MTL - Overturned Tower-v2 Chapter 5 agent of the devil

Hearing the words of the inferior, the first thought in Russell's mind was:

That being the case...

"Little Liuli"...or, what is the original wish of "Blue Robin"?

Is it just "clean death"?

-Do not.

No way.

Russell frowned, and profiled Xiao Liuli.

Her real wish is definitely not this.

Because in that case, she didn't need to wait for Russell at all, and would disappear without a sound—if she really wanted to die wholeheartedly, she would never ask other people's opinions, nor would she wait for their rescue.

As "The Caged Bird" said, she didn't want to die. She just doesn't want to live anymore.

But in the gap between "want to die" and "don't want to live", there is not nothing...it is not even a thin, invisible slit.

It's a blurry boundary that even Xiao Liuli doesn't know how wide it is and where the boundary is.

Maybe just walking aimlessly on the street, seeing the setting sun, hearing the pattering rain, or receiving a certain phone call, you will suddenly cross that boundary and feel like dying; or you just feel that today’s weather is really Very good, because I want to wear new clothes every other season, I want to stop working hard for a while and leave this boundary from the other side.

In this boundary, she may live a long time. Possibly even lived until she was "disposed of".

How could such a vague thing be her original wish?

This is just a compromise means of "the best second".

A demon in a "caged bird", the desire to judge one's true desire before the last of one's rationality is burned out will inevitably lead to inevitable tragedy.

That's why she chose to kill herself.

The human heart is complicated.

On the one hand, Xiao Liuli hopes that "none of this has ever happened" and that she can still live peacefully with Morgan; but on the other hand, she dare not meet Morgan and face all this.

After she became "Little Liuli", she never touched Morgan until the end.

The price for her being turned into "Little Liuli" by the "veil of ignorance" is to have Morgan undergo surgery—could it be possible that the "veil of ignorance" still doesn't know who Morgan is?

— No matter how you think about it, this is impossible.

Her so-called "secrecy" is just self-deception.

After that, Xiao Liuli never really got in touch with Morgan. Otherwise, even if she had a close contact with the other party once, she would easily realize that Morgan had already fallen into the quagmire—the existence of "Little Liuli" had no meaning of keeping secrets at all.

So, it's just a subconscious escape.

She couldn't accept the fact that she became little Liuli... She deliberately stopped using her previous speaking and behavior habits, eating the food she was used to, and drinking her favorite iced cola, just to deliberately distinguish "blue song robin" from "Little glass".

Just like the conversation he had with Morgan when he was sitting on the swing.

The blue robin is always the passive party, the party that is not decisive enough, and the party that is not firm enough.

—Compared with Morgan's firm and calm love, he is too easily shaken.

Even if he sank into the darkness, it would be shallower than Morgan, who was protected by himself.

Then, if I didn't kill the "caged bird" demon at the first time out of pity, but let it develop...

...What will it look like in the end?

Russell shuddered.

He didn't dare to think about it.

Just thinking about it will directly shatter the image of "Little Liuli" in Russell's memory.

"...Then I think it would be better than capturing the demons and killing them."

Russell couldn't help but said, "That might be a relief instead."

Unexpectedly, the inferior nodded: "I think so too."

"…Eh?"

"So, if the demons are too bad, I will send them here.

"Demons and humans are different...For demons, there is no thought of 'It's better to be alive than dead', but 'If I can't do something, I'd rather die'.

"This empty, never-ending cycle of life, the unsatisfied but ever-expanding desire, is undoubtedly a stronger punishment than death for the demon who is only interested in one thing."

Russell's eyes widened, and he looked sideways at the inferior.

...did he already know.

I see.

That's why he was willing to capture the devil... not for the production of chips, nor for obeying the orders of the board of directors, nor for performance bonuses.

It was because of the anger in his heart.

The raging fire of anger made the inferiors think that "death is the pity for demons".

…So, when he killed the devil in the "caged bird", did he instead warn himself "don't be too naive"?

Because in the cognition of the inferior, the matter of "killing the devil directly" is a kind of grace...

"...where the **** are we going?"

Russell couldn't help saying, "We've come so far."

They twisted and turned, and had already turned six or seven times in this huge villa.

"Go and sign for 'Winter Day' and extend the time."

"Continuation time?"

"It's our old minister."

The inferior said calmly.

Hearing this, Russell raised his head subconsciously and carefully checked the expression of the inferior.

Noticing that he didn't have any expression of anger or hatred, he breathed a sigh of relief.

"...how long will it continue?"

Russell asked in a low voice.

This is a person who is afraid of being inferior... Mainly because he thinks that among a group of demons, it would be impolite for UU Read Book www.uukanshu.com to ask what "give time to the demons" means.

Even if the inferior repeatedly emphasized that these demons are not human beings, Russell really felt that they deserved their crimes and should be punished here.

Even so, Russell did not want to abandon etiquette because of this—the so-called "etiquette", after all, is not for others to see.

The poor hold another attitude.

He didn't even reduce his voice, but explained to Russell leisurely with a voice that passing demons could easily hear:

"Let's put it this way, Ultramarine. Those of us who captured the demons are the watchers of these demons.

"They can live temporarily because we recognize and guarantee that these demons are controllable and their psychic powers are useful. If we die, the contract we signed will be transferred to another person in the Special Executive Department .

"If we don't come back to sign for a while, or refuse to sign to extend the time, the specific demon will be executed after the time runs out...After all, demons are not human beings, and killing them doesn't matter.

"However, the head office cannot directly establish a statute to declare 'under what circumstances someone can be killed'. This is a direct violation of the authority of the dragon, and it will immediately anger the dragon.

"In fact, they extended the moment when the 'agent' killed the demon to the 'time that the agent thinks is appropriate'. It is a very boring way of thinking about loopholes. But the dragon just agrees with this strange logic. So that’s how it was handled.”

When the inferior said this, he showed a mocking smile: "Who do you think is the 'agent'? The head office? The board of directors?

"—We represent these demons. We are the agents of the demons."