The Shape of the Sea

goo goo goo...

A string of bubbles swayed up to the surface of the water, the TV floated in the water, the sand floated in the water, and Saga was also floating in the water wearing an eye mask.He often fantasizes about such plots, the whole world is filled with water, and the ripples reflect the sunlight, as if he is in the ocean, or returns to the mother's womb.

Floating along, the alarm rang, waking him up from his dream, Saga reluctantly and helplessly took off the blindfold, and rubbed his face hard.This is the first day he was transferred to the city's laboratory. The new official took office, and his head can be broken and his image can't be messed up.He filled a tank of water, took a quick bath, dried his hair and shaved, and frowned in the mirror.Well, that's the feeling - majesty, able to calm down the audience as soon as he shows up.

He is very satisfied with his appearance, and his clothes.The suit is a high-end product just ordered, and the Cadillac is the latest wild duck color. Saga fastens the seat belt, adjusts the rearview mirror, and the balcony of his home is reflected in the mirror.Yes, handsome, handsome, well-groomed, luxury cars and bungalows are simply the standard of a successful man and the label of urban life.If there is any flaw, it is missing a lady, blond, Marilyn Monroe type.However, there are not so many Marilyn Monroes in the world. He looks down on others. It is better to be single. A man's career is the most important thing. If there is love, there will be less bread?

Passing through the hustle and bustle of the city, the bustling streets, his workplace is impressively in sight.In a certain factory in the urban area, pickup trucks used to load goods come and go. The factory building is not high and looks ordinary on the surface. In fact, it is a biological research institute, which is deliberately done to deceive people.Saga parked the car and went straight to his new job. He looked like the boss at first glance, and the wind caused the wind to curl up his clothes when he walked, and the employees avoided him one after another.The moment the boss stepped into the office with great arrogance...

"what!"

The floor is so slippery...

Saga staggered on the soles of his feet, but fortunately Kungfu didn't fall down. The action of supporting the wall attracted many people to watch, which made him annoyed.The first day... what a shame!Looking down at the feet, there is no good land in the wet, looking up to find the culprit, a cleaner walked slowly...

"Hey! Mopping the floor, look at the floor, there is water everywhere, and the lubrication level has caught up with the ice rink!"

The cleaner turned her head and closed her eyes tightly, unfazed by the criticism from her trusting boss. "Sorry sir, I can't see."

"What? Can't see? Can't see what you're doing to clean!" Saga was so excited that she almost fell down again.Is this man blind?It doesn't make sense!No matter how lucrative this department is, it is also a top-secret unit of the government. How can it be so poor that it hires a blind man to clean?The higher-ups must be out of their minds!

The cleaners thought there was no problem with their work, so they continued to pour water on the ground and continue to sweep.Saga has been in the intelligence agency for so many years, and it was the first time that he was ignored by others. He was still a low-level laborer, and he couldn't accept it.If you don't take this person under the knife, how to establish dignity, don't start your work in the future.

"Stop it, don't wipe it! Go over there and find something to do. My door is clean enough and I don't have a cleanliness."

The cleaner remained motionless, and more and more onlookers gathered. Saga pushed and shoved, but was stopped by another cleaner who rushed over. "Sir, come on the first day? Seeing that you are so smart, how can you do something so stupid? I'm you and I don't care about him."

"What did you say?" Saga looked at the other cleaner strangely.This one is white and fat, and his tone is softer, but his attitude is not humble at all, just like the one with closed eyes.The fat white cleaner pulled his hand away from his companion, "My friend is an Asian, a low-level worker, and a Hindu. Closing your eyes is a practice method of his sect, which should be respected. You are a white straight male elite, yes He is so fierce, if word spreads, he will be accused of being politically incorrect and become a villain!"

The cleaner with his eyes closed smiled slightly, and the other cleaners also smiled, proving that what he said was true.Does an experimental structure need so many cleaners?Impossible, it is clearly social assistance.The cultural atmosphere of a big city is different from that of a small town, where Cadillacs are fools and diversity is king.

"Forget it!" Saga, who took office on the first day, didn't want to leave a bad impression, pointed at the noses of the two cleaners and backed away step by step, swallowing this breath forcefully.He remembered the two nasty guys, one with golden hair and the other with purple hair, and they will be cleaned up in a few days. It is best to find an excuse to fire both of them. Anyway, there is a surplus of labor here instead of too little.Saga's righteous indignation could not be dispelled, and he bumped several times on the escalator before falling into the control room. At this moment, the admiral's call came.

"Hello! How's it going? Commissioner Saga, how is your new job?"

"Uh... everything is fine, sir! What's the mission?"

There was a lot of noise on the phone, obviously absent-minded. "Oh, it's nothing, just deal with the murlocs that I mentioned to you last time and were brought back from the sea. Don't worry about professional issues. I sent you a biologist who studied paleontology in Siberia in the early years. Rich, please cooperate well..."

"Hey! Hey! Sir, are you kidding me?" Saga roared into the microphone, but there was still a lot of noise. "Don't you understand the international situation? It's a cold war now! We are competing with the Soviet Union and fighting a war! You gotta come here and try to kill me!"

"Ahem... Commissioner Saga, don't get excited, don't be prejudiced against the Slavs, and don't act like a racist. Even though they work in Siberia, it doesn't mean it's communism. Besides, there are good people in communism, don't' Maozi Maozi screamed, be more polite, he is a Gaul."

"Wait! Hey! Hey!"

Beep beep... The admiral finished his work and hung up the phone, leaving Saga's hair exploding.The Pentagon has been brainwashed by political correctness, and maybe even colluded with Russia... a group of unlearned and incompetent people, who treat national security as a trifle, and have to bear the responsibility of themselves, the hapless special commissioner, if something goes wrong. Damn it!He had a bad premonition, and this premonition became clearer and clearer. He was the only one responsible for the entire institute, and he treated his work as work, and this premonition was soon confirmed.

"Hi sir, the things from the research institute are back, do you want to go and have a look?"

"Nonsense, of course, do you still need to ask this kind of question?"

The research institute equipped Sajia with a stick that can discharge himself, making him look more brutal. In fact, when you face a completely unknown creature, the electric stick is useless at all. The multi-layer isolated laboratory should be equipped with a destruction device. Always ready to give your life for science. "Hehe... I think too much." Saga didn't want to pursue such details anymore. He had already recognized the reality, and he just wanted to quickly dissect the murloc or send it to the zoo, end this unreliable appointment, and put the stick Throw it back on the admiral's face.

"I'm Saga, the person in charge here. Where's the goods? What about the things you brought back?"

goo goo goo...

I saw a huge metal water tank appearing in the laboratory. There were no armed guards and no security personnel.The two cleaners who were mopping the floor just now, one fat and the other thin, lay on the water tank and knocked on the glass to communicate with the creatures inside.

"You... you... all get out!"

One by one in each hand, Saga dragged the cleaner out of the door, closed the door of the laboratory and leaned against it to breathe. "Hoohoo..." The confidentiality of this research institute is almost zero, but he is a man who has played with guns and seen the world. He has experienced the hail of bullets in local wars, and today he has the idea of ​​resigning.

The special commissioner glanced across the water tank casually, and aimed at the murloc, "Even you make fun of me?"

The murloc in the tank, or the merman, whatever it was, looked at him through the waves with blinking bulbous eyes.At that moment, Saga felt an inexplicable feeling in his heart, the sea, the blue waves, the rainy season... The strange creatures looked at him, as if they had known each other a long time ago, how could this be possible?Does it have hypnotism!

"Oops!" As an agent, he consciously told him not to look directly into the murloc's eyes. Saga took off his coat and covered the glass of the water tank, and called the security personnel to take precautions, although he knew it was useless.Saga is not very clear about biological things. His task is to preside over the work of the research institute, supervise the experiments, and execute the orders of his superiors.The murloc had just arrived, and the situation was unknown, so it was handed over to the experimenter to raise it. As for what will become of it in the future, the special commissioner himself does not know.

"My name is Ka Miao. I am a Ph.D. in biology from xxxxx University. I work in xxxxx Research Institute. The general ordered me to come and assist you in your work."

He cherishes his words like gold and his face is as frosty. He is indeed a person who has been engaged in research in Siberia for many years, and he is full of Soviet Russian arrogance... Saga looked at the man in front of him. The xxxx part is not important information, so it is automatically filtered. He hates remembering everything. Proper nouns required.The admiral was right, this man was not a hairy man, but he was very "red" with red hair, and he was as annoying as the two cleaners who interfered with his work.

"What are you going to help me with?"

"Depend on what you need, conservative research, radical research, anatomical research."

"Then we have to wait for the general's order. You should first introduce the situation of the mermaid."

"It's not a mermaid, it's a murloc, sir."

"whatever……"

In the past hundred years, science and technology have advanced by leaps and bounds. Human beings have landed on the moon and looked at the universe. They think they are omnipotent, but they know little about the world around them.

"The local people worship him and think he is a sea dragon under Poseidon's command. The officer will know it when he sees it. He is not. He is a kind of creature like us, a half-human that we have rarely recorded and lived in the sea for a long time. .”

"He has a developed brain?"

"From the looks of it, yes."

"He is amphibious?"

"Structurally, yes."

"Can he understand our language and communicate with us normally?"

"I can't guarantee this. There are still many uncertainties about his physical structure, but I'm sure he will bring you unprecedented surprises."

"There is no need for surprises. I don't like surprises. I hope your research goes well, you have a sense of responsibility and pride in this job, and you agree with American values. After all, we don't like this place or each other. The sooner we end our cooperation, the better. Make no mistake."

That day, Saga inspected the entire research institute to make a security plan. The staff took their positions, and the murlocs also settled down and swam in the pool.He suddenly didn't want to drive a Cadillac, and for the first time left his new car and took a bus.The cloud was very low that day, and it was raining, and the raindrops fell on the windshield, reflecting the splendor of the night, which was very bright.Saga subconsciously unbuttoned the collar to let an old wound on her neck breathe.He loved rain, he loved water, and he had an uncanny fascination with the ocean that he never told anyone about.Because he was an orphan, according to the priest who adopted him, he was abandoned by his parents at the seaside when he was a child.He has no home, and the sea is in his memory. In a sense, he envies the murlocs, at least he still lives in the embrace of sea water.

"Mu, what do you think Haiwa eats?"

In less than a day, the cleaner with closed eyes had already named the murloc.

"Earthworms, shells, fish? These are not easy to bring. I think he might eat eggs."

After get off work, the cleaner named Mu returned to his home, took off his white overalls, and his long hair fell down. He was a handsome and handsome man.The other blond one did the same. After hearing what he said, he gave Mu a kiss. It turned out that the two were lovers. "Then let's cook eggs. Don't look at him as weird. He has a nose and eyes, just like us. It's too pitiful to be locked up in the research institute. He might be dragged away for an autopsy someday."

Mu hesitated: "Shaka, I understand your heart. God has the virtue of loving life. But if we release unknown creatures from the research institute every time, will it cause ecological disasters?"

"This is different." Shaka retorted, "In the past, it was nothing more than strange fish and strange birds, but this time it is murlocs, half human. As the saying goes, saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda. He counts at least three and a half, so If we don’t save it, are we still human?”

Mu felt that something was wrong, but he was powerless to refute, so he could only kiss Sha Jia back, "Let go if you say so. The new chief has a bad temper, so don't confront him head-on. Let's explore the way first, find out the reality, that is the ocean Creatures, you have to figure out where to put them and how to put them.”

After finishing the day's work, Camus wrote the last note in the experiment record, and before leaving, he poured a box of green powder into the murloc's pond before closing the door and leaving.Like Saga, he is an outsider. He has no home in this city and rents an apartment.When he drove for half an hour under the dazzling light, he was surprised when he opened the door of the apartment. The key almost fell to the ground. He was even more surprised than seeing the murloc for the first time.

"Milo? Why are you here? Aren't you in Warsaw?"

There was no light in the room, and street lights came in through the windows, illuminating a man with royal blue curly hair very clearly. "Camius, oh dear! Are you happy to meet me here?"

Happy, can't tell.Surprisingly, there is a little bit.Milo knew that Kamiao cherished words like gold, so he said a lot without bothering him.

"Kamiu, I'm here to help you. Don't you find it difficult to go deep behind the enemy lines alone?"

"Are you helping me...or monitoring?"

"Don't say that, we are old classmates, who doesn't know who? It is true that the organization sent me here, but it is also my personal wish. You need help and supplies, and I brought you this." Milo Spreading his hands, revealing a delicate □□…

"Little Israeli trick, you'll love it."

There is an insurmountable gap between human beings and other living things, and there is also an insurmountable gap between human beings.Different races, different beliefs, different ideologies, and different countries make them understand each other.Humans only care about themselves, they are all in the same party, and this point can be confirmed by the murlocs.

A few days later in the evening, Saga dragged his tired body to open the door of his house.When he was a child, he heard some fairy tales, saying that the cats and dogs he picked up would turn into girls to repay his kindness, and prepare a table of steaming meals to wait at home.He doesn't believe in fairy tales, and he hasn't believed in them since he was a child, and absurd thoughts flashed by.Saga occasionally looks forward to the warmth of the family, but most of the time he doesn't. He just wants to take a bath to clear away the fatigue of the day.

heck...

The house is wet, and the ground is covered with water, as if warm and humid air is passing by, forming puddles every three or two steps.As vigilant as he was, he immediately sensed something strange, pulled out the gun on his waist, and followed the water trail step by step.The light in the bathroom is on, and there is the sound of water splashing inside. Is it a thief?No, no, which thief would take a bath in the victim's house after stealing something?

Full of doubts, he kicked open the bathroom door, and the bathtub overflowed and flowed all over the floor, showing the dark green color of a deep pool. Fortunately, it didn't smell bad, but it was a little disgusting.

"Come out! I know you're hiding inside, come out!"

A series of bubbles came out of the water-filled bathtub, and the things hidden inside broke out of the water, and stood slowly in front of Saga—a man of strong build.Water trickled down his hair, over his face, over his chin, over his strong chest.Saga could not help but take a few steps back, this... isn't the face and body of this person exactly her?As reflected in the shadow, he was terrified, raised the gun in his hand, and didn't even bother to answer the phone when it rang.