tokyo creator

Chapter 330i3
"Anyway, thanks to you, you messed up my wonderful Christmas Eve!" Zhe Lukui continued to stare at him coldly, "So, what exactly are you here for?"

When asked that question, Arthur was surprised for a moment.

He raised his eyebrows and touched his chin.

"Zhelu Kui... you have really become slow." After a moment, Arthur spoke again, with subtlety in his tone and expression, "If it were before, you wouldn't think so much at all.

"If it were you in the past, if you encountered an 'unplanned' incident like this, you would just shoot me without hesitation and then talk about the rest. But now, you are still asking me, 'What's wrong? '."

"But if you have to ask me what I'm here for, then you can best express it in one sentence, right?" Arthur slowly raised his arm and pointed at Zhe Lukui, "I'm here to expose you."

Zhe Lukui seemed to notice something and suddenly frowned.

Hui Yuanchu also raised his head.From the darkness, it was clear that the low-noise, low-pitched engine sound of the group's stealth helicopter was clearly coming from the distance.

--"Snapped".

——"Pa", "Pa", "Pa".

Immediately, accompanied by several loud switching sounds, a bright white light suddenly fell on the square.

After a brief period of blindness, Hui Yuanchu quickly concentrated his thoughts to activate his power and saw clearly the surrounding scene: strong searchlights suddenly came down from the six surrounding buildings.It was like the focus of a stage, covering them inside. '

In the darkness outside the circle, countless heavily armed STF combatants wearing exoskeleton dealers suddenly poured out from everywhere, surrounded them in the center, and raised their guns.

The searchlight was quickly adjusted so that it no longer shined directly into their eyes, but still clearly marked their figures in the center of this huge square.

Arthur was still standing in front of them.

"Xiao Hui." Zhe Lukui called.

Huiyuan instantly recognized that it was not Zorukui's real voice, but the signal conversion from Epionia's emergency communication channel.

So he understood it and did not look back at Zhe Lukui.

The girl next to him naturally seemed to have never looked at him, but continued to raise her hand to cover her eyes under the searchlight.

She continued on the channel: "I——"

——Zizzzi.

The sudden noise instantly drowned out Zulu Kui's communication.

The next moment, a window popped up in Epionia's field of vision: "The core connection has been lost and the system has entered offline mode."

This time, Zhe Lukui finally frowned and turned to look at Hui Yuanchu.

Hui Yuanchu's heart sank, knowing that the same situation happened to Zhe Lukui.

Epionia should have been the group's most reliable channel, but at this moment it was forcibly interrupted in some way.Then among the three people here, the one who did this——

Huiyuan looked at Arthur who was standing in front of them.

"Well, I'm sorry, I suddenly jumped out and said so many things... But it's all to delay time." Sure enough, Arthur nodded to him, and then looked at Zhe Lukui, "The divination core has been completely offline, and the entire Epionia Switch to independent business processes. You can no longer control the group's systems."

Then he took out a thin electronic terminal from his pocket and said loudly: "At the last moment, the encirclement is finally completed. It's time to step on the stage and carry out the righteous rebuke."

A huge three-dimensional projection was projected into the air - a document printed with the group's dynamic digital signature.

When she saw this document, Orokui's expression changed.

"This is not a prank." Arthur, standing under the stereoscopic projection, said.

After a pause, he repeated more solemnly, "This is not a prank. This is a formal action authorized by the group's board of directors."

Then he began to repeat what was on the document:
“—Authorization from the Group’s Board of Directors, Special Notice: M-099772GT.”

"On behalf of the group management O7, I would like to issue the following announcement:"

"The original management reserve, the general name Zhe Lukui... has been found by the Supervision Department to not meet Article [-] of the conditions for holding an independent seat on the group's board of directors."

"Accordingly, the board of directors passed a resolution to expel Aoi Aoi from the independent seat of reserve management, remove her from the object control scope of the 'regular employee' classification, and cancel all access rights to Epionia. In accordance with regulations TD2907653, she was placed in D3 level object control agreement and give new object classifications.

"Subject number and common name...D3-i3, 'Helena'."

"At the same time, in accordance with Regulation EB8762, the Operations Department is instructed to immediately take action to secure, control, and contain Object D3-i3."

"This notice and additional instructions are effective immediately."

Arthur finally turned off the projection, and added: "In addition, there is a private message from the old man to you: 'Since you have been proven not to be human, you are not my granddaughter. I once gave you I have taken back all those things, don’t try again’, above.”

Hui Yuanchu quickly extracted the most critical information from this long paragraph——

"Helena"...the group thinks that Oro Aoi is Helena? ? ? ?

He suddenly fell into astonishment.

"Helena" is a common girl's name.But in the context of the group, it is even more related to the creator level called "D3" for short... Then this name only points to a specific existence: that is one of the three Sophia, "Human Sophia" .

Sophia has the lowest, final incarnation.That avatar lost all its original sanctity due to various reasons, leaving only the dirtiest flesh and blood, and it was no longer even different from a mortal.She had forgotten everything and was just wandering on this land, sinking into confusion life after life.

Therefore, perhaps it is because the apostles and believers of light believe that she is no longer worthy of the sacred name of light "Sofia"... So, in the ancient classics, they gave her a special name - " The martyr, the lost lamb, the eternally lost Helena".

But now, the group announcement clearly said: Zhe Lukui is the Helena of this life.

Suddenly, such a piece of blockbuster information was confirmed. Of course, Hui Yuanchu couldn't continue to remain calm.

Rather, when he heard this information, he immediately thought of more things...

Why does the divination core "pamper" Orukui Zhelu so much?Because this is essentially "Inaya" versus "Helena", one self versus the other self, and they naturally look at each other differently and take special care of them.

Perhaps he is so infatuated with Zelukui... Perhaps part of the reason is that the flesh and blood of Adabado in his body has an instinctive desire for Sophia? ? ?

——Wait a minute, Zorukui will definitely come to these conclusions.What does she think?
Hui Yuanchu's heartbeat quickened and he turned to look at Zhe Lukui, wanting to know her reaction to this.

Then, he was taken aback.

As the subject of the accusation, Oroku Aoi herself showed no signs of surprise at all - on the contrary, she had been staring at Hai Yuanchu intently, as if she cared about his reaction.

Seeing Hui Yuanchu's stunned expression, her face quickly darkened, and she moved her lips, as if she wanted to say something.

But at this moment, Arthur intervened at the right time.

"Okay. Let me declare in advance: this order does not emphasize that you must be ensured and controlled alive." Arthur said loudly to Oriuki, "...but in order to resolve the incident as bloodlessly as possible. I still want to ask you first: Do you want to surrender?"

So, Zhe Lukui glared at Hui Yuanchu for the last time, turned her face and sneered at Arthur, which was considered an answer.

Arthur seemed to have known this for a long time, and without any hesitation, he turned to Hui Yuanchu and continued: "My friend, what about you? I know that normally you would choose to protect this woman... But, do you want to think about it this time?"

"You formed an alliance with this woman from the very beginning because she promised to give you safety, right? But you should understand that the person who can endorse this guarantee is not actually her, but the group."

"So, under the current circumstances, let alone fulfill her promise... she may even be unable to protect herself."

"On the other hand, if you are willing to stand here now, I can promise you everything that was promised before on behalf of the group."

Hui Yuan was silent for a moment.

Not because of some hesitation, but a little trance.

He felt as if he was suddenly reminded of something very important by Arthur.

...So that's it - at that time, it turned out that he really had no choice but to agree to Oroku Aoi's request for cooperation...

Hui Yuanchu just thought of a memory that seemed a long time ago.That was the first time he met Oroku Aoi.

The incident seemed to have happened a long time ago, like a faded old photo, so that when Hui Yuanchu recalled the original mood, he still had a sense of freshness.

At the very first moment, sitting opposite Zhe Lukui in the limousine, looking at her hateful and superior face, being forced to answer whether he wants to cooperate or not... That scene once again appeared in front of his eyes.

At that time, he was still very conflicted about the strange girl sitting across from him - although it was completely undeniable that he was completely attracted to her physically and instinctively, at least he had the sense to tell himself not to get close, and instead ran away immediately. The further away she is, the better.

...It's like facing a gorgeous and deadly eight-legged predator.

What he was reminded by Arthur was that because he had confirmed his "original thoughts", and with the reference, he quickly confirmed his "current thoughts" from the original chaos.

Hui Yuanchu took a few intermittent breaths and finally calmed down.

——None of those questions are important.

What really matters is how he and Oro Aoi get out of their current predicament.

Huiyuan instantly tilted out his tentacles and began to scan the surroundings to assess the situation.

Within a radius of two kilometers, there was only a group of STFs that were easy to deal with, surrounding this green space.But Hui Yuanchu is almost certain: this is just the surface.

——This is "Helena"!
Hui Yuanchu raised his head again - the sounds of several helicopters came from far away, seeming to be circling around the green space following a large circular path, cunningly staying outside the range of direct contact with his tentacles.

So, the real way to deal with them is on that?
Huiyuan began to think about what methods he could use to attack those helicopters from a distance.There is no need to shoot down directly, as long as you hit it, you may be able to test something...

Then he realized: Arthur in front of him seemed to have noticed his thoughts.

Hui Yuanchu prepared himself calmly, preparing for Arthur's reaction——

However, Arthur's response exceeded Hui Yuan's expectations.
"Hai Yuan." He didn't do anything at all. He just spoke again, as if he still only intended to persuade Hai Yuan Chu verbally, "Listen to me -"

He suddenly jumped to the topic, "My friend, we have discussed one thing before, right? That is... If you were just an ordinary person, when and where did you obtain the flesh and blood of Atalabadu? "

Hui Yuan's thinking was interrupted.

He looked up sharply and stared at Arthur.

Arthur seemed very satisfied with the effect of these words. He looked seriously into Hui Yuanchu's eyes and slowly said the next sentence: "The acquaintance between you and Zhe Lukui did not start from a so-called 'accidental encounter' .”

"According to the latest information I obtained, Aoi Oro, I have been monitoring you three months before the 'Messenger Disaster' occurred." Only then did I get Aldabado’s flesh and blood. But it’s just a result..." Then, he slowly raised his hand, pointing at Zhe Lukui: "But the thing started...maybe earlier. And, it’s all her Controlled by one hand."

Hui Yuan's thoughts went blank.

He sat blankly on the throne, unconsciously covering his ears and looking up into the sky.

In the towering mountains, Barbero remained silent.But around the mountains, a huge storm composed of the howling of souls is rising.

Hui Yuan stared blankly up at the storm, and suddenly realized that the place where the storm was really raging - this soul space was his divine domain.

That is, within him.

Hui Yuan raised his head and looked up at the storm, but at the same time, he really felt that "he" was under its raging, and his heart was in danger.

——He remembered.The night before they hid in Arthur's safe house together during the events of Thallium Heroes.At that late night when everyone was sleepless, Arthur did talk to him about this matter: about where his abilities came from.

Arthur didn't know about time travel, but this did not prevent him from raising a question: Hui Yuan's ability level was too high, which could only be explained by the fact that he had the flesh and blood of Atalabaduo's body... But the flesh and blood was from Where did it come from?

Hui Yuan had not thought deeply about this matter at first. He originally thought that flesh and blood was nothing more than one of the gifts of the system.

But now, a thought suddenly occurred to him - what he possessed was not alienity, not "one kind", but "three kinds": spiritual, soul, and flesh and blood.

The strange spirit is Barbero disguised as a system.

The difference in soul is the consciousness and arrival of the traveler from another world.

But the difference in flesh and blood belongs to the body itself called "Grey Origin" that he descended into.

Power is the oar that helps him sail in the boundless sea...but the original flesh and blood is the sea itself.

That sea is called "Atabadu".

——So, the meaning of "difference in flesh and blood" is: from the very beginning, the young man who came from the original gray world had the original flesh and blood of Adabaduo.Although the memory he inherited from Hui Yuanchu seems to be just an ordinary high school student... He himself doesn't seem to know this.

The simultaneous occurrence of the three anomalies cannot be a coincidence... The greater possibility is that they will eventually lead to the same answer.

But now, Arthur suddenly mentioned "the difference between flesh and blood".

He said - "It was made by Zhe Lukui."

It's sunflower.

...That's right

If Oro Aoi is "Helena".

Helena and Barbero are both "Sophia".

Thus, the "differences in flesh and blood" and the "differences in spirit" are unified on the path of destiny.

Ah, Black Mameni...

and so--

Hui Yuan's thinking suddenly stopped, stuck on "so", and his thoughts stopped for a moment.

The storm continued to oscillate over his soul theater, and finally turned into a magnificent and illusory crystal knocking sound.

--"jingle"

Some kind of "gnosis" suddenly comes.As for Hui Yuanchu, he was completely dominated by it.

He left his body behind and returned from this world to the throne.

Under the throne, the sea of ​​fire that trapped the star spread further, like a suddenly boiling liquid surface.And from the liquid surface made of fire, an ugly and broken ghoul, with its skin burned off and most of its bones and flesh boiled, suddenly rushed out.Its upper body rose up as the fire liquid surged, and it let out a silent scream, as if it was about to rush out of the fire and rush towards him.

——But no matter how much the ghoul struggled and screamed, it could only reveal its upper body from the fire, showing its teeth and claws.But its lower body was trapped in the galaxy of flames,

Therefore, it can never get closer to the throne.

So Hui Yuanchu remained unmoved and just looked at the flame ghoul indifferently——

At this moment, the "Gnosis" finally arrived on the throne, turned into a crystal, and slowly fell into Hui Yuanchu's palm.

Huiyuan stared at the crystal, looking at the scene reflected by the slowly rotating crystal - boiling flames, howling ghouls.

Then something dawned on him: he was not on the throne.

The ghoul howling and struggling in the boiling flame... is "him".

That person is not called "Gray Original" and has nothing to do with "Yada Baduo". He is just an ordinary person in the original world.

While gaining this "gnosis", he also changed his perspective.

He is no longer on the throne.

He was trapped in the boundless sea of ​​fire, his heart full of despair and nothingness, screaming his pain heartbreakingly, trying his best to stretch his hand forward, trying to crawl out of the boundless pool of fire.

In front of the fire pool is the "other shore".

On the shore, two rows of stone chairs stood facing each other, surrounded by a high pedestal in the middle and the solitary throne above the pedestal.

There was not much reason left in his heart.There is no reason, no purpose, just driven by desire and pain, instinctively reaching out to the throne above.

On the throne, no one was sitting there, only a mass of squirming flesh and blood.

Pain, suffering, longing, pride, lust - the ghoul looked at the mass of flesh and blood from a distance. In addition to the negative emotions that swelled to the point of bursting, the remaining consciousness had long been oppressed to the point of dying.

It just wants to rush out of the fire pool, but its body always collapses completely at the last moment before rushing out.

A moment later, it revived from the flames, struggled again, collapsed again... and so on, over and over again.

Therefore, that important idea is generated repeatedly, but is interrupted repeatedly, and it never reaches the end.

It thinks that it is not from this world.

it is--

"Small gray!!"

Orurukui's shout woke him up.

Although he still felt cold and numb all over his body and couldn't even move his tongue, Hui Yuanchu began to recall the thoughts he had interrupted a moment ago.

Arthur said, that was made by Zelukui...?
No, wait.Now, now to the end——

The sudden strong strange feeling made Hui Yuan lower his head and look at his hands.

He has no hands.

The two arms, from the elbow down, have turned into countless bloody tentacles dancing wildly.

Only then did Hui Yuanchu realize that he was only half a step away from completely losing control and losing his human form.

In the long-lost violent panic, he took a deep breath and began to desperately gather his consciousness, trying to regain control of his flesh and blood.

...Okay, one hand has finally returned to human form.

another one-

Suddenly, a delicate and weak hand belonging to a girl grasped the tangled and squirming tentacles without hesitation.

Hui Yuanchu lowered his head and stared blankly at Zhe Lukui's hand that suddenly clenched his.

He involuntarily moved his gaze along the arm, and saw Orukui's still calm and expressionless side face.

Orokui didn't look at him, but continued to stare at Arthur in front of him with vigilant and hostile eyes.

But at the same time, she grabbed his hand... the strength of his tentacles was unprecedentedly strong.

"Kui, Arthur just said -" Looking at her face, Hui Yuanchu asked involuntarily.

"Ah, so that's what happened..." Zhe Lukui didn't look at Hui Yuanchu, but continued to look forward, and said calmly, "Are you very concerned about this matter?"

"Of course! I -" Hui Yuanchu responded fiercely.

"I did it."

"——" Hui Yuan's thinking suddenly stopped.

Oriuki finally turned around, and after giving a simple, clear and unambiguous answer, she stared into his eyes.

The two of them said nothing and looked at each other in silence for an unknown amount of time.

Originally, Hui Yuan was still in chaos because of the storm raging in his soul, and he didn't know what to do.

But Zhe Lukui is because——

She suddenly let go of Hui Yuanchu's hand without hesitation.

Even started to retreat.

Zhe Lukui smiled again and took the initiative to step away from Hui Yuanchu, one step, two steps, three steps... as if through her own retreat, she deliberately moved Hui Yuanchu to the opposite side,
Until the end, when Zorukui stopped, the distance between Haiyuan and her was already the same as Arthur's.

In other words, the distance between Hui Yuan and Zhi Lu Kui and Arthur is now completely the same.

"There is no explanation, and I don't want to explain. I am magnanimous when I give you a clear answer." As always, Orokuchi's tone was understatement, but her attitude was extremely tyrannical.

"...Xiao Hui, I only ask you one thing - do you want to continue to be with me?" She stood there with her hands behind her back, a nonchalant expression on her face, and uttered three words at the end: "— —You choose.”

(End of this chapter)