Chapter 498: The Moonlight Is Like Blood Tonight (Part I)
"Squeak...... Squeak...... Squeak......"
The wind blew the windows with an eerie soft sound, the curtains fluttered in the wind, and the unknown light cast one bright square after another on the floor through the windows, and as Khonsu followed Schiller through the corridors of the asylum, it was like his fingers running over the keys of a black and white piano.
Kong Su is not like other demon gods, he will possess the moon knights in the form of the power of the moonlight, and adventure with them in human society, therefore, he is not ignorant of things in human society, at least he can recognize that this is the corridor of the human hospital.
But at the same time, the corridor struck him as a stranger, for instead of the zigzag letters, there were square characters that Khonsu felt familiar, like the ancient Egyptian characters he used so often, with complex lines, like a painting.
Between the Mo Lake, Khonsu recalled that he seemed to have seen this kind of writing in the mind of some agent, from a distant eastern country, as old as Khonsu's ancient Egypt.
As Kong Su walked forward, he turned his head to look at the wall of the hospital corridor, the lower part of the wall was blue-green wall paint, and then down was the white baseboard, but the colored wall paint was already mottled and looked a little shabby.
Khonsu is an ancient demon god, but at the same time, he is also the closest to humanity among all the demon gods of the universe, he obtained his faith from the ancient Egyptians, and at the same time, he has been guarding the ancient kingdom and humanity in the temple.
His way of thinking is different from that of humans, but because of his proximity to humans, he can better understand these small beings.
In his opinion, human beings have endless beautiful fantasies, and they will use all their imagination to create an ideal land for themselves in their minds, as the former Moon Knight did.
But now it seems that the person who walked in front of him is a little different, and Kong Su does not understand why there is a slightly dilapidated psychiatric hospital in Schiller's mind.
The window frames, the yellowed from the sun, the peeling wall paint, the potholed baseboards, the doors and walls were filled with small advertisements with words and numbers, and even the glass and tiled floors were foggy, apparently unpolished for a long time.
"Where are we going?" Kong Su asked, "Where is your strongest personality?" ”
"Don't worry, before that, we have to negotiate the conditions." Schiller said as he walked forward.
"Yes, you humans like to talk about conditions the most, and that's true of all the people I've met." Khonsu wasn't surprised.
"Before that, should you introduce yourself to me? Luna Kong Su, who the hell are you? Why Choose a Surrogate with Multiple Personality Disorder? ”
"I don't know if you know anything about the gods, but if the organization you call the Holy of Holies has been in contact with many demon gods, then you should know that the faith of the human race is very important to us."
"There are two ways to gain the faith of mankind, the first is to come into the world, show your great power, show your true name, and make people believe in him as a god."
"Another way is to incarnate natural phenomena that humans already believe in, such as the sun, the moon, birth, death, spring, winter, and so on."
"You chose the latter?" Schiller asked with a slight turn.
"That's right, but there are many demon gods who have chosen this path, and these natural phenomena themselves will also give birth to some conceptual demon gods, but there are not many of these phenomena worshiped by human beings, so the gods will inevitably overlap."
"As far as I know, the sun god, the god of thunder, the god of fire, the god of water and other gods, almost every god system has one, and their priesthood is the same, so how to distribute the faith?"
"That's exactly what I'm going to say." Khonsu's deep voice echoed in the corridors, and it was because of Schiller's special nature that he had the patience to explain more, he said: "There are many sun and moon gods on the earth, but we are in different aspects. ”
"I represent the change of the moon, the ancient Egyptians carved the different forms of the moon on the wall in the form of pictures and incorporated them into their writing, they used the change of the moon's form to represent the passage of time, so I became the priesthood who represented each form of the moon."
"That's why, unlike other demon gods, I just give power to agents, but I can stay in the host's mind and come down anytime and anywhere."
"There are as many forms of the moon as there are mes, and I am constantly changing in several forms, and there is no exact ontology."
"That's why I chose agents who are in a similar state to me, and I chose them to be Moon Knights, because I am uncertain, and they are also uncertain, and in this state, they can use my power better."
"So, if you choose me as your agent and project power on me, what do you want me to do?"
Schiller's question silenced Khonsu, for the first time he had heard a human take the initiative to ask him about the cost of power, but after a moment of silence, he said, "Actually, that's what you should have done, because all this happened because of the Holy of Holies." ”
Schiller felt as if he had heard a sigh from Khonsu, and then he heard Khonsu say:
"The Egyptian gods who participated in the Holy of Holies broke the peace of the heavenly realm, and they gained greater power, so they demanded a higher status."
"Although, long ago, I was banished from the Celestial Realm, there are other beings who have also been banished, one of whom is Amit, who shares my responsibility for punishing sinners."
"He made a deal with the gods of the heavenly realm, gained greater power, and made his followers walk on earth, establish sects, and gain faith, but I can't sit idly by and watch this happen......"
"Why? Because he overlapped with yours? ”
Kong Su shook his head, he said: "We have some old grudges, but more of them are philosophical differences, the moonlight is a supplement to the light of the sun, the darkness and the light go hand in hand, I am just in the place where the light cannot see, punishing the sinners who walk in the darkness......"
"What about Amit?"
"He wants to destroy all the sinful people in this world."
"How does he define guilt?"
"That's the problem, in Amit's opinion, as long as you have the potential to commit a crime, even if you have even the slightest idea of sinning, then you deserve to die."
"He's supposed to be the Grim Reaper, right? Want to help his boss brush up on performance? ”
After Schiller said this, it was obvious that Kong Su was stunned for a moment, and then Kong Su continued: "I don't know what your achievements are, but he does have something to do with the god of the underworld. ”
"The relationship between the gods of the heavenly realm is complicated, and the power provided by the Holy of Holies to some of the gods has upset the original balance, and if Amit really comes out of the predicament completely, it will be a disaster for mankind."
"You want me to kill Amit?"
Kong Su nodded, but shook his head again, and said, "I will give you the power of the Moon Knight, and you just need to make sure that Amit will not really get out of trouble." ”
"Deal." Schiller agreed without hesitation.
They kept walking forward, and looking out the window, Schiller's figure was a little small by the tall Consu.
Two figures, one tall and one short, slowly advanced in the corridor, the terrifying skeletal falcon head floating slightly in mid-air, but the human in front of him seemed to be unaware, just walked forward without looking back.
The image looked strange and mysterious, and as they moved from one end of the window to the other, Schiller finally stopped, and he stopped in front of a door with the sign "1003" written on it.
Khonsu stood behind Schiller, and through the monitoring window on the door, he could see that the room was dark, only a small light bulb above his head gave a faint light, and in the hazy light, he could see a figure standing in the center of the room.
But Schiller did not open the door, but stood in front of it in silence for a while, and then said to himself:
"A person's upbringing will shape their personality, and a particular experience may add certain qualities to their personality."
"And it is these qualities that make up a complete personality, frank, shy, passionate, cold, gentle, violent, ......"
"I'm ...... him," Schiller stretched out his hand, pointed to the figure in the room, and said, "including all the Schillers you see here, we are different traits of the same personality." ”
"There's really only one personality here, and that's the tower you've ever seen."
"I've never seen anyone like this." Khonsu's words are always straightforward, sounding a kind of unworldly oddity.
Schiller stretched out his hand and pressed his finger against the window of the door, and said: "Any personality traits that appear here do not appear out of thin air, they are born from an experience in my life......"
"And what do you stand for?" Kong Su asked.
"Greed." Schiller, dressed in a white coat, replied.
It seems like a long time since he has discussed a similar question, and Schiller seems to be quite talkative, saying: "When I first came into this world, the emotion I had was not fear, not confusion, but greed......"
"What are you greedy for?"
"Strength." Schiller replied without hesitation, "But not the kind of power used to fight." ”
"A long time ago, I found that I could get the inner motivation to feel satisfied and enable me to carry out activities from the behavior of communicating with others, figuring out their psychological state, and analyzing their personality."
"When I first came to this new world, I knew that there were so many people and things that I was interested in, how they grew up to be what they are today, and what kind of mentality they had to carry out their careers, and these questions made me curious."
"So, when I first met someone I was interested in, the greedy trait came up and became who I am now."
"It's an interesting state." Kong Su commented.
"What kind of appearance a certain aspect of the personality takes on is determined by when that aspect of the trait mainly emerges."
"In the past, this trait often appeared when I was a psychiatrist, and in the process of being a psychiatrist, I was curious about the mental state and mental journey described to me by the patient, and I felt greedy for the state of peeking into the hearts of others, profiling other people's personalities, and dissecting other people's mental worlds to obtain satisfaction."
"Therefore, the manifestation of this trait is that of a psychiatrist, whether in reality or in the spiritual world, exists as a doctor."
The moon god Khonsu is a pretty good person to talk to, he is an ancient demon god, he can't understand the so-called psychology and psychoanalysis of human beings, and even if he does, it won't be spread, so Schiller explained a lot of people who will not have the patience to listen to his mental state except for his peers.
"So, what about you in this room?" "What does he represent?" Khonsu asked. Why do you think he's the best at fighting? ”
"He represents the violent nature of my personality." Schiller's answer did not surprise Khonsu, because according to normal logic, if one trait had to be found in someone's personality that was the most aggressive and capable of exerting the greatest combat effectiveness, it must be the violent trait.
"Then why didn't you open the door?"
Schiller didn't answer the question directly, he just looked up around the hallway, and said, "There are certain traits in my personality that are very dangerous, such as violence, madness, apathy, ......morbidity, etc."
"These traits will stay in their unique buildings, and that's often a memory I once had, such as the violent traits that stayed in this madhouse......"
"So, you've lived in this madhouse?" Kong Su asked.
Schiller nodded, as if remembering something, but he didn't explain the problem, but continued: "To enter the building they are in, you need to have special keys, and these keys are in the hands of the 'superego', and if the superego, which represents the rules and morals of society, gives the key, these qualities cannot be floated. ”
"According to the logic of ordinary people, when people use violence or fall into madness, they will be limited by the social rules and morality in their thinking, and once they think about this content, they will have concerns, and the violent or crazy elements of the personality will be temporarily suppressed."
At this moment, at the end of the corridor they had walked, there was a series of hurried footsteps, and a small figure ran over, and Khonsu saw that it was a young version of Schiller, still holding a gray unidentified object in his arms.
Schiller said, "Here comes the key. ”
The young Schiller ran to the door, then stopped, turned and handed Schiller a key in his hand.
The moon god Kong Su asked, "He is also a trait in your personality?" What does he stand for? ”
"He's my own self, and he represents my instinct."
The moon god Khonsu bent down and touched the head of the young Schiller, and the young Schiller looked up at him and did not seem to feel fear, and the moon god Khonsu asked him, "What are you holding in your arms?" ”
Young Schiller looked down at the mass of slimes he was holding in his arms, he pursed his lips and shook his head, Khonsu straightened up again, looked at Schiller and asked him, "Why can't your instinct speak?" ”
Schiller opened the door with the key and said, "Remember? As I said earlier, all traits are born from a certain life experience in my life......"
"The content of this experience determines the appearance and characteristics of this trait......"
As he spoke, Schiller pushed open the door and turned his head to look at the young Schiller, who was running away with the gray slime in his arms, and when he thought of something, he forced himself to turn his head back and look into the room.
The figure in the room is dressed in a full-body psychiatric restraint suit, with several iron chains wrapped around them, the ends of which are fixed to the walls and ceilings on all sides, and a metal shield around their mouths.
The only place on his body that was not wrapped in his clothes was his eyebrows and eyes, and Kong Su saw that he looked exactly like the Schiller in front of him, only much younger than him, and he was just a teenager.