“how?”

“I don’t know if it’s my imagination…”

“What illusion?”

“I think you two are becoming more and more alike.”

Yukinoshita Haruno hesitated for a moment and said, “So, is he becoming more and more like me, or am I becoming more and more like him?”

Hiratsuka Shizuka was asked this question instead. She pondered for a moment and finally gave up thinking: “I can’t explain it, but it seems like his style to be entangled in such things…”

Then there was silence between the two again.

As for Hiratsuka Shizuka, today’s conversation did not relax or relieve her mood, but deepened her sorrow. Although through Yukinoshita Haruno’s analysis, she may have a deeper understanding of Ling Wuji, but a deeper understanding of him cannot solve any problems…

Yukinoshita Haruno sighed immediately: “So what’s your problem, Xiaojing? Are you worried about Kirisu’s future? But in my opinion, their futures are much better than yours. If not, are you still unwilling to give up on reforming Lingjun? I’ve said it before, at this time, Lingjun has already begun to lose interest in this world. You can just treat him as an ordinary, stubborn student. Anyway, no matter how you look at it, that person is not a student who will honestly accept education.”

“Let’s put aside the question about Ling Wuji. Why do you think that Kirisu, who joined that suspicious religion, is much better than me?” Hiratsuka Shizuka became curious at this time. “Also, Kirisu seemed to have mentioned a new era. What exactly is this new era you are talking about?”

“It is a new era of change, war, conflict, blood and fire, and turbulence.”

At this time, Yukinoshita Haruno had a dark red drink in her hand. In the mottled light, she raised the glass, like a vampire sipping blood in the dark night, but this scene had a kind of weird beauty, which left a deep mark in Hiratsuka Shizuka’s memory. Even many years later, she recalled this almost prophetic scene, Yukinoshita Haruno’s low voice, and her elegant figure, and always found it unforgettable.

“You are joking?”

After a long time, Hiratsuka Shizuka spoke.

“No, I’m serious.”

“Let’s not talk about why you think the so-called new era will be like that, but why do you think that Kirisu will live better than me in that new era? You are his partner, and based on the relationship between us, would you abandon me and ignore my life or death?”

“On the contrary, I think you will give up on me and choose to go your own way.” There was a hint of sadness and loneliness in Yukinoshita Haruno’s smile, as if she had really seen such a future, so she expressed her condolences in advance to her friend who was both her teacher and friend.

“How is that possible? Would I be that kind of fool?”

Hiratsuka Shizuka felt a little frightened by the look in Yukinoshita Haruno’s eyes, so she said something insincerely.

“Maybe. I hope you’re not that kind of fool.” Yukinoshita Haruno didn’t intend to say more about it. She just shook her head and said, “But, just like I said, it’s Kirisu-sensei and the others who won’t choose to go their own way, not to mention that they joined that kind of organization.”

“What kind of organization? Isn’t it just a suspicious…”

“Xiao Jing, you might as well think about it. With Lingjun’s arrogant attitude towards the mysterious side, is the religion he recommends really a suspicious organization?”

“But he himself is very suspicious! First he mentioned a method of modifying memory, and then he mentioned some religion. No normal person would think that he has good intentions!”

When Yukinoshita Haruno heard her say that, she immediately looked at Hiratsuka Shizuka carefully, then smiled, shook her head, and said, “I understand, your problem is not that at all. I wasted so much time talking about it before, but as long as you don’t dispel this doubt, you will never return to your previous state.”

“What nonsense are you suddenly saying?”

“It’s not me who’s in a mess, it’s your current state that’s the problem.”

“what are you saying?”

Yukinoshita Haruno thought for a moment and said, “The originator of the ‘brain in a vat’ theory once gave a proof that he was not a brain in a vat, but many people did not agree with that proof, and you probably won’t be able to listen to it in your current state…”

Hiratsuka Shizuka didn’t know what to say for a moment.

Maybe at this time she should continue to sigh: These two people are indeed becoming more and more alike?

No matter how you look at it, Yukinoshita Haruno could be considered sharp in the past, but definitely not as sharp as she is now.

She was indeed troubled by the methods that Ling Wuji described.

Her problem is, how can she be sure that her memory has not been altered by others, and that her current self is the consistent self she has always been, rather than the self she decided to be after someone modified her memory?

“If you ask me, this question is actually meaningless,” Yukinoshita Haruno shook her head and said, “If someone can really modify your memory without being discovered, then if he can modify it the first time, he can modify it the second time, so you will fall into his clutches anyway. In this case, what’s the point of resisting?”

“Is this a lesson learned from experience?”

Hiratsuka Shizuka found that her tone was harsher than ever before.

Yukinoshita Haruno just didn’t take it seriously and said, “To be honest, it would be better for you to just convert to religion like Kirisu-sensei and the others did. This is a permanent solution, but I don’t think you will accept it.”

Although Shizuka Hiratsuka found that the positions between the two of them had completely reversed at this time, as if she had become a lamb lost on the road of life, and Yukinoshita Haruno had become the mentor guiding her on the road of life, she did not feel that there was anything wrong. Although fundamentally, Yukinoshita Haruno’s ability came from Ling Wuji, and Ling Wuji was the culprit for her current state of confusion, the human psychology is a very strange mechanism. At this time, she would rather believe in Yukinoshita Haruno, who is of a lower realm, than in Ling Wuji, who is of a higher realm.

Even if the suggestions given by Ling Wu Ji are indeed feasible.

And there is also the precedent of Kirisu Mafuyu.

But she just had doubts about Ling Wuji and couldn’t let it go for a long time.

She also knew that Ling Wuji’s nature was not that bad.

Not to mention that the relationship between him and Yukinoshita Haruno is almost inseparable.

“It’s just that you may not understand other things about magic, Xiaojing. Even if you understand, you may not be able to use them…”

“You mean there’s some way to check it out?”

Hiratsuka Shizuka asked.

“Indeed, there is,” Yukinoshita Haruno changed direction after achieving Xiantian. She knew clearly that she was not someone with such high talent that she could approach the realm of Grandmaster within twenty years. In comparison, the achievement in magic might be higher and more convenient. After all, Ling Wuji was the controller of the sky curtain barrier. “But that is something that only people who have achieved something on the path of cultivators can do, not something that warriors like you can do. There is only one way for warriors to break through the interference of illusions on the senses and clear their minds.”

“any solution?”

“Achieve innateness and condense the true meaning of martial arts.”

“seem……”

Shizuka Hiratsuka never expected that things would be so simple.

“Perhaps it is indeed simple now. After all, there is hope.”

At this time, Yukinoshita Haruno couldn’t help but feel a little proud that her data was the original sample.

“But in this case…”

At this time, Shizuka Hiratsuka spoke with doubt in her heart, then she thought of something and suddenly kept silent.

“what happened?”

“No, it’s nothing.”

“You clearly have something.”

Hiratsuka Shizuka was helpless and said, “I just suddenly thought of why Ling Wuji didn’t recommend this method to Kirisu…”

“And then it occurred to you that she didn’t want to play the game in the first place?”

Hiratsuka Shizuka nodded, sighed, and said, “But if it is true as you said, that suspicious religion has mystical abilities, then what Ling Wuji did is completely…”

She couldn’t think of a suitable adjective for a moment.

“Crying the truth?”

Instead, it was Yukinoshita Haruno who helped her replenish.

PS: Happy New Year