Overturned Tower

"……I see."

Delphinium murmured.

She finally understood why she always felt that Russell didn't seem to care about anything, but he wasn't a willful guy like Bad Day.

Russell has always had a very clear goal.

It's just that he doesn't boast of surpassing others as an achievement.

She finally understood why she fell in love with Russell.

...Because they are basically the same type of people.

Delphinium is actually not greedy for the power of the position of minister, nor does she want to be on the board of directors.

She never went to the company cafeteria because she didn't want to listen to others' flattery; she didn't like to go shopping, but she didn't want to be stared at by people with fiery eyes, and she didn't like to be approached by others.

But other than that, she works hard every day...even after the two angels entered the special execution department, she is still the most serious employee in the execution department; although she never sees anyone, she carefully puts on her makeup every day Skin care and clothing are always carefully selected.In my spare time, I buy some clothes and cosmetics for myself online.And if she eats something unhealthy, or eats too much, she will seriously go to the gym to maintain her figure.

Delphinium is not the kind of figure that can't get fat no matter how much she eats... Just by looking at her father's size, one can tell that the genes of the puppet cat are still very stable.

Although she is gluttonous, she has been exercising.

And she maintains her figure, grooms herself, and takes makeup seriously, never to please others-but to please herself.

She works hard every day, and even sacrifices herself for the people... It's not for fame or promotion.She's just doing what she thinks is right, seeing it as her daily routine.

Not to surpass anything, nor to defeat anything.

Not to prove, nor to show off.

——That is the way of life of the lonely and strong.Everything is taken for granted.

If you want to talk about the biggest difference... that is the gap in talent between the two.She was already considered a very good person, but she was still not as good as Russell.

If Delphinium was a man, then her perfect form would surely be someone like Russell.

Psychologically, that's called the "Animus."A collection of masculine images in women's minds.

But they are not all the same.

This is also Delphinium's own self-confidence and self-esteem - she cannot be the mirror image of anyone else.

Because of this, she is similar enough to Russell, but different.

The biggest difference between them is that delphiniums are less dependent on interpersonal relationships.She is the type who can feel peace of mind by doing what she wants to do without saying a word every day if she needs it.

Russell, on the other hand, was the exact opposite.

His ability to analyze the heterogeneity of others in an instant, on the contrary, proves that he yearns for a true friend...for someone who can "understand" his own essence, and agree with and accept it.

When Delphinium thought of this, she suddenly raised her head.

Alice, who was connected to her, opened her eyes simultaneously and raised her head.

Through the virtual image of Alice, she found Russell's shadow in her...

Yes, that is not an illusion.

——Only in Delphinium's eyes, Alice turned back to the original Russell.

When Delphinium fully understood Russell, the shell that emerged from Russell's body suddenly became clearly visible in her eyes.

The one sitting in front of her was not Alice.

It was Russell wearing the [Alice] mask.

No, that still doesn't seem to be quite...

Delphinium stared hard into Russell's eyes, feeling vaguely as if she had fallen into an abyss of chaos.

She seemed to have come to a bright sanctuary, looking at the light-transmitting place that looked like a window, like a portrait, and like a mirror.

From it, she seemed to see another person on a deeper level.

A boy she's never met...

With black shoulder-hanging hair, narrow and thin shoulders.Thin and thin, with a quiet and timid temperament... A young man with the fragrance of orange peel and cedar on his body, and a beauty comparable to his own.

That is another side of Russell who is always full of self-confidence, as if he can do anything.

It is the most fragile "crab meat" hidden in a strong shell called "Russell".

...Is this the real Russell?

Delphinium suddenly realized.Then came relief.

It turns out that the last corresponding point is here.What she really likes - the core of the soul that is deeper than "Ultramarine" and "Russell", so it looks like this...

Once upon a time... before she was forced to get "lethal love", she was also an ordinary girl.

The timidity hidden under the extraordinary shell, the ordinary core... and the correspondence between "longing for love" and "giving and giving love".

The two looked at each other calmly almost simultaneously.

For a moment, Delphinium felt as if he had returned to the bewildered Russell he saw when he looked down from a high place through the prison-like window railing when he first met.At that time, the two were still strangers, but she had a throbbing that she didn't even understand.

There is no element of affection in the eyes, but a kind of tranquility.

【Yes, I finally met...someone who truly understands me】

【My understanding, the one who unmasks...】

Alice's voice, Russell's whisper, ethereal sounded in Delphinium's heart.

Accompanied by a feeling of relief and wanting to cry, it lingered in the hearts of the two of them at the same time:

【You finally found me, Flotie】

Ah yes.

I found you.

Chapter 12 The Cursed Killer

In front of two similar mirrors, "understanding" and "love" will eventually turn into radiance, which will be refracted repeatedly in the mirrors, reflecting infinitely overlapping mirrors, repeating until eternity.

The "physical link" that can transmit pure emotions to the other party at the first moment, before one's own rationality is aware of it... That short data line has become the transmission of that touch of radiance at this moment. pure medium.

The two sat next to each other, without crossing their fingers, and without intertwining their lips and teeth...even if they didn't show any intimate movements, let alone make any sounds.But that quiet and tranquil atmosphere had already begun to disperse in the air.

It is like the dried orange peel that is lit, sweet but not greasy, and has a faint medicinal aroma.

The two closed their eyes, feeling the rapid passage of time.

This kind of spiritual mutual comfort is undoubtedly a very efficient method of relaxation, and it is also a kind of purification of the soul.

But even so, every move of the outside world was captured by them at the first time.

Even if they are washing each other's hearts, they are outside after all, and Happy Island is not a holy place.Neither of them relaxed their vigilance.

Therefore, when the man who knew "Alice" quietly chose to leave, the two people who had their eyes closed opened their eyes at the same time, looking at the back of the hooded man who looked a bit lonely.

【Would you like me to take a look? 】

The delphinium's voice sounded in Alice's heart, with a hollow echo.

And "Alice" immediately understood Delphinium's real meaning: she wanted to jump into the cyberspace and investigate the other party while following the other party.

Alice glanced at a handbag that Delphinium was carrying.

The handbag did contain cosmetics for touch-ups, as well as tissues and handkerchiefs...but the one that took up the most space was the portable infiltration aid, with a plate already attached to it.

That infiltration aid has only one data port.So the two can only follow one.

Russell's left arm is no longer an engineering prosthetic body, but replaced with a combat prosthetic body... After losing the built-in computing auxiliary chip, Russell's current infiltration ability is indeed not as good as Delphinium.

Therefore, under the extremely fast mental communication between the two, the details of the plan were decided without even half a second.

【Then I will be responsible for watching your body】

Alice echoed in Delphinium's mind.

Delphinium nodded, put the handbag next to her leg, and hid it inside against the wall.

And pulled out a data cable from the handbag, and connected it to his waist.With the occlusion of her legs and table, it is difficult to see her work.

And at this moment, Delphinium looked back at Alice.

Also sitting, she is still taller than Alice.

It's hard to lean on each other's shoulders...

【It would be nice if it was Russell】

The thought in delphinium's mind came like this.

Alice was a little helpless.But she can't change her size anywhere in the restaurant in public.

So he could only lean out, lifted his skirt and patted his tender white thighs, motioning for delphinium to lie down.

Delphinium sat down on her side in satisfaction, and combed her hair to make herself more comfortable.

Then, she slowly closed her eyes.

And when she opened her eyes again, she felt a sense of falling.

It was as if she was falling sideways and spinning from a tall building... and when she fell into the air, she had already turned into a big white dog with sapphire-like pupils.

When she opened her eyes, she turned her body over in a posture that almost defied gravity, and landed lightly on the ground.

And at this moment, she was in that pizza shop.

She can even see all the figures... These images collected by the in-store cameras in real time and constructed in the virtual world, together with the surrounding pizzeria scenes, turned into gray and white silhouettes.

People are thin and fragile, like afterimages that only appear in memories, or phantoms reflected in the off-white moonlight.

In Delphinium's search, the path that the man walked was gradually restored by Delphinium.

An afterimage that had just put on a hood for itself, remained motionless in the void.

And the delphinium ran forward, smashing through every afterimage—every time she smashed through an afterimage, a new afterimage appeared in front of her again.Every time you take a step, you can smash the next afterimage.

If there is a third party watching Delphinium at this moment, they will find that her trajectory is not "linear" at all.Every time the delphinium jumps, it also flickers in this data world.And as her running gradually accelerated, the distance she flickered also gradually increased.

The man hadn't been away for long, so Delphinium caught up to him in the blink of an eye.

If it directly drills into the opponent's body, it can invade the opponent's chip.But this is also quite dangerous... because it means that one's consciousness has been transformed into a program, a piece of data, which can be intercepted, isolated and deleted.

When dealing with Tiansong before, for the sake of Russell's safety, she no longer cared much.Only then did he drill directly into the chip sent by Tiansong.

But now, time is not urgent... The reason why she was lying on Alice's lap was that she was ready to sleep.

There is no radio black zone in the upper town of Happy Island, which means that the cameras are basically everywhere and can be easily controlled by intruders.As long as the man didn't suddenly enter the lower town, Delphinium could always find out where he was going.

Although the other party is not a suspected demon, even Delphinium, as the executive director of the head office, cannot directly investigate the other party's personal information... But as long as the other party's specific address or contact person can be found, the other party's identity can be found out through other means. personal information.

——Delphinium is also a qualified cyber detective while being a psychic hacker.

Delphinium just quietly followed behind in the virtual world.

Through the information provided by the camera, she has already seen the characteristics of the other party's spiritual relatives - although she cannot be completely sure, at least she can confirm that he is indeed not Russell's father...

Although Russell himself didn't know what his father looked like and what kind of spiritual relative he was.

But at least he can be sure that the man should be some kind of raptor belonging to the eagle family or the falcon family.

And this man, although his ears are small... can be almost completely covered by a hood.

But through his two huge incisors that are so obvious that the lips are not able to close completely, it can be seen that they are the spirit relatives of rodents.

His tail is also so short that he can even hide it straight in without opening his trousers.

...Also, although this man is not ugly, he is obviously far from Russell's level.

In other words, he can stand up to the characteristics of rodents and still make people feel "at least not ugly".This shows that his parents' genes are quite good.

With his small eyes and two front teeth, it will not make people feel bored at a glance.

But anyway...

Alice's spiritual relative is a cat, and it is also a desert cat that has awakened the killing instinct of "killing the heart".

Mouse in love with cat?

It's not easy...