Chapter 133 Epilogue: Sculpture (Part 3) This time, let us protect...
"Wheel..."
"Wheel..."
"Wheel..."
"See? Those are the magicians who are going to be executed, right?"
"I heard they committed a serious crime, and even the higher-ups were furious and came down personally?"
"Yeah, I don't know what they did. In fact, I think the higher-ups who have been shielding those who oppress us are more despicable!"
"Oh, now that you mention it, it's true. Those people in the city are demanding things from us humans, and even destroying our homes when we don't agree. And the higher-ups have the audacity to say they're innocent. It's crazy!"
"Yeah, is it possible that they actually violated the interests of the higher-ups, and that's why they arrested them under such a bizarre pretext of 'harming humanity'?"
"You have a point, otherwise——"
“Chi!!!”
Blood spurted from the necks of the two people who were talking and splashed directly onto Tang Faping's hand in the [prison car].
Tang Faping felt the warmth on his hand and slowly opened his eyes.
The wound around the eye was affected, causing another burst of intense stinging pain.
"Fa Ping, are you awake?"
"...Sun Chao?" Tang Faping followed the voice and looked at the blood-soaked girl. "We, failed?"
"Yeah." Sun Chao nodded, "We failed."
“How could it be…”
"Fa Ping, don't worry too much. Our failure has already served as a warning to some humans."
“Wake up…?”
"Yes." Sun Chao sat at the front of the [prison van]. She looked at Tang Faping and said, "Faping, our plan was always going to end in failure, wasn't it?"
"Only failure, only our death, can awaken those humans who have been deceived by the higher-ups."
"But……"
Wait, something's wrong.
"Why aren't they talking?" Tang Faping asked, looking at the other people sitting in the prison van.
"They may be tired." Sun Chao smiled.
"You, why are you crying?"
"What? Faping, I'm not crying."
"Sun Chao?"
"Yes, it's me!"
"No, that's not right. You are Ling Qi."
“…”
"Ling Qi?"
"...Yes, it's me." The girl closed her eyes, the corners of her mouth curled up, "Fa Ping, you always recognize me quickly."
"You used a [Puppet]?" Tang Faping looked at the girl, feeling an inexplicable pain in his heart.
"It's not a [puppet], it's my [ability], a [stand-in]."
"Are you... a deformed species?"
"That's right!"
"So, what about the others?"
"Others? Well, I don't know."
"But I believe they will all be alive and well. After all, I used up all my life force to create so many [Stands]."
"squeak--"
Tang Faping noticed that there were no humans outside the prison van.
She and the girl in front of her must be very clear about what this means.
"Okay, we're here, get down here now."
The door of the prison van was opened, and a hand reached out to Zhao Lingqi's side. It grabbed Zhao Lingqi's arm a few times and dragged her down.
Tang Faping wanted to reach out and hold her, but his body fell down uncontrollably.
"Faping, I'm really lucky to be your teammate."
In my mind, the girl's laughing voice appeared.
"Because before I came to the academy, my life was all about killing, killing, and killing."
"My body has been gradually failing from a long time ago due to the excessive use of my abilities in order to kill and survive the chaos."
"And I'm not very smart, so I've always been a drag on you."
"But you didn't dislike me because of this. Instead, you always protected me."
"I'm really sorry. I'm so sorry."
"But this time, let me protect you."
"I have cursed all the higher-ups. From the moment I die, they, and their evil-minded descendants, will become monsters."
"When the time comes, I'll have to trouble you to clean it up."
"Oh right, Faping, when this world is at peace, when we no longer have wars..."
"Please, for me, for Zhao Lingqi, and for Shan San, offer a bouquet of icicle flowers, okay?"
"at last,"
"Faping, you must, must live well."
"Even if you are covered in wounds, even if this world rejects you, even if there is no place for you to stay, you must live well."
"...Ah, Faping, you always asked me what kind of magic I could do."
"Now you finally know!"
"It's a pity that this is the first time you've seen my magic, and also..."
In Tang Faping's mind, the girl's voice suddenly stopped.
So, the story of Zhao Lingqi in this world came to an abrupt end.
"Bang."
The girl's head fell to the ground.
^
"Sizzle—"
“Tick-tock.”
“Tick-tock.”
“Tick-tock.”
"knock off."
Tang Faping was wearing a black cloak, and underneath the cloak was the enchanted armor that Gao Weiyan had just made not long ago.
She stepped on the corpse of the deformed species and waved to Guan Lian who was walking towards her not far away.
"Ouch," Guan Lian, also wearing a black robe, was covered in blood. "We're finishing work so early today. We'll be back at the base soon. We need to keep a low profile."
"I think you don't want to keep a low profile on purpose?" Tang Faping glanced at Guan Lian, who was covered in magic props, and said.
"How could that be?" Guan Lian waved her hand. "Isn't this a good opportunity for you to try out your new magic?"
"New magic?"
"Well--!?"
"Guan Lian," Tang Faping pinched the wrist of the person in front of him and frowned, "You've been acting strangely lately."
"What?"
"The new magic was a week ago."
“…”
"Guan Lian, what are you hiding from us?"
“…How, how is this possible! There’s nothing!”
"Ling Qi sacrificed her life in exchange for ours, don't you cherish it so much?!"
"Tang Faping!!!"
"You agreed to Xiang Cheng's plan, didn't you?"
“…”
"Answer me."
"...Yes, I agreed to her plan."
“…”
"You want to ask me why, right?"
“…”
"Fa Ping, I know you've been hesitant over the past three years because of Zhao Lingqi's situation," Guan Lian said with a smile, "but it's time for us to move on."
"Participating in Xiang Cheng's plan and merging with the bodies of the deformed species is much better than our current life of fighting against them aimlessly."
“No…you can’t…”
"Besides, if you really can't let her go, her body isn't in Sun Chao's care right now—"
"Sizzle—"
“Tick-tock.”
“Tick-tock.”
“Tick-tock.”
Tang Faping stood among the corpses, holding Guan Lian's head.
"Guan Lian, I can't seem to stop hating you."
“…Hehe…Hehe…”
Guan Lian's standing body did not fall down, but instead squirmed. A brand new head, exactly the same as the one in Tang Faping's hand, slowly swelled up from the neck.
"You should hate me," the head said, "as much as you hate the freaks."
"...Why?" Tang Faping's hands trembled. "Why is this happening...?"
"You don't need to know why, little idiot."
"I do not understand……"
"You just need to take your hatred and your love and kill all the deformed species in this world, and that's it."
"Really……?"
"Faping, I'm sorry."
“…”
"goodbye."
“…”
"The Deformed Ones are getting bolder and bolder. They even dare to impersonate my team members?"
The newly grown head was cut off again.
Tang Faping suppressed his headache as if he had forgotten something, threw the two heads into the pile of corpses, and then turned and left.
^
"Sleep, sleep, my dear baby."
"I will bless you and I will celebrate for you."
Tang Faping lowered his head and looked at the baby wrapped in a thin quilt in his arms.
The baby had the same body and face as an ordinary human, but every time Tang Faping touched it, he felt his stomach churning and as if he was about to vomit.
"..." Tang Faping touched the fur on the baby's face, was silent for a moment, and continued to sing, "Sleep, sleep, my dear baby."
"I will bless you, I will bless you-"
The scent of blue bells drifted in from the window.
Tang Faping's clapping movements gradually slowed down and the tone of his singing also changed.
"--vomit!!!"
The sour water flowed back into her mouth, and she spit it out by bending over.
"Mom, mom, are you okay?"
"...I'm fine." Tang Faping knelt on the ground with a hoarse voice.
"Mom," the baby's voice was shrill, "if you don't eat, something bad will happen to your body!"
“Shut up!!”
"Mother……"
"I don't want to hear you talk!"
"Mom... I, I just..."
"Mirror."
"What's up?"
"Bang!"
"You, are you crazy?! You're going to put me inside your body!? You lunatic! Let me go!!"
"Mom! Mom! Don't get hurt! Don't get hurt!!"
Tang Faping smashed the mirror and forced it into his stomach.
The sharp edges of the mirror scratched her body, leaving her almost speechless.
"Xiao...Wen..." Tang Faping reached out and touched the baby's face, "I...hate...you..."
"Mother……?"
"Mirror."
"what?!"
"Please separate all my [Energy]."
"W-What are you going to do?"
"In the city's central square, there will be a sculpture, cast by humans. Please bring my [Energy]... there."
"...Okay, okay, I'll reluctantly agree."
"Mom! Mom, why aren't you moving? Mom, Mom!"
"Xiao Wen," Tang Faping said, "I'm leaving."
"Mom, where are you going?"
"Go... to a very happy, very joyful... place..."
"What about me?"
"Xiao Wen, you? Ah... I'll be waiting for you at the entrance of that place..."
"...So...Xiao Wen...must...survive...and...find...that place...do you understand...?"
"Hey, something seems to have happened to No. 003!"
"Mama, Mama, they're coming, they're coming!"
“…”
Tang Faping closed her eyes and let the baby stretch out hundreds of extremely thin tentacles to wrap around her.
A foul-smelling liquid dripped from the tentacles.
"Sleep, sleep, my dear baby!"
A shrill voice began to sing.
"I will bless you and I will celebrate for you!"
"All the goodness I see, all the beauty I see, is in your honor!"
"Sleep, sleep, my dear baby!"
"I will bless you! I will celebrate for you!"
"The beauty I see!!! The beauty I see!!! All of it!!!!!!——"
"Nothing happened. Isn't he still coaxing that little ancestor?"
"Is this true? Then why did I hear some strange noises just now?"
"——Proud of you!!!!"
"Okay, let's go quickly, otherwise he will be hungry again."
"Okay, okay, just pretend I heard it wrong."
"Mother!"
Tang Faping was wrapped by tentacles and thrown out of the window.
The baby leaned close to her ear and whispered very softly:
"Mom, you have to live, live! I'll be waiting for you here, waiting for you, waiting for you to come back and pick me up!"
"Mom doesn't like me, Mom hates me, Mom hates me, I know it, I know it all!"
"So, Mom, I hope you can have a happier life in a world without me!"
"Bang."
“…”
"Yama-san? Why are you here!?"
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