Abandoned Lover [Future]

Under the bright sun, Eugene stood on the arena, the blood stains all over his body gradually turning into scabs, and he couldn't even blink his eyelashes.Amidst the cheers that erupted around him, he ripped the shirt that seemed to be dying on him from his chest, and waited silently for the announcement of the 64-man list.He didn't know most of these people and didn't care. Only when the name and photo of a young girl appeared, his expression changed slightly.

Winona Knowles, .

Seeing this name, Eugene frowned, and murmured to himself in a low voice: "Is this family crazy..."

Knowles—this was the surname of the only female general in the entire Union.27 years ago, a girl from a remote mine star came to the arena and made her wish to be a general of the alliance.

She succeeded, and was written into history as the first female winner in the history of gladiatorial combat.Today, nearly 30 years later, she is known as the "Northern Lady", the owner of the giant ship Valkyrie, the referee of the Spear of the Alliance, and the "female general" among the three generals.

Patricia Knowles.

And this person was also Eugene's previous immediate superior.

More than ten years ago, when Eugene was still studying in the non-commissioned officer academy, the female general once brought her only daughter to the training ground to watch them, a group of vigorous young people, fight hard.

At that time, the girl who was only seven years old hid behind the female general's cloak, trying to cover her eyes.Mrs. Bei would gently wrap her fingers around the top of the girl's hair, forcing her to see the scene in front of her clearly.

"Winona, this is the blood, sweat and price that those who defend the alliance have to pay."

Eugene used to be shocked by this kind of wolf education, never thought that after more than ten years, the female general simply threw her only daughter into the arena.

Simply ridiculous.

Eugene looked at the direction of the girl on the court from a distance, and then looked back almost heavily.Without any intention of inquiring about the opponents in the next round, he walked to the lounge in the backcourt as soon as the players left.

... Xiao is still waiting for him.

Passing by the wide and empty corridor, Eugene's footsteps unconsciously slowed down a bit.The people who had stood here with him a few hours ago had fed their own flesh and blood into their desires.

However, I was not much smarter than them, and was even one of the culprits who lost their lives.

The steps forward slowed down more and more, and before Eugene could reach the lounge, he saw a tall figure running towards him at the other end of the corridor.The sound of the other party's hurried footsteps and breathing echoed in the empty and dark corridor, revealing an obvious eagerness and anxiety.

Eugene twitched the corners of his mouth in the direction of the person coming, and showed a tired smile: "Don't get close, I'm covered with..."

Before the words fell, he was hugged tightly like a blood man.

It was an extremely hard hug, as if to rub Eugene into his own flesh and blood.The man holding Eugene was slightly taller than Eugene, and now he rested his forehead on Eugene's neck, adjusting his breathing as if he was afraid.The man's light golden long hair fell on Eugene's blood-stained front, causing Eugene to let out a regretful "ah".

"Hair and clothes are dirty." Eugene hugged the visitor's shoulders with his backhand, his voice was a little hoarse, with a lazy, almost teasing smile.

"That kind of thing is fine anyway." The voice of the visitor was low and deep, as if leaking from clenched teeth.Warm breath fell on the side of Eugene's neck, and the hand holding him tight was trembling invisibly.

The other party's reaction made Eugene a little startled.Taking a deep breath silently, Eugene patted Xiao's back lightly, and said "I'm sorry" comfortingly.

This sentence made Xiao look up at him.The biochemical man's beautiful gray-blue eyes were full of emotions that humans could not analyze, which made Eugene subconsciously look away.

The arms holding Eugene loosened a little, Xiao's Adam's apple moved up and down, his right hand slid down from Eugene's arm, and took Eugene's left hand that was still sticky.Then he turned his head slightly, lowered his eyes, and approached Eugene's lips.

Those beautiful thin lips were right in front of your eyes, but Eugene took a step back without any trace, pulled his hand out of Xiao's hand, and patted Xiao's shoulder with a smile: "Don't worry too much. I said it all I'll be fine."

Xiao didn't move for a moment, and it took a while to straighten up and look at him.

Eugene still smiled, and pointed to Xiao in the direction of the lounge: "Let's go, I'm so sticky."

Then he strode forward without looking back at Xiao's face.

……

In the backcourt of the arena, there are lounges specially prepared for the winners of the qualifiers, and there are currently 64 lounges in total.Each room is separated by a removable door. After the start of the one-on-one group match, the doors of every two adjacent lounges will be removed, and the number of rooms will be halved successively, leaving only the survivors the location of the recipient.

Eugene washed his head, face and hands hastily in his lounge, and changed into the clothes he had brought.Most of the people who came to participate in the gladiatorial fight didn't even dare to think about whether they would survive. He was probably the only one who was in the mood to bring a change of clothes.

Eugene, however, had fully absorbed the experience of the last gladiatorial fight, and was determined to make himself more comfortable and happy.The only fly in the ointment right now is that the lounge doesn't have a shower and it's damn non-smoking.

Xiao sat on the sofa beside him, watching Eugene's wheat-colored face wash off the blood and reveal his true colors again.Eugene standing in front of him naturally returned to his usual carelessness, and he was completely different from the man who killed countless people in the arena.

—— Such Eugene often confuses Xiao, but it also makes him want to get closer.

Eugene didn’t notice Xiao’s eyes at this time.The assistant robot of the organizer of the gladiatorial fight has sent him the previously registered terminal, and now there are 99+ information notifications floating on the projection of the terminal, which come from his few colleagues and friends.Eugene clicked on one casually, and there were suffocating exclamation marks in his eyes.

The person who sent the message was a technician who worked in the same workshop as Eugene, and his nickname was "Mary".Mary seemed to be frantically sending Eugene a letter while the wrestling was going on—"Baby, why did you really go to wrestling??!" ??" "Ahhhhhhhhh he has a knife! Thin ammonium... ∧ trance... Bo scardong!! Bite him ah ah ah ah he has a knife! Junjun...

The further the message went, the more it seemed like a meaningless howl, and he seemed to be able to hear the voice of the drag queen so sharp it could pierce the roof.

Eugene couldn't help but smile.During the years after his discharge from the army, he joined a workshop as a mechanic.For his colleagues, the news that "Eugene went to the wrestling" is tantamount to "the technician who often came in late and left early, and became a smoking gun at a young age decided to run to die."

The news was so shocking that apart from Mary who was yelling, other colleagues, apprentices, and even the boss sent messages to express their concern.The latter was an old man in his 60s, who was old enough to be Eugene's father. Halfway through the fight, he sent a message to Eugene: "Son, survive."

Seeing this sentence, Eugene suppressed his smile, always feeling something stuck in his throat.Pressing his forehead, he let out a long breath and temporarily chose not to reply to the long series of messages.

Select Joshua's name from the address book, and Eugene makes a call to the other party.

"It's over, come and pick us up." Eugene raised his hand to Xiao who was beside him, and walked out holding the terminal.

"You're talking to me more and more like you're treating a driver," Joshua clicked his tongue on the other end, "I'm here on leave this time, and I don't have any official duties, so I can only park the car outside. Please Move your legs yourself, and come to the B3 floor on the left wing."

Joshua is the school officer of the female generals' bodyguard, and his relationship with Eugene can be traced back to the time when both of them were studying in the military academy.In this fight, the female general's personal guards are in charge of security. If he takes public office, Joshua even has the right to enter and leave the arena freely.Eugene thought about it, and found it interesting that the other party asked for leave: "Wait a minute, did you ask for leave to concentrate on watching me wrestle? So I am so important to you?"

Joshua was unable to answer for a while, and was silent for two seconds before cursing, "There's so much nonsense, can you hurry over here?"

Eugene laughed.

Facing Eugene's happy smile, Xiao who was standing behind Eugene suddenly had a very strange idea.

—Eugene was far away from him.

Although it was within reach of raising one's hand, the current Eugene was far away from him.

……

The conversation between Eugene and Joshua was still going on. When Eugene stepped out of the lounge, Joshua seemed to think of something, and mentioned to him: "There is one more thing, outside the venue..."

The overwhelming flashlights shone over, and Joshua, who heard the sound of the shutter, gloated and added: "...There are many reporters in ambush."

Forget about that.Eugene's complexion changed, he ended the call smoothly, took Xiao's hand and walked towards the parking spot of the land vehicle.The reporters who surrounded the two of them came over reluctantly, and kept asking questions: "Mr. Palmer, about your wonderful performance this time..."

"Have you considered using other means to win your lover's right to live..."

"Excuse me, are you the rumored Xiao? Can I take some of your time for a while..."

"I am a reporter from the newspaper 'White Tower' in Cornova and I would like to ask you about twelve years ago..."

Seeing that Eugene was about to push through the crowd, a reporter who was close to him subconsciously grabbed Eugene's shirt: "Please give us 10 minutes..."

With this movement, the hem of the black T-shirt was raised a little, and a red tattoo embedded in the lower back flashed before the reporter's eyes.Before he could take a closer look, the cyborg pulled by Eugene quickly tore off the hem of his clothes again.

"Don't touch him."

He was obviously a biochemical person who couldn't even be called a human being, but at this moment, he exuded an overwhelming sense of shock.Before the brain worked, the reporter had already let go of his hands.

Eugene turned his head, took a deep look at Xiao, and said nothing.

……

Outside the arena, land vehicle parking spot, left wing, b3 floor.

Eugene walked in front of Xiao with a blank expression.Seeing that there were fewer people around, Xiao opened his mouth in a low voice: "I can explain..."

"We'll talk when we go home." Eugene was not in the mood to talk to him.

Xiao's reaction in front of the reporter before proved that Xiao not only knew the existence of the imprint on his back, but also proved that Xiao knew the meaning of that imprint.

Facing this fact, he didn't know whether he should be angry or not.He didn't know why Xiao didn't ask him, but he also didn't know how he should answer if Xiao asked.

This feeling is really... very, very bad.

Go home quickly, he just wants to sleep well.

Fortunately, he had already seen Joshua leaning against the side of the car and waving at him from a distance. Eugene closed his eyes and suppressed the surging emotion in his chest.

——As aircraft have become the mainstream means of transportation today, the old land vehicle has become a luxury instead.Those who can afford their expensive construction and repair costs are mostly nobles with spare cash.Joshua was no exception. Although he served in the military, he was still from one of the most powerful aristocratic families in the Federation.

Seeing Eugene walking towards him, Joshua originally wanted to tease him, but quickly shut his mouth after seeing Eugene's expression clearly.He seldom saw Eugene with such a bad expression—after getting along with Eugene for many years, he knew that this person's deadpan expression meant that he was already on the verge of breaking out, and there was only one who was worse than this. Very special, creepy smile.

Isn't it good to be a driver honestly?Why do you have to seek death?Joshua obediently opened the car door for Eugene.

Just at this moment, a voice came from behind them.

"elder brother……"

Eugene turned his head.

Then Joshua saw Eugene narrow his eyes slightly, showing a gentle, kind, but non-smiling smile.

—It's over, Joshua thought.

Eugene closed the car door again, turned around to face the speaker: "...Deed."

This is Dietrich Ahring's nickname.

He is the head of the noble Arning family, Eugene's half-brother.

And, Shaw's master.