This was a terrible meeting, even a little sad. In Arthur's understanding, the old friend in front of him had died the moment he entered Black Mountain Hospital more than ten years ago. Although his body was still there and he still had some childish rationality, he was very clear at that time.
Cole is dead, Mordred is dead, and what is hidden in that body now is just a sanity that has been mostly corroded and a confused soul. The doctors have not euthanized him only out of some ethical reasons. After all, his research value has long been exhausted.
Arthur could never have imagined that after so many years, Cole could still talk to him rationally. It was incredible.
“It feels good to be able to think again.”
Cole rubbed his head, and with his renewed rationality, the memories of the past few years came flooding back to his mind, including all the unbearable things and even the somewhat insane shouting just now. All of these flashed before his eyes. He smiled from time to time, but then became sad again.
"No, how can this be possible? Your mind is clearly..."
Arthur couldn't believe it. According to the test at that time, Cole had been eroded to the end of the second stage. Although he would not continue to transform into a demon, his sanity had been completely eroded and shattered. But now Cole was talking to himself like a normal person.
"Maybe it's because I've been trained as a Ranger, but everything related to demons is full of mystery. Who can really know the truth?"
Cole muttered to himself.
"You may not believe it, Arthur, but during the years when I lost my mind, I seemed to be dreaming an extremely long dream.
That was a nice dream...”
As Cole spoke, he lowered his head in confusion. He looked at himself in the puddle with his pupils slightly constricted. The young face in his memory and his old face now overlapped together, which made people feel a little terrified.
In the last memory, he was still a young guy, but when he woke up again, he had turned into a rough old guy, as if someone had stolen his precious years while he was sleeping.
But this confusion and sadness did not last long. In Cole's own cognition, he was still a young man, but his mind was trapped in this old body.
Everything seemed so disconnected, making his thoughts extremely confused.
"Original Sin Armor... Looks like you succeeded."
Cole raised his head and looked at the dark blue shadow fighting with the demon. More than ten years ago, these things only existed on the blueprints, and the main force of the purification agency was still their group of rangers.
"Yes, not only that, our understanding of the demons has become deeper and deeper... We have seen the hope of eradicating the demons. Although this hope is still slim, it is much better than the previous era."
Arthur replied, hoping the news would make Cole feel better.
The rain of fire continued to fall, and no one knew how long the scavengers would continue to baptize the land. The corpses of demons fell in flames, and the soldiers squeezed into the shadow of the bunkers as much as possible. In fact, these bunkers could not withstand the direct hits of the rain of fire. They could only pray that the fireworks of divine punishment would not fall on them.