Magical girls just want to get off work

Chapter 43 [] The sun rises (third update)

eight years ago.

The year before Zuo Cang chose to retire as a magical girl.

That year, Zuo Cang was seventeen years old and Zuo Yue was four years old.

November, eleventh.

That night, Zuo Cang, who was still a sophomore in high school, was studying in the evening, concentrating on studying the math problems assigned by the teacher.

Suddenly, he received a call from the hospital saying that his parents had been in a car accident and died on the spot.

A shocking thunderbolt destroyed all Zuo Cang's psychological defenses.

On one side is the bad news of the parents, on the other side is the ignorant sister.

Zuo Cang no longer knew whether or not he should tell Zuo Yue these things.

In the next few years, Zuo Cang kept lying to his younger sister. His parents went abroad to work, and when they returned home during the Chinese New Year, his younger sister was already asleep, so he didn't see him.

On the night of New Year's Eve, fireworks were shooting out of the square outside the window, and the sounds of children's laughter and the hustle and bustle of gongs and drums could be heard.

The two people were sitting at home deserted, eating a table full of New Year's Eve dinner.

The young Zuo Yue still asked with big watery eyes why she had to cook so much.

Zuo Cang just said.

This is reserved for mom and dad. When they return home from abroad during the Chinese New Year, they will definitely be hungry.

He also said, let Zuo Yue go to bed early. Children cannot stay up late, otherwise they will not grow taller.

In fact, Zuo Cang didn't know, Zuo Yue waited all night and didn't hear the sound of her parents coming home and opening the door, she just saw her brother sitting at the door with his legs wrapped around his knees through the crack of the door, choked up constantly, but still trying his best to suppress it She didn't want Zuo Yue to hear her cry.

early in the morning.

But Zuo Cang said with a smile on his face that he wanted to pay New Year greetings during the Chinese New Year, so his parents went out early. This was the red envelope they left for Zuo Yue.

In fact, Zuo Yue knew everything.

In fact, Zuo Yue couldn't say anything.

She knew her brother would be sad.

Therefore, Zuo Yue also smiled, accepted the red envelope, and nodded vigorously. She didn't want to ask anything anymore.

The young Zuo Yue obviously didn't have much memory about her mother, and she only knew what kind of person her mother was through photos, videos and elder brother's narration.

Chen Xuexin.

A very gentle and kind woman with two dimples on her face when she smiles.

The only remaining photo of mother and daughter together was a family photo taken during a mountain climbing trip.

Chen Xuexin picked up Zuo Yue who was a baby, her eyes were not facing the camera, she just looked at Zuo Yue who had fallen into a daze with kind eyes.

She smiled very sweetly.

Zuo Yue always imagined how happy she would be if her mother was still alive.

Adolescence is a sentimental age.

After experiencing life and death, girls will be more sensitive in this regard.

So, when Zuo Yue talked about her dreaming about her mother, Zuo Cang didn't say anything.

Just lying quietly beside Zuo Yue, reaching out to firmly grasp Zuo Yue's little hand.

Zuo Cang no longer wants to lose his relatives, nor does he want to let go of his sister's hand.

He looked up at the lonely ceiling.

I was silent for a long time.

After thinking about it for a long time, I feel that it is better not to mention the topic of relatives.

Zuo Cang asked: "Did Miyou tell you something that reminded you of bad memories? Don't worry, brother will deduct his future snacks. This big mouse will never want to eat potato chips again." gone."

"I……"

Zuo Yue wavered and struggled repeatedly, and finally she shook her head and said: "Miyou didn't say anything, it just told me that the future battle may be to face magical girls."

Zuo Yue didn't say, but this kind of battle is bound to kill people, either by himself or by the enemy.

Miyou doesn't know if Zuo Yue is ready to kill people or not. This is to vaccinate Zuo Yue in advance. This intention and starting point are good.

It's just that Miyou didn't expect that this would touch on the most taboo topic in Zuo Yue's heart.

Zuo Yue didn't want to kill anyone, didn't want to end someone's life with her own hands.

There must be a way to solve the problem without killing people in the world.

In fact, Zuo Yue also understands that this kind of thing is difficult to achieve.

Zuo Cang knew his sister too well, seeing her hesitation, he knew that things were not that simple.

Just fighting a magical girl can make her uneasy?

There must be something else unsaid.

"You have gained this power, so you have to bear its responsibility. I don't want you to come into contact with this, but I don't want you to understand the cruelty of reality."

At this time, Zuo Cang somewhat understood what Zuo Yue was worrying about, and he said freely: "The so-called kindness and kindness have goals, not everyone can deal with it with a kind attitude, otherwise this is the indulgence of sin You forgive the wicked, so who will forgive the innocent who died because of the wicked? Justice is never fair. It is precisely because of this that we must uphold justice for the unjustly killed and let the criminals who killed them pay the due price. This is what motivates us to move forward.”

After silence, Zuo Yue replied.

"Sure enough, I can't be as dazzling as you, brother..."

"What are you talking about, I am very ordinary. You have become the most dazzling person since you chose to become a magical girl. But I am just an ordinary person, and I am just your brother, that's all."

"But……"

Zuo Yue's conscience is being tortured.

"Once a magical girl's hands are stained with blood, is she still qualified to act for justice..."

Zuo Yue choked up the troubles in her heart and expressed them to her brother.

Seeing that his younger sister's tears had already wet the sheets, Zuo Cang knew that he had to find a way to comfort her.

Whether as an elder brother in life or as a senior in battle, Zuo Cang has the obligation to guide Zuo Yue to the right path and not to go astray because of some setbacks.

but.

This is also a question that Zuo Cang has been thinking about for a long time.

How can he teach Zuo Yue if he hasn't found the answer himself?

Is it necessary to forcibly skip this topic, so that Zuo Yue will suffer the same torture in the future?

Zuo Cang definitely didn't want to do this.

He had to think of an answer.

silence.

The two lay sideways on the bed and looked at each other, trying to read something from their complicated expressions.

It was Zuo Cang who spoke first: "If...if the situation is special and it is a last resort, you must take action. If you don't kill him, he will kill you. Killing is inevitable. That's how fighting is. Cruel, you need to accept this. Killing one person can save more people, we must make this choice."

The majority and the minority.

The most classic trolley problem,

To save the many and sacrifice the few is justice.

Therefore, Zuo Cang in the past has always used this excuse to comfort himself.

The magical girl Cang Yan killed all the witches who resisted fiercely, and until the end, she was covered in blood. She used various soaps, shower gels, and washing powders to wash away the smell of blood on her body, and the memories of the curse clung to his skin. It has become a sin that I have to bear for the rest of my life.

However, who defines the value of the minority and the majority?

If Zuo Cang is asked to make a choice again, Zuo Yue is the minority, and a thousand kidnapped ordinary people are the majority.

Can Zuo Cang make the act of sacrificing Zuo Yue to save unrelated people?

This exchange requires no thinking at all, and the answer can be blurted out.

Sorry, Zuo Cang can't do it.

So, is the act of sacrificing the few to save the many really in line with "justice"?

He looked at his brother with an expression of extreme pain.

Even though Zuo Yue didn't know what her brother was thinking, she moved her body, moved to Zuo Cang's side, and stretched out her arms to hug her brother.

The identities of the comforter and the comforted have been reversed.

Zuo Cang continued: "So, I often wonder if there is another way, a way that can get the best of both worlds, a way that can save everyone without getting anyone hurt."

He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists, strong emotions welling up in his heart.

"It's a pity...I can't even get an answer now..."

Zuo Cang really hated himself for being powerless. He recalled what the Queen of the Kingdom of Shadows said to him. He was afraid and terrified, so he never walked out of the shadows...

Can't let it go, can't throw it away.

In fact, in the final analysis, it is still the lack of one's own strength. If one's own strength can crush the entire audience, the problem will be easily solved.

What a choice between the majority and a minority, what a bullshit trolley problem.

Why can't I have them all? Do you have to follow this rubbish rule?

In the same way, as long as you can defeat everyone, you can also intimidate others with absolute strength and make the witches give up resistance and dare not act rashly. What else is there to think about?

Even, to be exaggerated, if a thought stops time, resistance or a desperate fight, wouldn’t it become a joke?

Suddenly, it becomes clear.

Zuo Cang seemed to have opened a strange door.

The picture of the new world unfolds to Zuo Cang.

The originally insurmountable dark obstacle in front of me suddenly became much lower, as if I could cross it just by raising my legs.

"Perhaps we cannot perfectly solve all the problems in the world, at least we should not sit still in front of them. Instead of being immersed in the shadow of the past, it is better to have the courage to face reality. The future will continue until we no longer need to worry about these problems. ."

The train has arrived at the end, and the magical girl Cang Yan will step towards the battlefield. I will conquer everyone, and I will end the disaster.

"Benevolence and kindness are based on absolute strength."

Zuo Cang's words were addressed to Zuo Yue and to himself.

Avoiding can never solve a problem, only facing it, defeating it, and defeating it.

Dark clouds cover the sun, just for a moment.

The Sun Also Rises.

Although the world will not change, at least solar energy will shine warmly on people and provide light to the world, so that people are no longer afraid of darkness and cold.

The inner demons need to be figured out by oneself. Once the key points are figured out, the seemingly invincible haze will continue to fall like dominoes.

Something changed deep inside Zuo Cang.

The filthy impurities in the pure white heart are eliminated little by little.

Although Zuo Yue couldn't quite understand what his brother was saying, at least his unwavering tone infected Zuo Yue.

Now that she has the power as a magical girl, it is her turn to protect her brother.

At this moment, the brother and sister have more or less let go of the knots that troubled them, and their relationship seems to have returned to its original state.

Zuo Yue no longer frowns, a sweet smile hangs on the corner of her mouth, she directly laughs and slips into her brother's arms, she wants to act coquettishly for a long time.

"Don't make trouble. Since you want to leave, just go back to your room and sleep."

Zuo Cang rubbed his brows and let out a long sigh, ready to forcefully push Zuo Yue down.

"No, I'll have nightmares by myself."

Zuo Yue has been frightened in recent days.

During this time, she mostly made things difficult for herself. She always thought too much and couldn't figure it out, making things more difficult for herself for no reason.

Now that he had the reason to stick with his brother openly and without any other excuses, how could Zuo Yue give up.

"You have finished the exam and don't need to go to class anymore, but I still have a lot of work to do tomorrow."

Zuo Cang sat up, took Zuo Yue's arm, and forced her up.

Zuo Yue, however, seemed to have no bones, and his body was extremely soft, like a pool of irregular water that quickly slid down again.

Zuo Yue also added sounds to his movements.

"Gululu..."

"Tell me, is there anything else?"

Seeing Zuo Yue's weird look, Zuo Cang knew that he wouldn't be able to do anything to her for a while.

Headache.

Zuo Cang said: "Let me take a guess. Do you want to say that your school is planning to celebrate its 100th anniversary?"

"Wait, brother? How do you know so clearly? I obviously treated it as a surprise."

Zuo Yue, who had originally planned to hide it for a while, suddenly jumped up with surprise on his face.

She was jumping on the bed.

"Nonsense, your class teacher told me in advance. He said that he didn't have many planned plans. But the principal slapped his thigh and suddenly came up with an idea, saying that Xinmu City has suffered such a big disaster recently, and it happened to be No. 1 Middle School is celebrating its 100th anniversary, so let’s make it a lively event and let the whole country see Xinmu City’s tenacious vitality. These days, you have been secretly contacting your classmates to discuss what activities to do. Don’t you think You can hide your little moves from me."

"Hey, hey, what's going on at the school anniversary? You definitely don't know."

Humming a little tune, Zuo Yue lay back on the bed, pulled up the quilt from the foot of the bed, wrapped it around herself, and moved close to Zuo Cang like a caterpillar.

Zuo Yue, who regained her energy, returned to her unruly and willful nature.

Zuo Cang was happy and worried at the same time. He sighed helplessly and shook his head. He really didn't know how to deal with it.

"How could I not know that you were almost tickled to death by your own cold jokes in your room tonight? Your laughter was louder than ever."

With that said, Zuo Cang repeated the homophonic joke that Zuo Yue had said at night.

"Miyou, MIO. So it's Romeo, Luo MIO. Ye Meisui, so it's Julie 'ye'."

Putting these clues together, Zuo Cang gave the answer

"Your class's program will most likely be the classic play Romeo and Juliet."

"Huh? How do you know so much? Is there any surprise left?"

This time it was Zuo Yue's turn to be confused. She shook her body and kept complaining.

She sneaked up and asked in a low voice: "Did I laugh really loudly?"

"very loud."

Zuo Cang nodded indifferently.