Foreigner's Journey

Heather carried the fainted Claude on her shoulders, and led everyone along the shuttle ladder that was not affected by the attack and fire to the second cable car hall below, where the Red Comet and their vehicles were stored.

Fortunately, all the upper floors were affected by the flames of war, and the venues on the bottom floors were still intact, but the tourists and staff were in panic.It's no wonder that when I was having fun, I suddenly encountered a fight with gods, and anyone who was swept away by the aftermath of the battle would immediately return to the west, and everyone would panic.

No tourists asked to take the cable car to leave, because just now there were continuous lightning and thunder in the sky outside the venue and the terrifying scene of giant beasts fighting each other. Wouldn't it be courting death to go out by cable car?

Regardless of the staff's persuasion, Heather and others boarded a cable car with half demand and half coercion, and transported the vehicle and the red comet away from the Kingdee playground.

Under the night sky, two cable cars flew down the track.Looking out through the window, the top area of ​​the originally brightly lit, luxurious and extravagant Kingdee Playground was now blazing with flames. Several venues on the upper floor either disappeared or burned into flames. The screams and cries resounded through the night sky.

"Is this our fault..." Alice covered her mouth, her face pale.

Heather glanced at Alice, not wanting her students to blame themselves too much: "Don't blame yourself, it's obviously Sephiroth's responsibility. Remember, we are protecting and fighting for this planet, Safi Ross is the enemy of the planet, and if there is a battle, there must be damage, so don't put unnecessary extra pressure on yourself."

Having said that, everyone remained silent.

In the midst of this silence, the cable car arrived at the cable car hall at the bottom of the mountain. Everyone ignored the inquiring staff and left Corel Mountain in a vehicle.

It was not until they drove far that the convoy camped in the wilderness.

Around the campfire, everyone's mood is very low.Jessie put a wet towel on Claude's forehead, caressed her boyfriend's side face worriedly, and turned to look at Heather after a long time: "Claude, what's going on?"

Heather and Tifa looked at each other, and seeing the latter nodding, Heather was silent for a while before speaking:

"According to my speculation, Cloud should be infected with Jenova just like Sephiroth."

"Jenovia?" Jessie's face turned pale. She has heard how dangerous and terrifying the alien life forms that can destroy ancient species are.

Alice sat in front of the bonfire with her knees hugged. The bright fire made her face flicker: "But Claude usually doesn't show Xenovia's strong aggressiveness? Teacher, how did you find out?"

"It was Tifa who found out that something was wrong with Cloud in the first place."

Heather pulled the bonfire with absolute royal power, and said:

"We haven't seen each other for seven years, but when Cloud and Tifa met in Midgar, they said 'We haven't seen each other for five years'. Tifa was very surprised at this, but it was just a slip of the tongue by Cloud. Then Cloud claimed It's 1st, but the name Claude Strife has never appeared among Shinra's official 1st fighters."

"Don't you think it's weird? I believe in fictional experiences as my own memories. My name has never appeared on the list of special forces, but my strength is no less than those of the 1st. Then, when I invaded the Shinra headquarters building to rescue Alice, I Saw some classified material in Hojo's laboratory."

"After concatenating these confidential materials, I finally figured out the truth of the matter."

"Most of the 1st experiences that Claude claims to have originated from a 1st fighter named Zack Phil. The real Claude left his hometown of Nibelheim seven years ago and joined God Luo Jun, but his experience was not as smooth as he said. A taciturn soldier can hardly make a difference even if he has good skills, and such unknown soldiers are not uncommon in the Shenluo Army."

"I don't know when, Claude and Zacks Phil met. One is a low-level soldier who is taciturn and the other is a warm and cheerful 1st soldier. The two people who are completely different from each other have become good friends."

"Then, five years ago, Zack Phil and Sephiroth received a confidential mission to Nibelheim to deal with the accidental Mako Furnace, and Cloud was among the accompanying soldiers."

"Tifa was leading the way for Zack and Sephiroth as a guide, but Cloud did not take off the soldier's helmet to recognize Tifa for unknown reasons."

"Then, there was the Nibelheim tragedy. No one knew what happened in the Nibelheim Demon Furnace, but when Hojo led the Shinra troops and the scientific research team to arrive, they only saw the corpse lying in a pool of blood. Claude and Zack in the movie, a lot of Sephiroth's blood was left at the scene, and his body is missing."

"Hojo found that this was a good opportunity for experimentation, so he assigned the Shinra Army to bring the dying Zacks and Cloud to the laboratory at the bottom of the Nibelheim mansion, and carried out a brutal and inhumane experiment on them." experiment."

"In the end, the two were implanted with Jenova cells by Baojo, and they were immersed in the culture tank for observation."

"Previously, Hojo had done many experiments related to implanting Jenova cells, but all of them failed except Sephiroth, a perfect individual. This time, he didn't have much hope, and only regarded it as an ordinary human body. test."

"According to the records in Baojo's laboratory, the last record of the culture tank data was two months ago, which means that Claude and Zacks were still soaked in the culture tank until two months ago. But we In Midgar, I found Cloud who was confused and took Zack's experience as his own, something must have happened during this period, and it must be inseparable from the Jenova cells."

"I have discussed with Tifa for a long time, but I have not been able to find a suitable opportunity to reveal the truth. I am afraid that this will bring an irreversible blow to Cloud. But now..."

Heather pulled the bonfire and said calmly:

"Jesse, you have to prepare for the worst."

"...What is the worst plan?" Jesse's voice trembled.

Heather stopped fiddling with the fire, looked at Jesse and said seriously:

"It is very likely that Claude will never wake up again."

### Chapter 105 Aggregation, Personality ###

Jesse couldn't help trembling slightly when she heard the words, and lowered her head to caress Claude's handsome face.

That Claude, who is a little dull and melancholy, but always has integrity and passionate emotions, will never wake up?

She didn't speak, but bit her lip and gently combed the sweat-soaked golden hair on Claude's forehead.Even if he really couldn't wake up, Jesse was mentally prepared to take care of him for the rest of his life.

Yuffie looked blankly at the companions around him as their emotions became more and more depressed.She is still young and has not experienced any sophistication in the world, so she doesn't quite understand the meaning of Heather's words.But her eye sockets were slightly hot, and she always felt like she was about to cry.

Although they didn't get along for a long time, Yuffie, who had no friends since she was a child, already regarded these companions as her closest friends.

Claude, are you going to leave them forever?

"Teacher, is there really no other way?" Alice couldn't bear to look at Heather. She and Claude have gone through all kinds of difficulties and dangers together, and they are very good friends.

In Alice's eyes, no matter what kind of difficulties Mr. Heather encounters, he will always have a solution, maybe this time he can...

Under everyone's expectant eyes, Heather shook her head and sighed: "It's not because of his damaged body function, but because of the Xenovia cells."

"Jenovia?"

"I read the research report on Xenovia in the materials in Baojo's laboratory."

Heather pointed to the vast night sky full of stars:

"Jenova is a 'disaster from the sky', a parasitic life that inhabits the universe and has evolved perfectly. They travel through meteorites in the universe. Once they land on a living planet, they will gradually die. recover, and carry out its own development by parasitizing the aborigines in this place, until all the things that can be squeezed out of the planet are squeezed out, and then go to the next planet."

"Jenova has a violent temperament, a strong desire to attack, and is very cunning. It will not consider the situation after the destruction, it will only destroy things other than itself according to its instinct, use [mimicry ability] to spread viruses, and erode and occupy the bodies of other creatures. Abnormal Tenacious vitality is also one of its characteristics, even if the body is torn apart, the cells can respond to each other and regenerate to the original state."

"Wait a minute, if Jenova has strong vitality, then as the host, Claude should also have this characteristic?" Alice asked.

"It is precisely because of this characteristic that Claude becomes what he is now."

Heather shook her fingers:

"Jenovia has completely different physiological characteristics from the creatures on this planet. The first is [infectivity]. Jenovia can spread infection through various channels, and they can infect almost all living objects."

Hearing this, Jesse's face froze slightly. She and Claude tasted the forbidden fruit while on vacation in the Costa del Sol. Will she also...

Heather glanced at Jesse: "Don't worry, Jenova in Claude's body is a special case. From the current point of view, it is not contagious. You can give him a baby. Back to the topic, Jay The second feature of Nova is [no fixed tissue]. Jenova can grow through any situation. It has no fixed-function tissue. In theory, each Jenova cell has the ability to grow into an independent Jenova individual Ability."

Tifa suddenly realized: "So that's the case, no wonder Sephiroth can use the same thought body with Jenova's cells to transform into countless clones."

"[Independent individual], Jenova can produce independent individuals, instead of completely relying on parasitism in other organisms. If we really want to fight Sephiroth, with his strength and the activity of Jenova's cells , it only needs to sprinkle a drop of blood containing Xenova cells to create a terrifying monster that obeys him out of thin air."

Heather continued:

"Then there are the two most critical features, [Reform Host] and [Mind Control].

After possessing, Jenova will adapt the host's body to various situations according to the environment. After all, if the host dies, it will be very troublesome for the parasitic life.And this ability is manifested by the Jenova cell clusters that Jenova itself parasitizes in the host. When the host encounters an environment that cannot be adapted to its own body or has needs that cannot be met by the current body, Cells will reorganize themselves according to the current requirements by using their own nature of no fixed body, and reorganize into organs that meet the requirements. "

"Oh? Doesn't this mean that the host parasitized by Xenovia will never die?" Barrett finally understood a little bit, and suddenly cried out in shock.

Heather took out the water bottle and took a sip before continuing: "Theoretically speaking, it is very difficult for people infected with Jenova to die. The vital organs are properly protected. And even if these organs are fatally damaged, Jenova can quickly reorganize his form into an individual with the ability of the organ to save the life of the host until the host's own organs are repaired .”

Jesse suddenly said, "You mean... Claude was also seriously injured before, and his body was repaired by Jenova's cells?"

"Yes, when Hojo found Claude and Zacks in the Nibelheim Demon Furnace, the two were seriously injured and dying. The huge damage to their bodies could no longer be repaired by normal medical methods. Hojo originally With the mentality of waste utilization, they implanted Jenova cells and put them in the culture tank. Perhaps it is because the two of them have their own special features. Originally, except for Sephiroth, most of them were implanted with Jenova cells. The hosts of Va will physically collapse and reorganize into unconscious monsters. Although the body of a very small number of experimental subjects has not collapsed, they have lost all consciousness and have been engraved with numbers, which are the thought bodies of Sephiroth."

"Only Claude and Zacks not only survived for four years but also repaired their bodies with the help of Xenovia. Even Hojo doesn't know how the two of them escaped from Xenovia's control, but Claude and Zack temporarily subdued the Jenova cells, which is something that even the ancient Settras failed to do."

Alice was puzzled: "But, since Claude was repaired by Xenovia before, why did he suddenly go berserk this time?"

"That's because what you saw was not [Claude], or rather, it wasn't the real Claude."

Heather's face darkened slightly:

"This is related to another special feature of Jenova, [mind control]. According to my guess, Jenova reorganized himself into an organ similar to Claude's nervous system, and then controlled Claude's nervous system. The two After he and Zacks escaped from the cultivation tank a month ago, he must have encountered a great crisis. During this period, Zacks was killed, Cloud was injured again and his mind was confused. Under the intense stimulation, Xenovia restarted in order to save the host. Fabricated a personality based on Cloud and mixed with a lot of memories and experiences modeled on Zack according to Cloud's potential expectations, and finally formed Cloud as you see."

"Impossible! Is the one I love just a fake?" Jesse yelled unacceptably.

Heather waved her hand: "No, no, no, you still didn't understand, the one you love is also Claude, but it's just Claude mixed with Zacks' experience. Well, there are more or less some Traits of Jenova.

Jenova's intelligence and ability are closely related to its individual size, so after arriving on a planet, it will parasitize itself on the local creatures. Of course, it would be even better if it is an intelligent creature.When the number of individuals accumulates to a certain level, one of the individuals will become the [leader] and begin to send a 'reunion' signal to other individuals. "

Tifa understood: "Sephiroth is now Jenova's [leader]?"

"Yes, Jenova will recall the different individuals scattered in different places to make them reunite, and bring back the life energy and wisdom of different life forms, so that Jenova can obtain higher intelligence and abilities. When heavy After the reunion is completed, a Jenova individual that is stronger than all the previous individuals will be formed, and the [leader] who sent the reunion signal before will become the main part of the new individual."

"In other words, it's Sephiroth's fault that Claude became what he is now?" Jesse gritted his teeth in hatred.

"Sephiroth took advantage of the aggregation between Jenova and his privilege as the [leader] to forcibly awaken the Jenova cells in Claude's body, and ordered it to tamper with Claude's personality, so Claude He will attack you. He really loves you, Jesse... Even though he is enduring the pain that no one can bear, Claude will try his best to resist the manipulation of Jenova cells to prevent it from killing you."

"I know...I know..." Jesse lowered her head and stroked Claude's face with red eyes.

Heather also looked at Claude: "Claude entered the stage of personality breakdown in order to protect Jesse, so he is now in a deep coma and cannot wake up. This is not a problem that can be solved by healing magic or some panacea, sorry, I There is nothing that can be done.”

Boom!Barrett punched the ground heavily, and roared angrily, "Damn it! Is there no way to save him?"

Tifa walked over and hugged Jesse, letting her best friend cry softly in her arms.

Alice was also saddened, not only because of Claude, but also because she heard the ending of Zach Phil.

"Alice... I'm sorry for letting you know about Zacks in this way." Heather had heard Alice's self-report a long time ago, and it was because of the original game that she knew the story between Alice and Zacks.

Alice shook her head: "...I had a premonition before, he is always optimistic and cheerful and is very good at pleasing girls, he has been gone for five years and there is no news...But, even if it is no longer a relationship, he is still He is my very important friend. I, I feel so uncomfortable, teacher..."

As she spoke, tears shed from the corners of her eyes.

Heather sighed and patted Alice's head.

Yuffie looked left and right, and suddenly said: "I understand! Since Claude had awakened his personality because of the 'strike' before, wouldn't it be over if he gave him another 'strike'?"

Everyone turned their gazes to Yuffie, and she felt a little terrified, but she still insisted and continued: "You, you stared at me again? I'm not wrong! It's like a child hiccupping, it's okay to be scared ?”

"That's right... Wouldn't it be nice to give Xenovia another 'blow' that would endanger Claude's life?"

Heather stood up suddenly, as if she had made up her mind:

"I want to read to Claude forcibly!"

###Chapter 106 Mandatory Reading###

"read?"

Jesse was a little strange, not knowing where Heather's confidence came from.But she immediately saw the sudden realization on the faces of Alice and Tifa, and immediately realized that the [Mind] that Heather said might be the powerful secret of this small group of three.

Heather is a monster aside, and Alice is an ancient Settra race, but Tifa has witnessed the rapid growth from an ordinary fighting master to a top fighter in the world comparable to a 1st fighter.

Having never been soaked in demons by the Shinra Special Forces, or having undergone biological transformation, coupled with the strange ability similar to Alice, Jesse has already guessed that the source of Tifa's powerful ability must be Heather.

It's just that Tifa has always been secretive to himself. Jessie guessed that this ability might be a secret style that Heather strictly prohibited from spreading, so he never asked his best friend about it.

Now it's about whether Claude can recover, and Jessie also doesn't care about the tacit understanding with his best friend, and asked eagerly: "Kai Nian? What is that, can you explain a little bit?"