Chapter 98 Elliot's Past
"Can I know your name?" Dazai Osamu asked. The other two people also looked over.
Yes, because they were too worried about other people, the first thing they did when they saw him was to make sure they were safe. I didn't even have time to ask who this person was.
When the host heard Dazai Osamu's question, a trace of melancholy appeared on his face, as if he recalled something: "Name, you can call me Elliot."
Dazai Osamu took a deep breath and said, "It's 'Eliot Ortizim Miseiye Gropius', right?"
Elliot was quite surprised, and Conan and Furuya Zero were also a little surprised. "I didn't expect you to remember such a long name. Can I ask where you got it from?" His voice was still soft.
He really doesn't seem like the kind of person who owns such a horrible world, but if he is said to be a transcendent, everyone present will believe it, because he does have an extraordinary temperament. Since he appeared, the time around him seemed to freeze, and the haze that Conan and his companions had accumulated in the Red Moon World before also dissipated unknowingly.
"It's your brother Andre, sir," Dazai Osamu became polite again this time. He lowered his head and said, "Before I came here, I accepted a commission to find my missing brother. Because the reward was very high, even though he was only an eight or nine-year-old child, I still conducted a serious investigation. Who knew that I would be dragged here while searching for the missing alley..."
Dazai Osamu's words were extremely clever. He not only explained why he knew his name, but also used his brother's client's identity to get closer to him. He also vaguely recounted his own grievances, explaining that he was really working hard and did not come here voluntarily.
All I can say is, as long as you are strong enough, even the most powerful worrywart will have to hide his edge in front of you, adjust his role, and get closer to you.
"Andre," Elliot said with emotion, "He's the child my parents wanted later." This means that he admitted that he was the person who disappeared ten years ago.
"Yes," Dazai Osamu said seriously, "He was born two years after you disappeared. He is a very smart child."
Elliot sat behind the table and sighed: "I have never met him, why is he looking for me?"
"It's probably because children naturally admire their elder brothers," Dazai said with a smile, "and it may also be because your relatives miss you."
"No," Elliot refuted him for the first time. He picked up the silver teapot on the table, poured himself a cup of tea, and stared at the ripples in it and said, "In fact, they know where I am."
The others were shocked, and Elliot continued, "Although awakening the ability was unexpected, I still tried my best to stabilize everything and passed on a message to them. Unfortunately, I couldn't stay in the outside world for too long, so the message was just a few words."
The people present were all quick thinkers. Conan pondered over the content of their words and quickly came to a conclusion: "You mean you awakened your special ability ten years ago, but then you were trapped here..."
Elliot suddenly leaned forward, and Conan was startled by his approaching face. Looking at his wide eyes, Elliot smiled gently and said, "No, I'm not trapped here."
Ignoring Conan's gaffe, he stood up again, his eyes deep: "It's just that I may not be able to control my newly awakened special ability so well. If I continue to stay there, the impact caused," he said calmly: "I'm afraid it won't be so easy to eliminate."
Conan stared at him blankly, and suddenly shuddered. When Fūya Rei thought of the series of experiences he had encountered in the past few days, he felt an endless chill in his heart. Once that kind of unlimited infection and mutation spread, who knows how much blood and flesh would be involved. Even if there were rules, most people probably wouldn't be able to take advantage of them. And if the outside world cannot stop it, it is no exaggeration to say that this ability can change the world!
At this moment, the look in Fūya Rei's eyes when he looked at Elliot also changed. It seemed like he was looking at an extremely large strategic weapon of natural disasters.
These transcendents are indeed not simple beings!
Elliot was reminded of himself long ago.
The Gropius family was not a very large family, but it had a very long history. However, by his generation, there was basically nothing left. In his grandfather's generation, he had heard the elders talk about the glorious history of the past, but when he was born, his father didn't even know what the family name meant. Correspondingly, their family circumstances are very ordinary, no different from those of ordinary people.
They traveled across the ocean and settled in Yokohama when Elliot was a child. But when Elliot showed extraordinary wisdom, something changed quietly. His grandfather was a very old man, very thin, with skin hanging over his bones like wrinkled paper. But when he saw him, a bright light burst out from his cloudy eyes in an instant. He began to want to fight for his custody and take him to faraway France to raise him.
His father disagreed, and an unprecedented conflict broke out between the couple and the old man whom they had not seen for a long time. This conflict also included the sharp disputes he had had with the old man more than ten years ago and the resentment he had when he left home. They cursed each other without restraint and regarded each other as their deepest enemy.
And it was at this moment that he suddenly disappeared.
He still remembered the fear he felt when he first awakened this ability. He stood alone in the deserted alien space. The red color in the sky transformed into a gigantic demon that was laughing wildly. Endless chains locked every corner of the space tightly. He was the only one there, looking up at them like a tiny ant. Endless loneliness and pain came over me. He subconsciously wanted to escape, but a moment later he knew that he couldn't go out.
It's not that you can't leave, but you can't take them away with you.
If this was his special ability, he couldn't let them go out and hurt innocent people.
Time began to pass quickly. He stood or sat in this silent space. If he felt lonely, he hugged his knees to comfort himself. If he felt pain, he recalled what he had learned in the past. The schoolbag he brought in gradually became old and small. The books turned into papers and scattered on the ground. Some of them were folded into paper airplanes by him. His body gradually grew taller. The clothes he wore in the past could not cover his body. His emerald green hair spread out, the only vibrant color here.
He has grown up.
But it's so lonely.
He didn't know how much time had passed, he only knew that they would not let him die here. So, he began to use this power to transform the space, so the town was born. He wanted someone to accompany him, so animals appeared. He wanted a home, so the cottage and the garden appeared, as well as the mynah bird that his mother bought for him in the past, and the old yellow dog that had accompanied him for a while.
He finally mastered them and became the master of this power.
The red demon is still rampant, and the golden chains are still densely woven, but the child contained in it has grown up. He has grown into the form of a young man, and there is no more fear in his emerald pupils. He stands here barefoot, with one hand raised up, as if he has grasped them all in his hand.
It was like a god descending.
This is Elliot's story over the past decade. There are no ups and downs, nor many exciting plots. Only occasionally, he would think, "If I am gone, will my father and mother reconcile with my grandfather?"
But he couldn't care less about it, because he knew that their conflict was not entirely caused by him.
"So you have been here alone for ten years?!" Conan couldn't believe it. Although Elliot did not explain it in detail, he did not omit the cause and effect. People present naturally knew what he had experienced. Even though he was wary of him, Fūya Rei felt a tightness in his chest and a heavy heart. He knew the limits of human beings, especially since he was still a child.
Super powers, super powers, is it really a good thing to have super powers? What should we do if someone obtains supernatural powers that he does not want at all, and the supernatural powers he obtains will not only cause harm to himself but also cause harm to those around him?
Conan suddenly understood why the residents of the town were all animals, why the cottages and gardens were full of fairy-tale atmosphere, and why all the buildings and facilities had a style from many years ago. After all, the people who created them believed in these things!
Dazai Osamu didn't speak for a long time. He didn't know what to say. No wonder the outside world has no information about this transcendent being. If he had never appeared, who would know him? He instinctively didn't believe that there were such people in the world, but when he thought about his age back then, he had to believe it.
On the contrary, the person involved did not think it was a big deal. He was still so gentle and calm, with a unique elegance. He folded his hands on his knees and said, "It's okay. Now I can control some of my abilities. Otherwise, I would not have taken action last time."
Seeing that they still had complicated expressions, he couldn't help but say, "What in this world doesn't require a price? Getting this kind of ability is actually a very lucky thing, isn't it? At least, at the beginning, it can be confined here."
There was a moment of silence. Dazai Osamu smiled and said, "It seems that the mystery of your disappearance has finally been solved."
Elliot also smiled: "Ben is not missing."
He stood up, his figure slender, his emerald eyes seemed to be filled with compassion. "It was not my intention to drag you into this. Perhaps it was because I wanted to have someone accompany me so much, so the moment you came in, I did not send you back. You guys are the best among them. I also admire the pure freedom of the person who did not come, but just like cranes belong to the sky, you do not belong here after all."
He paused and said, "I will send you out. I will also remove the infection and mutations from you. Don't worry about affecting yourself or others. Just think of it as a dream. I will compensate you."
This is to send them away. This is what they have been asking for all along, but when the time really came, everyone's mood became complicated. Perhaps people who belong to the righteous side always want to save others. Conan actually hopes to change this, and Furuya Rei thinks of the order he received before coming here, and he can't help but say: "Wait..."
Elliot didn't wait for him to finish, a faint light flashed in his hand, and several people felt that they were being stripped away. Dazai Osamu was the last one to leave. Before leaving, he silently uttered a few words to Elliot, then disappeared with a smile.
Only Elliot was left standing alone behind the windowsill, with a cold brow, looking at the lush trees outside the house, just like in the past.
"Did he find anything?" After a while, another voice came from the hut.
Elliot sat back at the table, on which was placed a black and white chess set. The person opposite him picked up a chess piece, his white fingers as slender as jade. "Dong." He thought about it, dropped it in one place, and looked at him with a smile.
Elliot's face showed infinite tenderness: "He was just asking me, who is the 'guest'?"
"Oh," the man on the other side raised his eyebrows, "Did he guess that they were not 'guests'?"
Elliot smiled and said, "Guests are to be treated with respect and courtesy, and they should be treated the same way as I am. Obviously, they are not respected much."
The person opposite finally revealed his figure, it was the handsome face of Amano Tsuru. Pei Zhen supported his cheek with one hand and picked up the next chess piece with the other. He looked at his new vest and said, "What a sharp mind. Do you think he has discovered the relationship between you and me?"
Looking at his casual and natural posture, Elliot's smile deepened: "Of course he didn't notice it. If he had found out, he wouldn't have been able to get out of here." He moved a chess piece and captured a white chess piece.
Pei Zhen's lips curled slightly, and he whispered: "Yes, you are a transcendent. If he finds out, he will have no choice but to stay."
When the last chess piece falls, the outcome is decided.
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