Overturned Tower

When Delphinium saw Russell coming back, she paused silently and didn't move, then came over with concern and nervousness.

"Are you...are you okay?"

"...Ah, not bad."

Russell responded softly. He seemed to feel that his words were a bit perfunctory, so he turned around and lowered his voice to comfort him again: "I'm fine, there's no problem at all..."

Then why don't you look excited and excited about defeating a strong enemy?

There is also no relief and emptiness that a revenge drama can satisfy.

Delphinium's expression became very subtle for a moment.

...To use a less elegant metaphor, she felt that Russell's current state was like a stomachache that was about to pull it out, but there was still a long way to go before he could get home. So I could only hold my breath, speak softly, and walk slowly and cautiously.

Although Delphinium was still worried, her trust in Russell made her decide to skip this topic for now: "Did the plan succeed?"

"It's a great success, the most perfect kind of victory. Let's go home right now and keep the camera here unusable. After we get home, I will come back here... After I come back, you can restore the camera. Then I took the initiative to appear in public once as Sai Lun, and then I found a way to disappear..."

Russell said calmly.

In this way, it is equivalent to whitewashing this identity.

Even if Sai Lun suddenly disappears later, it has nothing to do with Russell and Delphinium. Russell also found a way to make this identity disappear for a while.

But at this moment, the locked room door of Sai Lun's office was suddenly opened from the outside.

Russell and Delphinium looked over at the same time - but saw someone who shouldn't be here.

That was the original main output point in this mission, which was supposed to meet their bad days from a distance.

He always has an uninhibited and arrogant smile on weekdays.

But only this time, he frowned, pushed the door open and didn't even close it, and walked straight towards Russell.

Delphinium went over and nodded to Mirien, who was standing in the Road Room waiting for the bad day, and then closed the door first.

"Are you really okay, Russell?"

"It's indeed okay."

"You don't sound like you're okay..."

Bad Day was a little bored. He picked up Russell's cup and was about to drink Coke when he found that it had been completely drained.

He looked back at Delphinium: "Let me tell you... Russell has changed in the past few days, don't you feel it?"

"Are you talking about the state after he moved from red to level nine?"

"Don't you know this too?"

Bad Day complained in a low voice: "There is obviously something wrong with him... Aren't you nervous?"

"Because Russell told me. He said there's no need to be nervous. This change is normal."

Delphinium picked up the black tea that she had not drunk yet and said calmly: "I just believe in him."

"It's indeed normal..."

At this time, Russell on the side finally sighed: "It will be like this when you reach level nine. I feel it, it should be soon."

"If you break through the Leviathan Wall, it will 100% cause a drastic change in a person's temperament..."

Bad Ri took a deep breath and said word by word: "Then I would rather stop here. What is your situation? I even felt... fear from you just now."

"It's not that my temperament has changed drastically...how should I put it...

"It's just that some of the things that I cared about before, that I was particularly afraid of, have all faded away. It's like a glass of Coke with too many ice cubes in it.

"If you only add a little bit, as the ice cubes melt, you will feel that the lighter Coke will taste better. But when the water reaches a certain vague critical value, you will suddenly feel that the taste of Coke has changed. It doesn’t taste as good anymore.”

Russell looked at his hands and said softly.

Seeing both Bad Sun and Delphinium fall into silence, he sighed and covered his face with his hands.

When he put his hand down again, he turned into Chairman Sai Lun.

"Se Lun" smiled and stretched out his hand to touch Badri's hair.

Then under his shocked eyes, Sai Lun sat back in his seat. She picked up the delphinium beside her and put it on her lap.

In the arms of Sai Lun, who is over 1.95 meters tall, Delphinium looks so petite. She frowned and patted Sailon's heavy and plump breasts - because Sailon put it directly on the delphinium's head in a wicked way.

"Since you are all so concerned, you should be more efficient, my friends. If nothing else... Chairman, my desire for expression is still full."

Sai Lun stretched out her hand to support her chin. Her cape-like light golden wavy hair made her smile look so bright at the moment.

"To put it simply," she replied crisply, "when I crossed the Leviathan Wall, the boundary between 'self' and 'other' became blurred.

"Before this, I could only 'copy the dead.' But after crossing this boundary, I began to be able to 'copy the living.'"

She looked at Bad Day and smiled thoughtfully: "Even if it's you, I can copy it directly.

"I was still thinking before, why I crossed the Leviathan Wall...According to spiritual science, I broke through the realm of humans and gods. But my changes are still not enough...the divinity seems far from enough, and the monster nature It's not strong on me. I still feel purely human.

"I didn't know the answer until I just swallowed Seron."

"What's the answer?"

Bad Day asked.

Delphinium suddenly understood something: "Is it... dusk?"

"Yes. When I faced my true nature as Dusk, everything fell into place - that 'feeling of a monster completely different from humans' came back.

"Not only is it back, but it's become so clear. Like my instinct, my instinct..."

Sai Lun said, that bright smile also became a little disappointed.

She held the Delphinium in her arms and sighed in a low voice: "If it's 'playing', I can still use the 'ultramarine' mask to communicate with you normally.

“But if the true nature is revealed... it’s what you just saw.

“I don’t even bother to say the words. An atmosphere of perpetual stillness, infinite tranquility, deep loneliness, surrounds me.

"...It's turning me into a cold tombstone."

Looking at Sai Lun, Bad Ri frowned.

He finally sighed deeply.

"how about you?"

Bad Ri asked angrily: "What do you think?"

"I am afraid of that kind of change, but I feel that it is my future. Therefore, I am also afraid that you will become strangers and separated from me because of this... and what scares me most is that I worry that my future will even gradually change. Lose this 'fear'."

Sai Lun sighed: "Heaven and man are ruthless.

"I should be excited about revenge...I also thought it would make me feel happy. But after I devoured Sailon, all I could feel was the joy of having my 'appetite' satisfied.

"It is eager to eat living things. Not just eating corpses to satisfy its hunger..."

Now she has realized... As the "God Vessel" becomes more powerful, the dusk named "Tombstone" is also developing.

Or maybe it's the other way around - as the baby named "Tombstone" begins to grow in size, its vague outline becomes clearer, and the belly that is the "vessel of God" becomes more and more swollen.

Bad Day was silent for a long time.

He opened his mouth and closed it again, and after a long time he whispered: "Then do you think...you and it are the same existence?"

Even if he is the most vicious wanted criminal in the world, he still dare not call "Dusk" by his name.

The more you know, the more you fear.

At that time, you will begin to envy those who are ignorant and fearless... Ignorance is, in a sense, a kind of happiness.

"Sometimes, I do feel that way."

Sai Lun stretched out his hand and slowly touched his face.

And just as she gradually put her hands on her face, Sai Lun's face also changed rapidly.

All the people copied by Russell, their bodies and faces flashed past. Delphinium could clearly feel the left arm surrounding him changing rapidly... and in less than a second, he transformed back into Russell again.

"But sometimes, I can't help but wonder... is the personality named 'Russell' one of the masks created by 'I'?"

Russell's voice became vague and strange.

It's like the tuning failed, or like a voice changer was turned on.

"Is this fear of 'twilight' a part of Russell's character?

"What is it that I'm afraid of? Is this fear real?"

Russell's voice was constantly changing, and his face was dripping like a melted oil painting.

The arms he used to cover his face changed rapidly.

Old people's hands, children's hands, men's hands, women's hands...

"I thought I could see through other people's minds, but I can't even see myself clearly. So what if... the person I'm looking at is me in the mirror?"

Russell stretched out his hand and subconsciously touched in front of him.

There seems to be a magic mirror ahead, leading to a psychedelic and unknown world.

The right arm that was constantly flowing and changing seemed to be touching it, but also seemed to be gradually being sucked in by it.

As if dreaming, He murmured in a low voice: "If I didn't know that it was me when I saw myself in the mirror... what would I see?"

"——Don't think nonsense."

Delphinium's voice sounded steadily and firmly: "You are Russell."

At this moment, Delphinium suddenly reached out and grabbed Russell's arm forcefully.

At that moment, the constantly changing arms suddenly returned to Russell's original slender arms.

When Russell woke up with a start, he saw Delphinium sitting in his arms, with his back to him, tightly holding his right arm and wrist, and the one in front of him who wanted to reach out to him, but had a complicated expression and did not dare to move. bad day.

Russell was stunned for a long time, and then his tense body slowly softened.

He lay down behind Delphinium and whispered.

"...It hurts a little. Let go first, sister...it's going to turn green."

"It hurts."

Delphinium said coldly.

She turned her head slightly, her face sullen. He seemed to be rarely angry.

She did not look at Russell, but looked at the air around her: "If it hurts, remember it with your heart - this pain is proof that you really exist in this world.

"It's proof that we care about you."

——That is the proof that I am in love with you.

Russell stared blankly at Delphinium's pupils, easily reading her thoughts.

Seeing this, Bad Day finally breathed a sigh of relief.

His similarly tense body slowly relaxed.

Don't become Dusk, otherwise I may take action against you - from the perspective of the Tower of Babel, this is what Bad Sun originally wanted to say.

But the words had already reached his lips, and Russell, who was watching his "face" dripping and even his own spirit melting, still couldn't bear to say it out.

Seeing Russell suddenly changed again, Bad Day felt relieved.

"It seems there's nothing wrong with me here..."

Bad Day reminded: "Remember to let Sai Lun's identity come out later."

But neither Russell nor Delphinium paid attention to him.

The big dog shrugged, opened the door again with his sword, and returned the way he came.

After Bad Day left, Delphinium released Russell's right arm.

Sure enough, Russell's arm was already a little blue from being squeezed by Delphinium's terrifying grip.

She looked down at her masterpiece and suddenly felt regretful: "...Does it hurt?"

"pain."

Russell sat in Selon's seat and replied seriously: "But this is proof that you love me."

"...No mind reading allowed."

Delphinium immediately realized where Russell's words came from.

She warned softly, turning around from being held by Russell. He straddled Russell, pressed his left hand on the shoulder pillow of the chair behind him, and reached out with his right hand to grab his tie.

She stared at Russell's eyes for a long time, and finally felt relieved when she couldn't see any dimness in them.

"Guess...what am I thinking?"

"You want to kiss me."

The corners of Russell's mouth raised slightly, joking casually.

He shook his arm - the right arm behind Delphinium melted into a candle-like posture for an instant, and then flowed back to its original state.

The bruised arm returned to its former whiteness in an instant.

This time he was very obedient and did not read Delphinium's mind... because he could feel Delphinium's care and concern for him without reading her mind.

Delphinium just whispered: "Guessed wrong."

Although she said this, she tightened Russell's tie, leaned over and kissed Russell's lips gently.

Russell was slightly startled, but remained motionless on the spot.

After the kiss, she said seriously: "I want you to taste my lipstick. Can you taste it?"

"I didn't pay attention just now...do it again?"

The corners of Russell's mouth raised slightly, and the bottom of his pupils lit up slightly.

He whispered, kissing Delphinium again.

"I think it's honey."

"It's obviously bitter."

"Every time I drink a glass of bitter wine, the remaining juice at the bottom of the glass is always honey."

Russell recited Gibran's poems, and then kissed the delphinium passionately again.

After a long time, the delphinium raised its head and took two deep breaths.

She stretched out her hand to hold Russell's face, her expression changing unpredictably. Finally, a real fear that could be clearly detected without mind reading was revealed in her pupils.

"...Don't leave me, okay?"

Delphinium murmured in a low voice: "I accept everything about you. Even if you turn into a monster, into... the so-called 'twilight'.

"But don't leave me...please."

"I promise you."

Russell replied without hesitation.

He obviously agreed so briskly and promised so decisively, but it did not give people the feeling of frivolity.

His calm turquoise pupils gradually became darker, and the thin temperament that was originally isolated from the world and seemed to disappear at any time gradually dissipated.

Instead, there is a genuine desire.

Outside the window, the rare and strong sunlight shines into the room through the half-open window.

Delphinium curled up on Russell, and Russell leaned on the chair. The two of them were disappearing into the shadows, and Russell was slowly taking off the coat of Delphinium.

"Aren't you going home first?"

"Maybe we can stay here a little longer."

Russell whispered, his voice slightly hoarse due to emotion: "I can sit here like this and be with such beautiful sunshine for a while. I can also choose to drink this slightly bitter bottle of wine right here... We All you have to do is choose. Today we have the freedom to choose.”

"Then you might as well sit here for a while."

A charming arc traced the corner of Delphinium's mouth, and she whispered.

She threw her coat away, straightened up and looked down at Russell.

She suddenly laughed out loud, grabbed Russell's tie and pulled it gently towards her, and touched the tip of Russell's ear with her other hand: "Now it's no longer as cold as ice like before? Don't you scare me anymore?" "

"Because the ice is about to melt with the love at the bottom of the wine..."

"Very good," Delphinium said seriously, "Then I will find a way to keep it melting."

Okay, I worked hard in October and this volume is over!

I’ll post my final remarks during the day tomorrow (peaceful)

So the time to ask for leave this time is the 31st~

(It feels like I was invited, but it seems like I wasn’t invited)