From then on, 019 never pushed her away, nor did he spend his spare time thinking about when she would leave.

——She said she would always follow him.

He also had to admit that from the time he entered the organization to now, he had already become accustomed to her company.

They have been together for so many years, and through mountains of corpses, seas of blood, and conspiracies, she has never let go of his hand.

For him, her companionship gradually became an existence like air and guns, inseparable and indispensable.

She was still unwilling to kill easily, and he didn't mind the knife that she used to deal with the aftermath. The moment he saw the blood blooming in his hand, it always gave him great satisfaction.

He was also happy to ask her for adequate remuneration at night - whenever this happened, she would always be extremely well-behaved, accepting and tolerating all his extravagant demands.

He loved the moment when he saw her pure whiteness briefly dyed with his color, which made him feel that they were the same.

He no longer wants to dye her completely black, but it is always pleasant to put his own deep mark on his belongings.

That was a pleasure that was more intoxicating to him than killing.

He even felt that a vibrant seed had been sown in the barren wasteland of his soul. He watched it break out of the ground, grow in the wind, and eventually grow into a pure white flower that bloomed in full bloom.

That's her color.

Only then did he suddenly realize that he was the one who was colored by the other party.

He wanted to drag her into hell, but she planted pure white flowers in hell.

019 gradually felt that he could not control himself, and her presence gradually eroded his thinking. He would subconsciously explore her preferences and worry about her thoughts.

He began not to want to see scars on her body - they were unique to him, how could other things leave their mark on her body?

019 never liked doing the job of giving someone a break, but by the time he realized it, he had already walked behind her, blocking all the open and secret arrows and bullets for this "waste" that he once disdained.

When did all this change?

It probably started when that boy appeared.

To this day, Gin cannot remember that person's name or appearance at all - after all, he never lets dead people occupy his memory.

She has always been very popular in the training camp, and 019 has always known this.

Kindness and friendship are the most disdainful things in training camps, because they are often associated with stupidity and weakness.

Kindness is an excuse for the weak. This is the principle they have always adhered to. But when it exists in the strong, it becomes a dazzling and unique brilliance.

She will remember everyone's preferences and tastes, bandage their wounds carefully, and quietly erect monuments for them after they leave for various reasons.

At the beginning, everyone only thought she was hypocritical, but over time, no one doubted her "kindness".

In this way, she is not only the light in 019's eyes, but also becomes the light in the eyes of everyone else.

019 likes her to shine in his eyes, but doesn't want her to be anyone else's light.

She was extremely persistent on this point. No matter how he threatened or induced her, she would not stop her stupid "shine" behavior.

He began to dislike everyone who came near her.

That was his position and should not be replaced by anyone - even though he knew very well that those people's status in her heart was not even remotely comparable to his.

But he was unwilling to give up even this "little bit".

He began to attack anyone who stole her attention.

The girl she went out to have dinner with in her free time disappeared during the mission.

The man she bandaged when he was injured was brutally killed by the enemy.

The people who had been favored by her disappeared mysteriously one after another, and she was still kept in the dark.

The training camp is a place where life and death are uncertain, but he did it without leaving any trace, so she didn't notice the truth at all.

He began to suppress his quirks and temper, and patiently treated her well - he had known from a long time ago that she preferred his occasional gentleness to his forcefulness and dominance.

He wouldn't mind suppressing some of his instincts if he could get her attention away from unimportant people and things.

She noticed his change and became happy.

Everything seemed to be going in the direction 019 hoped for, until that boy appeared.

That boy had a keen sense of smell that was annoying to 019. He seemed to have noticed something, but 019 didn't mind - the people who survived the training camp were all human beings, and it was not like no one had noticed what he did before, but

So what? Compared to approaching 018, their own lives are obviously more important.

Those who discovered the truth all stayed away from her - so 019 didn't mind being discovered, because it could also achieve what he wanted.

But this annoying boy was different. He began to pester her more and more, getting closer and closer to her, and finally reached the point where 019 couldn't bear it anymore.

He wanted to attack this annoying rat that coveted other people's things as usual, but this rat was extremely sensitive. He guarded himself tightly, and 019 finally decided to do it himself.

Then he heard the conversation.

The annoying rat approached her again in the name of bandaging the wound. They sat in the grass outside the training ground, 019 looked in their direction and did not come close.

——He knows that 018 seems to be very sensitive to other people's auras, and can even accurately determine the identity of people close to him.

He didn't want to cause trouble.

He turned on the headset, and frowned at the "sizzling" sound coming from the inferior listening device.

At that time, their level did not have access to high-end goods, and even this bug was conveniently put away by him during a certain mission.

Yesterday, he found an opportunity to install it on the mouse so that he could keep track of his movements at any time.

He didn't want to endure it anymore, he wanted to kill the mouse himself.

When he turned on the bug, he didn't think too much - at least not with the idea of ​​bugging 018.

But their topic was not under 019's control. When he came to his senses, he only heard the word "gift" coming from the headset.

"...Hat...right?" It was the voice of the mouse.

"But... will you like it?" 018 said with some anxiety.

"...I like it very much...will you give it to me...?"

"Then hat..."

Interrupted sounds reached 019's ears intermittently, and he could only get some information from fragmented conversations.

——018 I want to give that mouse a gift.

019’s smoking hand paused slightly.

Okay, he once thought that everything was just the mouse's wishful thinking, but now it seemed that it was more than that.

018 gave him the wrong response.

He blew out a smoke ring, briefly releasing the murderous intent and hostility in his heart.

Probably because he has been too gentle recently, his little wild cat has become misbehaved.

He threw the cigarette butt to the ground, crushed it hard, then stood up and walked in their direction.

He would kill the mouse first, and then settle the score with her slowly.

But the words that continued to come from the headset stopped him in his tracks.

"...Me and him...you choose...why?"

Then he heard 018 hesitate, and then slowly said: "You are very good... very similar to me... He is... heinous... has done all bad things... crazy..."

019 Standing in the wind, there was a rare moment when I was unable to move.

"Heinous", "Doing all the bad things", "Crazy".

These were comments he had heard from others more than once, but he had never taken them to heart and never cared.

For a killer who lives by killing, this is like a medal.

He had never felt that such a comment was so harsh.

There was a long-lasting sound of electricity from the other end of the eavesdropper. I don't know if they were silent or because the signal was interrupted.

After a while, the last sound came from there.

"...Have you ever thought about...leaving?...with me......"

"...I thought about it..."

019 felt like his breathing was stagnant.

"... Let's go together..."

019 took off the headphones, threw them to the ground and crushed them.

Late that night, he caught the mouse whose name and appearance he couldn't even remember. Then, in his stunned and horrified eyes, without giving him any chance to speak, he put the muzzle of the gun against his heart on the left side of his chest. , fired a shot simply.

He put away his hand|gun and left the scene of the crime without looking back.

There are dedicated personnel patrolling and guarding the base all year round, and the rat's body will be disposed of before dawn.

He rushed into the night and pushed open her door, disturbing her who was already lying down.

Apart from herself, the only person with the key to her room was 019, so she just sat up from the bed, rubbed her eyes, and asked sleepily: "What's wrong?"
To be continued...