【GaloLio】The way home

3.

"Suspension?"

Remy put the mug full of coffee back on the coffee table. He looked at Leo who bowed his head and handed over the paperwork, and solemnly pushed his glasses, "There is no such arrangement in the team."

"The first time I went on a mission, I dragged everyone down, and injured Jia and other team members... They should be disciplined, and the fire brigade's code of conduct also mentioned it." The boy raised his face, his expression and tone were quite firm.

"That Gallo guy has 180 ways to hurt himself, it's not Leo's fault." Remy's tone couldn't be more calm, "Captain Ignis and I have reviewed the last operation, and the other team members have not submitted any reports. Objection, so you still have to work hard according to the schedule." After speaking, he gently pushed the document back.

Leo frowned, with an expression on his face somewhere between awkwardness and doubt.

Remy stood up and rubbed the boy's head lightly: "Don't feel like you're in the way. The first time you went to the front line, you skillfully manipulated the equipment to suppress the fire, and quickly arranged the escape routes at the scene of the fire, even the shopping malls. The small animals in the pet store are well taken care of. Although we are a little hesitant in the face of the knife-wielding criminal, we are a fire brigade after all, not a criminal investigation and law enforcement department, and such results are acceptable." The content is all from the identity of the boss His professional judgment, but his tone is full of elder brother's gentleness.

Having reached this point, Leo could no longer refute, so he could only answer in a low voice: "Thank you, vice-captain?"

Varys, who came out of the tea room, did not join the conversation. He bent down and handed Leo a cup of lemon tea with two marshmallows on the saucer. Then he reached out and patted Leo on the head, and turned back to the mini basketball Field continues his daily exercise routine.

Remy chuckled and said, "There are some things that Leo should know." He sat back on the sofa and motioned the boy to sit down too.

The man wearing glasses flicked his bangs: "Actually, it's not a secret at all, but our captain doesn't want Leo to feel pressured when he joins. In the first two weeks after the FDPP test, the captains of the fire department will stage robbery Great battle. Captain Ignis argued with the newly formed seventh team for a long time, so you were not taken away."

Leo's eyes widened in surprise, these are indeed completely unheard of information: "I thought that people from other teams would have a lot of scruples about me..."

"First in the written test, with high scores in field exercises, especially in mechanical engineering, you have shown great potential, and you are still very young. If I were to pick a team member, I would not let you go. Of course, it is not ruled out that there will be people like "this There are political and bureaucratic considerations in proving that we are a team that includes the original Burners, but we are a security force after all, and the selection is generally pragmatic.”

Leo nodded silently.Remy and Gallo are really two kinds of people. They are different from the latter's character of saying whatever comes to mind. The calm and steady vice-captain is very organized even in complimenting others, and at the same time calms down Leo's almost full overflowing guilt.

"I see."

Remy stretched out his fingers and tapped the armrest of the sofa: "Although there are too many chaotic and hateful places in this world, not everyone is paranoid and evil beyond cure. There are always people who are trying to save others. Leo You know that, don't you?" There was something deep in that smile.

The soul that saves others and seems to be shining, there is one beside him... Gallo Timos who always embraces him with a refreshing smile and amazingly stubborn courage.

"Indeed...that's right." Leo felt a burst of warmth in his palms and face, he lowered his head and smiled slightly.

Remy put down his coffee cup and changed the topic: "Don't be too anxious about the freezing gun. Lucia—" He snapped his fingers towards the mountain of machine parts piled up not far away.

"Oh—do you want me to explain it?" The scientist who had been buried in the equipment test with candy in his mouth finally poked his head out when he was called: "Oh—it's so troublesome."

Although Rukia's qualifications can be regarded as profound, she is not good at discussing official texts after all. The so-called "explanation" seems cumbersome and fragmented. The Freezing Guard that participated in the genocide was formally disbanded after accepting an independent investigation, and the "Emergency Budget Law" passed by the interim parliament that was finally formed more than half a year ago required a thorough investigation and review of the weapons invented against the Burners.

More importantly, more than 90% of the huge operating funds and weapon production costs that the Ice Guard originally enjoyed were allocated to urban reconstruction and rescue purposes.The decree will come into effect next month, and by then, each district will have a large-scale weapons destruction project and new equipment planning.

"In short, in the days to come, the equipment warehouses of all brigades of the fire station will undergo a major renovation." Rukia's tone suddenly became excited, "The point is! Our annual budget has doubled, so we can develop more new equipment, It can also be used to make a special machine for Leo! What kind of design should it be—” Her fingers flicked quickly, and the light in her eyes was brighter than the screen behind her.

"Hey, the extra budget should be allocated properly." Remy ordered loudly, and turned around and said to Leo who listened very carefully, "The high-level internal communication has been communicated, and the formal written notice is only needed."

"?? Hmm." When it came to this topic, the boy didn't say much.He is still thinking.Even if no action can make up for Burner's past sacrifices, nor can it recover lost lives... Such a development is not bad news after all.

Moreover, Kanro and Metz have also been officially released from prison, and have been assigned to the construction branch and logistics branch of urban reconstruction work respectively, starting their long careers in community service.Unlike Leo, who can choose a career at will and enter public office without guilt, what they can enjoy is only limited freedom.

Accompanied by Gallo, Leo visited them several times. The two former cadres of the "Crazy Burner" accepted everything frankly, and because Leo proposed that the three of them would no longer be in a subordinate relationship, the two adults were in There was a bit more care and advice from the elders in the conversation.In any case, the former companions can really meet again under the sky outside.

"This society is still correcting itself. Although the process is slow, at least there is a possibility of returning to normal." Remy stood up, "This kind of time requires everyone to cooperate with determination. Besides, there is a tricky guy who must ask you take care of it."

"It's my pride to have someone who is willing to trust me." Leo nodded emphatically.

"It's very manly, Leo." Remi smiled and waved at the boy, leaving the rest area.Rukia's laughter came faintly from behind.

-

For Leo, who is used to living with Gallo, taking care of him is not an extra effort.

Gallo's left upper arm injury is indeed not serious. If you insist on comparing it with the injuries suffered by the two of them in past battles or on the fire field, it is really only a "piece of cake".

Besides, the young man was indeed recovering faster than ordinary people as he boasted.Except for the fact that the wound should not get wet and occasionally let Leo help wash his hair and wipe his back, most of the time he still takes care of everything by himself.

Leo didn't feel annoyed by this at all. Rather, he would be willing to take on any troublesome work if it could make the other party's injury heal faster because of him.Even the work of cooking and washing dishes, which is usually done by two people together, Leo insisted on doing it alone.

But the injured himself, within two days, got tired of being ordered to recuperate at home, unable to go to the fire brigade headquarters or go out for exercise.

After all, Gallo Timos is an active and energetic man. Since he can't participate in cooking, observing Leo doing housework has become one of his leisure activities.

Leo is a person with a high degree of concentration. During the process of shredding vegetables, marinating meat, and cooking, even if Gallo would come over to rub his hair or touch his ears from time to time, his hands The movements on the body will not be disturbed-of course, it has something to do with the fact that he has long been accustomed to these small intimate movements.

As for eating, it was a different scene, because he didn’t need any coordination skills, and his concentration was used to discuss with Gallo whether there were any omissions in the day’s attendance, or continue to digest the information he learned from Remy’s vice-captain. When I come to my senses, the food I put into my mouth is often completely cold, and there are two completely different modes of multitasking with Gallo, who can listen to the weather forecast on TV while eating and chatting.

The young man was quite proud of his useless ability. Occasionally, when he walked past Leo with soda from the refrigerator, he would suddenly bend down and put a kiss on the young man's face and say, "The food is getting cold." It didn't look like a wounded person at all, but it was very effective in making the boy stop distracted, and while his cheeks were flushed, he finished his meal seriously.

-

After the wound bandage was successfully removed, the day when Gallo resumed work was not far away.

The young man was still waking up early in the morning. Because of Leo's insistence, he temporarily stopped his morning jog and changed to lifting dumbbells and doing regular warm-ups in the living room.

When Leo packed up the breakfast tableware, took his work backpack and was about to go out, the strong young man was counting the beat seriously, and the arm bones wearing arm guards and wrist guards made a "crack, cluck, cluck" when they moved. "The strange sound.

The boy stood at the door and hesitated for a moment, and finally couldn't help but say: "Your injury hasn't fully healed yet? You should move more lightly." There was helplessness and concern in his tone, knowing that persuasion would be useless.

Gallo stopped and looked at him, with a brighter smile than usual for some reason: "Leo is really careful."

"Huh?? These are just common sense..." The boy blushed unconsciously.

"I——that's how I felt when I saw you in the cave, 'This child is very gentle'. Although I said something stupid at that time... Oh, I'm sorry." Probably recalled that I once had "So Do burners need to eat too?" With such an ignorant and hurtful statement, the young man scratched his face in embarrassment.

Seeing that expression, the young man smiled slightly.

The first time I met Gallo—I just saw each other as "enemies" and confronted each other and provoked each other—it was only more than a year ago, but it was so long ago that I felt like a world away .

When he met in the cave, he tentatively talked to the young man. The other party forcefully pulled himself away from the wanton burning anger. The two fell into the frozen lake together. After learning the truth about Promea, they fought together. He was almost killed by Gu Lei The dead were saved by Gallo's fire transmission, and then they made up their minds to let Promea burn completely... and the guardianship and companionship for a whole year after that, counting it down is as many as Hengsha.They really went through a lot together and overcame a lot.

Just how incredible Gallo Timos is.

At the time of the conversation with the young man in the cave, it was the first time that the young man had redundant thoughts about strangers other than the Burner.This young man with dazzling blue hair and blue eyes, with an honest and sincere expression, who is not ashamed to admit his mistakes—if the truth is not being concealed, perhaps...

Leo put his work backpack at the door and walked towards Gallo in front of the sofa: "I sometimes think, at that time in the cave... If I didn't leave in a hurry, but could have a good chat with you , Will things be different later on?」

Gallo put down the dumbbells, thought about it seriously, and answered with his head up: "No. If the buried 'evil' is not exposed, and the potential problems of Promea are not solved, the result will only be worse. This If the planet is destroyed, there won’t be the two of us standing here talking about these "what ifs"." The words were plausible, and Leo was stunned for a moment.

The young man jumped up with a "whoosh", stretched out his finger and touched the young man's forehead, and then gently scraped along the bridge of his nose: "And we met again later, didn't we? Looking back now, I feel very lucky."

Ah? Gallo Timothy is just so unbelievable.

Simple words, simple movements, and serious gaze with both eyes can make him feel at ease and calm—a different kind of warmth from when Promea was burning.

Leo raised his face and looked at the man opposite him who could completely envelop him in a hug, and said every word seriously: "Me too...Thank you very much Gallo."

"Oh—!" The young man was obviously happy, "But it's a matter of course, so don't thank me any more in the future." He bent down, pressed his wet and hot forehead against the young man's forehead, and wet the few strands of light lemon gold on his forehead. - at a similar distance from when they first met - and raised his clenched hand.

The fists with obvious differences in size and skin color bumped into each other firmly with knowing smiles on each other.

4.

If Gallo's injury caused a little disturbance, then his return to the team was uneventful.

The only difference is that Remy, who has been acting as the captain recently, did not send the young man with a burning soul to the front line, but sent him to handle simpler rescue work. Gallo has no complaints about this.

Urban reconstruction is still in progress, and every rescue effort deserves to be taken seriously.Although the law and order situation is still uneven, some areas were even reduced to gray areas due to the manpower shortage of the security forces a while ago, but the establishment of the temporary guard team has made the situation better.

For the Lieyan fire brigade whose main task is to extinguish fires and save lives, the scale of the fires and the casualty rate have obviously decreased to the naked eye. More efficient than ever.

More difficult than rebuilding the city is the reform of the government structure and how to deal with those "sinful" people who have almost destroyed the earth and all mankind.

The Parnassus project developed by Guray Fossett fully demonstrated the arrogance and unscrupulousness of power.There are at least 1 people directly involved in or indirectly aware of the spaceship built with huge human and technical resources; although this plan is nominally based on physical health index Random selection from the high-survival population, but later However, dozens of high-level government officials, as well as dozens of elites and dignitaries from the scientific and economic circles were found in the list called the "survival list". Judging by the financial resources and power of these people, each of them is a powerful helper for the implementation of this crazy plan.

It is not easy to form an interim parliament that can make the citizens dubious but not lead to riots.In order to allow the government to restore order and governance, those high-level government officials who were not involved in the incident and the veterans who were elected to the interim parliament did make up their minds. During this year, they carried out political purges of all sizes and storms. Those who knew about the Sri Lankan plan were successively handed over to the judiciary that still had some dignity, and a thick file was built to wait for the trial schedule.Immediately afterwards, the Freeze Guard, which had been brutalizing and killing everywhere as if enjoying the right of amnesty, was disbanded immediately, and an independent investigation committee was appointed to conduct a follow-up evaluation.

Stories such as "huge bribes taken to gain access to spaceship," "scientists jailed and tortured for months as traitors for opposing Goure Fawcett's plans," or "assassination masters" are on the news these days. Plan a tip reporter so the public doesn't know" is enough to make members of the fire brigade gasp as they eat their hot, freshly baked pizza.

It was also during the period when these internal news that shocked the public came out point by point, the members of the fire brigade except Remy knew the reason why Captain Ignis has been coming and going in such a long time: the formation of a temporary parliament in Promepolis Afterwards, Ignis was appointed as the social security and security consultant of the independent investigation committee, and directly participated in the follow-up work of the Freezing Guard.When the date of Gourley Fossett's official trial is announced, he will also appear as a professional witness to testify in court.

No one dares to say how many filthy and evil deeds have not been exposed under the huge plan of rounding up the burning group and using innocent lives as fuel. People can only sulk and wait for more details to be revealed to the public in a slow process .

In a period when the entire society is sensitive and fragile, there are only a few people in the world who still have the energy to pursue information disclosure in a dam-like manner. Voices that are completely unable to enter the mainstream are difficult to be included in political considerations.

In contrast, it is said that some newly recruited members of parliament have boldly proposed to set up a special fund to provide compensation and relief funds for the original burners. The original intention is to repair the gap between the ethnic groups. The voices that hate and shout "immediate execution" are not greater than the paranoia that they have piled up over the years-the original burners are still aliens in the hearts of many people, and they do not deserve the rights of ordinary citizens, let alone special care.Amidst the fierce resistance, the original group of burners quietly asked the congressmen not to push the burners, who just wanted to adapt to a new life in a low-key manner, to the forefront again.Naturally, such a proposal was shelved.

The young man named Gallo Timos and the young man named Leo Phthia really saved the earth recklessly and heroically.However, to restore this almost destroyed planet and a nearly torn society, it is inseparable from the deliberation of more adults, the joint participation of ordinary people, and time - so that human beings can reflect a little bit in the conflict, so that victims can no longer time of pain.

Even in a small group like the Flames and Fire Brigade, everyone has had their own deep reflection and exhaustion.As for Captain Ignis, who has a heavy responsibility, the exhaustion index and mental stress can be imagined, almost to the point where even sunglasses can hardly cover it.

Therefore, the weekend vacation proposed by Aina and Varys, and on the premise of handing over the work with the fourth brigade of the fire station, naturally won the unanimous approval of everyone.