foreigner's journey

Chapter 407 Memory
The dots of stream of life turned into fluorescent lights, emerging and surrounding the three of them.

It was the first time for Alice to take the initiative to leverage such a strong flow of life, so she could only maintain a prayerful gesture of clasping her hands and trying her best to communicate with the will of the planet.

It was such a warm voice, as if it was whispering softly in the ear like my own mother.

Alice called out from the bottom of her heart, please listen to our voices and help Claude.

On the other side, Heather also frowned, trying her best to stabilize the output of thought energy so as not to cause damage to Claude's body.The situation this time is different from the previous [Forced Opening], the fine pores in Claude's body are still not fully opened, it seems that the Jenova cells are resisting the invasion of Heather's thoughts?
Claude's unconscious struggle became more and more frenzied, and Barrett and Yuffie tried their best to hold him down so that he would not interfere with Heather's energy output.

But if the stalemate continues like this, I am afraid that Claude's body will be overwhelmed by Heather's thoughts.

At that time, he will either lose his energy and become a corpse like [Red Flag] Drake in the world of One Piece, or his body will be completely destroyed by Heather's thoughts and become a useless person.

Jesse looked here from a distance, his hands turned white with nervousness.

In a trance, Heather felt that she was among the hills under the night sky, bending over and half kneeling in the sea of ​​reeds half a person's height, and the white reeds all over the mountains and plains fluctuated like sea waves under the cool night wind.

It seemed that someone was standing behind her, and Heather knew who it was without turning around, with a smile on the corner of her mouth:
"Help me."

A sweet chuckle like a dream sounded in Heather's ears, a slender white hand stretched out from Heather's side, and gently pressed on the back of Heather's hand.

Heather opened her eyes suddenly, only to see Alice looking around in surprise.The stream of life that was originally surrounded like fireflies dimmed slightly, and then the light suddenly increased at the same time!

Under the night sky, beside the bonfire, bright green beams of light rose into the sky, and the stream of life gathered into a fountain, enveloping everyone in it.

Jesse, who was standing aside, felt dizzy, and the last image that flashed in his mind was the woman with blond hair and waist-length white dress standing behind Heather.

Who is that?
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The crisp sound of water droplets sounded intermittently, Jessie's eyelids trembled, and he slowly opened his eyes.

She found herself sitting on the road of a mountain path, the sky was obscured by heavy clouds and looked drowsy, and a peaceful village and town built by the mountains was faintly visible at the end of the road in the distance behind her.

This is where?

Jesse scratched at the rocks on the ground, but couldn't touch anything, as if in a dream.

By the way, how did you get here?
Before Jesse could think about it, he suddenly noticed a few people walking from the other end of the road.She quickly got up and hid aside, when she saw the leader of the team, her big beautiful eyes widened.

Sephiroth!

It was different from Jesse's impression. Although Sephiroth was still tall and handsome now, there was no joke or sarcasm on his face, but complete indifference.

Sephiroth was followed by three people.One is wearing a 1st warrior uniform, with hedgehog-like black hair pulled back, a handsome face with a sunny smile and conspicuous scars; one is wearing a blue helmet unique to Shinra soldiers, and is well-proportioned and holds a gun; finally One is the face that Jesse is very familiar with, Claude.

At this time, Claude's face was still a little immature, wearing the blue uniform of a low-level Shinra soldier, with a blue helmet tucked under his armpit, talking to the black-haired special soldier.

Is that the 1st fighter that Heather said he made friends with Cloud, Zacks Phil?
Several people got closer and closer, and Jesse also heard their conversation.

The familiar sword of destruction was on Zack's back at this time, and the black-haired 1st soldier smiled heartlessly: "Is it okay, Claude, this is your hometown of Nibelheim, right? Do you want to give it to me?" Why don't you take a vacation or something, go home and take a look?"

Claude shook his head, his tone hesitant: "Forget it, it's not too late to go home when you have free time..."

"I can give you a vacation."

Sephiroth, who was walking in the front, suddenly turned back and said, although his face was still so cold, but his tone was very gentle:

"It's rare to go back to your hometown, let's go back and have a look. So, what does it feel like to go back to your hometown?"

"Huh?" Claude and Zack looked at Sephiroth suspiciously.

"I don't have a hometown, so I can't experience this feeling."

Sephiroth smiled: "Feel the feeling of returning home, and tell me after the mission is over?"

Whoa!Jesse covered her mouth, is Sephiroth such a gentle and warm man?What happened to Sephiroth, who he saw later with a face full of hatred?

On the other side, Claude was about to say something when he heard what Sephiroth said, but suddenly his face froze, and then hurriedly put the helmet on his head to cover his face.

Everyone and Jesse looked to the other side of the road, only to see Tifa trotting over in a cowboy hat and cowgirl costume, and beckoning: "Hello, everyone, I am Tifa Lockhart, and I will replace my father as everyone. guide..."

The following words seemed to be muted, and Jesse couldn't hear the next conversation between Tifa and Sephiroth and others.

Just when she was about to take a few steps forward to hear more clearly, Heather's voice came from behind:

"Don't go any further, Claude doesn't want you to hear."

"Oh!?" Jesse was taken aback, and when he turned around, he found Heather standing behind him with his hands in his pockets: "Hey Heather! When did you get behind me!?"

"Just when you were crazy about Claude." Heather said impatiently: "It seems that only the two of us have joined, and the others have separated?"

Jesse quickly waved his hand: "Wait a minute, you said you got separated... Where is this place?"

"Where else can it be, it is naturally Claude's inner world."

Heather looked at the idiot's expression:
"I used Nian Qi to force the Jenova cells in Claude's body to activate and activate Claude's brain nerves, and then the power of the flow of life connected our thinking with Claude, it seems [she] The method given is for us to help sort out Claude's personality."

"Her?" Jessie narrowed his eyes suspiciously, wouldn't Heather have a woman outside behind Tifa's back?

Heather looked around: "In short, here are the fragments of Claude's memory, and it is also the most authentic memory. See, he didn't return to his hometown after becoming famous as the 1st fighter as he said, but he didn't dare to show up to reunite with his old friends The low-level soldiers of Shinra. Those experiences he called are all Zacks Phil's past."

"Claude... adores this Zack?"

"Obviously so. Claude even regards himself as the proof and coordinates of Zack's existence. As for what happened here, let's look back."

Heather reached out and fiddled with it out of thin air, and everything around her began to move forward rapidly.

Jesse and Heather are like spectators isolated from time, the sun rises and falls above their heads, and the sky alternates day and night.

Soon, the scene in front of him turned into a burning village with dead bodies everywhere.

Jesse screamed and wanted to run out to save others, but Heather held her back: "Idiot, this is Claude's memory, you can't change anything."

Heather pointed to the high mountain behind the village: "Let's go, there is the Nibelheim Demon Furnace, and it is also the place where Claude and Sephiroth fought."

　PS: In the last chapter, someone asked who was the man who accepted the forced reading, and he had already given a hint. "A man of extraordinary skill comparable to an ancient dinosaur" is actually the Chiqi Drake who owns the ancient Allosaurus devil fruit in the world of One Piece.After his identity as a traitor was exposed, he was caught by Heather to do a mind-opening experiment. Because he couldn't control the closure of his fine pores, he lost all the energy in his body and turned into a dead corpse.

　
(End of this chapter)