Bab 38: C38: Actual meaning

Why does Johnny want to go to the moon? He does not know. Why?

Because his childhood memories were hidden and ignored due to medication.

Even if he had forgotten, He had already met River long ago.

And he still remembered that agreement. It was hidden within his subconscious mind.

"What if you get lost or forget?" Someone asked him which still remains in the depth of his mind.

"Then let us meet on the moon!" to that voice he answered and he still remembers it. But to whom? He forgets that.

In the days after River left Johnny, this thought came to him little by little from the depths of his memory. It turns into an obsession.

He forgot everything—how he met River in the first place. The conversation they had. But the one thing he still remembers is that he had to go to the moon because he would meet someone special there.

For the same reason, River keeps folding origami paper rabbits throughout her life.

Because of something he once said, River realizes he can't remember what he did when they first met. So, she spent her whole life folding those Origami paper rabbits, using her own way to remind him that they had already met once before.

River even offers her health to build a house, all to remind him of everything. When they first met, she opened up to him, comparing the stars to beacons watching each other. He felt that there was something special about her—something he needed, something he owed her, and some answers.

All because they had already met.

Finally, all the mysteries are revealed.

What he wants isn't to go to the moon—

What he truly wants is to be with River.

She can't express what's in her heart, but she'll spend her whole life trying to remind him, shining on him like a beacon. This is a kind of obsession, a kind of love that others don't understand.

Even though he has lost his memory of her, He has never forgotten the promise that he once made to meet up on the moon.

As Zhen looks at River, holding a platypus in her hands, gazing at the moon in the distance...

At that moment, Zhen can feel his heart breaking, and He knows that. He isn't alone.

The players watching can't hold back their hands either. As they started commenting in the live chat.

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"Man, what a game! I can't see this screen anymore!" ╥﹏╥

"+1 for not being able to see the screen either." ╥﹏╥

"Damn, my eyes are stinging! It must be from staring at the live stream for too long!" (˃̣̣̥⌓˂̣̣̥ ) Cat empire commented

"The gameplay was slow before, but now all I can say is, why!? Why is this happening?" ༼ಢ_ಢ༽ Supernova replied

"Tears! I can't take it anymore!"

"It's not a crime for a man to cry, it's not! Even the boss's eyes are red!" （>﹏<） A part-time worker at Zhong Studio replied

"This is what it means to cry like a real man." ◪_◪

"I'm sorry, I just can't hold it in anymore!"

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The game uses the flashback technique, starting with the suspense of going to the moon, building up the players' curiosity and doubt. Little by little, the final secret is revealed.

With the background music playing, countless players are moved all at once. Those who were more emotional, once everything is revealed. They can't stop their tears from forming 4 or 5 more new seas in the nation, whether male or female. Everyone is touched by the story of River and Johnny.

"I never thought a game could hit me like this!" Dong Zhen says as he takes a napkin, blows his nose, and tries to hide the redness in his eyes.

But to everyone's surprise, the game isn't over yet.

With the dialogue between Neil and Eva, the two doctors, suddenly hits everyone. It was too sudden.

This is all still happening in Johnny's memory.

They also had a contract with him: To the Moon.

Neil asked "What if they do get lost? ...wait, does that mean that?"

Eva replied back with a question "Don't tell me you didn't guess?"

Neil replied with a tear in his left eye "I thought this was going to be an inspirational fairy tale..."

Eva replied in a stern voice "I should have known that some little girl was going to join in and make it a farce... I think now we know how to send him to the moon."

Neil asked as he thought of something "Wait, you wouldn't want to do that, would you? You won't!"

Eva affirmed his guess "It's our job, Neil... it's our contractual obligation."

"Damn... Eva, wait!" Neil ran after her, trying to stop her.

Along with the conversation, Eva disappeared from Johnny's childhood memories.

I, controlled Neil, in chasing after her.

Sitting before the computer, I felt a bad premonition creep in.

"Wait, what does this female doctor want to do?" Zhen thought. (ΘLΘ)

Through the memory, I found Eva in Johnny's high school days. At the same time, the game's music became tense, and the screen turned into a dark yellow, old photo-style filter.

Neil said in annoyance and anger "I know what you're going to do!"

Eva replied, "Listen, the requirement of our contract is to send him to the moon, and the only way to do it is to make Johnny interested in the lunar drive."

Neil reveals the truth "So it means that River has to be removed, but if you do that, what's the point of going to the moon? The real reason he wanted to go to the moon was because River left him."

Eva replied back "I understand, but we are contractually bound by law, especially..."

"Whatever %￥# contract! Don't make it worse! Eva rosalene! I don't know about you, but the reason I do this job is to help these old folks leave this world with happiness! What about you?"

As the conversation played out, the bad feeling I had earlier solidified.

This female doctor, Eva Rosalene, wants to remove River!

Although her reasons seem valid—because neither the law nor the contract specifically forbids it—I couldn't accept it. After hours of experiencing the game and learning about Johnny and River's story, the thought of this was unbearable.

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"Why are you ladies so cruel?"

"Why are you ladies so rigid?" (⩺_⩹)

"Damn it... I can't take it anymore!" (ง •̀_•́)ง

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I was moved by Johnny and River's story earlier. I would be livid with rage now.

In my frustration, I hammered the table during the live broadcast. The chat was blowing up in a rage, too.

None of us could accept it.

What the hell!

What kind of contract, what kind of law!

Johnny doesn't want to go to the moon—he wants River!

And now, Eva was actually trying to erase River? How could I stand for that?

But no matter how I felt or how much the viewers in my live broadcast fumed, neither I nor Neil seemed to be able to stop it.

Eva, who had higher control over the machine, was systematically erasing and modifying River from every corner of Johnny's memory. And through the process, she created numerous traps to block Neil from stopping her.