Hunting Game [Interstellar]

After bandaging the wound, Sifa packed up his things and put the medical kit back in the cabinet.Su Shichuan sprayed a layer of water-proof spray on the surface of the gauze, then got up and went into the bathroom, filled a bathtub with hot water, closed his eyes and rested while taking a bath.

There are still two or three hours before dawn, and although the plan is progressing here, it can be considered that everything is going well, but Rex is not so easy to convince.As the commanders of the opposing factions in the previous life, their contact was mostly limited to strategic deployment on the battlefield, which was a game of experience and mind.Su Shichuan's understanding of him is far less than in this life, but through the alliance fleet's offensive methods and choices, he pieced together the defected knight commander bit by bit like Mochizuki in the water.

He is by no means a simple person...

The secret about Princess Anna can be said to be a major breakthrough. Rex's defection is inevitable for the empire, and the death of the eldest prince is just an opportunity.The position of the first knight has long been unable to accommodate this man's ambition. He longs for the supremacy instead of condescending to the emperor.

Thinking of this, Su Shichuan rested his elbows on the edge of the bathtub, pressed his thumbs on his forehead, and rubbed it repeatedly.Obviously, the effect of closing his eyes and resting his mind was not very good. After he calmed down, the information in his brain became more complicated. Speculations and doubts emerged one after another, and in the end all turned into anxiety.

"What are your plans for the next step?"

The question was heard abruptly, Su Shichuan suddenly came back to his senses, looked sideways, and saw Xifa casually leaning against the door frame of the bathroom, with his hands crossed around his chest, and he didn't know when he came over.

"Are you asking about my two-way plan, or the infiltration plan of the imperial agents?" Su Shichuan said.

Xifa said: "If possible, of course I hope you can talk about it."

Withdrawing his gaze, Su Shichuan continued to press his forehead, and wrote lightly: "Then before I talk, I want to know in what capacity are you asking this question?"

His voice fell, and Xifa narrowed his eyes very sensitively: "Do you suspect that I am looking for real information for the alliance?"

"Yes." Su Shichuan admitted generously, "I don't want to hide it either. You were too obvious when you were in the intelligence department. Ten years is not short, which is longer than the time we have really been in contact. Besides, he was in your age. I have tutored you since I was a child, and out of professional vigilance, I have to think about it."

"It's so irresponsible." Xifa's voice was very soft, his tone was a little loose, and there was an obvious smile in it, "You sent me to the alliance at the beginning, but you still don't believe me now. Shi Chuan, I I respect your professional vigilance, but don't want you to use it on me."

Su Shichuan was stunned for a moment, and the thumb resting on his forehead immediately stopped.He didn't look at Xifa, but stared at the water surface absent-mindedly, thinking about how much truth and helplessness were behind this joke-like ridicule.

His growth undoubtedly made him look forward to it for too long, but the more mature and evenly matched, as he penetrated more and more truths, he would feel ambivalently distressed instead.When the lies of the past began to come to light, and the truth was exposed naked in the daylight, if Xifa didn't tell it, it didn't mean that he really didn't mind at all. This is what Su Shichuan can be sure of.

For those who have delivered their sincerity, "distrust" is the greatest harm.

But how could the things he had done be easily understood?

Su Shichuan smiled helplessly.

Seeing that the other party did not answer for a long time, Xifa did not rush to ask, but walked over and sat down on the edge of the bathtub, reached out and touched Su Shichuan's wet hair: "Since we have reached this point, let me also say something in my heart." Words. I know you have a lot of secrets, and I’m afraid you’re not the only one hiding from me, but I didn’t ask. I’ve been waiting for the day when you open the mouth, because I don’t want to force you, and I don’t want you to feel Do not trust."

"Do you know what is the most unforgettable thing in my life?"

One lowered their eyes and the other raised their heads, staring at each other tacitly.

Xifa's eyes were gentle, like a silent sea without waves, Su Shichuan stared at those eyes, feeling his heart sank into the bottom of the sea.

——His heart finally calmed down.

"I will never forget that military exercise. You just woke up from a serious injury, but I cried you aggressively." Xifa curled the corners of his mouth and said full of memories, "At that time, I felt like a bastard. You risked your life to save me In the end, I was seriously injured and fell into a coma. In the end, I still doubted your purpose..." He shook his head, "Then I started to numb myself, and convinced myself that no matter how suspicious it was, I would not think about why, let alone ask."

"Because I don't want to see you cry, and I don't want to see you cry for the second time in this life..."

"This time you asked in what capacity did I ask you the question, to be honest, I didn't think about it before I asked the question. But I thought about it just now, if I have to give a definition—" Xifa bent down , pressed a kiss on the top of Su Shichuan's hair, and then whispered in his ear, "Teacher, your student has grown up and is capable. He is no longer a bastard with no skills, no No matter how much he needs to be blindly protected by you, he also wants to go through life and death for you, and share the secrets of your worries with you."

Su Xingchuan was stunned when he heard the words, he felt the man's soft lips brush against the side of his face, like a faint kiss, which made his heart beat and hurt.

"I can see that you have been oppressed by those secrets for too long. Shi Chuan, in the past ten years, you have been alone every night, have you had a good rest?"

Xifa's voice was low and trembling, like a spoonful of sugar dissolved in warm water.Su Shichuan closed his eyes and pressed his forehead into his arms: "I plan to hold a meeting tomorrow morning to lay out the preliminary plan, and you will know everything after listening together."

"Your internal meeting, in what capacity should I participate?" Xifa said.

"After following you for so long, you are not an outsider to them." Su Shichuan said, "Just come, no one will ask more questions."

After he finished speaking, Xifa raised his wrist to check the communicator, and said, "There is still time, do you want to sleep for a while?"

"Yes." Su Shichuan said, "but I don't want to move."

Xifa couldn't help laughing when he heard that, turned around and carried Su Shichuan out of the bathtub, went straight into the bedroom of the guest room, put him on the bed and wrapped him tightly with a quilt.Su Shichuan lay on his side and curled up his body, with half of his face covered behind the quilt, but he looked at Xifa with his bright black eyes filled with water vapor.Xifa took off his wet clothes, went around to the other side of the bed, pulled another quilt to cover them together, and hugged Su Shichuan from behind.

"You acted like a child when you acted like a baby to me. I feel like my vigilance was wiped out like this." He joked, his voice was smiling and gentle. Was it seen by others?"

"No," Su Shichuan also smiled, and replied solemnly, "All are reserved for His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."

"Neither the bastard?"

"He...is an exception."

Xifa: "..."

Xifa was silent, and quickly reflected on the self-reflection caused by the sloppy mouth, and said sullenly after a long while: "It would be great if he was still alive."

Su Shichuan thought to himself, if he is still alive, where would you still be?But he asked casually, "Why do you say that?"

Sifa: "So I can kill him with my own hands."

Su Shichuan: "..."

On the day when you can tell the secret without reservation, you must tell this matter first, Su Xingchuan thought to himself, lest this guy start to harm himself after being narcissistic.

After that, the two stopped talking and went to sleep separately.

This sleep was very heavy, even the biological clock that had been insisted on for two lifetimes failed to work, and I don't know how long it took, Su Shichuan was pushed awake, and when he opened his eyes, he saw Xifa fully dressed half kneeling on the bed side, looking down at him.

"Rex is here," said Sifer, "waiting for you in the study."

Su Shichuan woke up instantly. When he got up, he forgot that there was a wound on his chest. He accidentally pulled the wound, and frowned slightly in pain: "Why did he come here in person? I thought he would arrange a time and then notify me to see him."

"Because this is the head of silver, he also acquiesced that you are mine." Xifa put the prepared suit beside the bed, and said lightly, "Rules are rules, and Rex has at least done enough on the surface. So you don't have to worry, it doesn't matter if you let him wait a little longer."

Su Shichuan was noncommittal, but in his heart he admired Rex's ability to take care of the overall situation and be willing to be patient and dormant.He quickly put on his breeches, shirt and army boots, went to the bathroom to wash, and put on his coat before going out.For him, this set of regular clothes was a bit too big. Su Shichuan closed the front and made a gesture. It felt a bit nondescript, so he simply didn't button it up, and it didn't look too inappropriate if it was simply opened.

Xifa noticed his detailed movements and explained: "The clothes are mine, you can make do with them first, I have arranged for someone to order them for you, and they will be ready in two days."

"When did you get up?" Su Shichuan asked.

"About two hours ago?" Xifa reported the time uncertainly, "I got up when I couldn't fall asleep. Anyway, I have other things to do. If I can't do it, I can still watch you sleep. It's great."

Su Shichuan quickly grasped the key point, and looked sideways at him: "Rex entrusted you with some government affairs?"

"It's military affairs." Xifa corrected, "Your young man is staring at the border of the alliance, which has seriously affected our expansion of territory. Last year, the teacher gave me the offensive and defensive mission against the Imperial Space Station. He said it was for training, so it has been embarrassing for a while. I figured out what he did."

Su Shichuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and said in surprise: "Based on Feng Chen's actual combat experience, it is already very powerful if you can force him to stand still."

"Are you praising him or me?"

"Of course it's you."

"Then why am I not happy at all?"

While talking, the two went down to the first floor of the palace. Su Shichuan didn't answer, and Xifa let down the sour taste in his throat, and didn't ask any more questions.The entire corridor was empty, and Rex maintained his usual style without bringing a single follower or guard. Xifa sent Su Shichuan to the door of the study, and blocked him before he knocked on the door.

"I won't go in," Xifa whispered, "in case you have scruples in what you say and do."

The translated meaning of this sentence is "I'm not in there, you can cheat as much as you want", Su Shichuan can hear the deep meaning, but what really worries him is the truth of the year, not the truth in front of Xifa. face lying.The explanation to Rex will inevitably involve the plan at the time, which is the real reason why Xifa "collaborated with the enemy", and these are precisely the parts that he does not know and has no doubts about.

In this way, Su Shichuan was relieved, but he didn't show it, he just said: "Alright, then you go back first?"

"I made an appointment with Brant." Xifa said, "The teacher's teaching is biased towards military command, but I personally don't want to let go of special warfare completely, so I have always had the habit of asking him for advice."

"It's rare that you like this major." Su Shichuan said.

"It's not like I like it," Xifa looked at him seriously, "I just want to know you better, starting from thinking."

Su Shichuan was stunned, Xifa smiled and said nothing, took his right hand and kissed the back of it lightly, and mouthed: "I'm going first."

After speaking, he turned around and left without looking back.Su Shichuan watched his back until he disappeared around the corner, then he looked at the door in front of him again, and knocked on the door panel.

After a while, "Come in" came from inside.

With permission, Su Shichuan pushed the door and entered. At this moment, Rex closed the book on his lap and looked up.The four eyes met, Su Shichuan bowed politely, walked to the sofa and sat down, Rex stared at his face, his eyes were restrained but still extraordinarily explicit, as if he wanted to see another skin.

"I should have thought a long time ago that the emperor's teacher of the Luo Yin Empire must not be simple." He said.

Su Shichuan grinned silently, and replied calmly: "How could you have thought that Xisai would raise a wolf by his side because he didn't know how to employ people?"

Rex laughed immediately when he heard this. This rhetorical question seemed to arouse his interest. After a long silence, he slowly said: "You also know that we will have detailed information on the important officers of the Imperial Army. I can say yes to you." I understand it very well. I can't tell you the specific reason, but when Brant came to report last night, when I found out that you and the code name 'crow' could be equated, instead of being surprised, I was very surprised. calm."

"So you believe it?" Su Shichuan asked.

Rex gave an understated "hmm": "Actually, there is nothing to doubt, just a simple thought, and the appearance of 'The Crow' out of thin air and the crimes he committed actually just show that he has something in his hands. Real power, and very likely to occupy a high position within the Luo Yin Empire."

"Of course, just to be cautious, I asked someone to sort out the relevant information at that time last night. From the robbery of the half shark assassin to the planting of Xifa and his imprisonment, each of them has more or less proof of your presence. More coincidences usually mean that coincidences are no longer coincidences, but the truth covered up by blindfolds, am I right?"

Su Shichuan didn't comment, but said with a smile: "That's good, it saves me the trouble of explaining to you."

"I don't need an explanation about your identity," Rex said, "but I really want to hear about the reason why you delayed coming here for ten years."

Su Shichuan smiled, remained silent for a few seconds, and said: "11 years ago, you must remember the military exercise held by the Imperial Military Academy at Fort Haig. At that time, you asked me the purpose, and my answer was 'I want to Cisse's death will lead to the fall of the Luo Yin Empire', so this time I postponed my visit for ten years, in order to ensure that my goal can be achieved without fail."

"It seems that you want to play a good double agent?" Rex said.

"The commander-in-chief is a smart man, and I really don't need to explain too much." Su Shichuan looked up at him, "The status of the emperor's mentor is self-evident, what this level of undercover means to the alliance, you should compare it Others know better, I think I should not be the only one who desires to be foolproof."

Rex pondered for a while, then said, "Do you have any specific plans?"

"I'm an outsider," Su Shichuan said with a smile, "I'm afraid I'm overthinking my plans, right?"

Hearing this, Rex smiled with great satisfaction, and said bluntly: "It's really rare that you are smarter and smarter than us old guys at such a young age."

"The commander-in-chief is overrated, and I'm only doing it for my own purpose." Su Shichuan said calmly, "The White Emperor Star is like a fortress deep in the Luo Yin galaxy. It is not easy for the alliance to break through. However, if you attack on a large scale At the same time, if someone can cooperate internally, I think many problems can be easily solved.”

"What can you do?" Rex asked with interest.

"Is there not enough I can do?" Su Shichuan asked without answering, "You must know that I am qualified to stand beside Cisse, in other words, I am the easiest person in the world to take his life People. If the final battle starts and the emperor is assassinated, who will the mechs and starships of the Luo Yin Empire fight for?"

"I can do all of these, the marshal is not satisfied?"

Rex said: "Because you can do too much, your appearance is likely to greatly reduce our pre-war preparations, which is simply a surprise for the alliance, so I feel unreal, and also Not reassuring enough."

"Then what do I need to do to dispel your concerns?" Su Shichuan asked.

As soon as the words came out, Rex was not in a hurry to propose conditions, but picked up the teacup and gently blew on the hot water in it, lowered his head and took a sip, and said: "The garrison space station established by the Empire on the periphery of the Alliance field, you should Are you familiar with it?"

Su Shichuan pressed the button with very indistinct eyes, and replied: "Yes."

"In order to prevent the rapid expansion of the alliance, Andrew successively sent the second and fourth knights who knew me very well to garrison. After Lelia's death, the new second knight also quickly arrived. As far as I know, you and him Is the relationship still not shallow?"

Su Shichuan was noncommittal, and said: "What the commander needs me to do, it's better to just say it."

"In fact, it is obvious that whether it is expansion or a large-scale attack, that space station is an obstacle to the alliance." Rex said, "Now I have given the command of attack and defense against it to Xifa, and your friendship is also very deep. Cooperation It seems that there is no running-in period.”

"Why don't you use the lives of the two knights to express Mr. Crow's sincerity in cooperating with the Alliance on the condition of breaking through the space station? What do you think?"