Overturned Tower

Delphinium spoke word by word.

This was the first time she had quarreled with the inferior after she came to the Special Operations Department.

"You also often do this kind of dangerous thing that puts your own safety and disregard, and you can't stop others from doing the same thing as you."

【Come on, I don't have any sense of justice】

The inferior smiled self-deprecatingly.

【I'm just looking for death... I was looking for something dangerous to do on purpose】

"--lie."

Delphinium replied without hesitation: "If you are only looking for danger, you have plenty of things to do. But you still chose to use your life to help others.

"You will be angry because of injustice, which is the proof that you have a righteous heart. What you have to do is to support Qunqing with me."

The poor fell silent.

He looked much gaunter.

【However, I can't do it... I don't have any spiritual power anymore】

Delphinium looked straight at him, and finally his eyes softened.

"...is that your real reason?

"Because you can no longer protect him. You are worried that something will happen to Russell before you regain your spiritual power, but you can only watch and can't do anything... right?"

The bad ones are still silent.

【I still hate heroes...】

...because heroes always leave without saying goodbye.

Just like the bad guy, the hero I saw in the Special Operations Department.

That was the first minister he met when he came to the Special Executive Department.

The inferior at that time was still a crazy and paranoid teenager, who had no "justice" at all.

The inferior one that Delphinium saw was already in the form after that.

Fortunately or unfortunately, at that time, the inferior met an optimistic, cheerful, just, and powerful man who satisfied all his fantasies about his "father".

That is also the deepest fear hidden in the bottom of the heart of the inferior.

[Because heroes... always die badly. 】

Fear and hatred permeate his words.

Chapter 20 Always Strong

Seeing the dejected and depressed inferior, Delphinium also sighed.

"Actually, I'm also afraid...because I still have my parents.

"I'm not afraid of death, and it doesn't matter if I die. But I hope the people around me can survive...

"Compared to death, I don't want to be saddened by the death of the people around me. But at the same time, I also worry that if I die, my parents will be very sad.

"Bad ones, you may not know that my parents like Russell very much. If I told them that Russell put himself in a dangerous situation for justice, they would definitely urge me and ask me to help him.

"But at that point, they'd still be worried about me. They'd be up all night worried. They'd both be holding each other's hands, reassuring each other, but still worried. If I died, they'd be I will feel sad, but I will never regret it... If I choose to escape and give in, they will definitely reprimand me for my timidity."

[But you have many people to love, but Russell is alone]

The bad guy's news came.

—not Ultramarine, but Russell.

Because that's who they met in the first place.

Delphinium was silent for a long time.

She stretched out her left hand to cover her face, curled up in a tired ball.

The white-haired girl murmured in a low voice: "You know what, the inferior one. Earlier Russell asked me why I was so nice to him.

"I said, 'Because you're cute'. But I lied to him. Because the first time I saw the hero 'Ultramarine' on the news, I didn't think he was cute, and I didn't like him. I just feel that there is another colleague... very troublesome."

【really】

The inferior nodded in agreement, and he understood very well.

Because you have to invest in feelings again, and then watch the other party die or degenerate.

When parting is always painful.

Delphinium has experienced this kind of pain many times.Because of her psychic powers, Delphinium is also very sensitive in this regard.

Every time she parted, her heart felt as painful as when she mobilized her psionic energy.

"But when I first saw him... I had a feeling. I couldn't just leave him alone.

"That's when you went to pick him up from the executive department. I saw from the window that he was standing alone in the middle of those gray-black buildings in the first district, as if he had been abandoned by the whole world.

"At that moment, I had a feeling...as if he came from another world. He was incompatible with this messy world...but that feeling of incompatibility seemed to illuminate the entire dark area."

【It's just your illusion】

The inferior replied indifferently: [Where did this other world come from]

"Yes, I also know that this must be an illusion. But even if he became a hero, he didn't have any pride and joy, and he didn't even have a fake humility. That kind of 'different' made me feel a little bit about him. curious.

"Until later... the intrusion of the Hive nightclub. You don't know how dangerous it is, but I do... I'm ready to sacrifice for this, but I'm just worried that I don't have enough time and I'm not capable enough , may eventually affect the innocent. But Russell did it without hesitation.

"When I arrived, I found that he had settled the matter. At that moment, I seemed to see another me.

"The other... is stronger and more powerful than me, without so many constraints. That's exactly what I imagined, the real hero.

"Do you know how I feel about him?"

【like?like?Still jealous?Or worship? 】

"It's envy."

Delphinium said softly: "I really want to be like him.

"I also want to be like him. But my talents are insufficient, my education is too low, my body is too weak, and my will is not firm enough... I have more worries, and my heart of justice is not as good as his. Pure.

"Being with him, I feel more and more like a mortal. He is like the best me in my fantasy, a perfect me. I even feel a little inferior... because I don't know, except for my spiritual power level and experience Besides, what else is stronger than him.

"When I found out that he didn't know how to take care of himself... a bit despicably, I was actually very happy. Because a perfect god finally had such a flaw, and finally had something I could surpass. There is a place where I can help him.

"You're right, I do have love for him. But it's not so much love, I think it's closer to family affection.

"Because a lover's love is always blind, selfish, and impulsive, but my love for him has a clear purpose.

"——I want to protect him. Protect him when he is in danger, comfort him when he is weak...I also hope that when I am in trouble, when I am in danger, he can return Come over and help me. And I'm sure he will.

"No matter what, I won't let go. If I can't stand with him at this moment, maybe I won't be able to keep up with him later.

"So I'm going to help ... as long as he's doing the right thing, I'm not going to back down.

"For now, this matter should still be related to Kamalthe. It may also be related to the Quanshu we captured... It should only reach the level of directors, not the level of dragons. I think it can still be handled of."

[...Why are you telling me these things? 】

The inferior remained silent, looking at Delphinium.

Delphinium looked at him, folded her fingers across her chest.

The fragility in her eyes dissipated, and her rationality rose.

"You're leaving, aren't you?"

She replied very positively: "I guess, you should be going to the downtown area.

"Are you going to change your identity to help his other identity?"

The bad ones don't say a word.

He didn't know how to respond, because he wasn't sure what Delphinium meant.

Delphinium raised her head high, showing a confident smile: "Then take my share with you, poor one.

"I can't leave this position, because I still have my parents to love. I also have my own career, my own life...I can't give up everything to love him. The only thing I can give up is myself.

"Go and take care of him where I can't see him. I'll leave the matter of the upper city to me.

"You go back, I have to deal with the business again and sort out the case records."

The inferior looked at her deeply, and slowly took two steps back.

He was silent and left without saying a word.

After the inferiors were gone, Delphinium slowly picked up the towel and covered it on her right forearm.

She folded her forearms together, lying quietly on the towel like a nap in school.

The long white hair was draped over the shoulders, but it seemed to have lost its light and became a little dim.

After a short silence, her body trembled slightly.

"...But I'm still, so scared..."

The delphinium whimpered softly, and the deep blue halo was like a extinguished candle, extinguished in the corner of her eyes: "Why... I'm afraid..."

As soon as her tears welled up, they fell on the towel, smearing a light blue color—that is also a kind of poison.

Delphinium tried not to make a sound, and tried not to stain her clothes with tears.

She won't show her fragile appearance in front of people...nor can she show her embarrassed appearance to others.

After that, she had to touch up her makeup before going home.She must not be found to have cried.

Delphiniums have always been a crybaby, since childhood.

But since joining the company, she has been used to crying in this way.

That has nothing to do with dignity.

Because she can't make people worry about herself, and she can't make people feel uneasy.

Delphiniums must always be confident and dependable.She was to take care of all, to hear all their sorrows, and to be always their mighty minister.

"I'm so scared... Mom..."

Chapter 21 Slow Walking Snow Mountain

The dream world, the way of temperance.

Stretch is pacing in 【Slow Walking Snow Mountain】.

He held a solitary lamp with uncertain brightness and darkness in his hand, and blocked his eyes with the other hand.

A nearly crazy blizzard roared, and large flakes of snow fell on his thick fur.His tiger-skin vest over his lion's fur warded off even more chill.

The blizzard was also mixed with sharp ice particles, which looked like extremely sharp ice needles under the strong wind, but it did not cause any harm to him.

This is the rule of tardigrade snow mountain.

Even if you endure the extreme cold, you must not speed up your pace.

As long as he tried to speed up, those ice needles that would have avoided him under the gust of wind would cut his skin due to the change in his movement speed.

The faster he walked, the more damage the ice would do to him.If you run at full speed, your heart will be pierced in an instant.

And if you stop in place, the deep cold you feel on the soles of your feet will become clearer.If you stop for too long, Blizzard will directly bury the person.

Under this thick layer of snow, it is no longer known how many bones were buried.

Most of them subconsciously wanted to walk two steps faster because they couldn't bear the bone-piercing cold.

But when he was cut by those ice needles, he didn't feel anything at all—the skin was exposed to this deep cold wind, and he had already been frozen and lost consciousness.Not to mention those "ices of temperance" that can relieve pain in the first place.

When they found that they had been cut all over their bodies without knowing when it started, most people had already begun to lose their physical strength due to blood loss and hypothermia due to injuries.

If you can't get out of this snow mountain before your physical strength is exhausted, you will be gradually buried by the heavy snow because your moving speed will slow down.

And once it accelerates, it will be injured again...

Don't be rash, don't be lazy.