Crimson Embers Chapter 32: A demon hunter who cannot save his lover at a critical moment is not a good mentor
The Masons stormed the Final Star.
But they did not cross the sea of stars and land on the dark star that was pieced together from the wreckage of countless worlds. The functioning principle of the collapsed crystal wall was more like a semi-permanent portal. After crossing it, it transferred them from the crumbling Doujie to the End Star in a rather miraculous manner.
However, this transmission seems to be random.
At least when Mason woke up from his slightly dizzy feeling, there was no trace of other people around him. The funny guys in the family were gone, the little cuties were gone, and the dog was gone too.
He was the only one who opened his eyes in the dim environment.
Mason got up from the ground, drew the Destiny pistol from his waist and looked around vigilantly.
This place looks like a gloomy corridor in a closed building. The walls on both sides of the captain are covered with various operating computing devices, just like a super server room.
Judging from the specifications of the End Star and the functions it carries, this is most likely an area directly connected to the main body of its circulation function.
But Mason didn't think it was an accident that he was separated from the others and was teleported here precisely.
There must be someone behind this!
"Hey, what are you doing standing there? Come over here when you wake up!"
A familiar voice sounded above Mason, causing the Captain to look up and see Zero Tony Stark standing at the railing above and waving at him.
The guy had a sickly smile on his sick face, as if "See, I told you we would meet again", as if all this was part of his plan.
Mason curled his lips, put the pistol back into his waist, jumped, and landed accurately next to Tony Zero during the water transformation.
"I remember I shot you dead."
He said:
"How did you come back to life?"
"Look at your question, it's not very professional."
Tony Zero took a sip of the liquid in the coffee cup in his hand and complained to Mason:
"You killed me seventeen years later, what does that have to do with me now?
When you step into the Doujie, you should know that the time here is a constant anchor point on the sacred timeline and is always in a cycle, so theoretically as long as I stay here, I can achieve true immortality.
But this is nothing to be proud of.
Don't worry about your friends, I sent them a little far away, but I left a mark for them, and they will come to meet you soon. "
“There’s not that much time left.”
Mason was looking down from above at the magnificent spectacle of a huge computing array as big as a small city. From the constantly jumping and increasingly rapid points of light, he could feel the pressure of the Doomsday Star about to set sail.
He said:
"Take me to the key point quickly and stop this thing."
"Don't worry."
Tony Zero waved his hand nonchalantly and said:
"It's just setting sail now. It will take another 30 minutes for it to calibrate the timeline and start the cycle. Believe me, I have seen this thing run more than a dozen times, and it's accurate to the second.
And you can't see the real owner even if you go there now.
Only after the departure procedure is activated can that guy temporarily break away from the disordered cycle of time, so I still have some time to tell you the truth that you may have guessed but is not complete.
But before we start talking about this, I have to ask you a question..."
He turned and stared at Mason.
"Where's the gem in my head? You don't seem to have it with you?"
"I buried it in Tyrant Tony's grave."
Mason said bluntly:
"I think that poor guy deserves it. He's been used as a tool by you for so long. It's unreasonable not to give him some compensation, right?"
"tool?"
Tony Zero sighed and said:
"So in your eyes, am I such a jerk that I would include myself in this? No, that's not the case. When I realized that I had to make a difficult choice, I gave him the most precious thing that should have belonged to me.
free.
I gave him freedom.
I hope that he will not be bound by my fate and can live as an independent individual in the outside world without having to endure my pain and my despair, but he is too obsessed with identity and recognition.
The moment I separated him, we became separate individuals.
It's just a name and an identity, but he can't let it go."
"He just wants to be complete, not to accuse you of stealing his life."
Mason curled his lips and said:
"And don't pretend to be as innocent as a white lotus. The tragedy of Tyrant Tony was caused by you, but I don't want to discuss this with you. Tell me the truth.
We are really in a hurry, we have to...uh..."
As the captain spoke, he felt a pain in his heart. He leaned over the railing, covered his heart and cried out in pain, which scared Tony Zero.
He had waited so long for someone who could break the tragic cycle, but he couldn't let this bastard die in front of him. That would be too bad.
"Hey, are you okay?"
He kept patting Mason on the back and asking about his condition. The captain waved his hands and tried to adjust himself as if he had difficulty breathing. After several seconds, he recovered.
He said:
"Nothing, nothing, don't worry."
"How can I not worry?"
Tony Zero complained:
"You look worse than me right now, as if you've been up for ten days and ten nights. When I stand next to you, I'm afraid you'll suck away my yang energy. What's going on?"
“It’s a good thing.”
Mason touched his heart which was beating again. There seemed to be a strange echo reverberating in his heart cavity with each vibration, as if it was resonating with someone far away.
He smiled and said to Tony Zero:
"Now that she's back, I have a backup plan."
…
“Hmm.”
It was like a dream so long that one could never wake up from it had finally come to an end. After a few rapid breaths, the tightly closed eyes suddenly opened.
What came into view was a blurry light, and I couldn't see the scene outside clearly. I could only vaguely see a figure in front of me, shaking her hand, as if she was saying something?
I couldn't hear clearly and the whole world seemed blurry.
Well, this must be because it happened so suddenly that her groggy mind couldn't keep up with the sudden change of the situation for a while, so she decided to close her eyes and sleep for a while and maybe that would be enough.
But the next moment, she realized a very important truth.
She's alive!
Resurrecting from the eternal silence of death and returning to the world adorned with light seemed like a blink of an eye, and yet it seemed like a million years had passed.
"Shua"
Xilia opened her eyes again, and this time the world in front of her was clearer.
She was looking forward to seeing the little man Mason waiting beside her, but to her disappointment, the person who appeared beside her was not Mason, but his personal secretary Miss Huazi.
The latter seemed frightened and was shaking Cirilla with one hand while holding a pink pistol in the other.
"Are you okay, Ms. Ciri? Why aren't you here wearing any clothes? This isn't right! Mr. Mason's office has been sealed before, and there's no way anyone could break in."
Miss Huazi was also a little confused at this moment.
The bar was not open at this time, so she was just catching up on her sleep in her room with her three adopted cats.
I was awakened by the sudden alarm and rushed over to find a naked silver-haired woman inexplicably appeared in the sealed office. Who could endure such a supernatural thing?
Androids can get scared too, okay?
Fortunately, as Mason's personal secretary, Miss Huazi was quite familiar with the captain's network of contacts. She recognized at a glance that this was Ms. Shiri, who had an improper relationship with the captain.
It's just that her appearance when she suddenly appeared was somewhat surprising.
The whole person seems to be a size smaller...
No, this description is not accurate. After all, the parts are still big where they should be big and small where they should be small, but the face is undoubtedly much younger, so the overall look is as if it has grown against time.
"I...my mind is a mess."
Ciri opened her mouth to speak, but her newly resurrected body clearly needed time to adapt. She couldn't move well when she wanted to get up, so she could only signal Miss Huazi, who was in her pajamas, to help her up.
His silver hair looked like it had not been taken care of for a long time. The moment he stood up, his hair had grown to his waist and looked like a gorgeous cloak. However, the way he walked was like a toddler, and he moved to the mirror in Mason's office with difficulty.
She looked at herself in the mirror, and her familiar face had returned to the look of an eighteen-year-old, just as Mason had predicted when they last parted.
But more importantly, his eyes no longer had cat-like pupils, but had returned to the pure pupils illuminated by his long-forgotten elven blood, reflecting the entire world like a mirror.
"Master Mason, there should be some of your clothes here. Let me look for them."
Miss Huazi opened the wardrobe and quickly found Ciri's hunting suit and the standard robe of the Star Society. Fortunately, her figure had not shrunk, so she still fit well after putting them on.
After a few minutes of adapting, Ciri's intermittent and chaotic thinking recovered. She rubbed her forehead and looked at Miss Huazi who had also changed into work clothes.
She said:
"How long have I been dead?"
"About ten days."
Huazi reported a precise time, glanced at Xili who was stroking her left arm, and said:
"The Star Society no longer exists. Master Mason disbanded the organization. You are free now."
"I never doubted that."
Ciri shook her head. She raised her fingers that had regained their mobility and opened the secret room in the office with ease. She walked in and selected a suitable long sword from among the weapons made by Mason. She asked again:
"Where's Mason?"
"Uh, my Lord, he...is missing."
Miss Huazi said with some regret:
"After completing a great cause, just like the classic ending of those legendary stories, he mysteriously disappeared at the wedding of Mr. Bruce and Lady Selina.
Harley and Miss Quinn also disappeared.
This incident caused considerable chaos but was quickly suppressed by others working together. After all, the impact was not over yet and the new Utopia plan had to continue.
However, some people speculate that Lord Mason did not choose to let go, but continued his unfinished journey in his own way. He may still be fighting in another distant world at this time.
You can be patient here.
He promised that he would return here before Lady Selina's baby was born."
"No, we can't wait any longer."
Ciri put a sheathed long sword on her back, fastened the weapon strap skillfully, picked up a women's armed belt and tied it around her waist, and inserted several daggers into it.
Without turning her head, she said:
"I can sense where he is. The existential connection makes him like a lighthouse in the distance, lighting the way for me to find him. I must set out immediately.
He could be in danger.”
"That's the problem, Ms. Ciri."
Miss Huazi said regretfully:
“This is the time when the fifth impact occurs. Although our world has survived the danger due to the sophisticated integration process, this impact will far exceed the previous four in terms of energy intensity and influence.
New Osborne Tower has issued a ban, not allowing anyone to make space-level jumps under such circumstances to avoid problems.
A larger-scale fusion is still going on. You have experienced that scene. When the cosmic frequency of plane fusion takes effect, even you cannot come and go freely.
So, you should wait.
This isn’t just for your safety.”
"I can just jump over there!"
Ciri picked up an exquisite hunting crossbow, turned around, and said to Miss Huazi:
“I can sense Mason’s location. I only need to accumulate strength for a while before I can directly open the space-time rift near him. After my body is purified, the elder’s blood will no longer be affected by the devil’s power.
I am confident that I will not be affected by the space-time disturbance caused by the impact!
But I can't go there alone, please gather Squad K for me."
"Team K has also been disbanded."
The secretary sighed and said:
"Master Mason disbanded his team, and now all the members of the team have scattered to various worlds in the world. Perhaps it is because he foresaw your action plan in advance, and he does not want to be disturbed."
"That was his idea! Not mine."
Ciri said angrily:
"He always thinks he can handle everything, just like when I first met him, but he needs support so that he won't close his eyes and wait for death when he messes up everything.
I'm his boss!
I must shoulder this responsibility.
Huazi, gather Team K and all the forces willing to come together to provide support. I'm not kidding. I'm already bound together with Mason, and our connection is closer than ever before.
He needs help!
I know for sure that he is in danger.”
Hearing Ciri's determination, Miss Huazi no longer hesitated. She walked up to Mason's desk and used her ID card to activate the communication network for emergency contact.
This was left behind intentionally by Barbara. Although Team K had been disbanded, Batgirl obviously believed that they needed a backup network to deal with emergencies.
It turned out that Mason's sister was really good at preparing for a rainy day, and the secret network left behind really came in handy at this moment.
While activating the network, Miss Huazi looked at Ciri who was sitting on the sofa putting on her boots. She asked curiously:
“I have a question, Miss Ciri, if you have a connection with Master Mason that I cannot imagine, then why did you resurrect here?
Shouldn't I be by his side?"
This question silenced Ciri.
She tied up her combat boots, stood up, put on the standard cloak of the Grand Master of the Star Society, walked to the large French window of the office in front of her and looked at the entire Gotham City in front of her.
After several seconds, she said:
"This is where we first met, right here, in front of this window. I don't really understand how this connection and binding works, but I guess it doesn't work entirely the way Mason thought.
There are not many places that can leave a deep impression on me in my long memory, and most of them have disappeared in the past. Perhaps this is the node of my destiny.
A node chosen by him and me that connects our lives together."
She touched her finger, but there was no ring she loved so much there. This made Ciri curl her lips and her silver hair flutter as she shook her head.
"I'm back, I will come back to him, and we will never be apart again. This is what I deserve, and what he deserves."
She leaned on the hilt of the sword and looked into the distance, while her other hand was gently raised as if to touch something.
She whispered:
“Be patient, Mason, my beloved, the savior who pulled me out of the mire of fate, the man who allowed me to truly burn, hold on!
I am on my way, your hunters and your friends, we will be with you soon."
