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

"The wards for non-severely injured patients are usually above the surface, but there are not many soldiers who stay in the medical department for treatment. You also know the economic conditions of the people who come here for treatment. They are more willing to return to their own residences to recuperate than in the wards. ." When the elevator door slowly opened, Phil introduced while pushing Hiiragi out of the elevator.

"So this place would seem very deserted during normal times."

deserted?

From the elevator to now, Hiiragi finally understood what the so-called desertion meant. Along the way, she could not see any other people except her and Phil. It seemed that there were only her and Phil on this entire floor. It was just a human being. If it weren't for the light coming from the window on one side of the corridor, she would have thought she was still deep underground.

This was good, as it avoided communication with other patients, especially when she was dressed like this and she really didn't know how to face a stranger.

Is it... already dusk?

Hiiragi stared at the scene outside the window in ecstasy. Fire clouds dyed half of the sky red. It was completely different from the hazy and yellow sky seen through goggles in the nuclear wasteland of JD Abandoned City.

Today seems to be May 5th. It has been two days since the JD Abandoned City Nuclear Wasteland Operation. If possible, Hiiragi is eager to know the impact of this military operation on the newborn city, but from now on she has to wait Receive inpatient treatment at this location for at least one week.

"We're here, this is your single room."

The wheel of the wheelchair stopped in front of a ward with the house number "332". The moment Phil opened the door, Hiei Jing almost thought that she had arrived at a place where only senior leaders of foreign caravans would stay. Superior reception.

The spacious room gave people the first impression of being clean and tidy. The independent balcony and bathroom made Hiiragi's eyes widen. What was even more unbelievable was that there was not even the slightest smell of disinfectant in the air, and there was even a hint of fragrance. Just this. This completely subverted Hiiragi's inherent impression of the so-called ward.

Is this just a ward?This was the ultimate insult to what she thought was a nice personal residence.

"There are switches in the lighting system in the entire room at the bedside. Hot water will be supplied after eight o'clock in the evening until the end of two o'clock. Don't try to leave the medical department on your own. The guard will not let you in without a pass. If you are bored, you can look at the bookshelf. If anything happens, just press the button on the bedside to call me, and I will bring dinner in about half an hour."

"Have a good rest."

Before Hiiragi could recover from the shock, Phil had already arranged everything to be effective. Just as he pushed Hiiragi into the room, her figure had disappeared behind the door in the next second. , leaving only the sound of distant footsteps.

Chapter 69 Phil’s strange thoughts

Lying lazily in an inelegant "big" posture on the large hospital bed that could roll around several times without falling to the ground, Hiiragi looked at the ceiling above her head in boredom, counting the rhombus patterns on the ceiling. It was one of the few ways she could effectively spend her time.

It has been three days since I checked into this luxurious ward.

According to Han Nianling's calculation, only a small half of the training time has passed, but for Hieragi Jing, these three days have passed longer than three years, and she feels a headache when she thinks about the remaining time.

Life these days feels less like being in a hospital and more like a prisoner.

Her range of activities was severely restricted. The farthest point was the corridor in front of her room. Apart from the sky, the only scenes outside the window were buildings and a little unobstructed street view.

Although Phil was very considerate and sent a portable radio, the only channel was always looping with repetitive content, which was nothing more than the official explanation of the military operation carried out by the Firstborn City in the JD Abandoned City a few days ago.

When I first listened to it, I felt fresh, and I was a little curious about how to explain the Newborn City Base. However, after the initial curiosity, it was just monotonous and boring. By the end, this paragraph was less than 10 seconds. Hiiragi was able to recite the contents of the speech for several minutes.

The content of the broadcast is no longer different from the noisy snowflake sound when there is no signal, and the significance of the radio for relieving boredom has disappeared.

As for the books on the bookshelf, Hiiragi had flipped through a lot, but with her current knowledge, it was difficult to understand the contents. In the end, she had no choice but to give up.

Since leaving the orphanage and coming to Newborn City, she has had very little time to study. After completing her job as a mercenary, she will spend most of her energy on training, and only occasionally flip through the old book. A yellowed dictionary, learn a few words that are used in daily life.

For her, as long as she has enough knowledge, the most important thing is to improve her own strength to ensure that she can survive in the dangerous wasteland world outside the city wall when performing tasks.

It's not that Hiiragi didn't have the idea of ​​​​forcibly escaping, but she didn't want Phil, who was responsible for taking care of her, to be embarrassed or even be punished for her willful behavior.

The quiet and boring atmosphere, the monotonous and boring entertainment, and the dull pain in her abdomen all made Hiiragi gradually become bored as the numbers changed.

Suddenly, the sound of wheels and footsteps entering the room interrupted the silent counting in my heart.

Hiiragi got up from the bed almost as soon as she heard the noise. She didn't have time to put on her slippers, so she hurried to the visitor's side with bare feet and asked hurriedly.

"Sister Phil, has my application been approved?"

Such restrictions are not strict and unchanging, and reasonable application is the only way Hiiragi can hope for now.

It has been 24 hours since yesterday morning when she submitted her application for outdoor activities. During this period, she has asked Phil several times about matters related to her application.

But Phil's reply was always the same - "Teacher Han is busy with work and travels frequently, so he doesn't have time to reply yet."

No time to reply... Could it be that I have been completely forgotten here?

Hiiragi Jing couldn't help but have such thoughts. Since that day, she and Han Nianling have not seen each other again, and they haven't had any contact with each other. It seems that all her affairs have been handed over to Phil for arrangement. .

This made Hiiragi couldn't help but wonder whether a person of that status really cared about her, and whether the employment contract between them was just the result of the other's whim.

If that's the case, she may not need to worry about the contract being effectively binding on her.

But during that time together, Hieragi Jing had a better understanding of Han Nianling's personality. Han Nianling didn't seem like someone who would do this.

Even though she has a bad feeling about Shang Shu, it is undeniable that she acts seriously and decisively, is a resolute person, and everything she does has a strong purpose.

What Hiiragi Jing, who didn't know the details, didn't know was that even Phil himself was surprised by Han Nianling's busyness.

In her memory, she had almost never seen Han Nianling running around so busy, and what Teacher Han was doing didn't look like it was for research.

I don't go to the institute very often. Instead, I often travel between the base government and the Special Business Management Center.

Could this all have something to do with her?

Looking at the girl in front of him, Phil narrowed his eyes slightly. Even if it was just a guess, the result should be almost certain.

What is the reason for this unknown guy?She was so valued by her mentor that she actually hired her as his personal operator.

Even if she had adventure experience in crater areas, she wouldn't be like this, and it wouldn't be possible if it was just out of sympathy for her age and gender.

Phil once suspected that there was something special about Hiiragi Jing, which prompted her to take the initiative to approach him in order to dig deeper into the secrets.

However, she has found nothing so far. Both the contacts and physical examination results over the past few days have shown that the other party is just an ordinary girl.

Such a result is unacceptable. How did she do it? Why can't she get such attention from her mentor no matter how hard she works?

The unhappiness in her heart instantly broke through the smile she had always pretended to show on her face. Hiiragi Jing, who was waiting nervously, naturally noticed something strange, but she misread the meaning.

"The injuries on my body are almost healed. You see, I can trot and jump..." Hiiragi, who thought her application was rejected, hurriedly showed her body's recovery status. For her, even in her current condition There is no problem in returning to the fighting after being discharged from the hospital.

Isn’t it possible to obtain permission recognition in this way?

"Okay, don't worry. Your application has been approved by Teacher Han. You only need to be accompanied by me to be allowed to go out. In addition, Teacher Han also said that the training time can be reduced according to your recovery status. I estimate that it will take another time at most. You can be discharged from the hospital in two days.”

At this stage, it is still necessary to have a good relationship with the other party. The strangeness on his face was instantly suppressed. Phil resumed his usual smile when facing Hiiragi. Even she herself did not notice that her smile this time seemed A bit stiff.

However, Hiiragi Jing had already been attracted by the good news brought by Phil, and did not delve into Phil's strange expression at all.

"Then I'll change my clothes and let's hurry up..."

"Don't be in a hurry..."

Hiiragi's excitement was clearly shown on her face. She couldn't wait to embrace the sense of freedom from the outside world that she had been away from for a long time.

But Phil's next words caused her ups and downs of emotions to be suppressed instantly, and her whole body remained in the same posture as a stone.

"Wha...what?" Her blank eyes met Phil's. She unbelievably checked with Phil again to ensure that there was no error in her hearing just now.

"Teacher Han has arranged for an acquaintance of yours to visit you. You should meet her first before going out..."

While repeating the instructions, he placed Hiiragi's lunch on the trolley on the table. After finishing everything, Phil consciously walked out with the trolley.

Her footsteps paused at the door for a moment, then she turned to the side and said, "Okay, you can go in, pay attention to the time."

Phil walked away and left the door. Standing in her place at the door was the figure that Hiiragi had missed countless times in the nuclear wasteland of JD Abandoned City.

"Sister Shang Shu..."

It is no longer the alluring work uniform like the last time we met, but a simple white lace shirt and a pair of ordinary jeans. This is Shang Shu's most common outfit and Hieragi's most familiar posture.

Without waiting for Hiei Jing to react, Shang Shu quickly walked into the room and held her gently but firmly in her arms.

The tightly connected body could clearly feel the other person's uncontrollable trembling. Hiiragi opened her mouth and didn't know what to say. She had obviously expected it countless times and rehearsed it in her mind countless times, but now she didn't know what to say. I can only be so overwhelmed.

"Sorry……"

Chapter 70 Reunion and Bloodshed

Since waking up from that dream, Hiei Jing has always had this kind of luck in her heart: maybe this experience is just another dream, and she will still be reborn again. When she wakes up next time, she may have returned. In 'reality', everything will be restored to its original state, and everything will be back on track.

In other words, this is actually another way for Hiiragi to escape from the current situation.

My body has undergone inexplicable changes. I met and cooperated with the elusive senior researcher of the institute. I worked with the security team to survive the crisis in the central city of the nuclear wasteland...

She was just a lone mercenary who fought for life and freedom. She was an ordinary member of the many mercenaries in the Newborn City. This was her 'reality'.

But when things that she had never even thought about in her original 'reality' happened to her one by one, conflicts continued to arise between the present and the past, and such conflicts continued to impact Hiiragi's cognition.

What exactly are you going through?Are these experiences real?

No amount of training can change the fact that she is only fifteen years old. Her immaturity is her biggest weakness, which makes her inevitably have such doubts.

This is why: despite having been a mercenary for two years, she had enough experience and prudence to decisively choose to follow Han Nianling into the dangerous central city and even the crater area of ​​the JD Abandoned City Nuclear Wasteland to find out.

One of the reasons why I was able to feel relieved so quickly after finding myself in a heavily polluted area for a long time without any anti-pollution measures and facing extremely high risk of death.

With this kind of psychological blessing, she was endowed with an inexplicable and strange courage, and she still maintained a trace of calmness and composure when facing various dangers approaching and the threat of death.

Although this mentality helped her calmly escape from many difficulties, it also weakened her awe of danger and cherishing life. Those several times of being alone in danger and all the irrational decisions were the adventurous actions that were spawned from this. .

The worst case scenario is to start over again...

Hiiragi held this mentality until the last moment when she fell into a coma.

Finally, when the pain that penetrated deep into her soul and the suffocation of dying came overwhelmingly and irresistibly, those unforgettable experiences finally stimulated her instincts. Pain and death were so real that she changed her thinking from that of a third party. The stance was abruptly pulled back.

Is this really just a dream?Will the outcome you prefer really come true?

These things that she doubted were her reality, and Hiiragi had no way to deliberately escape anymore.

The moment she woke up and learned that her life was safe, the feelings of the aftermath of the disaster washed over her heart over and over again, and all these accumulated emotions burst out at the first sight of Shang Shu.

She is still alive!And I want to continue living. Not only do I want to explore and witness more unknowns in this world, I also want to accompany the person in front of me for a longer time.

The moment she felt Shang Shu's warm embrace, her annoyance and fear almost overwhelmed her heart. The more she recalled her experience in the abandoned city, the more so.

If her luck is not enough to survive, what kind of future should Shang Shu face alone?She thought she could escape everything by dying once and then resurrecting, but she didn't consider the people around her at all. She had already realized a long time ago that her life was not just hers.

Seemingly aware of the uneasiness in Shang Jing's heart, Shang Shu bent down and held the other person in her arms for a long time, and Jing Jing no longer pushed Shang Shu away as embarrassed as before. This time she did not hide it. His attachment to his embrace quietly buried his head under Shang Shu's neck.

It wasn't until a few minutes later that Hiei Jing slowly let go of her arms around the other person. She was a little reluctant to leave the warmth and light fragrance, but this was enough, not to mention she didn't want Shang Shu to remain so useless. posture for too long.

"How are you feeling? Are you used to living here? How is the food here? Have you followed the medical staff's instructions carefully?" After ending the mutual tenderness, Shang Shu immediately pushed Hiongjing back into bed forcefully. , while constantly nagging concerns about Hiiragi Jing's current situation.

"Hmm... um." The overwhelming number of questions from Shang Shu forced Hiiragi to respond with simple syllables.

Not only was the other party's constant questions too late for her to interrupt, but more importantly, she herself didn't know what to say. She had become accustomed to the other party's initiative in the days she spent with Shang Shu.

It was clear that the person she missed so much when she was in the abandoned city was very close to her, but when she really faced him, she didn't know what to say. Her behavior made her a little anxious, but soon, Hiiragi remembered someone. The issue that deserves her most attention.

"Um, Sister Shang Shu, how did you know I'm here?"

"The guard at the processing center told me: An employer who claimed to be your mission this time helped me ask for leave from my boss, and also helped me apply for a pass here in advance. I changed my clothes as soon as I heard you were here. Came here."

"This is the first time I have seen such an employer. Not only did he pay the remuneration stipulated in the contract, but he also took the initiative to undertake follow-up medical treatment beyond the scope of obligations. Moreover, it was not at a health center, but at the medical department of the institute," said To be honest, I couldn’t believe it at first.”

As she spoke, Shang Shu took out the pass she mentioned from her pocket with joy on her face and showed it in front of Jing Jing's eyes: "Such a good person must thank you in person. Jing, you know she is now Where?"

Good guy?Hearing Shang Shu's comments about Han Nianling, Zheng Jing couldn't help but curse in her heart: You call yourself a 'good person', but not long ago you were threatening to help me register as a mercenary.

However, the other party actually remembered to notify Sister Shang Shu and let her come to visit her while she was busy. This surprised Jingjing. It seemed that she had not been forgotten by the other party. No matter what Han Nianling's purpose was, she was still with Shang Shu. Hiiragi Jing, who reunited after a long separation, has a lot of affection for Han Nianling at this point.

Let the other party know the current status of her safety in time, and there is no need to worry about the lack of news from her. It is not difficult to see from the haggard look on the other party's face that her trip to JD's abandoned city has affected her. How old it is, the self-blame in my heart becomes even deeper when I think of this.

"She... is very busy now, and I haven't seen her for a long time. I'd better wait until I have the chance..."

Hengjing slandered Han Nianling in her heart, but she didn't criticize him. It was not because of Han Nianling, but because she didn't want Sister Shang Shu to know too much, and she didn't want Sister Shang Shu to be involved. That fox-like person This guy is a dangerous person in every aspect, and she wishes Shang Shu could stay as far away from her as possible.

Tiao Jing only wanted to divert Sister Shang Shu's attention away from Han Nianling, but Shang Shu herself had no intention of exploring too much about Han Nianling.

There was a moment of silence after Hiei Jing's reply. Shang Shu spoke again, but this time there was a trace of hesitation in the question.

"Then...A Jing was there...did you find anything?"

Found what?

Looking at the other party's expectant eyes, Yeongjing certainly understood what Shang Shu was asking: to follow the clues in the dream and find the real reason for the changes in her body. This was her only purpose this time at the risk of entering the nuclear wasteland of the abandoned city of JD.

She says she likes herself now, but she is also extremely concerned about her body. Unfortunately, she has no good results in response to such concerns, or even just... nothing...

Hiiragi smiled bitterly and shook his head. He finally reached the crater along the digger's passage, and was even only a few hundred meters away from the small existence in the crater. However, in the end, he fell into an inexplicable coma. When he woke up again, he was already lying in the crater. on the bed.

All the previous efforts in the nuclear wasteland of the abandoned city of JD were in vain. The only clue that could be grasped was completely cut off at this point. Even my sister's necklace was left behind in that dangerous land. This time, I It's a complete failure.

"..."