Darkness is Coming

  Juliana stared at Phil for a while, then smiled: "You're the first guest to ask me such a question."

  Phil stared blankly at Scarlett's peculiar smile, and blurted out: "Are you acting too good, or are you really laughing?"

   "Another strange question." Juliana tilted her head and asked instead, "Why do you ask this?"

"Because I have read a lot of news reports and articles about the change... the saints, they all say that most of the saints have no feelings, and they just deliberately imitate the behavior of our human beings in order to integrate into human society. However, I see Your smile doesn't seem like a fake, but a smile that really comes from the heart. So, do your saints also have human-like emotions?"

After chatting for so long, Phil slowly believed what Jason said. The mutants are indeed gentler than the gang members. At least he won't lose his life just because he said one wrong sentence, so Phil expressed his opinion with confidence and boldness. As he once said, the meaning of life is to express, if you dare not say a sincere word, what is the meaning of life?

   "Well, I can tell a story to answer your two questions, but it's a longer story." Juliana looked at Phil with a requesting look, which flattered Phil.

   "We have time anyway, don't we?" Phil said.

"Well." Juliana lowered her head and seemed to be recalling. After a while, she shook her head and smiled helplessly: "Saint Race's memory is really bad, I can't recall too many details, where should I start? Well, Let's start when I transform into a saint."

   Phil nodded, making a gesture of listening.

"I didn't voluntarily transform into a saint. When I was a human in my memory, I was extremely resistant to the saint, and I went on hunger strike many times to protest, and would rather die than become a saint." Juliana was beaten by Phil as soon as she said a word. break.

"Wait, you were forced?" Phil straightened his back excitedly, and the male's desire for protection, sense of responsibility, and justice was immediately aroused, "It only takes a dose of serum to become infected and will not become a zombie or mutant. Ah! Are you kidnapped by mutants? You bastard, I have to call the police!"

   Excited, Phil no longer referred to him as "Saint", but directly uttered the word "mutant".

"Don't get excited, the NYPD doesn't care about this mess, listen to me first. I... No, it should be said that Juliana was not kidnapped, at least not by mutants." Juliana Eiffel Don't be impatient, but it didn't work much, so Scarlett said another sentence, turning Phil into a wooden man.

   "Juliana's parents kidnapped her."

Hearing Juliana calling herself by her own name, Phil was stunned for a while, and then she understood her intention. Now she is no longer human, so she called herself "I" and "Juliana" to call herself once The woman who existed and was replaced by her.

"At that time, the Battle of Los Angeles had not yet happened, the Holy Race was active in the underground world of European countries and the American Federation, and the Evolutionary Church was bewitching around by giving new births to recruit believers. Juliana's parents inadvertently came into contact with the Evolutionary Church in the United States. Bishop of the Federal Diocese." Juliana's tone was flat, as if she was objectively describing something that had nothing to do with her.

"Juliana was still a human, but with terminal cancer. You know, the doctors had a unique name for a patient like that: 'Christmas tree' because the patient's body was full of spreading malignancies and lumps like It is a Christmas tree full of decorations, there is no cure for such a disease, and it is only one step away from death."

"Juliana cried bitterly, washed her face with tears, and finally accepted her fate and was ready to accept her ending calmly. However, Juliana's parents were unwilling to accept the result. They did not want to lose Juliana, so they thought of a way. , they decided to send Juliana to the bishop of the American Federal Diocese of the Evolutionary God, and let the bishop perform a transformation ceremony for Juliana, so that Juliana can continue to stay by their side."

   "Crazy! It's crazy!" Phil shouted, "Don't they know that after transforming into a mutant, they will become another species, which is no different from killing their own daughter!"

"But that's not what the bishop of the division said, and the opinions on the Internet are also controversial. The middle-aged couple in deep despair is like someone who falls into the water and is about to drown. Even if they see a straw, they have to reach out and grab it. The bewitched by the bishops of the division will naturally only choose to believe what they want to believe." Juliana sneered, "Instead, they think that those remarks against mutants are lies made by the old forces to block the irresistible new world. It is like every time an energy source that can replace oil appears, and then it is not put into use on a large scale due to various objective reasons, some people will say that oil and energy giants are behind the scenes, and they will not allow new energy sources to appear before mainstream energy sources are exhausted to damage their interests. , is this true or false? No one can tell whether it is true or false. People will only believe what they want to believe. Besides, are there still few crazy individuals among you humans? Look how many customers there are here? Look here again How many new faces appear every day? Hehe."

   Phil was speechless, is this really what a mutant said? Can't believe it. I'm afraid most of the people around me can't tell the truth.

   "You, you continue."

"Where did you just say it? Oh, remember, Juliana's parents want to transform Juliana into a saint. In their opinion, the saint who can inherit part of Juliana's memory is still their precious daughter, only But it's just another way of existence, 'true love can cross species', they say this, hey, I can still remember it, indicating that this sentence has a deep impact on Juliana."

"In addition, the idea of ​​Juliana's parents is that if Juliana's performance after becoming the Holy Race proves that the Holy Race is a higher species than humans, they will participate in the transformation ceremony together, become the same race as Juliana, and once again Form a close-knit family - fortunately, they have a small wealth, and they can afford the cost of the transformation ceremony for a family of three after selling the house. After all, human flesh, which is necessary for the transformation ceremony, is very expensive."

"But Juliana didn't want to become a saint, so she went on a hunger strike to resist, but her parents were determined, so Juliana ran away from home, um, it should be said that she ran away from the hospital, but she fainted due to illness and was sent by an ambulance not far away. After entering the hospital, she returned to the control of her parents again. In the end, the desperate Juliana had to try every means to commit suicide. Even if Juliana, who devoutly believed in God, believed that the suicidal person could not go to heaven, she would rather choose to commit suicide. rather than being a saint."

   "Then what?" Phil was nervous, already moved by the story.

"Then, I can't remember, in short, Juliana didn't succeed. When she was kidnapped by Wuhua and sent to the transformation ceremony of the evolutionary religion, she cursed her parents loudly, cursed the bishop in front of her and formed a circle beside her. believers."

   "At the end she shouted with the cross in her mouth."

   "God, please be merciful and save me from this twisted world."