The heavy rain kept falling with no sign of stopping, and water quickly accumulated in the alleys. Crackling, the rain hit the puddles and hit the children's clothes and hair. The children deep in the alley remained motionless, sitting alone in the water.
The new visitor walked alone in the rain, without an umbrella, and the rain did not touch his sides. They could not hear the sound of stepping into the puddle, because whether it was rain from the sky or water on the ground, all the liquid automatically slid away from him, as if actively making way for the visitor.
Rei Shigure knew who this new guest was. She met this man once on the ship... He was Mo Yuankai from a few years ago, the kind-hearted intelligence dealer.
"Morning, Gongsun Ce." The shadow man walked up to the child and waved cheerfully, "I haven't seen you for a long time."
"Mo Yuankai..." The child looked up at him, "Long time no see."
The shadow man knelt down on the spot and took out a pack of biscuits from his pocket. Before he could ask, the child smiled bitterly and said, "Thank you for your kindness. Are you still bringing food with you?"
"I'm really hungry!" The shadow man sighed as he opened the package and stuffed two biscuits into his mouth. "Who knew that the food supply on the ship was pretty good? Wow, the first thing to do when arriving in the city is to grab The food is really unbelievable.”
"Ah."
The shadow man finished eating the biscuits, put away the packaging bag, and said, "Gongsun Ce, do you think our city is really rotten?"
He stood up, clasped his fingers and said: "There are organized wars every day, and every now and then there are biochemical accidents. Either everyone is grabbing territory or going on a rampage with super powers. I don't have to wait until 2077. I can now declare that I live in the world." Worst city ever."
"That sucks." The child echoed in a low voice, "Do you also want to establish an organization? Or run away?"
"What's the use?" the shadow man asked, "I have been observing during the past three years. At first I thought it was the official incompetence, but later I found that the official people are very dedicated, and everyone is working hard to maintain it. Public security and policies gradually became more relaxed; later I thought it was a few people who were doing evil, but as I continued to investigate, I found that it was not just a few people, everyone was more or less involved in this process. Without Aulus and John, there would have been others Someone comes out to take the lead.”
"I thought about it for a long time and finally understood. There is something wrong with everyone's hearts."
"……Heart?"
"Everyone is so desperate. Uneasy, numb, sad, angry, and self-destructive. Everyone is like this, how can this city be better? You were such an independent person in the past, and you used despicable methods to spray Orus , but now you stay here and go to jail yourself. You are the reflection of the capital of the sky, Gongsun Ce."
The shadow man said worriedly. Obviously he was also a prisoner in this prison, but he did not show any sense of depression in being imprisoned.
"After I think about it, I know what everyone really needs. What everyone needs is the motivation to live on, a symbol that tells them there is hope in life, and a pioneer who can break all this-"
The shadow man clenched his fist firmly: "What the Sky City really needs is a hero who brings hope!"
"...Haha." The young Gongsun Ce laughed, "Hero activities... fight with them on the streets? To stop the experimental accidents of the white coats?"
"Yes, rescue the people who are involved in difficulties and tell them that someone will stop this from happening!"
The child covered his head and smiled coldly. He couldn't help but laugh and said harsh and hurtful words: "Are you dreaming, Mo Yuankai? Do you think such a ridiculous behavior has any meaning other than self-satisfaction? Do you think Is reality a heroic caricature? You alone can’t stop the degeneration of this city, you can’t change anything!”
The shadow man was not angry at all.
"I said I was prepared. I contacted the boss in Cangshou District, and we all hit it off, so this hero event is solidly guaranteed..."
"What's the use?!" the young Gongsun Ce roared, "The sky is a prison for us, we are aliens rejected by the world! No one can change all this! We are superpowers... we We can't do anything but hurt each other. Unless you can make your super power disappear, can you do that?! You can't, no one has this power!"
The shadow man wiped his nose.
"Your thinking is so strange. Why should we give up our superpowers? We can use this power to do good things and change everyone's hearts."
The child laughed in anger: "You think you can change millions of people in this city? Why?!"
The shadow man patted his chest: "With my will and courage!"
These words were spoken with such forceful and high-spirited momentum that not only the children were stunned, but also Shigurei, who was watching, said that he was mentally ill. Is this guy daydreaming? Where did he get the confidence to say such ridiculous things?
But Gongsun Ce smiled nostalgically. He saw the shadow man raising his thumb: "Look! I have succeeded. The fact that you are so excited to argue with me means that you think there is a chance, and you think I have hope!"
The child stood up angrily: "You are using your strong words to make excuses, but you are just wasting your efforts!"
The shadow man said slowly and leisurely: "Then what do you mean by not working in vain? Just stay here, isolated from the world, and do nothing. Wouldn't you be so proud?"
The child was speechless.
"I know what you want to say. There will be failures, and of course there will be setbacks. But even so, I still want to do my best. Even if I fail to accomplish anything in the end and be criticized and laughed at by everyone, I will not regret it. Because I tried my best and tried to make changes in my own way!”
The shadow man raised a finger: "Look, I'm going to change you now! There must be a reason why you are so depressed, just look at my reasoning."
He thought deeply for a while and said uncertainly: "It was because of the bad food yesterday...the surroundings were too dirty...the environment was too humid..." Suddenly he hit his right hand. "Yes, I know, it must be because the weather is too cloudy. Everyone is unhappy on rainy days!"
Gongsun Ce laughed loudly while watching, and the children deep in the alley shouted frantically: "What nonsense are you talking about?!"
"You can only be in a good mood on sunny days. Just wait for me." The shadow man stretched out his hand and pointed to the cloudy sky, "Sunshine!"
In an instant, a blazing beam of light penetrated the sky and the earth.
The light penetrated the thick clouds like a sharp sword, and with the movement of his palm, it cut through the dark clouds covering the sky city from the center. The unparalleled power changed the sky, and the gray clouds rolled back to both sides, just like the feat of parting the sea in ancient mythology!
The shadow man retracted the beam with satisfaction, and the blue sky was revealed among the split dark clouds. There is no more rain, no more haze. The bright sunshine shines from the clear sky, evaporating the water droplets on the walls and drying the water stains on the ground.
In the blink of an eye, there was no more shadow in the alley, and the children stared blankly at the sky. He subconsciously narrowed his eyes and blocked the front with his hands, resisting and feeling the warm light.
The young man in front smiled gently: "Are you feeling better?"
The sunshine dispelled the haze in the alley and melted the shadows on his body.
He is tall and handsome, wearing white trousers, a black top, and a bright yellow vest. The waist-length, blond hair has a strange translucent texture, shining like glass under the sunlight. His unusual appearance gave him an inhuman temperament, but no one would be offended by it. Because the smile on his face was so kind, showing goodwill without falsehood.
The child took back his hand and couldn't help but laugh.
"...Yeah. I feel better."
Mo Yuankai smiled and stretched out his hand.
"Then let's go! Let's change this city together!"
Gongsun Ce let go of his hand and gestured to the shocked huntress. He blended in with the children in the alley and held the hand of the long-haired young man.
"I lost to you, brother. I'll go with you."
Mo Yuankai opened his mouth in surprise: "Wow... such a big change? His hair has turned gray."
The gray-haired young man smiled and said: "You, a handsome guy with long hair, are still talking about me? It's the same as what you said, people always have to change."
"Look, I just said I was right." Mo Yuankai patted the clothes on his body, "By the way, why have I always been a shadow person before? It looks like I have been coded."
Gongsun Ce shrugged: "Brother, you are so radiant that it is hard for me to look directly at you. Look at you, you are strong and handsome, and you exude confidence even with your strong words. If I were a girl, I would really fall in love with you."
"That's not true, is it?"
"As for that." The gray-haired young man let go of his hand and said softly, "I have always been...very jealous of you."
There is a kind of guy in this world who has nothing to do with others. They go their own way, are full of confidence, and exude positive energy in every move they make. They will turn on the lights in the house when you are at your lowest and drag you out to drink; they will also arrive in time when you are seriously injured and tell you that you don’t have to worry about everything because I am there. When you are depressed and lost, he will pull you up, but you can hardly see their fragile side.
They are always strong, always determined, and always at the forefront of the road. You look at their backs with deep admiration, but you also feel a trace of malicious jealousy in your envy. That feeling lingers, and you won't do anything about it... you'll just hate yourself even more.
Mo Yuankai thought seriously for a while and said, "It's a good thing."
"Hey! Is it a good thing to be jealous of you?"
He patted his younger brother vigorously on the shoulder.
"The fact that you are jealous of me means that you are envious of me, right? Doesn't that mean that you are wholeheartedly doing good and want to work hard to improve yourself!"
"Wow, are you talking unreasonably?"
"You have learned too much from the Knight of Dawn. How can so many things have to be reasonable and logical? Your friend has fallen into the abyss. What kind of reasoning is needed to help him?"
He laughed and turned away.
"Come on, Ace! I'm retired, now it's all up to you."
The gray-haired young man leaned against the wall and said helplessly: "I feel deeply powerless. After all, I can't become the second you."
"Just be yourself! Besides, you don't have so many friends." He gestured to Rei Shigure, who was watching, "Please help him."
"Tch." Shigurei turned away, "I don't care what he does."
Mo Yuankai waved his hand and walked out of the alley. Everything in Node's dream was gone, and there were only two people standing in the completely white space.
"My world view has been impacted. It's hard for me to connect this handsome guy with a level of reiichi to that fat guy."
"Don't look at the skin, look at the soul."
"So you changed like this..." Shigure Rei sighed, "You took a different path but made your self-blame worse because of jealousy, you guy!"
"It's indeed difficult enough." Gongsun Ce pushed up his glasses, "From this day on, I became weaker."
Step out of the dark comfort zone and head to the world under the sun with your friends. The superpowers have taken a different path since then... However, the abilities that became stronger due to difficulties have also changed unknowingly.
"I am no longer the child crying alone, and my heart can no longer support the power to reject everything." Gongsun Ce smiled freely, "But I don't regret it. Because I believe I made the right decision." s Choice."
Shigure Rei laughed and said: "From an autistic child to a middle-aged child, it sounds like I have made a great decision."
"Compared to my past self, I have grown somewhat, right? After all, strength cannot represent everything."
"A guy who talks pretty words..."
Shigure Ling still said this, but her eyes became a little more relaxed. Gongsun Ce felt at ease, knowing that he didn't need to say anything more.
"Thank you for accompanying me to review the past, big sister."
The black-haired woman reached out and poked his forehead.
"If you are self-aware, then fight me hard, you kid!"
Then, everything in the dream disappeared.
Gongsun Ce opened his eyes and saw his friend in a suit standing at the end of his bed.
Shiyu Rei raised his eyebrows in surprise: "Gongsun, I was just trying to remind you to prepare for action."
"What a coincidence?" He flew out of the small bed and put on his glasses. "I can't wait to save the world."
Incredibly, I regained my peace. All the worries before falling asleep still existed, but the confusion and panic disappeared. He knew what he was going to do. He knew what he was fighting for.
In the past, he wanted to change a city. Now, he wants to avenge his partners and friends, and change a country for the sake of everyone's lives.
For this reason, he wields his sword against evil spirits and gods.
You are a genius, remember in one second: Red Oasis:
