When Lin Yun came to the emerald research institute by subway, he happened to bump into Hong Sihe and walked down from the treatment bed, ending the day's treatment. And the fairy doll was sitting on the edge of the bed, still looking to adjust something.

Pinching the Heart Jewel in his pocket, Lin Yun simply sensed it, and found that the magic fluctuations on Hong Si and his body seemed to have become a little different. As soon as his heart moved, he subconsciously walked towards the research institute.

It's just that just before his footsteps fell, the doll next to the bed also noticed the magic fluctuations of the runes at the door. It raised its head, looked at Lin Yun, stretched out its claws, and made a stop gesture: "Wait a minute, don't come in yet." ”

Lin Yun's feet suddenly stopped in mid-air.

His slightly puzzled gaze was just right to express his thoughts. Noticing this line of sight, the emerald didn't sell it, the doll's claws curled, and a finger pointed straight at the heart gem in Lin Yun's hand: "Transform first, don't use the body to come in." ”

Lin Yun realized that he hadn't become a magical girl yet. He took half a step back, looked left and right in the corridor of the office building, and after making sure that there was no other person's sight or camera, he turned into the appearance of a delphinch, and then walked into the emerald research institute.

"Will it have any effect if you enter this room with your body?"

Activating the rune on the door and closing the door of the research institute, Delphinium asked with a little confusion, "It seems to be the same when I came here before." ”

"It's very troublesome to explain, but to put it simply, the space of this room has been affected and changed by the kingdom to a certain extent, and it is in a state of transition."

Seeing that the delphinium had completed the transformation, the emerald lowered her head again and began to tinker with the treatment table panel in front of her: "There will be no problem for the magical girl's magic body to enter here, but entering this space with the main body may produce some adverse reactions that you don't want to see." ”

Delphinium looked at Hong Sihe on the side, and walked to the treatment bed: "For example? ”

"For example, the body is blown away by excessive magic power and becomes a soul creature."

The mouth of the fairy doll revealed a shocking truth: "Or the body has become magical, incompatible with the material world, and the body is short of two pounds after going out." ”

"Sounds worse than entering the kingdom in the flesh." Hearing the terrifying end described by the other party, Delphinium couldn't help but raise her eyebrows.

"Because the kingdom is a stable world, there is also a stable entrance to the transformation of the rules between the worlds; And this is just a small temporary space, and the stability is much worse. ”

Emerald doesn't mind exposing her technical immaturity at all. dragging his voice, he lazily introduced: "You can also use it as an anti-theft method, if there is a thief in the material world who wants to come in and steal, there is a high probability that it will explode on the spot when he walks in the door." ”

“…… Is this really a means that magical girls should use? ”

"Didn't you say that before? I'm the Jewel Scepter. The emerald voice was unwavering.

A person who has completely lost face cannot be slandered by words, and it is clear that the other party has completely abandoned the intention of clarifying the name "Jewel Scepter" and has instead used it as his own shield.

And when she said this, the delphinium naturally stopped asking and asked another question.

"So, what was the reason for calling me with the magic mirror on the way I came?"

As the time spent dealing with each other increased over the years, the delphinium also figured out a little bit of emerald's temperament, and her speech in front of her became straightforward, not like in front of the golden green cat's eyes: "You should know how eye-catching it is to take out a magic mirror in public, and I can't do it, choose this time to use the magic mirror, you can't just have fun, right?" ”

"An old man like me can't understand you young people's stuff. As for what you're talking about, you'll have to ask her. ”

After dealing with it half-truthfully, the doll stretched out its paws and gestured in the direction of Hong Siyu: "You can ask her to explain it to you." ”

As soon as it said this, the delphinium remembered that when she first entered the door, she felt that something was wrong with the magic fluctuations on her body.

A month has passed since the full moon festival and when Hongsi was sent to the kingdom for treatment. After this period of adjustment, it stands to reason that the problem of nature has stabilized. Not to mention the cure, it is better not to worsen.

But the fluctuation of magic changes, often inseparable from the original appearance, the other party is so careful, she is a little worried.

"What's the matter?" Her first reaction was that something had gone wrong with the treatment, so she frowned and asked.

"No, it's not a fork or something......"

Hong Sihe, who maintained the form of a magical girl, spoke with some hesitation, holding her magic notebook in her hand and flipping through it, her eyes wandering around: "It's just something." ”

Delphinium looked at her, then at the doll on the side, and asked with some seriousness, "What's the matter?" Does Your Excellency ask you for a sky-high medical fee? ”

"Hey, I can't pretend I didn't hear that. Your question is a question of my character, and I feel that my self-esteem has been insulted. ”

The emerald on the side immediately dragged out her voice and said dissatisfiedly: "No matter how much I need funds, I won't bully my juniors in such a place." ”

"Haha...... Senior, you think too badly of Your Excellency. ”

Hong Sihe smiled a little helplessly, and his hand holding the notebook relaxed a little: "Actually, it's good news, that is...... We've just discussed a plan that, if it works, I'll be able to turn back into the ontology. ”

Her words made Delphinium stunned slightly.

"Can you turn back into your body?"

After a brief pause, the delphinium immediately asked, "Really?" ”

"Well, it's a little troublesome, but it can be done."

Hong Sihe turned his head sideways: "But, that is...... It may not be the same as 'changing back' in the usual sense. ”

"I have a feeling you're going to say something that's going to be a headache."

“…… It's a senior, indeed. ”

Hong Sihe nodded with a downward gaze: "Because my body is actually not completely healed, and it is still in an unstable state." So if you want to change back and return to your normal life, Your Excellency has an idea. ”

"What's the idea?"

"Use the essence as a template to create a 'temporary ontology'." Red Si and honestly.

Delphia didn't reply, but fell silent for a moment, she stared at Hong Siyu, and it took a few seconds to understand the meaning of her junior's words. And because his gaze was too straight and undisguised, Hong Sihe didn't know what he thought of, and his head hung lower.

After a long silence, Delphinium spoke again: "When you say 'creating a temporary body', shouldn't it mean making a body and using it as the essence of one's activities in the material world?" ”

"She is worthy of being one of the top five magical girls in the past hundred years, and her comprehension ability is indeed extraordinary."

The emerald on the side answered, and the compliment that was not yin or yang attracted a slightly indifferent white eye from the delphinch, but she didn't care about it:

"To be precise, because Chao Yan's original body was too severely affected by the remnant beast, even if the concept of the remnant beast is stripped away, there are too many eroded organs on the body that are difficult to restore to their original state. Healing requires a long-term recuperation process, and it must be forced to be dormant for the time being, so take out a spare body to move. ”

"It sounds like a technology that would only come out of a science fiction movie." Delphinium expressed her feelings very bluntly.

"Don't underestimate our National Research Institute, some science fiction movies in the material world may not be able to imagine our capabilities."

Emerald shook her head, completely forgetting that she had said a few words before, "young people who do not understand the material world", and commented a little sharply: "Fantasy is based on reality, and the legend of the kingdom is often the source of people's fantasy." ”

"And what about feasibility?"

In line with the principle of being as cautious as possible, Delphinium further asked: "Is the technology mature and how risky is it?" ”

"Is it mature? You don't have to worry about this, the technology for manufacturing living organisms has matured for decades, and there have been many successful application cases. Not to mention humans, even the body of a goblin can be imitated to a certain extent. ”

Emerald pointed to her current fairy doll body: "The only thing we can't do is to create a soul out of thin air, and all the living forms created are just unconscious dead things." But that's a good thing for us – just to create a spare body with no self-awareness, we don't need to carry any moral and ethical psychological burden. ”

"Sounds like you've been planning to do that for a long time."

"I don't deny it."

Emerald nodded: "Because you also know that Chaoyan's condition is not good, and your condition will only be worse than her." Fangting City now lacks a deterrent high-end combat force, and to tell you the truth, as the next owner of the Source of the Beast, I am not at ease about the security situation here.

"So you want a wounded to sacrifice more?" Delphinium couldn't help but frown.

"Don't worry, Housheng, I never said it was a 'sacrifice'. The technology of artificial bodies is very mature and will not cause any burden or harm to the user. ”

Emerald stretched out her claws and simply reassured, "I can assure you that Chao Yan will not be adversely affected in any way because of this decision, and all she will get is the benefits - for example, she can start training to consolidate her flower-level strength right away, and she can also return to her original life." ”

"What about your own will?" The delphinium looked at Red Sihe.

"I proposed it myself, and I agreed."

Regarding this question, Hong Sihe raised his head and looked at Delphinium seriously: "I said it, senior." Even if it's only for a while, I want to protect the city, protect the next generations, and protect you. ”

The delphinium watched her silently.

After a while, she closed her eyes and opened them again, and sighed: "Thank you, I'm sorry." ”

"Senior has nothing to apologize for, you've already saved me three times."

Hong Sihe subconsciously stroked the cover of the notebook in his hand: "And, you know, it's actually mainly ...... For you. ”

The second half of her sentence was very quiet, but it was still clearly heard by the delphinium and the emerald. The delphinium pursed her lips, not knowing what psychology she had staggered her gaze for; Emeralds, on the other hand, whistle with a very malicious whistle.

"Young man, young man." She couldn't help but sigh, "It's good to be young." ”

"So what? Now tell me about this, what else is there to ask for? ”

The delphinium looked at the emerald expressionlessly, and forcibly brought the topic back to the right track: "If it's just to ask for my opinion, it doesn't seem that you need to call me with the magic mirror halfway." ”

"Oh, that's it."

The fairy doll leaned back slightly: "Actually, it's very simple, it's still about artificial bodies." In order to achieve the best fit, we will imitate Chaoyan's true appearance to create her body, but, as you know, the age and appearance of her body are almost twenty years different from Ben. If you want the spare body to be the same as the original body, it may require some additional adjustment costs. ”

"'Additional costs', which means that you still have to collect money?" Delphinium immediately understood what she meant.

"It has to be collected, but it can be completely included in the trade of the source of the beast."

The fairy doll shook her head: "Mainly, Chao Yan made another suggestion. ”

“…… What is recommended? The delphinium turned her head to look at Hong Sihe again.

"What I'm saying is, or we're going to save money."

Hong Sihe began to play with the notebook in his hand again: "I think, it's okay not to adjust, just use the appearance of the original appearance as a spare body......"

"If you want to return to normal work life, you don't need to save on this kind of cost."

Delphinch thought about it for a moment and seriously suggested, "Since Your Excellency has promised that there will be no additional costs, then you don't need to worry about this aspect. ”

"It's not a cost consideration."

Hong Sihe's voice became smaller and quieter the more he spoke: "That is to say, I really hope that I will still be the same as I am when I change back." ”

Now the delphinium understood what she meant.

In fact, this is not difficult to understand, because the thoughts expressed by Hongsi and others have not been expressed by other magical girls in history.

The older you get, the more you begin to enter the stage called "aging", the more difficult it is to let go of your youthful appearance.

The true appearance of magical girls, although they may not all be the most prosperous age of magical girls, but they are full of youth and vitality. Even thirty or forty-year-old women will have their own charm, but most women still prefer to be young forever, and magical girls will not be exempt.

In fact, there are indeed some magical girls who join the magical kingdom for this kind of nonsensical reason, they simply can't accept the fact that they will grow old after retiring, and choose to live as magical girls forever.

Although Hong Sihe did not reach that level of attachment, it is understandable that he wants his appearance to appear younger...... Right?

Thinking of this, Delphinium saw Hong Sihe glancing at him with slightly strange eyes, and for a while he was a little unsure of his answer.

"It's not impossible."

So she nodded and expressed her thoughts: "It's just that if the alternate body is your sixteen-year-old, do you plan to go back to work in the Alien Bureau next?" ”

What I got was another silence.

"I want to go back." After a while, Hong Si and slowly said.

“…… Are you going to work in the way you are now? ”

"Senior, you promised me."

Hong Si's voice was soft: "I'm back, let me be your secretary." ”

"I promised, yes."

Delphinium swallowed inexplicably: "But you use your 16-year-old appearance to be my secretary in the Strange Strategy Bureau, isn't it a little ......?"

Speaking of which, she finally realized why these two people had called themselves with the magic mirror on the way to her.

It turns out that so many of the things mentioned above are foreshadowing, just background introductions, and the real thing she needs to accept and choose is never whether Hong Sihe wants to accept a spare body, but "whether Lin Yun, the director of the Bureau of Foreign Affairs, wants to hire a secretary who looks only 16 years old."

“…… No, I can't. She almost subconsciously denied it.

"I think it's good, 16-year-old female high school student secretary to the director."

The emerald on the side said leisurely, ignoring the white eyes of the delphinch: "It just so happens that your body often transforms into a magical girl, isn't it?" Just use the current appearance to go to the governor, the director of the elementary school student bureau, the secretary of the high school student, you two are such a partner, I believe that the motivation of the staff of the different policy bureau will be much higher. ”

"What the Alien Bureau needs is guidance on the direction of the mission, not flashy idols."

Delphinium looked at her indifferently and unceremoniously dismissed this unreliable opinion: "Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if I don't mind that I have a few more rumors in the Alien Bureau, what should I do with the identity of Hong Sihe?" She can't go back to work with her old name, right? ”

"It's easy."

The goblin doll gently closed its paws: "This kind of thing is a resume, just do it casually, just say that she is 'Hong Sihe's niece', because my aunt was injured, so I took the initiative to transfer from Tiandu City to take over my aunt's work." As for the problem of looking too young, fill in the resume at 25 years old, no matter how others ask, it will be 25 years old. ”

The delphinium was completely speechless now.

"Okay, if you don't have any opinions, just lie down. Chaoyan's problem is almost settled, and your own problem is still big, so we will have a few more physiotherapy sessions to stabilize your injuries. ”

Patting the treatment table in front of him, the emerald urged: "End it as soon as possible, I will go to study the origin of the beast next." ”

Of course, it turns out that the previous treatment required "undressing" is a pure lie, and this treatment does not need to be carried out naked at all. Therefore, the delphinium hardly needs to make any preparations, only needs to lie down on the treatment bed, and the whole process is completed for a while.

So much so that when she left the institute and walked into the corridor with Red Sihe, she still couldn't figure out how to refuse the ridiculous offer of these two people.

While thinking, she lifted her transformation, restored Lin Yun's appearance, and walked into the elevator of the office building with Hong Sihe one after another.

The two of them stood in the elevator compartment where there was no one else, and just as Lin Yun's mind was still immersed in the question of "how to refuse", Hong Sihe on the side suddenly whispered:

"Senior, if I want to use a new spare body to go to work, the office clothes I wore before may not be suitable, and I may need to change my set."

"Not the right size?"

Lin Yun came back to his senses, looked at the current Hong Sihe, and nodded subconsciously: "I feel like I have to buy a few more pieces." ”

"Yes, you need to buy a few new clothes that fit your appearance."

Hong Sihe followed his words, and finally whispered, "So, can you please give me some reference?" ”

There was silence in the elevator. The blazing white light flickered slightly as the floor changed, and the light in the envelope was a little uncertain.

After a while, Lin Yun understood what she wanted to express, and also understood the feelings contained in this sentence, and her expression was a little complicated for a while.

“…… I can go with you. ”

His voice was soft: "However, there are some things, thank you, sorry. ”

“…… As I said, there is no need to apologize. ”

Hong Sihe looked at the blurred reflection on the elevator door, and looked quiet: "Senior, you can go with me." ”

After another moment of silence, the display on the elevator reached the first floor, and with a light chime, the elevator door slowly opened in front of the two of them.

Beyond the office building is the largest shopping plaza nearby, and just by looking out through the elevator and the glass curtain wall of the office building, you can see the flickering neon lights.

"Go there?" Lin Yun looked at eye level, but suddenly asked.

"Well, go there." Hong Siyu also looked forward and replied.

The two stepped out of the elevator door together with the sound of their footsteps, and the distance between them seemed to be as close as it was now in twenty years of acquaintance.

And the hands of the two are also facing away from each other, because of the difference in height, there are also high and low between the hands. The low hand lifted slightly as it advanced, the back of the hand touching the other, but eventually, the owner of the hand put it down, grabbed the hem of his clothes again, and walked out of the office building naturally side by side with the other person.

The front is full of lights, and the back is quiet and bleak.

Human urban civilization has developed in this world for more than a thousand years, and in modern cities, the distance between people can be close at hand, but at the same time far away from the end of the world.

……

……

In the same neon light, walking in the cold wind of the winter night, Lin Xiaolu, who had just left the shopping plaza with his companions, suddenly stopped and turned around as if he felt something.

She first looked at the gate of the shopping mall with some confusion, and then, as if to confirm it, she took two steps back and walked to the gate.

Looking at the two rather familiar figures, her expression became more and more puzzled.

"What's wrong?" Noticing Lin Xiaolu's strange performance, Xia Liang, who was carrying a large bag and a small bag in his hand, was satisfied with the results of shopping, suddenly turned around and asked.

Lin Xiaolu did not answer Xia Liang's question.

She took two more steps to the door, then rubbed her eyes as if she was worried that she had seen something wrong. After finally confirming what he had seen, he stood still in a daze.

Then, she glared and slowly opened her mouth wide.

Today is 6k words, let's think it is 2k to make up for yesterday's span. Thank you for your support in the unstable time of the recent update, I am very moved, I am ashamed, and I am very grateful.

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