Atypical S

The two sat side by side against the wall on the promenade, chatting casually like friends they haven't seen for many years.The wall behind her was cold and stiff, and it was uncomfortable to lean on it completely. Pearl sat cross-legged, put her right arm on her leg, and looked at Naosika with her side face up.He picked up a random word to open up the conversation,

"I met you when I was a child."

What Pearl was talking about was the time and space he stayed in some time ago.Naosika looked at him upon hearing this.For Pearl, that encounter was only dozens of days ago, but for Naosika, that encounter was already more than ten years ago.Thinking about it now, in Naosika's heart, an emotion called nostalgia rose leisurely, but it was followed by deep frustration.The two of them were sitting here at the moment, and their sense of frustration was extremely strong.

Although Naosika's condition was much better than before, his face was still pale.Facing Pearl, he felt an indescribable sense of guilt.

Naosika thought his path was the right one, but the future after killing Pearl was still so bad.

Maybe he is the one who prevents the world from getting better...

Naosika's heart was not only filled with guilt, but also a sense of guilt called failure.

Blinking his eyes slightly, he lowered his eyes and said softly as if making the last quibble, "I promise my promise."

Pearl knew that Naosika was referring to the promise exchanged to save his life.

"Yeah, I didn't realize it until now." Pearl narrowed her eyes, her eyes as red as spar were full of helpless smiles, "Shall I say thank you for being late?"

Naosika paused and shook his head slightly, "No need, it's just a one-time help, and no matter what, you're still dead in the end."

It's all his fault.Naosika thought.

Pearl calmly listened to Naosika's words, but did not see a triumphant or joyful smile on the other's face.Naosika was sitting there, motionless since she began to speak, and even her sitting posture was stiff.Pearl looked at him, but could not see what the man was thinking.

But Pearl knew that Naosika was trying to suppress the surging emotions in his heart.

When there are too many emotional stimuli, the brain has to deal with these emotions, and there is not much room to coordinate the body.The body becomes rigid and the mind becomes confused.Naosika was obviously in such a state, even though he kept a straight face and restrained his emotions.If Pearl hadn't gotten close and looked carefully, maybe he wouldn't have noticed the clues of Naosika.

Taking a closer look at Naosika, there are not many opportunities for Pearl and him to sit and talk together in such a calm manner. Looking at each other carefully, the calm conversation was the time when we met on the grassland.

For some reason, maybe yesterday and today became so close because of the joke of time, which made Pearl unable to adapt for a while.Perhaps Naosika's attitude was too gentle, which made Pearl himself so calm for a long time.In short, Pearl couldn't get angry, even if the man in front of him was probably the one who killed him, he couldn't get angry.

Pearl looked at the man, even with some sympathy.

Facing the established failure and the unknown road, Naosika will also be afraid, because even if he wins, it does not mean victory. The world outside the window is the ending of the game.

What about yourself?

While Pearl sympathized with Naosika, she was also asking herself.

According to Naosika, he is dead...

Did he die after completing the mission, or...

It doesn't matter how, because there is no way to be sure.

To see your dead body?

A corpse is just a corpse, which neither explains anything nor changes anything.

Talking about the past is the only thing that can be thought of when you are helpless.

To Pearl's surprise, Naosika did not object.

"I lost, shouldn't you be happy." Pearl looked at Naosika complicatedly. His concept of winning or losing was inconsistent with Naosica. It should be said that his goal was inconsistent with Naosica from the very beginning.But he can't bring this matter up with anyone, and the only past he can talk about is Naosika's past. "You said that the future shouldn't belong to people like me. Isn't it just right that you won?"

"I don't want you to lose, I just want to win." Naosika's voice became as light as breathing, and there was a kind of gentleness and peace after letting go of the grudge. "I just want to win a better future, a better world."

"I... never want you to die."

Such a speech of the Holy Mother, in the past Pearl might have laughed and said that there is no future without bloodshed, but now the same words are spoken by Naosika in an earnest, even pleading tone, Pearl But there was a strange and complicated emotion.

"You don't want me to die?"

Perhaps unbelievable, Pearl unnaturally used a questioning tone.

Faced with such doubts, Naosika gave a pure chuckle,

"If you ask me, do I like your style, your thinking, your means? No, I hate it." Naosika was asking himself and answering.

His voice was soft, and there was no malice or boredom, "I hate you, but do you want to say that I hate you, even to the point of wanting to kill you? No, I want you to live and witness I'm right."

What a proud and stubborn man.Pearl looked at Naosika helplessly.

Naosika made eye contact with Pearl without hesitation, "You know what? Sometimes I also think, maybe you are right, the evil in the world may only be checked and balanced by using evil."

Pearl looked back in surprise, and Naosika looked at the glazed window in front of her and smiled, "But, I have always wanted to find a better way, one that can make the world a better place without evil. But it is undeniable that Sometimes your method is indeed more effective and more convenient."

Pearl couldn't help chuckling when he heard that,

"I'm sorry, I'm not laughing at you, I just don't know what expression to use to face it better."

Pearl never thought he could get a positive comment from Naosika who was possessed by the Holy Light.

Even if it is just a few words, it is already of great significance to be able to say it from the mouth of Naosika who has such ideals and bears such a heavy burden.

"I'm just managing people's desires, but you, you're trying to create the future." Pearl held back a laugh, abruptly turned the laughter into a light cough, and then commented softly.What he said is also true.What Pearl Mortis is good at is the human heart and human nature.

Naosika, on the other hand, saw the future.

Even though he can't bear it alone in the future.

Hearing Pearl's words, Naosika also showed a slightly surprised look, but soon that surprise turned into a knowing smile, and then turned into a bit bitter

"I always can't see through you." Naosika shook his head and smiled wryly, "It was you who told me 'wrong will always be human rather than justice' more than ten years ago, and told me 'wrong and right can only stand on one side. It's you who can only see clearly at the end. Even if you say that you actually appreciate me, I'm not surprised anymore."

Pearl didn't speak, but Naosika asked as if she couldn't help it, "So now that you see the future, do you still think I'm right? Don't you want to kill me now? Maybe, this future I can still change. If it were you, I..."

Naosika's voice gradually weakened, but she still couldn't say the sentence, "If it's you, it doesn't matter if you die at your hands." "

He is not afraid of death and failure, but the bitter fruit of failure is hard to swallow, let alone say it from his own mouth.He finally closed his mouth and chose to remain silent.

The glazed window in front of him was still revolving around the past, as if no one except Pearl himself could see his past.Facing the past, Pearl pursed her lips and drooped her eyes. After thinking about it, she smiled and said, "You know what? This will all be a thing of the past."

"Whether it's good or bad, right or wrong, they will all pass away. The future will also pass away." Pearl looked directly into Naosika's eyes, "Remember what I said? No one knows what the end point is, so you have to stand at the end point, and only by standing there can you decide the direction of the next step, a more correct direction."

The breeze from the prairie that day slowly blew through the glazed window, and the window in front of Pearl showed the scene of talking with little Naosika on the prairie that day.

The grass waves are rolling like a long river.In the endless waves, there are blades of grass that are overwhelmed by the wind and then blown up again.

"In fact, no one but God can see the world from the beginning of time to the end of the world. What can be decided by a quick glance now, maybe our decision is wrong at this moment, but in the future maybe it becomes That’s right.” Whether it’s a theory or a belief, there is a time and a place for it. The right time and place and the rightness and victory created at this moment may be useful or useless, but who can be sure of what will happen in the future .

"Even if my victory made the world like this?" Naosika asked softly.

"Are you someone who exists to make the world like this?" Pearl asked back. "You trust me, and I trust you, too."

Naosika may be the person in the world that Pearl Mortis disapproves of the most, but he is also the person who will least harm the world.All justice and evil are due to the deep love for this world and the gratitude for the karma brought by this world.

After all, it is all the experiences that make us what we are today.

"If you want me to kill you to change the past, then forget it, let him do what the past should be, without the past, we would not be who we are today. I never regret the past." Pearl shot Looking at Naosika's shoulder, seeing that he didn't stretch out his hand to pat it away, he smiled and exerted a little force. "And you don't want to die, do you?"

Looking at Naosika's frown, Pearl smiled, "I don't want to die either, who would be willing to die. We are pursuing a better path, not a heroic plot."

"No one wants to work hard for a lifetime, but can't see a good ending in the end." Pearl scratched the skin that was itchy due to the dry blood scabs, and joked to Naosika casually, "I just think I deserve a HAPPY ENDING."

"...you're dead. I saw it."

"Sometimes seeing is not believing." Pearl smiled slyly. "Maybe I don't."

Naosika looked at Pearl strangely, but couldn't figure out where Pearl got his confidence.Finally, he looked at Pearl's familiar face and nodded, "I won't let you die."

Pearl almost didn't laugh out loud when he heard this promise, but Naosika was also kind and promised with a sincere expression.So he just nodded, "I believe in you, you have always been a promise-keeping person."

Pearl is the one who is destined to leave this world, he can't bring anything to this world, but he believes that Naosika can, "I believe in the world you created. If you win, go create a better future Bar."

"In the end, you were the one who said you believed me..." Naosika smiled wordlessly, stood up on his knees, bent slightly and handed Pearl his hand,

"I thought we could be together."

Light fell from the crimson and dark sky, pierced through the clouds, passed through the carved patterns of the windows, and landed on Naosika.The light was even strong enough to fill the ever-fluctuating happiness value.Pearl looked at Naosika, and only moved his fingers. Before he could hold the hand, the two of them were suddenly surrounded by strong light and swallowed.

When the light faded, they reappeared at the door of the building.

It's just that there are flowing water waterfalls and ancient forest trees outside the buildings at this time.

Someone came out of the bushes behind them and shouted excitedly,

"Pearl!"

Now is the time for them to face the choice between life and death.