Why it never ends

Chapter 12 Bullet Time
She suddenly recalled the scene in the monastery in the past. At that time, she was often on the bell tower of the church, overlooking the road in the distance.

Every year on the open day of the monastery, some families who have been vetted by the two nuns, Elma and Gerdin, will enter the monastery and adopt their fancy children.At that time, she and Boheng would wait together on the clock tower, guessing which children would be selected this year, and they could leave here with their adopters.

New parents mean a new home and a new life.This itself is part of the monastery’s charity work, but she and Boheng have never entered the field of vision of the adoptive family—Boheng voluntarily stayed in the monastery and was unwilling to leave in this way, while Hesta did it for various reasons. was never brought before people.

At this moment, Hesta's attention was no longer focused on the physical pain. She looked at the end of the road, and Miss Chiba's fast words disappeared into the distance along with the convertible... Now she Standing on a high place again, all the gentle elders and kind friends in the past have left her, and she is still alone.

"Do not be afraid."

Hesta suddenly felt a pair of hands on her shoulders, she turned her head and saw Valenti smiling at her.

"I'll take you to the dormitory, okay?"

……

The dormitory building for the reservists is a very retro four-story building. The first and second floors of this building are distributed with lounges, training rooms, and small library borrowing rooms. The third and fourth floors are real dormitory areas. The boys are on the third floor. , the fourth floor for girls, and the two ends of the two floors are equipped with toilets and public bathrooms.

Hesta followed Valenti, walking slowly up the old stairs—there wasn't even a lift.

"There are more than 67 active mercury needles in the third district, and there are 403 reserve personnel in Tanyi City. Except for a few children who are participating in internships, most of them live here." Valenti smiled and said, "Where's your room, let me see...it's in No. [-], ah."

Valenti's voice stopped suddenly, and she suddenly laughed: "Your serial number ends with 403, and the dormitory you were allocated was also 403—you and the number 403 are really destined."

Valenti's voice was warm and cheerful, and she showed Hesta the two fitness areas and the common room on the first floor.It was around four o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone was attending classes in another teaching building, and the entire dormitory area seemed empty.

According to Valenti, the people who came back could only be seen one after another after seven o'clock in the evening. They would stay in the gym and library until ten o'clock, and then go back to the dormitory on the third or fourth floor to sleep. This happened every day.

However, when they passed the bathroom, the two heard a faint sob at the same time.

The smile in Valenti's eyes disappeared almost immediately, and was replaced by a worry caused by concern. She asked Hesta to wait for her where she was, so she could go and see what happened, but Hesta still Follow her and follow her to find the source of the crying.

The sound of sobbing in the bathroom overlapped with the sound of water. In the corner of the women's changing room, they quickly saw a girl sitting in the corner. She was wearing a newly changed short sleeve and squatting on a wooden flat stool against the wall. She buried her face in her arms, and her wet brown hair covered most of her face.

Valenti recognized her immediately, but did not approach.

"Okay, okay, Miss Hesta." Valenti left there lightly, and quickly notified the news to her companions on her mobile phone, "Let's go, I'll take you to see you s room……"

Hesta looked back with some concern, "Don't worry about that person just now?"

"Someone will come to her, but maybe she'd rather be alone now."

"You know her?"

"Of course." Valenti smiled. "I know everyone here—her name is Turan, and she lives in 403."

Turan, Hesta remembered the name.She thought for a while, "Why is she crying?"

"Well," Valenti thought for a while, "I think it's because her time is too short to join the first-line team and directly participate in those operations against chelates—she has always wanted to be their A member, just like Masaki."

"Is she seriously ill?"

"No." Valenti gave Hesta a strange look, "Why do you ask?"

"You just said that her time was too short..."

"Ah..." Valenti suddenly realized, and then smiled, "That doesn't mean the rest of her life, Miss Hesta. Miss Turan is very healthy, and she is very diligent in participating in various trainings. She will definitely live for a long, long time... ...The 'time' I mean is the 'bullet time' of each mercury needle, which directly determines how long they can stay on the battlefield when fighting chelates."

Hesta slowed down slightly, "What is... bullet time?"

Valenti was a little surprised, "Didn't Masaki tell you?"

Hesta shook his head.

Valenti: "From when the mercury needles are discovered to when they can actually go into battle, it usually takes two awakenings. The first time usually occurs when they encounter chelates for the first time. And the bullet time is when the mercury needles are awakened in the second time." A gift you'll have after you've awakened...you've seen chelates, haven't you?"

"Ah."

Valenti paused, "Did you have any special feeling when you faced the chelate head-on?"

"A special feeling..." Hesta was silent for a while, and the strange scene of all the slowing down in front of him suddenly came to his mind, "A little bit."

"About 78% of the mercury needles will feel strange when they wake up for the first time, usually it is burning or pain in the body." Valenti said softly, "After the first awakening, the mercury needles will emit A distinctive scent, which makes them recognizable to their kind."

Hesta's footsteps were slightly condensed, she lowered her head with some concern, and sniffed her clothes.

Valenti: "Haha, don't worry, ordinary people can't smell this smell, only a small part of chelates and some mercury needles with a particularly sensitive sense of smell can detect it - not to mention that the smell itself is very light , and it will disappear after your second awakening."

"Really..." Hesta murmured in a low voice.

"These are trivial things, don't worry about them." Valenti continued, "After the second awakening, the appearance of 'bullet time' is the most concerned change-it refers to the time when the mercury needles can maintain their own fighting state. Time. During this period, our speed, strength, vision, hearing... will all be greatly improved."

"...as fast as a bullet?"

"It can also be understood in this way." Valenti replied, "The mercury needle in this state can easily catch a flying bullet."

(End of this chapter)