Machine War: Starting from Gundam OO

Chapter 1548 It's Him, and It's Not Him

"Well...what is going on?" Yang Hui gently removed the arms that were hugging him, quietly stood up and walked to the balcony.

That spot of light was himself sleeping with eyes closed, wrapped in light. Yes, it was Yang Hui himself. He would never make a mistake. It must be another him.

But because of this, Yang Hui became even more confused. He was very sure that this self was not the fake as the [Knight] mentioned, because he did not feel the violence and madness that he had felt from the phantom before. Instead, he was as calm as water and as gentle as the warm sun. If the one in the Temple of Slaughter was pure madness and evil, then the one he met this time was pure peace and goodness.

"Found it?" At this time, Advant appeared in front of Yang Hui, sitting on the handrail of the balcony, admiring the scenery of Promise Fortress with Yang Hui.

"I say..." Yang Hui was very troubled by the sudden appearance of Yadevant. This is his private room and his wives are still sleeping. Can't they pay attention to his privacy?

"Don't worry, I at least have some manners." Yadevant said with a smile.

"...Tsk, maybe it was really a mistake to bring you back." Yang Hui complained.

"You don't mean what you say."

"…I found it, but it feels like not only has the problem not been solved, but there are even more problems." Yang Hui rolled his eyes and decided not to waste time with Yadevant on this kind of problem.

“Thinking is proof that humans are still alive.”

"Thank you, I know very well that I am still alive. Can you stop talking nonsense? Be practical." Yang Hui didn't believe that Yadevant came to him late at night just to play with him. If that was the case...hiss~!

"Hehe, my sexual orientation is very normal, don't worry." Seeing Yang Hui take two steps back, Yadevant replied calmly, but the smile on his face disappeared. If you look closely, you can find that his face is a little dark.

"Haha, it seems you have more humanity now." Yang Hui shrugged and teased.

"Yes, but in my opinion, this is not a good thing." Yadfant regained his smile and responded to Yang Hui, "Humans are too complicated and too easy to degenerate. There are too few people like you who can stick to their original intentions. That's why I think you are very interesting, Yang Hui. I have seen too many humans who have a fiery original intention and want to realize their ambitions, but in the face of cruel reality, they are frustrated, lost, discouraged, desperate, silent, lost, integrated, degraded, and go along with the crowd. They have lost their original intentions, everything is just for survival, and then to realize their ambitions, abandon friends and family, abandon ethics and morals, abandon everything, just for that insignificant little ambition, you say... my humanity is too high, isn't it going back to the past?"

"But humans also have a good side. As you said, humans are very easy to fall. They will collapse in an instant because of a small thing. But you can't deny that the light of human nature is also warm. The world is broken and there are always people who insist on patching it up. It is precisely because such people are rare that they are precious, right? If everyone can do this, then you will think that doing evil is something that is very commendable."

"So... do you understand?"

"Huh? What are you talking about... Huh!?" It seemed like an irrelevant answer, but it was like a bomb exploded in Yang Hui's mind, shattering all doubts and guesses, and then a thin line connected the fragments in a completely different order.

"what do you mean……"

"You can ask, but I won't answer." Yadevant already knew what Yang Hui wanted to ask, but he was not going to answer the question. Yang Hui already had the answer, but he was not sure, and he would not help him confirm it. This was a question about Yang Hui himself, a question about his existence itself, so he would not interrupt and let Yang Hui discover it himself.

"..." Yang Hui was silent. Although his guess could not be confirmed, he was confident that his guess was almost right.

"I'm actually very curious." Yadfante asked Yang Hui, "This fortress has existed for a long time, longer than I have. After I started traveling, I have been watching it. It's boring... It has changed many owners, but they are all the same, boring and only know how to pursue power, endlessly pursuing power. Obviously, this fortress can do a lot of things..."

"..." Yang Hui did not interrupt, but just listened quietly to what Yadevant said.

"I think the founder of this fortress must be very interesting." Yadfant closed his eyes, as if sinking into memories, recalling the person he wanted to see but failed to meet and could never meet again. "Just like you, Yang Hui, after you came, this fortress has undergone earth-shaking changes, full of vigorous vitality and forward momentum. Maybe... this is what the founder wanted back then? It's just... a pity that such an interesting person can't be seen anymore." "The reason why there are regrets is called life."

"Hehe, you don't have to use the same words you use to fool them on me," Yadevant said jokingly.

"Tsk, you're getting more and more boring."

"Yeah, that's right. How about... you continue? I'll be watching..."

"Bang~!"

“Ouch~!!!!!”

Yang Hui couldn't help it. This time he really couldn't help it. He didn't care whether Advant was a god or not, no matter how strong he was, and even more so, he didn't care whether it would make him angry. He just kicked him and kicked him off the balcony handrail. Anyway, he wouldn't die from this height.

"Go away! Don't disturb my sleep!"

……

"It's really funny." Yadfante was not angry because of Yang Hui's kick. He really couldn't be killed by falling from a height of dozens of floors. He just stood up and patted the dust off his body, still keeping a happy smile, "Don't you think so? Mavis."

At this time, Adfant was not in front of the central hall, but... fell into a place that Yang Hui had never been to, which was the basement of the central hall, a completely enclosed special space. In the center of this space was a huge culture chamber connected by countless lines and pipes, emitting a faint blue light. Inside the culture chamber, soaking in an unknown liquid... was a person, or... Mephis.

[…You’d better keep your mouth shut.] The shadow of Mephis appeared in front of Advent and said to him with a cold face.

"Don't worry, I know what to say and what not to say." Advent replied with a smile, "But I admire you, Mephis. Whether it's your sacrifice or your tolerance, how did you hold on until now? You even sealed yourself, and now he's finally back, and you can still hold it in."

【This is none of your business.】

"When are you going to tell him?"

[I said, this is none of your business! ]

"Same as me, right? He...is no longer the same person, although...there is no doubt that he is a different existence. But you are unwilling to give up that illusory or non-existent hope, right?"

[…You can leave now. This is not the place for you.]

Silence. Mavis was silent, his eyes were filled with remembrance, anger, regret, despair, expectation...all kinds of emotions were intricately intertwined. Finally, the phantom disappeared, never to appear again, and never to speak again. Only the sleeping woman was left in the incubator.

"Oh, it's so complicated. It seems that I still have a lot to learn, but..." Knowing that Mavis would no longer pay attention to him, Advent did not intend to stay here any longer to make himself bored. But before leaving, he still looked at the sleeping Mavis and murmured, "He is not him, but he may not be him."

As soon as he finished speaking, Advant disappeared in a flash. He didn't know that a large number of bubbles suddenly appeared in the culture chamber that was silent just now, and the eyelids of the sleeping Mephis began to tremble slightly.

(End of this chapter)