Overturned Tower

After hearing the words of the inferior, Russell's first thought was:

In this case...

"Xiao Liuli"...or rather, "Lan Ge Yuan", what is her original wish?

Is it just a "cleansing death"?

--No.

Absolutely not.

Russell frowned and profiled Xiao Liuli.

This is definitely not her real wish.

Because in that case, she wouldn't need to wait for Russell at all and would disappear quietly - if she really wanted to die wholeheartedly, she wouldn't ask other people's opinions or wait for other people's rescue.

As "Caged Bird" says, she doesn't want to die. She just didn't want to live anymore.

But the gap between "wanting to die" and "not wanting to live" is not empty...it's not even a thin, invisible slit.

It's a fuzzy boundary that even Xiao Liuli herself doesn't know exactly how wide it is and where the boundary is.

Maybe just walking aimlessly on the street, seeing the light of the setting sun, hearing the patter of rain, or receiving a certain phone call, you will suddenly cross that boundary and become want to die; or you may just feel that the weather today is really... It's good, because I have new clothes from the next season that I want to wear, so I want to live hard for a while and then leave this boundary on the other side.

Within these limits, she might live a long time. Maybe even survive until she is "disposed of."

How could something so vague be her original wish?

This is just a "second best" compromise.

He is the devil of the "caged bird". Before his last rationality is burned out, he judges that his true wishes will inevitably lead to inevitable tragedy.

That's why she chose to commit suicide.

The human heart is complex.

On the one hand, Xiao Liuli hoped that "none of this had ever happened" and that she and Morgan could still live together peacefully; but on the other hand, she did not dare to see Morgan and face all this.

After she became "Little Liuli", she had no contact with Morgan until the end.

The price for her being turned into "Little Liuli" by the "veil of ignorance" was for Morgan to undergo surgery - could the "veil of ignorance" still not know who Morgan was?

——No matter how you think about it, you know that this is impossible.

Her so-called "secrecy" was just self-deception.

After that, Xiao Liuli never really came into contact with Morgan. Otherwise, even if she had close contact with him once, she would have easily realized that Morgan had already fallen into the quagmire - there was no point in keeping "Xiao Liuli" a secret.

So, it's just a subconscious escape.

She couldn't accept the fact that she had become Xiao Liuli... She deliberately stopped using her previous speaking and behavioral habits, stopped eating the food she was used to before, and stopped drinking her favorite iced Coke, just to deliberately distinguish "Blue Songbird" With "Xiao Liuli".

Just like the conversation he had with Morgan when they were sitting on the swing.

Bluebird has always been the passive one, the one who is not decisive enough, the one who is not firm enough.

——Compared with Morgan's firm and calm love, he is too easily shaken.

Even if he sinks into the darkness, it will be deeper than when Morgan, who is protected by himself, sinks.

So, if I had not killed the "caged bird" demon immediately out of pity, but had allowed it to develop...

...What will it become in the end?

Russell shuddered.

He didn't dare to think about it.

Just thinking about it will directly shatter the image of "Little Liuli" in Russell's memory.

"...Then I think it would be better than catching the demons and killing them."

Russell couldn't help but said: "That might be a relief."

Unexpectedly, the inferior nodded: "I think so too."

"……Eh?"

“So, if they are too bad demons, I will send them here.

"Devils are different from humans...For demons, there is no idea of ​​'being alive is better than death', but 'if I can't do something, I would rather die'.

"This empty, never-ending cycle of life, with unsatisfied but ever-expanding desires, is undoubtedly a punishment stronger than death for the devil who is 'only interested in one thing'."

Russell's eyes widened and he looked sideways at the inferior.

...Has he known it for a long time?

I see.

That's why he was willing to capture the devil...not to produce chips, not to obey the board of directors' orders, and not for performance bonuses.

It was because of the anger in his heart.

The burning fire of anger makes the inferior think that "death is mercy to the devil."

...So, when he killed the "caged bird" demon, he instead warned himself "don't be too naive"?

Because in the perception of the inferior, "killing the devil directly" is actually a kind of grace...

"…Where exactly are we going?"

Russell couldn't help but say: "We have come so far."

They were twisting and turning, and they had already turned six or seven times in this huge villa.

"Go and sign for 'Winter' and renew the time."

"How long?"

"That's our old minister."

The inferior said calmly.

Hearing this, Russell subconsciously raised his head and carefully checked the expression of the inferior.

I was relieved when I noticed that he didn't have any anger or hatred on his face.

"...for how long?"

Russell asked quietly.

This wasn't because he was afraid of the inferior... Mainly because he felt that it would be rude to ask what "give the devil time" meant among a group of demons.

Even if the villain repeatedly emphasizes that these demons are not human beings, Russell does feel that they deserve their crimes and should be punished here.

Even so, Russell did not want to abandon etiquette because of this - the so-called "etiquette" is not meant for others to see.

The inferior take another attitude.

He didn't even lower his voice, but explained to Russell leisurely in a voice that could be easily heard by the passing demons:

"Let's put it this way, Ultramarine. Those of us who capture the demons are the watchers of these demons.

"They can live temporarily because we recognize and guarantee that these demons are controllable and their psychic powers are useful. If we die, then the contract we signed will be transferred to another person in the Special Execution Department .

"If we don't come back to sign for a period of time, or refuse to sign to extend the time, specific demons will be executed after the time runs out... After all, demons are not considered human beings, and killing them doesn't matter.

“However, the head office cannot directly establish a written law to declare ‘under what circumstances someone can be killed’. This is a direct violation of the dragon’s authority and will immediately offend the dragon.

"They actually extended the moment when the 'agent' killed the demon to a time that the 'agent thought was appropriate'. A very boring way of exploiting loopholes. But the dragon actually recognized this strange logic. So that’s how it was handled.”

When the inferior said this, he showed a sarcastic smile: "Who do you think the 'agent' is? The head office? The board of directors?

"——We are agents of these demons. We are the agents of the demons."