Is it really normal to contain these anomalies?

She is a genius.

Bai Yu knew that his words could be interpreted by her in many different ways.

as predicted.

In just a few breaths, Carmen clasped her hands together briskly.

"Can I call you X, too? I remember the employees calling you that."

"Whatever you say," Bai Yu just wanted to end this conversation quickly.

"Okay, X, what do you want with Carly?"

"Have she and the Knight of Despair appeared at your place?"

"Of course, but she left on her own not long ago..."

Carmen really acted as if she was innocent, but Bai Yu was not as calm as her when he heard this.

His blue pupils under the mask looked at Carmen in front of him.

He knew Carmen wouldn't lie.

Even after the time in the ruined library, when the incomplete seeds of light had already fallen into the hearts of the urban people, she only used the most sincere words to seduce and hurt the distorted.

"What do you mean?" Bai Yu suddenly felt an even stronger sense of anxiety.

"I just showed her the past, and now she should have seen the end of the story."

Carmen spoke lightly.

"What will happen when all this is recalled?"

"After facing her inner self, Carly no longer needs to suppress her emotions and be trapped in pain..."

The topic was heading in an increasingly weird direction, and Bai Yu's expression was becoming increasingly worse.

Having played the games "Ruined Library" and "Prison Bus", he knew that this was a classic tactic of the Cyber Ghost.

It's like a thief releasing a warning letter.

When she said this, it was like telling everyone - 'I'm going to twist people'.

"You're f*cking crazy!"

In the end, Bai Yu finally couldn't hold it in any longer.

The tailored crow feather was placed on Carmen's neck.

"You think she's suffering because she couldn't protect someone? You treat her like this?!"

Chapter 236 I'll take you to find her

To be honest, it's behind the library.

In the plot, Bai Yu already found it difficult to understand Carmen's thought process.

After her death, Carmen became a completely different person, going from one extreme to another.

At the last moment before she cut her wrists, she realized that she didn't want to die at all. The so-called guilt of killing other people in the research process was nothing compared to her desire to live.

After all.

She suddenly realized that she was a selfish person.

And after so many years in the river, she came to the conclusion that 'perhaps no one can truly sacrifice themselves for someone - after all, people only love themselves'.

She began to think that she had never looked directly into her own heart during her time in graduate school, and that most of her previous behaviors in graduate school were false. She was just going against her own heart and pretending to be nice to everyone.

She wanted to expose this falsehood. Since she had lost her own, she would help to dismantle other people's.

With this attitude, the guy behind will appear in the hearts of all urban residents as the seeds of light are emitted, and gradually observe their hearts.

And until the moment they feel that their emotions have reached their peak, she will appear in the form of a cyber ghost and let them witness the greatest obsession in their hearts at that moment through her whispers.

She believes that only in this way can everyone not need to suppress their daily emotions and fully possess the courage to pursue their dreams and hopes.

She believed it as firmly as she does now.

Carmen just lowered her brows and looked at the crow feather that peeked out from the bandage.

"Did I do something wrong?"

"I just want to quietly tell people the true meaning of life so that they will cherish their emotions."

"Yes... maybe facing her true self is a painful thing, but as long as she completes all this, she will be liberated and she will be able to become her true self."

"But after that, Carly no longer needs to suppress her pain or escape. Isn't that a good thing?"

“…”

At this moment, Bai Yu, who was listening to these words, was unconsciously making empty "clicking" sounds with his fingers holding Zhengcai.

"Carmen, are you really so shameless as to regard madness as self-possession?"

The anger in his growl was clear.

Because Carmen's attitude is still as bad as ever.

She doesn't care what will happen to people after they face their inner selves under her instigation.

After all, in her opinion, the killings caused by obsession and madness were actually actions driven by their desires and obsessions.

Following and letting go of one's inner desires and pain is also a form of 'self-love'...

"Carly is in core suppression right now! She's in pain because she couldn't protect you! And all you're doing now is opening her wounds and rubbing salt into them?!"

"What do you think will become of her?!"

Bai Yu stared intently at the crimson gaze that was cast towards him again.

On the opposite side, Carmen, who was looking at Bai Yu, suddenly smiled calmly. She gradually understood that the differences between her and Bai Yu seemed to be huge.

"It seems we can no longer continue this conversation. Our philosophies are too different, X."

“…”

Bai Yu adjusted his breathing again, and after a few seconds, he reluctantly spoke again.

"Yeah, we really shouldn't continue talking about this nonsense. You just need to tell me where Carly is now."

"...It's the world in their memories."

Carmen looked at Bai Yu, but suddenly took the initiative to walk forward.

The Crow Feather Sword did not touch her skin, and she cleverly dodged the motionless blade by turning sideways.

"Come with me, I'll take you to her."

She didn't say anything else, as if she had become a loyal guide, and Bai Yu just followed her in silence.

They walked along the way and found another well with ease under Carmen's guidance.

'This is Carly's well.'

Bai Yu quickly realized this.

Because it was right before his eyes, at the confluence of the well and the river.

Countless lights and shadows were transforming, and among them, he saw the familiar world outside the hole, Alley 23.

"This world is a reflection of her inner world, a small, cruel memory of her past..."

"And it is precisely because of the past and memories that the ending of the story is already determined."

Standing outside the river, Carmen said calmly that she would rely on this ability to peek into the hearts of urban people in the past and in the future.

"What can you do if you find her?"

"..."

Bai Yu didn't say anything.

He continued to look carefully at the 1:1 scale version of Lane 23 in front of him.

There, the rain was still falling, and he didn't even need to look hard. He could blend into the crowd with a God's perspective and find HOD, Miao, Luti and the others.

And at this moment, they seem to be gathering in a cafe for dinner?

Yes, a long time has passed since he entered this space.

"Will the ending of this story be a tragedy?" Bai Yu finally expressed the ominous premonition in his heart for the first time.

"What do you think?"

"So they will be hurt too?"

Bai Yu glanced at Carmen beside him again. He believed that even if she died early, she would still be able to recognize HOD and Makuku who had turned into human form.

But to his surprise, Carmen didn't seem to show any sympathy for her former companion.

She didn't know whether she ignored this intentionally or unintentionally, and without any reaction, she slowly shifted her focus to a person on a street outside the coffee shop.

And there, Bai Yu saw the red-haired finisher they had been looking for in this world for two years.

She was wearing a gray coat, carrying a shoulder bag, and smoking a cigarette. She nodded to the person asking for directions, then walked towards one of the few restaurants in Alley 23 that didn't sell human flesh...

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"Um... I heard that this place has relatively normal food. Is that true?"

A few minutes later, the newly returned 'outsider' pushed open the door of the coffee shop in front of him.

As the wind chimes rang softly, she casually extinguished the cigarette butt on the door frame.

"Ah....Sorry, I'm used to it. I guess you guys won't mind."

The red-haired closer sighed tiredly, and when he looked up he saw everyone's shocked expressions.

The brown-haired girl seemed to have lost her grip on the chopsticks, causing them and the noodles to fall into the bowl.

Chapter 237 Calm Down

"Ge...Gebura?!"

HOD found that not only his hands but even his mouth was stuttering.

She and everyone around her couldn't believe who this guy who suddenly appeared was.

"Gobra? Who's that?"

The red-haired closer didn't seem to understand the names they were talking about. She only glanced at the food they were eating.

Then I gave up trying to understand all the inexplicable actions of these guys.

She was exhausted from the journey, so she just shook her head and put her bag down on the chair.

"Forget it...Boss, give me two servings of fried rice."

She had come back from a long distance and was very tired. She had no intention of chatting with strangers and just wanted to rest quietly...

But the world is unwilling to give her even this little luxury.

The moment she finished speaking, the other white-haired girl slammed the table and stood up in excitement.

"Sister Carly! You're back?!"

"you know me?"

Carly unconsciously focused her eyes on the little rabbit.

She saw the table creaking under the pair of powerless hands. It seemed that this girl should still be a level five finisher.

“Ahh, that…that…”

At this moment, Miao found that Sister Hong didn't seem to have any impression of her.

But she was not very embarrassed. The girl was just like a fan who met her idol for the first time, moving on her toes with a mixture of excitement and nervousness.

It turns out that the leader of the kids in Lane 23 can behave so awkwardly?

Luti calmly glanced at her companions who she had known for two years, one after another. Although she was still surprised in her heart, she did not show it.

She just slowly put down the dishes in her hands, and gently placed her fingers on the rapier at her waist...