"Huailing is no longer in this world, he is not the weapon you used to attack me!" Rosie yelled angrily, he pulled the pistol slide to load the bullet, his fingers gripping the gun were cold and trembling, "I will not take HuailingI blame myself for his death, if he is alive in heaven, he would never want me to give up on myself for his death!"

"Ha, it's really grand." Robert glanced at the black muzzle of the gun, "Don't you think Deng Huailing's death is the price you pay for winning this war? If you want to overthrow my regime, you must lose your homeLove, it is your limited ability that dooms him to die for you."

"Rosie, you think you are a genius who can count everything, but without Deng Huailing, how are you going to win the war? Without him, you can't blow up Poseidon's mainframe, and the reinforcements will rush into the dungeon, tear you to shreds! How can you beat me by yourself? From this point of view, you have suffered a crushing defeat!"

He said sarcastically, his voice harsh.Robert hoped that Rosie would be irritated, so in his anger, he shot to cover up his inner weakness, making time stay at this moment forever.Anyway, he can't escape the fate of death, let him win at the last moment, and in the years to come, Rosie will never be able to win against a dead man.

However, Rosie's furious expression calmed down, and the tumbling tide became calm. He slowly lowered his gun, his eyelashes drooping and blinking.Countless ginkgo leaves fluttered past his eyes, and he said softly, "Robert... Is winning or losing that important to you?"

"...What did you say?" Robert was a little taken aback.

Rosie stared silently at the gun in his hand, he didn't holster it with the safety on, and he didn't point it at Robert.The opponent's rhetoric brought him back to his composure. Those criticisms such as not being a genius and having limited abilities were not humiliating to him. In an unpredictable battlefield, even AI cannot predict all possibilities, let alone hisis human.

He is not a perfect genius, but together with Deng Huailing, he is invincible.In his opinion, Robert is even affirming their combination from the side. To win the final victory, the two of them are of course indispensable. In front of his frank state of mind, Robert's obsessive desire to win is set off extremely sadly..

Robert was trapped in the judgment of winning and losing and couldn't break free. He could admit that he had lost in some aspects, but the opponent always tried every means to win.This kind of obsession has become a knot in Robert's heart, even at the end of his life, he still clings to it.

"Although we all want to win, I am different from you." Rosie said, "I want to win for the people of Cecina. Maybe there is hatred for you, but this hatred comes from moreyour crimes, not my personal grievances."

He looked at the other party and asked puzzledly, "But what about you, why do you hate me so much? Even if you beat me, what can you get? Before you die, you still want to pursue the pleasure of being superior to others.Don't you feel sad?"

Robert was startled, then sneered: "Sad? Rosie, I don't think it's sad. What's wrong with pursuing this kind of pleasure? The rules of Cesina City are like this. If you don't trample on other people's dignity, others will trample on you.As long as I live in this world for a second, I will plot against you and torture you, seeing your pained eyes makes me feel very happy!"

"So, what you said about reconciliation just now was false? It was all to torture me?" Rosie asked with a sigh.He knew that those words were all hypocritical lies... No, maybe they were half-truths, but they had already dismissed that poor sincerity, and no one bothered to look back.

"Of course." Robert's eyes were dark and there was no light in them, "Don't you know how much I hate you? You bastard from the slums, I hated you from the first time I saw you, hated youIgnorance, your joviality, I hate it when you give me alms as someone in need, it makes me sick every time you smile at me."

He gritted his teeth and stared at Rosie, "Why do people like you overwhelm me? With my intelligence, I could easily win the first place in all courses, but you took the lead. In scientific researchYou are not as good as me in the field, you math idiot, why do you want to steal Rose's attention? She cares more about you than me... But I am her boyfriend!"

Rosie was silent as she listened to the vent of hatred.He could feel the arrogance erupting from Robert's body. That kind of black flame made the other party deeply trapped in the memories of his boyhood, and all the piles listed were extremely clear.Although he knew that Robert had always hated him, what he didn't know was that this hatred had sprouted since they were still close friends.

"...Yeah, she cares about you so much, even if I imprison her, she will still leave the city to join you." Robert said with a sneer, "Even if I have hundreds of millions of wealth, I am willing to give her anything, I can’t keep her heart! Sometimes I really suspect that she actually likes you, what kind of means did you use to seduce her and let her go to the second district with you willingly?"

"You're thinking too much. If you really loved her and respected her as a person, you wouldn't say things like that," Rosie said wearily.He didn't want to explain much at all, no matter how he defended, Robert would impose this crime on him.

"Really? Then why did she betray me? Why did everyone around me betray me?!" Robert laughed almost maniacally, but the laughter was so bleak, "Rose and Chen Wei, what on earth are you doing?"Did you pry them away in a lowly manner? I have always treated them kindly...and Catherine, a bitch, with such a generous salary, why did she send you news?"

"You have to ask yourself that." Rosie turned her head away calmly, not wanting to meet Robert's eyes.Intense hatred surged from the opponent's eyes, causing his anger to accumulate in his heart. He warned himself not to be infected by the opponent's hatred, but he couldn't help sullen.

"Ask me, or you?" Robert stepped forward abruptly, grabbing Rosie's collar, "I could have won this war, but you were the one who pleasing the human soldiers on the front line, instigated them, andIncite the people in the main city to rebel! Rosie, what kind of magical power do you have to make them obey you?"

The collar of Rosie's shirt was wrinkled by him, and she was forced to look at him, "I don't see any merit in you except this face and military talent! You don't have my power and wealth,You don't even have a decent background, and you will only be indecisive when things happen, how can you beat me like this, and how can you be worthy of ruining my life?"

"Tell me again, who ruined whose life?" Rosie said coldly, looking directly at the other person at a very close distance, "Without you, my lover and those friends I value would not beDie, I should be in the military academy now, doing my favorite job! I should have lived my life in peace, not raised the flag and become some kind of rebel leader!"

"So my life should be completely messed up by you?" Robert was furious, his eyes were bloodshot, and he yelled at Rosie, "It was you who organized the forces against me and destroyed my grand blueprint! It was youYou betrayed me, and you are the one who opposed me everywhere, and you still ask me why I care about winning or losing? Because only if you receive retribution, can I be as happy as I am—”

With a "bang", he was knocked to the ground by Rosie with the butt of the gun, and his excited words stopped abruptly.Rosie looked down at Robert's face from above, dark red blood flowed from the other's cheek and dripped to the ground.The courtyard was eerily quiet, only the ginkgo trees were rustling, and the clear spring water rippled in circles.

This is the most real way between them, there is no half-true reconciliation and temptation, there is only a desolate place, like the corpse of a fragile yellow leaf that has been trampled to pieces.In the bleak autumn wind, Rosie slowly raised the bloody pistol and aimed it at Robert on the ground.

"Come on, Rosie." Robert hissed, his laugh rough and bleak as if it had been rubbed on sandpaper. "Go ahead and shoot. I'd like to see if you have the guts."

"Do you think I dare not?" Rosie frowned slightly and said coldly.He is already tired of the other party's absurd remarks, and there is no point in arguing any longer. After all, they are not the same people, just like the revolving Sansuke and Shangsu, distributed at the two poles farthest apart, always stubborn and unable to understand each other's words.

It's time to end it all.His finger was on the trigger again, and it didn't matter whether Robert thought they were winning or not.It was from this moment that he really let go, because he saw clearly the huge gully between them. In fact, it was there when they first met, solemn and insurmountable. What they thought they communicated with each other was only separated by the gully.Cry in vain.

All he needed was a bullet to cut through the past, and cut through all resentment, exhaustion, and disputes.Even if he doesn’t understand, even if he can’t comprehend, it doesn’t matter. He gradually understands that aside from the coloring painted on Robert by those youthful memories, he is nothing but his most hated enemy.

The holographic projector at the top of the courtyard suddenly flickered, and a girl in a military school uniform appeared in the golden light beam. Rose was surrounded by fallen ginkgo leaves, standing gracefully by the spring.She still has a sixteen-year-old face, soft and shiny blond hair, and straight shoulders, showing a heroic beauty.

"Bob, Rosie, so you are all here. I've been looking for you for a long time!" Rose ran over with a smile, and when she saw Robert lying on the ground bleeding, her eyes suddenly showed fear.As if some kind of ominous premonition had finally been confirmed, she asked with some trepidation, "Hey, are you guys... fighting?"

What an irony, when he was about to cut off the past, there were still people stuck in the past, lingering for a long time.Rosie was stunned for a moment, then looked down at Robert, who was showing a half-smile playful expression, he subconsciously denied: "...No, no, we are not fighting, we are just practicing the fighting skills we learned yesterday."

"Really?" Rose turned her head from side to side suspiciously, looking at this and then at that.Her limited cognition made it impossible for her to detect the signs of aging and personality changes on the two of them. She just felt that her two friends had become very strange today.

"Really." Rosie nodded reassuringly, her smile was as clear and soft as it was seventeen years ago.He pulled up Robert who was on the ground, and patted Rose on the shoulder again, "You go shopping elsewhere first, and come to you after we finish training, okay? The officers will be checking the results when we have the fighting class tomorrow.Bob is not yet proficient, I will teach him."

He put on an air of being pressed for time, and Rose relented.She reluctantly waved her hand, took two steps back, and left bouncing on the path in the courtyard: "Okay, then you go on, and I won't bother you. I'll wait for you to eat at the old place, remember to come when it's time for dinner!"

"Okay." Rosie also waved her hand, watching her away with gentle eyes all the time.

Rose turned around again worriedly, and said, "You must come!" Then she ran away along the path, and the holographic projection disappeared into the void, leaving only the falling ginkgo leaves in the courtyard.

Rosie turned her head to meet Robert's mocking look.The surroundings became extremely quiet again, and the sound of fallen leaves rolling by the pool could be heard, just like the wind turning the pages of a passing book.

"You still haven't been able to let go of the past, have you?" Robert looked at him with a smile, as if he had gained insight into his indecisive nature, so he was sure of winning. "You dare not shoot, do you?I will lose... ah!!"

The heart-piercing screams tore apart the tranquility in the courtyard, Rosie raised her hand and shot without hesitation, her eyes were frosty and cold.He fired four shots and smashed the opponent's elbows and knees. A large amount of blood splashed on the ground, staining the clear spring water and the fallen leaves by the spring red.

Robert wasn't dead yet, he crawled tremblingly on the ground, trying to get away from Rosie bit by bit, long bloodstains were dragged out of his severed limbs.Rosie walked up to the opponent, crouched down, the fifth bullet was loaded, and the muzzle of the gun was pressed against the opponent's forehead.

"Winning or losing is never defined that way." Rosie looked calmly into the other's eyes full of fear, "Why should I cooperate with Rose in acting? I'm afraid you will never understand, right? You can't understand the value of human nature, so naturally you don'tUnderstand why the people around you betray, why I am against you... I should have said more to you, but I am tired of such futile conversations."

"You..." Robert struggled under Rosie's gun, unable to utter half a complete sentence.The severe pain made him tremble convulsively, and his vision began to blur. He could only stare at the other party's hazy face, and uttered venomous syllables vaguely.

"Goodbye, then, Robert Dylan." Rosie sighed softly, and pulled the trigger with her fingertip.

Before the gunshot, all the ginkgo leaves melted into a golden color and fell in Robert's vision.For no reason, he began to recall a sunset that he did not remember. It was an insignificant day in his memory. In the evening, the roof was filled with golden light. Two teenagers leaned against the railing, laughed and touched the energy in their hands.Great.

The slightly childish voice of the young Rosie echoed in his ears, and it lingered for a long time - "You are the first friend I made. I believe you will be a very good partner, and we will have a good time getting along!"

The setting sun suddenly fell at this moment, falling into the golden sea.