2 [Perspective of the Halberd]

December 28th.

"I can help you."

I said to the god of fear who was cloaked in the snow of Kawana.

"Huh——? Help me? ”

The god of fear looked distrustful.

"You appear in the world, you need an appearance, Kawa Mingxue's [resurrection] will definitely be targeted, and you can't always use her skin."

"That's right, so what do you mean?"

"Ahh [With me as the medium.] This will make it much easier for you to move. ”

"Ahaha-you guy, do you really know what 'medium' means?"

The god of fear laughed.

"Huh?"

I really don't know.

"I don't think I know, but I'll assume you do."

"Anyway, I want you to lend me a little strength—"

I said.

"Huh——? How dare you ask the gods directly for power? ”

"Ah......h

"Interesting, you might as well talk about it."

"I hope you'll help me find someone and erase some of her memories."

The god of fear can control things related to memories, and if it were hers, she might be able to do it.

"Really?"

The body of the god of fear gradually turned into a black phantom humanoid, standing up like a shadow on the ground.

"That's good – it's a good deal."

The shadow of the god of fear said.

Then, a black door appeared in the space, which looked like the entrance to a black hole in a popular science book-

"Don't let me down—"

The god of dread laughed a few times, and then disappeared along with the black door—

“……”

After the black fades, all that is left is the famous snow lying down.

"Mingxue—Mingxue?"

I picked up Mingxue and touched her neck with my hand.

Normal pulse – I'm not a TCM practitioner and don't know what is normal, but at least I feel a stable pulse.

“……”

Mingxue slowly opened her eyes—and then closed them in pain.

Is the light of the neon sign too dazzling - maybe Mingxue hasn't opened her eyes for a long time, and she can't get used to it for a while.

I carried her home, and then Officer Mountain came to my house.

“…… I didn't expect that even my memory was modified. ”

I closed the door and went outside. Officer Mountain leaned against the wall outside the house and said to me.

"I checked it again, and 'Kawanayuki' was already on the death list seven years ago. She was the victim of that burglary seven years ago. I also followed the brutal murder during that time. ”

“…… I also find it weird. But now lying in the room is undoubtedly Kawanayuki. ”

"As far as the DNA of the blood is concerned, it is indeed me. But...... This is not common sense. ”

"Before, I would never have believed it, but now-"

Even gods exist—and perhaps someone can do it—to bring the dead back to life.

"Speaking of which, I occasionally get some strange calls from the police."

"Strange?"

"Someone said—sightings [of the dead]."

“……”

"And there is more than one such alarm. One housewife said that she had met her neighbor at the supermarket, but that neighbor had died in a car accident the previous month, and he was shopping as if nothing had happened. ”

“……”

"We thought she was just joking, but it looks like it's time to take it seriously."

"Could it be—"

"Ah, the first possibility is that he is a robot made by the 'Nian Qi God', applying the skin of the deceased."

"But according to the inspection just now, Kawanayuki is not a robot."

"Ahh Then there is the second possibility......"]

“……”

I held my breath.

["Someone can bring the dead back to life. ”】

Officer Mountain said.

If it can be done, it's no joke, it's almost a god-like ability.

Having such an ability in the human world - the consequences are unimaginable.

["God of Life ......"]

I muttered.

"What did you say?"

"Oh no, nothing. It's just a whim. If someone really has this ability, he or she is like a god who holds life. ”

"Really? Life...... The gods. ”

Officer Mountain repeated.

"Do you think that's a good thing?"

“…… Of course, in this way, there will no longer be the tragedy of life and death in the world. I think that's a good thing. ”

"Is this really a good change?"

The smoke of a cigarette surrounded him. He looked at the buildings across from him and the empty street, and said in deep thought.

"Human beings are afraid of death, it's instinct, if someone can transcend life and death. -- Human beings may evolve to a certain extent, transforming cities, societies, and civilizations at a faster rate. It's not just humans themselves, it's even the entire planet—"

I said.

Officer Shan slowly closed his eyes, the middle-aged man in front of him, what he was thinking, what he was hesitating, I didn't know.

"If all people can transcend life and death, is that really a good thing?"

Officer Mountain muttered to himself.

I've been thinking about it a lot.

The real dead are still under the care of the God of Life.

And for those who are still born in this world, empty souls - the body belongs to others, and is forced to do what they do not want to do. Are they also 'dead'?

Ancient slaves, modern body workers, and robots created by the god of mindfulness.

Has anyone brought them back to life?

Thinking of this, endless anger does not come to one place. This is not a so-called justice based on the heart.

It's pure – anger.

Anger at the sight of this irrationality.

It's the same as seeing someone using animal cruelty to gain popularity on the Internet, it's the same as seeing someone using counterfeit money to cheat the elderly in a vegetable market, and it's the same as seeing some villagers flock to loot overturned trucks.

The feeling of [anger].

Zizi Zizi -

The familiar sound of electricity echoed in my head.

[The vision of the future is reflected in my brain. 】

For an ordinary resident who has roots and great love for Qianshan City-

With just the street view, I can roughly guess the geographical location of the image in my head.

You can vaguely see the Misty Tower in Qianshan City, such a wide street, it looks like a freshly repaired road, but there are not many people. Such a path - a name came to my mind.

Xiangfu Avenue in the West District.

It was dark, and the moon was hanging high in the sky, and the position of the moon was about the same as it was seen here.

On this road, Huang Xiyu's face was serious, but his eyes stood with sadness, as if he was looking at a private house.

"Is it finally here? - Officer Shan, please take good care of Mingxue. I'm going out for a trip. ”

"What's the matter—little boy? So late? Do you need to send it? ”

Officer Mountain said puzzled.

"No, it's just—something that I did at will."

I smiled and left the house.

It's not far away -

Just find a car and you can get there.

It's only about 3 kilometres from home – and that's a shortcut, of course.

There are many unknown shortcuts in Chisugi City, which are not marked on the map.

Xiangfu Avenue at night - as a high-tech zone to be built, the road is lined with unfinished skyscrapers, and after a few years, there will be a different scene here. The pavement is paved with high-tech tiles that are different from those of the oil road, and it is said that when completed, the ground will glow with colorful lights at night. Countless merchants are staring at the skyscrapers here, and the lower floors are estimated to be commercial.

But before it was built, there was nothing left of the gray building inside, except for bulldozers, hook machines, and parts all over the ground.

In the middle of the sidewalk to the east, Huang Xiyu stands.

"In another year, it will be completely different here."

I said, walking towards Huang Xiyu.

She didn't show too much surprise at my appearance, and only responded lightly:

"Really?"

“……”

"I used to live here – with the aunts and uncles who adopted me. Although they are all from the laboratory. ”

Huang Xiyu said slowly.

“……”

"Half a year ago, because of the demolition, I moved away, but I didn't expect that only half a year has passed, and this place has changed a lot."

“……”

"The city has changed a lot."

Yuyu sighed.

"I don't remember when I was [made] out. I have memories of my childhood, at least, seven years ago. ”

Xiyu said, and the god of Nian Qi referred to her as 'Two', indicating that she was probably the first batch of robots to be created.

"I never knew about it, and I didn't think about why I didn't have parents. Life here is the happiest day for me. ”

“……”

"Like all children – with their own dreams, with their own joys."

“……”

"Why—why is this happening. Obviously he is a [robot], why do he have such boring emotions? ”

“……”

"Why are there senseless expectations, naïve fantasies. I didn't want to believe it until they told me who I was—until I cut my arm off—and saw that terrible core of steel. ”

"It's not your fault."

I interjected, unable to bear to let her continue.

"You are my classmate - the one who wants to be the first in everything and is so strong. The object of admiration of classmates in the school park.。 ”

"Such a person is just a hypocrisy—"

"No, that's you, it's you."

"What a joke! Don't define me by what you see me. ”

She suddenly became emotional.

“……”

"You haven't experienced what it's like to be forcibly possessed by someone! - I haven't experienced the feeling that the body is not controlled by the brain - no! This brain wasn't mine in the first place. ”

“……”

"Everything is fake—it's just a fantasy created by those people, what Huang Xiyu, what fights for the first place—it's just a disguise."

“……”

"I can't even control myself...... From my body to my brain, every corner of my mind is full of spiritual things. ”

Huang Xiyu took a deep breath, clenched his fists and said heartily.

Wrong.

This is definitely not the real her.

Huang Xiyu is not an image based on the gaze of others.

Even if she denied the strong, sunny and black-bellied self, she couldn't change this fact.

That must be the real her. Because, at that time, her smile was warm and real. That feeling of warmth is definitely not the warmth that can be created by the mind and the laboratory.

She understands human ethics better than anyone else, and works harder than anyone else.

I'm not in a position to interfere and demand from her with 'the sunset rain I know'. However, she needed an opportunity to understand and believe in her own existence. And not based on the thought of mindfulness.

What's there, what I can do—the most in line with, the most like what I would do......

I stepped forward, approached Yuyu, stretched out my right hand, and slapped her in the face.

Smack-

On the empty streets, even the echoes can be heard clearly.

"You...... Do. ”

She covered her face and stared at me viciously.

"Is this [anger] of yours now also something that is a god of qi?"

I looked her into her angry eyes. [Anger] is this kind of thing, I'm a veteran of dealing with him for seven years.

“……”

Xiyu suddenly lowered her head and said nothing.

"At least – even if the body and brain are fake. Everything you feel now, all the emotions you experience, and all the joys, sorrows, and fears you express are all genuine things that belong to Huang Xiyu. ”

I said slowly.

"Even if it is...... Even so......"

Yuyu's words are nasal.

"I've heard from a well-meaning god that the power of the god of qi is based on the god of wrath, and that he can manipulate qi and use it to control others. When he created Life, he injected his own 'qi' into the memory of life, and it is because of this that he was able to control your actions. ”

“……”

"If there is a way to empty everything you remember, those bad memories of the past - his 'qi' will no longer work on you. You'll be freed from his control. ”

The god of goodwill, the god of fear, of course, who has abilities related to memory, and if it were her, he would be able to do it.

"If there is a way to do it......"

"Of course there is, as long as you want, as long as you believe me."

I interrupted her.

She looked at my face and I tried my best not to show signs of wavering.

She smiled slowly, shaking her head as if she had been defeated by me.

"It's really a loss to you, every time you ...... like this"

"Huh?"

"Unexpected persistence."

"Of course."

"Then I'll trust you for once."

"You can trust me many times."

"Not necessarily."

How long has it been since we've teased each other about this kind of thing?

"Su Hongyuan, that guy - I've been looking for the spirit of thought recently."

Huang Xiyu remembered something and said suddenly.

"Su Hongyuan?"

I didn't expect her name to appear here.

"Ahh The guy ...... Much better than me. ”

She laughed, but her words made me unmelievable.

"She's been trying to find Nian Qi Shen for a long time, and I think she must need his place."

Yuyu's eyes suddenly flashed with blue light, projecting a map-like picture.

"It's the first time I've experienced what it's like to be a villain."

"It should be said that you are welcome to join the justice."

I quipped.

Xiyu took out her mobile phone and dialed Su Hongyuan's number.