You cut yourself just to watch us drop our little pearls?

The cheerful atmosphere will eventually fade away in the darkness, and the Maple Leaf Town, which used to be filled with the roar of gongs and drums, will also fall into silence at night...

Chi Chi was lying on the bed alone, with his clothes still on, his hands behind his head, his pair of dark eyes quietly staring at the chandelier on the ceiling.

There were some things she couldn't figure out...or rather, there were a lot of things she couldn't figure out.

The mysterious little girl...what is her purpose?

Is she in league with the Soul Eaters, or is she part of them herself?

Chi Chi knew nothing about this and could only silently keep the words of the Holy Father in his heart.

"Tick...tick..."

The clock hanging in the room made a ticking sound, and the slender second hand trembled to the twelve o'clock position. At the same time, the minute hand and the hour hand followed...

"Click..."

It's already twelve o'clock in the evening...

"Ah... time to go to bed..."

Feeling a little tired, Chi Chi slowly closed her eyes. She was already very tired today... She was so tired that she didn't want to move anymore. So let it be...

Without taking off his clothes and changing into pajamas, he fell asleep in his battle clothes.

On the clock hanging in the bedroom, a black mist mixed with red light gradually seeped out from the clock and floated to Chi Chi's side.

The black mist gradually condensed and finally turned into a petite figure.

“She” caressed Chi Chi’s face lovingly… She was still the same. Five years had passed in a flash. Let her see the beautiful light of your soul~

The petite figure chuckled, and then her body gradually disintegrated until it fell apart and turned into a ball of dark smoke that slowly lingered around Chi Chi. Finally, under the quiet moonlight, it covered Chi Chi's body like a black veil...

……

"here it is……"

Chi Chi stood on a grassland, staring blankly at the scene in front of him.

"The grassland in front of the holy land? How did I end up here?"

He touched the grass beneath him with a puzzled look in his eyes. Wasn't she... asleep?

"Hey! Little girl! Long time no see!"

Suddenly, the blade of grass that Chi Chi touched actually spoke to Chi Chi, and the words sounded very familiar...

"You are……"

The memories that were originally buried deep in the soul resurfaced, and the grassland in the memory appeared in Chi Chi's mind again.

"It's you?"

Isn't the owner of this voice the soul of the Holy Land Prairie?

"Chichi...long time no see."

A crisp voice came from behind Chi Chi.

"!"

Hearing this familiar voice, Chi Chi's eyes widened in disbelief for a moment, then he quickly turned around and looked behind him!

This voice... She had dreamt of it more than once, but it had never been so clear...

She looked back and saw the petite figure standing there. She stood there, smiling as beautifully as she did back then.

"Luoluo!"

Chi Chi ran quickly towards Luo Luo. It had been five years... She had never found her childhood playmate. There was no news from the Holy Father, and no one else had ever seen Luo Luo...

Even... they said there was no such person as Luo Luo, and they wanted to comfort her with this, but she knew very well that her memory would not be wrong, and how could the companionship that lasted throughout her childhood... be false! ?

"Luoluo! Why are you here? No...what's wrong with you? You look..."

Chi Chi was briefly overwhelmed by excitement and joy, but gradually came to her senses after seeing Luo Luo's figure clearly. She frowned and looked at Luo Luo, who had not changed in the past five years...

A feeling of loss suddenly filled her heart.

Yes, five years have passed, how could a person remain unchanged?

After all, it was just her wishful thinking. Maybe this dream was too real, so he couldn't tell the difference...

When a person realizes that he is still dreaming, the dream is not far from collapse.

Looking at her playmates reluctantly, maybe in this life... they will never meet again...

"Chichi, why don't you speak?"

Luoluo still looks the same, and Chichi in the picture has also returned to his childhood appearance.

"Hmm... I was thinking about something..."

He nodded slowly, then took her hand, and they ran on the grassland in this dream...

It's as carefree as childhood, without the scary soul eaters and boring training.

"Haha! I caught you!"

"Yeah! I caught you too!"

The two of them were playing and fighting in this dream.

Finally, they held each other's hands, lay on the fresh grassland, and looked up at the blue sky.

"Chi Chi...you said, is the Holy Father real?"

Somehow, Luoluo suddenly said this to Chichi.

"Of course the Holy Father is real. I have seen him before! It was the Holy Father who saved me..."

Chi Chi, who was originally a little excited, saw Luo Luo's calm appearance and suddenly remembered some past events. His originally excited tone suddenly became weak...

"Really? It turned out that it was the Holy Father who saved you..."

Luo Luo suddenly stood up from the grass with a smile on her face, but in that smile... there was something a little weird.

"But why... Holy Father, why didn't he come to save me? The great Holy Father, the almighty Holy Father... why did he only save you... and ignore me!"

Luo Luo's voice gradually became sharp and harsh!

The originally clear blue sky became overcast at that moment. The azure sky suddenly turned into a red abyss. Hideous monsters were moving in the clouds. The bloody red light reflected on Luo Luo's face, which looked extremely weird and hideous!

"Why are you the one who survived? Why!"

"Luoluo!"

Looking at Luo Luo's ferocious face, Chi Chi was about to step forward to explain, but she felt a huge force coming from the back of her collar. Before her petite figure could react, she was lifted into the air by a giant hand!

Chi Chi struggled in the air and looked back, then his pupils suddenly shrank!

He saw that the silver-gray giant was holding him, and his scarlet electronic eyes were full of cruelty and murderous intent!

"Holy Father! This is..."

Looking at the familiar figure, Chi Chi's instinctive reaction was disbelief. How could the Holy Father be like this?

"Chi Chi... Look... the true face of the Holy Father who saved you! He is nothing but a false god! He killed me! Now, he will kill you too!"

Luo Luo's fierce voice came from Chi Chi's ears, and then Chi Chi was placed in the palm of the "Holy Father". The iron palms closed fiercely in Chi Chi's terrified eyes!

Chapter 2 Dream

“Pure…pure…”

Faintly, Wen Chun seemed to hear a voice calling him, so he "opened his eyes" and looked straight ahead...

"Jun? What happened to you? Did you oversleep?"

"Wen" stood in front of Wen Chun and stretched out his hand to him.

"Wen? How could you…"

Looking at the familiar figure in front of him, Wen Chun instinctively reached out his hand to him, but then... he stood there in a daze.

his hand……

Looking at the human limbs that he had not seen for a long time, Wen Chun was in a trance for a long time.

"What are you standing there for? Get up!"

Seeing Wen Chun's silly look, "Wen" couldn't help but smile, then he grabbed Wen Chun's hand and pulled him up from the ground.

"Hey, didn't you agree to come and help me? Can you really bear to watch your good brother being oppressed by that woman alone?!"

"Wen" looked at Wen Chun with tears in his eyes, appearing to be very heartbroken.

"Oh? Then may I ask, does your wife know that you call her 'wife' in front of other people?"

A soft and soothing voice came slowly from behind Wen. Wei Ya appeared behind him at some point and looked at him with a gentle and kind smile.

"Um...oh, oh! Wife! I'm not talking about you! I'm talking about the woman selling vegetables today! I told my wife that she must eat the freshest vegetables! How could she deceive me with those synthetic vegetables!"

Decisively letting go of Wen Chun's hand, Wen quickly walked to Wei Ya's side, put his arm around her slender waist, and spoke to Wei Ya in a very serious tone, almost coaxing her.

"Dad is fooling Mom again."

Behind Weiya, Xiao Yingying, who was holding a finger in her mouth, poked her head out from the side of Weiya's thigh and stared at Wen Dao with her innocent eyes.

"Ahahaha... Xiao Yingying, don't talk nonsense! How could I fool your mother! I am the person who loves your mother the most in the world! Ahahahahaha!"

Feeling Wei Ya's gaze as if looking at a dead person, Wen immediately turned his head away to avoid her sight, looking very guilty.

"Humph, Dad is always trying to fool people! Lulululu!"

Xiao Yingying snorted at Wen in a very coquettish manner, wrinkled her nose, then ran to Chun and opened her arms to him.

"Pure daddy hug!"

"..."

Looking at the expectant eyes of little Yingying under him, Wen Chun was stunned for a moment, then bent down very stiffly and held little Yingying carefully in his arms.

"mua~"

Xiao Yingying gently kissed Wen Chun on the cheek and seemed to like him very much.

"Ouch! Wife! Wife! I was wrong!"

Wen, who was standing aside, was already being beaten to the ground by Wei Ya. It seemed that he had noticed Wen Chun's gaze. Wei Ya even found the time to turn around, smiled and nodded at Wen Chun, and then continued to attack Wen on the ground!

"Save me...save me! Chun! Can you bear to watch your brother being beaten to death?!"

Wen, with a bruised face and nose, stretched out his hands miserably to Chun who was holding little Yingying, his eyes full of requests for help.

"..."

Wen Chun, who was holding Xiao Yingying, remained silent. He just took a small step back silently, then covered Xiao Yingying's eyes and turned away in her curious gaze...

The moment Wen Chun turned around, the originally beautiful daily scene changed instantly. The little Yingying in his arms disappeared like a dream, and Wei Ya, who was playing behind him, also disappeared with Wen.

Wen Chun raised his hand, it was still the familiar mechanical arm, but at this moment, the metal palm was covered in blood.

"Jun... I'm sorry..."

"I want Xiao Yingying to live a happy and joyful life."

"I'm sorry, Jun Dad...but a father shouldn't have to see his child die..."

The three tombstones were placed in front of Wen Chun. The originally clear sky became dim, and heavy rain fell from the clouds, soaking the tombstones, and the raindrops hit Wen Chun's body...

"I said, I will let humans win..."

Wen Chun murmured.

"Really? Will humans really accept you? Will they be grateful to you? If they knew that you were the one who brought the Soul Eaters here, would they still trust you?"

A "Chi Chi" voice came from behind Wen Chun. He turned around slowly, only to find that group of humans were looking at him fiercely.

They held all kinds of weapons in their hands and hatred flashed in their eyes!

"It's him! He's not our Holy Father at all! He's a demon! He's the one who brought the Soul Eaters here!"

"That's right! He's pretending to give us some kind of technology! If it weren't for him, there wouldn't be any Soul Eaters!"

"He's just a machine! He's not a god at all! He's just a machine without the ability to think!"