The heroine of this book: It is said that the pistol used by the Xicong Wuxiang in NOIR is "BerettaM1934", but I am not a military nerd, and I don't understand it at all, but the Xicong Wuxiang does not have Baidu Encyclopedia, and when I searched, I accidentally found that the encyclopedia of this gun mentioned the Xicong Wuxiang.

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Kirika returned to her room, looking dejected.

"It's been less than an hour since I've been out, how's it going, is the deck done? Or do you want to ask someone else to borrow it? ”

"Deck, yes."

Kirika took out the ruined deck from the dueling disc she was carrying, and then stuffed the electronic dragon deck into it.

"Brand new cards, no card sleeve protection, huh? What decks? ”

"The Electric Dragon."

"I see, it's not very strong, but it's enough."

It seems that Nora doesn't know what the new card of the Electric Dragon looks like.

"But."

"What?"

Wuxiang hesitated: "It's nothing, I just think that this world, this city, may be better destroyed." ”

"Hey!" Nora exclaimed, "You have the idea of destroying the world yesterday again?" ”

"Nora, is this city really worth protecting?"

"Of course it's worth it, it's our stage ......"

"What are we guarding? Is it three-dimensional? Kirika asked, "Can we really, be able to afford this heavy responsibility?" ”

Nora nodded, "Yes, because we have abilities that no one else has." ”

"You have outstanding abilities, so you can only lead by example?"

"With great power comes great responsibility."

Kirika walked to the window and looked downstairs.

The street lights were on, and there was no one on the street.

No, the city is meant to be so quiet, a paradise.

However, does such a hypocritical paradise really have the meaning of existence?

The duelists who live in it, and the brainwashed ones.

Forever isolated from the outside world.

Perhaps, it is precisely because such an existence is so special that it will lead to disasters again and again.

If the city had been destroyed a long time ago, wouldn't all disasters be gone?

"Nora, do you want this city to disappear forever?"

"No, you can't! This time, not only the city, but also the human race, the three-dimensional will ......"

"Just a hypothesis." Kirika coldly interrupted her tirade, "What do you think if it's just the disappearance of the city?" ”

I don't want to hear the righteous and awe-inspiring answer, what three-dimensional must be saved, and the home cannot be destroyed.

These, are they related?

Without the three-dimensional dimension of this city, isn't it also three-dimensional?

“……”

Nora was silent.

"If it's me." Kirika said to herself, "I'll hope it's all gone." The power of the future, duels, cards. No, even if I want to disappear myself, I'm willing. ”

"Misty incense?"

"Speaking of which, if it weren't for my ability, how could this city have been established, and if it weren't for me, how would this city have remained until now?"

Even if the others had the ability to repel Cao Feng, if they didn't have themselves, maybe Long Chaoyan would rule the city, and Nora would rule the world with the power of the elves.

Wouldn't that be much better than it is now?

"Actually, this city has given me a lot of memories." Nora closed her eyes, "It keeps me from thinking about the painful memories of the past." ”

"Painful memories?"

"Don't mention it. Since coming here, my life has been more fulfilling. Although I have lost myself, I was saved by you in the end, didn't I? ”

“……”

"So, I hope this city has always been, although I hate Tao Jianyu, however, I hope he is still alive, at least he is the spiritual pillar of all duelists."

"Without him, this is still a competitive city."

"So, after closing the Elven Gate and repelling the Wei Yuan, who will lead here?"

"If you want, you can. However, I would choose to leave. ”

"Leave? Where are you going? Is it the same as the outsiders? Leaving the island and heading out to the outside world? ”

"Yes." This time, Kirika said with great certainty, without the slightest hesitation.

Now, Nora finally saw the clue: "What? What stimulated you? Could it be that the elves have found you? ”

"Nope." Wuxiang lowered her head and said in disappointment, "It's those who have been brainwashed. ”

"So? I sympathize with them as well. ”

Are you perfunctory to me?

"Wouldn't it be nice if they could hide in too?"

Although she knew Nora was following her words, she had never tried to get them in.

Because.

"No way, they're not going anywhere."

"What's going on? Is anyone dead?! ”

"No, at least, where I passed, no."

"But they're still not safe, so you persuaded them?"

"As a result, they're 'not going anywhere'...... 'they're not going anywhere.'"

"What the hell is going on?" Nora didn't understand what the five words that Kirika repeated, what these five words meant, and what she was stimulated by.

Kirika turned around and looked at Nora with helpless eyes, still saying, "'Going anywhere'." ”

"So, ...... exactly"

"This is the result of my persuasion. The card shop owner is like that, and so are several other people. Once they are asked to enter the building, there is such a mechanical reaction. Wuxiang closed her eyes again and took a deep breath, "When they said this, at that moment, it didn't look like a person anymore!" ”

"How so?"

"I don't know!" Kirika became excited, "I don't know! I can't change it either! This may be one of the brainwashing effects that Tao Jianyu gave them! They're running away! They try to avoid contact with duelists and us! In addition to the function of NPCs! ”

The crying is an indictment of the whole city.

The city is literally an online card game played by a group of duelists!

Those humans are not humans, but highly intelligent NPCs!

Performing fixed functions, doing fixed things, and saying fixed words!

The little girl, who looked normal, might have been contaminated.

Maybe that little girl is a fake! The Fujii Shirako in their mouths does not exist!

"So, you're confused and start thinking that this city is hypocritical?"

Kirika nodded.

Others, however, don't think so. You have to think about other people's feelings, many people don't have their memories back, and in their eyes, this is a paradise, a paradise. Even for the happiness of others, to protect the city, this three-dimensional, isn't that how it should be? ”

For the happiness of others?

Are you really that selfless? I don't believe it!

"So, you think the city is hypocritical, maybe in the eyes of others, this city ......"

Kirika interrupted her impatiently:

"What if I say, more than that?"

"Not only?"

"Can you say my name again?"

Nora was stunned for a moment, then uttered four words.

And this is to be expected by the fog incense.

After all, in the eyes of others, its own name is it.

"The scent of the mist in the sunset."

“…… Say it again. ”

This time, it was Nora's turn to get impatient, and she pronounced the pronunciation of "Misty Fragrance of the Sunset" in English word order:

“kirika.yuumura.”

However, this is a big mistake.

"Even myself, my name, is hypocritical."

“Wh……”

Wuxiang laughed at herself: "You at least have some painful memories after recovering your memory, what about me?" I've been searching for my memories, and what I find is all fake. ”

"Misty ......"

"I'm not called Wuxiang, I'm not Xicong Wuxiang at all, I just stole her name. What my own name is, I don't even know. ”

“……”

"Forget it, if you like it, just keep calling me by this title." Kirika didn't want to continue the topic, because in her opinion, what Nora said was all cliché.

In this world, there is no eternal guardian.

"It's not too early, when will you leave tomorrow and where will you go?" Kirika turned to ask about her plans for tomorrow.

Although she was reluctant, since she had agreed and the deck was ready, she would naturally go tomorrow.

"Go to the arena, probably as soon as we arrive, the two elves can't wait to appear. As for the time, if you wish, wait until you wake up naturally before acting! ”

"I'll wake up naturally, I'm afraid it's going to be noon."

"Then, let's go to bed early."

"Good night."

After saying that, Wuxiang turned off the lights and covered herself in the quilt.

Even if the city had a meaning for Nora, as well as for the other duelists.

But what is the significance of one's own existence to the city?

Is it just about constantly traveling through time to avoid the destruction of the city?

Is it such a tool yourself?

Is the value of one's own existence only to maintain such a thing that even oneself cannot find the value of existence?

Nora, and everyone else, probably thinks so.

It doesn't matter who I am, in their eyes.

It was originally true, who I am, this is my own business.

They just need to call me "Yubush Mist".

Saving the world and saving the city on your own is not voluntary.

No, how can a person who can't even find the meaning of his own existence take on the responsibility of maintaining the meaning of the existence of other things.

With great power comes great responsibility, what kind of fallacy is this?

Is it the evasion words made up by the weak people in order to shift the blame to the powerful?

Is it the powerful people who make up the scene in order to pretend to be great in front of others?

So, what else can an empty capable body do?

It doesn't matter anymore.

It doesn't matter.

Since you agreed, let it go.

If you fail, you can't fight and everyone dies together.

If you succeed, you will be worshipped as a hero.

Ironically, the hero's name was taken from a two-dimensional character.

Come on.

Heroes of the Athletic City.

The scent of the sunset fog.