Ares

The boy on the boat who was serious about racing looked younger than Dunbar, and he unconsciously showed a very confident smile. Dunbar always looked cautious and never had such a smile. It came from the bottom of his heart. sunshine.

As if sensing his gaze, the young man looked towards him. When he saw him, his eyes lit up, his smile deepened a bit, and he waved his hand to this side. It could be seen that this handsome man Dunbar-like athlete, very popular, his behavior caused a burst of screams from the little girls watching the game around Eddie.

The quarrel gave him a headache, and he didn't have the heart to watch the game. The little girls moved forward, Eddie made room for them, and he retreated back.

This is Nichols, Dunbar's hometown. Not to mention anything else, they look so similar, they can't be strangers, they can only be brothers or something like that.

Eddie was in a complicated mood. On the one hand, he wanted to ask Dunbar's family if he had come back. Of course, he knew the most likely answer. On the other hand, he was worried about telling the fact that he and Dunbar knew each other. His family members in turn asked about Dunbar's news, and what should he say.

Obviously when he came back from Steele, his heart was very hard, but now he has become so sentimental, and he doesn't know what is going on with him.

Eddie didn't finish watching the rest of the game, he found an empty seat and sat down, a little distracted, hoping that Ares would come to him soon, and they would leave here together.

The appearance of the boy reminded him of the unhappy days in Steele, and he also thought of Dunbar, who almost certainly hadn't escaped at all. Dunbar was very kind to him, and he could almost be regarded as his friend. Dunbar was also easily Bullying, being ravaged by three or four people at a time is a common thing. He has no idea of ​​​​resisting against this kind of world in his heart, and he has never done anything but blindly obey.

So even though Eddie regarded him as a friend on the surface, he looked down on him in his heart.

After finding the backer of Ares, Eddie just searched for his traces at random, and after he died without any problems, he easily put this person down without any burden in his heart.

At that time, he just wanted to go home, but very selfishly wanted to go home by himself.

Now when he sees this young man who may be from Dunbar's family, he begins to reflect on everything he has done. How is Dunbar different from him? Besides, Rob may stab him in the back, but Dunbar will never , Dunbar is a cowardly and good man, he takes him as a friend, but he doesn't take his only friend at that time seriously.

Eddie felt a little short of breath and felt that the surroundings were too noisy. He thought, why hasn't Ares come yet?

"Hello." There was an abrupt voice beside him, and Eddie raised his head and saw the brilliant face that he had cared about since just now.

"You... hello." He was a little nervous.

The boy smiled, and now Eddie realized that there were many people around him, whispering to them, he subconsciously pinched the corner of his clothes, because he saw someone taking pictures of the two of them with a communicator, he wanted to He stopped the other party, but didn't say anything, and subconsciously turned his head away.

"It's inconvenient to talk here, let's go to another place?" The young man seemed to see his embarrassment and discomfort, and led him away from the crowd. It wasn't until Eddie realized that he was taken to the athletes' lounge.

Someone walked past him and whistled at him. He was not so depressed now, but he resisted the urge to roll his eyes.

"What do you want?" Eddie tried his best to shake Dunbar's face away from his mind, and focused on the person in front of him.

"Why have you been looking at me like this since just now?" The boy still said with a smile, and seemed to have a good temper.

Eddie was taken aback, "What?" He touched his face in surprise.

"It's just... when I saw me, I seemed to be frightened and very unhappy." The boy said, "So I'm curious and want to ask clearly."

Eddie didn't speak, not knowing what to say.

"My name is Nelson, what's your name?" Nelson first announced his family name. Eddie has long been accustomed to such strike-ups. Usually at this time, he would directly explain clearly to the other party and then leave. But facing Nelson, he was a little timid. , "Eddie." He also reported his name.

"Eddie..." Nelson tasted the name and nodded, "Even if it's fake, I'll call you that."

Eddie didn't want to explain, he didn't need to put off anyone by saying a fake name.

"Did you come to the game today because you have a favorite athlete?" Nelson asked.

"No." Eddie vetoed it, and added: "Just to join in the fun."

Nelson obviously didn't believe it, "The people who join in the fun are in the outfield, and the tickets in the infield are not cheap."

Eddie complained in his heart, it seems that people like you are also very self-aware, but he remained calm on the face: "It's really just to join in the fun and want to see it, so I bought the ticket."

Nelson nodded, seemingly still not believing him.

"So why do you always seem to have something to tell me?" He asked suddenly, Eddie thought about it, and decided to go all out.

"Perhaps, do you know Dunbar?" Eddie finally asked, and after a moment of thought he added, "Sorry because you look alike and he's my friend."

Nelson's bright smile disappeared instantly, and Eddie knew that his guess was right.

Nelson tilted his head, "He... is my cousin, do you know where he is? He hasn't been home for a long time."

Eddie obviously doesn't believe his cousin's statement. Based on the similarity between the two of them, it is more convincing to say that they are brothers.

But Eddie didn’t delve into this issue, what he said: “I met him in Steele, he was very nice, so we became friends, we separated before the disaster in Steele, and then , I survived and never saw him again."

Nelson's expression was obviously different from the relaxed and warm expression before, and now he looked very serious, "Are you from Planet Steele?"

A thought popped up in Eddie's mind. Nelson knew that Dunbar had been captured by Steele's men, but he didn't care, or rather, he had been trying to avoid it.

Eddie shook his head, "I'm from Earth, a bit far away from you here."

Nelson's eyes widened, "Earthlings?"

Eddie thought he was overly surprised, "What's wrong?"

"I've hardly met anyone on Earth. Your hometown is too far away from me. Besides, there are very few people on Earth who can come to Nichols."

"Hmm." Eddie was noncommittal. In the distant past, people on earth devoted themselves to exploring the unknown world, but after they really knew what the unknown world looked like, they became restless. Scientists are always willing to study unknown fields, and not everyone on earth can do it. Casually running to other planets, his behavior is purely accidental.

"Your cousin, has there been no news?" Eddie was still more interested in Dunbar's affairs.

Nelson always seemed to have something to say, but after thinking about it, he decided not to say it.

"Well, he seldom contacted his family. Even when he went to Steele, we heard from others."

Nelson was lying, maybe not all of them, but Eddie had a hunch that he was lying. What was certain was that Dunbar definitely hadn't come home, and Nelson didn't know his whereabouts now.

"Okay, I'm leaving," Eddie said to Nelson. "My friends should be looking for me by now."

"Where do you live? Can I find you?" Nelson asked earnestly.

Eddie refused without thinking, "No need, my friend and I will leave soon, and there should be no chance to see you again in the future."

Nelson seemed to see that Eddie didn't want to have anything to do with him, so he nodded in frustration, "Then I'll take you out."

Eddie responded and followed Nelson out.

Along the way, Nelson also asked a few questions, and Eddie's answers were all lukewarm. Nelson was worthy of the first impression he gave Eddie, so it was not awkward, as if nothing had happened.

"Your friend...where did you date?" Nelson asked when Eddie looked around but couldn't find his friend.

"Right here, he will come to me." Eddie looked away, the game was over, the audience had left a lot, looking over, there was no tall figure of Ares, "I'll wait for him by myself, you can do your work. ' he suggested.

"I have nothing to do." Nelson shook his head, "I'll wait with you."

Eddie frowned slightly, reluctantly, he felt that Ares would not want to see Nelson.

"You are still……"

"Eddie!"

It was Ares' voice. Eddie swallowed the words to refuse, and looked at the source of the sound. Sure enough, Ares' face was not very good.

"Where have you been? Aren't you watching the game?" Ares' eyes didn't stay on Nelson for a moment, and the questions were thrown out one by one, like a cannonball. Eddie opened his mouth and glanced at Nelson, "... ...Suddenly something happened."

Ares still didn't glance at Nelson who was standing aside, "I've been looking for you for a long time, and I thought you left without a word." His tone was extremely aggrieved.

Eddie didn't know what to say, so he could only say cowardly: "...No."

Ares didn't believe it at all, and took his hand. Eddie was still a little unaccustomed to being so intimate in front of others, and looked at Nelson, who had been looking at the two of them, as if he suddenly came to his senses , Nelson took the initiative to say hello to Ares.

"Hello, my name is Nelson. Are you the friend Eddie mentioned? What's your name?"

Ares turned his head to look at him, and looked at him contemptuously, "I don't want to know you." After speaking, he turned to Eddie: "Let's go, go back."

Nelson should have never met such a difficult person, and Eddie was also surprised. Is Ares so cool to strangers now?

He followed Ares, looked back at Nelson who was still on the spot, his face was no longer sunny, and nodded apologetically. Nelson didn't respond, and he didn't know what he was thinking.

Out of Nelson's sight, Eddie quickly followed Ares, walked beside him, and explained to him: "Nelson is an athlete, and I think he looks a lot like Dunbar, which is a bit strange, so I asked a few words, Sure enough, he said that Dunbar was his cousin, but..." With such a similar appearance, he felt that he was not just his cousin.

He remembered another question, "By the way, you don't know who Dunbar is, Dunbar..."

"I know." Ares finally turned his head and glanced at him, interrupting him.