Life as a mercenary turned into a girl is a bit difficult

However, the opponent was able to immediately counterattack in a short time after being hit. This was something Hiiragi didn't expect at all. To be honest, the unexpected situation just now surprised her. Fortunately, her skilled experience helped her The decisive pursuit and capture prevented the accident from happening.

As he went upstairs, he recalled and reflected on the battle just now: There was nothing wrong with his attacking part. It was the opponent's weak part. There was nothing wrong with it. The reason why he did not achieve the expected situation was simple, and that was his leg. Although his strength is insufficient, the fundamental problem still lies in his body.

Becoming weaker... is definitely a fatal change in this era, which means that the survival rate in this era will be greatly reduced, especially for her as a mercenary.It is very likely that I will face death due to this problem during my next assignment.

no!This can never go on like this!

Thinking of this, Hiei Jing's sense of urgency intensified, and it was even more urgent to find the truth.

Chapter 3 The so-called reliable female friends

The lobby on the second floor is an area that only mercenaries of level one or above can set foot in. Compared with the first floor, there are too many differences here.

Different from the noisier first floor, there are not many mercenaries here. There are only a dozen people in the spacious hall, which seems a bit deserted. The decoration in the entire hall is more gorgeous, and there are also tables and chairs for resting and waiting. There are simple entertainment tools such as poker dice and an antique radio in the corner playing jazz music from the last century.

What's more important is that there is no thick bulletproof glass between the mercenary waiting area and the business counter, and the service ladies behind the counter are undoubtedly the most eye-catching scenery here.

Not only are they superior in appearance, but compared to the plainly dressed waiters downstairs, their work clothes are hugely different. The deep V neckline reveals the ravine without hesitation, and the thighs wrapped in fishnet stockings under the short skirt are full of alluring voluptuousness. ...That's right, as long as you can provide certain special services to mercenaries out of your own will, this can be regarded as extra money after work.

Hiiragi, who was once in her youth, could not help but pay too much attention to these waiters, but at this moment she didn't care at all... Maybe she was so anxious that it was difficult for her to spare too much attention to do such a useless thing. Something meaningful, or maybe... some kind of change slowly and clearly spread in her body...

"Please help me contact No. 24 and arrange an independent meeting room."

As soon as she got up, Hiiragi walked straight to the nearest counter. Without waiting for the smiling waitress to greet her, she blurted out her request impatiently.

"Ah...oh, please go to room A3 and wait. I will contact No. 24 for you immediately."

She was holding back her skillful service lines, and her calm attitude made her stop thinking about making some extra money.

Being able to work as a waitress on the second floor requires more than just a pretty face. A simple vase cannot face all kinds of mercenaries. The service efficiency after rigorous training is an important reliance for them to stand here.

In the blink of an eye, the simple level was completed, and Hiiragi's request was arranged. He took the handed out key with the word 'A3' written on it and immediately walked to the aisle beside the counter. After finding the arranged room, he inserted it. Open the locked door with the key and walk inside.

Behind the door, the narrow room occupies a very small area, only a few square meters in size at most. The layout is also very simple, with only two sofas facing each other and a small square table in the middle.

However, this small room is not as simple as it seems: the walls around it are not cement or wooden partitions, but specially treated soundproof walls. The decorative wallpapers glued to the walls are actually made of sound-absorbing cotton. , it is airtight from all sides, and the light source only comes from the chandelier above the head.

Such a closed space has many uses. It is generally used as a private space for mercenaries to provide detailed consultation on the content of the task, especially when taking over special tasks that require confidentiality. In this case, the consultation object can be the staff of the security business processing center.

It can also be that the person who posted the task or his agent can have face-to-face conversations with the mercenaries to discuss the contract content. The management center is responsible for providing the place and does not directly participate in it.

Of course, Hiiragi's purpose is just to hide his appearance... If he exposes his obvious appearance to the world in this situation, trouble will definitely be inevitable...

"Hello, my name is No. 24."

Not long after waiting, Hiiragi's most anticipated voice came from outside the door, and this made Hiiragi finally feel nervous again in her heart that she had been suppressing for a long time. The uneasiness in her heart made it difficult to restrain herself from rubbing her fingers and getting up from the sofa. .I had rehearsed it several times in my mind, but when it came to this moment, all my inner preparations were in vain.

After slightly adjusting her sitting posture to make herself appear more upright, Hiei Jing conveyed permission to the door: "Please, please come in."

After the words fell, the doorknob turned down with the crisp sound of the door lock... A familiar smile, a familiar appearance, and Hiiragi's body shrank unconsciously when he saw the figure who was about to walk in.

"Hello, sir... eh? It's A Jing. Do you have time to come here to play?"

At first glance, she was a little surprised by the familiar military robe and height sitting on the sofa in the room. This tightly wrapped dress was not common on the other party, not to mention, there was something wrong but she didn't know what was going on. What changes make this claim slightly hesitant.

"Well, it's me...Sister Shang Shu."

Hearing that the other party was addressed by his real name instead of his work number, there was no doubt that he was someone familiar to him, but this voice... Although Hiiragi deliberately changed his voice, it sounded dull after being filtered by the gas mask, but he was already familiar with it. Shang Shu, who had the original voice of Jung Jung, still felt a little strange.

"Ajing, what's wrong with your voice?"

"Uh - something happened... that I can't explain." Seeing Shang Shu's slightly confused expression, Hiiragi couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"Only the fact that I am Hiiragi Jing will not change, and I hope you can be mentally prepared for what I will say next and what you see, and keep it secret from anyone..."

"Well, I understand."

Before Hiongjing finished speaking, Shang Shu had already turned around, locked the door, and sat on the sofa opposite. Her gentle smile remained the same, quietly showing her her qualifications as a qualified listener.

This series of simple actions was not only due to Shang Shu's big nerves, but also her unconditional trust in Hiiragi. This was the best reply, and it also made Hiiragi, who was helpless in her heart, feel a sense of warmth. .

Okay, now that the other party has given a response, what should you do next?

The person in front of her is the only person she can trust in the entire Newborn City. They have known each other since the orphanage. They have always been like her sisters, and her help in the subsequent investigation work at the Security Business Management Center is indispensable. Lacking, even suspicion is normal. Anyway, countless arguments and evidences have been prepared before this. Even if it cannot prove that she is Hiiragi, at least it can make the other party believe that she and Hiiragi have a very important relationship.

Having made up her mind, Hiiragi reached out and took off her hood, goggles and gas mask.

As the disguise was lifted, everything that disturbed her was revealed.

The slightly messy long hair spread smoothly from the back of her head, and the beautiful and childish face was finally fully revealed in front of Shang Shu after being covered up by layers.

The scene that greeted her eyes made Shang Shu's expression gradually change from puzzled to suffocated. She covered her mouth in surprise, widened her eyes and almost stopped breathing. Under the figure dressed as a mercenary, it was not the familiar Hiiragi. She is not a quiet image, but a beautiful girl with an exquisite face.

Seeing the change in Shang Shu's expression, a helpless smile appeared on the corner of Jing Jing's lips: "Overnight, for unknown reasons... I became like this..."

"Overnight..." She muttered and came back from the shock. Shang Shu looked at that moving face carefully, and then her eyes wandered all over her body to confirm that the familiar clothes were not coincidentally similar. Then her eyes finally fell on Hiiragi Jing's deep pupils.

Shang Shu's face that always had a smile on her face rarely changed to a very serious expression, and she confirmed again in a serious tone: "Ajing is now... a girl?"

"Well, I haven't done a systematic check yet, but probably... yes." Hiiragi lowered his head and stared helplessly at the toes of his shoes.

Are you suspected?Yes, this is reasonable. Even Hiiragi himself can't accept the current situation, let alone others?Shang Shu must have taken some time to digest this news, because her expectations were too high.

Just when Hiiragi took a deep breath and raised her head to explain further, suddenly, a black shadow quickly enlarged in her sight. Before she had time to react, two groups of soft and elastic bodies were already attached to her. It touched her face and buried her deeply in it.

The ensuing feeling of suffocation made Hiiragi want to break away, but the arms tightly hugging her head did not give her any room to struggle. At the same time, Shang Shu's slightly rapid breathing came from the top of her head.

"It's so, so cute. I didn't expect Ah Jing, who turned into a girl, to be so foul..." With her eyes closed, Shang Shu's face was full of intoxication.

Her cheeks rubbed against the top of Hiiragi Jing's head, and the comfortable touch of her hair made her reluctant to stop her movements. Even though she was separated by a layer of military coat with a slight musty smell, she didn't mind hugging this lovely little cutie. In arms.

This... what's going on here?

The completely unexpected unfolding made Hiiragi stunned for a moment, but the suffocation that followed made her immediately realize that something was wrong.

Hiong Jing tried to struggle, but Hiong Jing, whose strength was severely weakened, was no match for Shang Shu. Shang Shu, who was obsessed with Hiong Jing, seemed to have forgotten everything around him, and was not aware of Hiong Jing's resistance at all.

Feeling that Shang Shu had unconsciously increased her strength, Yeongjing's struggle became more intense. The increasingly strong sense of suffocation made her try her best to send out a weak cry for help through the gap.

"Um... Shang... Sister Shang Shu... put... your hand."

In a daze, she vaguely saw the revolving door of life...

Fortunately, when this weak voice reached her ears, Shang Shu woke up from her intoxication in time. She lowered her head and glanced at the pale face before she hurriedly let go of her hand.After being relieved, Hiiragi immediately took a big gulp of air. The fresh air poured into her lungs again. The feeling of breathing made her glad that she was still alive.

I... am I still alive?

Hiiragi Jing never expected that after breaking free from Shang Shu's chest, she would actually gain the same life perception of "it's good to be alive" as she did after surviving the nuclear wasteland in the abandoned city?Can these two things be compared?

"A Jing! Are you okay? Because it's so comfortable to hold... so I accidentally... regarded you as a doll at home..."

Shang Shu realized that her behavior just now was too much and was a little overwhelmed, so she immediately apologized in a panic.

Plush toys?

After hearing Sang Shu's comments, Hiong Jung, who had regained her breath, suffered mental trauma that was no less severe than physical trauma.

She was deeply impressed by Shang Shu's preference for plush dolls. She had seen the dolls in Shang Shu's home. Dolls of various sizes and shapes were filled in every corner of the room, among which the large doll was the same height as Hiroyuki. There are several, but even so, Shang Shu still invests most of her monthly living expenses in her hobby of collecting dolls.

Although it can be understood as much as Shang Shu likes, this so-called understanding is undoubtedly a sharp arrow that pierces her self-esteem for Hieragi... She never thought that one day she would be placed on the same scale as a stuffed toy. Compare above.

I'm so sorry for the body that has no muscles at all and is as soft as a stuffed doll!

But compared to these, Hiiragi Jing has more things that he cares about. Obviously, he has not produced any convincing evidence so far, but why... "Sister Shang Shu really believes that I am Hiiragi Jing?"

"A-Jing is A-Jing and this will never change. Didn't A-Jing say it before?"

The natural smile on Shang Shu's face looked a little silly, and her matter-of-fact tone made Hiong Jing feel a little guilty in her heart.

She did not repay Shang Shu with the same trust... Two years of mercenary life taught her to doubt everything. Sister Shang Shu was still the same sister Shang Shu, but she was no longer the young man she was two years ago... No, she is not even a teenager now!

"Sister Shang Shu, I'm fine."

Seeing Shang Shu's self-reproaching expression, Yeongjing suddenly felt a little funny, and at the same time, she felt a warmth in her heart.

In this era, only this person can give her this kind of warm feeling, so that her tired heart after going through danger can always find a place to relax temporarily. Just like now, this trust makes her anxiety calm down a little, Hiiragi Jing squeezed out a comforting smile from the corner of her mouth to indicate to the other party not to worry.

"Then... hug me again?"

"No, I refuse!"

Chapter 4 Is it the world or the memory that has changed?

Of course, the purpose of Jingjing coming to the Security Business Management Center was not just to see Sang Shu and seek inner comfort. After confirming Sang Shu's trust, she had more important things to do.

"Huh? Do you want to check the records of assigned tasks issued by official government departments that started a week ago and expired yesterday?" Shang Shu was a little surprised by Hiongjing's request. She originally thought that Hiongjing came here for a task to ease her livelihood, but she didn't. I thought it would be something like checking mission records, which is of little significance to a mercenary.

"Yes, because there are many things that need to be confirmed, and maybe we can find out the truth about why I became like this, so I'm sorry to trouble you."

The most concerning thing is the overly real dream, the changes in the necklace, and the changes in the body... Although it sounds ridiculous, Hiei Jing has a strong suspicion in her heart that all of this is probably related to that dream, and if, If that wasn't a dream...

"Oh I see."

After hearing Hiong Jung's request, Shang Shu immediately reached out and pressed a button somewhere on the small square table between the two of them.

Following a soft 'ding' sound, the originally ordinary desktop suddenly sank from the middle, and a small rectangular black screen was slowly lifted out of the vacant part of the desktop by a mechanical bracket.

Hiiragi's surprised eyes were fixed on the display screen from the bottom until it was lifted up. Half a second later, the black screen gradually lit up. Although the words were read upside down when sitting opposite, Hiiragi didn't leave. I quickly recognized the words displayed on the display screen - 'Personal Service Terminal'.

what is this? !!

It turns out that this seemingly ordinary desktop in the city is actually such a high-end technology product?

Hiiragi Jing has entered the meeting room several times, but she has never understood that the table in this kind of independent meeting room has hidden secrets, and she has never heard of such a thing from any channel. This is really incredible.

But soon, after noticing Hieragi Jing's expression, Shang Shu explained her thoughtfully: "Just yesterday, the center carried out equipment upgrades for the negotiation room. These terminals placed inside the table in the negotiation room are just the result of the upgrade. One, there are twelve terminals in total. Any personal query does not need to go to the database. You can query the database directly through this terminal. Although it is still a trial machine, it is still very efficient."

Shang Shu was in high spirits when talking about this. It was obvious that as a service staff, Shang Shu had a good impression of this small board that helped her save a lot of time and energy.

While talking to Shang Shu, she stretched out her index finger and pressed in the 'fingerprint unlock' area on the display. After a series of reading confirmations, 'Unlock Passed: Service Personnel No. 24' appeared on the screen. After a brief black screen After that, the light blue interface became the main color of the display.

Hiiragi looked at this thing that was very new to her with curiosity. The base government paid little attention to the construction of the outer city, but now the security business management center has built twelve units at once for the first time. The Newborn City Base This uncharacteristic behavior of the government is really rare: "Isn't it said that there are financial difficulties recently? Where can the base government get the spare money to do such a thing?"

"Eh? Hiiragi Jing, don't you know? This is part of the 'Newborn City Public Service Construction Plan'."

"Oh, public service construction plan...huh?" Hiiragi originally repeated it subconsciously, but when she suddenly realized the meaning of this familiar name, she was completely stunned, and the expression on her face gradually became incredible. stand up.

Of course she understood what the so-called 'Newborn City Public Service Construction Plan' was about. This was a new round of construction plan announced to the public by the Newborn City base government two months ago. According to the official statement, this was a Plans to improve 'public facilities', 'civic education' and 'public spaces'.

There is nothing wrong with this plan to improve people's livelihood, but the problem is... In her memory, this plan was suddenly suspended three days ago in order to make concessions to the base government for large-scale material reserves.

This is not the most important thing, but the reason why the base government implements large-scale reserves of materials is for the large-scale military operation to eliminate the witch 'tyrant' in the JD abandoned city nuclear wasteland three days later!

However, according to Shang Shu's explanation, the development of reality was completely different from her memory: the plan continued to be implemented until now...

"Sister Shang Shu, has the government issued any warnings about 'witches' recently?"

"Witch?" Shang Shu, who originally lowered his head and stared at the screen, raised his head and looked very confused, "Not really. If you want to know, you can go to the bar and ask. There are a lot of rumors in this regard."

Bar rumors?Of course Hiiragi would not believe this source of information. As a mercenary, she knew very well how low the credibility of such rumors coming from mercenaries was. How could valuable information be spread wantonly.

In other words, the base government has not disclosed any information related to the witch until today... However, in that so-called dream, the time when the base government announced the information about the witch to the residents of the Newborn City was also three days ago.

Hiiragi suddenly realized that not only today's memory, but at least the memories of the past three days had some kind of error or deviation... at least when it came to the 'Newborn City Public Service Construction Plan' and 'Witch Intelligence' 'This is the understanding.

But...how is this possible? !

So what exactly went wrong?Apart from this, what are the differences?Three days ago, why didn't Newborn City terminate this plan to reserve strategic materials?Could it be said that the military operation that caused the Newborn City to go to war really suddenly disappeared?How many of your memories are different from reality?

A chill ran down Hiiragi Jing's spine. No matter how comfortable the soft sofa beneath her was, she could not sit still and could not suppress the uneasiness in her heart.

Is his memory confused, or has the world... undergone unknown changes?

If it is the former, and the brain deceives itself by weaving stories due to certain stimuli that affects memory, then how to explain the change in one's own gender?This is not a mental problem, but a real change. Shang Shu's initial recognition is strong proof.

But if it's the latter... what force caused this change?

She couldn't believe this kind of power that transcended common sense, but didn't everything that happened to her just prove that there were indeed unnatural forces in this world that were difficult to explain with common sense?

I originally came here to seek answers, but so far, not only have I not found any clues, but there are more and more mysteries that make people puzzled.

No... Even if such a rare large-scale military operation was suddenly canceled three days ago, it would definitely leave some traces. Hiiragi urgently needs to find clues that match his memory...

"found it."

"!"

Just when Hiroyuki was pressing her eyebrows with a headache, Shang Shu had already found all the task commissions according to Hiroyuki's request. She turned the free stand under the display screen and the display flipped to Hiroyuki's eyes. All arranged are various task commissions that meet her requirements.

The small display screen is filled with dense words. Each column of information column represents a brief introduction to a task: including the entrusting party, task classification, general content, remuneration, whether it is necessary to sign a contract and other procedures, the validity period of the entrustment, and important Degree level...and other important information.