As they talked, they walked deeper into God's Residence. The gauze-like darkness enveloped the path. Rosie had to turn on the night vision mode to identify the surrounding scenery, but Bai Shijin seemed to be used to it, in the faint halo of jellyfish.Walk freely.

The jellyfish floating in the sky is actually a holographic projection. After turning on the night vision, Rosie can see everything clearly. Six large projectors installed on the cave wall emit light to form its image.

This is an abandoned ruin. Rosie followed Deng Huailing to the black market. The black market is the relic of the grand dungeon plan, and this place is also part of the plan, but the construction level is much behind.The construction team had excavated large-scale earthwork here, but before they could advance further, the dungeon plan was declared bankrupt, leaving only empty caves.

According to Bai Shijin's description, with the help of the leader named Rosie, the congregants escaped the government's pursuit, but the price was to live forever in a dark cave and survive on limited water and food.

Rosie listened, and gradually felt a little sad. About a thousand people live in God's Residence?Or two thousand people?Just because of the strict prohibition of religious groups by the Dilan government, and because of the common beliefs of the congregants, they are not worthy of living on the ground.

He didn't even think that Tsukino Xue Nai grew up in such an environment. Although she can occasionally breathe the fresh air on the ground, she should be most familiar with life in the dark.

Thinking of this, Rosie immediately had a question - where are her parents?Father Yue Yesheng is an employee of CyberRose, why not take her away from this place?Why did her mother no longer serve as a witch? How could a pair of responsible parents shirk this kind of work to their daughter?

"Miko Nagase passed away a few years ago. It is easy to get sick in a place without sunlight, not to mention that there is no medical condition here." When he asked the question in his heart, Bai Shijin sucked the last puff of the cigarette, dropped the cigarette butt, and crushed it on the ground.Grinning, "Don't mention this to Xue Nai, she will cry every time."

"Thank you for telling me this." Rosie looked at the other side's face and said sincerely.

Bai Shijin was suddenly choked by the smoke, covered his mouth and coughed in embarrassment, and said while coughing: "Why does that arrogant Deng Huailing have a bionic like you? I mean, you don't look like a match at all..”

Greedy, arrogant... Rosie recited these words helplessly. He never knew that Deng Huailing had so many shortcomings in the eyes of outsiders.However, Bai Shijin's attitude is much more gentle than at the beginning. He was extremely harsh to him before because he was wary of him and worried about Xue Nai's relationship too much.

He didn't argue with Bai Shijin either, but smiled and said, "Do I look weak?" In his understanding, Deng Huailing must refer to "strong", so the antonym of strong is weak.

"Not weak," Bai Shijin said, "You are much stronger than him in terms of winning people's hearts. This is a precious quality."

Before Rosie had time to understand this affirmation, or to say that he had no time to believe in the fact that Bai Shijin would still praise others, the girl who rushed out of the dark embraced her arms: "Rosie——!"

"Xue Nai?" The bionic man tried to pull the octopus-like girl away from him, because Bai Shijin was staring at him coldly, reminding him of Deng Huailing looking at him like that when the killer hugged him back then.killer.

Tsukino Yukina giggled and let go of her hand.It was different from when Rosie saw her for the first time in the hive, when she was extremely bewildered, and only fear could be seen in those eyes, but now she has recovered the innocence and carefreeness that girls of this age have.

"Welcome to God's Residence." She said with a smile, "I'm really grateful that you saved us last time. The door here is always open to you."

She is wearing a maiden costume today, with long sleeves as plain as snow, a deep scarlet hakama, and straw sandals with red buttons.The lower edge of the long sideburns is neatly cut, and the black hair is tied up meticulously, obviously attaching great importance to the visiting guests.

"I don't know the rules on your side, maybe I should give a salute to Miss Miko?" Rosie rolled her eyes and joked back.

"No, no, actually, many people here don't believe in religion." Yukino Yukina stretched out her hand to him, and said cheerfully, "Let me show you around, God's Residence is a small place, so you can finish it in one go."

Although for Rosie, the whole god house is big and strange, but Tsukino Yukina has lived underground for a long time. Every house and every piece of rubble here is something that can be vividly seen when you close your eyes.

She took Rosie's hand and walked through the roads without any lighting.Rosie simply turned off the night vision mode, and drifted in the deep sea-like darkness, listening to her explain in a hurry, where is the square, where is the school, and the higher building is the shrine.

Since it was early morning, there was no one else on the road except them, Tsukino Yukina's voice was extremely soft, as if she was afraid of disturbing the residents in those simple houses.But Rosie still noticed that behind the window, pairs of curious eyes were looking at him as an outsider. In this seemingly empty darkness, there were thousands of people hidden.

"You just mentioned that many people don't believe in religion, but Shiraishi told me that all the people living here are expelled believers." Rosie asked when they walked to the bottom of the shrine.

Tsukino Yukina went up the stairs with him."In the beginning, the situation was just like Hibiki said. My mother was just one or two hundred priestesses, all of whom believed in the same god. But when we moved permanently underground in Kabukicho, things became different."

"We keep taking refugees here and giving them shelter because God is pleased with us, just as she is pleased with you this time. Among the refugees are sex workers from Kabukicho," Rosie notesShe did not use the word "prostitute", "few criminals, more ordinary people in debt."

"Because they owe debts to the government, all credits are cleared, currency is prohibited from being used again, and debts need to be paid off with collateral within 30 working days-ordinary people have nothing to mortgage, what they use to mortgage is a lifetime of labor,Or organs; either become slaves to the government or die without them.

"Actually, most of them have never thought of being in debt, and have worked hard all their lives. It's just that the ground is not like the underground. There are so many traps on the ground. They borrow too much money accidentally, and the interest increases faster than the salary payment.That's what they get. There are no debts in the world of gods, and I don't think they deserve to be punished."

Tsukino Yukina finished a long speech, her face was flushed, and she was a little weak, so Rosie grabbed her, and the two sat down on the stone steps leading to the shrine together.

When she talked about the affairs of God's Residence, the girl's carefree smile disappeared instantly, and she was obviously full of worries about the future. However, besides the worries, there was an extra layer of tenacity and determination of a superior.

"You are a competent leader." Rosie encouraged. "It is a kind and courageous decision to accept people who have no faith. If Miko was around, she would do the same."

As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he remembered Bai Shijin's advice not to mention his mother in front of Xue Nai, but these words slipped out so naturally, as if he and Nagase Miko were very familiar.

In fact, Rosie doesn't even know what Nagase Miko looks like.Xue Nai didn't mind, a flash of loneliness flashed in her eyes, and it disappeared in an instant, replaced by infinite nostalgia.

She smiled faintly: "If my mother is still around..."

The wind blowing from the ground disturbed their sleeves, and the bells in the shrine shook and made a clear sound.A sense of familiarity filled the air, Rosie was taken aback for a moment, put her hand on Xue Nai's head, and stroked the top of her hair, like a reappearance of a distant memory.

If my mother was still around, there would be someone as warm as you here.This is what Tsukino Yukina wanted to say.

Bells rang softly, and Rosie and Miko Nagase walked out of the shrine side by side, exchanging ideas in whispers about accepting non-believers.In the late night of God's Residence, only the jellyfish on the top of the cave float leisurely, like white and warm pearls.

Nagase Miko is wearing a white dress and scarlet hakama, an elegant beauty under the moonlight.However, her and Rosie's expressions were extremely serious, until Miko's young daughter stumbled up the steps, and their eyes softened.

"Xue Nai?" Rosie squatted down first, hugging the tear-stained little girl, "Why did you run out, it's very late now, it's dangerous to go out alone."

"I hate Brother Rosie!" Tsukino Yukina said angrily, "Every time Brother Rosie comes and wants to talk about this and that, Mom won't sleep with me!"

Nagase Miko was about to educate her daughter, when the young man around her smiled and echoed, "Yes, Luo Xi hates it the most. So this annoying and self-aware person brought you a gift, do you still want it?"

He touched his pocket, took out a candy and put it in the girl's palm, and when Xue Nai took the candy out and put it in his mouth, he pulled back the colored cellophane.

The slender fingers moved quickly, before the sugar melted much, Rosie finished the origami, and inserted the gorgeous paper flowers in Xue Nai's hair.Tsukino Yukina stopped crying, and raised her hand to touch the flower lightly, feeling its texture and shape.

"You seem to be pampering her a bit." Miko said with a smile, but did not stop her.

"I'm just expressing my apologies, and by the way, tell Xue Nai one thing," Rosie looked at the girl seriously, and reached out to stroke the top of her hair, "It's not that your mother doesn't love you, and it's not that I took you and her away."Time, she gives time to those who also need candy—other than that, her love for you continues unabated."

Nagase Miko also squatted in front of Xue Nai, and the two adults put their hands on her soft long hair together, with warm smiles on their faces.This is a meeting of the leaders of the two organizations, but there is nothing serious about it. Xue Nai turned her head to look at this and that, feeling happy like a tsunami.

This is an important moment for Tsukino Yukina to understand what love is. When those eyes covered with long eyelashes blink, the scene in front of her is frozen forever.She never saw Rosie after that, and the other party seemed to be just a passer-by in her life, like the evaporating rain under the scorching sun, or a sudden hailstorm, never to be repeated again.

When she grows up a bit, she awkwardly asks Miko Nagase why that annoying person named Rosie doesn't visit God's Residence anymore.Nagase Miko was silent for a moment and said: "He is dead." The person who taught her to love died.

A few years later, her mother also died of illness. Before she died, she was thin and thin, like a fallen leaf in the wind.

Tsukino Yukina hugged her shoulders and trembled in the cold corner. At that time, she understood that not only Rosie, but all important people would leave her, but instead of becoming strong, she cried loudly——

If she cries, maybe someone will suddenly appear and insert a flower made of candy paper in her hair.