[FF7] The second tucks in history

"Hey, Safi, wait a minute!—It's windy, put on your scarf quickly, and be careful not to catch a cold."

"I see, what a long-winded Ou-ba-san-"

"Excuse me, can I call you...'Mom'?"

"Ah, what are you talking about? This is it! Damn it, how many times have I said it, it's my sister, it's my sister, hello!"

"I know it sounds ridiculous - but Safi, will you always remember me?"

"...I will. As you wish."

……

Woke up suddenly with a splitting headache.Getting up with difficulty in the dark, sitting on the edge of the bed sweating profusely, holding his heavy head, recalling the vague scene in the dream melancholy.

"Hey, Jenova, are you showing me Sephiroth's memory?"

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This period of time has been really chaotic: Tifa and others were rescued by Shinra, and the airship "Highwind" was taken; No Claude - said to be one of the replicas of Sephiroth, he was seriously poisoned by demons to the point of unconsciousness, and Tifa, who gradually understood his mind, resolutely chose to stay, and finally relied on the "power of love" Successfully brought back the real him...

Ah, it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter how many episodes you have experienced or how many episodes you have missed, and you don't care that the meteorite summoned by Sephiroth is hanging in the sky, eager to fight the planet to the death.At least now she is sitting here, sitting in a mysterious artificially carved cave, sitting in front of a huge crystal stone with blue-green light and LifeStream surrounding it, looking at the silvery ground in silence.It's like meditating.

After an unknown amount of time, she finally raised her head slowly——

Vivian, the young woman sealed in the crystal, is very familiar—Lucrecia, who clasped her hands together in front of her chest, closed her eyes serenely, with a gentle smile on her lips, although her face was faintly clouded with sorrow.She has always maintained such a state: time is forced to stand still, and she is not considered alive, nor can she die.

how sad.

— Vivian...

A woman's ethereal call suddenly sounded in the warm and sticky air.This is certainly not an auditory hallucination.

The girl with her head between her knees moved slightly: "Hey, Luke, you're still alive...that's great."

……

Ten minutes ago, they planned to airborne Midgar to save mankind. They took a submarine through an undersea tunnel and came to an inland lake in the western continent. They found Lucrecia's sleeping place by mistake; Vincent, who had been alone with Cressia for a while, walked out thoughtfully and let her in.

The cave was deep, and it was the soft white light that guided her to the end.When seeing the brunette woman in the crystal stone, Vivian lost all resilience in an instant.Fortunately, she had some rough nerves, and quickly accepted this cruel reality—sit down recklessly as always, smoothed her bangs back handsomely, and Vivian greeted in a relaxed tone: "Good day, Dr. Lucrecia. "

— Vivian... Vincent just... please...

"Hey, you actually found out?" Vivian gasped exaggeratedly, as if panicked.The sealed Lucrecia could no longer cover her mouth and hold back a smile as she used to. Feeling bored, she put away her playful smile and responded in a low voice: "Of course, I will-- I pledge my life and soul."

Is it an illusion?The smile on Lucrecia's face was more sincere and pure, always making Vivian think that she would reach out and rub her head in the next second.She bit her lower lip and thought for a while, then said hesitantly: "Well... I saw Safi, he seems... doesn't remember you, Luke." Always mention Sephiroth, as a mother , I must have missed my children very much over the years.

--It doesn't matter.Anyway... I'm an incompetent... No, you can't call me his mother... It's my sin to leave him...

"Please don't say that about yourself." Vivian shook her head and said softly.She stood up, walked to the shore of the LifeStream that merged into a quiet stream, stretched out her hand, and wanted to touch Lucrecia's face through the cold glass-like texture, but was blocked by the seemingly close but unattainable distance up in the air.

Retracting her hand in vain, Vivian rubbed her eyes in a concealed manner, suddenly remembered the long past, and chuckled. "By the way, Luke," she said flatly in the tone of "Oh, the weather is really nice today" among friends, "I used to envy you very much."

The rare and soft voice echoed in the lonely and silent space, scattered into gravel.Without bothering to wait for Lucrezia's response, Vivian turned around gracefully, and waved her back as she walked out: "Goodbye, Luke." Standing outside the entrance of the cave was Vincent who was frowning and thinking, and she smiled brilliantly. Get up and trot towards him.

There is no need to lament and mourn, and there is no need to curse fate, because what should be met will always meet.

But Vivian didn't expect that in this short day, she would meet her old friends one after another—especially after so many years, she didn't expect them to meet again—she and the man who pushed her to hell, but indirectly gave her The man she wanted.

The "encounter" takes place on a platform at the top of the Shinra Building that is full of instruments and mechanisms.The man was still wearing a simple white coat like when he was an ordinary researcher many years ago, but it was shabby and sloppy.And he was old—how should I put it—looked like her parents or grandpa.

He excitedly ran back and forth between several computers, fiddled with buttons and flipped switches, completely ignoring Claude, who stopped him with a sound, and looked defiantly in need of a beating as always.

It’s hard to tell whether he has the same feelings of anger and resentment as Vincent, but Vivian just sat on the railing at the edge of the platform and watched him with a blank expression, letting his companions come forward to bombard him and him indiscriminately. mock each other.But Hojo seemed to understand other meanings from her indifference - he covered his face and laughed wildly and desperately, hysterically like a lunatic.He gasped and said to Claude: "Whether it's Sephiroth or her—it's my pride as a scientist! It's my deepest..." He closed his mouth in time and remained silent.

"Oh, long time no see, Hojo...doctor..." Vivian said sarcastically with a childish sense of malice, with a volume that everyone present could hear clearly.The slightly warm wind on the roof whipped up a few strands of long black hair that curled up in front of her eyes, she didn't push them away, but stared at Hojo with such a cold and haughty attitude naturally.

"Hmph." Hojo raised his chin as if nothing had happened, disdainful to reminisce with her and "condescend" to look at her more, but his hand reached into the left pocket of his white coat and held something tightly.He closed his eyes and said with a distorted smile: "I have transplanted Jenova's cells into my own body! Hee hee hee! This is... ha ha ha ha... my achievement!"

He danced frantically towards the sky, giggling and enjoying the pain caused by Jenova's mutation.The joints bulged, the skin cracked, the eyeballs bulged and stared out of their sockets, and his image became more and more ugly—he began to gradually approach the monster, instead of being a...human being.

Seeing this, Vivian gasped, and couldn't restrain the nausea after thinking of herself.

During this period, they didn't need to be greeted by Claude, and they swarmed up to fight, and Vivian was no exception.But every time he threw out the Phoenix vigorously, felt the hard metal submerge into the softness, and listened to the moaning of the monster that could no longer be called "Dr. Hojo", he didn't feel discouraged at all.Why?

It’s weird.

Because of Jenova's role, Hojo "evolved" three times in total during the battle, each time affecting the appearance of the city more than once, so everyone began to amplify their moves for free, and Claude was also happy to give the final blow to Vincent— ——The man with stern eyes stepped forward full of hatred, raised his garnet red eyes to the muddy pair, and the "Cerberus" in his hand aimed at the part that should be the head without hesitation.

He said grimly, "It's time for this to end."

With a gunshot that shook the sky, Vivian turned his head unbearably.

After Hojo was hit to the point, "Gulu" shrieked and twitched back into human form, collapsed in front of a dashboard and fell silent.Vivian looked at him silently, wanted to say something but couldn't utter it at all, and lowered her head dejectedly.At this moment, a shiny little object suddenly slipped from his hand and rolled to Vivian's feet.

"Hey, can I really pick up equipment after beating the boss?" Vivian muttered curiously, bending down/body to pick up the thing that seems to be very important to Hojo—this is a small and delicate glass bottle with a mouth The cork was poured with wax to seal it tightly; the bottle was filled with a clear liquid like air, and contained a spherical object with an unclear material and a dark blue ring embedded in the center, and the black hole in the center reflected nothingness.

Vivian held the bottle and researched it for a long time without any results. She frowned and puffed up her cheeks, and joked in a wicked way: "Ah, it looks like eyeballs when you look at it this way~" She lowered her head Looking carefully again, the unscrupulous smiling face slowly stiffened, "No, I'm not joking, these are really...human eyeballs."

—and it's like...

The eyeball stored alone in the glass bottle has a beautiful dark blue iris around it, and the more Vivian looks at it, the more it looks like the color of her previous eyes.I vaguely remember that when I was very young, my father once boasted that the pupil color of the Domino family is unique in the world, and even if others try to imitate it, they cannot create such a beautiful color like the starry night in late summer.At the time, she thought it was a narcissist's nonsense, but now she believed her father's words inexplicably.

——Baojo...

—Shut up, don't talk.

"And, and this is... mine, mine...!!!" Trembling and touching the dry left eye with her fingertips, Vivian screamed and cried heavily after awakening.Through the curved surface of the vial, her long-dead eyes stared blankly at her, telling her something she didn't know, some terrible and heartbreaking past, some funny truths that have troubled her for many years...

——Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!Well, how disgusting!You kept my eyes close to you...so, did you do it on purpose?What the hell is he thinking! ?

"Vivian!" Seeing that she was about to break down and run away, Vincent hugged her shrinking shoulders forcefully and wrapped his arms around her, gently stroking her back.Vivian's broken words basically let him understand what happened, and the disgust towards Hojo in his heart continued unabated, but he couldn't explain why, but there was still a little bit of pity and sympathy.

Stubbornly getting out and jumping a few steps away, Vivian bit her lip and said, "I'm not that fragile", but her hands were pinched tightly into the palms.Seeing that her expression was very strange, Vincent stretched out his hand and said, "You need to rest—go down with Claude and the others first, and Yuffie and I are in charge here." The lively girl whose name was mentioned came bouncing over Seeing how his friend was doing, unexpectedly he was stared coldly by Vincent (?) who was eager to protect his shortcomings, and retreated back to the original place aggrieved.

Vivian shook her head numbly: "No, I want to stay with senior." She raised her hand, clenched the vial in her hand, and crushed it between the two of them expressionlessly.A clear, watery liquid dripped out from between the fingers, and a sticky jelly-like substance mixed with blood-stained glass shards "slapped" and fell.

"Is this okay?" Vivian smiled strangely, "You see, this used to be... a part of me, but I didn't care at all." The empty eyes were lifeless, and Vincent was secretly startled.He grabbed her hand and ordered forcefully: "No—" he raised his head and called, "Tifa, take her away!"——Vivian's state is very unstable, and she can't be nervous anymore down.

At least he was thinking so worriedly, and Vivian, who was hovering on the edge of schizophrenia, didn't appreciate it——

She stood on tiptoe and pulled Vincent's collar to her eyes, yelling angrily: "Why!? I don't want to stay with Senior? Is it because I reunited with Luke that I am not important? ? Baojo...the things he did...me, my heart...why you still don't understand, senior!!!" He roared heart-piercingly, and helpless tears poured out of his eyes.Although he resented Vincent's sluggish reaction, he even hated himself for being unreasonable now.

——What the hell are you doing with such an embarrassing look...

Hearing Lucrecia's name, Vincent's eyes dimmed.He gently pushed Vivian's hand away, and the crying girl squatted on the ground with her knees hugged and twitched, muttering over and over again, "Senior is an idiot."Not knowing what to do to comfort her who was a little nervous, Vincent hesitated for a while, and with a little hesitation, he kissed lightly on his smooth forehead like a butterfly.

It seemed that it was the first time Vincent took the initiative, Vivian forgot to cry, and just touched the part where his lips left, and looked up at him in confusion.Vincent hugged his chest habitually, sighed silently, and said calmly as if nothing had happened: "Can you go with Claude now?" Now you know... I never thought of leaving you, right?

"...Mmm, eh!" Spineless and bought by this little benefit, Vivian wiped off the mixed liquid on his face, barely returning to the normal state of being off-line and meaningless.She stood up briskly, hugged Vincent's waist hard, and ran happily to the exit of the platform, but was dragged away by the gossip-looking Yuffie.

After watching them whispering and walking down the stairs, Vincent finally calmed down and chuckled helplessly.He was about to leave when there was a strange noise behind him.Vincent looked back vigilantly - Hojo's figure disappeared without a trace in the gray flying dust.He blinked suspiciously, hesitantly retracted the pistol, stepped on the railing beside the platform, and jumped down handsomely, the blood-red cloak drew a magical light and shadow behind him.

After everyone evacuated, on the unmanned console, the screen that had been extinguished suddenly turned on, and the faint green light flickered.A progress bar suddenly popped up in the center of the screen, showing——

"Fragmentation program, start."

The author has something to say: Vivian Domino's blackening process is 22%...the process is starting...

(Thanks to the adults who have collected this Honkai work, I am really sorry for updating it now! [Bows]

1. Well, this chapter explains the problem of Lucrecia and Hojo—ahhaha now adults know why Hojo dug out Vivian's eyes, right? ——Then the entanglement of the previous generation is basically settled, and the relationship between Uncle Wen and Wei can be developed with peace of mind~

PS: In fact, just like Xiao Ji said, Hojo's feelings are indeed super pitiful... Alas, it would be great if her long comment showed it.

2. Because I am about to be killed by functions, molar volume, acceleration, etc., this chapter is not ideally written: Vivian’s collapse is a bit blunt, the connection between the front and the back is not good, and the reaction after being comforted by Uncle Wen is also calm A little too fast... But, this is the foreshadowing!This is foreshadowing!In fact, I have my own ideas in it! ——However, if there are really deficiencies, adults please correct me!

3. The dialogue at the beginning is a clue about Safi.In other words, in order to finish writing the main story as soon as possible, I skipped a lot of plots, and there must be many omissions. Please forgive me!

4. In addition, adults, I solemnly ask you this question: Do you want Vivian to change his name to Vincent? (Changed from "Senior" to call him by his first name directly.) Please be sure to answer me in the message, otherwise I will be depressed~【Finger

PS: Although politics and culture cannot be compared, we must make it clear: Diaoyu Islands belong to China!