Chapter 16 mourning the dead
At sunset, Ontario recalled a hundred years ago when his grandfather refused to leave the Bron. "Without us nostalgics, how do you know that the times are progressing?" The grandfather smiled and waved to them, but the Ontario father whispered to his son angrily: "He's not nostalgic, he's just afraid of the future, you know? ’ while tugging him up the escalator of the airship.Ontario looked back at the slender and slightly rickety figure of the old grandfather in the sunset, and heard a voice coming from the pedals under his feet: "Welcome to join the ranks of 'Pure Land Immigrants', the United States of Caucasus wishes you a pleasant journey .”
After more than a hundred years of intertwined confusion, pursuit, struggle, loss, and a little bit of pleasant journey, Ontario finally returned to the sky above this strange hometown, and saw the last crimson arc of the setting sun disappearing from the top of a funnel-shaped tower house. , only to realize suddenly: he has forgotten the appearance of his grandfather. At this time, the airship began to slow down and dive, passing through the gaps of countless small aircraft shuttles in the low sky. The pilot shook his head and smiled wryly at Ontario: "Even in my grandson's generation, this place cannot be upgraded to perfection." From the evolutionary world! Look at the traffic, how messed up is it?" He sighed, lightly pulled the steering handle, and let the boat glide downward and left in an elegant posture like a natural bird.On the other hand, Ontario watched from the window on the right as two old-fashioned conical shuttles that couldn't dodge collided at high speed, burned into a round and bright white light ball, and disappeared immediately. "If the Bulong people could understand a little bit about the order of traffic or communication," the driver simply turned around and said, "maybe a tragedy like Lu Zhi wouldn't have happened, right? Detective." Maintaining a prudent professional habit led Ontario to face the conversation of the Consul of the Bron Autonomous Region, Georgie, three minutes later with the same smile and silence.Qiao Qi is a middle-aged citizen about eighty years old, his face is slightly swollen probably due to long-term consumption of ionic solution, and his face is covered with the apology that politicians usually have: "It's really unfortunate, I believe you also understand that the incident just now was purely accidental, right? ? The authorities of the autonomous region will definitely investigate the responsibility for the accident, and I hope you have not been disturbed unnecessarily.” Ontario looked at the gradually dimming sky, but couldn't discern the exact location of the exploding ball of light.Thousands of meteor-like aircraft continue to weave in the sky, igniting endless lights for the metropolis after sunset. "The authorities of the autonomous region have prepared a dinner to welcome you. They are all authentic Bulong flavors. You haven't tasted them for many years. Please appreciate them." Qiao Qi deliberately emphasized the tone of those ancient Bulong words, and at the same time held them tightly Ontario hand. "If the consul doesn't mind," Ontario nodded politely, "I would like to go to the scene of the assassination first to find out." "Of course." Qiao Qi immediately withdrew his hand, and showed a serious expression in his eyes at the right time, "Mission first, mission first. In any case, on behalf of the autonomous region authorities and all Bulong people, I would like to express my sincere respect to you. A tribute to the mission spirit.”
Ontario had never attended a dinner so elaborate that he fell into a coma when he delivered his thank you speech.He regained his sobriety because Georgie had a huge belch, and all the senior officials of the autonomous region present said in unison: "The consul is huge!"-this is obviously a small part of the red tape.Ontario suddenly raised his eyelids, and the portrait of the head of state on the opposite curved chip-curtain wall seemed to send him a concerned and inquiring expression.He immediately forced himself to recall whether he missed any matters that the head of state ordered before he left when he delivered the speech just now. "I dare not say that you must understand the mentality of the Bulong people over the years, but it is at least a good gesture for you to undertake this task—" the head of state paused for a moment when he said this, and let Su Li stand in front of the laser. Ontario in front of the screen mistook the fax system for a problem.But the head of state pulled away the youthful wrinkles on his face and laughed: "It's funny to say, I also said the same thing to Lu Zhi on this channel the day before yesterday-but I would rather think that your task is much more difficult." "This is the cultivation of the United States authorities and the head of state." Ontario leaned on his leg vigorously, and at the same time a thought flashed in his mind to pay tribute to Lu Zhi, an old revolutionary of the Bulong nationality. The head of state was obviously not in a polite mood. He stroked a diamond-faced collar badge with 100 layers of plating presented by the "Love the People's Party" campaign headquarters a few months ago, and said slowly and forcefully: "You must always remember And keep the overall situation of the United States in mind, look for opportunities at any time-whether it is at the dinner party welcoming you, Lu Zhi's funeral, the summary report of the assassination investigation, or any occasion where the interview is broadcast on the public information network, be sure to Issue a strong statement to let the general public in the local area and other ethnic autonomous regions understand that Lu Zhi's death has absolutely nothing to do with the 'Love the People's Party'. More importantly, you have to say something for Lu Zhi that he didn't have time to say..." "The scout's speech was really wonderful." The eagle-eyed man sitting on the left side of Ontario raised his glass to him, a blush came into his pupils from his protruding cheekbones, "I believe this speech has been fully explained It expresses Lu Zhi's intention to return to the Autonomous Region—" "Furthermore," Joe also raised the wine glass in front of him, "it will calm down the intense emotions and unnecessary speculations caused by Lu Zhi's assassination. Come! Greetings to you." "Don't dare to take it." Ontario paraphrased an old saying that his grandfather used to say when he was young, and said lightly: "Investigating the truth of the incident should be helpful to the current overall situation." He turned his face away and looked at the eagle-eyed man intently. , and then said: "You say so, Mr. Gide."
Ontario believes that everyone present knows what the so-called "current overall situation" is, but his tentative question is missed by Gide's deep and determined eagle eyes.In the quiet night of the fifth hour after the dinner party, he held two diskettes and drank nearly a liter of ion solution. He still kept his spirits up and thought carefully about Gide's calm and gentle reply: "Yes, detective. It is indeed a sensitive period. But I think whether it is in the autonomous region or the United States, whether it is the "Loving People's Party" or the "Aid the People's Party", whether it is the people of the semi-evolutionary world or the full-evolutionary world, whether it is The dead or the living, are waiting for the truth." "Then why did you destroy the assassin on the spot?" Ontario began to mutter to himself what he hadn't asked at the dinner, while holding the two disks in front of his eyes.The first scarlet chicken heart marked on it represents a gift. It was a precious material compiled by the autonomous region authorities within a day after they learned that he was coming here to preside over the assassination investigation. The title was "A Respectable Nostalgic Element" ——Silhouette of Mr. Anzhou", Anzhou is his grandfather, and his refusal to participate in the "Pure Land Immigration" seems to be the only thing worth remembering by the local people. joke.Ontario's father suffered from this for twenty years, so that he made a solemn oath that his son should undergo long-term and extremely arduous training as a scout. "When you enter this industry, everyone should respect you." His father said, "You are the nanny of the people and their godfather. You are wisdom, dignity and law." So when he first returned to the Bulong Autonomous Region a hundred years later, People obviously deliberately forgot that old Anju had repeatedly trespassed on the Freak Reservation because of his childlike curiosity, and instead became a respectable nostalgic. "I hope you don't think it's a bribe." Qiao Qi laughed, handed the "Silhouette of Mr. An Zhou" to him, and said, "As early as 40 years ago, I won the consular authority from Lu Zhi When I was in the autonomous region, I once said to the people in the entire autonomous region: "Nostalgic elements are the backbone of the Bulong tribe. Although we want to maintain good technological, cultural, economic, and even political relations with the United States, traditions are like old wine, old wives, and old robots." Or like an old dog in classical mythology, true to our own style.' I think this is what has allowed me to win the trust of the people for forty years-so, in case you misunderstand: I really don't have to go to Assassinate a political opponent who no longer has a mass base." Thinking back to this, Ontario couldn't help being amused by Qiao Qi's exaggerated expression and tone.He temporarily suppressed the nostalgia and curiosity surging in his body, and put down the first disk, which made a clear and crisp sound as it fell on the computer archive shelf, as if it was about to break the curfew on the street outside.Ontario put another copy of the disk that Gide gave him into the projection system, and the room immediately went dark, and his concentration was disturbed by the tranquility outside.Until the three-dimensional projection on the screen was displayed, he had been wondering what the traffic in this metropolis would be like after the assassination and before the curfew was promulgated.
As usual, the disk movie first shows the production unit, user unit, and confidentiality level. The background screen is the same as the opening of "Evolution Day Communication and Education" every Wednesday. Intertwined into bright nine-color flags of the United States of the Caucasus, they all flew towards Ontario and disappeared twelve millimeters before the bridge of the nose. Information/Gaosu Era 1958-2001/provided factory warehouse: Acacia Marriage Company, Kangermei General Medical Center, Public Education Association, Security Service Training Center, Aircraft Control Station/(the above factories Libraries are ranked in chronological order)" Next, a soft narration sounded from the soundtrack of the original "Evolution", and the scene turned to a low building with about twelve floors. "Ge Minlang's father, Ge Wulang, and mother, Lin Lingzi, applied for marriage at the beginning of 1958 in Gaoyuan. In March of the same year, they obtained the registration permit for the wedding ceremony of acacia and held an inauguration ceremony in the company's Kailao Building—" "Wait a minute." Ontario pressed the consultation button at the same time and said, "Why did you delay the inauguration until March?" The computer turned on the problem-solving signal within two seconds, and the gentle voice in charge of the narrative read the newspaper unhurriedly: "At the end of 1957, Gao Yuan's anti-transnational corporation movement initiated by Lu Zhi and others changed to a radical line. His young wife, Li Hailun, invested in various types of information industries with huge family business financing, which severely hit the existing markets of investors in the United States of America, including communication, design, accounting, business affairs, tourism, quizzes, spouse selection, Seventy-seven types of businesses including wedding ceremonies and commemorative silhouettes. Each owner held a countermeasure coordination meeting from January to March 1958 at the Gaussian Reunification Hall. Due to differences of opinion among the owners, communication was difficult , Some companies once announced the suspension of business, strongly urging the autonomous region authorities to severely punish Lu Zhi, Li Hailun, Gide and others for violating the legitimate rights and interests of good citizens of the United States. March 3rd. Do you have any further inquiries?" "No, thank you." Ontario shook his head wearily, "Please continue." The picture goes from the gray low building to the main entrance, and the multi-coated glass words of "Jie Lao Building" flash with ancient color-changing fun.Ontario yawned, thinking he would fall asleep before the murderer was born.
After all, computer operations in the semi-evolutionary world are a bit stupid. Its anti-control system cannot fully grasp the thinking process of the user during sleep, and can only jump back to the previous set of messages when Ontario snores.This made Ontario unexpectedly have a good sleep that has never been seen in a hundred years. When he woke up, he was very grateful and spent five minutes remembering the leisurely life of the ancients. . However, most of the memories retained in the dream are still related to Ge Minlang.Ontario felt a tinge of emotional displeasure at the murderer who had ruined his nostalgic morning.This kid once frightened a robot nurse in the early morning of the second day of his birth at the Kangermei Medical Institute—he even curled his legs and sat in an insulated shell.It took the scared short-circuited nurse all day to find an explanation for the cross-legged posture - Ge Minlang's ancestors had Japanese blood that had been wiped out by the leech plague in medieval times. Ge Minlang's father was therefore convinced that his son could become a samurai of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces in ancient times before the second nuclear war. After he was twenty-five years old, he finished his twenty-year training from the Public Education Association. Immediately donated a large sum of public security expenses for the autonomous region - including two conical patrol shuttles and a fire-fighting vehicle; finally, Ge Minlang successfully petitioned to go to the security service training center to receive advanced education, officially incorporated into the cloth The military class of the Dragon Clan. No matter how rigorous the scale is, Ge Minlang can meet the requirements of the military class.During the eighteen years of security service training, various assessments, tests, competitions, and competitions can continue to improve in a stable and healthy state.I finally graduated with honors in August this year, and was assigned to the gate of the autonomous region—aircraft control station—to serve as the mobile guard on the first line of Dongyiping. Four months and twenty-four days later, on the afternoon of Ge Minlang's birthday, he disappeared for four hours—according to the legal form, he was one-sixth of a working day off.At 6:00 p.m. on the same day, he went to the guard station to perform duties. Five minutes later, he left the post 135.21 meters north-northwest, and shot dead there. Goodwill Ambassador's former consul Lu Zhi.Ge Minlang was destroyed on the spot by Vice Consul Gide one second after the assassination. Before he died, he shouted loudly: "Branch-li-death-"
Ontario once again listened to Ge Minlang's disk data, and raised a number of tracing questions about time, place, and related people. The old computer also provided answers one by one. Although incomplete, they were reasonable and self-explanatory.After decades of detection work, Ontario has encountered many difficulties, and he can easily count hundreds of unsolved cases that are thousands of times more complicated than Lu Zhi's death.In the continental United States, one lunatic kills a good and upright citizen every second, two lunatics kill each other every 2.9 seconds, and three good and upright citizens kill 1.6 lunatics every 4.15 seconds.In addition to good and honest citizens (who, even if they do not vote and give up their sacred rights, are enough to show the democratic freedom of the United States) and lunatics, there are loss-making speculators, unlicensed careerists, tax-evading charitable unknowns, Archaeologists who destroy the ecology, and the model mother who failed to be selected, etc., the trouble caused by any one character is enough to make the robots and the very few investigators who account for the majority of the residents in the country tired and want to hang themselves in the computer membrane tape . However, Ontario was facing a new problem at this time. He did not dare to trust the computer system here as before—or, to put it more vulgarly: he did not dare to trust the stupid parts of the semi-evolutionary world.At least as far as the information at hand was concerned, he absolutely doubted that a good warrior like Ge Minlang would be a lunatic, a speculator, or an ambitious man.In his short life of forty-three years, how could the few violations, gaffes or accidents become the genes for him to shoot and kill Lu Zhi? On the one hand, Ontario sent a "data shortage" signal to Gide's official communication computer, and on the other hand shouted loudly to the old machine with a soft voice: "Old maid! Let's go through Ge Minlang's abnormal state again. " The first incident happened when Ge Minlang was nine years old, and he was still in the anatomy class of the nursery group of the Public Education Headquarters.The scanner at the top of the semicircular classroom pointed at Ge Minlang who was playing with his genitals.The tutor immediately called his name from the screen on the curved wall: "Xiao Minlang! How many times did the teacher say that? Good students can only take care of them after they have finished their homework." "Return to Ge Minlang." He stood up, raised his head and said to the other party, "I'm not cutting the tube this time, I just want to know, if I cut it off, will it bleed or urinate—" "No excuses!" At this point the scanner turned to another kid who was sneaking booger on the base of the terminal, and the image disappeared. When the second incident happened, Ge Minlang had grown into a 20-year-old boy, and was undergoing a routine aptitude test and oral examination to advance to the fourth stage of his education.A egghead professor stared at Ge Minlang with wide eyes for about ten seconds across the long table before asking, "Why do you use the language code of art structure to answer the examination paper of cosmology?" ?” Ge Minlang thought for a long time, but did not speak. "Let me give you a clear example." Eggman searched patiently from the terminal, and then read clearly and slowly: "Why do you think the ultimate force of the universe is 'death'?" Ge Minlang kept repeating the movement of loosening and clenching his fists with both hands, and finally said: "There is no reason." At this time, a few lines of small characters appeared on the right rear of the entire image body: Ge Minlang's code recognition energy presents obvious self-interference substances, Therefore, the supervisory committee of the fourth stage of nurturance education will not rule out the possibility of rejecting the student to engage in advanced academic research; and suggest that the student choose technical subjects as the major content, so as to meet the public education principle of "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and applying what they have learned". highest purpose. Ontario didn't wait for the "spinster" to read the last sentence before pressing the skip button for the third incident.He vaguely remembered a less boring grotesque appearing in this passage.
According to the memory that has been indelible for more than a hundred years, Ontario quickly discovered the grotesque from the farthest distance of the reflection body.He was standing—or rather, squatting high like a cat in ancient times—in the middle of a pile of irregular multi-faceted reflective obstacles, and Ge Minlang was stroking him just one meter in front of the bridge of Ontario's nose. Wipe the particle gun in his palm. The camera zoomed in on the freak, and Ontario saw it clearly, and couldn't help letting out a sigh mixed with surprise, pity, and sudden realization.It turned out that the old grandfather's description was not wrong at all; they turned out to be such a strange race. "It is said that the freak is the only medieval primitive man left in the world after the third nuclear war." When An Zhou told this kind of story to the three-year-old child, Ontario had not yet entered school, and he thought that the old grandfather knew everything and knew everything. Impossible——"There are still many such primitive people. They live together with a large number of cockroaches in the Tianweizhou Reserve in the southern Xinjiang of the Autonomous Region. Cockroaches can reproduce, but abnormal people can't; but cockroaches They will die, but freaks can't die anyway. They look very strange, not to mention their facial features, their eyes, ears, nose, and mouth are all messy small tubes. The tall sarcoma on their shoulders is said to store a large amount of nutrients The place where there is water, so the shoulders of the freak are much higher than the head. The hands are long and hang down to the ground. The only leg is usually shrunk and short. Meters, faster than sound—" "Will that freak get into my ears?" Ontario remembered asking this while covering his ears. "They will greet you first. It's funny how a freak greets you—" As he spoke, old An Zhou stretched his right hand to his chest, clenched his fist, leaving only one index finger facing the sky, and then squeezed his index finger Bend three times. Now the freak in the image body lowered his face to greet Ge Minlang, Ge Minlang nodded, and aimed the particle gun at the freak, the freak shortened his stature, lowered his legs by half, and shot towards the empty space in an instant. It will go out, roll into a black ball in the air, and immediately disappear behind the obstacle dozens of meters away.Ge Minlang obviously hesitated, and he put the gun back into the soft alloy holster on his waist.The freak poked his head out from hiding, and the seven pipes of different lengths and shapes on the top door shook Ge Minlang, saying, "Try again." As a result, they tried six more times, and none of Ge Minlang could succeed. Hit that freak target. "Poor kid." The freak simply flew up to Ge Minlang, raised his hand high, and managed to reach the other's hair, scratched it, and said, "Didn't you shoot quite accurately before? If this continues—" the freak stopped He came down and pouted his mouth in the direction of Ontario, and continued: "You will be expelled from the training center, and I will go back to the reservation empty-handed." Wen's palm, and said: "I—I have always wanted to ask you, Fragmented, how did you feel when you were shot?" The freak was stunned for a moment, turned his head and looked around for a while, and said in a low voice: "You mean temporarily During the few seconds of death——" There was a burst of three long and two short police whistles, and then there were rapid and clear words from all directions: "Ge Minlang, Ge Minlang, immediately shoot the position, don't do anything with the freak Illegal contact, fragmented, go back behind the obstacle, no instruction, no target inspection!" Half of the tongue stuck out of the mouth of the fragmented mouth, which may be the only colored part of the freak's body, he still threw at Ge Minlang The next few words: "I won't lie to you, it's really 'cool to death'!" Ontario muttered the name of the freak, trying to associate the tone with a hearty death.But there was no information in it, and he even dared to make a judgment in a split second: the entire Caucasus United States could not find the answer to this part of the mystery of death like a game. "Separate?" Ontario said a little louder. "The name is just a piece of trash!"
Ontario wasted half an hour listening to the "Spinster" report to him about the semantic analysis of "Sweet Death", just for fun.It is said that the word "shuang" is an ancient Chinese saying in ancient times. It originally meant "hurt", "mistake" and "not specific", but it was paradoxically transformed into "comfortable", "cheerful", "cool", "Brisk", "handsome", "extraordinary" and other meanings.When Ontario couldn't explain this kind of self-interfering rhetoric, he suddenly felt that entertainment was a boring thing, but the "spinster" continued ignorantly: "...In the early days of the ancient times, some Chinese young people thought it was cool. 'Words associated with 'dryness', 'pleasure' and 'exciting and cathartic experiences during and after intercourse'—" "Enough." Ontario's boredom with this old-fashioned computer has reached its limit, he poured two mouthfuls of ion solution, gasped for a while, and said, "Get me Gide." Gide looked very happy when he appeared in front of the reflection body: "Good morning, investigator, I have received your signal." "Excuse me." Ontario tried his best not to show his discrimination against the backward information facilities in the semi-evolutionary world, "Can I apply for one or two robots to serve as search assistants? In addition, I need further relevant information .” "I'm sorry, investigator! The robots in the autonomous region can only be engaged in technical work, and I'm afraid they can't help you—this situation is the same in every autonomous region. The short play "Evolution Day Communication Education" last month was written by a robot—” "Okay." Ontario stopped this kind of sexually harassing typical Bulong propaganda in time, "But if I only have Ge Minlang's information, it is impossible to complete the investigation. Frankly speaking, I still want Qiao Qi's, Lu's Childish, and your information." "Yes." Gide regained his cautious expression the night before, and said, "Actually, these materials are all ready-made. Unfortunately, the few program analysts I have in hand have been transferred to work on the general election. , didn't have time to deal with annotations, if you don't mind—" "Of course not." Ontario relaxed. This was the first time he felt that Gide seemed like an honest person; at the same time, he thought: Fortunately, there are no annotations. Trivial phrases like "the highest purpose of public education" are thrown around. "I know you are very busy and working hard. However, the head of state wants to submit an investigation report before the general election, so I have no choice but to interrupt again and again." "You're welcome, investigator." Gide said with a smile, "but these days are really busy. Lu Zhi's funeral is scheduled for tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow is 'Evolution Day', and the general election will be held the day after tomorrow. Go to the Mujin Autonomous Region to participate in an interregional natural bird conservation meeting—” Ontario suddenly felt that this was a good topic, so he went on the topic: "How many species of natural birds are there in the Bulong Autonomous Region?" "There are only four kinds left. However, the artificially cultivated ones are quite impressive. There are more than one hundred kinds of edible birds alone, which are almost the same as other useful artificial animals." "If I remember correctly," Ontario leaned forward, carefully observing the opponent's body language: "When you were still in the Luzhi Front, you once designed a symbol that symbolized the free financial and taxation system, two bird wings, right? " "It's the thorn bird's wing." Gide calmly maintained his original smile and said, "It's been forty years; we were all young at that time! If Lu Zhi didn't die this time, we could have a chance to talk about it." These past events must be very interesting.” His pair of eagle eyes seemed to have penetrated through many years of time, and entered a secluded corner of another world, which made Ontario couldn't help feeling a little envious.No matter how hard he tried to capture the details of everything that happened in time, he couldn't find a corner where he could "talk about the past".
Forty years ago, he had just completed the training of investigators and was about to take a job in the United States Department of Social Security. He took time to go home to see his dying father. See you? I don't have time to talk to you, how about it? Became a scout?" Ontario nodded and took out his badge of office.Father stretched out his trembling withered fingers and said, "That's it." Afterwards, they stopped talking, and sat for a day and a night, watching programs on the public information network together. The father seemed to only say lightly during a two-hour sex manipulation teaching drama: "You are a priest, you can't Troubled by these vulgar things." His expression was the same as that of forty years ago, and he seemed to want to mention the damage caused to his body by thinking about his dead wife. "I know." Ontario casually replied to the dying father, who had never been in the situation of an investigator; while trying to analyze the movement pressure on the abdomen and inner thighs of the male protagonist in the teaching drama when he was in a supine position. Ontario was interrupted again because of a news break, which was the news that the power structure of the Bulong Autonomous Region had completed the transfer.Lu Zhi and Li Hailun suddenly replaced the male and female protagonists in the previous image, and they were being interviewed by a robot. "Should I ask Mr. Lu Zhi to talk about the feelings of the United States this time, according to the results of the public opinion poll, and ruled that Qiao Qi should take over the consul of the Bron Autonomous Region?" "I once severely criticized some investors in the United States," Lu Zhi's white face flashed a touch of sadness that quickly disappeared, "However, it turns out that the people of the Bulong nationality do not have enough capital to compete fairly with the local people. We need to rely on the protection and support of established forces." At this point, the corners of his mouth suddenly twitched deeply, and he smiled mockingly, "So I am no exception, here I am." In the midst of joyous laughter, Lu Zhi continued: "I hope to get a position in that corporate group that is in charge of public opinion surveys." This time even the robot laughed, and he turned to Hailun Li: "Then, please talk about your thoughts on the two comprehensive political asylums provided by the United States." Li Hailun raised her slender and slender fingers to brush the black hair on her forehead, and said seriously: "After all, we are still young. Sixty years old is the prime time of life, and we are full of confidence in the future. In addition, I personally plan to join the 'Democratic Party'—" At this time, the laughter of the audience seemed to be suddenly cut off. Fortunately, Lu Zhi added in time: "She also brought a considerable amount of currency." Only then did the scene relax. But Ontario's father doesn't seem to think so, "vulgar!" he said, "you will be more powerful than them, what is currency? What is capital? Remember! You have power, and the power of scouts will not depreciate! " After saying this, the father died.Ontario had to use all his strength to wrest the badge back from his hand.Immediately, he sent a signal of "Death Application" to the local Senior Citizen Welfare Station, and walked out of the apartment where his father lived alone. When did you die?" It didn't matter anyway, he thought, and if you forgot to ask, it wouldn't matter.
"As a 'traitor'," Gide said in a hoarse voice as if returning to reality with him, "I don't seem to even have the qualifications to be a mourner." Ontario carefully analyzed Gide's rhetoric, and believed that the other party's sentimentality was not out of guilt for Lu Zhi was exiled forty years ago, but he switched to the Qiaoqi Front, or it was the support for Lu Zhi that had been stirred up in the entire autonomous region. Dissatisfied with the trend, it is also possible that these two emotions are mixed with each other.In any case, Ontario is only interested in perfunctory topics: "Maybe after the funeral, everyone's mood will be better?" "I hope so." Gide stretched out his hand to him, and he also leaned forward into the reflection body, shook each other in the air, and folded his fists together. Gide said firmly: "The investigators are concerned about the overall situation of the United States." people, I wholeheartedly rely on." As soon as Gide's correspondence was over, the information required by Ontario had already been transferred into the database.He wasn't too busy looking, but only thought about it: Why did Gide's tone of farewell be so similar to that of the Führer? The head of state once emphasized emphatically in the conclusion of the task reminder: "My current situation is no better than that of the vice-consul Ji. Just now, the investigators of the Ministry of National Defense and Security have reflected a piece of information to me, saying that there are several The polling company run by the People's Aid Party has announced that 10.71% of local voters think it is a big conspiracy that the Love People's Party announced Lu Zhi as the goodwill ambassador for the general election coordination of the head of state. 10.7% One! This is probably higher than the turnout rate of local voters!" "I'm sorry, may I ask the head of state——" Ontario remained in a standing posture for too long, and the muscles in his lower abdomen and inner thighs were a little tight, but he held back and asked, "Please explain to the head of state whether those polling companies mentioned The content of the 'big conspiracy'?" "Why not?" The head of state started stroking the diamond-faced collar patch again. "A while ago, there were rumors in the Bron Autonomous Region that if Lu Zhi died while serving as a goodwill ambassador, he would not be happy with Li Helen, the head of state candidate of the 'Helping the People's Party'." Absolutely beneficial. Later public opinion polls mentioned: This is the "Love People's Party" who spread rumors first, then assassinate, and then blame. They also released the background information of the testees, all of whom are smart old immigrants, divorcees, matriarchal socialists And reasoning game programmers and all that shit." Based on the laws of professional ethics in Ontario, it is difficult to comfort this seemingly frustrated old politician, so he can only respectfully and fairly say: "I will investigate all the truth." "I know that you are someone who cares about the overall situation of the United States, and I wholeheartedly rely on you." The head of state immediately closed the fax system.
The question is who sees the big picture of the United States?The head of state is an authentic Gaosuo family, holding the strong family financial resources in the country for thousands of years, going through 70 years of treacherous political struggles, and constantly proposing some new ideas that he may not even understand. Finally, it was a matter of course to set foot on the throne of the head of state for fifty years.Among them, the most commendable is the slogan he must put forward in the election every ten years: "For the prosperity and progress of the United States of the Caucasus, please do not cast a sacred vote. Please work for yourself on polling day , Fighting for yourself, entertaining yourself, this is the true meaning of independence, and the Love People's Party supports you." In the early years, the head of state never complained about the increasingly low turnout rate in the mainland, because there were always enough citizens of the autonomous regions, and the total number was more than ten times that of the mainland, to get nine to eighteen working days off before and after the polling day, and Connect to the voting line on the private computer on time, and implement the absolutely free, secret and noble "right to participate in decision-making". However, the overall situation can change from "unchanged" to "slightly changed" to "major changes".Over the past 40 years, the "Helping the People's Party" has gradually spread the right to speak from many opposition parties and organizations with the huge amount of money invested by Li Hailun.Ontario, which has never been involved in politics to avoid affecting the prestige of the scouts, only knows that the "Helper People's Party" only appoints candidates in each general election and has never participated in any campaign activities.The difference in their large campaign expenses is used to make up for the investment that has lagged behind the "Love People's Party" in the information industry for many years.When the "Loving the People's Party" felt that the situation was serious, Li Hailun not only did not lose her social status because of the scandal of her marriage with Lu Zhi, but because of the "Silhouettes of Divorced Women's Intimate Relationships" that she personally participated in the production of, it was the best seller in the eight autonomous regions. Many flaunt the concerns of matriarchal socialism, including homosexuals.尽管“爱民党”几度透过安排，让无党籍大众传播业主利用戏剧节目影射卢稚和黎海伦是“假离婚、真夺权”，然而那一类的戏剧已经无法获得广告商的信任，往往临时缩减预播时数，并借辞演员因不满意彼此暗盘、时起纠纷，而提前下档。 三年前卢稚畅游木槿族等七个自治区返回本土后，发表《漂泊者剪影》。元首觑准时机，重资买得播映版权，而且亲自录制片头文告，表示了对自治区半进化界生活的严重关切。这部剪影虽然在公共资讯网路上播出时曾经获得七十个百分点的收播率，但是没有挽回“爱民党”丧失了绝大部分资讯产业支持的颓势。黎海伦于此时重提往事，认为四十年前受“爱民党”指使的民意测验机构在一次集体舞弊中剥夺了卢稚的领事权，甚至使卢氏夫妇历经为期八十小时的恐怖逃亡才脱离乔奇的追捕行动。黎海伦稍后公开了由一个匿名征信组织所提供的调查报告，该报告详细载录着“爱民党”收买民意测验机构的账务。安大略对这一节相当了解，他在每年一度的侦测员在职进修中注意过此事的来龙去脉，因为那个匿名征信组织显然是由一名已离职的社会安全部侦测员所主持的。因此国家、社会二大安全部连续三年于所谓在职进修期间不断重申侦测员的智慧、尊严、律法，以及更重要的忠贞观念。“正因我忠于高索合众国的自主前途，所以我宣布参加下一届的元首大选。”黎海伦在公开弊案的下一刻如此宣布。
“即使我死去，恐怕也不会再踏入政治圈一步的。漂泊归来，我更加深切地体认到：今天的自主政治和太古时代的帝王政治、幽古时代的集产政治，以及中古时代的民主政治都没有太大的差别。人从政治体取得知识，然后制造知识反哺政治体，人从权力结构接受资讯，然后生产资讯回馈权力结构；人从信仰中学习语言，然后创造语言支持信仰。我看着这些循环辗过高索合众国的本土和八大自治区，庆幸自己终于成为一名漂泊者，远离了它的航线。” 安大略对于卢稚这部剪影的结语中滥情的修辞游戏甚为反感，但是他知道元首当时独排众议，存心保留这番话的用意是在打击“助民党”甚嚣尘上的气焰。“就让这部剪影在各自治区任意流传，不禁转录复制，尤其是布龙族，那里有全国百分之四十的选民，让他们仔细感受一下，被黎海伦遗弃的老革命家，前领事如今多么落寞、多么无助。”元首当下颁行通令，并立即召见卢稚。经过了将近三年从未间断的游说，卢稚终于答应元首的要求——担任元首大选协调大使，他只提出两个条件：这项职务不支领公务人员薪俸，以及在大使之上特加“亲善”头衔，以别于正式的公职大使。 如今安大略却觉得卢稚的亲善毫无意义。他失望地封闭映象体，让《漂泊者剪影》磁盘自动滑落到库架的最底层，它比乔奇那份充斥着婚仪、葬礼、开幕式、大小会议，以及进化日沟通教育检讨等冗长乏味致辞的资料好不到那儿去。纪德的资料更糟，真是巨细靡遗，连他和妻子那机械式的“早安性交运动”也收录了，好在次数不多，勉可忍受，其他绝大部分是纪德检阅自治区各种武职阶层训练成效的官式纪录，这使安大略不免回想起当年在侦测员训练阶段中所历尽的各种身体和精神上的磨难，竟为此闭目叹息了一次又一次。 他逐渐觉得自己开始老化，可怕的是连这一点警觉都没能使他猛然睁开眼睛。从不耐久站、大量吞饮离子溶液、长期陷入对尖端精密机器的依赖到极容易对各种繁琐语言感觉乏味和疲倦，甚至常以为自己遗忘过什么重要问题而事实上根本没有差错等等，都在他沉重的眼皮上施加起压力来了。 有很短的一段时间，当这些压力积聚到最紧密的时候，安大略毫无抵抗能力地从眼皮的里层看前一幕幕旷远的景致，澄澈的微蓝色天穹，下覆于没有任何建筑物的青碧原野，原野伸展着、流动着、漂浮着，向所有可能的方向铺洒出去，他觉得简单而晕眩。片刻之后，发现整个幻象其实是《漂泊者剪影》中的一部分。 “有谁会杀掉这样一个绝望的老亲善大使呢？”安大略咕囔着，看见映象体前幕上自己的影子。 “葛敏郎，葛敏郎。”“老处女”答道。
和自治区内其他重要人物的葬礼一样，卢稚的遗体依例于清晨六时被盛入一座直立的透明芯片胶囊，从公共医疗总院的太平间移往飞航器管制站。乔奇为了安抚情绪益见激动的民众，特别加派了三十六艘针形飞梭护送，以示隆重。飞梭群在事先清道完毕的一百至两百公尺低空航线上呼啸而过的时候，自治区中心的大都会沸腾起来。人们争相从各式建筑物的窗口向外传输雷射映象体，六点十五分的时候，漫天漫地都是交叠的影象和扰攘的声音。绝大部分人放映的正是那部《漂泊者剪影》，也有不少年轻人为了凑热闹，放映恐怖剧场或流行歌舞排行榜大赛。然而无论在任何一个角落，都可以看到、听到“助民党”和“爱民党”竞选总部的多媒体宣传效果。人们也逐渐落入一种混合着多样姿彩的迷幻之中，有悲伤、有愤怒、有兴奋、有惊讶，也有凄厉。千万种声光在卢稚遗体行经的每一寸土地上空发生冲突，直到所有的飞梭都消失在远天低压的曙色里，仍旧持续不衰。清道解除后还发生了数十起连锁性交通事故，为整个场面掀起如流星雨般的节庆高潮。 安大略乘坐着初来时的航艇，在大都会区顶空绕行了三圈，被一波一波的光影声浪震得紧陷在座椅深处，不知道人们究竟为何而疯狂。他听不清任何一个单纯独立的字眼，也看不见任何一个不受干扰的原形映象。各种撞击、纠绞、拼和甚至厮杀在一起的讯息当然不会因为传讯者被清道管制禁足于建筑体内而失去了它的意义——这是葬礼，人们有权把任何崇拜或绝望的情意推向表达形式的极致。 绕行在瞬息万变的声光幻影之中，安大略发觉胸腹间翻涌着离子溶液酸咸而略带辛辣的气味。他极目远望，试图以视觉改变体内那纷沓欲呕的重重压力，然而远天黎明的飞航器管制站空旷的地面仿佛正等待着呕吐者的倾泻，到忍无可忍的时候，他竟然和驾驶员一齐纵声大笑起来，笑得泪眼婆娑、喘咳不断，体腔又空洞、又胀奋，全身就像被撕扯成千百块碎片一样。驾驶员突然发出一声长啸，朝东方初升的朝阳全速驶去。安大略渐渐从清醒中看见自治区当局少数几名高级官员毫无表情的脸孔。 葬礼比预定时间晚了几分钟才开始，安大略为自己的迟到深感不安，一再向乔奇致歉。乔奇则显露出更加惶恐的模样，不时地说：“没管制好！没管制好！管制真是件麻烦事，太严了会爆，太松了又压不住，唉！中庸之道简直不可能……” “卢稚这就升天了。”纪德举起指挥棒朝北三坪中央的火箭一点，箭尾已喷出金黄和赤红色的光芒。安大略目送火箭顶端那“漂泊者”的胶囊在晨曦中闪烁了几秒钟，忽然产生一种轻松的感觉，便脱口而出：“爽死了！” “什么？”乔奇仿佛不相信自己听到的话，别过浮肿的脸又问：“侦测员刚才说——” “没什么。”安大略深吸一下，淡然说道：“我看什么致辞都免了罢？”
卢稚的遗体安然抵达极乐卫星的消息传送回来，各公私营资讯网路纷纷打出新闻捷报，预订利用第二天“进化日沟通教育”的课间休闲时间回放《漂泊者剪影》的精彩镜头。 安大略正利用从葬礼中节省下来的时间放映老安宙那份磁盘，新闻捷报闯入之前的呼应讯号使他误以为自治区或本土又发生了什么和大局有关的重要事故，直到极乐卫星上的“高索名人纪念塔”雄伟壮观的巨剑外形从他鼻梁前十二毫米处消失，原先老安宙在历史结构学课堂屏幕上的情景再度出现，安大略才松了口气。 事实上对于一门在全进化早已列为养成教育非必修课程的历史结构学，安大略只觉得索然无趣，他之所以肯浪费三四个钟头的时间枯坐在映象体前完全是不理智的。一个毕生在托儿团里教小婴孩如何啃死人骨头的怀旧分子能教导这个一百一十八岁的中年侦测员什么呢？但是安大略执意告诉自己：你从葬礼上赚到的时间不止这一点，为什么不安心地温习一下遗忘多年的面孔呢？ 老安宙这时在那旧式的弧形面阔屏幕上絮絮叨叨地说：“……就我们现在上课来说吧，我看得见各位小朋友，各位小朋友也看得见我，但是我走不出你们面前的这块屏幕，你们也进不来。也许几十年后我走得出去，你们也进得来了；但是我相信那只是我们彼此立体的幻象。中古以前的老师和小朋友就不是这样上课的，当时的老师就站在课堂里，背后是块黑色的屏幕，老师得花好大的力气用白色失去结晶水的硫酸钙所制成的粉笔在黑屏幕上逐字涂写——”满堂八九岁左右的小孩都“哇”的一声叫了起来，“——还有呢，如果小朋友不专心听讲，老师还会走到你旁边用一根天然植物茎原料制成的短棍子敲打手心或屁股哪！”立时全体的小孩骚动了，有如听见一个全合众国最有趣的笑话，其中一名特别大声地叫道：“那比电殛好玩多了！” 安大略也跟着孩子们一齐笑，笑个不停，直到眼泪溢满了眶子，老安宙才说：“这些都是我们新生代人类享受不到的乐趣，是不是？”安大略掩脸说了声：“是的。”接下来的话他都没听进去，因为整个记忆逆转到那次夕阳地里挥别老安宙的二十年后，他进入侦测员训练中心，接受一次整整十小时的猛烈电殛，从此丧失了性交兴趣以及生殖能力。 手术正上方的映象体中出现了社会安全部长兼侦测员训练中心主任亲切和蔼的笑脸，他说：“恭喜你，安大略！你已经进化了个人的一大步——也是合众国安全当局的一小步，迈入神职阶层充满智慧、尊严和律法的境界。”
良久之后，安大略体内涌动着的浪潮冉冉平息，训练中心主任的熟悉声调同时钻出每一只细胞，向他作例行的耳语：“忘了我是谁，我乃侦测员。忘了我是谁，我乃侦测员……” 安大略被阉割后的七十年间，每一次有情绪性反应的时候，耳语就不断地安抚他受创的心灵。他早已遗忘了肉体的痛苦，耳语也总能适时地使他恢复理智。这一次也不例外，他很快地发现：自己之所以不愿意积极从事刺案线索分析的理由其实十分简单——陌生的故乡、陌生的逝者，以及陌生的凶手都会让他一再陷入一些他以为再也找不回来的记忆；一旦当记忆真的呈现时，又犹如映象体里空虚的幻影，逼近到视力最清楚的极限便行消失。时间在此死亡。凡活着的，都还在大局的管制之下。 “安宙先生剪影”的最后一幕应该是出自自治区当局的精心设计，老安宙站在夕阳地里，朝安大略挥手，地上拖着细长而稍显佝偻的身影。 “谢谢你。”安大略封闭了映象体，对“老处女”说：“不过，安宙先生的资料只有这些了吗？” "yes." “可是，”安大略想起老安宙对他讲过的许多故事，一些和历史结构学毫不相干的神话或奇遇。他曾虔诚地相信老祖父确曾经历过那些事件以及人物。更何况，其中还有经过验证而逼真无误的情节，于是他几乎以一种弹跳起来的姿势站直身子，“如果确实有呢？”“管制以外无资料。”“老处女”说。 “管制以外有什么？” “废料。”“老处女”答复的声音微微颤抖了，这是个脏字儿，但是却让安大略联想起一切曾经被摒除于高索合众国整体净土境域的模糊印象——那些失落在大局管制之外的时间和空间，以及从未获得过任何诠释注记的存在。 安大略立刻呼叫他的驾驶员，然而突现的转机并没有让他失去一贯的谨慎，他只是用一种平淡的语气对“老处女”说：“有任何公务通信接进来的话，就说——就说我去找刺鸟了。”
驾驶员依照指示，关闭所有的通信系统，将航艇的速率调整到最低，便显露出一副浑身不舒坦的样子，一会儿抓耳挠腮，一会儿扭腰抖腿的。安大略好一阵子才问说：“这种速率，感觉怎么样？” “报告侦测员！”驾驶员奋力往后一靠，摊平了双手，“老实说，我撒尿都比这快；这是一九六○年代那些笨零件的速率嘛！” “以这种速率从布龙族自治区飞回本土的话，得飞多久？” “那可久了——最少三个钟头。” 安大略满意地点点头，说：“你加速吧——也别太快，”他停顿片刻，用心回想着前天傍晚在飞航器管制站东一坪外所看到的一列机动卫士单人飞碟，“和那些单座飞碟的极限速率一样就可以。” “就这么兜圈子吗？”驾驶员伸了个懒腰。 “不。”安大略往窗外望一眼，说：“先拔高，到自治区交通监讯网路够不着的高度，然后朝南飞，一直飞到南疆去。” “南疆？”驾驶员愣了，本能地四下里环视一遭，压低声：“那里是禁地吧！侦测员，除了废料什么都没有，您是要——” “告诉你，”安大略也压低声，向前倾过身子，“我去找一个不会在执勤的时候废话连篇，而且随地撒尿的废料驾驶员！”
天尾洲是全高索合众最肮脏、最丑陋、最恶毒的地方。深陷于本土平面下八千公尺，面积达九百五十六万平方公里。据说此间在太古、幽古、远古、久古、中古各时代分别出现过高度的文明形式。当时它还不是一块洼地，也和合众国的八大自治区一样，有着丰富的自然资源。不幸的是中古时代一连三次核子大战都在这里爆发以及结束，地表陷落到绝对黑暗的、绝对罪恶的极境。新生代的人类在天尾洲北方逐日发展、进化，天尾洲遂成为禁地。高索合众国的文明人在日常生活中骂人的粗话里，除了“愚蠢的零件”、“废料”之外，就属“天尾洲生的”最为下流。远在高元一六九七年间，布龙、木槿两族自治区联合发起抵制白星、赤阳、曲斧、火刀、流云、巨轮等族自治区共同市场的根本因素就是由于后者造谣诬蔑和天尾洲接壤的两族人是“喝天尾洲的泉水长大的”。直到高元一七○四年，合众国本土的一位地质结构学者发表了一篇《净土地水南流说》的学术论文，证实自高索合众国立国以来，这个星球上只有从北往南走势的水流，而绝无自南向北走势的水流，才使谣言不攻自破，各族重修旧好。那一位学者登时荣获该年的“高索地质结构学奖”及“高索和平结构学奖”。 没有人肯相信天尾洲中仅存的两种原始生物——畸人和蟑螂——能够和平共存，他们也各自与和平绝缘。所以几乎在每一出公共资讯网路的戏剧节目里，都会提到万恶的幕后主使者不是畸人就是蟑螂——不过没有人肯把这两种禁忌的坏蛋演出来，他们永远只在幕后指使罪恶，终场时也必定在幕后死于核爆。 高元一八七○年左右，布龙自治区一位酷爱探险及狩猎的退休武职官员在一次飞航器失事后误闯天尾洲。他凭着勇敢、机智和熟练的求生技能，在历经一年的奋斗挣扎之后生还，并带回一名畸人俘虏。根据多方的观察、解剖、实验，人体结构学者和病理结构学者惊异地发现畸人有长生不死的天赋本能。这个伟大的发现顿时使畸人的形象好转了起来——然而绝对仅限于物质及技术方面。虽然一度流传着生吃畸人肉可以强精、固肾、壮阳、益寿和抗百病，不过很快地就有专家指出：残余在畸人体内的核能污染极有可能导致早已绝迹的诸般癌症病原、病毒再生。同年天尾洲由禁地更名为保留地；但是不可擅入的通令依然有效。 严格说起来，直到高元一九三○年代之后，畸人才真正对合众国——当然是先在布龙自治区——有所贡献。警卫勤务训练中心的英明领导者不断引进一些畸人，在该中心担任飞靶之职，借以磨炼武职阶层人员的应急心智、应变能力与应敌技术。畸人纯生理性的快速运动方式曾有效地提升了武职人员自我要求的标准和信念。这些担任飞靶的畸人非但可以于被粒子束武器击中后享受一种所谓“暂死”的快感，并且在每五年一阶段的演练完毕后获颁强烈的新颖毒药作为报偿——该毒药延滞畸人“暂死”时间的长短更可以作为尔后发展同类型武器的参考。 在高元一九六二年间，畸人曾派遣历届飞靶至警卫勤务中心请愿，要求以天尾洲为布龙自治区最尖端核武试爆场。当局为顾念畸人独特、优良而有用的体质恐将因试爆而有所改变，则无异于全合众国难以弥补的损失，因而加以严词拒绝。高索纪元一九七○年十二月天尾洲保留地百年志庆/布龙自治区领事乔奇特立并书。
安大略站在这一方以复斜晶系合成矿物质和纯金熔铸而成、古色古香的八角星形碑体前，默诵良久，如果不是两只巴掌大的蟑螂即将在他肩膀上交尾的话，几乎忘记自己已经置身在恐怖的禁地了。 “刚才这一趟飞了多久？”他掸掉蟑螂。 “报，报，报告侦测员！”驾驶员既惊且惧地躲避着四周环飞绕舞的蟑螂，“两，两，两个钟头，不，不到。” “你先回航艇里去罢。”安大略迈开大步朝前走去，只听得脚下吱吱嚓嚓传来一阵阵脆裂的声响，都是些断碎的虫尸。他加紧脚步，往先前从航艇窗口中瞥见的一个看来有物体钻动的地穴走去。 就在他离地穴不到百公尺远的位置，忽地一个灰黑色的球影掠向眼前。安大略不敢怠慢，一斜右肩，就地打了个旋子，右腿横扫出去；那球影早已落地。安大略即刻从腰间拔出了一柄销毁枪，定眼睛一看，真是个畸人。 畸人冲他一伸拳，朝天的食指勾了勾，说：“怎么亲自下来了？” 安大略知道对方误会了，勉强冲他那向天蠕动的七支小管子笑笑，说：“我不是警卫勤务中心的人。我叫安大略，来找一个，呃，一个朋友。” “我说嘛！”畸人那七支小管子绞在一起，发出“扑哧扑哧”的笑声，“不是熟客不会随便赏我好处的。”说着伸手指了指安大略手里的枪。 安大略也笑了，一面收起枪来，一面朝地穴移动，并且尽量把声音放轻松：“支离疏在不在？” 畸人一跳一跳地跟在他后头：“在啊！——怎么都是找他的？” 安大略胸腔一紧，差一点停住了脚步，假意咳两声，挥手打扁了一只比畸人小不了多少旳墨绿色蟑螂，说：“噢？谁？” “谁？”畸人抬手把七支小管小狠狠搓了搓，“我怎么知道？支离疏的朋友多，你问他去。”正说着，两只赤红色的蟑螂从群队中飞来，一边一个，落在那畸人的双肩之上，畸人的眼管左右一歪，嘟起嘴管，轻声骂道：“在外头野了一天，干脆别回来啦！” 一时之间，安大略没料到畸人在跟蟑螂说话，那声“干脆别回来啦”却成了耸耳惊心的警告，他永远也不会忘记，当年父亲送他到侦测员训练中心去苦修时所说的：“你要是当不上侦测员，干脆别回来啦！” 就在他一转念的刹那，畸人已大声喊着：“支离疏！又有人来听你唠叨忘不了的事啦！”
几千年以来，我求死不得，退而求忘，却也忘不了什么。你是除了垃圾、废料和旧零件以外第五个来到我这里的人。我以后也会记得你的——如果不幸我死不了的话。 不错，第四个就是葛敏郎。四天以前他来看过我，很匆忙，告诉我他就要死了。我很为他高兴，他也希望我这样。不过，我深深知道，如果我只是为他高兴，就不算真心关切作为一个新生代人类的他在面临死亡时候的感觉。我不过是把自己对死亡的渴望托付给他而已，这样不是很自私、很自怜么？对于一个把我当做唯一的朋友的葛敏郎来说，我当时忍不住而高兴起来的行为真是残酷得很，这样想，我又实在没有资格谈死呢！ 他却是全心为我——以及所有的畸人——设想的朋友。十三年以前，我抽中一支幸运签，被警卫勤务中心接去担任飞靶，就认识了这个小家伙。他一开始射击得很准，随我怎么躲闪，都能够命中我最强韧的要害；我也享受了很多次愉悦的暂死。但是过了一段时间，他退步了，从那个时候起，我们经常会在对方的梦中出现——这是他后来趁验靶的时候告诉我的。我依稀记得他最常讲的一件事，就是说：“我梦见你死了！不过不是我打的。”说完之后，他就傻傻地笑起来。我却在每一次梦见他的时候，一定会告诉他：“专心射击吧！什么也别想。”老实说，我当时并没有想到暂死的愉悦，所以我知道那才是真心的关切；尔后他也不再认为死亡会带来什么痛苦，才又恢复了早先准备、迅速的
After more than a hundred years of intertwined confusion, pursuit, struggle, loss, and a little bit of pleasant journey, Ontario finally returned to the sky above this strange hometown, and saw the last crimson arc of the setting sun disappearing from the top of a funnel-shaped tower house. , only to realize suddenly: he has forgotten the appearance of his grandfather. At this time, the airship began to slow down and dive, passing through the gaps of countless small aircraft shuttles in the low sky. The pilot shook his head and smiled wryly at Ontario: "Even in my grandson's generation, this place cannot be upgraded to perfection." From the evolutionary world! Look at the traffic, how messed up is it?" He sighed, lightly pulled the steering handle, and let the boat glide downward and left in an elegant posture like a natural bird.On the other hand, Ontario watched from the window on the right as two old-fashioned conical shuttles that couldn't dodge collided at high speed, burned into a round and bright white light ball, and disappeared immediately. "If the Bulong people could understand a little bit about the order of traffic or communication," the driver simply turned around and said, "maybe a tragedy like Lu Zhi wouldn't have happened, right? Detective." Maintaining a prudent professional habit led Ontario to face the conversation of the Consul of the Bron Autonomous Region, Georgie, three minutes later with the same smile and silence.Qiao Qi is a middle-aged citizen about eighty years old, his face is slightly swollen probably due to long-term consumption of ionic solution, and his face is covered with the apology that politicians usually have: "It's really unfortunate, I believe you also understand that the incident just now was purely accidental, right? ? The authorities of the autonomous region will definitely investigate the responsibility for the accident, and I hope you have not been disturbed unnecessarily.” Ontario looked at the gradually dimming sky, but couldn't discern the exact location of the exploding ball of light.Thousands of meteor-like aircraft continue to weave in the sky, igniting endless lights for the metropolis after sunset. "The authorities of the autonomous region have prepared a dinner to welcome you. They are all authentic Bulong flavors. You haven't tasted them for many years. Please appreciate them." Qiao Qi deliberately emphasized the tone of those ancient Bulong words, and at the same time held them tightly Ontario hand. "If the consul doesn't mind," Ontario nodded politely, "I would like to go to the scene of the assassination first to find out." "Of course." Qiao Qi immediately withdrew his hand, and showed a serious expression in his eyes at the right time, "Mission first, mission first. In any case, on behalf of the autonomous region authorities and all Bulong people, I would like to express my sincere respect to you. A tribute to the mission spirit.”
Ontario had never attended a dinner so elaborate that he fell into a coma when he delivered his thank you speech.He regained his sobriety because Georgie had a huge belch, and all the senior officials of the autonomous region present said in unison: "The consul is huge!"-this is obviously a small part of the red tape.Ontario suddenly raised his eyelids, and the portrait of the head of state on the opposite curved chip-curtain wall seemed to send him a concerned and inquiring expression.He immediately forced himself to recall whether he missed any matters that the head of state ordered before he left when he delivered the speech just now. "I dare not say that you must understand the mentality of the Bulong people over the years, but it is at least a good gesture for you to undertake this task—" the head of state paused for a moment when he said this, and let Su Li stand in front of the laser. Ontario in front of the screen mistook the fax system for a problem.But the head of state pulled away the youthful wrinkles on his face and laughed: "It's funny to say, I also said the same thing to Lu Zhi on this channel the day before yesterday-but I would rather think that your task is much more difficult." "This is the cultivation of the United States authorities and the head of state." Ontario leaned on his leg vigorously, and at the same time a thought flashed in his mind to pay tribute to Lu Zhi, an old revolutionary of the Bulong nationality. The head of state was obviously not in a polite mood. He stroked a diamond-faced collar badge with 100 layers of plating presented by the "Love the People's Party" campaign headquarters a few months ago, and said slowly and forcefully: "You must always remember And keep the overall situation of the United States in mind, look for opportunities at any time-whether it is at the dinner party welcoming you, Lu Zhi's funeral, the summary report of the assassination investigation, or any occasion where the interview is broadcast on the public information network, be sure to Issue a strong statement to let the general public in the local area and other ethnic autonomous regions understand that Lu Zhi's death has absolutely nothing to do with the 'Love the People's Party'. More importantly, you have to say something for Lu Zhi that he didn't have time to say..." "The scout's speech was really wonderful." The eagle-eyed man sitting on the left side of Ontario raised his glass to him, a blush came into his pupils from his protruding cheekbones, "I believe this speech has been fully explained It expresses Lu Zhi's intention to return to the Autonomous Region—" "Furthermore," Joe also raised the wine glass in front of him, "it will calm down the intense emotions and unnecessary speculations caused by Lu Zhi's assassination. Come! Greetings to you." "Don't dare to take it." Ontario paraphrased an old saying that his grandfather used to say when he was young, and said lightly: "Investigating the truth of the incident should be helpful to the current overall situation." He turned his face away and looked at the eagle-eyed man intently. , and then said: "You say so, Mr. Gide."
Ontario believes that everyone present knows what the so-called "current overall situation" is, but his tentative question is missed by Gide's deep and determined eagle eyes.In the quiet night of the fifth hour after the dinner party, he held two diskettes and drank nearly a liter of ion solution. He still kept his spirits up and thought carefully about Gide's calm and gentle reply: "Yes, detective. It is indeed a sensitive period. But I think whether it is in the autonomous region or the United States, whether it is the "Loving People's Party" or the "Aid the People's Party", whether it is the people of the semi-evolutionary world or the full-evolutionary world, whether it is The dead or the living, are waiting for the truth." "Then why did you destroy the assassin on the spot?" Ontario began to mutter to himself what he hadn't asked at the dinner, while holding the two disks in front of his eyes.The first scarlet chicken heart marked on it represents a gift. It was a precious material compiled by the autonomous region authorities within a day after they learned that he was coming here to preside over the assassination investigation. The title was "A Respectable Nostalgic Element" ——Silhouette of Mr. Anzhou", Anzhou is his grandfather, and his refusal to participate in the "Pure Land Immigration" seems to be the only thing worth remembering by the local people. joke.Ontario's father suffered from this for twenty years, so that he made a solemn oath that his son should undergo long-term and extremely arduous training as a scout. "When you enter this industry, everyone should respect you." His father said, "You are the nanny of the people and their godfather. You are wisdom, dignity and law." So when he first returned to the Bulong Autonomous Region a hundred years later, People obviously deliberately forgot that old Anju had repeatedly trespassed on the Freak Reservation because of his childlike curiosity, and instead became a respectable nostalgic. "I hope you don't think it's a bribe." Qiao Qi laughed, handed the "Silhouette of Mr. An Zhou" to him, and said, "As early as 40 years ago, I won the consular authority from Lu Zhi When I was in the autonomous region, I once said to the people in the entire autonomous region: "Nostalgic elements are the backbone of the Bulong tribe. Although we want to maintain good technological, cultural, economic, and even political relations with the United States, traditions are like old wine, old wives, and old robots." Or like an old dog in classical mythology, true to our own style.' I think this is what has allowed me to win the trust of the people for forty years-so, in case you misunderstand: I really don't have to go to Assassinate a political opponent who no longer has a mass base." Thinking back to this, Ontario couldn't help being amused by Qiao Qi's exaggerated expression and tone.He temporarily suppressed the nostalgia and curiosity surging in his body, and put down the first disk, which made a clear and crisp sound as it fell on the computer archive shelf, as if it was about to break the curfew on the street outside.Ontario put another copy of the disk that Gide gave him into the projection system, and the room immediately went dark, and his concentration was disturbed by the tranquility outside.Until the three-dimensional projection on the screen was displayed, he had been wondering what the traffic in this metropolis would be like after the assassination and before the curfew was promulgated.
As usual, the disk movie first shows the production unit, user unit, and confidentiality level. The background screen is the same as the opening of "Evolution Day Communication and Education" every Wednesday. Intertwined into bright nine-color flags of the United States of the Caucasus, they all flew towards Ontario and disappeared twelve millimeters before the bridge of the nose. Information/Gaosu Era 1958-2001/provided factory warehouse: Acacia Marriage Company, Kangermei General Medical Center, Public Education Association, Security Service Training Center, Aircraft Control Station/(the above factories Libraries are ranked in chronological order)" Next, a soft narration sounded from the soundtrack of the original "Evolution", and the scene turned to a low building with about twelve floors. "Ge Minlang's father, Ge Wulang, and mother, Lin Lingzi, applied for marriage at the beginning of 1958 in Gaoyuan. In March of the same year, they obtained the registration permit for the wedding ceremony of acacia and held an inauguration ceremony in the company's Kailao Building—" "Wait a minute." Ontario pressed the consultation button at the same time and said, "Why did you delay the inauguration until March?" The computer turned on the problem-solving signal within two seconds, and the gentle voice in charge of the narrative read the newspaper unhurriedly: "At the end of 1957, Gao Yuan's anti-transnational corporation movement initiated by Lu Zhi and others changed to a radical line. His young wife, Li Hailun, invested in various types of information industries with huge family business financing, which severely hit the existing markets of investors in the United States of America, including communication, design, accounting, business affairs, tourism, quizzes, spouse selection, Seventy-seven types of businesses including wedding ceremonies and commemorative silhouettes. Each owner held a countermeasure coordination meeting from January to March 1958 at the Gaussian Reunification Hall. Due to differences of opinion among the owners, communication was difficult , Some companies once announced the suspension of business, strongly urging the autonomous region authorities to severely punish Lu Zhi, Li Hailun, Gide and others for violating the legitimate rights and interests of good citizens of the United States. March 3rd. Do you have any further inquiries?" "No, thank you." Ontario shook his head wearily, "Please continue." The picture goes from the gray low building to the main entrance, and the multi-coated glass words of "Jie Lao Building" flash with ancient color-changing fun.Ontario yawned, thinking he would fall asleep before the murderer was born.
After all, computer operations in the semi-evolutionary world are a bit stupid. Its anti-control system cannot fully grasp the thinking process of the user during sleep, and can only jump back to the previous set of messages when Ontario snores.This made Ontario unexpectedly have a good sleep that has never been seen in a hundred years. When he woke up, he was very grateful and spent five minutes remembering the leisurely life of the ancients. . However, most of the memories retained in the dream are still related to Ge Minlang.Ontario felt a tinge of emotional displeasure at the murderer who had ruined his nostalgic morning.This kid once frightened a robot nurse in the early morning of the second day of his birth at the Kangermei Medical Institute—he even curled his legs and sat in an insulated shell.It took the scared short-circuited nurse all day to find an explanation for the cross-legged posture - Ge Minlang's ancestors had Japanese blood that had been wiped out by the leech plague in medieval times. Ge Minlang's father was therefore convinced that his son could become a samurai of the Japanese Self-Defense Forces in ancient times before the second nuclear war. After he was twenty-five years old, he finished his twenty-year training from the Public Education Association. Immediately donated a large sum of public security expenses for the autonomous region - including two conical patrol shuttles and a fire-fighting vehicle; finally, Ge Minlang successfully petitioned to go to the security service training center to receive advanced education, officially incorporated into the cloth The military class of the Dragon Clan. No matter how rigorous the scale is, Ge Minlang can meet the requirements of the military class.During the eighteen years of security service training, various assessments, tests, competitions, and competitions can continue to improve in a stable and healthy state.I finally graduated with honors in August this year, and was assigned to the gate of the autonomous region—aircraft control station—to serve as the mobile guard on the first line of Dongyiping. Four months and twenty-four days later, on the afternoon of Ge Minlang's birthday, he disappeared for four hours—according to the legal form, he was one-sixth of a working day off.At 6:00 p.m. on the same day, he went to the guard station to perform duties. Five minutes later, he left the post 135.21 meters north-northwest, and shot dead there. Goodwill Ambassador's former consul Lu Zhi.Ge Minlang was destroyed on the spot by Vice Consul Gide one second after the assassination. Before he died, he shouted loudly: "Branch-li-death-"
Ontario once again listened to Ge Minlang's disk data, and raised a number of tracing questions about time, place, and related people. The old computer also provided answers one by one. Although incomplete, they were reasonable and self-explanatory.After decades of detection work, Ontario has encountered many difficulties, and he can easily count hundreds of unsolved cases that are thousands of times more complicated than Lu Zhi's death.In the continental United States, one lunatic kills a good and upright citizen every second, two lunatics kill each other every 2.9 seconds, and three good and upright citizens kill 1.6 lunatics every 4.15 seconds.In addition to good and honest citizens (who, even if they do not vote and give up their sacred rights, are enough to show the democratic freedom of the United States) and lunatics, there are loss-making speculators, unlicensed careerists, tax-evading charitable unknowns, Archaeologists who destroy the ecology, and the model mother who failed to be selected, etc., the trouble caused by any one character is enough to make the robots and the very few investigators who account for the majority of the residents in the country tired and want to hang themselves in the computer membrane tape . However, Ontario was facing a new problem at this time. He did not dare to trust the computer system here as before—or, to put it more vulgarly: he did not dare to trust the stupid parts of the semi-evolutionary world.At least as far as the information at hand was concerned, he absolutely doubted that a good warrior like Ge Minlang would be a lunatic, a speculator, or an ambitious man.In his short life of forty-three years, how could the few violations, gaffes or accidents become the genes for him to shoot and kill Lu Zhi? On the one hand, Ontario sent a "data shortage" signal to Gide's official communication computer, and on the other hand shouted loudly to the old machine with a soft voice: "Old maid! Let's go through Ge Minlang's abnormal state again. " The first incident happened when Ge Minlang was nine years old, and he was still in the anatomy class of the nursery group of the Public Education Headquarters.The scanner at the top of the semicircular classroom pointed at Ge Minlang who was playing with his genitals.The tutor immediately called his name from the screen on the curved wall: "Xiao Minlang! How many times did the teacher say that? Good students can only take care of them after they have finished their homework." "Return to Ge Minlang." He stood up, raised his head and said to the other party, "I'm not cutting the tube this time, I just want to know, if I cut it off, will it bleed or urinate—" "No excuses!" At this point the scanner turned to another kid who was sneaking booger on the base of the terminal, and the image disappeared. When the second incident happened, Ge Minlang had grown into a 20-year-old boy, and was undergoing a routine aptitude test and oral examination to advance to the fourth stage of his education.A egghead professor stared at Ge Minlang with wide eyes for about ten seconds across the long table before asking, "Why do you use the language code of art structure to answer the examination paper of cosmology?" ?” Ge Minlang thought for a long time, but did not speak. "Let me give you a clear example." Eggman searched patiently from the terminal, and then read clearly and slowly: "Why do you think the ultimate force of the universe is 'death'?" Ge Minlang kept repeating the movement of loosening and clenching his fists with both hands, and finally said: "There is no reason." At this time, a few lines of small characters appeared on the right rear of the entire image body: Ge Minlang's code recognition energy presents obvious self-interference substances, Therefore, the supervisory committee of the fourth stage of nurturance education will not rule out the possibility of rejecting the student to engage in advanced academic research; and suggest that the student choose technical subjects as the major content, so as to meet the public education principle of "teaching students in accordance with their aptitude and applying what they have learned". highest purpose. Ontario didn't wait for the "spinster" to read the last sentence before pressing the skip button for the third incident.He vaguely remembered a less boring grotesque appearing in this passage.
According to the memory that has been indelible for more than a hundred years, Ontario quickly discovered the grotesque from the farthest distance of the reflection body.He was standing—or rather, squatting high like a cat in ancient times—in the middle of a pile of irregular multi-faceted reflective obstacles, and Ge Minlang was stroking him just one meter in front of the bridge of Ontario's nose. Wipe the particle gun in his palm. The camera zoomed in on the freak, and Ontario saw it clearly, and couldn't help letting out a sigh mixed with surprise, pity, and sudden realization.It turned out that the old grandfather's description was not wrong at all; they turned out to be such a strange race. "It is said that the freak is the only medieval primitive man left in the world after the third nuclear war." When An Zhou told this kind of story to the three-year-old child, Ontario had not yet entered school, and he thought that the old grandfather knew everything and knew everything. Impossible——"There are still many such primitive people. They live together with a large number of cockroaches in the Tianweizhou Reserve in the southern Xinjiang of the Autonomous Region. Cockroaches can reproduce, but abnormal people can't; but cockroaches They will die, but freaks can't die anyway. They look very strange, not to mention their facial features, their eyes, ears, nose, and mouth are all messy small tubes. The tall sarcoma on their shoulders is said to store a large amount of nutrients The place where there is water, so the shoulders of the freak are much higher than the head. The hands are long and hang down to the ground. The only leg is usually shrunk and short. Meters, faster than sound—" "Will that freak get into my ears?" Ontario remembered asking this while covering his ears. "They will greet you first. It's funny how a freak greets you—" As he spoke, old An Zhou stretched his right hand to his chest, clenched his fist, leaving only one index finger facing the sky, and then squeezed his index finger Bend three times. Now the freak in the image body lowered his face to greet Ge Minlang, Ge Minlang nodded, and aimed the particle gun at the freak, the freak shortened his stature, lowered his legs by half, and shot towards the empty space in an instant. It will go out, roll into a black ball in the air, and immediately disappear behind the obstacle dozens of meters away.Ge Minlang obviously hesitated, and he put the gun back into the soft alloy holster on his waist.The freak poked his head out from hiding, and the seven pipes of different lengths and shapes on the top door shook Ge Minlang, saying, "Try again." As a result, they tried six more times, and none of Ge Minlang could succeed. Hit that freak target. "Poor kid." The freak simply flew up to Ge Minlang, raised his hand high, and managed to reach the other's hair, scratched it, and said, "Didn't you shoot quite accurately before? If this continues—" the freak stopped He came down and pouted his mouth in the direction of Ontario, and continued: "You will be expelled from the training center, and I will go back to the reservation empty-handed." Wen's palm, and said: "I—I have always wanted to ask you, Fragmented, how did you feel when you were shot?" The freak was stunned for a moment, turned his head and looked around for a while, and said in a low voice: "You mean temporarily During the few seconds of death——" There was a burst of three long and two short police whistles, and then there were rapid and clear words from all directions: "Ge Minlang, Ge Minlang, immediately shoot the position, don't do anything with the freak Illegal contact, fragmented, go back behind the obstacle, no instruction, no target inspection!" Half of the tongue stuck out of the mouth of the fragmented mouth, which may be the only colored part of the freak's body, he still threw at Ge Minlang The next few words: "I won't lie to you, it's really 'cool to death'!" Ontario muttered the name of the freak, trying to associate the tone with a hearty death.But there was no information in it, and he even dared to make a judgment in a split second: the entire Caucasus United States could not find the answer to this part of the mystery of death like a game. "Separate?" Ontario said a little louder. "The name is just a piece of trash!"
Ontario wasted half an hour listening to the "Spinster" report to him about the semantic analysis of "Sweet Death", just for fun.It is said that the word "shuang" is an ancient Chinese saying in ancient times. It originally meant "hurt", "mistake" and "not specific", but it was paradoxically transformed into "comfortable", "cheerful", "cool", "Brisk", "handsome", "extraordinary" and other meanings.When Ontario couldn't explain this kind of self-interfering rhetoric, he suddenly felt that entertainment was a boring thing, but the "spinster" continued ignorantly: "...In the early days of the ancient times, some Chinese young people thought it was cool. 'Words associated with 'dryness', 'pleasure' and 'exciting and cathartic experiences during and after intercourse'—" "Enough." Ontario's boredom with this old-fashioned computer has reached its limit, he poured two mouthfuls of ion solution, gasped for a while, and said, "Get me Gide." Gide looked very happy when he appeared in front of the reflection body: "Good morning, investigator, I have received your signal." "Excuse me." Ontario tried his best not to show his discrimination against the backward information facilities in the semi-evolutionary world, "Can I apply for one or two robots to serve as search assistants? In addition, I need further relevant information .” "I'm sorry, investigator! The robots in the autonomous region can only be engaged in technical work, and I'm afraid they can't help you—this situation is the same in every autonomous region. The short play "Evolution Day Communication Education" last month was written by a robot—” "Okay." Ontario stopped this kind of sexually harassing typical Bulong propaganda in time, "But if I only have Ge Minlang's information, it is impossible to complete the investigation. Frankly speaking, I still want Qiao Qi's, Lu's Childish, and your information." "Yes." Gide regained his cautious expression the night before, and said, "Actually, these materials are all ready-made. Unfortunately, the few program analysts I have in hand have been transferred to work on the general election. , didn't have time to deal with annotations, if you don't mind—" "Of course not." Ontario relaxed. This was the first time he felt that Gide seemed like an honest person; at the same time, he thought: Fortunately, there are no annotations. Trivial phrases like "the highest purpose of public education" are thrown around. "I know you are very busy and working hard. However, the head of state wants to submit an investigation report before the general election, so I have no choice but to interrupt again and again." "You're welcome, investigator." Gide said with a smile, "but these days are really busy. Lu Zhi's funeral is scheduled for tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow is 'Evolution Day', and the general election will be held the day after tomorrow. Go to the Mujin Autonomous Region to participate in an interregional natural bird conservation meeting—” Ontario suddenly felt that this was a good topic, so he went on the topic: "How many species of natural birds are there in the Bulong Autonomous Region?" "There are only four kinds left. However, the artificially cultivated ones are quite impressive. There are more than one hundred kinds of edible birds alone, which are almost the same as other useful artificial animals." "If I remember correctly," Ontario leaned forward, carefully observing the opponent's body language: "When you were still in the Luzhi Front, you once designed a symbol that symbolized the free financial and taxation system, two bird wings, right? " "It's the thorn bird's wing." Gide calmly maintained his original smile and said, "It's been forty years; we were all young at that time! If Lu Zhi didn't die this time, we could have a chance to talk about it." These past events must be very interesting.” His pair of eagle eyes seemed to have penetrated through many years of time, and entered a secluded corner of another world, which made Ontario couldn't help feeling a little envious.No matter how hard he tried to capture the details of everything that happened in time, he couldn't find a corner where he could "talk about the past".
Forty years ago, he had just completed the training of investigators and was about to take a job in the United States Department of Social Security. He took time to go home to see his dying father. See you? I don't have time to talk to you, how about it? Became a scout?" Ontario nodded and took out his badge of office.Father stretched out his trembling withered fingers and said, "That's it." Afterwards, they stopped talking, and sat for a day and a night, watching programs on the public information network together. The father seemed to only say lightly during a two-hour sex manipulation teaching drama: "You are a priest, you can't Troubled by these vulgar things." His expression was the same as that of forty years ago, and he seemed to want to mention the damage caused to his body by thinking about his dead wife. "I know." Ontario casually replied to the dying father, who had never been in the situation of an investigator; while trying to analyze the movement pressure on the abdomen and inner thighs of the male protagonist in the teaching drama when he was in a supine position. Ontario was interrupted again because of a news break, which was the news that the power structure of the Bulong Autonomous Region had completed the transfer.Lu Zhi and Li Hailun suddenly replaced the male and female protagonists in the previous image, and they were being interviewed by a robot. "Should I ask Mr. Lu Zhi to talk about the feelings of the United States this time, according to the results of the public opinion poll, and ruled that Qiao Qi should take over the consul of the Bron Autonomous Region?" "I once severely criticized some investors in the United States," Lu Zhi's white face flashed a touch of sadness that quickly disappeared, "However, it turns out that the people of the Bulong nationality do not have enough capital to compete fairly with the local people. We need to rely on the protection and support of established forces." At this point, the corners of his mouth suddenly twitched deeply, and he smiled mockingly, "So I am no exception, here I am." In the midst of joyous laughter, Lu Zhi continued: "I hope to get a position in that corporate group that is in charge of public opinion surveys." This time even the robot laughed, and he turned to Hailun Li: "Then, please talk about your thoughts on the two comprehensive political asylums provided by the United States." Li Hailun raised her slender and slender fingers to brush the black hair on her forehead, and said seriously: "After all, we are still young. Sixty years old is the prime time of life, and we are full of confidence in the future. In addition, I personally plan to join the 'Democratic Party'—" At this time, the laughter of the audience seemed to be suddenly cut off. Fortunately, Lu Zhi added in time: "She also brought a considerable amount of currency." Only then did the scene relax. But Ontario's father doesn't seem to think so, "vulgar!" he said, "you will be more powerful than them, what is currency? What is capital? Remember! You have power, and the power of scouts will not depreciate! " After saying this, the father died.Ontario had to use all his strength to wrest the badge back from his hand.Immediately, he sent a signal of "Death Application" to the local Senior Citizen Welfare Station, and walked out of the apartment where his father lived alone. When did you die?" It didn't matter anyway, he thought, and if you forgot to ask, it wouldn't matter.
"As a 'traitor'," Gide said in a hoarse voice as if returning to reality with him, "I don't seem to even have the qualifications to be a mourner." Ontario carefully analyzed Gide's rhetoric, and believed that the other party's sentimentality was not out of guilt for Lu Zhi was exiled forty years ago, but he switched to the Qiaoqi Front, or it was the support for Lu Zhi that had been stirred up in the entire autonomous region. Dissatisfied with the trend, it is also possible that these two emotions are mixed with each other.In any case, Ontario is only interested in perfunctory topics: "Maybe after the funeral, everyone's mood will be better?" "I hope so." Gide stretched out his hand to him, and he also leaned forward into the reflection body, shook each other in the air, and folded his fists together. Gide said firmly: "The investigators are concerned about the overall situation of the United States." people, I wholeheartedly rely on." As soon as Gide's correspondence was over, the information required by Ontario had already been transferred into the database.He wasn't too busy looking, but only thought about it: Why did Gide's tone of farewell be so similar to that of the Führer? The head of state once emphasized emphatically in the conclusion of the task reminder: "My current situation is no better than that of the vice-consul Ji. Just now, the investigators of the Ministry of National Defense and Security have reflected a piece of information to me, saying that there are several The polling company run by the People's Aid Party has announced that 10.71% of local voters think it is a big conspiracy that the Love People's Party announced Lu Zhi as the goodwill ambassador for the general election coordination of the head of state. 10.7% One! This is probably higher than the turnout rate of local voters!" "I'm sorry, may I ask the head of state——" Ontario remained in a standing posture for too long, and the muscles in his lower abdomen and inner thighs were a little tight, but he held back and asked, "Please explain to the head of state whether those polling companies mentioned The content of the 'big conspiracy'?" "Why not?" The head of state started stroking the diamond-faced collar patch again. "A while ago, there were rumors in the Bron Autonomous Region that if Lu Zhi died while serving as a goodwill ambassador, he would not be happy with Li Helen, the head of state candidate of the 'Helping the People's Party'." Absolutely beneficial. Later public opinion polls mentioned: This is the "Love People's Party" who spread rumors first, then assassinate, and then blame. They also released the background information of the testees, all of whom are smart old immigrants, divorcees, matriarchal socialists And reasoning game programmers and all that shit." Based on the laws of professional ethics in Ontario, it is difficult to comfort this seemingly frustrated old politician, so he can only respectfully and fairly say: "I will investigate all the truth." "I know that you are someone who cares about the overall situation of the United States, and I wholeheartedly rely on you." The head of state immediately closed the fax system.
The question is who sees the big picture of the United States?The head of state is an authentic Gaosuo family, holding the strong family financial resources in the country for thousands of years, going through 70 years of treacherous political struggles, and constantly proposing some new ideas that he may not even understand. Finally, it was a matter of course to set foot on the throne of the head of state for fifty years.Among them, the most commendable is the slogan he must put forward in the election every ten years: "For the prosperity and progress of the United States of the Caucasus, please do not cast a sacred vote. Please work for yourself on polling day , Fighting for yourself, entertaining yourself, this is the true meaning of independence, and the Love People's Party supports you." In the early years, the head of state never complained about the increasingly low turnout rate in the mainland, because there were always enough citizens of the autonomous regions, and the total number was more than ten times that of the mainland, to get nine to eighteen working days off before and after the polling day, and Connect to the voting line on the private computer on time, and implement the absolutely free, secret and noble "right to participate in decision-making". However, the overall situation can change from "unchanged" to "slightly changed" to "major changes".Over the past 40 years, the "Helping the People's Party" has gradually spread the right to speak from many opposition parties and organizations with the huge amount of money invested by Li Hailun.Ontario, which has never been involved in politics to avoid affecting the prestige of the scouts, only knows that the "Helper People's Party" only appoints candidates in each general election and has never participated in any campaign activities.The difference in their large campaign expenses is used to make up for the investment that has lagged behind the "Love People's Party" in the information industry for many years.When the "Loving the People's Party" felt that the situation was serious, Li Hailun not only did not lose her social status because of the scandal of her marriage with Lu Zhi, but because of the "Silhouettes of Divorced Women's Intimate Relationships" that she personally participated in the production of, it was the best seller in the eight autonomous regions. Many flaunt the concerns of matriarchal socialism, including homosexuals.尽管“爱民党”几度透过安排，让无党籍大众传播业主利用戏剧节目影射卢稚和黎海伦是“假离婚、真夺权”，然而那一类的戏剧已经无法获得广告商的信任，往往临时缩减预播时数，并借辞演员因不满意彼此暗盘、时起纠纷，而提前下档。 三年前卢稚畅游木槿族等七个自治区返回本土后，发表《漂泊者剪影》。元首觑准时机，重资买得播映版权，而且亲自录制片头文告，表示了对自治区半进化界生活的严重关切。这部剪影虽然在公共资讯网路上播出时曾经获得七十个百分点的收播率，但是没有挽回“爱民党”丧失了绝大部分资讯产业支持的颓势。黎海伦于此时重提往事，认为四十年前受“爱民党”指使的民意测验机构在一次集体舞弊中剥夺了卢稚的领事权，甚至使卢氏夫妇历经为期八十小时的恐怖逃亡才脱离乔奇的追捕行动。黎海伦稍后公开了由一个匿名征信组织所提供的调查报告，该报告详细载录着“爱民党”收买民意测验机构的账务。安大略对这一节相当了解，他在每年一度的侦测员在职进修中注意过此事的来龙去脉，因为那个匿名征信组织显然是由一名已离职的社会安全部侦测员所主持的。因此国家、社会二大安全部连续三年于所谓在职进修期间不断重申侦测员的智慧、尊严、律法，以及更重要的忠贞观念。“正因我忠于高索合众国的自主前途，所以我宣布参加下一届的元首大选。”黎海伦在公开弊案的下一刻如此宣布。
“即使我死去，恐怕也不会再踏入政治圈一步的。漂泊归来，我更加深切地体认到：今天的自主政治和太古时代的帝王政治、幽古时代的集产政治，以及中古时代的民主政治都没有太大的差别。人从政治体取得知识，然后制造知识反哺政治体，人从权力结构接受资讯，然后生产资讯回馈权力结构；人从信仰中学习语言，然后创造语言支持信仰。我看着这些循环辗过高索合众国的本土和八大自治区，庆幸自己终于成为一名漂泊者，远离了它的航线。” 安大略对于卢稚这部剪影的结语中滥情的修辞游戏甚为反感，但是他知道元首当时独排众议，存心保留这番话的用意是在打击“助民党”甚嚣尘上的气焰。“就让这部剪影在各自治区任意流传，不禁转录复制，尤其是布龙族，那里有全国百分之四十的选民，让他们仔细感受一下，被黎海伦遗弃的老革命家，前领事如今多么落寞、多么无助。”元首当下颁行通令，并立即召见卢稚。经过了将近三年从未间断的游说，卢稚终于答应元首的要求——担任元首大选协调大使，他只提出两个条件：这项职务不支领公务人员薪俸，以及在大使之上特加“亲善”头衔，以别于正式的公职大使。 如今安大略却觉得卢稚的亲善毫无意义。他失望地封闭映象体，让《漂泊者剪影》磁盘自动滑落到库架的最底层，它比乔奇那份充斥着婚仪、葬礼、开幕式、大小会议，以及进化日沟通教育检讨等冗长乏味致辞的资料好不到那儿去。纪德的资料更糟，真是巨细靡遗，连他和妻子那机械式的“早安性交运动”也收录了，好在次数不多，勉可忍受，其他绝大部分是纪德检阅自治区各种武职阶层训练成效的官式纪录，这使安大略不免回想起当年在侦测员训练阶段中所历尽的各种身体和精神上的磨难，竟为此闭目叹息了一次又一次。 他逐渐觉得自己开始老化，可怕的是连这一点警觉都没能使他猛然睁开眼睛。从不耐久站、大量吞饮离子溶液、长期陷入对尖端精密机器的依赖到极容易对各种繁琐语言感觉乏味和疲倦，甚至常以为自己遗忘过什么重要问题而事实上根本没有差错等等，都在他沉重的眼皮上施加起压力来了。 有很短的一段时间，当这些压力积聚到最紧密的时候，安大略毫无抵抗能力地从眼皮的里层看前一幕幕旷远的景致，澄澈的微蓝色天穹，下覆于没有任何建筑物的青碧原野，原野伸展着、流动着、漂浮着，向所有可能的方向铺洒出去，他觉得简单而晕眩。片刻之后，发现整个幻象其实是《漂泊者剪影》中的一部分。 “有谁会杀掉这样一个绝望的老亲善大使呢？”安大略咕囔着，看见映象体前幕上自己的影子。 “葛敏郎，葛敏郎。”“老处女”答道。
和自治区内其他重要人物的葬礼一样，卢稚的遗体依例于清晨六时被盛入一座直立的透明芯片胶囊，从公共医疗总院的太平间移往飞航器管制站。乔奇为了安抚情绪益见激动的民众，特别加派了三十六艘针形飞梭护送，以示隆重。飞梭群在事先清道完毕的一百至两百公尺低空航线上呼啸而过的时候，自治区中心的大都会沸腾起来。人们争相从各式建筑物的窗口向外传输雷射映象体，六点十五分的时候，漫天漫地都是交叠的影象和扰攘的声音。绝大部分人放映的正是那部《漂泊者剪影》，也有不少年轻人为了凑热闹，放映恐怖剧场或流行歌舞排行榜大赛。然而无论在任何一个角落，都可以看到、听到“助民党”和“爱民党”竞选总部的多媒体宣传效果。人们也逐渐落入一种混合着多样姿彩的迷幻之中，有悲伤、有愤怒、有兴奋、有惊讶，也有凄厉。千万种声光在卢稚遗体行经的每一寸土地上空发生冲突，直到所有的飞梭都消失在远天低压的曙色里，仍旧持续不衰。清道解除后还发生了数十起连锁性交通事故，为整个场面掀起如流星雨般的节庆高潮。 安大略乘坐着初来时的航艇，在大都会区顶空绕行了三圈，被一波一波的光影声浪震得紧陷在座椅深处，不知道人们究竟为何而疯狂。他听不清任何一个单纯独立的字眼，也看不见任何一个不受干扰的原形映象。各种撞击、纠绞、拼和甚至厮杀在一起的讯息当然不会因为传讯者被清道管制禁足于建筑体内而失去了它的意义——这是葬礼，人们有权把任何崇拜或绝望的情意推向表达形式的极致。 绕行在瞬息万变的声光幻影之中，安大略发觉胸腹间翻涌着离子溶液酸咸而略带辛辣的气味。他极目远望，试图以视觉改变体内那纷沓欲呕的重重压力，然而远天黎明的飞航器管制站空旷的地面仿佛正等待着呕吐者的倾泻，到忍无可忍的时候，他竟然和驾驶员一齐纵声大笑起来，笑得泪眼婆娑、喘咳不断，体腔又空洞、又胀奋，全身就像被撕扯成千百块碎片一样。驾驶员突然发出一声长啸，朝东方初升的朝阳全速驶去。安大略渐渐从清醒中看见自治区当局少数几名高级官员毫无表情的脸孔。 葬礼比预定时间晚了几分钟才开始，安大略为自己的迟到深感不安，一再向乔奇致歉。乔奇则显露出更加惶恐的模样，不时地说：“没管制好！没管制好！管制真是件麻烦事，太严了会爆，太松了又压不住，唉！中庸之道简直不可能……” “卢稚这就升天了。”纪德举起指挥棒朝北三坪中央的火箭一点，箭尾已喷出金黄和赤红色的光芒。安大略目送火箭顶端那“漂泊者”的胶囊在晨曦中闪烁了几秒钟，忽然产生一种轻松的感觉，便脱口而出：“爽死了！” “什么？”乔奇仿佛不相信自己听到的话，别过浮肿的脸又问：“侦测员刚才说——” “没什么。”安大略深吸一下，淡然说道：“我看什么致辞都免了罢？”
卢稚的遗体安然抵达极乐卫星的消息传送回来，各公私营资讯网路纷纷打出新闻捷报，预订利用第二天“进化日沟通教育”的课间休闲时间回放《漂泊者剪影》的精彩镜头。 安大略正利用从葬礼中节省下来的时间放映老安宙那份磁盘，新闻捷报闯入之前的呼应讯号使他误以为自治区或本土又发生了什么和大局有关的重要事故，直到极乐卫星上的“高索名人纪念塔”雄伟壮观的巨剑外形从他鼻梁前十二毫米处消失，原先老安宙在历史结构学课堂屏幕上的情景再度出现，安大略才松了口气。 事实上对于一门在全进化早已列为养成教育非必修课程的历史结构学，安大略只觉得索然无趣，他之所以肯浪费三四个钟头的时间枯坐在映象体前完全是不理智的。一个毕生在托儿团里教小婴孩如何啃死人骨头的怀旧分子能教导这个一百一十八岁的中年侦测员什么呢？但是安大略执意告诉自己：你从葬礼上赚到的时间不止这一点，为什么不安心地温习一下遗忘多年的面孔呢？ 老安宙这时在那旧式的弧形面阔屏幕上絮絮叨叨地说：“……就我们现在上课来说吧，我看得见各位小朋友，各位小朋友也看得见我，但是我走不出你们面前的这块屏幕，你们也进不来。也许几十年后我走得出去，你们也进得来了；但是我相信那只是我们彼此立体的幻象。中古以前的老师和小朋友就不是这样上课的，当时的老师就站在课堂里，背后是块黑色的屏幕，老师得花好大的力气用白色失去结晶水的硫酸钙所制成的粉笔在黑屏幕上逐字涂写——”满堂八九岁左右的小孩都“哇”的一声叫了起来，“——还有呢，如果小朋友不专心听讲，老师还会走到你旁边用一根天然植物茎原料制成的短棍子敲打手心或屁股哪！”立时全体的小孩骚动了，有如听见一个全合众国最有趣的笑话，其中一名特别大声地叫道：“那比电殛好玩多了！” 安大略也跟着孩子们一齐笑，笑个不停，直到眼泪溢满了眶子，老安宙才说：“这些都是我们新生代人类享受不到的乐趣，是不是？”安大略掩脸说了声：“是的。”接下来的话他都没听进去，因为整个记忆逆转到那次夕阳地里挥别老安宙的二十年后，他进入侦测员训练中心，接受一次整整十小时的猛烈电殛，从此丧失了性交兴趣以及生殖能力。 手术正上方的映象体中出现了社会安全部长兼侦测员训练中心主任亲切和蔼的笑脸，他说：“恭喜你，安大略！你已经进化了个人的一大步——也是合众国安全当局的一小步，迈入神职阶层充满智慧、尊严和律法的境界。”
良久之后，安大略体内涌动着的浪潮冉冉平息，训练中心主任的熟悉声调同时钻出每一只细胞，向他作例行的耳语：“忘了我是谁，我乃侦测员。忘了我是谁，我乃侦测员……” 安大略被阉割后的七十年间，每一次有情绪性反应的时候，耳语就不断地安抚他受创的心灵。他早已遗忘了肉体的痛苦，耳语也总能适时地使他恢复理智。这一次也不例外，他很快地发现：自己之所以不愿意积极从事刺案线索分析的理由其实十分简单——陌生的故乡、陌生的逝者，以及陌生的凶手都会让他一再陷入一些他以为再也找不回来的记忆；一旦当记忆真的呈现时，又犹如映象体里空虚的幻影，逼近到视力最清楚的极限便行消失。时间在此死亡。凡活着的，都还在大局的管制之下。 “安宙先生剪影”的最后一幕应该是出自自治区当局的精心设计，老安宙站在夕阳地里，朝安大略挥手，地上拖着细长而稍显佝偻的身影。 “谢谢你。”安大略封闭了映象体，对“老处女”说：“不过，安宙先生的资料只有这些了吗？” "yes." “可是，”安大略想起老安宙对他讲过的许多故事，一些和历史结构学毫不相干的神话或奇遇。他曾虔诚地相信老祖父确曾经历过那些事件以及人物。更何况，其中还有经过验证而逼真无误的情节，于是他几乎以一种弹跳起来的姿势站直身子，“如果确实有呢？”“管制以外无资料。”“老处女”说。 “管制以外有什么？” “废料。”“老处女”答复的声音微微颤抖了，这是个脏字儿，但是却让安大略联想起一切曾经被摒除于高索合众国整体净土境域的模糊印象——那些失落在大局管制之外的时间和空间，以及从未获得过任何诠释注记的存在。 安大略立刻呼叫他的驾驶员，然而突现的转机并没有让他失去一贯的谨慎，他只是用一种平淡的语气对“老处女”说：“有任何公务通信接进来的话，就说——就说我去找刺鸟了。”
驾驶员依照指示，关闭所有的通信系统，将航艇的速率调整到最低，便显露出一副浑身不舒坦的样子，一会儿抓耳挠腮，一会儿扭腰抖腿的。安大略好一阵子才问说：“这种速率，感觉怎么样？” “报告侦测员！”驾驶员奋力往后一靠，摊平了双手，“老实说，我撒尿都比这快；这是一九六○年代那些笨零件的速率嘛！” “以这种速率从布龙族自治区飞回本土的话，得飞多久？” “那可久了——最少三个钟头。” 安大略满意地点点头，说：“你加速吧——也别太快，”他停顿片刻，用心回想着前天傍晚在飞航器管制站东一坪外所看到的一列机动卫士单人飞碟，“和那些单座飞碟的极限速率一样就可以。” “就这么兜圈子吗？”驾驶员伸了个懒腰。 “不。”安大略往窗外望一眼，说：“先拔高，到自治区交通监讯网路够不着的高度，然后朝南飞，一直飞到南疆去。” “南疆？”驾驶员愣了，本能地四下里环视一遭，压低声：“那里是禁地吧！侦测员，除了废料什么都没有，您是要——” “告诉你，”安大略也压低声，向前倾过身子，“我去找一个不会在执勤的时候废话连篇，而且随地撒尿的废料驾驶员！”
天尾洲是全高索合众最肮脏、最丑陋、最恶毒的地方。深陷于本土平面下八千公尺，面积达九百五十六万平方公里。据说此间在太古、幽古、远古、久古、中古各时代分别出现过高度的文明形式。当时它还不是一块洼地，也和合众国的八大自治区一样，有着丰富的自然资源。不幸的是中古时代一连三次核子大战都在这里爆发以及结束，地表陷落到绝对黑暗的、绝对罪恶的极境。新生代的人类在天尾洲北方逐日发展、进化，天尾洲遂成为禁地。高索合众国的文明人在日常生活中骂人的粗话里，除了“愚蠢的零件”、“废料”之外，就属“天尾洲生的”最为下流。远在高元一六九七年间，布龙、木槿两族自治区联合发起抵制白星、赤阳、曲斧、火刀、流云、巨轮等族自治区共同市场的根本因素就是由于后者造谣诬蔑和天尾洲接壤的两族人是“喝天尾洲的泉水长大的”。直到高元一七○四年，合众国本土的一位地质结构学者发表了一篇《净土地水南流说》的学术论文，证实自高索合众国立国以来，这个星球上只有从北往南走势的水流，而绝无自南向北走势的水流，才使谣言不攻自破，各族重修旧好。那一位学者登时荣获该年的“高索地质结构学奖”及“高索和平结构学奖”。 没有人肯相信天尾洲中仅存的两种原始生物——畸人和蟑螂——能够和平共存，他们也各自与和平绝缘。所以几乎在每一出公共资讯网路的戏剧节目里，都会提到万恶的幕后主使者不是畸人就是蟑螂——不过没有人肯把这两种禁忌的坏蛋演出来，他们永远只在幕后指使罪恶，终场时也必定在幕后死于核爆。 高元一八七○年左右，布龙自治区一位酷爱探险及狩猎的退休武职官员在一次飞航器失事后误闯天尾洲。他凭着勇敢、机智和熟练的求生技能，在历经一年的奋斗挣扎之后生还，并带回一名畸人俘虏。根据多方的观察、解剖、实验，人体结构学者和病理结构学者惊异地发现畸人有长生不死的天赋本能。这个伟大的发现顿时使畸人的形象好转了起来——然而绝对仅限于物质及技术方面。虽然一度流传着生吃畸人肉可以强精、固肾、壮阳、益寿和抗百病，不过很快地就有专家指出：残余在畸人体内的核能污染极有可能导致早已绝迹的诸般癌症病原、病毒再生。同年天尾洲由禁地更名为保留地；但是不可擅入的通令依然有效。 严格说起来，直到高元一九三○年代之后，畸人才真正对合众国——当然是先在布龙自治区——有所贡献。警卫勤务训练中心的英明领导者不断引进一些畸人，在该中心担任飞靶之职，借以磨炼武职阶层人员的应急心智、应变能力与应敌技术。畸人纯生理性的快速运动方式曾有效地提升了武职人员自我要求的标准和信念。这些担任飞靶的畸人非但可以于被粒子束武器击中后享受一种所谓“暂死”的快感，并且在每五年一阶段的演练完毕后获颁强烈的新颖毒药作为报偿——该毒药延滞畸人“暂死”时间的长短更可以作为尔后发展同类型武器的参考。 在高元一九六二年间，畸人曾派遣历届飞靶至警卫勤务中心请愿，要求以天尾洲为布龙自治区最尖端核武试爆场。当局为顾念畸人独特、优良而有用的体质恐将因试爆而有所改变，则无异于全合众国难以弥补的损失，因而加以严词拒绝。高索纪元一九七○年十二月天尾洲保留地百年志庆/布龙自治区领事乔奇特立并书。
安大略站在这一方以复斜晶系合成矿物质和纯金熔铸而成、古色古香的八角星形碑体前，默诵良久，如果不是两只巴掌大的蟑螂即将在他肩膀上交尾的话，几乎忘记自己已经置身在恐怖的禁地了。 “刚才这一趟飞了多久？”他掸掉蟑螂。 “报，报，报告侦测员！”驾驶员既惊且惧地躲避着四周环飞绕舞的蟑螂，“两，两，两个钟头，不，不到。” “你先回航艇里去罢。”安大略迈开大步朝前走去，只听得脚下吱吱嚓嚓传来一阵阵脆裂的声响，都是些断碎的虫尸。他加紧脚步，往先前从航艇窗口中瞥见的一个看来有物体钻动的地穴走去。 就在他离地穴不到百公尺远的位置，忽地一个灰黑色的球影掠向眼前。安大略不敢怠慢，一斜右肩，就地打了个旋子，右腿横扫出去；那球影早已落地。安大略即刻从腰间拔出了一柄销毁枪，定眼睛一看，真是个畸人。 畸人冲他一伸拳，朝天的食指勾了勾，说：“怎么亲自下来了？” 安大略知道对方误会了，勉强冲他那向天蠕动的七支小管子笑笑，说：“我不是警卫勤务中心的人。我叫安大略，来找一个，呃，一个朋友。” “我说嘛！”畸人那七支小管子绞在一起，发出“扑哧扑哧”的笑声，“不是熟客不会随便赏我好处的。”说着伸手指了指安大略手里的枪。 安大略也笑了，一面收起枪来，一面朝地穴移动，并且尽量把声音放轻松：“支离疏在不在？” 畸人一跳一跳地跟在他后头：“在啊！——怎么都是找他的？” 安大略胸腔一紧，差一点停住了脚步，假意咳两声，挥手打扁了一只比畸人小不了多少旳墨绿色蟑螂，说：“噢？谁？” “谁？”畸人抬手把七支小管小狠狠搓了搓，“我怎么知道？支离疏的朋友多，你问他去。”正说着，两只赤红色的蟑螂从群队中飞来，一边一个，落在那畸人的双肩之上，畸人的眼管左右一歪，嘟起嘴管，轻声骂道：“在外头野了一天，干脆别回来啦！” 一时之间，安大略没料到畸人在跟蟑螂说话，那声“干脆别回来啦”却成了耸耳惊心的警告，他永远也不会忘记，当年父亲送他到侦测员训练中心去苦修时所说的：“你要是当不上侦测员，干脆别回来啦！” 就在他一转念的刹那，畸人已大声喊着：“支离疏！又有人来听你唠叨忘不了的事啦！”
几千年以来，我求死不得，退而求忘，却也忘不了什么。你是除了垃圾、废料和旧零件以外第五个来到我这里的人。我以后也会记得你的——如果不幸我死不了的话。 不错，第四个就是葛敏郎。四天以前他来看过我，很匆忙，告诉我他就要死了。我很为他高兴，他也希望我这样。不过，我深深知道，如果我只是为他高兴，就不算真心关切作为一个新生代人类的他在面临死亡时候的感觉。我不过是把自己对死亡的渴望托付给他而已，这样不是很自私、很自怜么？对于一个把我当做唯一的朋友的葛敏郎来说，我当时忍不住而高兴起来的行为真是残酷得很，这样想，我又实在没有资格谈死呢！ 他却是全心为我——以及所有的畸人——设想的朋友。十三年以前，我抽中一支幸运签，被警卫勤务中心接去担任飞靶，就认识了这个小家伙。他一开始射击得很准，随我怎么躲闪，都能够命中我最强韧的要害；我也享受了很多次愉悦的暂死。但是过了一段时间，他退步了，从那个时候起，我们经常会在对方的梦中出现——这是他后来趁验靶的时候告诉我的。我依稀记得他最常讲的一件事，就是说：“我梦见你死了！不过不是我打的。”说完之后，他就傻傻地笑起来。我却在每一次梦见他的时候，一定会告诉他：“专心射击吧！什么也别想。”老实说，我当时并没有想到暂死的愉悦，所以我知道那才是真心的关切；尔后他也不再认为死亡会带来什么痛苦，才又恢复了早先准备、迅速的