the two according to your length of service?"

"I'm just kidding. Ask around in the entire Scrap Iron City. Who doesn't know that I, Ouyang, am twenty-eight?"

"Ah, I won't give it..."

"Damn it, you red light districts still dare to unite to ban me?"

"..."

Wei Wei was panicked for a moment and was about to retreat quietly. Captain Ouyang unexpectedly hung up the phone and turned to look in the direction of the office door. When he saw him, his expression suddenly changed and he said majestically: "Xiao Wei, I was just talking about work, and you are..."

"Good morning, Captain."

Wei Wei hurriedly saluted and said, "I have something to apply for."

"Apply?"

Captain Ouyang was a little panicked: "Aren't you patrolling the streets very well recently?"

"Yes."

Wei Wei hurriedly smiled and said: "But besides patrolling the streets, I want to take a look at the information in the base and learn more about the work."

"well……"

Captain Ouyang sighed: "Young people should not always think about work, the outside world is still very exciting..."

But he still threw a bunch of keys with a red high-heeled shoe pendant over and said: "You can look at the low-end information in the archives as you like, but the mid-range information will have to wait until you become a regular employee. The high-end information will be mine." You can only watch it with permission."

"Yes, thank you Captain."

"..."

Wei Wei enthusiastically took the key and went into the archives room.

Captain Ouyang looked at his back and expressed his special appreciation.

Although his work attitude is so positive, he feels very insecure...

But maybe I'm overthinking it. I've been sending him to patrol the streets for so long. Isn't this a good thing?

It's a good thing that the young man wants to do more work, as long as he doesn't cause any more trouble.

Give yourself time to lay the dragnet, deal with the trouble, and everything will still be under control.

The most serious problem right now is...

...I have been on the battlefield for so many years, is it possible that I am really going to be banned?

…

…

Similarly, when Wei Wei plunged his head into the archives room, full of hope and found the symbol he had dreamed of, somewhere in the scrap iron city, in a hall where countless statues of the goddess of life were erected, suddenly there was a ticking clock. The sound of the hands turning sounded.

The sound was getting louder and louder, and it seemed to have no upper limit, drowning out all sounds.

"Crash..."

Suddenly there was the sound of chains pulling, intertwining into pieces, slowly covering up the ticking of the clock.

Smooth as ever.

But this time, after the ticking sound was suppressed, there was a long silence, and then suddenly a violent coughing sound was heard.

The coughing was heartbreaking, as if life had reached its final years.

"Isn't it very difficult?"

When the coughing subsided slightly, a gentle sound of stone chips peeling off was heard from the nearest statue of the Goddess of Life.

This stone statue is quickly becoming mottled, withered, and even rotting. However, these changes that should not have appeared on the stone statue have also made this stone statue without traces of life somewhat human-like. A sense of vividness.

"I'm just worried that I won't be able to fulfill the officiant's commission."

On the stone platform in the middle of the hall, there is a twisted mass of flesh and blood with a pattern similar to a human face:

"I am no longer able to suppress this thing, or in other words, in the past three years, I have been unable to truly suppress it. Its consciousness is always calling for something, and now, it can't even wait to break through the main priest's memory at that time. The one that came down is sealed.”

"You've fulfilled your promise, haven't you?"

"The time hasn't come yet. The officiant asked me to guard it for three years. It's not even a minute, not even a second."

"..."

The mottled stone statue sighed: "You never asked why he asked you to guard him?"

The squirming flesh answered without hesitation: "I only need to obey the orders of the officiant and don't have to think about useless things."

"You are the most loyal slave..."

The mottled stone statue whispered: "But your power is almost exhausted, and you will soon be unable to suppress it."

"Even, be assimilated by it and become its slave..."

"..."

On the squirming flesh, the human face seemed to be smiling: "Do you think the chief priest would have thought of this?"

"When my power is nearly exhausted, his backup plan must have been activated..."

"I can feel that the whispers of the gods have come to reality, and the person who pushed the wheel of fate has returned to the starting point..."

"..."

The human face on the flesh and blood began to disappear, and only the voice echoed faintly: "No one can stop the blooming of the rose!"

"Just like, for the coming of gods, you don't need to ask for anyone's permission!"