Different from the warm atmosphere in the car, the quiet night in the suburbs of London was broken by a sharp bird song. The long-eared owl flapped its wings and flew away from the scarecrow in a hurry, and a green crack appeared in the empty night sky. Appeared, flickering with an evil frequency.
The edge of the crack continued to expand until it seemed that the space was torn open a two-meter-wide hole, and a dying man fell from the inside and hit the vegetation. The clothes on his chest were soaked in blood. He groaned and gasped weakly. Get angry.
Fragmentary cracking sounds came from the cracks in the space, and gradually tightened from the surroundings like a wound healing without leaving any scars. Finally, after the green light exploded, everything disappeared without a trace as if nothing had happened, and the man's chest cavity The last weak ups and downs also stopped.
At the same moment, Bruce parked the car on the side of the street, Donna got out of the car first, he opened the car door after turning off the engine, the windows of the apartment building were lit with warm lights, and she stood in front of the door and looked at the car with a smile. Own.
The tall man approached a few steps, put out his hand to support her head and looked up.
Under the silver light of the moonlight, a kiss full of love fell on her lips. Bruce straightened up after tasting it, and turned his hand behind his head to his face and rubbed his thumb against Donna's skin. This was their tender moment.
His fingers had a rough feeling that was not what a nobleman should have. She felt a little itchy, so she subconsciously made a movement that little bats usually do, turned her head and put her face completely in his palm.
Feeling the weight in her hand, Donna's small movements were exchanged for Bruce's chuckle, and the atmosphere between the two was just right, and the scene of the couple reluctant to leave before separation was staged downstairs in her apartment.
"Have you considered inviting me up?"
"!?"
The hot words threw thunder in her ears, and Tang Nana raised her eyes to look at him helplessly, and the part of her face that he touched burned up.
"But... my room is very messy... and it's very small. Victoria lives opposite, and the sound insulation is... not very good..."
The management of the apartment is relatively free, you can keep pets, and there is no express prohibition on bringing people back, but after all, the building is constantly being honest and honest, and many times you can clearly hear loud talking in the room and in the corridor, let alone some strange things sound up.
"Where are you thinking? I mean I can go up and sit and stay a little longer."
Bruce raised his eyebrows at her teasingly, pointing out the fact that she was wrong.
"...No, I mean Victoria will hear you talking to both of us in my room."
Seeing his playful smile, Tang Nana was sure that what she just said must be intentional.
"Stop teasing you, go to bed early."
"Are you rushing back now?"
Looking at the time on the watch, Tang Nana asked.
"Well, fortunately, New York and Gotham are not far away, so it won't take much time."
"...I have the right to feel sorry for you, right? I have a proposal, do you want to consider it?"
I understand how strong the sense of responsibility is in the man in front of me. It is now past nine o'clock in the evening, and after driving back to Gotham in the middle of the night, there will be some physical activities to punish evil and eliminate evil. Can't help frowning.
"Of course, listen to you."
Seeing her determined look, Bruce nodded while already guessing what she wanted to do.
So Bruce went upstairs and entered Donna's room. After all, it is impossible to open the silver key door to teleport on the street. With this convenient method, it is natural to make good use of it.
After seeing off Bruce, Don Nana sat on the bed and raised her hand to cover her chest. She felt the strange feeling in her body that had started to rise just now, and felt that the beating frequency of her heart in her chest seemed to be a bit chaotic.
Thump...thump, thump, the rhythm of the heartbeat is chaotic like random drumbeats.
"Yog...I think it's kind of weird."
With the silver key door closed, Yog, which turned into a string of purple foam, floated above the desk. He was flipping through the reference materials that Donna used to write the report recently. The soft purple light covered the book as he read it. Willing to turn the page.
"Aren't you feeling well?"
Putting down the book Yog came to her body, this time a purple light appeared on her body, looked down at her body covered by the light, felt a warm force traveling to the whole body along with the pulse, she tried to relax It is convenient for Yog to explore, but it still seems a little stiff because of this wonderful feeling.
"How about it?"
The purple light faded, and she once again felt her heart beat twice, and she felt indescribably dull.
"no problem."
Unable to see Yog's expression, his voice was as calm as ever.
"Maybe it's because I didn't rest."
Since Yog said that there is no problem, you can rest assured, Donna took a breath and tried to ignore the discomfort, got up and opened the closet to take a change of pajamas to take a shower.
Yog didn't say anything more, watching her back, walked into the bathroom and closed the door, turned around in the room and disappeared.
A few days later, an incident hit the headlines of the global news. The body of a man was found in London, England, but the man was found when the police opened a homicide investigation.
That is to say, there are two people in one person, one in one life and one in death, and after a series of investigations such as DNA, it is confirmed that the two are the same, as if one person split into two people. To the attention of all scientists.
There were different opinions for a while, but the most supported one is that the man’s genes were used to make clones, and this happened because the clones escaped. This can explain why there are so many injuries on the corpse, It can also be explained why the two are exactly the same biologically.
Donna also read several related reports and discussions. She was sitting in the classroom waiting for the next class, and heard the students on the side discussing this matter. When she turned on the phone, Harry and Peter were also in the group chat among the three of them. Talking about this matter, she quickly climbed the stairs and said a few words of her own opinion.
Recently, her life has been peaceful, and she and Peter will not be tasked with the task of the Avengers. Occasionally, she will complain about whether Tony and the others are overprotective, but most of the time she still trusts their judgment. Drowsiness swept over her, she watched the old professor who was talking behind the podium with thick glasses reading, she couldn't help but began to feel drowsy, but when her eyelids were fighting, the mobile phone in hand started to vibrate stand up.
Glancing at the caller, she took the mobile phone and lowered her body slightly and ran out of the classroom to answer the call.
"Hey, did something happen to Mr. Stark?"
He knew that Tony wouldn't call her if it wasn't urgent, but when he heard what happened, Donna was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
She rushed to the Stark Building at the first time, and the moment she opened the door, she saw the situation Tony said on the phone. The atmosphere in the room was also very bad, and everyone's faces were serious. Looking around, Donna looked around and saw that all the members of the Avengers were there except for Peter. She thought that after all Peter was still a high school student and today was not the weekend. Tony never wanted to affect his studies.
"Come on, how is it that seeing with your own eyes is more incomprehensible than hearing about it?"
Seeing Donna's arrival, Tony pulled a wry smile on his face.
Not knowing how to answer, Donna walked forward quickly, and Natasha made way for her sideways. When she clearly saw two American teams, one sitting by the bed and the other lying on the bed with an oxygen mask and her eyes closed, she He took a deep breath, checked back and forth between the two of them and tentatively called out: "Captain...?"
"It was me, he was found by Fury."
Steve beside the bed raised his hand. The blond man looked worried and a little haggard, without the calm and calm look he used to, with azure blue hanging down, looking complicatedly at the man who was exactly the same as him on the bed.
"...Don't ask me, I don't know what's going on! I heard that I was already in a coma when I found it, and my organs showed signs of gradual failure."
Seeing Don Nana turning her head to look at him full of doubts, Tony pursed his lips and shook his head first.
"The DNA showed that he was also the 'captain', we were completely scratching our heads."
Banner was sitting on a chair a little farther away. He clasped his hands and put his elbows on his knees, leaning forward, his face was a little tired. Donna had heard that Banner had gone to Eastern Europe, so she must have heard about this. It was changed back urgently afterwards.
"It's not the same situation as I was that time."
Doctor Strange is naturally referring to the time between him and Sherlock. They just look alike. This time, the real self met the real self. He was also worried about this situation beyond his control, and his brows were tightly frowned. The appearance of thinking: "This is the future that I have never seen, but now I can't see anything, as if I have walked into a dense foggy forest, and I can't know where the next step is."
"What do we do if he wakes up?"
Hawkeye asked a more pointed question, and Tony glanced at Captain America very quickly as soon as he heard what he was about to say, and then closed it.
"If he was me, it would be the easiest for us to ask directly. We always have to figure out where he came from and what's going on."
Still looking down at 'myself' on the bed, Steve said.
Don Nana: "Could it be a clone?"
"No, the captain used the serum at that time. If it is cloned, he should appear as the captain who has not been injected with the serum. This possibility has been ruled out."
Natasha explained beside her.
"It's not magic like Transfiguration." Thor, who was leaning against the wall, added.
"Could it be that the captain of the parallel world came to our world?"
Although it was absurd to say it and sound like this, Don Nana felt that this might be the best explanation she could think of so far.
"We do have this idea, but the same person from the two worlds just met like this... Isn't this completely overturning the conservation of matter and energy? This is too exaggerated."
"Tony, maybe this did have an impact, and that's why he was unconscious? The man in the report was also seriously injured and passed away, didn't he?"
Banner thought for a while and then spoke his thoughts. His index finger tapped his knee rhythmically and continued to speak after some thinking and calculation: "Something broke the barrier between the two universes, and everything started to get out of control gone."
"In any case, we have to find out the reason, otherwise I might see a second Tony Stark falling from the sky tomorrow. I don't want to see another myself."
Tony's words were correct, but no one knew where the problem was, and everyone fell silent, unable to do anything.
Donna called out to Yog in her heart. It was described in the book that Yog knew everything. She thought that if it was him, he might be able to give the answer, and even if there was no answer, he should be able to give the direction.
But this time Yog, who has always been responsive to her requests, did not reply again. Her call was like the sound of a stone falling into a bottomless pit that has not landed for a long time. There is no influence of the yellow seed jade at the moment, and she does not feel that kind of sound. The feeling of being separated by something can only show that Yog chose to avoid it.
That's not a good sign, and maybe even points to something to do with her or the Old Gods.
This night was the second time she saw Azathoth, and he still appeared in a male shape similar to her, sitting at a high place on the line between heaven and earth before a wooden table carved with exquisite patterns and looking at her.
The events of the day and Yog's avoidance made her realize that Azathoth's appearance was not easy, so she made a decision in her heart and walked towards him.
"Have you always existed in a dream?"
After climbing up the stairs and taking a seat on the chair opposite him, Don Nana turned her head and looked around, except for the world where they were, there was nothingness beyond sight in the distance.
"No, I'm in a place that even dreams can't touch. I'm outside the ordered universe, and I just got you here in a certain way. You've guessed why I'm here now, haven't you? You don't Stupid, it's easy to connect the two."
He explained to Don Nana, and with a wave of his hand, tea sets and snacks appeared on the table. Countless universes were spinning and entangled in her black eyes. somewhere.
He is in front of her, but not in front of her, he seems to be talking to her, but he has a lot of thoughts.Don Nana suddenly thought of this.
"Thank you..." Although she couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, she still picked up the cup, brought it up to her nose and sniffed it, then took a sip, "...this tea!"
"It will produce different flavors depending on your preferences."
"No wonder, I've never had tea like this"
He smiled and listened to Don Nana's compliment, and the delicious tea also made her feel a little relaxed and her brows and eyes softened.
"I told you last time that you don't need to delve into the past, but right now it seems that that existence has started its mission, so you have to make a choice."
Azathoth said, seeing Donna's puzzled face, he pushed the plate full of snacks towards her.
"This story is a bit long, you must be full of doubts, please listen to me patiently."
"Ah."
Realizing that the next words might be the key to unlocking everything, Tang Nana nodded after hesitating, her heart hanging involuntarily.
"I am omnipotent and have a longer history than the universe you know, but there is only one existence above me, no one knows its name, no one has seen it, but that power is It's the Reality that holds it, and you and I have given it a name, 'Conditioning.'"
"My name and yours?"
His words made Donna suddenly feel like she was chewing wax, because whether it was Naia who mentioned that she was a unique existence, or Azathoth's insinuation, she was now almost sure that she was not a pure human being. It's over.
"Well, the power of restriction is invisible but exists everywhere. It determines what is born and what is destroyed. For example, I am creating a universe now. This seems to be something I control. In fact, there is also the intervention of its power behind it. It will restrict everything. In a framework of adhering to a certain standard, it is above the peak. But there is an accident, that is you. The premise of implementing the principle and always ensuring compliance with the standard is extreme rationality, and emotions must never exist, but with the immeasurable Over a long period of time, more and more feelings were constantly being restricted and discarded, and finally accumulated a certain amount of strength."
The old contract suddenly appeared on Azathoth's open palm and spun. The carvings that were familiar to Donna faded away, and the old contract became a round card emitting golden light. When the light faded, it became a A round transparent gem.
"This is the true appearance of the old contract. It was created by me, and it was the one you saw first after Cthulhu added a layer of blindness. This is a gift I once gave you."
After receiving the seemingly priceless old contract at this moment, Don Nana flipped through it repeatedly in her hands. She put it in front of her eyes and stared at the light. She lost her mind for a moment and felt as if her consciousness had passed through this gem to see the time horizon. past and future.
From the beginning of the universe to the moment of Ragnarok, from before the heat death begins to the ice-covered earth.
"What is this..." She couldn't help muttering to herself.
Right in front of her eyes appeared the city-state of Venice lit by a torch. The light of the fire made the dark blue night glow with a coquettish purple. Azathoth opened his mouth and pulled her back to consciousness.
"Through the old contract, you can see everything that has happened and what may happen. Of course, it also has a function that you are familiar with, which can connect with all the old gods."
The gemstone that was shining with light dimmed again, and turned into the old coin shape when she first saw it again. Seeing that her eyes were still a little absent-minded, he snapped his fingers to call her back.
"I don't understand... You said it was a gift for me, so we were friends before?"
Shocked by the magnificent scene she saw just now, Tang Nana felt her dry throat feel better after she drank a glass of water.
"You have been my neighbor since the beginning of my existence, because you are everywhere, and as you become more and more complete, you begin to have your own power and are full of curiosity about everything, so I gave you the old contract."
Azathoth seemed to melt in front of Don Nana and turned into a constantly surging existence.
It seems to be swallowing the flame of a fire snake, and it is also like a cloud of mist, and it is also similar to a liquid suspended in a vacuum.
His voice changed, as if an old man from afar was chanting, with a gritty roughness in his voice: "You observe everything, and among them you are most interested in human beings, and then you said that you want to become a human being to experience human beings Donna's life, don't you realize it? Your real existence as Donna started on that plane, and the memories before that were fabricated by you yourself. Na' was created with a more real identity, and Hastur and the others have been protecting you from the beginning. You are the product of those feelings that were abandoned by conditioning."
"..." Don Nana trembled uncontrollably.
Azathoth's words overturned all her cognition of herself, which made her unable to accept the unbelievable and overwhelming despair that overwhelmed her.
But he didn't intend to let her go: "Restriction has discovered you, and the universe you are in is about to collapse and be destroyed together by merging with another universe, because you should not exist."
"……what do I do……?"
Her mind had lost the ability to think, and she just asked this question reflexively.
In the short time just now, she reviewed the past twenty years in her memory. Those memories are so vivid that everyone’s smile is warm. At this moment, she told her the warmth of being accompanied by family and friends in front of the plane. Memory was nothing more than a self-deception, and she couldn't accept it.
But the reality is pressing every step of the way, and she has no time to sort out her emotions, and she has been pushed to the cliff by the words "universe destruction". She only has one idea: there are still people who want to protect in this universe. From the day she became Chaoying, she made a vow in her heart to protect the planet she loves.
Bruce Wayne's face flashed in front of her eyes in a trance, and her eyes were instantly submerged in water vapor, tears slid down, he was her weakness, the truth was so cruel, she felt it was unfair why it was herself.
"You loved watching him back then."
Azathoth, who could see through all of Donna's thoughts, returned to his human form at this moment. He knelt in front of her on one knee and looked at her tear-covered face.
"You are obsessed with observing Bruce Wayne in every parallel universe, even if he has made completely different choices due to different experiences, even if some of them have very different personalities, or are completely in different camps, But you're still watching him in every universe, and he's the reason you want to be human, isn't he?"
This was the first time that Azathoth asked her because she didn't know the answer, but since she had no memory other than being Don Nana, she couldn't know the truth, so she nodded slowly based on her inner thoughts.
The affection she had had for Bruce Wayne from the beginning found the reason now, that she had been watching him so early.
"Then try to save this universe. Since it's your choice, this universe should be your favorite, right?"
"what should I do?"
Tang Nana asked with tears in her eyes.
"Only you know this, you are the restriction."
After finishing speaking, Azathoth opened his arms to embrace her, and sent her out of this space at the same time.
The edge of the crack continued to expand until it seemed that the space was torn open a two-meter-wide hole, and a dying man fell from the inside and hit the vegetation. The clothes on his chest were soaked in blood. He groaned and gasped weakly. Get angry.
Fragmentary cracking sounds came from the cracks in the space, and gradually tightened from the surroundings like a wound healing without leaving any scars. Finally, after the green light exploded, everything disappeared without a trace as if nothing had happened, and the man's chest cavity The last weak ups and downs also stopped.
At the same moment, Bruce parked the car on the side of the street, Donna got out of the car first, he opened the car door after turning off the engine, the windows of the apartment building were lit with warm lights, and she stood in front of the door and looked at the car with a smile. Own.
The tall man approached a few steps, put out his hand to support her head and looked up.
Under the silver light of the moonlight, a kiss full of love fell on her lips. Bruce straightened up after tasting it, and turned his hand behind his head to his face and rubbed his thumb against Donna's skin. This was their tender moment.
His fingers had a rough feeling that was not what a nobleman should have. She felt a little itchy, so she subconsciously made a movement that little bats usually do, turned her head and put her face completely in his palm.
Feeling the weight in her hand, Donna's small movements were exchanged for Bruce's chuckle, and the atmosphere between the two was just right, and the scene of the couple reluctant to leave before separation was staged downstairs in her apartment.
"Have you considered inviting me up?"
"!?"
The hot words threw thunder in her ears, and Tang Nana raised her eyes to look at him helplessly, and the part of her face that he touched burned up.
"But... my room is very messy... and it's very small. Victoria lives opposite, and the sound insulation is... not very good..."
The management of the apartment is relatively free, you can keep pets, and there is no express prohibition on bringing people back, but after all, the building is constantly being honest and honest, and many times you can clearly hear loud talking in the room and in the corridor, let alone some strange things sound up.
"Where are you thinking? I mean I can go up and sit and stay a little longer."
Bruce raised his eyebrows at her teasingly, pointing out the fact that she was wrong.
"...No, I mean Victoria will hear you talking to both of us in my room."
Seeing his playful smile, Tang Nana was sure that what she just said must be intentional.
"Stop teasing you, go to bed early."
"Are you rushing back now?"
Looking at the time on the watch, Tang Nana asked.
"Well, fortunately, New York and Gotham are not far away, so it won't take much time."
"...I have the right to feel sorry for you, right? I have a proposal, do you want to consider it?"
I understand how strong the sense of responsibility is in the man in front of me. It is now past nine o'clock in the evening, and after driving back to Gotham in the middle of the night, there will be some physical activities to punish evil and eliminate evil. Can't help frowning.
"Of course, listen to you."
Seeing her determined look, Bruce nodded while already guessing what she wanted to do.
So Bruce went upstairs and entered Donna's room. After all, it is impossible to open the silver key door to teleport on the street. With this convenient method, it is natural to make good use of it.
After seeing off Bruce, Don Nana sat on the bed and raised her hand to cover her chest. She felt the strange feeling in her body that had started to rise just now, and felt that the beating frequency of her heart in her chest seemed to be a bit chaotic.
Thump...thump, thump, the rhythm of the heartbeat is chaotic like random drumbeats.
"Yog...I think it's kind of weird."
With the silver key door closed, Yog, which turned into a string of purple foam, floated above the desk. He was flipping through the reference materials that Donna used to write the report recently. The soft purple light covered the book as he read it. Willing to turn the page.
"Aren't you feeling well?"
Putting down the book Yog came to her body, this time a purple light appeared on her body, looked down at her body covered by the light, felt a warm force traveling to the whole body along with the pulse, she tried to relax It is convenient for Yog to explore, but it still seems a little stiff because of this wonderful feeling.
"How about it?"
The purple light faded, and she once again felt her heart beat twice, and she felt indescribably dull.
"no problem."
Unable to see Yog's expression, his voice was as calm as ever.
"Maybe it's because I didn't rest."
Since Yog said that there is no problem, you can rest assured, Donna took a breath and tried to ignore the discomfort, got up and opened the closet to take a change of pajamas to take a shower.
Yog didn't say anything more, watching her back, walked into the bathroom and closed the door, turned around in the room and disappeared.
A few days later, an incident hit the headlines of the global news. The body of a man was found in London, England, but the man was found when the police opened a homicide investigation.
That is to say, there are two people in one person, one in one life and one in death, and after a series of investigations such as DNA, it is confirmed that the two are the same, as if one person split into two people. To the attention of all scientists.
There were different opinions for a while, but the most supported one is that the man’s genes were used to make clones, and this happened because the clones escaped. This can explain why there are so many injuries on the corpse, It can also be explained why the two are exactly the same biologically.
Donna also read several related reports and discussions. She was sitting in the classroom waiting for the next class, and heard the students on the side discussing this matter. When she turned on the phone, Harry and Peter were also in the group chat among the three of them. Talking about this matter, she quickly climbed the stairs and said a few words of her own opinion.
Recently, her life has been peaceful, and she and Peter will not be tasked with the task of the Avengers. Occasionally, she will complain about whether Tony and the others are overprotective, but most of the time she still trusts their judgment. Drowsiness swept over her, she watched the old professor who was talking behind the podium with thick glasses reading, she couldn't help but began to feel drowsy, but when her eyelids were fighting, the mobile phone in hand started to vibrate stand up.
Glancing at the caller, she took the mobile phone and lowered her body slightly and ran out of the classroom to answer the call.
"Hey, did something happen to Mr. Stark?"
He knew that Tony wouldn't call her if it wasn't urgent, but when he heard what happened, Donna was so shocked that she couldn't speak.
She rushed to the Stark Building at the first time, and the moment she opened the door, she saw the situation Tony said on the phone. The atmosphere in the room was also very bad, and everyone's faces were serious. Looking around, Donna looked around and saw that all the members of the Avengers were there except for Peter. She thought that after all Peter was still a high school student and today was not the weekend. Tony never wanted to affect his studies.
"Come on, how is it that seeing with your own eyes is more incomprehensible than hearing about it?"
Seeing Donna's arrival, Tony pulled a wry smile on his face.
Not knowing how to answer, Donna walked forward quickly, and Natasha made way for her sideways. When she clearly saw two American teams, one sitting by the bed and the other lying on the bed with an oxygen mask and her eyes closed, she He took a deep breath, checked back and forth between the two of them and tentatively called out: "Captain...?"
"It was me, he was found by Fury."
Steve beside the bed raised his hand. The blond man looked worried and a little haggard, without the calm and calm look he used to, with azure blue hanging down, looking complicatedly at the man who was exactly the same as him on the bed.
"...Don't ask me, I don't know what's going on! I heard that I was already in a coma when I found it, and my organs showed signs of gradual failure."
Seeing Don Nana turning her head to look at him full of doubts, Tony pursed his lips and shook his head first.
"The DNA showed that he was also the 'captain', we were completely scratching our heads."
Banner was sitting on a chair a little farther away. He clasped his hands and put his elbows on his knees, leaning forward, his face was a little tired. Donna had heard that Banner had gone to Eastern Europe, so she must have heard about this. It was changed back urgently afterwards.
"It's not the same situation as I was that time."
Doctor Strange is naturally referring to the time between him and Sherlock. They just look alike. This time, the real self met the real self. He was also worried about this situation beyond his control, and his brows were tightly frowned. The appearance of thinking: "This is the future that I have never seen, but now I can't see anything, as if I have walked into a dense foggy forest, and I can't know where the next step is."
"What do we do if he wakes up?"
Hawkeye asked a more pointed question, and Tony glanced at Captain America very quickly as soon as he heard what he was about to say, and then closed it.
"If he was me, it would be the easiest for us to ask directly. We always have to figure out where he came from and what's going on."
Still looking down at 'myself' on the bed, Steve said.
Don Nana: "Could it be a clone?"
"No, the captain used the serum at that time. If it is cloned, he should appear as the captain who has not been injected with the serum. This possibility has been ruled out."
Natasha explained beside her.
"It's not magic like Transfiguration." Thor, who was leaning against the wall, added.
"Could it be that the captain of the parallel world came to our world?"
Although it was absurd to say it and sound like this, Don Nana felt that this might be the best explanation she could think of so far.
"We do have this idea, but the same person from the two worlds just met like this... Isn't this completely overturning the conservation of matter and energy? This is too exaggerated."
"Tony, maybe this did have an impact, and that's why he was unconscious? The man in the report was also seriously injured and passed away, didn't he?"
Banner thought for a while and then spoke his thoughts. His index finger tapped his knee rhythmically and continued to speak after some thinking and calculation: "Something broke the barrier between the two universes, and everything started to get out of control gone."
"In any case, we have to find out the reason, otherwise I might see a second Tony Stark falling from the sky tomorrow. I don't want to see another myself."
Tony's words were correct, but no one knew where the problem was, and everyone fell silent, unable to do anything.
Donna called out to Yog in her heart. It was described in the book that Yog knew everything. She thought that if it was him, he might be able to give the answer, and even if there was no answer, he should be able to give the direction.
But this time Yog, who has always been responsive to her requests, did not reply again. Her call was like the sound of a stone falling into a bottomless pit that has not landed for a long time. There is no influence of the yellow seed jade at the moment, and she does not feel that kind of sound. The feeling of being separated by something can only show that Yog chose to avoid it.
That's not a good sign, and maybe even points to something to do with her or the Old Gods.
This night was the second time she saw Azathoth, and he still appeared in a male shape similar to her, sitting at a high place on the line between heaven and earth before a wooden table carved with exquisite patterns and looking at her.
The events of the day and Yog's avoidance made her realize that Azathoth's appearance was not easy, so she made a decision in her heart and walked towards him.
"Have you always existed in a dream?"
After climbing up the stairs and taking a seat on the chair opposite him, Don Nana turned her head and looked around, except for the world where they were, there was nothingness beyond sight in the distance.
"No, I'm in a place that even dreams can't touch. I'm outside the ordered universe, and I just got you here in a certain way. You've guessed why I'm here now, haven't you? You don't Stupid, it's easy to connect the two."
He explained to Don Nana, and with a wave of his hand, tea sets and snacks appeared on the table. Countless universes were spinning and entangled in her black eyes. somewhere.
He is in front of her, but not in front of her, he seems to be talking to her, but he has a lot of thoughts.Don Nana suddenly thought of this.
"Thank you..." Although she couldn't figure out the other party's intentions, she still picked up the cup, brought it up to her nose and sniffed it, then took a sip, "...this tea!"
"It will produce different flavors depending on your preferences."
"No wonder, I've never had tea like this"
He smiled and listened to Don Nana's compliment, and the delicious tea also made her feel a little relaxed and her brows and eyes softened.
"I told you last time that you don't need to delve into the past, but right now it seems that that existence has started its mission, so you have to make a choice."
Azathoth said, seeing Donna's puzzled face, he pushed the plate full of snacks towards her.
"This story is a bit long, you must be full of doubts, please listen to me patiently."
"Ah."
Realizing that the next words might be the key to unlocking everything, Tang Nana nodded after hesitating, her heart hanging involuntarily.
"I am omnipotent and have a longer history than the universe you know, but there is only one existence above me, no one knows its name, no one has seen it, but that power is It's the Reality that holds it, and you and I have given it a name, 'Conditioning.'"
"My name and yours?"
His words made Donna suddenly feel like she was chewing wax, because whether it was Naia who mentioned that she was a unique existence, or Azathoth's insinuation, she was now almost sure that she was not a pure human being. It's over.
"Well, the power of restriction is invisible but exists everywhere. It determines what is born and what is destroyed. For example, I am creating a universe now. This seems to be something I control. In fact, there is also the intervention of its power behind it. It will restrict everything. In a framework of adhering to a certain standard, it is above the peak. But there is an accident, that is you. The premise of implementing the principle and always ensuring compliance with the standard is extreme rationality, and emotions must never exist, but with the immeasurable Over a long period of time, more and more feelings were constantly being restricted and discarded, and finally accumulated a certain amount of strength."
The old contract suddenly appeared on Azathoth's open palm and spun. The carvings that were familiar to Donna faded away, and the old contract became a round card emitting golden light. When the light faded, it became a A round transparent gem.
"This is the true appearance of the old contract. It was created by me, and it was the one you saw first after Cthulhu added a layer of blindness. This is a gift I once gave you."
After receiving the seemingly priceless old contract at this moment, Don Nana flipped through it repeatedly in her hands. She put it in front of her eyes and stared at the light. She lost her mind for a moment and felt as if her consciousness had passed through this gem to see the time horizon. past and future.
From the beginning of the universe to the moment of Ragnarok, from before the heat death begins to the ice-covered earth.
"What is this..." She couldn't help muttering to herself.
Right in front of her eyes appeared the city-state of Venice lit by a torch. The light of the fire made the dark blue night glow with a coquettish purple. Azathoth opened his mouth and pulled her back to consciousness.
"Through the old contract, you can see everything that has happened and what may happen. Of course, it also has a function that you are familiar with, which can connect with all the old gods."
The gemstone that was shining with light dimmed again, and turned into the old coin shape when she first saw it again. Seeing that her eyes were still a little absent-minded, he snapped his fingers to call her back.
"I don't understand... You said it was a gift for me, so we were friends before?"
Shocked by the magnificent scene she saw just now, Tang Nana felt her dry throat feel better after she drank a glass of water.
"You have been my neighbor since the beginning of my existence, because you are everywhere, and as you become more and more complete, you begin to have your own power and are full of curiosity about everything, so I gave you the old contract."
Azathoth seemed to melt in front of Don Nana and turned into a constantly surging existence.
It seems to be swallowing the flame of a fire snake, and it is also like a cloud of mist, and it is also similar to a liquid suspended in a vacuum.
His voice changed, as if an old man from afar was chanting, with a gritty roughness in his voice: "You observe everything, and among them you are most interested in human beings, and then you said that you want to become a human being to experience human beings Donna's life, don't you realize it? Your real existence as Donna started on that plane, and the memories before that were fabricated by you yourself. Na' was created with a more real identity, and Hastur and the others have been protecting you from the beginning. You are the product of those feelings that were abandoned by conditioning."
"..." Don Nana trembled uncontrollably.
Azathoth's words overturned all her cognition of herself, which made her unable to accept the unbelievable and overwhelming despair that overwhelmed her.
But he didn't intend to let her go: "Restriction has discovered you, and the universe you are in is about to collapse and be destroyed together by merging with another universe, because you should not exist."
"……what do I do……?"
Her mind had lost the ability to think, and she just asked this question reflexively.
In the short time just now, she reviewed the past twenty years in her memory. Those memories are so vivid that everyone’s smile is warm. At this moment, she told her the warmth of being accompanied by family and friends in front of the plane. Memory was nothing more than a self-deception, and she couldn't accept it.
But the reality is pressing every step of the way, and she has no time to sort out her emotions, and she has been pushed to the cliff by the words "universe destruction". She only has one idea: there are still people who want to protect in this universe. From the day she became Chaoying, she made a vow in her heart to protect the planet she loves.
Bruce Wayne's face flashed in front of her eyes in a trance, and her eyes were instantly submerged in water vapor, tears slid down, he was her weakness, the truth was so cruel, she felt it was unfair why it was herself.
"You loved watching him back then."
Azathoth, who could see through all of Donna's thoughts, returned to his human form at this moment. He knelt in front of her on one knee and looked at her tear-covered face.
"You are obsessed with observing Bruce Wayne in every parallel universe, even if he has made completely different choices due to different experiences, even if some of them have very different personalities, or are completely in different camps, But you're still watching him in every universe, and he's the reason you want to be human, isn't he?"
This was the first time that Azathoth asked her because she didn't know the answer, but since she had no memory other than being Don Nana, she couldn't know the truth, so she nodded slowly based on her inner thoughts.
The affection she had had for Bruce Wayne from the beginning found the reason now, that she had been watching him so early.
"Then try to save this universe. Since it's your choice, this universe should be your favorite, right?"
"what should I do?"
Tang Nana asked with tears in her eyes.
"Only you know this, you are the restriction."
After finishing speaking, Azathoth opened his arms to embrace her, and sent her out of this space at the same time.
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