Absolute Speed ​​of a Certain Anime

"Ah."

Sarah nodded.

From her low tone, she gradually told her own story.

Sarah Bradley.

The girl who now calls herself this spent her childhood in bed.

She was born with a disease and her bones are very fragile. Any movement may cause fractures. Let alone walking upright, she can't even get up from the bed.

At that time, she lived in a studio in the suburbs of Italy.

What she could see in that studio was her entire world at that time.

In her little world, apart from the canvas that filled the entire room, there was only one figure, always with his back to her.

That was her father, an unknown painter.

He always stood in front of a huge canvas, splashing paint like crazy.

It was a religious painting, the theme of which was the Battle of Armageddon, where the Messiah would burn away countless demons with holy light.

He kept painting that picture, year after year.

Her father never looked back at her, never hugged her, and even when she called him, he never responded.

In the memories of young Sarah, all she has is her father’s back.

Her daily life was entirely taken care of by the maids hired by her father.

Not even a straight face.

She had no memory of what her father looked like and had never seen his face in person.

He seemed to be possessed by the devil, completely immersed in the world of painting.

"I hate that painting, and I hate painting."

Sarah lowered her head, her expression full of hatred.

"It was the painting that took my father away."

How she wished her father would look back at her and reach out his big hands to hug her.

But not even once, that kind of proper father-daughter relationship simply did not exist between them.

Jiang Li remained silent, but his eyes became extremely focused.

Ah, I have to do nucleic acid test again tomorrow. I am tired. Two updates in total.

Chapter 729 The reason for sticking to this

2023-06-01

Jiang Li didn't say anything, but his eyes flickered as he looked at Sarah, as if her words had shaken him.

"If you hate painting, why did you pick up the brush again?"

As if to resolve the point of concern, Jiang Li asked her.

Sarah answered in a daze.

The trigger was the death of my father.

My father, who painted day and night, suddenly collapsed beside the canvas one day.

Sarah cried for a long time, until her eyes were swollen, but her father did not wake up.

The maids took their father to the hospital, and the diagnosis was that he had died from overwork.

Sarah, enraged, cast a hateful gaze at the huge canvas.

She planned to tear up the painting because it made her lose her childhood and her father.

She spent the whole day getting up from the bed, moving to the canvas, raising the palette knife, and stabbing at the canvas.

But she stopped.

It was not until she stood next to the canvas that she discovered things she had not seen before: countless paint residues scattered on the ground, countless brushes with broken hairs, and the entire bedroom was filled with various painting tools, a mess.

That is the result of my father's hard work and his passion for his entire life.

Even though he lost to fate and did not receive the favor of the Muse, and must have died with his eyes open, that painting was still the only connection between her and her father.

After realizing this, tears began to flow uncontrollably from my eyes.

She became unable to do anything.

"I'm your father's friend. I've received his instructions. I'll take care of you in the future."

After my father passed away, his friends came to me.

His name is Kazematsu Kazematsu, and he is the helmsman of Neon's No. 1 consortium.

The father had already entrusted this good friend with the task of taking care of his daughter if he died. Upon hearing the news, Kazematsu Kozo rushed over and, as agreed, adopted Sarah as his adopted daughter.

Jiang Li immediately understood.

It turns out that Sarah and that pink middle school loli are sisters of Giri. No wonder I thought the two of them were very familiar with each other at the beginning.

With the help of her adoptive father's connections, Sarah successfully joined Rebellion.

"Wait a minute, you mean to say that Neon's No. 1 Group is colluding with the world's largest terrorist organization?"

Jiang Li suddenly became serious.

"Uh……"

Sarah suddenly choked and looked away guiltily.

From her reaction, Jiang Li could guess it.

It was definitely not a slip of the tongue just now, she just spoke too fast!

Great filial daughter!

"Thinking about it, the fact that Kazamatsuri Rinna, the daughter of Neon's top financial group, would actually join this operation against Pojun Academy is very suspicious in itself. So this is what's going on!"

Jiang Li felt that he had grasped a very important point!

"In fact, the Rebellion has long since declined. It's one of the world's three major powers, existing in name only. It's no longer as omnipotent as it was decades ago..."

Sarah tried to defend her adoptive father.

"It's still a terrorist organization. Aren't they still committing crimes all over the world?"

Jiang Li sneered, remaining unmoved.

He had experienced it himself once, and there was no way to justify the Rebellion organization.

"Well……"

Sarah lowered her head, speechless.

"Forget it, let's put aside the matter of the Fengji Group for now, and continue talking."

Seeing her adopting that puppy-like expression again and looking like she was about to whimper, Jiang Li sighed and chose not to pursue the matter for now.

To be honest, Sarah and the others are all assassins of Rebellion, and none of them can escape the blame.

"Ok."

Sarah nodded obediently.

She had no idea why, but she felt more and more ashamed in front of Jiang Li.

After joining Rebellion through Kazematsu Kōzo's connections, Sarah found the chief doctor of Rebellion and one of the twelve apostles at the top - the Great Professor.

The great professor's medical skills are extremely powerful, completely surpassing that of Pharmacist Wu Zi, and he has even mastered the cloning technology perfectly.

Thanks to the great professor, Sarah got a brand new body.

Although it is not perfect, it has reached the point where I can move freely.

As a result, she also owed a huge debt and had to sell her paintings to pay off her debts, so she held exhibitions all over the world.

"Although I don't know how much debt you've incurred, I heard that one of your most expensive paintings sold for over a billion dollars. The money you've earned is more than enough to buy a small country. No matter how much debt you have, you can pay it off. It's undoubtedly Rebellion that's ripping you off."

Jiang Li was able to make such an assertion.

Mario Rosso, a world-class painter admired by wealthy women.

At this point, Jiang Li was very sure that Sarah was a painter.

Even for Rebellion, Sarah is undoubtedly a huge cash cow. They must have locked her up under the pretext of paying off their debts.

"That doesn't matter. I just want to continue painting."

Sarah's face was full of indifference, and her expression was full of determination.

"As long as I can complete that painting, I can accept any price. Paying off debts is actually a very easy price to pay!"

That look was more of persistence than determination.

Like a curse, an obsession entangled with the body.

"Are you referring to the painting left by your father?"

"Yes."

Sarah nodded affirmatively.

"There was always a blank space in the center of that painting, a missing part that remained unfinished until my father died..."

The blank space on the canvas has become tattered after being painted and revised countless times.

He died with endless regret and hatred.

Whenever Sarah thought of this, she felt like there was a whip whipping her from behind, preventing her from stopping no matter what.

That blank space is none other than the Messiah himself.

A savior who can stand firm even in the face of countless malicious malice.

We should have the courage to stand up and not retreat even in the face of countless difficulties and obstacles, and we should also be able to be gentle like the Virgin Mary and selflessly give everything for our children.

The ideal image of the Messiah is the combination of the two.

My father never found the ideal model until he died.

Sarah was determined to complete the painting, and she traveled back and forth across the world, even going deep into war zones with the help of Rebellion, all in order to find the great savior who combined bravery and gentleness.

To this end, she spent more than half of her life, or ten years.

But still mediocre and unsuccessful.

Until I came to Neon to hold an exhibition in cooperation with the "Rebellion" plan.

By chance, she finally met the perfect model.

At that moment, she was almost moved to tears.

At the moment when the model was about to disappear, she even ignored orders and chased after it like crazy. After she lost it in the end, she did not hesitate to ask her companions to help find it.

Chapter 730 The Most Similar Person

2023-06-01

The model she found was, of course, Jiang Li.

Jiang Li also knew everything that happened after that.

She participated in the Rebellion's attack on Pojun Academy, and then attended the Seven Star Sword Dance Festival as a member of Akatsuki Academy, making requests to Jiang Li more than once.

To her, nothing else matters. What matters is having Jiang Li be her model.

"I understand the reason."

Jiang Li's expression showed a bit of relaxation.