Absolute Zone Zero: I am a Succubus in Six Points Street

They are not just a phantom, but extremely realistic images with movements that have never disappeared.

"They are still alive, waiting for me to find them. Otherwise I would not be given such a pair of eyes."

"Is this what you call evidence? Haha… Did you hear that rope maker hiding in Bombrey? She spent years searching for someone who couldn't possibly exist just because of a ghost in his eyes!"

[Corpse Vulture]'s words did not stop there.

"You'd rather believe the images in your eyes are real-time projections of your teammates than believe the fact that they're dead! What if I told you that the way I described their deaths was real?

Will you accept the reality, or continue to deceive yourself and tell yourself that the ghost in front of you is the standard? I guess you will continue to numb yourself... because this is how you survive!

“…I’m not paralyzing myself. I’m really…”

[Charon]'s tone sounded weak. The other party's ruthless revelation of the truth was a great blow to her.

She stood there, speechless for a long time. The Corpse Vulture's verbal attack had a very good effect...

The color that had just recovered began to fade again. It was obvious that she did not have the strength to refute at all. Seeing this, the voice of [Corpse Vulture] was heard again.

"Giving up resistance? It seems you still have some dignity left. What disgusts me most are incompetent hypocrites like you. Enough of the idle chatter, go to hell."

"[Charon] is no coward! A man who enters the Void for the goal he's always pursuing, who endures his eye's rejection reaction and plays music for the dead, is definitely not a coward!

At least she's much braver than a criminal like you who only knows how to hide in the dark, enjoys killing others, and is always on guard against being caught!"

"Rope maker...I..."

[Charon] looked at Zhe beside him and didn't know what to say for a moment, but his melancholy and sad expression was relieved a lot at this moment because of the other party's words.

"The rope maker you brought with you is really good at talking. I don't want to waste any more time talking to you. Let's go to hell together."

[Corpse Vulture] hadn't finished speaking when Zhe had already taken action.

Counterattack was hopeless, so he almost dragged [Charon] and turned to run towards a tiny crack in a corner not far away, which even [Corpse Vulture] had not noticed.

At the moment he was about to be hit by a bullet, he successfully escaped through the crack...

He escaped from the cave with [Charon], who had no desire to fight anymore, and returned to the video store.

The mental blow she suffered seemed to be greater than she had imagined. She kept touching her eyes without saying a word...

The brother and sister couldn't bear to see her so sad and wanted to go forward to comfort her. Ling took a cup and handed it to [Charon].

"[Charon]...would you like some hot cocoa? I'm exhausted from the battle, so I'd like to relax a bit."

"…No, thank you."

[Charon]'s words in response seemed to be devoid of any life. If she was a body with a glimmer of hope before, now she was just a walking corpse without any soul.

"[Charon], don't be fooled by the [Corpse Vulture]'s words! To sway you, that kind of person will say anything. Once we start to debate truth and falsehood, we'll fall into a self-proving trap!"

Zhe's words had no effect, and [Charon] shook his head, as if he had come to terms with reality.

"No... Ropemaker, I think [Corpse Vulture] has a point. Perhaps I am really just putting on a one-man show.

Those relics she had arranged... touching them brought back memories of the day the old capital fell... I felt the same exact touch from my gravely injured teammate.

I tried to forget that feeling. But the truth is, I couldn't forget it... I couldn't stop thinking about the possibility that my teammates were dead."

Her words contained a dead silence towards reality, and her body trembled slightly as she spoke.

"Would you like to tell us more... what exactly happened between you and Team Lira on the day the Old Capital fell?"

Perhaps after telling the story, he would feel better. After hearing Zhe's words, Charon, who believed that he should accept the cruel reality, also began to tell the story.

"...That day, during the first hour of Hole Zero's expansion, the Defense Force Headquarters believed it was just an ordinary hole disaster, requiring only a moderate force to suppress it.

Among the advance troops sent into Hollow Zero was our Lira Team.

Before we set off, our superiors promised us that they would send reinforcements to support the battle, so we could deal with Yi Hai without worry.

But soon after we began our mission, we discovered that nothing was as we imagined. The corpses were pouring in like a wave, the void was expanding uncontrollably, and most importantly... we still had no support.

The defense forces outside the Hole saw that this was no ordinary disaster... Hole Zero was engulfing Eridu at a terrifying rate. The reinforcements canceled their plans and retreated en masse.

Honestly, even if they had rushed to reinforce, the outcome would have been the same. I watched as the members of the advance team around me died one by one, eroded into husks... and our team gradually became unable to maintain its formation.

I was the first to break through our formation... The ether beam launched by Mukuro hit my eyes. My eyes were severely damaged, and my body was also severely injured, and I soon fell into a coma.

This is the perspective of the trigger at that time. The picture is not blurry, it is really like this.

"I don't know how long I was unconscious, but just as I was about to lose my sight, I regained consciousness very briefly.

The last thing I saw was my teammates standing in front of me, looking back at me..."

In her blurry vision, she could vaguely see that her teammates had ether crystals on their bodies.

When she woke up again, she was already in the military camp. The military leaders had detonated the Shiyu Tower and finally controlled the Zero Hole...

“I don’t know who rescued me from the cave, but none of my teammates made it out safely.

For some reason, the figures of my teammates, the last I saw, remain in my mind. This must be some kind of clue... a clue that they're still alive, don't you think?

They must have continued to fight even after I fell unconscious, and finally got lost in a certain space, lost contact with the main force, and could only wander among the various caves in New Eridu... It must be like this, right?

No one, whether military or civilian, was willing to believe her testimony, so [Charon] decided to go find them himself.

Isn't the purpose of these eyes to guide me to find those who are still alive?

"…Rope maker, am I wrong? Is the existence of these eyes wrong?"

Chapter 412 The Untied Knot

Zhe was silent. He didn't know how to answer. Seeing this, Charon looked a little lonely.

"As expected, you think so too... Interpreting the eye image as proof that your teammates are still alive is purely wishful thinking on my part.

But, if they are really no longer alive... why did they give me these eyes that only contain pain?

If they are really no longer alive, how can I apologize to them in person... tell them, I'm sorry, I was weak and couldn't protect your backs?"

[Charon] The faces of my teammates in my field of vision are so blurry that I can't see their expressions clearly... and I don't dare to look at their expressions...

If their last look at her was filled with resentment and disappointment, she really didn't know what to do...

At this moment, [Charon] suddenly felt someone holding her hand and wiping away her tears.

"[Charon], listen to me... Even if everyone else thinks you're wrong, Ling and I will never deny your determination to find your teammates.

We don't need too many high-sounding reasons... because we too have missing relatives, and we desperately hope she's still alive. Even if the whole world doesn't understand, our obsession won't change.

But I think being stuck in this obsession and becoming stuck... this is definitely not what our significant others want to see."

Zhe's words full of sincerity touched Charon's heart, and the hand holding her seemed very warm at this moment.

"Brother is right! [Charon], you are a very gentle person... Perhaps because of this, you demand that you protect all your companions.

I hate my own powerlessness, but many things don’t need to be borne by one person alone.”

"Yes, you should try to put your back on us now! We can confirm that the Corpse Vulture hasn't killed the client yet... As long as this clue is not broken, there is still hope, and we will be your help!

Your determination and will should not be denied by anyone. No matter what the outcome, we will bear witness to it with you!"

The brother and sister's words encouraged [Charon], which eased her sadness a lot.

"Rope makers... Thank you. I feel better now... At least, I still want to continue investigating and don't want to stop here."

The atmosphere gradually calmed down, and the next step was to discuss the next plan. At this moment, the phone suddenly rang...

It was the shepherd's. Just like before, the client's knock account shared a location with him, but this time it was not empty.

But it is Scott Outpost, which is the territory of the Defense Force and the Westa Society.

[Charon] speculated that the other party was there to soothe Sun's wounds, but whether it was a provocation or a trap, she decided to go.

"Rope maker... could you go with me?"

She faced Zhe, who didn't refuse.

The official holding of the Day of Wounds has been scheduled for tomorrow morning, and ordinary citizens are not allowed to go to Scott Outpost freely today.

With the arrangement of the brother and sister, [Charon] stayed in the store for one night.

The next morning, Zhe and [Charon] met in the parking lot behind the video store.

"Good morning, Ropemaker."

"Good morning, did you have a good rest last night?"

Zhe's caring words made [Charon] seem to recall something, and a blush appeared on his face.

"Well, I rested well. Sorry for losing my composure in front of you yesterday... I think I've adjusted my mood."

"Really?"

"...I really can't hide it from you. I'm sorry, I don't think I can digest this sadness and anxiety all at once... I still don't know where I should go next..."

"It's okay, just slowly unravel the confusion. Let's go find it together."

"...Yeah. You're right. Instead of continuing to suffer, it's better to reach out and grasp at all the hope you can see around you. Perhaps things will eventually change."

After their conversation, the two of them arrived at Scott's Outpost. Many citizens had come to the Wounded Day event, presumably the families of those who had lost loved ones in the fall of the old capital.

For some reason, after arriving here, Zhe felt that Charon's reaction was a little strange...

"Ropemaker...can we explore this place later?"

"What's wrong?"

"No, nothing..."

[Charon] is not good at talking, and she must have said this suddenly because something had happened. Zhe didn't say anything, but just stared at her quietly.

"...Okay, I mean...I noticed there are some people here...I know them..."

"Wouldn't it be nice to go meet them in that case?"

“…I don’t think I can face them.”

The people [Charon] was talking about knowing were the families of her teammates, but she didn't know what expression to use to face them.

"Try to make contact. You have to face it, right?"

"I know... I know... but..."

[Charon] was a little embarrassed, and she was still a little afraid to face it. Seeing this, Zhe held her hand again.

"I'll stay with you."

In response to his action, [Charon] was silent for a moment and then nodded.

"...Then we have a deal. I'll contact them. You don't have to say anything... Just stay by my side and give me the courage to speak."

Accompanied by Zhe, [Charon] visited the families of her former teammates. She was full of apologies and was even prepared to be treated coldly and scolded.

But the result was both unexpected and reasonable. In the end, the families of her teammates did not intend to blame her.

On the contrary, their words warmed Charon and untied the knot in her heart that had been there for a long time.

But we also unexpectedly learned that these people would arrive at the same time on this day because of a private message from a man named Nathan.

It’s just that the other party disappeared completely after I contacted him and never replied to my messages again.

After questioning, it was found that the other party was also a defense force and had been assigned as a reinforcement force. Unfortunately, the superiors later interrupted the reinforcement plan and made an on-the-spot decision to retreat.

After that, Nathan kept blaming himself and wanted to apologize to Charon.

[Charon] asked about the unit Nathan once belonged to, and after learning that it was the Impera squad of the Obsidian Battalion, it seemed to have solved a certain mystery.

The four bereaved family members bowed and left the two men, continuing their visit to the day of healing. [Charon] stood there in a trance, seemingly contemplating something.

At this moment, there was a noise in the open space in front of the outpost... It seemed that someone was standing on the podium, and the citizens surrounded the podium inside and outside, ready to listen to that person's speech.

Seeing this, [Charon] went over with Zhe to watch, but to their surprise, the person on the podium was actually Zoe.

Chapter 413 The Coming of the Decisive Battle

Zoe was one of the three people who were rescued from the cave by Charon. After all, she had been awarded a medal, so it was reasonable for her to give a speech here.

At the beginning, her speech was normal and even drew prolonged applause from the people around her, but as the applause continued, she lowered her head and her expression became more solemn.

She waited in silence until the applause died down, then raised her head again and scanned the crowd. Her gaze briefly fell on Charon, a chill running through her.