I'm not Yingjie

Mei could only stand at that distance. If she got any closer, she would be hurt by the cold.

Kevin's stern expression relaxed the moment he saw Mei. He shook his head slightly and said, "Forget it. I am not suitable to appear in crowded places now."

"I think quite a few people would be willing to put on cold-weather clothing just to see you," Mei said with a smile.

"But I don't want to see a party full of canned people wearing bulky clothes." Kevin closed his eyes and imagined the scene. He probably would have nightmares when he went to bed at night. "Besides... I'm not a hero. In any way, I'm not a hero."

"…Lin is a volunteer just like you."

"But I voluntarily chose to believe you, and Lin voluntarily chose to die. He joined the Fusion Warrior Program from the beginning just to provide a trial and error for the super-transformation surgery." Kevin turned his head away, "He is a failure, and I am a success, but we shouldn't regard the success as a hero just because of this."

"But humanity needs a hero."

"I know, but I have you, so what does Lin have now?"

Kevin stood there, face to face with May.

They seemed very close, yet also very far away.

Was it the cold that separated them... or was it something else?

Finally, Kevin took a step forward and crossed the distance.

Chapter 106 Sorrow

"Just so-so."

Mebius put his chopsticks together and placed them next to the bowl. The rice and vegetables had been eaten up.

Lin had finished eating long ago. As he had no sense of taste, everything tasted the same to him. After making sure he was full, he stopped eating.

“It’s a little worse than before, but the difference is not that big.”

Mebius's stomach ached.

That was not the case at all. This meal was the worst she had eaten since she left home. Lin remembered how much seasoning to put in the dish, but his hands did not allow him to do such delicate operations. In addition, he had no sense of touch, so sometimes he would bury his head and instinctively put the seasoning in, not even sure if he had put it in.

In the past, Lin would taste a little before serving to make sure if anything was missing, but now he simply skips this step.

This resulted in Lin's dishes being a hodgepodge of seasonings. They were either too salty or too sour. There were two completely different flavors clashing in one gravy. In comparison, even instant noodles could be considered a delicacy.

Although he was mentally prepared, Mebius did not expect that the loss of his senses would have such a great impact on Lin's cooking.

"Anyway, your cooking wasn't that delicious before, and it's about the same now." Mebius put his hands under the table and covered his stomach. "Remember, I will come to see you every day. Remember to prepare the meal in advance like before."

"……it is good."

"Also." Mobius hesitated for half a second, but still said, "I'll go with you when you go to Ying's house as a guest."

"……what?"

"Didn't you invite me? I just happened to have some things to do outside of Fire Moth, so I'll use this as an excuse to go out." After thinking for a while, Mobius looked at Lin with a sneer, "Just think of it as me using you to leave the headquarters."

"But I have..."

"I told you to go, so you go. Do you understand?" Mobius ruthlessly interrupted Lin's rebuttal. "I have approved your privilege to leave the headquarters. You can go out if you want. Of course, this is for the convenience of future matters... But it's okay if you want to go anywhere to relax and be a loser."

"..."

"Got it? You can go out, just inform me in advance... This is for my own convenience."

She emphasized it again and again.

……

Alicia stood in a corner of the ball being set up. Unlike the lively atmosphere, she, who always loved lively atmosphere, rarely wore an evening gown and was ready to make more good friends at the ball.

She just stood quietly in the dark in her uniform.

"Ellie...you look like you have a lot on your mind. This is not like you."

"My dear Eden, can't I have some emotional thoughts? Am I so dull in your heart?"

Alicia turned her head and saw Eden, dressed in a dark red dress, walking towards her.

After the seventh collapse, Eden was taken in by the Fire Moth as a survivor of the seventh collapse, and Alicia also got to know her. Unlike Lin, Eden was moved by Alicia so quickly that it made people feel that they were born to be best friends, and they soon became friends who could talk about anything.

Now, as a special guest, Eden will sing a song for the Fire Moth warriors at the ball, which is why she appears here in a dress.

"No, it's just that you often say it directly, not like now..." Eden came to Alicia's side and watched the hall being decorated with her.

It was really beautiful, with crystal decorations, white irises, silk ribbons...it was as if they had stuffed all the most beautiful decorations they could think of into the ball, wanting to make it more grand than any previous one.

"You're right. I should speak my mind." Alysia's unique smile appeared on her face. She took Eden's arm and said, "Actually, I was wondering... whether I should go find Lin and Kevin."

"Why not go?"

Eden had already heard what Alicia had said about her and Lin. She had heard every word about their subtle acquaintance and subsequent emotional connection, as well as the many heart-to-heart talks between Alicia and Lin.

These two people are like different sides of the same person, similar, yet completely different.

"…Eden, do you know? There are two gyms in the headquarters. Almost no one would go to the second gym at the beginning because it was located in a remote area and there was a loner there."

Alicia gradually put away her smile.

"At that time, the second gym was simply not noticed. It existed only to serve one person, but that was not the hope when the gym was first built."

"But now, people know about the existence of the second gym through another person, but still no one goes there because there is also one person there, but he is not a loner, but he can no longer fit in with the crowd."

“The gym hasn’t changed. It’s still the same equipment and space. It’s just the people who use it. But it’s in the same situation at different times and for different reasons.”

The first person who didn't fit in was Lin. Because of his existence and the fact that few people knew about the Second Gym, no one used the Second Gym.

The second person who couldn't blend into the crowd was Kevin. The Second Gym was well-known because of his existence. It was the gym used by the hero at that time. But because of him, who exuded freezing coldness, no one approached the Second Gym.

"Ellie...are you pitying them?"

"...Pity? I don't know, but what they are going through may not be relieved by this dance."

Alicia put away her sad expression at this point, her eyes sparkling, and she turned around and smiled, "Eden, I'm looking forward to your performance."

"Looking forward to it..." Eden shook his head helplessly.

Alicia could not understand the pain those two people were going through.

Which is more painful: losing someone close to you or not being able to hug someone close to you?

Perhaps, this is incomparable, because for Kevin and Lin, they will not compare these two things.

So Alicia made a decision.

She always makes decisions quickly, and this time is no exception.

……

"I came in without knowing what was going on..."

Padu stood shivering in the corridor. She had changed into the Fire Moth uniform. She didn't quite understand why these people were walking around in such a happy mood. Did something good happen?

Her journey here was very bumpy, and the strange thing was... she joined the Fire Moth through formal channels.

"By the way, Brother Lin...where will Brother Lin be?"

Chapter 107: Infiltration

Padu quietly poked her head around the corner. She was really confused about the current situation.

After following the man out of Dusk Street, she followed him all the way to a place that looked like a research institute. She thought Lin was there, so she sneaked in.

But she couldn't find Lin anywhere. Then she found that there were many people queuing in one place and she didn't know what they were doing. When she walked over, a person just walked out in front of her. She cut in line without knowing what was going on and was pulled in.

Paddo was so scared that her heart was pounding, thinking she had been discovered. After entering, she was asked to do some tests. After she performed particularly well in several tests, she passed and entered the interview stage.

She was stopped by four fierce-looking examiners, who asked her why she wanted to join the Fire Moths.

Padu didn't dare to say that she sneaked in, so she said she joined to find someone.

The examiner asked again who to look for?

Paduo thought about it and said to find Lin.

Not knowing what image Lin held in these people's minds, Padu noticed that their expressions changed subtly, and finally told her that she had successfully joined the Fire Moth and would be assigned to the headquarters, and then gave her the uniform and badge.

But before she could get on the transport plane, an accident happened. The place suddenly became busy and had no time to care about these newcomers, talking about the seventh collapse or something like that...

Due to various factors, she lived in that branch until the end of the Seventh Collapse, when she was sent to the headquarters.

After coming in, no one told her what to do. She just walked around in this lively atmosphere like a transparent person.

But Paddo also likes the hustle and bustle. At least she can gain something when there is a bustling place somewhere on Dusk Street.

"Brother Lin... is it here?"

Honestly speaking, Paduo felt a little regretful when she was forced to hire at the beginning. She had a good house to live in, but she insisted on going to find Lin, who was between crazy and half crazy. She was just like a cat blinded by dried fish.

But now she doesn't think so.

During the days she lived in the branch, she went to the cafeteria to eat every day, and no one cared about her from morning to night. Although the sleeping place was not as big as a big house, it was definitely big enough for the two of them to roll around in.

Even though Pado had never come out of that corner of Dusk Street, she could clearly see that the power possessed by this organization called the Fire Moth was probably much greater than that of the entire Dusk Street.

As the saying goes, it is good to lean on a big tree for shade, and Padu immediately thought that he might as well just be a parasite in the Fire Moth...

Then again, what on earth are these people doing?

Paddo looked at the people passing by, all holding some decorations in their hands. She could only see these things hung in the sanatorium on Dusk Street during Christmas, but compared with the lavish decorations of the people of the Fire Moth, the decorations in the sanatorium seemed much shabby and stingy.

Of course, the first thing she thought of was that the nursing home would also distribute some food to people who couldn't get enough food at that time.

So, with anticipation and saliva for the delicious food, she secretly followed someone and slipped into the venue of the dance party.

……

"I'm really... exhausted."

As soon as Mebius walked into the laboratory, he sat down on a chair, smoothed his hair in front of his forehead, and exhaled heavily.

“…Um, Doctor.” Klein saw Mebius pick up her water cup and take a big sip without any hesitation. Her fingers moved away from the keyboard and intertwined with each other in confusion. “What did you do when you went out at noon?”

Mebius had been out since noon and had only just returned. As soon as he came back, he complained of being tired, as if he had done some heavy physical work.

However, Mebius' physical strength was really not that good. She was the type who had to take a break after walking two steps. Only experiments could allow her to maintain her energy for several hours or even days without rest.

"…Are you curious?"

Mobius drank a full glass of water before she suppressed the messy taste in her mouth. She put down the glass, her blue eyes lightly glanced at the confusion on Klein's face, and the corners of her mouth stretched exaggeratedly.

"Not really..."

"Oh? You'd better organize your words, Klein."

"..."

Seeing Klein's dilemma of not knowing whether to say it or not, Mobius' depressed mood disappeared cheerfully.

"Just as you thought. I went to find that guy." Mobius, who was in a good mood, naturally would not make a riddle. She yawned and said, "Then I had a meal and did some things..."

"Is Mr. Lin's condition... okay?"

"..."

Mebius touched his fingers silently and said coldly: "Who knows... whether it is good or bad, only he can judge."

……

"..."

"You won't invite me in, Lin?"

Lin wondered if these people had planned to come to him one after another recently. Not long after he sent Mebius away, Eden, dressed in a formal suit, knocked on his door.

He moved aside without saying anything, but it almost meant to invite you in.

Eden smiled politely at Lin and walked into his room dragging her long skirt.

"This is...did someone come here just now? Did I disturb you?"

Eden immediately noticed one or two strands of long green hair beside Lin's bed and table, which were obviously fallen hair of a woman. She turned around and looked at Lin who had closed the door, and the other party shook his head silently, not knowing whether he was denying that someone had come or denying that he had disturbed them.

"..."

"..."

After both parties sat down, Lin ignored Eden and began to practice his hand control again. The unsightly words appeared more and more on the paper, but his expression did not relax at all.