Chapter 956: NO.79: Overlap

NO. 79: Overlap

Let's cooperate, Heixi.

What...

Cooperate, no, let's form an alliance! Just like the Ancient Light Alliance, the Ancient Light Knight Alliance, the Lost Horse Team, and Monster Eugenics Thought!

What...

Lying on the ground, the palm under the blanket instinctively gripped its edge; Heixi tried to draw in some warmth to soothe the emptiness and fatigue, but was first embraced by a more palpable warmth.

It's not too late! Not at all! Instead of imagining false memories and longing for the past's beauty, it's better to live in the present—that's what Little Snake said too! The dead can't be changed; we must look to the living.

Aomo Lindun's words… just how much do you like him, huh…? Heixi's still-weak voice came from under the blanket.

It was somewhat similar to the sound of Miss Xin Tiao Xi lounging in bed and hiding under the covers.

The kind of liking that keeps me from ever feeling bored! Anyway, first think about whether what I'm saying makes sense—pretending not to see a wound will still leave it, and dwelling on the past only leaves emptiness!

I'm just a useless, deceived humanoid monster; go find Xiang Yuta—they're the real heroes.

How could that be! Do you still remember me saying at the start that I'd return red to red and black to black, to go back to how things originally were?

Ah… you even said you wouldn't accept my appearance… just leave me alone.

You really only heard half of what I said! A little angry!" Holding the blanket-wrapped Heixi, Xin Tiao Xi slightly tightened her arms to prove her point: "I clearly also said I'd become your hope!"

What's with the monster! Someone once told me monsters could also become heroes!

Is it Aomo Lindun again?

Huh? You also get Little Snake's charm? No way! You're not allowed to compete with me for them!

Who's competing with you? … What charm, I don't see it… but you, always bringing him up in three sentences, really leaves me speechless.

Oh, this comment feels a bit like Liu Hua's— isn't it still possible to return to how things were?

Just self-abandonment.

Don't self-abandon! Think back when you hated me—you already raised two rebel flags against me, but when it came time to act against the Chaos Source, you backed off; this makes me feel totally taken advantage of!

Xin Tiao Xi strained, gradually rising from the ground while also holding Heixi so she had to stay standing, then she shook her with both hands.

This also somewhat shows the results of her training after being urged by her roommate to exercise and lose weight.

Even Ancient Light can merge countless universes! Don't close off your universe!

This strength is indeed something Heixi lacks.

Being shaken back and forth, she could barely speak: 'You, feel, disadvantaged, with me, have, what, relation.'

No matter!" Xin Tiao Xi stopped her hands, "Humans are constantly changing! I want to see your 'present' change! Right!

Finally showing your true colors… or still the same willful, reckless person as before…" Heixi interjected mid-sentence, but before she finished, she saw the other suddenly kneel, legs together, and bring her hands together on her thighs.

In a formal kneeling posture, yet she lifted her hands and leaned forward.

This exemplary full prostration left her words momentarily stuck:

What are you doing?

Whether you believe it or not," Xin Tiao Xi said, still in the deep bow, head lowered, voice muffled, "This was my original intention—I came to apologize to you, I'm truly sorry for having forgotten you back then, truly sorry for creating you and then neglecting you."

What use is saying this now…" Heixi stepped back half a step, and the blanket on her slipped off.

Even if the timing is too late, I still have to say it." She said, rising again.

After discovering you were aiding the Chaos Source, I had prepared a 'gift' again, but now I should be able to produce it.

Having said that, Xin Tiao Xi reached into the ever-present satchel that, in Heixi's eyes, resembled Doraemon's bottomless bag.

She repeatedly pulled out monster models that Heixi had never seen, capable of directly releasing power, almost making Heixi think this was Xin Tiao Xi's personal arsenal.

Inside were probably mostly dangerous models—just as she thought that, she saw Xin Tiao Xi pull out a monthly ticket holder from within.

And handed it to her own hand.

When Liu Hua saw me off, she gave me a monthly ticket holder of the same model; I spent considerable effort trying to find an exactly identical one," the girl who looked slightly older than me said, looking at the monthly ticket holder in her hand with a sense of accomplishment, "I almost had it custom-made, but luckily I actually found one…

Right!" She suddenly startled, making Heixi blink and look up.

When Liu Hua initially saw me off from Cuckoo Terrace, she definitely bid farewell with a smile.

She said it with a laugh, her words first making Heixi doubtful, then stunned.

Do you remember now?

Xin Tiao Xi's smug expression made Heixi want to hit her, but her next line would leave Heixi silent.

As long as you can remember, it proves your universe has reconnected with everyone's, and then everyone will know your universe, your sorrow.

You still have friends—Yuta, Liu Hua, and Neihai—who still hope for your return.

——

You're so quiet.

Standing at the entrance of the small room, gazing at the nearby black and red interaction, the black-haired Aomo Lindun looked toward Alexis Kailifu on the adjacent wall.

After all, neither side is welcome, though I did seem to have saved them both." Kailifu put on a benevolent fatherly face that his rebellious daughter wouldn't understand.

On the contrary, the observer didn't care.

Just finds it amusing," he said coldly.

Can this emotion also fill your emptiness?

Sometimes you need to try different feelings; as long as you're persistent enough and change intensely enough, even if it's not a collapse, it's fine.

You really… are thoroughly similar to a monster.

That's still different," Alexis denied, "I can't strengthen myself by consuming emotions; I just can make myself feel less empty inside.

The Anti-Spiral Clan's power ultimately eroded you into this form, OverJustice Headquarters Chief.

Uh… I don't understand what you're saying.

If you didn't understand, you wouldn't reply like that.

Since that's the case, then what about you, Observer, or should I say, Lindun, little bro? You've come here several times—do you really do nothing at all?

There's nothing necessary to do; that me, who has simultaneously dipped into several paths, is enough to settle everything.

I'm talking about Heixi, you're also quite interested in her, aren't you? You never miss any of her major emotional shifts.

Not a bad observation sample, and you have special expertise in the data field—then what?

After this is over, she might also have nowhere to go; her world has already been destroyed.

Have you started truly playing the role of a caring father, Director?

Well, after doing bad things, then doing a bit that looks like good deeds—that's the essential quality for a villain to be whitewashed, thanks to that Chaos Envoy; I now see something quite interesting.

Do you want to go to a world where Xin Tiao Xi undergoes such a great change? Or do you want to cling to letting Aomo Lindun cause such a great change in her?

You really can read minds, can't you, Observer?

No need to; you'll understand eventually.