Survival in the game world begins with Biochemical 2

Chapter 497: Yuzu's New Form

“…I can’t escape after all.” Li You scratched his head.

How should I put it? Actually, it was just his DNA that moved before. Who has played Devil May Cry 5 and heard Dante say "Give me the Yama Blade"? Wouldn't he have the same reaction?

But he didn't expect that Dante would notice something was wrong after he casually said a set line.

"Why did you talk like that?" Dante stared at him with his eyes flashing red. This time he was more serious than ever before, without a trace of joking.

"That's the answer I heard when I was little... word for word. How did you know that?"

Dante took a step forward, a startling aura emanating from him.

“I asked Nero before I came here. You were the one who first taught him how to use the Devil’s Hand. You also told him at the time that you had seen something similar.

"You have definitely been in this world for no more than half a year, otherwise I wouldn't be able to detect the otherworldly aura on you. In that case, where have you seen someone similar to Nero?"

At this time, Dante still hadn't gotten rid of his demon transformation. The terrifying aura that was almost like a huge wave pressing down on him made Li You feel an incomparable pressure.

"...Is this Dante's full strength?" He had to mobilize his own strength to fight against it, but beads of sweat still seeped out of his forehead.

Li You once again deeply realized that Dante had never given his all at any time before, except now, when he seemed to have discovered clues about that person.

"Answer me, I don't have much patience right now." Dante said, and took another step forward, with an overwhelming momentum pressing down on him.

Yuzu and the other two could no longer withstand the pressure and were forced to retreat, while Li You used a bit of his divine power to withstand Dante's advance.

Looking at Dante in front of him, Li You only needed a little thought to know that he would definitely not let this matter go easily, but Li You was not sure how far Dante would go.

"...Forget it, I was going to tell him anyway." Li You quickly figured out what to do, but Dante seemed unable to wait any longer. He moved his wings behind him and turned into red light again, rushing towards Li You!

Li You was also surprised. He didn't want to really fight with Dante, so he immediately shouted as fast as he could:
"Virgil is alive!!"

"boom--!"

The whistling wind spread out, and Dante stopped in front of Li You. The two men were facing each other at close range, almost colliding with each other.

"What did you say?"

"Stay away from me first." Li You couldn't help but said, "Why are you so close to me? Move aside, we can talk slowly."

A flash of red appeared before his eyes, and Dante finally released his demonic transformation, but his expression remained serious. He took two steps back and said, "Okay, tell me now."

"... Where do I start?" Li You said helplessly, "It's just like that. I have... seen him before, but that's all."

"When and where did you meet him? How do you prove it?" Dante asked immediately.

As we all know, Virgil is Dante's twin brother, but when the brothers were young, their family was torn apart because of their father's disappearance and the attack of the Demon Emperor, and Virgil parted ways with Dante since then.

In his later youth, Virgil, in pursuit of power, took a different path from Dante, and eventually came into conflict with Dante.

The conflict between the two brothers lasted a long time and was complicated, and in the end, it ended with Virgil's fall.

For Dante, he always thought he had killed Virgil and was always depressed about it.

And now, suddenly someone told him that Virgil was still alive?

Dante was definitely skeptical at first, but from some clues revealed by the other party, he seemed to have really seen Virgil...so Dante couldn't remain calm.

As for Li You, he had actually thought of various explanations in the past period of time, but he could not get around one point: his previous answers must have been made by someone who was familiar with the temperament of Dante and Virgil. So how did he know these things?

So Li You was thinking about how to make Dante believe him.

After repeated thinking, Li You spoke again.

"…Not long after I came to this world, I met that person by chance. But I didn't have any contact with him, and he left soon after.

“After I came to Fortuna, I noticed that Nero had the same traits as that man, so I paid special attention to him.

"As for more information about him, I actually learned it from the documents of the Demon Sword Cult."

Li You waved his hand, took out a document from his backpack and handed it to Dante.

"This is a record about Virgil left by Pope Sancotos. More than a decade ago, he came to Fortuna and had contact with Sancotos."

Dante took the information and began to read it.

That document was actually a translated version, because Sancotos's original text was written in some ancient language. Like most of Agnes' research materials, Li You and Nero could not understand it.

As for the translator of this large amount of information, it was Jillie. She has been busy with this recently because she also wants to help Credo, Nero, and everyone in the City of Destiny in other ways.

Dante finished reading the research materials and then fell into deep thought.

Li You had read the above content, of course, and it was indeed Sancotos's record. In short, about eighteen years ago, Virgil came to this city in order to follow the footsteps of his father Sparta, and came into contact with Sancotos, who had just become Pope at that time.

It was at that time that the power he displayed made Sankodos realize that this man should be the Son of God. It was also that encounter that made Sankodos guess his identity as soon as he heard that Nero had repaired the Yama Sword eighteen years later.

"…So, Nero was at that time?" Dante muttered to himself.

"That's it. In addition to these records, I learned more information about Virgil from the Pope and Agnes. I saw their memories using some method." Li You explained.

"Agnus found the broken Black Knight armor and Yama Sword that drifted ashore at the beach, and used them to research the Silver Knight and the Platinum Knight. He also extracted some memory fragments from the Black Knight armor, and that's how I learned about your past."

"I also used these clues to determine Nero's identity, and then worked my way back to find out who the person I met was."

"As for more, I don't know."

Dante put down the document and looked at Li You again: "I can accept what you said, but you have to answer me a key question."

"—where did you meet him?"

Li You took a deep breath and realized that this was the core of all the problems. He had weighed the pros and cons over and over again and finally confirmed that only one answer was feasible.

So Li You paused and answered:
"In... Red Tomb City." The atmosphere around Dante changed again in an instant, as if to solidify the air, but he immediately controlled his emotions, relaxed, and the air around him returned to normal.

Then, he slowly spoke: "...Really."

"When I met him, he was not in good condition. Not only was he covered in wounds, but his magic power was also leaking out uncontrollably. If it weren't for this, I wouldn't have noticed him." Li You recalled the CG plot of Devil May Cry 5 and answered truthfully, "That's all I know."

Dante was silent for a long time, and finally nodded: "...I understand, thank you."

Without saying anything more, he turned around and left, disappearing in the blink of an eye.

Li You shook his head. Although he was going to tell Dante about this, his original plan was to leave a letter for Dante after he left, so as to avoid a lot of trouble.

As a result, because of my quick words, Dante came to question me... The big ward was my fault!

"Never mind. The result is good anyway... probably."

In any case, informing Dante in advance that Vergil was still alive should have been able to avoid the tragedy in Devil May Cry 5 that resulted in the death of almost everyone in the city, right?

"The ceremony is almost ready." Edge's voice came from behind. Li You turned around and saw that the three of them were already as if nothing had happened. They had packed up all their things and were waiting for Li You.

"You guys aren't nervous at all." Li You smiled, "Then let's get started."

The ritual itself was indeed simple, so simple that it only required an instrument similar to a lens to complete it. Yuzu returned to his original appearance and lay on the large bed specially prepared for him.

"Are you ready?" Aggie asked beside him.

"...Okay." Yuzu closed her eyes.

So Edge operated the instrument, and a purple beam of light was emitted from the lens instrument, shining on Yuzu's chest, and his body immediately tensed up!
V, who was standing by, was seeing Yuzu's original appearance for the first time. He was a little surprised at first, but was soon attracted by the changes in him.

Yuzu lay straight on the bed, her skin and muscles swelled and squirmed under the light beam, which looked quite creepy. But Yuzu remained firm, keeping the same posture, and did not try to scream or struggle.

Aggie was a little worried, so he kept paying attention to Yuzu's physical condition to make sure he was okay. Li You was more concerned about the changes in Yuzu's aura. He could clearly feel that the magic power that was originally scattered in Yuzu's body was gradually converging into one under the illumination of the beam and with the injection of the demon factor.

As the magic power gathered, Yuzu finally couldn't hold back anymore and suddenly opened her eyes!

"Roar--!!"

In an instant, a dark purple light flashed across his body, and he instantly soared into the sky!

"Boom!!"

Yuzu smashed right through the top of the nest and shot up into the sky!

Li You and the other two hurriedly ran out and looked at Youzi who was flying in the air, but he had completely changed his posture.

At this time, Yuzu's upper body turned into a half-human, half-beast posture, with a head like a dragon and a tiger, dark green mane wrapped around the neck, a pair of long horns on the top of the head, and two vine-like dark red tentacles behind the head. A pair of thick arms covered with wood skin stretched out from both sides, looking very intimidating.

From the waist down, his body had no legs, but was a winding snake body, somewhat similar to Echidna's flower snake body, but thicker and also had wooden skin. This form was over 15 meters long from head to tail.

But what’s more important is that in this posture, Yuzu doesn’t have wings, but it still flies freely in the air.

"That's it..." Edge and V both looked up at Yuzu's new form.

Of course, Li You looked at the system panel first.

【Yuzu (Nemesis-T 01)】

[Currently available two-stage form samples: Lizard / Scorpion / Ichthyosaur / Giant / Flying Dragon / Zerg Tyrant. ]

[Currently, there are three optional forms: Zerg Tyrant/Wood Dragon (special).]

[Note: The magic of the companion "Yuzu" has been unlocked, and all forms have been strengthened. The duration of the weak state after the transformation is halved. When it changes to the special three-stage form "Wood Dragon", it will not enter the weak state after the transformation is released. ]

"Wooden dragon..." Li You looked at Yuzu flying in the air again and guessed, "It seems that it is more because he devoured Echidna not long ago that his demon form looks like this, right?"

In mid-air, Yuzu swung its long tail up and down, left and right, obviously amazed at its new power.

After a while, he seemed to feel a burning sensation rising in his chest, so he opened his mouth again, and a light lit up in his mouth, and a deep purple beam of magic power spurted out!

The magic beam was not too thick, but when it swept across the ground, it left a deep gully, and the trees affected by it disappeared directly.

After that, Yuzu slowly descended, with its long snake body coiled on top of the nest.

"Do you feel something is wrong?" Li You asked, looking up.

Yuzu looked down at the three of them, tilted her head in a motion that was very inconsistent with her majestic appearance, and then said, "Feeling, very good, no problem."

"That's good." Li You smiled and patted the tip of Yuzu's tail that was hanging down to his side. "It seems that the ascension ceremony was quite successful. You are now an 'angel' in the eyes of the cult."

Edge was also very happy for Yuzu's success, while V was very concerned about the beam he had just released. When he saw the huge power, V was also surprised: "How could it be so strong?"

"What kind of posture you will be in after the ascension ceremony and what kind of power you possess still depends more on the individual." Li You's voice sounded in her ears, "Although Yuzu's situation is different, he does not think that the alienation of his posture is a problem, so he can exert that power to the greatest extent. If it were you, the situation would be different."

"That's true." V nodded gently, "And I'm confident that I won't lose to him in the future."

Li You smiled and said, "That's a good thing. Take it!"

He raised his hand and threw a small purple object over. V took it and saw that it was a seed that was faintly glowing.

V looked at Li You: "Have you decided to give it to me?"

Li You nodded: "Relatively speaking, it's better for you to use it. After you have magic power, you can learn and use most of the combat skills, spells, and props I have, which can expand the space."

"Also, Aggie also talked to me alone through the mental link. After all, she is not as good at fighting as you, so she also thinks it is better for you to use it. Of course, after you accept it, your future tasks will be more difficult."

After hearing this, V smiled confidently: "Thank you in advance. I won't let you down."

Li You smiled and nodded: "Okay! I look forward to your strength skyrocketing!"

(End of this chapter)