Chapter 38: Stitched Monster, Zi's True Identity (Please collect and recommend)
Let’s go back a few days.
When Ye Xiaoxuan asked Zi to follow 103, Zi also followed.
I thought I wouldn't be discovered, but unexpectedly, bus 103 suddenly stopped at a certain place.
"I have no intention of becoming an enemy of Senior Ye."
He said at the time, "I have no intention of becoming an enemy of Senior Ye."
What happened next was a bit challenging to Zi's understanding.
He told Zi a lot of things, including his code name, his identity, the experience of the Angry Specialist... and the identity of "001" Zi.
Many years ago, when the passage connecting the two worlds was opened, Purple, a magical creature that symbolized perseverance, flew out of his world but got stuck in the gap between time and space, which gave the furious human body time to grow.
Years later, when this enraged human escaped from his "contaminated zone", the first thing he did was to take revenge on those who had imprisoned him there.
The second thing to do is to make Zi his own.
He wanted to catch him and then eat him.
He was halfway successful in this idea.
Purple was indeed caught by him, but he had no way to eat it.
So, under the influence of many factors, Commissioner Fury came up with a tricky idea.
He cut Zi's soul into pieces, and then used the souls of countless children he had abducted from all over the world, cut their souls into pieces, and merged them with Zi's soul.
Recreate another purple, a purple that is easier to digest.
001 is one of them, and also the most successful one.
In a sense, to make an inappropriate analogy, 001... Zi... Xiao Zi, he is like a rag doll made of different fabrics. His owner doesn't care about his appearance, so he has always looked ugly.
Although the other experimental subjects have also absorbed Zi's fragments to a certain extent, they can at least guarantee the subjectivity of their own souls, but what about Xiao Zi? He has been a stitched monster composed of many souls since his birth. So, Xiao Zi...
Who is he? And who can he be called?
On the rooftop late at night, the wind howled in my ears. The coldness of the concrete seeped into my palms, and the rust on the railings scratched my skin.
The neon lights in the distance are like drowning stars, flickering, as if they are the invisible future.
"I knew you were here."
Suddenly, a female voice sounded. Zi turned around and found it was Ye Xiaoxuan.
"Why did you come to see me? You should have known by now..."
"103 has already told me."
Before it could finish its words, Ye Xiaoxuan interrupted it and said, "You are not a real magical creature."
"Then you should know..."
"I'm a real magical girl."
The accident of the time-space channel disrupted the original development. According to the normal process, Ye Xiaoxuan should have been chosen to be a magical girl twenty-two years ago when she was thirteen years old.
But there are no ifs in history. Many coincidences have led to the current predicament. A genuine magical girl has made a contract with a fake magical creature.
"so……"
In the silence, Ye Xiaoxuan was the first to speak.
"So I don't really need to wear that third-rate cosplay-like battle suit and recite those already-marinated non-mainstream lines to transform, right?"
"ah?"
Ye Xiaoxuan's words surprised him so much that he couldn't react for a moment.
Ye Xiaoxuan, however, gritted her teeth.
"And that wand? 103 said that the contract object of the Purple of Endurance is a shield. The one you made for me is just a fake one."
When Ye Xiaoxuan mentioned this, she became angrier and angrier, "It seems like you have been lying to me all along!"
"No, no..." Xiao Zi hastily denied it, and then said weakly: "I didn't lie to you. The combat suit is real. It's just because I'm a stitched monster..."
As Xiao Zi spoke, her voice became lower and lower.
"What's a stitched monster?" Ye Xiaoxuan didn't understand.
Xiao Zi:?
"Aren't you my companion system?"
“Wooooooaaaa——”
The emotions that had been suppressed for several days suddenly burst out. In an instant, he hugged Ye Xiaoxuan's body tightly and suddenly burst into tears like a child.
All the lines were broken in the choked throat, leaving only the cleft lip opening and closing silently, like a butterfly with broken wings in a storm.
Until the crying gradually subsided, Ye Xiaoxuan said:
"but."
"Since you are not Zi, it will be inappropriate for me to call you Xiao Zi from now on."
Ye Xiaoxuan thought.
"Yes." As soon as these words came out, Xiao Zi couldn't help but feel a little nervous.
"It's even more inappropriate to call you 001. You're not a machine, so how can you call you that?"
"Really?" His eyes lit up in an instant.
"Since you are a companion system that I have nurtured, in a sense, I am also your mother, so let me give you a name."
Ye Xiaocao: Ah?
"My last name is Ye, so why not just call you Ye Xiaocao?"
"Hmm," Ye Xiaoxuan thought more and more that her name was a good one. "Leaves symbolize the vitality of plants and are often associated with images such as 'luxuriant branches and leaves' and 'fallen leaves returning to their roots', implying inheritance, growth or a sense of belonging. And grass, although ordinary, also has the meaning of 'wildfires cannot burn it all, spring breeze blows and it grows again', symbolizing tenacity, adaptability and silent dedication."
"To sum up, the name Ye Xiaocao fully reflects the love of parents for their children. It can't be said to be inappropriate."
Ye Xiaocao: ...
"Haha, what's wrong? Are you so happy that you can't speak? You're welcome. This is what a mother should do."
Ye Xiaocao: When did I agree?
But... looking at the other person laughing heartily, the light from the tall building next to them shone on Ye Xiaoxuan's face, looking exceptionally soft.
Under such soft light, Ye Xiaocao couldn't help but laugh.
Then--
With a "click", the lights in the building opposite were turned off. It was pitch dark at night and neither of them could see each other. They could only move forward in the dark.
"By the way, can't we use magic lighting?" Ye Xiaocao suddenly said.
Ye Xiaoxuan: "No, it's too conspicuous and will be seen by others. Haven't you seen the world of the Internet yet?"
Ye Xiaocao: That’s right…
The two men continued to advance in the dark until the sun peeked out from the horizon. Only then did they realize that such a long time had passed.
The two of them went downstairs, only to find 103 still standing there.
Looking at his expression, the two smiled at each other, and then said in unison: "Then from today on, his name will be - Ye Xiaohua."
Ye Xiaohua:?
The sun had just risen in the early morning, and the mountains in the distance were still shrouded in a thin morning mist. Ye Xiaoxuan, Ye Xiaocao, and Ye Xiaohua were standing there, and the sunlight shone through the clouds onto the earth, giving them a layer of golden glow.
A new day is coming, and the future will be extremely beautiful.
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