When the dust settled, R stared distractedly at the beautiful halo that burst into the sky, his lips trembling slightly.

"It's over......"

Taking a deep breath, R closed his eyes tightly and tried to hold back his tears.

"Huh~" The wind on the rooftop was very cold, and Xia Long faced the cold wind, as if he felt the sadness in R's heart.

Walking to the edge of the rooftop, Xia Long looked around.

The city is still calm at night, as if nothing has happened.

The neon lights were still on, and the vehicles were still speeding back and forth.

"X, why did you save me?" After recovering his strength, R asked flatly.

"I don't know, maybe, I just don't want the tragedy of this world to continue." Turning his head, Xia Long's half-length hair rose back in the strong wind.

"You're special, X," R muttered as he looked at the dark lake in the distance and was silent for a moment, "but one thing you're wrong, even if you die here, I'm willing." ”

R had a sad look on his face and turned to leave.

"Is the world so worthless? If you can, why not change? Or are you just trying to escape? Xia Long shouted at the distant back, "R, live!" ”

"X," R's figure paused, and he barely squeezed out a smile towards Xia Long, and left the rooftop lonely, "Thank you!" ”

"Lonely people always increase their heart disease for no reason, so please actively raise some small animals such as cats and dogs......

The rooftop was quiet, and in the evening breeze, only the vague virtual projection of the prescription of concern echoed.

"Dada!"

Xia Long put his hands in his pockets and calmly walked down the aisle illuminated by the street lamp, and X's words came to mind again.

"The world is full of prescriptions for people's inner health and happiness. In order to give people a normalized happiness. The prescription is continuously delivered to people through aerial displays.

"And people who don't feel the happiness that the display shows. It's like you're terminally ill......"

His lips moved, and Xia Long looked up at the huge advertising screens filled with laughter in the high-rise buildings around him, and a faint streamer flashed on his left arm.

……

Eastern region, a certain building.

"Smack!"

The sound of keyboard tapping echoed through the empty and silent room.

In the dim light, a young woman sat on the ground, her back against the window, and a notebook in her lap.

Reflecting the halo of the screen, the woman lifted her lifeless face. He muttered blankly, "Who can I connect with, can I have any connection?" ”

"Boom!" As the computer fell to the floor, the room's black-purple glow flickered.

……

The next day, DELPHI Club, 22:00 p.m.

In the midst of the constant drumming music, K sat alone in the corner.

"Still thinking about R?" Handing K a glass of drink, Xia Long chuckled and sat opposite.

K took the wine glass and said in a daze, "Sure enough, I still don't understand what the people on the boat think......

"What, did you suddenly lose confidence?" Xia Long was stunned. "This isn't like the K I know." It's like a lost rookie now......"

"You're a rookie!" K glared, "Believe it or not, I put a gun to your front teeth!" ”

As he spoke, he made a shooting gesture with his fingers.

Seeing this handsome look, Xia Long smiled and didn't say much.

The matter of the ship and R is still a mystery, and after the incident, R has completely disappeared, as if he has disappeared from this world.

Other than that......

The people who are gasping in the dark, those who want to leave this world, the most fundamental problems remain unsolved.

"Speaking of which, X, where the hell did you run at that time, I didn't see you when I arrived at the square." After shaking off the confusion, K drank wine and chatted.

"Me?" Xia Long shook his wine glass and smiled, "I'm going to meet someone." ”

"Ha, you really have time." K doesn't have a good airway.

"It won't make a difference anyway," Xia Long said vaguely and asked, "K, what would you do if one day you found out that this world had become your enemy?" ”

"Idiot, how could that happen?" K sneered and was about to retort, but seeing that Xia Long was not joking, he coughed, sat up straight and said, "If that's the case......"

"Drop!" The VC on Xia Long's right wrist suddenly rang and interrupted K.

"I'm X." Putting down the wine glass, Xia Long opened the VC in confusion.

"There is an unexplained disappearance of personnel in the Eastern Region, Agent X, and this mission is your sole responsibility." The commander's distinctive voice came.

"Okay, the task is coming," after the AI finished transmitting the simple information, Xia Long stood up and said apologetically to K, "We'll talk next time." ”

"X, what would you do if it were you?" K hurriedly asked.

Xia Long looked back at K for a while, and chuckled, "Let's wait until that time." ”

……

Eastern region.

After leaving the bar, Xia Long rushed straight to the location shown in the information.

For the tasks arranged by artificial intelligence, he is not excluded for the time being, after all, the current artificial intelligence has no malicious intent.

"It's here."

Looking at the towering building in front of him, Xia Long nodded and made contact with the security guard, and then stepped into the floor where the incident occurred.

An empty and monotonous room, the desk lamp by the window was still flickering, and a silver laptop had fallen to the ground in the light, and the screen was still on.

Table, chair, bed......

Xia Long's gaze swept over the scattered furnishings of the room one by one, and finally landed on the open window.

Didn't even the monitoring of artificial intelligence detect it? That's why it wasn't handed over to the police to deal with, it's not a simple incident.

"The time of disappearance is 4 a.m., Keiko ......"

Browsing the information of the young woman displayed on the VC screen, Xia Long's face moved slightly.

Avoiding surveillance in urban areas with dense displays is no easy task.

Picking up the computer on the ground, Xia Long swiped a few times, and a list was presented.

"Have you ever spent alone ......"

The long data made Xia Long think of the woman who was taken away by the boat in front.

"Is there still a ship?" Puzzled, Xia Long shook his head again.

If that's the case, it's impossible not to be discovered.

"Who are you?" A voice of confusion sounded in the room, "Why in my room?" ”

Xia Long's body froze, and he looked back at the owner of the voice.

Wearing pajamas, her face is tired, and her eyes are blank, but she is indeed Keiko in the information.

"You're Keiko, you ...... just now" Xia Long was a little confused.

"I've been in the room all the time," Keiko continued, "who are you?" ”

"Really in the room all the time?" Xia Long's palms tightened, and he looked around again, he was very sure that there was no one just now, and Keiko seemed to appear out of thin air.

However, he couldn't sense the abnormality on Keiko's body, so Xia Long could only say helplessly: "I'm in charge of investigating a case, can you tell me if there are any special circumstances?" ”

Keiko shook her head indifferently: "No." ”

"Okay, excuse me."

The investigation was fruitless, and Xia Long had to leave first.

Frowning and walking to the bottom of the building, Xia Long looked up suspiciously.

He faintly saw Keiko's figure appear in front of the window, but quickly walked away again.

"Disappeared for half a day and then reappeared in your room?" Xia Long retracted his gaze in pain, he didn't think that artificial intelligence would play with him, and there was indeed no one in the room at that time.

"Looks like we've got a troublesome mission." (To be continued.) )

PS: I'll see if I can end this part of Severn X early