Adventures in Shura Field

headache.

Not sick.It's just that there is always a feeling in my heart, which is difficult to calm down, unacceptable, and extremely painful.Can't fall asleep smoothly, can't get through this 'difficulty' smoothly.Some even hate their former selves.

Sabo, the Chief of Staff of the Rebel Army, stared at the dim ceiling with his eyes open. Outside, the moon was shining brightly in the sky. There were only some small insects screaming, which made the night even more silent.This silence spread around him, as if killing him, making it even more difficult to fall asleep.

Two years have passed since I recalled what I should have remembered.It should be over, it should be able to pass this hurdle.Even if you are there, what can you do?Maybe I can do it, maybe I can do many things, I can save him, I can block that blow for him, maybe...

There are too many, too many possibilities, but what really matters is not 'what can I do', but 'I am not there'.Not only is it not there, but I don’t remember it at all, I don’t remember it at all, I don’t realize it, I don’t even remember that person’s face, his name, his identity, his relationship with me.It was as if our connection had been severed by something, only to be reconnected after his death.

It's all too painful to remember.Because it is too uncomfortable.After thinking of everything, I didn't forget that when they were fighting, what I was doing was supposed to help them, but in the end I spent it leisurely somewhere, and maybe even made a few jokes.

The indifference that has nothing to do with this matter is the most painful.I have become someone I hate.Although everyone is saying 'it's not your fault', the person who said that probably couldn't understand his own feelings.

It's not their fault either.This kind of pain probably cannot be shared between people.Sabo looked at the ceiling and began to excuse others. For the past two years, he had thought about the same thing and felt the same pain almost every night.It was as if this pain was the only link with that person, he knew it would only make him more painful, but he didn't stop.

can't stop.can not forget.This painful feeling is the only thing I have.

"...?" There was a voice.outside the room.

Sabo heard a voice outside the door, as if someone was walking.This is not surprising, after all, this place is not a prison, and it is not uncommon for my companions to wander outside at night.But this time, Sabo decided to go out and have a look.Maybe someone can't sleep, so talk to him.I couldn't sleep anyway.

He sat up from the bed, and soon he would go to Dressrosa to perform a mission. Although that person was gone, he was not without other brothers.In order to prevent the pain from deepening, there are still things I must do. Rather, this is one of the reasons for remembering the pain.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, you may be able to pull yourself together.With this small expectation, Sabo walked out of his room.The night in this temporary station was a bit cold, he exhaled a breath of white air, hugged his arm and rubbed it, and then walked in the direction where the footsteps disappeared just now.

He saw a figure in front of him, which seemed to be a man, but he listed many possible candidates for this station in his mind, but none of them matched the vague figure in front of him.This aroused Sabo's curiosity.If he was called to stop him loudly now, the other companions might be woken up and knocked on the back of the head by them, so Sabo could only speed up his pace, but who would have thought that the man in front would even start to run as soon as he was quick!

Just as he was about to say why this person was so strange, Sabo realized... Was this corridor so long?

He turned his head in surprise. There was nothing wrong with the view of the corridor behind him, but the dark road ahead and the gradually disappearing figures made people feel uneasy from the bottom of his heart.Could it be that I have hit a ghost? !No way... calm down.This is the base of the rebel army. How could there be ghosts and monsters in such a materialistic place... probably.

Seriously, I'm starting to get scared!But it's so funny!Not only did Sabo not feel tired, his head didn't hurt anymore, he was in good spirits, and he chased the 'ghost' in front of him while trotting, and even thought, 'But it must be a ghost! 'so.

He ran for a while, but there was no one in front of him, and the corridor finally came to an end.There was a room at the end that Sabo had never seen before. He stopped, hesitated for a moment, and raised his hand to open the door.The door was not locked, so he pushed it open, and as a result, he saw an incredible scene as soon as he opened the door.

He saw a starry sky with purple light belt nebula, and one wall of the room had been shattered on the side facing the starry sky, leaving only the ruins and the furniture that was 'fixed' in mid-air as if time had been stopped.Although it was a strange scene, it was the first time that the shining starry sky was at such a close distance, and Sabo was a little attracted by the beauty.

"Your reaction is so uninteresting that it's a little disappointing."

A man's voice came, and Sabo quickly looked over, only to see a young man who had never seen him wearing dark clothes standing in a corner of the room.The only thing special about him is that the whites of his eyes are black.

"You, you are... Am I dreaming?"

"Yes."

It turned out to be... Sabo was a little discouraged.If it was a dream, it suddenly became boring.He walked into the half-broken room, sat on the edge of the bed straddling Xinghai, and sighed: "It's really a strange dream. Are you the person in my dream?"

"No." The man tilted his head slightly, he smiled, and disappeared in the next second. Before Sabo was surprised, he appeared next to Sabo and said, "I am the one who makes you dream."

"Ah...?" Sabo didn't quite understand, but this man looked really weird when he looked closely, "Who the hell are you?"

"People call me the Outsider." The man spread his hands, and he said, "Some people enshrine me as a god, and some people drive me away as a demon. But I am not a god, nor a demon. That doesn't matter. Sabo, you, No...it should be said that the world you are in is being eroded."

"What you said is absolutely right." As the chief of staff of the rebel army, Mr. Sabo would not deny this sentence at all. He said, "Everything we do is meaningful. You really are my dream Well. If you can just shut up, I'll still think the scenery is nice."

"...you are special." Sabo didn't seem to understand what he meant.The Outsider's eyes looked at the starry sky, "I have made countless people have such a dream, but none of them have stars in their dreams."

"Huh? No one else?"

"Ah. No. Others are not like that. Rather, I didn't make these stars, these colors. It was you." These stars and beautiful colors are your real dreams.How beautiful, how unbelievable, such beauty, only human beings, only living things can have.

That's right... Sabo didn't answer right away, his eyes looked at these beautiful nebulae, it must be the Milky Way.I once heard such a story from a scholar somewhere. He said that above people's heads and above the sea, there is an ocean that is wider than all the seas in this world combined.In the endless darkness, there is a world that people can't imagine.

That is a beautiful vision that no one can refuse, and it is another world that cannot be rejected by those who love the sea and adventure.But now, no one will tell the story.Because...they were all killed.They were ordered by the Tianlong people to kill them all.

Why?Why is this happening?Why can't people even imagine the vast sky?That's not right, it's not right.Like the seals on the windows that once isolated themselves in the room, it was wrong.

Sabo firmly believes in this, he has never heard the story about the star sea, but he wants to fight for the right of others to hear the story.

"The stars are so beautiful. Do they have names?" Sabo asked.

"Yes. Someone named them for each one." The Outsider replied, "But I don't know, because I'm not a 'thing' that can see these every day. Sabo, do you just want to ask me when you see me?" The name of the star?"

"Hey? Could it be that you came to see me for something?" Sabo looked at this man in surprise. What, did you ask me for something?He said, "I have important tasks to do. Can you talk about it later?"

"..." What a strange and rude guy.The Outsider smiled, and said, "I'm not here to beg you to do something, but to tell you something."

"Well. Tell me. What is the important thing that made you deliberately change my dream to tell me?"

This calm reaction of yours makes my position even more puzzling, doesn't it!The Outsider was a little angry, forget it, who told him to like to watch the fun and get involved in this matter?He paused, and then said: "Your world is being corrupted by a certain 'demon', which grows in people's hearts. It was only one at first, and then more and more, like an infectious disease, It has spread beyond control."

"Is this a metaphor?"

"It doesn't matter if you take this as a metaphor, because when it is manifested, it is like an inevitable event and phenomenon, and it cannot be reminiscent of magic. But it exists, the 'inner demon'." The Outsider As he spoke, he raised his hand and placed it on his chest, "It's always been here. Now it's awakened, or it's about to be awakened. People will die because of it, kill each other, suspect each other, and become twisted and become their food."

"Really... You said that kind of thing was caused by demons? Could this be some kind of missionary site?"

"As I said before, you can use it as a metaphor." The Outsider didn't care, he said, "The devil is born of human beings, so its manifestations are human behaviors and phenomena, which are nothing more than normal. "

"Okay. But I still don't understand, why are you telling me this?"

"Do you want 'the power to beat it'?"

"……what?"

"Be able to defeat the 'inner demon', be able to repair the loopholes caused by it, and become the last 'magician' of this era. Maybe it is still too late, as long as you accept this power, maybe in the future, you will be less 'powerless' Oh?"

"..." Sabo looked at the man seriously.What he said was undoubtedly his most wanted wish to come true.Become a 'magician' and have the ability to eliminate 'evil thoughts' in people's hearts.What an incredible and coveted power this is.However, "If the power you are talking about is destruction, then I—"

"It's not destruction. It's making up." The Outsider smiled, and he said, "This is my power, and you will be my messenger. Fixing the 'holes' created by people's inevitable flaws. This is what you have always been Your wish, you must want it. You must need this power."

"I still don't quite understand...why do you give me this power? What do you want in exchange?"

"What I want in exchange is fun. There are very few 'demons' overflowing places to entertain me. I just found a 'big show' to pass the time." The Outsider shrugged, he said, "And you, I know. You are at the center of events, and you have a pure and flawless desire. I have never had an envoy with such a firm goal, so I chose you. What do you think?"

"...What do you mean by loophole?"

"There is a thin barrier between your world and your nightmares. When people kill each other, suspect each other, and fight with each other, the barrier will break, and then the nightmare will come out of it. Just think about it, death The battlefield where many people have passed by will be dead and silent, and there will be no grass. People will subconsciously leave the place where someone died. There are always rumors that strange things happen in the cemetery. These are not groundless rumors and superstitions."

The Outsider smiled. He stretched out a hand. Immediately afterwards, a strange symbol appeared above his palm with a golden light: "I will give you the ability to temporarily repair this broken barrier, and you will be able to temporarily remove it. The dead silence brought about by the battle. Everything will recover, and the nightmare will disappear...Although this is only temporary. However, as long as there is time, people will recover by themselves, or leave by themselves. I just provide you with an opportunity, an opportunity to let You give other people a chance."

Temporarily stop fighting, temporarily stop the ability to die... This is probably also a metaphor.What he means is that the ability to save others for a while depends on whether they 'want to be saved' themselves.Patched 'loopholes' will emerge sooner or later, just as there is no perfect 'regime'.There is no perfect 'rescue' either.

"Can it prevent war?"

"It can repair the scars left by war."

"...I understand." It is the power that makes it easier for those who survive to continue living.Sabo looked at the starry sky, and he made a decision, "I accept this power."

As expected.I know you will accept, I know you will understand.Because you are a human being just like those who suffered.You have experienced the same pain, so you can understand.No hate, no anger, just purpose.Rather, you are the best holder of this power, and you will be the repairman of the barrier that separates the nightmare from the world.

From now on, the world will no longer be afraid of nightmares becoming reality, as long as you... are not dazzled by this power.

The Outsider smiled. He withdrew his hand, and the golden sign disappeared. He said, "I'm looking forward to your choice, Sabo. Show me a wonderful show?"

The author has something to say:

The Outsider is the guy who appeared when Youxiang first met Zhisaki, and indirectly contributed to Zhisaki's morbid obsession with Yuxiang, which can be said to be equivalent to Zhisaki's "matchmaker".

The Outsider: I'm not me without you, don't tell me all my B characters are gone! !

The power that the Outsider gives to the second brother is the power to temporarily block the barrier. Rounding up, it is the nemesis of Xiaoxi and the others, the biggest obstacle between Mr. Angry and Yuzu Tea (?), and of course there are other functions (otherwise the Outsider is simply It’s too pitiful), the later plot announcement will be kept secret for the time being!