Overturned Tower

"If you don't close the door, I can't pull you in. I can't help it either."

Little Liuli's psychic power... still needs to be triggered by the inducer to close the door himself?

Russell thought for a moment and asked, "What information?"

"It's useless now."

"Then who is the leader of your organization?"

"I can't say it. Whenever I want to say something, I suddenly forget."

Is this... a memory sealed by magic, or is it words?

Russell suddenly realized.

But he vaguely guessed something.

So he changed the phrase: "So, what do you want to exchange now?"

"die."

She answered quickly and without hesitation.

"...Are you sure? I don't have to kill you."

"Of course, all I want is for you to kill me. Right here—kill me."

Knowing everything, the devil replied calmly: "I must not be taken away by you. That's why I choose to communicate with you, not the inferior.

"That's a man who has no feelings and just knows 'right'."

"Why did you have to kill you?"

"Do you have to ask the bottom line like this?"

"of course."

Russell nodded seriously: "I don't like to pursue other people's privacy, but the situation is different now.

"I'm an agent, and you are a devil. It's not that I can do what you want me to do. I need to know if this is your conspiracy or a trap.

"I can roughly judge whether you have lied...so, you say yes."

"It's really tired of hearing the general theory."

The demon sneered.

But she was silent for a while, and replied earnestly: "Because I don't want 'Xiao Liuli' to be announced as a criminal.

"The company will not disclose information about 'devils'. Then as an excuse for the disappearance of a famous person like Xiao Liuli, I will get in touch with an unsolved case...to 'become a murderer'. I have personally It's been done many times."

heard here.

Russell suddenly realized the truth of the matter.

"Could it be that your fiancée is now... chasing 'Xiao Liuli'?"

That's no wonder little Liuli appeared in the hive.

No wonder she is still using the identity of "Blue Robin".

She was hoping that... her fiancée would come to her door one day to surprise her.

And that means...

"She doesn't know that you are the Blue Robin?"

"No need to ask. I will never tell you her identity. If you keep asking, I will eat you."

The demon, longing for relief, rejected Russell's inquiry very resolutely.

But not answering is acknowledging.

She doesn't want her identity to be announced as a criminal, and she hopes that what remains in the memory of her fiancée is still her former boyfriend, the idol she adores now... instead of being doubly disillusioned.

The demon replied calmly, "I don't trust you.

"I don't trust agents, and I don't trust heroes. I don't trust a frizzy young man like you, let alone trust companies and underground gangs."

But what leaves Russell speechless is that she really has the right to mistrust.

Because she really experienced a controlled life.

"Let me be an innocent killed by the veil of ignorance...in exchange, I will not stand against you.

"I will not resist your questioning, nor will I resist your attack."

The devil's deep words were full of exhaustion: "I just hope to die here.

"Is such a wish not allowed? I can't even choose to die quietly and cleanly?"

Her desperate cry at the moment was also answering one of Russell's previous doubts.

—Are all demons aggressive?

If the nature of the devil is laziness and passivity, would he still go out to do evil every day?

Today's Little Liuli is the best answer to this question.

The personality of the demon is obviously different from that of the previous host...but not all demons are strongly aggressive, they are just an extension of extreme negative emotions.

"...So, who are you? The demon of 'Little Liuli', or was born from 'Blue Robin'?"

"—neither. I'm the demon of 'The Bird in a Cage.'"

The "caged bird" replied: "Kill me quickly, before I can't bear the desire and start 'eating' other people. I can't take it anymore.

"I don't want her to know in the future that I once ate human beings like her."

This should be the name of the psychic energy awakened by Xiao Liuli.

It turned out to be the case.

This is the essence of "demon phenomenon".

Not so much "another stranger who took away his identity", a devil from another world.

Rather, it was after the "red shift" symbolizing out of control exceeded the limit...

——Obtained the "spiritual energy" of spiritual wisdom, and officially replaced himself.

And instead of "indecisive self", to carry out the final task.

She can no longer live cleanly.

But she still has the last courage—to choose a clean death.

Chapter 54 The color farthest from the sky

Caged bird.

This is also the name of the bomb planted by the leader of the "Silence of Ignorance".

In other words, he knew from the very beginning that "Little Liuli" had a will to die.

She is no longer a pawn controlled by the veil of ignorance, but decides to break away from the chessboard...but she is so powerless that she can't do anything.

The only choice is to jump down.

Even if you become a devil, you don't want to hurt others.Or, utterly tired of hurting others.

Or……

One of the purpose of the leader planting the bomb was to get rid of Xiao Liuli.

"The moment the cage is opened, there is only freedom—or death."

This was relayed by the inferior, the last message.

Because the inferior was worried that there might be key information in these words, he specifically said this key word to Russell.

But now, Russell realized.

What exactly do these words refer to.

"...Little Liuli used to come here often."

Russell suddenly said softly: "She also likes to come here and drink some wine... but she dare not get drunk, right?"

Because she hides too many secrets.

She was worried that she would tell others when she was drunk.

very tired.

Wanting to protect his former girlfriend, he is forced to submit to a veil of ignorance.

Until he realizes that there's no end to this life...he'll be sucked out of every drop of value.

So he chose to end it all.

The "freedom" that the caged bird craved never existed from the very beginning.Because the cage is still a new cage.

Therefore, the original desire of the demon named "caged bird" is "clean death".

It is also the strong aversion to the fictional self of "Little Liuli" that gave birth to the psionic ability to "make all prosthetic bodies disappear".

"—and what about your fiancée?"

Russell asked back: "What are you going to do? If you don't tell me her identity, what will happen to her by those people after you die?"

"Of course I will choose to die after confirming that she is no longer under the control of the veil of ignorance."

The demon hooted with a smile: "In other words, it was after 'she' confirmed that the other party was already free...I was born.

"I'm her instinct of self-destruction. I was born to die for cleanliness. When she intends to end it all, she's still too weak to kill anyone. So I won't hurt anyone... as long as' Little Liuli can die clean."

Even with such sad words, there was not a single tear left in the shattered glass prosthetic eye.

The eyes that cannot shed tears are the proof of being deeply modified.

Because crying is not only a sign of weakness, but also an inferior function that can easily lead to short circuit and corrosion of the prosthetic body.

After the natural weak eyes are converted into prosthetic eyes, people will no longer cry.

"It's all predestined."

The demon slowly stretched his arms, like embracing the blue sky, or like a dead tree.

"Blue robin... such an unlucky relative."

Saying that, the devil in the caged bird was silent for a while.

And Russell stood aside, quietly listening to her narrate the last few words in her life.

"You know, birds are made to yearn for the sky. But blue is the color furthest from the sky, and that's the color of the sea.

"That portends a fall."

——It shouldn't be like this.The sky should indeed be blue.

Russell wanted to plead.

However, such words were swallowed before they reached their lips.

It has nothing to do with exhaust or pollution.The sky in this world has never shown a sky blue hue.

But the sea, which should reflect the color of the sky, is blue...

"...perhaps in other worlds, the sky is blue."

Russell couldn't help but say: "Glass robin is the same color as the sky."

The demon gave him a surprised look.

He smiled gently, like looking at a child talking in sleep.

"maybe."

He opened his arms.

As if wanting to hug Russell, he stretched out his broken arm.

"I've said all I can say, and it's time for you to kill me now."

This is the first demon that Russell encountered in this world.