Plague Doctor

In this world, there is day and night, and it has always been like this.

The dark night shrouds this land, and the light of the stars and the moon cannot break through the gathering dark clouds. This is an uninhabited land in the deep mountains and forests. The lush and dim trees cover up many strange and inexplicable sounds. However, from a cliff here, one can see a city in the distance with the lights on.

The leaves swayed slightly, and a black shadow flashed on a branch.

With the cry of meow, the black shadow gradually stepped out of the shadow of the whirling leaves, and it was a huge black cat.

The black cat's eyes were lazy but agile. He glanced around a few times, looking for something around him, and his eyes immediately settled on another big tree facing the cliff. On a branch there, there was a crow standing there, looking at the bustling city in the distance.

The black cat jumped over and landed next to the crow, looking into the distance without saying a word.

The crow was naturally aware of the black cat's arrival, but also remained silent.

After a while, with the cold wind blowing and the night getting darker and darker, the black cat's nose sniffed and suddenly said: "Kill those guys."

"Yes." Crow deservedly said, "Kill them all."

"Is that the answer?" Black Cat looked at Crow, raised his ears, and asked, "I feel like you're a little confused."

"That's not the answer to many things, I know it's not." The crow's voice became a little deeper, just as the dark clouds in the night sky became darker and darker, "This kind of power can kill and destroy, but it can't change people's hearts. Kill these people , there is still the next batch, and then the next batch. People’s hearts will change, no matter who they are.”

"Well, then keep killing?" Black Cat asked again.

"We will also change, constantly changing." Crow said, "Is there a limit to imposing one's own will on this world? Where is the limit?"

"You have changed a lot." Black Cat said, changing to a slumped posture, leaning against the tree trunk and looking at the night sky, "Take a moment, the scenery here is nice. The last time we looked at the night with the night wind like this, We are all still human. Let me think about when it was... was it the beginning of the year? It seems not, you were not in the mood at all at that time, and you were absent-minded... Maybe it should be the time when you escaped from the world of Massachusetts, we can Spiritual dialogue, forming an alliance with the mysterious world, forming an alliance with the Zuge tribe, going to Usa Town with Captain Yu, Pei Qian and the others... It must have been that time."

Thinking back on this, the cat's eyes were a little brighter in a different way.

"Obviously it was quite troubled at that time, but now that I think about it, it was actually a little bit good." Black Cat said.

"I don't miss that time." The crow said, and the blackness of its feathers was still deepening. "It was ignorance that gave the beauty at that time, which was false and fragile..."

"That's not true." The black cat stretched out its paw and slapped the crow's head quickly several times. Perhaps because the cat was too fast, the crow didn't dodge. The black cat pushed it again and then retracted its hand, "You can't do it because of that. If something bad happens later, just deny the past. That’s when the devil wants to steal your treasure.”

"I am the devil." The crow responded, as long as it wanted to, it could bring eerie terror at any time.

"Then you're a failure as a demon." Black Cat stretched, "I've never seen a demon who hates illness. Demons don't care at all."

"Really." Crow looked at the black cat. Some of the ghosts in the dark night were scary and some were beautiful. "You care very much about the good things you said."

"It's because I care. I don't follow fate."

"It's also those things that imprison you there, the memories you keep revisiting, the emotions towards Gu Jun, some 'what if' imaginations, some 'why' confusions... Gradually, these will cause pain, and then more A lot of pain; then you will find that no one can understand this pain, even Gu Jun does not understand your persistence, and gradually it does not matter whether it is Gu Jun or not, but gradually it lies with you. You may be considered insane, which is in line with human beings Definition of this. You can actually go crazy, or you can turn that pain into the roar of a demon."

Crow said, looking back at the night sky, "Friend, I think demons all care about something, and it is the things they care about that turn them into demons."

"Will Gu Jun turn me into a devil?" The black cat scratched his head with his paws, thinking seriously, and feeling the same, "If that's the case, then give up these thoughts and accept that Gu Jun really died like that, forever... ...I will still be in pain, and I will still transform into a demon. It seems that no matter what, it is a demonic path..."

"No matter who they are, no matter what they were before, humans can easily become demons." Crow said, "That's the problem."

"I don't think the question is whether humans can easily become demons." Black Cat said, "The question is whether humans can only transform into demons. Are there any other possibilities?"

"I don't know." Crow still answered simply, "I don't understand many questions. Even if I am not limited by the mortal soul and flesh and blood, I still don't understand. But I think some things cannot be eliminated. It’s always been humanity itself.”

"Listening to what you say, it seems that this world will definitely lead to total chaos and destruction, and it's because of humans themselves..." The black cat sighed softly, "But you are still prepared to do something. Nyarlatoti Pu, even if it is just an incarnation, it is not easy to deal with. I will go with you."

"No, there is no need to involve more forces in this matter." Crow responded again, "It's just that it turns out that it's not just mortals who have a destiny."

At this time, the crow's dark wings slowly

Flapping, it will fly into the night sky.

"Xian Crow," the black cat called to it. The crow stopped and looked back, its eyes as deep as before. The black cat said solemnly: "No matter what, you know that I will bring you back to life." You won’t give up, right? After all, Wu Shiyu is the goddess of hope.”

"Then, you can't just bring hope to Gu Jun." Crow said, "And he doesn't need it anymore."

After that, the crow flapped its wings again and jumped into the night sky. With an abyss of unpredictability, the crow gradually disappeared into the dark clouds in the distance.

The long beard on the black cat's cheek wrinkled, "But... I still need it. 'Bringing hope to Gu Jun' is the hope that I hold on to. What's more, if I can do this to Gu Jun, If I can’t save this broken world, then I really have no confidence..."

It looked at the dark clouds in the night sky getting thicker and thicker, and a storm was inevitable.

Love the Plague Doctor.