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Chapter 25 Childish Man

It's inappropriate to be in a daze.

Shen Siwei's eyes were empty and his head was half down, like a marionette whose silk thread has been cut.

He knew that Clayte was watching his reaction, and he must be able to see that something was wrong.But he thought about many things in an instant, and this comfortable feeling ran through his brain, and he didn't want to stop halfway.

It turns out that the time for the appearance of newborns has to be pushed forward. As early as 20 years ago, the first newborn appeared in the tree of life.

It was a strong and brave little boy. Although he cried at first and said that he didn't want to leave alone, after parting with Wei Shen, he plunged into the river without hesitation.

After so many years, if he can survive, he should grow into a young man in his 20s.

But only if... he survived.

After that action, Shen Siwei's understanding of the tree of life was 20 years behind.

He didn't know if the story he made up had deceived Mo Lin, and he didn't know if there would be other action teams to look for the little boy in the future.

I hope the little boy can survive. If there is still a chance, Shen Siwei still wants to see him again, to see if he is doing well...

"Negotiator?" Kleite raised his hand and shook it in front of Captain Shen, but the offline puppet still didn't respond.

He frowned, and simply pinched Shen Siwei's chin, forcing him to look up: "Don't play tricks on me."

The empty pupils flickered before returning to their proper color.

Lieutenant Shen Si couldn't help but feel a little helpless. If he was seriously in a daze, he would be regarded as a trick by Kleite. It seems that he has become a liar or something in the eyes of Kleite.

"No." Lieutenant Shen Si slightly raised his head, retracting his chin from Kreiter's hand, "I'm just thinking, what happened in the past is embarrassing."

This is Shen Siwei's true feelings.

When the first newborn baby appeared in the tree of life, the Margots chose to kill them all.

Lieutenant Shen Si could understand their considerations, civilians and Mages could not form a fair and equal relationship, but civilians should try to maintain fairness between civilians.

If the Mago people acquiesce in the existence of the first newborn, then other commoners can also lift the birth restriction.At that time, the "Declaration" will become a dead letter, and a new energy crisis may break out again.

——So far, Shen Siwei can look at this matter rationally.

What really made him sad was that after the little boy, there were a second, a third... many newborns were born, and when the Margots found them, they could no longer simply and rudely kill them all. Things like children shouldn't be brought up on the table.

Shen Siwei remembered that Kreiter once mentioned that the Margots are now formulating new countermeasures for newborns.

No matter what policy is finally introduced, the treatment of these newborns will definitely be a hundred times better than that of little boys, or even a thousand times better.

That is to say, if Wei Shen hadn't shown compassion and saved the little boy, the little boy would have become a victim in the development of the tree of life.

Now, 20 years later, many people have broken through drug restrictions and regained their fertility.Since the Magos can formulate new countermeasures against this situation, why did they take such extreme measures in the first place?

Was it really worth sacrificing Sarah, sacrificing the Squad just to cover up what was bound to happen in the future?

Shen Siwei couldn't judge whether it was worth it, because history is a process, and no one can predict the future.

He was only lucky that he let go of the little boy.

"Sigh?" Kreit obviously didn't understand why Wei Shen had such a reaction, and his eyes became more and more suspicious, "So this is why you saved Noke?"

"Yes." Shen Siwei said in a flat tone, "There were some things that were helpless in the past, but now that there is a chance to correct them, of course they must be corrected."

Kleite frowned, as if he was becoming increasingly unable to see through Captain Shen Si.

In fact, Shen Siwei is not sure what the Mags have done in recent years, and whether his attitude is not in line with the Mages' identity.

But since Kreiter's so-called evidence is just supporting evidence, he will naturally not admit it easily.

"I still say the same thing, don't apply your stereotype of the Mag to me." Shen Siwei said, "I was born on the top floor and grew up on the top floor. I am a real Mag."

One size fits all, although Shen Siwei once subconsciously drew a line between himself and the Margots, but what happened 20 years ago was 20 years ago, and now Shen Siwei still has a task, he can't because of Shaken in his heart, he changed his long-standing values ​​and suddenly stood on the opposite side of the Mages.

And his calmness and persistence—or bluntness—seems to have made Clater doubt his own judgment.

I saw Krete raised his brows suspiciously, and the evidence he spoke began to look unremarkable: "Is there really such a short Margot like you?"

Shen Siwei said with a blank face: "Do you have an opinion?"

Mention him short again. How can 1.8 meters be short?

But since Kreiter has already asked this question, it means that he probably believes in Shen Siwei's nonsense again.

"Also," Kleite tilted his head, his gaze glanced between Shen Siwei's legs intentionally or unintentionally, "I've heard rumors that all Mages are talented, why is yours so small?"

"?"

Shen Siwei was stunned for a second before he realized what Kreiter was talking about.

The last time the two met honestly in the private bath, Shen Siwei admitted that Kleite's size was "astonishing", but that was Kleite's problem, what does it have to do with him?

"How can I be small?" Shen Siwei suppressed the faintly rising anger, "I am obviously of normal size."

"Oh." Kleite said casually, "Then our perception of 'normal' is different."

Shen Siwei: "..."

I don't know if it was because the rogue leader failed to prove that he was not a Mago, and felt dissatisfied in his heart, so he deliberately found fault with him.

It's really childish.

...But I have to admit, he succeeded.

Shen Siwei calmly grabbed the corner of the pillow, and had the urge to slap Kleit's face for a moment.But he immediately realized that he was wearing an oxygen mask, and this slap would probably give Clater a concussion, and the image of weakness he had worked so hard to create would be completely ruined.

And after calming down, think about it, why should he be angry with a childish man who likes SpongeBob SquarePants?

"Want to hit me?" Kleite noticed Wei Shen's ready to move his right hand, and thought it was amused, he smiled softly, "Do you Margots use pillows for fighting?"

Lieutenant Shen Si had calmed down, let go of his right hand, and said calmly, "We Mages don't fight."

Crater touched his chin, and a curious look flashed in his eyes: "I'll just sit here and let you hit me."

Obviously, he was curious about what it would be like for the weak Shen Siwei to fight with others, he couldn't imagine it himself, so he wanted Shen Siwei to see it.

But Shen Siwei naturally wouldn't be fooled.

He leaned back on the back of the sofa chair, crossed his hands in front of his chest, put his left leg on his right leg, and looked like he didn't want to argue with the country man: "I won't fight."

The slender legs are exposed from the gap in the bathrobe due to the overlapping posture, and the healthy and firm muscle lines are faintly visible on the side of the left leg.

Kreit hadn't noticed it before, but now that he looked carefully, it seemed that these were the legs that only people who exercised all the year round could have.

He raised his eyebrows imperceptibly, feeling a little strange in his heart.

At that moment, the communicator rang, drawing Kleite's attention away.He glanced at the caller ID, got up and went to the balcony.

"It's me... yes... I can help you lift the restrictions on the energy station... meet and discuss in detail... yes... okay, see you in three hours."

In a small room of tens of square meters, Shen Siwei could clearly hear Kreiter's conversation without even pricking up his ears.

The caller was obvious, the leader of Nightingale.

Captain Shen Si could almost deduce what the two had talked about. Nightingale asked Krete how to lift the restriction, and Krete said to meet and talk in detail.

If nothing else happens, after three hours, the refugees and Nightingale will reach a cooperation.

From the perspective of maintaining the stability of the tree of life, this is definitely not a good thing.

But Shen Siwei couldn't help feeling strange, didn't Kreit know that this room is very small?What's the difference between him going to the balcony to answer the phone and answering it directly in front of Shen Siwei?

Why didn't you pay attention to tabooing the Mago people when discussing such an important matter?

When Kleiter returned to the house from the balcony, Shen Siwei slightly frowned and said, "Aren't you afraid that I will report to the higher authorities?"

"Whatever you want." Kleite said, "It's best to send all of your most elite troops."

The weird feeling reappeared, and Wei Shen suddenly remembered that Ives had said that Kleite led the refugees to attack in order to find someone.

This is not the same as simply looking for someone.

Clayte has a fixed residence in this city, and from previous chats, he can enter and leave the tree of life at will.

In other words, he doesn't need to "attack into the tree of life" to find someone, because he can come in by himself.

Then if he wanted to find someone, he did. Why did he have to make such a big fuss?

Shen Siwei could only think of one possibility.

——If he didn't make such a big noise, he might not be able to attract the attention of the person he was looking for.

"What you're looking for," Shen Siwei guessed as the thoughts in his heart became clearer and clearer, "is someone from the military?"

Kreiter paused as he left the room, and slightly parted his lips: "No."

"No wonder you are always obsessed with finding my companion, because you think it might be the one you want to find." Shen Siwei directly ignored Kreiter's answer, and said to himself, "And you don't want to talk to me. Cooperate, let me help you find someone because I am a Mago, and you are afraid of causing trouble to that person."

Now Kleite stopped completely, turned around and looked at Wei Shen.

"So," Shen Siwei knew that he had finally found a breakthrough, and asked tentatively, "What kind of relationship do you have with that person?"

Crater's lips moved, as if there was a sign of opening.

However, at this moment, a deafening siren sounded outside the window without warning, as if someone had covered the entire city with a huge horn, and issued a warning at the top of their lungs.

Shen Siwei once heard a similar siren when he was changing trains on the second floor.

That was an alarm issued by the defense system on the second floor when civilians strayed into the air traffic control area.

But the alarm at this time was several times more serious than that one. Relying on his long-term memory of enlistment training, Wei Shen quickly realized that the outer wall of the tree of life had been invaded by the outside world.

Before Lieutenant Shen Si was frozen, he had never encountered such a situation, but it is not difficult to infer that when Kleite led the refugees to attack, the city had already sounded this kind of alarm.

"Are there other refugees coming in?" Shen Siwei asked subconsciously, after all, the refugees are not a whole.

"No." Kreit looked at the miniature surveillance projection in his palm, and strode towards the balcony, "Stay inside, don't go out."

After saying this, his communicator rang again.

"Malken." Kreit picked up the communicator, "Notify the civilians not to go out, and let all the refugees gather with weapons."

Seeing that Krete jumped onto the corner of the balcony railing and was about to jump downstairs, Captain Shen quickly stopped him: "Krete!"

Crater stopped and turned around.

"What happened?" Shen Siwei asked with a frown.

"A distortion monster has broken in." After saying this, Klett jumped down from the balcony.