When the delphinium saw Russell returning, she was silent and motionless, and then came over with concern and nervousness.

"You...... Are you okay? ”

“…… Ah, it's fine. ”

Russell replied softly. He seemed to feel that his words were a bit perfunctory, so he turned his head and lowered his voice to comfort again: "I'm fine, it's all right......"

So why don't you seem to have the excitement and excitement of defeating a strong enemy?

There is no relief and emptiness that revenge dramas are satisfied.

The delphinch's expression became subtle for a moment.

…… To use a not-so-elegant analogy, she felt Russell's state at the moment, like a stomachache that was about to pull out, but there was still a long way to get home. So I could only hold my breath, speak quietly, and walk slowly.

Although Delphia was still worried, her trust in Russell made her decide to skip the topic: "Did the plan succeed?" ”

"It was a great success, the perfect kind of victory. Let's go home right now, and you keep the camera here unusable. When I get home, I'll come back here...... When I get back, you can restore the camera. Then I took the initiative to appear in front of the public once with the identity of Sailun, and then I found a way to disappear......"

Russell said calmly.

In this way, it is tantamount to whitewashing this identity.

Even if Sailun suddenly disappeared later, it had nothing to do with Russell and Delphinium. Russell also has a way to make this identity disappear for a while.

At this moment, the door of the locked room in Sailun's office was suddenly opened from the outside.

Russell and Delphinium looked over at the same time—only to see someone who wasn't supposed to be there.

That was the original main output point for this mission, which was supposed to meet them from afar.

He always wears an uninhibited and arrogant smile on weekdays.

But this time, he frowned, pushed the door open, and walked straight to Russell.

Delphinium nodded to Mirien, who was standing in the room of the road, waiting for the bad day, and then closed the door first.

"Are you really okay, Russell?"

"It's fine."

"You don't look like you're fine......"

Bad Day was a little bored, and when he picked up Russell's cup and just wanted to drink Coke, he found that it had been drunk clean.

He looked back at the delphinium, "I said...... Don't you feel Russell's changes in the past few days? ”

"Are you talking about the state after he was transferred from red to rank nine?"

"Don't you know that?"

Bad Day complained in a low voice, "Something is clearly wrong with him...... Don't you feel nervous? ”

"Because Russell told me. He said there was no need to be nervous, this change was normal. ”

Delphinium picked up the black tea she hadn't drunk yet, and said calmly, "I just believe him." ”

"Indeed normal ......"

At this time, Russell, who was on the side, finally sighed: "When you reach the ninth level, it will be like this." I feel it, and it should be soon. ”

"If you break through the Leviathan wall, 100% will cause a person's temperament to change ......"

Bad Day took a deep breath and said word by word: "Then I'd rather stop here." What the hell is your situation? I even felt it from you just now...... Fear. ”

"It's not a big change of temperament...... How so......

"It's just that some of the things that I used to care about and the things I was afraid of have faded. It's like a glass of Coke with too many ice cubes in it.

"If you just add a little bit, you will feel that the coke will taste better as the ice cubes melt. But when the amount of water reaches a vague threshold, you suddenly feel that the taste of the cola has changed, and it doesn't taste so good. ”

Russell looked at his hand and whispered.

Seeing that Bad Sun and Delphinium had fallen silent, he sighed and covered his face with his hands.

When he put his hand down again, he became the chairman of Sailun.

"Sailun" smiled and stretched out his hand and touched the hair of Bad Day.

Then, under his stunned gaze, Seron sat back in his seat. She picked up the delphinium and put it on her lap.

In the arms of Sailun, who is more than 1.95 meters tall, the delphinium looks so petite. She frowned and patted Seron's heavy, plump breasts - because Seron had put it on the delphinium with a wicked taste.

"Since you all care, let's be more efficient, my friends. Don't say anything else...... Chairman: I'm still full of expressiveness. ”

Sai Lun reached out to support her chin, and her light blonde wavy hair like a cloak made her smile so bright at the moment.

"To put it simply," she replied crisply, "when I crossed the walls of the Leviathan, the lines between 'self' and 'him-me' blurred.

"Until then, I could only 'imitate the dead'. And after crossing that line, I began to be able to 'replicate the living'. ”

She looked at the bad day and smiled meaningfully: "Even if it's you, I can copy it directly."

"I was wondering why I crossed the Leviathan Wall...... According to the Lingqinxue, it is to break through the realm of man and god. But I still haven't changed enough...... Divinity doesn't seem to be enough, and monsterism isn't strong in me. I feel like I'm still purely human.

"I didn't know the answer until I just swallowed Seron."

"What's the answer?"

Bad Day asked.

Delphinium suddenly understood something: "Yes...... Twilight? ”

"Yes. When I confronted myself as Twilight, everything fell back on track – that 'monster feeling completely different from humans' returned.

"Not only is it back, but it's become so clear. Like my instincts, my instincts ......"

Siron's smile became a little lost as he spoke.

She hugged the delphinium in her arms and sighed in a low voice: "If it's 'playing', I can still use the mask of 'ultramarine' to communicate with you normally."

"But if you reveal the essence...... That's what you just saw.

"I wouldn't even bother to say those words. An atmosphere of eternal stillness, infinite tranquility, deep and solitude haunts me.

“…… It's turning me into a cold tombstone. ”

Looking at Sailun, Bad Day's brows furrowed.

He finally sighed deeply.

"What about you?"

Bad Day asked angrily: "What do you think yourself?" ”

"I was scared of that change, but I felt that it was my future. Therefore I am also afraid that you will be alien and separated from me because of this...... What scares me the most is that I am worried that I will lose this 'fear' in the future. ”

Sai Lun sighed: "Heaven and man are ruthless.

"I should be heartened by revenge...... I thought it would make me happy, too. But after I devoured Sailun, all I could feel was the joy of having my 'appetite' satisfied.

"It's craving to devour living things. Rather than just devouring corpses to feed ......"

Now she realizes ...... As the "vessel of the gods" grows stronger, so does the twilight called the "tombstone".

Or maybe it's the other way around—it's because the baby named "Tombstone" is starting to get bigger, the blurred outline is becoming clearer, and the belly, which is the "vessel of the gods", is bulging.

Bad Day was silent for a long time.

He opened and closed his mouth before whispering, "What do you think...... Are you the same being as it? ”

Even the most vicious wanted man in the world still doesn't dare to call "Dusk" by his name.

The more you know, the more you fear.

At that time, you will begin to envy the ignorant and fearless...... Ignorance is, in a sense, a kind of happiness.

"Sometimes, I do."

Sai Lun stretched out his hand and slowly stroked his face.

And just as she gradually put her hand on her face, Sai Lun's face was also changing rapidly.

All the people who were copied by Russell, their bodies and faces flashed by in a flash. The delphinium clearly felt the rapid change of the left arm around her...... And in less than a second, he turned back into Russell again.

"But sometimes, I can't help but think...... A personality named 'Russell'. Is it one of the masks that 'I' made? ”

Russell's voice became muffled and eccentric.

It's like a tuning failure, and it's like turning on a voice changer.

"Is this fear of 'twilight' a character belonging to 'Russell'?

"What am I afraid of? Is this fear real? ”

Russell's voice was constantly changing, and his face was ticking like a melted oil painting.

The arm that covered his face changed rapidly.

The hands of the elderly, the hands of children, the hands of men, the hands of women......

"I thought I could see through other people's minds, but I couldn't even see myself. What if ...... Is the person I am looking at in the mirror? ”

Russell stretched out his hand and subconsciously touched it in front of him.

There is a magic mirror ahead, leading to a psychedelic and unknown world.

The right arm, which was constantly flowing and changing, seemed to touch it, and seemed to be gradually sucked by it.

Like a dream, He whispered, "If I see me in the mirror, I don't know it's me...... What will I see? ”

"—don't be cranky."

Delphinch's voice sounded steadily and firmly: "You are Russell." ”

At this moment, the delphinium suddenly reached out and grabbed Russell's arm with a strong hand.

At that moment, the constantly changing arm suddenly froze back to Russell's original slender arm.

When Russell woke up, he saw the delphinium sitting in his arms, with his back to him, clutching the wrist of his right arm, and Bad Day, who wanted to stretch out his hand to him in front of him, but his expression was complicated and he didn't dare to move.

Russell was stunned for a long time before his tense body slowly softened.

He leaned on the back of the delphinium and whispered.

“…… It hurts a little, let go first, sister...... It's going to be green. ”

"It hurts."

Delphinium said coldly.

She tilted her head slightly, her face tense. It's like a sparse anger.

Instead of looking at Russell, she looked at the air around her: "If it hurts, remember it with your heart - this pain is proof that you really exist in the world."

"It's proof that we care about you."

— proof that I'm in love with you.

Russell stared at the delphinium's pupils in a daze, and easily read her thoughts.

Seeing this, I finally breathed a sigh of relief.

His body, which was also tense, slowly relaxed.

Don't be twilight, or I might do something to you—that's what Bad Day meant from the Tower of Babel's standpoint.

But these words have reached his lips, watching the "face" ticking down, and even his own spirit is ticking and melting, but he still can't say it.

Seeing Russell suddenly change back, Bad Day was relieved.

"Looks like there's nothing to do with me here......"

Bad Day reminded: "Remember to let the identity of Sailun come out and bubble up for a while." ”

But neither Russell nor Delphinium paid any attention to him.

The big dog shrugged his shoulders, opened the door again with his sword, and went back the way he came.

After the bad day left, the delphinium let go of Russell's right arm.

Sure enough, Russell's arm had been pinched a little blue by the terrifying grip of the delphinium.

She looked down at her masterpiece, and suddenly regretted it a little: "...... Does it hurt? ”

"It hurts."

Russell sat in Seron's seat and replied solemnly, "But this is proof that you love me." ”

“…… Mind reading is not allowed. ”

Delphinium immediately realized where Russell's words came from.

She whispered a warning, turning away from being held by Russell. Straddle Russell, press your left hand on the shoulder pillow of the chair behind him, and reach out with your right hand to grab his tie.

She stared into Russell's eyes for a long time, until she could not see a trace of twilight in them, and then she finally relented.

"Guess what...... What was I thinking? ”

"You want to kiss me."

The corners of Russell's mouth rose slightly, and he joked casually.

He flicked his arm—the right arm behind the delphinium melted into a candle-like gesture for a moment, and then flowed back to its original form.

The arm that was pinched blue also returned to its previous whiteness in an instant.

He was very obedient this time and did not read the heart of the delphinium...... Because you don't need to read your mind, you can also feel the care and worry of Delphinch.

Delphinium just whispered, "I guessed wrong." ”

As she said that, she tightened Russell's tie and leaned over to kiss Russell softly on the lips.

Russell was slightly stunned, but remained motionless.

After the kiss, she said seriously, "I want you to taste my lipstick." Can you taste what it tastes like? ”

"I didn't pay attention just now...... Again? ”

The corners of Russell's mouth rose slightly, and the bottom of his pupils lit up slightly.

He whispered, kissing the delphinium again.

"I think it's honey."

"It's obviously bitter."

"Every time I drink a glass of bitter wine, the residual juice at the bottom of the glass is always honey syrup."

Russell recites Gibran's poem, and then kisses the delphinium again.

It was a long time before the delphinium raised its head and took two deep breaths.

She reached out to hold Russell's face, her expression unpredictable. Eventually, a real, mind-reading fear revealed at the bottom of her pupils.

“…… Don't leave me, okay? ”

Delphinium muttered in a low voice, "I accept everything from you. Even if you become a monster and become a ...... The so-called 'twilight'.

"But don't leave me...... Please. ”

"I promise you."

Russell replied without hesitation.

He obviously promised so lightly and so categorically, but it did not give people a sense of frivolity.

His indifferent turquoise pupils gradually deepened, and the faint temperament that was originally isolated from the world and seemed to disappear at any time gradually dissipated.

Instead, there is a genuine desire.

Outside the window, a rare and magnificent sunlight poured into the room through the half-open window.

The delphinium curled up on Russell, who leaned back in his chair. The two of them were disappearing into the shadows, and Russell was slowly shedding his coat for the delphinium.

"Why don't you go home first?"

"Maybe we can stay here a little longer."

Russell whispered, his voice slightly hoarse from emotion: "I can just sit here and spend a moment with such beautiful sunshine." You can also choose to finish this slightly bitter bottle of wine right here...... All we have to do is choose. Nowadays we have the freedom of choice. ”

"Then you might as well sit here for a while."

The corners of the delphinium's mouth crossed a seductive arc and whispered.

She tossed her coat away, straightened up and looked down at Russell.

She suddenly laughed, grabbed Russell's tie and gently pulled it towards her, and touched the tip of Russell's ear with her other hand: "It's not as cold as ice like it was just now?" Don't scare me? ”

"Because the ice is about to melt with the love at the bottom of the wine......"

"Very well," said the delphinium earnestly, "then I'll find a way to keep it melting." ”

Okay, I'm working hard in October, and this volume is over!

Testimonials at the end of the volume, let's wait for tomorrow daylight to send it again (peaceful)

Then the time for this leave is the 31st~

(I feel pleased, but I don't seem to be pleased)

(End of chapter)