Overturned Tower

"Psychic red shift intensity 2, blue shift intensity 4...the chip is intact with no traces of disassembly..."

The middle-aged fat cat bit a lollipop and flipped through Russell's physical examination report, showing a distressed expression: "Ah, in this case... wouldn't we have to be assigned to the Special Execution Department?"

It was also the first time for Russell to see his uncle... It was just now that he learned from the bad guy that his name was Dodgson.

...How should I put it? Although they are both cats, their fur colors are somewhat similar. But after all, both the color and the stripes that are characteristic of spiritual relatives are completely different.

Russell and Alice are both sand dune cat breeds, but his uncle is obviously not as light and small as Russell.

no doubt--

At this weight alone, you can tell that he is obviously a big orange.

Dodgson always has narrowed eyes and a lot of flesh on his cheeks. He has a gentle and lazy temperament and looks like a good-natured man.

He draped his coat over his shoulders, relying on his thick shoulders to keep it from slipping down. The shirt he wore underneath was black - although Russell didn't know the brand at all, he could tell at a glance that it felt like a very expensive piece of clothing.

Russell also noticed something. That is, both his and Amirus's leather boots have pointed toes.

Is this some kind of director-specific sartorial trait?

My uncle's round and bulging belly was not made of hard fat, but soft and elastic to the touch. After Russell accidentally touched it just now, his first reaction was "I want to touch it again."

"Although I guessed it when I was watching the news yesterday, you were able to kill people on an airship, probably because you had awakened your psychic powers."

Orange Cat Director Dodgson sighed: "But... alas..."

"What happened to the Special Enforcement Department?"

Russell asked subconsciously: "If you awaken your spiritual power, can't you only be assigned to the Special Execution Department?"

"That's what I say. But after all, the work of the Special Enforcement Department is much more dangerous."

Dodgson spoke, biting the lollipop in his mouth, and his words became blurred: "The general work of the execution department is to arrest criminals and capture psychic mercenaries. But the Special Enforcement Department is usually responsible for dealing with dangerous people like demons and familiars, or smart criminals like psychic hackers... Oh, you should know about demons, right? I guess Amirus told you last night .

"With his suspicious personality, he must have given you a physical examination."

"Um."

Russell nodded.

Although he knew about this before graduation, there was no need to correct this kind of thing.

But... are you paranoid?

This is less obvious. But if you want to say it, if you look back at his actions, there are indeed some such traces...

"But no matter what, as a spontaneously awakened psyker, you still have to enter the Special Execution Department."

Dodgson frowned, squinting his eyes while thinking, and explained to Russell: "This is not to ask you to do any work... I originally wanted to put you in a casual position. For example, put you in the public relations department. , you can become the public relations manager in two or three years."

"…The public relations manager should forget it."

Russell shook his head helplessly and refused.

Forget about the public relations manager - he's afraid that he will die suddenly and travel to the next world.

"You don't understand this... In Tian'en Group, the public relations department is the core department. It belongs to the four excellent jobs of less work, early work, more early promotion," Dodgson said, sighing, "But the execution department can It's just hard work. The Special Enforcement Department is even more dangerous... But you have awakened your spiritual power. If you don't go to the Special Enforcement Department, I'm afraid you will go to jail."

"...How do you say this?"

Russell was a little confused: "Am I still breaking the law if I'm not an executive?"

"——Because the essence of psychic energy is desire."

The one who spoke at this time was the inferior who stood silently aside.

He said flatly: "Desire will always expand and will never stop. However, the speed at which people learn, master, and comprehend will become slower and slower... This means that your blue shift will never grow faster than your red shift. Of course , if through psychological treatment or simply removing the memory, the red shift can also be reduced.

"But when the blue shift and red shift are consistent, a 'shift surge' phenomenon will occur. Only then will you know the true name of your psychic energy and fully understand everything about it. From this point on, your red shift will The movement will only go up, not down. After that, if the spiritual energy cannot be released but continues to be suppressed... losing control may be a matter of months or weeks."

"In other words, when my red color moves to the value four, will I be able to awaken my spiritual energy in the true sense..."

Russell murmured.

Dodgson shrugged: "Yes. If you want, you can also receive psychological treatment and give up your psychic powers... But, will you be willing?"

Give up psychic powers?

——Who would be willing?

It's not just as simple as getting superpowers.

When Russell put on Alice's mask, he felt a special surge in his heart... It was an unprecedented excitement.

Just like an actor performing on stage for the first time.

That sense of immersion.

"I probably understand," Russell nodded slowly, "I will indeed not give up psychic powers. But what is release?"

"This is also part of the mission of the Special Operations Department."

The inferior replied very fluently: "Psychics who awaken naturally are different from those fakes who are suppressed and always in a safe situation. You are bound to have a 'shift' phenomenon... and in order not to shift when To go crazy, you need to release your desires in advance.

"Think about it carefully. The hallucinations you saw when you awakened your spiritual energy should have revealed your 'mission' - that is the manifestation of your deepest desires. Ascend through the ritualistic way of completing the task.' "Red Shift", instead of relying on strong emotions and desires to explode spiritual energy, the next level of spiritual energy will be permanently solidified and will no longer decline. This is actually equivalent to a "shift surge" in advance.

"If you advance each level of your spiritual power in this way...then when the 'shift surge' finally occurs, the mental pressure on you will be minimized.

"After the migration, there is no way out. You must keep using your psychic powers, otherwise you will continue to accumulate pressure. But if you are not in the Special Execution Department, using psychic powers indiscriminately will attract the execution department - after all, who I don’t know your ritual, your mission, or what your psychic powers are. I don’t even know when you will turn into a demon.”

In other words, do you have to use spiritual energy from time to time to vent your fire...

Russell mused.

Indeed, he did feel a sense of pleasure when using his psychic powers.

but.

"A mission..."

Russell murmured.

The inferior nodded and emphasized again carefully: "You must know, ask your own heart. The strongest feeling at that time was that it was a 'task' that you needed to complete, and it was also a necessary ritual to use formal channels to improve spiritual power. "

... Speaking of the hallucination when awakening, it should be the space filled with candles and picture frames.

Speaking of which, when his mother Alice's face filled one of the frames, Russell's first reaction was "Why is the other one empty? Are you waiting for me to kill my father and suck it in?"

After all, the parents' photo frames look neat and tidy when placed together.

——But if you think about it carefully, it is definitely impossible to require the whole family to be neat and tidy. After all, there were too many picture frames in Russell's fantasy world, and there simply weren't enough for his family.

And the two photo frames are actually quite far apart... about the same distance as the photo frames in the dark.

Moreover, spiritual energy comes from the deepest desires in the heart——

Russell is full of gratitude and love for Alice. That was a great mother. Although it was not easy in every possible way, she still worked hard to bring him up. She never treated him unfairly and gave Russell the best she could. She never even got angry with Russell, let alone beat or scolded him.

It's just that although Russell's memory was sealed, he matured prematurely after all - seeing his mother working so hard, he started working hard himself.

However, the father who had abandoned him since he was a child and even ran away with his money could only say... Russell didn't kill him just because Russell promised his mother and wanted to be a person who could live in the sun.

Russell's deepest desire could not possibly wish for these two photos to be placed together.

To take a step back - this is still based on the psychic power of his past life memory, not Russell after his memory was sealed. At that time, it was impossible for him to know his parents now.

...However, Russell did have a strong desire at the time.

That is, fill up the remaining photo frame.