It's November.

Lieq didn't send me on patrol again this time. In my lodgings, I continued to study the teaching materials of the Security Service and to compile the trivial information I had received from the intermediary. The middleman has been in the black market in Liucheng for many years, and in addition to the stained materials of the corpse collector, he has also mastered the black materials of many peers. If it is all exposed, the black area of Liucheng will be violently turbulent. But those criminals deserved to be caught by the Security Service, so I submitted the black materials to the Security Service anonymously.

In fact, even if this kind of thing is done, the black zone of Liucheng will not disappear. It's nothing more than a reshuffle, replacing the old face with a new one. As it was once said, criminals can be killed, but crimes can never be killed.

But even if there are still cockroaches next summer, it will not prevent all the cockroaches that can be seen from being eliminated this summer.

As for why it is anonymous, it is because I can't tell the origin of the black material I have on hand. I don't intend to let anyone else, especially Leq, know that I have the ability to extract memories from the spirit fragments of the people I've killed.

Still, I told Bluebird about it. Because I want to hide as much as I can from the bluebird.

Speaking of Blue Bird, she was a little angry with me in the past two days.

Again, the reason lies with me. The last time I found an intermediary near Joan's house, the best strategy would have been to contact Bluebird first, rather than go it alone. At Bluebird's speed, as long as I get in touch, she will come in less than a minute, and there will be no time at all. But I chose to go it alone, not that I didn't trust the Blue Bird's abilities or wanted to take the opportunity to myself. It's purely a lack of teamwork in my consciousness.

In the final analysis, dealing with the middleman was originally the task of the blue bird, and I was the one who intervened halfway, and it was me who was to blame. And if he had cooperated with Blue Bird at that time, maybe he wouldn't have been trapped in a different space by middlemen and succubi.

But if you do that, you won't be able to meet Qiao An, who is also trapped in another dimension, and they will not be able to rescue her. Qiao Licorice read this favor and helped me say a few words, but it turned out to be a little more flattering. In the end, she smiled awkwardly under the resentful gaze of the blue bird, leaving the mess to me.

"You're coming to my house in the evening." The blue bird said sullenly, "Otherwise, I won't forgive you." ”

So that night I went to the Blue Bird's house to "spend the night".

Thanks to the inexplicable and messy physical transformation of "it", my body has become different from ordinary people from the inside out, and some "physical work" will not get tired no matter how I do it. However, despite being so blessed physically, I still couldn't feel the slightest exaltation mentally. But one yard is one yard, as long as the blue bird can be happy, I will also be happy. So every time Bluebird invites me, I won't refuse.

It's just that although I don't have anything to mind, the blue bird seems to be a little careless. She was the one who invited me every time, and she was the one who didn't want to go after the "overnight". Late that night, she was also exhausted and sweaty and fell into my arms, and it didn't take long for her to start reading again, "I'm sorry, I'm the only one who is so comfortable every time......"

In order to distract her, I talked to her about the memories I had extracted. Of course, the sirens were also talked about in the process.

It's just that her face turned weird when she listened to it.

"Wait......" she couldn't help but say, "what do you mean...... Siren Blade is self-aware? ”

"Huh? Oh, yes. I said, "But that's not the point, it's the memories she's extracted." In the memory of the intermediary, I saw ......"

"Wait, wait...... The memory of the intermediary is okay no matter what. "That is, you are now sleeping in the same bed with me, hugging me like this." But when you fall asleep, you'll meet another girl in your dreams? This girl can transform into anything you want to see, be attentive to any of your needs, and she's not a human being yet? ”

"That's right."

"And now you're still talking to me with a nonchalant expression?"

"I don't think I should have a secret to hide from you."

"You ......," she looked at me dumbfounded, "...... You've said that, what else can I say...... No, you're hiding it from me, wrapping up what you just said a little bit...... No, I'm not asking you to lie to me, I mean to say...... What the hell am I trying to say......"

"Actually, there is something to be corrected in the statement just now. Although objectively speaking, the siren is not human, but I think she is. I said, "So I won't cheat in my dreams, you can rest assured." ”

“…… That's super reassuring. She was silent for a moment, and then said with a smile, "What to do, from the point of view of common sense, this is not a reassuring situation, but why is it so convincing from your mouth......

Perhaps this is also some kind of distorted credit.

"But...... It's still weird. She pondered, "Can the power of the true spirit actually awaken self-awareness?" That doesn't make sense. ”

"Why?" I asked.

"True spiritual power should be something very pure, primordial spirituality that flows out of your consciousness. Suppose there is any self-consciousness in this force, it is your own consciousness and not any other consciousness. She said.

"Could it be that she is indeed my consciousness, just split from me?" I asked.

"That's not possible. The true spirit that the warlock refers to is the 'consciousness itself' of human beings, and the so-called 'consciousness itself' is the purest and simplest thing that remains after the removal of a series of things in your consciousness, such as memories, desires, instincts, etc. Just as elementary particles are the basic units of matter that can no longer be divided, so 'consciousness itself' is a simple thing that can no longer be divided. She said, "But it all depends on the premise that your siren's blade is indeed the power of the true spirit." The power of the true spirit will actually appear in the form of an axe...... First of all, it's incredible. ”

"She said it was because I shouldn't have the power of the true spirit in my fate, so the power of the true spirit would appear in the form of a foreign object."

This statement is also suspicious...... The so-called fate is nothing more than hindsight, something that does not exist in nature at all. While there are some magical powers that seem to be able to manipulate fate, they just make things look like that. "Even if fate is real, as some fanatics say, it would be a huge collection." Whether it's the future of becoming a demon after you meet the Kraken, or the future of your lack of connection with the hidden world, it's all covered. And now that you've become a Warlock, it means that it's in your destiny, but you're just on this very remote track. How can it be so easy to deviate from fate? Unless ......"

"Unless?" I asked.

She said categorically, "Unless the Kraken has drifted from another world, it is impossible." ”

——

The communication with the bluebird made the siren once again veil mystery in my heart. But I followed my instincts and chose to continue believing in the sirens.

After that, I told Bluebird some of the things I had learned from the memories of the intermediary.

It is worth mentioning that all the secret knowledge that the intermediary has learned has also reached my hands. For example, some of the spells in the demonic realm that he mastered, the flesh and blood evil spells that he used to make himself stronger, etc. Unfortunately, it is all demonic knowledge, and not only is it harmful to use, but it will also pollute the spirit just by studying it in depth.

In the hidden world, it is not only people who are evil, even weapons and knowledge may really have evil attributes, and this aspect has to be guarded against. I looked at it a few times and stopped paying attention.

I also tried to get a way to get in and out of that space from an intermediary, but it failed. It seemed like I couldn't remember. As soon as I heard him relay that knowledge in the dream, I felt that I suddenly couldn't understand his semantics. In psychology, there is a phenomenon called "gestalt collapse", which refers to the fact that after a person stares at a word for a long time, the word becomes very unfamiliar. And this psychological phenomenon of gestalt collapse seems to have happened to my hearing. It stands to reason that every word he paraphrases is in the language I am most familiar with, but I can't understand the specific meaning of the connection.

Is it because the method of entering and exiting that other space is secret knowledge, so this phenomenon occurs? But I can clearly understand the demonic knowledge he said before.

In addition, after Qiao Licorice and I rescued Qiao Ann from the other dimension, the Security Bureau tried to fix the entrance and exit of the alternate space. At first, it was successful, but then it seems that someone forcibly broke it from the inside, and the entrance and exit eventually collapsed.

When I was reporting to Lieva in the Security Service, he revealed some information to me.

"The name of that alternate space is 'Random Ruins'." "As the name suggests, it's all discarded interior spaces, and they're generated randomly. It may have been in the ruins of the school before, and then in the ruins of the mall. It's rare to see human-friendly or neutral spirits inside, but the number of demons is unusually high. ”

"Did the Security Service know about that alien space?" I asked.

"I only got the information recently. Those who have acquired demonic knowledge from the internet seem to know how to get in and out of the ruins, and some of the more powerful ones will use it as a hiding place. "Also, the method of getting in and out seems to be refreshed regularly." You mentioned in your report that the middleman and the succubus use mirrors as entrances, and I'm afraid this method has been refreshed now. ”

"Can't we get a way in and out of the ruins of the chaos from the demonic knowledge spread on the Internet?"

"Very difficult. That demonic knowledge may well have been activated. ”

"Activation?"

"To put it simply, someone has given a powerful life force to those demonic knowledge through the power of magic. Thus the demonic knowledge has its own judgment and will discern who is qualified to understand itself and who is not. Many high-level Warlock Inheritances also tend to come with this kind of knowledge-activating spell to ensure that their inheritance does not leak into the hands of people who do not meet the requirements. Warlocks who cast this kind of spell on those demonic knowledge should be quite good, and such a standard of activation is not seen in many high-level warlock lineages. He said, "If you have a very strong sense of awareness, it is not that you cannot ignore this spell and forcibly detain the knowledge itself in your mind." But that would only allow you to understand the knowledge, not to anyone outside yourself. And even in the Security Service, there are only a few people who have this kind of awareness. Not even me. ”

To be able to get such an evaluation from Lieq, it seems that the person who spreads demonic knowledge is really not an ordinary force.

"Let's talk about you." He said, "I should have asked you not to inquire or meddle in the Blue Bird's mission, but you disobeyed, why is that?" ”

"I've explained it all in the report."

I could sense Leque's suspicion of me, that he was suspicious that I would once again degenerate into a murderous demon in the process of chasing "it's" hand.

However, "it" is dead, the remains are all incinerated, and only one hand remains. Shall I kill for the sake of that hand, and feed it to that hand? That's impossible. Even when I was a demon, I couldn't have behaved so derangedly.

If I really had the possibility of falling again, as he thought, I wouldn't be able to chase that hand anymore.

In the report, I explained it like this: the reason why I found out about Bluebird's mission was because I happened to be locked up in a different space with her; And the reason why he later dealt with the middleman was because in the follow-up of the campus strange talk incident, it was found that Joan was targeted by the middleman. Everything is in a hurry. It's just that this kind of statement is probably difficult for Lieqi to accept in its entirety, as if no matter how much a student tries to make a seamless excuse for forgetting to bring homework, in the end the teacher will still treat it as if he didn't write it. Moreover, my report is not so seamless, and it is easy to find flaws in the columns.

"You fought against the middleman and saved the two victims, this is merit; But disobeying the order, this is too. As for the merits, I allow you to choose a copy of the secret knowledge from this catalog for your own use, or you can choose it now or slowly when you go back. As for the faults......" he took out a booklet and handed it to me, and continued, "I am not embarrassed for you, for the charm of the succubus is not of no use to you?" Then she'll leave it to you to figure it out. You won't have any more tasks until this is over. ”

For the time being, I can only focus all my energy on tracking down the succubus.

"Anything else?" He asked.

"Yes." I say.

Although I have said before that I will not hide anything from Bluebird, I don't know if I want to tell Bluebird about this yet.

Strictly speaking, it's not something I don't know if to tell the bluebird, but something the bluebird probably doesn't know if to tell me either.

It's just that I may have delved into this secret she harbored in advance.

And Lieq must know the truth.

"Bluebird once mentioned to me in a dream that when the Security Bureau was treating me with dreams, an inner ghost implanted a malignant factor into my dreams, which eventually turned the treated dreams into cruel nightmares." I say.

"There's such a thing." He nodded.

I continued, "That so-called inner ghost...... It's the blue bird himself. ”

(End of chapter)