Self-cultivation of Kamen Rider ZIO

Chapter 442 Tenderness and Cruelty

Time sped by.

From the discovery of the Red Death to the present, in just a few weeks, the number of people infected with the Red Death has increased to a very terrifying level.

Facing this appalling red death.

People full of despair and panic abandoned their lives under the sky and hid in the dark underground to survive.

This, to a certain extent, delayed the time for them to suffer from red death.

However, it is only a delay.

Because, there are still people who continue to suffer from the red death disease.

Especially those who are physically poor, one of them is sent to an isolated medical center almost every day.

But in the eyes of the people, the place where you can only go out if you get sick is not a medical clinic at all, but a prison standing under the red sky, which symbolizes death and despair. !

No one knew if he would be the next person to be sent to that "red prison" because of the red death disease.

Confusion and fear weigh on the hearts of every citizen and torment their hearts.

At this moment, a stretcher covered with a white cloth came out of the medical center...

Someone else died.

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however.

In this time when "people" are dying.

However, Sogo Tokiwa came near Edith's laboratory one day and quietly changed the fate of the two old cats...

He erased the red death disease factor from the two old cats and helped them recover.

During this period, Sogo Tokiwa did not reveal his figure.

But when he was about to leave, he heard a childish cry to keep him.

"Meow~"

Tokiwa Sogo turned his head and saw a kitten looking in his direction.

Sogo Tokiwa was sure the kitten couldn't see him.

However, that kitten seemed to... perceive his existence?
Thinking of this, Tokiwa Sogo was silent for a moment, then suddenly smiled.

"As expected of Lord Youliuxian, you have a lot of inspiration."

Tokiwa Sogo laughed and praised.

Yes, that kitten is the future You Liuxian.

What Toki Pan Zhuangwu saved just now were You Liuxian's biological parents.

While speaking, he showed his figure.

It's not the kind of golden energy figure, but his original appearance after further illusion.

I saw Tokiwa Sogo walk up to You Liuxian, squat down, put up a finger, and lightly tap the wet tip of You Liuxian's nose.

Then, he looked at You Liuxian's cute expression subconsciously shrinking his head back, smiled, and continued: "Ah, what should I do? Lord You Liuxian, once again, you have successfully caught my attention."

"……Meow?"

Regarding this, the kitten tilted its head incomprehension, and question marks popped out of it.

Apparently, it's too young right now to understand the magnitude of the problem.

But it doesn't matter, just like people always grow up in an instant, so do cats.

In front of the two old cats, Tokiwa Soogo hugged You Liuxian.

Then, with a question mark and an exclamation mark on You Liuxian's face, he lowered his head and said to the two old cats, "I saved your life. It's fair for you to give your daughter to me, isn't it?"

The old cat couple: "..."

However, in the end, Tokiwa Shogo took all three cats away.

Only a low laugh echoed in place, whether it was self-satisfaction or self-deprecating.

"Ah."

He was so, so gentle.

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The story that happened to these three cats, when this person was preoccupied with himself, naturally there was no splash at all.

Even Edith only came to his senses after intense research and looked at the cat food bowl which was full and even overflowing, only to realize that You Liuxian's family hadn't been back for a long time.

He stood there, stunned for a while, then closed his eyes and said, "Are you also defeated by this damn red sky?"

After a long silence, Edith poured out the old food in the cat's bowl, cleaned the floor, poured in new ones, turned around, and continued to devote himself to the research on the red death disease.

At the same time, the previous conversation with Adenis once again appeared in his mind.

Edith still remembered that it happened shortly after the Red Death had shown its ferocious fangs.

On that day, Adenis came to his laboratory on his own initiative.

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"Edith..."

"Adenis? Why are you here?"

Seeing the haggard Adenis, Edith froze for a moment, then reacted and said.

"Sorry, I still don't have a clue about how to cure the Red Death Disease..."

He thought Adenis was here to see the progress of his research on the Red Death.

In fact, Adenis did come to see Edith's research progress, but this was not his only purpose.

After hearing Edith's answer, Adenis' face became extremely pale almost instantly.

"...Is that really the case?" He couldn't help muttering in a low voice.

Edith's face changed suddenly when he heard Adnis's whisper.

"As expected? What as expected? Adnis, do you know anything about this terrible disease—!?"

Edith's voice gradually increased from low to high, and finally turned into an extremely intense questioning.

"Adenis!!!"

Under Edith's questioning, Adenis, whose face was full of pain and remorse, finally said slowly: "Sorry, Edith... Actually, before this, the King of Time once warned me .”

Edith murmured and repeated: "Warning?"

"Yes." Adenis nodded, and continued with a painful expression, "He warned me to give up my current life immediately and stop the application of those unknown technologies, otherwise, I will encounter disaster."

"Disaster..."

Following Adenis' words, thinking of the miraculous power that Sogo Tokiwa once showed in front of them, Edith's original intense emotions, like being suddenly poured with a basin of ice water, instantly dropped to It was freezing, and his face was stiff.

"You mean, this horrible red death is actually a punishment from the King of Time?"

Saying this, fear and anger fermented in his heart at the same time, Edith continued.

"Just because we haven't given up our pursuit of a better life?"

"……I have no idea."

Adnis shook his head.

"The king never answered my prayers after that."

Adenis told Edith.

"Similarly, during this time, no matter how much I begged the king for forgiveness and admitted my mistakes, all I got was silence."

Obviously, Adnis also has such an idea.

However, from the silence of Sogo Tokiwa begging for forgiveness in front of him, I couldn't help but think of his silence when he faced Shogo Tokiwa's warning, and Adenis couldn't help but have another thought.

Thinking this way, Adenis continued.

"So, Edith, come and help me make sure... Make sure, is this a punishment from the king, or...or..."

At the end of the conversation, although Adnis's voice became difficult, he finally said it.

"...still, our own sins."

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The memory ends.

A few days later.

Edith looked at the latest research data on the test bench, clenched his fists and clenched his teeth, his expression constantly changing.

"It turns out that all of this stems from our greed, from our stupidity?"

According to Edith's investigation, experiment.

That scarlet sky has nothing to do with the Lord of Time.

It is indeed a mutation caused by their use of those devices in the city.

What's worse, now, even if they stopped those devices, they couldn't reverse the crimson sky.

This cruel truth almost broke Edith's heart.

With a similar expression to Edith, there is also Igor who is Edith's assistant.

He also knew the cruel truth.

After a while.

Edith turned around suddenly and walked quickly outside the laboratory, but stopped suddenly at the door.

"Igor..."

"Ah."

"Don't tell the truth."

"I know."

Rarely, Igor didn't argue with Edith, nor did he ask why.

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between prayers.

Adnis, who received the report from Edith, looked at the shining golden humanoid statue on the altar, speechless for a long time.

Admitting your mistakes is hard enough.

Even harder, admitting to a huge mistake that is beyond repair.

However, no matter how difficult it is, if you make a mistake, you will be wrong.

Adnis bowed down to the golden humanoid sculpture on the altar sincerely and fearfully.

"Everything is due to my patriarch's decision-making mistakes."

"So, great, supreme, benevolent King of Time, please, forgive our ignorance, please, forgive us our sins, and then, please, guide a way for your confused people. Let's go the way of the future."

Finally, Adnis's prayer was answered.

He saw the bright golden light again.

But when he stared at the ground, he saw that golden light gradually dimming.

At the same time, Tokiwa Sogo's voice gradually changed from an echoing majesty to an ordinary voice.

"Adenis, there is something I need you to understand..."

(End of this chapter)