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Chapter 35 Circular Patio, 00:24 am
Mary Ellis stood on the porch of the Banquet, and the service android took off her transparent raincoat and put it in her arms.The ends of her blond hair were wet too, and there were a few dark drops of rain on the teak floor.
It was raining heavily outside the porch, and the pale yellow light emitted by the lanterns was blurred by the rain, which was the only warm tone in the dark night.The "banquet" was extremely quiet. The terrorist attack that happened an hour ago put the whole city under curfew. The road Mary drove here was dead silent. It seemed that everyone was wiped out in the heavy rain except for the patrolling army on the street.
The city center was busy because of this terrorist attack. Robert Dillane was in command and monitored the situation. She was able to sneak away from the mayor. Fifteen minutes ago, Jason sent an email to her mailbox,It seems that there is something very important to discuss with her.
But what are we talking about?They haven't seen each other for five years since she was controlled and said those hurtful words in the "banquet".Jason never came to her again, his pride would not allow him to endure such an insult.
She still loved Jason deeply, but she also didn't dare to go to him.The threat of the killer and the mayor's desire to control all made the meeting very dangerous; moreover, Mary's own condition is not stable, and the means of control are still working. She may only be awake for two or three days a week, and the restAll the time she was in a daze, just a real puppet.
After receiving the email, she wanted to refuse to meet with Jason, but the content at the end of the email caught her attention.Jason wrote: "We still have choices in the future, as long as you think. There is a second district outside the main urban area. If you are willing to escape the city with me and live in the second district, please take a look at the escape plan in the attachment; ifYou still love me, come and see me."
Attached is an extremely detailed escape plan, which reflects the author's familiarity with the urban area and the terrain of the second district.
The tone of this email was very different from Jason's. She should have been skeptical, but the moment she saw this plan, countless beautiful lives suddenly appeared in Mary's mind, and they engulfed her like catkins flying wildly in spring.So much so that when she came back to her senses, she had already walked out of the city center, guided by the automatic driving system, and was on the way to the "banquet".
This was the most impulsive time in her short life.Knowing the consequences of being discovered, and knowing that the future is slim, but once she catches a faint hope, she is not willing to live in silence.
Now that Jason has shown the courage to face the danger with her, Mary will never let his resolve fail.She eagerly and sincerely wanted to meet Jason, looking forward to apologizing for what she said five years ago, looking forward to going to the second district with him, even if death was waiting for them ahead.
She walked through the cobblestone path and the winding corridor, and finally stopped in front of the agreed door. She wanted to raise her hand to push the door, but curled her fingers nervously.
I haven't seen Jason for five years, what should he look like now?Without a doubt, she knew that her love for Jason was still burning in her heart, but what about Jason's love for her?
Mary became apprehensive and lingered in front of the paper door.Going to the appointment this time was too impulsive, and did not consider the rift between the two due to time, let alone the consequences of being discovered.Even if they managed to escape the city, she would still be manipulated like a puppet, hurting Jason again.
She became frightened, and when she was about to turn around and leave, she suddenly thought of a sentence, "Tomorrow is a new day."The words came out of Mary's head and took over her consciousness, and she realized how desperately she wanted hope, hope, hope—
There will always be a solution. The current predicament and danger will disappear because of their escape and the arrival of tomorrow. As long as she and Jason face it side by side, there will be a solution.She encouraged herself that the long rainy night would eventually pass, and tomorrow would be a new day!
Thinking of this, she pushed open the paper door full of hope.
The rain hit the parasols on the viewing platform, and the sound was like falling on the lotus leaves in the pond.Two slender figures confront each other under the fountain, and the police are cleaning up the scene and removing the corpses on the ground.
"What have you done?" Deng Huailing said one word at a time, blood mixed with the rain, dripping down his forehead, "Yuya Takasaki."
The sound of the impenetrable rain made his voice distorted, and he sounded a little tired.He lowered his head slightly, still staring at the place where Jason had been lying, his whole body was soaked, standing upright, exuding an aura between anger and sadness.
"You mean I shot Jason Ellis, or because I spattered your face with blood?" Takasaki said, obviously not in a good mood.
"He was being used!" Deng Huailing suddenly grabbed the other party's collar fiercely, and said through gritted teeth, "He has given up resisting, don't you understand?"
"Shooting dead on the spot is an order from the superior, and I am following the order. Mr. Deng, you are only acting as an assistant in this operation. The real decision-making power is the police. In fact, the original order from the superior was to abandon the hostages.After the plan, I bought you another 14 minutes of negotiating time, which can be regarded as the most benevolent."
Takasaki tried to break away the hand holding his collar, but failed. The strength of the other party could not even be matched by a well-trained policeman.Deng Huailing snorted coldly, threw off his collar, and Gao Qi couldn't stand still and sat on the edge of the pool.
The two were silent for a while, Deng Huailing seemed to try his best to control his anger, raised his face to let the rain wash over his face, then raised his sleeves, rubbed along the brow bone to the forehead, to clean up the blood on his face.When he put his hands down, a pair of cuffs were completely dyed red.
"No matter what crime Jason has committed, he should accept the legal verdict instead of being lynched." The cold rain did not calm Deng Huailing completely, and his voice was full of hostility, "He was just a person who got involved by accident.civilians of the incident."
"To measure whether a person is guilty or not is not to look at his personality. At least I don't feel guilty about killing him. Anyway, he will be sentenced to death in court." Yuya Takasaki sat on the edge of the pool, looking at the murdered person.A city shrouded in night and rain, "How do you say that line, based on what one person has done... Sigh, I can't remember."
— Can a person be judged good or bad by what he has done?
yes.
Deng Huailing's heart turned cold, and he remembered that in the HOPE bar, the reformer Mort who was killed by him asked him the same thing in the early morning of his eighteenth birthday.It was a line from Cecina's once-popular movie, and he knew the source of this line even if he was behind the trend.
He answered very firmly at the time that Mort colluded with the rebel organization "Shu", killed dozens of people, and the wanted bounty was as high as 10 million credits.However, Jason is the same now, killing Mary Ellis, if the bomb is not disarmed, the casualties will reach hundreds of people.
So, isn't Jason also a heinous sinner?Why did he kill Mort so easily and have sympathy for Jason?Deng Huailing was thinking blankly, as if an iron law in his heart had been disrupted, it was like waves rising and falling, constantly changing, and there was no clear boundary at all.
What if everyone he killed had a painful past like Jason did?This is a depressing question to think about.Deng Huailing will never regret killing them, because what those people have done is not worthy of forgiveness, but he will no longer be able to pretend to be the righteous side and accept the bounty without guilt.trampled by people.
Feeling confused for a moment, he turned back to Rosie.But his bionic man was not there, and went somewhere.One after another, the suspended police cars lifted off and left one after another. The viewing platform became deserted. He glanced again, but he did not see Rosie.
Yuya Takasaki added: "In fact, the superiors have already lost their temper - about you disobeying the order and risking the rescue of the hostages. The mayor said that the matter of Mary Ellis was handed over to the police, and he did not mean to let the police decide;On the contrary, if things don't go well, my superiors will be finished. We must dispose of the bomb safely, and the safety of the hostages is a secondary matter."
"So we can't talk about going together at all." Deng Huailing said directly, "I hate the way the police handle things. You are all the mayor's lackeys, don't you think for yourself?"
"Compared with one person or a hundred people, who is more important?" Takasaki asked.
"The tram problem." Deng Huailing smiled sarcastically, "However, you were able to save one hundred and one people at the same time, but you flinched because of the pressure from your superiors."
"We really can't talk together." Takasaki admitted, "Mr. Deng, there are no rules in your eyes. But out of respect and appreciation for you, I still think this cooperation is generally pleasant."
"I don't appreciate you, and I don't think our cooperation is happy." Deng Huailing said lightly, and looked back again, but Rosie still didn't show up.Bionic man."
"Is your android lost? Do you want to help locate it?" Yuya Takasaki pointed to his hover car, which has a positioning device that can be used.Although Deng Huailing's temper is very unpleasant, he still admires the other party's ability, and the little bionic person named Rosie once comforted him when he was down, leaving a good impression on him.
Deng Huailing had already walked away with the guitar case on his back, waving his hands casually."No, I probably know where he will be."
Rosie froze for a moment, and found herself standing in the central patio of a circular building, looking up, she could see the sky cut into a neat circle.Of course, there were still no stars to be seen, because it was raining heavily.
This is where Jason and Mary lived seven years ago.Rosie didn't understand why he left Deng Huailing and ran to this place. He only remembered a loud noise, and he watched Jason's brains splash, and chaos and pain surrounded him, entangled him almost suffocating.
He saw the pair of eyes that appeared in the dream again. The difference from the last time was that he clearly heard the other party speak. His voice was as cool as falling snow, and he said teasingly, "A little desperate? You coward can't change it."All of this."
"I don't want to see good people die," Rosie pleaded in hallucinations, "Mary and Jason, this is not the end they deserve. Can you please tell me how to change?"
The other party laughed lowly, and bewitched: "Then you really beg me. Let me wake up, or you die, it doesn't matter - anyway, you are just following that brat, wasting this skill for nothing, you can't do it at all.Change anything."
"Little kid?" Rosie hesitated for a while, and realized who the other party was referring to, "Mr. Deng is eighteen years old."
"It's just an annoying child," said the voice angrily, "you are being ordered by him every day, it pissed me off, shame on me..."
Rosie interrupted him, and asked the question just now: "Is it okay if I die? If I die, won't those good people die?"
"To be precise, there is no direct relationship, but I can take over this body and continue my struggle." The other party said, "In the short term, more good people will die, maybe 100,000, or millions, it is inevitable.Avoided. But I assure you, under the newly established regime, this will not happen again."
"You want to start a war? In human history, this has never been a good thing." Rosie was taken aback.
"Yes, so the decision is up to you." The other party said with a smile, "After all, you are me."
The sound was annihilated, like a stone sinking into the water without a sound.Rosie woke up like a dream, and looked up in a daze, but only raindrops fell from the circular patio and hit his cheek, and the temperature sensor module felt the bone-chilling cold.