Chapter 89 The Name Engraved on the Pocket Watch
“Hoo…Hoo…”
When the branch tower in the fourth district fell into chaos, Gerard walked out against the flow of people.
He was breathing heavily, his body was shaking slightly, his vision was blurry, and he couldn't even see the road under his feet. If Bai Wei hadn't been directing him to "left and right" in his mind, he would have fallen seven or eight times.
He struggled to walk into an alley, and after making sure that there was no one around, he fell to the ground with a thud.
At this time, his right eye was almost blind, and it was accompanied by a needle-like pain, which was even more unbearable than when he dug out his left eye with a dagger in Somme.
"Am I...going to go blind?" Gerard asked Bai Wei.
"Not yet." Bai Wei said calmly, "That guy is just an ordinary person. It won't cost too much to deal with him. You should be able to recover soon."
After hearing what Bai Wei said, Gerard nodded and said nothing more.
I was still careless.
Bai Wei sighed softly in his heart.
He was almost discovered by someone, and to deal with such a guy I had to use the rules of the left eye. It was like using a butcher knife to kill a fly... no, it was like using a beheading sword to kill a fly.
Of course, this is also because the situation in Lyra is indeed much more complicated than he imagined. In the original plot, the player should officially enter this map a month later. By then, Jellal would have been dead, and the competition among various forces in Lyra would have basically ended. The entire Lyra was like a powder keg that was about to explode, even the fuse had been lit, and everything was heading towards irreversibility.
Although the protagonist finally solved the problem, he paid a huge price, at least he lost that piece of body forever.
Now, if Bai Wei wants to get in early and grab the body parts before everything becomes irreversible, he must face more and unknown risks.
If this happens one or two more times, Gerard's body will collapse before he can retrieve the body parts. At that time, it will be hard to say whether he can immediately find the next host to get rid of this troublesome situation, let alone continue to fight for the body parts.
Is this the result of greed?
Bai Wei thought about it jokingly in his heart, and then he noticed that Gerald had been standing aside for a long time without saying anything, so he said lightly: "You surprised me a little."
"What?"
"I thought you would talk to me a little more." Bai Wei said, "For example, asking me why we should kill him when he is just an ordinary person. Or, we should not do anything to him before seeing his extraordinary behavior with our own eyes. This is against the rules... To be honest, I was surprised that you didn't talk to me about the rules."
If it was before, Gerard would definitely not answer Bai Wei's question, but now, they have made a "new deal" and he can't hide it, so he slowly said: "I gave him a chance."
"Um?"
"I said, I've already given him a chance." Gerald repeated, "He is indeed not contaminated, but I am sure that he knows something and is even involved... Of course, the main reason is the first deal between us."
"oh?"
"You let me use this eye." Jellal's fingers gently rubbed the bandage on his left eye, "And I will be responsible for ensuring your safety and finding your next host. This is the deal between us, so no matter how you consider it..."
Gerald paused.
"He can't survive."
Bai Wei was very satisfied after listening to Gerard's explanation.
Although Jellal was obviously more difficult to deal with than Ulu, after two days, this stinking stone who had originally stuck to the rules to the point of calmly accepting missions that would kill him finally began to cross the line.
And it wasn't just a small step across the line, but a big step.
Of course, in Bai Wei's opinion, Gerard was just catching up with the stagnant pace of the past ten years.
"Of course." Soon, Bai Wei heard Gerard say calmly again, "When everything is settled, the truth is revealed, and the rules are re-established, I will pay the due price for everything I have done."
"That does sound like something you would say." Bai Wei said with a faint smile, "If there really comes a day when the dust settles, what you want to do will have nothing to do with me."
This time, Gerard didn't speak for a long time, and no one knew what he was thinking, and Bai Wei didn't ask.
When his right eye gradually recovered, Bai Wei thought he was going to leave, but he heard Gerard suddenly say, "What will happen to me if the power just now comes a few more times?"
"The minimum is permanent blindness." Bai Wei did not hide it from him. After all, after Gerard had felt it once, he could guess it. "It depends on the opponent, so I have always suggested that you connect my finger. The cost is at least less than the cost of an eye."
"But these are all irreversible costs," Gerard said, "In the end, my fate is the same as when I first saw you...?"
Bai Wei knew that Gerald was talking about Uru, so he replied, "You can avoid becoming that."
“Is this a choice?”
"certainly."
"What about him?" Gerard asked, "Does he have a choice too?"
"If I say that until the last night, he still had a chance and could choose to live, would you believe it?"
Gerard was silent for a long time, and then he said softly: "Before today, I didn't believe it."
Bai Wei didn't say anything.
"Visas, I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid of you." Gerard said, "If it's just death, even if I become the last person, I don't think it's a big deal. I just want to find the truth, I just want to eliminate the pollution that threatens Tianqin, but I myself... don't want to become a bigger pollution."
Gerard didn't finish his words, but Bai Wei understood... He once again refused to have his finger reattached.
Especially after seeing the true power of this eye today.
As he had always said, he was not afraid of death, even if he died like Uru, but he was more afraid of being controlled by Bai Wei and causing Tianqin to slide into the inevitable abyss.
What a troublesome guy.
But Bai Wei was not in a hurry: "If you can really solve everything with your own strength, then I will be happy and relaxed..."
Having said that, Bai Wei didn't want to dwell on this topic anymore, so he said.
"That guy is dead now. Even if there is no clear evidence and the specific facts are unclear, the person behind him will definitely pay more attention to you. What comes next will be even more troublesome."
This is also the reason why Bai Wei doesn't care whether Gerard is willing to connect his finger immediately.
What happened today was an accident and it almost exposed him.
But from another perspective, this may not be a bad thing.
With Trel's death, the person behind him would not continue to watch so slowly, because Gerard would definitely be uncontrollable in his eyes.
Gerard obviously realized this and nodded slightly: "That's right, I'm going to go find him too."
"Who are you looking for?"
"The bishop of the fourth district, Holman." Gerard put his hands in his pockets and said slowly, "If one of the assistants has problems, it can be explained. If both of them have problems, then it can only mean that he has problems too. I just don't know why... Hmm?"
Jellal suddenly felt something in his pocket.
He took out the contents and found several bloody parts.
This is exactly the fragment of the Clock of Desolate Time that Trill had used earlier.
Jellal stared at the fragments in a daze.
Bai Wei asked, "What's wrong?"
Gerard frowned slightly. "The Desolate Time Bell was the standard equipment of the pioneer troops ten years ago. After the second generation pioneer troops, the 'Devils', were established, they were replaced with new standard equipment. But why is he still using this?"
After hearing what Gerard said, Bai Wei also cast his eyes towards these scattered fragments, and then his pupils moved slightly, and he immediately saw something: "...Oh?"
But before he could say anything, Gerard took out his "Clock of Waste Time" for comparison.
Judging from the degree of wear and tear on their surfaces, these two Wild Time Clocks should be from the same era.
Then, Gerard noticed that there were some marks on the fragments of the Clock of Desolation. Judging from the force with which they were carved, they were not ordinary scratches.
He suddenly guessed something.
Because there is also such an engraving on the complete Clock of Desolate Time, and the name engraved on it is - Herme.
So Jellal bent down and started piecing things together on the ground.
He didn't have many parts, so he could only make a rough outline. Naturally, nothing could be seen from the scratches. However, when Gerard used a dagger to cut through the dust on the ground and "connected" the scratches, a complete name finally emerged.
Gerard just glanced at it and fell into a long silence.
Because this name is exactly,
"Gerald."
(End of this chapter)
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