Puppeteer [Interstellar]

It was not the first time for Lyle to see murder. Aside from the scene where pirates hijacked a passenger ship and saw those pirates murder, the first time Lyle witnessed the death of a life was when he was about six years old.

It was his father, Rain, who killed him.

It was a family gathering.

The Hawke family has such a banquet every month. The father will call all the members of the family. In the large hall of the Hawke family, prepare rich dishes and delicious red wine. Cutlery and candlesticks, everyone is there, everyone is invited, even the servants of the Hawke family.

But for some people, such a banquet is not a place where they can fully enjoy delicious food and enjoy the joy of family reunion.For some, it's actually a grand feast.

The Hawk family has a large number of people, and I don’t know where Ray got so many relatives, so many brothers and sisters, Lyle has six uncles, about eight aunts, cousins, cousins, and cousins. I don't know how many there are, and there are countless cousins.

But to be honest, the only ones who are really related to Rain are Al and Lyle.

All of Lei Yin's relatives, brothers and sisters, etc. are actually subordinates cultivated by Lei Yin, and the forces cultivated are his minions.In order to bind these people together, Rein included those subordinates whom he valued as members of the Hawke family, and the wives, children or parents of the subordinates were also related, and became members of the Hawke family. .

On the surface, it sounds as if the scenery is boundless. Becoming a member of this big family will have a limitless career in the future.

But is the future really limitless?

As a member of the Hawke family, all members of your own family will inevitably have a relationship with Hawke. From then on, no matter what happens to the Hawke family, you will inevitably be involved. Once you have a disagreement, your Relatives and friends may even be used as a means of blackmailing you.

To put it bluntly, Rein wanted to consolidate his power. He was suspicious by nature and couldn't trust others completely. That's why he took those subordinates as members of the family to ensure that they would never betray him.

Therefore, this is just a family gathering, and there are about 40 to [-] people in the venue, not counting the servants and guards, and there may be a few robots mixed in.

Of course, the reason why Lei Yin held this kind of family gathering was not to reunite the family, but to eradicate dissidents.

As the most powerful Rein in the entire alliance, he is naturally jealous and hostile by many people and forces. Occasionally, they will send out a few undercover agents or spies, and even try to buy people from the Hawke family to get more from the Hawke family. intelligence and interests.

On the other hand, Lei Yin used the form of the family clan meeting to gather everyone in the family together, and then identified who was the undercover spy and who betrayed the family?Undercover spies and traitors will be killed by Rein on the spot.

The monthly Hongmen Banquet has become a heavy weight on the hearts of the entire Hawke family. No one dares not to go, and those who do not go will be murdered. If Lei Yin reported it, it would be fine if he didn't go, but if he didn't come on the day of the party for no reason, then he would never appear in the family the next day.

Rain has killed quite a few people in this kind of family banquet. Once he doubts the identity of a person, he will quickly find out the identity of the person and everything about him.Lei Yin found the evidence. If the evidence was convincing, Lei Yin would walk over, greet him with a smile one second, and shoot the person in the head the next second, and the person would lie on the ground.

It was the first time for Lyle to participate in this kind of family gathering when he was six years old. Because he was too young before, it didn't matter whether he participated or not.

And Lyle doesn't quite remember what happened before he was six years old, maybe it's because he was too young to remember.

But after he turned six years old, as a member of the Hawke family, Lyle had to go to the so-called family gathering. The first time he was led by a servant, the servant was kind at that time, Lead Lyle until he is familiar with the route and process, and then let him go by himself in the future, and tell him that he must participate.

But when Lyle was six years old and went to the family meeting for the first time, after seeing the person bearing the name of his father, Lyle was really happy at that time, he could see his father, of course he was very happy Glad, he thought his father would come to talk to him, hug him up, and stop him from staying in that dark little room.

But no, the first time Lyle saw Rain, he saw him pull out a gun and kill a man.

Among the onlookers, some screamed, some were indifferent, and some even gloated.

The dead man's head exploded, and the blood flowed all over the place. The bright red color became Lyle's nightmare for a long time afterwards, keeping him awake at night and always immersing him in nightmares Inextricable.

After that, Lyle didn't want to go to that family gathering anymore. He was afraid of seeing his so-called "father". He thought it was a devil, a mad wizard in fairy tales, so when the servant led him there again, Lyle burst into tears. He grabbed the servant's hand and begged him not to take him there.

"If you don't go, you will die." The servant squatted in front of Lyle, touched his head to comfort him, but repeatedly emphasized, saying this sentence in Lyle's ear, even though the Lyle was very reluctant, and even kept crying, but the servant still emphasized, "Lyle, you are going to that banquet."

Lyle can't remember who the servant is now, he only remembers that she is a gentle woman with a very gentle voice, but Lyle can't remember her appearance, in his memory, the other person's appearance is vague Clear, like a cloud of smoke that is about to dissipate.

One day later, Lyle found that he could no longer see the servant suddenly. In the Hawke family, the servant seemed to have evaporated, but no one noticed it, because who would care? What about a mere servant?

Lyall would not care, although he firmly remembered the servant in his heart.

Because the other party saved his life.

To be honest, the management system of the Hawke family was very cruel at that time. Even if Lyle was just a child, even if Lyle was the biological child of the family patriarch Rain, if he didn't go to that family gathering, he would be " "Clean up" instead of living well until now.

And after Lyall was about ten years old, the gatherings of Rein's family were not so cruel. Lyle can't remember clearly, but only remember that Rein seemed to have a big cleansing of his family. Much less.

Of course, not only the number of people in the Rein family has decreased a lot, but also some people outside have died. At that time, Rein's position in the alliance was also completely consolidated, because Rein seemed to put all the guys who had opinions on him, All were killed, only those who obeyed and surrendered to him survived.

Because the enemies are all dead, Rein can sit back and relax.

Afterwards, when the family reunion was held again, Rein did not kill any more people, and the system of not going to death was also abolished. This family reunion finally became like a real family reunion, and the people in the family were also stable. down.

I don't know if he realized that he was old, but Rain began to concentrate on cultivating his heir, that is, Al.

As for Lyle, he's always been an overlooked one.

In fact, being ignored also has its benefits. At least he lived a good life, much better than some members of the Hawke family.He can even leave the family freely without being hunted down, and can easily escape from this bloody sea.

Probably the psychological shadow left by Rein on Lyle was too heavy, and Lyle hated someone dying in front of him. Whether it was being killed by someone or other methods of death, Lyle would feel a kind of fear from the bottom of his heart , it’s not that he’s too kind or anything, but he can’t help but save others, even if he knows he might be in crisis, even if he doesn’t fear death at all.

However, this impulse has been restrained by Lyle for a long time. He is very wise and knows that sometimes it is not a good move to choose to help others.

And he also wants to get out of the family, from the shadow brought to him by the Hawke family. He doesn't want to continue to be restrained by the past, and he doesn't want to be restrained from all kinds of desires. He wants to spread his wings and fly high.

Scar frantically bandaged the wound on Lyle's hand. Lyle's palm was scraped bloody by the sharp scales on Scar's cheek. The jubilant red liquid made Scar feel pain in his chest. Lyle is hurt!

This is really an act worthy of death.

Lyle himself didn't care much, he tried to touch Scar's cheek with the other hand, but Scar seemed to be vigilant, and when Lyle just reached out his hand, he gently clasped it with his paw. He grabbed Lyle's wrist, for fear that Lyle would be scratched by his scales again.

"Don't kill, Scar." Lyall ordered him, and Scar couldn't help but look up at Lyle.

Lyle slightly hooked the corners of his mouth to him, smiling warmly: "You have to be a good boy."

Lyle can be more self-willed, because Scar will obey all his requests and satisfy all his wishes, so why not be self-willed?

After Scar bandaged Lyle's palms, Lyle walked up to the two terrified gunmen, knelt down, and said softly to one of them, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry for your companions. They're all dead, you shouldn't have shot just now."

Lyle continued: "I want to ask you something, a puppet master broke into this cargo ship just now, do you know where he is now?"

The frightened guy looked at Lyle tremblingly, as if he didn't realize what Lyle was talking about.

But at this time, the Zerg outside had already reacted, because the defensive cover had been broken, and they began to break through the metal outer wall of the spaceship violently, scraping deep gaps on the spaceship wall with their claws, accompanied by low or low A sharp howl.

"I think you should tell me quickly." Lyle glanced at the Zerg who was violently grabbing the door over there, then turned his head and continued to smile at that person, "Otherwise I will let my golem throw you to that one over there." Zerg for dinner."

Scar on the side seemed to respond to this sentence, and took two steps towards Lyle, staring at the poor guy who was threatened with wide eyes.

The man was startled by Lyle and Scar and trembled endlessly. Before he could say anything, the companion next to him actually spoke first: "Another puppeteer was blocked by us in the spaceship's cargo hold!"

Lyle said to him: "Thank you very much."

Then Lyle stood up, exchanged glances with Scar, and began to rush into the interior of the spaceship.