Chapter 13 Cat ears are the windows to the soul
The flow of magic erupted like a volcanic eruption from the ground of the atrium, and the eerie red light stained the three people who were attracted to the window by the roar. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ info
Intix's face was pale, her sensitivity to magic was far higher than that of others, so she could clearly feel that the torrent of magic was accumulating like a torrent in the small campus.
"What a firework!" Tsukimi Mountain admired.
"It's the heart." Oreos' expression became a little nervous, "Her 'Heart Crossing' is very strange, it can destroy the 'front' object from the 'back', only she can do this effect. I locked her in the middle of the plane, she's not a magician, so she can't get out, and now it seems like someone has broken the prison. β
"I probably know who this person is......" the commander looked embarrassed.
As the main messenger of the big event that is about to blow himself up into the sky, Yuejian Mountain has mixed feelings.
"Now, if I use the Great Evolution Technique in a state where the mana flow is unstable, it is very likely that the direct mana will be directly detonated." "When the time comes, the entire school city will be turned into a purgatory on earth, and the magic of the leylines will cause violent earthquakes of more than nine magnitudes, tearing apart everything on the leylines - the only equivalent earthquake in Chile in recorded human history has occurred, and the tsunami caused by it did not reach the Hawaiian Islands until fifteen hours later." And before that, we will die from a powerful explosion of magic. There's only good news here, though. β
"What?" Intix asked.
"We will die without pain." "Even if they wanted to take my corpse and whip it, it wouldn't be possible, our body would just evaporate into a cloud of empty air." β
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The three of them fell silent at the same time, except for the radio next to them, which still played the tune of "One Step Away", which seemed a little funny in this dreary atmosphere.
"Sounds amazing." Yue Jianshan said,"Thank you for describing how I died so vividly and in detail,The adjective purgatory on earth is especially good.,If I die,,I'll be very relieved to have the entire school city to bury me.γ β
"Don't hide it, I know you're nervous." Oreos smiled, "There's no shame in that. β
"Where do I have? I'm telling you, I've seen a lot! What big scene haven't I ever seen? The atomic collapse of No.4 is so dangerous that I don't know where it is going to be when this earthquake is high, and I talk and laugh with her! ......" Tsukimiyama's voice grew lower and lower under the gaze of Oreos, and finally he raised his hand in surrender in self-defeat, "Okay, okay, I admit that I was so nervous that I was about to explode, how can you tell?" I thought I was in good disguise. β
"Your ears." Oreos was concise and to the point.
Intex looked over to the top of Mt. Tsukimi and saw her ears pricked back, exactly like the Sphinx, the tricolor cat she had adopted, looked at when she was on guard.
Yue Jianshan shook his ears with an unhappy face.
"Ah, I'm angry now!" Intix pointed to her ear and shouted, "It's like a Sphinx!" β
ββ¦β¦ Now isn't the time to talk about that, is it? "We can discuss the dialectical relationship between cat ears and mood in a moment, do you think there are more important things to do now?" β
Oreos nodded, looking through the window into the atrium.
"I'll have to stop the alchemy circle and let the magic dissipate naturally, which will take about thirty minutes - if it goes well."
"Consciousness is so high? I thought you wanted to say that I was a party member, and I would withdraw first or something...... Aren't all magicians this kind of irresponsible guy? β
"Who do you think I am?" Oreos patted his chest proudly, "I'm the man who wants to save the world!" How can you back down on such a trivial matter! β
"If you hang it, I will have it engraved on your tombstone. Speaking of which, I seem to have something to do too......" Tsukimiyama thought as he turned to Oreos, "Vampire Killer...... Where is it? β
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The heart of the blade flipped and fell from the torrent of leyline magic, as light and dexterous as a cat.
She hesitated for a moment and swallowed as she looked at the hedgehog-headed boy's carotid artery, but eventually put him on the ground. She then turned and looked into the shadows not far away.
From the teaching building, Tsukimiyama slowly walked out.
"You?" Blade looked a little surprised.
"Me." Tsukimiyama smiled and beckoned, "I'm here to stop you from looking for a vampire killer." β
"......" Blade was silent for a second, "You should have spent a quiet night on the bench and forgotten everything about me when you woke up the next day...... I only have a little bit of magic, and it looks like I've been interrupted, which is a pity. For whatever reason, since you are standing before meβ"
She pulled out the long knife that was more than two meters long from her lower abdomen, leaned forward slightly, and assumed an offensive posture.
"Wait, wait, I want to ask you a question before the war, and I've been wanting to ask it during the day today." Yuejianshan raised his hand, "Are you looking for a bloodsucking killer, are you really looking for a suicide?" β
"yes, because it's boring." "It's not that boring sometimes, but it's boring most of the time. β
"Curiosity kills cats, so does boredom kill ghosts?" Tsukimiyama said, "There are boring people everywhere, and I haven't heard of anyone going to die." β
"If you lived like me for 500 years, you would have wanted to kill yourself." "Someone once said that life is a mass of desires, and if desires cannot be satisfied, they will be painful, and if they are satisfied, they will be bored, and life will oscillate between pain and boredom. [Note 1] I think he is right. β
"I can't imagine that vampires love philosophy." Tsukiyama laughed dryly.
"I know you've been trying to get me to give up that idea today." "But I've been thinking about this for a hundred years, and that's the answer I finally came to...... I've been thinking about death for a long time longer than yours, but it's a pity that one doesn't have the right chance to die - and the vampire killer is a very good reason, isn't it a good match for a vampire killer to kill a vampire? β
"Aren't there so many interesting things?" Tsukimiyama bit his lip.
"I've almost forgotten all about the past, but I still remember how I felt when I became a vampire." She stretched out a finger and drew a steep arc in the air, "I have eternal life, enough time to experience all the new things in the world!" I can have the whole world! β
"So......" Tsukimiyama's words were stopped by Tsukimi's gaze.
"But immortality is both a blessing and a curse. The feeling of tasting apples for the first time was completely different from the tenth time. Like today's episode, you are a piece of dessert in my memory, I think it is delicious, but when I taste you for the hundredth time, I will get tired of you. It's an inextricable pain, and that pain is called boredom - or emptiness. She swung her slender fingers to draw undulating wavy lines in the air, but the gap between the crest and the trough became smaller and smaller, and finally approached nothing, and the voice of the blade was also lowered, "What has been there, there will be again; What has been done, it will be done again. Under the sun, there is nothing new. (Note 2)"
She ended her confession with the words of the Bible.
Tsukimiyama pursed his lips and nodded slightly.
The smile on her face faded.
"The boy next to you, in fact, I've always been conflicted about his senses." She suddenly said and pointed to Kamijo Dangma, who was lying on the side, "If he thinks something is wrong, then he will stop him even if he fights with his life, without considering his safety or interests, and even without considering the feelings of others, he just says handsome lines such as 'I will break that illusion' and fights for his life, even if he dies, he will pull people out of the dark abyss...... I was also touched from the perspective of a bystander. β
"So?" Blade Heart raised his eyebrows.
"But is that really the right thing to do?" Tsukimiyama sighed and paused, and continued, "He's just doing what he wants to do, right?" Everyone has their own beliefs. Since he does not send a signal for help, doesn't it mean that the other party's self-esteem or belief or something else makes him sure that he will never cry out for help even if he gives his life? He hurried into other people's troubles, regardless of the three or seven twenty-one to save others...... Isn't that a tyrant-like act? β
"Before, I always thought so. I don't like to convince people, even if I think they're wrong, because everyone has the right to choose their own lifeβ" She lifted her eyes, and there seemed to be a red flame burning in them, "but now that I think about it, isn't that too unfair to me!" β
"The development of the ability of the school city is very painful.,Inject strange drugs into a vein.,Destroy the structure of the brain by various means.,Insert electrodes into the hippocampus...... It is often more difficult to go further. Although it is not very rare to have great abilities, I have also paid a lot for my current ability. She waved her hand, "No, I'm not trying to say how much pain I have in the hope of gaining sympathy, that makes me feel cowardly, and there will always be more worthy of sympathy than I am." I mean, -- have I been through so much, so much, so much and so much to lose...... For what? β
"What?" Blade asked softly.
"It's for myself! For myself, of course! I've always been a very, very, very selfish person! β
Tsukimiyama tapped his chest with his thumb and laughed out loud.
"Why should I worry so much? What do I care what others think? I'm just going to do what I want to do! No matter who I want to defeat, I want to live selfishly and happily! β
"Soβ" she declared in a loud voice as she looked at the beautiful vampire in front of her with burning eyes:
"--I'm here to defeat you!"
Note 1: Arthur Schopenhauer, Collected Volumes of Pessimism.
Note 2: Bible, Ecclesiastes, 1-9.
ps: What should I do if I feel more and more like Kira Yoshikage (covering my face).
PS2: I don't think you like this kind of mental journey, but ...... This kind of thing is always necessary. And I'm not very good at writing sensationalism and verbal cannons......