The Fallen Merman

The special trainees at the shooting range left in twos or threes. Bai Chunian went to the rooftop by following the spiral staircase, then found a location with a strong signal and leaned back against the railing to call back Rimbaud.

It was very quiet on Rimbaud’s side. It should be time to get off from work and go home or it was time for the lunch break. oOG3bB

When the call was connected, a deep and pleasant voice entered Bai Chunian’s ears from the receiver. “Jiji mua jeo?”

Bai Chunian put a hand inside his pant’s pocket, then lowered his head and rubbed the yellow paint on the ground with the toe of his boots. He replied with a smile, “I haven’t eaten yet. What about you?”

Rimbaud’s tone was idle l, as if he had already fallen into the fish tank. “Jiji mua ei.”

Jeo expressed an interrogative sentence, which was equivalent to a question mark. While ei expressed the past tense of a declarative sentence which was equivalent to a period.

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“President, found me.” Rimbaud leisurely tapped the glass fish tank with the tip of his tail. “Give me…109 Institute stamped…purchase invoices and proofs…”

The 109 Institute was a world-recognized medical research institution, but in recent years, they had been cultivating living weapons under the guise of creating “extend the lifespan of humans, reduce the disease and disability and improve the quality of newborns” drugs. These experimental subjects were the raw materials for drug testing.

Although this infuriated a portion of huge forces such as the Omega Alliance, a large portion of other forces benefited from the trade and use of experimental subjects at the same time and were glad to protect the institute, so the 109 Institute had never been banned and the research on the special operations weapons remained ascendant.

Due to the high potential and ease of cultivation of omega glands, the omegas became the easy targets for experimentation. Thus, the 109 Institute had increasingly become a thorn in Yan Yi’s eyes. Only he was helplessly constrained by other international forces, it wasn’t difficult for him to destroy a small research institute. The difficult part was to move other people’s interests and being inevitably targeted by other forces, so the Omega Alliance didn’t destroy their connection with the 109 Institute outwardly, but maintained a delicate balance instead. v4YySo

After the president contacted them and Uncle Jin negotiated personally, the 109 Institute was willing to sell Rimbaud to the Omega Alliance at a discounted price without any conditions. Now, Rimbaud was no longer a property of the 109 Institute, but he couldn’t become a free person because experimental subjects were classified as a tradable items in the international conventions and must belong to a certain organization.

An invoice was the equivalent of a deed of sale for an experimental subject. They were regarded as objects, guns, and even had less freedom rights than a puppy sold in the pet market.

“Actually, you can go home if you want.” Bai Chunian held onto the railing and looked at the endless sea. “You’re protected by the Alliance, you’ll be safe when you return to the sea. If you encounter any trouble, ask the Alliance for help, the president will send me to help you.”

Rimbaud thought for a moment. “When I had left …I left something behind…109 Institute. I’ll take it back…then go.” bdT4en

Bai Chunian was inexplicably anxious thus was unable to capture sensitive information. The ends of his hair concealed his eyes as he lowered his head. With a wry smile, he replied, “Okay.”

All of a sudden, some noises came from the receiver. It seemed Rimbaud had taken off his shirt and pressed himself to the receiver and asked softly, “Mebolu jeo?”

“I’m thinking.” Bai Chunian’s voice was slightly muffled when he replied. His lashes gently lowered down. “I want to hold you.”

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“Claya mitub obe.” A tinge of unexplainable sultry and seduction was in Rimbaud’s voice, it was low and powerful.

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Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.

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He leaned against the railing, then raised his hand to cover his nose and mouth lest he lost his cool. His Adam’s apple bobbed as he unconsciously bit his lip, his canine teeth left a bleeding bite mark on his lower lip. 3dQ7yD

It was very silent on the rooftop. Only Bai Chunian’s footsteps crouching down and standing up could be heard.

After about 15 minutes, the sound from the receiver stopped. Rimbaud spoke again with a heavy nasally voice. “Claya ei?”

Bai Chunian shut his eyes and replied hoarsely, “Tell me, how many pearls have fallen on the bed.”

“You’re not here, they won’t fall.” Rimbaud laughed sexily as well. ufxjzo

“My laughing muscles are sore from talking to you. My lips keep on grinning up to the root of my ears. My prestige in front of my trainees is gone.” Bai Chunian tousled his hair. “Did you take a nap? Should I coax you to sleep?”

Rimbaud didn’t sleep.

Bai Chunian said, “Then what do you want, little princess?”

Rimbaud said, “I’ll listen while…you train.” 2VZEM7

Bai Chunian said, “Okay, I’ll wear earphones. Don’t hang up.”

There was a 30-minute break after lunch— Bai Chunian spent that short half-hour in the toilet. When he went out, he washed his hands and soaked his face in cold water for a long time.

After the lunch break, Bai Chunian took Bi Lanxing to observe a fighting class.

The instructor of the fighting class was a kangaroo omega. Although he wasn’t as tall as an alpha, his muscles were firm and good-looking and weren’t exaggerated, it was full of explosiveness. NfLFHu

Instructor Dai saw Bai Chunian and put down his fighting posture. He picked up a towel and wiped the sweat from his face, then he walked over to greet him. “Hey, you finally have the time to come back and see the bear children?”

“En, I’m afraid if I don’t come back they’ll just play.” Bai Chunian put his arm around Bi Lanxing’s shoulder and pushed the young alpha in front of Instructor Dai. “A new kid. He’s a good one. See it for yourself.”

Having received Bai Chunian’s vague compliment, Bi Lanxing was a bit happy.

The kangaroo omega looked at Bi Lanxing from head to toe. He clutched his arm and patted his leg proudly. “Have you trained before?” u8ztPj

Bi Lanxing nodded. “The school also arranged combat classes and my father also taught me.”

“Try it, I’ll watch.” Instructor Dai stepped back a little, putting a distance. He hooked a hand towards Bi Lanxing. “Go all out.”

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Bi Lanxing looked at Bai Chunian hesitantly. He was ranked second in the school in fighting class. This rank could be considered to be very strong and his opponent was an omega.

Bai Chunian was drinking water when he saw the worried look of the young alpha. He coughed so much that water spurted out of his nose. “Go ahead and fight, I’ll pay for the damage.” Hsuecy

Bi Lanxing had no choice but to move. Only, he just did three moves before Instructor Dai kicked him, then he was held choke to the ground, barely able to attack back.

Bai Chunian sat on a high stool at the bar, smiling as he held a glass of water. He asked Instructor Dai, “Is he good?”

Instructor Dai nodded and gave Bai Chunian a thumbs up. “Not bad, just a little slow to react. A plant gland that can get to this level is pretty good.”

“After all, M2 differentiation.” Bai Chunian crouched and talked idly, “An M2 differentiation at the age of 17 is rare. You can take him to the combat class in the future.” JdEPlS

“M2.” Instructor Dai was a little surprised. “How far has he trained?”

Bai Chunian said, “I let him play control, not a commando. The requirements for melee aren’t high, it’s an acceptable level.”

“So, does he count as your student or my student?” Instructor Dai patted Bi Lanxing’s shoulder. “What can you say about his teaching?”

“He’s definitely still my student.” Bai Chunian took a sip of water. “You’re a handyman, don’t think too much. I can let you have M2 differentiation only if I grow a kangaroo head.” dOgyoq

“Get the hell out of here, don’t drink my water.” Instructor Dai spat and turned back to pat Bi Lanxing’s back. “Eat more, you’re so thin, you’ll be blown by the wind.”

Bi Lanxing hadn’t yet recovered from being KO’d with three moves. He knew that even the teachers in the school’s combat class couldn’t beat him without a fight. The moment he fell to the ground, he had a feeling that he could really learn something here.

He stood up upright and bowed to Instructor Dai. “Thank you for your instructions.”

Instructor Dai helped Bi Lanxing correct his wrong habits the whole afternoon in the combat room. Bai Chunian wandered around the combat arena, randomly picking a few unlucky people to check the results of their training. eCKd5b

He called over a Nile crocodile alpha to spar. The Nile crocodile alpha kept taking deep breaths and nervously watched Bai Chunian sit leisurely on the ground and wrapped his handguard.

Bai Chunian looked at him as he wrapped his arms around him. “What are you looking at me for? Move, don’t get cramps.”

About a minute later, the Nile crocodile alpha rolled all over the floor clutching his ribs in excruciating pain.

Bai Chunian didn’t actually injure him, he just merely used his companion ability to simulate the pain of three rib fractures. He crouched next to the Nile crocodile and flipped through the roster to record the results. “Cheng Chi is right, very good. However, remember that what we’ll face in the future isn’t a game, but a life and death struggle. Our goal isn’t to attack, but to keep ourselves safe while killing the enemy. So be calm and don’t expose any flaws to the opponent.” grmzLh

The Nile crocodile was too pained to speak. Even saliva dripped from the corners of his mouth. “Yes…yes.”

Bai Chunian was about to stand up when a voice sounded from the earphones, asking him. “When will you…spar with me?”

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Rimbaud had been listening.

Bai Chunian simply squatted on the ground and pressed the earphones and smiled. “I can’t beat you, baby.” GULx2V

Rimbaud spat out a bubble. “Noob.”

“Okay okay, I’m a noob, I’m a noob.” Bai Chunian stood up and picked up his glass of water. He talked as he slipped into another area to check on other trainees.”

The Nile crocodile alpha watched in awe as Instructor Bai knocked him down and then walked away as he mumbled “I’m a noob, I’m a noob.”

It was almost time for Rimbaud to work, so they both hung up the call. gI52aE

Usually, if someone eavesdropped on him, Bai Chunian would instinctively feel disgust and resentment, but when the person listening to him changed to Rimbaud, he enjoyed this feeling of being accompanied.

He stared at the phone screen for a while and suddenly remembered that there was a message he hadn’t read yet, so he opened his chat interface with Rimbaud and clicked on the picture that had finished loading.

In the photo, Rimbaud was inside a fish tank. He faced the camera as his fingertips hooked on the moisturizing bandage on his abdomen, revealing a thin and pale waist. A jellyfish glowing in blue light was swimming on his abs. He breathed over the edge of the tank as wrote “Randi” with his fingertips on the mist.

Bai Chunian looked at it for a long time, zooming in on each line to the maximum. He looked at Rimbaud’s jewel-like eyes and his wet blond hair. 9qXoir

He looked at it for ten minutes.

He closed the photo and called his colleague at the Alliance.

When the call was answered, he first said, “Once you’re free, go to the president’s son’s school. I kicked him back in there, I don’t know if there’s any trouble.”

The colleague wondered. “This isn’t like you. Do you have something else to do? Don’t use roundabout tactics with me, just say what you want to say.” wRHsDd

Bai Chunian said, “You have the key to my house right?”

Colleague: “Ah.”

Bai Chunian said, “Tomorrow morning, taking advantage of the police station to work tomorrow morning,you go to my house and find a copy of the purchase invoice and certificate of 109 institute Institute. Have the ferry bring it to me by the end of the month.”

Colleague: “You’re crazy. The president means to set Rimbaud free. If you take those things, how can he leave? Besides, this belongs to the content of the file and it’s illegal to give this to a person. Are you comfortable in the confinement room? You also want to enter the palace for the second time?” eTW6w2

Bai Chunian said, “I can’t sleep until I hold it.”

He hung up the call. His eyes became bloodshot and he didn’t even hear the trainee beside him calling him.