Under the water flow in the bathroom, Xiao Zai raised his hand to inspect the scars on his body.

... While Fasha was talking to Eugene, he went to the shooting range alone.

He didn't have any special interest in guns, but these saltpeter-smelling pieces of metal were one of the few things that could connect him with Eugene.

Earlier, when he put down his gun and looked at Eugene, he had an illusion that he could stand shoulder to shoulder with him.In such an illusion, it seemed that he was no longer just a sinner who wanted to blaspheme, but had the qualification to look Eugene in the eye.

He likes that feeling very much.

In order to reminisce about that passing moment, he brought himself back to this place.

As a machine, his ability to control the body is not comparable to that of humans, and theoretically there is no need to practice to improve shooting accuracy.So even when he returned to the shooting range, he just quickly switched the firearms in his hand, and then calibrated for different recoil, buckle duration and strength.

Since the purpose is to record the data, he doesn't even aim for the bull's-eye.

During this process, he gradually became aware of the unkind eyes around him.

For other fighters in training, Xiao's face is too delicate and his clothes are too neat, like a character who has gone to the wrong scene.As for his calibrated behavior, it also looks more like a person who knows nothing about shooting is squandering bullets, which is very unpleasant.

From the corner of his eye, Xiao noticed that someone was approaching him with a sullen face, and the movements of his hands paused slightly.The gun in his hand has been calibrated, but there are still six bullets left.Not wanting to make a fuss, he didn't change the gun again, but raised his hand, and pulled the trigger with one hand after removing the insurance.

His right arm easily dealt with the supposedly violent recoil, and the vibration of his body only caused the long hair hanging on his shoulder to slowly slip down.After six neat gunshots, he retracted the barrel, and the faint gunpowder smoke from the muzzle was gently blown away by the circulating airflow in the cabin, and the numbers on the monitor showed that he shot perfect six Bull colors.

The man behind who was about to come towards him stopped in his footsteps, and his expression suddenly became a little dazed.Xiao put the gun in his hand in the recovery window under the table, and was about to leave before attracting more people's attention.

However, he failed to do so.

——The shooting range on the Rift is connected to the training range of Cold Weapon, and Xiao has to pass through the latter when leaving.As he hurriedly walked towards the exit, a dagger swirled towards his face and came through the air.

Xiao turned his head subconsciously, and the sharp blade cut off a strand of hair on the side of his left ear, sinking deeply into the soundproof wall behind him.He looked towards where the blade came from, and at the end of his sight, Julian was sitting on a high stool beside the training field, the marks left by the two whips on his face were still terrified.

Faint notifications sounded one after another at this moment. It was Basil who sent the notification that Xiao had become a temporary combatant to other people on the ship.

The combination of these two things made everyone on the field turn their attention to him.

The thin young man slowly withdrew the hand that threw the dagger, and looked at Xiao with malicious eyes.

...Shaw ended up fighting Julian.

He didn't have excessive competitive spirit, even if Julian's actions yesterday faintly triggered his killing intent, he still had no intention of intensifying the matter.The reason why he agreed to fight Julian was because the other party didn't leave him any room to refuse.

In the training ground, the troublemakers surrounded Xiao Tuan while coaxing him, wanting to see how he got the status of a combatant.Julian flicked the knife in his hand, smiled at everyone, and threw out the phrase "rely on his man's ass/eye".

Xiao directly touched a dagger that was the same as Julian's from the weapon case.

—He really wanted to kill Julian.

The hostile duel started off tense, but quickly turned sour.No matter whether it was a spectator or Julian, they were surprised to find that Xiao's movements were not directly proportional to the killing intent on him, and he was just defending and dodging.

Julian's figure is considered petite among men, with a flexible physique and astonishing speed.Theoretically speaking, to be able to perfectly avoid such an attack, Xiao should have the strength to fight Julian.However, no one knew that except for the amnesiac attack in the hospital, Xiao had no experience of actively attacking humans.Now even if he tried to swing the knife at Julian, the restraint in his body would eliminate his impulse to act again and again.

Taking Xiao's behavior as a provocation and ridicule, Julian intensified his murderous actions until Xiao's arms were stained with blood.However, even so, Xiao's face didn't waver at all, he just looked at Julian with the eyes of a dead man.

Julian wanted to tear that look apart.

Taking advantage of Xiao Shan's retreat once, he sneaked up to the other person's ear, smiled viciously, moved his lips slightly, and spit out disgusting obscenities into Xiao's ear.

As if knowing where Xiao's weakness lies, those words that cannot be reproduced all point to the human beings that Xiao cherishes.

Xiao's pupils constricted.

In the next instant, his irises subtly changed color.Under everyone's gaze, Xiao quickly sank his center of gravity, and the dagger in his right hand twirled around his fingertips, turning into a reverse blade.With terrifying speed and force, he threw his shoulders and arms, and the cold light he held pierced Julian's throat.

——A few weeks ago, Eugene used the exact same movement to slash at Winona.

Facing the afterimage left by Xiao's long hair in the air, some of the bystanders already exclaimed.

However, just as Eugene failed to sink the blade into Winona's neck in the end, Shaw's blade also stopped an inch before Julian's Adam's apple.

Because his eyes were blood red.

As a result of trying to forcibly break through the restriction, his entire body fell into a paralyzed inability to move, and his vision was covered with red warnings that flashed back and forth, making him almost unable to see anything around him clearly.

Julian took his pause as a sympathy that he couldn't bear to strike, and after recovering from it, he snorted coldly and pointed the tip of the knife in his hand at his abdomen.

In the nick of time, something flew straight from the side, hit Julian's right arm, and bounced to the ground.

...It's a metal drinking cup usually used by domestic dogs.

It was the young man named Zane who blocked Julian's blow for Xiao.

……

Xiao didn't really want to recall what happened later.

During the time when he was unable to move because of the restraint, Zane protected him behind him, accusing those who surrounded him before with disapproval.

"...He is just a biochemical man brought by Eugene, why do you need to target him like this?"

Facing the dissatisfaction of other combatants, Zane still sticks to his position.It seems that in his eyes, even if Xiao is a waste, it is also a waste selected by Basil, and there is no room for others to comment.

Xiao, whose identity was exposed by him, stood aside, silently bearing the curious eyes from others.As if they finally listened to Zane's words, they looked at Xiao with a sense of persuasion, as if this person's appearance and skills finally had a reasonable explanation.

— After all, they are not human beings.

Xiao should be very familiar with this attitude, but at that time he felt the sense of being excluded from the outside very clearly.

...That was probably the first time he felt that he had lost his identity as a human being.

Like a real guard dog, Zane faithfully guarded Xiao's side until all the people who came to make trouble before dispersed.Xiao, who regained his freedom of movement, wiped the blood from his hands on his clothes, glanced at him, and was about to turn around and leave.

However, at this moment, Zane called his name.

Shaw looked back at him.There was undisguised doubt on the young man's expression.

"You don't seem to like me very much, why?" Zane tilted his head while carefully observing Xiao's face. "From the beginning, you looked at me like I was a threat."

As if observing Xiao's subtle expression changes, Zane slightly opened his eyes wide, and then came to a conclusion with animal intuition.

"...It's because of my face."

Xiao still didn't speak, but his hands were tightly clenched into fists.

Zane thought for two seconds, and then showed a suddenly realized expression.

"You are really pitiful."

As the tall young man said so, there was a kind of harmless and sincere sympathy in his eyes.

……

In the bathroom, Xiao brushed his long hair behind his forehead, and then pressed the off button of the shower.The remaining drops of water fell from his eyelashes and chin, and the skin surrounded by the mist was white and translucent.The blood on his arm had disappeared, but the long and narrow scars on it were strangely conspicuous—after being soaked in water, their edges had turned slightly white and curled, which was not the texture that a human should have.

If it is not repaired, such wounds will not heal naturally, but hang here permanently, confessing his identity to others mockingly.

Xiao Chui glanced at the scars, but the expression on his face was very calm.

…Just ten minutes ago, he walked quickly back to the room from the training ground, feeling as if he was fleeing back to Eugene.Whether it's Zane's last words or the eyes of others on the training ground, it's weirdly unbearable for him.

For a long time in the past, Eugene was the only person he had a day-to-day relationship with.This person's smile, words, and attitude have never changed because of his identity.And when Eugene looked at him, he would feel that his extravagant expectations might not be extravagant expectations, and his desire to surpass was also justifiable.

After getting used to this kind of treatment, he almost forgot that he was just an artifact in the eyes of others.

It doesn't feel good to be suddenly awakened to reality, and it also makes him fall into a short period of self-loathing.So on the way back, he deliberately slowed down, not wanting to show himself in any distress.

When he walked towards the residential area where the lights had passed, blue and black in slightly different shades filled his field of vision.Only the windows of four or five rooms on each floor are still lit, and the few warm colors are like fishing fires on the seashore in summer night.

He walked to the door, and then found a little dull that in front of him were the very few rooms that were still lit—not the kind of bright lighting, but the kind of dim, sleepy light.

…Eugene likes pure darkness when he sleeps, and the one who really likes light is him who theoretically does not need sleep.

This is the light Eugene left for him.

When he realized this, all Xiao's unwillingness disappeared in an instant.

Behind him, the artificial night on the rift ship was quietly sailing in the silent and boundless universe.In this boundless darkness with only stars as companions, the lamp in front of him belongs to him.

This faint warm yellow is telling him that he can come back here, and here is his residence.

For him, that's enough.

... The slender and perfectly proportioned cyborg stepped out of the shower, and the water droplets fell to the ground following his steps.Xiao picked up the towel and wiped his hair, without looking at the weird wound on his body.

Anyway, everyone who should know his identity knows it, and there is no point in hiding it.If he really wanted to worry, he would only worry about whether Eugene would not like such ugly marks.

The human beings who are sleeping peacefully here and now are what he still can't have, all of him.

……

Five o'clock in the morning on the Rift.

Xiao opened his eyes from the darkness.

What woke him up was Eugene's "hissing" sound of pain and his deliberately suppressed and adjusted breathing.

After a rustling sound, the other party seemed to get up from the bed and lighten his footsteps, as if he was heading towards the door.

Xiao frowned, raised his hand and turned on the light.

Eugene's eyes were a little blue, and there was a kind of embarrassment after being hit on his face. He subconsciously hid one hand behind his back, and pulled the corner of his mouth at Xiao: "...Did I wake you up?"

Xiao's eyesight was enough for him to see the back of Eugene's swollen hand before he was hidden.

...A lot of times, he really felt that Eugene was a genius at hurting himself.

The author has something to say:

Here Zane knows Shaw's identity because he heard the conversation between Miles and Basil.

这个故事写了两版,查稿子的时候发现这一版的前面一块没有交代,不过不是很重要,不要介意哈。感谢在2020-10-0309:00:00~2020-10-0409:00:00期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

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