Overturned Tower

"If you break through the wall of Leviathan, [-]% will cause a person's temperament to change..."

Bad Day took a deep breath, and said word by word: "Then I'd rather stop here. What's the matter with you? I even felt...fear from you just now."

"It's not a big change in temperament...how should I put it...

"It's just that some things that I cared about and feared before have faded. It's like a glass of Coke with too many ice cubes in it.

"If you only add a little, as the ice cubes melt, you will feel that the weaker cola will taste better. But when the amount of water reaches a certain vague threshold, you will suddenly feel that the taste of cola has changed. It doesn't taste as good anymore."

Russell looked at his hands and said softly.

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

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

"Sailun" stretched out his hand with a smile, and stroked Bad Ri's hair.

Then, under his astonished gaze, Sai Lun sat back in his seat again.She hugged the delphinium beside her and put it on her lap.

In the arms of Sai Lun, who is more than 1.9 meters five, delphinium looks so petite.She frowned and patted Sai Lun's heavy plump breasts - because Sai Lun put it directly on the delphinium's head in a wicked way.

"Since you are all concerned, let's be more efficient, my friends. Among other things... Chairman, my desire to express is still full."

Sai Lun stretched out her hand to support her chin, her light golden wavy hair like a cloak made her smile so bright at the moment.

"To put it simply," she replied bluntly, "When I crossed the Leviathan wall, the boundaries between 'self' and 'other me' became blurred.

"Before that, I could only 'imitate the dead'. After crossing this boundary, I began to be able to 'copy the living'."

She looked at the bad day and smiled deeply: "Even if it is you, I can directly copy it.

"I was still wondering why I crossed the wall of Leviathan...According to the theory of spiritual relatives, I broke through the realm of man and god. But my changes are still not enough...The divinity seems to be far from enough, and the monster nature It's not strong on me. I feel like I'm still purely human.

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

"What's the answer?"

asked Bad Day.

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

"Yeah. When I looked at who I am as Twilight, everything fell into place—the 'feeling of a monster completely different from human' came back.

"Not only did it come back, but it became so clear. Like my instinct, my instinct..."

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

Holding the delphinium in her arms, she sighed softly: "If it's 'acting', I can still use the mask of 'ultramarine' to communicate with you normally.

"But if it reveals its essence...it's what you just saw.

"I wouldn't even bother to say the words. An air of perpetual stillness, infinite serenity, deep and solitary hung around 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 be strangers and separated from me because of this... And what scares me the most is that I worry that my future will even gradually change. Lose that 'fear'."

Sai Lun sighed: "Heaven and man are ruthless.

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

"It's longing to eat something alive. Not just eating corpses to get by..."

Now she has realized that... as the "vessel of God" becomes stronger, the dusk named "Tombstone" is also developing.

Or it might be the opposite—precisely because the baby named "Tombstone" began to grow larger, and the blurred outline became clear, and the abdomen that was the "vessel of God" became more and more swollen.

Bad Day was silent for a long time.

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

Even the most vicious wanted criminal in the world, he still didn't dare to call "Twilight" by his name.

The more you know, the more you fear.

At that time, you will start to envy those who are ignorant and fearless... In a sense, ignorance is a kind of happiness.

"Sometimes, I do feel that way."

Sai Lun stretched out his hand and slowly stroked 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 by.Delphinium could clearly feel the rapid change of the left arm around him... and in less than a second, he turned back into Russell again.

"But sometimes, I can't help but think...the personality named 'Russell'. Is it also one of the masks created by 'I'?"

Russell's voice became muffled and odd.

It's like failing to tune, or turning on a voice changer.

"Does this fear of 'twilight' belong to the character design of 'Russell'?

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

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

His arm covering his face changed rapidly.

Old man's hand, child's hand, man's hand, woman's hand...

"I thought I could see through the hearts of others, but I couldn'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 it in front of him.

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

The constantly flowing and changing right arm seems to be touching it, and it seems to be gradually sucked by it.

As if in a dream, he murmured in a low voice: "If I see myself in the mirror, I don't know that it is me... What will I see?"

"—Don't think about it."

Delphinium's voice sounded steady and firm: "You are Russell."

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

At that moment, the constantly changing arm suddenly froze back to Russell's original slender arm.

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

Russell was stunned for a long time before his tense body slowly softened.

He crouched behind the delphinium and whispered.

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

"It hurts right."

Delphinium said indifferently.

She turned her head slightly, her face sullen.It seems to be rarely angry.

She didn't look at Russell, but looked at the air around her: "Just remember the pain - this pain is the proof that you really exist in the 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, and easily read her thoughts from them.

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

His equally tense body also slowly relaxed.

Don't be Twilight, or I might have a shot at you—that's what Bad Japan meant to say, from the Tower of Babel's point of view.

But the words had already come to his lips, and Russell, who was watching his "face" tick-tock-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-tick-melting, was still unable to speak out.

Seeing that Russell suddenly changed back, Bad Ri was relieved.

"It seems that I have nothing to do here..."

Bad Ri reminded: "Remember to let the identity of Sai Lun come out and make a fuss later."

But neither Russell nor Delphinium paid him any attention.

The big dog shrugged, raised the sword and opened the door again, and returned the same way.

Delphinium released Russell's right arm only after Bad Day had left.

Sure enough, Russell's arm was already turning blue from the delphinium's terrifying grip.

She looked down at her masterpiece, and suddenly regretted: "...does it hurt?"

"pain."

Russell sat on Sai Lun's seat, and replied solemnly: "But this is proof that you love me."

"...No mind reading allowed."

Delphinium immediately realized where Russell's words came from.

She warned softly, and turned from being held by Russell.Straddling Russell, with his left hand on the shoulder pillow of the chair behind him, his right hand reached for his tie.

She stared at Russell's eyes for a long time, until she couldn't see a trace of yellowness in them, and she finally let go of her heart.

"Guess... what am I thinking?"

"You want to kiss me."

The corners of Russell's mouth raised slightly, making a joke casually.

He flicked his arm—the right arm behind Delphinium melted into a candle-like gesture for an instant, and then flowed back to its original shape.

The pinched blue arm also instantly returned to its previous whiteness.

He was so obedient this time that he didn't read Delphinium's heart... because he didn't need to read his mind, and he could feel Delphinium's care and worry for him.

Delphinium only said softly, "I guessed wrong."

Although she said so, she tightened Russell's tie, leaned over and kissed Russell's lips lightly.

Russell was startled for a moment, but remained motionless on the spot.

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

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

The corners of Russell's mouth raised slightly, and the bottom of his pupils shone with a little light.

He whispered, and kissed the delphinium again.

"I think it's honey."

"It's obviously bitter."

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

Russell recited Gibran's poems, and then kissed Delphinium again.

It took a long time before Delphinium raised his head and took two deep breaths.

She reached out to hold Russell's face, her expression unpredictable.In the end, her pupils revealed a real fear that could be clearly perceived without mind reading.

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

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

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

"I promise you."

Russell replied without hesitation.

He clearly agreed so lightly and promised so decisively, but it didn't give people the feeling of frivolity.

His indifferent emerald green pupils gradually became deeper, and the indifferent aura that was originally isolated from the world and seemed to disappear at any time gradually dissipated.

Instead, there is a genuine desire.