Zhu Ping'an told Suzaku his intentions, but Suzaku refused.

"You guys, let's go. After saying that, Suzaku turned around and walked out without looking back.

"Wait," Ping An hurriedly said, "I want to know why." ”

Suzaku turned his head to look at Ping'an: "I have been, I don't trust anyone anymore!, I don't want to fight for anyone anymore!" After speaking, he turned around and continued to walk forward.

"What about Sister Maria?" asked Ping'an, in a loud voice.

Suzaku was stunned, stopped, froze in place, looked down at the ground and said, "I'm just paying off my debts." With that, he walked out the door.

"Suzaku-sama. Laura looked at Suzaku's distant back and whispered.

"Forget it, peace, don't think too much, what we urgently need to do now is to keep my daughter's church and keep the children's home. José stood up, walked over to Ping'an, and patted him on the shoulder.

"Hmm. Ping An nodded.

"I can see that his heart is very conflicted, and there must be a very important knot that has not yet been opened. Jose looked at Suzaku's back and said affirmatively.

"Heart knot?" peace reminds of a lot.

Suzaku lowered his head and said nothing, staring blankly at the ground in front of him, his golden hair hanging down and blocking his face, but at this time, he seemed to be calm in the depths of his heart.

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In the evening, when the sun has not completely set, a fiery cloud hangs in the sky, which is very eye-catching. However, the red cloud did not bring the peace that people expected, but instead there was a bloody killing, a tragic scene of grief and heroism. The funny thing is that this day is the festive festival that has been passed down from generation to generation in Phoenix Village - "Hella Festival".

In local legend, Hela is the goddess of the mines, who blesses the lives of the miners, and is worshipped by every miner and her family. Until one day, the mountains were hollowed out, the water was cut off, and the people had no mines to dig and no other income, and they walked and died, and the plague spread, and the sins continued, so people began to think that it was all because the goddess Hela did not protect them. So, the idol of the goddess Hela was knocked down and burned in a firewood, cursed, cursed, and blasphemed. Eventually, when the goddess Hela saw that her people were treating her in this way, she wept with sorrow, and the earth rained down on the gods, and when the rain fell on the ground, the raindrops turned into diamonds, and the places that were wet by the rain became diamonds. People saw the miracle and rejoiced, but at the same time felt guilty and ashamed of their evil deeds and stupidity. Therefore, in order to commemorate and thank the goddess Hela for her forgiveness and salvation to the people, the people there named that day "Hella Day". On the day of Hela, the locals would splash water into the sky, let it fall, and pour it on themselves to wash away their sins and thank them for their gifts.

After dinner, Zhu Ping'an and Laura went to the courtyard and saw a large group of children splashing water on each other's heads, and some on their own heads. The children who were splashed were not angry at all, but laughed heartily, and a group of children were having a lot of fun, and there was no hint of tension in the coming war.

"It's so carefree, maybe the enemy will attack tonight, but these children are still playing here uncontrollably, all innocent and innocent. Zhu Ping'an looked at these children playing and sighed with deep feelings.

"No, peace, if you think these children are playful and ignorant children, you are wrong. Laura whispered to him, beside Ping'an.

Ping An glanced at Laura, a look of surprise on his face. I don't quite understand.

"These children are all orphans of the war, and some have even witnessed the destruction of their families and the tragic death of their parents, they are not such innocent and ignorant children. I just heard someone say that today is the local 'Hela' Festival, and it takes a lot of courage and optimism to be able to celebrate the festival in such a dangerous and tense atmosphere!"

"Is that so, and if so, why didn't the adults join in the celebration?" Zhu Ping'an was still skeptical, and he walked over to the children, and Laura smiled and followed behind Ping'an.

Seeing Ping An and Laura coming, the children gathered around at once, and an older child said to Ping An: "Distinguished guests, today is our traditional 'Hella Festival' here, we have the tradition of splashing water here, pouring water on yourself to wash away your own sins, pouring water on others, to offer your blessings to others, do you want to come too?"

Ping An smiled, squatted down and said to the child: "Little friend, I know that today is your festival here, but if an enemy breaks in at this time, you will be very dangerous, so you should quickly find a safe place to hide, so that the adults and your light teacher will not worry." ”

After hearing the words of Zhu Ping'an, the older child grinned at the corners of his mouth, turned to the other children and said, "You go play first!" The children seemed to understand what he was thinking, looked at each other and smiled, and left noisily and laughed, and continued to play in the distance.

"Guest, I know that in your eyes, our group of children are really heartless, and we are still ignorant of what 'Hella Festival' is celebrating at the moment of the war. Actually, you're thinking wrong. We are here to play and celebrate, not for ourselves, but for the sake of the adults who have been fighting to protect us, for the sake of Teacher Light, for the sake of Sister Maria. The child's smiling face suddenly turned serious, and Ping An was shocked by his attitude.

He went on to explain: "We children, almost all of whom were orphans of the war, would have died without Sister Maria's care and rescue, and would have become food for wild beasts. Later, when Sister Maria died, Teacher Hikari took on the responsibility of caring for and protecting us. We have been through battle after battle, seeing our companions die with our own eyes, and seeing the adults who fought to protect us die. The cruelty of the situation made Mr. Guang and adults worry that our hearts will not be able to accept it and collapse at such a young age, and the spirit will not be able to support it and collapse. That's why we decided that no matter how hard and cruel it was, we had to face it with a smile, not for ourselves, but so as not to let Mr. Hikari worry about them, not to let them be distracted by us in the battle, and not to let them die in the battle because of distraction. As for us, we have long put life and death aside, and we can live one more day to earn, and it is a gift from God, but no matter what, we must be strong and optimistic, and continue to maintain the innocence and happiness that children of our age should have, which is the best reward for the teachers of Light for their earnest teaching and tenacious struggle for us. ”

After listening to this child's words, Zhu Ping'an couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, he didn't expect this child to be able to say such adult words that were not the same as his age. He looked at the child's simple and immature face, and his mind could no longer be calm, and he silently thought: Yes, children of their age, if there is no war, should be the happiest time, should be the most beautiful time to enjoy games and study. But this child can have such an awareness, which is really embarrassing for himself.

After the child finished speaking, he looked at Zhu Ping'an thoughtfully and smiled, and ran away happily like a deer, playing with the group of children again.

Ping An looked at the children's playing figures, the cheerful laughter, and the words he had just heard, and a trace of sourness crossed his heart. An adult standing guard in the distance, smiling at the children playing with a cigarette in his mouth, held a gun tighter.

Ping An didn't dare to imagine what he would see, and an incredible scene came to mind: the adults were fighting in the rain of bullets around them, and the children in the back were enjoying the joy of the festival while cheering for the adults. All of them are so optimistic and courageous, fearless of threats, fearless of danger, and even fearless of death, smiling and supporting each other to protect their common dreams and futures. Thinking of this, Zhu Ping'an felt that his eyes had been moistened unconsciously.

"What do you think?" Laura's words interrupted Ping's imagination.

Zhu Ping'an wiped his nose that was about to run out of snot with his hand, looked at Laura with a little red eye circle, and said to her solemnly, "I'm sorry." ”

"Now you know what they really think, right?" asked Laura, smiling. Zhu Ping'an nodded, his expression was very solemn. Laura looked at him with a smile, and suddenly took out a bowl from behind her, God knows when and where she got the bowl, the bowl was filled with water, and it was raised towards Zhu Ping'an, "whew", and it was poured on Zhu Ping'an's face impartially, and he was poured thoroughly.

Zhu Ping'an was startled by the sudden "sneak attack", stunned for a moment, and pretended to be angry and about to pounce on Laura. Laura was prepared, and ran away while "Gege" laughing, and Zhu Ping'an in the back shouted while chasing: "You stop me, you dare to sneak attack me, I can't spare you!"

Laura laughed as she ran: "What's there, isn't it just to splash some water? Besides, this is my blessing to you!"

"Do you have any hot water, let me give you some warm blessings too!" Ping An shouted and chased after him, and his mood became better.

"Anyway, you're not afraid of getting hot, hahaha!" Laura trotted all the way ahead, letting out a silver bell-like laugh.

José, who was sitting on the steps at the entrance of the church, smiled at this joyful scene, and while stroking the three-legged puppy in his arms, he looked at the burning clouds in the sky, and recalled the scene when he and the young Maria celebrated the "Hela Festival" together.

"I remember when Maria asked me why they were throwing water on each other, and I told her it wasn't water, it was Hela's tears. She was very strange and asked me why it was tears, and was God Hela very sad? I told her that it was God Hela's tears of happiness. José said as he looked down at his puppy.

"Wow!" the dog barked in response, as if he understood José's words.

At this time, in front of Sister Maria's grave, Suzaku stood there, looked at Maria's tombstone and said, "After tonight, we don't owe each other, I don't want to be arranged and dominated by anyone, I am a free bird." ”

"Tonight, let me make a clear decision with them and make a decision!" Suzaku turned his head to look at the clouds in the sky, his eyes even redder than the burning clouds.

Outside the town, a large group of people and cars lined up and rushed to Phoenix Village with dust thrown into the dust. The cavalry at the lead was a man in an iron mask wearing a green cloak. The co-pilot of the lead car, sitting in the town mayor Felton, is broken by a group of gangsters.

In the depths of the jungle, Xuanwu and Qin Yi used their skills to rush at high speed like two flying arrows, heading straight for Phoenix Village.

The wind rises.

Cloud-moving.

Sunset.

Night comes.