Overturned Tower

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With that in mind, the two of them had already entered the store.Not surprisingly, no one recognized the identities of Delphinium and Alice except for the attention of passersby because of their stunning looks.

"Boss, two extra-large pizzas, one with chicken, one with beef...well, add two snack platters, and an imperial salad."

Delphinium took Alice and went to a pizzeria they had never been to on weekdays—this was also to prevent the boss from recognizing Delphinium, and then connecting Alice to Ultramarine through their relationship.

Even so, Delphinium still had a twinkle in her eyes when she ordered.

There seemed to be light in her eyes as she looked at the delicious food, and even her tail wagged happily.

"Bringing my sister to dinner, little girl?"

The owner of the pizzeria is obviously a severely paranoid patient, and his head looks like a standard gray wolf - with gray and brown coat colors, long wolf kisses and dark golden pupils.

Although the spiritual relatives of the two are obviously different, it is not uncommon for brothers and sisters to inherit the spiritual relatives of their parents separately.

But that intimate and tacit atmosphere cannot be faked.

The boss looked at the two people holding hands intimately and naturally, and reminded with concern: "The extra-large pizza here is 12 inches. You two little girls may not be able to finish eating a plate. I recommend ordering a [-]-inch pizza." It’s fine. Serve with a snack and a salad... just enough for two girls to eat.”

"It's okay, boss..."

Delphinium felt helpless for a moment.

This happens when she goes to a store that she doesn't usually go to - her abnormal appetite and appetite are also a rare manifestation of her spiritual disease.When she used to go out to eat and order, she was easily regarded as a brat who ordered randomly and wasted food.And if you order while eating, the serving speed will not keep up with her eating speed, and you will be very unhappy when you eat.

And just when the delphinium was about to explain it to the boss, Alice suddenly opened her mouth and explained in her gentle and playful voice: "It's okay, sir... If we have leftovers, we will also pack them back to our parents It’s for dinner. Because the pizza in this restaurant is very famous, but it’s not easy to come here when you’re in school… Please follow my sister’s order.”

"Okay... I was rude, how about adding cheese to the two young ladies?"

The boss of Gray Wolf also knew that he had misunderstood, so he agreed heartily.

Seeing this, Delphinium added: "For drinks, please have an iced milk and a Coke."

"Ice Coke too!" Alice added.

"Coke is good at room temperature."

Delphinium interrupted, and then reprimanded like a sister: "You have a stomach, can you drink iced Coke?"

"Okay, let's go to the ice."

The boss said cheerfully, bent over and persuaded Alice: "It's more important to be healthy, little sister.

"Also...it's better not to eat pizza at night. My pizza has a lot of cheese. Eating it at night may cause indigestion.

"Remember, don't force yourself? Don't overeat, pack it up and take it away if you can't finish it."

"Good~"

Alice responded obediently with a childish voice.

And suddenly she noticed.

At this moment, a man wearing a cloak and sunglasses in the corner of the store suddenly raised his head and looked towards him.

When he saw the face of "Alice" clearly...

——Russell was very clear, feeling the violent fluctuations in his heart.

Oh?

It's really immediate, so you caught one so quickly?

Alice showed a bright and innocent smile.

Russell felt the other party's delicate emotions playfully in his heart:

Shocked, stunned, unbelievable, regretful, and...

……Love?

Alice's footsteps suddenly stopped.

As if she had sensed something, she looked at the man with doubts on her face.

Seeing her confused gaze, the man quickly adjusted his sunglasses, lowered his head very naturally, and concentrated on destroying the food.

She tried it out, but she didn't feel any hostility or vigilance, but "love" suddenly turned into "disappointment".

Did you realize you were mistaken?

Or... do you know that it is absolutely impossible for Alice to be standing here?

interesting……

Alice narrowed her eyes, as happy as a kitten who has stolen a cat strip.

Chapter 11 You finally found me

"What happened?"

Delphinium keenly noticed the smile on the corner of Alice's mouth.

She stretched out her hands to support Alice's cheeks, pressed her thumbs on both sides of Alice's mouth, and manually smoothed out her snickering like stealing a fish.

"Have you met anyone you know?"

she asked in a low voice.

Alice didn't answer.

She just pulled out a data cable from the forearm of her left hand and handed it to Delphinium.

Delphinium also suddenly realized, quietly took the data cable, and inserted it into his waist.

As the former eldest lady, Alice's degree of prosthetic body is very low.

Her arm is not a prosthetic body, it is just equipped with an interface similar to that of an elf under the skin.

After completing the physical link with the Delphinium, they can communicate spiritually.

【How to say?Is there a problem with that person? 】

Delphinium asked curiously, and at the same time there were mental fluctuations of worry and concern: [I see he seems very shocked. 】

【Should be an acquaintance of Alice】

Alice replied in her heart: [I sensed that besides guilt, there is also strong love in his heart]

【...Speaking of which, could it be your father? 】

Delphinium's mind flashed, and such an idea appeared.

The plot of "seeing that the son grows up to look very similar to his dead wife" appeared in her mind, and subconsciously passed it on to Alice.

Immediately afterwards, she immediately realized what idea she had passed.

Immediately, she covered her cheeks with flushed faces, and remained silent.

Alice on the opposite side was also shocked.

She was silent for a while, but she still decided to give delphinium a face and not to oppress her too much... so she lightly brought up the topic.

Naturally, such thoughts and decisions were also passed on to Delphinium.

This is the inherent shortcoming of the physical link... because the speed of thought must be faster than reason.

The so-called "talking but not the brain" refers to such a situation.

This is also why in the era when thoughts can be easily retrieved, people send more letters through virtual keyboards... because the process of inputting text is actually a process of thinking, deliberating, and sorting out logic with the brain.The stronger the logical ability, the more obvious the difference between language logic and text logic-so some video hosts who have made interesting videos, or authors with extremely strict logic in their works may not necessarily be eloquent in reality. arguer.

Because the part of the brain that responds directly to events is not the same part as the part that weaves answers logically after deliberation.

Relaxed chats tend to lean toward the former, while conversations with clients lean more toward the latter.As for sending a letter, a prudent person will even check the text several times, trying to ensure that the details and etiquette are correct, and this almost completely abandons the "gut reaction".

But in the physical link, because the speed of message transmission is "instant", it must be [-]% the former.

Therefore, if it is through a physical link, it is even possible to directly torture the other party - as long as you open a lie detector software, you can learn the real answer that cannot be concealed by analyzing the other party's instinctive reaction.It's the same as directly analyzing the opposite's brainwaves through an instrument, and it's too late to even deceive yourself.

Only the most trusted friends, lovers and relatives will be physically connected to each other.

Completely pure friendship usually only occurs among children.When people's sociality becomes stronger, the three views begin to become complicated, and there are subtle differences with friends... Whether it is friends of the same sex or the opposite sex, it is impossible to have no complaints between each other.

The vast majority of friends in this world are not absolutely compatible.Rather, at least one party is silently enduring, tolerant, and giving in... By accepting and recognizing the other party, and working hard to change themselves, the relationship is maintained.

In other words, a sincere relationship is built on white "lies".

The physical link can dismantle all the ostentatious appearances formed by language, expressions, and actions.

The resentment, dissatisfaction, misunderstanding, conflict accumulated in the heart... will be passed on to the other party in an instant without any reservation.

Therefore, another purpose of physical link is the most practical for the general public.

——That is the quarrel accelerator.

In many cases, quarrels between the two parties are actually caused by trivial matters.But in the middle, you may start to turn over old accounts, or start to get emotional, which will eventually lead to shortness of breath and unscrupulous words-and in the middle and late stages of the quarrel, in fact, it is no longer dominated by logic, but by emotion. that's it.Because the rising anger will distort the original purpose... That's the reason why anger hits the heart.

And this requires a process and time.

Through a physical link, it is equivalent to finishing all the words at high speed in a few seconds.And at this time, the body hasn't even reacted yet... so emotions haven't overwhelmed logic, and it's easier to reconcile.

That is to say, when the body is not paying attention, you have already finished getting angry and arguing.When the two sides have reached a consensus, the anger that can blind reason has not even been brewed...

On the one hand, it is for keeping in good health. After all, being angry can really hurt the body; on the other hand, it is because people don’t have the time to quarrel.

Through the physical link, Delphinium fully experienced all the changes in Alice's mood.

She would blush, not just because of embarrassment or shyness, but also because of the experience of intimate communication and heartbeat, which made her blush and heartbeat.

It's like putting a paper cup phone on your chest and transmitting the sound of your heartbeat into the ear of the other party.

Although the two ends of the line are separated, it will be as if the other party puts his ear on his chest and listens to the heartbeat quietly.

Obviously far apart.Clearly separated by air.

The distance between the two hearts seems to be closer than when they hug each other.

So at this time, the thread connecting the two parties...became an invisible thread representing "fate".

【Not that man】

Alice sent her equally complicated emotions: [I can't spare that man... I've seen his photo, and it doesn't match at all.And I don’t feel that way either]

But at this time, Delphinium keenly sensed... Contrary to what Russell said, the hatred and hatred accumulated in the pumping thread of mind is actually not too strong.

The more intense emotions are actually confusion, grievance and stubbornness.

It's like... Russell never regarded that man as his real father who gave birth to him.But I also think that it is a very important person to me.

He just didn't understand what the other party was thinking, didn't know what happened that year...so he felt confused.

And he was like an abandoned cat, with a faint, unobvious grievance in his heart.And this kind of grievance is not all for himself, but part of it is the empathy for feeling wronged for Alice.

And the emotion that accounts for the most—it’s actually stubbornness.In other words, it is to prove your determination.

Compared with the hatred of killing that man, it was more like punching him so hard that the man who looked down on him knelt on the ground, looking up in amazement at the cub that he had abandoned as a burden in the past.I feel that he has become stronger than himself now.

It was a kind of tenacious mood called "not admitting defeat", which was quite the style of a big boy.

...It turns out that Russell also has such feelings.

Delphinium had such an idea at the first reaction, and it was received by Alice simultaneously.

【Why can't I have it? I'm also a normal young man】

The other party was obviously aggrieved.

[Because compared to people of the same age, I think you are more like a high-ranking existence who has never touched the bottom.]

In delphinium's cognition, such things as "desire to win and lose", "self-esteem", "desire to express", and "sense of existence" seem to have never been related to Russell... This kind of workplace leadership can be used to whitewash easily. The hot-blooded young man who just graduated from prostitution, the sweet pancake that has been tried and tested, but he couldn't feed Russell's mouth at all.No matter how you feed it, the cat just turns its head and says no, and the stuffer can't get it in.

But now, he has shown very clear "self-esteem" and "pride", a desire to prove himself.

Now, delphinium finally realizes...

Russell is not completely indifferent to fame and fortune, and doesn't care about that kind of thing at all.It's because what he cares about is actually not in the workplace, fame and fortune.

He didn't want to be famous to become a hero, nor did he want to outshine others to show his otherworldly talents.

Nor is it for the empty reason of "proving oneself", or the superior pity of "the strong will help the weak".

Instead, it's extremely simple... looking up at the sky.

Unswervingly move towards higher ground.

As for who he passed and what he crossed... These "goals" that people value the most are not cared by Russell.