"You can bring a few classmates with you."

"???"

Gu Che was full of confusion. Is this the key?

..................

Siberia is covered with snow all year round, the only difference in the thickness of the snow layer is the depth. It was September, the third month of autumn, and four figures appeared on the snowy plain. Their long boots stepped on the snow and immediately sank into it, making a puffing sound.

"Brother, is it snow?!" Xilin was the most excited among the four people. She was wrapped in thick clothes, wearing a little red hat on her head and a scarf around her neck. She was running happily in front and making happy noises.

"Xilin, you are not from southern Shenzhou, why are you so excited?" Gu Che sighed helplessly and asked puzzledly.

"It's different," Xilin retracted her steps and walked instead of running. She put her gloved hands behind her back and stepped on the snow. She responded, "When I was here before, Xilin didn't have time to look at the snow."

"It's rare for us to get out and play, Xilin, you must enjoy it to your heart's content." Xilin said, turning to look at her brother, her golden eyes flashing with anticipation, but also a little uneasy, as if she was afraid of being rejected.

"Next time, Xilin," Gu Che smiled, "We have a mission this time, and we don't know where Teacher Walter is waiting for us in some corner."

“Just Walter…” Xilin muttered, somewhat dissatisfied.

"I told Mr. Walter this." Gu Che said with a smile.

"No, no!" Xilin suddenly became anxious. She ran in front of Gu Che, jumping and waving her hands. She looked fierce, but cute.

Bronya and Seele looked at each other in silence.

For a moment, both of them felt like they couldn't get involved in the conversation. Although they were already familiar enough with Gu Che, this relationship still seemed inferior in front of Xilin.

"Okay, okay, I won't tell you," Gu Che smiled dotingly, somewhat helplessly, then looked at the communication device in his hand, confirmed it, and said, "It's not far from the coordinates Ji Zi gave us. Everyone, concentrate and see if you can find any clues."

After saying that, he paused and added, "Xilin, don't play anymore."

"Brother, what a fool!!!" Feeling looked down upon, Xilin pouted in dissatisfaction. In extreme anger, she reached out and punched Gu Che in the chest, venting her dissatisfaction a little.

"Okay, three-person team, charge, charge!" Xilin said after venting her anger.

"Xilin, there are four people..." Xier spoke weakly and reminded.

"Yes, that's right," Xilin's face was full of confidence, "A team of three has four people, isn't that common sense?"

Xier:? ? ?

Bronya: ? ? ?

Gu Che shook his head helplessly and ran over to hit Xilin on the head.

“Learn less strange knowledge.”

"This was obviously taught to me by my brother." Xilin immediately retorted with dissatisfaction, leaving Gu Che speechless for a moment.

He seemed to have really said this.

...................

Gu Che and his three companions had not walked on the snowfield for long before they ran into a group of people.

Most of the people in the group were children. They gathered in a circle, lowered their heads, and their bodies trembled slightly.

Gu Che raised his eyebrows slightly. Since they were a little far away, he didn't know what these kids were doing. He turned to look at everyone and asked, "Want to go over and take a look?"

"Bronya has no objection." Bronya gave her answer, and Seele and Celine also nodded.

But when Gu Che approached, his curious expression gradually turned into surprise.

He saw someone unexpected here.

It was not the missing Walter, but a tall man in black, a person he never expected to meet here.

Otto Apocalypse.

At this time, Otto was squatting in front of a small tombstone, his long golden hair tied on one side, taking care of the environment around the tombstone.

The sound of suppressed sobbing could be heard, and people, both adults and children, bowed their heads. There were no flowers or photos, but there was no doubt that this was a funeral.

Otto half-knelt on the ground, his tone deep, unable to hide his sadness: "My children, if you ask me why some people die early..."

“For death passes away first. There will be no more sorrow or crying or terror, for the past has passed away.”

Gu Che couldn't help but sigh as he looked at Otto, who kept uttering philosophical words.

As we all know, in terms of cultural level in this area, perhaps Otto can only be compared with Gray Snake of World Serpent. Both of them are people who like to throw out philosophical quotes when they have nothing to do.

Gu Che's gaze recently moved to the white-haired girl in nun's clothes next to Otto. He was slightly stunned and his eyes became strange.

Why is there another Theresa?

And the brown-haired kid next to Theresa, with his head down and a serious expression, looks really like Walter, a perfect younger version of Walter.

Bronya on the side also noticed the situation here, frowned slightly, and fell into thought.

"Kids, let's go back." Otto stood up and said to the crowd around him. Then he naturally noticed Gu Che and the other three standing aside and was a little surprised.

"you..."

"Hello, sir, we are looking for someone. Have you seen a brown-haired man who is about the same height as you and wearing glasses?" Gu Che was not at all nervous and stepped forward and spoke.

After listening to this, Otto thought for a moment, shook his head, and said in an apologetic tone: "I'm sorry, I haven't seen such a person."

"Well," Gu Che nodded, and did not continue to dwell on this issue. He turned to look at the tombstone beside him and slowly asked, "What are you doing?"

"As you can see, there is a child who has not even spent a full winter, but was called by the angels to play in heaven." When Otto said this, his eyes unconsciously glanced at the child beside him, and then continued, "We really haven't seen such a person. I will go to the village later, maybe I can ask for you."

"We have to go back to the orphanage now. Would you like to come with us?" Otto asked.

"Okay, thank you for your help." Gu Che found that Otto was unexpectedly easy to talk to. Although he was surprised, he agreed readily.

Thus, four people were quietly added to the returning team.

Gu Che walked in front, chatting with Otto on the side, and from time to time he would talk to Theresa, trying to get more information.

After exchanging glances, Bronya and the other two naturally retreated to the end of the team and began to discuss.

"Sister Bronya, what's going on?" Seele asked Bronya directly. Now that Gu Che, the backbone of the team, has gone deep into the enemy camp to gather intelligence, Bronya is undoubtedly the most reliable among the few people.

Xier is not a person who is good at thinking. As for Xilin beside her...

Xier met Xilin's clear eyes and silently withdrew the idea of ​​asking for her opinion.

"They were having a funeral, a child's funeral."

"Yeah, that's right." Xilin replied.

"It can be seen that this principal is not the principal we know." Bronya thought for a moment and said.

"Yeah, that's right." Xilin replied.

"As for that blond priest, he's very mysterious, so we'd better be careful of him." After saying this, Bronya looked at the boy named Joachim who was walking in the front of the team and fell into thought.

This Joachim is not the one seen in the Quantum Sea. Although they look the same, the difference is easy to see in temperament and other aspects.

However, the other party appeared here... Bronya vaguely felt that the other party should be an indispensable part of completing the trial.

"Yeah, that's right." Celine replied, but soon noticed Bronya's unfriendly look and curled her lips, "Celine is really not good at these, don't embarrass me."

After saying that, he put on an expression as if he was a dead pig that was not afraid of boiling water, which made Bronya feel helpless.

Sometimes, a person is quite helpless.

Bronya occasionally had the urge to hit Celine on the head like Gu Che did, and she had tried it before, but after being pinned to the ground and hit on the head a few times by Celine, she never had the urge again.

Who knew this seemingly fragile girl could be so strong.

One can only say that appearance is not the best way to judge a person. Bronya sighed in her heart, and her eyes unconsciously moved to Seele again.

The same goes for Xier. Who would have thought that such a quiet girl would attack so cleanly and neatly in a practice match, and even a little... crazy?

Bronya shook her head, collected her scattered thoughts, took out a communication device from her pocket, found the account of [Principal Theresa], spent some time describing the current situation, and then sent the message.

After sending it, Bronya seemed to feel that it was not enough, so she thought about it and added another sentence.

[Ban Ya Ye Shi Ya: Principal, do you have any sisters left behind? 】

But Bronya waited for a long time and received no reply.

Chapter 117: My friend, you are a true friend

"It seems that you, Father, have some conflicts with this child?" Gu Che sat on the chair, drinking the hot water handed to him by Theresa, and sighed as he looked at the back of Joachim who seemed a little unhappy.

Father Otto also sighed and said in a complicated tone: "This is a long story."

"I killed his father, so it's normal for him to be distant from me."

Gu Che was silent, and couldn't help but turn his head to the direction where Joachim disappeared, feeling even more emotional.

Is it true that every Walter cannot escape the fate of having his father killed by Otto, just like Diablo can never reach the reality of death.

With the outrageous words of a certain blond bishop echoing in his mind, Gu Che almost couldn't control his expression. He silently drank a sip of water, then looked at Father Otto in surprise, his silence filled with a hint of wanting to say something but stopping himself.

Father Otto sighed again when he saw Gu Che like this, and continued, "His father is a doctor, and he has been working on a way to revive Joachim's mother who died of illness."

"But he tried many methods, whether it was scientific theology or seeking immortality, but he still couldn't find a way to revive his wife." Father Otto's tone couldn't help but be sad. "So, in the end, with nowhere else to go, he touched upon forbidden knowledge."

Gu Che frowned slightly. Why did this script seem so familiar?

First, he was devastated by the loss of his love, then he looked for a way to revive his love, and finally he was extremely disappointed and completely crazy...

The more Gu Che thought about it, the more he felt it was right, and he couldn't help but take a deep look at Father Otto in front of him.

Otto is always a bad guy, this seems to have become Gu Che's inherent idea. After all, both Otto in the simulation and Otto in reality have always tripped him up.

But there seem to be exceptions, such as the priest Otto in front of him.

Although one cannot judge a person by his appearance, the priest Otto in front of him exuded the qualities of a good person from the inside out, which made Gu Che a little uncomfortable. Moreover, his [malice perception] did not detect any malice from this priest Otto.

"At first, Joachim's father conducted experiments on mice, then on kittens and puppies... Finally, when I found him, he had already reached out to homeless orphans." Father Otto's face showed sadness, which was different from the hypocritical look that Gu Che had seen before. This was a true expression of emotion.

"So, I killed Joachim's father, and then... Joachim became an orphan."

After Father Otto finished speaking, he didn't want to say anything more. He just looked at the scenery outside the window silently, not knowing what he was thinking about.

Gu Che also sat quietly aside, not saying anything, staring at the steam coming out of the cup, and his interest was a little lacking for the moment.

He began to understand the twisted relationship between Otto and little Walter.

Otto, the enemy who killed his father, became Walter's mentor in life... What the real Otto didn't do, the Otto in this world did. Gu Che couldn't help but sigh.

"It seems that the snow outside has stopped. I am going to the town to buy some bitter melon cakes and ask you about your companions." After a while, Otto calmed down, stood up gracefully, and said, "I can do it alone."

Gu Che, who had not yet stood up, was stunned, then sat back in disappointment, watching the blond priest walk away, still feeling a little emotional.

How strange! Otto is such a kind man.

"Brother Gu Che." A familiar voice came from beside him, and Gu Che turned his head to look.

It was Bronya, with Seele and Celine beside her.

"Oh, my dear Bronya, you are finally willing to call me Brother Gu Che. You know, I am so happy!"

"I can't contact the principal anymore," Bronya deadpanned, resisting the urge to kick the black-haired young man in front of her with her pointy boots, and continued, "By the way, the same goes for Himeko-sensei, and everyone else in the academy, too."

"......" Gu Che immediately stopped showing off and frowned slightly, "Bronya, are you sure it was them who lost contact and not us?"

YaYa nodded: "The messages have been sent, but there has been no response, it's like a stone sinking into the sea."

Gu Che listened in silence and picked up the communication device to start operating it, sending messages to everyone in Saint Freya. After waiting for a while, the situation was the same as Bronya described, and no response was received.

Things seem to be getting more and more abnormal.

At this time, feeling someone approaching, Gu Che interrupted his thoughts, turned around and saw that it was Theresa wearing a nun's uniform.

"Ms. Theresa, is there anything I can help you with?" Seeing the other party's hesitant expression, Gu Che asked directly.

"Um... have you seen Joachim?" Theresa asked.

"Didn't he go to pack his things?" Gu Che asked puzzledly.

"I just went to look for him, but there was no one in the room." Theresa shook her head, with a hint of anxiety in her tone.

"That's troublesome... Could it be that he followed the priest to the small town?" Gu Che asked.

Theresa was stunned for a moment, thinking about the possibility of this situation, then nodded and said, "It is possible. Joachim has been upset recently because of the adoption issue."

"I'm still a little worried. I'll go look for him." Theresa said and was about to go out, but was stopped by Gu Che.

"Let us go with you." Gu Che suggested.

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