457: Liu Yan, where are you?

"Run—!!!"

Liu Yang and Zhao Jianghan were just preparing to make a move when Fuji's lips moved slightly.

"Meiling..."

"Received, Mr. Fuji."

The ethereal AI voice resounded in the sky.

Bzzt————!!

In an instant, two streams of digital turbulence struck the two of them from the sky without warning!

Their bodies froze in place on the spot, leaving only looks of shock and surprise on their faces.

Whoosh————!!

Su Mulan instantly flew backward, and after putting some distance between them, she immediately took the Anzio anti-material sniper rifle from her back and aimed it at Fuji.

Bang————!!

The bullet, wrapped in lightning, roared out fiercely!

Clang——

Fuji raised his left hand, his index finger and thumb pinching the lightning-clad bullet.

Seeing this bizarre scene, the face beneath Su Mulan's mask revealed incredulous surprise.

The next second, the bullet turned into paper in Fuji's hand.

Fuji twirled his fingers twice, and the 2D paper formed by the bullet burned without warning, turning into ashes that drifted away.

"Mulan... don't waste your energy. This is the 276,391st time you've fallen into my hands."

Fuji's voice sounded somewhat weary and world-worn.

But Su Mulan didn't seem to understand what he was saying.

Seeing that Su Mulan still intended to resist, Fuji had no choice but to slowly look up at the sky.

"Meiling..."

"Received, Mr. Fuji."

Bzzt————!!

In an instant, Su Mulan was also struck by the digital turbulence!

Her entire body froze in mid-air.

Fuji walked slowly in front of Su Mulan and raised his hand to tap a few times in front of her.

An input box appeared within the digital turbulence; after Fuji entered some incomprehensible code, he spoke softly:

"You can speak now."

"This time, can we have a proper talk?"

After Su Mulan, who was controlled in mid-air, tried desperately a few times, she still couldn't move.

"Just kill us now and go find Jacob to beg for your dog food."

"I have nothing to talk about with a traitor!"

Hearing Su Mulan's cold tone, a flash of sadness crossed Fuji's eyes.

He looked at the mask on Su Mulan's face with a touch of nostalgia and sighed.

"Mulan, all of you have misunderstood me..."

"Do you think that so-called organization of yours can really stay hidden under Hafke's nose?"

After Fuji finished speaking, Su Mulan didn't say anything. Seeing this, Fuji continued:

"Haven't you ever been curious why... your memories of the past ten years are blank?"

Hearing this, Su Mulan's heart trembled violently.

The moment Fuji said that, Su Mulan subconsciously tried to recall things in her mind, only to suddenly realize something was wrong.

What had she done... in these ten years?

How had she grown?

Why... did she have absolutely no impression of it...

"You are indeed very persistent..."

"No matter how many times I delete your memories, you all still gather together and continue thinking about resisting."

"While I'm still here, I can still indulge you and tolerate you."

"But the Time Shuttle is about to be completed, and I will be leaving soon. When that time comes, that organization of yours won't even survive for two minutes."

After Fuji finished speaking, Su Mulan's brain spun rapidly. A moment later, she spoke with some disbelief:

"Do you mean that this isn't the first time you've controlled us?"

Fuji nodded.

"Every time, you delete the memories of our organization gathering together to resist?"

Fuji nodded again.

Seeing this, Su Mulan could no longer control her emotions.

"Then why don't you delete our memories of the decisive battle ten years ago as well?!"

"Why don't you delete the memory of you betraying us?!"

"Since you can directly delete our memories, why keep the parts that are most painful for us?!"

"Tell me!!"

"Answer me!!"

Su Mulan's reaction did not surprise Fuji.

He had already seen such a scene countless times when he caught Su Mulan and the others before.

"I told you, I did not betray you."

"The reason I didn't delete your memories of the decisive battle is also because of this."

"If I deleted your memories regarding these events, then all of you would think I had betrayed you."

Fuji's tone was very flat, flat to the point of numbness.

"Why does no one among you understand me?"

"Old Chuang doesn't understand me, Tianjiao doesn't understand me, Sister Zhang Ning doesn't understand me."

After speaking, Fuji let out a bitter laugh.

"Even my dad... doesn't understand me."

"It was clearly Liu Yan who caused all of this..."

"I joined Hafke for the sole purpose of saving these people."

"But in the end, no one understands me..."

"It was clearly I who saved them."

"But everyone, including you."

"All want to call me a traitor..."

As Fuji's voice fell, the ethereal AI voice rang in his mind.

"Mr. Fuji, I detect that your mood is a bit low."

"How can I make you happy?"

"I don't want to see you sad."

Listening to the ethereal AI voice in his mind, Fuji finally managed to force a faint, almost imperceptible smile.

"Meiling... having you by my side is enough to make me happy."

"Wait for me to finish talking with her first..."

Fuji replied to Meiling in his mind.

After the reply, the ethereal AI voice didn't sound again.

Even after hearing Fuji's explanation, Su Mulan still couldn't accept the facts.

"No matter what you do, it still doesn't change the fact that you betrayed us!"

"If it's really as you say, that you didn't betray us and you have already brought them back to life, then why don't you destroy Hafke right now?"

"Why do you still continue to be a lackey for Hafke?"

"Where are Brother Zhao Chuang and Sister Zhang Ning?!"

Every word of Su Mulan's was like a knife, piercing Fuji's heart.

Even though he no longer had a heart where his heart used to be, having replaced it with a cold, controlled nuclear fusion power system.

He still felt heartache.

He raised his hand and tapped a few times in front of Su Mulan, after which Su Mulan couldn't say another word.

"You want to find me and ask for an explanation."

"But don't I also want to find Liu Yan and ask for an explanation?"

"Just because I joined Hafke to save you, you treat me as a traitor."

"But Liu Yan caused everyone's death, yet no one thinks he is the real traitor?"

At this moment, Su Mulan could no longer reply, nor could she speak any words.

But Fuji continued to vent the grievances in his heart on his own.

He really wanted to find Liu Yan and ask him properly in person.

Why he did what he did back then.

Deep down, Fuji still didn't believe that Liu Yan would kill everyone for no reason.

But the result was that if he hadn't joined Hafke and used the resuscitation ventilator to revive everyone through world transition,

then everyone would have truly died.

After all, ten years had passed since that decisive battle...

But he had searched the whole world and still couldn't find Liu Yan.

Liu Yan seemed to have evaporated into thin air, having completely disappeared in that decisive battle ten years ago.

After a sorrowful sigh, Fuji looked at Su Mulan with an apologetic gaze.

"Hafke's Time Shuttle is almost complete."

"I will be the one piloting it when that time comes..."

"It will be dangerous if you run around while I'm not here."

"Before that... I'll have to trouble you to do the same as Old Chuang and the others... and take a nap."

As Fuji's voice fell, Su Mulan's vision went black, and she lost consciousness.

At the same time, three streams of digital garble carried the three of them up into the sky, disappearing from Fuji's side.

As for Fuji, he raised his hand and tapped code into the void.

The next second, he appeared inside a dilapidated foot massage parlor.

Even though the buildings in this world had all been renovated and were now full of a technological atmosphere.

Fuji had always kept this foot massage parlor, where he had spent time with Liu Yan and Zhao Chuang, exactly as it was.

From when Liu Yan and Zhao Chuang graduated, to the first time the three of them gathered in this foot massage parlor, until now.

A full 18 years had passed.

It was also at this moment.

The phrase "things are the same, but people are different" was completely materialized in Fuji's eyes.

"Liu Yan... where exactly are you..."

"I don't believe you would die..."

"Do you have some other plan..."

"Or is it..."

"That you've been lying to us all along..."