Captain Ghost

She forgot to put on her shoes, so she knocked on Xie Ze's door barefoot.Her heart was pounding like thunder, as if she had exhausted all the courage she had had in the previous 23 years of her life in one breath.Her mouth was a little dry, and she was organizing words in her head, thinking about how to talk about this matter later, it was only a moment, but dozens of methods popped up in her mind, but after Xie Ze came and opened the door, Her mind was blank again.

After getting used to the routine, I often forget what sincerity should be.

She said dryly: "This is for you, it should be of some use."

Mingyue put the nearly transparent biochip into Xie Ze's palm, turned and left.

Xie Ze called her: "Mingyue."

She stopped and asked without looking back, "What's the matter?"

"Your hand is injured." Xie Ze put away the blood-stained biochip without asking what it was. Anyway, it will be handed over to Sailin later, and he will always crack it. He is not in a hurry, "Medical Room There is a healing device, and I will take you there."

"Thank you." Mingyue looked back at him, "I'll do it myself."

This is treating himself as a member of the Ghost.

That's good, Xie Ze thought, but he still sighed inaudibly. The crew members were all like gourds. He didn't know much about the details before, but he just looked good at people. After all, at that time, he had nothing but a spaceship. There's nothing else to do, after all, it's not for him, a crooked captain, everyone hates him so much, the three of them can barely make up the minimum limit of the Cowboy Bebop squad, and they can earn points to survive.

At that time, what I held was just the mentality of getting together temporarily and separating at any time in the future. I had the experience of being betrayed, and then the threshold for opening up and communicating with others would rise, so I was not picky at the beginning, and came when I came. Yes, if there is a mouthful of food, there will be no shortage of food. I didn't expect that seven or eight years have passed since I stayed.What was even more unexpected was that these crew members would become famous without making any noise. One was Zijintang's former top killer, and there was an apprentice of Zijintang's current suzerain master. The gang disguised themselves as cannibalism, laying in ambush for decades just for revenge, Xie Ze also convinced himself, feeling ashamed.

The backgrounds of the crew members are shining with gold, and the ability to make decisions without authorization is a godsend. Xie Ze said: I can't control it!

Follow their minds, stay as long as they want, and leave as long as they want.

He went back to the room, handed the chip that Mingyue gave him to Sailin, and told him: "Let's take a look at what's in here—by the way, everyone on the Ghost has extraordinary backgrounds, and an explosion output counts as nothing." The output exploded one after another, and I feel that my heart, an old man, can't take it anymore."

Sailin suddenly stretched out his hand to his chest, Xie Ze was startled, and leaned back, because he couldn't keep his balance, a man turned his back, and the stool fell to the ground, making an earth-shattering sound.

Li Weijing's roar came from the opposite room: "What are you doing in the middle of the night, please keep your voice down!"

Xie Ze & Sailin: "..."

"What are you hiding?" Sailin couldn't help laughing, and said softly, "I just want to feel what the old man's heart you mentioned is like."

These words were plain and ordinary, but Xie Ze's ears were bloodshot. He pinched his ears as if nothing had happened, and explained like stealing a bell: "Inertia, inertia."

Serin firmly put his hand on it, feeling the rise and fall of his chest.

Xie Ze looked so calm on the surface, but his heartbeat couldn't be controlled by him, so he quickly got a wave of acceleration, and betrayed him mercilessly.

"You jumped so fast." Sailin said with a smile in his eyes, "I'm very happy to think that it's because of me that I accelerated."

"...Stop hysteria, wake up, wake up, get to work." Xie Ze patted his face, but Sailin grabbed his hand and rubbed it on his cheek before letting him go.

He moved himself to the side of the chair, vacating a seat enough for a thin man, and invited Xie Ze: "Look together, my chief of staff."

"How can I sit in such a small space?" Xie Ze disliked it.

Sailin's eyes lit up when he heard the words: "Why don't you sit on my lap?"

As soon as Xie Ze said this, the scene that Sailin said appeared in Xie Ze's mind, and he felt that Bai Rixuan was very lewd, his face was tense, and he looked serious, "What are you thinking, work quickly!"

He sat down in that small position, with their thighs touching, feeling the warmth through the fabric, revealing a faint attraction.

The two of them tacitly agreed that for the next time, the waves in their hearts could compose a song of cosmic strings and resonate, but the strings in their minds were tense, and they put the business ahead.

Sailin wiped off the blood stains on the biochip, and put the bloody test paper into the identification library for identification. The biochip was read after a safety barrier was established to avoid pollution sources on it that would pollute his data.

He disconnected the transmission between the terminal and his brain. Although the data processing process will be slower than before, it will be safer.

Cracking is simpler than imagined, as easy as tearing a piece of paper.

Mingyue’s data is simply encrypted once, and the recording method is very simple: On X, X, X, X, X, what someone said, their identity, status, and who might be related to it behind it, the last part of the content is marked with "guess" Character.

"Aronson, the chancellor of the exchequer, accepted bribes and concealed the truth about the mine disaster. In the year 310 of the Zodiac calendar, the mine owner Philip Gates, social relations XXXXX."

The content on the biochip is very small, jumping back and forth, it can be said that it is a piece of east and west, and the relationship is chaotic. There are many places that seem to hide a lot of things, and it takes some interpretation to unravel this mess.

But this news is very useful. Whether it is Xie Ze or Sailin, it makes up for some of their lack of cognition. Sailin has their social network, and all their actions can be inferred through the Huanyu network. But many places don’t have the Huanyu network. If they use the most original paper records, then Sailin will know nothing about these things. Some missing places can be skipped, but some missing places will cause fallacies in inferences , these fallacies are likely to cause the final counterattack to fail.

"Maybe God is helping us." Sailin murmured.

Facing this trivial list, the two of them worked hard all day and all night before sorting things out.The sun rose and set, and the stars showed their faces again. They were so sleepy that they didn't care about washing up, so they collapsed on the bed and fell asleep.Hands and feet intertwined, approaching each other unconsciously, sleeping in a mess, like a koala hugging a tree, very imageless.

It has been a week since the five people got together again.Xie Ze and Sailin have been completely supported by nutrients for the past few days, and their energy and spirit have disappeared, and they look listless; Fu Shannon looks a little tired, but still maintains his demeanor and neat clothes, he can't stop squeezing his chest Between the eyebrows, cheer yourself up; Li Weijing's body is steaming with water vapor, her hair is staggering here and there after a lot of tossing in the water, and her eyeballs are bloodshot. It should be several days, but she doesn't look tired, but seems to be sleeping. Excited like chicken blood.

The situation seemed to be the same as before, but this time it was no longer Li Weijing who was cooking. She freed her hands and the stomachs of the four people. When Mingyue brought the food, the four people who were already hungry showed up. After seeing the food on the plate, they all raised their chopsticks. There was only one fried soft-boiled egg on the plate. Both Li Weijing and Xie Ze wanted to eat it, so they started fighting.

The scene was chaotic, two thin sticks were clearly visible, and they just danced with the momentum of swords and swords. Li Weijing and Xie Ze's chopsticks were at a stalemate. , I made that oriole, quickly and firmly caught what I wanted to eat, and then put it in a bowl, it was delicious.

This is usually the case. If there are only two people, then this stalemate will continue. The so-called you don’t want me to eat and I won’t let you eat. Once a third party benefits, the stalemate will end in ruins. The situation fell apart, and the original rivals also quickly stood in the same camp to fight against the common enemy. Li Weijing and Xie Ze narrowed their eyes at the same time, and looked at Fu Shannon sinisterly: "How dare you eat?"

Fu Shannon smiled, "I think if you continue to be so stalemate, this meal can last forever, why don't you just resolve your conflicts." He said with an expression of enjoyment, "The soft-boiled eggs taste good, In fact, if you don’t plan to monopolize it at the beginning, half of it will not be cheap for me.”

Li Weijing & Xie Ze turned their heads and snorted coldly: "Hmph."

Sailin didn't intend to fight for that egg from the beginning. He chose a lot of delicious vegetarian dishes and rice, and at first he swallowed a few mouthfuls like a storm, soothing the almost cramping hunger in his stomach, and then he started to take his time. of eating.

Xie Ze picked up the bowl of rice in front of him, all the dishes he liked.He looked at Sailin, who smiled at him.

The regret of not getting his favorite food suddenly disappeared. Xie Ze decided to throw out dog food. He raised his bowl to Li Weijing and silently laughed at the single dog.

The corners of Li Weijing's eyes twitched, she could see that she was extremely patient, and the food was not easy, so she didn't put the bowl of rice on Xie Ze's head.She simply picked up the bowl and walked to the kitchen, asking chef Mingyue to apply for a small stove.

Xie Ze ate contentedly.

After a while, Li Weijing came out, and the shotgun was replaced with a cannon. The rice that was in a small bowl was replaced by a sea bowl, covered with a lot of food. The red peppers made the food full of fragrance, which looked very appetizing.

Xie Ze: "..."

Li Weijing ate flamboyantly.

Mingyue brought out a plate of sushi at the end, with an apologetic smile on her face: "Because there are not enough ingredients, and the tools are simple, this is the only way to make it."

Her so-called "like this" is only less beautiful in shape. Compared with the neat and uniform appearance of private soldiers rolled out of bamboo mats, there are some different sizes now, but each one is exquisite, and the glutinous rice is firmly wrapped in stuffing. Very cute.

A group of people rushed forward like wolves and tigers to divide up the sushi, one mouth at a time, thumbs up, eyes reluctantly looking at the empty plate, wishing to gather some more with their eyes.Seeing this, Mingyue smiled and said: "There are not many ingredients now, so I can only make these things. When I land on a planet in the future, I can buy more ingredients, so that I can cook more abundant dishes in the future."

"Okay." Li Weijing has the delicious truth that he can even sell his soul to the devil, not to mention that Mingyue is the master of that devil again. She turned a blind eye to Xie Ze and nodded without authorization, "Welcome, welcome, there are fewer people on the Ghost" The captain can't do without you."

Xie Ze lying on the gun: "..."

It is true that if you keep your mouth shut and don't speak, you can be shot innocently. He has made up his mind to expel Li Weijing from the ghost account for the hundredth time, but he decided to forgive her for the one hundred and first time.

"By the way, what do you eat?" Li Weijing swallowed the snatched sushi like a peony, and only then remembered that Mingyue didn't seem to have eaten anything.

Mingyue took out the last piece of sushi from the side, Shi Shiran, and said, "This is my lunch."

"Just eat this little?" Xie Ze tried to pretend a guilty expression, "It's too little, isn't there any other ingredients in the kitchen? I'll go find them for you."

Li Weijing had a horrible expression on his face, and couldn't help reminding Xie Ze: "I said Captain, don't waste those ingredients, okay?"

"You have the nerve to talk about me?" Xie Ze turned around and glared at her, "You are the one who wastes the most ingredients, right?"

"I don't know who almost blew up the kitchen when they made something before - it's so strange, it's so strange, it's not liquid but a low-power atomic furnace, which can cause an explosion." Li Weijing laughed at Xie Ze as if nothing had happened, and he was vicious Pointing, more confident.

Xie Ze was determined to hold back his breath, and finally showed off with a smile: "It's okay, anyway, I have an army...Sailin." He was still not used to the integration of these two identities, and he couldn't help but pause when he spoke.

Li Weijing was fed a mouthful of dog food out of the blue, choking his throat a bit, and extremely angry, wishing to vent the stuff stuck in his throat on Xie Ze's head.But thinking that Sailin is a good person, Xie Ze's identity is temporarily relegated to Sailin's wife. After all, Sailin is so black-bellied, and he will definitely eat the captain to death. Thinking that the always glib and arrogant captain will have this day, she Feeling that everything in the world is one thing, I don't take it seriously for Xie Ze's flamboyance, thinking that if I don't argue with you, just go on like this, sooner or later the boat will capsize.

After the frolicking, the five of them found their seats to sit. Although they had different postures and their bodies were relaxed, they could tell that their spirits were tense.

At this time, Xinghun arrived as scheduled, Fu Shannon's back was obviously stiff, and he felt that he was passing by, although his footsteps paused, but he didn't really stop, he couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and finally Xinghun sat opposite him , Fu Shannon felt that he was staring at Xie Ze's face the whole time, and didn't dare to look left and right.

"Everyone present here may or may not know each other. It doesn't matter if you have any holidays or meet strangers. We will be comrades-in-arms in the future. I will introduce it again here." Sailin paused and decided to thank him. Ze started to sort out everything clearly, "Xie Ze, formerly known as Xing Feng, general of the Galactic Empire, the external information is completely wrong, hereby corrected, the battle of the space-time fortress was framed, and Margaret Borgia, Queen of Spades of the Empire, was falsely accused. There are many contradictions between the House of Commons and the House of Lords, coupled with the skewed proportion of the military and civilian forces, the Battle of the Space-Time Fortress colluded with the enemy, killed innocent soldiers, and set up a particle cannon at the Yuetiao Gate, causing the 300 million heroic souls of Triumph to dissipate into space and be crowned The stigma of being a defeated army will be humiliated after death. Ten years have passed since this incident, but as long as this person is not removed for a day, the stigma cannot be removed. This is why we must unite all the forces that can be united to go Uncover the truth and destroy Margaret and her forces, because only in this way can the dusty history be rectified."

Although many years have passed, Xie Ze still felt a tremor in his soul when he heard the news. His eyelashes trembled, and when he closed his eyes, the expressions of those people who were terrified, afraid, or surprised still appeared in his mind, without exception. They didn't want to die, and ended up floating in the cold space.There is no air, it will not rot, what people are when they die, they will remain forever, just like the time tomb, people who stay in it can't feel the flow of time, only people outside the time can see their changes .

Xinghun then introduced Xinghun who was sitting next to Xie Ze: "Xinghun, the current suzerain of Zijintang, we have a common interest, namely the restructuring plan of the Galaxy Empire."

When Fu Shannon heard this word, his face was slightly moved.

Xie Ze looked at Sai Lin. He had only heard about the plan before, but hadn't heard the specific details. Now he couldn't help pricking up his ears to catch every word he said.

Sailin's voice was calm, but there was a sense of stability in it. Perhaps it was because of the determination of his voice that this plan sounded a lot more reliable, even though it was a top-down reform that would break away from one's own class. The shackles brought by it, seeking to break the ice and break the class is simply a fantasy, and may bring great instability in the short term, but compared to maintaining this contradiction until it leads to war and the empire is torn apart, Sailin's plan is moderate Quite a few: "The various large manufacturing companies and enterprises in the empire are basically controlled by the state. It sounds so, but in fact, the nobles bought the shares and took these large companies and enterprises into their own hands. Paying or only paying a small amount of taxes makes most small and medium-sized companies heavily taxed, and a considerable number of people take risks and embark on the path of interstellar pirates or outlaws." Speaking of this, he glanced at Star Soul.

Feeling his sight, Xinghun slightly hooked the corner of his mouth, revealing a mocking smile.

Sailin withdrew his gaze and continued: "In addition, in some star fields, nobles think that the sky is high and the emperor is far away, and they do things that are expressly prohibited by the law, such as slave trading, organ auctions, control of prosthetic body transplants, and large hospitals are also monopolized. Unstable factors appeared, but they were all suppressed. Later, in order to be crowned emperor, Margaret gained the support of these people and acquiesced in their continuous use of power. Due to the hereditary inheritance of the nobles, the superposition of such contradictions will sooner or later lead to star power. Once a civil war breaks out, the Star Alliance will take advantage of the chaos and step in, which will aggravate the fragmentation of the empire."

"Isn't this very good." Star Soul looked at Sailin provocatively, "Empire, Star Alliance, and the earliest interstellar community—tell me what is the use of these political systems? Which one does not exist for oppression?"

Sailin was not irritated by his provocation, he was quite unmoved, and simply raised his eyebrows: "Let me ask you, if aliens come now and want to exterminate human beings, is it possible for a single person to escape successfully?"

Xinghun counterattacked bluntly: "It is still possible to escape by driving a light-speed spacecraft."

"But every leap gate he passed was the crystallization of the collective wisdom of mankind. Avoiding the state's dispatch, no one can survive in this world alone. The existence of the state is to gather the wisdom of all mankind to resist disasters and inherit civilization. , and to achieve the iteration of civilization, which is impossible for any individual, especially when we cannot get rid of the constraints of the body." Sailin said his answer unhurriedly, "This is the meaning of the existence of the country, Ignoring the spirit and thoughts of individuals, and continuing the entire race regardless of everything, is the instinct of creatures, and this may be the keyword set in the genes by the gods who created the universe."

Star Soul was silent for a long time, and finally said: "You continue."

"So there is no need to imagine the demise of the system itself. Lions have lions, elephants have elephants, ants have ant nests, and there are worker ants, queen ants, soldier ants and male ants. Social division of labor and cooperation is already common sense." From Man is a social animal by nature; individuals who are born solitary are either unworthy of our attention or not human. Society is inherently pre-existing to individuals. Those who cannot live a communal life live to be self-sufficient Those who do not need to live a public life, and therefore do not participate in society, are either beasts or God.’ About the sociality of man, Aristotle gave the answer 4000 years ago.”

When he said, "Individuals living in isolation are not human beings", Xinghun gave Fu Shannon a meaningful look.

Fu Shannon felt a little nervous when he saw him. He already had the urge to leave the chair, but he withstood the pressure and listened bravely.

Xie Ze is his friend, he has very few friends, and he doesn't want to experience loss again.

Sailin explained a bit more, and then changed the topic back: "Before human beings can't get rid of the bondage of their bodies and wander freely in the universe, they don't have to be disgusted with the existence of the system, but have the determination to change and the will to implement the dissatisfied things. "

"Is it useful? Every time you change, don't you always return to the original state?" Xinghun seemed to find fault and never give up. Xie Ze was originally interested in listening, but now he was interrupted many times, and he really wanted to kill this person. Hit the cross out and glue his mouth.

How can a person be so annoying?

It has to be said that Sailin himself was very patient. He was calm about the repeated provocations of the Star Soul, and fought back four or two times, explaining the matter clearly: "The spiral of history will naturally show a retrogressive trend in some places, but in the end It is still moving forward, because countless people have contributed during this period, pushing the wheel of history and society forward..."

"You are an idealist through and through," Xinghun defined, and put a label on Sailin, "Go on."

Xie Ze knocked on the table and looked at him with a slightly dissatisfied expression, "I said, can you talk less and let others finish?"

Xinghun looked at Sailin and then at him again, his eyes wandered between the two, and there was an inexplicable emotion in his eyes. If he had to describe it, it would be the expression of the people in the middle ages who wanted to stretch out when they saw the witches. He put out the fire to burn it up, and finally he made a "please" gesture to indicate to continue.

"Okay, I'll get back to the topic and speed up." Sailin pointed to Fu Shannon, "The former Zijintang ace killer is also... the teacher of Star Soul."

"Li Weijing, formerly known as Li Kidd, is the pirate king of Ophiuchus."

When she heard this name, Li Weijing looked a little dazed, as if being pushed upstream by a pair of hands, countless old people and old things flowed past her, living and dead, but facing her, without exception Gritting her teeth and saying "never let go", her parents tried their best to keep her alive for revenge, and she became their leader by infiltrating the enemy's interior and engaged in a cannibalism behind closed doors. Before he died, he wanted to crush her to ashes, and he didn't know why she would betray her.

But no matter what it was, it had dissipated over time. She put her index finger on her lips, stared at her eyes, and showed an unruly smile.The camouflage-like shell on her body shattered, finally revealing her originally fierce face.

Xie Ze leaned back reflexively, trying his best to avoid her evil spirit.

Li Weijing narrowed his eyes and turned his gaze to him, while Xie Ze lowered his head, trying to reduce his sense of existence.

Sailin looked at their small movements calmly, the corner of his eye twitched, and continued: "Mingyue, a professional Meiji, has a lot of advanced information."

When the topic suddenly mentioned Mingyue, she was a little embarrassed, but quickly adjusted her state to the point where she couldn't see any flaws, and responded with a flawless smile.

Seeing this, Xie Ze thought regretfully, it must have been a lot of hardship to be able to react so quickly, right?But he looked at all the people present, and found that none of them was experienced in many battles. Thinking about it this way, the Ghost can be renamed as the Thousand-Tempered, so that it lives up to its name.

"I, Serin Gödel, the former prince of the Galactic Empire, but not anymore." Sailin introduced himself very briefly and rudely, "Now let's get to the point and announce the next plan."

The five people cheered up when they heard the word "plan".

"Vikings come first."