Endless Debt

The debtor's gifts often do not significantly improve the debtor. Some of them come from the devil's bad taste, such as Palmer's "Gambler", and some are to satisfy certain wishes, such as Aimu's. "Double".

Aimu's situation is even more special than that of the debtor. To be precise, she is only the beneficiary of the debt. As for the debt itself, TEDA has paid it off for her. Coupled with the nature of Aimu's alchemy doll, this further makes it difficult for Aimu. Being classified, the Bureau of Order finally gave up on this and simply regarded Amu as a debtor.

A debtor who has no debt.

Under the influence of the gift of doppelgänger, Aimu has two forms, which can overlap. In order to complete the recent important work, Aimu has been in the state of an alchemy doll. The mechanical body makes her tireless and makes her... She has all the characteristics of an alchemy doll.

"what should we do?"

Seeing Baili's serious look, Aimu knew something was wrong and felt extremely nervous.

His gaze switched back and forth between the faces of Bailey and Boluogo, and even the pupils of their eyes shone slightly. The halo in them was constantly trembling and deforming, symbolizing Aimu's complicated emotions.

Bailey frowned. Even if she didn't look at Aimu, she could feel Aimu's anxiety because Aimu was too noisy.

Under the excessive worry and tension, the hum of machinery made a faint sound under Aimu's body, like a washing machine running at full capacity.

Bailey lowered her head, crossed her arms and bit her fingernails.

"Lost" is really weird, and it is related to the secret source. For all alchemists, the secret source is a mystery completely shrouded in fog.

After more than ten seconds of thinking, Bailey considered all the plans and finally rejected them one by one.

The matter was beyond Bailey's control.

"This is really a bad time. The promotion ceremony is an interference with the soul. At this time, Boluogo is undoubtedly in the most vulnerable state, and he has encountered 'lost'..."

Bailey slowly raised her head and looked at the only dim light source in the darkness above, except for the light from the dome.

A window that opened into darkness and flooded with light.

Bailey grabbed the communicator and said to the old men behind the observation window, "Everyone, after watching for so long, it's time to do something."

Bailey has never doubted her talent and skills, but sometimes she has to admit that even if she can crush those aging old people in these aspects, there are still some things that she can't overcome.

experience.

Each of these alchemists in the Hall of Scholars can be regarded as a living fossil of the Bureau of Order. They have witnessed the rise of the Bureau of Order and promoted the research on the secret source.

In their long lives, these alchemists have seen too many weird things and experienced many extraordinary disasters. Compared with them, Bailey is still too young.

This is the first time in recent years that the Bailie and Sublimation Furnace Core departments have encountered "lostness". It's unclear whether it was deliberately concealed or it was just the fact. There is no official record of dealing with "lostness". Some are just rumors circulating among people.

Bailey believes they must have a way to deal with it.

Even if you don’t have it, you have to have it.

Aimu also looked behind the observation window. In the flooded window, dark figures could be seen. They were like the dead who were isolated from the world, spying on the world.

After a long time, a response came, and an old voice answered.

"continue."

Bailey held the communicator tightly. Although she was a minister, facing these ancient scholars, Bailey's power was on the same level as theirs, and was even vaguely suppressed by them. She could not refute anything, she could only Looking at the sleeping Boluogo, he continued the ritual and waited for him to wake up.

Aimu looked at Boluogo anxiously. The golden liquid completely penetrated into Boluogo's body. The sporadic light tracks also became thicker, like growing vines, and smaller and curved arcs, from the main trunk to the It extended all around, from Boluogo's arms to his chest, covering most of his back.

Gradually, the high-pitched ether calmed down, and the restless instruments around him also fell silent. Bologg's breathing became calm. Bailey knew that the promotion ceremony ended successfully, but Bologg had not woken up yet.

"I have an idea," Bailey said. "I don't know what the consequences of this will be, but it seems like the only solution right now."

Aimu asked, "What can we do?"

Bailey gave the answer with action. She lifted up her clothes and pulled out a scalpel from the lining.

This is not a scalpel constructed from Bailey's secret energy, but produced from a sublimation furnace core and completely forged from fine steel. When performing medical work, it is a practical medical instrument, and when killing enemies, it is a deadly sharp knife.

"Let the axis of time reset everything."

Bailey had read Bologg's report and was already aware of his gift.

There is just one thing that Bailey is not sure about. The axis of time tracing is returning to the optimal state, and now Boluogo has just completed the promotion ceremony, and the alchemy matrix is ​​at the stage where he needs to shape his tendency. If he dies at this moment, Boluogo will What will happen to Logo?

"Never mind it! Try it later!"

Bailey started to stab Bologg in the heart, hoping to make Bologg's consciousness return, but a hand stopped her, and the cold steel hand firmly grasped the scalpel.

"Now he's like a child who slept too hard and needs someone to wake him up, right?"

The halo in Aimu's eyes solidified, and he asked coldly.

"That's right..."

"Maybe I can wake him up, and if that doesn't work, I'll try it with you."

While Aimu was talking, Aimu's body had begun to fade into nothingness, leaving only a glowing shadow.

Bailey had the chance to stop Aimu, but she didn't do so. She just nodded lightly, and then Aimu didn't hesitate and reached out to touch Boluogo.

Coordinating bodies can share each other's feelings. If Boluogo has not completely sunk, Aimu should have a chance to wake him up.

With your own strong emotions.

…

Boluogo grasped the huge anchor tightly, and he could clearly feel the lines on the anchor, the raised rust stains, and the cold low temperature on the anchor.

He was traveling through the darkness at high speed, and there were bursts of howling wind in the darkness, followed by heavy rain.

The cold raindrops slapped on Boluogo's body... Actually, he didn't know what they were, so he simply regarded them as raindrops.

Boluogo felt that he was walking in the rain clouds. After being beaten by countless "raindrops", he glimpsed the faint light. The next moment, the light fully bloomed, like exploding fireworks, swallowing up all the scenery.

When Boluogo regained his sight, he was already half-kneeling in the gray wilderness. The previous heavy rain and anchor had disappeared, and he was the only one in the empty and empty world.

Hypothetically speaking, Bologo at this moment is just the embodiment of "heart" and "spirit", but he still followed the instinct of his "body" and took a few big breaths, even though it didn't make him feel too comfortable. At least my tense spirit relaxed a little.

Boluogo arched his body. He felt something rolling in his stomach. It may be that the bumpy journey made him a little insane. He vomited several times, but nothing came out of his throat.

Beating his chest hard, Bolog's breath blew up large swaths of gray dust.

too painful.

It was painful in every sense of the word.

Boluogo began to comfort himself. The reason why this promotion ceremony was so unexpected was probably related to the incomplete soul of his debtor. If that didn't work, he could also put the blame on Palmer. This guy's bad luck spread to himself.

Boluogo smiled to himself, it was just a joke. He was not that unreasonable. He just felt that after going through all this madness, he should tell himself some jokes to relieve himself.

"What would you say if you were to die?"

This was one of the chats between Bologna and Palmer. Faced with Bologo's question, Palmer thought for a while and answered.

"A bad joke."

"cold joke?"

"Yes, the terrifying death is about to come, but you are not afraid. Instead, you laugh at death...how elegant, calm and romantic."

"If you recited some kind of poetry before you died, I would think it was calm and romantic, but if you told cold jokes... why do you feel so neurotic?"

Palmer was very stubborn, "Almost, almost, it's just that you can't understand my romance."

God, Bologg couldn't stop laughing when he thought of this. He briefly forgot what he was experiencing and began to think about why Palmer could always tell these strange and funny truths casually, and then he I wonder, does someone like Palmer really have such emotions as sadness?

Burlogo felt that Palmer would also be sad. After all, we are all human beings, but when Palmer was sad, he would hide where he could not see him.

Boluogo stopped his random thoughts. After a short rest, he had regenerated his strength and stabilized his spirit. He stood up unsteadily, and the weird world came into view.

This is a gray and empty land, with only cold rocks and dead dust. Life is extinct here. And above Boluogo's head, mountain-like boulders float in the air. They collide and crush each other, and the broken pieces Among the rocks, snake-like thunder passed by, bringing with it a picture of doom.

Boluogo was stunned. This was not a strange place. On the contrary, this was a land that Boluogo was extremely familiar with.

The world after death, the world of nothingness.

Boluogo holds many secrets that he has never told others, such as "past life" and "draining". The world after death is also one of Boluogo's secrets.

Others would panic when they came to the so-called afterlife, but Boluogo was extremely relaxed. He was like a car running wildly on the highway and encountering a gas station before the fuel tank burned out.

Returning here feels like returning home. As long as he waits here for a while, Boluogo can return to the world.

But this time, something was not quite right in the afterlife. When Boluogo realized this, a clear finger snap sounded behind him.

The man broke the dead silence and took the initiative to reveal his existence.