Forest of the Dead: Necropolis

[Hints so far:]

[One-eyed: Upper player: A woman among the 6 veteran players; Next player: The man with the scar on his hand]

[J: Upper player: A man who has a heart; Lower Player: Killing Machine]

[Caesar: Upper player: Black-haired rookie player; Lower player: The man who used to be wrapped in gauze]

[Arthur: Upper player: The little girl with red eyes; Lower Player: Male in the Big Three of the Upper Circle]

[Icarus: Upper player: A man under the age of thirty-five; Lower Player: Man in Gas Mask]

[Black Blade: Upper player: Player with different pupils; Lower Player: Player with glasses]

[Colin: Upper Player: Male in the Big Three of the Upper Circle; Lower player: Little girl with blonde hair]

[Ogar: Upper player: a person who is no more than 1.7m tall; a lower player: a person whose appearance is the least commensurate with the codename]

[Mars: Upper Player: Proud Female Killer; Next player: Woman with short silver hair]

[Lorraine: Upper player: A man with a scar on his face; Player next: A man who cherishes his hair]

"He does know some things, but those things have nothing to do with you."

Mars and Lorraine looked back and saw the Duke standing on the stone steps behind them, looking at them proudly, the wind blowing through her dark brown hair, and her eyes with cold pride.

She descended a few stone steps, her black shoes coming to a halt at the point where she was three steps from Mars.

Mars narrowed his eyes slightly, looking at the Duke's deep eyes, remembering what he had told himself in the last game-

……

[Do you remember, the first book I bought for you was "English-Chinese Dictionary"]

……

[Do you remember, when I teach you the first word again, what I want you to remember is not only your own identity, but also the object of your allegiance, a person, only when he has determined his goal of life, can he be called a real person, not a living shell]

……

[I believe that the killer I have cultivated will not be an ordinary thug. Besides, you are the key cultivation target of the [Bloody Eye] organization, and the Pope also has high hopes for you, and the intensity of your training is much higher than that of ordinary agents or killers, so you have few opponents]

……

“…… Who are you. ”

"I'm a guy who knows all your secrets, including, the tattoo on your chest."

"Hmph, the beauty saw my tattoo at the Belvoir Hotel, you were partners in the last game, how do I know if she deliberately revealed it to you?"

This sentence surprised the Duke slightly.

Unexpectedly, the beauty's ability was greater than she imagined.

"Oh? Does the beauty still know about this? You won't be ......."

"Nope."

"It doesn't matter if there is, she looks like a fox, if I were a man, I would be tempted." The duke said ambiguous words, with a hint of curvature at the corners of his mouth.

When she said this, it was as if she was comforting an ignorant child who stole candy and told the child that even if she admitted to stealing candy, the parents would not be angry.

This tone made Mars a little displeased.

It's like he's a thief.

"I didn't." Mars simply continued to repeat his position.

The Duke nodded: "Mars, I know that your tattoo is a portrait of a woman, and besides, there is a line underneath, right?" ”

“……”

"[Find her, protect her]. Is that right? ”

Mars subconsciously glanced at Lorraine, and at this moment, Lorraine was looking completely misty.

His reaction at the moment, her reaction at the moment, was all expected by the Duke.

But, it's no wonder.

"I know you'd think that woman was Lorraine - I hate to say it, but Lorraine does look a little like the tattooed woman." In an extremely calm tone, the Duke told the secret that Mars had been hiding from Lorraine.

Lorraine was stunned, not knowing how to react for a moment.

It was the first time she had heard of Mars having a tattoo on her chest, and it was a portrait of a woman.

For the first time, I knew that I was somewhat similar to the woman with the tattoo.

【Find her】

[Protect her]

Mars ...... What the hell is going on? Lorraine looked at Mars quizzically," she said...... I have a tattoo on your body? ”

Mars pursed her lower lip and didn't speak.

But this silence made Lorraine understand a little.

"Original...... The reason why you save me again and again is because I look like someone? Someone, the woman you tattooed on your body......"

Mars looked at Lorraine and said in a deep voice, "It's not exactly the same, it's still a little different. ”

"Of course it's a little different, because it's not the same person at all." The Duke coldly interrupted Mars, "Mars, don't you think it's strange that the portrait on Lorraine's tattoo with you is just a little similar between the eyebrows, but it looks a little similar from a certain angle, if the tattoo really refers to her, shouldn't it be a completely similar face?" ”

“……”

"It's a glaring loophole, but you're turning a blind eye."

“……”

"Not because you don't know, but because you don't have any other choice. With the exception of Lorraine, no one looks exactly like the woman with the tattoo, and only Lorraine can say that she bears some resemblance. ”

“……”

"So, you're putting that girl in the role of a tattooed woman, and you think this tattoo is a reminder that you need to protect Lorraine."

The duke, word by word, smashed into the air.

None of her words, Mars could refute.

He frowned and looked at the Duke, he couldn't understand why the Duke could speak so confidently, as if she had seen his tattoo with her own eyes and knew the story behind it.

“…… What is the purpose of all this talking? ”

Mars looked at her warily, like a lone wolf ready to attack.

The Duke naturally guessed the doubts in his heart, and she knew that it was time to answer them.

She walked down a few stone steps, walked to Mars, raised her eyes, looked at the tall man in front of her, softened her tone, and said in as calm a voice as possible, "Mars, you listen. The reason why I know so much detail is that I got you to get the tattoo on, and it was my photograph, which of course didn't look like Lorraine. ”

The Duke's calm words seemed to detonate a thunderbolt in the air.

(Tattooed woman...... ）

(Is that her?!) ）

Mars looked at her with a frown, his eyes full of disbelief.

Lorraine also held her breath, looked at the Duke, and then at Mars, not knowing how to react for a moment.

There were many words tumbling in his throat, but he still didn't know what to say, and looking away, Mars subconsciously raised his hand to cover his chest.

"But ......"

"I know you want to say that I don't look the same as the woman you tattooed, do you?"

“……”

"I've had plastic surgery."

The Duke took a deep breath and spoke slowly about what had happened.

"I haven't told anyone about this matter. In fact, before I was convicted, I was arrested by the police for not being able to escape in time for an explosion that left me with severe burns all over my body, 85% of my skin tissue burned by the flames, and I was also disfigured. After that, I underwent plastic surgery and rehabilitation surgery at Sinai Hospital arranged by the police, because if I didn't undergo surgery, my epidermis would have ulcerated completely, and I would have died of severe dehydration and infection. After undergoing plastic surgery and skin grafting, my physical condition stabilized, and after I regained my consciousness, I was convicted by the court and sent to the [Minghe System]. ”

The Duke said, his eyes looking deeply at Mars.

Mars looked at her a little stunned, as if he saw the face of another woman through the face in front of him.

The face of a woman with an exact tattoo of herself.

She underwent cosmetic surgery.

But her eyes and temperament have not changed.

The arrogance and indifference revealed in those eyes, and the demeanor at the corners of the eyes and eyebrows, were exactly the same as those of the tattooed woman.

After a pause for a few seconds, the Duke looked at Mars seriously: "So, the me in front of you now doesn't look the same as the previous me. But no matter how a person has plastic surgery, the shape of her facial bones will generally not change much, Mars, you look at me seriously, do you really, not recognize me? ”

[You really ......]

[Don't you recognize me?] 】

A simple sentence that smashed on Mars's heart.

(Osteophysic...... ）

He frowned, looked at the woman in front of him, and through her skin, he saw the shape of her brow bone, maxilla, mandible and other bones.

Beauty is in the bones, not in the skin.

In front of him, the outline of the duke's skeleton was, indeed, more similar to the woman on his tattoo.

What she said seemed to be true.

Although she underwent plastic surgery, 80% of the adipose tissue and connective tissue on her original face were changed, and facial remodeling was done to change the lines and fullness of some facial muscles, but the bone contour did not change much, and the skull repair surgery arranged for her by the police retained the characteristics of her facial features, including the line of the nose bridge, the angle of the mandible, etc., and these features were exactly the same as the woman with the tattoo on his chest.

That's right, the cosmetic surgery arranged by the police was just to save her life, so it did not modify her bone contours from the angle of beautifying the shape of the facial bones, but only removed the soft tissue that had been badly burned and regrafted the skin from other parts of the body.

Perhaps because she had severe burns all over her body, she didn't have much skin to work with.

However, transplantation of skin from other hosts may result in rejection.

The surgeon redesigned the soft tissue portion of her face so that the minimum amount of transplanted epidermis could accommodate the wounds left by the burns on her face.

And this change happened to change her face.

But if you take a closer look at the altered face, you can still see the original bony physiognomy.

That's where she hasn't changed, and it's a symbol of who she really is.

A metaphor for the hidden truth beneath the surface.

“……”

Mars pursed her lower lip in silence.

He didn't like to approach women, he had never seen her face so closely before, he just thought she was an ordinary player, and didn't pay much attention to it, so he was confused by appearances at a glance.

As everyone knows, bone physiognomy is the most primitive feature of a person's appearance.

No matter how the muscles, fat, and connective tissues of the face are altered, the bone phase will not change.

The eerie silence lingered for a long time.

Neither the Duke nor Mars spoke.

One is still in shock.

The other, on the other hand, looked at the other with satisfaction with a shocked expression.

She knew that shock, it meant that he was beginning to waver, to believe.

The Duke smiled slightly, and turned sideways, looking from Mars's point of view, which happened to be the angle of the woman on the tattoo.

Even the cold arrogance in her eyes is exactly the same as the woman on the tattoo.

And this look is something that Lorraine has never shown.

Lorraine's temperament is like the spring of the recovery of all things, with the gentleness of the willow and the vitality of the spirit. And the duke's temperament is more like a quiet autumn, with the cold arrogance and loftiness of frost chrysanthemum, despising everything.

These two people are fundamentally different.

"From this point of view, it should be ninety percent similar."

Although Mars knew that the beauty had seen her tattoo, the duke had not, so if she wasn't the woman in the photo, how could she know what angle the woman in the photo was?

Even the angle at which the eyes are raised, the angle at which the corners of the mouth are pressed down, and the curvature of the corners of the eyes are completely similar.

This is not something that can be expressed verbally.

Unless, she is the one who is being photographed.

Because she's done the exact same pose.

Now, it's just a reenactment.

“…… You're her. Mars muttered.

The Duke patted Mars on the shoulder: "Your memory has been deprived by the [Minghe System], maybe you can't remember anything about me now, it's okay, slowly you will accept it." ”

But once you accept what the Duke said.

Then comes another suspicion -

"Why does Lorraine look so much like you before ......"

"Because she's my half-sister." The Duke spoke calmly.