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Chapter 11 second quarter

kind adults 桐野夏生 6697Words 2018-03-23
The next morning, Ion seemed to hear the footsteps of many people, so he woke up.Judging from the light outside, it was around ten o'clock in the morning. Has the Bronze Brothers finally come to meet him?Ion jumped up, but there were several people in the footsteps.And the sound is resounding everywhere in the building, it feels like many people have entered the building to investigate something.Is demolition finally about to start? Ion packed up the things around him and hid in the depths of the cabinet.He was going to see the time to slip out.Many people came and went in the corridor, and after a while, someone opened the door and walked in, making the sound of kicking the cushions.There must have been dust all over the sky, Ion heard coughing.

"Nothing unusual." The voice of the report is very young.There were reports and rude footsteps from all over the building.From beginning to end, there is a thumping sound like knocking nails.Not only did the footsteps not leave for a long time, but they would occasionally run back and forth. Coupled with the roar, the whole palace suddenly became noisy. How long has it been?Ian endured the gray air in the cabinet, ate cold rice balls and drank water from a plastic bottle in the dark.He pricked up his ears to listen, and somewhere there was the sound of young men laughing. It doesn't seem to be here to demolish the house.What if it was set on fire?If set on fire, Ion cannot escape.

Ion suddenly became frightened, and pushed open the cabinet door to observe the situation in the lounge.The cushions that Ian used as a bed were scattered everywhere.It must have been caused by the kicking of the young man who came in just now. The sound suddenly disappeared.There were rustling footsteps stepping on dry grass outside, as well as subtle noises.People finally left. Ian put on his down jacket and picked up his belongings.In case something bad happened, he planned to escape like this. He looks out from the corridor.There were no footsteps or voices.With a sigh of relief, he stepped out, but the sole of his foot slipped and he almost fell.There were little white things strewn all over the hallway.It is a round object made of plastic.what is this?Ian picked up a few and looked at them in his palm.Then hold it in your hand and walk towards the hall.

Ian inadvertently looked up at the mural of the Bronze and Iron Brothers, and out of astonishment, he yelled loudly.The figure of the villain that Ian later painted, and the message "Ion is here" were painted in black. Ion felt that his thoughts had been completely obliterated, and he froze in place.The original excitement was cut off all of a sudden, and the deep anticipation that had nowhere to drain bounced back in Ion's body, coming and going hastily. Suddenly, a low voice sounded from behind: "Freeze." What?Ian turned his head, and a spear was pressed against his head.

Ion was at a loss.Guns are scary, but the appearance of a man with a gun has never been seen before.Her long, messy hair hung down from her head to her chest.Underneath is a combat uniform with camouflage patterns, and he wears full-face goggles on his face, so he can't tell his face at all. "Get out, this is our war zone." A vague voice came from the goggles. Ion was held back by the gun, frightened and confused.He stared blankly at the muzzle. "Hands up." The withered grass monster moved the muzzle pointed at Ion's head to his chest and said.Ion came back to his senses and waved his hands: "Stop! Don't shoot!"

The man repeated in a calm tone: "Hands up." When Ian hurriedly raised his hand, small white objects fell from his palm.It was a pile that fell in the corridor just now, and he picked it up and held it in his hand.The man saw it sharply and said, "Why are you picking up BB bombs?" Ion was taken aback, and looked at the object he threw out.Is this the BB bomb?It was the first time he saw a real BB bomb. Suzuki, who is also a teenage vagrant, has said before that there is a group of people who will play war games with model guns and BB bullets.Especially underground gangs who live underground, there are many fans of this kind of game.

"Are you also on the verge of battle?" "No." Ion denied.He knew it was a model gun and was about to put his hand down.This hair full of dead grass is also worn for cross-dressing.A group of guys who like war games fought in the ruined palace.It's really stupid for Ian to hide like that while holding his breath. "Who gave you permission to put your hand down? It's up. Who are you?" The man's voice resounded throughout the hall.Ion raised his hand reluctantly, a wave of anger welling up spontaneously. "Who are you? You look weird, are you playing a war game?"

The man said hurriedly in a vague voice: "The homeless kid, right? Go back to the park." "Even though you're dressed like that, you're also a homeless person, right? You just go back." "I'm a soldier, not a homeless person." Impatient, Ion stepped on a few BB bullets with the soles of his sneakers.Did he think this fake gun would scare people?Teach people to be angry. "Break into my house without authorization, stop giving orders there. It's you who should go out." "This location has been accepted by our 'Night Light Troop' as a war zone. Only armed men can enter the war zone, get out."

"I found this place first, so you guys get out." "This is not your home, and you don't have the right to live here. The evidence is that picture. The place where our troops receive must have that picture, but you didn't stop that picture from being drawn at that time." The man pointed at the brass and iron brothers painted on the wall at gunpoint. "I happen to be away, what can I do?" Ion roared.He looked back at the erased part, extremely unwilling. "It's you guys, why did you erase my message? It was a notice from Brother Tong Tie, that's why I wrote the message, how can you erase it casually?"

"What's wrong with your brain, kid?" The man laughed. "No. That picture was drawn for me, a message from my 'brother' Tong Tie. Why did you erase what I wrote?" "I don't understand what you're talking nonsense. Don't be so arrogant. Do you want me to shoot a bullet through your little eyeball? I'll make you blind in no time." The man aimed the gun at Ion's face again, and Ion reflexively covered it with his hands.Although it is a model gun, it is scary to be aimed at the face.If this person is really a member of the underground gang, he may think that killing a homeless person or two is nothing at all.

The underground gang called themselves "the security team of the underground street" and demanded protection money from the shops.Their approach is very outrageous, and if the store refuses, it will carry out sophisticated harassment operations.For example, spreading bad rumors, tampering with the car, or graffiti on the iron door or wall of the store with difficult-to-clean paint.Graffiti is difficult to remove, and it also costs money to remove it, so it is said that the recent underground gangs mainly use graffiti as weapons. And they have their own rules, and they will never harass passengers or customers in the underground mall.If you do something to a guest, it is tantamount to making an enemy of the police and railway public security. The underground gang gathers in the dark of the underground parking lot or in unknown depressions, and disappears to nowhere at night.Rumor has it that they know everything about connecting subways, basements of high-rise buildings, underground tunnels and manholes in cities, move around and live in them. Many of them are also addicted to drugs, many of which come from underground gangs.They looked down on the well-behaved street sleepers in Park Village.In other words, underground gangs are similar to criminal groups, and they are distinct from those who sleep on the streets. Suddenly, the opposite porch door was kicked open by "Beng", and more than a dozen young men rushed in.Everyone carried a gun and wore camouflage-patterned jackets and trousers, or khaki combat uniforms.Some of them are just jeans and a towel wrapped around their heads, but they all wear full-face goggles, which looks very weird. Inside was a bald man wearing full-face goggles.His goggles had the words "Luminous" written in white paint, as if telling someone to aim there.The man seemed to be the leader, everyone stood at attention to him, and the man who pointed a gun at Ian also lowered his gun and saluted. The bald head spoke: "Maruyama, who is that guy?" The man who pointed the gun at Ian stood at attention and said, "Yes! He is a prisoner." "Citizen?" "It should be the vagrant kid who lives here." "Exile him." Maruyama pushed Ion's back with the body of the gun.The gun hit my back bone, which was very painful. "roll!" "Stop!" Ion threw the gun away. "This is my home. You are latecomers. How can you grab other people's territory? And where is the copper and iron brother? Is he your companion? Where can I go to meet them?" "What is this guy talking about?" the bald head growled unhappily. "This painting is of my 'brother'. Where are the copper and iron twins? Tell me!" Ion said desperately.As a result, the bald head glanced back at the soldier.Does anyone know the Bronze Brothers?Ion waited nervously for an answer, but because everyone was wearing full-face goggles, no expression could be seen.The bald head said the same thing as Maruyama: "The picture is evidence that the 'Luminous Force' has taken over this place." Ian angrily said impatiently: "Who knows what 'Luminous Force' is! Tell me where the twins are, or I will die!" Maybe he will really die - Ian thought.Now the biggest reason for Ian to live is to meet the Bronze and Iron Brothers. "Go to death then. Maruyama, execute." Maruyama aimed his gun at Ion. "What punishment is it? It's just a toy." Maruyama raised his gun at Ion from a very close distance of a few meters away.Ion stepped back towards the wall with the murals. "Shoot!" Baldhead ordered, Maruyama fired twice without hesitation.Ian felt intense pain shooting out from his two thighs, and he fell down.It was just hit by a small plastic bullet, but the impact was as big as being whipped by a leather whip. "Your legs are broken now. You will bleed profusely and die tonight." The bald head announced, crossing his arms.Maruyama went on to say: "Get lost! Next time I see you, I will definitely make you blind." Two soldiers grabbed the hands of Ian who fell on the ground, dragged him to the entrance, then grabbed his hands and feet respectively, and threw him to the driveway like throwing something.Ion, who didn't have much weight, hit the concrete floor, rebounded and rolled straight to the edge of the back lane.Ion was very thin, and his bones were so painful that he couldn't even scream.He fell to the ground unable to move, and heard the soldier's conversation: "Is there nothing valuable?" One put the muzzle of a gun into the backpack and stirred it.The soldier was small in build, about the same age as Ian, and quite thin. "It's just junk." "If you have money, you won't live here." After the two laughed, they kicked the backpack far away like playing football.Things were scattered all over the place, but Ian didn't care, he was only worried about what to do if his pockets were searched.The family property is fine, the money is also safe, and it is not too bad. The originally miserable mood was calmed down by what happened just now, and Ion looked up at the gray sky.On the other side of the gray clouds, the presence of the sun can be felt.It's time to start the battle game in Shibuya Palace.The sound of gunshots and soldiers running continuously. The cold air of the earth came from the concrete floor.Ion couldn't bear the cold anymore, so he braced his upper body with the pain.His left elbow was so painful that he couldn't bend it, but he still tried his best to collect his belongings and carry his backpack.In order to avoid being seen by the people in this building, he bent his body and moved to the dry grass, and then hid behind the brown rhododendron bushes beside the front entrance. Ion took off his trousers and checked where the BB hit.The places where the bullets had been shot in both legs turned into purple bruises as if opened, the color fading radially from the center. The traces of "execution", Ion saw the scars, and felt a humiliation deeper than being shot.He wanted revenge on the group of people. The afternoon sun has begun to fade.This is the season of the year with the shortest sunshine and very cold winds.I can only wait for the luminous troops to go back and return to Shibuya Palace to sleep again.In the grass, Ion waited for the "battle" of the Luminous Troops to end. "Withdraw!" He heard the bald man growl and peek out from behind the rhododendron bushes.The bald head who came out first signaled to his subordinates.Soldiers appeared from inside in twos and threes, forming lines of varying heights.There are fifteen people in all.Maruyama may be a non-commissioned officer, standing alone in front. Suddenly, Ion smelled a burning smell.He looked up in surprise, and saw billows of white smoke rising from behind the palace's kitchen and hall. arson.So these guys did it?Have fun and don't want it when you're done using it?Ian was furious that he was driven away and his place of shelter was deprived.He swore again that he would absolutely take revenge.But the group of Luminous Troops lined up as if nothing had happened. "The training is over. Now remove the equipment and withdraw it, return to the troops, and gather in front of the headquarters in two hours." Everyone saluted and quickly unloaded their equipment.With the full face goggles removed, everyone's true colors are revealed.Ian looked at their faces, none of them looked like the brass and iron brothers. The bald man seemed to be of foreign origin, with deep contours and beautiful features.As if trying to hide his bald head, he took out a black wool cap from his pocket and put it on. Maruyama, who covered his eyes with sunglasses, collected the guns in one place and divided them into two bags.Goggles, too, all of them in a big bag carried by a burly man. Maruyama took out the key from his pocket and opened the lock wrapped around the iron door.The iron door opened easily.How did they have the key?Ion felt incredible. Perhaps the transfer or reconstruction project has not progressed, and the impatient creditors commissioned underground gangs to set fire to the Shibuya Palace. A few years ago, there was a period of frequent fires near the international market in Baixuandian.Rumor has it that the refusal of some shops to move caused delays in the project, and impatient landowners planned to set fire to it.There are even more frightening rumors that it is actually to fraudulently collect insurance money.Then arson may also be one of the livelihoods of underground gangs.Thinking that such a dirty guy might be related to the Bronze Brothers, Ion began to fear knowing the truth. Ion decides to follow them.However, the soldiers left in twos and threes, and Ion was unable to move. The smoke from the Shibuya Palace was growing and there was a slight explosion.In the distance came the siren of a fire truck.If you procrastinate any longer, you may be considered an arsonist.Ian was in a hurry, and the fire truck was dispatched very quickly because it received a report from a high-end residential area. Ion dragged his painful body and finally climbed over the wall. The soldier with the big bag and the bald head were about to board a taxi together. Ion found that the skinny young "soldier" who was flipping through his backpack was walking tens of meters away, so he chased after him.If you chase and lose it here, you will never find the luminous troops of the underground gang again, right?The whereabouts of the copper and iron brothers could not be traced. Soldiers wear camouflage-patterned military jackets, khaki trousers and carry black backpacks.He didn't realize that Ion was following behind, and walked leisurely to Doxuanzaka. When the fire truck passed by on the way, the soldier looked back at the Shibuya Palace with a smile on his childish face.He passed "109" and entered the underground shopping mall before the complex intersection.In order not to lose his figure in the crowd, Ian hastily went down the stairs too. Suddenly, he noticed something disturbing in the corner of his vision, and raised his head.When I saw Mogami, I was standing on the opposite side of the intersection, Mogami who I hadn't seen for a long time. Mogami did not find Ion.Dressed as usual, frowning, looking serious, looking around carefully.Is he looking for Ion? "I'm here!" Ion had the urge to yell, but he bit his lip quickly.That is a message to the Bronze Brothers.He hates Mogami, who told him to betray.No, Ion doesn't need Mogami anymore.For copper and iron are waiting for him. Ion walked down the stairs leading to the underground mall.At this moment, he felt that he had really severed his relationship with Mogami, and his heart ached.Hurry back and say hello to Mogami, go!Ion felt a voice in his heart urgently urging him.But Ion tried his best to suppress it.Hatred and jealousy, Ian felt that dirty, dark and strong feelings were gradually permeating himself.And surprisingly comfortable. Would you want to call Mogami out of the innocence of a child that still remains in you?I'm about to become an adult.Ion said goodbye to Mogami and his past self. The soldiers put their hands in their pockets and walked through the narrow underground streets lined with small shops.Ion avoided drawing attention to catch up.The soldier suddenly disappeared behind the cosmetics store.Have you entered the store yet?Ion hurriedly peeked around, but saw no one.There is a toilet for employees next to the store, is it inside?If you go in immediately, you may run into him head-on, so Ion waited outside.But no one came out. Ian made up his mind to open the toilet door.No soldiers inside, no one in the toilet room, just the door that says "Cleaning Supplies".Will he hide in it? The door didn't lock.There was another door slightly ajar in the small room where the mop and bucket were stored.The freezing cold wind blows from there, caressing his cheeks.Ion saw a staircase leading to the dark underground, he walked into the small room and opened the door.The stairs are very simple, connected to the room by a concrete platform, but the iron stairs themselves are only suspended by steel cables.The front of the stairs melted into darkness, and there was no end in sight.The darkness, black and deep, gaped wide below. There were occasional rumbling sounds in the distance.Is it the sound of the subway?Ian pricked up his ears and heard the slight sound of running water.It is unimaginable that there is such a deep cave directly under Shibuya. Ion was shivering from the cold air emanating from the boundless darkness.It felt as if he would be sucked into the cave and fall, he was too scared to move.At the same time, I also felt a temptation to walk into this bottomless vertical pit to find out.What should I do?Ion hesitated on the stairs, but he smelled smoke coming from nearby. "What's the matter with you?" The soldier was standing in the darkness nearby, smoking a cigarette. "Hey, are you deaf? May I ask you what's the matter?" Soldiers leaned against the banisters of the steps, clutching the steel cables and smoking.That posture is very dangerous. If you lose your balance, you will fall into the bottomless abyss. "I want to join the army too." The soldier stuck out his chin: "Can you close the door first? It's so bright, it makes people feel uncomfortable." If you close the door, will you never be able to get out again?Ion was very worried, but he still made up his mind to close the door.All around suddenly became pitch black.Only the flame of a cigarette flickered like a firefly in the darkness. "Is it still possible to go out?" Ion became uneasy and couldn't help asking, but unexpectedly the other party replied kindly: "Open the door and have a look." The door opened easily.The small room where cleaning supplies such as mops and buckets are kept is illuminated by pale fluorescent lights from the ceiling, and it feels like a very different world. Ion breathed a sigh of relief and closed the door again.So the soldier threw the cigarette he was smoking into the darkness.The small red dots fell endlessly and finally disappeared. "It's so deep." Ian murmured, and the soldier's voice sounded: "There are deeper holes." "where is this place?" "The ventilation hole of the subway." Is there a subway running below?Ian has never taken the subway, he wants to take a tram that runs through the ground. "How can I join the Luminous Army? Can you tell me?" Ion asked again.The soldier seemed to smile.No expression could be seen, but there was a faint vibration in the air. "Give me the money and I'll tell you." "How much?" "One." The soldier replied.Do you mean one thousand yen?Ian fumbled in his pocket and took out a crumpled thousand-yen note.Although he didn't want to reduce the precious money, he still wanted to know the secret of the copper and iron brothers. The banknote at Ion's fingertips was snatched in the blink of an eye, and then all around suddenly lit up.It was the soldier who lit the lighter to confirm that the 1000-yen bill was genuine.Ion saw the soldier's face by the firelight.Single eyelid, sleepy look.It may be that after the inspection, the lighter went out again. "That's good." "I paid, tell me quickly." "There is only one condition." Only the voice came. "Only for those who grew up underground." Ian sighed: "That won't work. This is my first time here, did you grow up underground?" "That's right. I was thrown in the toilet of the subway, and I was picked up by the cleaner Obasan, who secretly kept me in the toilet like an abandoned cat. I have always thought that the world is black since I was born." "what's your name?" "Sabu. Subway's Sabu." "My name is Ion." "Give up on this idea, Ian. You are not suitable for the underground. The underground life is like a ditch rat. You should live in the bright park village. There is not a place where everyone cooks a big pot together happily, and the swimming pool is open to the public. Do you all take a shower?" Sabu sneered, as if starting to descend the stairs.The stairs creaked and swayed like a swing. "Wait a minute, Sabu. If I take the money, will you let me join?" "I didn't decide." The voice came from below.Said Sabu, going deeper and deeper.Ion asked anxiously: "Who decided that?" "Master." "Is it someone who came today?" "Boss will not attack." "How much?" "I have no idea." The sound was drowned out by the rumble of the subway, barely audible. "I see. Can you wait for me here at the same time tomorrow?" Ion roared, but Sabu seemed to have gone down to a very deep place, so he didn't reply.The clanging of stepping on the iron stairs gradually faded away. Ion decided to try to walk down a few steps.He held onto the cold handrail and tremblingly descended the fifth steps.But it felt like throwing his body into the void, and the wet and slippery steps made him terrified. Ion gave up on chasing Sabu.After finally returning to the upper platform, he realized that even the platform was only a concrete block protruding from the vertical wall and only 50 cm wide. He was so frightened that his legs almost went limp. Thinking of the underground gang coming and going on such dangerous stairs every day, Ian felt that the idea of ​​joining the Luminous Army was too foolish.But Ion couldn't give up.Why did he dump Mogami?What did he endure the humiliation of "execution"? Pushing open the iron door is a small room where cleaning tools are placed.Ion breathed a sigh of relief and sat on the inverted bucket.In an instant, the bruises and injuries on his body surged up, and he couldn't help moaning.
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