Salvation equals death

Vera was awakened by a burst of heart-piercing cries. She had slept too deeply this time, and when she woke up, she felt detached and indifferent as if she had been in another world. Simply put, she was a Buddha.

There is a kind of calmness that does not matter if the sky falls, not only does not panic, but even wants to make a cup of red dates and wolfberry water and watch the sunset on the rocking chair.

This kind of calmness made Vera very calm when facing the hand-bombed bombs in the car. Looking at the crowds of kids who were crowded by the car window and shouting "Oda Zuo", Vera didn't even understand. So he tilted his head.

In the van, apart from the five kids and Vera herself, there was also a man in a cloak, who sat silently in the front seat, and did not stop the children from crying hoarsely.

Eh?Does this mean preparing to die with them?Vera thought blankly, looked at the other person's clothes, and suddenly remembered that this person seemed to be from a criminal organization called "Mimi"... It seems a bit euphemistic to say that it is a criminal organization, it should be called a "terrorist organization" rather That's right, this organization is known for its insanity, no matter the cost, and it's not uncommon to blow up bunkers with a bag on your body.

Is that so, is it voluntary?Vera yawned. The cross was not by her side, so she could only slowly gather up her loose hair and braid it into a braid. During this period, the man glanced at her through the rearview mirror and ignored her.

So Vera sat in the back seat and strangled him to death with this braid. It is not good to have a bloody scene with children around, or it would be bad to leave a psychological shadow.

Vera stretched out her body and was about to touch the control button of the vehicle, but the man was equipped with a heartbeat detection device. As soon as the man died, someone outside immediately noticed something was wrong, and pressed the start button of the bomb without thinking.

At the critical moment, Vera seemed to glimpse a brown-red haired figure running towards the car through the gap of the car window, who seemed to be Sakunosuke Oda.

But the time left for her was running out, Vera raised her hand and drew a space magic pattern, and swallowed the five cubs together.

Amid the deafening explosions, Vera thought sleepily, get a good night's sleep, and go to Oda for an explanation after waking up.

Vera's extravagant wish was not realized, because she was woken up again by five crying cubs.

The place where the teleportation landed was Zhongye's house. The room was arranged by Zhongye himself. There were soft cushions and blankets everywhere, so that his elder sister with narcolepsy could fall asleep anytime and anywhere.

Seeing the five children in shock and tears streaming down their faces, Vera also knew that she would not be able to sleep this sleep, so she could only coax the five children to drink milk, told them not to go out, and went back to the curry house the same way.

There were potholes in front of the curry house. The fire truck came. After putting out the fire, all that could be found were the broken brackets of the car, and even the remains of the corpse were burned.

The owner of the curry shop was not there, probably because Vera was there, so he went home to accompany his wife and children with peace of mind. The shop was burned, killed and looted. Closed.

Vera climbed up to the second floor, but failed to find her own cross, but found a map nailed to it with a knife on the edge of Kosuke's bed.

Vera scratched her head, but decided to take a trip. Although she didn't understand what Mimi was doing, she probably wanted to force Odasaku to fight him.

On the way to the destination, she happened to pass by the place where she and Dazai "died for love". Vera thought with some emotion that she didn't know if Dazai was saved. If not, she probably had to go to his funeral again.

【So, why did you agree to jump down with him that day? 】The system asked coldly and mechanically.

"I want to try to see if I can save him. Although the hope is very slim, maybe after experiencing death, he might want to live?" Vera smiled slightly, "There is always a helping hand stretched out from the light , but there is no existence to accompany me to jump into despair and struggle together, right?"

"After all, Dazai's heart made of glass is clean and beautiful, but anyone who sees it will want to cry."

The system was silent for a long time, thinking, in fact, you are too.

【So you didn’t actually think about committing suicide at that time? 】

"Of course not. I promised my father that I would not choose to commit suicide."

The system was stuck and short-circuited. Of course, it could tell that Vera was not lying, but what the host was thinking when he jumped down without hesitation at that time, the system could no longer find the answer.

Vera was a step late, and when she arrived at the destination, the battle between Oda Sakunosuke and Andre Gide was over.

From night to morning, this long battle finally came to an end. In the twilight of the morning, the black-haired boy bathed in the morning sun let go of his bandages, like a silent pilgrimage.

He no longer had to wrap his body in bandages and tell the world he was exhausted and scarred.

Holding Odasaku's body in his arms, he raised his head and looked at the sky.

It wasn't Vera's hallucination, Oda was dead, but he seemed to have redeemed Osamu Dazai.

Vera thought to herself, sure enough, she couldn't save Osamu Dazai, how could the future "self" be able to save the past "self"?The past only uncovers the bloody scars of the future.

"Do you want to save him?" Vera stood behind Dazai and asked calmly, "And in some unknown future, bear the pain of loss again, are you willing?"

The black-haired boy smiled lowly, and when he turned his head, his iris-colored eyes were as clean as a newborn baby, and the smile on his lips was like the sky washed by heavy rain, clean, bright, and full of hope.

"Okay, I'll wait patiently."

The timid and cowardly Osamu Dazai finally discovered that even if he had to endure the endless fear of losing, he actually did not regret that he had been here.

Vera raised her hand, and the nail on her right hand instantly turned into a sharp weapon, easily cutting the wrist of her left hand.

The golden blood glistened in the morning sun, entangled in threads, and fell on Odasaku's body drop by drop.

There is a period of time for human beings to go from the heart stop beating to the complete failure of various organs in the body, and this period of time is the "death" that the artificial gods allow to span.

"It is said that the God of Desolation and the Great Primordial God are a pair of twin gods. They are the spirit gods. One is in charge of life and harvest, and the other is in charge of death and desolation. The snake is used as a symbol and totem, because the spirit of the snake is in charge of the east. The sun god." Dazai's gentle and tender voice sounded slowly, "Every year at the Harvest Festival, people will always coil the snake into a ball and place it in the east corner of the altar, in the direction of the rising sun, to welcome Dayuan God enters the temple."

The golden blood melted into Odasaku's body, like a miracle, his chest rose and fell again, and his breathing gradually stabilized.

"The Great Primordial God is a collection of many spirits, not an independent individual god. Every time a sacrifice is made, a new spirit will be added to the ancestor spirit god. Coiled on the sacred tree to gather people's faith." Dazai Osamu slowly exhaled a foul breath, and said softly, "The hiiragi tree entangled by snakes, that is your divine pattern."

"The child of the God of Light, the sun god formed by the condensed faith—is it you right? Chi-chan."

"How did you guess that?" Vera helped Odasaku up, and placed a kiss between his brows. There was a flash of golden light streaks, which represented that Odasaku would become a member of the gods from now on.

"This is just a simple reasoning. The only difficulty is that you need to consult the remote information about the Rage God and the Great Primordial God. I used the hair of you and the slug to do a DNA test. Your bodies are not related by blood at all, but the little dwarf is the Rage God. The security device, obviously without self-memory, but almost subconsciously has the cognition of 'Qian-chan is a sister', isn't it amazing?"

"The sacred tree tattoo entangled by snakes, the golden blood that can 'resurrect' the dying, the powerful body self-healing ability, and the feather pattern of the sun wheel that Chuya subconsciously chose—"

"Lan Tang's obsession with you is so deep because he wants a 'new life' that can save everything more than the 'power' that can make the earth barren. After all, he is a man who can appreciate the beauty of life."

Dazai sighed faintly, wiped the tears that did not exist in the corners of his eyes pretendingly, and said sadly: "We have all become your believers, so what are you going to do to us two innocent boys? Lord Kamisa ?”

The exchange of blood, the kiss between the eyebrows—then the ceremony between the gods and their relatives was completed.

"Oh." A certain nun just lowered her eyes indifferently in the face of the playful Dazai, "I am in charge of the harvest, so don't waste food."

Dazai Osamu: "..."

Hey, I don't.

Handing over the unconscious Oda Saku to Osamu Dazai, Vera told him the location of the five cubs: "What are your plans next?"

The gangsters definitely can’t stay anymore, and Osamu Dazai and Kensen Ougai are also unwilling. After all, Mori Ougai killed Odasaku in order to solve Mimic at the lowest cost. Dazai must have a grudge in his heart.

As for Sen Owai, he didn't say anything, but he was always afraid that Dazai would kill him one day and replace him. After all, he and Dazai were actually the same kind of person.

"I'm going to the other side of the light~" Dazai, who was talking in a weird chant, smiled brilliantly behind Odasaku's back, "Chi-chan, do you want to elope with me?"

"No, you can elope with Sakunosuke, and I won't bother you." Vera turned to leave, but was stopped by Dazai.

"Qianjiang, do you still remember the 'Joint Jelly'?"

"Remember, didn't you still mention it to me yesterday? I'm just a little surprised, how did you know this name?" Vera turned around, a little confused, but not surprised.

Dazai stared at her quietly, and after a long time, he said softly: "You were drunk that day, talking nonsense all over the place, I'm a little curious, what kind of person was your former lover?"

"He's a hero." The girl smiled without any haze, "He's a nice and gentle person who makes people feel warm just thinking about it."

"Well, then you must love him very much, right? Have you loved him until now?"

The girl smiled and said: "How many years has it been? Maybe his children are running around all over the place. No one will live in the past forever. Isn't that what you said, Dazai?"

"Yes..." Dazai lowered his eyes, did not speak for a long time, but suddenly raised his head and said with a smile, "See you again by fate, Chi-chan."

Looking at the straight and firm back of the nun, Dazai looked calm, his lips moved slightly, and he said something silently.

——It’s so pitiful, Chi-chan.

——It’s really sad even for the devil.

Vera didn't return. In fact, she found Mimic's remaining stronghold after Dazai left. Mimic, who lost their leader, is a mess and a group of hopeless thugs.

"In the end, you still became what you hated the most."

The nun who walked out of the base with the setting sun in the sky re-carried the cross representing sin and redemption. She gently adjusted her skirt and skirt corners, and there seemed to be golden lotuses blooming in her shining eyes.

And behind her, there is a bloody slaughterhouse, like the light and shadows under the eighteen layers of hell. Where a ray of sky light leaks out, sin and the death of forgiveness are buried.

Those fanatics all committed suicide and stained the land red with blood, but there was a faint smile on their lips.

——It seems that at the end of life, I glimpsed the God who brings light.