In Hugo's childhood memories, the most vivid thing is the green meadow and the tall trees that reach into the sky, but other than that, there is no memory of the prosperity of the city of East Island.

Wait a minute!

Is there really nothing at all?

Hugo's closed eyes furrowed slightly.

Wrong!

I have indeed seen the beautiful and charming prosperity.

Although only once!

Looking at Hugo's sudden expression, Sayuri showed a faint smile on her face, but there was incomparable exhaustion in this smile. The rain in the sky began to become heavy and cottony, like a splash, and the surrounding scenery began to blur between the heavy rain.

Sayuri knew that this was not the state of the scene that she had simulated before, but the embodiment of her connection with Hugo's spiritual world, and the common point of memory between the two.

Hugo didn't know, but Sayuri understood that this was the starting point of the two people's thoughts and memories, that is, the chaotic world at the beginning.

At this time, this chaotic world began to reveal its true form under the impact of various memories, and it also began to become fragmented under this heavy blow.

Both Hugo and Sayuri are feeling extremely tired, and it is precisely because the whole world is about to fall apart.

As the downpour fell, the ruined world began to be in a state of ocean, and as Hugo had just thought, the flood that would wipe out the smoke was coming.

Sayuri walked up to Hugo, looking at Hugo's quiet face, Sayuri showed a bitter smile.

"You're finally going to remember. ”

"Thirteen, I delivered on my promise. ”

After saying these two words, Sayuri's body was crooked, and she almost fell into the muddy water.

Sayuri reached out and grabbed Hugo's arm, and under the cold rain, Hugo's arm still oozed a hot breath, making Sayuri feel a strange sense of security, a feeling that she had never felt even when she was with Thirteen ten years ago.

Stretching out his palm to caress Hugo's warm cheek, Sayuri's eyes began to become a little misty.

"Do you have a fever, why is the temperature so high?" Sayuri said softly, leaning forward slightly, hugging Hugo in his arms, and pressing his cheek against Hugo's chest.

"Whew, it's very comfortable. Don't think about it, I'm just a little tired, just borrow it. Sayuri whispered, with only two people around and Hugo unconscious, her explanation was more like speaking to herself.

"Is that how you feel? For the first time in 10 years, I've experienced it... That's nice. ”

Sayuri slowly closed her eyes, the rain in the sky became more and more fierce, and even lightning and thunder had appeared, and the muddy waves and floods accompanied the rubble and stones rushed towards the two of them.

At the foot of Hugo's embrace, a black crack appeared, and the flood roared into the black crack, and soon a huge black vortex was formed.

The two of them are suspended above the whirlpool, like the final gods of the world, about to go to the end of zero with the era of their own creation.

Sayuri closed her eyes and lay in Hugo's arms and said, "You always blame me for killing you, but in the New Victorian era, I saved you, and I spared you in the laser stadium, in the alley with the hunter... Forget it, don't talk about that, I'm helping you once today, and it's a complete end to all our previous grievances. ”

A faint light emanated from Sayuri's body, and the faint light slowly spread, finally wrapping Sayuri and Hugo in it. The strange thing is that the water vapor that had been drenched on the two of them suddenly disappeared, and they looked like two people in a different time and space in the pouring rain.

Sayuri said softly: "This is my last resort, I'm so tired, I'm going to sleep for a while, and I'll leave it all to you after that... Including my life. ”

"Hey, don't let me down..."

"I..."

Sayuri's voice grew quieter and quieter, and eventually it turned into a muttering dream.

In the torrential rain, the ruined world continued to collapse, and the endless surroundings began to collapse violently, and the time also continued to distort from the surroundings, and the spatial cracks were like black holes, tearing apart the space under the pull of various forces and pushing it to complete destruction.

At the center of the world, the black whirlpool grew larger and larger, and the figures of Hugo and Sayuri, who were floating in each other's arms, became smaller and smaller.

The world doesn't have much time for them.

Sayuri is still unconscious.

Hugo is still asleep.

...

Hugo, who was asleep, slowly opened his eyes, and when the upper and lower eyelids parted, a dazzling bright sunlight pierced into his eyes, making him close his eyes immediately, and after a while of getting used to it, Hugo opened his eyes.

The sun is shining in the east, and the warm light shines on the people.

Judging by the position of the sun, it should be morning, and Hugo couldn't understand why he was still snoozing at this time, but it was uncontrollable to think of an unsupervised child's schedule.

HUGO, ZERO TO BE PRECISE, GOT UP FROM THE GRASS AND YAWNED WIDELY.

Since he was sleeping on the lawn, and thinking that he had slept again in the morning when he was playing, Hugo couldn't help but laugh a little.

His mental touch is already in sync with that of young ZERO, and although he can feel everything he has experienced, he is powerless to change anything, just like an actor who strictly follows the script assigned by the screenwriter and director.

SUDDENLY, A PALE YELLOW LEAF FLOATS IN FRONT OF ZERO'S EYES AND LANDS AT HIS FEET.

ZERO LEANED OVER TO PICK IT UP, FROWNED IN CONFUSION AT THE DRY VEINS ON THE PALE YELLOW LEAVES, AND LOOKED BACK AT THE TALL TREES.

The tall tree that towers into the sky looks a little rickety at the moment, just like an old man in the western mountains at dusk, and all the leaves of the tree have turned yellow, revealing a heavy dead air.

"Is autumn coming?" Zero patted his little brain and muttered to himself in confusion, looking at the lush grass around him, and ZERO thought to himself.

"ARE YOU SICK?" ASKED ZERO TO HIS UNCLE.

Ever since Thirteen vomited under the tree not long ago, the tree had become oddly stated, becoming more and more fragile every day.

Zero naively thought that Thirteen's disease must have been transmitted to the tree, and he thought that he should stay away from it before the tree got better, otherwise he would be infected by it, and Zero didn't like the feeling of not being able to eat because of vomiting.

HE TOOK A FEW STEPS BACK IN A DAZE, AND SUDDENLY BUMPED INTO A PERSON BEHIND HIM, ZERO WAS STARTLED, AND TURNED AROUND TO SEE A WHITE-HAIRED OLD MAN IN A WHITE ROBE STANDING BEHIND HIM, WITH A KIND SMILE ON HIS KIND FACE.

"GOOD MORNING, LITTLE ZERO. The old man laughed.

"Good morning, Grandpa. ZERO SAID IN A CHILDISH VOICE.

THE OLD MAN SUDDENLY CROUCHED DOWN, AND BEHIND HIM STROKED THE TOP OF ZERO'S HEAD, HUGO FELT A FAINT WARMTH IN HIS PALM.

"LITTLE ZERO, WOULD YOU LIKE TO HAVE A FUN TIME TODAY?" THE OLD MAN SAID GENTLY.

"What is play?" ZERO's vocabulary and comprehension skills are still poor.

The old man stretched out his finger and pointed to the gray wall in the distance and said, "Just go to the other side of the wall to have a look." ”