Chapter 24: The Inner Voice
The alley that the dark red robot enters appears to be a one-way street, with no forks, leading to the interior of the residential area. This guy is so mysterious that there should not have been such a machine in my memory of the last experience, but now it suddenly appeared in my field of vision like a ghost.
Whoever you are, I have to get that notebook because it's so important to me that all mysteries will probably be solved when I see it.
It's not that I haven't thought of a peaceful solution, but from yesterday's tracking, I can see that it is too careful, which also shows that the dark red robot is guarding against something, and then think of the notes it secretly took, so if you follow the logic down, there is no possibility of a peaceful solution at all.
But there was nothing I could do for a while, so I had to follow it first and see if I could find anything out of it, who it was, why I took this notebook, and whether it was a person who was reborn into Tisball like me, and I had to find out the details of it first.
The alleys are very long and narrow, and most of the people who live here are refugees, because of the attack of the dragons, many villages and towns have been turned into ruins, so the number of refugees who have fled here is very large, and in a small area like Tisbor, if you want to accommodate so many people, the space between the houses is designed to be very small, and almost only one person can barely pass.
As a result, the light in this alley is also very bad, even during the day when the sun is hot, it is gloomy, but at this time, this becomes a natural condition for concealment. The alley is too narrow for nowhere to hide, and walking in the shadows makes it even harder to spot.
I walked forward step by step, and the heavy body was not in my favor, so even if I couldn't see the dark red robot in front of me, I didn't dare to speed up, God knows if it would hear the footsteps and turn its head to attack me. This body is not a military machine, and Ode did not have weapons when it was designed, so it has no advantage other than being able to run quickly in a short time, and even its balance is not very good.
A slight metallic sound came from not far away, I hurriedly leaned down and kept the footsteps to a minimum, this body has excellent hearing, and the sound should be from the dark red robot, it seems to have caught up with it.
I moved forward almost close to the ground, and within a few steps a dark red figure emerged from the darkness not far away. To my surprise, there was also a similarly sized robot next to it, all purple, which gave me a strong sense of familiarity.
This purple guy, I think I've seen it somewhere...... Where is it...... Robot Station!
A memory appeared in my mind out of thin air, and I instantly understood that this robot had encountered it in my last experience, and the clues in the second half of the note were also told to me, and in my memory it seemed to be different from ordinary robots, could it also be a reincarnated person?
The dark red and purple robots seemed to be talking to each other, but I couldn't hear what they were saying because the robots could only communicate with each other over a data cable.
Let's take a look at it again, maybe we can find something out of it, it's so abnormal, two robots can be in such a place. At this moment, a strong feeling of weakness suddenly came, and I secretly exclaimed in my heart, why is it at this time......
The picture in front of me became blurry, my feet staggered, and the whole person was about to fall forward, I forcibly lifted my spirit, and supported the ground with both hands, so that I didn't fall directly, but this time it also made a lot of noise.
Oops! No, you have to run quickly, and if you find out, you'll be finished!
I didn't dare to slack off, I hurriedly turned around, and with the force under my feet, a cloud of white vapor erupted from the exhaust hole, like a wind, and ran towards the way I came.
At this time, there is no way to care how much power is left, so you can only leave the alley as fast as possible. It turned out that although the body was heavy, it was really fast, and in less than ten seconds I could see the sunlight at the mouth of the alley. I looked back and saw that the two robots hadn't caught up, and I was relieved and slowed down.
……
Deep in the alley.
"Did you see that?" The dark red robot asked the purple robot through the data cable.
"I didn't see it clearly, listening to the sound should also be a robot, or it could be a transformed person."
"It's supposed to be a robot, I seem to have been followed by a robot this morning, but because it's so far away from me, I can't see clearly."
"But this time it should only be the two of us, isn't it possible...... No, it can't be, doesn't it mean that no one can do it at Tisbal, there should be no one here. ”
"That's just theoretical, let's observe and see." The dark red robot pulls out a broken notebook from the storage space, which reads "Black Dead Stories".
"I feel like the answer to everything has to do with this notebook, but unfortunately I didn't find the second half of it." The purple robot said.
"I think so, too, maybe the guy who followed us might know something, and he could try to get in touch with it when he has the chance."
……
"No, please, that's our family's last life-saving money! Please, don't snatch it! ”
A hoarse voice came from not far away, and I turned my head to see that at the exit of the alley next to me, a scrawny man was kneeling beside another sturdy man, tugging at the corner of his coat and pleading. And behind him, an equally scrawny woman holding a child, shivering as she hid aside.
"Fuck off! Lao Tzu won't rob you, Lao Tzu will drink the northwest wind! The sturdy man scolded, and kicked the thin man who was kneeling on the ground upside down, and the kick was so strong that the thin man was kicked firmly, and he kept moaning on the ground holding his stomach, and he couldn't stand up for a long time.
At the same time as I saw this scene, another memory came to my mind, usually my actions are carried out according to the practice in memory, but this time I am different, if the owner of this memory is really myself, then what I did in the last experience is really incomprehensible.
In my memory, the last time I encountered this incident, and the actions I took at that time were silence, ignoring the tragedy, for whatever reason, I cannot understand.
I took a step forward to stop it, but at this moment, a voice suddenly sounded from the bottom of my heart, "You can't go. ”
The raised foot hung in the air, and the sound seemed to have some magical power, so that I could no longer take a half step forward.
Who are you! I shouted in my heart.
You can't go......
Why can't you go, do you just look at it?!
You can't go......
Who the hell are you! Why stop me, if this continues, that girl will die!
At this moment, the stout man was carrying the woman in one hand and grabbing the little girl in her arms with the other.
You can't go...... Cher......
Just as the word "Cher" appeared, my consciousness suddenly went blank, and then I felt a sharp pain, this time stronger than the previous ones. Along with this pain rose an indescribable sadness, as if something was most precious to all.
What is it...... Ahhh
I held my head and struggled in pain, the pain was really unbearable, mixed with sadness, resentment, regret...... All kinds of emotions make me worse than death, and compared to this, I guess it's comfortable.
A picture suddenly appeared in my mind, it was a hand, it belonged to me, it was shaking constantly, it seemed to be very laborious, but it still struggled to reach forward, trying to touch the crystal not far away. Along with that, there is a sense of hope, and a name that keeps repeating: Cher.
Little by little, the speed slowed down to almost a standstill, and the trembling amplitude became larger and larger, as if it would lose strength at any moment, and the feeling of exhaustion became heavier and heavier. The picture fades into a blur, but the hand is still stretched forward, and the feeling of hope grows stronger.
I don't know how long it took, finally, that hand was about to touch the crystal, but at this time, suddenly the picture turned white, a huge flame filled the whole picture, the strong hope was instantly shattered, unwillingness, remorse, pain, all kinds of negative emotions quickly spread in the heart, like a basin of clean water suddenly dripped into a drop of ink, almost the next moment it turned into pure black.
The unbearable pain drove me crazy, and I knew where the sound was coming from.
It was an obsession, a roar that I was unwilling to make, even if I was reincarnated and my soul was damaged, I still retained it. I couldn't think of stopping it anymore, and at this moment, I finally remembered who the name was that gave me a few headaches.
That's my Cher, it's my favorite Cher, why, why do I forget! Cher, Cher! I'm sorry I forgot about you, I'm sorry...... I failed and couldn't save you, I'm sorry......
Even the painful feeling was left behind, and everything in front of him seemed to be no longer so important, and all that was left was guilt and unwillingness.
It wasn't until the blood stained the ground red that I gradually calmed down, and when I looked up at the sky, the clouds had been burned fiery red by the sunset, and I knew I should go back.
Cher, wait for me a little longer, I won't miss this time.
With that in mind, I walked in the direction of the munitions factory. If the estimate is correct, after returning to the accommodation in the evening, Oude will restrict me from going out because of Ouya's condition, so tomorrow during the day, my first goal is to go to the antique bookstore in the corner, where there is the second half of the notebook, I want to get it, use it as a condition, and negotiate with the dark red robot.
The last failure taught me that there are too many variables to achieve my goals completely on my own, and I need a helper, but I only need one......