Hunting Game [Interstellar]

Chapter 105 Extra Story·After Forgotten ④

After taking a shower, Su Xingchuan changed into casual clothes, pulled his hood deeper, and dressed himself as a withdrawn and reticent traveler, and then personally sent Cang Xingyun out of the tavern.

The situation is uncertain right now, and even though it was nightfall in the thirteenth district, there was still no sign of excitement.Shops facing the street opened one after another, but no male prostitutes came out to solicit customers. Of course, during this special period, there were indeed not many idle clients coming to the door. It seemed that it would be deserted for a while.

After leaving the Shipwreck Tavern, Cang Xingyun unlocked the car door and got into the suspension car. Su Shichuan stood there and lit a cigarette. He walked over slowly after the car window was lowered.The two sat and stood, through the slowly floating smoke, Su Shichuan looked down at Cang Xingyun's eyes, after a while, he suddenly put his hands on the roof of the car, and bent slightly in front of the car window.

"I'm sorry about Seventeen." Su Shichuan said in a low voice.

Cang Xingyun was stunned when he heard the words, and then, as if nothing happened, he turned his gaze away from the other person's eyes, and stared aimlessly at a street scene outside the front windshield: "Go out!" Battle damage during the mission is unavoidable, besides, you don't need to apologize to me."

"That's the truth, but people are still people of flesh and blood." Su Shichuan smiled lightly and curled his lips, "You understand the truth and know that the overall situation should be the most important thing, so don't say much, don't ask too much, and don't criticize too much , This is your strength. However, no matter how good you are at self-guiding, how much you can afford to let go, I owe you a 'sorry' in this matter."

Cang Xingyun was noncommittal, and after a long silence, he asked lightly: "Did he suffer when he left?"

"The pain must have been painful, but later Seventeen turned off the sensory system, so..." Su Shichuan paused, always felt that it was a stupid thing to define for others, so he didn't go any further, anyway, Cang Xingyun will definitely understand.

After hearing his words, Cang Xingyu was silent for a few seconds, and then said: "How did you deal with it afterwards?"

Su Xingchuan said: "I removed the core chip of Seventeen, and the part of the silicon base was cremated and then discharged out of the mecha with the propeller." He took out his pocket watch and opened the back cover, showing the translucent chip stuck between the gears to the other party , "When the doctor arrives at Baidi Star, Seventeen will be able to restart it conditionally."

"He still..." Cang Xingyun focused on the chip, completely unaware that his voice trembled, "Will he still remember you?"

"To be honest, I don't know." Su Shichuan said frankly, "But do you want him to remember me?"

Cang Xingyun was stunned, and looked up at him almost subconsciously.

Eyes intertwined, Su Shichuan's eyes curled up with a smile, and his voice was soft but clear: "The 'hunting plan' is over, and the second activation of Seventeen means that he is no longer an intelligent body born for the plan. Naturally, it is no longer as important to him as it was last time." While speaking, he took off the chip behind the gear and reached into the car window, "The 'life' controlled by the program will eventually have limitations, in a sense In other words, intelligent agents may be closer to beasts. They will be impressed by the first person they see after the program is started, and then develop instinctive feelings such as dependence and trust."

Cang Xingyun understood Su Shichuan's meaning, but didn't speak, just took the chip.

Su Shichuan said with a smile: "This time I'm going to give you my baby Shiqi, please pamper him well and don't let him suffer. Shiqi is different from us, he was born with the kindness of all human beings. , I don’t know how to intrigue and play tricks. Since he doesn’t need to participate in the plan this time, let’s give him a better start.”

"Perhaps this is not what he expected." Cang Xingyun said, "Perhaps before hibernation, he has already started to expect that the first person he will see after waking up is you."

"Of course he can't miss me, and I can't become the absolute core of his cognition again." Su Shichuan patted Cang Xingyun's shoulder, and said very easily, "It's just a different occasion, a different way, a different identity. God can think about it carefully, how to introduce me to him at that time."

Cang Xingyun was still a little hesitant, and was about to say more, but Su Shichuan collected his fingers calmly, and shook his shoulder suggestively.

"Don't worry so much, since the other party has become a blank sheet of paper, it's up to you to decide for him where to start to re-understand the world—just like when I met Xifa again back then, if even I hesitated, so what should he do?"

Cang Xingyun nodded slowly: "I see."

Su Shichuan stopped and stood up straight, and said: "That's it, be careful on the road, see you in two days." After speaking, he turned and walked towards the Shipwreck Tavern.

After a while, the engine sounded behind him, and Cang Xingyun also left.Su Shichuan turned his head and glanced in the direction where the levitation car was leaving, only to feel empty in his heart. The dog who used to like to be tired of being coquettish in his arms is probably gone this time.

At ten o'clock that night, the Shipwreck Tavern opened for business.

No guests came to the door, and Su Shichuan was so happy that he didn't have to hide in the private room, so he simply found a corner to drink and relax, and hacked into the intranet to check the progress of the handover work.Alliances and empires have similar organizational structures, and it is not difficult to integrate them.However, this kind of opportunity to reshuffle the cards is rare, and the traditional imperial system itself has many disadvantages. From the perspective of long-term development, it is the best way to take this opportunity to make appropriate adjustments.

Not far away, McGregor kept an eye on the door of the tavern while wiping his wine glass, and had to stare at Su Shichuan from time to time, lest the guy who had just come back to drink drink too much and make himself go back.Of course, he himself can't be as lax as Su Shichuan, and he has to be more careful with the guests who come to the door, so as to prevent the news of the "resurrected commander of the empire" from accidentally leaking and causing unnecessary trouble for you.

At this moment, the copper bell hanging on the door frame rang, and the wooden door was opened from the outside.

McGregor put down his glass and looked up. Before he had time to greet the guests, he was stunned the moment the visitor took off his hood, and subconsciously blurted out: "Dian..."

Before he finished speaking, Sifa motioned to keep quiet, McGregor would shut up, quietly watched the other party close the door with his hand back, and then walked to the bar.

"Xingyun told me that he sent people here. I don't have time during the day, and I can't just come to this kind of place casually. I just found the opportunity now." Xifa said in a low voice, loosening the collar of his neck. The cloak was tied, "How is it now, are you already asleep, is it convenient for Fang to take me to see him?"

The corner of McGregor's mouth twitched, and he thought that it would be great if Boss was the kind of person who knew how to spare his life!He cleared his throat with a "cough" and didn't speak, but raised his chin somewhere, motioning Sifa to look for himself.

Xifa frowned slightly, and turned around inexplicably.Across the blinding dim light of the tavern, he noticed a cluster of mechanical cold lights in the corner of the booth.Xifa was stunned when he saw this, and narrowed his eyes very seriously. With the help of the blue-white light source, he could easily distinguish seven or eight bottles of spirits on the table, and he couldn't tell how much he had drunk. With a sick number of whips on his body, this behavior is simply too outrageous!

Next to him, McGregor glanced at His Highness's reaction with a guilty conscience, thinking that it was a good thing he didn't tell him that the first thing Boss did when he woke up was to play poker, otherwise he might be killed directly...

"Well," McGregor said tentatively, "there are no guests. Do you want to meet here, or go upstairs?"

Xifa glanced at him with displeasure on his face: "You can give him a drink if he wants it. I think you are bored, right?"

McGregor: "..."

Mr. Star Robber swallowed his saliva full of aggrievedness, and defended in a low voice: "Your Highness, it's not that you don't understand our boss. I will die if you give this thing to me. Of course, I have to choose the one that can live longer."

Xifa waved his hand impatiently, meaning I don't want to listen to your nonsense, then stopped talking nonsense with him and walked straight to the booth.McGregor glanced at it, and always felt that it was not suitable to open the door tonight, so he tactfully flipped the copper sign hanging outside the door to read "Closed", and then quickly evacuated with the little merman and lizard who spit bubbles center of the storm.

At the booth, Su Shichuan was reading the report while sipping wine from a glass.Noticing the sound of footsteps approaching, he looked up at the person who was coming. The man's smiling eyes contained no surprise, and he said calmly, "Hey, this is it?"

Xifa: "..."

How should I put it, after all, I experienced a life-and-death parting. Although the time was not long and it was not tragic, it shouldn't be so nutritious to just say "this is coming" when we meet again, right?You must know that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has already made various plans on the way to the [-]th District. The worst thing is to sit by the bed and wait for someone to wake up, and then say a few sincere sweet words. When the atmosphere is almost there, you can do something up.

But... who the hell knew this bastard would be drinking!

Xifa felt his head hurt a little, and replied blankly: "Yes, here we come."

Su Shichuan smiled without saying a word, took a clean glass, filled it with ice cubes, poured half a glass of spirits into it, and finally pushed it along the table in front of Xifa, and asked, "Did Xingyun tell you about my arrangement?"

"Say it." Xifa took a sip from the glass, and immediately couldn't help frowning, "The alcohol content is too high! You put it aside for me, don't drink any more, I'll let Mike..." He looked back , The bar was empty.

Su Shichuan shook the brown liquid in the glass, and reminded with a smile: "Don't look, I know I can't mess with you, so I ran away just now."

"..." Xifa despised Su Shichuan with a look of "Why are you so unconscious", "The person he can't afford to offend is obviously you."

"Green comes out of blue, Your Highness, don't be modest." After teasing, Su Shichuan looked straight and asked, "So have you done everything you need to do?"

Xifa gave a flat "hmm" and said, "I have already contacted Sirius. They will leave overnight tonight. You will be able to return to me in half a month at the latest."

"No hurry." Su Shichuan said, "I haven't had a vacation for many years, and I just have a rest."

Xifa was still angry at first, but when he heard this, his heart ached, and his voice softened: "Then why don't you take care of yourself on the bed, what are you going to do?"

"The funny thing is that it feels unreal when I'm alone, and I can't sleep and feel at ease." Su Shichuan rested his chin on one hand and looked fixedly into Xifa's eyes across the wine table, "Only here I Only then can we be sure that what happened is true, that the empire is still alive, and that we have all survived."

He smiled, touched the glass of wine that Sifa put on the table with his glass, and then raised his glass to signal: "Especially you, Sifa, it feels so good to see you sitting in front of you."

——To Betinued