Reiki

This is a large, thin and warm sandy beach under the blue sky and white clouds.

The sea is very blue, the temperature is just right, there are many vacationers on the beach, with colorful parasols, and children are playing and playing with each other behind the gravel castle, and there are silver bells from far and near. laughter.

It was in such a peaceful and peaceful dream, where everything was beautiful, that the national teacher was running happily.

At the beginning, the perspective of the dream was relatively low, and even children had to look up, as if from the eyes of a pet dog.

But gradually, the angle of view is getting higher and higher, and it is at the same level as an adult, as if it is constantly changing while running, getting taller and taller.

In the end, the national teacher ran to the seaside, allowing the cool sea water and fine sand to submerge his feet.

And in the mirror-like water, it saw the reflection of a human being.

This is an ordinary human being, with ordinary eyebrows and expressions, not particularly chic and handsome.

However, for the national teacher, this is enough.

It looked at the reflection in the sea and laughed.

The reflection in the sea also showed its white and neat teeth, laughing with it.

The sea water is constantly licking the sandy beach, and the ripples tear up its reflection time and time again.

But it waited patiently, the pieces pieced together again and again, and became human again, until the tide rose, until the sun set, and forever.

Chu Ge withdrew from the dream of the national teacher.

It happened that the soul fragments of the national teacher turned into dim and flickering spots like fireflies.

These spots of light still managed to maintain the faintest form of the national teacher, but after a few minutes, they were about to wither away and be completely annihilated.

In Chu Ge's heart, there were mixed feelings, and he subconsciously called out: "Wait, National Teacher!"

"……Um?"

The soul of the national teacher, who was about to vanish into thin air, was struggling to stir up ripples.

"'National Teacher' is just a task imposed on you by Doctor Virus, not your name."

Chu Ge said,

"I really want to know your real name!"

"..."

The national teacher was silent for a long time, and said with a sad smile, "I don't have a name. In the Tianren laboratory, Dr. Virus gave me a number, but that shouldn't be considered a real name, right?"

"Then take one, now give yourself a name."

Chu Ge said stubbornly, "That's the proof that you, as an intelligent life, have been to this world before!"

"Take one, name?"

The national teacher hesitated, "Me too, can I have a name too, I have made so many mistakes."

"Everyone has a name. Even a heinous murderer, the scum of the world who would be cheap to shoot him ten times if he is dragged out, has his own name. Of course you can have one too, and you should have one!"

Chu Ge said, "If you don't know how to choose a name, I'll help you. According to the statistics of our Xingfu Community Police Station, the most popular names for newborns are either Zixuan or Zihan. The surname is a little troublesome." Point, like this, in the past, there was a great demon Wukong who used his race as his surname and took the grandson of 'hozen' as his surname, called 'Sun Wukong', and you were born as a dog demon, so your surname is 'gou', 'gouzixuan' or 'gouzihan' ', are very good, catchy, have a good meaning, and can show your blood, you can choose one of the two, okay?"

"...Chu Ge, thank you for your kindness, forget it, I will do it myself."

The national teacher exhausted his last fire of wisdom, pondered for a moment, and suddenly smiled, "Guo shi, this is my name, Guo shi."

"Master Guo?"

Chu Ge was slightly taken aback, and said, "Isn't this still a 'National Teacher'? Would it be too casual and not pleasant at all, and it's not comparable to 'Gou Zixuan' or 'Gou Zihan' at all!"

"No way, I'm used to the name 'National Teacher'."

National Teacher——Guo Shidao, "Believe it or not, although Dr. Virus asked me to 'create the Rat Race' is a conspiracy with ulterior motives, but enlightening the Rat Race and establishing the Long-tooth Kingdom, watching a group of ignorant and ignorant little mice , Gradually learn human language, human rules, human principles, and even have human-like emotions, forming a civilization that is small but complete. It is indeed the most fulfilling thing I have ever done in my life.

"No matter whether I deceived the Rat Race or myself, those were the happiest days of my life. I even hoped more than once that if Dr. Virus and his celestial laboratory were destroyed by an underground disaster, How good it would be, that way, no one will ever know the existence of the Fang Kingdom, and I can continue to indulge in the dream and never have to wake up.

"So, Master Guo is a very good name. Thank you, Chu Ge, for reminding me to think of a name for myself. Now, I have no regrets."

"Okay, from this moment on, I will call you 'Master Guo'!"

Chu Ge said categorically, "I will tell everyone that you have a name. You are not just a chess piece of Dr. Virus, you are not just an experimental subject with only a string of numbers, and you are not a lonely ghost without a name. Human or dog, dead or alive, good or evil, you are Master Guo!"

"...Thank you, thank you, Chu Ge."

A satisfied smile appeared on Master Guo's face.

In the last breath before his soul is annihilated, his form seems to have really changed from a dog demon to a human form.

Seeing the change in his soul, he was both surprised and delighted, hesitated for a moment, as if making up his mind, exhausted his last strength, and said, "There is one thing that I didn't want to say at first, but for the sake of helping me think of a name , it’s okay to tell you—be careful of Bai Ye, his soul is weird!”

"No?"

Chu Ge was dumbfounded and said, "I'm so disregarding the previous suspicions, I'm helping you with all my heart and soul, I'm about to lose your soul, and I remind you to think of a name, so that in the future, those rats and grandchildren of yours who want to burn paper for you don't know who to burn it for. You just repay me like this, sowing discord at the end of your life? You are not such a dog who can't change and eat shit!"

"it is true."

The fireflies representing Guo Shi's soul fragments are dimming and extinguishing one by one, his voice is getting weaker and weaker, "I told you just now, Bai Ye's soul is unfathomable, and I feel terrified when I approach it , That's why I didn't choose him but you.

"But if you think about it carefully, he probably hasn't completely escaped from the state of leaving the soul. The soul should be extremely weak. Why is it so strong?"

"yes."

Chu Ge frowned, "Why?"

"There are various reasons."

Guo Shidao, "Perhaps, Bai Ye received the most powerful impact from the self-destruction of Dr. Virus's soul, and was deeply eroded by Dr. Virus' emotions, beliefs, and logic of thinking, and even his soul and Dr. Virus' soul were completely fused together, becoming one... A whole new person."

"What?"

Chu Ge was shocked, "Is such a weird thing possible?"

"Perhaps, he is the kind of person who is exceptionally talented and one in a million."

Regardless of Chu Ge's question, Guo Shi continued, "The so-called 'soul-leaving disorder' is the confusion caused by the constant entanglement and swing between human identity and alien identity. Troubled by the soul-leaving disorder, for example, if Bai Ye is 100% sure that he is a Rat Race, and he is very clear about how he wants to fight for the Rat Race, his soul may also be as tough and sharp as a sword.

"Here comes the question. If Bai Ye is 100% sure that he is a Rat Race, why does he want to fight side by side with you for the benefit of mankind? Or, after defeating the 'big devil' like Dr. Virus and me Afterwards, Bai Ye, who is a Rat Clan, what is he going to do next?"

"Stop lying here to confuse people!"

Chu Ge said angrily, "I regret thinking of a name for you now, no matter 'Gou Zixuan' or 'Gou Zihan', you don't deserve such a good name!"

"See, that's why I didn't want to tell you about it just now."

Master Guo smiled bitterly, "I didn't intend to say it at first. Anyway, I'm going to die. Whether you are dead or alive, what does it matter to me? But, for the sake of you being a good person, I just remind you, believe me. Believe it or not.

"Anyway, compared with the snakes, insects, rats and ants in the dark area, the human mind is really dark and difficult to understand. The mantis catches the cicada, and the oriole is behind. However, the oriole, which has returned with a full load, may also be shot by the hunter. Come down, here comes the question, Chu Ge, do you think you are a mantis, a oriole, or a hunter, Bai Ye, and what is it?

"It doesn't matter, even if Bai Ye really has his thoughts, as long as he is still loyal to the Rat Clan and is the undead general of the Fang Kingdom, it doesn't matter, I, I look forward to..."

Master Guo's voice became weaker and weaker.

In the end, no matter how Chu Ge aroused the shocking energy, he couldn't hear a single bit of it.

With the extinguishment of the last ray of soul fire, all those scattered fireflies disappeared. Master Guo, an intelligent life who didn't know whether it was a human or a dog, fought with his fate to his last breath.