Villain: Glory bows to me

I still remember watching "EVA" when I was a kid, and I still remember a conversation between Shinji and Ayanami.

Shinji asked Ayanami questions about reality and dreams, and Ayanami's answer is worth thinking about.

"Dreams are the continuation of reality, and reality is the end of dreams."

I think this answer is the best explanation for the dream world I created.

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In the alley, Catherine finally heard the conversation of those people clearly, and the content of the conversation made her shudder.

"What number is this?"

"It doesn't matter which one you take, just kill those despicable strangers you encounter."

“Are we going to be liquidated?”

"Reckoning? Ridiculous, look at this world!

This is the long night that will never see light and will never pass. It is the final tragedy.

Wealthy merchants and nobles had long thrown their goods and carriages randomly on the streets, dragged their families back to their safe homes, and prayed to see the sunrise the next day.

And those of us at the bottom can only wander the streets with farm tools, making our last resistance in the long night! "

"Yes, the Holy Cross Church has abandoned us a long time ago. They have dispatched a large number of executioners and will execute anyone immediately if they see someone who may be infected with the plague.

They also blocked the bridge leading to the parish and prohibited anyone from taking refuge in the parish! "

"All these sins are caused by those hateful strangers. If they hadn't brought the plague, how could the world have become like this?

The key point is, why should we bear the responsibility for such a tragedy? "

From the conversations of these residents, Catherine got some useful information.

That is, the plague was brought by strangers, so the residents here hate strangers very much.

At the same time, the Holy Cross Church, as the ruler, chose to abandon these lower-class residents, which meant that Catherine had no way to go to the cathedral through the bridge.

This is bad news.

After all, Catherine still doesn't know much about this place, and at the same time, it seems that not many people are willing to be kind to her, a so-called "foreigner."

Combined with the previous conversation between the man behind the window and herself, Catherine understood that the man was also a stranger, but he had lived here for a long time.

So the road ahead for her will be very difficult.

Now that she was unarmed, she would definitely die miserably if she encountered these crazy residents, so Catherine could only try to find another way in the darkness.

The hard work paid off, and Catherine found a secret passage. However, the secret passage emitted an unpleasant smell, and it obviously led to the sewer.

Catherine hesitated and walked in directly.

The scene in the sewer can be said to be even more shocking. Sewage and blood are mixed together, and a large number of rotting and smelly corpses are piled up into mountains.

Obviously, all the corpses that were not burned were thrown here.

Rats that looked larger than an adult cat scurried around, gnawing at the carrion on the corpses.

Catherine felt her stomach churn and almost vomited.

She had no choice but to cover her nose and mouth with her sleeves, speed up her pace, and quickly escape from this ghost place.

Finally, after Catherine's tireless running, she escaped from the sewers and returned to the streets, bypassing the crazy residents.

The scene here is composed of panicked streets, desperate and crazy people at the bottom, missing government organizations, and the long night that will never pass.

A sense of despair arose in Catherine's heart, and she didn't know what to do.

Suddenly, a low roar came from Catherine's ears. She looked in the direction of the sound and saw a pair of blood-red eyes.

When Catherine saw the owner of those eyes clearly, she couldn't help but shudder.

It was a ragged man.

No, it can no longer be called a human being.

This guy's face has been completely distorted, his bloody mouth is full of fangs, and he has that weird smile and withered limbs. This is not a normal human being at all, this is a monster!

Catherine was still afraid, and she could only keep retreating. However, the monster was like a butcher who saw its prey, and rushed towards Catherine like crazy.

Just when the monster was about to touch Catherine, there was only a "swish" sound, and a sharp ax flew from a distance and struck the monster on the head.

The monster died on the spot and shed strange blood all over the floor. Catherine's legs softened and she fell to the ground, unable to sit up as she watched the twisted monster in front of her.

A figure stepped out of the darkness.

It was a burly, middle-aged man with a messy beard, wearing a black coat and a top hat.

The man helped Catherine up and pulled his big ax out of the monster's head.

"Are you okay, little girl?"

The man asked Catherine with concern, but Catherine just shook her head and did not dare to say anything more.

She was afraid that this man would kill her, a stranger, like those crazy residents.

Seemingly sensing Catherine's concerns, the man smiled helplessly and continued to speak.

"Don't worry, I'm different from these guys. I'm a person sent by the church to hunt down these hopelessly ill guys.

As you can see, these people have been infected with the plague for too long and have turned into monsters, so they can only be killed.

It's very unsafe here now. Leave quickly. If you want to go to the parish, you have to find the hunting captain who is responsible for the command.

He has the key to the iron gate of the bridge in his hand, and he can use the key to iron the gate.

Okay, I still have a mission to do, little girl, let’s meet again if we are destined! "

The man knelt down and lit the monster's body on fire, then walked into the darkness with the ax on his shoulder.

Not long after, there was a sound of fighting, followed by the sound of an ax tearing flesh.

Catherine no longer hesitated and quickly ran towards the other end of the avenue.

She silently thanked the uncle for coming forward, and at the same time she got a new clue.

Yes, that is to find the hunting captain.

Only by finding the hunting captain can she open the iron gate of the bridge leading to the parish.

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Vito, who was in the mansion, watched all this.

Vito never expected that even though he designed the dream world to be such a desperate apocalypse, some kind-hearted people would come forward.

After all, Vito has basically not interfered with the dream world except for tampering with some of the residents' memories and setting the world view and timeline.

"It seems that I have underestimated the kindness in human nature? Okay, then how about a surprise for our Miss Catherine? I want to see when you will collapse."

Vito suddenly had many evil thoughts in his mind, and he planned to make this dream even more cruel.

This is also his punishment for Catherine's betrayal of him.

It's quite interesting to let a person slowly collapse in a hopeless world.

Vito already had a new idea, so he implemented it, and the power in the dream soon changed.

……

After running for an unknown amount of time, Catherine finally saw the light. In front of her was a residential area that didn't look to be in bad condition.

There are still several houses in the residential area with lights on.

Catherine found that almost every house here had incense placed at the door, which seemed to be used to drive away people.

But at this time, Catherine had no time to think too much, she had to seize the time to collect clues.

So Catherine went to a lighted window and knocked on it.