The Star Knight - 11. Chapter Eleven

Wearing a cloak of sand bat skin, Opal attracted attention as soon as he appeared in front of the gate of Horrance’s headquarters.

“Excuse me, what’s the matter?” The security guard’s voice came from the communicator under the camera.

In the lens, Opal looked up at the camera and said: “I want to see Horrence.”

The security guard said: “State your name, report your ID number, and explain clearly your intentions.”

Opal looked around. The headquarters of the two companies, Horrance and Black Rock Mining, were facing each other. The door over there was still closed. Opal said straightforwardly: “I have no name and no ID card. I am an interstellar black worker. You help me convey a word to the person in charge, asking them to read today’s news about the B-11 star? Please arrange a meeting as soon as possible. I have brought very important news.”

There was no answer. Opal waited at the door for a long time. When he was about to leave, the small door on the side opened and the communicator said: “Come in.”

Opal walked into the middle of the building. This was the entrance and exit of the staff’s private car. Once inside, it seemed to have stepped into the boundless ocean, surrounded by fish swimming in the glass wall, strangely shaped, and many marine creatures had never been seen or heard of.

A robot led the way and brought the Opal into the central hall. It was already the evening time after work. He wore a black cloak and walked through the hall like a walker from afar. The staff passing by around looked at him with strange eyes. Opal didn’t care, as he walked thinking about what to say next. This is obviously what they need. Should we go directly to the topic, or should we talk about the conditions first?

The robot took him into the elevator room in the central hall, turned on the button, and went straight to the 900th floor. Opal was thinking in the center of the speeding elevator, and followed the robot through an empty corridor and into an office.

The office is very large. Behind the desk sits a middle-aged man in a black suit. Behind him is a huge circular screen. The screen is covered with the names of minerals and their prices per kilogram. These prices are increasing. The seconds go by and keep changing.

The robot leading the way left, and the middle-aged man asked, “You are from the B-11 star? What is your name?”

Two more robots came over with their plates and placed the drinks in front of the opal.

Opal said: “Introduce myself, my name is Opal.”

The middle-aged man nodded politely, shook hands with him, and said, “Kadir Hollens.”

Opal’s heart shuddered. This is the person in charge of Horrance? It didn’t look like it seemed to be the same. He didn’t know where the problem was or the level of the opponent. He came here with the courage of a newborn calf. The only bargaining chip is the chip in his hand.

“Have you read the news?” Opal glanced at the drink, but didn’t drink it.

Kadir nodded and said: “Look, what happened this afternoon, you brought that girl to this planet? Where is your spacecraft?”

Opal squinted his eyes and looked at him, always feeling a little bit bottomless.

He wants to use mind reading. This is the first time for him to actively use it. Perhaps knowing the other person’s thoughts will help decisively…Teacher, I will use it once, and only this time. Opal said repeatedly in his heart.

He said: “I am not actually a resident of the B11 star. My mother made an emergency landing on the planet 16 years ago…”

Opal suddenly noticed one thing, and the other party didn’t look at him directly. Kadir’s eyes were fixed on something on the table. It was a Pegasus-shaped sculpture. Why? Isn’t it right for him to look at himself at this time? In order to judge whether he is lying or holding other purposes… Opal’s eyes also moved to the small sculpture. Both of them looked at the sculpture. Opal thought of something in an instant—he should not be Horrence. There are other people listening to their conversation.

The other party did not show the look they should have. Opal can only use that method, he said in his heart: Teacher, let me use it once, only this time.

Opal narrowed his eyes, gathered his mental power, looked at the other’s eyes, and said every word to him seriously: “Let me see Horrence.”

“What?” Kadir leaned slightly and frowned, “I am.”

Opal repeated it once and said: “You are not, let me see your boss, I have something to say to him.”

Kadir stared at Opal, his gaze faded for a moment, as if a little shaken.

Opal pressed his hand in front of him and repeated it for the third time, saying: “If you deceive me, I will leave now. Let me see Horrence and remind you one last time.”

Kadir murmured: “Okay, please wait a moment.”

As he stood up, a secret door appeared on the two walls of the office. Six robot guards came out of the secret door. A voice rang behind Opal, saying: “You can’t be the B11 star. .”

Opal sat upright, six robots surrounded him and Kadir’s desk, and his method worked. A young man with red hair walked out from the secret door on the left hand side. He was not handsome, but he was very tasteful. He wore a light green shirt and fish-shaped blue metal slippers on his feet. The young man immediately stepped aside, and the real Kadir Hollens sat down on the chair, his face full of expressions like an enemy, and looked at him guardingly.

“Please speak, Star Knight.” Kadir’s voice was a little unstable: “What’s your intention?”

Opal was just a little startled, and then he understood something.

“Do you know who I am?” Opal asked.

Kadir said: “I don’t like being hypnotized. I promise to listen carefully to your opinions. Everything in the office is videotaped. And our company has businesses in many galaxies. I’m not afraid of you.”

Opal said: “Let’s take a look at this first.”

He flipped his hand and spread his palm, the chip flew towards Kadir, Kadir’s expression became more serious, his eyes stared at the opal almost unblinking, raised his hand to hold the chip, and the desktop of the desk was turned on. A partition, flip out the holographic projector.

“This is an old-style chip.” Kadir said: “The Scarlet Star has been eliminated. Where did you get it? Secretary, get a signal converter.”

The middle-aged man was sent out, and Kadir said again: “Let A3 in, you don’t have to come back.”

Opal never spoke again, sitting quietly and waiting, Kadir said: “Please drink some ice crystal juice and relax. We don’t want to be hostile to you, at least we haven’t had any conflicts yet, have we?”

Opal is very strange, Kadir also knows the Star Knight? He seems to be afraid of Reckett?

Opal did not ask, but said lightly: “Okay.”

He suddenly discovered one thing: Once he left Reckett and wanted to solve something alone, he would unconsciously imitate his tone, actions and demeanor.

Reckett’s thoughtful tone was deeply ingrained in his heart, and Opal regarded him as an object of imitation.

“Do you know my teacher?” Opal asked suddenly.

Kadir immediately said vigilantly: “I don’t know. I mean… I have heard of him. I don’t know what I can do for him. Why did I find us?”

Opal is even more strange, Cadir is afraid of Reckett?

He asked: “How do you recognize me?”

Kadir said: “I guess you are not an official star knight.”

Opal nodded and said, “I’m still studying.”

Kadir followed Opal’s words and said: “I understand, what trial did that gentleman arrange for you? I think we might get to know each other through this matter. This is a rare opportunity.”

Opal couldn’t guess Kadir’s thoughts at all, but he didn’t plan to use mind-reading. At this time, the signal converter was sent over, and the office robot connected it to Kadir’s stereoscopic projection equipment, and the three-dimensional image appeared. .

Kadir’s gaze was full of shock, and the information couldn’t help scrolling upwards. Regarding the mining disaster and dumping, he simply glanced at it and then stopped paying attention, and finally stopped on a certain spacecraft port record.

“Harley Fuckett,” Cadir said.

Opal remembered that Reckett had also mentioned this person, and immediately said: “Interstellar pirates in the Magellanic Cloud.”

The three-dimensional projection was put away, and Kadir’s gaze turned to Opal from the information record.

Opal learned Reckett’s tone and said seriously: “I think these materials may be useful to you, so I brought them. I now ask for your help, Kadir Hollens.”

Kadir seemed to have heard a big joke, unnaturally stepped back a little, and said: “What are the trading conditions?”

Opal said: “No, no, this is not a deal. Listen to me, can we talk about it?”

With a flattered expression on Kadir, he was at a loss for a while, Opal said again: “Make a friend.”

Kadir stepped back abruptly, almost knocked over his chair, and said, “This is true? I mean… it’s a great honor, a great honor.”

Opal was also a little dumbfounded. He got up, stretched his hand across the desk, and shook hands with Kadir. Kadir nodded with lingering fear, his eyes were a little dull, and he muttered something.

“Please wait a moment.” Kadir said, “I think we are friends now.”

Opal nodded and said: “Of course.”

Kadir said: “Do you mind if I invite a few senior executives over and listen to your terms…no, help each other?”

Opal thought for a while and said: “Yes, please.”

Kadir pressed a button and said, “Mr. Opal, what do you like to drink? I’ll have someone prepare it right away.”

Opal waved his hand and said, “No, I just ate a hot dog.”

Kadir’s expression was a bit embarrassing. After a while, the office door opened and six old men came in. Kadir introduced them one by one. The name Opal could not be remembered, and nodded to them.

“This is Mr. Opal from the B11 star.” Kadir introduced.

Opal glanced at everyone and said: “I got this information from the B11 data center.”

Then Opal began to talk about his intentions. He first gave a rough description of the situation of the B11 star, and then analyzed the mineral status of Rhodochrosite. The audience did not interrupt him.

Opal broke off as he spoke, noticing that the atmosphere seemed serious, he took the initiative to smile, and asked, “What do you think?”

Kadir finally understood his intention and said: “We are very happy to work with you, but I don’t know which step you want to do?”

Opal said: “I don’t quite understand this, it’s up to you to decide.”

Kadir glanced at several elderly people who were in the audience, thought for a moment, and said: “This time, it is enough to make Black Rock Mining plant a big somersault. It is impossible for them to mine the B11 star. According to the report this evening, the Galaxy Police Department has now Send a patrol boat to the B11 star to investigate.”

Opal thought, great!

Kadir said: “But Black Rock Mining also dispatched a spacecraft at this time yesterday. We didn’t know why they left suddenly. Now we finally understand.”

Opal squinted and said, “They will destroy the evidence?”

Kadir hurriedly said: “It should be like this.”

Opal also transcribed another chip, not afraid of them destroying the evidence, but it doesn’t know how the miners are transferring, and they have to go back immediately after the matter is finished. Kadir also said: “To be honest, our company originally intended to bid for the B11 mining rights, and the smuggling of spar mine information to the pirates here can also play a big role when necessary. Thank you very much for this chip, What can I do for you?”

Opal nodded and said, “Then I think…you still use the same method as the black rock mining when you mine the red vein crystal mine?”

Cadeer said: “Of course not. Holens uses robots for underground operations.”

Opal nodded and said: “Then a hundred thousand miners, their fate.”

Kadir said: “Theoretically, they are all free bodies. Although they are interstellar gangsters, they still have the citizenship of the Republic. But if Black Rock Mining destroys the evidence, maybe they will all… you know, just Like your teacher… uh.”

Opal frowned: “What? I didn’t understand.”

The sweat on Kadir’s eyebrows slipped, and he changed his words: “I mean, maybe they will be transferred to another planet to engage in new mining operations… You want these 100,000 people? But the government already knows. With this matter, it’s not easy to handle…let me think about it.”

Opal said: “No, no, you are misunderstood. What do I want these 100,000 people to do? I hope they can find a new job, get the citizenship of the Republic, and have the right to choose, just like… on the Scarlet Star Like most people.”

For a moment, everyone’s expressions were extremely weird, and Kadir even twitched the corners of his mouth and said, “Sir, are you kidding me?”

Opal said: “Why should I be joking? Letting everyone live and work in peace and contentment has always been my ideal.”

Kadir: “…”

Everyone: “…”

“Let me ask offensively.” The oldest old man with a steady expression finally spoke.

Opal turned to look at him: “Please speak.”

The old man said: “Mr. Colorlin asked you to solve the problem of the B-11 star? I don’t quite understand his intentions. Please tell us frankly and openly.”

Opal frowned slightly, Cololin? Who is Cololin? He had never heard of this name. Did they admit the wrong person? Opal finally reacted, and they recognized him as an apprentice to another star knight!

Opal said: “No.” He decided not to mention the existence of Reckett, but he didn’t ask who Kolorin was, but he knew that Reckett must know this person, so he would ask him when he returned.

There was a moment of silence in the office, and everyone showed strange expressions. No one could guess what Opal was thinking, but Opal vaguely touched the center of the problem. They really admitted the wrong person.

Another old man seemed to have figured out something and said: “Mr. Opal, I saw on the news that a girl with an injured woman appeared outside the Jager Hospital this afternoon…”

Opal said: “She is my good friend, her name is Anya.”

Everyone suddenly realized it suddenly, and Kadir was relieved and smiled: “So that’s the way it is.”

Opal said: “She is now…maybe in the police station.”

Kadir said: “I will send someone to investigate right away. The only thing you need for our help is the arrangement of these 100,000 people?”

Opal said: “Can you do it?”

Kadir said: “It is a bit difficult to solve all at once, but there are also many minerals in Hollens. I guarantee that they will no longer be used as slaves. The company intends to hire some people to check the amount of mines. Some of them work at Crimson Star and can be trained after training. There are also some ground exploration jobs on new planets. This job is very well paid and lacks some experienced miners.”

The old man who spoke first said: “After all, you think the Scarlet Star government already knows about this. In the next month, it will be the focus of all media. As long as we take over, we will definitely be supervised by all sectors of society. Must be properly placed, don’t you?”

Opal said: “Yes, that’s it. I also want a personal ID. I don’t know if you can help me. I will definitely…”

Before the word “repay” of Opal was spoken, Kadir said readily: “There is no problem, it is on us. You need to enter pupils, fingerprints, and genetic scan information.”

Someone outside asked to come in and respectfully said: “Miss Anya is now waiting in the rescue center arranged by the police station. Another wife named Si Wugo has improved and stayed in Jager Hospital for observation. She should be able to leave the hospital in ten days. ”

Opal knew that Kadir could not lie to him, and said cheerfully: “It’s great. It’s not convenient for me to see her.”

Kadir nodded repeatedly and said: “It’s really not very convenient, I can understand.”

Opal stood up and said: “Then this is resolved, I have to go back to B11 immediately, my friends are still waiting. I hope the galaxy police can get there as soon as possible.”

Kadir said: “Miss Anya…Need us to take care of it?”

Opal thought for a while and said, “She has her brother. If everything goes well, Aman will come soon. He has always wanted to find a lover for her… Uh, I’ve talked too much, and goodbye.”

The crowd nodded sympathetically.

Cardir said: “Thank you very much for your help this time. If you need any help from us in the future, you only need to go to any branch of Horens and let them notify me.”

“What?” Opal said goodbye to them, and Kadir personally sent him down the elevator to the entrance of the central floor. Opal walked through the lobby and saw the fish when he came, saying: “This floor is beautifully decorated. .”

Kadir smiled and said, “I have loved fish since I was a kid. By the way, how old are you this year?”

Opal replied: “Sixteen years old.”

Kadir was startled, then nodded and smiled: “Really young.”

Opal shook his hand and said, “Just send it here.”

Kadir stopped, reached out and shook hands with him solemnly, Opal said, “You will do it, right?”

Kadir said: “Sure, you can supervise me.”

Opal said: “I will leave here when the matter is over.”

Kadir nodded thoughtfully and said, “Because of that girl?”

Opal hurriedly said: “No, you misunderstood, I just want to go to other galaxies by myself and look forward to seeing you next time.”

Kadir smiled knowingly: “I will send your ID at that time.”

Opal made a new friend. He knew it might be because they had admitted the wrong person. The person named Kololin is extremely important. Who is he? Have more status than Reckett?

Walking out of the building of the Horrens Group, the sky was completely dark, and the night of the crimson star was full of lights. Opal stood on the skybridge and looked up at the sky, but no sparks could be seen.

He knew that Kadir didn’t really befriend him, most of it was on the face of a star knight named Cororin. And Reckett… By the way, what about Reckett?

Opal looked around and found no silver dragon rays.

He walked across the overpass to the entrance of a shop opposite. Reckett was embracing his arms, leaning against the lamppost on the overpass, and said, “How’s the talk?”

There are not many pedestrians. There are only Opal and Rekert on the flyover, and the light red street lights are shining around. Opal hurriedly said: “Teacher!”

“Can the B11 energy unit be used here?” Opal asked.

Reckett said: “No, you need to go to IAU Interstellar Bank to convert into credit points, there will be opportunities in the future, what do you want to buy? Use my card, go.”

Opal took a card and asked: “Where did you go?”

Reckett said: “Go and see an old friend.”

Opal asked: “Do you know Kolorin?”

Reckett’s face changed immediately, and he said solemnly: “Where did you hear his name?”

Opal is holding the card, like a kid doing wrong. Every time he stood in front of Reckett, he was no longer himself. No matter what he did, whether he successfully resolved a dispute or saved 100,000 lives, all his achievements seemed insignificant.

“That’s what they said.” Opal intermittently explained what happened to Reckett.

Reckett listened quietly, and they were silent for a long time after Opal finished speaking.

Reckett said: “Go buy your things and go back to B11 when you finish buying.”

Opal bought three hot dogs in the past, and Reckett’s silver dragon ray was already waiting for him in the parking space on the roadside, taking him away from the crimson planet and flying into the boundless space.

At the edge of the silver dragonray’s inner cabin, Rekert stood with his hand in hand, standing in front of the front window, watching the dark universe and the huge fireball in the distance-the star of the Chiyan galaxy, the Goddess of Chiyan.

“Teacher.” Opal said, “I didn’t listen to you… I did something wrong.”

Reckett said in a deep voice: “The teacher’s words are not always right. Today I want to teach you the last lesson, to learn to question, question all the deep-rooted things in your soul. What is your belief? When you When even your beliefs begin to question, you are about to lose your previous beliefs, but new beliefs will be reborn from the ashes of the past. This process is called Nirvana by the celestial knights.”

“Burn my soul, extinguish in smoke, or usher in a vast new life.” Reckett’s eyes gleamed like morning stars. He turned around and stared at Opal’s confused eyes: “This is self-destruction and sublimation. The only way.”

Opal frowned, and Reckett said, “They thought you were an apprentice of Cololin because you used hypnotism. I was surprised. I thought you wouldn’t know this. You are much smarter than I thought. Opal.”

He put a hand on Opal’s shoulder.

Opal was relieved now, knowing that Reckett didn’t blame him, he seemed to understand something, but he felt even more confused.

“He often uses consciousness control?” Opal grasped the key points and asked: “But you said that Star Knights should not use consciousness to control the people around them, or read their hearts…”

Rek said: “He is a dark star knight expelled from the temple. His body and mind are corroded by dark energy. He overindulges his own power and desires, causing the remote galaxies of the Republic to fall apart, and the empire is under the jurisdiction. The earth is out of the control of the Leo galaxy.”

“Three hundred years ago, he slaughtered the entire galaxy.” Reckett said: “Using a conflict between the empire and the Republic, he destroyed one star, six planets, and 80 billion living on these six planets. For intelligent life, more planets collapse and disintegrate due to the imbalance of the gravitational field. This disaster involves tens of thousands of light-years of space.”

“Do you think life on B11 is cruel? Compared with his way of rule, life on many asteroids is hell on earth.”

“The human beings and intelligent life forms living on it are under his enslavement at all times, without freedom, or even the right to think. He occasionally goes to asteroids and uses the power of his beliefs to read the minds of the residents. As long as someone feels dissatisfied with the status quo, he will resort to extreme tactics, slaughtering hundreds of thousands or millions of lives at will.”

Opal can’t speak for a long while, and the most terrible thing is to have no thoughts. When a person can’t even think about it, what is the meaning of living?

Reckett said: “Opal, Horrance is not afraid of you, but the cruel and powerful shadow behind you. Hypnotism and mind reading have become his hallmarks. Not only should you not use it, but you can’t use it. , Otherwise the Republic will treat you as his accomplice, and the fate can be imagined.”

Opal nodded slowly, finally understood the seriousness of this matter, and asked: “Why didn’t you stop him?”

Reckett said: “I can’t do it.”

It was the first time Opal heard Reckett say these four words seriously.

Reckett said: “I am not his opponent. Do you remember the day when my space capsule crash-landed on B11? I was in a decisive battle with him in a nebula, and I was defeated. In the end, all the energy of the dragon ray was turned on and jumped. Then I fled to the Chiyan Galaxy. I was almost destroyed by him, completely destroyed.”

Opal said: “So your faith has been shaken.”

Reckett nodded slowly, and Opal said: “If we are together, plus me, you now have a student.”

Reckett laughed and shook his head helplessly, Opal said: “You said that the trick of the power of faith is that as long as you believe in yourself, you are enough to destroy the entire universe. Isn’t that true? I have enough faith.”

B11 has arrived, but the silver dragon rays do not enter the atmosphere. They seem to be floating quietly not far from the planet in order not to interrupt their conversation. The light of the red flame star passes through the distant space and is cast into the barren yellow ground.

The rift valley of the crimson rock bed is like a huge scar on the planet, clearly visible in space.

“What is the belief?” Recht said, “What is the star knight? In these days, I have repeatedly questioned myself, and you have taught me a lot. Thank you, apprentice.”

Opal said: “Me?”

The silver dragon ray slowly descended, entered the atmosphere, and stopped on the crimson rock bed.

Opal has returned to his hometown again, everything has a dreamlike unreality, full of desolate mine stars, windy and sandy world, after a while, maybe three days, maybe five days, he is about to leave Here it is.

He and Reckett stood on the edge of the gorge, and the winter gradually passed, the snow had melted, and the sand was undulating like soft silk.

Reckett said: “Don’t stop you from pursuing your own footsteps, fighting, fighting, maybe one day, when you face the Dark Star Knight, you can defeat him with your beliefs. But now it’s not enough, even me. No, I couldn’t dissolve his fighting spirit, instead I was defeated in front of him.”

Opal said: “What did he kill so many people for?”

Reckett said: “What do you save people for? What are you living for? What is the purpose of doing these things? Why do you believe in yourself? Where does your belief come from?”

Opal couldn’t answer. There were too many questions that could not stand the question. When everything returned to its origin, he discovered that the universe’s norms were unpredictable.

Reckett said: “Opal, forgive me, I have to go.”

Opal was stunned for a moment.

“Are you going back?” Opal said in disbelief. He was prepared for this day, but in any case, when Reckett said “I have to go”, there was still a kind of pain that he didn’t want to accept. And loneliness.

“Now I want to give you a final warning, Opal.” Recht said: “All the things the teacher taught you, including the power of your faith, you must swear to me that you will not use it to violate the knight. Code matters.”

Opal said: “Okay.”

Reckett said: “Swear, otherwise, after you fall into the darkness, one day, I will come back and personally end up with you and make up for the mistakes I made.”

Opal said: “I swear to control myself.”

Neither of them spoke. After a long time, Opal said: “Teacher, are you really leaving?”

Reek said with a special head: “Yes, there are many things that need to be dealt with. I can’t escape anymore. I have to face it.”

Opal said: “Can you wait for me? I want to go with you.”

Reckett did not answer, and Opal realized that he had asked a very stupid question.

He was just a stranger who happened to lift him out of the rescue pod. Reckett taught him so much, changed his fate, and had already paid off his love.

Reckett is like the vast sea, while Opal is just a small gravel. Reckett is a celestial knight, and it is impossible to waste too much time on him.

“Teacher.” Opal thought clearly: “I wish you…”

His eyes were flushed, and he tried his best to endure his tears: “I wish you… I wish you…”

Reckett thought for a while and said: “Opal, in your future life, you will meet more people. The teacher is just a passerby in your youth. If you want to remember me forever, just follow me. Yes, stick to your ideals.”

Opal can no longer control his tears and sadness: “My…ideal…is, like you, be…be a star knight. But I can’t do it, my life is too short…”

Reckett put his left hand on his right shoulder, bowed slightly, bowed, and solemnly said, “Thank you for your help in these days.”

With tears in the eyes of Opal, he learned to salute Reckett-this is the etiquette of the Star Knight.

Reckett touched his head and said softly:

“Then, remember to always maintain your humility, honor, sacrifice, bravery, compassion, honesty, justice, and faith.”

“After you pass countless tests, the hundreds of billions of stars in the universe will guide you to the Sanctuary of All Stars.”

“I look forward to that day, never give up.”

Reckett turned and walked onto the silver dragon ray, the silver dragon ray shining with the ancient light, turned into an electric light that traverses the sky, and disappeared into the sky.

Opal raised his head, took a deep breath, and shouted: “Teacher——! We will meet again! I will work hard!”

“Opal!” Oman’s voice sounded in the canyon.

Opal turned around and walked across the plain with red eyes. Locke yelled, “You are back!”

Hugo ran out of the canyon, and several people rushed forward to hug Opal.