messenger from the wasteland

Chapter 119

Snow covered Shanju Village, and during the days when the cherry blossoms could not be in full bloom, Hatsushi returned her wish to stay here before.She hoped that Yingzi could forget her, and the past of revenge.

It's a pity that the copper coins she cast are made of evil, so how can she pray to the gods for her wish?

Before Chu left, Yingzi recited a Buddhist saying, and white snowflakes fell on her.

She will continue to wait, but no one will come back.

When Chu Chu walked out the door, her figure gradually disappeared in the increasingly heavy snow.

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Humans have not returned to the earth. It is not known whether they have not received the news of B3068, or they have been lost in the boundless universe, or, they have found a new livable environment, and they are not ready to come back.

In short, humans did not return to Earth.

The lonely planet is still alone, silent, drifting in the empty starry sky.

The only difference is that this place is already green, and new life has covered the ruins.

When she first came here, the surrounding environment has become unfamiliar. She should have returned to the city where she once lived with B3068, but this place is completely different from what she remembered.

Green vines and shrubs grow between the tall buildings and the cracks in the road. You can still see the traces left by humans on the side of the road, but they are all too dilapidated.Like car wrecks, rusted water hydrants, or whatever.

Relying on his own memory, Chu walked down the road.

She passed by the church in ruins. For some reason, the bell on the church was not spoiled by time, and it was still well preserved. In the occasional wind, it would still emit that thick and holy bell.

She stood at the door of the early church for a while, until another bell rang and she walked in.

There is almost no change in the church, the scattered pews, the light falling from the windows on both sides, the murals on the wall, and the colorful glow on the wasteland.

The bracket is still placed in front of the mural, and the heavy book is placed on the bracket.

At the beginning, I still vaguely remember the content of the book. The book tells about a villain created by God's will and became a messenger, just like her origin.

Chu walked to the book and opened the book again, at this time she found that this book actually had a follow-up.

Follow-up wrote:

"Until the villain bears the sins of a world, God's will gives the villain a choice, it allows the villain to leave, and promises to give the villain all the good and the happiest life. But when the new life When the door was opened, the villain made a decision that was beyond comprehension.

The villain chose to stay, because the crime has not disappeared.

A villain is called a villain because of his sin, but whether she is really a villain, or whether those who are innocent are holy and noble, no one knows.

Oh great Lord, is there anyone who prays for the villain, if only to make him suffer less of the punishment that you have given to sin, and if not, allow me to pray to you here. "

I don't know who wrote it. In this follow-up, theoretically, there should be no one in this city.

Chu gently closed the book, and did not delve into it. She also believed that staying would be the right choice for the villain.

Because that might be a kind of redemption.

Chu stood silently in the church for a while, then walked outside through the light falling on the ground.After all, she didn't come to pray this time, but to see someone.

Following the unclear memory, she walked for a long time, and finally, she found the hut on the grass.

The furnishings inside the hut are still the same as before, but some dust and time imprints have accumulated.

Next to the house, the huge war robot still lay there, with the life growing on it.

Chu walked down the path in front of the hut, and finally in the middle of a meadow, she saw the person she had come to meet, an old friend of hers.

B3068 sat there quietly, without the light green light in his eyes when we first met, it was even more dilapidated, after all, I don't know how many years have passed, and even the parts on its body have rusted out of shape.

Chu searched around, but couldn't find the painting that she left here when she left, probably blown away by the wind, who knows.

In short, if you can't find it, you can't find it.

Sit down at the beginning, beside B3068.

It was getting late at this time, she raised her head and saw the stars in the night sky, this is the most beautiful scenery in this ruins, at least that's what she thought at first.

With some nostalgic look in his eyes, Chu slightly turned his body and leaned on B3068's shoulder.

"Humph, hum~"

With that hoarse voice, she gently hummed the little tune in her memory.

The grass blades rustled in the light wind, and the humming sounded hoarse and pleasant in the wind.

Until the early morning of the next day, the old robot welcomed the sunshine alone as before.

This night, Chu returned to its company.

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The city of fog is always so mysterious and beautiful, especially its riverside, where the cool river wind always blows people's hearts.

The misty river is so romantic that it has almost become a holy place for young people to date.

Of course, for some old people, this is not such a romantic place.

Once upon a time, corpses and blood flowed along the river every day here, but that was a long time ago.Nothing from those times remains.

But the old church on Second Avenue should be regarded as one of the rare things left by time.

Both the church and the old priests in the church can be called antiques. Almost no one remembers when they were there, and no one knows how long they have been there. They only know that at least it has passed for nearly 100 years.

The church was empty except for the old priest who couldn't hear much standing in a cubicle in the confessional.

A person came in from the outside. She was wearing a large black robe and silently walked into the compartment of the confession room, separated from the old priest by a window.

She seemed to repent but didn't say a word, she just stood there quietly, with the flowers covering her cheeks.

It should have been a while later, and another person came in from the outside. Today's church is really lively, and two people came to pray.

This time it was an old man with pale hair and a walking stick in his hand.

His name is Lawrence, and he is an old acquaintance of this church. For many years, he always comes here to pray, and he always reads the same message.

Even the old priest probably knew him already.

The old man named Lawrence sat on a pew in the church, closed his eyes and spoke as usual.

"Lovely Father, I thank you for sending your angel to redeem me when I was a sinner. I am old now, but I will continue to pray. I beseech you, give light to that angel; I beg you, to unravel the confusion of that messenger; I beg you, to forgive the mistake of that messenger. I beg you, Amen..."

The old man prayed, and there was no other sound in the church but his low voice.

In the confessional, two people listened to his confession.

It's just that one can't hear with his ears, and the other can't speak with his mouth, neither can forgive him.

In the silent church, the messenger stood behind the confession window and returned God's forgiveness to her.

(End of this chapter)