I'll retire when I'm done

"—The above is the list of the latest batch of evacuees, the report is complete."

"Thank you, Rintaro."

Bai Hong stared at the way Mori Ogai was packing up his things, not hiding his vicious joy.

The other party didn't take it seriously, and quite naturally took over all the settings that belonged to the adjutant, including accepting the boss's bad taste and late retribution. Less than a week after taking office, Bai Hong's way of tossing him has almost come to fruition.

It's just that I have a question to ask her today.

If one can understand the cause and effect of the previous work and barely keep up with Bai Hong's rhythm and thinking in handling the work, then Bai Hong's behavior of not accepting newcomers and simply withdrawing them is somewhat incomprehensible to Mori Ogai.

"It's nothing to work hard, because there's actually not a lot of work... It's just that the major general, if this group also withdraws from Chang'an Island, then our garrison personnel really don't have many, although I trust your strength, but If things go on like this, what is the point of you taking the position of major general?"

"significance?"

Bai Hong dropped the pen in his hand, folded his hands and leaned back on the back of the chair, slightly raised his head to look at the puzzled Mori Ogai.

She withdrew the playful smirk on her face, and her expression became cold again.

"If you want to talk about meaning, then there was no war on Everdark Island from the very beginning—not for the motherland, not for hometown, not for justice, not for ideals... Except for a very small number of people who can rely on the war for profit, the vast majority participated People in this war didn’t even know why they died, what supported them was their instinct to live and go home.”

"There is no need for such a person to stay on Ever Dark Island."

"If I continue to sit here, the first thing to do is to deal with the mistakes of the past - the next war must have a reason to gain a firm foothold around the world. At least the battle that is maintained on Everdark Isle now It's just the last lingering fight between countries, don't look at the opponent is still fighting, even the most basic fighting spirit and desire to win are gone, there is no need for us to continue to mix in."

Mori Ogai pondered: "Giving meaning to war...is the key point the so-called 'Abyss'?"

"Yes." Bai Hong raised his fingers and explained patiently: "The center of Ever Dark Island is not an ordinary land, but an abyss. Did I tell you? It's a 'living' hell, with the ability to devour humanity and expand its influence The ability is also our next job - to prevent the spread of the abyss and control its range of action within the island."

The man suddenly realized: "... Your previous team is also...?"

Mori Ogai still remembers that team, which can be called the elite among the elite, went there full of ambition and confidence, but came back with a mad and confused attitude, and the few people who were dragged back by Bai Hong were only left The walking corpses with the desire to kill collapsed at a speed visible to the naked eye in the isolation room. In the end, they were all zombie-like monsters. The last one who was determined and could maintain his humanity was just desperately struggling between the gap between the world and purgatory. Bai Hong Knowing his life with my own hands, such an incomparably outstanding person would still cry and say "Thank you, captain"...

...Do you want to continue to deal with that kind of thing?

The man lowered his eyes, and the fingertips of the fingers holding the document were faintly white.

Bai Hong didn't notice the change in the other party's mood, so she continued on her own: "The problem with the previous team was that they were strong enough, but their will was not strong enough, but this is probably what the people on your side can do. The limit has been reached, so I don't plan to count on you in the next battle, all those who can be evacuated should be evacuated, and it is enough to leave the necessary personnel behind to maintain the operation of the base here."

"I have already applied for it. Next, all the personnel here will be replaced again, and you are no exception. I have already drawn up the next batch of evacuation lists. Get the hell out when it expires, my dear Adjutant Mori~"

Mori Ogai sighed: "You really are a ruthless sir... I hope I can follow you for a while longer to learn something."

"Thank you for not being sensitive." Bai Hong immediately remained expressionless: "If the object is that thing, I can't guarantee that it will be as easy as before. I don't want to worry about whether you have stabbed me in the back when I come back from exhaustion. knife."

Mori Ogai was suddenly taken aback.

"You have no confidence?"

"It's not as much as before." Bai Hong said, "Maybe I will get hurt."

He pursed his lips and asked softly: "...If everyone is transferred, do you want to go by yourself?"

Bai Hong explained with a good temper: "Even if I ignore all kinds of objective reasons, from a purely subjective point of view, I will keep it and deal with it. The expansion of that thing is not good for me."

Mori Ogai frowned, his words contained an awkward attitude that he didn't want her to go: "If there are other enemies coming to attack our side during this period..."

"There is no need to worry about this. I have already contacted the above in advance. Oh, yes, if there is nothing wrong with Lin Taro, you can join me in the next few meetings, although it is only a remote video conference. , but it is more than enough to give you practice training.”

"train?"

"You have ambitions, but it's a pity that you still don't understand people's hearts enough. Teacher Bai's first lesson: teach you how to think first."

Bai Hong smiled slightly, not hiding the madness in his eyes.

"—and, how to get the maximum reward at the minimum cost."

"Is this...preparing to form alliances with other countries?"

"After all, the abyss doesn't just affect us." Bai Hong said with a smile, "A little bit of exaggeration, it makes sense for the entire human race; the ready-made steps are not in vain, and the big taboo on the battlefield is that the morale of the army is shaken. After fighting for so long, the beginning We were never the only ones who questioned the legitimacy of this war."

Seeing that Mori Ogai was still hesitating about how to let her stay, she couldn't help chuckling.

"Oh, this is not like you, Lin Taro. You wished I could die hundreds of times before. Even if you left Xie Ye, you shouldn't have changed so quickly."

Mori Ogai replied calmly: "It is the adjutant's job to protect the chief, and everyone has selfishness, and I am no exception."

"... Lin Taro's selfishness? You actually have that kind of stuff?"

"It's you."

The other party answered without hesitation.

Bai Hong was taken aback for a moment, then let out a sigh.

"It's disgusting, stop it."

She waved her hands in disgust.

"If you're telling a horror story, congratulations on scaring me."

***

Even though it was so evaluated——

Mori Ogai walked alone on the empty corridor. The crowded and noisy corridor was empty at the moment. Because of his previous relationship with Yosano, there were not many soldiers who needed long-term recuperation. With the last batch of medical staff evacuated, There are only some general staff left here to maintain the basic operation of the base.

Outside the window is still the eternal dark night without light and moon, the eyes are falling, the land is full of wasteland and there is no life, only the broken walls and ruins after the battlefield raged, making this huge base a kind of vast and cold depression and desolation.

"But I'm still your adjutant."

Mori Ogai stood politely outside the door, beside him was the incarnation of a petite girl with blond hair and blue eyes. Bai Hong leaned against the door and held his arms to refuse the adjutant to enter. Seeing this, Mori Ogai could only repeat his words Attitude: "Taking care of your daily life is my necessary job."

"No, disgusting, get out of here."

The young officer denied Sanlian and almost kicked him out.

Changan Island has no distinction between day and night, and can only rely on the hour hand on the clock to measure the daily work and rest time. Mori Ogai raised his hand and glanced at his watch, and his tone did not change at all: "It's okay not to let me in, Then it should be okay to let Alice in, right?"

Bai Hong let out a cry.

"Are you sure nothing will go wrong?"

Mori Ogai sighed: "It's very rude, sir, although I respect you and don't deny the existence of feelings of admiration for you, but I am devoted to loving young girls, and I really have no interest in your type."

"By the way——" Mori Ogai raised a finger, and added with a smile: "The perfect ideal type is the combination of your childhood appearance and Yosano. In order to appease your emotions, I specially adjusted it this time. Higher the setting elements of Alice and Yosano, I hope you like it."

Bai Hong: "...Do you think I should be angry now or not?"

Mori Ogai: "There's no need to be angry, it's not a big problem."

Bai Hong squeezed the space between her brows, they had been deadlocked here for half an hour, she had been talking to the old men all day, she really didn't have the heart to continue with such trivial issues.

"It doesn't matter if you let your ability come in." Bai Hong endured his swollen brain and tried to maintain the last rationality: "It is true that Jingzi took care of me more when she was here, but at night I usually hug her to sleep, are you sure? Want your ability to come in and do her job at that time?"

Mori Ogai: "..." Suddenly I don't know which one to envy.

The man spoke again with some difficulty: "Isn't it okay not to hug?"

Bai Hong blinked, and answered with a straight face: "I've been looking at each other with a group of stinky men during the day, why don't you let me sleep with a cuter one at night! Since I have the opportunity, I don't want to sleep alone!"

Before she finished speaking, Alice trotted over and hugged her leg, looking up at her brightly.

"Major General, come and hug me to sleep~"

The delicate and lovely doll-like girl opened her mouth sweetly, and the anticipation and longing on her face were almost overflowing.

"I'm much cuter than Rintaro~"

Bai Hong narrowed his eyes, staring at Mori Ogai suspiciously.

Mori Ogai remained calm: "Alice is Alice, I can't control her."

"Ah, isn't this guy your superpower..." Bai Hong grabbed Alice's hand that was trying to grab her waist, and pulled a little distance away. "I'm warning you I've got a headache right now and don't want to think about whether you're stumbling around here trying to fuck me..."

"Ah, an independent individual has nothing to do with the operator. Look how cute Alice is, just like the major general when he was a child."

Bai Hong was silent for a while, then sighed resignedly.

"Beforehand, if there is any problem with your supernatural ability, I will kill her."

"Hey... so fierce."

Before Mori Ogai could finish his sigh, the irascible chief, who was quite bad-tempered due to lack of sleep, had already slammed the door, and a whirlwind rolled up the man's cheeks and forehead hair, and Mori Ogai had an innocent look on his face. Staring at the door panel only an inch away from the tip of his nose, he shrugged nonchalantly, and finished the second half of the sentence in a warm voice.

"—Please rest well and have a good dream, sir."

***

Across the door, Bai Hong stared at the door panel, rubbing the sore back of his neck for a long time before turning around slowly.

Alice came over with her brand new pajamas, and looked at Bai Hong with bright eyes.

"Are you going to rest?"

Although it is said that it is set as a collection of himself and Akiko, but this kind of cute and expectant eyes like a puppy makes people quite doubtful - what is his position in the eyes of that guy.

Strictly speaking, the current appearance of Alice is somewhat similar to the obedient and docile puppet posture at the beginning.

"Your Majesty, you don't need to worry," Alice replied, "Master hasn't formally set my personality yet, so you don't need to have any psychological pressure. Just follow the attitude you treated me before."

After making the bed, the girl knelt down on one side of the bed quite naturally, patting the soft quilt.

Bai Hong tilted his head.

Anyway, in the final analysis, Alice is just a humanoid ability, not a real human being, probably no different from a hallucinatory puppet with a high degree of reality.

Finally, the longing for the bed overwhelmed her persistence. The young major general was silent for a while, then changed his clothes, and sat down on the other side of the bed without a sound, slipping into the quilt, a heavy sense of weariness overwhelmed her brows and eyes Bai Hong, who was buried between the soft beds, frowned and eyelashes drooped slightly. At this moment, she finally revealed a sense of fragility suitable for her age.

Alice watched curiously, and clenched her fingers curled up between the quilts, and finally couldn't help reaching out to caress the soft hair hanging from her forehead.

The other party didn't dodge, breathing steadily, and actually fell asleep.

Alice gently withdrew her hand, maintained that posture and sat on the bed, watching Bai Hong's sleeping face intently.

... Thanks for your hard work.

Please rest well.

The girlish inhuman thing just stretched out her hand to caress Bai Hong's soft and beautiful black hair scattered on the pillow, but suddenly met Bai Hong's eyes that opened instantly——

Those enchanting and beautiful eyes stared straight at Alice without any emotion or emotion.

Even Alice, who exists as a supernatural being, couldn't help shivering when she was stared at by these eyes, but the feeling of fear as if being stared into the abyss was only an illusion for a moment, after Bai Hong saw Alice clearly The hostility in her eyes had dissipated, her eyelashes trembled, and her eyes regained the laziness and dissatisfaction after being disturbed.

"Don't touch my head."

Alice withdrew her hand and said in a low voice, "Yes."

Bai Hong closed his eyes again, raised one hand and scratched his hair, as if he was trying to get rid of the strange feeling of being caressed on his hair: "It's just this time, don't make another example."

Alice shrunk her hands with a dazed expression, and was a little bit unwilling.

...Myself, I obviously didn't touch it just now?