Chapter 100: Ended With Blood, And Then There Were None
The more critical the time is, the more it highlights the quality of a person. For example, at this moment, the fact that C.C., who is still dressed as a young girl, and Lacus, who has changed her dress to a young woman, are holding Mineva together, reveals enough information to Ade at a single glance. Another example is that within just zero point one seconds, the witty Dr. Lingus remembered that he was wearing sunglasses. In this world, sunglasses are comparable to head transplantation, even if it was Char Aznable, as long as he put on sunglasses, no one can recognize him.
Since Lacus and C.C. can't recognize him and they don't know Ange, it's a good idea to keep a normal heart and pretend to pass by as unrelated. For them, at this moment Ade and Ange are just a couple who went out shopping. Ange is a little prettier, and the plain Ade is definitely not conspicuous.
Considering all this, he quickly pulled Mineva into the NT mind space, and the little girl, not even knowing what he was doing, but gleefully agreed, "Mineva, pretend not to know me at present. I will give you whatever you want later."
"Okay, Uncle Ade!" Mineva replied with conviction.
He walked forward calmly. Ange holding his arm, and her breasts clinging close to his arm. The blonde girl looked around curiously, occasionally exclaiming a "wow." The two played perfectly as a couple of foreign tourists.
However, unfortunately, they were walking face to face. Just as Ade and C.C. brushed past each other, a passerby male in the distance was picking up his phone and taking pictures of the three beautiful women who appeared at the same time. His girlfriend pulled him in anger and his phone dropped to the ground. It was also at this moment that C.C. suddenly reached out a hand and slapped Ade on the shoulder.
It was one hand, but Ade felt as if he saw seventeen or eighteen hands. Each hand came from a different angle, and each hand showed a different variation, as if no matter how he moved, this one hand would definitely tap on his shoulder.
Faced with such a unique hand, Ade actually chose not to move. Because not moving is far more difficult than moving, and also more subtle. Someone may ask, "What does it mean not to move? Why doesn't he move?" In fact, not moving is moving, and this is the most subtle point!
Yet, Ade obviously did not move, but he actually moved. His body suddenly moved two feet away. In fact, he really did not move, but he had not expected that Ange had moved!
Ange appeared as if out of thin air in Ade's original position, with one hand clenched in a fist, plain and simple, and punched out against the palm. This punch has only one angle, only one strength, so slow that even Mineva seems to be able to see, what kind of a soft fist is this?
But C.C. treated it seriously! The soft palm before instantly turned into a rain of palm shadows, each palm shadow is a killing move!
Ange seems to be completely unaware of this, still strikes out this unchanged fist slowly. Not only that, the punch became even more mundane! What's even more incredible is that such a dull fist broke through the rain of palm shadows and hit that real one!
In an instant, the fist and the palm collided and separated, separated and collided again, striking each other twenty-three times in a row, silent but also earth-shattering. But in the eyes of Ade and Lacus, they clearly saw only one.
After twenty-three blows, Ange and C.C. tacitly withdrew their hands at the same time, and that's when the passerby's phone just landed in the distance.
"What are you going to do to Ade?" Ange questioned first, "Do you know what the law means to attack other people in public?"
C.C. did not say anything, just looked at Ade expressionlessly, as if to see through his expression behind the sunglasses.
At this time, Lacus' bodyguards reacted, a group of black suits hailed out of the crowd, quickly surrounded Ade and Ange in the middle, and some even pulled out their pistols. Ange reflexively blocked in front of Ade, facing the gun herself. Seeing this action of hers, C.C. and Lacus covertly exchanged a complicated look.
Lacus casually waved her hand, and the black suits disappeared into the crowd again, while some innocent passersby were taken away and asked to delete the videos they shot from their phones.
Mineva looked into the situation for a while and thought it was probably time, so she let go of Lacus's hand and flew into Ade's arms, "Uncle Ade!"
Ade leaned down to catch Mineva and picked her up by the hand, and Mineva rubbed his face affectionately. He gave Mineva his full attention and interacted with her, pretending that the three people next to him didn't exist.
Lacus scowled at Ange for a moment and whispered, "We're all public figures, let's go back and we can talk about it after that."
That's when it finally dawned on Miss Friday, "Are you Lacus and C.C.? You're really beautiful."
Hearing this, Lacus and C.C. exchanged a look again. C.C. read jealousy in Lacus's eyes, and Lacus read a chill C.C.'s eyes.
They soon left in pairs, with Lacus and C.C. in front without a word, Ange following Ade, and Mineva continuing to talk with Ade as if she didn't notice anything. When they arrived at home, Ade was surprised to find, "A new house?"
"That's a rarity." C.C. responded lightly, "Someone even got a new wife."
Lacus walked up, took Mineva from Ade and put her on the floor, patted the little girl's head, and ordered without question, "Mineva, go to your room."
Mineva looked at Ade worriedly and ran all the way back to her room.
"Sit down, everyone." Lacus said as she herself sat down next to C.C., and Ade and Ange sat across from them, "Ade, no explanation? What happened this year, who is this lady really, and why are you in Misurugi and then suddenly appear here. The most important thing between people is communication, and I will listen to your explanation so as not to cause any misunderstanding."
"For example, this little girl with an amazing body is actually not your new lover but your daughter or something like that." C.C. said coldly, "Explain, lest it's actually a similar misunderstanding."
"Not daughter!" Ange shouted up excitedly, "I'm—"
"Friday." Ade patted the back of her hand, "Leave it to me here, you don't need to say anything."
Ange meekly shut her mouth and sat back restrainedly. Lacus sighed softly, "Very interesting nickname then, Friday."
Then, Ade began to narrate everything that happened rationally, objectively, and neutrally; he didn't want to play any little tricks to gain sympathy on this. Halfway through, Lacus's phone rang, she picked it up and looked at it, shook her head and picked it up, "Yes, he's back. No, really, it's okay, you need to take care of the babies at this time but not come here. Please keep it a secret for us, yeah, thanks, bye."
The Lacus who put down the phone looked at Ade with a smirk, "Your daughter tried to get help for you, how sweet it is. Too bad it's not much use, you go on."
The storytime continued, and the two of them pursued some details from time to time. In front of Lacus, Ade was little capable of lying, and everyone acquiesced to that. After some time, the two who listened to the whole story looked at each other and fell silent in unison.
C.C. pondered for a moment and looked at him disappointedly. Her tone sounded a little depressed, "You are you, I do not know anything about Yang Wen-li. For you, this question may be complicated, but for me, this question is simple. Sorry, I don't see the need for you to have an affair again."
After saying this, C.C. leaned back lazily on the sofa and stared blankly at the ceiling in a daze.
"This lady, your name is Ange, right?" Lacus didn't have any energy left to pay attention to C.C., she did her best just by making an expression as kind as possible, "Don't you want to say something? As you can see, Ade's love life is rather complicated."
"I …" Ange's gaze bounced between them, eventually lowering her head in self-loathing, "We Normas have no IQ, I listen to Ade. He's smarter than me, he'll figure it out."
"It's true that it's a completely different type of character then." Lacus smiled sadly, "Ade, you know what, I'm naturalized, now I'm Lacus Lingus."
Faced with this sudden news, Ade did not express shock, but only nodded gratefully. Ange froze for a moment before reacting to what it meant, puffing out her cheeks and gently elbowing him to show her displeasure. Lacus took in her small gesture and sighed silently in her heart.
"Ade, you know, my social status, financial resources, relationships, and even personal safety are all based on your existence. I've gotten too involved, and there's no turning back now." Lacus's smile grew more and more bitter, "This home is the only place I can exist, so no matter how excessive you are, I'll probably just be forced to accept it."
Ade's heart was dripping with blood, but it was his own doing. These are the things that must be faced, no one will be stupid to say, "I don't care if you have other women." Even if it is Ange, her heart also feels painful. Not to mention the fact that C.C. is such a high-minded person.
"I have no right to resist, no courage to leave, and no ability to be independent. Unequal love probably ends up like this, becoming something like a parasite or a handout." Lacus's chest rose and fell a little violently, and the corners of her eyes were a little moist, "If, if at first …"
She thought for a moment, and then shook her head, "Forget it, there is no point in talking about it now. At least give me the freedom to be sad, Ade?"
Without expecting an answer, she stood up, "Miss Ange, come with me, I'll arrange a room for you. Let's leave them alone for now."
Ange looked at her anxiously, and Ade gave her a reassuring look before the young girl followed Lacus out. Then only two people were left in the living room, the two that started it all. C.C. continued to stare at the ceiling in a daze, with no intention of speaking up.
He gathered his thoughts and was the first to break the silence by saying, "C.C., you gave me life twice, thank you."
"What's that supposed to mean? I don't owe you anymore, so I can leave?" C.C. sniffed and sat up, her eyes coldly locked with him, "The girl named Ange is silly and can be easily fooled around, Lacus has too many concerns and can only hold her tongue, so the uncontrollable ones like me are better off retiring first, where did I misunderstand?"
"You would not have died, you never owed me anything." Ade said sincerely, "I was born to become the individual I am today because of you, and now I am the one who owes you two lives."
"This calculation will not change either the fait accompli or my mind, it is meaningless." C.C.'s voice was clear and cold as before, "Do you remember when we first met?"
"Six years ago, I remember it very clearly."
"You were fourteen then, now you're twenty." C.C. stood up and looked at him condescendingly, "Each year has a different length for me, have you ever thought about it?"
"I know."
"You know, but you don't understand, or don't care." C.C.'s golden eyes showed a hint of confusion, "Just leaving you, you're going to be sad. Just staying, I'm going to be sad again. Who do you think is better between us to be sad?"
"If you are sad, I will be sad with you. If I'm sad, I want you to be sad with me too."
"Shameless." C.C. turned around in disappointment and walked to the other end of the room, "Did you suddenly change, or did I stay at the same point in time for too long? I don't understand and I don't want to understand. At the end of the day, I'm really still alone, I shouldn't have taken any chances from the beginning."
Ade also followed her, without answering.
"The destruction of the world has nothing to do with me, it would be better if it could destroy me together. I was on the verge of forgetting that I was supposed to be begging for death, so thanks for making me remember, Ade." C.C. walked to the kitchen and casually picked up a knife and played with it, "The last time the person who betrayed me planted CODE on me and then died selfishly, I didn't even get a chance to retaliate."
"What about this time?"
"I can't believe I would be stupid enough to trust someone again, to be stupid enough to expect something from someone else, to live for so long but be childish like a little girl in her first love." C.C. laughed to herself and turned around, "You owe me two lives, right? So first return one to me."
The knife stabbed Ade's abdomen with precision and speed, and the moment the tip of the knife touched his skin, he felt a hint of coldness, but the pain of tearing skin and muscle immediately covered the previous sensation. C.C. knew this better than he did and pulled the knife handle to the sides, and he was immediately convulsing and sweating, almost breaking his teeth to keep from crying out.
C.C. released her grip on the knife, and her body trembled slightly. Ade finally found an opportunity to gently embrace C.C., and kissed her. C.C. closed her eyes in silence, did not push him away, nor did she respond, but just let him do it.
The massive internal bleeding made Ade a little dizzy, and after a while of kissing, he released her with a weak consciousness.
"What is this?"
"Absence makes the heart grow fonder."
"Phew …" C.C. let out a long breath, "Don't be stupid, no one will be happy."
But Ade no longer had the strength to answer her. C.C. quietly watched him fall, with something indefinable in her eyes.
After another moment, he heard Lacus exclaim, heard Ange roar, a crackling fight, and then Mineva's cry.
"He is an angel and cannot die." C.C.'s voice was undulating, "It will heal itself in a moment."
"Ade is not an angel, he's a Coordinator made by Lilith!" This was Ange's angry shout, "I bandaged him myself on the island, the wound won't heal by itself, he will die! Where's the first aid kit at home?"
"Impossible." C.C. remained calm.
"What do you know about him?!" Ange said and tried to fight again, Lacus hurriedly shoved the first aid kit into her hand.
The blood was flowing like water, and the wound didn't heal itself. Lacus called an ambulance, Ange helped him to stop the bleeding, Mineva knelt beside him and cried, C.C. looked at all this blankly.
Then his consciousness began to blur, and the sounds around him began to be inaudible. Before he passed out, he found C.C. in his vision, smiled at her, and then his eyes went black and he didn't know anything.
