bgm: Eau de Vie (Ghoul)

Where no other sound or smell can spread, where the human body cannot touch.

There are no flowers blooming and falling, no stars in the sky, no love and sorrow in the world.

The magpie walks alone in the endless corridors, like a traveler drowning in silent darkness, intoxicated and enchanted by the never-fruitful answer.

And then there's. Interspersed with conversations, cognition, understanding, annihilation, and moving on.

The same mockery and pessimism, the shock and fanaticism of déjà vu, made Magpie realize the fact that the individual "Magpie" existed more than once, and also made him feel a little bored with himself.

I actually get bored with myself, and I have to say, this is also a novel feeling.

The original magpie carried out the self-collection and elimination of plural individuals with the preconceived consciousness of "being crippled", which was also the concept instilled in him by the omniscient and all-powerful - but even the all-knowing and all-powerful was only a poor man who was bewitched by the fragmentary memories of the first generation.

Even if you go on like this, nothing will come of it, and probably the final result will be to kill all the duplicate instances yourself and leave.

Magpie even met with individuals who had appeared in his place.

The guys who stayed around when "everything" was discarded.

Someone who had an extremely bad nature, but saved himself in that city and killed the EVE members on his behalf.

The essence of the absurd phenomenon that I once encountered in my dreams.

And so on.

But....

Magpie has always had a clear understanding of reality, understood that such behavior is a futile repetition, and made correct judgments in this kind of itinerary that can be called torment.

Of course, in terms of results, it is not necessary to maintain the ability to deal with crises flexibly for a long time, and all the plural individuals so far have chosen unconditional obedience the moment they see the "light".

It's not that they're driven by a sense of giving up or a sense of mission, they just want to do it.

What kind of cruel calmness and distortion is hidden in the plural individuals called "magpies".

It is a state that has long gone beyond the definition of "despair", denying and ignoring everything, including itself, fleeing from what you desire, and fighting against the entire multiverse by any means and instinctively, even if you are in the worst mental state at all times.

Either way, that's too much.

Obviously not born as a human being,

It's obviously not my own expectations,

Obviously it is crippled,

It's all imposed.

It's so weird, it's unreasonable, it's really the abnormality of the abnormal.

Such an absurd state of affairs.

Even if you understand the irrationality of these kinds of things, you can't rebel against the will of the first generation—you can't rebel against your own will.

Walk all the way, not looking at either side, stumbling to get rid of everything that stands in your way.

What Magpie sees from those thousands of selves is a path similar to that he has walked.

Being chased by something unknown, even if it's not something that should be happy, laughs inexplicably, and when it's supposed to be sad, it's still laughing.

Chains of order that enforce it.

Established personality.

Incomplete self.

A desire from the bottom of my heart.

There is no way forward, so there is no need for eyes.

There is no option to go back, so you can only keep getting lost.

Born with a smile, die with a smile.

Subject.

Even the present self is incomplete—or rather, the current situation is one that even the first generation did not consider.

When it was created, it was integrated into the fragments of the new world, so there were things that could not have been predicted in the first generation.

Just a hope, as the last unwilling and stubborn.

Perhaps, at the moment when the curtain of the old world is torn apart, "Magpie" is also full of hope and longing, right?

For the story, for the new possibilities, for some kind of pillar that can keep you alive.

Unfortunately, that is the end, and the ridiculous end is here.

Even so, it won't stop, and it's an obsession that can't be stopped even if it's dead, and it's an obsession that can't be stopped when it's dead.

The first generation, the own, the magpie's. Pathos!

It is a story outside of a story, a reality that cannot be seen by a landscape no matter how absurd, a landscape that belongs only to those who have witnessed the end of everything.

Listen to the last end of life, look at the birth of a new world with gentle eyes, the man in the gap between all oblivion.

I can't remember, but I can "see".

Because that's himself, it's magpie.

Therefore, even if it is a plural number of individuals after thousands, for them, this is also a sincere wish from their own hearts, and it is a truth that cannot be concealed.

Share the sorrow of this prosperous world, feel the last ray of light, and be moved to tears for the true "everything".

The throbbing from the heart, and the supreme cry that finally became speechless, only existed within oneself.

What a joy in life!

Death, how dazzling!

And how I have forgotten all this and survived ...

。。。。。。。。。

- "Okay. . . Probably I get it. ”

At the end of the corridor, Room 1263 "Room".

Magpie is standing in front of a mirror.

An inexplicable glint flashed in his eyes.

Like eyes moistened by water, the emotions that come from the heart are displayed on the face as if they will come out of the body.

Magpie has always been a moody conspiracy theorist, so this kind of expression called "surprise" — or "surprise" — is rare.

If you look at it at this time, Magpie is still a handsome teenager, at least not what an adult should be.

In fact, it is true that his expression at this time will make ordinary people feel kind.

If it was a subordinate of the former student union who saw him at this time, he would definitely be scared half to death.

On the glass opposite is a magpie, but this magpie does not have a "face".

“。。 Are you?"

"Me?"

"Hmm"

"I don't know. ”

"Who do you think I am?"

The other party's tone was tepid, although it was the voice of the magpie, but it could still be heard differently,

That's a trait that magpies don't have, something missing.

"Who do you think I am? am I what you need? What about what you have thrown away?"

Weak.

"Have you ever looked forward to this moment?"

Loss.

"Have you ever had it all?"

Salvation.

"Have you ever imagined yourself like that?"

Cowardice.

"Or is it that you are satisfied with your current self?"

And most importantly -

———— hypocrisy.

Counterfeits.

Yes.

I.. I don't admit it!

A complete person has a complete corollary cause, all of which are traits that promote his growth and self-regulation.

It's like there are two sides to a contradiction.

Magpie didn't have such a thing from the beginning.

Throw away all the weakness and then exchange for the quality of the "hegemon".

The "obsession" of ignoring all forks in the road and then moving forward frantically.

Acknowledging the equality of all sentient beings, the "Mowgli" that ignores the subjective will of sentient beings.

Paranoid doting and cruel thinking mixed with blood foam as a way of "love".

There is no despair, so there is no need to be "extreme" in hope.

Unscrupulous means for the sake of the end, even if the innocent are involved, there is no conscious "indifference".

Even if it's just for fun, he will inflict violence on others.

And so on and so forth.

It can make the "magpie" become the recognized part of the universal values that are missing in all the elements of the "magpie", and it is also the part that the magpie does not realize and touch, and then there is the "posture" of its current self.

"I... Are you satisfied?"

Subconsciously denying,

Subconsciously wanted to defeat him.

That's not me!

That... That kind of thing, not me ...