I write obituaries for the gods

Louis turned his head and waved to Jiang Zhengge:

"Old Jiang, you...be careful..."

"Definitely, definitely." Jiang Zhengge smiled and waved.

Watching him get into the car and drive away into the distance, Jiang Zhengge let out a soft breath.

"A promotion is definitely a good thing for this kid," he murmured. "Before, without anyone taking the lead, he wouldn't dare call me Old Jiang. He's such an insecure kid..."

Jiang Zhengge took out his phone, intending to scroll through short videos to kill time.

Just then, a text message popped up on his phone:

Aren't you going to say goodbye?

Jiang Zhengge raised his head and looked towards the end of the road.

In the darkness, the Statue of Ecstasy reflected the light from car headlights, and a Phantom was parked across the street.

The double doors in the back of the Phantom were open, and Xileina sat inside, glancing slightly to the side.

"......"

Across the street, Jiang Zhengge and tide Leina stared at each other.

"Ugh."

Jiang Zhengge sighed, took out his phone, and sent a message to Lin Chen.

Then he stepped out, crossed the street, and sat in the back seat of the Phantom.

"Snapped."

The car door closed, and the V12 engine roared as it slid into the darkness, silent and still.

......

Chapter 59 Breakup

On a small viewing platform by the sea, Jiang Zhengge and tide Leina stood side by side.

The two leaned against the railing, gazing at the dark sea in the distance.

The extended Phantom was parked behind them, and the fully armed driver was standing at the intersection, dispersing any pedestrians who tried to approach.

"Bah."

tide Lena pried open the carbonated beverage can and took a deep sip.

“It tastes better than red wine,” she exhaled, “and it has to be iced and sugar-free.”

"The sugar-free version is for dogs," Jiang Zhengge said.

"I'm going to control my blood sugar! You'll just have to wait until you get diabetes."

tide Leina glanced at Jiang Zhengge with some disappointment, then looked back at the distant sea.

“It’s been so long since I’ve been here,” she said softly. “We used to come here often on our dates to reminisce about the old days. I really miss it.”

“Don’t forget, we broke up here too,” Jiang Zhengge said in a low voice.

"Ha, I will never forget it even after ten thousand years."

tide Lena finished her cola and casually tossed it behind her. The wind carried the cola bottle, and it landed precisely in the trash can.

"After the deep-sea diving operation, as soon as you detected my tracking signal, you rushed over without stopping, chased me across three streets, and then stopped me here."

"How ironic, of all places, it had to be here. Couldn't it be somewhere else?"

“I told you to go back to the Investigation Bureau,” Jiang Zhengge frowned, “but you’re telling me you have a new plan.”

“I do have a new plan,” Xileina blinked. “You don’t really expect me to pretend nothing happened and go back to the Investigation Bureau, do you? That madman Wu Hao told everyone that I’m a demigod. Demigods’ reputation was already pretty bad at that time. What will people think of me if I go back as a demigod who has hidden my identity?”

“I told you then that I would protect you,” Jiang Zhengge said.

"I don't need you to protect me!"

tide Lena's tone suddenly became intense.

Seemingly realizing her lapse in composure, she let out a soft breath and whispered:

“Every time someone protects me, they pay the price for me. My brother and you have both lost so much because of me.”

"So what?" Jiang Zhengge said.

Upon hearing this, tide Leina's lips curled up slightly.

"Section Chief Jiang, Section Chief Jiang, you just love to show off, as if you can control everything."

tide Lena cupped her cheeks in her hands and murmured softly:

"But what can you control? The multi-eyed siren was only completely defeated and turned into a pet by Triton's suppression... Unlike me, who loses my power as soon as I get close to the siren, he is the perfect marine weapon."

“With him around, Katrina can only writhe helplessly in the abyss; she can neither return nor control me.”

“My plan succeeded, while you’re still stuck in the same place, trying to figure out what I’m trying to do.”

“You want to cooperate with your elder brother to use God to kill Katrina,” Jiang Zhengge said softly. “What? Is the white man’s God that attractive to you?”

“Look at you, you always think you see through everything,” Xileina gently shook her head, “but what have you actually seen through? You don’t even know what kind of being Katrina is.”

tide Lena reached out her hand toward the sea, reaching for the shimmering light reflected in the waves.

“Humanity’s fear of natural disasters gave birth to Katrina,” Xilena said softly. “Her existence will grow stronger with the passage of time.”

"You can withstand natural disasters, and you can kill the monsters that natural disasters give rise to, but can you kill people's fear of natural disasters?"

"As long as humanity continues to fear the uncertain, ever-present threat of destruction, Katrina will endure forever..."

tide Leina turned her head and looked at Jiang Zhengge:

"Only by eliminating fear can we eliminate Katrina."

"Do you think you can do that?"

Jiang Zhengge remained silent.

"But God can indeed eliminate fear."

tide Lena chuckled softly and put her arms back on the railing.

"Everyone believes in the one true being, everyone believes that He can dispel fear, everyone regards Him as the only salvation, and the world filled with fear will therefore disappear."

"Without fear, Katrina is nothing but a lamb in name only, and she will eventually be worn away by the flow of history and disappear forever."

"..."

Jiang Zhengge remained silent.

He turned his head and stared at Xileina, just staring.

Meeting Jiang Zhengge's gaze, tide Leina felt a pang of guilt.

She knew that the man was blaming himself again.

He was powerless to save his parents when they were in crisis.

In the abyss, he was powerless to save Xileina.

Now, he can only watch helplessly as Xileina sinks into darkness, completely unable to help her.

Time and time again, things spiraled out of control in his presence, and in the end, he couldn't grasp anything.

tide Leina understood that Jiang Zhengge hated the feeling of things getting out of control.

Because his fate was always full of hardships.

"Okay, I'm not talking about you anymore."

tide Leina took Jiang Zhengge's wrist and gently rubbed it.

“I’ve come to say goodbye,” she said. “I’m going to a very far place, and it may be a long time before I come back.”

"I'm going to do something, and it might come at a price, but it will be worth it."

Do you believe me?

tide Leina and Jiang Zhengge looked at each other.

Jiang Zhengge still did not answer.

tide Leina released Jiang Zhengge's hand, took two steps back, and said:

"I'm actually on your side, maybe you'll realize that later."

After saying that, Xileina turned and walked away.

Jiang Zhengge clenched his fists tightly, took a deep breath, and turned around:

"You're going to deploy Black Star, right?"

tide Leina stopped.

The girl turned her head and looked at the man: his hand was already on his waist.

"Yes."

tide Leina smiled faintly at Jiang Zhengge.

"Are you going to stop me?"

After saying that, Xileina turned around again and walked towards the phantom in the distance.

Jiang Zhengge's hands trembled violently as he watched tide Leina's retreating figure.

Finally, he gritted his teeth and made up his mind...

I pulled out my RSH12 from my waist.

"Oh!"

The sound of whales echoed through the night, seemingly coming from the distant sea.

A gust of wind howled, and Jiang Zhengge felt a tightness in his throat before he was lifted up!

It was tide Leina who mentioned him!

She dodged the bullet the instant Jiang Zhengge fired, appeared in front of him, and subdued him.

"cough..."

"You finally shot me!" Xileina shouted. "I've had enough of your indecisiveness! Time and time again, I've walked right under your nose, and you've never dared to lay a hand on me!"

“I told you long ago that I’m no different from those demigods! Have you forgotten? Black Star, whom you consider a cancer, was someone I personally promoted!”

"Gypsies are all liars and thieves, have you forgotten? I've been lying to you from the very beginning! You've made countless excuses for me in your heart, don't you have any sense of responsibility?!"

Jiang Zhengge looked at tide Leina, who was furious, without any expression on his face.

The oxygen was gradually disappearing. tide Leina used a lot of force, so much so that Jiang Zhengge felt like his neck was about to break.

But he did not resist; he simply tried to maintain his gaze, staring intently into Xileina's eyes.

Just as Jiang Zhengge's consciousness was fading, tide Leina suddenly let go of his hand, letting him fall to the ground.

"..."

tide Leina coldly looked at Jiang Zhengge, who was coughing on the ground, and snorted disdainfully.

"You should retire sooner rather than later," she said softly.

After saying that, tide Leina strode away into the distance, and the driver opened the back door for her, whereupon she got in.

"Om-"

"..."

Jiang Zhengge waited until the Phantom's taillights disappeared before struggling to his feet, gripping the railing.

He lit a cigarette, gazing at the distant sea.

"Goodbye," Jiang Zhengge said softly.

......

"Where's Lao Jiang? Where did he go?"

When Lin Chen and Li Zhanyi walked out of the restaurant, they found that Jiang Zhengge was nowhere to be found.