[FF7][SC] Star Flower

The way he sleeps is really very beautiful.

Fingers curled unconsciously on the brocade-like silver hair, the sunlight fell from the floor-to-ceiling windows, dispelling the coolness of the air conditioner, everything became warm, and the silver was shining brightly.Sephiroth lay relaxed on his lap, his eyes closed defenselessly, the long, thick eyelashes casting light shadows.Some beauty transcends gender and race. When it appears in front of you, it just exists as beauty itself, taking your breath away and making you surrender in thrilling.

Claude lowered his eyes, feeling a rare moment of silence.He went all the way down through a thin layer of air, quietly tracing the silver eyebrows, deep eye sockets, high nose bridge, thin lips, and then the open throat, staying for a long time.

"What a beautiful day today." Alice tiptoed, twirling and jumping in the living room, her playful braids and bows bouncing. "The sun is shining, the birds are singing, and the world is full of hope." Claude looked at her sadly, came to the sofa with a casual dance, leaned into his ear, and said softly, "In this kind of day , a demon like him should be burned in hell.[1]”

"He is not."

"He is." The girl hugged his shoulders tenderly, her voice echoed in her mind without passing through the air, "He killed me and made the last ancient species' blood drain; he killed yours. Mother, her death didn't even make sense, just because he wanted to."

"He didn't."

"He will." She kissed him softly on the cheek, covered his eyes with her left hand, and clasped him with her right hand, but the pressure was irresistible, "You see all his darkness, you know his nature is like this. You Pity him, love him, and what about me, Claude, am I not worthy of your love?"

"I love you and never change."

"Then kill him for me."

Claude shook his head slightly.

"Why!" Alice screamed shortly, like a deer caught in a trap, helpless and desperate, "you are always like this, indecisive, kind. Kindness without meaning is nothing but weakness. No choice but no one." Choose? Isn’t it just giving up on both sides? How much do you have to tolerate him taking away before you understand?”

"I wouldn't let him go down that path, it's my choice."

"You trust him, is that why you watched me get killed indifferently, Claude!"

"I love you too." Claude sighed softly, held the cold hand, then opened it, and the world returned to his eyes, "It's like I love Alice deeply. So please believe me, your ending will be will be different."

The girl stared at him blankly, her tears washed the green color down.She didn't say anything, and gradually, the sun shone through her body, and then she disappeared without a sound like a bubble that a mermaid turned into.

Claude's face twisted slightly, as if frustrated, but also as satisfied.

Even if it's fake... as expected... I still miss it...

A big hand caressed the side of his face, and the endless heat warmed him through the leather.Sephiroth opened his eyes, and wiped away the moisture from the corners of his eyes in confusion, "What are you thinking?"

"I'm in a daze." Yawning lazily, Claude explained casually, "My legs are numb, would you mind sleeping somewhere else?"

The light blue eyes stared at him, blinked once, twice, then Sephiroth yawned, turned over, hugged the boy's waist and buried his face in his stomach.Claude, who was a little itchy, couldn't help laughing, and pushed the big cat's head to signal him to let go.Sephiroth didn't agree, he rubbed his face with the cloth, let Claude sit up after a little sleepiness faded, stroked his slightly messy silver hair, opened the PHS and found that it was close to three o'clock.He clicked his tongue, as if he was a little dissatisfied with the fact that he accidentally fell asleep.

"This afternoon it seems—?!"

Claude's heart skipped a beat, and he struggled subconsciously.Sephiroth didn't seem to notice this kind of resistance—or maybe this is what he was happy to see—he picked up the young man, shook him and signaled him to relax, "Go to bed when you're sleepy."

"Myself--"

"Leg is numb, isn't it?" Sephiroth responded naturally.

Sephiroth put him on the bed, then lay down beside him, and even took him into his arms naturally, as if wanting to continue this idle, lazy afternoon.The already extremely familiar atmosphere completely surrounded him, but his movements were very gentle, without any other color, as if the quarrels that happened between them never existed

terrible.

This is why Sephiroth is so terrifying, gentle and cruel, such contradictory existences are blended together by him, and gradually there is no clear boundary.Claude stretched out his hand hesitantly but irresistibly, and slowly grabbed Sephiroth's clothes, and briefly stayed away from those noisy voices, which disappeared due to fear, leaving only the steady and powerful heartbeat of the young man.Boom, boom, boom.Claude was soothed strangely, and gradually relaxed, enjoying the fleeting beauty.

It sucks.

"Are you going to have a meeting?" After a while, Claude remembered the original question.

"It's okay not to go to the meeting with the researcher." Sephiroth said indifferently, and of course Claude didn't even realize the fact that he was skipping work.Sapphiro sniffed the refreshing soapy smell of the young man's hair, and gently stroked the deliberately left bruises back and forth, "Zacks has a mission to go back to his hometown, do you want to go?"

He didn't answer right away, and didn't know how to answer.The fragile balance seems to be hanging on the edge of breaking, just waiting for the last straw to crush.

"why……?"

"You guys are friends. You want to be with him, it makes you happy, what's wrong?"

"……No."

"Then it's decided." This is an announcement rather than a consultation, as if it came so abruptly, and there is no room for turning around at the end, "You will start with him tomorrow morning, so now, rest well."

Claude still finds it incredible, he can't just accept this fact, it can't be because of the so-called guilt or compensation, Sephiroth never cares about this.Something must have happened that he didn't know about. "Sephiroth?"

The response was far more surprising than expected.

Even, uncontrollably and desperately, it made him feel joy.

"Don't think too much." Sephiroth closed his eyes again, "I also have friends, that's all."

"Hurry up to please me, or I will give you an F in the actual combat evaluation."

"Nonsense, you haven't passed the assessment period yourself, why don't you give me a grade?"

Involuntarily, the two couldn't hold back their laughter and mingled together.Zack couldn't help but plucked the bird's feathers. Seeing Claude's reluctant but happy look, he couldn't help feeling that this guy is really super cute.But at first, it didn't feel like that.

— Zack had met Cloud a long time ago, long before that unpleasant first meeting, something only he knew.

During that time, his mentor was occasionally troubled, but generally it was a sweet little trouble, mostly "if only Cloud could be as heartless as you are" or something.Zacks didn't bother to inquire, and unconsciously became familiar with the existence of the blond child and some green anecdotes about honest people. Most of the time, Angel laughed it off.

Obviously, Zacks is not the kind of person who will honestly wait for the elders to arrange a meeting.

He took advantage of the opportunity of the rest, took consecutive vacations, and squatted near the school openly for a few days.It was too easy to find Claude among a group of children, the overly conspicuous chocobo head was one reason, but more importantly, he was always alone, alone.

Despite being a troublemaker as a kid, Zack was undeniably protective and extraordinarily familiar.Without any hesitation, he went up to strike up a conversation while the little chocobo was waiting for the bus.As a result, Claude didn't even look at him at that time, and spit out a rolling word indifferently.

Maybe I was too presumptuous?It wasn't once or twice that someone blamed him like this, and Zack didn't take it to heart.Besides, as a child who has been kidnapped, it is not surprising to have such a defensive reaction.

Anyway, now that he's got him, as for throwing him off—don't even think about it.

"Little Xiu Lei——"

"The kid is a ghost!"

"Then Xiulei the dwarf?"

"Zack!"

"Okay, okay, let's not play." Zack felt that Claude's angry expression was almost like jumping up and hitting his knees - not that short, it's just a metaphor - anyway, it makes people want to be more funny play, "Then my dear little chocobo—"

With a bang, a brick book fell on Zack's head, so fast and so precise that the third-class soldier who had already noticed had no chance to react.Zacks groaned and covered his head, feeling sorry for his hairstyle that was so easily erected, he slanted at Genesis but dared not speak in anger.

"Don't stand in the circle." Genesis frowned slightly as he watched the two people fighting together, but didn't say much.

The roar of the rotors blew a strong wind, and the helicopter landed steadily on the tarmac...should it be steady?After all, the landing gears on both sides landed at the same time, even pressing perfectly on the white line of H, with impeccable precision.But when Zeng took off his earphones and signaled to them that they could come up, Zacks still felt a strong sense of unease.

That Zeng, the legendary crash king.

Is it too late to cancel the mission now?

"Didn't you go to Gongja?" Claude was keenly aware.

That's right, Gongaga is in the western continent. The first time Zack came to Midgar, he crossed the ocean and took a long train.For such a distance, the vehicle must at least be an airship.He turned to Genesis, too, expectantly speaking, "This isn't our shift, is it?"

"It's not just that you want to take the opportunity to go home." Genesis closed the book and took the lead in the front seat.

So...they're going to Banora first?Zack reacted.While Mrs. Gillian's apple pie is really good, but-but, riding with Zeng is extra frustrating.Patting his face, cheering up, he pressed Claude's shoulder, "Do you know the military rules?"

"What the hell?"

"Listen." Zacks told him solemnly, "First, obey the command in all actions; second, everything captured, especially magic stones, must be turned in..."

"Wait, are you making this up?" Speaking of the second point, Claude immediately realized the truth.

"Third," Zacks didn't hold back his smile, but still pinched the back of the boy's neck seriously and solemnly, with his forehead pressed against his forehead, and looked deeply into the other person's eyes, "you don't have to obey the other rules." .But, in case of danger, you must hide behind me. If I am not there, there will be Zeng, and Genesis, or whoever you want. Got it?"

There are no scars on the boy's body that can be used as a lesson. It is not necessarily a bad thing, but the scars remain in Zack's heart.The blade pierced through the chest, and the dark blood sprayed out, and that scene lingered like a nightmare.If it wasn't for Sephiroth's timely response, this would be a lifetime of regret for Zacks.But even now three years later, he still can't let go.

At first maybe it was because of responsibility and guilt, but gradually, as they got closer, and when Zack realized what a headache he was and couldn't bear to take care of the child, the anxiety also grew wildly.To lose him again, not just "the respected elder's child", but "Zack's most important friend", is unbearable anyway.

Claude avoided his sight, was forcefully pushed back, and finally tried to ease the atmosphere with a relaxed smile, "Come on, it's not sure who will hide behind who when the time comes, coward."

"Promise me. Otherwise, I won't take you. I'll drive you back now."

"Hey, are you really going to give me an F?" Claude was shocked.But Zacks became stubborn and couldn't pull ten cows back.Claude, who obviously understood this, frowned, and then rolled his eyes helplessly, "You mean, there is a mission that will make the fastest-promoted special forces in history—probably the fastest first-class soldiers, Feeling dangerous? That’s not what you said the day before yesterday when you bragged about it, and next time you go to see your little girlfriend, you’ll also say it by the way...then what’s ‘I can’t do it without me, Uncle Zack——’”

"Shh!" Zacks gave him a chestnut, "What little girlfriend, she's older than you."

"Don't deny your girlfriend?"

"Of course, it will be my girlfriend sooner or later... No, I'm not talking about this, be serious!"

"I don't mind if you are as excited as elementary school students before the school trip," Genesis smiled and hammered the hatch, interrupting the conversation that seemed a bit obtrusive to others.Zeng glanced at the sunken metal plate, then focused on the dashboard calmly. "But if you don't come up again, don't come up forever, huh?"

It took just under three hours to get to Banora, but that's about as far as gunships can go.There is a spare oil tank in the back cabin, which will then be used to go to Junon Port, where it will catch a ship across the ocean, and at the same time, it can properly recover the company's equipment.In all fairness, Zeng's driving skills are quite satisfactory; after all, they are working for Shinra, and the string of appalling crash records may just be bad luck?

Stepping on the knee-deep grass, the grass stubble stuck into the not-so-fine trouser legs, itching slightly.Zack closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and the scent of earth mixed with grass rushed into his lungs.It's really so different here, I can't tell, is it the smell, the light, or the more complex and subtle atmosphere?Everything becomes very slow and peaceful, no one is chasing after, and there is no need to rush for a certain goal, as if life itself should be like this.It wasn't until he came here that he realized how much he missed Gongaga and those endless banana trees.

When he passed his commando exam, he thought he'd gather a bunch of friends and have a good time at a bar.But in fact, the first thing he did was to buy a bunch of green bananas and hang them on the wall, waiting for them to ripen slowly.Just because his mother once told him that when a raw banana is hung on the wall, it will think that it is still on the tree, and it will slowly ripen.

They were far clearer than he thought.

"You look like a wild pheasant now, just thinking about running around." Claude passed him and followed Genesis's pace.

"???" Zack quickly followed, "You look more like a pheasant, right?

"That's a silly dog ​​released in the wild." Claude didn't change his face.

"Wait, wait a minute," the two stood side by side, and soon Zack jumped in front of Claude and walked backwards, "Are you not airsick?"

"When did I faint?" Claude rolled his eyes again, "By the way, Zach..."

"Um?--"

The vision jumped from faces to the overly bright sky, and Zack stomped and rolled into the grass.It turned out to be a rabbit hole.This is embarrassing.Claude looked down at him, that "I knew it was going to happen but I just didn't tell you" grin on his face, but finally reached out and pulled him.

Zack grabs the hand, then yanks Cloud down.

"Small! Playing with your brother Zacks!" Pressing on the boy and tickling him crazily, Zacks had a smirk on his face, like a gangster who molests a good woman, "Scream, call whatever you want, call No one will save you if you break your throat." He watched Claude cry and laugh at being scratched, so much fun that he couldn't let go.It wasn't until Zeng locked the helicopter, refilled the fuel tank, paused briefly as he passed by them, and walked away without saying a word, that Zack felt that he seemed to have overdone it.He let go of his hand, and the young man had only gasped for breath with a smile.

It's too bad, I don't know how I planned to rate him, it's not the professional ethics of a special soldier to play with his companions.

He picked up the boy awkwardly, and helped him to clean the grass roller that stuck to his hair.The young man glared at him with red eyes, turned around and left him, and rushed towards the large army angrily.

……puff.

Seriously, he's super cute when he's angry.Zack took a step forward and also walked towards the house that gradually jumped into the field.Since he thinks motion sickness or something is a black history of a soldier, then what should he, a big brother, do to stroke the feathers of birds occasionally to save face for children?

However, human beings change really fast.

People are always fickle.

And Genesis especially.

In those days when he first learned the truth, anger boiled like blood in the Flegton River, to consume all sinners.Even though it seems to be calm now, from the guarded attitude towards him, one can still see the undercurrents hidden under the calm.Yes, he never forgot revenge, no matter "Orestes", "Jester" or "Hamlet", the avengers have never had a good ending, but the fruit of revenge is still so sweet and delicious.

However, the fact is that during the days when he followed Vincent—the days when he thought it would be a trip of revenge, that old man who couldn't tell his age was sometimes meek to the point of irritability.For any question he asks, the only response is "I think you need to find out for yourself", "This answer is only known to you", "You have already reached a conclusion about this", and other mysterious words.Maybe he didn't know what advice to offer at all and was just babbling.But gradually, he seemed to be affected by that tenderness, and began to notice things that had been neglected until now.

Like now, with Gillian standing in front of him, he needs to look down at her.When did she become so old?There are mottled whites in the hair, and the thin lines around the eyes are the traces of the years, or is it the proof of the torment of conscience?In fact, he shouldn't have noticed these at all. The perpetrators of these tragedies did not deserve mercy.How much he loved her before, how much he hates her now.

"Craig? Has anyone died?" It was Holland.Word travels so fast.Genesis suppressed the corners of his mouth, but he couldn't laugh too wildly.But soon, it became sad again.Angel doesn't know yet, but in his opinion, even a little bit of genes from these parents is enough to shame a hero.He bent down and whispered in Gillian's ear, "If Angel died, would you pay homage to him like this?"

Looking at Gillian's shocked face with satisfaction, Genesis gave her a warm hug, "Oh, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked that. I just miss this place so much, but it's changed so much that I don't know Overwhelmed."

"Angel he..."

"He's too busy, you know, big people always do. Of course, I also skipped work. By the way, look who I brought?" Genesis opened the door, revealing that he was talking to Zach again. slapstick Claude.My God, are all the kids these days so naive?What the hell is there to do?The two of them are as tired as a young couple who want to go to the bathroom hand in hand. "Claude, come to see your grandma."

"Angele isn't that old." Claude sighed, and suddenly pushed Zack forward, "Gillian, this is Angel's student, I think you must have wanted to see him a long time ago?"

Watching them push and frame each other, Genesis was sure of one more thing, and that was that Cloud knew about Gillian's role in it.Could it be Vincent who told him?Or some other reason?

All in all, it's great to have Zack with you.After he couldn't help screwing everything up in the beginning, the pup is kind enough to liven things up again.He asked here and there, full of curiosity about everything, and had endless things to say about Angel.Followed by Zeng, he handed over the yokan as a souvenir, and explained the purpose of his visit in an extremely polite and even cautious manner—an unscheduled private visit.He did it on purpose, who would prepare a gift for an unexpected visit?Still wearing a Turks uniform?Enough to put some pressure on that woman.

Gillian was obviously confused by this situation, Genesis who was full of hostility, Claude who avoided her intentionally or unintentionally, Turks who came with unknown intentions, and a jerk who seemed to know nothing Zacks.But finally, she looked at Zack, and ended up going to the backyard to grab two chickens for dinner.

They were all from the countryside, and they looked at the chicken slaughtering scene with no surprise.Zacks neatly cut the chicken's neck and began to bleed. Zeng rolled up his sleeves to prepare hot water for hair removal.Gillian looked at it for a while, then went back to the kitchen, found flour, dry yeast, homemade applesauce and butter, took a few eggs from the chicken coop, and started kneading the dough.

You don't even think it's a scientist... so plain, so ordinary.The Jillian in my memory is just an ordinary country woman, who can do everything they should do, go to the field, weed, deworm, feed the livestock, use alfalfa in summer and oat straw in winter, and often sew and mend the children's tears. Clothes, keep your home in order.She sacrificed Angel and his life, and what did she get in the end?What is she for?science?So illusory stuff?

"Why did you come here?" Claude sat down beside him, and both of them sat on the door pier.In the distance, the afterglow of the setting sun gradually sank, stretching their shadows very long,

"I have something to confirm." Rarely, Claude took the initiative to talk to him, and Genesis couldn't keep silent.

"Here." Claude glanced at Zacks, who shook the dying chicken, and a few drops of blood splashed onto Zeng's trousers.Zeng took out his notebook and pen and wrote something. "Why don't you go to your own parents' house?"

"Parents? If it's my parents." Genesis smiled sarcastically, "Parents will use their children for human experiments?"

"Yes." Claude nodded.

"...What do you know?" Genesis narrowed his eyes, "Or, in fact, you are also...?"

"Holland is Angel's father, physically." Claude was in a trance, as if trying to remember something, "He's dead...um...you killed him. Did you come to kill them... …Gillian, and others."

"So what? This is what they deserve. The crime they committed is enough to make them suffer in blood for thousands of years, and my duty is only to send them to hell. Fair, just."

The rosy rays of light spread widely across the sky, and the dim light of dusk obscured the outlines of things, the swaying dark brown tree shadows, the big white geese strutting past the door, and the stupid dogs chasing their tails and running in circles. , looks so warm and beautiful.Genesis thought he understood Claude's thoughts, and let all this be stained with blood. For those who have never felt the evil in it, it is indeed a pity.What a childish heart.

"Do you want to stop me? If it were you, maybe I would consider it."

Claude shook his head, "What are you going to say to Angel? Tell him the truth, or play a demon?"

Genesis didn't expect this reason at all.He didn't come here for the massacre, otherwise he wouldn't have brought Zeng and Zack along to cause trouble for himself?But after all, what was his image in his eyes?Genesis touched the back of his neck in embarrassment, but was speechless for a while.

After a while, he spoke again. "What do you think they are thinking? It is understandable to use other people's children, but what does it mean to use your own children?"

"how could I know."

"You put it in. Guess."

"If you want to hear 'they just don't know that the consequences will be so serious, but they actually care about you', I can satisfy you." Claude sighed, "But I don't believe it, and you don't believe it." He looked at the glowing red like A yolk sun, after watching for a long time, groups of bluish-black double images appeared in front of my eyes, "The person I knew, before he died, only said that this was a mistake that must be redeemed. But the mistake is Who? Was it her, or the child? Will never know."

He propped his chin, and suddenly asked plainly, "Genesis, are you masturbating?"

"What the hell?!" Where did Angel's physical education go wrong?

"Oh, it's too much to ask. You must have a lot of women, so you don't need to masturbate." Claude continued to talk in an unastonishing manner, with that innocent and beautiful face, really disillusioned, "In short, you Feel it--"

"No, I don't want to feel. I don't want to continue this topic."

"You know sperm, right? They are invisible to the naked eye, and they swim like tadpoles one by one. They can survive outside the body for no more than half an hour. Do you think that after masturbating, they have killed hundreds of millions a life?"

Genesis covered his face.Of course he wasn't shy, but he was a little uncomfortable with jumping over from such a serious topic just now and suddenly speeding up the car.And this drag racing object is a friend's child.If Claude wanted to change the subject, it would undoubtedly be very successful.It can be over.

"When do you think life became life?" Claude asked again.

"Why did you suddenly become philosophical?"

"When you kill the sperm, you don't feel any pity or guilt. So, what if it's an embryo? Single-cell, two-part, four-part, eight-part, morula, blastocyst, this stage is nothing more than Is it more aggregates of cells that don't matter if they have to kill?"

"……probably."

"The embryo first differentiates into cardiomyocytes, and it has already started beating in the third week. What about this time?"

"Same."

"Well, after all, there are no nerves, so you won't feel pain. In the fourth week, the neural tube has been initially formed, and the basis for sensation already exists. What about this time?"

"Where did you see this? School doesn't teach this."

"I don't remember any more, let's skip it. Now this embryo has survived the claws of our group of demons. It has grown to about forty weeks and is about to be born. Now let you kill him , how do you feel?"

"Enough, stop."

"This is murder, isn't it?" Claude suddenly smiled, "But Genesis, the law stipulates, the society stipulates that an unborn fetus is not life. Think about it, think about it carefully, when did it start? , you think it's alive?"

"Stop!" Something was wrong, since Claude was able to talk to him so much, everything was wrong.He should have found out. "Enough. Let's not talk about it. I'm not going to do anything to anyone here, not anytime soon, so you can end this topic."

Claude shrugged, and suddenly gave Zacks a middle finger, because that guy was actually playing with a piece of chicken intestines filled with feces, it was poisonous.After a while, when the red-haired youth breathed a sigh of relief, Claude finally looked at him.Those eyes looked completely different from the first time they met. The beautiful sea blue color was still fresh in his memory, but now, as he grew up, they gradually turned greener.

"Nothing special, just to restore the thinking of those researchers. They have a very thorough understanding of life, every stage, every mechanism, every protein is so clear. The me in front of you is nothing more than It’s a collection of things. Some things, once you start thinking about them, don’t feel the same way anymore, neither awe nor love.”

"You say this just to tell me... Actually, they don't care about me at all?"

"How do I know." Claude stood up, and decided to fight Zacks for dinner, and let him continue playing, fearing that he would lose his ass. "You are already a human being when you are born. People are not made of cells."

The air is still warm, with the aftertaste of the setting sun.Banola's lamps came on one by one, lighting up the lavender night.However, Genesis felt the cold from the bottom of his body.This is not a question that a 14-year-old would think about, and he might not necessarily be able to at the age of 24. What's more, how did he, who has been living under Angel's protection, come into contact with this knowledge?

This statement made him feel uncomfortable...very uncomfortable...a cold feeling, as if Hojo was standing in front of him.

Dinner passed in an atmosphere of enigmatic awkwardness.Claude and Genesis, intentionally or unintentionally, sat farther away, leaving space for Zacks who was talking non-stop and Gillian who was listening carefully.In the middle, Zeng occasionally answered a few words politely.Genesis should have focused his attention on Gillian. What he wanted to know could only be answered from her; but he couldn't help but give his attention to Claude, paying attention to the boy's every move.But apart from snatching Zack's drumstick a few times, there's nothing out of the ordinary.It was as if that evening was just a fleeting hallucination.Genesis knew something was wrong, very wrong, and he couldn't just let it go.However, he had no other choice.

After that, washing dishes, cleaning, and laying the floor, everything is logical.Gillian had expected them to stay overnight, and wasn't much surprised.Because of some things, Genesis will definitely talk to her.

And from the moment the news of Holland's death came, she had been prepared.

"Where do you want to start?" When someone groped into the room in the middle of the night, Gillian just sat up and lit the kerosene lamp.She hadn't even changed into her pajamas, she was still wearing the black mourning clothes she wore during the day, which might become her own shroud too.Only at this time, Genesis has a sense of reality. What he is facing is not Angel's mother, an ordinary and ordinary village woman, but a well-trained Shinra employee.

The funny thing is, the first time I saw her, I still remembered good memories.

"If possible, I would most like to see you kneeling, crying and confessing, begging for mercy."

"...I can't do it." Gillian said calmly, "But if you want to disembowel me, or want me to experience more pain before dying, I can provide the location and tools. Don't dirty this place."

"Dirty? Isn't it dirty enough here?" Genesis asked rhetorically, like a buffoon in a play.

Really, as far as the status quo is concerned, Genesis is the villain, and Gillian, the heroic victim.Doesn't she still feel that she is on the side of justice now?

"Madam. Madam. There is a big misunderstanding in our conversation. Why do you think that killing you will satisfy me?" Genesis shook his head regretfully, "The revenge for you belongs to Angel, I'm not going to deprive him of the fun."

"Let that fool know what to do?" Gillian sneered, "You know him, the greatest cruelty he can do, what else can he do except deny me as a mother?"

"'Mother'? Do you think that's an appropriate word?"

"There is nothing suitable or inappropriate, just a title. I have been here for more than [-] years, and all my youth and all my hard work have been spent on this research. I don't even care about Shinra's reputation and wealth. Yes What made you have the illusion that I would care about 'mother'?"

Pretty much what Genesis thought.He didn't cover up the news of Holland's death, let her know that he killed him, for this kind of undisguised result.He looked at Gillian's haughty face, that expression of "sacrificing everything for science", and was not as irritated as he imagined.

"Then, I respect Angel's choice." He opened the PHS and called out the number. "If he doesn't want to do it, I'm willing to do it for him."

Gillian rushed forward.It was hard to imagine that such a woman who was nearly fifty years old would have such amazing speed and strength.Did she even become a qualified peasant woman and blacksmith in order to play this role perfectly?But in any case, this power is still in front of Genesis.