Chapter 402 Hey! Don't Be Here

Chapter 402 Hey! Don't be here...

"Hypocrisy? You're right."

Mikael nodded seriously, without even trying to refute. He was not this kind of person, and was even known for being stubborn. The communication between the two of them was not so "harmonious" back then. At that time, Mikael was either refuting or on the way to refute, and Mebius was the same.

Perhaps people hope that their communication with others can start and end in a harmonious atmosphere, but Mebius, at this moment, Mebius would rather not be like this, and would rather be like 50,000 years ago, when the two of them would occasionally quarrel with each other.

This is not because she has any strange psychological tendencies, but simply because such "harmony" is not true harmony, just like silence also has two meanings - one is the tranquility of everyone keeping silent, and the other is that everyone is dead, leaving only the "buzzing" sound of flies that is particularly abrupt in the dead silence.

The harmony between the two was obviously closer to the latter. Mikael didn't really agree with what Mobius said, but he didn't even have the heart to refute.

"Mikael..."

Mobius grabbed his hand. Unexpectedly, she touched a hand as cold and hard as ice.

She looked down and saw that the skin on the back of her hand was rapidly turning lighter. In two or three seconds, only a pale white was left.

"You..."

The muscles in her throat suddenly contracted, and her mouth opened into a small circle, but no sound came out for a long time.

On the contrary, Mikael's Adam's apple suddenly rolled when his hand was held, and then more and more memories began to flash back in his mind.

After a while, he spoke again:

"Hypocrisy or evil, it doesn't really matter. Humans always imagine that the choice they face is a choice between good and evil, but we all know that this is not the case. The choice given by reality is often a choice between small evil and big evil, or it may be a choice between small good and big good. What's more ironic is that different choices may lead to the same result, so it's meaningless to care about these."

"Really? But you used to like to worry about those things the most."

Mobius grinned, as if he had regained some of his past feelings.

"You also said that it was in the past. We were not mature enough at that time... No, not us, but myself. I have been thinking, if I was not so entangled in good and evil, but just wanted a good result, would our ending be different?"

Really?

Mobius took a deep breath, but didn't know how to answer this question, and finally could only give an ambiguous answer.

"Really? But it's a pity. The real ending is actually destined, right? Besides, it's all over. What's the use of regretting it?"

"I'm not talking about that ending, but... Mobius, you should know that if I hadn't 'betrayed', we actually had the possibility of ending the collapse in the last era, and the reason why I did this was because of that ending, because of that ending of mankind, which I couldn't accept."

Even though he was speaking in anger, Mikael's tone was as calm as usual. But if possible, Mobius hoped that he would be a little angrier, even if it was like before... It's not impossible.

"You mean..."

"Forget it, you're right, it's all in the past, what's the use of regretting it? Let's talk about the present and the future - Mobius, why did you come to me?"

Mobius wanted to comfort her, but after hearing these ruthless words, he got angry:

"Wow! What am I doing here? Can't I come to you if I'm fine?"

"You know that's not what I mean." - Mobius had even answered in advance for Mikael in his mind. If the other party was the Mikael she was familiar with, he would definitely answer like this.

Unfortunately, she guessed wrong.

Mikael didn't say anything at all, but just glanced at her with his somewhat tired eyes, as if to say: "Of course, but I know you won't do it, at least not this time."

Mebius lowered his head slightly, then held Mikael's pale palm with both hands and said:

"Since you are back, it's good, come back to World Snake with me."

"..."

"Not going back?"

Seeing that Mikael didn't answer, Mebius quietly stuck to him and asked softly.

"For now."

Mikael took a deep breath, even though this action was meaningless to him.

"No."

It was clearly a coherent sentence, but Mikael forcibly divided it into two ends. Perhaps it was just strange in the eyes of outsiders, but Mebius's eyes softened all of a sudden.

She held Mikael's arm and rested her head on his shoulder. Mikael did not resist, which made her smile more sharply:

"Mikael, you hesitated just now."

"Ah, I hesitated."

"So, you are really awkward. You clearly wanted to go with me, but you insisted on refusing. You clearly care about the two girls upstairs, but you use all kinds of utilitarian actions to distance yourself from them. In this awkwardness, you really haven't grown up at all."

"Utilitarian? That's true. But my purpose of approaching them was not pure, and the means I used before were even more... If Mei knew that I forged the charges against Raiden Ryoma and sent them to Cocolia, I'm afraid she would kill me. But I have grown a little bit, right? At least I couldn't be so cruel as to do these things before."

"Hmm..."

Mobius responded, and her hand climbed onto Mikael's chest unconsciously, but her movements did not contain any teasing thoughts, but just stroked Mikael's heart, which had no temperature or beating, over and over again.

"Mikael, do you think that growth is a good thing?"

"Of course not. Growth does not necessarily mean 'getting better', but growing up in a direction that is more suitable for reality. This kind of growth may be good or bad. But whether it is good or bad, we have no choice, we are all helpless. Why, you... don't like me now?"

"If I say I don't like it, will you change back to the way you were before?"

Mebius put his hand down, but this was not giving up, but hugging tightly... no, it was hugging Mikael's waist, as if afraid that he would suddenly disappear.

"No. Just like I used to understand but could not agree with your dreams and your actions, but you will not change because of this."

"Really?"

Mebius leaned his head on Mikael's chest, and his voice became deeper as he spoke.

"But... it seems that you don't remember some things from the past. Remember when you were in Luluye? You said you didn't like to use innocent people for experiments, so from then until Anti-Entropy and the Fire-Chasing Moth merged, I didn't drag innocent people into the experiment."

She said this, maybe to show off? Or maybe to defend herself? In fact, she herself didn't know why she said this, or maybe she was just conveying an attitude-I'm not, I can really change, if you want.

But that's all in the past. From the perspective of the present, there are naturally countless belated explanations for past behavior. Especially when the time interval is stretched to 50,000 years, all the memories of 50,000 years ago have become blurred, and the real motivation for making that decision can't be remembered at all.

But Mikael didn't seem to appreciate it.

"What about Seele? When you were doing the stigma experiment on Seele, did you think Seele was innocent too?"

Mebius' body suddenly became stiff, and then he put his hands on Mikael's shoulders, stood up his upper body, and slightly distanced himself from Mikael.

The name Seele... since the seventh collapse, it has been an absolute taboo between Mikael, especially Mikael and Mobius.

For that matter, Mobius himself couldn't tell whether he was right or wrong. To be precise, the three people who were responsible for this matter all made the decision with the idea of ​​"letting Seele live", but it led to a worse result.

But whether it was right or wrong, Mobius must be guilty. When she heard Mikael mention this matter again, she couldn't help but get nervous.

Until she saw Mikael's mouth with a hint of teasing.

"Why, scared?"

Mobius stared at the smile in a daze, but his heart was somewhat sad-it turned out that he had grown up to the point where he could talk about this matter with a smile on his face, and even teased her with this matter.

It was really ironic. At that time, I always thought that it would be great if Mikael grew up a little more and matured a little more, but looking at Mikael now, Mobius certainly didn't "dislike" him, but... very, very distressed.

She leaned her head against Mikael's chest again, and her right index finger drew circles on Mikael's back shoulder repeatedly.

"Mikael, do you remember what my ideal was at the beginning?"

"Remember, you want to evolve humans into gods by yourself, no matter what method you use."

Mebius pursed his lips and asked again:

"Then do you know what my ideal is now?"

Without waiting for Mikael to speak, she quickly added:

"You are not allowed to use the power of knowledge!"

Mikael did not speak, but just closed his eyes and took a shallow breath through his nose.

After a long time, he sighed and said:

"I can't guess."

Is it that he can't guess? Or is he not even thinking about guessing?

The sadness in Mobius's heart became more and more intense, but she was more afraid of a cold silence than this, so she quickly changed the subject:

"So, what are your plans for the future? In Klosten, you only told me that you would take Kevin away and let me reorganize the Fire Moth in the name of the World Serpent after persuading Su. You didn't say anything more."

"What about the Stigmata Plan?"

"It has been deduced to the 781st version. If nothing goes wrong, this is the final plan. If you want to see it, I will bring you the detailed plan tomorrow."

"That's not necessary. I may not read it even if you bring it to me."

"..."

It may not be the case, but Mobius knows Mikael well, and he will not read it at all.

It's strange to say that so far, she still doesn't know the complete plan in Mikael's mind, but no matter what, the Stigmata Plan should be an extremely important part of it, but he just turned a blind eye to it and never asked about the details of this plan.

It seemed that to him, the process of the Stigmata Plan was not important at all, he only needed the result of the Stigmata Plan being implemented.

Of course, if Mebius is bold enough, she can even make this assumption: In fact, Mikael never wanted the Stigma Project to be completed.

It's not that she hasn't thought of this possibility, nor is she unclear about the meaning behind this possibility - that means that Mikael chose the most naive fire plan, that means that Mikael still believes in human beings He can defeat Honkai Impact with the beauty in his heart.

If it were the Mikael of the past, he would definitely believe this without hesitation.

But now, does Mikael really still believe in this childish fantasy? In particular, he said this not long ago: "It is precisely because of that ending of human beings that I cannot accept it."

What is the end of mankind? Mebius knew it.

In fact, it's not just Mikael. How many people who have experienced the remnants of the twelfth Honkai are there who dare to pat their chests and guarantee that they firmly believe that the beauty in the human heart will definitely defeat Honkai?

Especially for Mikael, he must have hated "human beings" to say that and make decisions that he would never have agreed with.

"Mikael, you... oh... where are the two girls? What are your plans?"

"To be precise, it's three, no, it's four."

"?"

Mebius rubbed Mikael's chest and said doubtfully:

"Where are the four? K423, Mei Lei... Well, I heard the report from Gray Snake, and there's also Xi'er, right? Who is the fourth one? Natasha? It doesn't look like that either..."

"It's the girl named Bronya."

"!"

Mebius stopped drawing circles with her fingers. She closed her eyes and recalled it carefully, and found the girl's information in her mind.

"Bronya, born in Siberia...wait, her last name is...Zaicek, okay, so that's it."

Mebius understood quickly. In fact, she had noticed this girl from the beginning because her appearance was somewhat similar to Mikael. However, after a period of follow-up investigation, it was discovered that this child did not show any Honkai adaptability beyond ordinary people. Moreover, the First Herrscher had already been born. If nothing else, she would not become the First Herrscher. Chance.

She knew about the so-called "isotope" theory. In particular, the difference between the two epochs lies in the randomness of development after that time point 50,000 years ago. Therefore, it is not a big deal for similar people to appear in two different epochs. The unthinkable. Just like Dr. Mei and Mei upstairs, Himiko and Destiny's A-pole Valkyrie Himeko, Kevin and K423, and Mikael and this Bronya.

But it's just "similarity", and the fate of the same person does not have to be the same. The exact opposite is not impossible. For example, Mei's former physique was not suitable for becoming a fusion warrior, but the girl named Raiden Mei is both a Stigma Awakener , and predetermined the power of the third Herrscher in advance.

On the other hand, it seems that it is not incomprehensible that Mikael is the first Herrscher, and this girl named Bronya will not become a Herrscher.

Based on this thinking, Mebius gave up tracking Bronya not long after.

But now that Mikael mentioned it again, the reason is self-evident. As for how he planned to make Bronya become the First Herrscher, Mebius didn't intend to ask, and there was no need to ask.

"Well, since you've already planned it, I don't have anything to say."

But if the conversation ended hastily like this, Mebius felt reluctant to let it go, so she raised her head from Mikael's arms and asked softly:

"Mikael, are you really not going with me?"

"It's not the time yet."

Mikael shook his head slowly but firmly.

"Mebius, don't you think that today you are gentle and... verbose, and your tone is very similar to Alicia's?"

He originally wanted to say gentle, but this word always felt a little inappropriate when used on Mebius.

"Indeed, but what if I did this on purpose?"

Mebius smiled helplessly:

"Forget it, since you don't want to go with me, I won't force you, and I can't force you to come. However, I will stay with you for a while."

Mikael patted her shoulder, saying nothing.

However, the smile could no longer be suppressed.

The conversation between the two people was actually extremely chaotic and lacked structure, more like saying what came to mind. But this is the feeling that Mikael misses. There is no pressure of the end of the world, just sitting on a soft sofa, bathed in bright lights. It would be better if there is a young child sitting next to the two of them.

It's a pity that there may never be such an opportunity again, no matter who it is with...

"By the way, what's wrong with your heart?"

"Huh? The injury I got after fighting Kevin back then was because it was stabbed by a spear transformed from an imaginary branch. It was difficult to recover, so I simply didn't want it."

Mikael spoke calmly, but Mebius just bit his lower lip and pressed his palms against his heart one after another, feeling the coldness.

There is no heart anymore, and the blood no longer flows. How can the body still have warmth?

The warmth that Mei Yi felt before was just an illusion brought about by the power of fire.

In fact, it doesn't matter if it's cold, but Mebius wants more. She put her lips close to Mikael's ear and blew gently:

"But actually, you can still build your heart back, right? After all, it's something Kevin can do with his powerful self-healing ability. There's no reason why you can't do it."

"You're right, but... um!"

Before Mikael finished his words, he bit his back teeth tightly, and four equally cold lips suddenly collided with each other. Then, Mikael's face began to become unusually rosy, and his body quickly became warm, so that there was a misty white steam rising, circling upward around the beam of light falling from the chandelier.

Only at this time would someone remember - oh, this is the living room!

"Hey! Wait a minute! Not here..."

"Ah hehe, do you mean, it can be somewhere else?"