"Huh!!"

In the middle of the night, I suddenly woke up from my deep sleep. Turning on the lamp, I looked at my body, which was dressed in a nightgown, intact and naturally relaxed, with a face full of incredulity. "Yesterday...... Is it a dream? I muttered, but it was so deep and real that it was like it was born in my head. I felt more lost than I had ever been.

That night, I never fell asleep again, and I kept thinking back to the details of that day, combined with older memories, hoping that you could find some connection.

But alas, it's still ...... Can't remember.

The next day I went to work as usual, and in the daily staff preparation room, I saw Camille and them, and like me, they all looked haggard and uneasy. Now that the minister had not yet come to the morning meeting, I stepped forward to inquire about their condition.

"Daphna-senpai!" Unexpectedly, before I could speak, Parker arched in front of me and said with a crying face: "Daphna senior, we had such a terrible dream last night, we all did it!" “

I was stunned for a moment, and then looked at the others behind me, who seemed to have been hit in the same way: Yui had dark circles under her eyes and kept rubbing her chin, as if in contemplation; Hana hid in the corner and shivered, while Camille comforted her, her brows tightened, and she kept taking deep breaths, as if she was constantly telling herself to stay calm.

"Ahh I nodded, and said with a solemn expression, "I must have the same dream, about a strange being—the white night. ”

"Seniors too!" Parker looked very excited when he heard this, and the others also expressed varying degrees of mood swings. Yui stopped thinking at this time, stood up from his seat, and asked me with a serious expression: "In my dream, I saw that my senior was holding an unknown scepter, probably an ego, its power allowed us to restore our vision, and the bullet was also effective against the white night. ”

My eyes widened: yes, as it should be, my memory is especially clear, I held Paradise Lost, unleashed the power of sin and white goodness, and struck it hard. "I think so, my memory basically matches your statement." I added to Yui.

"It's so weird...... Camille muttered as she sided. I hope that what happened in yesterday's dream doesn't really happen...... Hana had never been stimulated like this, and both she and I were terrified. ”

Admittedly, the expression "last night's memory" is inaccurate, and in fact, none of us can tell what time that memory came from, only that it was "something that passed away". If it's a dream, we can't even relate it to when we fall asleep; If it were a matter of the past, then time would have become an inexplicable factor – and I had a bit of a hard time at the moment.

"Whether it's true or not, you can find out when you work." That's all I can say.

Admittedly, my vacillation obviously had an impact on the juniors who depended on me, but the absurdity of the incident itself made them clueless, so they had to agree first.

"But senior, you were really handsome at that time." Parker whispered in my ear.

"Ah......" I felt a strange feeling in my heart, and I made a decent face, "You kid is really leisurely." "I twisted his head and sent him away.

Minister Marcus was soon in the prep room, but to my surprise, the morning meeting was unusually bland: just some routine work arrangements and staff movements, without any special notices, and nothing to say about that day, as if it had never happened from start to finish.

This somewhat affected our trust in the authenticity of the memories on that end, but what happened afterwards made us even more suspicious of our own perceptions and our brains - no clerical except us had ever heard of a fanatic being called "White Night". And when we came to the work area, we couldn't find anything like White Night or Epidemic Doctor in the Central Headquarters, and even in other departments, we couldn't find any relevant clues. The anomalies in the containment unit continue to work as usual, producing energy without any anomalies.

"Could it be that we are mistaken?" Camille, who was following me, looked confused.

I couldn't answer ......the question, and as I was speechless, a pair of familiar figures appeared in front of me—it was Loki and Ada, and they were both dressed in the same set of ego gear I had never seen before, and I froze in place.

"Luo ...... Loki, Ada, you ......" I said with a stumbling voice, "you ...... too"

When they saw me and Camille, they froze at the same time, constantly looking me up and down with their bloody pupils, as if they were examining some strange monster. But soon after, the two of them seemed to realize something, and immediately interrupted: "Hmm...... That thing? ”

"Hmm......" I widened my eyes and looked at the blood pupils of the two of them, and immediately understood: "Yes, about the report of the Ministry of Intelligence." As I spoke, I beckoned Camille away from Camille, who didn't know what was happening behind me. I spoke to the two of them, and came to a little-used elevator in the Department of Security, where I happened to meet Gregory, and the four of us started to discuss it.

"Our memories of White Nights are all real. There is no doubt about that. Loki got straight to the point, "We've never really beaten it before, but this time it's an exception. ”

My brow furrowed, "Do you all have previous memories of the plague doctor and the White Night?" I asked, somewhat surprised.

The three of them nodded at the same time, "Trust me, it's not a good memory. Gregory quipped, "I was cut in the neck by the Apostle of the Guard." ”

"I was poked off my torso."

"I survived, but the plague doctor was not eliminated...... Loki said this, and his expression became solemn: "I encountered it again in countless cycles after that...... The same killing, the same death. ”

"But this time it's different." Ida on the side added, "It's been completely wiped out, at least in our world. ”

For a while, the amount of information was a bit large, I looked at them without saying a word, and thinking back to the past, I asked again: "Then why am I the only one who has no ancient memories?" ”

"Because you're special." Gregory replied to me, "That was the first time the plague doctor was transformed into the White Night, and you were the twelfth of its first apostles. I told you at the time, but you didn't listen, and went to the containment unit after the bell had already struck eleven. ”

"You have become a 'traitor', the most special of apostles, you still retain your human form and are on the orders of the Director. Every time you flee in the white night, it is your sacrifice in exchange for a successful suppression. ”

I seemed to understand something, "incredible......" I took a deep breath, "so my body has been preserved in the cycle to this day, but my memory has been tampered with...... Because of my 'traitor status'? So I don't have any memories of White Nights. ”

"That's the most plausible explanation right now." Loki nodded, "You may not realize it, but on that day, you in our eyes were no different from the traitors you once had, a bird's beak mask covered your face, and only your body could see your shadow." ”

"How do you explain the time, what about the ego in my hand?"

Ida tilted her head and said, "Weapon...... It should come from the accumulation of years...... You know, the material that originated from the corpse of the apostle is pitiful, but it can't stand the accumulation of countless times. Every time in my memory of the R&D department, those 'materials' will be added a little bit, and it should be that after a certain cycle, the materials are available, and the one you use is made. ”

"But it's a matter of time...... With what we know, it really can't be explained. Loki shrugged, "I can't think of it." ”

"Okay." I sighed as I noticed the weird ego on him and Ada, as well as the familiar weapon behind Loki's back, Paradise Lost.

The two of them seemed to quickly realize my concern, and they shrugged their shoulders and said to me, "This is the White Night's EGO sent by the R&D department this morning, and to be honest, this dress always reminds people of the Apostle, but it's not very pleasing." ”

"This Paradise Lost is a weakened version. The strength of the core is greatly reduced, but the remaining energy can be used improvised. Loki added, "And it seems that only the 'traitor of the traitor' can unleash that powerful force, and it should be the only reason why you can blast that magatama back into the containment unit by atonement for the old skeleton." ”

"Okay." I sighed. It seemed that all my questions had been answered, and some of them had become bigger ones. For the rest of the day, I decided to put my thoughts together, if not any more chaotic......