tokyo creator

Chapter 26 Liars and Substitutes

"...What a pity. It's rare that Yu Zhi trusts you so much, but you take advantage of her trust like this..." Hui Yuanchu whispered to himself, "The Crusaders are a group of lunatics. And why do you do these things? ?”

Although he was the one who made these speculations...but when he actually heard Orokui confessing everything personally, what arose in his heart was not the sense of accomplishment of defeating Orokui, but a strange feeling. Unpleasant feeling.

Hui Yuan initially didn't want Zhe Lukui to be a really evil person.Maybe Tamaki Yumiko couldn't accept such a thing.

So...why on earth would Aoi Oruru do such a thing?
But when Hui Yuanchu raised his head with complicated emotions, he saw that Zhe Lukui had turned his head back again, staring at him.

Zhe Lukui's management of emotions is so powerful that it seems as if there are no emotions arising from the heart at all, everything is simulated.

Although the tears she shed just now because of the pain were still hanging in the corners of her eyes, the girl had now returned to her indifferent state where she could not see any thoughts or emotions.

"You ask why? I told you." She said softly.

Hui Yuan was stunned, what he wanted to say stuck in his throat.

——Because he remembered that Oroku Aoi had indeed said something similar.It's just that the answer was too absurd. He didn't believe it at the time, and he couldn't believe it now.

"Because I want to save Yumiko Tamaki." Aoi Oro said in a calm tone with no expression on her face.

Hui Yuanchu stared blankly at Zhe Lukui who was speaking ridiculous words as a matter of course.

"Tamari Yumiko will definitely lose her true spirit. Once they awaken, their departure is irreversible." But Oriuru Aoi hadn't finished yet.She stared at Hui Yuanchu and continued to say words that shocked Hui Yuanchu: "But - I have a way."

"I have a way to allow Tamaki Yumiko to maintain her human form even if she loses her true spirit...and continue to live as a human being."

“Everything I do may look the same on the surface as the Crusaders, but ultimately the reasons are completely opposite.

"I did this to save Tamaki Yumiko from turning into a miserable piece of meat."

——"I have a way", "Even if I lose my true spirit", "Keep human form", "Continue to live", "No need to turn into meat".

For a moment, Hui Yuanchu only felt that Zhe Lukui's voice filled his head, these few words, resonating.

After a while, he took several deep breaths, shook his head, and finally came back to his senses.

——I see, this is Zhelukui's trump card.It occurred to him.

Zhe Lukui didn't resist at all, and ordered her subordinates not to resist, and fell into his hands alone, but she never seemed to be worried at all.Because she holds such a spell.

As long as she utters these words, no matter how much advantage Hui Yuanchu had before, he can only lose.

Yes, that's her style.She's always been like this.Her only weapon is words.

And among these weapons, there are more than just lies.

"Are you telling the truth?" he asked involuntarily.

Zhe Lukui smiled lightly again: "I have to ask you, Xiao Hui. I can tell you whatever you want to hear, as long as you are willing to believe it."

Hui Yuanchu knew that he was indeed shaken.He gritted his teeth and said, "Speak first."

"To put it simply, it's 'a special device combined with a special ritual'. It would take too long to explain in detail, but I can tell you the principle first. After listening, as long as you are not stupid, you will understand that what I do is actually not something bad thing."

"……principle?"

"Let me go first." Zhe Lukui, however, gave up on this place. She stared at Haiyuan Chu and said, "We are not enemies. So there is no need to treat me the same way as enemies. We can sit down and face each other. Speak well...intimately."

Hui Yuanchu knew that he had quickly lost this game.

He let go.

Orokui didn't stand up immediately because she couldn't do it.After spending some time, she silently massaged her stretched muscles.However, there was no sadness towards Hui Yuanchu on his expression.

Soon, she reluctantly stood up, limped to a chair nearby and sat down. She immediately regained her elegant demeanor and could not see the embarrassing scene just now.

Hui Yuanchu also sighed and sat opposite her.

Without waiting for Hui Yuanchu to urge her, she said while arranging her hair: "Do you still remember? The relationship between human beings and true spirits is ice cubes and wooden sticks."

"So in principle...if the stick is taken away, just give it a replacement."

Haiyuan initially frowned and wanted to speak, but Zhe Lukui seemed to have guessed what he wanted to say, stretched out his hand to stop him, and continued: "You are right, in fact it can be said that it is almost impossible to do that. Because the ice is condensed and attached to the original wooden stick. Forcibly removing the wooden stick will definitely cause the ice cubes to break." After a pause, Hui Yuanchu raised enough expectations, and then Zhe Lukui smiled. Then he continued: "——So, we must take the initiative to separate the sticks and ice cubes."

"Once we find signs that the stick is loosening and leaving, we will choose a suitable time and occasion and use some kind of device... like cutting off a patient with a sharp scalpel to actively cut off the connection between the stick and the ice cube. In this way, it will leave, but it will no longer be involved in the ice itself. Then, we will fill in the replacement... If everything goes well, Yumiko Tamaki can maintain her human form and continue to live."

Hui Yuanchu fell into deep thought.

Orokui didn't defend herself with a single word, as if she was just stating a "principle" truthfully.But she is indeed justifying again, because according to what she said, although she is indeed promoting Tamaki Yumiko's evil spirit, her original intention is indeed to protect Tamaki Yumiko.

"What's the alternative?" He raised his head and asked another question.

"Every situation is different. But for Tamaki Yumiko, the new pillar I chose for her this time is -" Oro Aoi paused and said only one word: "You."

Hui Yuanchu opened his eyes wide.

In their previous interactions, he did have a vague feeling that Aoi Oro seemed to be deliberately narrowing the distance between him and Yumiko Tamaki.But this idea was too absurd and had no reason, so the idea only flashed across his mind and was abandoned by him.

Now he understands.That's not an illusion.But Haiyuan still sighed with regret and said: "...I can't actually do it, right?"

Maybe now he has a higher status in Tamaki Yumiko's heart than others, but he is far from being a pillar.

"Indeed, if I had enough time, I would have arranged some events to solidify your connection...but it was too late. This job was not perfect." Zhe Lukui said in a regretful tone, "This is fate, no It may always wait until we are fully prepared.”

"However, the success rate is still high." Oroku Aoi laughed again: "Look, Tamaki Yumiko has already told you about the dream..."

Speaking of this, Zhe Lukui suddenly frowned and looked at Hui Yuanchu with a thoughtful expression.

"...By the way, I'm suddenly very curious."

"You didn't start to doubt me because you knew about the dream, right? That was just the last conclusive evidence... The source of your suspicion should be - well, you are sure that Tamaki Yumiko will become an evil spirit." Then she raised her head and stared at Hui Yuanchu with burning eyes, "...That's right, you seem to know the progress of Yumiko Tamaki's ascension better than me from the very beginning... How did you do it?"

Hui Yuanchu held his breath unconsciously.He didn't expect that Oroku Aoi could easily glimpse the real key to the matter, and then vaguely glimpse the existence of the system.

Zhe Lukui observed Hui Yuanchu's expression, her smile became more charming, and her gaze became more dangerous: "I underestimated you. You...in addition to controlling physical energy, do you have another ability?"

……no problem.What she saw was not the system itself, but the shadow cast by the system blocking sunlight.Hui Yuanchu quickly calmed down.

"——I'm asking you now." He leaned forward, stared at Orukui to exert pressure, and asked forcefully, "I need more direct evidence for what you said. For example, the ritual you mentioned, or device.”

"Yes, I can take you to see those devices. I installed them in the air-conditioned boiler room below the theater. It is in order to install these devices in a way that is unobtrusive that I arranged this operation at this time, here." Oroku Aoi responded simply, but she quickly said with a serious expression, "But, we have to solve a more pressing problem first."

"what?"

"crusader."

Hui Yuan was stunned for a moment before reacting: "... Crusaders? Aren't they already annihilated by your men?"

"Well, that's what I predicted at first. But the actual combat power invested by the Crusaders was several times higher than what I predicted." Orokuchi said nonchalantly, "So - later I confirmed that the ones who were completely wiped out were my people."

"..."

"Then, I only had time to order Rinye to go to the emergency treatment device and Tamaki. Before I could tell you about it, you kidnapped me here." Oroku Aoi glanced at Haihara Chu.

Hui Yuanchu said angrily: "...What kind of look do you have! Do you blame me?"

Orokui laughed.

And Hui Yuanchu confirmed that there were indeed two kinds of smiles from Zhe Lukui - at least when she admired his embarrassed look, the girl's laughter was truly pleasant.

"Listen, they are coming." Zhe Lukui turned to listen, then turned to glance at Hui Yuanchu, "You can't use your ability for the time being, right?"

Huiyuan remained silent.On his system interface, it shows that the cooling time of the power is 25 minutes.

In the corridor outside, there were indeed noisy heavy footsteps and men's shouts in strange languages.

"...Anyway, let's pretend to be an ordinary student who has nothing to do with the matter...and do things that ordinary high school students would do." Oroku Aoi said calmly and stood up.

Then, in front of Hui Yuanchu, she calmly began to unbutton the shirt on her chest one by one.

(End of this chapter)