After returning to the church, Jenkins and Princess Sophia switched identities again. Before he had time to do anything, Alexia found him:
"You want to enter that tower?"
"Did you hear voices in the clouds?"
During the conversation just now, the difference machine was only speaking to the group of people in the black cloud. With such a high distance and the weird cloud barrier, it is theoretically impossible for even Alexia to hear it verbatim. dialogue.
"The people from the Music Church heard it. Hathaway told me the news... You want to enter that tower?"
"Is there any other way?"
Jenkins sighed, the expression on his face remained calm:
"We are all cornered. As long as it is underground, I can't catch it. Even if the church has a way to go deep into the ground, the difference engine will definitely escape faster than us. And as long as it does not promote to the beast of disaster, it will There is absolutely no way to take me, and if it dare not face me directly on the ground, it cannot defeat me, the savior of the world."
What's more important is that neither side can wait, and the end will really come if they wait any longer. For Jenkins, everything he did was to stop the doomsday, and for the difference machine, the arrival of the doomsday meant that the world would give birth to disaster beasts. thing.
Therefore, before Jenkins acted, the difference machine would use this method to force the two sides to start a decisive battle. Neither of them can wait, so Jenkins has to make a deal with it before the end actually comes.
"But you now... nine..."
"It's okay, isn't there still time?"
It's eight o'clock in the morning, 16 hours to midnight. The Uncrowned King must be fine today, and now only fate is left.
But Jenkins believes that fate is on his side, not because of inexplicable self-confidence, but because of the decisive time chosen by the difference engine. After midnight is Sunday, which is August 1866 in the general calendar, the last week of [The Moon of the Hermit and Thunder]. The next day is the first anniversary of Jenkins' coming to this world.
The decisive battle took place on this day, which itself was full of meaning of fate. Either way, this will determine everything.
Alexia looked at Jenkins and didn't speak for a long time. No matter how confident she was in Jenkins, she couldn't accept the fact that Jenkins would enter the Black Tower within 24 hours.
She also knew that this was something that had to be done, rationality told her it was the right choice, but sensibility wanted to stop him no matter what.
Alexia didn't want to comment on the contradiction between her rationality and sensibility, and Jenkins didn't let her continue to struggle, but hugged her gently in the corridor:
"It's okay, didn't we expect this day a long time ago?"
The two hugged each other until they heard footsteps on the other side of the corridor.
There is breakfast before the meeting, and even if Jenkins has no appetite, he has to take care of his cat.
Regarding the final test that he will face, Jenkins also admitted that he is indeed very nervous. But after the conversation with Alexia, the tension was obviously weakened.
While eating, I was still thinking about when I would go to the church to ask for gifts. In the end, it was decided to do this after Miss Fabbri announced her withdrawal from the savior competition, so it was justifiable.
There is still a drop of divinity, and the difference machine doesn't know that he can use any gift. These are Jenkins' current two cards. Gifts are used to pass the first nine traps, and divinity is used to defeat the Difference Engine in the last trap. This is Jenkins' rough plan, but he can't make a more detailed plan, after all, he still doesn't know anything about the strange world.
If there is a week, then the church can at least use the map provided by Miss Magic to find information related to the content of the paradox in the area where the paradox originally existed. It's a pity that the difference machine is unwilling to wait. Of course, it may be that the church is aware that the church is cracking the secrets of the tower little by little, so it sets the time for tomorrow.
Looking at the chocolate who was eating fruit on the long dining table with his head down, he thought in his heart that since it is absolutely impossible to bring chocolate into the tower, he must find someone to take care of it.
"In this way, do I have to prepare a suicide note in advance? Although I have confidence in myself, I have to anticipate the worst outcome in advance. Therefore, I need to use the suicide note to distribute the property, and find someone to take care of the chocolate in the future... Also To write, if I die, then Hathaway and the others can choose another marriage partner, not for me... "
He lowered his head and picked up a spoon to take a sip:
"I knew for a long time that I might die in the final battle, but I still provoked so many girls. Is it my fault?"
He was worried about gains and losses in his heart, and then he had to admit that he was still nervous, and there was indeed panic in his heart.
If the decisive battle happened suddenly, then he would definitely face it with all his strength, and he would have no time to think about so many messy things. But now it is a definite time, as if the execution time of the death row inmates was notified in advance, which is the most tormenting.
"So make sure to get everything done today.
Write a suicide note and find an owner for the chocolate;
Take Robert and Mary to church;
According to the agreement, the whole family will take a family portrait together;
Ask for gifts, and carry as many as you can;
Meet every friend and say at least one word... Fortunately, I have very few friends;
Tell Jessica about the kingdom;
Let Britney help look after the Flower Girls Union, she's perfect for this;
Send all knowledge to Alexia;
And all of them, to say 'I love you'. "
He realized that he never seemed to have said this sentence, so he complained about his carelessness in his heart. When I raised my head, I saw Chocolate looking at me worriedly. I knew in my heart that this human cat had seen something, so I touched its small head with a smile, and the cat let out an aggrieved "meow~" Voice.
In the middle of breakfast, she was called away by Miss Bevanna, unsurprisingly because of what happened in the sky at dawn. After the group returned, Miss Fabbri locked herself in the room without saying a word (in fact, she had a private meeting with Anastasia), so the "invitation" sent by the difference machine to the savior was the demigods of the church. Tell others on the ground.
Now the news has almost spread throughout the church, and it can even be said that the Evergreen Forest and the Holy See already know about it. Now that there are only two savior candidates left, one of them will definitely enter the metal tower, and the church knows that this must be done.