Volume 1 The New Guest in the City Chapter 34 Finally back to the way he came
Perhaps it was just because the fallen leaves fell in the right place, and the lonely bookstore owner looked at the dead leaves on the windowsill and couldn't help but feel sad and remembered the old things.
At this point, fallen leaves are a rarity, as most of them have already fallen.
Thinking of the things he encountered in Black Lake City in those years, even if it was essentially none of his business, he would always feel condemnation from his heart.
Rationally judged, people's so-called apathy is nothing more than the idea of survival, and the desire to survive is like a pair of hands, blocking their impulsive progress at that time, just watching from the sidelines. There was nothing wrong with what they were doing.
However, we are human.
If we are human beings, is it really right to be a bystander? When those brave people who are willing to stand in front of us die, who else can and is willing to continue to stand in front of us?
Therefore, this has become a shadow of Boss Wu's life.
He only hoped that he could do something to make up for the void he had created back then. Like, what to do for that gray-haired girl.
Getting up as usual, coming to the bookstore as usual, he let go of those thoughts and buried himself in the sea of books. Only then can he feel better.
However, as soon as he put it down, a figure once again brought back his memories.
A petite figure walked into the bookstore, glanced at Boss Wu expressionlessly, and then rubbed his face and smiled.
That's Bai Yu, this time I'm here, it's obvious that there's something going on.
"Boss Wu. Bai Yu said hello first.
"It's you, how's it going?"
"It's okay, it's a very ordinary and normal life. β
"I lied. Boss Wu laughed as he spoke.
Bai Yu was stunned for a moment, slowly lowered his head, and the smile was interrupted for a few seconds, and then revealed again.
"This ...... How do you know ......"
"It's experience and intuition, you look like you're worried about something. β
Bai Yu, who was seen through, smiled and sighed, looked around, and then took out a stack of forms that were bound into a book, and gently placed them on the counter in front of Boss Wu.
At that moment, I don't know if it was an illusion, Boss Wu seemed to see the mission, and his eyes seemed to light up.
"What is this?"
"Some people's files. β
This is the information collected by the "Seven-member Meeting" organized by the Border Self-Defense Force and the mayor, and it contains the people that need to be focused on so far.
Among them, there are suspected survivors of Guardian City, people suspected of being the Guardians of the Dead, and a spy who is most likely confirmed to be a member of the criminal organization known as the "Black Death". Bai Yu hopes that Boss Wu, who is a former intelligence collector of the Bad Boys Alliance, can help them do something while running the bookstore.
Of course, Bai Yu didn't force it, she was already ready to be rejected.
After listening to Bai Yu's narration, Boss Wu looked very happy, as if he was about to fulfill a certain wish. Without half a second of hesitation, he immediately agreed to Bai Yu's request.
Why did you say yes so quickly? Oh...... That's right, after all, he is also the one who experienced the "Blood Sea Incident".
In the dark and damp alley, the cold wind kept blowing, causing Bai Nanyu, who was shrunk into a ball, shivering for a while, but he was unwilling to leave here for half a step.
Because this morning, she saw the survivors of Guardian City, which was almost like a murderer who thought that he could live in peace after destroying a family, only to find that there were still living survivors in that family. Even if the survivor didn't do anything to her, she didn't destroy Guardian City single-handedly, but it still had a great impact on her heart.
What should I do? Are they going to take revenge? Should I apologize to them? Are they going to hand me over again? I don't want to, the perverts who died in the country will definitely lock me up in a coffin full of maggots.
Bai Nanyu couldn't help but think about it.
"That's not entirely your fault, Bai Nanyu, he was angry at the time, his eyes were full of sadness and self-blame. The voice of the nightmare sounded in her head.
"Why should he blame himself?" Bai Nanyu was a little puzzled.
"Because he also found out that they were sorry for you at that time. Nightmare swore recklessly, "I'm sure he's introspective too." Don't you continue to push all the blame on yourself, okay? The survival of Guardian City is not your responsibility alone, it is everyone's responsibility. β
"Really......"
Yes, you are not alone, and behind you, there are countless people supporting you.
As the sun began to pour its rays into the city, homeless spirits hid from the light and quietly gathered in a building in an old town on the outskirts.
Loneliness breaks free from memories, clinging to the crawling vines, lying on the moss, leaving endless vicissitudes on the ancient stone steps. The people who live here are like the watchmen of this ancient ruin, as if they are cursed, or perhaps they are simply unwilling to leave.
Maybe it's because they live here that they can remember their former home, Weidun City.
Most of you don't belong to this world, and you come here for various reasons, and most of the people who come to this world can't go back until they die. Therefore, the wandering spirits who could no longer see their hometown took root in this world and became the inhabitants of this world.
In this case, when the city you live in is destroyed, you will feel like your home is destroyed.
In a dilapidated house lit with a bonfire, a group of people sit around a campfire and grill food. This room is in disrepair and has long since collapsed a corner, so the people inside don't have to worry about lack of oxygen or something.
After a long silence with only the sound of a bonfire, someone finally spoke.
"I met a man. β
After the man finished speaking, the air was once again filled with the sound of a campfire. The others looked at him silently, and suddenly, one of them guessed, "She's still alive...... Right...... The people who ruined our city. β
The man nodded.
His surname is Wei and his name is Wei Youyuan.
In an earthquake accident, in order to protect his sister, he finally accidentally came to this world with his sister.
Since coming to Guardian City, they have lived for decades, looking back at them under the moon countless times, looking back at them who don't know if they have a hometown, and have been looking forward to the day when they return to the real world. They had heard that the black-haired people could return to the real world, but they didn't know how to go back, so they and a group of people who shared the same beliefs lived and waited in Nawei Dun City.
Until the appearance of a white-haired girl.
She said that the city was in trouble, and whether it was a kind reminder or a malicious joke, the people of the city did not like this kind of remark. They all miss home and want to go back, so if the city is in danger and they will sacrifice themselves or something, they definitely don't want to meet it.
Therefore, Wei Youyuan, like most of the residents of Weidun City, chose to put himself out of the way and chose to escape.
When one day, he was looking for his lost sister until the night, and found the white-haired girl in a park chatting happily with his sister, he had an ominous premonition.
Sure enough, his naΓ―ve sister and he chose the opposite path. He chose to run away, but his sister chose to stand up for the white-haired girl who was considered a disaster by most people. It was a huge blow to him, and he certainly didn't want that to happen, because he promised to send his sister back.
So, he began to resent the white-haired girl and even said negative things about her.
At the time when Guardian City decided to hand over the white-haired girl, he was also one of the voters in favor, after all, as long as the country would not attack Guardian City, they would be saved and would be able to live.
Although this move broke his sister's heart, he did think about his sister wholeheartedly.
After a lot of things, Guardian City was finally destroyed, and they always put the blame on the white-haired girl. After all, on the surface, if the white-haired girl didn't come to this city and brought countless disasters, then the city wouldn't do this to her, and she wouldn't have caused such a result in the end.
They are now wanderers in Black Lake City, and when they see the news about the white-haired girl on the big screen of the Black Lake City building, the anger of revenge that has been extinguished for a long time breaks through the barriers of guilt and ignites from the ashes. They thought that even if they didn't do anything to her, they must at least remind Black Lake City that this white-haired girl could bring disaster.
However, as time passed, they learned more and more things, and the anger of revenge in their hearts was slowly extinguished by the rain of grief. They begin to think back to what happened at that time, and the more they think about it, the more they feel that they are actually responsible.
The white-haired girl seemed to have really come to help them at first.
But so what? they don't have any power behind them that can help them, and they've signed a pact with the Dead Country, and they must face the white-haired girl with a sword, or they'll be dead.
Unless the white-haired girl can forgive them.
However, the tangled question of who should forgive them, who should forgive them, who destroyed Shield City and killed countless unarmed people?
It wasn't until Wei Youyuan, who worked for many days as a casual worker and rarely had breakfast at a breakfast restaurant, met her.
"Actually, I wanted to scold her at first, but when I think about it, we are actually quite sorry for her. Wei Youyuan lowered his head and fiddled with his stick, "We're all at fault." β
At first, seeing her wearing new clothes, eating breakfast, and being clean, his mind was suddenly filled with the idea of "why can the demons who destroyed Guardian City live so well, while we, the victims, have been wandering and not taking the next meal".
But after thinking about it for a while, guilt suddenly came to my heart.
She has always been on the side of Guardian City, always thinking about them, and even in desperation, she cooperated with their decision-making and was quietly thrown to the Dead Country. Although she couldn't stand the torture and came back again, in fact, she was the one who was hurt the most.
In that case, what kind of face do we selfish people have to face her sword?
So, Wei Youyuan immediately turned around and ran away, not daring to look back at her again.
Thinking of this, the survivor who had just guessed the person he was referring to called him back patted his shoulder, sniffed the roasted mouse in his hand, handed the roasted mouse to him and said, "The agreement between the regulator and us is still there, and we may have to continue to do so, or we will only die." β
Wei Youyuan took the roasted mouse, looked at the black bumps on it, and suddenly threw everything away and ignited a thought that made everyone around him sweat coldly.
"Let's join her. β
"Are you crazy? in that case we will end up worse than running away!" said one man, looking around in fright, to make sure he was not seen by the Guardians of the Dead Country.
"It doesn't matter. Wei Youyuan smiled bitterly, "Anyway, she's no longer there." If I hadn't chosen to run away from her in the first place, and had stood on the same line with her, maybe she would have survived. On the day of the natural disaster, she thought that the white-haired girl would come to her rescue until she died......"
The atmosphere was silent again, dead silence. People think, and those images of the past go back to their minds over and over again.
As a man, Wei Youyuan has always maintained a mountain-like image in front of his sister, and after the natural disaster, he became a fragile piece of glass. However, he didn't know that tears of remorse and pain flowed from the corners of his eyes and into the hearts of those around him, but they pushed the gears of revenge.