Before long, JiiXi asked again:

  "How many times will the wind tunnel simulation rehearsal be carried out?"

  ..

  The ladyboy, ToeoCo, raised the corner of his mouth:

  "Our Hurricane Band.

  We won't do those conventional rehearsals, nor will we have advance run-ins.

  We definitely won't conduct adaptability drills simulating typhoons in the wind tunnel either.

  I'll just give you the sheet music, and we'll cooperate improvisationally during the official performance.

  When performing in the center of the storm, it will be the first time the Hurricane Band runs in.

  I need a kind of rough sense of strangeness, isolation, and incoordination.

  I especially need the real fear that the band members will feel, when they stand in the center of the storm for the first time.

  Authenticity, that's what real art is.

  Skilled techniques and familiar cooperation, are not art; they are false disguises.

  Art should confront the innate fear of human beings directly.

  Especially, it should confront our fear for the first time directly."

  ..

  JiiXi rarely raised his hand, and gave a thumbs-up to ToeoCo.

  ..

  The ladyboy, ToeoCo:

  "Tomorrow afternoon, the Hurricane Band will go to the seaside site.

  We'll conduct on-site surveys of the terrain, and plan the safety protection measures.

  Do you want to come with us?"

  ..

  JiiXi's pupils shrank:

  "I can't show up at the site in advance.

  When you conduct the on-site survey, take holographic images of the site environment.

  Just send me the holographic images of the site, and the safety protection plan."

  ..

  The ladyboy, ToeoCo:

  "Are you worried that, your whereabouts will be tracked in advance?"

  ..

  JiiXi curled his lips:

  "Of course.

  In the past month or so.

  I've already been assassinated six times.

  If it weren't for my naturally cautious nature.

  I would have been killed by your assassin team, a month ago."

  ..

  The ladyboy, ToeoCo, suddenly let out a sigh:

  "That girl assassin, Witiivi, is such a pity.

  Given some time, she would at least surpass me.

  She's such a great talent for a super assassin.

  Why didn't you save her?"

  ..

  JiiXi was depressed:

  "I saved you, so I couldn't save her anymore.

  Because it was my subconscious that hypnotized the old coachman, and made him take the arrow for me, and he died.

  If you hadn't killed the old coachman with your own hands, I could have saved her.

  After all, I'm considered the adoptive father of the girl assassin."

  ..

  The ladyboy, ToeoCo, showed a look of disdain:

  "You saved me because:

  You saw me as the negative shadow of your personality.

  You could transfer the negative consequences of your personality to me.

  I could cleanse the sins of your personality for you.

  You didn't save the girl assassin, Witiivi, because:

  She is the shadow of the calamitous side of your destiny.

  She would bring you a calamitous fate.

  It's very easy for you to become like her.

  Your ending might even be worse than hers.

  So, subconsciously, you're afraid of her, and also resist her."

  ..

  JiiXi hesitated for a while:

  "Forget it, I'll tell you.

  You have to keep it strictly confidential, and only you should know about it.

  The girl assassin, is very likely not dead yet.

  She should have gone into hiding in Post-Society.

  I guess she's secretly undergoing super assassin training."

  ..

  The ladyboy, ToeoCo, was stunned for a moment and then remained silent.

  ..

  Before leaving, the ladyboy, ToeoCo, swayed his head and spouted some poetic words:

  "The most distant distance in the world is:

  You and I share the same fate, yet we can only sit three meters apart."

  "You and I should have been as close as brothers, the peerless twin heroes.

  But alas, fate plays tricks on us, and tears us apart.

  We are imprinted in two different books."

  。。

  。。