[Comprehensive] Eat dog food

After they came to their senses, there was no sign of the mermaid on the operating table, and neither of them had any memory of what they had done.

But surveillance doesn't lie.

However, monitoring can be broken.

As if God was helping, all the monitoring during the time when the mermaid disappeared, and there were other personnel in the institute who claimed that their memory was lost, just like the two people who were last in contact with the mermaid who were controlled and dealt with generally.

How could a mermaid escape from the heavily guarded research institute?

Or as a fish that has trouble walking on land?

Everyone realized that the problem might be with the mermaid, that he might not be as malleable as people thought.

***

In 2085, when the first batch of mermaids were transformed, human technology has improved by leaps and bounds compared to 60 years ago. The world seems to be prosperous, but slums still exist.

It can even be said to be a poor city, where school medical care exists, but it is far behind modern technology, and even the equipment used is eliminated.

Fortunately, the school does not charge tuition fees, and everyone has the opportunity to learn, but more people choose to work, after all, only work can support themselves.

Few people choose to work while studying. First, it is difficult to find a job in poor cities. Second, few people still have the energy to study after high-intensity work.

"Suzaku, do you have time tonight?" The girl's voice was timid.

"sorry, we do not have that."

"That……"

"Let's go first." Suzaku packed up his things and left quickly. He didn't have much time, and he made an appointment with his boss to rush there immediately after school, and the school was still half an hour away.

His time is tight.

As before, when passing by the door of the house, I put the schoolbag in through the window, and then rushed to the boss without looking back.

Pass another river.

Suzaku stopped suddenly.

In the river... there's a dead body.

Only one pair of eyes was exposed on the river surface, both eyes were closed tightly, black hair fluttered gently with the river water, and the clear river water exposed his naked body to Suzaku's eyes.

Thin and pale, these were all the impressions Suzaku had glanced at.

Suzaku didn't stop, he was hopeless, and when he ran from a distance, he didn't see someone jumping into the river from the bridge, so this corpse rushed over from a distance, no one could hold his breath in the water for so long.

The world is difficult, and there are too many people who can't survive and throw themselves into the river. Suzaku has seen it many times when he passed by here. At first, he would stop to rescue people and try to persuade them, but the rescued people didn't scold him too much. Meddling with other people's business, that is, throwing himself into the river again, he became numb at the end, and after saving the person, he quickly left without waiting for the person to wake up.

The passing of life is such a terrible thing, some people just want to live, some people just want to die.

Suzaku didn't know what was going on in his heart, he... what hope did he have in life?

Just alone, always...alone.

This boy looked about his age. If...he was still alive, could the two be friends?

Suzaku shook his head to get the idea out.

When we arrived at the place, the boss was already guarding the door, "Suzaku, why are you a little late this time?"

"Uncle Li, look at the deductions from your salary."

"Hey, you kid, Uncle Li didn't deliberately find an excuse to deduct your salary, it was only when you were entrusted to me by your mother..."

"Got it, Uncle Li, I'm off to work."

Suzaku responded, not wanting to hear the person in front of him repeating what he had said countless times.

mother?It seems that she can't remember her face clearly, but she can only remember the words she said before she died.

"Suzaku, you must live well, wait until—"

The woman died before she finished speaking, and Suzaku had just entered elementary school at that time.

Since then, he has been helping Uncle Li. At that time, Uncle Li gave him a bite to eat, so that he can live until now.

He also asked about the past from Uncle Li's mouth, as if he said that the woman brought him here suddenly one day, not to go to relatives, but to hide from someone.

"Who?" Little Suzaku asked.

Li Gao touched his head and sighed, "Who knows, maybe it's someone from outside."

At that time, women including this child were not dressed like people in the poor city, but like people outside, bright and beautiful.

Li Gao thought, maybe she is the mistress of some important person.

With this in mind, Li Gao entrusted people outside to inquire about the news, intending to hand over Little Suzaku.

But he couldn't find any of these two people, so Li Gao gave up the idea of ​​exchanging Little Suzaku for money, and became indifferent to him.

It was late when I got off work, but the moon was shining brightly, like daylight.

Suzaku was not in a hurry, and slowly swayed back. When passing by the bridge, for some reason, she looked into the water.

The floating corpse was still there, but this time, his entire face was floating on the water.

With a handsome face, if he can grow up, he will be a lovable boy.

Suzaku felt pity in his heart, he thought that if one day he couldn't hold on anymore, would he be the one floating here?

I can't see the original face after soaking in the water...

Suzaku sighed, and was about to meddle in his own business one more time, and fish the boy's body ashore...

The weather wasn't too warm yet, and Suzaku shivered as soon as he stepped into the river.

Then slowly swim to the boy.

The boy was thinner than what he saw on the shore, with a delicate face, maybe he couldn't bear the hardship.

Suzaku put her arms around the young man's body, wanting to go ashore early, settle this matter quickly, and then rest, and have to go to school tomorrow.

Just when Suzaku's hand touched the boy's cold and smooth body, a sudden change occurred.

The tightly closed eyes opened suddenly, revealing the breathtakingly beautiful purple pupils inside, and the pupils shone with a strange light under the moonlight.

Suzaku let go of his hands almost instantly and swam towards the bank, but his waist was embraced by hands. Suzaku couldn't help but began to struggle, but was dragged to the bottom of the river by those hands.

He was no better in the water than he was on the shore, and he couldn't use his strength.

When the last trace of air in his chest was squeezed out, Suzaku thought a little dazedly, is he going to die?

In this sudden and somewhat ridiculous way?

Suzaku slowly closed his eyes, and the life of the past ten years flashed quickly in his mind, with some determination to see death as home.

Suzaku suddenly thought, ah, so I... don't miss my short life.

However, the darkness came and went quickly, and Suzaku didn't feel the pain of suffocation, but only felt a strange soft touch on his mouth.

Trying to open his eyes, he saw the blank eyes of the young man in front of him, he could almost see the soft hairs on the face of the unknown young man, but none of this could explain the current situation.

what is the problem?

He pushed the boy away, but saw the boy looking at the place he touched strangely.

Suzaku was eager to float up to breathe air, but found that he was not embarrassed at the bottom of the river, as if...he could breathe at the bottom of the river, but as soon as the thought came out, he choked again.

The lungs throbbing suddenly, that feeling is very uncomfortable.

He struggled to float up, but at this moment, the boy grabbed him again, as if he couldn't see his embarrassment, and pulled him to the shadow at the bottom of the bridge.

Being choked on, Suzaku felt as if he was going to suffocate, but he was pulled by the young man regardless, no matter how he didn't care about life, now he was getting a little angry after being teased.

But at this moment, the boy turned his face, stared at him innocently with wide eyes, and put his finger on his lips lightly.

Is this telling him not to talk?

Suzaku's eyes moved from the boy's fair and slender fingers to the pale pink lips, was that... the softness that covered his lips just now?

Suzaku himself could feel the heat on his cheeks, but... now that he seemed to have calmed down, he could breathe underwater again.

All questions, maybe this enigmatic young man in front of him can answer him.

Just when Suzaku was wondering why the boy pulled him under the bridge, a voice came from above.

"Do you know who that is?"

"I don't know, but the above said it is very important, the amount of bounty."

Suzaku didn't know what the number the person above said was, but from the sudden heavy breathing of the two people talking above, he also knew that this number was definitely not a small number.

"I heard that he is a young man. The arrest warrant will arrive in a few years. You can take a good look at it."

"Good good!"

The voice above quickly moved away.

Suzaku looked at the young man in front of him with a somewhat cold gaze, and told him intuitively that the young man those people were talking about was the one in front of him.

But the young man didn't feel the inquiry in Suzaku's eyes, and curiously grabbed Suzaku's hand and pressed it on his body.

Suzaku's pupils shrank, and that place was exactly where he pushed him away and touched it just now.

Just when Suzaku was guessing what the boy's actions were for, the boy grabbed his hand and pressed his body a few more times, then threw away his hand in disappointment, and slowly floated up, Suzaku felt that his head was not It was so clear that he read the meaning of grievance from the boy's expression.

Suzaku came ashore behind the young man, and the young man stood naked on the shore, and after seeing him go ashore, he even looked curiously at his...clothes on his body.

"Who are you?" Suzaku asked in a hoarse voice. After choking on the water, his body was still a little uncomfortable, but if he was on the shore, if the boy wanted to do something to him, he still had room to fight back.

"Who are you?" The young man tilted his head and looked at him, his eyes were clear, he didn't seem to be playing tricks on him deliberately, but he seemed to be imitating him with unfamiliar words.

"Where are you from?"

"Where are you from?"

Although he was already mentally prepared, the boy's simple learning of the tongue still made him frown.

"I'm leaving." Suzaku didn't intend to get himself into trouble, and judging from what those people said just now, this young man must be in big trouble.

After saying that, Suzaku turned around and left, no matter what happened to the naked boy here.