Mamon Youth Development Program

Sitting alone on the armchair, Viper took out the pacifier from his arms and put it in the sunlight to examine it carefully.

Stephanie had told him what she had seen.

【Empty pacifier: It can hold some kind of energy. 】

What on earth is the man with the iron hat planning?He frowned, and the uneasiness in his heart never dissipated for a moment.

In sunlight, the clear nipple looks like a normal glass.But Viper has a deep understanding of how strong this "glass" is.

"What do you think he wants to do? Fantazima." Viper asked softly.

Fantazima, who was wearing a ring around his neck, let out a cry, indicating that it didn't know either.

What exactly is this going to do?

Why is there such a strong uneasiness in his heart, even... panic...?

Viper thought, closing his eyes.

He didn't rest last night, so Viper, who couldn't stay up late at all, decided to catch up on sleep.

This damn weak physique!

Viper cursed his constitution again and entered his dream.

It was at this time that he felt a vague call, and couldn't help but spat hard in his heart.A guy with a lot of things can't even sleep peacefully!

The scenery in Viper's dream is naturally unique.Stephanie had dreamed of Viper once and was amazed by the vision.

Viper's dream is very empty, there are no flowers and trees, no animals, no heaven and earth, not even sunlight.

Only the never-ending purple mist and various currencies.

The mist was surging, with a little bit of fluorescence, and it was the most beautiful yarn Stephanie had ever seen.

In the endless night, various currencies float in every corner, becoming the existence of "stars" in this darkness.

Viper is not the only one who has money in his dreams, but other people's dreams only have the lingering smell of copper, pouring into the nostrils, making people disgusted.

In Viper's dream, there is only money, darkness and fog, and there is no so-called stink.

The money was in his dream, unbelievably clean.

The brilliance that the currency shines is indeed like "stars" all over the sky.

Viper stared in one direction, where a figure slowly appeared.

"KUFUFU...Old friend, your dreams are always so empty."

"I'm not as carefree as you are. In my dream, these are enough."

The swaying pineapple leaves revealed the identity of the visitor—Carol.

Carlo's "dream" has clear lake water and beautiful scenery, even if it is only a corner, it is completely different from Viper.

Floating there casually, Carlo looked at Viper and asked, "What happened to you?"

Viper turned to look at him.

"Don't try to get away with it, Viper. Do you think an illusionist like me won't be able to detect your emotional changes?"

Viper blinked, and continued to turn his head to look at his "star".

"Whatever happens to me has nothing to do with you."

He sneered. "A mesmer who spends his days in other people's dreams, you are quite leisurely."

Carlo shrugged helplessly, already accustomed to Viper's way of speaking.

He looked at Viper's profile, at the surging mist.

Although those fogs are changing every second and showing different charms every second, it still makes people feel boring after a long time.

"Even if you don't tell me, I can roughly guess it." Taking the coins aside to play with, Carlo said: "Ancient silver coins from 1873? Sure enough, the coins you have seen can be found in your dreams. If you let those People who collect ancient coins come here... probably can't be driven away."

He tossed the silver coin casually, and after the power he gave to the silver coin was exhausted, the silver coin was floating in a new place.

After all, in Viper's dream, there is no gravity.

Carlo and Viper don't feel weightless just because they are illusionists.

Looking at the silver coin, Carlo spoke, and the voice just reached Viper's ears.

"Let me think... it's about some kind of... peculiar baby products." He looked at Viper who turned his head suddenly, squinting his eyes and smiling, but there was a bit of seriousness in his eyes. "Am I right, old friend?"

"What do you know!?"

Facing him, Carlo smiled as always.

"Looks like I'm right, isn't it?"

"Actually, I don't know much. But there is only one thing I know very well."

"Even if it's a little help for a former best friend." He said so with a serious expression.

"One day in the future, you will never be able to live without that thing, and you can't wait to destroy it completely."

Stephanie came to Peng Lie's headquarters.

The person who had been waiting in front of the door saw her and stepped forward and said, "Are you Master Soldi?"

Dressed in the guise of an old woman, Stephanie nodded.

"Please follow me." The man said, then turned around and led Stephanie into Pengo Li's gate.The guard glanced at them and let them go.

Go through the hallway, up the stairs, and finally stop in front of an ancient door.Judging from the traces on the door, it seems that it has gone through many years. Judging from the carvings and materials, it should be able to sell for a good price.

Stephanie knocked lightly on the door while distracted, and heard an old voice coming from the door.

"Come in."

She pushed open the door.

A dignified old man appeared before her.

"Are you the Soldi whom those people admire so much?"

"Yes, you are the confidant of Lanshou of the seventh generation, and one of the elders of Peng Geli?"

"I am." The old man rubbed the priceless finger of his left index finger. "I heard you sell everything?"

Stephanie's tone was very respectful. "As long as you can afford it."

The old man looked at his withered hands and said in a low voice: "I'm old and sick, I know I'm dying, but..."

"I still want to live, even though those quack doctors say I won't last this year."

"As long as I can live until next year, you can do whatever you want."

Coming, Stephanie made a fist with her left hand and let go. "There is a drug that can cure your disease and even give you three more years of life, just..."

"What price do you want?"

"I don't just need money." Stephanie looked up at the old man. "I heard that you had a certain friendship with the previous Rainbow Son. What I want is... everything you know about the Rainbow Son."

"I'm talking about—everything!" she emphasized.

The old man looked into her eyes and was silent for a long time.

"...I can tell you, but you must ensure that your product is useful."

"As long as your information is complete, there will be no mistakes in my things."

"...Okay, I believe you."

The old man relaxed his body, leaned back on the chair, his eyes became confused, as if he saw the long past.

"... Few people remember how this child of the rainbow was born..."

"When I was young, I went to a fight as someone's surrogate, and I lost, of course, at the hands of a friend of mine. My friend won, and he and his companions accompanied the The Rainbow Son, who was about to lift the curse, celebrated. But after only one day, everything changed..."

"All the original Rainbow Sons have disappeared, and the new Rainbow Sons... are my friend and his companions!"

The old man put away his memories. "As for the rest, I think you've heard it from other people."

The deal is done.

Stephanie no longer felt the ease and satisfaction of closing a deal.

Of course she knew it was "Rainbow Proxy War".

It seems...the so-called lifting the curse is really just a new lie of Iron Hat.

Where did those disappeared children of the rainbow go?

Stephanie preferred to believe that they were tired of being a Mafia anymore.

She didn't dare to think about the most terrible outcome, she couldn't lose that child.

She knew that the main character always had certain privileges.

But her younger brother is only a supporting role in the original novel. Will the protagonist's halo really protect Viper?

Stephanie wasn't sure about that, although characters who showed up in the tutor rarely died.

But she always thought of "what if", countless what ifs, the setting of the parallel space in the original book came to her mind, countless possible futures, countless possible endings made her breathless.

Stephanie walked around a corner in deep thought, and was stopped by someone. She looked at the person in front of her in surprise. She knew this person, and it was this man who stared coldly at Daniela for a long time in front of her.

The visitor looked at her with a blank expression on his face.

"Soldi, Yatsudaime wants to see you."

Daniela, she is the only friend in this world who can be regarded as a heart-to-heart friend.

"Exactly." She heard her disguised, old and hoarse voice. "I also happen to—want to see her."

Ignoring the momentary burst of hostility in the man's eyes, Stephanie followed the man down the corridor and pushed open the heavily decorated door. Her friend sat on a chair and looked at her with a formulaic expression.

She heard the door close behind her, and her hearing and eyes told her that there was no one around but Daniela, herself, and Daniela's guardians.

"Don... I never expected to meet you in this capacity at this time..." She said indifferently, watching Daniela standing up in surprise, frowning at her with a look of surprise.

"You are..." Daniela whispered the name that came to mind. "...Stephanie?"

The moment Daniela said her name, Stephanie took off her disguise, took a few steps forward under the surprised gaze of the guardian behind her, put her hand on Daniela's shoulder, and gently pressed her forehead against the back of her hand.

Daniela narrowed her eyes, put away the questions she hadn't blurted out, gestured her silent finger to her guardian, and pointed to the door, and the guardian walked out knowingly and closed the door.

Then Daniela put her hand gently on the back of her mysterious friend, and her voice came from her ear. For the first time, Daniela heard that tired and helpless emotion from this person's mouth.

"So tired..." This is something Stephanie must never say in front of the closest child.

"I'm so scared..." This was something Stephanie would never say in front of the closest child.

"I really... don't know what to do." This is what Stephanie longs to say in front of someone at this moment.

Viper looked at the man opposite, thinking about the meaning of his words.The never-before-seen expression on the other side made him rule out the possibility of a joke or a prank.

What does it mean to never leave again?What does it mean to want to be completely destroyed?

According to his own memory, he conjured up the appearance of a transparent pacifier in his hand.

How could such an existence have such a big impact on his future?

Seeing the pacifier in Viper's hand, Carlo came to him and looked at the pacifier in his hand.

"It turns out that this pacifier used to look like this."

This way? Viper looked up at Carlo suspiciously.

"What does it look like in your memory?"

"How should I put it..." Carlo recalled the appearance of the pacifier in his memory. "It's a dead indigo."

Seeing that Viper still wanted to ask something, Carlo snapped his fingers with his left hand, and the pacifier in Viper's hand disappeared instantly.

Viper shook his free hand in the void. Carlo was stronger than him, so such trivial things could naturally be done.What's more, Viper himself didn't like that pacifier very much, it was just a random illusion from the beginning.

He thought for a while and lowered his arms. "Tell me, Carlo, why are you looking for me?"

"Can't I just come and catch up with old friends?"

Reminisce? Viper was silent, he was joking.

Carlo would usually find him directly in reality, but now that he has entered his dream, there are only two possibilities.Either he has something to do with him, or he is really bored.The situation in the abandoned street has changed recently, and Carlo himself has more affairs. He doesn't believe that Carlo, who is well-known in the entire abandoned street, will be idle at this time.

Seeing that he couldn't hide it from Viper, Carlo smiled and said, "I just remembered something, and I came here to find you."

"How about it, old friend, are you interested in showing me your new trick?"

Viper froze for a moment. "I do not know what you're talking about."

"KUFUFU...is there still a need to hide it at this point?" Carlo stretched out his index finger and pointed at himself. "That new trick that even Stephanie doesn't know, how about using me as the first experimental subject?"

"Let me see how many emotions you have accumulated now."

Speaking of this, Viper can no longer hide it.This person is still so strange, he knows something about their siblings better than themselves in a certain way.

Viper made up his mind, palms up, mist gathering in his hands.The purple mist finally condensed into a pure black sphere.Just looking at it, you can feel the overwhelming fear.

"Just to remind you: this is 'fear'" Viper said, the sphere suddenly exploded, and the black mist enveloped Carlo.

Viper has to experience those nightmares every year, in which he feels all kinds of negative emotions.The nightmares were increasing every year, and Viper himself thought it was a miracle that he was still sane.The spheres are the emotions that Viper has felt, and he puts those negative emotions together and it becomes pure black.There are no hallucinations, just endless emotions, enough to drive most people in the world crazy.

Because that is Viper's own experience, the most real "fear".

When the pure black mist gradually dissipated, Carlo was still standing there, looking all right.

Viper forced the corners of his mouth to curl up, and said with a sneer, "You really are not an ordinary person."

People who can not change their face after feeling "fear" can only be people who have experienced "fear" before.

Carlo laughed, a very strange smile.

This is the first time in Viper's memory that he clearly perceives the emotions that Carlo hides deep in his heart. The almost crazy darkness almost affects Viper's own will.

He stabilized his spirit and looked at Carlo, as tall as he was seeing him for the first time.

"Don't just release the bad things in your heart in other people's dreams."

He knew that Carlo had negative emotions in his heart, and Viper could feel the suppressed madness, just like when he was in Carlo's dream before, he could feel the dark breath across the mountains.

It's just that he didn't expect that the scale of the shadow in Carlo's heart would be so huge.

At this time, Carlo had once again suppressed his inner emotions. Standing in front of Viper, he smiled like an ordinary person.

"Oh oh oh~ It's been a long time since you looked so defensive, Viper."

"Don't be nervous, I'm not crazy enough to want to destroy anything, how about starting teaching now like before?"

Viper nodded, and the doubts in his heart were even worse. Why did Carlo help him all these years, and he became more and more confused about this matter.

It doesn't look like there is any conspiracy, and it's not for money, fame and fortune. What is it for?

As if he could see through Viper's inner thoughts, Carlo braced his chin and said with a smile: "If you really feel sorry, how about agreeing to my terms to exempt the debt between you and me?"

"impossible."

"……really."

Three days is not too long, Viper has been with Carlo in his dream.

Carlo knew Viper's ability very well. After three days, Viper finally mastered his new trick.

Viper once again rejected Carlo's request and left his dream,

He opened his eyes and looked around, but he didn't see Stephanie.

What happened to her? Viper thought, but he didn't have time to wait for Stephanie.

Putting on the disguise prepared by Stephanie again, Viper adjusted the temperature of the portable air conditioner and put it in his bag.

Wearing black clothes in the summer is also thanks to this thing, otherwise he would try to use the ice of illusion to cool down.

Habitually walked to the mirror, raised his hand, and patted the partner around his neck through the fabric.

The current Fantazima usually maintains the appearance of a four-legged snake, and only when she exhausts her strength will she turn back into an egg.

It fell in love with Viper's neck, bit its own tail and looped it around his neck, and would never let go when it died.

"Let's go, Fantazima." Viper said softly.

Phantasma barked to show that it knew.

Viper left a note for Stephanie, opened the window, flew straight out of the window, and closed the window behind his back.

The flow of people coming and going on the street did not notice the black shadow across the sky at all.

The author has something to say:

Carlo...has some kind of connection with the people in the original book.

Ambra too~

Today I suddenly discovered that Viper he...he...

His hair is not purple!

In the original book, Viper's hair was originally indigo indigo!

I always thought it was purple, until I compared Viper with Skaru, I realized it wasn't——!