Overturned Tower

Russell's pupils were burning with gray-white fire.

——This is not the psychic power of his mother "Alice", but his own psychic power.

Countless memory fragments were spinning in front of him, like mirrors.

They were suspended in front of Russell's eyes, and their chirping sounds made Russell feel like he was in a dream.

The ultramarine fragments are full of beauty:

Children go to school side by side while bathing in the morning light;

Teenagers and girls sitting side by side on the swings after school, talking about their future;

When he was singing on the stage, the girls in the audience looked at him brightly, their eyes as bright as stars;

And among the crimson fragments are some painful memories.

After being transformed beyond recognition, the thin figure looked at the mirror and trembled;

Wearing a fake smile that makes you want to vomit, you tell despicable lies in front of the camera;

Looking at the haggard face of my girlfriend whom I haven’t seen for a long time, I can’t recognize her;

Take off your clothes in front of the man and turn on the prosthetic eye for secret photography...

A fist struck, shattering all memories.

Russell subconsciously wanted to use "Sage Beheading" to cut off - but the moment he did it, he hesitated.

He used his illusory left hand to block the slow and murderous punch.

Their eyes met again.

But the devil's expression was completely different from before.

She stared at Russell indifferently and coldly, showing a mocking smile.

The voice with illusory accent sounded dangerous and strange:

"This is who I am.

"What, hero? Are you angry? Or are you pitying me?

"Or...do you want to grant me relief?"

The demon's arms were even broken into three parts, connected by rising fire in the middle.

She raised her arms, looking like she was facing a sense of terror.

However, it was beyond her expectation.

Russell's eyes were clear and his expression was calm.

Neither anger nor pity.

He just looked at the devil with a tattered body seriously and equally.

She said something that surprised her: "Do you... want to die?"

It sounds like some mocking words.

But the devil was silenced.

The flames rising from her body gradually dimmed.

"……Maybe."

Her voice lost the accent and returned to Xiao Liuli's voice.

In an instant, she lost her dangerous demonic nature and turned into a tired and mediocre mortal.

She was silent for a while and then added: "Maybe I don't want to die that much. I just don't want to live anymore."

"You don't want to live like this anymore, do you?"

Russell said softly: "I understand."

Abandoned identity. Abandoned freedom. Abandoned the dream.

Throw everything from the past to the ground and trample it wantonly... The things that you couldn't get even after trying your best are overflowing like rubbish.

"Yeah, I'm tired."

If you tell Delphinium and the Inferior, you will definitely get shocked looks.

A demon who lives by cannibalism and is full of hatred and despair for the world... but he lives peacefully in the same room with Russell, saying things like "I'm tired."

"Being threatened and used by others. Hiding some messy reports, inducing some messy topics. Pushing big shots off the hillside and using them as bait to deceive people. Use this ridiculous body to lure others, and then jump out to blackmail Money and money will be killed when they are empty. I am not even a toy, toys will be cherished by children... I am just a tool.

"It was said only once at the beginning, but after one time there was another time. After the initial compromise, there was no possibility of quitting.

"Look now. The [Heroes] are approaching me. The Special Enforcement Department has found my name. The feared 'Bad One' is upstairs. I can't escape anymore. What else can I do?" Woolen cloth?"

The devil analyzed and reasoned about his fate in an understatement: "I only have one way to die, but I am not afraid.

"The story of 'Blue Songbird' has ended long ago. Then, it is better to let 'Little Liuli' end too."

"...Then what are you going to do now?"

Russell asked back: "You lured me here, right?"

"At first, I wanted to give you some information in exchange for 'death'."

The devil's overlapping voices sounded: "But I didn't expect that after you discovered that I was so abnormal... you didn't close the door immediately.

"If you don't close the door, I can't pull you in. There's nothing I can do."

Xiao Liuli's spiritual power... still needs to be triggered by the person being induced to close the door?

Russell thought for a moment and asked, "What information?"

"It's no longer needed now."

"Then who is the leader of your organization?"

"I can't tell. Every time I try to say something, I forget."

Is this... memory or words sealed by magic?

Russell was stunned.

But he vaguely guessed something.

So he said it differently: "So, what do you want to exchange now?"

"die."

She answered simply and without hesitation.

"...Are you sure? I won't kill you."

"Of course, all I want is for you to kill me. Right here—kill me."

The devil knew everything and calmly replied: "I can never be taken away by you. That's why I choose to communicate with you instead of the bad guy.

"That's a man who has no emotions and only knows what's right."

"Why do I have to kill you?"

"Do you have to ask so deeply?"

"certainly."

Russell nodded seriously: "I don't like to pursue other people's privacy, but today's situation is different.

"I am an agent, and you are the devil. It's not that I can do whatever you want me to do. I have to know if this is your conspiracy or a trap.

"I can roughly tell whether you lied...so, just say it."

"It's such a general statement that I'm tired of hearing."

The demon mocked.

But she was silent for a while and replied seriously: "Because I don't want the news that 'Xiao Liuli' is a criminal to be published.

"The company will not disclose information about the 'devil'. So as an excuse for the disappearance of a famous person like Xiao Liuli, I will be connected with a certain unsolved case... to 'become the murderer'. I have personally dealt with such news I’ve dealt with it many times.”

Hear this.

Russell suddenly realized the truth of the matter.

"Is it possible that your fiancée is... chasing 'Xiao Liuli' now?"

No wonder Xiao Liuli appeared in the hive.

No wonder she is still using the identity of "Blue Songbird".

She was hoping that... her fiancée would come to her door one day and give her a surprise.

And this means...

"She doesn't know that you are Blue Songbird?"

"No need to ask. I will never tell you her identity. If you ask again, I will eat you."

The demon who longed for relief rejected Russell's inquiry with an extremely firm attitude.

But not to answer is to admit it.

She didn't want her identity to be announced as a criminal, and she hoped that what would remain in her fiancée's memory would still be her former boyfriend and her current idol... instead of being doubly disappointed.

The demon replied calmly: “I don’t trust you.

"I don't trust agents, nor do I trust heroes. I don't trust a restless young man like you, let alone a company or an underground gang."

But what left Russell speechless was that she really had the right to distrust.

Because she has really experienced a life of being controlled.

“Let me be an innocent person killed by the Veil of Ignorance... In exchange, I will not resist you.

"I will not resist your questions, nor will I resist your attacks."

The devil's low words were full of exhaustion: "I just hope to die here.

"Are such wishes not allowed? Can't I even choose to die quietly and cleanly?"

Her desperate cry at this moment also answered one of Russell's previous doubts.

——Are all demons aggressive?

If the nature of the devil is laziness and negativity, will he still go out and do evil every day?

Today's Xiao Liuli is the best answer to this question.

The demon's personality is obviously different from that of its former host...but not all demons are strongly aggressive, they are just an extension of extreme negative emotions.

"...So, who are you? The devil of 'Little Liuli', or the one born from 'Blue Song Yun'?"

"——None of them. I am the devil of the 'caged bird'."

The "caged bird" replied: "Kill me quickly, before I can't stand my desire and start 'eating' others. I can't stand it anymore."

"I don't want her to know in the future that I have eaten humans like her."

This should be the name of the spiritual energy awakened by Xiao Liuli.

I see.

This is the nature of "demonic phenomena".

Rather than "another stranger who took away his identity," he was a devil from another world.

Rather, it was after the "red shift" that symbolized loss of control exceeded its limit...

——Acquired the "psionic power" of spiritual intelligence and officially replaced himself.

And replaced the "indecisive self" to perform the final mission.

She could no longer live cleanly.

But she still had the last courage to choose a clean death.