PS: I wish you all a happy Mid-Autumn Festival and a family reunion.

The rain had been falling, the concentration of the gray fog had decreased considerably, and the fighting around had subsided. The chain of overload has stopped, and I feel a little weak in my feet. Before I actually fell, Tomie took a hand. She pulled a cigarette out of her pocket, lit it herself, took a puff, and stuffed it into my mouth.

"Your favorite camel brand." She said so. Although she had just fought a monster, she didn't seem to have the knowledge of "encountering a strong enemy", just like the usual ordinary battle, and then ended the battle normally. Although at the beginning of the fight, she showed a strong engagement**, but afterwards she appeared extraordinarily calm. I don't think this level of fighting will satisfy her, except that maybe that kind of fighting frenzy is just a dispensable emotion for her.

It can't be said that it was just a performance, however, it seems that she can really make the most radical adjustments anytime and anywhere.

And myself, after such a not fierce, but extremely dangerous battle, I couldn't help but be a little tired.

I smoked a cigarette and sat side by side with Tomie on the ruined wood, using a broken ceiling to keep out the rain. The dimensionality reduction environment that he had fought before was completely unobservable after the breakaway, and Novsky himself had a problem, and it was not clear what the outcome would be at this time. When we returned to our normal environment, all the hostility that permeated the air had been washed away by the rain, except for the gray fog that continued faintly.

Except for the wooden house where Tomie and I once lived, and the location of the "ghost gate" highlighted by Dr. Nguyen Li, all other buildings were destroyed by external forces, and traces of scorching can be seen on the broken walls from time to time.

The damage to the local environment was severe, but it did not spread, with majestic rains and dense woodland. Covering up the fierce battles that once took place.

I touched my right leg. Guess whether this time is my luck enough, or because it is fate, I will not lose my right leg here?

I don't think Novsky's fate will be miserable, but I have a feeling that what happened to Novsky and Tomie. And its fiasco, which is a premise plot for its re-emergence and becoming stronger. This also means that even if Tomie and I weren't there, it would have encountered other "monsters", most likely, it was the Nazi alienated Youjiang, who would also have changed accordingly after her men suffered greatly.

According to the information already available.

My combination with Tomie, the combination of Alienated Right River and Night Raven Quark. Putting the two together, it always gives me a subtle sense of overlap.

However, what the actual situation will be can only be determined when it actually happens in front of us.

Nowadays, all the speculation can only be a psychological prevention.

"I really don't know when the rain will stop." I said casually.

"It must be after it's over." Tomie also seemed to answer casually.

"It's a lot of rain today." I say.

"It sounds like crying." Tomie replied.

"But it's not pain, it's pain that makes you cry." I stood up and said to her, "If there is no undo from the tragedy." It's actually not bad to laugh with tears. ”

"Whatever is fine. As long as Agawa likes it, just do it. Tomie said, "I'm sorry. I'm actually pretty bad at this kind of thing. I don't know what to do, and I don't deliberately do anything about it. ”

"Something about me too?" I laughed.

"Except for Ah Chuan's business." Tomie leaned over my shoulder, "I've always felt that I'm facing the enemy with Agawa. Then, as now, after a bitter battle, enjoying the fruits of victory on the ruins is the most romantic moment. ”

"Actually...... I sometimes think that a quiet day might be better. I said, "Although I always said it before." I like to encounter something exciting, I want to experience something that no one else has ever had, and fight like a hero in an incredibly grand adventure. However, now I feel that such a day is not as good as I imagined. ”

"Do you regret it? Achuan. Tomie asked, staring at me.

"No, I can't say that I regret it, I just feel that such a big adventure can't go on forever, and there should always be an end, even if it's a temporary result." I thought about it seriously, and with my truest feelings, I replied to her: "You see, all adventure stories will come to an end, and that is the end of a script." Maybe there will be a new script, a new story will unfold, maybe the main character will still be the same person, or maybe it will be a new person, but that's already another beginning. ”

"So, does Ah Chuan want to stop?" Tomie's eyes were full of seriousness, in fact, as a humanoid Jiang, with such an attitude and tone, asking me such a question would always make me feel that there must be some hint in this, however, I can't expect that it will be like a goddess, with a wave of the cane, it will realize my idea. For me, there is no complete and true explanation of the existence of the world, the existence of "rivers" and "viruses", from beginning to end, and all my understanding is just speculation limited to what I see and think.

But even though I wasn't sure about anything, I answered her question very seriously: "Yes, I want to stop." But that had to be an acceptable ending. ”

"As far as I know, there's only one way to get to the ending that Achuan wants." Tomie said suddenly.

At this moment, she became no longer like her. I can't describe this feeling, but the figure named "Tomie" has never said such a thing to me in such a way. In the past, she was more like the wind, a strong, crisp gust of wind, which might occasionally linger, occasionally hover over something, but eventually disappear quietly. She is the final weapon 999, and in the Doomsday Shinrikyo religion, she has a special identity and is a person who theoretically knows most of the secrets. However, she never talks about those secrets.

I think she loves me as Takakawa, but I never thought that she would talk to me about the so-called "ending" like she is now.

At this moment, she makes me feel completely different from before.

Like, yes. She wants to turn over a card that she has turned a blind eye to, and the pattern behind the card, what it means, makes people nervous and at a loss.

I suddenly realized that I was standing at a point of divergence. And their own answer. The choices you make will determine many things. But on the other hand, I don't know which of my answers and reactions is correct.

She's talking to me about the "ending"? I couldn't help but wonder, does she know what I'm talking about? Yes, she has read all the stories I have written about what she has experienced, no matter how ridiculous it may be, and in what capacity and from what perspective does she talk to me about the so-called "ending"?

Suddenly. I'm kind of creepy.

When I looked at her again, her appearance hadn't changed in the slightest, but in the depths of her eyes, something terrible seemed to be poking out a scaly claw.

Her voice seemed to fall from the sky, coming from a distant place: "Go to the ideal country." ”

"Ideal Township?" This is not an unfamiliar term. In all philosophy and the occult, this is a symbol that represents illusory perfection.

And for me. The first memory evoked by the word was the hallucinatory voice.

The voice tells the story of the witch's ten nights. The superficial content of the story is: the man who pursues his ideals. In the first nine nights, he experienced a brutal baptism, and on the tenth night he got everything he wanted. However, what makes me particularly concerned is the experience of the first nine nights, and the acquisition of the tenth night. It is full of contrasts and contradictions, and it makes people feel deeply ominous.

"On the ninth night after the sacrifice was made and the witch was praised, the witch was resurrected, and no one survived." I couldn't help but repeat the song that once sounded deep in my heart: "Tenth night. At the end of the journey, we will end in our ideal hometown. ”

I looked into Tomie's eyes, which were completely different from the previous ones, and made people feel frightened, "Is this true?" ”

"Maybe." Tomie's demeanor suddenly changed back again, and he became an ordinary and normal woman, "I've heard from other people that this is a foolproof way to achieve your ideals. It is precisely because of this magic that it has been passed down and sought after by people. It is said that someone has achieved it, but in reality, no evidence has been left. I actually just took it as a joke, but maybe Agawa needed it. ”

"Why......" I couldn't help but say, but she interrupted.

"Because, the result that Ah Chuan wants to pursue is the ideal result, but it is the result that there is no way to achieve except to arrive at the ideal township." Tomie said calmly: "I don't know what to do, I just fight, enjoy the joy of fighting and the excitement of life, for me, the result is not important, let alone necessary." For example, when I was with Achuan, it was a process in itself, not a final result. However, because Agawa has the result he wants, I can only find a way to find out what I know and the possibility of achieving this result. ”

"So...... "I didn't know how to express my feelings, and my tongue seemed to be knotted.

"There is no other way than to get to the ideal country." Tomie repeated again, "If Agawa you decide, there must be an end, then, I will accompany you to the end." For me, the process is more important than the result, but if Achuan chooses the result, it doesn't matter. ”

She said it as if she would disappear when I reached the end.

No, given the circumstances, this possibility is not impossible. However, the ending without her is not the ending I want.

"You're in the end I want!" I couldn't help but say it out loud.

"I know, so—" Tomie kissed me lightly on the lips, "the ideal destination is the ideal destination." ”

My consciousness suddenly began to blur, my vision dimmed, and Tomie's voice gradually faded away: "It's okay, as long as it's Agawa's choice, it must be acceptable." ”

"Wait!" I struggled to reach out and push my uncontrolled body up.

For a moment, it was as if I had broken free from some kind of bondage. There was a bright light in front of him, and he was sitting up with his upper body straight.

However, the surrounding scenery is completely different from before. It's as if the film is cut in the middle, and the two different scenes are hastily connected.

It is a well-decorated room, crammed with all sorts of precision instruments. The smooth curved surface flashes with cold light, and the flashing of the indicator light is even more dizzying.

I was on an operating table. The shadowless lamp on his head has not been turned off, as if he has just undergone an operation. The obvious pain came from my right leg and made me sober up a bit.

That's right, the right leg. I couldn't help but look down.

The right leg, which should have returned to normal, has been sewn up at the base of the leg, knee and ankle, and it is indeed the appearance of having just undergone surgery.

Looking at my naked body, I couldn't help but realize that I don't know when the full-coverage armament made by the imitation of the Winged Knight had completely disappeared from my body.

Perhaps it should be said that if I was still wearing that body, of course, it would be impossible to have surgery.

Still, is surgery necessary?

The right leg was missing during the battle, but it was back to normal after the battle.

The clearest memory of the last moment still stays on Tomie.

Tomie――

"Tomie!" I shouted.

There was no one in the room except me.

I wanted to get out of bed, but my right leg didn't listen, and the pain was as if I hadn't been anesthetized. I moved around the operating table to try to see as much of the room as possible. I guessed where I was, and the best I could think of was all related to Dr. Nguyen Li.

What really happened after talking to Tomie?

The current scene, the scene with Tomie, has become a little unreal and uneasy.

If it were Dr. Ruan Li, I would have thought that everything that happened during a certain period of time was just my hallucination.

But that kind of thing......

I didn't call Tomie any longer, she wasn't here.

After another minute or so, the door was opened from the outside. The man walked in, his hands in the pockets of his white coat and a stethoscope around his neck.

"You're finally awake. Achuan. "It was Dr. Nguyen Lê.

Now, things seem to be back to what I imagined.

"I ...... This is ......" I couldn't finish my words, Dr. Ruan Li took out a medical flashlight and aimed it at my pupils, and when I subconsciously closed my eyes, she stopped drinking: "Don't move." ”

After listening to her fiddling and going through a few more examination procedures, Dr. Nguyen Li said to me in a reminding tone: "An hour ago, you had a seizure, and when I found you, your right leg was already seriously injured. So, we operated on you. However, there was no need to worry about future mobility, and the operation was a success. ”

Surgery? Serious injury to the right leg? (To be continued......)