After hearing the words of the inferior, Russell's first thought was:
In this case...
What is the original wish of "Xiao Liuli"...or in other words, "Lan Ge Yuan"?
Is it just a "cleansing death"?
--No.
Absolutely impossible.
Russell frowned and profiled Xiao Liuli.
Her real wish is definitely not this.
Because in that case, she wouldn't need to wait for Russell at all and would disappear quietly - if she really wanted to die wholeheartedly, she wouldn't ask other people's opinions or wait for other people's rescue.
As "Caged Bird" said, she didn't want to die. She just didn't want to live.
But the gap between "wanting to die" and "not wanting to live" is not empty...it's not even a thin, invisible slit.
It's a fuzzy boundary that even Xiao Liuli herself doesn't know exactly how wide it is and where the boundary is.
Maybe just walking aimlessly on the street, seeing the light of the setting sun, hearing the patter of rain, or receiving a certain phone call, you will suddenly cross that boundary and become want to die; or you may just feel that the weather today is really...
It's good, because I have new clothes from every other season that I want to wear, and I want to stop living hard for a while and leave this boundary on the other side.
Within this boundary, she may live for a long time. She may even live until she is "disposed of."
How could something so vague be her original wish?
This is just a compromise method of "falling back and settling for the next best thing".
He is the devil of a "caged bird". Before his last rationality is burned out, he judges that his true wishes will inevitably lead to inevitable tragedy.
That's why she chose to commit suicide.
The human heart is complex.
On the one hand, Xiao Liuli hoped that "none of this had ever happened" and that she and Morgan could still live together peacefully; but on the other hand, she did not dare to see Morgan and face all this.
After she became "Little Liuli", she had no contact with Morgan until the end.
The price for her being turned into "Little Liuli" by the "veil of ignorance" is for Morgan to undergo surgery - can the "veil of ignorance" still not know who Morgan is?
——No matter how much you think about it, you know that this is impossible.
Her so-called "secrecy" is just self-deception.
After that, Xiao Liuli never really came into contact with Morgan. Otherwise, even if she had close contact with him once, she would have easily realized that Morgan had already fallen into the quagmire - the existence of "Xiao Liuli",
There is no point in keeping it secret at all.
So, this is just a subconscious escape.
She couldn't accept the fact that she had become Xiao Liuli... She deliberately stopped using her previous speaking and behavioral habits, stopped eating the food she was used to before, and stopped drinking her favorite iced Coke, just to deliberately distinguish "Blue Songbird"
With "Xiao Liuli".
Just like the conversation he once had with Morgan while sitting on the swing.
Bluebird is always the passive one, the one who is not decisive enough, the one who is not firm enough.
——Compared with Morgan's firm and calm love, he is too easily shaken.
Even if he sinks into the darkness, it will be deeper than when Morgan, who is protected by himself, sinks.
So, if I had not killed the "caged bird" demon immediately out of pity, but had allowed it to develop...
...What will it become in the end?
Russell shuddered.
He didn't dare to think about it.
Just thinking about it will directly shatter the image of "Little Liuli" in Russell's memory.
"...Then I think it would be better to kill them than to capture the demons."
Russell couldn't help but said: "That might be a relief."
Unexpectedly, the inferior nodded: "I think so too."
"...Eh?"
"So, if they are evil demons, I will send them here.
"Devils are different from humans... For demons, there is no idea of 'living is better than death', but 'if I can't do something, I would rather die'.
"This empty, never-ending cycle of life, with unsatisfied but ever-expanding desires, is undoubtedly a punishment stronger than death for the devil who is 'only interested in one thing'."
Russell's eyes widened and he looked sideways at the inferior.
...did he already know it?
I see.
That's why he was willing to capture the devil...not to produce chips, not to obey the board of directors' orders, and not for performance bonuses.
It was precisely because of the anger in his heart.
The burning fire of anger makes the bad think that "death is mercy to the devil."
...So, when he killed the "caged bird" demon, he instead warned himself "don't be too naive"?
Because in the perception of the inferior, "killing the devil directly" is actually a kind of grace...
"...Where exactly are we going?"
Russell couldn't help but say: "We have come so far."
They were winding and turning in this huge villa six or seven times.
"Go and sign for 'Winter' and renew the time."
"How long?"
"That's our old minister."
The inferior said calmly.
Hearing this, Russell subconsciously raised his head and carefully checked the expression of the inferior.
I was relieved when I noticed that he didn't have any anger or hatred on his face.
"...for how long?"
Russell asked softly.
This was because he was afraid of the bad guys... Mainly because he felt that it would be rude to ask what "give the devil time" meant among a group of demons.
Even if the bad guys repeatedly emphasize that these demons are not human beings, Russell does feel that they deserve their crimes and should be punished here.
Even so, Russell did not want to abandon etiquette because of this - the so-called "ritual" is not meant for others to see.
The inferior take a different attitude.
He didn't even lower his voice, but explained to Russell leisurely in a voice that could be easily heard by the passing demons:
"Let's put it this way, Ultramarine. Those of us who capture the demons are the monitors of these demons.
"They can live temporarily because we recognize and guarantee that these demons are controllable and their psychic powers are useful. If we die, then the contract we signed will be transferred to another person in the Special Execution Department
.
"If we don't come back to sign for a period of time, or refuse to sign to extend the time, specific demons will be executed after the time runs out... After all, demons are not considered human beings, and killing them doesn't matter.
"However, the head office cannot directly establish a written law to declare 'under what circumstances someone can be killed'. This is a direct violation of the dragon's authority and will immediately offend the dragon.
"They actually extended the moment when the 'agent' killed the demon to the 'time the agent thought was appropriate'. It was a very boring idea to take advantage of the loopholes. But the dragon actually approved of this strange logic.
So that’s how it was handled.”
When the inferior said this, he showed a sarcastic smile: "Who do you think the 'agent' is? The head office? The board of directors?
"——We are the agents of these demons. We are the agents of the demons."