"Why do I do this?" Gongsun Ce said desperately, "Can we have even a little bit of humanity?"
A week has passed since the day of the imperial duel, and it is now the afternoon of July 7th, a wonderful winter afternoon. The weather is sunny, the air is fresh, and the sunlight shines through the window screens into the house, making it so warm that it makes me feel slightly sleepy. Have afternoon tea like an aristocrat, play some outdoor sports, or just take a nap. It's perfect for anything in this weather...
In addition to holding a basin in front of the shoe cabinet to brush boots.
"I haven't gone to high school yet. Do you know that you are hiring child labor?" Gongsun Ce lamented, "Do you think it's appropriate?"
"Suitable." The Dawn Knight flipped through the documents at the dining table, "You are my follower. In the traditional concept of the kingdom, it is the follower's responsibility and honor to take care of the chores of life for the knight."
"You are not a follower but a maid, right! Do I have to help you dress up, Miss Knight?" Gongsun Ce put down the brush, pinched an orchid and pointed: "Sister, let's see, what kind of makeup should I put on today? Let’s pick the one you like first, and wait for you to wipe your lips and pat your face, and dress up beautifully before you go out.”
"You always have a gift for humor, Ce." Airandia smiled.
"That's right, we can't lose our old skills... Hey, it's all over now."
Gongsun Ce dried the washed boots, ran to wash the handles, and walked to the knight: "What are you looking at?"
"Inventory of Viscount Barker's Family Library."
There were neatly arranged rows of book titles on the documents, all of which were tomes whose contents could be guessed by their names. Judging from the number, Viscount Barker's ancestors might have had more wealth. Gongsun Ce glanced at it and nodded: "Douglas also needs reference materials for historical research, so you plan to use his past database as a breakthrough... I guess there will be no results?"
Alandia shook her head: "There are subtle metaphors that can be seen in the lines of some ancient books, implying that the original warriors and wise men were killed by King Morton in some dishonorable way, so their stories are unnaturally missing from the mythology. ,but……"
"But this is the most common conspiracy theory in historical legends." Gongsun Ce took over the topic, "Just like the legendary saint of Ustus is a big liar who controls hypnosis, Emperor Lingyang is an alien that invaded the earth. Human Vanguard Army, superpowers are the results of experiments during the secret wars of various countries... If you give me the original text of this nonsense, I can give you ten different versions, because the point of conspiracy theories is not truth..."
"It's about the false credibility brought by gimmicks and the rebellious pleasure of subverting authority."
Alandia pulled out the chair next to her, and Gongsun Ce sat down next to her. He asked curiously: "Alandia, can't you use your world-creation method to directly restore their plan? Of course, I don't expect you to directly create another Situ Yi, but we have checked this After a long time, the information you have on hand should be enough."
"Once the existence of supernatural forces is involved, the reverse restoration of the truth will become difficult, because supernatural forces will cause extremely complex information disturbances. The larger the scale of the disturbance source and the higher the level of power involved, the more difficult the restoration becomes. difficult."
Alandia took out two books from the bookcase nearby and gave an example: "Just like these two different pieces. The puzzle setting of "The Red-Haired Club" is not complicated. You can understand it after reading the introduction of the pieces. I quickly thought of part of the truth; "Murder on the Orient Express" is different. Its writing method is simple but full of mystery. Even the famous detective in the book has to wait until the end to figure out the truth."
"Understood." Gongsun Ce thought thoughtfully, "Most minor incidents have little impact on you, but if we want to use your ability to solve problems involving high-level supernatural powers, such as Situ Yi's intervention If so, we will need heavyweight intelligence—conclusive evidence—and by then..."
Alandia put the book back: "We can also find out the truth by relying on our own reasoning."
Gongsun Ce said half-jokingly: "It turns out your world isn't that omnipotent after all!"
"I let you down?"
"You are already out of reach, but I feel much more at ease." Gongsun Ce thought for a while and said, "Should we change our thinking?"
"Give your opinion."
"Situ Yi may not be hiding any real secrets in this play. The essence of this story is just a murder. It has no practical significance except to slightly shake the official authority." Gongsun Ce pushed up his glasses, "But if he originally had a series of The follow-up plan uses public opinion, rumors and internal conflicts to stir up chaos... Then this drama can be used as a good 'beginning' to sow the seeds of doubt in people's hearts."
Alandia tapped the table and used white matter to make an extremely detailed miniature of the royal capital: "Using changes in the collective subconscious to create chaos in the Shadow Mist City? Using the accumulation of panic and other negative emotions to spawn the birth of a large number of phantoms?"
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"...I really didn't think about it that deeply." Gongsun Ce was stunned, "I meant to use this to incite public opinion to cause riots or something like that."
Alandia said appreciatively: "A very good idea and strategy. I will write a detailed report. Public opinion control and public opinion guidance will be the focus of this month's actions."
"I believe that after a few cups of tea, the media industry elders will understand the importance of cooperating with official actions." Gongsun Ce yawned, "What can we do?"
"Almost not," said the Knight of Dawn. "It's hard for me and you to change each other's opinions even if we are familiar with each other, let alone influence the opinions of strangers?"
"Using spiritual methods to engage in collective brainwashing."
"Extremely radical and extremely risky. The unified guidance of millions of people's thoughts may lead to the birth of a giant phantom."
"Yes, there is Shadow Mist City... Then just trust the intelligence department of the Kingdom." Gongsun Ce sighed and leaned back in his chair, "Since we can all rest for a while now, do you want to take a look together? Animation?"
"I'm not interested in this." Alandia shook her head, "I would rather suggest you read a few classic books."
"Don't be so biased, the animation is pretty good. There are classic animations and masterpieces in the book..."
He just chatted lazily with the knight, repeating the conversation between a chicken and a duck. They both want each other to be more like themselves, and they both stubbornly stay on the side they are used to, as if the parallel lines that have intersected gradually separated, looking for the next intersection as they move forward.
Gongsun Ce quietly looked at the knight beside him, his eyes briefly touched her beautiful curves and immediately looked away. He himself felt that it was too embarrassing and conspicuous, but these days he would always think of the hug on the rooftop that day, and how he felt at that time... Those memories always made him want to move, but inside he was scolding himself for his despicable thoughts.
Like a monkey in heat, he thought. People can't be so mean, right? Thinking of doing something just because you've helped others is just like those bad villains in cartoons, isn't it?
Even if you want to pursue someone, this is not how you pursue them! Normally, the first step in falling in love is...is...
"Hey, Alandia." Gongsun Ce scratched his head, "It's just, well, you see, I mean, what I want to express is..."
"You seem to be Knight Gaffrey who is preparing to report the next quarter's budget." Airandia said.
"Ahem!" Gongsun Ce cleared his throat and said quickly, "You see, we are both free this afternoon and there is nothing important to do, so would you like to make an appointment with me?"
He regretted it as soon as he said it. He looked at the knight beside him with fear, praying that this warm invitation would not damage their relationship.
Alandia closed the book: "Ce, there is no 'so' logical relationship between both parties having time and dating."
"Don't correct your grammar at this time, okay!" Gongsun Ce said frantically, "Then if I ask the question differently, can you make a date with me?"
The silver-haired woman smiled at him: "No, thank you."
Gongsun Ce collapsed on the table like a pile of mud, his right hand hanging weakly: "Okay, I know, I give up. Then can you teach me..."
"No." Alandia rejected it before he finished speaking, "Superpowers cannot practice the law of impermanence."
Lanni Gongsun Ce rolled his eyes and asked again: "How about you teach me some swordsmanship?"
Alandia looked at him from top to bottom: "Mr. Gongsun, you didn't..."
"I just want to give it a try, maybe I have talent." Gongsun Ce turned his head to the side, "Forget it if you don't want to teach, it doesn't matter."
He hid his expression and secretly clenched his fists.
Yes, this is his real purpose.
If you ask for a date right from the start, you will definitely be rejected. However, the point of a date is for two people to go out together, which means that actually promoting the date can be considered as achieving the goal. This is a roundabout tactic!
Practicing swordsmanship is such an honorable name! In the name of striving to improve my own strength, I asked for swordsmanship guidance. I taught him how to hold the sword step by step and helped me adjust my posture. After sweating in the closed dojo, we sat side by side and talked. After that, we naturally had dinner together and walked on the street... all things considered. What better idea than this for intimate physical contact and an environment where the two of you are alone! What a genius idea!
Gongsun Ce turned around with secret joy, and found that Alandia's eyes were like observing the murder weapon at a murder scene. His heart tightened: "What's that look in your eyes?!"
"I think you are not very interested in fighting skills per se, so I am thinking about your true intentions."
Gongsun Ce said angrily: "If you don't want to teach me, don't make excuses!"
“I could try teaching, I just don’t have expectations about the results.”
·
Twenty minutes later, the Knights headquarters, the practice field.
Orianna and Mo Yuankai are having a practice battle in the field. The Seventh Knight's recent free time has been used to practice combat awareness to further control the holy sword. The knight Yulia, who had just finished patrolling, was observing the situation. Sarah was sitting at his feet with a small sausage in her mouth.
"She has made great progress recently," Yulia said. "She is more determined and stronger."
Golden retriever Sarah chewed sausages: "Love makes girls stronger~"
Yulia sternly retorted: "No, love or other events are an opportunity after all. The root of change lies in accumulated training over time. If Knight Orianna slacks off in her practice, even if she encounters a serious crisis, she will not be able to..."
"Don't make excuses, okay?" Sarah patted his shoes with her paws, "It's just because you've been like this all day long that you're ten years older than you look."
Yulia coughed awkwardly: "You should also exercise your body more, don't become lazy."
The golden retriever rolled on the ground: "I exercise every day."
"Knight Sarah!"
"Don't be so serious~" Sara tapped his calf with her tail, "Look over there, something interesting is coming."
Yulia looked at the entrance and saw the knight Airandia leading her new entourage. The Taoist Master in black followed behind the knight, his eyes fixed, his head held high, his chest high, and his steps vigorous. Those who didn't know thought he was the newly hired bodyguard of the Dawn Knight.
"He has a guilty conscience." Sarah asserted, "He must have thoughts about our Dawn Knight."
Yulia grabbed the hilt of the sword with a cold face, and Sara raised a paw to hold it down: "Don't worry, just observe."
Alandia and Gongsun Ce stood in the free space. The Dawn Knight made a standard knight long sword and demonstrated the correct posture of holding the sword. Gongsun Ce took over the long sword and declared after practicing for a while, "I can't grasp the key points. Can you teach me step by step?"
Sarah clapped her paws: "Go!"
Yulia rushed forward in three steps and two steps, grabbed someone's wrist with one hand, and said with a cold face: "Are you ready?"
"It's none of your business!" Gongsun Ce screamed, "Can you please help me while I learn swordsmanship?!"
"Every knight is happy to provide you with guidance." Yulia said calmly, "Male knights especially have teaching advantages. What do you think, Knight Alandia?"
Alandia nodded slowly, as if she had discovered the prisoner's motive: "It makes sense, Knight Yulia."
"It doesn't make sense! Why! I don't want the refrigerator to teach me!" Gongsun Ce struggled again and again. Raquel appeared mysteriously and held his shoulders cheerfully: "Mr. Gongsun, we are very happy to help you! Come, let's go to the gym to do some basic endurance training first..."
Gongsun Ce screamed: "I don't want a double-door refrigerator to teach me! Help!"
! Brother, save me!
! "
The two knights carried him to the gym, one on the left and the other on the right. Mo Yuankai hurriedly ended the game, said hello and rushed to join the team: "Let's go, let's join you if you want to exercise!"
"You can't do this to me!" Gongsun Ce was as desperate as if he had been kidnapped by bandits. "I have done great service for the kingdom! I have done harm to the capital! I want to find the Dawn Knight! Ah!
"
The four men walked away talking and laughing (?). The three female knights looked at each other and laughed out loud.
·
After two hours full of passion and sweat.
"You bunch of heartless people..."
The sweaty superpower lay on his back on the floor of the gym break room, feeling like a rag. Raquel encouraged: "A good figure will make your masculinity even more attractive."
"I am a person with superpowers and an ancient RPG algorithm. In the game, the one who stands in the back row and reads the spells is a damn nice body. A muscular old man like you is the one who can stand in the front row and resist damage!"
"Strictly speaking, as a magician with a strange appearance, I am more like a mage." Raquel pointed to Yulia next to him, "Julia with a strange appearance is closer to a warrior."
"You are in the wrong profession, you two. A mage is 2.4 meters tall and a warrior is 1.7 meters tall." Gongsun Ce said something out of habit and slowly got up from the ground, "By the way, brother, why are you so silent? What's on your mind?"
Mo Yuankai was sitting on the corner of the bench in the lounge, lowering his head in thought. Hearing this, he said slowly and leisurely: "I have something I would like to ask everyone for help with..."
"We must do our best," Yulia said.
Mo Yuankai touched his nose: "That is to say... I would like to ask Orianna if there is anything... that she likes very much? A relatively hidden hobby? It's the kind of thing that, ah, she will be very happy after giving it away. gifts and the like.”
The other three people in the lounge all made clear "ah" sounds. Gongsun Ce jumped up like a carp and said seriously: "Okay! You are ready to take action!"
"Don't make it sound like I'm planning to kidnap someone!" Mo Yuankai protested, "I just want to further develop our relationship!"
Yulia took the lead in setting the tone: "As a knight, we should not and will not make any interference in the private lives of our colleagues..."
"But as a friend, I am happy to share my colleague's interests and hobbies with you." Raquel took over, "She is a simple and kind girl who likes flowers, sweets, stuffed toys and all the things that pure girls like. She also loves literature and art, so you can chat with her about drama, poetry and ancient legends. Do you usually dabble in this area?"
Mo Yuankai shook his head with a grimace: "I haven't even read a few famous books on the empire, let alone the books on the kingdom."
Raquel was not going to give up easily: "You can start by creating a romantic atmosphere. Try to say a warm and elegant expression of love like a gentleman in the kingdom?"
Mo Yuankai had been brewing his feelings for a long time and said deeply: "I swear to this bright moon..."
All three of them showed quite subtle smiles.
"Is there a problem?!"
Gongsun Ce coughed twice and recited: "Ah! Don't swear by the moon, it is fickle, waxing and waning every month; if you swear by it, maybe your love will be like it." Impermanence.”
Mo Yuankai tugged at his hair sadly: "What is this?"
"Romeo and Juliet, brother, I know you haven't read it, but Orianna has probably read it..."
Mo Yuankai was shocked: "Wow, when did you see such a thing?"
"I was forced to have no choice. Before I went to the theater for the second time last month, I rushed through the Kingdom's classic drama anthology in order to play with Situ Yi." Gongsun Ce looked back with a look of dismay on his face, "In the end, that bastard came second When we first met, he was singing Peking Opera, and I really wanted to shoot him."
Mo Yuankai felt a rare sense of frustration. The last time he had a similar feeling was when he got 30 points for the Chinese essay: "Do we have to talk about literature? Can we talk about desserts or something like that?"
Gongsun Ce glared: "What are you talking about? This ice cream is delicious. This steak is delicious. After chatting, I have worked up an appetite. Let's go and have a few bites first?"
"Hey, it feels good."
"Brother, you were led astray by that woman Caldesia! You want to go on a date, not go shopping with your best friend!"
Mo Yuankai was deeply worried. Yulia, who was watching, suggested: "Maybe you can talk about your hobbies...technology, machinery, and psychic weapons?"
"What kind of straight-man mentality do you have? Girls will definitely hate you!" Gongsun Ce's mouth twitched.
Yulia was a little less confident: "But this is what Sarah and I talked about when we went out... I told her for an hour about the changes in the version of the Silver Light Sword Code in the past five hundred years and the handling of special cases during patrols. Way."
"Sorry to interrupt, how did she react?" Raquel asked.
Yulia thought about it carefully for a while and said more confidently: "I think we had a great time chatting."
Gongsun Ce was just about to retort, but then he thought about it. After all, he is a theoretical person and has never been in love so far. Maybe it is possible that this kind of thinking that seems "straight" at first glance is the truly effective method in practice? The more he thought about it, the more reasonable he felt, and he said in a deep voice: "It is also a way. Brother, look, since it is difficult for you to like others, you might as well think of ways to show your in-depth understanding in other fields. I saw it on the roadside When riding a motorcycle, you can educate her about the brand and parameters of the vehicle; when playing on the amusement facilities, you can explain the working principles of the facilities; when taking a walk, you can talk about the impact of the technological explosion in the past ten years on all aspects of society. Look at life like this All aspects of China belong to your field, and your knowledge as a man of science and engineering seems so reliable at this moment!"
Mo Yuankai nodded repeatedly: "I think it's okay, I'm familiar with these!"
"Send some small gifts that you made yourself." Yulia suggested, "Don't worry about appearance, focus on showing your sincerity."
Raquel leaned against the wall with a rather subtle expression: "Gentlemen, are you sure you want to do this..."
"No problem!" Mo Yuankai shook his long hair and felt that his confidence had returned to him. "I am an excellent man after all. As long as I do it seriously, I will definitely impress her! Ah Ce, go back and help her tonight. I’ll design a battle plan and I won’t make the same mistakes again this time!”
"Leave it to me!" Gongsun Ce vigorously patted his chest, "It will be easy once the leading idea has established the design plan. With my help, success is guaranteed!"
"That sounds really reassuring."
A new voice came from the door, and the four young people turned their heads. The old team leader stood at the door of the dressing room holding a gym bag and knocked on the wall in a friendly manner.
"A friendly reminder, gentlemen." McCollough said with a smile, "You have been chatting about love and life in public for ten minutes. If this continues, the old gentlemen will have to join in the conversation."
The young gentlemen stood up and said hello awkwardly, then fled.
·
Time soon came to night, and the superpowers conspired from the headquarters cafeteria to the residence, and then hurried back to their respective rooms to catch up on the showers they had not had time to take after exercising.
"The date plan... I have to write some memos to my eldest brother..."
After taking a shower, Gongsun Ce walked out of the bathroom muttering to himself, thinking about the place for the date. We should find a place that is close to our residence and headquarters and has a romantic atmosphere, preferably in the inner city... An amusement park with a lot of tourists should be good... Time is limited, so it is best to choose a place where we can easily get closer... Ferris wheel? It feels a bit cliche. The small wooden boat crossing the river project feels good...
The temperature in the room was moderate, so Gongsun Ce didn't rush to change clothes. He just put a towel around him and sat at the table and turned on the computer. While he was writing a memo on paper using telekinesis, he was racking his brains to search through his material library to see if he could come up with any fresh ideas.
"I remember that there was a book that had a plot about confessing on a boat...the lines were pretty good..."
Gongsun Ce opened the folder casually and searched for scenes in his memory based on Mo Hu's impression. A novel written by Chun Ai. The heroine is his favorite silver-haired girl. It should be this one... a certain chapter at the back...
"Hmm..." Gongsun Ce flipped through page after page of the restricted comic, and the exquisite pictures gradually overlapped with his memory, making him more and more convinced that he was right. "Dongdong." There was a knock on the door. It was the elder brother who came to consult. "Come in!" Gongsun Ce put down the pen, turned around and said excitedly: "Do you think this is of great reference value?"
"Ce, I want to talk to you about reading..."
The silver-haired woman he had a crush on stood at the door, holding two thick books in her hands. Her eyes quickly swept across the room, staying on the computer screen for a second, and finally returned to Gongsun Ce, who was only wearing a bath towel.
"..."
"..."
The moment he woke up after the war, Gongsun Ce thought he had reached an embarrassing peak in his life. He believed from the bottom of his heart that no matter how prosperous his subsequent life was, there would never be a tragic incident worse or more embarrassing than calling his crush who came to visit her mother.
And now he knew he was wrong. Young people should not judge their own lives. People will always encounter hardships and difficulties that far exceed the past. That time in the hospital he wanted to rush out of the window and fly into the sky, but this time he wanted to strangle himself from the bottom of his heart.
Gongsun Ce slowly raised his arm and said in a despairing and calm tone: "Things are really not what you think."
"I understand." Alandia nodded slowly.
"No, you don't understand! You don't understand at all! This comic has nothing to do with you!" Gongsun Ce said filial piety, "Don't laugh! Don't show that gentle, sympathetic and funny look! I told you it's not what you imagined. Then don't leave, I'll organize the language to explain to you right away!
"
Alandia put her hand on the doorknob, acting rather hesitant: "I think it's better to leave first..."
"You can't leave! If you leave now, my reputation will be completely ruined!
! "
"But if I'm still in the house, how are you going to get dressed?" Alandia pointed out the key point, "So what you want to express is..."
“No, no, no, no, no!
! "
Gongsun Ce banged his head on the table crazily, and the sound was so loud that Orianna jumped downstairs: "What happened?!"
"It's nothing, Mr. Gongsun forgot to wear clothes." Alandia said.
"Oh." Orianna sat down on the sofa, then jumped up again, her face as red as a ripe shrimp. "Huh? Huh????"
"Get out!" Gongsun Ce wailed desperately, "Get out!
!
"
Alandia put down the book, walked out briskly, and closed the door for him thoughtfully. Her words slipped in quietly before the door was closed: "By the way, Ce. I believe that no matter in the kingdom or in the sky, You are not of legal age to read adult works."
“Shut up, ahhhhhhhhhhh!
"
Gongsun Ce's cry penetrated through the roof, startling a group of crows outside the building, adding a bright color to this peaceful night.
