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As the countdown on the official website reached its final 24 hours, the entire internet became even more tense.

The animation visuals also changed accordingly.

It's not a change in the plot, it's a change in the color tone.

The warm and cheerful color tone of the previous episode has quietly faded into a grayish hue.

It's like someone secretly turned down the saturation of the filter by two notches.

The audience couldn't quite put their finger on what was wrong, but they just felt a chill in their hearts.

Animation opening.

In the corridor of the Terminal Services Department, Minister Wu Tang stopped Si.

"Mizushiki, come to my office."

Wu Tang's tone was no different from usual, and even carried a hint of a smile.

But Si noticed that the minister did not look him in the eye when he said this.

His gaze fell on a void behind Si's shoulder, as if he were deliberately avoiding something.

Si followed him into the office.

The door closed.

Wu Tang did not sit down, but stood behind the desk, took out a white document from the drawer, and pushed it to the center of the table.

At the very top of the document was a line of bold text.

Giftia Recycling Consent Form.

The camera, from Si's perspective, gave the line of text a slow, close-up shot, gradually tightening the focus until it finally settled on the glaring blank space in the signature panel.

The live chat exploded.

[It's here! It's here! I knew this day would come!]

Why make Si sign it?! This is too cruel!

This document is like a death sentence; it even requires the stamp of your closest loved one!

[Could you please have the minister sign this? Please, don't let the department head do this!]

This is tantamount to killing someone by attacking their spirit!

The office was so quiet you could hear the hum of the air conditioner vents.

Wu Tang finally spoke, his voice very low.

"According to regulations, the recovery of Giftia requires a signed consent form from the owner or the person directly responsible. You are Ella's partner, and also her current partner."

He paused for a moment.

"The closest person."

Si stared at the paper, his face grave.

This plot has caused a huge uproar in the real world.

Lei Ming had been waiting for this opportunity for far too long.

He stopped talking about technical security and data breaches—things that had already been played out.

This time, he changed his demeanor, sitting impeccably in a suit on the most-watched interview program on the entire internet, his expression one of extreme anguish.

"Dear viewers, I would like to ask you to think carefully about a question."

Lei Ming crossed his hands on his knees, deliberately slowing his speech, each word imbued with a carefully crafted sense of compassion.

"Is this the kind of emotional impact that healing animations sell us? Making a young man who deeply loves his partner sign a consent form to end his partner's life?"

He paused, then shook his head.

"What barbaric, what inhumane mental abuse this is."

The camera gave him a close-up; his lips were slightly downturned, and his eyes were full of righteous indignation.

"Human nature is to seek advantage and avoid harm, and to escape pain. Our Eternal Technology's digital immortality technology is precisely designed to completely liberate humanity from this heart-wrenching pain of separation."

"We don't make tears, we eliminate them."

As soon as these words were spoken, the online sentiment visibly began to shift.

Those viewers who had just been moved to tears by the memory of amber were suddenly struck on a soft spot that they themselves were unwilling to face.

If it's possible to avoid pain, who would want to be in pain?

Subsequently, posts supporting digital immortality began to emerge.

Voting data on various forums has begun to tilt.

It is a human right to avoid pain.

This phrase has been turned into an emoji and spread everywhere.

Healing Animation Company.

Shen Qingyue rushed into Su Bai's workstation with her tablet in hand, her face drained of all color.

"Su Bai, public opinion is turning around! For the first time, the voices supporting Eternal Technology have overwhelmed us! Lei Ming's interview has already surpassed 200 million views!"

Upon hearing this, Su Bai raised his eyelids and glanced at Lei Ming's benevolent face on the tablet screen.

He gave a cold laugh.

Shen Qingyue recognized that expression.

Every time Su Bai showed that kind of smile, it meant that the person opposite him was about to be in big trouble.

"He finally found a seemingly irrefutable angle."

Su Bai's tone was very calm.

"Defining sadness as a flaw and packaging his product as a patch. The logic is beautiful, the rhetoric is spot on, and it's suitable for inclusion in a business strategy textbook."

"but."

Su Bai extended a finger and tapped Lei Ming's face on the tablet.

"He doesn't understand one thing. Pain itself is proof that love once existed. If you erase the pain, the love disappears with it."

"The reason why a person feels heartbroken at parting is precisely because they once possessed something worthy of such heartbreak."

Shen Qingyue was stunned for a moment.

Su Bai withdrew his hand and regained his confident smile.

"He underestimated human nature. Humans are, at their core, much tougher than he imagined."

"What do we do next?"

"No need to respond."

Su Bai's gaze returned to the animation playing on the screen.

"The answer is in the animation. Just let Tsukasa speak for us."

The animation continues.

In Minister Wu Tang's office, Si's hand froze in mid-air.

He stared at the thin sheet of white paper without saying a word.

The camera focused on his profile for a five-second fixed shot.

Si's slow breathing could be clearly heard.

Outside the office door, all footsteps in the corridor disappeared.

Xiangyue leaned against the corner wall, a cigarette dangling from her lips, one hand tucked into her pocket, her knuckles clenched white.

Man stood beside her, biting her lip, her eyes already red.

Everyone is waiting.

Wait for the company to make a choice.

The scrolling speed of the comments slowed down, as if the hundreds of millions of people on the other side of the screen were also holding their breath.

Si lowered his head and remained silent for a long time.

Wu Tang thought he would refuse.

It went on for so long that people started commenting in the live chat, "It's okay, sir, you don't have to sign."

So long that even the hum of the air conditioner became grating.

But he raised his head.

In those eyes, all the hesitation, fear, and resentment were contained within his heart at that moment.

He reached out and took the paper.

The movement was very light, as if catching a falling leaf.

But everyone knows how heavy that piece of paper is.

"I will sign."

"This is the last leg of my journey as her partner that I must accompany her through."

He paused for a moment, his lips twitching slightly, as if he wanted to laugh but didn't.

"I will not run away."

The comments section completely went out of control at that moment.

【Tsukasa ahh ...

He's no longer the newcomer hiding behind others. He's truly grown up.

[That coward Lei Ming, who only knows how to advocate escapism, knows nothing! The courage to face pain is the most precious thing!]

Although it's heartbreaking to see, this is the kind of responsibility a man should have!

I cried. Si, you're amazing.

Outside the door, Xiangyue turned her face away, biting off the cigarette in her mouth, scattering tobacco bits all over the floor.

Man squatted down immediately, covered his face with his hands, and his shoulders trembled.

Wu Tang took the signed consent form, glanced at Si, said nothing, and simply patted him hard on the shoulder.

That slap was very hard, almost like it hit him hard.

But Si did not back down an inch.

The online sentiment reversed dramatically after Si said, "I will not run away."

Lei Ming's carefully crafted humanitarian rhetoric appeared pale and laughable in the face of a determined young man.

Before the topic of supporting escaping pain could even get going on the trending topics list, it was firmly suppressed by a new label.

#Facing pain is where the brilliance of humanity shines#

The most upvoted post in the comments section contained only one sentence.

"Thunder told us to run. The bishop told us to stand."

On Su Bai's system panel, the depression value began to rise steadily and powerfully.

Su Bai glanced at the number, his expression unchanged, and turned to Shen Qingyue, saying something.

"Raymond thought people would choose his digital immortality to escape pain. But he underestimated one thing."

"What?"

"Human beings have the courage to face life and death in order to protect precious memories."

Su Bai tapped his fingers on the table.

"Si's choice is our answer."

Shen Qingyue opened her mouth as if to say something, but in the end she just sighed.

She found herself unsure whether to feel sorry for Si in the animation or for the viewers in real life who were being used as pawns by Su Bai.

........

After signing, the clerk handed the consent form to the minister.

Xiangyue took a deep breath, broke the silence, and made the suggestion.

"Tonight, let's throw Ella the biggest farewell party ever! We'll drink until we drop!"

Everyone forced a smile and agreed.

But Si and Ella exchanged a smile and shook their heads in tacit agreement.

Ella looked at everyone and said with a smile.

"Thank you everyone. But we just want to spend our last day together, simply, like any other day.

They didn't need to make a scene to cover up their sorrow; they chose to face their shared end with the most open and calm demeanor.