"I don't know either." Qianye answered bluntly, "I'm still thinking about whether it's inappropriate for me to be Jane's guardian these days. Maybe, after this matter is over, I should stay away from her."
Valenti was very confused, "This is not like you, Masaki, how could you have such an idea... What's inappropriate?"
Chiba crossed his arms and looked ahead.
"Let me ask you a question, Valenti, if there was a button, press it, and a friend of yours will become you in the next life - assuming such a thing exists. Otherwise, she will accept a random Destiny, will you press it?"
"Become me?" Valenti tilted his head, "What do you mean, will this person experience my life so far in the next life?"
"Yes, would you?"
Valenti held her cheek and thought for a while.
"I feel a little embarrassed... However, if it is the traditional kind of reincarnation, and this person completely forgets who she is and who I am in the next life, then there seems to be nothing wrong..."
"Does that mean you can press it?"
"Well," Valenti replied, "Where's Masaki, can you do it?"
"I can't." Chiba turned around, "That's why I think I'm not suitable to be a guardian."
Valenti groaned, and she thought for a moment, "...I don't understand."
"If it weren't for Molly, I might not have thought of this level. A person's experience comes from all his personal experiences. Of course there will be some benefits, but correspondingly, there will also be some costs. The way I am good at is naturally to avoid Most of the risks I abhor yield the benefits I most expect, but may come at an unbearable cost to others.”
"What you said is correct, but it doesn't constitute a reason. I think you are quite suitable."
"Why?"
"I heard that there has been no progress in Jane's special training for her second awakening some time ago...Is it because of you?"
"……how could I know."
Valenti sighed, "The connection between people is very strange. Although there are some best models in theory, in fact there are thousands of ways to establish trust. Although love is like the hand that wants to touch but then withdraws. , but you don’t have to be too cautious - don’t you think Jane has already approved of you? "
Chiba moved his shoulders slightly but said nothing.
"Relax," Valenti reached out and poked Qianye's face, "Take a step back, Jane has her own ideas. Sean can't force her to do something she doesn't want to do, and you may not be able to force it either. ——Maybe we need to accept the fact that our impact on other people is very limited. Although this is sometimes frustrating, sometimes it is also relaxing.
"I think we all just have to do what we think is right. It is impossible for people to achieve complete mutual understanding - even between you and me, there are still some irreconcilable differences, right? What if? There are some truths in this that they don’t agree with, so in the future, we will let them teach us back, and we will learn from them. Isn’t that good?”
Qianye raised his head and let out a long and soft sigh,
"Thank you, Valenti..."
Valenti raised his hands and made a muscle-flexing gesture, "You're welcome."
Chiba stood up, "Then, it's almost time for me to leave."
"So fast?"
Chiba pointed to a black car on the corner of the street in the distance, "Here, the person who picked me up was waiting there a quarter of an hour ago. I'm going to District 11 next."
"How long will it take to go again this time?"
Chiba stood up and said, "I don't know, maybe more than half a month."
"Wait a minute!" Valenti suddenly grabbed Chiba's sleeve, "I, I have one more thing to ask you."
"What, you said."
Valenti took a deep breath and said, "Two months ago, when you went to look at Liz's file in the underground archives, you said that she was not suitable for fighting on the front line. What was the reason for you to make this judgment at that time?"
This time it was Chiba's turn to be surprised, "Didn't you say you can't listen? If Liz finds out later, she will think you have peeked into her secrets or something."
"Hey, her job transfer opinion just came out today. The results of the consultation and evaluation are exactly the same as what you said. It is estimated that next week there will be a transfer order to arrange for her to become a reconnaissance sentinel in the habitable area - of course she will not participate in any chelation. Fighting..." Valenti raised his head, "It is unlikely that I will become her consultant in the future, so now I can ask - what was the reason why you came to this conclusion at that time?"
"Do you really want to listen?" Qianye asked softly, "Actually, you really want to know if you can just go to the archives next time."
Valenti shook his head repeatedly, "That's not convenient."
The new order officer is even harder to talk to than Morley...
"Okay," Qianye blinked, and she looked down at Tan Yi under the night, "The reason why I said that is because Liz lied about some very important things."
Valenti clearly felt that Chiba's tone had become heavier.
"what do you mean?"
"During the chelation outbreak in Askia, where she and her family hid in underground cellars, she said her grandmother committed suicide after finding out she was infected, and then every time someone in the family showed up Pincers, that person will choose to commit suicide or be killed by others... until the mercury needle comes."
"Yeah. I've heard a little bit about this story."
"But in fact, during the salvage operation on Askia Heath, although we did find seven corpses in the cellar of the apartment at No. 12 Boater Street, those seven corpses were all chelated after the onset of the disease. Corpses."
After saying that, Chiba looked at Valenti, and Valenti was also looking at her.
Valenti's expression froze on her face, and the night wind made her shiver.
"I, maybe I didn't understand a little bit..."
"If it was true that the person committed suicide or was killed when the pincers first appeared, then the body should be in a pre-disease state."
Chiba's voice was very soft, very soft.
Valenti had already confirmed what Chiba was referring to. Although her eyes were still in disbelief, her eyes and the tip of her nose slowly began to turn red.
"We will never know the specific details at that time, but one thing is clear: there was a hunt in the cellar of 12 Boater Street, and only Liz survived the hunt. .
"I remember you said that Liz was very generous and kind to everyone around her. Maybe there was a deeper reason behind this strong giving. How old is Liz now? She is only fourteen years old. If she is still If she can't forgive herself, and can't accept that no matter what a person does under such extreme circumstances, it's understandable. Then she can't let go. This kind of burden will inevitably affect her judgment on the battlefield.
"Her shoulders are still too young, and the lifestyle of atoning for sins and fighting at the same time is not suitable for her, at least not now, that is."
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