Vol 1 Chapter 12 (1/2)
[Novel] NO 6 - Vol 1 Ch 1 (b)
This is a continuation of PART A
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”Don't move,” he said
He was shorter than et a look at his eyes They were a dark, yet at the sarey I'd never seen a colour like that before His fingers clenched He didn't look strong at all, yet I was co a normal person could do
”I see,” Ithis”
The pair of grey eyes were unblinking Their gaze still fixed, they grew calentle surface of the ocean, and I could read no colour of menace, fear or murderous intent from them They were very quiet eyes I could feel
”I'll treat your wound,” I said, licking my lips ”You're hurt, aren't you? I'll treat it”
I could see myself reflected in the intruder's eyes For a et sucked into theaze and looked down, and repeated myself
”I'll treat the wound We have to stop the bleeding Treat You understand what I'ht?”
The grip around htly
”shi+on”
My mother's voice carried over from the intercom ”You have theopen, don't you”
I sucked in a breath I felt alright It was alright, I reassured myself I could talk with a normal voice
”The ?Oh, yeah, it's open”
”You'll catch a cold if you don't close it”
”I know”
I could hearon the other end
”You're turning twelve today and you're still acting like a little boy”
”Okay, I get itOh, mom?”
”What?”
”I have a report to write Can you leave me alone for a bit?”
”A report? Haven't you just been accepted into the Gifted Curriculum?”
”Huh? Oh well, I have a lot of assignments to do”
”I see don't overwork yourself Come downstairs at dinnertime”
Cold fingers dreay from my throat My body was free I stretched my hand out to restart the air control system I made sure to leave the security system off If I didn't, it would detect the intruder as a foreign presence, and would set off a piercing alaritimate resident of No 6 that wouldn't happen, but I couldn't i intruder would have a citizenshi+p
Theclosed, and warrey-eyed intruder half-collapsed into a kneel, and leaned against the bed He let out a long, deep breath He eakened considerably I took out the eency kit First I took his pulse, then tore his shi+rt open, and started cleaning the wound
”This”
I couldn't help but stare I wasn't familiar with this type of injury It had carved out a shallow ridge in the flesh of his shoulder joint
”A bullet wound?”
”Yeah” It was a casual answer ”It just raze wound?”
”I'm no specialist I'm still a student”
”Of the Gifted Curriculum?”
”Starting next month”
”Wow High IQ, huh?”
There was a tinge of sarcasaze from his wound, and looked him in the eye
”Are youfun of me?”
”Making fun of? When I' treated by you? Never So what's your specialization?”
I told hiy I had just been accepted into the Gifted Curriculuy It had the least to do with how to treat a bullet wound My first experience It was a little exciting Let's see, what do I have to do first? Disinfect, dressoh yes, I had to stop the bleeding
”What are you doing?”
He stared as I took a syringe out of the disinfecting kit, and sed
”Local anaesthesia Alright, here goes”
”Wait, wait a onna freeze it, and then what?”
”Sew it”
Supposedly I had said this with such a grin that I looked like I couldn't have been enjoyingI found out much later on
”Sew it! Can you get any more primitive than that?”
”This isn't a hospital I don't have state-of-the-art facilities, and besides, I think a bullet wound is pretty primitive itself”
The crime rate in the city was infinitely close to zero The city was safe, and there was no need for the average citizen to carry a gun If they did, it would only be for hunting Twice a year, rules were lifted for hunting season Olden-day firear over their shoulders, hobbyists would venture into the northern mountains Mother didn't like them She said she didn't understand how people could kill animals for enjoyment, and she wasn't the only one In periodic censuses, 70 of citizens expressed disco poor innocent animals―how violent, how cruel
But the bleeding figure in front of me was no fox or deer It was a human
”I can't believe it,” I muttered to myself
”Believe what?”
”That there are people who'll shoot at other people unless don't tellclub shot you by mistake?”
His lip curled He was s
”Hunting club, huh Well, I guess you can call them that But they didn't shoot by mistake”
”They knew they were shooting at a huainst the law”
”Is it? Instead of a fox, they just happened to be hunting a huainst the law”
”What do you mean?”
”That there are hunters, and the hunted”