Tatsumi looked at the red-haired figure standing outside the door, sighed softly, and stepped into the door.

"You did. ”

Outside the door is a verdant lawn with countless flowers of various types growing neatly, arranged in a colorful rainbow.

In the middle of the flowers, on the cobblestone path, the owner of the long red hair is holding a long-handled scissors, carefully building the branches and leaves.

Hearing the door knock, she raised her head, put down her scissors, and walked towards Tatsu.

"Yes, I'm here. The door disappeared behind Tatsu.

"I guess you'll come someday. The red-haired woman walked up to Chen and looked him up and down: "I haven't seen you again for so many years, but you haven't changed at all." ”

"Haven't you changed either?" Tatsumi looked away, no longer looking at the redhead.

"Are you sure?" the redhead sighed and shook her head, "What you're seeing is me, not her." Maybe I don't know where my body is, but now it's too old to look good. Even this red hair may have turned gray. ”

"No kidding. Chen shook his head slightly: "How can you get old?"

"People die, let alone old age. The red-haired woman stretched out her hand and pressed it in front of her, and a small square table of logs appeared, and two chairs placed opposite each other.

On the small square table, there is a full set of tea sets, as well as tea milk, and sugar cubes.

"Since I haven't seen you in such a long time, let's sit down and have a cup of tea first. Let's talk about the past. The red-haired woman didn't wait for an hour to agree, she sat down first, picked up the tea leaves with a small silver spoon, and sprinkled them evenly into the two cups.

"Sorry, I don't have time to chat. Tatsumi didn't sit down, but frowned and looked the redhead up and down: "And...... Orange Orange, how did you become like this?"

"What's that?" Orange Orange reached out and stroked his long red hair in his ear, glanced at it, and the corners of his eyebrows and eyes were full of ten thousand styles: "Didn't you just say that I haven't changed at all?"

Chen shook his head: "The face hasn't changed, the person has changed." How could you, with such a fiery temper before, talk to me in such a tone?"

"Oh, is it possible, you prefer me to be cruel to you?" Orange Orange poured hot water into the teacup, poured only half a cup, and then picked up the milk jug and poured it full, put two sugar cubes in each, and then stirred it carefully with a small teaspoon: "Your taste has changed." ”

"I don't know what kind of personality program she has set for you, but I'm sure if I had seen the real Orange, she wouldn't have the attitude you have now. Tatsumi still didn't sit down, his eyes always wandering out of the direction of Orange Orange: "Hand over the key, I don't have that much time to play with a shadow." ”

"Playing?" Orange picked up the teacup and took a sip, "Why don't you look at me? Do you hate me so much? Don't you like me anymore?"

"It's not about hating, it's not about liking. Chen's tone was still light: "For a shadow, I don't have any need to pour out my emotions, right? Otherwise......"

"Otherwise...... what would you do?" Orange Orange pursed her lips and smiled, "Kill me?"

"You think I won't?" Chen's face turned around, and there was a chill in his eyes when he looked at Orange Orange: "It's just a shadow, is it difficult to kill you?"

"You can give it a try. Orange Orange stretched out a finger and ran it around a lock of long hair.

"Good. Chen simply spit out a word, and the figure had disappeared in place, instantly appearing in front of Orange Orange, and the index finger of his right hand had been pointed between Orange Orange's eyebrows.

With a flash of golden light, Orange Orange began to fall apart from the center of her eyebrows in a smile, and quickly dissipated into a piece of dust.

It's just that Chen hasn't retracted his right arm yet, and the orange orange that had disappeared has reappeared on the chair with a flash of brilliance.

"Like...... It's not that easy, is it?" Orange also stretched out an index finger and gently stroked Chen's finger.

Her fingers slid over Chen's fingertips, her immaculately trimmed nails brushing the back of Chen's hand, extending little by little towards her arm.

Chen's expression remained the same, and he didn't even withdraw his fingers, but his face turned iron-blue.

"Why do you look so unhappy?" Orange sighed softly, "Do you really want to kill me that much?"

She opened her lips slightly, stretched out the tip of her pink tongue, gently licked Tatsuna's fingertips, and then took it whole into her mouth.

A wave of warmth and humidity wrapped Chen's fingers entirely.

And then—

The golden light reappeared, and Orange Orange's body was once again shattered.

It was only less than a second before Orange reappeared in the chair.

"It's useless, Tatsu. Orange smiled and shook his head: "No matter how strong you are, it is impossible to kill me in this space, let alone rely on force to get the key." ”

"What is going to be done then?" Tatsumi already vaguely felt a little strange.

This orange orange in front of you...... Wrong!

In the long past, when the two broke up, Orange Orange clearly wanted to kill him quickly.

But now the girl in front of her clearly has no hostility towards herself.

Not even the slightest.

Chen didn't believe that when Orange looked at him, the murderous intent in his eyes that was about to overflow could be hidden so well, so deeply, without revealing any traces.

"If you don't drink it again, the tea will be cold. Orange leaned back on the back of her chair, resting her elbows on the table, holding her chin and looking at Tatsu with her head held high.

Tatsumi was silent for a moment and sat down beside Orange.

In the past, when they each set up this insurance mechanism to enter the core, they didn't reveal the content of the level to each other, but only Chen and Orange told each other how to pass their own level.

But now, this level is no longer what Orange Orange once told Chen. As Tatsuki's own shadow said, Orange Orange has been here and modified the settings of the level.

And, it seems, was modified specifically for its own sake.

Since you can't get the key by force, you have to try to negotiate.

Adam blinked, a hint of curiosity flashed across his face, but instead of speaking, he sat cross-legged on the grass and closed his eyes.

"You're not just a shadow, are you?" Tatsumi picked up his teacup and took a sip.

"Yes. It's not the same as what you set for yourself. Orange nodded and smiled, and suddenly there was a small plate of cookies on the table: "Do you want to eat it?"

Tatsumi picked up a cookie and put it in his mouth, chewing slowly, but he didn't have the heart to distinguish what it tasted like in his mouth.

"To be exact, I'm her other half. Orange Orange also picked up a cookie and gently bit down on it with her teeth: "A certain emotion is separated from her personality." ”

Tatsumi nodded silently.

"You know what that is, right?" Orange Orange looked at Chen's eyes with water rippling.

"I'm sorry. ”

"There's no need to say sorry to me. Orange Orange shook her head slightly: "It's not me who wants this apology, it's her." The orange that has nothing but hatred for you. What I want...... Not this one. ”

"What is it?" Tatsumi suddenly looked up at Orange Orange.

"It's an explanation. Orange sighed: "I guess you don't know exactly what happened to us, right?"

Tatsumi nodded slowly.

"We were ...... It's painful. No, to be precise, there was only 'me' and no 'we'. Orange Orange said quietly, looking away from Chen's body and looking at the sky: "You left me without giving any explanation, and told me that in the future, we will be strangers to each other."

I've cried, I've begged, I've been angry, but you've never changed or told me why.

In my mind, two thoughts were at loggerheads. One thinks that it's not that you don't love me, it's just that you have to leave for some reason, and you can't tell me why. The other thinks that you are just a selfish scumbag with a bad heart, and everything you have said and done is just a joke.

These two thoughts swelled and swelled, and finally one day, they could no longer exist in the same body at the same time.

So, I made a decision.

I came back here and split myself into two. Not ......"

Orange Orange smiled suddenly: "It should be said that she came back here, completely drove out the idea of still loving you in her heart, and sealed it behind this door forever, never to see the light of day again." And all that remains is hatred for you. I suppose you've already seen her, right?"

"Yes. Chen's voice was very soft: "She has nothing left to hate me now." ”

"A person who only has hatred left will not care about explanations. Orange sighed lightly: "But I ...... I've been here alone for so long, but I never understood why you left me all of a sudden. I, I want your explanation. ”

"That's the condition for handing over the key?" Tatsumi looked up at Orange Orange.

"Yes. Orange nodded: "This is the only way you can do it." ”

"I'm sorry. Tatsumi shook his head without the slightest hesitation.

"So...... You're not going to go in, and now that you're back here, I think...... Returning to the Hall of Eternal Life should be very important to you. Orange Orange's eyes widened in surprise: "You have already verified that you can't take the key by force." The only possibility is for me to hand it over. ”

"Because of a promise. I promised never to tell you the truth about it. Tatsu smiled bitterly: "If I could say it, I wouldn't have waited until today." ”

"And what are you going to do?" Orange Orange frowned, "After she left me, she changed the rules of this space to no use of force. Although I ...... When it was separated, there was no distribution of power. But I don't need to make any attacks on you, and you can't hurt me even a point. ”

Tatsumi remained silent.

"Are you going to ...... Just keep it going?" Orange laughed, "But to me, it doesn't seem like a bad thing." At least I see you again, and I can continue to get along with you like this. Although it is no longer a lover. ”

"Although the arranger of this space is you, not me, thirty-three days are what we built together. Chen shook his head slowly: "We all know very well that the most basic rules cannot be changed by any one person alone. I don't believe that you can make the power completely null and void here. ”

"You can keep trying until you give up. Orange stood up, walked to the opposite side of Chen, and reached out and pressed Chen's hand: "Just like just now." ”

Chen shook his head and didn't move, but turned to look at Adam, "You know...... Who is this kid?"

"It can't be your son, right?" Orange Orange glanced at Adam.

"How could it be. Chen shook his head: "He is...... Another mini version of the admin. ”

"What do you mean?" Orange Orange wondered.

"I don't know how long you've been here, but ...... It's been a lot of changes since we left, and you'...... If you stay in this space, you're afraid you won't know what's going on outside.

The residents who now occupy this place call this place City Zero. They were smart enough to realize that they were just temporary tenants, and that they had no way to control Zero. The master will issue tasks to them according to the established procedure, provide some benefits, but that's about it.

And what they want is to master more.

So, they cut a small corner from the main control screen and did the research.

Although they didn't quite achieve their wishes, they did at least one thing - they copied the ...... with the help of the main control screen in that corner A new admin.

I don't know exactly how they did that. Although this copied admin is nowhere near as good as the original version we had when we opened it for thirty-three days, it has at least some clearances.

Not much, but sufficient.

For example, guiding me to the core area, and ...... Check out some of the core areas. ”

Orange Orange's complexion changed a little.

At the same time, Adam opened his eyes.

"Chen, I found it. ”