People change.

Continuous experience, continuous running-in, continuous review and reflection will make people continue to grow and change. Sometimes it goes head-to-head, sometimes it goes negative. In general, there are basically no constant people, only differences in the amount and direction of change.

Some people will indeed undergo a drastic transformation after experiencing stimulation, as if they have become another person overnight, and the gentle person will turn into a murderous devil, and the heinous bad person will change his mind and become a new person, so there is a saying that "the adult tiger changes, the villain changes his face, and the gentleman leopard changes", but no matter how drastic the change, it is impossible for human beings to become "another thing".

It's like the girl named Epenny in front of her, who was only regarded by Marseille as a simple and cute girl before, except for serving the Imperial Jǐng Cha Agency, there was no difference between her and those girls in the school and on the street. It's only been a little over a day, but in Marseille's eyes, Epenny has become an extremely dangerous existence.

Beast of prey?

Monster?

Biological weapons?

Murderer?

It's not these gentle things, maybe they're terrifying, but Epenny is a terrible being above them.

Terrible and terrifying, literally about the same, but the two are very different in their intrinsic and hierarchical nature.

The grinning beast, the twisted and weird alien, the murderous maniac with the murder weapon and the evil smile on his face will understand that they are dangerous beings that can seriously threaten their lives, and all kinds of terrible associations will appear subconsciously. Anyway, you still have the self that recognizes the danger, and you have the room to think and react.

It's horrible, but it's completely different.

The kind of anomaly that seems to be pieced together by death and malice, solidifies the Chéng Rén shape and moves around, fundamentally subverting all common sense, even distorting the world itself, and even making those who have a glimpse of it lose themselves, and their heads are completely empty, and they can only watch the clumps of death walk around until they reach their own eyes......

There is no need to confront it head-on, just knowing its existence, feeling the aura of its movements, and listening to the murmur of it is enough to turn around and flee in desperation. It's horrible.

（...... How is it possible, not afraid. ）

Over and over again, the "robin" encouraged himself to cheer himself up, but whether it is the encouragement of others or his own courage, once he filters out all the noise and peeks into his own heart, he can only see the expression of his useless self who is about to cry.

It's horrible.

It's horrible.

If you can escape, you want to escape even if you abandon everything now.

It's not a hero in the first place. Even if you are scolded as a "coward" and "spineless", you forget everything that happened in the past two days, and you want to escape.

For a moment, Marseille prayed sincerely.

However, he did not take the step of escaping.

Why?

It's not for childish reasons such as face, courage, and heroism, this kind of thing, which is not even bloody bravery, can't last even a second.

Nor for the sake of ideas and beliefs, which were too ethereal for Marseille, who was first exposed to the new discourse of the magician, to be worth the gamble.

So why didn't he run away for a long time?

Is it because of what someone said?

Please follow your heart's choice.

Thank you.

（...... Wrong. ）

There is no need for dialectical and contemplation, and Marseille rejects this hypothesis.

Being expected and thanked by others does make Marseille feel a little happy. Because of those words, for the first time, Marseille began to feel that he was needed and that his actions were meaningful.

But no matter how you think about it, I'm not a good old man who is willing to give his life just for something of this magnitude.

To be able to overcome fear and survival, and to choose to stay and participate in that crazy plan, must be because of a more simple reason.

Maybe it's not even a reason, it's just a very simple, childish touch.

For example, at that time, there was no faith, no doubt, no deep thought, no things that had to be carried, nothing to think about, purely because I found something funny, and the simple smiling face that laughed out of the "poof" laughed wanted to leave more of that scenery in my eyes and in my heart......

（...... ）

Marseille himself forcibly terminated his thinking.

If you continue to think in this vein, you are likely to face an embarrassing and unpleasant conclusion.

After all, he is not a saint.

It's not a man who stands up to the sky.

Just because of the situation, because of being caught up in the whirlpool of struggle, because of the mortals who don't want those two girls to confess themselves after being arrested, acting on the basis of selfish calculations and childish impulses.

Such a self, a self who wants everything, but is unwilling to give up anything, a despicable and small self.

Is it really qualified to stand beside those resolute emerald green eyes, standing at the same height and looking at that pure smile?

In the face of this real answer and gap, Marseille can only feel a strong inferiority complex and anxiety that he does not even have a person to vent to.

（...... It's terrible. ）

Deep down, he seems to hear the girl's spitting on him, even though he knows that it is an inner monologue of self-loathing, Marseille still overlaps his condemnation of himself with the girl's voice.

Shaking his head slightly, putting the feeling of self-pity and self-harm out of his mind, Marseille gritted his teeth and took a step.

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"In a way, he does have a very good qualification. ”

Leaning on the handrail on the second floor, the "Nightingale" suddenly came out with a headless sentence, but fortunately, the "robin" on the side was not slow to react, and she was also thinking about the same thing.

They are all watching the situation around them and watching Marseille's actions.

They did say to Marseille, "Let him choose, and respect his choice", and the girls did say that to Marseille from the bottom of their hearts, and they do not intend to overturn what they have said now. However, they also said that "it is difficult for people to trust each other".

No matter how much Marseille is an outsider after all, a few fairly good contact records are not enough for him to become a comrade who can trust unconditionally and entrust his life to the other party. On the other hand, Marseille has not received any special training, and he is not even a rookie, and he has to deal with the secret Jǐng Cha and the latest killing machine of the old jiān giant cunning as soon as he comes up, and he really can't make people feel at ease. Even if they don't have to trust, they have to keep an eye on Marseille and be able to respond to any tricky situation as soon as it starts.

From the observations so far, Marseille's performance is okay, at least "Mockingbird" thinks it is not bad.

However, the positive comments about Marseille could be heard from the mouth of the "Nightingale", which somewhat surprised the "Robin".

"I thought you hated him so much. ”

"I do hate him. ”

There is no change in the cold tone, but there is a little less emotion and a little more reason.

"It's one thing to hate, it's another thing to observe and evaluate correctly. From...... When I started my education, the first lesson I learned was observation. ”

Regardless of the type, scale, or complexity, the use of magic begins with "cognition", knowing how you and the world around you are going to change and distort the world in front of you, and what kind of effects you want to cause. The better the magician, the better his insight.

Since then, the "Nightingale" has been observing everything inside and outside the room, and according to the results of the observation, three key observation objects have been arranged.

One of them is the secret Jǐng Cha that comes forward in two minutes.

The guy didn't hide his identity, he was wearing a secret Jǐng cha's civilian clothes and sunglasses, and he came in in a grand manner. He doesn't seem to care that the outfit will scare away his prey, and may lure lurking opponents to assassinate or hold him hostage.

In fact, he probably expects his opponent to do so, so that he doesn't have to endure screening one by one, which can save a lot of time. This can be seen in his actions after contact with Marseille, deliberately standing in a corner that is vulnerable to attack and not attracting the attention of others, and staying there for a long time without changing positions. At the same time, although he could not see his eyes through the sunglasses, "Nightingale" could clearly feel the beastly eyes behind the lenses. Where to hide, what escape routes are available, how to block them, how to set up ambushes, are there any suspicious creatures in the crowd...... It's all full of ideas of attacking xìng.

This beast dressed in the harmless skin of humans and animals can never be a simple horned sè, I am afraid that it is a senior detective of the Imperial Social Order Guarantee Bureau, a jīng Ying cadre who directly accepts the command of the director. That's why they've been given considerable authority to direct the hunt for mages, and they've also sent another being who needs attention.

The second one that needs attention and Jǐng Ti is the girl who is shuttling through the crowd and is suspected of being a "siren".

It is said to be suspicious, but "Nightingale" has absolute certainty that it is a "siren".

No matter what kind of person a living person is, even if it is a madman or a madman who is eager to kill, it is impossible to walk while walking like the breath of death and the murmur of death, and it is also a whisper that is completely inaudible to ordinary people's ears and plays directly in a special brain.

If it were an ordinary magician, who had not experienced a hell that was more miserable and crazy than all hells, and had not experienced the terrible scene of thousands of undead wailing together on the battlefield, that person's performance would not be much better than that of the appropriate Marseille, and the fragile ones would even run away on the spot, and even the jīng god would collapse.

Such a terrifying voice, "Nightingale" has heard it more than once, and for a while, even when she was eating or sleeping, she could hear the cries of the undead, hear the last words of her comrades who were pulled into the army of the undead, and bury the steel monsters carrying the souls of innocents and comrades-in-arms again and again, and before she had time to cry, she had no time to be sad to usher in the next battle, and threw herself into the never-ending battle.

The steel monsters that carry the souls of the dead on that battlefield and search for prey while wandering are called "Legions", an army of the undead created by the Empire.

If, as intelligence suggests, the Sirens use technology derived from the Legion and are the same as the army of the undead, then it is not surprising that the Sirens possess some of the same characteristics as the Legion.

So far, the "Zì Yóu Legion" has not yet grasped the detailed xìng energy parameters of the "Siren", but judging from the fact that it was inherited from the "Legion" and several magicians belonging to different organizations have been killed in just a few days, the danger index of the "Siren" is actually higher than that of the secret Jǐng Cha. It was only considering that the secret Jǐng Cha was directly ordered to command, which placed him in the position where he needed the most attention.

After these two dangerous men, Marseille is listed.

To be honest, at first "Nightingale" did not expect anything from him, let alone let Marseille take on the core of the evacuation plan.

Even if he really had the qualifications of a magician, what if he really wasn't a scumbag? After all, he was just a coward and coward who was content to live under the domination of the Empire, so even if he was asked for help, it was still impossible to admit that he was a companion, nothing more.

But

"Ordinary people can't react to this situation at all. He has always been a good model citizen, but he is actually a heresy that the empire is trying to erase or something. Don't say it with your mouth, it's that you throw a bunch of evidence in his face and arrest the camp guards to confess. The guy who wants to escape from reality just won't believe it, and will think that we are making up a story for some purpose to pull him on the thief ship. The kid had similar doubts in his heart, but instead of blindly escaping from reality, he listened to us and analyzed the situation. Based on the results of his thinking, he chooses the option that is most beneficial to himself. In that sense, he's not too bad. The most important thing is that he was aware of his cowardice and selfishness, but he did not choose to run away, but chose to face up to himself. ”

The "Nightingale" does not tell Marseille that the so-called "understanding with others without misunderstanding" also means that it can read the emotions and thoughts of others.

Marseille's confusion, low self-esteem, restlessness, self-pity, and the slight determination to overcome these are all clearly felt by "The Nightingale".

"Not everyone is born strong, on the contrary, everyone is weak. Being able to face up to one's weaknesses and inadequacies and strive to change oneself is an important qualification to become a big man...... 'That one' once said. ”

"Uh-huh, finally a little bit of acknowledgment of him?"

"Not really, but since he's going to take on a key part of the plan, it's okay to raise the rating a little. ”

The voice is still cold, but the mouth is pursed, and it looks a little cute.

Just when the "robin" wanted to tease a few words and make fun of the rare childish "nightingale", a loud noise came, and a huge pillar of fire burst out in the courtyard, and the young men and women who were already highly excited suddenly burst into cheers.

"That kid is so punctual. ”

"Punctuality is a good habit, so let's get started. ”

After exchanging glances, the girls walked towards the boiling crowd and disappeared in a few moments.