Outside the window is a dark gray sky, and not far away is a floating island like a top.
The tall buildings above are bathed in the sun. Snow mountains and large green fields make you feel relaxed and happy at a glance.
In the shadow below the floating island, the buildings are densely hidden, which gives a chilly and gloomy feeling.
It's like a stranger standing quietly outside the frosted glass window... even if you just glance at it unintentionally, it will immediately give you a deep cold feeling like the bottom of a lake in winter.
"It's really a sunny day today."
However, the man sitting opposite Russell sucked fresh orange juice and sighed with such a familiar feeling: "It's great that it didn't rain."
"Yes."
Russell answered softly and turned his head.
According to common sense, it's really sunny here.
There are no storms, typhoons, blizzards, nor thick dark clouds falling from the sky like barriers to cover the sky
... But maybe it's an illusion.
Russell always felt that the sky should not be like this.
He seemed to have seen it somewhere, the brighter... not gray white or faint yellow, but a cloudless sky of blue.
——But that should be an illusion.
Everyone knows that the true color of the sky is gray.
Since ancient times, the world has never had a blue sky.
"Although... it's my first time to travel first class," Russell stared at the man across the table, the golden cat ear on his head jumped uneasily, and his tail was raised high behind me, slowly swaying from side to side, "but generally speaking, Tianen Group will sell tickets for the first class to two people who don't know each other?"
On the head of the man was a pair of white, furry ears of canids. The hair was healthy enough to scare people - the white hair was long enough to hide his tail.
His face was etched like a scar.
The pattern ran through his left eye from top to bottom, from eyebrow to chin. The left eye passed by on the way has also been replaced with a cold artificial eye that gives people the feeling of exquisite diamonds.
Just being watched by that single artificial eye, you will feel cold on your back.
The man did not answer Russell's question, but smiled and asked, "Are you alone, little friend?"
"It's very rude, sir. Although it seems strange, I have graduated from graduate school for two years."
Russell replied angrily, "It's just because of Lingqin's problem that you look a little tender. Just like...... You are so big."
The "spiritual affinity" that comes into being soon after everyone is born and starts to speak is different from light to heavy.
Russell has seen a heavily spiritualized individual with long hair, which is like a brown bear standing upright. Except that he can speak and wear clothes, he is almost the same as a bear; I have also seen very mild psionic individuals with only a pair of cat ears and even no tail.
As for Russell himself, he has the unique reflex nerve and soft body of the dune cat, and his weight is lower than that of normal people, and his bouncing power, balance power and explosive power are stronger. His ears are bigger and his hearing is stronger than that of other cats.
He is a very rare "full positive representational individual". In other words, he did not inherit any negative traits from his spiritual relatives.
... if short is not a negative characteristic.
If we calculate the height of the ear, the guy in front of Russell must be close to one meter nine. Russell is only 1.65 meters apart from ears.
Even if this guy just sat opposite Russell, Russell clearly perceived a very strong sense of oppression.
"It is a classic pseudoscience that the spirit relatives may not affect their height. For example, my spirit relatives are Samoyes, and they are only medium-sized dogs in terms of breed."
Mr. Samoye bit the straw and said casually, "For example, I know a moose. His height is really high, but it is only 1.8 meters. It can be said that the moose is the largest deer. Not to mention that... you have beautiful blonde hair. What kind of cat is your moose?"
"My mother and I are both dune cats. It is said that they are very small cats... but I have never seen them before."
Russell replied listlessly, "But it may be a genetic problem. After all, my mother is a little shorter than me..."
"Just looking at your appearance, I know your mother must be a beauty."
The young man sincerely exclaimed.
Russell also knew that he inadvertently disclosed some personal information.
But there is no way.
Although this "Samoye" has been smiling, Russell's spiritual intuition has constantly told him that this person is very dangerous.
Russell's heart was pounding against his chest. His ears were erect, extremely nervous, his hair was slightly blown open, and even his stomach hurt.
——He has never seen such a terrible person.
In those movies and TV plays, when the guy who owes usury sits in front of the leader of the underground gang... that's probably the feeling.
It's hard to sit still.
Russell instinctively tried to tell some of his less important information.
It's like making a mistake when I was young. When I doubt that I might be found, I suddenly become talkative. They will voluntarily admit some minor mistakes and try to distract the other party's attention.
According to primatology, this is a common instinct of human beings who take small animals as their spiritual relatives.
Just as small animals will roll over and expose their bellies in front of the toothless leader, trying to prove their harmlessness and tameness.
"Won't your mother come with you?"
The man who revealed the danger asked.
This must be cross examination. Russell thought so.
"She's dead."
While thinking about it, Russell replied quietly: "Her funeral has just ended.
"I still remember how it felt. Even when I clenched my fists, I felt empty and powerless... After that, I would dream of her every night. Although I would forget the content of the dream soon after waking up, my pillow towel would be wet every time I woke up."
Russell's right hand, without leather gloves, subconsciously touched the necklace on his chest.
It is a hexagonal pendant, in which the mother's personal chip is stored.
Although the data stored in the chip has been destroyed through the funeral process... the complete chip left behind is also a souvenir for relatives.
The crystal pendant for storing chips is also the last gift left by his mother to Russell.
"Sorry... What about your father?"
The man opposite patiently continued to ask.
Russell felt the danger more and more.
This kind of inquiry into privacy has gradually separated from the degree of "chatting on the way".
According to the emotional intelligence of ordinary people, since Russell only mentioned his mother, he obviously didn't want to talk about his father, did he?
But Russell did not change his face.
He has a lot of experience in dealing with dangerous people.
Just like when he was a child, when his mother had not left work, he came home from school alone.
After entering the house, Russell realized that a thief had entered the house and that the other person had not left.
Russell clearly realized that at this time he should keep calm and relaxed instead of being flustered by fear.
He kept his acting skills and kept his innocence and harmlessness. I called my friend at the first time. After I got in touch with my friend, I left home calmly under the excuse of "go out to play ball".
He did not rush to leave, nor did he run away after going out. But humming a song, grinding for a while before slowly starting.
The crisis we are facing must be just like this.
"That man has already gone away."
Russell sneered, showing a disdain and imperceptible hatred.
But in fact, he has no feelings for that man.
No love, no hate. It seems that he is just a passer-by who has nothing to do with himself. Russell did not have the consciousness of "having a father of his own".
"When I could hardly remember, he left with all the family property. Unlike my mother and I, it is said that the man's soul mate is an eagle. He must be destined to fly away.
"We used to live in Chongguang Island. It's not like the Happiness Island, which has upper and lower urban areas. A lot of work is handled by artificial intelligence, and it's hard to find decent jobs. My mother tried her best to support me and let me go to school. For more than 20 years, that man hasn't even remitted a penny back, and all the news is read-only. Even after my mother died of illness, I sent him the location of her funeral, and he ignored me.
"Do you know, sir? For the first time, I know that people will become very heavy after death. And after that, they will become very light. The crematorium will not give you all the ashes. Only a symbolic handful... The urn is about this big."
Russell motioned, his tone was indifferent and permeated with some sadness and self mockery: "They even gave me only one minute for the body farewell ceremony. Because I was the only one who came to say goodbye... I can't even afford to ask the priest of Cyberchurch to complete the ceremony. Fortunately, I did some odd jobs in school. Otherwise, we can't even afford to buy a collective cemetery with such light and small boxes. If you can't afford to pay at the first time, you can only choose the 'environmental protection package' - that is, you can directly scatter the ashes into the sea. "
This is not all acting.
It was genuine grief, something really happened.
But Russell is actually not so helpless - he is much stronger than the child described in his words.
After all, if he was not strong enough, he could not persist in finishing college in the environment of Chongguang Island.
But when he was young, he was used to proper "selling miserably". In other words, show your scars and shortcomings to an appropriate extent, and try to eliminate the hostile consciousness of others without being looked down upon.
It's like a stray cat pretending to be good and dawdling with passers-by to cheat for food.
Strange to say... Maybe it's because of his focus on performance, or maybe the other party has let go of some evil feelings towards him. Russell felt the tension in the air and gradually dissipated.
Perhaps, I am not entirely to gain the trust of the other party.
Russell thought.
Although it is only a social means for self-protection.
But it really made him feel better to say these things.
"Listen to me," the voice of the young man opposite became a little lower. "When you find the man, remember to shoot him. If you abandon your wife and children, you should teach him a lesson."
"Forget it."
Russell shook his head. "I don't want to find him."
"Even if he makes your life so difficult?"
"He is indeed an asshole. But I cannot become an asshole like him."
Russell said quietly, "Mother said, I want to be a great person."
——This is the truth.
Mother did say so, and Russell thought so from the bottom of his heart.
"... What is a 'great big man'?"
"Can you make people admire...... From the bottom of their hearts?"
Russell was silent for a moment, and was not sure to say, "At least not to be hated."
Hearing the words, the young man with long white hair was a little silent.
"That's too hard."
The young man said softly, "It's more difficult than being a director of the 'head office'."
After saying that, he gave up the topic and again revealed his unprofessional and only chilling smile: "In that case, how can you afford to buy an empty boat ticket in the first class?"
"Before she died, my mother told me that... I had an uncle in Happy Island."
Russell's mouth rose slightly on one side, and his voice was calm: "An uncle I have never seen or heard of. My mother asked me to move to the Happy Island to live... This first-class ticket was also bought for me by my uncle. I tell you, this ticket is valuable. If I change it to my living expenses, I can live a meaty life for five or six years.
"But it's a pity that I don't have the money to buy a suitcase. Fortunately, I don't have anything to carry. My schoolbag at school is enough, even quite loose. This saves me the money for checking."
"Is your uncle...?"
"Tianen Group. He is a member of the 'head office', which means the senior management."
Russell said so.
This is also the information he deliberately disclosed.
On the one hand, it is to gain the goodwill and trust of the other party, on the other hand, it is also a silent threat.
"Tianen Group... that's a big enterprise."
The tall white haired young man sighed in a low voice.
He thought for a while, and passed a small box to Russell as if nothing had happened: "You are a good boy
"But good children should be more careful in Happy Island."
"It sounds like there is not much difference between Xingfu Island and Chongguang Island."
Russell muttered and opened the box.
The next moment, he felt the hair on his ear tip burst.
The heart almost stopped beating.
At the moment of fingertip contact, he realized what it was.
That's a gun.
