How to define a person's life or death?

"Xia Zuo" stood in the bathroom of the small red building, looking at the mirror that reflected his upper body.

In this world, the powerful can follow their inner choices at will and bring death to others at will.

This is true of Chazo and the Pope.

In the memory, Xia Zuo, under Ophelia's orders, killed innocent people again and again in order to prove his loyalty to her.

This is even more true of the Pope in my memory.

Whether it is ignoring all the conspiracies and tricks of others, or actively leading to the death of certain people, or neatly directing his men to secretly execute certain people...

Even worse, in order to show his dignity, he killed a child who had no respect for the God of Light.

Even though that was something the Pope had done when he was young, all the memories related to life and death kept resurfacing and deepening in Xia Zuo's mind.

"Xia Zuo" suddenly thought of Suli.

He thought of the boy who had invited him for no apparent reason during the day.

At that time, there seemed to be a voice in his mind constantly shouting at him to kill him.

Who to kill?

Kill Suli.

But why did he kill Suli?

He felt that Suli had no contempt for that "ambition".

Perhaps he has a unique characteristic. Compared to everyone in this world who will compromise for the strong, this person with zero element affinity is strange... No, I shouldn't say maybe, I should say that he must have a unique understanding of that ambition.

But the memory related to the Pope kept jumping around, indicating that it was impossible, and repeatedly affirming that no one would understand such ambitions.

The Pope of Light knew the truth about the world when he was relatively young.

At that time, he couldn't believe it and was unwilling to accept it, but in the end, under the cold eyes of the former Pope, he regained his composure and even tentatively asked: "Why are you so calm?"

"Why?"

"Because it doesn't matter."

"It doesn't matter how powerful those monsters are, or what we are in their eyes. As long as they don't choose to blatantly interfere with this world and our rights."

This is the impression that the Pope first left on the mind.

People in this world will never choose to draw their swords and fight against someone stronger.

It is natural for the strong to bully the weak, and it is equally natural for the stronger to keep the weak under control.

Time and again in the future, everyone proved this, until the Pope in his memory chose to ask himself why he was able to remain calm when facing the previous Pope?

Because he is also a weak person.

The weak do not even dare to express doubts to the strong.

Therefore, he wanted to enter the monster society that kept humans in captivity, even though this was considered treasonous.

But I still want to do it.

How can monsters keep humans in captivity, just like humans keep pets...

That's why he wanted to enter the monster society that had nothing to do with humans, where not even a trace could be found, and then completely break the pattern of [monsters keeping humans in captivity].

This was not a case of a weak person choosing to draw his sword against a stronger person. The answer the Pope got was that everything he did and his delusions were simply due to desire.

Money, power, sex, people in the world have too many desires, but what the Pope wants is to become a true "saint".

Achieve what no one else can achieve, and do what no one else dares to think about.

"Xia Zuo" knows why he became "Xia Zuo".

Hundred percent elemental affinity, a young body with no end in sight for growth, and a powerful soul body that is a fusion of two souls.

They are just words engraved on the fused soul body.

I must, I must enter that world and realize that "ambition" that cannot appear in the hearts of humans.

Although all this was just a sudden whim of an old man.

"Xia Zuo" thinks that the Pope in his memory is disgusting, and he also believes that Xia Zuo, who has been brainwashed and used like a dog, is incompetent.

But he is made up of the souls of these two people.

However, "Xia Zuo" could not admit that he was any of them.

This concept will only be buried deep in the heart and will never be deliberately and unnecessarily provoked.

Self-doubt is nothing compared to that ambition.

Then he saw Sully.

The man unconcernedly labeled himself as selfish and self-righteous, and finally told him, "Do you want to come with me?"

The reason why he said this was not because the green-eyed boy recognized him. It was just that Sully thought about it, speculated, and finally judged from his own perspective that the person in front of him was neither the Pope nor Xia Zuo, so Sully said this.

This sentence seems to mean little to everyone.

There isn't even anything worth digging into, and Suli himself isn't that kind of mystery teller.

But "Xia Zuo" felt that he could safely believe that he was just "Xia Zuo" with Suli's recognition.

All his confusion was completely denied by another person who had a different perspective. Then, that person engraved the concept of "you are you" firmly in his mind...

"Xia Zuo" was in a trance when the toilet door was slammed loudly.

"Hey, kid, did you fall into a pit?" Roy said unhappily while banging on the door.

After Suli invited "Xia Zuo" yesterday, "Xia Zuo" did not say whether he wanted to go with him. He just showed with his actions that he was indeed going with Suli.

Of course, they also brought along Deeds, who had a complicated look on his face.

The Son of Light hurriedly got rid of a large group of people from the Vatican who kept muttering to him, "Son of Light, how can you stay with a group of people with ulterior motives?" and quickly followed Sully's pace to go home.

Euphia, who knew when Sully would arrive, faced the two extra uninvited guests. Since she could neither kill them nor defeat them, she decisively threw all the blame on the people who followed Sully to the inner city.

After such strong words as "What's the use of you?", "Men are useless except Sully", and "What else can you do besides eating?", Roy did not release a few pieces of ice to cool down Yufia because he once had a wife and had developed male virtues...

So he had no choice but to guzzle several bottles of wine.

"If you really fall into the pit, shout first and at least give me a reason."

When Roy found that the person in the toilet did not respond, he began to think about where to kick the door open without damaging the material of the toilet door.

Otherwise, Euphia wouldn't care whether he had male virtue or not. She would just drive him out of the red building without hesitation and ask him to go out and buy groceries.

If there are two more people who are not in the plan and Suli has to eat less, who can afford it?

Maybe, no, Roy thought with a sad face, Yufia would definitely use this reason to drive him out.

By the way, he would also use the fact that they kicked him out to blame Egbert and Lan Zhe.

Although Roy was happy to see what happened next, it would be too bad if the price was to be kicked out of the house.

So when "Xia Zuo" came out, he saw Roy who was about to cry.

He hesitated for a moment, and before the toilet door slammed in his face, he asked, "What's the point of me standing here to you?"

"It's fine if you're occupying the toilet without doing anything, but I've finally let you out after repeatedly urging you. Now that I'm about to go in, you're still saying this to me?" Roy was so angry that his face turned red and his neck became thick, and he slammed the door in "Xia Zuo's" face.

“Xia Zuo”: ………

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When Suli turned his head along the line of sight, what he saw was "Xia Zuo" with his head down and a somewhat decadent expression.

He didn't ask what happened.

Although he had never suffered from any indescribable illness at this age, whether before or after the time travel, what if "Xia Zuo" did?

The person being speculated had no ability to read minds and had no idea what inappropriate impression had been left on him in Sully's mind. He just asked Roy the same question again with some hesitation.

However, as soon as this topic was uttered, the chaos in the living room suddenly stopped as if the pause button was pressed.

After three months, Suli's return is a happy thing for many people in this city.

At that moment, everyone who knew that he would come back here today came.

President Asa and Euphia's father, Euphia, the leader of the Lions Club, and Mark and Cyril who were originally left to look after the house, of course, were also in a panic during this period.

There were seven people, plus four people and one crow who went out, and five people and one crow who came back. When they were near the city gate, they brought two extra people...

It's true, it's a bit too much.

In particular, compared to the speed of Sully's carriage ride, the transmission of information can be far greater than his return due to carriage dizziness.

There was no need for the people in this small building to hide the information about the inner city from anyone, so Euphia had already informed everyone of the information sent back by Egbert before this.

What is the significance of "Xia Zuo" standing here?

Yufia looked at him coldly and said, "In my opinion, you are really redundant."

It's no wonder she said such harsh words. Although she knew with her intelligence that the person standing in front of her was neither the Pope of Light nor Xia Zuo, Euphia still couldn't have any good feelings towards this child who would be the same age as her if he was twice her age.

The most profound memories in her mind, apart from her father who fell down covered in blood, were of Sully who was beaten for three full minutes, causing all his alchemy tools to break.

The former was saved from the threat of death by Lan Zhe, while the latter experienced three minutes that could be said to be a life-or-death gamble.

So what if he's invincible? If he attacks for more than three minutes and one second, Sully will be dead.

It was impossible for Yufia to accept him so calmly. The reason why she stayed in the same house with him peacefully and did not fight directly was only out of respect for Sully's ideas.

Cyril and Mark thought so too.

Cyril: "Not only do I not want you to stay here, I even hope that when Sully first found you at the city gate, he would have ordered you to die."

"Of course, I know he is a rational person. But I also think I am an emotional person, so I choose to keep my emotions and follow Sully's rationality. I don't have any ill intentions towards you, who are not those two people, but..."

"I don't think you have any other purpose here."

Cyril feared whatever misfortune might happen to Sully.

The people who were left behind did not know the truth about human beings for the time being. Egbert also followed Sully's mentality of deliberately blurring the truth and waited for the moment when Sully really wanted to speak.

As for the products of the mixed souls...

Everyone has complicated feelings about the existence of "Xia Zuo".

Mark didn't say it as bluntly as Cyril, but as for the meaning, he thought: "If you are here, there must be some meaning, then I can only think that the meaning and reason of your existence are only derived from the fact that Mr. Sully still lets you live, so in his judgment, you still have the meaning of living."

This big man, after going to live with Euphia, unexpectedly developed a delicate demeanor different from his previous rough nature during the time he worked as a nanny for Sully.

Dean Asa laughed strangely and said, "Rather than wanting the so-called meaning, it's better to say that you want to find a companion."

The old man was very smart. He could tell at a glance that "Xia Zuo" was still in the category of a tool.

However, the person who gave him the order had died, so the will he obeyed became the last order to be completed.

Just a child who still has no self, it doesn't matter at all.

Without hesitation, I finally chose to express my thoughts: "I think there is no need for you to stand here. Because you are already standing here, why do you need to pay attention to the reasons for standing here, and the additional things that are attached to standing here, which I cannot simply express."

The Lions leader poured himself a glass of wine and said, "What a coincidence, this kid has the same idea as me."

Lan Zhe wondered for the umpteenth time: "Is this a question that must be answered?"

Egbert: "Perhaps because the key to the other world is still in his hands. Lord Sully will not let it go."

Because it is impossible to let go of this key, others will not hide their true thoughts.

Pretending to be what you really think and ignoring your inner feelings would be a real disservice to the time you spent with Sully.

As for whether he can change other people's minds, it depends on "Xia Zuo" himself.

Mavis rested her chin on one hand and held a bottle of wine in the other. Her face was flushed as she said, "This is the first time I've discovered that men can think so much."

There is too much drama.

"No matter how old it is..." Mavis looked at Dean Asa and Euphia's father, who did not comment at all, with a calm expression, "It's still a little old..."

Egbert felt something was wrong: "What do you mean?"

The Lions Club leader twitched his lips and said, "I haven't started bringing them in yet, why are you in such a hurry?"

The atmosphere became much better during this subtle conversation.

Mavis pouted expressionlessly, and then added: "Anyway, I think you all think too much."

"Although he can still be read as Xia Zuo, he is essentially just another person in disguise."

"Instead of being on guard against him, I suggest you think about how to use him as a tool."

Mavis assured everyone: "Just like Willard."

“I think that person has a very good understanding of himself.”

"You just need to use Xia Zuo as a tool. As everyone knows, he is the key to another world. What you need to do is not to bend the key or let it get damaged or become old and damaged, but to figure out how to copy it."

"To tell you the truth, whether it is sadness or a lot of thoughts, these are unnecessary. Because you have ignored the most important thing."

Mavis suddenly stretched out her hand and pointed at Sully, who was holding the bowl in both hands.

She said the last thing she wanted to say.

"That is, he will never be able to stand still."

Sully will not stop trying to make the world a place where he can live comfortably in his old age.

The boy who was pointed at, sitting quietly on the side, holding a bowl in one hand and chopsticks in the other, calmly swallowed the food in his mouth before saying, "Just like I won't stop Du Ya from surrounding all of you, I don't mind you all surrounding 'Xia Zuo' either."

Sully very calmly picked up a little rice with the other end of his chopsticks and placed it in front of the crow's beak.

The crow lowered its head to eat.

The crows' coordinated actions make all the subtle atmospheres unified.

That is...

"Why did Sully feed the crow with his own hands?"

“And it’s a pair of chopsticks!”

"＊"/＃＊＊@Fuck, you bunch of rubbish men, what on earth did Suli suffer in Licheng?"

"Lord Sully," Egbert said firmly as he pushed the raven's head away with a serious look on his face. "For a creature like this that is so huge, has lived for who knows how many hundreds of years, and is as black as coal, there is no need to feed it yourself. You can just pour the leftovers into its mouth."

When Suli was so frightened that he almost dropped his chopsticks, he heard him say, "Of course, you can let me feed you anytime."

"Egbert is always at your service!"

Yufia exploded: "I think you don't want to live anymore!"

Cyril whispered, "To be honest, I want to feed Sully, too."

"I even imagined what Sully looked like when he was very young. Would he be a soft and cute little ball or something like that?"

No: "I want to get inside your mind."

Lan Zhe took out a purple gold coin from his pocket and handed it to Cyril respectfully: "Please draw the picture in your mind, Master."

The leader of the Lions Club used a serving chopstick to pick up a piece of food for Suli: "You are a bunch of young people, you just don't understand what it means to profit from the loss."

Mark: "Don't trust the food brought by such an ugly man. There may be ugly elements in it. Once you eat it, your beauty will change from being as beautiful as a god to the beauty of the son of God."

Roy, who had just returned from the toilet, was speechless: "What's the difference in what you said?"

"Oh, so you want to take the food he brought and give it to the young master again?"

Dean Asa continued to yell.

“It’s great to be young.”

The president of the Mercenary Alliance also chuckled, his face full of kindness.

Diz: "So why are you ignoring me again?! Even if the light element has the ability to create illusions, it is just a derivative of light. I don't think I am strong enough to become invisible with the help of the light element."

"Xia Zuo" looked sad.

"But I just want an answer from Suli."

Until a drunk man asked: "But who is it? Does he want to steal Suli too?"

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…………

That day, Suli watched in amazement at the huge melee in which all the participants were except for the two old men.

Egbert hit the rook, Euphia hit Egbert, Lan Zhe thought for a while and decided to hit "Xia Zuo". Roy used his left and right hands to play rock-paper-scissors, and finally won the game. He also chose to hit the rook, but when he started, the ice cube was not paying attention and froze a strand of Lan Zhe's hair...

The Dark Saint exploded, and Cyril and Hu, who did not dare to get in, were still caught in the crossfire and were forced to lie down first.

The leader of the Lions Club thought about it and tried to pick a fight with Euphia in order to avoid having all the work of the Mercenary Alliance fall on him tomorrow. However, Lan Zhe, who was furious, pointed out that he was trying to take advantage of her.

Euphia immediately changed someone to chase him.

In the end, those who were weaker all fell down, and Du Ya and "Xia Zuo" fought one on one with swords.

They were fighting and verbally attacking each other at the same time.

Suli couldn't hear clearly, but he knew that during the pause, "Xia Zuo" yelled, "I don't want to be a human being anymore."

Du Ya asked blankly: "Then what do you want to do?"

"I want to be Ulyubus!"

Sully didn't understand what the name meant, but the crow did.

As long as I have Suli, I will not die.

On that day, the people of the entire city of Sadina felt the pressure of the "ninth-level monster".

Of course, there is also "Xia Zuo" who lights up the entire city in the middle of the night with the help of light elements, making countless people mistakenly believe that it is dawn.

Oh, his name later became Julius.

Du Ya was slightly better at the time, but he didn't gain any advantage. He injured 1,000 enemies and 800 of his own. He turned into a human and said to Su Li while spitting blood: "From today on, Xia Zuo is no longer Xia Zuo, his name is Julius."

Sully asked in a muffled voice, "Is this a battle with a name on the line?"

Losers don't even have the right to name themselves.

In the end, he could only sigh and try to ask for help from Dean Asa and the President of the Alliance with his eyes.

Then Sully deeply realized what it meant to be old and shrewd... This can be applied to all old men.

Dean Asa walked away while laughing.

The president of the alliance was more realistic. He said, "Ahem, my health is getting worse and worse. I really can't move them."

Suli raised his arm, which had no visible biceps, and said in confusion, "Do you think I'm good enough?"

The president of the alliance pretended not to see it and followed President Asa and walked away together.

The only thing to be thankful for was that Lan Zhe woke up after Roy shredded a lock of his hair.

Even though the others fought more and more fiercely and blood was splattered everywhere, he was always there to guide them.

Moreover, the offended pharmacist did not use the medicine overnight for the first time and directly fed other people enough milk.

This time, Lan Zhe only gave everyone the simplest rough bandage.

and……

Suli was able to drink sweet porridge early in the morning, while the others, who were covered with sticks and bruised faces, could only watch.

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