book of contract

The remaining ray of light struggled to gradually disappear on the horizon, and the fall of night added a touch of sadness to the devastation of the battlefield during the day.

But this was just a short night of peace. After a brutal battle, Orb's soldiers didn't complain about the pain, but silently used this time to bandage the wounds of themselves and their companions.

But Kira and Aslan sat in a place where no one was around, surrounded by a weird silence, reunion after a long absence, but without the kind of joy imagined.The past killings and guilt formed a distance and barrier, but many words could not be uttered beyond that step after all.

Kira probably knew what Aslan cared about, and also knew why he showed such a sad and struggling expression, so he was silent for a moment before he said, "Aslan, you have always been my important friend, no matter what happened What, that never changed."

Aslan never expected to hear such forgiven words, he raised his head in shock, and just looked at Kira like that, looking at his gentle smile as before.

"Kira. I..." I once wanted to kill you. Just because Kira said such words, it is even more difficult to speak when thinking of the relationship between the two before the war. They are friends, and they used to be so close. But at that moment, he was captured by hatred. He forgot that Kira was also his friend. Even if he blew himself up, he wished to drag him to die together.Can this still be considered a friend?

"I know." Kira just replied softly, a little sad and sad, "But, there is no way, isn't it, I killed Aslan's friend, we stand on opposite sides, this is unacceptable Avoided, Aslan was not wrong."

Aslan looked at the boy in front of him, as if he was seeing him for the first time. Unknowingly, Kira had grown a lot, and the youthfulness on his face had faded, and his expression was full of gentleness and calmness that could see through everything. He is no longer that kind-hearted boy who would be overwhelmed and cry.

Facing Aslan's astonished expression, Kira raised the corners of her lips helplessly, and smiled, "Don't apologize to me, Aslan, because I also wanted to kill you. I survived because my concubine Yin, at the border of Orb, she fought with you instead of me. In the end, I watched her choose the self-destruct machine together with you. During that time, I thought more than once that if I return to the battlefield, I must kill it. You must destroy Zaft..."

Thinking of the pain and hatred in his heart at that time, Kira pulled the corner of his mouth again. If this kind of memory can be remembered, I really don't want to remember it again, because it is too painful.

Aslan listened silently, remembering the moment when he chose to blew himself up, all he wanted was to kill Kira, but he never thought that it was the little girl named Feiyin who died with him. Although he knew she was not dead, but The sense of guilt almost destroyed him, he opened his mouth, and in the end he only apologized, "...I'm sorry."

"Like I said, Aslan doesn't need to apologize, and since I once had murderous intentions, Aslan doesn't owe me even more." Kira smiled helplessly at her friend who was too serious, "Maybe When we first met on the battlefield, we were doomed to such a situation. One day, even if we were friends, we would have to kill each other in order to protect different ideas and justice. But at that time, I was naive and didn’t realize it.”

Aslan just stared blankly at his empty palm, the blood and sins of the dead could not be washed away.At this moment, Kira's words in the ear, Lacus also said that different ideas create different justice, and in order to protect different justice, the enemy must stand in the way.

Cruel choices have never been so clearly blocked in front of my eyes.If you continue walking, you will meet Kira and Lux ​​who stand in front of you again. Even if you don't want to, you will have to choose to raise your sword to kill each other.Just assuming, imagining, made him grit his teeth in pain.But Kira's voice continued, but the content of his words made Aslan startled, "All along, on the battlefield, I didn't want to think too much, and then subconsciously felt that I would not kill Aslan, Aslan They won't kill me either...None of us thought that we would be cornered by this world and had to kill each other."

The smile on the corner of Kira's mouth was bitter, "The war is really too painful and too sad."

Such words hit Aslan's sore spot, and he stood up in unbearable anger, stretched out his hand to grab Kira's collar, and raised his voice, "In that case, why did you come back to the battlefield?" ! Why are you still fighting against me! Why!"

He still remembered that Kira once said that he didn't want to fight him, and he also didn't want to fight Kira... He didn't want his hands to be stained with the blood of his friends, and he also didn't want Kira to die on one of the battlefields someday. place.

However, in the face of Aslan's anger, even though he was grabbed by the collar, Kira's expression did not change. He just looked at the painful Aslan quietly. In his eyes, Aslan who wanted to say something He couldn't say anything, this kind of gaze almost directly pierced his soul, like cold water calming down his angry heart all of a sudden.

"Do you want me to hide? Where do you want me to hide?" Kira asked indifferently.

"It doesn't matter where you are, don't you hate fighting the most!? Why did you come back? Since you finally left the battlefield, why did you come back... At that time, you and that girl were together. It was easy to leave the war, wasn't it?"

In this way, even if I fight on the battlefield, even if I die on the battlefield one day, at least my friends don’t have to suffer from fighting anymore. Aslan has always known how much Kira hates war, how much he hates such bloody things. fighting.

Because of Kira he has always been so kind.

"and then?"

"Then...?" The painful Aslan was stunned by Kira's rhetorical question.It should be said that Kira's reaction was beyond his expectations.

"Take Concubine together, escape from this war, and live a peaceful life, I hope too... But these are just dreams, ideals that cannot exist in reality, I think you, Aslan, are clear." Pulling without any force, Aslan let go of his hand, "Now that the war is escalating, where is a completely safe utopia? Even if there is a temporarily safe place, destruction and artillery fire will come again inadvertently, you Do you want me to be like those children who lost their homes and loved ones in the flames of war, passively waiting until they are lost again, and crying while hugging the dead bodies of important people?"

Hearing Kira's words, Aslan, who was filled with anger, calmed down, and his clever brain went blank for a moment. Yes, in the current situation, the people who control the Earth Army and Zaft are radicals who support war. The world will be forcibly divided into two, and the flames of war will become more and more fierce. Except for fighting and death, no one can escape this circle of killing and hatred, and no one can escape from the war.

Could it be that what awaits them, other than destruction, is death?

His emerald green eyes revealed pain and despair in the struggle...

However, Kira spoke again at this time, "That's why I came back and fought to protect Orb, because whether it is the victory of the Earth Army or Zaft, it is a kind of destruction."

"Are you trying to be enemies of both sides? You are crazy. Don't you know the hardships of such a road?" After Aslan understood Kira's thoughts, he thought he was crazy.To create a third path with one's own strength, such a battle and such a choice are crazy and unimaginable.

"Hey, I know, but I have the consciousness to do it. Aslan, during this period of time, I understand that fighting with the belief of protection alone cannot end the war. Confused, regretful and hesitant will only make myself sleepy." In pain, if you want to protect something and achieve something, in addition to the consciousness of risking your own life, you also have the consciousness of killing. The pain will disappear one day, and what has been lost will not come back, so what I have to do now Just try to reduce the pain as much as possible, and make sure that what you have will not be lost.” Kira just looked at her friend, although she was very happy to have such a friend who cared about herself and was worth making for a lifetime and would never regret it, but Kira knew, Ah Silan will stand in front of him one day, and they will eventually face the endless ending.But, even so...

Kira's expression was gentle and determined, "It's the war that causes all the sorrow and pain, so I want to end it all. I'm just doing what I can and what I want to do. For this reason, no one can stop me."

"Kira, you..."

"Although I don't know Aslan's choice and answer, no matter what it is, as long as it is your choice, I will respect it. Even if you still stand in front of me and fight against me in the end, I will not hesitate to marry you with you." Your Gundam will be destroyed together."

Aslan was stunned and unable to answer, although it was only for a moment, he still felt the real killing intent from Kira's resolute attitude, he was not joking, Kira found the way he wanted to go, and this was his choice.

"So when that time comes, Aslan, please don't hesitate to fight me."

After saying these words slowly and clearly, Kira slowly closed his eyes, and what appeared in his mind was the scene of the desert tiger Bartolfield and Aisha disappearing into the fire in an instant, saying these words was beyond imagination Difficulties, even some ease.

It turns out that sometimes, growth and awareness are so...easy.

Then he said the words that have been engraved in his heart all the time, and presented the words engraved in the lives of countless people to Aslan, "We are all fighting for what we want to protect behind us, so fighting on the battlefield is not enough. Shameless."

At that moment, Aslan couldn't react, he just looked at the young man in front of him, his indifferent attitude made Aslan unable to understand for a short time, but suddenly felt a little strange, when a gust of wind hit, the evening wind blurred his vision, and produced a strange feeling. The illusion of a stranger.

Although the killing intent disappeared in a flash, Kira was still a gentle and calm boy with a smile, but he had already inadvertently caused waves in his heart.

Faced with Kira's outstretched hand, Aslan's hand hesitated for a moment, and he still held it together. Unlike the time in the universe, this time it was real, and it was a declaration of impending parting. It was from Kira's own mouth. Come out to say goodbye.

"I'm going to adjust the Gundam, in order to meet the attack of the Earth Army at any time, thank you for your assistance today, goodbye."

Even if we will travel far, even if we will fight again, it will not change the fact that we are friends. Goodbye, Aslan.

With words that both of them understood but did not utter, Kira quickly let go of his hand, turned around and left without hesitation, leaving only Aslan standing there watching him. Determined to appear a little lonely and determined back.

It seems that Kira's philosophy is so simple that people can see it at a glance, but behind those eyes is hidden darkness that people can't see clearly. What kind of desperate cornerstone is hidden that makes Kira show such an expression?

Even if he can't figure out his thoughts, he can know that Kira is using his own methods to stop and change the world.

Aslan felt that he had some access to what Lacus called the answer.

***

However, Feiyin deliberately avoided the crowd and walked alone in the deserted Archangel, not even in the mood to listen to the conversation between Kira and Aslan. The irritability was on the verge of reaching the limit, and every step she took, her expression became more depressed and darker. She gritted her teeth, and finally punched the arm next to her angrily. The mechanical bird Toli on her shoulder was startled by her violent movements and flew up. , tilting her head in bewilderment, looking at Feiyin whose killing intent had almost materialized.

When Captain Mu's father got the book of Urudyssia, he and another scientist only deciphered a few words before they dared to develop human clones, but that scientist even further researched the evolution of changing genes, resulting in the current new Human beings have left such disasters to the world.But now the old human beings have obtained the incomplete information from nowhere, and even further researched it, experimenting on their own compatriots.For the sake of war, human beings have turned into ghosts. For the sake of profit, for the sake of victory, do you have no moral conscience? Even if it is not a tragedy to witness the destruction of human nature, it is still incomprehensible.

She can easily kill people as a weapon, but she never plays with the lives and souls of others. Whether it is fighting or killing, she always faces the enemies standing in front of her as equals, without mercy or hesitation, but also Never play around.

He will never use his own power to turn human beings into inhumans and ghosts, play with them at will, and then kill them at will.

Things that even she can't accept...how can human beings be so cruel.

A proud image of a man appeared on the transparent wall behind Feiyin. "Fixiu Valutisia, have you finally realized your own powerlessness?"

"It really is you, Uludyssia." Hearing this voice, the moment Feiyin turned around, her dark eyes were dyed with a strange red light, making her look hideous and terrifying. "How dare you appear in front of me."

Regarding Feiyin's unkind attitude, Ulutysia just snorted coldly and did not answer, and then retreated as if sensing something. The empty and transparent glass wall reflected the dark night, which looked deep and dangerous. The phantom behind him and the approaching figure became clearer and clearer.

Feiyin's hands hanging on both sides were clenched suddenly, looking at the figure reflected on the transparent wall in front of her, she was silent for a long time before calling out the other person's name slowly in a hoarse voice, "Sally Yeh."

The woman with purple eyes didn't see the familiar Feixiu, she looked at Uludysia next to her a little annoyed, she was slightly startled when she heard Feiyin calling out her name, and then began to look at the strange but familiar person in front of her. girl.Originally sensed the existence of Feixiu, but there was no one else around except this girl, her purple eyes widened in disbelief, "Are you... Feixiu?"

Even though what appeared in front of her eyes at this moment was just an image, it seemed to be just a short distance away from the transparent wall. After a long time, Fei Yin exhaled, raised her head, her eyes returned to the silent blackness, "Long time no see." Such words , which is tantamount to admitting the identity Sally said.

"Although I don't know why Feixiu turned into this appearance, but it is also very cute." Sally was only a little surprised for a while, and then raised a bright smile. Her eyes widened in surprise, and her eyes narrowed slightly. She had never seen Sally Yeh's smile like this, only in her memory, only in those memories with Fei Xiu, she would smile like this.Just thinking about it, Urudisia frowned, with a bit of bitterness on his face, and then looked at Feiyin with hatred, was it just because of him, even if Valrudisia did nothing, just standing there could make Sha Is Liye so happy?

And Sariye didn't care about the expression of Uluticia beside her, because at this moment, only Feixiu Valuticia was in her sight, and nothing else could imprint her eyes.The person she had been looking for for so long reappeared in front of her eyes, which made her unhappy. "Fixiu, I've been looking for you. You've been away long enough, it's time to come back to me."

Regarding Sally Ye's words, Fei Yin didn't have any answer, but just brought up another topic indifferently, "I thought you were helping Zaft, why did you intervene in the war between Orb and the Earth Army?"

"It's really strange for Xiaoxiu to ask this question." Sally didn't show her displeasure at Feiyin's diversion of the topic, she just raised the corners of her mouth, but her eyes were icy cold, "Why do you think I'm standing on the verge of death?" What about Ford? It’s just a short-term cooperation because of the same interests. I’m not interested in either side’s victory, but this world full of gunpowder is very interesting. I want to confuse this water a little more That's all~ I thought Xiaoxiu should be the same as me."

"..."

"Feixiu hates war the most, doesn't he? I still remember that Feixiu didn't stand on any side in the past, and swore to me that he would protect me and lead me to fight a bloody road and the future alone. Why did he stand with the Earth Army? With me Wouldn't it be nice to just watch from the sidelines?" Sally Yeh stretched out her hand to her, "Come back to me, Xiaoxiu."

"Since I left, I won't go back, Sally, you are no longer the child in my memory, and likewise, I am no longer your Xiaoxiu." Feiyin just smiled and said Unclear exhaustion and sarcasm.Hands dropped to both sides, shook and released, "I'm tired of continuing to protect you. For this reason, I will do it this time, and I will kill you." I can't go back to the past, the child in memory, The child who simply hugged him has long since disappeared in the flames of war and blood, and has been refusing to admit and escape the fact... For this reason, at least he has to do it himself, and put an end to this wrong and distorted beginning.

"Don't lie to yourself, Feixiu, you can't do it." Sally chuckled softly, "Because Feixiu once swore to me that he would protect me, and as long as he didn't fall down for a day, he would always serve me by my side. Guard me. Even if Xiaoxiu has a new contractor at this moment, it doesn't matter. Anyway, it's just a whim. After all, ordinary people can't bear this kind of eternal time. No one can keep themselves from going crazy. In the end, there is only me, the one who is truly with Xiaoxiu forever, only me..."

"I will be ruthless and kill you." Fei Yin repeated it again, with an unshakable determination.

"I believe in Feixiu's decision. After all, it was a killing book that killed countless masters."

Fei Yin's face turned pale instantly, her pupils shrank, and just one sentence was enough to destroy her fragile beliefs.

The title "The Book of Killing the Lord" is the greatest irony to her, and it is a more unbearable sin than betrayal.

As a weapon, no matter who the owner is, he should obey it, but every time he subconsciously thinks of his original owner, subconsciously compares it, and learns to reject it through countless experiences.If the refusal violates the procedure, then the holder is killed, and the owner who has concluded a contract with himself is killed.

Killing has become a habit, and there is no turning back.

Met so many people, none of them can accompany him to the end.

Because everyone was killed by him.

Because no matter how gentle a person is, with power and immortality, he will eventually become a ghost.When he is no longer the one in his memory, no longer what he expected, he will choose to kill to end everything.

This is what he used to be as Xiaoxiu Valuticia.Countless possessions ended in blood.

Because he was not willing to obey the order, he was stained with blood, it was really terrible, maybe from the moment of consciousness, he was wrong.

But she had to keep on killing, she wanted to kill Sally Yeh...Maybe one day, she would kill Kira.

Seeing Feiyin's reaction, Sally doesn't care, as long as Fei Xiu can realize that she has nowhere to go but her side, she doesn't mind completely destroying her heart and spirit.

"But to me, Feixiu is very gentle, not as cold as the rumors say, if he really does something to me, if I am really killed, Feixiu will have nothing, after all, we used to be We live and die together." Sally had known for a long time that it was not her who was really afraid of loneliness, but Feixiu... who killed countless people for her, but was as gentle and sad as ever.

That's why it's so important to her that she can't let it go.

"Xiaoxiu, don't play boring games anymore, don't participate in this boring war anymore, who is worthy of your protection here? You see, I just let Urudyssia leave some incomplete information , Just leave a few simple words for those so-called scientists to decipher, and they happily practice without considering the consequences, whether it is artificial life or human experiments, which one is not against the biological cycle, do they really think they are gods? But to be honest...it's beyond my imagination that they can grow to such an extent. That's why I look forward to seeing them being destroyed by their own unsatisfied hearts in the process of pursuing evolution." Sally Yeh's expression Not surprised, full of cold sarcasm.

"Sally leaves!"

"The cause achieved by ambition naturally bears the fruit of destruction. These wars are their own fault, and these human beings deserve it." Looking at the pale-faced Fei Yin, Sally showed a smug smile,

"That's why I said that I'm not interested in either side. It doesn't matter to me who wins or loses. The more intense this battle is, the more interesting it is. The only pity is that it's not you who accompanied me to watch this scene. Come to my side, why did you leave? I don’t want to pursue it. As long as you come back, I will pretend that none of this happened. It doesn’t matter if you become a girl, just stay by my side.”

Facing Sally Ye's indifferent expression and mocking attitude, Feiyin's heart was full of complexity and sadness. Sure enough, this Sally Yeh was no longer the child in her memory. "I am no longer your Fei Xiu, my name is Fei Yin."

"Are you rejecting me! Why?" Sally Yeh's purple eyes narrowed in displeasure, containing a deep storm condensing, "For this kind of world? For the new weak contractor ? You should have seen more than me, betrayal, killing, blood, what kind of expectations do you still have, you should have despaired of people's hearts earlier than me."

Feiyin was trembling, and every word of Sally leaf pierced to the center, yes, as a weapon, it is to watch the dirtiest and ugliest side of the world to survive.

Bloody, war, betrayal, separation of wives and children, innocent and guilty, all are crying and want to live.

The war has created countless orphans who are desperate for the world. Feiyin's clenched fist is trembling, a cruel fact that she almost forgot unconsciously.She once met that little girl near the pile of corpses. Sally guarded the corpses of her parents and told herself innocently that she would meet again one day.

Not hating the world, just innocent, vulnerable, waiting for death to come back to her parents.

At this moment, it overlaps with the mature woman in front of her... At that time, Fei Yin thought that she had found the light and a pure life again, but she never thought that it would eventually evolve into everything at this moment.

It was because I failed to protect her well, because I was too naive.

"Fei Xiu, come back to me. I have nothing but you. I don't care about anything, but I absolutely can't live without you. You know that." Sally stretched out her hand to Feiyin, "The relationship between people Always be suspicious and alienated, even the new contractor you care about, when he knows the things you are hiding, will eventually turn into a betrayal that hurts each other."

"..." Feiyin gritted her teeth, yes, she didn't have time to tell Kira, and she didn't know what to say, it was too cruel for him.Ulutysia is her carbon copy, the materials he left behind, his sins, she also has a share, she is a fellow sinner, because without her, Sally would not be able to copy Ulutysia.Why didn't I say it? There were so many opportunities, but I chose to hide it. I didn't want to see Kira's sad expression, and I didn't want to...lose him.

"Even so, I will carry out my oath and serve him forever, as his sharp blade and his shield." Her departure and her betrayal are tantamount to pushing Sally leaves into a situation of nothing. Didn't expect to go back to the past.

Even though Sally said that she had been looking for her for a long time, and that she had been waiting for her to come back... But the changed things cannot be restored to their original appearance, and the broken marks will not disappear.

"Why are you so naive! How long do you think ordinary people can stay with you, how long do you think the guy you care about can stay with you!?" Sally Yeh's angry voice echoed in the empty corridor.

"I will stay with her all the time, until she gets bored, and until I die."

The author has something to say: Kira is declaring war on Aslan and telling Aslan not to feel guilty about killing him.

Just like Barthold Field did.

And the last sentence, you all know who it is... and how long has Kira been listening to it?