In the night, Dream City began to collapse and collapse inch by inch from the edge. High-rise buildings roared and fell. Pedestrians on the road stepped into the shadows and cars drove into darkness. Then, everything fell into the spreading, deep and dark Mirror World.
"We didn't trick any strange people into coming in this time... It seems that those 'Great Existence' people are very sure that the power within the barrier will give priority to solving the problem of 'Oldest One' instead of using it as a bargaining chip...
"Oh, let's try again next time."
Amon, who was driving the black taxi, watched the darkness spread, muttering a few words silently, adjusting the monocle in his right eye socket, and then his expression became sluggish, and he fell into the void together with his car.
Adam in the Prayer Hall below the church stood up from the bench, Roselle in the luxury villa looked at his daughter dotingly, and Amanises in the high-rise apartment reluctantly put down his mobile phone...
Their expressions also changed, as if they had lost their souls, and then they were swallowed up by darkness together with everything around them.
It wasn't until the city collapsed like a chessboard that it gradually shrank, and its residents walked into the shadows one by one, leaving only the supermarket shrouded in darkness, and the disappearance of the dream slowed down.
Feeling the "loss of contact" with his other Marionette, and the alarm rising deep in Spirituality, Klein let go of Angel in his arms and asked:
"Is the dream about to end completely?"
Angel, who was still wearing student clothes but had returned to Klein's familiar look, said "hmm", looked around, his eyes flashed, and said after a moment:
"The other Dreamwalker have already left, and we still have a little time before the dream ends."
After waking up, she seemed to have become the real master of this real dream... What does a little time mean... Klein Thoughts flashed in her mind, and she asked thoughtfully:
"Is this all a trap for 'Original Creator' Feminine Aspect?"
"Absolutely," Angel said in a calm tone, "After being affected by the power of 'River of Eternal Darkness', he and I should not have maintained self-awareness, but should have fallen into a long sleep. However, Goddess's blessing allowed me to make a certain degree of change in the dream before that, and gain a little advantage in the competition with 'Oldest One'."
"So you established Dream City with a familiar appearance, put yourself in it, and lived as an ordinary person? Will this help combat the awareness of 'Original Creator'? "Klein asked with enlightenment.
Angel shook his head and continued:
"If that's the case, the ultimate winner must be Him. After all, human nature is limited and will gradually wear away in long-term confrontation, and Mental Imprint of Original Creator will exist forever in all the Sefirah, Uniqueness and Beyonder Characteristic of the world He created. He can wait, but I can't.
"Fortunately, when I accommodated Uniqueness of 'Demoness' Pathway, I felt that the consciousness of 'Oldest One' in my body was not the real one. The one whose will gradually dissipated after taking Mental Imprint was the new consciousness that appeared due to the combination of Tudor and Cheek in Special Mirror World.
"He is probably the resurrection method left by that Original Creator. With his own 'Feminine Aspect' and 'Masculine Aspect', plus the power of 'Lord of Mysteries' who created Special Mirror World, and the resurrection back-up of that 'God Almighty', Original Creator was born in Mirror World... If everything goes well, He will master 'City of Calamity' relying on Calamity and two Pathway to form a stable existence, instead of Nine Source Qualities and twenty-two Paths of the Divine that will split again once they are aggregated."
Mirrored Original Creator is actually the "resurrection method" left by Great Existence, the one who created everything, rather than a product born out of some accident? A flash of lightning flashed in Klein's mind, and he understood why "Original Creator" formed a barrier outside the earth when it fell, blocking everything, especially the Outer Deity who wanted to seize Sefirah.
"The fight for Outer Deity is likely to form a new aggregation, allowing Original Creator to be born again, destroying everything and creating everything, and what he wants is a stable existence, like Pillar like 'God Almighty' and 'Lord of Mysteries'?"
He followed the train of thought and said.
"Well, this is the information I learned in the process of confronting and merging with Him. Of course, part of it also comes from the remaining will of 'Primordial Demoness' Cheek," Angel smiled and explained, "In addition, during this process, I also discovered an important thing."
"The consciousness of the newborn Original Creator is very weak, just like a newborn baby. This is why Cheek and Tudor can master his Feminine Aspect and Masculine Aspect respectively, so as to fight against the consciousness of God Almighty and use the power of 'Chaos Sea'.
"Under the suppression of Cheek, Feminine Aspect of Creator grew very slowly, but gradually gained its own power, eager to invade by occupying 'Mirror Person' Reality, the purpose of getting rid of the control of 'Master of the Mirror World'... This obsession is still reflected in the dream, and because I have merged with Him to a certain extent in reality, He can only target... my Mirror Person."
Angel's voice was soft and soothing, as if she was not worried at all about the darkness surrounding the supermarket swallowing her and Klein.
The latter listened carefully while thinking in his mind, trying to understand the rules behind the dream.
From a simple offensive and defensive perspective, Feminine Aspect of "Original Creator" needs to come into contact with "Mirror Person" of Angel, and the latter needs to prevent this from happening, so the entire Dream City was designed into an ordinary world without the existence of extraordinary powers. Even the "extraordinary world" that existed in history no longer exists, in order to avoid being exposed to the Potion system to the greatest extent, and become "Witch".
He glanced sideways at the prize redemption area, which was still full of all kinds of Potion, and asked tentatively:
"The giver of prizes that looks like Viève and these Potions that appear to be complete but in fact only 'Demoness' Pathway are genuine, do they all symbolize the purpose of 'Original Creator'?"
"No," Angel shook his head, "She and those Potion were all arranged by me."
Huh?
Klein was startled.
Seeing him with a surprised look on his face, Angel laughed again and explained somewhat proudly:
"I just said that if we continue to fight, I will only lose, so when I was designing the dream, I made a plan to use 'Oldest One' as an opportunity to grow and use 'Mirror Person' as a trap to lure him out and make him give up this chance of resurrection...
"Once the dream begins, I can only fight against His Mental Imprint with all my strength. Everything in Dream City can only develop on its own. Neither I nor He can spare the power to influence this process.
"And you, and other outsiders, no matter what your purpose is, as long as you enter the dream, it is possible for Angel Granger in the dream to come into contact with extraordinary power, and then have the opportunity to be promoted."
Klein raised his eyebrows, took over the topic and said:
"So, you simply took the initiative to create an opportunity for your own 'assassin' Potion."
Angel nodded slightly:
"Yes, the appearance of Old Neil was an accident, but even without his 'Apocalypse prophecy', I would have found the opportunity to draw a lottery during my repeated visits to this supermarket and get the bottle of Potion that must belong to me.
"Of course, I must drink Potion at night, so that Mirror Person can be born. This is the role of Cheek..."
She had to stay at night... It turned out that she already knew... Klein felt melancholy for a while, sighed and continued:
"Whether it's day or night, this body belongs to Angel? Then who was it that kicked me out of my dream?"
"Of course it is Feminine Aspect of 'Original Creator'. He desires that I take Potion and create the Mirror Person that He needs, so he will not show mercy to those who hinder this. Fortunately, His behavior allowed me and other Dreamwalker to see that He had been fooled, and they had greater confidence in what they were going to do next."
Angel replied with a smile on his lips, as if he remembered the embarrassment of Klein who was kicked out of the dream and came back here to explain his inconsistent behavior.
I even suspected that it was you who did it yourself...Klein cursed, sensing the slow and inexorable collapse of the surrounding dreams, and continued to ask:
"After 'Oldest One' found out that he could not occupy Mirror Person and gave up this chance of resurrection, was this confrontation really over?"
"Of course not," the smile on Angel's face disappeared, and his tone gradually became serious, "Even if Oldest One's will gradually dissipates, his spirit will not be destroyed. I can win a hundred times, a thousand times, but he only needs to win once."
"I will find a way to both confront and integrate with Him, and use His own power to delay the arrival of this ending.
"Not only Original Creator, but also Pillar like 'Lord of Mysteries' and 'God Almighty'. In the dream, I felt that the consciousness of God Almighty appeared once, and then disappeared quickly... He was probably also worried about Oldest One's resurrection, and provided me with secret help in this matter."
"Lord of Mysteries" is the same... so that Celestial Worthy will be the same...Klein was speechless for a moment, and then sighed and asked after a moment:
"You already... know that you are 'Mirror Person'?"
Angel did not hesitate as he guessed, but smiled and nodded:
"Yeah, got it.
"I discovered it from various clues and her behavior of asking me to accommodate Uniqueness and rebuild Mirror World as soon as possible."
Looking at the smile that reappeared on Angel's face, Klein felt his chest twitch, and he asked cautiously:
"Don't you feel... lost?"
"It won't happen this time," Angel tilted his head to make his smile more natural, "Whether it's 'Mirror Person' or the consciousness created by Adam, I am who I am."
"Besides, you won't dislike me because of this, right?"
As she spoke, her eyes stayed on Klein's face, as if waiting for something.
I thought she would be like the last time at Bayam, because of the stimulation of Adam... Could it be that Adam showed up deliberately that time to prepare for such a time? Klein was startled and quickly responded:
"Of course, I said that no matter whether you are real or not, I love you who has always been with me, not a certain identity or a certain name... It is the same now."
At this moment, both of them recalled the memory of when Klein said "I love you" for the first time in Bayam's hotel suite.
But this time, it was Angel with red cheeks who took the initiative to open his arms and hugged Klein.
The two of them just roared closer and closer, hugging each other in the small world before the dream completely collapsed and disappeared, feeling each other's body temperature and love.
In this way, she will no longer worry about her identity affecting our relationship... Klein relaxed in her heart and immediately thought of another question.
He put his lips close to Angel's earlobes, which had warm and translucent skin but were red due to congestion, and said softly:
"So, can you tell me, who is the male 'Mirror Person' who appears in Mirror World?
"I've seen pictures of Cole Granger, that's definitely not him."
Instantly, the soft body in Klein's arms became stiff.