"Before this, I thought the same."
Klein said calmly, "Between you and the Doctor… there is absolutely no difference at all. Thoughts, actions, personality… all exactly the same. But the thing you did today… this is absolutely not a choice 'Mobius' would make."
"Enough!" Mobius' voice suddenly became sharp. "In your eyes, I'm actually a person who would never change?"
"No. I never had that thought." Klein shook her head.
"The Doctor, like everyone else, no matter how much she changes, will still retain some parts that never change. This… is the difference between you and her."
"Difference? What a joke…"
"I know I can't convince you." Klein took a small device out of her pocket. "But fortunately, the Doctor always makes full preparations."
Mobius stared at Klein warily.
"Give this to me? This kind of sentimental thing, it's totally not like..."
But before the words were finished, they abruptly stopped.
A holographic image suddenly unfolded. In the image, a glasses-wearing Mobius was smiling as she looked at her.
"I know this doesn't seem like something I would do. But if there's anything I need to tell you, this would be the last chance."
The Mobius in the image pushed up her glasses, revealing a rare gentle smile.
"Mm… how should I address you? Mobius? Or… another me?"
———
[Two Mobius?]
[Probably not, right? It was said before that in the Elysian Realm they are all memory bodies, so it should be one real body and one memory body.]
[Then here's the question, since it's a memory body, why would the real Mobius call the memory body Mobius 'another me'?]
[Could it be there's some kind of foreshadowing here?]
———
[Back to the Video]
Mobius stared fixedly at the hologram, a flash of complicated emotion passing over her face.
"What, Klein?" Mobius mocked. "You prefer me from back then, is that it?"
"This holographic recording is something the Doctor entrusted me to deliver to you," Klein said calmly.
"She recorded these words… before she was about to face 'death.'"
"'Death'?" Mobius suddenly laughed.
"Klein, do you know what you're saying? For me, 'death' is simply impossible…"
The Mobius in the image suddenly cut in, "Yes, I couldn't believe it either, that I was really going to die."
Mobius' smile froze. "This… is live communication?"
Klein looked at Mobius and lightly shook her head.
"Klein, even lies should have a limit." Mobius' voice grew cold. "Back then the Elysian Realm didn't even exist yet, how could I have left a message for myself?"
However, the Mobius in the image seemed almost prescient, anticipating Mobius' words.
"Because it's more interesting this way. To see yourself from the perspective of an outsider… that's not an opportunity you get often."
Hearing the words from the image, Mobius fell silent.
"In fact, I made this decision a long time ago, The End was just an excuse." The voice in the recording grew softer.
"In other people's eyes, we are monsters that can't be killed. But you and I both know, we're more afraid of death than anyone… afraid of the unknown."
"Ridiculous!" Mobius retorted.
"I know, it sounds ridiculous, right?" the image kept playing. "I remember when I first became a MANTIS, I was happy about this ability… until I ended up like I am now."
The Mobius in the video gave a bitter smile, transforming into the same appearance as the Mobius before her now.
"That's when I understood, coming back to life doesn't mean eternal life. I will still die, I just don't know when… this 'unknown' is what makes me afraid."
"Enough," Mobius said in a low voice.
"What's even funnier is that the thing that woke me up in the end… was actually Elysia's death… and his choice…" The Mobius in the image laughed at herself.
"I finally realized… I am just another failure driven by fear. You understand, right? Only death remains eternal and unchanged."
When she said this, her voice suddenly grew firm.
"The me right now… I could indeed choose not to die… but I'm not willing to anymore. So, for Mobius, this time will be the last time."
"Enough…" Mobius gritted her teeth.
"I know these words are boring." The Mobius in the image suddenly smiled. "But for you, infinite possibilities are still ahead. No matter what kind of Mobius you choose to become in the end, it will be your own choice."
Mobius suddenly lifted her head, a flicker of hesitation in her eyes.
"You are my most perfect creation, the fulfillment of my lifelong pursuit…" the voice in the image grew softer and softer, "Mobius… the other me in this world… say a proper goodbye to me, okay?"
The recording began to flicker, as if about to end.
The Mobius in the image slowly bent down, and the Mobius on the ground reached out her hand.
At the same time, Mobius herself also reached out toward her…
However, just when everyone thought Mobius was about to have a farewell across millennia with the Mobius in the image, what happened next was completely unexpected.
At the instant when the two Mobius' hands were about to touch, the Mobius on the ground suddenly launched an attack.
Dark green spikes pierced straight through the Mobius in the image, and the recording vanished with it.
———
[???]
[Wait, I was already prepared for the two Mobius to shake hands and bury the hatchet, and now you tell me there's a twist?]
[Checking miHoYo's scriptwriters for sanity]
[Fine, fine, this is how you want to play it?]
However, what shocked people even more was what came next.
———
[Back to the Video]
After doing this, Mobius even took the initiative to explain the real-world Mobius' voluntary death.
It turned out that the memory-body Mobius, taking advantage of the moment when the real-world Mobius was integrating memories, had planted a 'willingness to die' seed in her mind.
And this seed was precisely the inducement for the real-world Mobius to give up eternal life.
Seeing this, netizens all expressed that their heads were itching, they really wanted to grow some more brains.
———
[Wait, bro! You can do this?]
[Does this count as me killing myself?]
[But even if the memory-body Mobius killed the real Mobius, that doesn't mean she is the real Mobius, right?]
[But from a macro perspective… Mobius really did become the only Mobius in the world]
[But why would Mobius do this? To become the only one, and then what?]
[Feels like there's more drama to come…]
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