NieR: Whirlpool

Chapter 234: People after the War

"Host……"

In the white hall, a woman's sobbing and wailing could be heard.

She was wearing a gray dress and her voice was filled with tears.

He looked angrily at the shadow in red in front of him:

"You are satisfied now..."

N2, in a red dress, looked gloomy:

"I'm very sorry……"

"You know, he can't come back!"

"What!?"

"You want to test him, don't you? What a stupid test. What's this about sacrificing one's life for justice? If you pass, you die. If you don't die, you fail. Is there any justice in the world..."

"Is there no other way?"

The digitized woman burst into tears instantly and shouted like crazy: "Fifty times! Do you know that he died fifty times! Fifty times..."

The crazy tone turned into sobbing again: "...He will never come back..."

“I’m so sorry…

Is this human emotion? This kind of honor, I am proud of him..."

"What's the point of such glory? You could have done something...but you just stood by and watched!!!"

"...I will avenge him..."

…………

Resistance camp,

There is no more hustle and bustle of the past here.

The few remaining personnel walked weakly, each with an expressionless face, as they handled affairs in the camp.

The death rate of the hundreds of resistance soldiers brought out reached over 90%.

Dozens of small hills have been added to a hillside outside the camp.

In front of the old hill, there are various signs erected as tombstones. The metal signs have long been rusted, and the wooden signs have long been decayed.

A light breeze blew by, carrying away the wood chips, and the willow branches rustled in the wind.

In the dark room,

A figure huddled in a corner.

There was no emotion in his empty eyes, he was just staring at the black cube in his hands.

A hint of golden light shone through the cracks in the black box. The sticky liquid on the surface had long since dried up, and reflected a reddish-brown color under the golden light.

This went on for a long time...

"YoRHa Unit A2..."

Assisted Machine 042, who was standing by, tried to speak, but was hesitant and received no response.

After another long silence, he spoke again: "9M..."

For a moment, a faint light flashed in his empty eyes, but it quickly disappeared...

Silence, peace, the room is very quiet…

crunch~

The tightly closed door was gently pushed open, and a ray of light shone in, illuminating her sad and beautiful face.

Auxiliary machine 042 walked to the door, looked at the person outside, and floated out.

"Ms. A2..."

Noticing someone coming, she slightly raised her eyelids, rolled her eyeballs, and slightly pulled apart her stuck eyelashes.

Crunch~~~

ta~ta~ta~

The door was closed again, and the sound of high heels walking on the floor was heard from inside the room.

11B walked slowly to the corner, bent down gently, imitated her, squeezed in, and sat down against the corner.

silence……

A2 silently stretched out her left hand and placed it on 11B's shoulder. 11B understood and leaned her head to the right, pressing her face closely against hers.

She slowly said, "How do you know him?"

11B narrowed her eyes, and her thoughts went back to five months ago. No...

"I... met him in the bunker a long time ago, but we didn't have much contact... You know the rules of the bunker..."

"At that time, I heard that he often went on missions with 9S, and later... the commander often sent... 2B to accompany them..."

"Hmm... I don't remember the rest of the memory very clearly... It should be... Hehe... the routine procedures of the bunker. I think my memory has been deleted."

"In the few times I met him... he always looked the same, sunny and thick-skinned..."

"Later, he accidentally learned through a top-secret channel that he, along with 9S, had their memories erased 48 times..."

"This is too scary, so I planned to escape..."

"At this time, I unexpectedly obtained an unsigned intelligence that showed several coordinates."

"I didn't pay much attention to it at the time..."

"And the 243rd airborne operation was an opportunity. I pretended to be destroyed and tried to escape from the team..."

"However, he failed to control the fighter plane, causing his own body to be severely damaged. He was surrounded by mechanical life forms in the ruined factory..."

"Just when I was about to despair, a handsome guy appeared in front of me..."

"He actually asked me if I was 11B,"

"I thought he had lost his memory, so I pretended not to know him and asked him his name..."

At this point, 11B smiled.

A2 suddenly became curious and turned to ask softly, "What did he say?"

11B continued to laugh, "He said...he said his name was...Lei Feng..."

"You know, I'm totally dumbfounded..."

"Later, I tried to look up information, and guess what..."

"What's going on?" A2 blinked and asked 11B, who was narrating, curiously.

"Ten thousand years ago, a warrior from the Dragon Kingdom did good deeds everywhere without leaving his name. There is a spirit named after him, called the Lei Feng Spirit,"

“The content is:

Lofty ideals and firm beliefs of loving the Party, loving the motherland, and loving socialism;

The spirit of dedication to serving the people and helping others;

The professionalism of loving what you do and being dedicated to what you do;

The innovative spirit of forging ahead with determination and striving for self-improvement;

The entrepreneurial spirit of hard work, diligence and thrift."

“I can already recite it…”

"To sum it up, it's probably about helping others and serving the people wholeheartedly... Hahahaha, this guy..."

A2 seemed to find it very interesting and laughed out loud unconsciously, as if he was listening to something worth being happy about.

The laughter gradually stopped and turned into silence...

"What happened next?" she asked quietly.

"Then..." 11B raised her head and continued to recall:

"He knew my escape plan. After healing my wounds, he asked me to flee the area quickly. Then, you know, there was a huge explosion in the factory area. I thought..."

"The headquarters seemed to have discovered my abnormality and sent an executioner to find me. Luckily..."

"I thought of the intelligence I had obtained before, and followed the coordinates in the intelligence. Finally, I found the captain and the other three. After that, we stayed together, avoiding the pursuit of machine lifeforms and YoRHa executioners..."

"I was full of doubts about that information until another time..."

"We went out to collect items, and when we returned to our residence, we found that he had actually found the place and was confronting 64B..."

"Later, the misunderstanding was resolved and he gave us a procedure that he said would prevent the headquarters from hunting us down."

"It's just as he said."

"It was not until I separated from him that I realized that the information about the coordinates I received before the 243rd airborne operation was provided by him..."

"Later, this time..."

11B's voice gradually became quieter, and he lowered his head and stopped talking.

"He's always like this..." A2 smiled miserably, "He has helped me many times before..."

Huh? 11B raised her head and asked curiously, "Ms. A2, then you... must have a very good relationship with 9M..."

A2 was stunned for a moment. She didn't know how to answer this question.

Thought for a long time,

Looking at 11B's expectant eyes, she said helplessly:

"Of course it's good..."

"How good?" 11B leaned to the right.

Uh~~~how to say it?

She thought for a moment and said, "The kind of good method about life and death... open your heart... several times..."

"Wow..., no wonder... it seems... your relationship... is really special, a friendship of life and death."

11B looked at her with longing.

She gave an awkward smile, not knowing what to say.

You can't say that you stabbed 9M the first time you met.

The second time we met, I watched him get stabbed and then commit suicide.

The third time they met, I accidentally stabbed him while trying to save him.

the fourth time……