Chapter 41: 5. Kevin and Ed, the struggles of small people

"Call...Call..."
A deep breath sounded in the corner of the dark room. Kevin held a pistol full of bullets in his left hand, and a dagger in his right. The black one, wrapped in red cloth, was longer than the dagger. Some black short knives, yes, it once belonged to Thompson.
It is a pity that its owner has long been lying in the seabed on the coast of Gotham.
In recent days, Kevin and Cyber ​​have talked twice. Although he does not like the who smiled when he killed, he has to admit that if he does not plan to leave Gotham, then he and Ed You must find yourself a strong backer.
He was still hesitating, but after the incident at Arkham, he made up his mind that he knew who the man in the dark red armor was. He was probably the only insider in the city, and this truth It gave him a faint hope. Although there was nowhere to be found, at least in this cold and dark night, he could bring him a trace of comfort.
He is just a small person. If it were not for his father who used to work for the Shadow Warriors Alliance, he would not even have even the slightest contact with this organization, but the problem lies here. When his father was seriously ill, he urgently needed a lot of money to save him 'S father, and at that time, the shadow warriors appeared.
Is there a choice for a 17-year-old young man?
No... destiny never gave him enough choices. After his father's death, Kevin could only take one step at a time under the impetus of destiny. He was like a lot of young people, and he was a man who lived with ease. At this age, it is normal to have this kind of thinking. In fact, as peripheral members, they will not have too many too troublesome things to deal with.
The young man turned his head to the left and right, looking nervously at his surroundings. He was always worried that a group of killers in black armor would suddenly emerge from dark corners. This worry had lasted for a whole day because he was In the corner of this street, I saw the sign representing "collection".
They are coming!
Kevin put the short knife in his hand on the table. He shivered and lit a cigarette for himself. He had never smoked these things before, but now, he needs a little gadget to relieve the pressure.
He turned his head to look at the clock on the wall. Ed had been out for 15 minutes. It was normal to spend a while buying a meal, but there was another possibility that he had an accident!
Thinking of this, Kevin reached out and pressed the cigarette in his mouth the ash-filled table, threw it in the ashtray that was already full of cigarette butts, he picked up the phone, gritted his teeth, and sent a text message. .
"They are coming!"
Recipient: Cyber ​​Hawk.
After pressing the send button, Kevin seemed to have lost all his strength. He fell on the sofa, and his mind was in confusion.
He worked for the shadow warrior for 4 years. What he did the most was to collect the latest intelligence in various areas of Gotham. He did not even encounter a situation where he needed to pick up a weapon, but thanks to the cultivation of his father from an early age, Kevin is not the kind of young man who has nothing to do.
Especially in the two years since Klein arrived in Gotham, no one dared to provoke the members of the lunatic asylum throughout the narrow island. The young man even felt that this kind of life was great. After all, he was only 21 years old and still in a fantasy-like age. If there is no accident, he will continue to live like this until he turns himself into a "narrow islander".
I don’t think about progress, I’m so brave, I have a kind of unreasonable hostility to all outsiders, I do some serious work, I revel in my destiny with those strippers every day, I look for that kind of animalistic overflow Shallow "happiness", and then died in a gang fighting or a robbery.
This is their life. Lars Al Gore is right. This city, at least on the narrow island, is incurable. When life loses hope completely, human nature will fall to A level we can never imagine, tumbling in the dark mud, never imagining the bright light. Although it is still a person, it is no longer a person.
Walking dead just for being alive.
But fortunately or unfortunately, he met Cyber, when his only good friend, Ed, was thrown into the sea three times, and only his confession could save him, when he was also and thrown into the sea. When he realized that he could save him, when he tried everything, and cut the rope hard, Kevin's deepest suffering and fear reawakened him from that dangerous life.
It was cruel. Even now, Ed will be afraid of seeing the water, and Kevin has replaced all the clocks in his house with that old style. He is afraid of seeing the beating number. For a small person, it was almost torture like hell.
Cyber ​​destroys the lives of two small people in a brutal and unreasonable way, but this kind of destruction is essentially a kind of salvation. When realizing that there is a more fierce and more terrible existence around him, most people’s The reaction is to stay away from the dangerous people and then live your life carefully.
This is also true for Kevin, but the trouble with Ed is that he knows how the Shadow Warriors deal with traitors. He still remembers that when he was a child, his father would sit alone after talking to those ghosts. He silently smoked in the dark, at that time he could not understand his father's worries, but now, when the heavy pressure is on his shoulders, he suddenly understood that his father's worries are fear!
Although Cyber ​​insisted many times that he would not betray them, what happened that night could not be concealed from intentional people. Why did Thompson go out with them and only returned two of them? If Cyber ​​kills Thompson, why should he let them go?
Sometimes, there is no need for exact reasons for killing. For deterrence, maintenance, or even a bad mood, it will become the reason for the death of the weak.
Cyber ​​is a complete bastard, but at least he is right in one sentence and cannot trust his future in the goodness of others, especially when facing a group of people who can never have goodness.
"Ding Dong"
Suddenly the doorbell reminded Kevin to wake up from his cranky thoughts. He jumped out of the bed with a dagger in his left hand and a pistol in his right hand. He took a deep breath and forced himself to calm down. He moved slowly in the darkness, and leaned against the wall to the door, and he lowered his voice.
"Who?"
"Open the door, it's me, Ed!"
Kevin was relieved. He was about to open the door. Ed outside the door suddenly said, "Open the door fast, Kevin. Today's pizza is amazing. I'm drooling."
The young man's hand stopped at the moment.
The obvious thing Ed went to buy was not pizza! He is warning him in this way!
There was a flash of fear in his eyes, and his shoulders began to tremble, but he still suppressed the surging fear forcibly, and whispered, "Wait, I will wear pants."
He could feel his tongue hitting his teeth, and he lay quietly on the ground, glancing out of the door slit, 3 feet.
Damn it! Damn it! !
Kevin knew he couldn't panic now, he took a picture, made a move, then took a deep breath, adjusted the direction of the muzzle in the door, and aimed it vaguely at one of the heads. Position, then twist the door lock, when the lock is twisted to the deepest...
"Get down! Ed!"
"boom"
The bullet passed through the fragile wooden door and hit an unexpected shadow warrior soldier, hitting him in the chest. The unlucky guy was pushed back two steps, and then fell off the steps. The firearm in hand and the ground The collision brought a series of noises.
At the moment when the gun was fired, the wooden door burst open, and the remaining man kicked on the front of the wooden door, kicking out Kevin with his gun in both hands. He was wearing a black mask and wearing a black combat The tall opponent in the suit, like a predator, rushed towards Kevin who fell on the ground.
Trained killers and young people with only simple training, whether in combat skills, weaponry, or even spiritual will, have a complete advantage. Kevin just took aim and kicked his pistol away. Going out, the guy who couldn't see his face wiped his belt, and a dagger appeared in his hand.
Holding a dagger instead, he looked at Kevin, who was climbing his arm from the ground. This guy moved his arms a bit, and his eyes under the combat mask were unabashedly murderous,
"traitor!"
"I'm not!"
Kevin shouted, grabbed the black short knife with his movable left hand, and stood across from him trembling. He was almost about to collapse. The super-sensory blessings brought by the adrenaline burst made him swell. Breathing, and the black man in the opposite side is like a cat teasing a mouse, turning around in circles, kicking the debris from the ground from time to time.
He can see that the kid in front of him is a coward. He only needs to use this method to destroy his will little by little. His teammates were overcast, but wearing body armor, he should only be slightly injured. Coming back soon, thinking of this, there was a fierce smile on the face under the visor.
"The day you betrayed, you should guess this result."
"boom"
The two collided together, and the short knife in Kevin's hand flew out in an instant. He was continuously hit by the person in front of him 7 times within 3 seconds. The last punch almost smashed him all Go out, mouth full of blood, fell to the ground, embarrassed
The guy seemed to have finished his activities. He shrugged his shoulders and pulled the pistol from his waist.
"Goodbye, traitor!"
"boom"
The scorching bullet missed, Kevin shook his head, and he saw two arms coming out from behind the big man. Ed, flushed, blushed, and tried his best to fall the big man to the ground. He Trying hard to restrain the big man, he screamed.
"Run! Kevin, run!"
The young man’s blood covered his eyes at this moment, and Ed’s scream seemed to awaken the switch in his mind, and he ran away, but when he rushed to the door, he saw the mask thrown aside by the big man , He suddenly remembered the funny monkey mask of Sibern.
"In the face of a mad dog who is going to bite you, it is useless no matter how you escape. The moment you turn around, the dog knows that you are afraid of it, and it will chase you until it satisfies its heart. An arrogant idea."
"Do you know how to deal with crazy dogs?"
"You have to lift the stick in your hand and hit it hard against its head. As long as you hit hard enough to make it hurt enough, it will whine and run away with its tail, it will be afraid You, this fear will stay in it, the next time it sees you, even if you don’t have a stick in your hand, it will walk around you, understand?"
What Cyber ​​said once rolled in his head, and he looked back.
"boom"
With a gunshot, Kevin's body covered in blood stopped at this moment. He saw Ed, his good brother fell to the ground, a large blood stain on his chest, and he looked hard at Kevin who turned back.
"Run...don't stay..."
The voice finally disappeared. At this moment, a string named sane broke into Kevin’s head. He picked up the chair next to him and screamed at the big man who had just climbed up. He grabbed the dagger on the ground and stabbed it into the man's chest, his eyes red.
That's not blood...that's tears.
"Ah!"
What's wrong with the little guy? Do small people have no right to live? !
After 5 minutes, Kevin lost his soul and covered with blood came out of the house. He went downstairs, like a walking dead. He saw the killer who was lying on the stairs and gasped hard. It was not dead, but he was injured. The guy saw him too, Kevin shook his head, walked past him, raised his gun in his hand, and pressed it against his head.
"Bang"