Eva was very envious of Mero, envious of his ability to show emotion, and envious of his ability to maintain his authority even so.

She and Mero are like two parallel lines that do not intersect with each other.

But what everyone doesn't know is that in the early days, when Eva and Mero worked together, Eva couldn't help but care about Mero.

Care about the other person's words, care about the other person's behavior, and care about whether the other person was hurt when suppressing the anomaly.

Afterward...... She found that her excessive concern gradually affected her daily work, and she began to deliberately distance herself from Mero.

Later, she took the initiative to apply to the Corrections Department.

During this time, with Mero gone, Eva found herself finally becoming like herself again.

Just when she thinks she's back to normal, Jonny tells her about Mero's death.

Only then did she realize how much she cared about Meroe, and the more she avoided it, the more precious it would be when she picked it up again.

Eva felt like she was missing something, which made her stronger and more vulnerable.

She suddenly felt that life was so fragile, no matter how much she cherished it, it would still be so fragile.

So, what do you do with cherishing this life?

Eva seemed to understand Mero at the beginning, and understood the reason why the other party rushed forward first and got herself bruised.

It turned out that since that time, Mero has been ......

Mero ...... Wait for me......

In the end, she made a decision.

She was to be transferred back to the Intelligence Department to take over Mero's job. Continue the work he left unfinished and take care of the remaining employee for him.

This is an account for the dead Mero, and it is also an account for the past self.

——

Eva took Jonny to the minister's lounge.

I saw a red iron box sitting cross-legged on the ground domineeringly, with a cigarette in his hand that the machine body could not smoke, and a red knife in front of him.

"What? Which one are you. ”

The red iron box looked at Jonny and asked.

"Hello, I'm Johnny from the Central Headquarters."

"I'm the head of the Corrections Department, Geburah, the most combative of all Sephirah, what are you looking for me?"

"I've heard your name for a long time, I wanted to ask for advice on how to become stronger."

Geburah looked up and looked at Johnny with amusement.

"How do you get stronger...... If you're not the type of crybaby who spends his days complaining about whims and co-workers, I might as well teach you a lesson. ”

Geburah said, and then she shifted gear.

"If you want to be stronger, it's so easy to do. But before I do that, let me ask you what you think the Anomalies are. ”

Jonny replied without hesitation.

"A bunch of brutes that can't be killed."

Geburah propped himself up and stood up.

"Well said!"

Geburah applauded what Jonny had said, and she pulled out the cigarette butt and grabbed the handle of the knife and pulled out the broadsword.

"I'll add that they're brutes that can feel pain! Since we can't kill these beasts, let's take out the pain of our lives on these goddamn fantasies! ”

"Come with me."

Geburah led the two to the main lounge of the Corrections Department, which was the most spacious place in the entire Corrections Department.

Seeing the head of her family walking out with a knife in his hand, everyone in the Punishment Department was a little nervous, thinking that their captain was going to train them again, but they were a little relieved to see the red ego employees behind her and the employees of the Punishment Department wearing Little Red Riding Hood Ego.

"What are you doing here, boss?"

"Captain, do you have any arrangements?"

"I don't think there was any arrangement...... I don't know what the situation is. ”

"That's Eva-senpai! The one in red should be the captain of the Central Division, what are they doing here? ”

Geburah picked up the mimic broadsword and pointed it at Jonny.

"Attack me."

Jonny jumped up and slashed with a big knife, but was easily blocked by Geburah, and then Geburah followed the opponent's blade and approached Jonny's body, Jonny didn't have time to react, he was slammed by Geburah's horizontal blade, and the whole person was thrown against the wall of the punishment department.

The onlookers and employees swallowed involuntarily, especially the two employees who were almost affected, and Jonny was in the middle of the two, and they quickly helped the poor man up left and right.

Thanks to the ego on his body, which protected Jony's internal organs, he was helped up and broke away from the two of them, and looked at Geburah again.

It was so fast just now that he felt that his knife had just fallen, and then it was fanned out between the lightning and flint, and he didn't have time to react at all.

Geburah is not the strongest Sephirah in the entire company, in fact, in this confrontation just now, Jonny decided that the other party is the strongest creature in the entire company, including the anomaly.

"It's too slow."

"Look at your clumsy stupidity, you're like a mouse."

Hearing Geburah's sarcasm, Jonny was not discouraged, and he was just about to adjust his breathing and start preparing for the next attack.

"Still thinking about gasping for breath? Yes, you. ”

But Geburah was the first to attack and sprinted directly in front of Jonny, who immediately raised his knife to block when he saw this, but the opponent slashed merediocrely, directly letting Jonny's big knife come out of his hand.

Then the sharp knife was pressed against Jonny's neck, and Jonny realized that he had lost, and that he had lost in a mess.

At the moment, a clerical man trembled, looking at the red big knife inserted into the wall less than five centimeters away from him, one of the eyes on the knife was still staring at him, and he couldn't help but weaken his legs and collapsed to the ground.

"No, you."

Geburah shook his head.

"You're too slow, too stiff, it's like the ego is using you, not you."

"Remember, it's your instinct to swing the ego, not the instinct of the ego, and come back to me when you understand that completely. Walking. ”

With that, Geburah left the lounge with his knife in his hand, leaving the stunned crowd behind.

Eva and Jonny pondered Geburah's words, and after a while, Eva thought of her original plan and followed Geburah to the minister's lounge and submitted her transfer request.

"What? Do you want to work in the Ministry of Intelligence? ”

Geburah was a little surprised.

"Yes."

"Yesterday because of their cowardice, the entire department was almost wiped out, what are you doing in a place full of cowards?"

"I hope the minister will approve it."

Eva didn't answer Geburah's question, instead insisting on her request.

“……”

Geburah lit another cigarette, though she couldn't smoke it either.

"Why are you there, I still appreciate you."

"Because...... I want to guard something......"

“……”

"Guardian...... Is it? ”

"There you go. I'm on it. ”

Eva thanked Geburah, then removed her armband from the Corrections Department and went to report to the Intelligence Department.

Geburah looked at Eva's departing figure, reminiscing about the word "guard", and thought of the past.

There were piles of corpses.

There are the corpses of enemies, visions, and friends.

She was still human, covered in unheasable scars, blind in one eye, with a broken arm, and fell to her knees feebly.

Standing in front of her and looking down at her was a woman in a black robe, holding her severed arm.

……

Carly never thought of herself as strong.

Because of her, she couldn't protect anything......

What...... None of them......