Chapter 26 Chapter Twenty-Five

Almost at the same moment when the candles were extinguished, a bolt of lightning came out of nowhere, like a big hand from the universe, tearing apart the chaotic darkness inside the restaurant in an instant.The four fields were as bright as day, and all the dark shadows disappeared. I stood up abruptly, and heard D beside me sigh deeply. I knew how dissatisfied he was with what I had done so far.But I don't care about that much anymore.All this happened only in the thousandth of a second between the extinguishing of the candle and the lightning strike. I shouted at the top of my voice amidst the ensuing thunder: "Wait a minute, I have a story too!"

I froze for a moment when the sound came out, actually I didn't know why I said that.Because all the things that happened in front of me added up, but it was just that the candle suddenly went out.Although Little S had ended his story in the tragedy of South American civilization, Heath, who was always used to summarizing, did not speak.Everyone was still seated at the table (the only one standing up was me).Facing my audience, I was tongue-tied, not knowing the purpose of my "wait a minute" just now. "So, what's your story?" Following these words, the candle in the center of the round table miraculously lit up, as if it had just been darkened by some kind of strong air current, but it didn't really go out.I saw the small flame dancing fiercely in the turbulent wind and cloud, reflecting the interrogator's sly and knowing black eyes behind the candlelight.

It rained heavily outside the window in an instant, and Heath looked at me with interest amidst the sound of the rain. Not only him, Xiao S and Emily also stared at me dumbfounded, not knowing what I was going to do.Shock was written all over their faces, as if I had not just stood up, but had rebelliously overturned Euclid's fifth postulate in full view.Everyone's eyes are on me, except one. D is looking at Heath. He reached out and pulled me back to my seat, cleared his throat, and said to everyone, "If you don't mind, I'll tell her the story." "Of course, you are a family." Heath showed a usual smile.There was obvious understanding in his smile, but it couldn't hide the taut strings in his voice.Somehow, it seemed to me that he seemed less at ease than before, and D's uninvited presence finally hit a nerve.

"In an era of having and having nothing, there was a pair of twin brothers." Thunder and lightning were blowing outside the window, and in the flames of the candles jumping, D said softly, "The elder brother is good at magic, and the younger brother is idle." "We have too many stories like this." Heath interrupted him suddenly impatiently. "Why are all the stories about brothers? Why can't they be sisters? Mother and son? Father and daughter?" "Because this is a story about two brothers." D answered simply, and then he continued: "On the surface, the relationship between these two brothers is not good. They always quarrel and fight every way they can. The views on any small matter are different. But in fact, this is only because the two of them are too close in appearance and personality. Their arrogant self-esteem does not allow a person who is almost the same as themselves to exist in the world, as if The two sides of the mirror, the other side is an absolutely clear and true three-dimensional projection of oneself."

"The story was tedious and devoid of any creativity," Heath said. "Trust me, it's a good story." D nodded, and continued: "For a very long time, two brothers hated each other in a way that no outsider could understand. They cursed each other and wanted each other to disappear from this world forever .But when the day actually comes, I mean, something happens and one is 'gone,' and the other is missing each other like crazy." "It's getting boring," Heath said. This time D didn't answer him, and continued on his own: "It's just that he heard it and blindly believed that the whole world betrayed his brother. But it never happened." He looked at the other party's eyes clearly He said, "He was blinded by the so-called facts in front of him, but he didn't know that it was often in the most unlikely places that he could see the truth hidden behind the incident."

"If the truth isn't obvious, it's false," Heath said. I saw a change in his expression, his breathing was obviously disturbed by something, but I didn't know what it was. D is telling a "story" that is clearly disorganized and unappealing compared to other people's stories.It has no beginning and no end, and it's not even a story at all.But does it even have something to do with Hiss?I'm getting more and more curious. "I never thought you believed in philosophy." D suddenly changed the title, and spoke to the other party in a very familiar tone.

"I never thought you would betray him!" In an instant, Heath's eyes turned blood red with anger.I looked at him in surprise, I thought this man had no feelings, at least, never confided in me.At the same time, a feeling of déjà vu came to my heart again, I must have seen this person somewhere. But I can't afford to think about all this, because D's face also changed.I looked at his strange face in even more shock. Yes, like Heath, I have never seen D have any emotions in my memory.He has been trying to control his words and deeds, like a delicate dummy that can be displayed in a glass case at any time.But now, for the first time, his face changed.It was completely changed because of the "he" in the other party's words.

"You don't know anything!" he growled. "I know enough." Heath narrowed his eyes, intentionally or unintentionally, and glanced at me beside D. At this time, the pitch-black sky outside was cut open by sharp lightning again, and the terrifying light split the entire heaven into two halves.The glass windows of the dining room were also split in half. With a loud bang, the two long windows behind Heath were completely shattered, and a sharp and icy gust of wind whizzed into the dining room. Emily screamed, and I opened my mouth too—not out of fear, but because the sky that peeked out of the shattered window didn't fit my memory or imagination of the word "sky"— Covered with dense layers of cumulonimbus clouds, just like the rainstorm a few days ago.I suddenly discovered to my dismay that all the "rainwater" outside the window did not flow down.I saw big black raindrops rising from the ground, rushing one after another into the dark "sky" above my head with a certain acceleration much faster than the gravity of the earth, and being sucked into the constantly rotating sky in the center. Huge black hole.

Yes, there's only one giant black hole out there.It's like the center of the whirlwind, like a terrifying mouth constantly hovering, whistling and engulfing everything in the world.Not only dark clouds and rain, but also countless umbrellas, plastic sheds, suitcases, small stalls selling colorful tourist souvenirs, and the few white small bags that were just floating on the flooded Piazza San Marco. Chair.These things were sucked into the sky all at once, and disappeared after circling there a few times. Hiss was also sucked into the black hole together.When all this happened, he stretched out his arms to the sky, and there was a smile on his face, as if he was facing one of the most magnificent miracles in the world.

"Good luck." He nodded to all of us, lifting the corners of his mouth. Before I could understand the meaning of his words, he disappeared in the next second.Just like a drop of rainwater, it was sucked into the rotating black hole in the middle of the sky in an instant. Then the scenery outside changed again. A hurricane formed not far away on the sea.The waves raged, all the black raindrops between the sky and the earth, as well as the white and gray marble pillars, street lamps, bricks and carvings, and finally the entire San Marco Square, was swept up into the air by the terrifying waves, and was sucked in with Hiss The dark heaven.After all this was over, the huge black hole hovering overhead finally closed its mouth and disappeared into the clouds.A wet and furry twilight gleam appeared in the sky after the rain, covering the mysterious and gloomy land in front of it.

I can't wait to run to the window. I opened my eyes wide.I didn't realize I had "moved".I thought I was still in Venice.Or to put it another way, we are still in the original hotel restaurant, in the very heart of Venice, on the side of Piazza San Marco.It's just that everything around us "moves" except us.There is no St. Mark's Square at your feet, no cathedral decorated with bronze horses, no library and the Ducal Palace, and you can't see the two granite pillars that symbolize the gates of Venice in the distance, or even the Yad that surrounds the entire Venetian island. The Asian Sea disappeared altogether. There is nothing here. There were no birds, no seas, nor mountains or trees of any kind. The snow-white mist rushed towards the face, leaving only a vast expanse of cloud and water between the sky and the earth.