Outside Merlin's tavern, night had begun to cover the city of Kandahar.The news of the militants and jihadists outside the city has come back, and everyone who has been to the scene is rumoring about the horrific scene, dozens of people died, and it was literally a river of blood.A panic of the coming of war spread among the crowd, and worst of all, no one in the city could stop it.It's like an unstoppable plague of the mind, and it will eventually break out.It will kill the last hope of all life in the city before the real war destroys it.Many times, fear is a more destructive force than swords and bullets.But in this quiet tavern, everything is like isolation.On the table next to him, the breathing of the lying soldier had become steady, although it was still very weak, but the rhythmic breathing represented that he had passed the most dangerous period.A life was saved.This should have been a glorious event, but neither of the two in the tavern paid much attention to it.And in the face of Merlin's inquiry, Lincoln, a young man from Ohio.
Campbell was somewhat silent.He drank the wine from his glass, and with a slight drunkenness, said to Merlin, "You say you can modify your memory?"
”"It's not a revision, it's a forgetting."
Merlin explained: "Of course, changes have been made.But it's more troublesome, to modify a memory, you need to use other magic, and I generally don't like to do things that don't make sense. ”"And after I tell you my secret, can you help me change my memory?"
The young man looked at Merlin and said, "Modify me into a man who hates alcohol and wants to be a good doctor, who wants to live his life in peace."
Oh yes, make me extremely disgusted with violence, let my character be gentle...
Can you do it?
”"AhhMerlin stroked his wand, and Lola throbbed in his palm, as if in response to his master.He looked at Lincoln and said, "I can do it, but I'm curious if it's worth it for me to reveal the secret."
And why do you want to be such a person?
You say you wish you hated alcohol, but what I see is a young man who is immersed in alcohol...
You're dodging something with drunkenness, right?
”"If you can escape pain when you get drunk, how perfect the world would be."
Lincoln chuckled, and he said, "I did numb myself with alcohol, but that was really not what I wanted."
Every time I wake up, the pain of being suppressed is doubled, a year ago, I still have a girlfriend who has been in love for several years, loves me, I still have ideals, I still have a future.But now, I have nothing. ”"I disappointed her again and again, alcoholism, domestic violence...
I'm a scumbag. ”The young man's smile was full of pain, and he said, "But Mr.
Merlin, have you ever been in that situation?"
The kind of situation where you are sober yourself, but you can't control your irritable emotions, the kind of despair that you love her, but you still can't control your anxiety to vent on her...""
Oh, no."
Merlin shook his head, and he said bluntly: "Men who beat women are all scum.Luckily, that's you, not me. ”"Yes, I'm scumbag."
Lincoln said earnestly, "So I want you to change my memory, change my character, and give me a second chance to start over." ”"I'm more curious than that, how did you end up like this?"
Merlin pointed to Lincoln's glass, and said, "A lot of people drink a lot of alcohol, and use alcohol to numb their fears...
But in reality, this kind of behavior can only be counterproductive.What are you afraid of?
What are you running away from?
What does that have to do with you being taken by a mysterious person to appear in Afghanistan?
”"Yes!"
Lincoln gritted his teeth and pointed to his heart, saying, "I have a demon in my heart, and after the night of my 18th birthday, it wakes up and roars to break out of its cage."
It was instinct, the instinct to yearn for violence and destruction. ”"I thought I was cursed, but then I realized that it wasn't a curse.It was talking to me, and in every silent night, it was urging me to find the key that would release it. ”"Since then, I've been afraid of the night."
Lincoln poured himself another glass of wine, and he craned his neck to drink the liquor in a way that surprised Merlin.He said, "I can only be quiet when I'm drunk...
Really calm down.I didn't mean to hurt her, but I just...
I just can't control it.The voice rang out in my soul, longing to wake up. ”"No, you don't have any demons in you."
Merlin looked at the young man in front of him who seemed to be babbling nonsense, and he said with certainty: "With my knowledge of demons, if you were a demon believer or a parasite, you would not have survived to sit in my car.Alright, the time for pantomime riddles is over, Lincoln, I can help you rebuild your craft, now tell me, what is your secret?
”“Inhumans。”
Lincoln uttered a strange word.Merlin was stunned for a moment, he had never heard of the term, and after a moment, he asked, "Inhuman?"
What does that mean?
”"I don't know."
Lincoln said calmly, "This word was told to me by the mysterious man who appeared in the bar and brought me from Cincinnati to Afghanistan."
He didn't say much to me, he just told me that the calling in my heart was not a curse, but an instinctive desire to revive the great lineage that flowed through my veins.He told me that he would take me to my real 'home'. ”"He told me that I don't need to be scared anymore."
A sneering smile flashed across Lincoln's face, and he said, "Shet!
Did he think I was a child?
Just a few casual words and let me follow him...
Just let me abandon everything I have in the world, just because of what hellish inheritance!
But you know what?
Mr.
Merlin, I didn't have a choice...""
He didn't give me a choice at all, he just grabbed my arm, I saw the blue light beating, I saw the whirling light, and in the blink of an eye, I was in the corner of Kandahar."
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The young man was clutching his hair, he was already drunk.He gritted his teeth and said, "He didn't even give it to me...
A chance to say goodbye to her.Damn it!
Damn it!!
Who wants to come to this hellish place?
Who wants to be a relative to that monster!
He doesn't even have eyes!
”"Huh?"
Merlin became interested, he looked at Lincoln, and he said, "Describe to me the appearance of the mysterious man who took you away."
You say he doesn't have eyes?
”"Yes."
Lincoln said, "An ordinary face, with short gray hair, a nose, a mouth, and ears, but the face between the nose and the forehead is flat."
There is no structure of the eye at all, as if the eye never existed. ”"Aside from his eyes, he doesn't look like a normal person.Wearing a gray trench coat and a tie. ”The young man shook his head a little dizzily and said, "I'm terrified, really.I've never seen anyone like that, I thought he was a mutant, but he told me that he had nothing to do with a mutant.He was an Inhuman, an inheritor of the blood of the gods of ancient times, and he told me that in his family, there were many people like me. ”"What else?"
Merlin asked, "Did he tell you anything else?"
Where's his home, for example?
His organization, the Inhuman's situation, his abilities, or some other secret?
”"He didn't say where."
Leaning back in his chair, Lincoln said, "He only told me the name of 'home,' and it was 'the afterlife.'"
It is a paradise in the middle of the Himalayan mountains, where aliens live.I was with him for less than 20 minutes before he left in a hurry, as if something important had happened.He asked me to wait for him in Kandahar and he would come back as soon as possible. ”"He told me that what happened on my 18th birthday night was a sign of the awakening of the Inhuman bloodline.I need to be exposed to something weird, like a fog or something, in order to complete the transformation from human to inhuman, and that kind of thing that is essential to Inhuman is on their side. ”"Hmm—" Merlin nodded.Lincoln's revelations don't look like they're fake.But the Inhumans, the Order, or the existence of the Race, were something Merlin had never known about before.Not even in the documents left by Ms.
Carter, there is no clue.It's no secret that mutants exist, but what about these aliens who look like mutants?
If things are true as Lincoln said, if the inheritance of Inhumans can be traced back thousands of years, then how did they achieve the concealment from generation to generation?
Also, Why do Inhumans live in the Himalayas?
And listening to Lincoln's meaning, it seems that becoming an alien means completely cutting off contact with the outside world?
Are they trying to form a small civilization of their own?
Or do they simply not identify themselves as part of human civilization?
The more Merlin thought about it, the more he felt that there was something strange about it.He looked at Lincoln and asked, "What's the name of the Inhuman who took you?"
”"Gordon."
A drunken Lincoln said, "He told me his name was Gordon." ”"Well, I haven't heard of it."
Merlin shook his head in disappointment.After a few minutes, Lincoln staggered to his feet, opened his arms before Merlin's eyes, closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and said, "I told you my secrets, all my secrets, not at all."
Mr.
Merlin, now fulfill your promise. ”"Modify my memory, let me be free...""
I'll beg you."
Merlin looked at the loveless expression on the young man's face in front of him, he shook his head, and said to Lincoln, "I want to tell you in advance, if your anxiety really comes from your instinct, then even if you modify your memory, it will not last long.I can't modify your soul, I can't modify my instincts, even if it's temporarily suppressed, when it explodes again, you'll only be more miserable. ”"Come on."
Lincoln said calmly, "Whatever you do, let me change back to my old self."
Even if it's just for one day...""
Then—" Merlin's wand waved, the light of the Oblivion Charm dancing at the tip of the wand, but just as Merlin's wand was about to make contact with Lincoln, a strange blue light suddenly appeared in the closed tavern.A figure emerged from the light, reaching out to grab Lincoln.But Merlin reacted faster.His body shattered into billowing black smoke, enveloping Lincoln in it, completely blocking the outstretched hand.The blue light and the black mist of Merlin collided in the cramped room, and Lincoln, who was enveloped in it, let out a howl of pain.The scorching red fire and blue light of the black mist collided.After just a few seconds, with a low cry of pain, the blue light dissipated as strangely as it had appeared.Merlin's figure also reunited in front of Lincoln a moment later.The drunk young man was covered in cold sweat at this moment, and he could see that just now, at the most fatal moment, the outstretched hand of the Inhuman Gordon who appeared in the blue light was less than 5 inches away from him.But the mysterious Mr.
Merlin repelled him.No, not just repulsion.Lincoln saw the black glaparator knife in Merlin's hand, and a gleam of blood on the blade."
He's bleeding."
Merlin picked up his handkerchief and wiped the blood from the blade of his fighting knife.He said to Lincoln behind him, "But his abilities are tricky, and if he must take you, it will be a real big problem...""
So what are we going to do?"
Lincoln, who was awakened from drunkenness, looked at Merlin, who was wiping the blade, and he couldn't help but ask, "What should I do if he comes again?"
”"We?
No, no, no. ”Merlin shook his head, he turned around, and said to Lincoln solemnly, "It's you, you should think about what to do." ”"What I can tell you is that I've had similar experiences with you, and in reality, your real trouble isn't the calling of your heart.Lincoln, you haven't realized the real heart of the problem. ”Merlin put away his fighting knife and said to the dazed young man, "Bad things have happened, your life has been ruined.Whether you want to or not, you can't go back to the past.What if I modify your memory?
Can you forget these things, can the girl you hurt forget?
Can those around you forget?
”"Kid, listen to me."
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Merlin reached out and patted Lincoln on the shoulder, and he said in a serious tone, "I have faced the same choice as you, as a person who has come before, and what I want to say is...""
Think about it.""
Do you continue to be nostalgic for the past, wallowing in pale pain and unable to extricate yourself until your life is a mess?""
Or wave goodbye to the past, put down the baggage, travel lightly, and be full of courage to meet the story that fate has prepared for you.""
You...
What you need is not repentance, not salvation, but acceptance of reality. ”Merlin put away his wand and said to Lincoln, who was standing still, "I mean, if you're destined to be an Inhuman.Then don't let that Gordon push you to make decisions.You're an adult, and you should understand that when you do anything, you have to make decisions...""
Hold it in your own hands!"
PS: My friend's book "The Godfather of Steam" is on the shelves today, this is a very interesting book, brothers who like steampunk and Victorian stories should not miss it.It's not easy to write a book, ask for support!
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