It was May 10th. Psychoshock could hit the orphanage at any moment, and Ryan intends to give the telepathic a headache for the rest of his life.

The messenger wanders the corridors of the orphanage with shotguns in hand and fist brothers' gear, and children are busy packing food and toys into travel bags. But what worries him is that he has found no trace of Len.

"What happened?" Ryan and little Julia asked as they crossed the street. Unlike other orphans, she carries most of the food and toys with her. After learning what Psyshock had done to her in the previous cycle, meeting the kid only strengthened the Courier's resolve.

"Mom said she was going to take us to that magical place sooner," she explained with her head bowed, rather than facing the eyes of the genome. She seems to be much shyer than Sarah. "So we'll have to pack up."

Sensible. There is no doubt that Hannifat Lecter will attack here again with more people after his pet squid was bitten to death here.

Hopefully Ryan will get support. When they met in Bacuto, the messenger told Jamie about the attack and even gave him the atomic gun as a means of bribing Vulcan to make the deal smoother. He provided all the necessary intelligence, although Ryan couldn't be sure if that information would make it through the chain of command until the moment of truth came.

"Where is she?" Genome asked. If the Courier is freed, he can easily take out Psypsy and his team, but he can't stop the Jumper from diverting himself.

"She's in her room. We shouldn't bother her. ”

"Well, I've been bothering her since the day we met." Ryan replied, leaving Julia behind and making his way to Ryan's bedroom. As far as he knew, this used to be the office of the director of the shelter before they left the place to rust.

He knocked on the door, but no one answered. Although the door was locked, the courier had already mastered the art of breaking in. "Ran? He opened the door and asked, only to find that the bedroom was shrouded in darkness. "Shorty?"

Only the sound of a cat barking answered him.

Ryan quickly flips the light switch and finds himself facing a giant wetsuit. The same one that Ryan wore when he rescued him from the acid rain.

"Shorty?" Ryan asked, then looked behind the armor. He found Lunn sitting in a chair next to the mattress, his eyes fixed on the wall. As he took a step forward, "Genome" nearly tripped over a pillbox, noticing dozens of pillboxes on the floor. "Shorty?"

Don't answer. Lunn just stared blankly at the wall while Eugene Henry von Schrödinger sat on her lap. Her eyes were black from insomnia and exhaustion.

She looked like she was dead.

"Ran? Le

!” When he didn't get an answer, the messenger stretched out an empty hand from her shoulder, intending to shake her awake.

"No!" Her sudden reaction startled Ryan and the cat on her lap; It was as if she had just woken up from a nightmare. Then Ryan put his hand to his ear, as if battling a terrible headache. "Don't come closer!"

This reminded Ryan of their first reunion at the bottom of the ocean, only worse.

The courier didn't say anything, glancing at the box on the ground. He took one and found it empty. "Ryan," Ryan said solemnly, tossing the empty box onto the bed. "If you're not Genome, you're overdosing on these pills."

"If I didn't have superpowers, I wouldn't need so much."

"The genome does enhance metabolism, but, did you know that these drugs shouldn't be taken together?"

Don't answer.

"You didn't receive any treatment," Ryan realized in horror.

"If I don't eat, I don't want to do anything," Lun snapped. It was clear that her mood had deteriorated, probably due to the wrong combination of medications. "If I don't take medicine, I ...... I can't talk to you at all. "I don't want to do anything but use my powers."

She can't even communicate with others unless she takes a lot of medication.

How many people did she take with her at the bottom of the sea? Did they make things worse when they met in her secret room? Ryan was terrified to see his friend's condition deteriorate so badly, but he didn't know what to say.

"I ...... I'm coming. Ryan finally spoke, massaging his forehead. I'm going to put that suit on. I had to do it. ”

"If you think Psyshock is too hard to play, I can do it alone."

"No, no, no, can't, can't make you do everything," she replied, trying to form a complete sentence. "I have to help. I had to do it. ”

"Well, I'll keep watching you until you're ready." Ryan left to give her some breathing space, but he noticed something on the bed as he went out. A rough schematic of some kind of sonar, though messy and incomplete. Len must have been working on this new device during the day.

The messenger walked out of the orphanage and stopped at the threshold. His car is parked nearby, and Ryan remembers how Sarah and her friend were standing in the same place during the previous loop.

However, when he saw Psyshock's black minibus approach, Rya

Decided to add some fun this time. He raised his shotgun and hit the wheels in front of him, causing Meta's car to spin around him in an attempt to avoid a crash.

"Attack!" Ryan gloated. "It's a strike!"

The driver managed to stabilize the minibus, which disappointed him greatly. Ryan hears heavy footsteps behind him, and Ryan emerges from the orphanage in heavily armed armor. She carries a water jet as her main weapon, apparently determined to protect the orphans.

Rya when Psyshock walked out of the minibus in his disguise

Relax a little. Like the previous cycle, the hijackers brought only mosquitoes and mongrels. No heavyweights are seen.

"Little Cesa

e," Psyshock said, taking off his sunglasses, revealing his biomechanical eyes. "That's little Le, too

Is it?" I recognize her work everywhere. Did your father join us when he died?"

Ryan remained eerily silent, revealing a sense of unease. Rya

Mocking Psyshock: "I also have previous slides if you want." Half of it is dedicated to your royal ass. ”

"The last time we met, you weren't that brave when my wires were connected to your brain." Psyshock replied, his tone full of menace. "Even though we were only here for the orcs in that shelter, today is a good day. What they say is true...... You will never forget those who escaped. ”

"Are we going to kill them?" The mosquito asked, and the dog bared his teeth. "The smell of their blood drives me crazy."

"No one will die today." Psyshock replied, his metal tentacles wriggling underneath his coat. "They're mine, both. It always has been. ”

Without saying a word, Lunn raised her sprinkler.

"Do you want to fight, little girl?" Psyshock laughed at them. "Do the math, you are outnumbered, and you are incompatible."

"Look at yours, madman." Ryan replied, noticing a white Yamaha motorcycle coming from behind. "It's an MSAM

age -à-t

ois。 ”

A blonde woman sits in the back of a car, not wearing a helmet; She did, though, hold a staff of genius technology, like a knight going to a jousting tournament. As soon as she arrived at the courtyard of the orphanage, she suddenly stopped the car, and her presence changed the mood of the mentally ill from confidence to nervousness.

"Hey guys!" Seck introduced himself with a triumphant smile, leaving the bike behind him and brandishing his weapon. "Nice to meet you!"

Psyshock's electronic eyes emitted a brief flash, and his cronies flinched in horror.

"Hey, don't look at her like that," Ryan said, holding up his shotgun. "I wanted Pluto, but she refused."

The power of psychic shock is not much different from the Messenger's own abilities. A save point that allows them to try again after they die. As a result, they may have the same weaknesses.

When he realizes the danger, Psyshock does something new and unexpected. It's something he's never done in previous cycles, no matter how bad it is.

He tried to escape, tearing his clothes with his tentacles as his cronies attacked Sykes.

I see.

Rya

Freeze time, raise your shotgun, and blast Psyshock's tentacles apart. When time returned, the hijacker stumbled pitifully and fell with a smug face.

"Don't worry, didn't you see the dog shelter sign?" Ryan laughed at him. "Euthanasia is free."

At the same time, the "cancellation" rushed to the "mongrel" with the speed and agility of the Olympic gymnast. The psychopath tried to burn her to ashes with his hands, but the flames disappeared at his fingertips. Before he could react, the female killer stabbed him in the chest with her stick, and then the device delivered a strong electric shock. Ryan would compare it to a gun, but the gun doesn't burn the victim alive like Sykes's device.

At the same time, the mosquito tried to fly away, but Lenn opened fire on him. A stream of high-pressure water erupted from her weapon, slicing his left wing clean, causing the overgrown insect to crash; Ryan immediately threw his shotgun aside and attacked the mosquito with his fists, beating it to the ground. When the bug tries to raise its fist in retaliation, Ryan cuts off its arm with her water weapon.

"Shorty, do you have any pesticides?" Ryan shouted, slamming the mosquito to the ground. "My fly swatter is broken!"

Ryan didn't respond. While she is no stranger to brutality and does not hesitate to use lethal force when necessary, in battle, geniuses usually retreat into their own thoughts. Unlike Ryan, she didn't grow up in chaos.

At the same time, in the will Mo

g

el after the explosion killed, Ca

cel immediately turned to Psyshock. The psychopath tries to get back to his feet, but the female killer soon catches up with him. Her power apparently doesn't affect the telepath's physical mutations, so Ryan thinks it just cancels the mysterious source of energy that supports them.

"Look at me," Ca

cel asked Psyshock, and her tone was always positive. "Look me in the eye. I want to remember your face. ”

The vicious psychopath glared at the female killer and raised his remaining tentacles to try to hit her skull.

But he didn't react fast enough.

Seck quickly impaled Sepsie's skull with his cane, knocking his head to the ground. Some psychopath's blood flowed down her cheeks, and her giggles turned into downright sadism as the wires swung around.

Ryan briefly checked his time-stop device, but failed to activate it. So far so good. After a few seconds, the mosquito looked like a crushed bug at his feet, alive but bleeding to death. Sykes quickly killed the other two.

"Well, that's fast," Ryan said, a little disappointed. He guessed that Vulcan's absence, the sudden ambush, and having two professionals behind him made a big difference.

"You know, I was ordered to kill everyone if it was a trap, but I'm glad I didn't have to." Greta laughed happily, tossing the motionless corpse of Spirit Shock aside with her wand. His blood remained on her cheek, and she didn't seem in a hurry to wipe it off. "I'm rusty."

"Thank you, but didn't anyone tell you I'm immortal?"

"You're so funny," she replied, leaving Psyshock's body behind and looking at Mosquito. "He's still alive?"

"He won't live long unless he gets treatment."

"Please......" Mosquito pleaded.

"There's too much work." Sykes replied, stomping him in the face with her cane. Seeing her inadvertently rude, Len visibly flinched, which caught Greta's attention. "Who are you?"

"I'm ......" It was strange to hear Lunn's gentle voice coming from the huge armor. U

de

dive

”。

"Oh, nice to meet you, I'm Greta." You've said that before, Ryan thought. He realized that her lines were not improvised at all, but rehearsed. "Is there anyone else to deal with?"

"No, we're fine," Ryan replied.

"Alright, hopefully we'll meet again then!"

"Me too, Greta!" Ryan replied with an equally pleasant smile. "You're the best sociopath I've ever met!"

"Thank you! What is a sociopath?"

Ryan gave a thumbs up to answer her question.

Secker waved goodbye to them and left on his motorcycle, as fast as she came, leaving the corpse of the "psychopath" to decompose. Apparently, she has a lot of experience with random killings. Ryan wants to know what her resume looks like.

"She's empty inside," Ryan said after the killer left.

Before Ryan could respond, he felt an invisible pressure pressing on his shoulders; The gaze of the earth suddenly fell on him. The messenger waved his hand to the sky, wondering if the psychopath would see him.

The moment lasted only a few seconds, but it made Lenn almost stumble over sheer tension. "What's that?"

"Peep," Ryan replied. "I suggest we leave before more people arrive."

"Yes, yes." Ryan turned to the orphanage and raised his voice. "Sarah, it will—"

All the nearby windows, including the windshield of the "Plymouth Fury", burst at once.

"It's okay, it's my fault." Before Ryan could panic, Ryan lied. Luckily, she was used to the strange events around him and didn't question it.

"Sara, Giulia, gather the others, let's go now!"

"Mom, can we take the dog?" A little girl shouted from within.

"I'm sorry, dear, but we can't. We leave the pen open so they can go out. Ryan turned to Ryan. Thanks," Rihanna.

"No problem. Need help getting them to a safe place? It's a long way to the port. ”

"It's okay, I've been transporting deep-sea spheres in the sewers and there's an entrance in the basement," she explained. This explains why she can go in and out of the orphanage without being detected. "Rihanna, I ......"

"It's okay," the courier reassured her, knowing what was going to happen next. "This is your home, and I know you don't want me in yet."

The last visit was a bit unexpected.

Ryan must have made a guilty face behind the helmet, even though Ryan couldn't see through it. "I ...... I think I found something. For your strength. ”

The messenger froze. "Again?"

"I ...... I've been listening to your space-time radio for a while. She admitted. Now that I've looked a little closer, my powers can help with part of the design. Navigation. Sorry, I need more time to explore. I need to concentrate. It's just an idea in my head, and I'm not sure if it's viable. If it works. Don't get your hopes up or anything—"

"Shorty, I've been through so many false hopes, you can turn them into a cemetery." Ryan shook his head. "Like I told you before, you want to help after everything you've been through, and it means a lot to me."

Len seemed too flustered under her armor to answer. "I think I'll contact you," she said, sounding awkward. "Goodbye, Rayleigh."

“Le

," he said, as she turned and went back. "Please be careful with your medication."

Ryan stood for a moment, not knowing what to say. "I will," she said. "Don't worry, I'...... I can handle it. ”

Ryan didn't know if it was a lie or if she believed it. The messenger sighed and watched with a heavy heart as she disappeared inside.

"You owe me a new windshield," Ryan said after leaving where he couldn't hear.

"I apologize." The Shroud replied beside him, as invisible as ever. "She startled me, and I lost control for a moment."

"Are you afraid of little girls?" I would say that the pigeon is your Krypton. ”

"I'm looking for someone with the same name and surname," the vigilante explained. "Will Costa. But not the girl. Age, face and body do not match. I know she's somewhere in the city, but I don't have any clues yet. ”

"What's wrong with your Julia?" Ryan asked curiously. He also pointed out that the Shroud apparently saw the orphans through the walls.

"Augustus murdered her parents and kidnapped her as a kidnapper as a kidnap against Leo" A chill hits Ryan's back. "When in doubt, remember that this is what Augustus stands for."

"I'll investigate," the messenger assured. "What does she look like?"

"She should be about fifteen, with light brown hair and blue eyes." It's better than nothing, but it's also barely. "You can't really be Cesare Sabino, are you?" The way you interact with Ms. Sabino is not quite like a brother. ”

"Oh my gosh, it took you four years to figure it out?" You're such a detective. ”

"I can't imagine what was going on in his head. That must be brutal. "It was the most agitated voice Ryan heard from the mouth of this invisible man." Do you love her?"

"I did it once." But the rift between the two has become so big that Ryan is lucky to still be able to talk to Ryan after the "perfect run". "But that was a long time ago."

"All people are hopelessly fools," a friend once told me. Unfortunately, I don't have any advice to offer. I'm not lucky in love myself. ”

"I think they've seen through you." Ryan shook his head. "I helped her because she was a good friend of mine and she needed help."

He is no longer looking for romance, but for a human connection—any kind of connection—that can last in his endless reboots. The messenger felt something on his shoulder, like a brief, sympathetic tap.

"Well done," Mr. Mirror said. "I think I might have to step in, but you're in control. I'll check to see if Psyshock is really gone, although I recommend you leave Rust Tow

》。 I feel like you're ruining Adam's plan, and he won't like it. ”

Oh, he didn't. Ryan has noticed the acid cloud rising from the dump. Maybe Wyve

The absence of Meta-Ga

g is more determined, or Ca

The power of the cel really stopped the body transfer of the Psyshock.

Regardless, Ryan is just getting started. "The game is on, Moby Dick."