Chapter 38: The True Meaning of Going to the Moon
Why did Johnny want to go to the Moon? Because, although his childhood memories were blurred by beta-blockers. Although he had forgotten it, he had already met River. But he still remembered that promise.
"What if I get lost or forget?"
"Then we'll meet on the Moon!"
Since River left Johnny, this thought gradually emerged from the depths of his memory. He had forgotten everything: how he met River, their conversations. But the only thing he remembered was going to the Moon, because River had been lost in his life and he wanted to find her.
Similarly, why did River constantly fold origami rabbits? Because, through Johnny's words, River realized that Johnny didn't remember their first encounter. Thus, throughout her life, River continued to fold origami rabbits, using her own method to remind Johnny that they had indeed met.
Similarly, River sacrificed her own health to build a house, also to remind Johnny of everything. Because when they met, River opened her heart to Johnny, comparing the stars to lighthouses of light, a lighthouse among them. And Johnny felt that River had something special, something he needed. It was also because they had already met.
The mystery was finally solved. Johnny didn't want to go to the moon, but to be with River. 'I cannot express my innermost thoughts, but I will spend my whole life trying to make you remember them, shining like a lighthouse to illuminate you. It's a kind of obsession, an obsession that no one else understands.' 'Although I have lost the memory of you, I have never forgotten the promise we made to meet on the moon.'
Looking at River, with the platypus in hand and her gaze fixed on the distant moon, all the players' eyes suddenly blurred.
"What the heck, what a game! I can't see the game clearly!" he exclaimed.
"+1 for those who can't see the game clearly."
"F***, my eyes hurt! I must have been watching the live stream too long!"
"The game seemed a bit boring before, but now I just want to explain why! I'm breaking down in tears! I really can't!"
"Crying is not a sin. Look, the boss's eyes are red."
"What do you mean a tough guy cries? This tough guy cries! I can't take it! I can't take it anymore!"
The game uses a flashback technique, starting with the suspense of going to the moon, arousing the player's doubts and curiosity. Little by little, the final secret is revealed, unfolding before the player. Combined with the background music, it instantly moved countless players. The most sentimental were especially moved. When everything was revealed, they couldn't help but burst into tears. Men and women were moved by the story between River and Johnny.
"F***! I never expected this game to break me!" Jay blew his nose, his eyes red from the forced immobility he had endured.
However, to everyone's surprise, the game was not over yet. As the two doctors, Neil and Eva, talked, everyone remembered that this was in Johnny's memory. They also had a contract with Johnny: to go to the moon.
Neil: "What if they're really lost? ...Wait, does this mean something?"
Eva: "Don't tell me you didn't guess."
Neil: "I thought it would be an inspiring fairy tale..."
Eva: "I should have imagined that some little girl would join and turn it into a farce... I think we already know exactly how to get him to the moon."
Neil: "Wait, you're not going to do that? You won't!"
Eva: "This is our job, Neil... It's our contractual obligation."
Neil: "Damn it... Eva, wait!"
As they exchanged words, Jay's persistent intuition was finally confirmed. This female doctor really wanted to remove River! Although her reasons were perfectly legitimate, because the law and the contract did not explicitly require it, after a few hours of playing, the players who had known Johnny's and River's story clearly could not accept such a situation.
'How can this old woman be so cruel! How can this old woman be so rigid! Damn it...! I can't take it anymore!'
If before he was talking about how moved he was by River's and Johnny's story, now he's furious. Jay, who was live streaming, couldn't help but bang on the table. Including the barrage of comments in the room, the situation was even more overwhelming. Obviously, no one could accept such a situation.
'What the heck! What kind of contract and law is this! Johnny doesn't want to go to the moon, he needs River! And now, this old woman wants to remove River, how the heck is this tolerated?'
However, neither the audience watching the live stream nor players like Jay and Neil in the game seem to be able to stop it. Eva, who has greater control over the machine, constantly removes and modifies River from every corner of Johnny's memory. And in the process, she also created many traps to block Neil.
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