In this sleepless night, a conversation between relatives is going on in the bustling world thousands of miles away.
"What a strange yet familiar face."
At the fixed point of the bustling world, Matisse met his long-lost 'brother'.
"Is it strange yet familiar? Speaking of which, you have indeed never seen me look like this."
Hicks Sadie looked at the woman sitting in front of him and felt a little emotional.
She wanted to overlap the face of the girl who had been following her with the face of the woman in front of her.
It's a pity that no matter what she does, these two familiar faces are always so abrupt and inconsistent.
"I have always admired you before."
When Mattis looked back on the past, he felt a little complicated.
If there hadn't been those trials and changes, I would have always regarded the people in front of me as relatives whom I admired and followed.
Hills Satie said nothing and just listened quietly to what Matisse had to say.
"Forget it, it's all over."
Matisse looked at Hills Satie's face and suddenly lost interest in continuing to sigh.
What she admired was the stunning Mathias who crushed all the candidates in the clan, the man who left her far behind.
But later, when she discovered that Mathias was just like herself, her admiration gradually changed.
The collapse of the world in her heart turned her initial admiration into hatred and transcendence——
You have to hide your gender to gain power, then I have to gain power openly——
"Why did you come to see me?"
In fact, the one whom Hills Satie finds most difficult to let go of is Matisse.
This is why she deliberately revealed her gender in front of Matisse.
Unfortunately, it was too late after all. She underestimated the complexity and distortion of human nature, although this discovery also made her very interested.
"I want to get an answer from you."
Mattis asked.
"what is the answer?"
Hills Satie looked at Matisse who was getting serious and calmed down his emotions silently.
“What made you change your original philosophy.”
This is something Matisse has never been able to understand.
Matthias had not been a man who wanted peace.
Cruel, cold-blooded, he is a person who will do anything for his own benefit. Those who stand in his way will only have the only way to destroy him.
In order to gain power in the clan, Mathias slaughtered almost all his contemporary candidates. In order to conceal his gender, even his parents were not spared.
So much so that later even the clan leaders began to doubt whether Mathias's character was suitable to become the leader of the clan.
It is precisely because of this that he has the qualifications to come forward.
But then Mathias suddenly changed.
He no longer pursues the path of killing human beings in order to control them, nor does he believe in killing.
Start looking for peace instead.
As members of the clan, Matthias and Matisse received various trainings from an early age.
Their views on the world, their views on human beings, their views on the rules of the clan - they all have a deep understanding to the core.
So - what exactly is the problem?
Why did a person who was carefully cultivated by the clan suddenly become someone who inherited the concept of appearance?
If you want to say that Mathias has come into contact with the world outside, so he has changed his philosophy, then it is barely justified. After all, there are people like this within the clan.
But Mathias has never gone out. Even if he went out, it was only after he became the successor of the clan and after his ideas were completely solidified.
But now——
What exactly made Matthias's philosophy change?
This is something Matisse has never been able to understand.
"Two reasons."
Hills Satie replied bluntly: "One of them is loyalty to the clan."
"What?"
Matisse was stunned. She had thought of countless possibilities, but she had never thought of this.
Loyalty to the clan?
Matthias has a concept of loyalty? What a joke!
"Why do clans have two concepts? Why do these two concepts always exist? Have you ever thought about the meaning?"
Hills Satie asked rhetorically.
"Are you trying to tell me that peace is the long-term path?"
Matisse smiled.
What is peace?
Peace is the continuation of war, the compromise that comes from fighting to the end, and the prosperous era that is written by the victors from the end of the war.
So the world has never been at peace, it just takes a breather between wars.
"Where there is darkness, there will be light. Darkness and light will always coexist. The clan can always exist not because of its strong power, but because it knows what balance is."
Hills Satie explains.
As a huge force that has been inherited for hundreds of years, the clan will be smoothed and integrated over time no matter what ideas it has.
But the clan happened to retain two diametrically opposed ideas, and both ideas had certain supporters.
Can you say that the concept of belief in peace and for human happiness is really just to cover up the existence of another concept?
"Huh - what is the other one?"
Mattis scoffed at this. Balance? bright? dark?
She only knows that history books are written by the victors.
The winner gains everything, the loser loses everything——
“Have some fun in this boring world.”
Hills Satie laughed.
"This should be your truest thought."
Matisse believed in this reason more than loyalty and brightness.
Perhaps to others, this excuse seems difficult to accept. After all, who would be willing to do something stupid and thankless?
But if it’s Matthias—
It's really possible.
What Mathias likes is challenge and transcendence. She likes to challenge all rules and authority, and likes to accomplish everything that ordinary people cannot accomplish.
To put it bluntly, she likes to take on ridiculous challenges that go against common sense.
For example, when everyone else chooses heads, she will choose tails and try her best to turn the wrong choice into the right one.
And sacrifice everything to eradicate everything.
He enjoys the sense of accomplishment and pleasure of controlling and distorting the world.
To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that Mathias seemed so kind now, Matthias wouldn't even dare to sit with Matthias.
Matthias's bloodthirsty methods were truly insane.
Doing everything possible - this is Matisse's only impression of Matthias.
"Does what I think matter to you?"
Hills Satie lowered his head and took a sip of his drink as he spoke, and said: "If you still follow in my footsteps, you will never be able to surpass me in this life."
"Are you provoking me?"
Matisse's eyes were slightly cold.
"Now you should be able to distinguish what is the truth and what is an illusion."
Hills Satie smiled.
"I hope you can smile so happily in the future!"
Mattis heard Matthias's ridicule, and as he spoke, he stood up, picked up the coat beside him, and walked out the door.
It's enough to get the conversation to this point.
She didn't want to get into an unobjectionable verbal fight with Matthias.
"Eh? Aren't you going to arrest me directly?"
Hills Satie smiled at Matisse's back and asked, "This may be your only chance to defeat me."
"Win? Our battle has just begun now."
After Mattis finished speaking, he walked out of the hotel rooftop without looking back.
"Haha, really paranoid——"
Hills Sadie shook his head and smiled, his eyes turned cold, and said: "And stupid——"
"Is it really okay to stimulate her like this?"
At this moment, Kate Matikan, wearing beach shorts, came over with a drink and looked at the direction Matisse left and asked.
"She is a person who knows what she wants and is willing to take action for it, whether there is excitement or not."
Hills Satie knew Matisse very well, or everyone who likes to stand behind and plan, has a very high understanding of human nature.
This is a talent, an innate talent.
They can figure out 90% of human psychological activities, which is why they have always been successful.
"Really, what are you going to do next? Fleur is getting more and more addicted."
Kate Madican sat on the adjacent lounge chair, drinking a drink while looking at the colorful world in front of her.
"What is fake can never be true, and what is true can never be fake. If her consciousness is just like this, then she can only go so far. I have given her the opportunity. Whether she can surprise me depends on her choice. .”
Hills Satie said something ambiguous.
"What's the meaning?"
Kate Madican looked puzzled, not knowing what Hills Sadie meant by her words.
"I like the feeling of control, but I prefer the control of changing things outside of control and reversing them. Fleur's future can be decided by herself. The script has been given to her, it depends on what kind of role she wants to play. .”
Hills Satie suddenly paused when she said this, turned her head and looked in the direction of the hotel room, and said: "Although God and the Saint both represent light, there is an essential difference between the two."
"God? Saint?"
Kate Madican was stunned, what the hell are you talking about.
"Sorry, I forgot that you are just an ordinary person."
Hills Satie replied with a sincere expression.
"I-I didn't mean that, I meant Fleur playing God and a saint, so what are you?"
Kate Madican did not understand something, but she didn't understand everything.
Although - I really don't understand it a bit.
Is there any essential difference between God and Saint?
no?
"I?"
As Hils Sadie spoke, he suddenly stood up from the recliner, stretched, and said with a smile: "Of course I am a devil."
Plop——
Before Kate Madikan could ask, Hills Sadie suddenly dove into the water.
"You're the devil - and who am I?"
Kate Madican couldn't help but murmur softly.
The eyes he looked into the water gradually became a little complicated.
I don't know if it was his imagination, but he always felt like he saw the man with a kind smile on his face just now——
Time passed by in a hurry, and it came to mid-September of CE.72.
The situation in the Thirteenth Jungle is still chaotic, but surprisingly there is not much fighting.
Everyone seemed to be exercising restraint.
However, restraint does not mean that there is no action plan. At least from the perspective of Lux and Mina Sahak, the situation in the Thirteenth Jungle has become impossible for them to see clearly.
"I don't know if it's my imagination, but there have been a lot of strange guys here recently."
In the square, Luo Duo and others, who were training as usual, couldn't help but chat.
This place is not far from the Thirteenth Jungle, and they can clearly feel some changes.
"Haven't you heard?"
While Luo Duo and others were chatting, they heard Xu Zhengyi say: "The armed rebellion in the Thirteenth Jungle Reserve is getting more and more serious."
"No, the Thirteenth Jungle Reserve is not that far from here. Don't let a war hit us anytime soon!"
Wobailu Meikeng said a little uneasily after hearing this.
Modern warfare is different from previous tanks and armored vehicles. MSs can fly very quickly.
"What are you afraid of? This is East Asia. Do you think those rebels are awesome? Do you really think our country has no temper?"
Xu Zhengyi is not so worried about this.
East Asia is a big-name power in the United Earth. Except for Eurasia and the Atlantic Federation, no other power will be able to submit to East Asia.
What level of armed rebellion dares to come and open fire in the East Asian sphere of influence?
Then the old birthday girl hanged himself - looking for death.
That is to say, East Asia adheres to the principle of not causing trouble. Otherwise, if you dare to cause trouble within the border area, troops will be sent to make arrangements for you in minutes.
"Not long ago, I heard one of my classmates say that their military region seemed to have sent troops over for border security."
Luo Duo also stopped his machine and began to play with Xu Zhengyi and others.
As a military academy graduate, Luo Duo's intelligence channels were obviously much better than the hearsay of Xu Zhengyi and others.
"When did it happen? Why didn't I know?"
Xu Zhengyi was stunned, why didn’t I know about this?
"Aren't you talking nonsense? If someone comes to enforce martial law, why should they tell you in a big way?"
Lodo was speechless.
"No, shouldn't things like martial law be better done openly?"
Xu Zhengyi couldn't help but ask.
"This is martial law, not a war. Let me tell you what to do in the future. There are so many nearby residents who are panicking. We can't move collectively."
Lodo knows more about this situation.
The town they are in is about three hundred kilometers away from the Thirteenth Jungle Reserve, and about five hundred kilometers away from the core area——
"Damn it, it was an armed rebel force that asked me to work on infrastructure construction in the first place?"
Luo Duo suddenly reacted.
At the beginning, he was still wondering why some people went to the mountains to carry out infrastructure construction. If it hadn't been for the help of mobile phones to cross all the way, he might not have been able to get through.
Now think about it, isn't that an armed rebellion?
That's not right. I received the project properly and received the salary properly. How could the armed rebellion be so polite?
“Do you remember what the construction site you built looked like?”
Just when Luo Duo was confused, Noel couldn't help but ask.
The Thirteenth Jungle Reserve is located at the junction of the Eurasian Federation and the East Asian Federation, as well as the MSL (***) Community and the Equatorial Federation.
The handover buffer area belonging to the four forces covers an area of approximately 110,000 square kilometers.
110,000 square kilometers may seem large, but when viewed on the border of East Asia, it does not seem so generous. ,
Coupled with the joint border defense forces of the Eurasian and Japanese communities and the Equator——
To be honest, there is really not much space for rebels to operate in the Thirteenth Jungle Reserve.
But now East Asia has implemented strict border security——
I'm afraid some uncontrollable variables have occurred in this Thirteenth Jungle.
"Hmm - it doesn't seem to be anything special, but the square is quite big."
Lodo didn't know how to explain it.
He didn't see the whole picture, he just built in a fixed place, and after the construction was completed, he paid the bills and left.
Moreover, because of the sweltering weather in the Thirteenth Jungle Reserve, he hid in the dormitory and played games after renting out the machine, without watching much.
"The square is very big? How big can it be?"
Xu Zhengyi couldn't help but ask.
"Let's put it this way, there is no problem at all in putting the urban area of our small town into it."
Luo Duo couldn't help but reply.
"Damn it, why is he so big?"
Xu Zhengyi was speechless.
Although the urban area of their town is not big, it is not small either.
"I don't know, but it's definitely a little strange."
At that time, Luo Duo didn't feel anything. Now think about it carefully, who would go to such a big square in such a quiet place.
I am lucky to be able to come back alive.
"That wouldn't be armed—"
"Shh! Shut up! Don't talk nonsense! I'm just going to help the environmental protection organization repair the supplies plaza!"
Upon hearing this, Luo Duo quickly interrupted Xu Zhengyi's complaint.
He couldn't talk nonsense about this matter. He didn't want to be associated with armed rebels. Those things were deadly.
Not to mention that he was discharged from the military academy. If someone misunderstood him——
－－－－－－Digression－－－－－
As I write now, I feel that the more I write, the more headache I get.
It's only ce72 now.
It’s almost a year until October ce73——
What should I do with my time in between?
Wow, the more I think about it, the more I get a headache!
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