Neverland

"Actually, to be honest, I have to thank my brother Yan for discovering this." Xu Muzhou paused, and couldn't help turning his head to glance at Yan Cen behind him.

——From the time he discovered the mission node, Xu Muzhou discovered that this is actually a very special mission. If Yan Cen was not there, he might not be able to find the truth that is close at hand throughout his life.

Seeing this, Yan Cen looked at him and blinked slowly at him.

Xu Muzhou received his response, so he turned back to the direction of "Tuoya". He lowered his head slightly and covered half of his face with one hand, smiled softly, and said, "It was he who taught me that I should believe my own."

"Tuoya" blinked, her hunched shoulders were slightly set back, she stood upright on the spot, her chin was slightly raised, and she seemed to have a more dignified posture for no reason.

The deep emotions in her eyes began to be traceable, and he looked deeply at Xu Muzhou, as if waiting for him to continue.

Xu Muzhou smiled, then shook his head helplessly.

In fact, this task is obviously extremely simple, but it took him so long to discover it.

Xu Muzhou had been wondering about one thing - why Toya didn't trigger the effect of the crystal ball.

He once guessed whether it was because Toya had the ability to use the "bridge", so he could use the crystal ball freely, but he didn't realize until just now that it was not because Toya could make the crystal ball "standby", but because he I have no right to see my future there.

— because he is an incomplete man.

Of course, Xu Muzhou is clear in his heart, there are only a handful of people in this world who can firmly believe in and identify with himself like Yan Cen, so that they can freely come and go in the "past" and "future" in the crystal ball, But normal people like Joseph and Xu Muzhou can at least make the crystal ball work.

——But Toya, who is the "owner" of the crystal ball, can't do it, which is very strange in itself.

Not only that, even when the crystal ball reflected Xu Muzhou's "future", Toya couldn't see the illusion in the crystal ball. Xu Muzhou still remembered that at that time, Toya said that his future was just "a vast expanse of whiteness." fog".

Xu Muzhou once thought that "future" was quite a privacy-conscious thing, but now that he thinks about it carefully, he realizes that an incomplete person will of course be abandoned by "future".

With a thought in his mind, Xu Muzhou stood up from the ground with his hands supporting the floor, and patted the floor dust on his pants with his hand back.

"Okay, let's go to the attic now." Xu Muzhou turned around, stretched out his hand to Yan Cen, and asked, "Brother Yan, take the key."

Yan Cen glanced at "Tuoya" silently, then took the bunch of keys from the buckle on his back waist, and handed them to Xu Muzhou.

Xu Muzhou took the bunch of keys, weighed them easily in his hand, picked out the smallest key from it, turned and walked towards the other side of the stairs.

He turned around neatly, as if he was not worried about "Tuoya" stabbing him in the back again.

"Tuoya" watched him go to the stairs, and then Yan Cen, who was following behind Xu Muzhou, gave him a warning look.

The corners of "Tuoya"'s lips curled slightly, and an extremely faint smile disappeared from her lips in an instant.But then, as if she had discovered her gaffe, she flattened the corners of her mouth again, and fell into that gloomy temperament again.

She waited until Yan Cen and Xu Muzhou went all the way to the second floor before finally taking a step towards the stairs.

The body movements of "Tuoya" are a little stiff when walking, but the footsteps seem a little brisk.

Xu Muzhou didn't bother to see if she followed, he held the key and walked up in three steps, walking towards the attic with a clear goal.

Yan Cen followed him two steps at an unhurried pace. From the corner of his eye, he would fall from the gap of the stairs from time to time to see "Tuoya" who followed him up.

"Tuoya" has always been very measured, and has been walking up a full floor away from Xu Muzhou. When he saw Xu Muzhou reach the attic, he simply stopped at the stairs and stopped. up.

Yan Cen is very satisfied with her knowledge.

Xu Muzhou went up to the attic first, and the keychain rattled in his hand.

The delicate little key was inserted into the lock by him, and he turned slightly to the left, the lock cylinder made a slight sound, and the door of the attic opened automatically and consciously.

Soft light poured out from the crack of the door in an instant, Xu Muzhou slightly pushed the door open, and found that the "missing" crystal ball was now hanging in the air.It exudes a gentle light, covering the lonely tomb in the house under a halo.

Xu Muzhou stood by the door holding the doorknob, looked up at the crystal ball for a while, hesitated for a while, but did not go in.

"I completely understand." Xu Muzhou said in a low voice.

As Xu Muzhou said, he simply closed the door, locked the door as it was, and took out the key.

"Understood?" Yan Cen asked.

"Yeah." Xu Muzhou nodded, he walked down the stairs two steps, and he seemed too lazy to go downstairs, so he just sat on the steps of the stairs, leaning his head on the handrail wearily, He looked at "Tuoya" standing not far away.

"She is also pitiful." Xu Muzhou said: "It's fine if you don't be recognized by 'myself', but you will also be hated by yourself."

When he saw the crystal ball in the attic just now, Xu Muzhou suddenly thought, maybe he also thought about something wrong before.

He preconceivedly regarded the "Tuoya" in front of him as a stripped product of Toya's evil side, so he logically believed that it was normal for her to do evil.

Xu Muzhou doubted the authenticity of the "past" in the crystal ball, but because of the aggressiveness shown by "Tuoya" to him, he always subconsciously believed that it was indeed the "Tuoya" in front of him who killed Joseph.

But it wasn't until the moment he opened the attic door that Xu Muzhou noticed a subtle feeling that he hadn't noticed before.

——Judging from the scene just now, Xu Muzhou always felt that "Tuoya" seemed to be guarding the tombstone on the attic.

No, not even just about that.

Even the murder of Joseph was actually revealed by "Tuoya" herself for them to read.From this point of view, she, like the other Toya, is a typical combination of contradictions. She looks selfish, indifferent, and cruel, but it is very contradictory to "selfish" to reveal this matter to the world.

"Actually, no matter from the environment or from the direction of the crystal ball, the answer is very obvious. These two 'Tuoya' are flawed." Xu Muzhou said: "But I overlooked a problem earlier."

Yan Cen sat down beside him and asked, "Huh?"

"Do flaws really represent a negative character?" Xu Muzhou asked rhetorically: "For that angelic Toya, the character of selfishness or jealousy is indeed a flaw, but for the 'Tuoya' in front of me , These are her natural instincts, and cannot be called defects."

"For her, her flaws may also be the result of the mirror image." Xu Muzhou pointed to the attic above, and said: "It is a positive personality in the ordinary sense... I think she is actually very soft-hearted."

As soon as Xu Muzhou finished speaking, the hydrangea on Yan Cen's wrist fell a little more, leaving only a thin layer of bottom.

Yan Cen looked at his wrist, smiled lightly, and agreed: "It seems to be right."

"Then the matter is very clear." Xu Muzhou looked at the hydrangea and said, "...the matter is almost over."

The hands of the big clock in the castle move forward, and the sound of metal friction sounds very subtle, but it cannot be ignored.

Yan Cen and Xu Muzhou sat on the stairs, stopped talking tacitly, and did not exchange any more.

And "Tuoya" has been standing at the bottom of the stairs, looking up at Xu Muzhou stubbornly, her thin body seems to contain huge energy, and she will never be tired, even if she stands here for a day and a night, her posture No shaking.

Toya is too blind, Xu Muzhou suddenly thought, there is nothing wrong with admitting that he is like this.

Obviously soft-hearted and stubborn, but mixed with some sporadic negative personalities, it seems that he is not at all heinous.

But Xu Muzhou didn't say anything, he understood that "Tuoya" didn't need his pity and sympathy, the hydrangea on Yan Cen's wrist is a good proof.

The "witch" has only one obsession from beginning to end.

Time passed by one minute and one second, until the shortest pointer turned a full circle, and just before the hour was struck, "Tuoya", who had been standing in place like a sculpture, suddenly moved, she lowered her head slightly, somewhat He saluted Xu Muzhou defiantly, and then disappeared in place like ashes the moment the hour chime sounded.

Immediately afterwards, the wisp of fly ash gathered in place again, forming a thin and clean figure.

Looking at Toya's innocent and clean face, Xu Muzhou felt as if he hadn't seen him in half his life.

He thumped his numb leg and stood up from the spot.

"You killed Joseph, right?" Xu Muzhou said.

Toya, who hadn't had time to relieve God, was taken aback when she heard the words, and froze in place.

"What..." Toya said, "What—"

"You killed Joseph." Xu Muzhou repeated lightly, "Why don't you dare to admit it?"

Toya's complexion suddenly became ugly, he took a step back subconsciously, and stammered: "I..."

"You are actually not completely positive, even if you separate the other person." Xu Muzhou said to himself, "Joseph was buried in the attic, but when I asked you, you lied."

"You probably realized the matter of lying." Xu Muzhou said: "No matter how hard you try, after a period of time, those negative characters will always find you, and then slowly occupy your spirit again, and finally become your It's a part of life... there's no escaping it."

Toya's eyeballs rolled around quickly, he subconsciously looked away, guilty of not daring to look at Xu Muzhou again.

Xu Muzhou carefully observed his face—the deliberately painted mask on Toya's face began to show cracks, guilt, panic, anger, resentment... These emotions emerged from his face more and more Come out, like a flood breaking a bank, and start to have nowhere to hide.

"The witch Toya's obsession is..." Xu Muzhou untied the string of hydrangeas from Yan Cen's wrist, and said in a low voice, "—accept yourself."