Overturned Tower

"So, he turned into a demon?"

"No, he just awakened the psychic power—the psychic power that returned himself and his mind back to childhood."

Chapter 10 Fairy Tales and Angels

If nothing else, Peter Pan should be the first batch of born psykers.

In that era when there is still fear of mages and people have not completely forgotten the existence of mages, it is definitely not a good thing to obtain abilities that obviously do not belong to the "power of the holy order".

"But it's different from a real child...he has no family. He has no parents who can restrain him. Peter Pan's accumulated wisdom and awakened psychic power soon made him the king of children in the surrounding area.

"Peter Pan deliberately indulged in this 'childish innocence', so that he was more innocent than a real child. A child does not understand the so-called 'morality', but he deliberately makes himself forget 'morality'. Like It’s like pouring drinks into the ant’s nest and letting them drink to their heart’s content; it’s also like taking off the wings of a butterfly to make ornaments, or tearing down other people’s things at will...Peter Pan let himself forget all the constraints and experience as much as possible. 'What kind of things will children do'.

"However, after he lost the restraint of an adult, he still possessed the cunning wisdom of an adult.

"He ordered the other children not to come home - otherwise they would be attacked and refused to accept them. At the same time, he was comforting these children, bewitching them, and taking their place as parents.

"Under Peter Pan, kids do whatever they want...steal other people's stuff, burn down ugly buildings, and it's all for 'fun.'"

What kind of damage will a brat with the cunning wisdom of a social person, the super power to fly into the sky, and no scruples at the same time cause?

—That’s Peter Pan.

"That is indeed a very happy life. No need to study, no constraints, eat whatever you want, drink whatever you want, play games as long as you want, sleep as long as you want...but After living like this for a long time, there are still children who want to 'go home and have a look.' No matter how happy life outside is, not all children are willing to say goodbye to their parents forever.

"Even if they promised, it was just 'go back and have a look'. But Peter Pan knew very well that when they went back, they never came back.

"Their parents will definitely control them, and other children will also be infected by this homesickness of missing their parents... The 'legion' he formed will fall apart in an instant, and only a few real children will be left." Children who don't want to go home.

"It's impossible for him to accept that future.

"So he secretly killed the kids who wanted to leave, and then threatened the other kids that their parents had killed them. But there were always smarter, older kids...they realized It's wrong. But Peter Pan is more mature and wiser than them, and he saw through their acting skills immediately.

"He killed those half-grown children one by one by creating accidents and other means. When Peter Pan was finally captured, he had killed sixteen children. And his 'legion' at that time had expanded to more than 80 people.

"If he hadn't been captured, these 80 people would have died one day. Because a child's mind grows, but Peter Pan doesn't."

When the inferior man said this, he sneered: "But even though his hands are covered with blood, people still don't want to kill Peter Pan.

"Because the First Consensus had just been established at that time, Peter Pan became a classic case and became the 'forgiven' instead. And he wanted to atone for his sins... The way of atonement is to guard these demons forever.

"Peter Pan's mind never changes, which means he never matures, is never seduced by demons, and is never corrupted by demons. He doesn't even change his desires and will - his redshift and The blue shift value is always level [-]. Because of this, he is the best warden.

"He will watch over these demons forever, and this is his atonement.

"The irony is that... after the demon 'Peter Pan' was forgiven, the fairy tale about 'Peter Pan' was circulated without anyone writing it. It was made by those who were 'rescued', Children who were kidnapped and also participated in various cruel acts, exaggerated and beautified the subsequent stories.

"But the fairy tales he wrote before have not been handed down. Ironically, the content of the 'criticism letters' constructed by his colleagues because of jealousy is true. The fairy tales he wrote are closer to adult fairy tales , which has many metaphors and beautiful rhetoric, but children really don't like it. Because they can't read it.

"The only problem is... a child who can't even read this kind of fairy tale is impossible to write to him with such a clear mind."

As an excellent fairy tale writer, Peter Pan wrote for children wholeheartedly at the beginning.

His experience of murdering children, his end, eventually became the best fairy tale he created in his life.

This can not but be said to be a kind of black humor.

...but what to say.

Russell looked at the inferior in a somewhat complicated manner.

Although there are obvious differences in motivation, the inferior is also a kind of "Peter Pan" in a sense.

It will never grow, and it will never change—it's not that I don't understand, but because of something, I deliberately let myself forget it.

Apart from "Peter Pan" himself and the demons who let the inferiors execute the demons when they were young, there may be a part of the reason why the inferiors hate Peter Pan... The inferiors saw themselves in the mirror.

That was his "worst possibility".

The inferior instinctively hates and resists that possibility, so they try their best to stay away from it.

But this disgust itself speaks of his goodness.In other words, the kind of "goodness" he tried his best to maintain.

This sense of contradiction in him is like a mystery.

If only I could meet the poor man's father, Russell thought.

In that case, he would be able to have a deeper understanding...a deeper analysis of his colleague.

This kind of analysis of others through observation is also Russell's hobby that is not convenient to share with others.

Although such a hobby is not dark...but just knowing it will make people uncomfortable.

Russell thought so, and the floating car slowly landed on the ground.

But it is obviously still some distance away from Tianen District.

The inferior patted Russell on the shoulder next to him, reminding him to look over.

"You wait here first."

He said, pointing to the suitcase on the back seat.

Inside was a cryo device, storing prototype chips.

"Look at the chip, don't lose it..."

"Why are you going?"

Russell asked.

The poor man kept his hands in his pockets, raised his chin and pointed to the convenience store next to him: "Buy cigarettes."

...that's an overly realistic reason.

However, he wanted to smoke just now.Russell thought it was because he was willing to restrain this habit for himself, but he didn't expect it to be because he ran out of cigarettes...

Russell yelled helplessly: "You smoke less!"

The inferior one ignored Russell, and walked towards the convenience store without looking back.

Really only the delphinium's reprimand works...

Russell shook his head.

"...Speaking of which, the convenience store next door is the 'Third Hand'."

This is a chain store that specializes in selling prosthetic bodies, recycling second-hand prosthetic bodies, and providing prosthetic body modification services.

Russell hasn't visited this store yet, so he wants to visit it a little bit.

Although things in this kind of place are much more expensive than online shopping, and many things are designed to trick some ignorant people, you can often see some second-hand prosthetic bodies that have been modified by magic.

Even if you don’t buy it and just look at it, that kind of transformation idea is also an inspiration for Russell.

—but he still didn't intend to get out of the car.

Because obviously guarding the chip is the business.

Russell thought so, and planned to put the nearby addresses into favorites.

But right now.

Under Russell's surprised eyes, a white-haired girl who looked only 1.5 meters in size walked out carrying two bags of heavy parts.

She looked about thirteen or fourteen years old, and her appearance was immature and delicate.It has pigeon blood-like red pupils, moderate spiritualization, resulting in feather-like snow-white short hair, which blends with the ear feathers derived from the ears.

The girl had slender limbs and fair skin.There is obviously a large area of ​​skin exposed, but Russell can't see the traces of the prosthetic body modification——

But what really caught Russell's attention was the halo above her head.

A beige halo exuding bright light was suspended above her head, and her whole body exuded a soft shimmer.

It was as if she had an extra background light on her body, to the extent that she could be spotted at a glance even if she was mixed in the crowd.

Although it was only the first time he saw it, Russell could immediately judge that it was the brilliance of the power of the Holy Order.

...that is, an angel?

Chapter 11 The Premonition of the Underdog

The moment he saw the angel, Russell recalled the news he had just seen not long ago... and the information that the head deer told him.

The so-called "Angel Resurrection Act".

Although it was expected, it came so fast.

But, how could he be so young...

Because Russell himself is a particularly young-looking type, he can easily judge the real age of others.

He can be sure that this girl is indeed only thirteen or fourteen years old.

Because of this, Russell's gaze became very complicated.

He still remembered what the head deer said to him.

The reason why the church made mechanical angels back then was to create special forces that could fight against mages.

These so-called "angels" are nothing more than selected qualified persons wearing a halo with a function similar to a "brainwashing ring".

Through the link with the church server "Holy Book", the halo continuously inputs a specific "fictitious personality" that can be recognized by the power of the holy order into the brain.

But because this is not a cover-type violent brainwashing... If the original personality and experience are too different from this inserted "fictitious personality" and are not compatible enough, self-doubt may arise in certain key judgments, Brainwashing will fail.If the power of the Holy Order is suddenly lost at a critical moment, something may go wrong.

Therefore, the church has to select "qualified persons".

The power of holy orders of different categories is equivalent to different arms; the power of holy orders of different levels is equivalent to different military ranks.

There are a total of 45 types of power of holy orders, and each type of angel has a similar personality.

Angels who are good at healing have similar gentleness and thinking patterns; angels who are good at judging have similar habits of justice and self-discipline.

...But, that is a "soldier" after all.Not only consumables, but also experimental products.

Before starting the transformation, no one knew that this time it would really succeed; before putting in the angels, it was impossible for the church to guess that they could win with one blow.

Even if the final result is good, this kind of behavior still makes Russell frown.

Only when I was thirteen or fourteen... no, no.

Considering that the war lasted for a while, and she didn't freeze immediately after the war, she may have become an angel earlier than that.

At that age, was he transformed into an angel and even sent to the front line just because he was qualified?

——Like a deer head.

It seemed to feel Russell's gaze.

The young angel raised his head and happened to meet Russell's eyes.

She froze for a moment, then showed a very reserved smile.

The girl nodded to Russell, as if bowing; she smiled and raised the bag in her hand, as if waving to Russell.

A very polite girl--it occurred to Russell.

But when the girl was about to leave, she happened to see the suitcase on the back seat of the floating car.

Her steps stopped suddenly.

"……what?"

The girl leaned over with great interest: "Can I ask, what is this?"

"This..."

Russell opened his mouth, not knowing what to say to fool him.

But in his heart, he suddenly raised a little vigilance.

But soon, Russell realized that he had guessed wrong.

Because the girl then replied to herself: "It looks like an ordinary suitcase, but it has a storage battery for a small freezer hanging outside it, isn't it afraid of it exploding?

"Or, is this actually a portable refrigerator? But with such a small volume, what can be stored in it... um, organs, or medical drugs?

"But if it is placed here, won't it break when the brakes hit it? Will the battery not explode or leak when it is hit?"

...Are you actually a mechanical enthusiast?

Russell was a little surprised.

He could tell that the girl wasn't lying or being distracted—she was really interested in the box itself, not its contents.