It’s still purgatory.
Sissi's golden light can no longer be seen, and she doesn't know where it went in this endless plane. The conversation between Madison and Leo is still going on.
"Hmph." Madison smiled, "You should really go up and comfort Zach~~"
Leo was silent. He didn't know what he thought of, then looked at Madison with a bad expression, "Stop saying such boring words, this is my home. You said that the current 'Colt' has failed, I Even if I go to this world, there is no way to come back. I don’t think the vampire ancestors have the ability to affect my body with their blood (the way Sissi came to purgatory). I will not interact with any living creatures in this world. Interaction occurred. It was an unexpected surprise that I was sent back by the weaponized Vandro Blood 'Colt' at midnight. I will not risk going to the present world to comfort Zach."
Madison raised her eyebrows and looked Leo over, "Oh, look, you understand, your motivation is very convincing~" Leo's words became evidence for Madison's argument that creatures are selfish and only for their own interests.
never mind.
Madison waved his hand and refused to push this topic that would embarrass living creatures, "But now you believe that I can return to the living world?"
"If you spend so much effort to make Zach suffer!" Leo just expressed his selfishness, but this does not affect him from speaking for Zach in an environment that cannot help Zach at all. Haha, feel the irony Well, "I can only believe that you know what you are doing..."
"No." Madison shook his head. Leo said something that was wrong in principle, "You are wrong. You still don't understand. We didn't put any thought or do anything to make Zach feel uncomfortable. It was him, That's what he had to deal with. And I just let it happen."
Leo's stone-like brows frowned, "You asked Sissi to spread the secrets of vampires. Isn't this what you did?"
"Haha." Madison smiled, "Leo, I don't blame you, you don't understand time. You don't understand the past, present, and future. You are a creature of purgatory."
"I don't need your 'no wonder.'" Leo was a little irritated. It wasn't a boring reaction, it was Madison's way of speaking, which seemed to have a hint of contempt, the kind of person from a superior position to a subordinate, "You let Zach It's a fact that you were misunderstood, and no one will tell you anything if you admit it. Anyway, we all know how you view your 'protagonist'! You don't like him at all!"
Madison pursed her lips and looked at Leo for a while. Similarly, in this purgatory, the concept of 'a while' is very vague. It may be as long as eternity, or it may be just a moment. No one can confirm it. When Madison spoke again, "Okay. I think I still need to explain." For a moment. Leo, I can see the future. If you must understand, well, you can see the way forward in the maze."
Leo glanced at Madison and said nothing.
"Now I want you to imagine a bunch of people walking in a maze. Everyone is confused by those 'thoughts' and the colors, and they don't know where to go." It can be seen that Madison is reflecting on his unintentional flow. Revealing his contempt for the purgatory creature Leo, Madison tried hard to describe this example, "But in this situation, you and I are the only ones who know the way forward, right. We can both see the road ahead. "
Leo still didn't speak. It was obvious that Madison was deliberately putting himself and Leo on the same level. There is sincerity, but after all, what Leo cares about is not the unintentional disdain, but the unfairness of what happened to Zach in this world.
Then let Madison explain it.
"Then at this time, the people who can see the road, you and me, should take the responsibility of leading everyone out of the maze, right." Madison is really sincere and has been trying to gain Leo's sense of participation, "To you For me, I might just lead everyone forward. For me, I can't lead you directly, because there is another factor that limits everyone's position in the maze where I am."
Leo finally got involved, which must be acknowledged as "time."
Madison nodded, "The coordinates that determine a person's location in this world are not only in space, but also in time. And the scale that marks the position is always 'now'. No creature in this world can transcend it. In this scale of 'now', walk ahead."
Leo tilted his mouth and said, "You can't lead the way, is that what you mean? You can only point in the direction of the future on the 'now' scale like everyone else trapped in the maze."
"Yes!" Madison was not excited, but said, "You know who the last 'person' who pointed out the 'future' was. Right."
"It's the Holy Lord, it's West." Leo pursed his lips, "The Holy Lord who guided the future has become an old woman who shapes reality."
"Correct. And what happened to West?"
"We all worked together to send him out of all known time, and he was exiled outside of time."
"Yes. And of course, everyone naturally threw the blame on Zach again." Madison waved his hand, "But the point is, even if I 'love' my protagonist, I still have to protect myself. This is not It’s hard to understand.”
Leo's mouth twisted back and forth, "So you just didn't give me the directions. Your manuscript originally deliberately didn't go beyond the current point in time, and then when you realized that even if you were so careful not to touch the future, It is inevitable that someone will take advantage of it and let the people in the maze wander around."
"That's not right. I didn't let them run around." Madison seemed a little helpless. "Have you not realized yet? We, you, me, we are just supporting characters in this story. We have no influence on this story. Now that you are full of injustice for Zach, you won't do anything in this world. I have no ability to dominate Zach's life. He is a 'gentleman' and never relies on me to peek into any future, but he also has no consciousness. To protect me, the person with this ability. I am nothing in this story. I have never assumed the responsibility of guiding the way. The people in the maze have been walking around ignoring my existence in the past, causing them to My own future, what I see is also a future that is created by themselves. The past, present, and future have never had my participation. I have never 'let' anything happen..."
Leo suddenly glared at Madison, because he couldn't stand listening any more, and he might have had his self-esteem aroused by the constant mention of 'part-timer'. But the point is, "Who says you didn't? When your book manuscript was exposed for the first time, you were anxious to find a way out for yourself and spread the manuscript everywhere by yourself, so that the Barton aliens could see what Zach had done."
"Well, it was just that one time. And it was a time when I wasn't very sure about my abilities. I wanted to protect myself. I had my reasons. It's reasonable."
"It's not just once." Leo stared at Madison, "This time you were killed by the Bruch clan ancestors and came to purgatory. Didn't you send the manuscript out again? I remember you said that you sent Zach's The story was sold to Lutresembra and let that Sabbat vampire create a third Zachary Toledo!"
Madison opened her mouth and said, "Okay. I admit that this happened on purpose. But I still want to emphasize that I did it to protect myself. I changed my own future. This is understandable. Do I have to start from scratch? In the end, do you just become a sidekick and die in Zach's story? I also have self-respect, and I also have a desire to live."
Leo could now despise Madison, and deliberately looked down from top to bottom, "Then don't deny anything. The person who pushed Zach onto the path of 'selfishness' started with you. It was you. , in order to create a future where you are killed by a complete vampire, you refused to allow Zach to understand your situation, and allowed Zach to be "selfish" to save the third 'Zachary Toledo' that might be created by Lesembra. incident, ignoring your situation, and finally the future develops into reality, and Bruch will kill you!"
Madison took a deep breath and exhaled. This action is purely for emotion. In purgatory, this physiological reaction has no meaning.
"You're right." Madison looked at Leo, "It was me who opened the door to the path of 'selfishness' for Zach, and it was I who made him realize the existence of his 'Zachary Toledo' , in the secrets of the Republic, the Sabbat of the Federation, and the meaning to Barton. It was me who made everything Zachary Toledo do in this world begin to have a motive that can be accepted by everyone. He is a selfish creature. , at the moment when he is repeatedly copied, and it is Zagar, and his ability to image, the protagonist finally realizes the significance of his own subject to the world, whether it is discovered or abused, let the protagonist give full play to his It plays a role in the story." Madison's expression became less kind, "What did I do wrong? After all, he is my character!"
"Then what are you denying? It's you who created all the situations Zach is facing now. You used a high-sounding reason to 'write about him', and then wrote about the person you wrote about to the point where everyone hates it. This is all You did it, you did it on purpose."
Leo paused for a moment, maybe countless times, "Your own life is completely out of your control, because you are a weakling who can't control anything except the future, and then you don't want the protagonist in your novel to live a good life! You are the disgustingly selfish guy!"
Madison opened her mouth and looked at Leo for a while, "That's it..."
It's not that Madison's words contained an exclamation and prolonged the ending, but...
On Madison's body, the afterimages are disappearing, the movements are slowing down, and the skin is turning gray...
Madison, using up the last of his 'thought', turned to stone.
Leo stood in front of Madison, blinking, "Mai, Madison?" Blinking a few more times, "Madison! Oh no, no, no, no..."
Can't say goodbye.
Madison died, died in front of him, Leo.
Being said to be dead? No.
After Madison finally told the relationship between his role as a sidekick and all these stories, his thoughts were gone.
"Where's Madison?"
Tsk, Sissi is back.
"This is Madison!" Leo glared at Sissi, "Don't you have eyes?"
Sissi circled twice in front of Madison's 'stone statue', "Uh. What happened to him?"
"He's dead!" Leo really didn't want to repeat the definition of death in purgatory now, so he only said the conclusion, "He's dead!"
"Whatever." Sissi waved her hand and looked away from Madison, "Why is there nothing here? How big is it here? What is there between here and outside..."
"It's broken!" Leo grabbed Sissy with one hand and Madison with the other, "We need to get out! Even I won't be able to get out after this place expands infinitely!!"
Leo was already running, dragging Sissi, who was still creating afterimages, and Madison, the stone statue who could no longer create afterimages.
Sissi was very calm. While being pulled to move, she asked her own question, "Infinite expansion? Was this place limited just now? Why didn't I find the boundary? Where is this place, or is it purgatory? Uh, you Don’t just run around and answer the questions.”
"Shut up!" Leo was not prepared to pay attention to Sissi. He had already found other limbs and arms on his shoulders, and started running with his legs touching the ground...
This scene may have had an impact on the girl Sissi, so Sissi didn't say much anymore. Quietness is pulled away from this infinite space.
A 'maze' filled with color.
"Where are we going now?" Sissi said again, "Let me tell you first, I'm waiting for Gangluo. They are my key to getting out here. Don't let me miss it."
It might be an illusion, or it might be fact. The colors that confused his vision became a little more intense. If the stone statue Madison could move now, he would probably be able to see his own 'thoughts' in these confusing colors~
"Are you going out?" Leo heard a certain point in Sissi's words, "Aren't you going to take Madison out??"
"Didn't you say he's dead? Why should I bring a dead man back?" Sissi was straightforward, turning around randomly in the 'mist' of color, "Where should I go?"
"Stop!" Leo stared at Sissi. Even without the vision that could see through colors, Leo could still see Sissi's golden color among the colorful colors. This saint displayed her own colors without hesitation. "Madison is dead, but you only care about yourself?!"
"What do you expect me to do when he's dead?" Sissi seemed to take it for granted, "Hurry up, I know that there is only one day difference between the time when Ganggro came to purgatory and when I came to purgatory in this world. I don't know about you. How does it reflect time, but you’d better not let me miss the timeline of this world. Gatekeeper of Purgatory, you don’t want to see the saint, me, angry in your world.”
"No!" Leo turned around and disappeared into the mist of color, "This is no longer the real world! This is purgatory! My world! Need me? Need me to show you the way?? Humph!" The voice was trembling slightly. The color conveyed to Saint Sissi, who was completely confused about her direction, "Please! Please let me tell you how to get to the future you want!!"
The fate of being a bit player... Naturally, you have to resist. Otherwise, Madison is an example, isn't it