I saw the refrigerator door in the living room suddenly opened.
"Sister" with one bare leg, wrapped in cold air and ice, walked out.
But others were not surprised by her appearance.
Because at the same time as "sister" appeared, the others seemed to have turned into sluggish dolls - they became stagnant in an instant.
Their faces became blurred, like "faceless men." Including Huang Mao who was hanged, there was no trace of Annan's unique characteristics from them.
The surroundings suddenly became quiet, with only the light of the setting sun shining in from outside the house.
Annan was sitting in a wheelchair, bathed in the glow of the setting sun, his expression so calm that he was almost peaceful...while his sister stood opposite him, with a pale white chill on her body - it was the darkest corner in the whole room.
The two stared at each other.
There was half a room between them, but it seemed like there was a whole world between them.
"This must be the first time we meet."
After a brief delay, Annan broke the silence first.
He chuckled gently.
On that old face, there is a kind smile that makes people feel good and close to them unconsciously: "How should I call you?"
"What do you want to call yourself?"
The originally gentle and shy expression on "Sister"'s face no longer concealed it, and became cold and cold: "Does this kind of title really mean anything to us?"
Although there is not much difference in height, the cold and emotionless gaze is like looking down at the gods from the top of the mountain.
"There are still some."
Annan said stubbornly.
The depths of his pupils seemed to be shining: "You and I are different - two completely different people. Because the fate of our two people will inevitably go in different directions.
"You are not my shadow, and I am not your substitute. We are both the same and different, we are twins intertwined."
"...Oh, the legend of Gemini."
Black Annan chuckled lightly, crossed his arms and said without comment: "The legend of the Son of God and the Son of Man.
"Since I am the one who 'died' first, that means... I am the son of man, and you are the son of God?"
Hearing this, Annan was startled.
He asked: "Don't you have my memory?"
"yes."
Annan Hei sighed and leaned back against the refrigerator: "So, what you said is actually right.
"After leaving this world, I have never made any progress. Your experience is unique to you... You are indeed not my substitute. From this perspective, we are indeed two completely different people now.
."
"But we are brothers closer than anyone else."
Annan smiled.
Black Annan sighed: "Why do you always treat people so innocently?
"Did the reversed Heart of Winter make you naive? Then I will really regret my stupid actions..."
"Rather than saying it's naive or naive, it's better to say it's laziness."
The almost kind smile on Annan's face did not disappear: "Because there are not so many people willing to be hostile to me.
"Any enemy of mine is also everyone's enemy. Because I am walking on a path that makes the most people happy... I am the guiding star in front of people."
"Just being a guiding star is far from worthy of my sacrifice. I can do that level of things," Black Annan sighed again and said faintly, "You have to become the sun... Annan.
"Will you...disappoint me? Will you make me regret it and make me feel that my plan of self-exile was wrong?"
"Why do we have to use questions?"
Annan asked back: "Are you so unsure of me?
"Even the layout for testing me was so simple. It's comparable to the puzzles in Conan the Movie..."
Hearing this, Hei Annan was in a daze for a moment.
He was silent for a while, and then replied softly: "I haven't heard a similar conversation for a long, long, long time."
"You're so lonely."
Annan also lowered his voice.
He told the story of what happened to him: "I once faced a similar situation. It was an enemy who tried to seize my body. He was a dead soul, but he got my past experience and tried to bring him back to life.
"
"What happened to him after that?"
"Of course he was defeated by me. But before that, he turned into a mirror version of me - I mean, the hair color and eye color are completely opposite. You understand."
"Ah, I understand."
Black Annan immediately understood what Annan meant.
"Every minute I am, I am stronger than the me at the last moment. But after adding his ingredients to the perfect me, the purity becomes lower.
"So he asked me - purity, is it useful?"
"so good……"
After hearing Annan's narration, "sister" actually showed a slightly envious expression on her face.
"So, I want to say... you must be very lonely."
"certainly."
"Sister" nodded slightly: "There is nothing to hide from myself. There is nothing to be harsh about... After all, when you asked such a question, you must have guessed it."
"Because the one who knows me best is you. And the one who knows you best is me. I am you and you are me."
"——A person who is not afraid of any blasphemy for the justice he believes in?"
Black Annan subconsciously answered.
She looked at Annan, and the two of them suddenly laughed at the same time.
The subtle atmosphere of opposition immediately dissipated, and the two became harmonious again.
"...Since you mentioned this, you must have guessed the nature of this nightmare."
Black Annan sighed: "As expected of another me."
"There's nothing hard to guess."
Annan said softly: "It's a very simple thing - according to what Gray Carpenter said, if I want you to come back, when I enter this otherworldly nightmare, I must use my body to enter. In other words, my Heart of Winter has been replaced at this moment.
Became a righteous heart.
"And you are not in my body... you couldn't have been there from the beginning. You were placed in the egg of dream condensation by the graysmith in the form of 'ash of memories'.
"In other words - you are an 'NPC' that exists in this nightmare. And if I want you to join my 'team', you must pay a certain price."
"Or," Black Annan interrupted, "let me be the Nightmare's Reward itself."
"No matter what the possibility is," Annan continued, "you will be the [question maker] of this nightmare.
"Although you are the person who knows me best, you can't ask a question that will stump me. Because you don't have any anger towards the world... You were not forced by anyone, but left voluntarily.
.
"But based on what I know about myself - you can't just recognize me directly. That would be too boring.
"You will interfere with this nightmare and hide a hint in it that I can see at a glance. It is as surprising as a code between childhood friends.
"In this case... you will definitely not hide at the bottom of the level and watch me pass level after level. If it is 'me', you will definitely be willing to participate. Then you will be the first level.
"In other words, my experience in the 'First Week' is the question you asked me. If I am really slow and stupid and don't recognize you in the sixth reincarnation, you will be in the sixth reincarnation.
Kill me with your own hands during seven reincarnations—what I said is right."
Although Annan was asking, his tone was declarative.
The "sister" he was watching just remained quiet and said nothing.
In front of Annan, the main mission was finally refreshed:
[Main mission: Sunset]
Immediately, a large number of small words appeared under this line of words again: