"Are you the one sent here by that Orange guy?"
After looking at Animusfia, the two of them lowered their heads and drank tea again.
"That's right."
Animusfia said as she knelt down on the tatami cushions.
Just judging from the appearance, no one would believe that the two rituals in front of her already had a daughter who was almost twenty years old. Animusfia would believe it even more if she said she was a sister.
However, after Animusfia had the experience of contact with Aozaki Orange, she no longer guesses a person's age based on appearance alone.
To be honest, he was disillusioned.
The wooden suitcase in his hand was placed on the table in front of the cushion by Animusfia.
"That guy still loves to collect some weirdos as always."
Animusfia shouldn't take this conversation at the moment.
"Okay, Shiki. If you say that, wouldn't you and I both become weirdos?"
"Is not it?"
The two men raised their heads and looked at their husbands.
"Forehead------"
Animusfia interrupted the interaction between the couple awkwardly.
"Then, I'll make tea first."
Liang Yiqian also looked at Shi Shi and nodded slightly, then stood up and said.
"Weina, you come too."
"Eh------."
Liang Yi expressed her dissatisfaction to her biological father in a long voice.
But she ultimately failed to disobey Google.
"Anyway, you are Miss Two Ceremonies, right?"
Animusfia spoke.
"Um."
The two rituals nodded.
Animusfia opened her suitcase.
An object that completely resembled a human arm appeared in front of several people.
No matter from the visual or tactile point of view, this arm is the same as a living human hand, but the two rituals are very familiar with such an arm.
Her left arm is made of Aozaki Orange, which is comparable to the real thing, and can even be used to capture the ghosts of the dead.
"This is?"
The two rituals asked Animusfia.
"...This should be considered as Miss Orange's gift to you..."
"Gift?"
Animusfiya nodded, and then learned what Orange told him before she left:
"This is the latest version specially made for you. Now it's not just the undead, but all kinds of other things can be caught at once! Paired with your eyes, even if the world is destroyed again, it won't look like She was no longer as defenseless as before—just tell her this."
"That last sentence is not necessary."
The two men pulled the open suitcase closer to themselves, carefully looked at the porcelain-like perfect white arms in the box, and frowned slightly.
"Do you have any questions? Miss Aesthesia."
Looking at the frowning brows of the two rituals, Animusfia was a little confused.
"No, there's nothing wrong with it... The arms are perfect, so that's the problem."
"what do you mean?"
"Aozaki Orange, that guy is not someone who would give such a gift casually. How could he just give it to me for nothing?"
The two rituals turned to look at Animusfia.
"But Miss Orange did say that..."
Animusfia couldn't help but shed a few drops of cold sweat under the strong pressure of the two rituals.
She obviously looks like an ordinary wife, but she has a very husband-and-wife relationship with the gentle Liangyi outside. Why is there such a strong oppression?
Animusfia was puzzled.
"But you're not here yet, kid."
The two rituals turned their attention to the prosthetic limbs on the table.
Gift? I'm afraid this is the reward.
That Orange guy really spent a lot of money, and the two rituals looked at Animusfiya again with a critical eye.
After all these years, has even the puppet master finally started to lust after men?
Well, even the world has been destroyed once without knowing it, so no matter what happens, it won't be too strange now.
Liang Yiqian also walked into the room carrying tea and placed the refilled teacups in front of Liang Li and Animusfia respectively.
"What about that?"
Ryogi asked about Ryogi Mina who just left with Mikiya.
"She seems to have forgotten the promise she made with Guangliu-kun and rushed out in a hurry just now."
The familiar name rang in Animusfiya's ears, and the image of the man who opened the door of "Galan's Cave" with the key once again appeared in his mind and looked at him and Chengzi with expressions of disbelief and then left to watch. A man who asked himself several times whether he was in the wrong place.
It seems that he is also an old friend of Chengzi and Liangyi's family.
After Aozaki Yuko left Kanfuko City, Mitsuru Narokura took over Yuzu's magic workshop "Garan's Cave".
"So, how did you meet Miss Orange?"
Liang Yiqian also asked Animusfiya after sitting down.
"About two years ago."
Animusfia scratched the back of her head and said.
"I was in a slight health condition, and my professor at the university recommended Miss Orange to me, but I didn't have much money...so I ran errands for Miss Orange."
"It turned out to be Miss Orange's new assistant. I really miss it. I used to be her assistant. What happened to that person now?"
Holding the tea cup, Liang Yiqian also said with an expression of nostalgia for the past.
"I don't know what happened in the past. At least there was almost no change in the two years I got along with her. She relied on cigarettes and amphetamines all day long. Isn't it a bad habit?"
"That means there is no change. It will be almost twenty years in the blink of an eye."
The information obtained from Mikiya Ryogi gave Animusfiya a rough lower limit on the age that Orange had been refusing to disclose.
"Is there something wrong...? Do you really not know what is happening to your body? Boy."
The communication between Animusfia and her husband was suddenly interrupted by the two ceremonies.
"If I have to understand it, it should be [ALS]. At first it was just hard to move my fingers, and then it was the whole palm and arm. Well, that's why I wanted to ask Ms. Orange to build a body for me, like Your left arm is the same.”
"....Have you tried the prosthesis yet?"
"No...."
Animusfia hesitated a little, then answered clearly:
"Miss Orange has already made all the dolls, but she told me that I had to do one last favor for her before she would give the dolls to me."
"well."
Liang Li sighed and said.
"So she asked you to come here? Have you understood my demonic eye of death?"
Animusfia nodded.
The Demonic Eye of Direct Death can be regarded as future vision to a certain extent, and it is a future vision that can see the end of an object in the distant future at a glance and bring this to the future.
Everything in the world comes from the source, has a beginning, and must have an end.
The Demonic Eye of Direct Death is a future vision that directly locates the end. This also leads to the fact that the dead line and dead center seen in the Demonic Eye are sometimes the weak points of the object's own structure, but sometimes they are not at all.
Even if it is the hardest and most durable object in the world with no physical weak points, a "death line" will definitely appear in front of the eyes of the two rituals.
"Then let me tell you straight, I can't see the death line in your soul."
The eyes of the two rituals lit up with a captivating cobalt blue light, and the crimson halo could be faintly seen.
...Generally, there are only two situations. One is that Animusfia's soul is even more invulnerable than the gods. It has transcended the source and the end, causing the evil eye of death to be unable to capture him. the end of.
But more people will only be in the second situation.
"Your soul is already dead."
...........
Aozaki Orange looked at the completely completed doll in front of him with a complicated expression.
"So this is what Shiki told you."
"Um."
Animusfia nodded noncommittally.
"....Don't be too pessimistic, maybe there are other ways————"
Before Aozaki Orange finished speaking, he was interrupted by Animusfiya.
"This has nothing to do with being pessimistic or not, Miss Orange. You sent me there because you actually wanted to find the [Two Ceremonies] to collect evidence."
Orange did not continue the conversation, but silently walked to the corner of the room, lit the cigarette and took a deep breath.
Animusfia waved away the smoke that spread in the room.
"Although I'm not too sure why I'm still here now that my soul has died, but even if I transfer my soul to a doll, it won't work, right?"
“…..”
"In the end, my last hope was lost, but I was mentally prepared for it. This is an incurable disease, so it would be surprising if there was a solution. Even so, I have been very disappointed during this time. Thank you for taking care of me, Miss Orange.”
"..."
Aozaki Orange did not reply.
"You don't need to worry about my condition. I have been very calm until now. Although I have more or less feelings of sadness or regret, I have not experienced the horror of death at all. Everyone will die. Now it seems Maybe I only have so much time.”
Although she didn't get a reply from Aozaki Orange, Animusfia kept talking as if she was talking to herself.
Do we all die?
This is actually inconsistent with Aozaki Orange. Aozaki Orange only needs to constantly replace the doll body to achieve immortality. As long as enough dolls are made by her in advance, she can theoretically not even die.
However, even if she can achieve immortality, Aozaki Orange is still far from the one hundred year old mark.
Even if she was used to seeing death, those who died before her were monsters who were tens or hundreds of years old.
This was the first time for Animusfia to be like this. Although she was entrusted by others, the two years of getting along with her had made Aozaki Orange gradually get used to such a deputy by her side.
Making a new "body" for Animusfia also became something she wanted to help him do.
But it wasn't until a while ago that Aozaki Orange discovered some unusual clues about Animusfia.
Rather than being an ordinary illness, Animusfia's symptoms were more like those of an old friend she had seen before.
That's a manifestation of "origins."
It determines the essence of life more than DNA. It is the source code of life that cannot be changed no matter what happens. It is something unique to everyone.
In other words, it is an initial program set in a machine called a human being. Once started, it cannot be stopped.
It was precisely then that she chose to return to this city.
The answer given by the formula is exactly what Chengzi guessed.
The awakening of the origin is irreversible, and Animusfia's ending can be imagined.
One day everything she is familiar with will be replaced from beginning to end. This is also a foreseeable future.
Will the curse of "immortality" begin to take effect on her too?
Chengzi recalled the sister who directly threw the time of death into the distant future and completed the miracle of resurrection. The sister who was one of only a few magicians in the world.
How unreasonable, magician.
This feeling is intensified when she cannot do something that a magician can do.
"Finally, it's time for you to quit amphetamines and cigarettes, Miss Orange. Although I may not be convincing, they are still harmful to health after all."
"Are you leaving?"
Orange looked at Animusfiya who was already about to leave.
"Well, Miss Orange. For someone like me, it's time to find some hospice care."
Animusfia joked to herself.
"You forgot your stuff."
Animusfia had already stepped out of the door with one foot, and then said:
"Then I'll keep it with you first."
Having said that, Animusfia left Aozaki Yuko's magic workshop.
Looking at the "Garan's Cave" that had returned to tranquility, Aozaki Orange took off his glasses and put them on the table, exhaling the last puff of smoke.
Then she threw the cigarette butt on the ground and crushed it hard.
"hateful."
In the end, Animusfia was unable to take away any of the things he had stored in Orange.
........
Nero watched everything silently, even though she wanted to speak out several times and even said it.
For example, when I was talking to the girl named Ryogi Mina, when I was talking to the married woman named Ryogi, and when I was talking to this old woman named Aozaki Orange.
How dare he neglect talking to those women————!
But every time Nero spoke, no one responded to her or even noticed her.
This also made her realize once again that it was all just a dream.
Even the connection between the dreams seemed a bit unreal. One moment, he was still at the home of the two rituals, and the next moment, he was transferred to the "Galan Cave".
Although there will be a blurry view outside the window from this side, it is completely impossible to discern in detail.
But one thing Nero could be sure of was that everything she saw here was real.
Although there is no evidence or reason, Nero thinks so.
In other words, is the governor now in Rome actually in a state of "end" of his soul?
That's what Nero didn't want to accept and saw.
She continued to walk towards Animusfiya's leaving figure, but the surrounding scenery became darker and darker until it was completely black.
Finally, even Animusfia's back sank into darkness.
Nero lowered her head again, and even her own limbs and body were nowhere to be seen.
There is no light, no water, and no Tao in the beginning.
There is nothing here except her consciousness, it is like the scene before the birth of the world.
Time and space no longer have meaning, and one second seems to last hundreds of millions of years.
...
"Hmm..."
I don't know how much time passed, but even Nero, who had been searching for Animusfia's back, began to feel that he couldn't hold on.
The light seemed to appear before her eyes again.
"Are you awake? Your Majesty."
