Xiao had been subjected to countless various experiments in this laboratory. They extracted the demon residues from him and injected these residues into various animals, sometimes humans, but without exception, they all became monsters that were not like humans.

Only Xiao, only Xiao could maintain a human posture and human thinking under such huge erosion. But this also brought him great mental damage. Even if he did not actively integrate the black mist into these people's bodies, it was extracted from him.

Xiao's overly high sense of morality made him take all the blame.

He had looked at the escape route in front of him countless times, and came to that door countless times. He longed for freedom and light, but the fact was that he had voluntarily locked himself in this dark underground place full of sin.

Can't leave.

There are too many monsters here, and they will bring crisis to the whole world.

The culprit who caused all this should use his long, useless life to guard this place. This is the only way to atone for his sins.

Although the button to release himself was right nearby, Xiao took the initiative to walk into the cage he had set for himself.

Until Shi Ning appeared.

The scent of the girl was particularly familiar to him, and he even felt at ease. The black fog that had been tormenting him for years was also tamed a lot.

She knows him.

The missing memories are like a nightmare. Can a sinful person like me really embrace the future and the past?

But in the end, Xiao couldn't convince himself, he longed too much for companions.

Regardless of whether this is a new scam or not, he will jump into the game and become the most loyal pawn in her hand.

—Just let him fit in.

"..." Xiao did not say anything nice to defend himself, nor did he intend to pay attention to the alert Matsuda Jinpei. He just stared at Shi Ning with a pair of beautiful, lifeless dark green eyes, as if he was looking at his whole world.

Jinpei Matsuda raised his eyebrows. He looked carefully at Xiao's current condition. Although he possessed inhuman strength, he was a person who could not cause any trouble.

"I trust him, Matsuda-kun." Shi Ning pulled Matsuda Jinpei's sleeve.

Before coming to this world, the girl behind Xiao was a cheerful and lively person. She loved being lively and always stood in the middle of the crowd, answering the words of people around her with a smile. No one would dislike her, and no one would hate her.

Look at him now, a good child has been tortured into this state, and there is no trace of the past in his eyes.

Why is this happening?

Could it be that she has been completely devoured by the role-playing card?

Shi Ning took a deep breath. Ten years were just a gap of ten years. She would help Xiao find his former self. Now this taciturn look did not suit her, very much not.

And the system... Shi Ning's eyes flashed with gloom. If she lost herself, what's the point of resurrecting? She will make it pay the price.

With the corner of his clothes grabbed, Jinpei Matsuda took a step back. Although he was not sure what special abilities this doll body gave him, Jinpei Matsuda did not intend to do anything else.

"Alright." Matsuda Jinpei shrugged, "The time is up, you are out of danger now, I will change back first."

As soon as he finished speaking, the tall and handsome man instantly turned into the Paimon doll that Shi Ning was particularly familiar with, and fell from mid-air.

A black mist disappeared in an instant, and Shi Ning's eyes blurred. The doll was grabbed by a pair of hands wearing black gloves and handed in front of him.

Xiao held the doll and handed it to Shi Ning with both hands. Shi Ning was stunned and his face became ugly again.

Even though Shi Ning was not very familiar with this gesture, she knew very well that it was an attempt to please.

Trying hard to suppress the anger surging in his heart, Shi Ning took the doll, hung it back on the bag, then gently took Xiao's hand and led him away.

Shi Ning didn't dare to use much strength. The boy in front of him was like a fine porcelain full of cracks, which would shatter completely if the slightest force was applied. This feeling made Shi Ning extremely careful, afraid of saying something wrong.

"You don't have to please me, because you are our companion." After a while, accompanied by the singing of birds, Shi Ning picked up a white flower from the ground.

Putting the flower in Xiao's messy dark green short hair, Shi Ning took Xiao's left hand and tapped the dim blue gem on the boy's glove: "You have the Eye of God, you are our companion, this is an unchangeable fact and an absolute recognition."

"No need to hesitate, no need to please. Real companions and family don't need you to do these things." Shi Ning moved close to Xiao's face, rubbed his cheek against him, and coaxed him in a low voice, as if he was a wounded little animal comforting the other person.

Xiao reacted greatly to this action. His almost expressionless face changed a little, his pupils contracted, and the hand that Shi Ning was holding trembled slightly.

This set of clothes and this gem were his few private possessions. It was not that the researchers did not want to take them away, but not long after they were taken away, the gem would appear next to him again, and no matter how many times it happened, the result would be the same.

Xiao has a good memory, but perhaps the confusion over the years has caused some confusion in his memory.

When he first entered the research institute, he happened to notice that his eyes were exceptionally bright, the color of the sun, and his unique gem was also flashing a dazzling blue luster, exceptionally new, exceptionally beautiful, just like him.

But at some point, when Xiao looked at himself again, the brilliant gold color became dimmer and dimmer, and finally turned into a dark green. The gems on the gloves also became dimmer and dimmer, with less and less blue, until now, it was almost becoming the same as gray.

Just like - the gray gem that Shi Ning wore around his waist.

No, it's still different.

Shi Ning's gray is bright and dazzling, but his gray is ugly.

"Can I ever... go back to the way I was before?"

Xiao doesn't like his current self at all. He feels dull and lifeless.

Shi Ning touched Xiao's hair earnestly, and pointed at the white flower she wore in the boy's hair with particular seriousness: "Of course you can, look, I put the flower of courage on you, and you will become the bravest person in the world. You can overcome all difficulties and face pain head-on."

"Even now, the gods have not abandoned you. The gods' sight will always remain on you."

Xiao lowered his eyelids unnaturally, his lips moved twice, and he turned his face away: "Let's go... I, I'm fine."

"Then hold my hand, I will take you away from here." Shi Ning stood up quickly. She knew that Xiao had just left the cage, so she reached out, grabbed the boy's arm, and pulled him out of the drowning nightmare.

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