Hearing this sound, Natsume immediately turned his head and looked behind him. He only saw the Japanese-style sliding doors of Karitsuki Residence retreating like a tide, one, two, three...nineteen...
She stood there, still so beautiful, still so frail.
But at this time, Natsume knew very well that they might never go back to the past. She was no longer the Masato that Natsume was familiar with. She was the second young lady of the Shimizu family, a participant in the conspiracy to attack the advance team and indirectly caused the murder of Li Dan.
What is contradictory and ridiculous is that Natsume cannot hate her, and even feels that she may have been unable to control herself from beginning to end.
Masato Shimizu was dressed dignifiedly, with her robe on the ground, followed by more than a dozen servants with their heads lowered and taking small steps. Natsume stood up, and Takeda Nobu said, "Little brother, I'll take my leave first. If we have a chance another day, let's
Let’s discuss and learn from each other.”
Natsume glanced at him, with a little disdain in his eyes. He probably thought that you, a defeated general, had the nerve to take the initiative to ask for a fight? However, considering that the other party is just an ordinary person, but he can reach the pinnacle of Japanese swordsmanship, he should be worthy of respect, so
Natsume said calmly, "Okay, let's fight another day."
Takeda Nobu smiled and left, leaving Natsume alone in the living room on the first floor.
After a while, Masato Shimizu, the second young lady of the Shimizu family, walked into the hall. She looked back and the servants immediately stepped back respectfully. When everyone else left, Natsume smiled bitterly, "Should I call you Second Miss now?"
Should I continue to call you Masato?"
Upon hearing this, Masato Shimizu, who had just put on a smile, turned stiff.
She hesitated to speak, then changed her expression to a calm expression and said calmly, "Please call me Yaren, the second lady sounds weird."
Natsume nodded, turned around again, continued to admire the snow scene, and asked at the same time, "So... you actually broke the water circulation system on purpose?"
Masato Shimizu didn't answer. She walked to Natsume calmly and asked an unexpected question, "How long can a person live to see the world? Ten years? Twenty years? Or a century? Or longer?"
Natsume, who didn't expect that Masato would ask him in turn, took a deep breath and said, "Who knows, never mind, the world is chaotic anyway. If my master hadn't told me to practice as an ordinary person, I might have gone to Iceland or Antarctica."
Let’s go to a deserted place.”
"You dare not face this reality? Or do you not want to face it?" Masato asked softly.
Natsume touched his chin and sneered, "What difference does it make if you don't dare or if you don't want to?"
"Of course, that gentleman led you into the mysterious gate. Didn't she tell you why she wanted to accept you as her disciple?"
"Well, that's not right. In fact, it was me who cried and begged her, she didn't take the initiative to teach me." Natsume corrected a mistake.
Masato sighed softly, "I heard my mother say that that gentleman once single-handedly created AOA, and then caused the eruption of Mount Fuji and the global blackout. Such a person whose life is worthless would actually beg her because of you. She
Just accept you as my disciple? That’s too weird..."
Natsume actually knew a little bit about his master's past. It wasn't that he intentionally asked about it, but his master had told Natsume about it on some occasions. At first, Natsume was very shocked, especially when he heard his master talking about the fireworks on Mount Fuji.
She set it off, and Natsume had nightmares for several months.
"What's so strange? The master said that even if Mount Fuji doesn't erupt, Japan will eventually sink. Therefore, instead of letting tens of millions of people suffer the cold treatment from all over the world, it is better to let them listen to the sound of nature, so
She stimulated Mount Fuji a little bit, and then... bang, ha... millions of lives... and they were gone..." Although Natsume was very grateful to the master for leading him into the mysterious gate, on these matters
He still can't let it go, even though he has never experienced it.
"You are right. Because of what she did, our Qingshui family was almost wiped out... Fortunately, with the existence of God, we not only survived, but also mastered more technologies that are beyond this era."
"for example?"
"For example, this Karitsuki Residence, such as that star port, how even though it was clear that all of this was an illusion, you never doubted yourself." When Masato Shimizu said the last sentence, Natsume's pupils suddenly narrowed.
"What did you say?"
"Did you just find out? In fact, you are not on the moon at all now, or... this moon is just a dream, a virtual space created by a mortal who perfectly integrated the divinity of Yarams. A person who may wake up at any time
Come, and then all this will return to a dream of nothingness." Masato said the unacceptable fact.
Natsume touched his body and then his face. He wanted to find even the slightest bit of untruth, but found that all these efforts were in vain.
"Why is there such a dream?"
"Because he wants to leave the earth and go to a more distant place."
"who?"
"The one who creates dreams."
"Can you be more specific?"
"Haha..." Qingshui Masato laughed dryly and said, "If we knew who he was, how could we let him magnify the dream again and again."
Natsume was stunned when he heard this, "What does this have to do with anything? It's just a dream."
"Do you really think dreams are illusory?" Masato Shimizu asked a question that Natsume couldn't answer.
He scratched his head and then asked, "What else?"
“Ever heard of the story of the brain in a vat?”
Natsume was startled and seemed to understand, "Are you saying that our thoughts and consciousness are actually false? All these feelings are artificially given?"
"That's the way it is, but what's scary is not these. It's that as Yarams' power becomes stronger, it's difficult for us to determine where the boundary of this dream is."
"Um... I didn't mean to find trouble, Masato. I'm just curious, why are you looking for the boundary of the dream?"
"Because if we don't stop the spread of dreams as soon as possible, dreams will eventually overlap with reality."
"Um...what's wrong with this?"
"Do you think it's funny when two solar systems collide?" Masato pointed out the key point.
Natsume stopped laughing immediately, but he still found it a bit unbelievable. Even if he knew more than ordinary people and had entered the occult door, he still felt that it was ridiculous that things in dreams could become reality. This was not only unscientific, but even inappropriate.
logic.
"You suspect I'm telling a joke?"
Natsume shrugged. He didn't want to quarrel with Masato Shimizu over this kind of thing because it felt too stupid.
"Then...not only are your Shimizu family not heinous terrorists, but you are also saviors?" Natsume asked pretending to be relaxed.
Masato Shimizu began to hate the less steady Natsume in front of her.
"The Qingshui family is not the savior... The Qingshui family is a cursed family... You should have guessed it, that Master Gen is the ancestor of our Qingshui family. She is also the holder of divinity. When she took over Qingshui
After returning home, she has been trying to free all of us from the pollution of divinity, but we have fallen deeper and deeper... Now we can only barely suppress it. For this reason, we have done what we should do and what we should not do...
..." Masato Shimizu said this slightly sadly, but the tears flashing in her red eyes did not fall in the end.
Natsume stopped talking.
"Your old classmate Li Dan...she is not dead. She is alive and well. You can go see her anytime and anywhere. But I want to make it clear to you. You can accept every word of what I see and hear here.
Tell her, otherwise...I will still kill her."
Natsume was shocked when he heard this. He probably didn't expect to face such a strange Masato Shimizu one day.
"Um...then...what's the purpose of attacking the advance team and arresting so many people? Besides, someone has to be responsible for those who were killed in the advance team, right?"
"Responsible? Haha..." Masato Shimizu smiled coldly, "Didn't your master tell you what happened after the discovery of the Dead Sea Gate in Antarctica?"
Natsume frowned. He had indeed heard his master talk about it once or twice, but she had never told Natsume about that past in detail.
"what happened?"
"Leakage and infection." Masato Shimizu said calmly, then raised his arm to show Natsume.
I saw that Bai Xi's arm slowly became pale and withered. Natsume looked at this scene in surprise, while Qingshui Masato said lightly, "The forerunners have gone too far and too deep in the world of bunkers... so that
When they returned, they didn't even notice that they had turned into complete filth... We are too weak, so weak that divinity will obviously make us stronger, but when we come into contact with divinity, we are more likely to degenerate into being...
The monster of primal domination.”
As she spoke, Qingshui Masato put down her sleeves, and her skin recovered at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"Anyway... don't get involved in these things anymore... I will send you back, and you can take Li Dan with you... but don't go to the shelter again... don't go to any of them."
"Why?" Natsume frowned.
Masato didn't explain, she turned around and left without any nostalgia, but when she turned around, a few tears shone brightly.
Natsume saw it, and he grabbed Masato's hand and said, "Hey, Masato! There's no need for such a quarrel between friends, right? Besides, how can you keep me out of it now?"
Masato didn't look back, she said, "In Wangye Ecological Zone, where we worked before, I have prepared a shelter for you and Hanako... But unfortunately, I don't know if Hanako is still alive now, so you can take your old classmates there.
I wish you happiness."
After saying that, Masato Shimizu shook off Natsume's hand and left decisively.
Natsume froze on the spot, then he said coldly, "Shimizu Masato!"
Qingshui Masato stopped. The situation she was most worried about and least wanted to face happened.
"Is that your name? When we first met, you told me that your name was Qingshui Masato, and you were a girl who liked to eat sukiyaki! How come we haven't seen each other for a few days and you have become so condescending?
The second young lady? What are you trying to escape from? Wish me happiness? I can leave those people in Refuge No. 1 alone, but the master said, if possible, help them! So... I will not return to myself.
A person can survive alone. Even if we meet again as enemies in the future, I will go back to Vault 1! I will find out! Find out what you guys are doing!!"
Masato Shimizu's eyes were filled with tears, she clenched her fists, and after a while she sneered, "You're not the hero in a Japanese manga? What kind of motivational speech are you giving? If you don't want to go, don't go. I won't force you."
After saying that, Masato Shimizu really left.
Natsume was left alone in the hall feeling lost.
yes……
He is not a male protagonist, he is just an apprentice who has just entered the mysterious gate. With his bravery and three-foot green sword, he can kill the ninth heaven? Laughter
Let’s talk…
Yes. What a ridiculous reality.
A complex world, complex human beings, and people’s hearts that are hard to see through and guess.
Natsume seemed to suddenly understand the difference between "dare not" and "don't want to".
He finally realized that he was really cowardly because he didn't choose to stay with Ms. Liangqiu with Hanako... Even Hanako was braver and had a lot more stand than him.
After secretly cursing himself "bastard.", Natsume raised his head, and the gloom on his face was swept away. He finally no longer had to pretend, he was young and arrogant, and he was a young man in vain! Natsume sneered, "It's just a bad life, death.
Just die."
…
Shanghai Shelter 7.
Yougege, who had just experienced a vicious emergency, was pushed into the ward by a nurse. She started the machine in a hurry and hurried out, because there were hundreds of injured people moaning in pain outside.
Lying on the treatment table, the machine quickly found Yugege's wound. It quickly cleaned, disinfected, removed the warhead and sutured the wound. In less than five minutes, Yugege was pushed out of the treatment room and went to the general ward to rest.
The battle is not completely over yet.
This sudden and vicious attack spread from the reception center to the upper and middle floors of Vault 7. Hundreds of armed men who suddenly rebelled indiscriminately massacred the residents and guards in the shelter. From the beginning of the incident to the present
, it is roughly estimated that more than 300 people have been killed in the attack, and the militants who caused the terrorist attack have basically been killed and injured, and now there are less than ten people left who are still resisting in vain.
One day passed.
The aftermath of the attack was still there, but the gunfire finally disappeared.
Lying in the ward, Yougege used a retinal projection screen to watch the official report about this vicious attack inside the shelter. The incident resulted in a total of 421 deaths and 675 injuries, of which the serious injuries are still being treated.
There were thirty-nine people, most of whom were guards who later participated in the encirclement and suppression of this extremely vicious gang.
More than half of the special service team originally sent by the First Central Axis to Shelter No. 1 in Xiongan New District was killed or injured, but their captain Qin Huan was only slightly injured. The mechanical puppet wearing human skin was kicked by Qin Huan
It was a mess, and the real Shang Yuxuan was found to have been killed. Her body was thrown in the deepest part of the changing room. The appearance of her death was horrific, like a living person being skinned.
The sudden attack interrupted Qin Huan's support mission. He received a new order, which was to comprehensively and thoroughly investigate the mastermind behind the vicious terrorist attack that occurred in Shelter 7, and was asked to clean up the remaining poison.
clean.
The order was conveyed secretly in a single line. Qin Huan would definitely not make a big deal about investigating the case, otherwise a new attack might start again before he could go to the scene.
In the evening, Yougege had just eaten some liquid food and unexpectedly saw Qin Huan. This tall and tall captain of the special service team, his arms were bigger than Yougege's hips.
Sitting down by the hospital bed, Qin Huan sighed deeply, "I feel much more relieved to see that you are fine. If something happens to you, then I may never be able to forgive myself in this life."
Yougege smiled slightly, "The captain is serious. This incident itself was very sudden. The captain cannot be entirely blamed."
Qin Huan scratched his head in embarrassment, "But they are here for me after all. If I didn't choose to rest here in Shanghai, there wouldn't be so many people who would die along with me."
Hearing this, Yougege put away his smile and said seriously, "That's wrong, Captain, these people have been established for a long time. I think... even if you don't rest here in Shanghai, they will create a bigger disaster sooner or later. Instead of doing that
...It would be better to pop the pustule, which might protect more people."
"Well... after hearing what you said, I feel much better... but..." Qin Huan looked at the old man in the bed next door. After making sure that the old man was asleep, he got closer to You Gege and whispered, "
Just like what you just said, they have been rooted for a long time, and sooner or later they will make a big fuss, but I feel that the poison is still lingering this time. If we can't find those guys who haven't been exposed, then I'm afraid I'll sleep in the future.
It’s not stable anymore.”
Yougege had realized this a long time ago, but she was surprised that Qin Huan would take the initiative to come to her to talk about these things.
She frowned and said, "Captain, what are you telling me..."
Qin Huan smiled sheepishly when he heard this and said, "I just thought that what you calmly analyzed before made some sense. But now that none of the rebels are left alive, I don't think there is any direction for the investigation."
Yougege was even more surprised after hearing this. After all, she was just a waiter in the reception department. Even if she had expressed some of her opinions when chatting with Qin Huan before, she wouldn't have let this person come to her door to ask for her thoughts?
Could it be said that all the people on the first axis are so stupid?
But after a little observation of the subtle clues in Qin Huan's expression, You Gege understood.
The captain came here to ask for help from You Gege. He was clearly suspicious of You Gege. After all, You Gege was very talkative that night and said many unique insights that were difficult for ordinary people to understand.
As the saying goes, anything beautiful in the forest will be destroyed by the wind. How could an ordinary girl from the reception department, You Gege, have such insight? Therefore, it is normal for Qin Huan to doubt her.
But how to deal with the current situation?
After thinking about it for a while, Yougege simply went with the flow. Since you have begun to doubt me, I can't pretend to be stupid at this time, can I?