Chapter 539: In the Sea: Cocolia's Memories

"The first Honkai outbreak occurred a year after I graduated from the military academy and became a junior officer in the European branch of the coalition government. At that time, mankind's understanding of Honkai was only a little more than nothing. However, "Hengkai disease" was no longer a secret within the coalition government at that time, especially within the military. "

It was still a night when only the nightingale was working hard and noisily. Cocolia, Xier, and Bronya were standing in the backyard of the orphanage. The moonlight above the head penetrates the dark clouds from time to time, casting a light that may be compared to hope, but without exception, it will be covered by the dark clouds again after a few seconds or tens of seconds.

Cocolia had her right hand on her hip, but Bronya knew that she was actually using this to cover up, maintaining a posture where she could draw her gun at any time.

What happened at noon was a surprise to everyone. According to Cocolia herself, she just considered that in order to race against time, there were still a lot of traces that had not been processed after the serum was diluted, so after taking the children to the front yard, she A man ran back to clean up. She opened the bedroom door and took a look. When she found that Xier was not there, she roughly knew what had happened.

At first, she just thought it was the curiosity of the most obedient child in the entire orphanage, and she thought she could just cover it up with a few words.

But... I didn't expect that Xi'er just kept talking to herself and said a bunch of words that she didn't understand at all.

She even thought that the child was suffering from hysteria because of the confusion between the intrinsic world and the world. Until Xi'er said the word "fire-chasing moth".

"The year I officially became a soldier, the Fire Chasing Moth did not exist. At that time, we human soldiers were the main force fighting against Honkai. After living with Honkai for a long time, the final result was that most soldiers were not warriors. Death on the battlefield means dying at the hands of Honkai Disease, with no chance of dying until that thing, that is, the serum you saw in my office, Xier."

"Is that the serum that can cure collapse disease? But if that's the case, why doesn't Mother Cocolia..."

Before Cocolia could speak, Bronya answered Xi'er's question first.

"Probably because the dose is not enough. One serum should be just enough to save a person."

Cocolia looked at the girl in front of her who had stolen her words. Although she was still wary, she nodded in approval.

After that, it was a mocking smile.

"Hahaha, speaking of it, it was clear that only the child in Lape was infected with Honkai Disease at the beginning. If the serum had been injected into his body decisively at that time, maybe he would be fine, and the children in the orphanage would not be affected one by one. One must be infected with Honkai Disease."

"Then why don't you do it."

Bronya ignored Xi'er's dissuading eyes and just asked coldly. But Cocolia didn't seem to notice anything was wrong.

"Maybe it's because I have some unrealistic fantasy? No, it's probably because I'm unwilling to give up. I always think about what if another child is infected after Lape is cured? In such a world , this is a high probability event, if I use this tube of serum to cure Lape, but lose the cure. Is it cruel to children other than Lape to be infected with Honkai Disease? After all, as a defecting soldier, I only have this tube of serum that I got by chance. I must? Decide its use carefully, you, the noble fire-chasing moth, must understand this.”

Bronya tilted her head and automatically ignored the teasing in Cocolia's words.

Getting angry over such verbal things is a meaningless thing, and... she has nothing to do with the Fire Chaser Moth anyway, so this kind of thing is just casual.

But there are still some things to say, which are questions that must be asked in order to evaluate the next plan:

"Is it possible that this is just a self-beautification of your subjective memory? You, in fact, are not worried about the children. You just want to save the tube of serum as a life-saving straw until the end."

"Sister Bronya!"

Cocolia waved her left hand, indicating that Xi'er didn't need to be so sensitive.

"Maybe that's the case, maybe not, but now, is it still meaningful to talk about the original intention? Things have developed to this point. From the beginning, I knew that if Lappe, who was infected with Honkai Disease, was not cured or... ...Abandoned, then other children, including myself, will be infected in the not-too-distant future. Yes, if I have to say that I am guilty of anything, it is probably not that I did not decisively save Lape at that time, nor that I did not do it in the future. It was time to discard or kill him, but... I did nothing."

"ah……"

Bronya's pupils trembled.

It's not that there's anything wrong with what Cocolia said, but... this is the second time you've heard such words in this world, isn't it?

Is that guy so eager to take on this test? Even if this method seems terrible to Bronya...

"Enough!"

Bronya's eyelids drooped again, and she shook her neck and took a step forward.

"I don't have time to listen to your confession here. Bronya asks again - do you only have one serum in your hand? How did you obtain it?"

"There's no need to talk about the first question. This happened because there was only one. Since Tamini was also infected, everything was too late. I have heard of a method. In order to ensure that the serum is 100% effective, the dose in a tube of serum should be more than the dose that can treat Honkai disease under normal conditions. Everyone's Honkai resistance is different. I was thinking whether I could divide it into different proportions and save Lape and Tamini at the same time. But just when I made up my mind, the third infected person appeared... So, I can only dilute the original serum as I do now, and inject the infected children every night when the children are asleep. However, using this method only extends the original death time of thirty or forty days to Half a year, just a few more months of life, but a few more months of pain..."

"Bronya said, this is not the place for you to confess."

The girl sighed helplessly, and then said meaningfully:

"However, even if I give you one or two more tubes of serum, it will be useless. For more than 20 children, you need at least 20 or 30 tubes of serum to ensure that everyone can be saved. Otherwise, you can only want to save every child like now, but you will only lose every child in the end."

"You mean... No, no, shouldn't you, the Fire Moths, come to investigate this matter?"

After all, Cocolia is an adult with a well-developed brain. Although she was a little confused, she almost immediately understood the meaning behind Bronya's words.

It is precisely because of this that she felt annoyed by being teased.

"The moment Xier reported 'Fire Moth', I knew I probably couldn't escape. Even if I could run away by myself, I couldn't take away all the children in the orphanage in half a day. The serum for treating Honkai disease is a controlled item of the highest level. Now that it has been discovered, it must be recovered, even if there is only a little left. That's... Besides, my behavior is not about adopting orphans, but about gathering so many Honkai disease patients together, which is also against the law. If it were other departments, they wouldn't be able to or would not want to take care of the affairs of Dusk Street, but you Fire Moths are different. Or do you think I'm so stupid, you little dwarf, that you contacted your childhood sweetheart and asked her to betray me to help you collect evidence, and you also want to get more clues about the loss of serum from me? Then you will be disappointed. The source of my serum was an accident. And... Seele, do you know what will happen if you choose her? They will..."

"Seele knows, no, Cocolia mother, you are the one who doesn't know what we are going to do."

"What?"

Seele grabbed her collar tightly and turned to stare at Bronya. She wanted to shout, but had to lower her voice because of the surrounding environment.

"Okay, sister Bronya, let's just tell Cocolia mother what we are going to do..."

"There's really no way..."

Bronya rolled her eyes helplessly.

"Listen carefully, Cocolia. Bronya did receive an order to kill all the Honkai patients in the orphanage, but she does not intend to carry out such an order."

The muscles around her eye sockets began to tremble. Cocolia took two deep breaths and her voice choked unconsciously:

"Really...? But in this case, you are also violating the discipline of the Fire Moth, and then..."

"That's not something you need to consider."

Bronya's calm eyes swept over, and her silver-gray eyes mixed with the moonlight, making it difficult to see clearly.

"Whether it's a violation of discipline or being wanted, these are all the responsibilities that Bronya has to bear for making this decision. You don't have to worry that Bronya will regret it. Or are you really the kind of person who wants everyone to be saved?"

"No, I..."

"Bronya doesn't want to emphasize it for the fourth time. Bronya is not curious about what kind of person you are or what you think, and she doesn't want to know. This is not your confession meeting. However, if you want to save the children in the orphanage, you must rely on your power. I think your connections in the army can still be useful, otherwise there will be no way to get so many medicines and food.

"We must let the entire orphanage leave Twilight Street temporarily. An organization like the Fire Moth must deal with the collapsed phenomenon that has been discovered, but after all, there are only a dozen patients with the collapsed disease. The scale is not small. Once a chain reaction is triggered, it is not a problem to destroy half of Twilight Street, but it is not big either. If you still can't find your trace after a month of investigation, this case will be handed over to the local government's police department, and these people will not care about Twilight Street. You can come back then. Of course, there are places like Twilight Street in this world, and maybe you don't want to come back either."

"Really... I'm not questioning it, but, do you, a little dwarf, have any say? Don't you need to ask your brother what he thinks?"

Bronya's eyelids trembled, but that was all.

"He doesn't... He won't have any objections, because he was the one who put the two choices of executing the order of the Fire Moth and refusing to execute the order in front of Bronya and let Bronya choose."

"Tsk! The fate was handed over to the little kid without knowing it... It's really uncomfortable..."

"Although...Sister Bronya, you don't need to use such a strange tone, and Mother Cocolia, there is no need to become tough again after confirming that there is no danger..."

"Oh……"

Cocolia's right hand gradually dropped down, and soon hugged her chest with her left arm.

"I always feel that you guys know me very well. Obviously I have only been in contact with you, Xier, for a few months..."

"Uh...that..."

"Forget it, let's talk about your plan. You asked about the serum because of those children."

"ah."

Bronya nodded sharply.

"Since you want to save those children, you must be responsible to the end. Besides, if those children's Honkai disease is not cured, other children will also be in danger. Cocolia, you don't want to see that happen, right?"

The phrase "XXX, you don't want XXXXXX either" seems to be Mikael's favorite. In short, Bronya's mind is filled with memories of him using such phrases to induce them. Unexpectedly, one of them accidentally... Let such disgusting words come out of her own mouth.

However, when she got rid of that meaningless self-deprecation, what she saw was Cocolia's shocked eyes.

"Why, what's that look in your eyes..."

"No...no...as a member of the Fire Chasing Moth, don't you know?"

"Know what?"

"Ah, that's right."

Cocolia covered her face in excitement, and her suppressed laughter was particularly frightening in this night when even the moonlight was taken away.

"Yes, yes... they won't tell you this kind of thing. After all, you soldiers who have been fighting against Honkai for a long time have a huge demand for this serum. If I let you know, this small tube of serum What does it mean behind the scenes? Most people probably won’t be able to accept treatment with peace of mind..."

"What...what are you talking about?"

"Let's put it this way. It was an accident that I got that serum. That happened two years ago. At that time, my unit was responsible for guarding a base in Siberia. One day when I was on duty, I discovered a smuggling operation. incident. Among the smuggled items was this tube of serum.”

"Then what?"

Bronya and Xi'er looked at each other and somewhat knew the answer to this story. Because...perhaps out of mourning for the naive self, Cocolia, who was originally from the original world, told them this story more than once.

Although there will definitely be some differences, the general direction should be similar.

But they still did not interrupt the memory of the woman in front of them.

"Then? I seemed to have accidentally caught a big shot, and the charge of smuggling that day was pinned on me. I was sent to the solitary room within ten minutes, and the work efficiency was incredibly high. There, they whipped me I took off my clothes and boastfully mentioned to me the 'value' of the smuggled items, including that tube of serum. You should be familiar with what happened next, after all, it was such an important time point. ”

"The second collapse."

When Xi'er was still hesitating, Bronya gave the answer directly. Although there is no memory of this world, it is enough to refer to the experience of the intrinsic world Cocolia.

"Well, everyone in the entire military base died, and I was the only one left. Finally, a Fire Chaser warrior rescued me. I only remember that she had long pink hair, and after listening to me After the story, she rushed back to the military base, found the tube of serum among the "stolen items", and secretly handed it to me. I still remember what she said.

"'If it were you, you must be qualified to carry the weight of a thousand lives.' That's why I thought you Fire Chaser people all knew it. But now it seems that she really saw the wrong person... "

"Wait a minute, don't remember it yet. Honestly... what does a thousand lives mean?"

"Well, it literally means that each tube of serum comes from the antibodies in a thousand dead collapse patients. If you really want to use more than twenty tubes of serum to save the lives of all the children here, I at least hope you know this."

"..."

"…………"

Bronya suddenly turned around and quickly rushed to the front yard.