tokyo creator

Chapter 184 Holy Knot, Qing (Day3-Morning)
Its daybreak.

Hui Yuanchu and the awakened Oro Aoi didn't wait in the auditorium for too long.Soon, the princess maid, who was familiar with Oroku Aoi, came with the aftermath personnel and took the two of them to another place - the bell tower of the old campus.

The bell tower that had been covered in dust for a long time was not repaired instantly... but it was also covered with gorgeous carpets and a canopy-style tent was erected to prevent the dust from falling from the big clock above.

Under the tent, refreshments have been placed on the gorgeous round table, and the kettle is steaming on the portable tea stove next to it.

"Princess" Mana is waiting for them.

Zhe Lukui walked over with ease, sat down at the table, and picked up a cup of tea without ceremony.After taking a sip, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Hui Yuanchu walked directly to the edge of the platform.

From the same position as a few days ago, he looked out from the arch, overlooking the entire campus.

It's just that the rain finally stopped, but the scene in front of me seemed to have changed to another place.

The golden morning sun shines evenly on the entire campus, and the yellow-leaf-dappled woods bring visual warmth. Even the nearby old-fashioned Gothic buildings have lost some of their gloomy and waiting atmosphere.

"From nightfall to sunrise, all my memories have been erased by the ruling domain." Zhe Lukui's voice sounded from behind, "So, what happened?"

Hui Yuan turned around, but first looked at the princess: "...Say it in front of the enemy?"

"I thought I had proved with my actions just now that I am not your enemy, but your friend." Mana said with a chuckle.

Hui Yuanchu glanced at Zhe Lukui and found that she had no intention of speaking. She was drinking tea and eating snacks by herself, as if she had not seen the dispute between Hui Yuanchu and Mana at all.

So he calmly followed his own will and became even more rude: "You only took action because you are a client after all, and this matter is related to your interests. I don't think other than that, we can be called teammates." ”

Hui Yuanchu still maintained basic caution towards "Princess" Mana.

After a pause, he stated his concerns directly: "...To put it bluntly, I still doubt who the person with the title of 'apostle' is."

"I see." Mana nodded clearly, and then said, "Then, let me explain the origin of the title 'Apostle'."

She raised her hand and pointed her finger in a certain direction: "It's actually very simple...the one who can hear the voice of the messenger and 'talk' to it is the apostle."

"Those who can penetrate the three barriers of the world, body, and soul, and are awakened by the messenger's call, are originally special shadows of the true spirit."

"So, it is true that most of these have chosen the path of conversion and are called 'apostles' because of the influence of the true spirit or the 'purification' of the direct gaze of the Messenger..."

"——But, there are always some exceptions, aren't there?" Mana slowly showed a sly smile, "I am listening to His endless whispers... but I choose to ignore Him. Because He wants Something, different from what I want.”

"They want to destroy the world."

"You want to protect this world."

"And I..." Mana held her chin in one hand and smiled towards Hui Yuanchu, spreading her other hand gracefully, "I only like to stand in the distance and enjoy the fireworks... for example, the war between you and them. .”

"So, I am called an apostle, but I am not an apostle. I... am really a neutral faction."

Hui Yuanchu still stared at her, feeling amused: "...But this can also be understood as saying that you will also change your stance and become our enemy at any time. Which side will you help?"

"That was indeed the case..." Mana nodded, but changed the subject, "But not now." "Until the contract between me and Aoi is completed, I will always stand by her side as Aoi's ally. "After Mana said this, she used actions to express her intention to no longer argue with Hui Yuanchu - she took the initiative to raise the tea cup and sip the tea as if nothing had happened.

Zhe Lukui finally interjected at this moment.

She silently swallowed the cookie she had just chewed with her mouth closed, looked at Hui Yuanchu, and said only two words, but the meaning was clear: "Say it."

Hui Yuanchu shrugged.

He then began to tell the story of his fight with the craftsmen.

Orokui listened very carefully, and Mana was equally engaged, with an expression of great interest.

After Hui Yuanchu's narration came to an end, she first expressed her thoughts: "...So that's it. So is this the ability of a craftsman?"

"Speaking of it - actually the most interesting point is not about cognitive confusion, but the fact that 'the doll is the person in the sense of the soul'... How did you deduce it?" she asked.

Haiyuan first glanced at Zhe Lukui and found that she still had no intention of expressing any objection.

...Well, Hui Yuanchu put down all his guard and began to review the thinking process of the cicadas.

"First of all, there is one thing I have always wondered about - that is, if the hundreds of students in the Holy Knot were replaced by craftsmen as dolls... then how did the craftsmen control them?

"It's not about controlling one or two. It's about controlling dozens or hundreds at the same time."

Hui Yuanchu said word for word: “And each one’s behavior is independent—even, they can perfectly imitate their own personality traits.

Regardless of the resemblance in appearance, or whether the dolls are flesh and blood, in the end the similarity is only superficial.But it was not that simple to actually deceive Hui Yuanchu and Zhe Lukui.

Among these puppets, Hui Yuanchu had dealt with quite a few of them when he was investigating on campus.

Except for the occasional physical incoordination, Hui Yuanchu couldn't feel anything strange about these people at all. Everyone's reactions were so real and independent.

"The craftsman's answer is that it is 'playing everyone at the same time.'" After a pause, Hui Yuanchu immediately said, "But, this is impossible."

"The point is not how many personalities it has, because multiple personalities are probably not separate souls, but just different faces of the same soul... Because even multiple personalities can only control one body at the same time. ?

"So, the point is, if you can control two bodies at the same time, then you can think that the soul actually has the strength of two souls. If the craftsman's soul can really control hundreds of bodies at the same time, it is equivalent to having the same strength as the above. The equivalent soul strength of one hundred souls

"And we also know that there is a one-to-one rule between souls and true spirits... so according to this rule, does the craftsman's true spirit also have the strength of hundreds of shadows of true spirits gathered together?

"...That kind of existence cannot even appear in this world. Because it is no longer the projection of the true spirit falling into this world, but the true body of the upper true spirit.

"True spirits of different levels are born with the overflow, like a tributary of a river. The shadow of a true spirit is like water splashing on dry land.

"Only the upper true spirit that is upstream of the overflow has plural characteristics. And tracing back to the starting point of the overflow is the original Father of Light. One is the whole, and the whole is one.

"——So, the craftsman is just a human being born in this world, and cannot be that kind of existence."

Hui Yuanchu kept talking about the mysterious knowledge that the cicadas had unearthed from nowhere and displayed in his consciousness. At this time, he finally came to the conclusion of the first paragraph and stopped to take a breath.

(End of this chapter)