Ever since Brunei stepped into the Endless Mountains and embarked on the path of leaving his homeland, he had only fantasized about meeting Sue again in his deepest dreams. He had no memory of what the system had done after pronouncing out the cheat code, but even so, just by the strong smell of blood he had smelled on his body afterwards, and the eyes of Sal and Sue looking at him, he probably knew how crazy it was.

He knew very well that it was impossible for him to continue to live in the empire if he "did" such a thing. As a result, he was prepared never to see them again, and as he left the Imperial border, Thrall, who appeared as a decoy, destroyed Brunei's last trace of nostalgia for his homeland and hope of resuming his old life as he left the borders of the Empire.

But no matter how prepared he was, no matter how hard he tried, he would never touch the memories of the past, so that he himself seemed to really don't care, and when Sal and Su suddenly appeared in front of him, still talking to him as usual, he seemed to go back to the past in an instant, a year ago, or even more ago, as if he was still in the village of Thal, his face was a little red, he raised his right hand and scratched his head, and his speech became less neat: "Ah- This is Elvie, yes, well, I was the one who dropped by with me. ”

Su stroked his hair slightly, tilted his head, and looked at Brunei with a smile: "Someone who is passing by?"

"Ahem. Brunei coughed twice in embarrassment and took two steps towards Su, "Why did you get here?"

Su also took a few steps closer in the direction of Brunei and stopped at a slightly subtle distance: "Didn't Sal just say that? We came to you specifically, and after you did that kind of thing, you disappeared without saying a word, do you know how worried I-we, worry about you!"

Brunei glanced in Sal's direction, Sal's expression was a little embarrassed, with pleading and apologetic, with his back to Sue, bowed his head to Brunei, clasped his hands together, and made a look that he didn't know whether to apologize or please.

"I see. Brunei couldn't help but nod, the situation in front of him corresponded to everything in his head.

On the night he left Taal Village, the system knocked Su out of trouble and came to say goodbye to Brunei, and Sal was the only one who knew about Brunei's plan, and later Sal was used by his teacher to serve as a "bait" half-unknowingly, and he naturally had no reason to tell Sue about waiting for Bruneisi in that small village.

For Sue, Brunei just "disappeared without saying a word" and was never heard from again, and for Saar, being saved from the overwhelming meteor by Brunei, who was actually supposed to be the system, and who already felt guilty for his betrayal, now naturally has no ill will towards Brunei, he seems to want to apologize, but he doesn't want Sue to know what happened between them. It was natural for Sal to think so, and Brunei was reluctant to mention those things in Sue's face.

Brunei subconsciously nodded to Sal, looked at Sue, involuntarily showed an apologetic smile, lowered his head, and Sue laughed loudly, walked up and pressed Bruneisi, who was much taller than her, lowered his head, and rubbed it vigorously.

"I'm sorry. "Haha, you're fine!"

Then, Brunei and Su hugged each other, and he felt Sue pat him the back and emphasize it again, only, this time, it seemed to bring a crying tone: "Haha, you're okay - great." ”

Brunei also felt a little like crying, his nose was a little sore, and his eyes were a little sore, but he couldn't cry.

It's not because he's become strong, it's not because he's starting to get cold-blooded, it's that he somehow has a sense of abnormality.

No matter how much he thinks about it, everything can be explained, the logic is tight, everything is normal and beautiful, it is better to say that it is the beauty that he only has in his dreams. However, Brunei didn't know why, but still felt a little uncomfortable, as if an ant was dancing on his heart with a fluffy feather in its mouth, not painful, not itching, but a more subtle discomfort.

He couldn't help but raise his hand and gently press the scar on his face, as if that would drive the ant away.

"......" The strange thing is that he can't tell if it is the effect of that action, he really suddenly noticed the source of this discomfort, "Hey, system, at this time, why don't you say a word? What's wrong with you?"

【......】

The system did not respond to Brunei's direct questions in the first place, something that would have been almost impossible for almost a year. The system in Brunei's impression is like a talker who is extremely bored and has nothing to do every day and can only talk to him alone, and the ultimate pursuit of every moment is to pour the garbage and other inexplicable things in his head into Brunei's brain by talking, even if Brunei doesn't want to talk to it, he will keep talking, let alone when Brunei takes the initiative to ask.

"Hey, system-" When similar situations happened in the past, only when he had just gotten the system and it was not fully integrated, and the system didn't want to be discovered by that agent, it was only that once, in other words, only in some kind of special emergency, the system would not even be willing to snort coldly, and Brunei almost began to panic, "System?"

What is it called, why don't you call it so affectionately, you white-eyed wolf boy. What's wrong?]

Hearing the sound of the system, Brunei's slightly suspended heart let go of a little, but the previous sense of abnormality became even stronger: "No, I just want to know, in this case, why did you suddenly stop talking." It's a little bit different for you. ”

【Ha?...... Under what circumstances?]

The joy that washed over Brunei's brain before "......" gradually receded like a tide, and Brunei, who had regained his normal thinking ability, began to involuntarily want to pursue the truth from the abnormal, "You see, this is the case. ”

【Ha...... So, what exactly do you want me to say in this situation?]

The eyes of Brunei Si, who was holding Su, lost their original softness, and they did not become cold and hard, but lost the feelings in them, like a dark hole, and they couldn't tell what was inside: "Look, it's what you usually say." The ridicule of friendship, love, affection, and so on, all the anti-social anti-human nature of all the beautiful feelings that represent happiness, the direct attack on me as a person, and the combination of the two, the deep hatred for me for these qualities, and so on, as always, nonsense. ”

Oh, my little Brunei, we've been together for so long, it's a bit ashamed to say it, and if you think about it, you seem to have vaguely shown this tendency before, but I don't realize until now that you're a Stockholm symptomatic jitter. 】

The system's words are gradually becoming coherent, and finally the tone has finally returned to its usual attitude. This only accentuates its previous anomaly. Brunei completely calmed down: "Forget it, don't talk about that." System, you're not always on my side, are you?"

[Huh? What are you talking about all of a sudden? That's why I said that you stinky and shameless white-eyed wolf is so shameless! Why don't you stand on your side? Think about where you kid would be drinking the northwest wind if it weren't for me! Think about it, if I didn't work hard, you kid would already be a meatloaf under a meteorite! Think about it-]

"Okay, okay, calm down, system, I'm not saying you're never on my side. Brunei listened to the system's words, and the corners of his mouth raised slightly, "It's just that it's not 'forever' on my side, you won't want to deny it, right?" For example, if you notice something that doesn't have immediate serious consequences for you and me, but can make you laugh at me to your heart's content, will you remind me?"

[Aha, my little Brunei, you still don't understand the situation, glorious and great and correct like my Sun King COC system, to laugh at you uncivilized primitive barbarians don't need any "things" to do the reason, understand? 】

"Good. Brunei nodded, pushed away Sue, who was still hugging him, and calmly showed a minimal smile, "Sue, I still have a question." I understand you're here for me, but how do you know I'm here?"

Su didn't have a look of surprise on her face, she still maintained that kind of intimate smile, and patted Brunei's shoulder, her palm was as soft and powerful as Brunei's memory: "Aren't you a smart kid? Didn't you tell Thrall yourself, you're going to the border between the Empire and the Federation, and we're asking for news from you all the way, and we're almost giving up all the way here. I didn't expect to see you suddenly, haha, how to say, this is fate!"

Sue's answer was not perfect, but it seemed plausible and plausible to Bruneith - but the problem was here, from the previous time, Sue's actions, words, and reactions were all completely plausible in Brunei's opinion, and even in Brunei's imagination, the most likely answer was exactly the same.

"Haha, yes, I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence. ”

The conversation between Brunei and Su came to an end for the time being, and he finally remembered Sal's question again, and at the same time, Sal also walked up, stood next to the two, nodded at Brunei Daruss, and then said with a look of arrogance: "Okay, Sister Su, Brunei Si, and this, Miss Elvie, is it? ”

Elvie glanced at Brunei as if she was asking, then answered softly, and gently dragged the luggage of the two of them - although she had a faint feeling before, it wasn't until she got off the ship that Brunei clearly found that Elvi, who looked quite soft, was unexpectedly physically strong, and in terms of physical strength, both explosive and enduring, was much higher than Brunei's. At least, Brunei had brought up the luggage that was about to run out of breath in less than two steps—the worst of all was the tens of thousands of gold coins inside—and Elvi seemed to have a lot of spare strength to drag it up.

Sal opened his mouth, wanting to say something, and finally swallowed it back, while Sue took two steps forward, hugged Alvie very affectionately, squeezed her eyes, and said with a bright smile: "Shall I help you?" ”

Elvie's face was slightly red, and she waved her hand in a panic: "No, where, it's me who is in trouble-Mr. Brunei." ”

Everything is going to be reasonable and normal, and if Brunei were to conceive of this meeting, I am afraid that there would never be anything different from this development. However, or rather, because of this, Brunei felt abnormal, that something was wrong. It's not that "if it were really them, they wouldn't have done it", because everything is the same as Brunei remembers it, so even if they really don't do it, Brunei won't be able to notice it. This anomaly is something more subtle......

Think about it, can one person know everything about the other? Can two people, no matter how close they are, guarantee that at all times they perfectly anticipate each other's actions? How much more can there be more than one person?

[Hmph, that is to say, things are going too well, but it makes the Brunei classmates, who have been unlucky, start to feel that something is wrong? Haha, what are you doing, my little Brunei Si, you are too pathetic, right? How about accepting the kindness of fate generously?]

"Haha......" Brunei couldn't help laughing, "what the hell is going on......"

"What?" Perhaps because Brunei's laughter was so abrupt, Sue, Sal, and Evie all looked at him.

Bathed in a look of concern, worry, and doubt, Brunei's smile became even stranger, and the corners of his mouth became higher and higher, connecting with the scars and extending to the base of his ears. Brunei felt the scars on his face being torn apart, and the burning pain made him press the wound on his face, and then, as if even his palm was burned. He burst out laughing, unable to tell whether it was pain or pleasure: "Haha, hahaha, hahaha, hahaha! Did you do it? Um? Is it you?"

The three people in front of them, as well as the vague passers-by in the distance, all looked at Brunei with strange eyes, as if they couldn't understand what Brunei was saying, but it didn't matter, Brunei wasn't meant to be told to them.

[Ahh I didn't do it. 】

"Very well, then you don't get involved. Brunei nodded, and then looked at Sal, handsome, mean, and a little childish, just as Brunei remembered. Brunei restrained his exaggerated smile, letting the corners of his mouth stay at the level of an ordinary smile, however, it seemed to be more dangerous than before: "Sal, my dearest brother. ”

"What's wrong?" Sal was stunned, his expression a little surprised.

Brunei smiled and walked over to him, "Sal Xavier, you have always been my brother. Even if you don't want to admit it, we still grew up together, just as close brothers even if not related by blood. At least, that's how I see it. ”

"......," Sal looked a little overwhelmed, "what are you suddenly saying strange things?"

Brunei walked up to him and put his hand on Sal's shoulder, still smiling, "It's not a strange thing. Because we are brothers, even if you did 'that kind of thing' to me and lured such a big meteorite to my head, I don't blame you, not only do I not blame you, but I will find a way to save you if possible." ”

Sal seemed to want to say something, but Brunei didn't give him a chance.

"So, you don't blame me, do you?" As he spoke, Brunei swung his dagger and slit Thrall's throat. After that, he watched indifferently as Sal clutched his neck in horror, panting for breath and falling to his knees, struggling until he no longer made a sound.

"'If it were the real Saar, it would never have turned out to be like this, and he didn't want to resist. ', finally showing the flaws......" Brunei Si took a moment to pack up his clothes, turned around, and faced "Sue", "It's just that I don't understand a little, why didn't this 'Sal' resist?...... Is it because, you can't do it?"

Brunei finally couldn't control the smile on his face again, perhaps because the expression was too hideous, "Su" couldn't help but take a step back, showing an expression of obvious disgust, and finally said in a tone that was different from Brunei's thought and did not belong to Su:

"You madman!"