Chapter 337: The road ahead is not easy
Chapter 337: It’s Not Easy to Turn Back (End)
"Huh...huh...huh..."
Emma almost fell down, with most of her body leaning on Leon. A large area of the vest of her beige gauze dress was wet with cold sweat.
Even though he had already broken free from Leon's memories, he could still remember the cold and realistic proposal made by the thin girl, and her calm expression when she talked about how to deal with her body after her death, as if she was discussing what to eat for dinner.
Emma's heart would still be the same as Leon's back then, as if it had been dug out and was being crushed bit by bit by someone's hands, hurting so much that she almost lost the ability to breathe.
Is this what Lyon has been enduring?
After panting for a while, Emma looked at Leon who was holding her helplessly beside her, as if she had just been fished out of the water, and couldn't help but ask with trembling lips:
“Leon, you… don’t you feel any pain?”
"..."
Understanding what she was asking, Leon shook his head slightly and then glanced at the system prompt.
[Through your own observation, induction and repeated experience, you have obtained a lot of information about the "Black and White Bridge", and the special-colored badge "Materialistic Soul (Red)" has been activated.
Due to your deep understanding of the effectiveness rules of the "Black and White Bridge", your resistance to this anomaly has increased greatly, and you can now block a very deep degree of influence.]
It's impossible not to feel pain. I will definitely remember this incident for the rest of my life.
But one of them was blocked by materialism, and the other one knew that the final outcome would be good. If he thought more about Anna, who took care of her younger brothers and sisters every day and got along well with Melanie, the pain would not be so unbearable.
……
"It hurts... still a little..."
Looking at Emma, whose eyes were full of shock and guilt, and who had obviously misunderstood the strength of his heart, Leon smiled a little embarrassedly, and then explained:
"But when I think about the fact that I joined the Cleanup Bureau in the end and didn't let things develop to that point, Anna and the others are still waiting for me at home, and they still leave food for me when I come back late, I don't feel so bad anymore."
Is that so...
After listening to Leon's explanation, Emma tried to put herself in Leon's shoes.
But no matter how hard she tried, the thin girl who calmly proposed to secretly throw her body into the sewage river in order to obtain pension to support her younger siblings still tore her heart again and again.
You're kidding, how could this not hurt?
I just read your memories, and only read them once, and my heart ached like a knife. In order to help me step out white bricks, you have to relive the powerlessness and pain again and again. How can I not be sad?
"Don't think about it."
Looking at Emma who seemed to want to say something, Leon thought about her situation and couldn’t help but secretly said:
"The pain of the past is over. Compared with what we have experienced and lost, we should look at what we still have. The most important thing is to cherish the people around us."
"..."
Cherish the person in front of you...?
Emma had heard similar advice countless times from the red-haired chief, but after sharing Leon's memories on the Black and White Bridge and experiencing his past happiness and pain.
Faced with the early death of her parents, she worked hard to raise her younger siblings, and took the initiative to join the Cleanup Bureau for her sister, becoming a cleaner with a very high mortality rate. Leon was really trying to cherish everything she had. This sentence of comfort that she had heard countless times finally entered her heart for the first time. "Emma-senpai?"
After looking at Emma who was staring at him blankly, Leon let go of her hand, squatted down slightly and said:
"It's only a few dozen steps to get off the bridge. How about I carry you on my back for the rest of the way?"
"..."
Although she subconsciously wanted to refuse, looking at Leon's shoulders, which were not broad but seemed so reliable, Emma was silent for a while, then leaned over slightly and lay on Leon's back.
After her body was in the air, Emma listened to Leon's steady and powerful breathing, and felt the heart beating like a flame under his slightly thin back, which was constantly warming her heart. Her tense body completely relaxed, and she leaned on him with confidence, and stretched out her hands to gently put her arms around Leon's neck.
Cherish the people in front of you...
……
Finally, we are off the bridge...
After stepping on more than twenty black bricks in a row and reaching the bottom of the bridge, Leon couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Although the materialism prevents me from reliving the painful memories so vividly time and time again, even if the painful memories are just scratching an itch, they will still be uncomfortable if they are scratched too much.
After walking a few more steps forward and completely leaving the range of the black and white bridge, seeing that Senior Emma didn't say anything, Leon, who had just shown off, was too embarrassed to remind her to come down, so he raised his head and looked forward.
What meets the eye is a black cliff that is so high that the top cannot be seen at all. This cliff is called "Death". The color of the cliff becomes lighter as you go up. The top that seems to be non-existent seems to be directly connected to the gray sky of the dead world.
As for the lower end of [Death], it was just like the dark earth of the dead world, extremely black, with even the reflection very weak, as if it did not exist at all. It felt like a hole that would lead you into the abyss if you stepped on it.
The countless bright red crow's nests are like bright red berries grown on the black earth that bends all the way from the ground to the sky. They also look like a large number of bright red blood spots that are constantly oozing out from the dark sky. They are extremely gorgeous and extremely strange.
"Something seems to be wrong..."
Squinting his eyes, he looked at the black wall and the red crow's nest. At the end of the road of no return... or the beginning, he saw a huge foggy door. Leon reached out and patted Emma's thigh, motioning her to look up. Then he frowned and said:
“The director said that as long as we keep going forward along the Road of No Return and pass the [Black and White Bridge] and the [Death Crow’s Nest], we will be able to see the dog god guarding the entrance to the realm of the dead.
But now we have crossed the bridge and arrived at the Death Crow's Nest. We can even see the entrance. Why haven't we seen that dog god yet? "
"It's okay, just keep going."
After hearing Leon's question, Emma, who was using the warmth coming from the front to resist the increasingly crazy abuse behind her, spoke:
“The people in the dead world don’t like the director very much, so she must have broken in. The dog god’s responsibility is to guard the gate of the dead world and prevent the living from entering the dead world, so she was probably beaten up by him.
So we can walk forward for a distance. If there are three unconscious puppies with their heads tied up by their hair on the roadside, they should be the dog gods responsible for guarding the gate.
If you don't see it along the way, then look for the death crow's nest near the entrance. After the director defeated the dog god, he was afraid that he had forgotten where he threw it. When he came back, there was no one to help open the door, so he would just stuff it into the crow's nest next to it. "
"..."
"Oh……"
(End of this chapter)