Chapter 168 - They are different
Chapter 168 - They are different
Ever since Ning Fei gave Prince Finn a curse, no, a hint of light magic, it seemed as if he had suddenly lost interest in everything and completely fell silent.
In a physical sense, lying down.
Duan Yunhong thought he was thinking about something, or waiting for something. After all, the way of dealing with Prince Finn suddenly changed. There must be some new ideas, right? After implementation, we always have to wait and see the results, right? But soon, Duan Yunhong found that he seemed to be wrong.
Ning Fei did not confirm Prince Finn's subsequent actions, did not look at whose name appeared in the square, and no longer planned how to deal with the next noble. He rarely even left his room in the casino hotel. He just ate, read and slept in his room every day. Occasionally I would go to the casino for a walk, but I didn't play much. I would just throw in a handful of chips and go back to the room. Occasionally, I would lean against the window and stare at the alley downstairs in a daze. If I am so dazed that I feel sleepy, I will just take a nap in the chair.
"……Um?!"
Ning Fei woke up from his nap and found that the person approaching was only Duan Yunhong holding a blanket. His vigilant expression immediately relaxed: "No need for a blanket."
Duan Yunhong threw the blanket over him and said, "You sleep after breakfast and dinner, and you never leave the house. Do you suddenly have a 'mushroom setting'?"
Ning Fei said she didn't want the blanket and threw it on him, but he still got in: "What can I do if I go out? It's meaningless."
Duan Yunhong suddenly said: "The troops in the central square have withdrawn."
"..." Ning Fei seemed not fully awake, but also as if it was expected. He replied slowly, "...Yeah."
"The people rushed in and wrote many names, and some people shouted slogans. Anyway, the army didn't care. The plate with the names written downstairs has been removed. I guess the next person to be killed will also be removed. The plate with the names of the two of us who died should be removed together." Duan Yunhong stood beside the single sofa and looked down at Ning Fei, "Don't you want to go and take a look?"
"What are you looking at? Are you looking at those people shouting slogans and scolding me? I'm not like you. I'm not a jerk." Ning Fei closed his eyes and said slowly, "Okay, after the 'News Flash' is over, go and have fun. Didn't you come to see this world? Go and watch, don't stare at me."
Duan Yunhong said nothing, silently held the back of the sofa and slowly leaned over.
When he was still 20 centimeters away from Ning Fei's face, Ning Fei suddenly opened his eyes: "...What are you doing?"
Duan Yunhong stopped at such a close distance: "Why are you so depressed? Have you lost too much luck?"
"Why are you doing this again? You didn't think I would just go along with the joke and say 'Yeah, so you're going to compensate me'?" Ning Fei looked at him and sneered softly, "It's none of your business, go and have some fun."
As soon as he deliberately used this irritating tone, Duan Yunhong knew that he was actually not in a good mood, and said, "If you think this place is boring, you might as well leave."
"Go? Where to?"
"I mean, leave this world. It looks like you have nothing to do anyway."
"Ha, have you forgotten that I'm here for a 'vacation', not for work? Isn't vacation about doing nothing, eating and sleeping?" Ning Fei raised his eyebrows slightly, "I lived like this before I started killing people. If you find it boring, just go away and don't bother me."
"Vacation? That's right." Duan Yunhong approached slowly again, "Then do something you should do on vacation..."
Ning Fei finally reached out her hand from under the blanket and covered his mouth: "You've been talking for so long just for this? Mr. Duan, you also have the 'he' of 'chengchengzhuanhe', right?"
Duan Yunhong was covered by his mouth, and his voice was muffled: "You haven't been interested in this matter for a long time, and you still say it's not depression?"
"Five or six days is considered a 'long time'? Okay, okay, I'm just impotent, okay?" Ning Fei was speechless and replied, "I'm not a sexual monster. No matter how powerful the ox that plows the land is, there will be a time when the land will lie fallow."
Duan Yunhong was silent for two seconds: "...Or add some light magic to me?"
"Huh?" Ning Fei was stunned for a moment before realizing what he really meant. She immediately laughed out loud, "Fuck, that's not what I meant! If I wanted to have some fun, would I have to beat around the bush like that? I would definitely just push you over, okay?"
After a pause, he closed his eyes again and said jokingly, "If you really want to, then come on. Just don't mind me being a 'corpse'."
"...Tsk, I'm not interested in necrophilia." Duan Yunhong finally stood up and casually picked up the blanket and covered Ning Fei's head with it, "Go to sleep."
Ning Fei pulled down the blanket and looked at his back: "Where are you going?"
Duan Yunhong stopped and turned his head to look at him: "You didn't like to respond when I talked to you, and you're going to ask again after I leave, right?"
Ning Fei made a "tsk" sound. He asked subconsciously after pulling down the blanket and seeing the other person leaving. Now that Duan Yunhong was talking like a loser, Ning Fei immediately covered his head with the blanket.
"I'm going to the church...oh, now I have to go and see the ruins of the church manor."
The man's voice came through the blanket, "After knowing what happened to you, I haven't properly visited the Church Estate. I wanted to visit where you grew up. Even though you don't like it, that's where you come from. This is why I came into this world."
After saying that, the door opened and closed, and the room became completely quiet.
***
It is said that part of the church estate was burned, but in fact most of the main building was burned down. Before entering the manor gate, you can see the burnt and blackened building, part of which has collapsed.
No one stopped Duan Yunhong from entering, and the place had become basically defenseless. Most of the survivors have moved to other bases of the church. Those who still live here are guards, believers who are cleaning up the wreckage, and people who voluntarily stayed here for various reasons.
After the death of the Pope, the church was plagued by severe internal political strife and chaotic management. There was no plan to renovate the estate, and very little material support could be provided to those who remained behind. In Duan Yunhong's opinion, this place has basically become a state of survival of the fittest. No one cares how other people live. When Duan Yunhong, an outsider, passes by them, they don't even look at him twice.
Duan Yunhong walked around the building in silence. He even stepped into the burnt parts to take a look as long as he could. He has seen many fire scenes, many of which were very tragic. But when he thought about the place where Ning Fei grew up being destroyed, he still felt a little upset.
Of course, Duan Yunhong would not tell Ning Fei this. If he told Ning Fei, he would probably say "I just didn't burn it clean enough", but Duan Yunhong would not ask for trouble.
However, even though many places have been damaged, some of the remains still reveal the original exquisiteness and magnificence of the building. For example, on a wall that was mostly blackened, the huge stained glass was still quite completely preserved, with only traces of blackening on the corners. The sunlight shines down from here, casting colorful shadows on the burnt ground. The combination of dazzling colors and extreme black looks a bit divine.
A man was kneeling under the stained glass, seemingly concentrating on praying.
Duan Yunhong approached without any hesitation and found that this was a young man of about seventeen or eighteen years old. He had a delicate appearance, and was wearing a simple light-colored robe, with a small woven blanket on the place where he was kneeling. Yes, if you wear light-colored clothes and kneel on the ruins without anything to cushion your posture, the clothes will be completely useless.
"Praying to the glass?"
Duan Yunhong stood beside the young man and asked directly, "This is a church after all, can't we even find a statue of God?"
"The statues that haven't been damaged have basically been moved away." The young man still closed his eyes and replied calmly, "You can pray anywhere if you have a wish."
Duan Yunhong: "Oh, so you brought a cushion specially to kneel in front of this stained glass?"
young people:"……"
Duan Yunhong's mouth is still powerful.
"You should be one of those so-called 'candidate saints', right?" Duan Yunhong didn't care whether the atmosphere was awkward or not, and continued, "The church shouldn't abandon someone like you, why don't you move with them?"
"This is the old site of the church. I volunteer to pray for everyone here." The young man finally replied, "Here are my deceased mentors, friends, and brothers. I wish to be with their holy spirits."
"If you want to pray, there are many places where you can't pray?" Duan Yunhong sneered at this "performance" and pointed it out directly, "The church's 'candidate son of God' does not follow the church. There is only one reason -"
“You’re afraid of the church.”
The young man opened his eyes and looked up at him: "Sir, I don't understand what you are talking about. I am a member of the church. How can I be afraid of the church?"
"You know why you are afraid." Duan Yunhong sneered, "You would rather be with the dead than stay with the current church. But you are willing to pray for everyone, which shows that you know that the church is not a place to pray for blessings at all."
"Sir, I'm afraid you have some misunderstanding." The young man looked at Duan Yunhong and replied, "But no matter what you think, I can't criticize it. Please don't take it as my opinion."
Duan Yunhong dared to make such a bold statement in front of Ning Fei, saying that such a young boy was really nothing. And Duan Yunhong just wanted to expose his true face.
The man squatted down and looked the young man straight in the eye. "You would rather stay in the ruins than go to another station and live a life of being taken care of by others, huh? You are a candidate for the Son of God, and you know that if you don't follow the church, you will have no chance of being promoted to the Son of God, but you still don't go, huh? You just hate the church and are afraid of the church, but you dare not even admit it. What a coward."
"It's normal that you don't understand how many relatives and friends I have lost here, and you don't understand the sadness in my heart, but please don't be so rude and presumptuous to accuse me." The young man retorted, "I don't know who you are or where you come from, but rubbing salt into someone's wounds is really not a kind act. The church was burned down and is being rebuilt with difficulty. If you don't like the way it looks now, please leave."
"What right do you have to 'ask' me to leave? Are you the person in charge here?" Duan Yunhong sneered, "If it is being rebuilt now, why don't you help? Wearing white clothes and sitting on a white blanket to pray, is that helping? I have never seen anyone else doing nothing along the way. You are just bluffing in these ruins with your hypocritical identity. If you go back to those people in the church, what use will your identity as the 'candidate for the Son of God' be? It will only turn you back into-"
The man lowered his voice and said in a cold and mocking voice: "Nan, ji."
"You...!" The young man frowned, his face showing anger, "What on earth do you want to do?!"
"Nothing, I just think it's ironic that there are people like you." Duan Yunhong stood up and sneered, "You don't want to follow the church. Now the church can't control you. Why don't you escape? Are you reluctant to give up this meaningless identity, or do you have no ability to survive after you get out? The Pope is dead, and you who hate suffering don't take the opportunity to save your lives, but just hide away. You don't even know how to stay away. It's ridiculous."
"You are so incomprehensible!" The young man frowned, "What are you talking about? Are you sent by the devil to deceive people?"
"I'm not here to seduce you, nor do I want to convince you." Duan Yunhong looked down at him, lowered his eyes slightly, his thoughts drifting away, "I just saw something different."
The young man subconsciously asked: "What...?"
"Some people, if given a chance, will do everything they can to change their fate and will never give in easily. They are different."
After Duan Yunhong said this, he turned around and prepared to leave without caring whether the young man understood or how he reacted.
When he raised his eyes, his sight was focused on a broken pillar not far away.
His eyes met Ning Fei’s.
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