[Pacific Rim] Blue Turquoise

Zhou Lan was taken to a small room filled with strange glass bottles. The blue liquid in the bottle was shining brightly. Because the lights were not turned on, the light slightly illuminated the three people who came in. His face looked extremely gloomy.

Zhou Lan felt chilly all over, and she always felt that the reason why she was brought to the basement was probably related to these bottles and cans.

Before Zhou Lan could react, the wall she was facing suddenly cracked silently, and then slowly expanded at a constant speed, and it was Hannibal Zhou who caught Zhou Lan's eyes.

The old man still stepped into the room with unrestrained steps, followed by some figures dressed like hooligans.But Zhou Lan did not despise them because of this. After all, with Hannibal Zhou's eyes, it is impossible for ordinary hooligans to catch his eyes. murderous look.

The old man waved his hand, and someone immediately stepped forward and took Zhou Lan to the right side of the room. Zhou Lan hadn't noticed before that there was a small surgical bed behind the shelves full of bottles and cans.

Zhou Lan lay down on it.

One person picked up a bottle of colorless and transparent liquid, and after getting the old man's nod in agreement, he dipped a little bit of it with a special cloth, then grabbed Zhou Lan's hand, and slammed it onto her skin!

Zhou Lan trembled all over, but she didn't feel any pain at all. She was slightly taken aback, but before she could react, the cloth in her hand had been removed. The man leaned over and looked carefully for a while, then He turned his head expressionlessly and shook his head towards the old man.

The old man's jaw.

The man picked through the bottles and cans for a long time, and took out a bottle of light blue liquid, which he held in Zhou Lan's hand as before.At this moment, Zhou Lan was still completely indifferent. The skin on her hands was cold and numb.

Finally, there was a bottle of sea-blue liquid. Seeing this bottle of liquid, Zhou Lan suddenly felt his hairs stand on end, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

Of course her body would tremble, but what Zhou Lan didn't know was that this bottle of beautiful liquid was the real murderer who killed Ah Lan's parents - Monster Lan.

Monster blue, as the name suggests, is the highly poisonous blood of monsters that is as corrosive as strong acid.

When the piece of cloth covered it, Zhou Lan trembled all over, and the moaning sound of a small beast overflowed from her throat uncontrollably. She curled up and tried to hide behind, but she still couldn't bear the sound coming from the back of her hand. A tearing pain.Her face gradually turned pale, and large beads of sweat rolled down her forehead, intertwined with pain. This young body was too thin.As soon as she closed her eyes, she fell back limply and passed out.

The old man stepped forward with a solemn face, wearing special gloves, and lifted the cloth that had been almost corroded by the liquid, only to see that the back of the skinny girl's hand was still smooth and white, but was twitching unconsciously because of the extreme pain.

A triumphant smile slowly rose from the corner of his lips.

——everything, just as he expected.

It was three days after Zhou Lan woke up again.

The first thing she saw when she opened her eyes was the blue velvet bed curtain. She slowly got up from the soft quilt, and the high-grade fabric rubbed against her skin, making her stretch herself comfortably. Halfway through, she froze.

Her slow mind finally remembered the scene in the basement that day, the huge psychological pressure and pain made her collapse on the spot.

Thinking about it now, I am still terrified.

But now, Zhou Lan lowered her head, her slender fingertips slowly brushed the back of her smooth hands, her long and thick eyelashes closed slightly tremblingly, and she sighed bitterly: "But anyway, I got through it, now , probably considered a useful person, and shouldn't be easily killed as an abandoned child..."

In her whole life, she would actually live so aggrieved.

She rolled over and got out of bed. She didn't feel it when she was sitting among the layers of bed curtains, but now that she got out of bed, she realized that this room is really very big, comparable to the sum of her two rooms in her previous life.She walked to the closet, opened the closet door, and with a whoosh, she saw all kinds of clothes, including spring, summer, autumn and winter.

Zhou Lan was a little dazed, and she quickly picked out two clothes, which were a snow-white T-shirt and denim shorts, which fit just right on her body.

When I walked downstairs, I didn't see the old man, only a man came towards her, walked up to her, handed a piece of paper expressionlessly, and said: "The master said, this is what you will do in the future, as long as you do it well He will keep you safe, and you will have no worries about food and clothing."

Zhou Lan took the list, she licked her lips, and looked at the man with some embarrassment, as if she was greatly troubled, then hesitated and said, "...Excuse me, where can I have breakfast?"

The iceberg on the man's face showed signs of breaking slightly.

He pointed to the living room and said, "Sit there, someone will bring it to you."

Zhou Lan smiled embarrassedly and said, "Thank you."

"..." The man didn't speak, but the speed of his departure seemed to be more than a little bit faster than when he came.

One month later, the basement.

Zhou Lan poured a bottle of Monster Blue on his arm that was in the air expressionlessly. The girl's thin arms trembled slightly, and her face turned pale, but she no longer passed out from the pain. She raised her head Looking at the old man with an unclear expression, after getting his permission, he walked to the sink and rinsed off the blue liquid on his arm.

"Very good." He said slowly, "From now on, except that you have to come back here to help me during the mission..."

"……you're free."

The simple four words have exhausted all Zhou Lan's recent efforts. She must undergo training similar to pain tolerance. After all, although the monster Lan can't really hurt her, the pain is enough to torture her to death. Yes, is more pain than the average person.

The so-called mission period refers to the time when a monster is killed by the mecha and they go to collect the monster's corpse. This is the role she plays.

With the evolution of monsters, protective clothing that can temporarily resist strong acid is no longer enough for humans. The acid in the blood of monsters is getting stronger and stronger. Even the most powerful protective clothing is not enough to resist for a long time, at most two hours, it will be corroded. do.

This has always been a headache for Hannibal Zhou. If there is no protective clothing, then collecting monster corpses is just empty talk, and tens of thousands of wealth will also leave him.

He will never allow it.

The appearance of Zhou Lan just ignited his hope.

He had to bet that Zhou Lan had what he needed.

He knew that Zhou Lan was not so easy to control, and even, her heart and nature couldn't be just a ten-year-old child.And he grasped exactly what she longed for.

That is freedom.

Since she wanted to be free, he allowed her to be free!It's just that she needs to be loyal to him and play her due value before she is entitled to freedom.

Equivalent exchange has always been the fairest law in the world.

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