Superpowers of Sky City

Chapter 234 The past is no more
"Sister Maho" is a long story.

As we all know, Lie Yan Daohua is a superpower with a bad personality. His favorite thing to do is to provoke other people's emotions and use it to gain his own attention.

This person's boldness is well-known throughout the city. He dared to call her Miss Lion in front of Caldesia, and said to the skeleton that the skull was rotten, and Aurus was called "the prince who puts on makeup and powder" by him. , Badman was jokingly called "the head of the pigs, the fool of all fools".Except for Mo Yuankai and Chi Zijing, every person with superpowers was once furious by him, and the doctor was no exception.

The doctor's real name is Maho Chiguchi, and she hates being called by her name very much.The doctor is three years older than Gongsun Ce, and the two have known each other since childhood, hence the title "Sister Zhenfan".Gongsun Ce would jokingly call her this way every time he paid a doctor for treatment, enjoying watching the other party's dissatisfied performance, at the cost of paying double or even several times the medical expenses. (He didn't dare to call her "Sister Chikou", because the doctor really took his skin off after he made fun of it once.)
In short, in the simplest terms -

It is because of the mistakes made by youth.

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"I'm really sorry!" Gongsun Ce clasped his hands together and apologized shamelessly. "Such annoying teasing is a despicable behavior. I didn't realize it until recently. I was too naughty before. I know It doesn't make sense to say it now, but trust me I won't do it in the future!"

The doctor nodded, imitating someone's old tone and said, "Sister Zhenfan, please give me a hug."

The gray-haired boy covered his ears: "Please spare me..."

The blue-haired woman stared at him indifferently, her eyes seemed to be looking at a pile of garbage.

"Sister Maho, it's so cute to treat me for money even though you don't want to."

Gongsun Ce fell headlong to the ground and screamed, "Stop talking! You might as well kill me with a knife!!!"

The doctor sat down on the chair, raised his legs casually, and hung his sandals over the head of Gongsun Ce who was rolling on the ground.

"The Daoist also has a sense of shame. I'm surprised that you really have changed."

"……what."

Gongsun Ce stopped moving and his voice became low.

"I went to see the outside world and realized how small I am...and how ridiculous I am."

Gongsun Ce's tone reminded her of the airship seven years ago.

The doctor gave up the idea of ​​continuing to take revenge on the other party, and talked about the main topic of this visit.

"What are your symptoms?"

Gongsun Ce got up from the ground and sat back on his sofa.

"... hallucination." He clasped his hands tightly, "You should have read the news, I was in the kingdom not long ago. After I came back, I still felt that I was still in that place from time to time...

do you understand?I always feel like I'm dead, and everything I'm going through right now is a pre-death hallucination.As long as I give myself some stimulation, the hallucination will disappear... I can return to the real reality..."

Saying these words seems to have consumed a lot of his strength, and cold sweat broke out on Gongsun Ce's forehead.

"But I should die there." His hands trembled more and more, and his voice became weird. "I should have—"

clatter.A ballpoint pen touched the back of Gongsun Ce's hand, stopping his movement.The gray-haired boy looked up panting heavily, and saw the doctor's calm face.

"……Feel sorry."

"For common PTSD, you need to take medicine, but more importantly, psychological treatment." The doctor took out a form from the medical kit, "Do a psychological evaluation first."

"Don't." Gongsun Ce subconsciously refused, "You know that psychotherapy is meaningless to me, and I can't live without lying."

The doctor looked at him for a while and put away the form.

"Then I can only give you some medicine."

"Thanks, that's all I need."

The doctor took out several different medicine bottles and ordered the dosage one by one.

"Do you remember?"

"Of course." Gongsun Ce repeated, "Of course... what did you say?"

The doctor put the medicine bottle aside and took out a brand new medicine box.The medicine box is divided into small squares, with a total of 14 squares in two rows.

"The medicine is placed in a box, and one box is taken a day."

"well."

No one spoke for a long time, the doctor carefully arranged the medicines, and Gongsun Ce watched blankly.

"……Doctors?"

"What's wrong."

"How is he?"

The doctor didn't stop what he was doing.

"The body is very healthy, but other aspects are not normal. His heart is still functioning normally, but the information disturbance presents extremely abnormal data. The release of superpowers will bring him a great burden. This is something we have never encountered before. past phenomenon.”

"So the conclusion is?"

"Mo Yuankai is basically unable to fight anymore." The doctor said indifferently, "He is not much stronger than an ordinary person now."

Gongsun Ce lowered his head, remembering that Mo Yuankai called him yesterday afternoon, encouraging him to go out for a walk and get some fresh air with his usual manner, but he didn't say a word about how bad his condition was.

"……I know."

The doctor completely ignored his reaction and said to himself.

"Aulus Otimemis has been very active recently. John Garcia and Badman Ives are also planning. Chi Zijing is as quiet as before. During the time you left, many small organizations have emerged... Everyone has plans."

"...Ah." Gongsun Ce closed his eyes, "I understand what you mean."

The doctor didn't speak any more, just put the pills quietly.Click, click, the sound of the pill box opening and closing was monotonous.

"I'm not going to get involved in this anymore. They can do whatever they want. I'm not going to put my current big brother in danger. Officials are protecting him, aren't they?"

"Yes."

"That's fine."

Gongsun Ce took off his glasses.

"The hero is tired. His clown servant is also tired." He said softly, "Everyone has graduated from the second stage of secondary school, so the hero activities should be over."

The doctor put down the last pill, pushed the box to the boy, and looked him in the eye.

"You've really grown up."

"Just got more wimpy."

"Learning to make concessions is also a kind of growth." The doctor stood up and picked up the medicine box. "This visit is free. If you don't want to receive psychological treatment, just spend more time with that newcomer."

"Hey, I'm just a good person having a fit."

The doctor turned his head and looked at his unconscious face.

You are much better off talking and laughing with that girl than alone.She is a brand new visitor in your life that won't remind you of past sorrows.

The doctor didn't say that, just said it.

"Since you've grown up, don't be a follower anymore, just act as a good senior."

After saying this, she turned and left.

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After leaving Gongsun Ce's apartment, the doctor moved on to his next destination.She looked at the pedestrians on the street, and noticed several black figures among them.

It was Deathwing.It is not common for people in black to roam around the Thorn District blatantly...During this period, their relationship with the Mutual Aid Society was tense, and there were many frictions between the two sides.This may be the beginning of another conflict.

The doctor adjusted his course of action, avoiding the gangsters far away.But she didn't expect that a gangster would come running over on his own initiative.The doctor had an impression of this man, who dyed yellow hair and used a pistol, and was an old team member of the skeleton.

"Ms. Doctor, I'm sorry to interrupt you! Can I spare you half a minute?"

The doctor stood still and said nothing.

The yellow-haired gangster rubbed his hands nervously, and asked: "That's it, our organization has recruited a batch of newcomers in the past few days... none of them are very discerning, and they are easy to cause trouble... I want to ask if there is anyone who is not winking and has provoked you."

The doctor shook his head, and he breathed a sigh of relief as if he was about to receive an amnesty.

"Thank you, Sister Doctor! Thank you, I'm going to find a newcomer!"

The yellow-haired gangster left, and the doctor pondered his words.Deathwing didn't look like he was looking for trouble this time, he seemed to be looking for someone.One of their members disappeared in the Thorns?
In the current environment of turbulent undercurrents, disappearance and death can basically be equated.If she thinks about it carefully, she can analyze more things: for example, the target of their suspicion is probably a woman, for example, they have a certain recognition of the strength of this newcomer... But this information has nothing to do with her.

The doctor didn't intend to wade into this muddy water.

Already able to see the signboard of "Nanfeng Pavilion", she put this matter behind her and walked into the door of the family restaurant.A familiar top hat appeared on the third booth on the right side of the door, and the blonde girl on the seat waved to her.

"Sister~~"

"Ah."

Like every time we met in the past, the school girl gave her a warm hug, like a docile big yellow cat.The doctor scratched his friend's chin and sat down at the other end of the booth.

Desserts and drinks ordered in advance were placed on the table. Caldesia ordered a glass of iced juice for herself, and pushed her a cup of black coffee: "How is our silly old friend?"

The doctor took the coffee and looked at his own reflection in the black liquid.

"Do you remember seven years ago?"

"Oh my god, I remember," Caldesia said listlessly, "he wrecked the whole ship, you turned the soldiers into monsters, blood was everywhere like ketchup... I almost went berserk because That big shit of Aurus was laughing wildly until Chi Zijing hit him in the face with a stick... You know what, senior sister? If our life was a b-movie series, one day in this series, the guarantee would be bad It's guaranteed that five will fight against three."

"10% fresh?" the doctor asked.

"It's too conservative, maybe 5%." Caldesia poked ugly holes one after another in the cake with a fork, "Don't tell me he's going to go berserk again."

The doctor took a sip of coffee, and the long past came to mind.Silver-white metal walls, rooms with no doors, ubiquitous surveillance... It is quieter than in Zero Island, but with a different kind of depression.

"After that day, we changed cells. Gongsun Ce and I were locked in a special area because we had gone berserk. Only the two of us couldn't go out...Only the two of us have been taking drugs."

"I was 12 years old and I couldn't control my emotions. I thought it was all his fault, that his recklessness caused me to suffer too, and I lost control. So I cursed as much as I could. looking at him, speaking Zero Island's language, because I hadn't learned Imperial at the time. I knew I was just venting my anger, but I didn't care."

"Until I saw his eyes. I thought I was seeing sadness, anger, or something. But I was wrong, there was nothing in his eyes, empty, cloudy like a corpse."

——Like Ayane that day.

The sudden association reminded the doctor of the forest of Zero Island, of corpses, fire, and laughter.She was quiet for a while, waiting for her mood to calm down before continuing to speak.

"Even if there is no expression, we can see the inner activities from the eyes. If there is nothing in a person's eyes, what is left in his heart?" The doctor said softly, "I was stunned for a while, and then I heard Gongsun Ce speak in a low voice, saying sorry."

"He was sitting next to me, with his head down, repeating over and over again like a machine. I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."

"That's when I realized he was actually younger than me. I was 12 years old and he was 9 years old. I vented my unreasonable anger at a child, but I didn't consider his feelings at all."

Is that why you indulged his nasty jokes afterwards?Caldesia almost wanted to speak like this, but she noticed that the doctor's voice was not as calm as usual, but with some sad emotions.

The blond girl sat down next to her friend and took her hand.

"It's not your fault, senpai. We were all just kids then."

"We are still children now." The doctor turned his head and looked out of the window. "I was at Gongsun Ce's house ten minutes ago, looking at him now. He has changed. His hair has turned gray, and he is wearing Wearing normal clothes, he has learned to respect others, and he can use acting skills to hide his emotions... But deep down in his heart, he has not changed at all, he is still the child in the prison cell, saying it over and over again to people who don't know where he is Feel sorry."

There was an anguished silence between the two.

After a while, Caldesia said sadly: "I went to see Mo Yuankai yesterday, and he has really changed. He pretended to be energetic, but everyone could see his decadent appearance." I'm going to die... I never imagined that the over-spirited chuunibyou could become like this, what exactly did they go through?"

"Don't ask." The doctor shook his head.

"Hey! Sister, what do you think we should do?"

"I'm only in charge of seeing a doctor."

The doctor thought for a while, and then said: "Gongsun Ce is taking care of newcomers recently, let's find an excuse to take them out to have fun."

"He's rotten like that and brought newcomers..." Caldesia felt powerless, "Okay. I know, I'll act like I don't know anything... Just act like a heartless person and lead them crazy silly friend."

"You've never been a fool," said the doctor. "You're a gentle girl."

"I just set a street on fire last week because someone with a wink provoked me." Caldesia said listlessly, "I'm so gentle."

"Have you picked up people at home recently?" The doctor changed the subject.

"Not recently. I find it boring. They often behave in the same way, either screaming in fright after recognizing me, or trying to get along with me with ulterior motives..." The top hat girl sighed, "Okay, I admit it I'm not entirely out of kindness, and occasionally I wonder if I can find a handsome boyfriend who falls from the sky, but it seems that there is really no one in this world for me."

The doctor recalled the mate selection criteria that his friend had told in the past, and comforted him thoughtfully.

"There will always be in dreams."

(End of this chapter)