I'm not a hero, but I didn't say I couldn't beat you.

"NO.15, is it in here?"

"Well, that's right."

"So why are you here?"

"Because after I liberated an SS-level seal, I was dragged over for inspection. Then they looked at the records about No. 15, and with a quick thought, they asked me, who had been responsible for monitoring No. 15, People, or contained objects?”

The slate man sat outside the door of the room and waved his hand helplessly.

"All in all, I've become a janitor."

"Where is NO.15? How is the situation? Is there any health problem?"

"A little bit, but the overall situation is fine. However, it seems that his mental condition is a little unstable?"

"How does it compare to what it was like in the hospital?"

"I can't say..."

"how do I say this?"

Fu'er asked curiously.

"If it's just from a mental state, NO.15 is actually much stronger now than when he was in the hospital, but if it's from an emotional point of view... it may be very unstable..."

"Emotionally...I probably know..."

Fu'er nodded, then prepared to open the door and walked in.

"Hey! You can solve the problem of No. 15..."

"Huh? Can't you tell, you seem to care about him?"

"It's not that I care about him, but, you know, at that time I helped save three seriously injured and dying heroes. After they woke up, they told me that their consciousness and miracles were about to be destroyed by [Gaia]. ] When they were captured, a man with long blond hair saved them... If you put it this way, you can understand."

"........."

Fu Er sighed, then turned around and waved his hand.

"I know, I will solve it anyway, leave it to me."

"Well, then it's up to you!"

The slate man smiled, trusting his companion without reservation.

"Boom boom boom——"

Fu Er knocked on the door of the room where No. 15 was located after the self-blocked door.

After a while, a hoarse voice came from the other party.

"Please come in..."

When he opened the door, the room was dark, with only the electronic equipment on the bed providing a glimmer of light.

Fu Er fumbled and turned on the light in the room.

"Ah...it's Mr. Fu'er...I'm sorry...I'm like this now..."

"It's okay, I know, my consciousness has been eroded, right, I've understood the details."

Fu'er glanced at the other party's appearance. He was in good spirits, but his eyes showed fatigue and confusion. There was a bracelet tied to his left wrist, with a red light flashing above it.

This is proof that the other party's consciousness still has traces of erosion, but only one of the three red lights is on, which means the situation is okay and will recover itself as time goes by.

What's more, NO.15 has a miracle, and his recovery speed will only be faster.

It's just that due to his current situation and the suspicion on his head, he has to be detained here.

"I'm sorry...Mr. Fu'er, I know...it was my fault that led to the resurrection of that huge disaster."

"Well, I know, but it's not your fault alone. It's actually just that all of us were blinded by the smoke bombs thrown by that bastard Owens and didn't notice what he was thinking."

"But... I was the one who resurrected Him... after all. As a result, Mr. Hartz had to fight to the death with the opponent in that barrier to delay time. I cannot avoid this responsibility."

Fu'er frowned and looked at the electronic device in the other person's hand.

The information page from within the federation is reporting on this incident.

"Tsk, forget it, let's talk about something else, No. 15. I'm not here to hear your confession, but to find a solution to everything."

"If I can be of any assistance to you, please ask."

NO.15 nodded with a sincere expression.

"How did you resurrect [Gaia]?"

Fu'er thought for a moment and then asked first.

He did already know the principle, but he wanted to know how NO.15 connected to Gaia's consciousness through miracles.

"At that time... I was reading a book... and saw a story. It was a story about Norse mythology, Odin's resurrection from the dead on the World Tree, and then I thought about it."

"If resurrection from the dead really exists, if resurrection is possible, then...can I resurrect Audrey..."

NO.15 sighed, looking sad.

"I'm sorry, just because this whimsical idea of ​​mine triggered my miracle, which briefly led to my goal."

"After Audrey died, I couldn't help but touch the soul that was contained by the [world] she believed in, so I awakened it——"

"This is the crime I...committed..."

"…………"

Looking at NO.15 who blamed himself, Fu Er sighed.

"Stop talking about crimes. That kind of thing is not important. Keep talking. Then why did you try to connect to Gaia's consciousness again after that?"

Fu'er looked at the other party and asked his question.

According to the federal surveillance report, after NO.15 completed the awakening of [Gaia], he was hit by the torrent of the other party's sea of ​​consciousness and was forced to return to his own body. However, after that, he emerged from the coma. After waking up, he reconnected to Gaia's will without hesitation.

"You... want to save Audrey?"

"Yes... I have to admit that at that time, apart from feeling guilty towards you, the first thing on my mind... was whether I could rescue Audrey, even if it was just to bring her consciousness back. "

"The results of it?"

"I was wrong...so wrong..."

NO.15 shook his head and smiled bitterly, as if he was laughing at himself.

"As the doctor who provided me with medical treatment said, pure resurrection from the dead is impossible. The savior Yu Yuan was able to accomplish that miracle because, in a sense, the people killed by the locust plague He did not die, but was transformed into life energy and survived in another form. The principle is similar to the emergence of a caterpillar, which is the so-called metamorphosis. And the miracle he achieved was also based on this with the help of the [World's The reverse evolution completed by "Fragment"."

"But, it's different here. Audrey...is indeed dead, and what [Gaia] retains are just the fragments and echoes of her consciousness when she was still alive. The possibility of resurrecting her , so it didn’t exist in the beginning.”

"So, when I connected to [Gaia]'s consciousness for the second time and clearly understood the result, I... was a little confused..."

"What...have I done? For this illusory wish, I failed Audrey's expectations of me, and pushed the whole world into the abyss of destruction because of my selfish desires...I...deserve death..."

NO.15 Covered his eyes with both hands and cried silently.