Chapter 124 Only Death Can End It
Yongxin?
When she heard the name, Ina's pupils condensed slightly and she immediately became alert.
Yongxin obviously noticed the change in Yina's expression and smiled slightly: "It seems that you know me."
"Of course." Ina answered as calmly as possible, "It's hard not to know."
Of course Yi-na knew Yong-shin.
A long time ago, she had heard from a small number of members of the Devil's Army that this person was a close confidant of the Fourth District Bishop Holman and was very likely to become the next bishop.
You have to know that the Devil Corps itself is relatively closed in nature, and it is generally difficult for news from the outside world to reach them, but Yongxin's name can be spread among them, saying that he has the ability to transfer people from the Devil Corps to the rear, which is a great power. Therefore, many knights of the Devil Corps will try to visit him.
However, if you ask what specific position Yongxin holds, no one can tell clearly.
This made Ina have some doubts about Yongxin, but Ina herself was not very concerned about anything in the outside world, so she did not pay too much attention to it. After all, she did not want to be transferred back, so she had never met the other party.
But now, she met this legendary figure at this time. How could she not be alert?
"Well... from your reaction, it seems that you don't have a very good impression of me." Yong Xin asked with a smile, "Is it my illusion? Or do you really have some opinion about me?"
Although Ina's emotional intelligence was not high, she would not tell the truth at this time, so she denied it: "No, this is the first time we met, why would I have any opinion about you?"
"Ah, is this the first time we meet?" Yong Xin smiled meaningfully, "Yes, it is indeed the first time we meet."
Yongxin's smile made Yi-na feel uncomfortable.
She felt that the smile was fake, as if there was a face on her skull that did not belong to this body.
...Why do I feel this way?
Ina shook her head, threw away the strange thoughts in her mind, and then said coldly: "What do you want to talk to me about?"
"Nothing." Yong Xin was still smiling. "I just came to the archives to look up information, and then I found you. To be honest, I was very surprised. After all, it was already this late, so I wanted to come and see who was so diligent. Then..."
As he spoke, he picked up one of the documents scattered on the table and waved it in front of Ina.
"I just found the information you looked up very interesting. And coincidentally, I also know a little about this, so I couldn't help but answer you. If I offended you, I apologize."
Ina didn't care about whether it was offensive or not. Her focus was all on what Yongxin said about knowing a little about this.
At this moment, she also recalled that the first sentence Yongxin said before was his answer to her muttering to himself, "Is this really the case?"
So, Ina, who originally didn't want to have more contact with Yongxin, asked after a little hesitation: "How much do you know about this? Can you tell me?"
"Of course." Yong Xin said with a smile, "I am honored to provide some insignificant help to the only woman in the Devil Army."
Although they had never met, Ina was not surprised that Yongxin knew her identity. She asked directly: "You said before that such symptoms exist. Have you seen it?"
"Haha, yes." Yong Xin sat down in front of Ina and said as he flipped through the old documents, "Due to the development of anti-pollution equipment, there are very few civilians or knights who have been polluted in the past ten years. So it's normal for you to doubt the authenticity of these symptoms, because you haven't seen them before."
Yongxin paused, then said with a smile.
"Of course I saw him and had contact with him, but for various reasons, his case was not recorded."
Hearing this, Ina felt her heart skip a beat, so she sat down and looked straight into Yongxin's eyes that seemed impossible to see through.
So the conversation began.
“Why wasn’t it recorded?”
"I'm sorry I can't answer that. It's confidential."
"Who is he to you, then?"
"I can only say that he is a friend."
"…Then what symptoms did he have?"
“It’s just like the information you read.” Yongxin replied with a chuckle, “It feels like there’s a different person inside my body.”
Ina's brows furrowed slightly.
She felt that Yongxin seemed to have said a lot, but also seemed to have said nothing. When she asked, she was either told that it was not available or that it was in the information, so what was there to ask?
"Haha, Miss Ina, I really can't talk about confidential matters." Yong Xin seemed to see what Ina was thinking and said with a smile, "But what I can say is definitely more than what is recorded in these documents, because I have talked with that person face to face for a long time, I can see many things that others can't see, and know many things that will not be recorded."
Ina raised her eyebrows: "For example?"
"For example... Miss Ina, have you ever heard this saying?" Yongxin said, "You today are not the same person as you were yesterday."
"…What kind of weird statement is this?"
"Haha, it does sound a bit abstract, but we can make it more concrete." Yongxin continued, "For example, when you were very young, you liked the color red, but when you grew up, something happened that made you dislike red no longer and you preferred black. So, are you the same person who likes red and you who likes black?"
When Ina first heard this, she was surprised.
Because when she was young she really liked red, but later she really stopped liking it for some reason.
But how would he know?
Although a little surprised, Ina didn't dwell on this issue for too long. After all, there were only a few colors in total, and since it was the little girl's favorite, it wouldn't be too surprising if she just said red.
So she was thinking more about the Yongxin issue itself.
Although Yongxin made this metaphor concrete, Yina still felt a little confused, so she shook her head and said, "I don't understand. I am me, no matter what color I like, I am me."
"That's right, any normal person would think so." Yong Xin said, "But is it possible that the reason you think so is because you just like black now? If one day, a voice appears in your mind, she knows everything about you and has had the same experiences as you, as if she is another you, but the only difference is... she likes red."
Even though she was mentally prepared, a look of surprise still flashed across Ina's face at this moment.
"It seems you understand what I mean." Yong Xin said softly, "This is the essence of this symptom. You will feel that the voice arguing with you in your mind is not a stranger, but your past self, or... your new self. Of course, the point you are arguing about is definitely not something as simple as your favorite color."
"It will be something more contradictory, more conflicting, or even completely incompatible."
Ina tried hard to keep her expression from changing, and then looked into Yongxin's eyes and asked, "What do you mean by things that cannot coexist at all? If you are talking about concepts, are there really concepts that can rise to the point where they cannot coexist?"
"In other places... I mean, other churches, this problem may not exist, but it's different in Tianqin." Yongxin smiled and tapped his head with his finger. "Because Tianqin people are special. In our brains, there is a basic... thing that can be called logic. You should know what it is."
"...rules." Ina seemed to understand something.
"Yes, Tianqin is a city built by rules. This particularity is unique even in the whole world, and the Tianqin people are the most rule-abiding. It's not because of their high quality, but because, for the Tianqin people, abiding by the rules is no different from breathing." Yongxin said softly, "And once another personality appears in your mind, it is contrary to this most basic rule. Do you think you can coexist with this personality?"
There was a brief silence.
Ina asked: "So what are the consequences of not being able to coexist?"
"This is a conflict between Tao and Tao, and only death can end it."
"Death?" Ina asked, "Death of personality?"
"Yes." Yong Xin nodded. "In the beginning, the two personalities will test each other and try to understand each other. For those who are gentle by nature, they will even try to blend or coexist, but this is only temporary. In the end, there will only be one result, that is, one personality kills the other, so that the split souls can be reunited once again."
When Ina heard this, she felt a little dazed, and the scene when she met Gerald in the afternoon reappeared in her mind.
That completely unfamiliar expression, that completely unfamiliar tone, and that one sentence.
Everything about this matched Yongxin's description.
Sure enough, is this the situation he is facing?
Ina was still trying to maintain her outward calm and not let her inner thoughts show.
Then she asked Yongxin one last question: "So what was the final outcome for your friend? Among the two personalities in his body... who won?"
When asking this question, Ina clenched her hands unconsciously.
Yong Xin pretended not to see it and just narrated slowly: "After a while, my friend finally had his last 'battle' with the new personality. Before that, he told me that if he failed, I should kill him immediately because he knew very well how crazy and disorderly his new personality was. And I agreed to his request."
Ina didn't say anything, but just looked into Yongxin's eyes quietly, but her breathing slowed down little by little.
"Finally, he opened his eyes, smiled and told me he had won."
At this moment, Ina's slowed breathing immediately returned to normal.
"It seems like a good ending." Ina said calmly, "He didn't have any sequelae after that, right?"
"Not really." Yong Xin shrugged, then smiled and said, "He even felt like he was reborn."
…
This really is... like being reborn.
Gerard looked at himself in the mirror in surprise.
Of course, he was not that narcissistic. To be more precise, he was looking at the metal parts of his body.
These are all brand new, they are the ones that Ju just changed for him.
Yes, another one.
But it's not just a simple replacement, but more things are added to it.
Jellal could even feel that he could already use this part of his metal body and prosthetic limbs to [overload].
Yes, Ju upgraded these metal bodies of his from "civilian" to "military".
Although it has not yet fully reached the "military" standard, and is much worse than the basic configuration of the Eve Star Force ten years ago, the "overload" alone can already be called a military specification.
This is something that at least an intermediate mechanic can do.
But it was done by a ten-year-old girl like Ju.
Jellal looked at Tachibana beside him, his eyes full of disbelief.
"How did you do it?" Gerard couldn't help but ask again, although this was not the first time he asked.
Ju raised his hand without getting tired of it and pointed at the open booklet on the table.
The manual was naturally left by Tachibana's father, Eric.
Eric is a crazy mechanical fan. He bought this warehouse just to satisfy his research desire.
And that booklet was one of his research results - "How to manufacture military products using civilian parts."
According to the laws of Tianqin, it is illegal to manufacture prosthetic limbs that meet military specifications without permission. However, it does not matter if it is just a design drawing that has not been put into practice. Eric must have just wanted to satisfy his own desire for development, so he made a sketch.
But at that time he certainly never imagined that the contents of the sketch would be created by his own daughter and used on his old captain Gerard.
This made Gerald feel a little emotional and surprised.
But the surprising thing is not that Eric can make such a sketch, but that Ju can actually complete it with this sketch.
She is obviously only a ten-year-old child.
This is overflowing talent.
Jellal felt that with Tachibana's abilities, she would definitely surpass her father if she developed normally.
only……
Looking at Tachibana who was beginning to pack up his tools, Jellal felt a little depressed again.
The children of rebels are absolutely not allowed to touch military products. It is even difficult for them to become the most basic mechanics. Once the equipment made by Ju is discovered by others, she will be punished immediately and become the next rebel.
If it weren't for Gerard, Tachibana would have never had the opportunity to show his talent.
But...it is also because of Jellal that Tachibana is unable to display his talents like now.
This made Jellal feel a little uncomfortable, because when he asked Tachibana what kind of person she wanted to be, he originally wanted to help her, and he would do it to the best of his ability now.
But what Ju wanted to do was just to complete his father's design, or in other words, just to do what a normal mechanic could do.
And what she did was also beneficial to Gerard.
This naturally made Gerard feel a little bit unacceptable. When he was about to say something else to Ju, Bai Wei's voice suddenly sounded slowly in his mind: "Interesting."
"What?"
"Didn't you realize?" Bai Wei said, "It's against the rules to do this for you, right?"
Gerard frowned slightly: "Do you still care about the rules?"
"Of course I don't care, and neither do you." Bai Wei said calmly, "But have you forgotten something? I don't care because I'm not a Lyran, and you don't care because you're influenced by me."
Bai Wei paused, then said with a half-smile.
"Then why doesn't she care?"
Jellal's pupils condensed slightly, and then he looked at Tachibana's back again.
Yes, he almost forgot the most crucial issue.
Under Bai Wei's influence, he no longer had to abide by Tianqin's rules, but why could Ju do the same?
There is no Baiwei in Ju's body, and it is obviously not contaminated.
What's going on?
Although he was very surprised, Gerald did not ask Ju directly. He knew that Ju would not know, so he asked Bai Wei: "Do you have any clue?"
"I just have a guess." Bai Wei said calmly, "Okay, stop playing house here, let's go quickly and take me to a place."
"Now?" Gerard asked. "Where?"
"A place that records the history of Tianqin." Bai Wei asked, "Is there such a place?"
Gerard thought about it for a moment and then nodded.
"The archives of the Tower of Babel."
(End of this chapter)
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