Chapter 4: Way of Death
"Haven't you thought about how to solve this problem?" Suwan covered it up with a dry cough and took two steps back away from the iron bars.
"Of course I've thought about it. We've been trying, but we've never succeeded. It's difficult to succeed because it doesn't conform to the laws of human development. Those people can't bear the forced genetic enhancement. But the experiment has not ended. I just participated in the experiment, and I've seen many people die painfully in front of me, not to mention before..." Charlotte suddenly thought of Suwan's and her very different attitudes just now. She felt even more misunderstood and had to hug herself tightly to give herself some sense of security. Then she cried weakly: "You didn't see it, so you can say they did nothing wrong, but I saw it all. It was really terrible. Watching their blood splattered on my clothes was too dazzling. They didn't know anything at all..." Charlotte looked helpless: "They also have their own families and their own children, but their families don't know that they are dead, and they don't know that they have disappeared and can never go back. Even the bodies can't go back, because those bodies have been destroyed by corrosive solutions, and there is nothing left. I regret participating in the experiment. I became an accomplice..."
Suwan is a soldier, and he follows his best instincts in making certain decisions. Sacrificing the lives of a small number of people to save the majority is sometimes a helpless act, and it is difficult to judge right or wrong. But listening to Charlotte's description, Suwan couldn't help but frown.
How cruel, Suwan thought.
That way of death is too painful and too inhumane. Just as the Belster Institute was jointly established by many countries, the laboratory is also a joint research and experiment conducted by scientists from many countries. Although the military's conducting live experiments is a secret that the public can guess, they will not know more about it, let alone the pain of these people's deaths.
Charlotte was not wrong to want to make the truth public, but she trusted the wrong person.
Charlotte sobbed quietly and almost collapsed. Suwan didn't know how to comfort her. He just watched Charlotte sitting on the ground with her shoulders shaking and sobbing quietly. After that, he really had nothing to say.
Suwan stood for a while, then simply sat on the ground and took a nap against the iron bars behind her to conserve her energy. It seemed that no one would come during this day's quarantine. Suwan now only hoped that the guards would come to let her out tomorrow. She really wanted to go back and take a shower. The smell here was getting worse and worse. Suwan was a little tired, so she didn't pick on the environment here. After all, she was a student of Belster and had a strong ability to adapt. The bruised shoulders and back touching the stiff and cold iron bars made Suwan very uncomfortable. Suwan had to adjust her posture and closed her eyes aggrievedly.
There was originally a firearms class in the afternoon. I wondered if Instructor Oviso would be mad at me for skipping class. I hoped she could understand because I had no choice, Suwan thought aimlessly.
The confinement cell was empty and quiet, and Suwan soon fell into a deep sleep.
It was Charlotte's soft call that woke her.