Chapter 69: Ending the Hunter
Hearing Char's terrible conjecture, Susanna's light purple eyes showed a hint of fear.
Suzanne has mechanical prosthetics all over her body, except for her head.
Her heart is cold machinery, and her veins are filled with viscous oil...
She has almost lost the human feelings, and can only feel a little excitement when she is immersed in the world of rock and roll.
Now, Suzanne is feeling fear again!
Long-lost fear!
Not sight, hearing, touch... It's not from the five senses, it's not from perceptual fear!
It's a shiver from the depths of the soul!
Feeling this trembling, Susanna's eyes lit up, and her body trembled slightly because she was so excited!
Only fear can Suzanne feel what it is like to be alive! to be sure that he is still a human being!
Suzanne turned around to leave, but was stopped by Char: "What are you going to do?" ”
Suzanne stopped and looked at Char suspiciously: "Of course, it's back to Silver Wing and make the truth public!" The top of Santa Maria College, violating federal law, impersonating humans with androids! I want to expose this scandal, and the people have the right to know the truth. This is also the justice of my heart! ”
"But if the truth comes to light. Emily the android is humanely destroyed, and Locke will be in great pain, most likely unable to bear the grief, and will choose to commit suicide. There are hundreds of families like Locke! Do you want to watch these families fall apart for the sake of justice? Towards destruction. Char said in a deep voice.
"This..."
Suzanne hesitated.
"But androids only have three years to live! Three years later, they will die as well. These families will be in pain too! This is a lie! Living in lies, even if there is a moment of stability, is false and compromised! What's more, if the truth is not exposed. The tragedy of three days ago may happen again, and many more people will die as a result! Suzanne was silent for a while, and then looked up with a stubborn look in her eyes.
"On one side a hundred families are being torn apart, and on the other side many more are dying because of lies. This is a typical tram puzzle. Char smiled wryly, remembering a classic ethical dilemma.
Five innocent people were tied to the tram tracks. A runaway tram was coming towards them, and in a moment it was about to run over them. You can pull a lever to let the tram go to another track. But there was also a man tied to the other tram track. With the above in mind, should you pull down the lever?
Five people and one person, a hundred families and more...
How to choose?
Char didn't think about it for too long, and said his choice: "I am an ordinary person, and like the choice of most ordinary people, I will not touch the lever. I am not God, and I have no right to decide anyone's life or death! Anyone's life is heavy for me! Too heavy to carry. I can only wait and see, run away... Stand by and watch. ”
"Is there a problem with the train?"
Suzanne had also heard about the famous tram problem, and the problem she and Char faced was indeed very similar to the tram problem.
"I won't touch the lever either!"
Suzanne exhaled and said in a deep voice, "However, I will not run away!" I'll stop in front of the runaway tram, even if I'm broken! I want to carry out the righteousness in my heart and find the meaning of life again! Therefore, I need strength, enough power to stop the tram! ”
"I'm a Hunter Sequencer. Sequence 1 Hunter with keen five senses and good at tracking prey. Sequence 2 Hunter, can perceive things beyond the five senses, such as your consciousness. I've been stuck in Sequence 2 for over half a year now. It wasn't until some time ago that I was able to buy the Inverted Tree Atlas Fragment and determine my evolutionary path, the Sequence 3 Terminator Hunter. Although the odds are slim, if you have any news about the Terminator, you can sell it to me. ”
Suzanne said with a solemn expression.
"Sequence 3: Finish Hunter... Doesn't Silverwing have a higher sequence of the Hunter's Path? Char was surprised.
"You're overestimating Silverwing, too." Suzanne shook her head and said, "Silverwing is nothing more than a hunter's guild, a loose organization, and it's good enough to have the evolutionary path of a Sequence 2 hunter. The other Hunter Guilds in Hope City have only mastered the evolution path of Sequence 1. ”
"Finish Hunter..."
Char wrote down the name of the sequence.
"Rest assured... I also wait and see until I gain strength, and I don't touch the lever. Suzanne passed Char and whispered in his ear.
"And..."
Suzanne suddenly stopped, turned around, and said with a smile: "The way you look in women's clothes is really cute." Do you want to wear more in the future..."
“...!”
Char's face flushed, pursed her lips, and she didn't say a word.
With a silver bell-like laugh, Suzanne left the hospital.
Char returns to Locke's hospital room and looks through the window to see Emily peeling apples for Locke.
Locke's smile was sweet and he looked happy.
Char did not walk into the ward and break the beautiful picture, but walked away silently.
Char knew that Suzanne would not reveal the truth anytime soon.
The incident of the Dark Night Sect at Santa Mary's College has come to an end for the time being.
Some truths have become clear, others remain hidden in the dark.
Char sat on a bench in front of the hospital, looking at the bustling streets and bustling crowds of the upper city, and fell into deep thought.
The Nightmare Plague is not a virus, but an addiction brought about by dream potions.
Those who have been injected with the dream potion will fall into a sweet dream and will not be able to extricate themselves.
Over time, they will not be able to distinguish between reality and illusion. When the effects of the drug wear off, the dream can turn into a nightmare.
It's also an alternative drug withdrawal reaction.
Therefore, people who are injected with dream potions will be controlled by drug addiction and continue to inject more dream potions.
Eventually, their brains are alienated, and nightmares born from nightmares are embodied in the real world, tearing their brains apart and attacking others.
This is the truth of the nightmare plague.
In a way, the potency of the Dream Elixir is strikingly similar to that of the relic "Philosopher's Stone".
Like the Philosopher's Stone, Dream Elixir can give people the strange ability to realize reality in their dreams.
"There must be some connection between the two!" After some reasoning, Char came to a shocking conclusion.
The Philosopher's Stone is a powerful relic that Dr. Kakule has been looking for but has never been able to find.
Char didn't know if Dr. Kakule used alchemy to refine the Philosopher's Stone in the end.
Perhaps the Dream Elixir is an important clue to the search for the Philosopher's Stone.
"The means of transmission of the Nightmare Plague is the Dream Elixir. After the death of the person who injected the drug, there is still a small amount of the agent left in the blood, and as the blood dries up, the agent volatilizes, passes through the air, enters the nasal passages of other people, and spreads rapidly. ”
The reason why Char contracted the nightmare plague was Eli, the tenant upstairs.
After he died, blood seeped into the floor and dripped onto Char's room.
Char suddenly remembered the middle-aged man who committed suicide in the subway station.
Simon must have been infected with the Nightmare Plague as well.
He was shattered by the subway, and blood splattered everywhere, staining the platform.
Especially in the first carriage, his blood remained in the cracks of the windows.
In other words, it is possible that all the passengers who entered that carriage at that time were infected with the Nightmare Plague!