Chapter 1018

"It must be you, there is no one else." The other party's answer was concise and clear, not allowing for rebuttal.

After a brief silence, Adam gathered his courage to pursue the question:

"She…… who is she?"

The other end of the phone seemed to fall into thought, and only after a moment did it reply slowly:

"……She is very important. Please set off immediately, I beg you. She doesn't have much time left."

Adam was lost in confusion. He seemed to have no reason to do what this strange call instructed.

But what was he going to do at this time?

The surrounding world was stingy in giving him any clear direction and revelation, letting him grope alone in the chaos.

He had no thoughts at this moment, and his thoughts still seemed to be disconnected.

Adam looked at the desk phone; it was connected to a telephone line behind it, and it couldn't be pulled, otherwise he would definitely have taken it with him.

"You will always be there, right?" he whispered.

"Yes," the other end of the phone replied.

Adam hung up the phone slowly and returned to the quiet corridor.

He walked slowly in the corridor, and before long, he arrived in front of the door with the "W16" doorplate.

Through the translucent safety glass, he saw that the inside of the classroom was glowing with a warm orange-red halo. The light poured down from the distant horizon, crossed the grid of the window, and sprinkled on the classroom in a mottled way.

And this color of sunlight could belong to dusk or dawn; Adam had no way to judge the specific time.

This is not the key; the key is that there is no one inside.

After hesitating for a moment, Adam pushed the door and entered.

The walls of the classroom were covered with posters and classroom photos, the desks were placed crookedly, textbooks were scattered everywhere, school bags were discarded at will, and the front and back blackboards were empty.

Adam walked in the aisle piled with desks, looked around, and felt more and more confused.

The lady approaching the end of her life…… where is she?

There was no one in the classroom, and there was no place to hide anyone.

Just as Adam was wondering, a rustling sound came from behind him.

That was the unique sound made when chalk writes on a blackboard.

But Adam was quite certain that there was no one in front of the blackboard, and during this time, there were no footsteps in the classroom other than his own.

Damn it.

A sense of uneasy pain surfaced quietly, and Adam's body seemed to remember some unpleasant memories, making him highly vigilant instantly.

Adam turned his head, but didn't see an uninvited guest. Instead, on the blackboard surface that was empty a few seconds ago, there was a huge chalk sketch—a hyper-realistic depiction of a woman's head and shoulders.

Adam was absolutely certain that it was pitch black a moment ago.

Right before his eyes, the drawing moved, like a PPT animation, five to ten frames per second.

Her face was framed by hair, but the negative color effect of white chalk on the blackboard made the hair color difficult to distinguish.

The only touch of color was the thick and bright blue on her frames.

She looked quite nervous, although silent, her words appeared in text form beside her:

【Adam?】

Adam was stunned for a moment, then responded: "Yes?"

With his answer, lines of text emerged like a spring, constantly changing:

【I remember everything】

【I cannot forget a single minute or second】

【Now I know everything he did】

【I was blind and let him wander by my side】

【He killed everyone I loved, except you】

After this, her lips stopped trembling.

The last sentence stayed on the blackboard longer than all the previous words, eventually turning into a blank.

Adam pondered these few sentences repeatedly, trying to find a proper position in his life to embed them.

……If there really was such a position.

Who is she? Adam had never seen this woman.

But…… is that really so?

Adam pondered her face, and a corner deep in his memory began to shake, and a long-dusty past surfaced before his eyes.

Her! That time at the hospital, remember?

Your foot was pricked by a nail, backstage, after the performance.

You stayed in the emergency room for most of the night, she was there, and you even chatted together.

So who is she?

An agent, or at least related to that field.

She was mysterious, resolute, beautiful, and her eyes were as sharp as sapphires.

You once talked about music, movie ratings, the popular terrible sci-fi series at the time, and David Lynch's works.

Everything seemed to be a destined arrangement.

Just as Adam was thinking this, another completely different memory roared in.

——No, nothing special happened that night. The doctors treated your wound, and you went straight home.

Really?

"Marion……" Adam whispered, and all the clues were finally connected.

He raised a hand, looking fearful, signaling her to stop:

"No, this is impossible——"

【I sent you away because I wanted to save your life】

Adam recalled those forgotten times, and surging emotions swept in like a tide, so intense it was suffocating.

Adam remembered these; those memories that had been deliberately cut and buried had been seamlessly stitched together, vivid before his eyes.

It was a time of being together year after year, like a shadow, no matter who wanted him to forget, they couldn't strip it from the tapestry of his life.

The majestic energy surged like a giant wave, sweeping in with an irresistible force, impacting his fragile heart defense.

This feeling was like suddenly grabbing a bare, rusty wire; the current instantly penetrated the skin and struck the depths of his soul.

It was also like being precisely pierced by a bullet from the chamber; in an instant, the shock wave exploded in his body, trembling every nerve ending.

Adam took several steps back, panting.

He couldn't believe it, and he couldn't accept all this.

He had never imagined he had missed so much.

"No, no, no, Marion——"

【And that didn't work】

"What happened to you? I should be by your side!"

【He destroyed the world】

【Now, you will suffer in hell】

"Where are you now? Someone told me you are about to pass away——"

【I am already dead, what you see is my memory】

【And now, the memory is also fading】

【He found the road to heaven and intended to destroy it, just as he treated the human world】

"What do you need?! I will stop him! I will help you! I will do anything, I love you!"

Marion did not respond.

A second or two later, Adam realized that her portrait had frozen and would never move again.

Adam stepped forward and stared at the chalk drawing for a long time.

Hesitating, Adam raised his right hand, reached toward the thick chalk shadow drawn as hair, and touched it with his index finger, as if touching her hair.

There was an extra black dot on it.

The chalk dust was real, adhering to the blackboard surface and also staining Adam's fingertips.

She was just a drawing, that's all.

She was gone. Completely gone. ===== CHAPTER 1020 =====