"I don't understand what you're saying."

"That's right." Qiu Xuan raised his hand and took out the small bottle of holy water from his pocket and placed it directly in front of the ship doctor. "Don't just write, drink water, drink water."

“……”

"It's in my case." The middle-aged ship doctor stared at the bottle that faintly shone with golden light in the light, and was silent for a long time. "Aren't you afraid that I'll kill you?"

"I didn't do anything, I just put the choice in front of you." Speaking of this, I don't know what came to mind, Qiu Xuan looked up at the miserable white ceiling of the ship's infirmary, and opened her mouth and whispered the words she had seen in the handwriting.

"I tried my best, but I couldn't touch your heels, and your figure never reflected in my deep eyes. I don't want to be in the company of those ignorant and unscrupulous, but I can't find a place in this world. ”

“…… What exactly are you trying to say? ”

"I'm not good at comforting and enlightening people, and my own life is a mess up now." Qiu Xuan retracted his gaze and put it back on the seated ship doctor, lowering his eyelashes as if looking at him, as if staring at the never-ending deep sea. "All I know is that it's a good thing to have faith, and people have to have some faith to a greater or lesser extent. But if you know that this belief is evil or evil and that it should not appear, you still can't let go of it, because you know that it is the only thing that can bring you salvation, even if it is sin itself. ”

"Don't start speculating on others with your own thoughts here and there," the middle-aged ship doctor finally snorted, and also put down the pen in his hand and looked up at him. "What does it matter to you whether I have faith or not? Why do you say that the gods I believe in are evil, and who are you to stand here and accuse me from your point of view?! ”

The middle-aged man suddenly stood up with a heavy slap, and the huge muffled sound of his palms and table top startled all the executioners in the scene.

He looked at Qiu Xuan with gloomy eyes, this was the first time everyone saw the anger of this ship doctor who was always hardworking despite his eager temper. "I repeat, the task I am giving you now is to heal yourselves, and then pack up and get out. Do what you have to do and stop meddling in your own way. ”

The executioner, who had been secretly paying attention to the situation here since Qiu Xuan first sat at the table, reacted, and the ship doctor was afraid that he was really provoked. He coughed twice at Qiu Xuan warningly, and combined with his teammates to put pressure on him: "What are you doing, hurry down, don't drag us down if you want to die!" ”

Qiu Xuan didn't even look there, but still stared at the gloomy face, "What I want to say is, if that evil is really the only thing you can get salvation in your heart, why don't you hold it firmly in your hand and never let go?" ”

“……”

"I'm not saying this to give you advice or guide you on what you should do, but I just want to sigh." She picked up the bottle that had been pushed away and put it back on his desk, this time straight under his nose at an angle that could not be refused. "I can tell you all that the function of this bottle of medicine is to purify, but not to purify evil cults, but to purify holiness."

"To be honest, I actually hope in my heart that you can drink it and completely kill the only conscience in your heart and become the most faithful believer of Leviathan, because then I can also be regarded as 'curing' you, and I will win. But. She paused, "But, I hope you can understand whether you will choose Leviathan because He can bring you salvation, or because He is the only god who can give you salvation?" ”

If it were the former, you could have turned around and thrown into the sea, as all ignorant and devout believers do...... If it's the latter, I don't want to say anything like 'only you can redeem yourself and be your own master'. What I'm trying to say is that sometimes you don't have to make a choice, and when you can't avoid it, you choose the one you want to achieve the most. ”

"Do you understand? It's not that you choose the gods you have to believe in, it's that you choose salvation itself to come at you. ”

"Now, you can drink."

With a bang, the delicate and complicated bottle was held in her hand and placed in front of the man. Qiu Xuan originally wanted to jump off the table in a handsome posture to stage a perfect ending to this scene, but considering that the injury on her waist was not healed, the old lady slowly moved off the table like she turned over in someone's gaze.

"Gone." She patted Liu Qing, who was a little stunned, on the shoulder, and was the first to push away the crowd and walk towards the barrier in the path that everyone had separated.

"But ......"

The voice disappeared into their throats, and they watched as the man stepped into the barrier and exited as if walking in an unstoppable flat wilderness.

Behind him there was a soft sound of a silver bottle exploding.

……

"In the end, the problem of scurvy has not been solved." Qiu Xuan sighed and squatted at the door of the cafeteria's self-service windowsill, where the area where the daily fruit was served had been washed away. She sniffled, a little nostalgic for the fact that she could even eat a fruit buffet here alone in the beginning, when almost no one would come to the restaurant to eat.

And when she looked up, she found that the original cooking window was also empty. The familiar flower apron is gone, and the fish-eyed sailor is gone, just like he said, "the last time we met", no matter how Qiu Xuan called people, he never appeared again.

"I'll ask the vice president if there will be medicine and fruit there." Liu Qing said this and wanted to go straight to Bai Hexi's lounge, Qiu Xuan thought for a while and didn't stop, just raised his eyes to look at Qin Jiuyuan, who had always been like a transparent person and had no sense of participation.

"I should go with Liu Qing, will you go?"

"I have something to ask you."

"Oh?" Qiu Xuan raised her eyebrows and stood up from the ground, letting Liu Qing go over first and look for her later, looking at the man's inexplicable face as she spoke. "It's so rare, what do you have to ask?"

"What you just said to that ship doctor...... Qin Jiuyuan frowned for a moment as if he was recalling, and then he spoke, and there was no special emotion in his tone. If, for some reason, you have to make a choice, choose a god to believe in, and the god promises you to give you the salvation you most desire. So, do you choose Him because He can bring you salvation, or do you have to choose Him because He is the only one who can give you salvation? ”

Qiu Xuan: "Do you have a god friend?" ”

Qin Jiuyuan: "...... I'll tell you seriously. ”

"Okay, okay." Qiu Xuan looked at him with a faint expression. "First of all, according to your proposition, no matter what reason I choose, there is only one choice I can make in the end, and that is to believe in that God. In that case, what's the point of dwelling on the cause? Anyway, in the end, I got the salvation I wanted, and everyone was happy, so what's the difference? ”

"Everybody's happy? How do you know that the gods rejoice too? ”

"I don't know how the gods feel, and I can't possibly know."

"That ......"

"It's cheesy, but I have to say it. I never believed in any god, I didn't have a deep sense of reverence, and I didn't have anything that had to be redeemed. Qiu Xuan said, "I have always been a layman, all I want is to live, to live to see the end of the story I write in this life." But if one day, my ideals and beliefs cannot coexist, I will not make any more choices. ”

Qin Jiuyuan spoke, his voice hoarse as if he was coming from a quagmire. "What do you mean...... Won't make another choice? ”

"I'm always neutral, I don't have a position, I don't make choices."

“……”

"That's what you think?" Qin Jiuyuan lowered his head and looked at the person in front of him, as if he remembered everything for a moment, and as if he was still the executioner who would be reset once after a trial. "What if I told you that you chose the god yourself?"

"What did you say?"

"I said ......"

"Two, it's a public place, and there are minors in the team, pay attention to your image." Suddenly, a somewhat familiar sound rang out. Looking back, Jiao Guancheng strode into the restaurant with the members of the original group, with a teasing smile on his face, and he was a little unsure of his attitude for a while.

Ruiyi's scimitar came out of its sheath and pressed against his neck, and his words were cold and cold for thousands of years, "I'm an adult." ”

"Sister, I didn't say anything about you, don't worry about getting seated." Jiao Guancheng laughed twice with a hippie smile, and after putting down the scimitar at his neck, he turned around to look at the two people who were very close. "I've only known it's been a few days, but it feels like I haven't seen you in a long time, Afu."

Qiu Xuan: "Something?" ”

"It's nothing special, it's just that the old teammates are here, so you have to give us all an explanation. Otherwise, if you say that you will turn your face...... It's going to be chilling. ”

Zhao Yigui, who was standing at the window playing with a steel fork, turned around when he heard this, and grinned at her with tiger teeth.

"It's nothing, I just think it's too smooth sailing with you, and I want to find a chance to experience myself." Qiu Xuan's hand behind his back had already slipped out of the Zimu knife, and he said lightly.

"But before you were holding us back from victory." Lao Liang, who had been silent, finally spoke, and his eyes never took off her between words. "None of you are stupid, give us a reason."

"I want to close the gap."

"Why?"

"Give more people a chance to live."

"Don't you think it's ridiculous when you say that?"

"Believe it or not."

"When did you have such a Madonna complex? I'll tell you......"

"Enough!"

The crowd was stunned for a moment, and turned their gaze to the man who had suddenly spoken. Prior to this, except for Jiaoguancheng and Heffesteus himself, who had seen the battle with Hephaestus on the occasion of Suman, everyone's impression of Qin Jiuyuan was unimpressed.

Also, for people like them, they don't deliberately remember an executioner with ordinary strength at all, anyway, there are really too many executioners, and there will be countless vacancies to fill when one dies. All in all, if it weren't for Qiu Xuan's special actions in the truth or dare game, they wouldn't have remembered such a person at all.

So the next second, Lao Liang spoke, "I'm talking to her, what are you?" ”

Qiu Xuan: "You'd better not talk to him like that." ”

Lao Liang frowned, "Are you good?" What do you like about him? ”

"It's not ...... with you!"

Before she could finish speaking, the man standing next to her rushed straight towards several people at a treacherous speed that was impossible to see with the naked eye. Lao Liang took the lead in taking out a gun and hitting the ground under his feet a few times to make a warning, but the next second, the gun in his hand exploded without anyone reacting, and Qin Jiuyuan's wrist touched the barrel of the gun, "But before you were preventing us from winning." Lao Liang, who had been silent, finally spoke, and his eyes never took off her during the words. None of you are stupid, give us a reason. ”

"I want to close the gap."

"Why?"

"Give more people a chance to live."

"Don't you think it's ridiculous when you say that?"

"Believe it or not."

"When did you have such a Madonna complex? I'll tell you......"

"Enough!"

The crowd was stunned for a moment, and turned their gaze to the man who had suddenly spoken. Prior to this, except for Jiaoguancheng and Heffesteus himself, who had seen the battle with Hephaestus on the occasion of Suman, everyone's impression of Qin Jiuyuan was unimpressed.

Also, for people like them, they don't deliberately remember an executioner with ordinary strength at all, anyway, there are really too many executioners, and there will be countless vacancies to fill when one dies. All in all, if it weren't for Qiu Xuan's special actions in the truth or dare game, they wouldn't have remembered such a person at all.

So the next second, Lao Liang spoke, "I'm talking to her, what are you?" ”

Qiu Xuan: "You'd better not talk to him like that." ”

Lao Liang frowned, "Are you good?" What do you like about him? ”

"It's not ...... with you!"

Before she could finish speaking, the man standing next to her rushed straight towards several people at a treacherous speed that was impossible to see with the naked eye. Lao Liang took the lead in taking out a gun and hitting the ground under his feet a few times to make a warning, but the next second, the gun in his hand exploded without anyone reacting, and Qin Jiuyuan's wrist touched the barrel of the gun, "But before you were preventing us from winning." Lao Liang, who had been silent, finally spoke, and his eyes never took off her during the words. None of you are stupid, give us a reason. ”

"I want to close the gap."

"Why?"

"Give more people a chance to live."

"Don't you think it's ridiculous when you say that?"

"Believe it or not."

"When did you have such a Madonna complex? I'll tell you......"

"Enough!"

The crowd was stunned for a moment, and turned their gaze to the man who had suddenly spoken. Prior to this, except for Jiaoguancheng and Heffesteus himself, who had seen the battle with Hephaestus on the occasion of Suman, everyone's impression of Qin Jiuyuan was unimpressed

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