[Ya Ji] Babel

"You're really, really growing up fast. Unexpectedly fast."

You Xuxu stood with arms folded, eyebrows raised slightly, and there was an uncomfortable deep meaning in the sea blue eyes.That was not a friendly look.

Ying Manji closed his lips tightly, subconsciously called out Gu Xun's void, and made a defensive posture.

Not being disturbed by Ying Manji's undisguised resistance, the smile on Yu's face widened a bit.He took a few steps closer, deliberately shortening the distance between the two, as if teasing his opponent, showing an extremely carefree appearance. "Hey, Sakura Manji-kun. As a reward for you, on behalf of Daath's will, I can give you another chance to choose."

Ying Manji frowned and repeated: "... daath's will?"

"Yes, Daath's will." You Songsong picked up his sleeves, and his body suddenly disintegrated into several light bands. Under Yingmanji's astonished expression, he reorganized and quietly approached Ji's side.

"The organ that determines the will of mankind, the representative of the will of all mankind - this is daath." Yu chuckled, and put his hand on Yingmanji who was caught off guard.

His whole body tensed for a moment, and the brown-haired boy quickly turned around to get out of the enemy's control, but he was surprised that he couldn't move.

"What the hell are you...?" Unable to question, Ying Manji tried hard to mobilize Wang Zhili to get rid of this eerie bondage.

Yu squinted his eyes, watched Ying Manji struggling with interest, and noticed the violent resistance of the young man, so he let go of his hand considerately, and retreated to the original place, allowing the other party to resume action.

"You can think that I am daath."

"..."

He was covered in cold sweats, and people had to pay attention to the powerful force that was under absolute control just now.Ying Manji took a breath, pursed her lips and her eyes darkened.

As if hurt by Ying Manji's strong hostility, Yu touched his chest and sighed.

"You don't have to hate me so much. The Apocalypse is not decided by me. It is the inevitable result of all human beings and this planet's desire for evolution—it is an inescapable fate."

"But at least, people nowadays don't expect such a future!"

"Human beings have always been like this. For thousands of years, they have been denying themselves and moving forward. Things that seem wrong on the surface are sometimes right—this is exactly the case with the Apocalypse."

Ying Manji gritted his teeth, unable to refute.But he also could not recognize the "correctness" of Apocalypse.

You's smile became slightly successful. For thousands of years, he answered the same question, crushing one candidate after another.But this time, he believed that it would not be a surprise.

Before Yu heard the words that Ying Manji yelled out immediately, he really believed so firmly.

"Everyone...has the right to live in their own future! That's not something that can be decided by daath, just by your words!"

"You..." Staring at the boy's unshakable expression in amazement, You was stunned for a moment, and then laughed out loud.

Judging from the appearance, the tombkeeper of daath is only sixteen or seventeen years old. He smiled exaggeratedly while clutching his stomach, as if he had seen the biggest joke in the world. Grinning and mocking: "Mr. Yingmanji, you are really... innocent and cute. Just like your father, Yingman Heichao. Cute and stupid guy."

The brown-haired boy on the opposite side was silent, not irritated by such a clear provocation.Yu smiled for a long time, and finally, under Ying Manji's cold gaze, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, straightened his waist, let out a breath and regained his composure.

The blond-haired gravekeeper squinted his eyes, staring at the young man in front of him who faintly had the shadow of another candidate. His expectations for this Apocalypse rose again.

"Okay, back to the topic." He snapped his fingers and took an apple out of thin air.The glaring red color makes Apple look very fake, just like Yu's own existence, under the deceptive appearance, there is a hidden treachery.

Ying Manji watched Yu hold up the apple and pointed it at himself.

"Sakura Manji-kun, in order to decide who is worthy to be 'Adam' and the 'King' of the new world between you and Ya. Before that, please answer a question."

The round apple twirled around in Yu's hand, the gravekeeper of Daath raised his arm, and placed the apple in front of his eyes, faintly covering the figure of Sakura Manji in his field of vision.

Maintaining this posture, he showed a meaningful smile: "In order to let human beings step up to a new level, are you willing to destroy all human beings?"

Ying Manji frowned, and the word of refusal was about to blurt out without even thinking about it, but what Yu said next made him fall into a brief daze.

Just like the incarnation of the sinful snake that tempted Eve in the Garden of Eden, the gravekeeper of Daath raised his eyebrows and said faintly: "In the new world, there is no misunderstanding, deceit, betrayal, or harm. With the one you love, forever , together forever."

"..."

"Sakura Manji, don't you look forward to such a future?"

Holding a bright red apple, You quietly approached Ji's side, gently placed the fruit symbolizing destiny in the hand of the brown-haired boy who hung his head and said nothing, approached the other's ear with a low smile, and continued to bewitch : "I have experienced countless scars along the way, carrying such a heavy burden. I was forced to bear the sins that should not belong to you but were forcibly imposed by others, wearing a crown of thorns, and weeping forward."

Accompanied by Yu's words, scenes of unbearable memories flashed in the depths of his mind like a response.After a lost Christmas, he trembles at his escape; during the college lockdown, he mourns his ugliness; when reunited with the man, he longs for understanding, longs for love...

"Haven't you thought about restoring the original intimacy with the one you love so much in the new world? Sakura Manji."

"I……"

Ying Manji's lips trembled, and the struggling emotions in his brown-red eyes surged endlessly. He fell to his knees in pain, and the apple in his hand rolled all the way to the ground.

Yu stopped talking, and watched Ying Manji being bewitched step by step, showing a treacherous smile.

"I reject!"

With a low hoarse but unwavering answer, Yu thought he had heard wrong, and was stunned for a moment before he realized Ying Manji's slow standing up.

In the frozen silence, Daath's gravekeeper could no longer remain calm and calm, staring at Ying Manji's resolute expression in disbelief.

"you sure?"

"I'm sure." With more and more unquestionable affirmation, Ying Manji took a breath, calmed down his emotions, restrained all the pain left on his face, and raised the corners of his lips, revealing a trace of nostalgia and bitterness, but a gentle smile. smile.

He said: "Even if you are in pain, sadness, and despair, you want to die, even if you cry because you can't get close or understand, I... the existence of Ying Manji will still thank everyone I have met."

Human beings are inherently contradictory.

Love it, hate it.When you laugh, it's not necessarily because you're happy, and when you cry, it's not necessarily because you're sad.

Every part that makes up a human being is absolutely not meaningless.including sin.

"I also have an ugly side, and I have something disgusting... I really look forward to a future where I can be with the one I love forever, and I am willing to give up everything for this." Ying Manji looked at her hand, The right hand is made of Apocalypse crystals.

Supporting their companions, they are still waiting for themselves.In the short but long 17 years, every person he met, familiar or unfamiliar, the voices and smiles of these people emerged one by one before his eyes.

In the end, it was Chou Shinya's smile that stayed deep in his mind for a long time.

"I believe that 'forever' is not something that can only be achieved by the apocalypse."

"D……"

Surprised by such a rebuttal, Yu stood there for a long time.The apples rolled down at the feet slowly dissipated and returned to nothingness, the light of the morning sun falling from the top floor enveloped Ying Manji, and the dazzling light forced You to look away.

There was silence.

Daath's Gravekeeper was silent, and gradually laughed.

"Sure enough, you and Chou Shinya are completely different existences—"

"No." Before You could finish speaking, Ying Manji raised the void in his hand, and said word by word, "You are wrong."

He didn't say anything more, but Yu seemed to understand something, and opened his mouth in surprise.

However, this time there was no room for Yu to speak, Ying Manji unceremoniously launched an attack.You, who was still slightly hesitant at first, stopped hesitating immediately, and the Wang Zhili in his hand burst out with dazzling light, controlling the high platform under his feet to rise up, and reached the top floor of GHQ.

"Heh... Yingmanji, who was selected but gave up, do you still want to obstruct it now? I absolutely...will not let you succeed!"

Fighting without reservation, in order not to let herself regret again, Ying Manji put everything aside and firmly clenched the void in her hands.

"Thrush! Have you contacted Ji-kun yet?"

Turning over to avoid a round of bullets, and raising his hand to point and shoot at the enemy in ambush, Cang Zhi pressed the earphone and asked anxiously.

After being disturbed, the internal line with extremely poor signal was noisy, and thrush's voice came intermittently: "No! We can't get in touch, the loophole in the security system is a trap, we fell for it!"

Cang Zhi frowned, and looked at the bone Christmas tree standing against the light in the morning sun with some anxiety, "Can you confirm the location of Ji Jun?"

Tsugumi paused for a moment before hearing the girl's anxious reply: "The last coordinates are the location of the GHQ Central Command, and it's missing now..."

"Tsk..." Hearing Tsugumi's reply like Cangzhi, Alma spat in a low voice, gritting her teeth to cover Cangzhi, looked at each other with the black-haired woman, and made up her mind at the same time.

The funeral home has no way to retreat, only to move forward.Now that GHQ has set a trap, they should simply use their tactics. The UN troops on standby on the high seas must not be able to wait long. As long as they are dragged to the UN to join the war, their mission will be considered complete.

Alma, who understood Cangzhi's meaning, jumped into the truck quickly, and after notifying Ayase, the group turned back to the route and retreated all the way under the escort of several other mechas.

Although it is not clear who is in command of GHQ, as a command system supported by the system, as long as GHQ's security system can be cut off, then GHQ, which has lost its mech troops and technical assistance, can reduce the pressure on the funeral home by more than half .

Cang Zhi notified the members of the funeral club that the battle had changed to Plan B from the inside line.Alma squeezed the steering wheel tightly, and while driving the truck speeding through the bombs, she shouted into the headset: "Thrush, can you find out where Kenji Kido is?"

"Wait, I'll look for it..." The black-haired girl tossed about in a hurry for a few minutes, and soon, an electronic map was sent to the truck's navigation system. "It's the part on the red dot circle!"

"receive."

The screen flickered a few times, Alma looked at the map, Kenji Kido was not far from them.It's just that the peripheral defense is not easy to break through.

Taking a breath, Alma looked at Steiner who was following her, and said into the headset: "Ayase, it's up to you to break in!"

What responded to him was a confident "no problem" from the girl.

Standing in GHQ's second headquarters, Chiu Shenya looked down at the fierce battle scene below through the smooth floor-to-ceiling windows, his face was invariably cold and silent, and his blue-gold eyes were as dark as stagnant water.

Shuichiro Kanedou stood behind him with his hands behind his back.Next to the two of them, the holographic projection was constantly changing to display the real-time battle report.

The funeral home was ambushed by GHQ, caught off guard and still struggling in vain, it was only a matter of time before it was completely resolved.The United Nations troops are still docked in the high seas, watching District 24 from a distance, with an ambiguous attitude, and it seems that they have no intention of helping the funeral home.

So far, things have been pretty good for GHQ.

but--

"Why disobey my order. Gandao, I ordered the disbandment of GHQ three days ago."

With Chou Shenya's back facing Shuichiro Kanemichi, there was only a cold voice, echoing endlessly in the extremely quiet space due to the excellent sound insulation effect.

Gandou Shuichiro's face remained unchanged, as if he didn't feel the cold murderous intent in Chou Shenya's words, he replied calmly: "GHQ needs their strength. What's more, after the Apocalypse begins, no matter who escapes to the world No matter which corner, the result is the same."

"..." Chou Shenya replied with a long silence.

The battle below was still going on in full swing, and the waiting and watching UN troops seemed a little impatient and ready to move.

The news of the subordinate's report came from the earphones, but neither of them paid much attention to it.

Kanedou Shuichiro's eyes flickered, and he stared thoughtfully at Chou Shenya's back, "You know better than anyone else what Apocalypse is, why do you want to do such a futile thing?"

"..."

"What purpose do you still have..."

"The United Nations has started to act." The cold voice interrupted Gandao's hotly pursued questioning. Chou Shenya turned around, walked across Gandao to the front of the holographic projection, glanced at the current battle situation, and then did not wait for Gandao to react. has already left here.

The empty command room suddenly fell into oppressive silence, Kanedou Shuichiro looked at the direction where Chou Shinya left, and murmured like a sigh.

"Ya... what you are playing is not the role of the savior."