How can a retired savior be considered retired if his price drops to 40,000?

Chapter 44: Fighting with the Emperor Setting

"If you want to talk to him, I can go out and catch him now."

Fujimaru Ritsuka glanced behind him. The empty corridor was quiet.She turned back again, and the facial features she painted on the statue's face formed a "tired" expression:

"Forget it." The Emperor sighed.

Fujimaru Ritsuka stared at the statue suspiciously for a while.

"I don't know if it's my imagination, but you look more reasonable now than last time." She looked left and right at the entire statue. "Putting the psychic feeling there, I don't doubt whether you are the emperor." , but I still feel that...the person I met this time and the person I met last time are not the same person, right?"

"...There may be some reasons for this." The emperor smiled bitterly and tried to be vague.

"Don't try to fool me. It may be difficult for others to understand your mental structure, but I have seen similar things, so I can roughly understand what is going on through analogies." Fujimaru Ritsuka crossed his arms, a little narrowly. Pressed to ask, "'Replacement' is one aspect, and the other aspect is 'The condition has indeed improved', right?"

"...Indeed." Although he admitted this, the tired and helpless expression on the emperor's face became more obvious.

Most of the incomprehensible parts of the above conversation are based on the fact that the Emperor is an "Eternal One" who has existed since the beginning of human civilization.

The "Immortals" don't really die, but they are still human beings.The human mental structure cannot withstand more than 4 years of time, even if the subspecies of "Immortals" have been enhanced in this regard because they have acquired the ability to "not die", or their spiritual power has increased. It also simultaneously drives spiritual growth, as well.

Human beings themselves are creatures that can only survive for a brief moment. If this were not the case, then the existence of the person concerned would gradually deviate from the concept of "human beings".

Therefore, the vast majority of immortals choose to live in seclusion, instinctively leading a repetitive and simple life to minimize their mental burden.However, the Emperor has actively participated in the world for a long period of time, and has even personally gone to battle many times to push the boundaries of human civilization. Under this premise, we must still maintain human thinking as much as possible. It is too difficult for the existence of the world.

Therefore, the Emperor frequently and voluntarily gave up the continuity of memory during a certain period of time, re-established his personality many times in many blank lives, and naturally blended into the crowd with his newly generated "young personality" .

This is a very effective way to deal with it in the beginning, but it is by no means problem-free.At least in the 4th year of human civilization, the problems caused by this have become irreversible.

Even he himself could not count how many personalities the Emperor had.

In actual situations, these countless personalities with different personalities and experiences will react simultaneously to everything the emperor encounters - many times they are very different or even incompatible reactions, but to truly break through the chaotic thinking, you can The decision was made only by the outward personality the Emperor chose to display at the time.

An intuitive manifestation of this artificially severe "schizophrenia" is that his words and deeds often appear to be very separate from himself at different times.

For others, this may be difficult to understand, but Fujimaru Ritsuka has seen a similar reaction in the aggregation of 72 demon gods: without Goetia centrally governing them, they will choose one that floats up based on the object they are facing. column.They also look schizophrenic if they are talking to several people at the same time.

As for now, what is projected onto this emperor statue should be a personality that is relatively easy to talk to.At least he does admit that he's "getting better."

"Then what?" After a few seconds of silence, Fujimaru Ritsuka urged, "You certainly didn't come here in such a hurry just to talk about this, right?"

"..." The statue was silent, and the painted facial features formed an "accusing" expression.

"What does this mean? I wouldn't have guessed it if you didn't say it -"

"...You should understand." The emperor finally spoke helplessly, "At the beginning, I hoped that Curze could recruit troops again to supplement the military strength of the entire plan. The focus is not on 'outside the establishment', but on Enter 'New Recruitment'."

Fujimaru Ritsuka suppressed the smile on his face.

"...Of course I understand." When it came to business, her tone naturally became serious, "You want to ensure that all the soldiers under my command are recruits with "shallow karma", so as to prevent me from inadvertently interacting with this person. The 'connection' with the universe is too deep, right?"

Fujimaru Ritsuka, who came from another world, does not belong to this universe, so some of the rules originating from this universe will be greatly compromised when she falls on her - a typical case, even a chaotic power like Tzeentch, when she first arrived and had no emperor When the emperor protected her, it was almost impossible to effectively contaminate and assimilate her.

If nothing happens, Fujimaru Ritsuka, who does not belong to this universe, will be thrown out again as a "foreign object" by the universe itself after a long or short period of time, but now, it is clear that "something has happened".

Firstly, the Emperor used his psychic powers to pull her into the Star Torch without her knowledge, and took the initiative to establish a connection between the two parties; secondly, Ritsuka agreed to use his special characteristics to "draw the Emperor" , reorganizing the technique for this plan, allowing Konrad Coze to return to reality; and then the most serious one - the compilation of Jestal's affairs, Fujimaru Ritsuka's serious interference with destiny this time is completely reflected in the entire Unplanned, her own destiny was inevitably woven into this universe.

To put it in a simple metaphor, she is gradually gaining identity as belonging to this universe.And when she gets her green card, her original immunity from entry will also disappear.

"You should understand that it is not a good thing to completely integrate into this universe. Your current progress is already a bit too much." The emperor's tone was inexplicably a bit sincere, but Fujimaru Ritsuka interrupted the other party's admonition nonchalantly:

"It's not a completely bad thing, is it? Besides, we agreed that the prerequisite for the success of the plan is to 'let me fully integrate into this universe.'" She said this with a relaxed attitude, "I was always clear about 'what's the matter' This decision was made based on the premise of what will happen, not to mention, if I advance the progress earlier, your condition can also improve earlier."

As a traveler from another world, Fujimaru Ritsuka also brought the concept of another world with him when he fell into this world.Perhaps each such castaway will bring some small "souvenirs", which will be corrected and annihilated over time after falling into the universe - but, if the castaway who falls in is responsible for a huge cause and effect, What about "Saviour"?

Fujimaru Ritsuka brought a "magic" system that is completely different from psionics. Intuitively speaking, many of the equipment on the current Storm Frontier still operate in a way that is incomprehensible to psionics and spells in this world; she She also brought her own "fate". Even if she crosses the barriers of the world, the heroic spirits who were originally bonded with her can still lend a helping hand to her; and the most important thing is:
She brought the concept of "Human Theory" - the concept of the origin, survival, development and prosperity of human beings themselves.As long as the concept of "human reason" still exists, mankind will not perish.

Moreover, as a "savior" who has successfully protected human nature, she has enough cause and effect to re-prove these concepts here, and at the same time, she can naturally restructure related concepts that can ensure the survival of human nature.

"In the process of compiling Jestal's matters, I successfully used the concept of 'human reason' - since it can be used, it naturally exists."

Fujimaru Ritsuka said in a report-like tone: "Since 'human reason' exists, in order to survive, it will naturally promote the generation of some kind of 'inhibitory force'. Judging from the current situation, it is probably caused by human beings themselves." The 'Alaya Consciousness' composed of the collective unconsciousness of "wanting to live" may have taken shape first. It is also because of this that some of the unconscious hopes that were originally directed at you turned to Alaya, and your condition became better."

"That's not the point." The emperor sighed, "We still don't know what impact this will have on future events, so you are a bit presumptuous."

"Huh? Are you worried about whether there will be problems with the operation of the large-scale magic costume you will use later? It doesn't matter. Even if the rules of the outside world do not allow it, the mystery that was once mastered will never slip away quietly on its own. It just needs to be passed on. It’s just going to be difficult.”

"...you know that's not what I meant."

"I know, but I don't know." Fujimaru Ritsuka looked up at the sky, "Even if I can guess what you don't say, I don't know. Being more honest can improve the efficiency of communication."

This time, the silence lasted for a short while, until the Emperor sighed with difficulty: "...I am worried about you."

"Thank you, but let me remind you that the person in the world who is least qualified to say you are worried about me is you." Fujimaru Ritsuka shrugged, "You are not the kind of person who will get off that chair with just a few words of advice. People, right?”

"It's not the same thing -"

"——It's true. I feel much more relaxed no matter how you look at it, right? At least I don't have to be tortured by the super electric chair for 1 years."

"..."

The facial expressions that the painted facial features can be combined are surprisingly vivid. At least Fujimaru Ritsuka clearly read the meaning of "I don't want this kind of efficiency" from the "wrinkled" face of the statue.

The silence continued like this for a few more seconds. Finally, Fujimaru Ritsuka sighed and took a step back: "Okay, I understand what you mean. It's just that I don't have to live or die with this crappy universe or empire. There are other options. But I'm the kind of person who likes to meddle in other people's business. This has nothing to do with you or the Empire itself, or even the trillions of humans in the entire galaxy. It's just that I have nothing better to do, so I just picked a topic that I am familiar with to pass the time with self-satisfaction. Does this make you feel better?"

"...No, but I understand." The emperor sighed again, "It seems that we are the same kind of people."

This time it was Fujimaru Ritsuka's turn to frown in disgust:
"I don't want to be defined as the same type of person as you. My interpersonal environment is much better than yours." She teased, and then raised the question at the beginning of the conversation again, "Are you really not talking to Conrad? ?”

The emperor's expression turned a little aggrieved: "He didn't listen to me."

Fujimaru Ritsuka made a wonderful rhetorical question here: "Then have you listened to what he said?"

"……what?"

"He said, 'I don't want your forgiveness, because I have done something wrong and deserve to be punished.' He also said, 'I am a sinner, and giving me a second life is tantamount to ignoring the meaning of the punishment itself.' He also said, 'Sinners He is unable to assume the responsibility of leading and ruling, so he does not want to accept new blood as a blank slate under his command. Although you have heard these words before, you have ignored them all as if you have not heard them, and dealt with him on your own. Bar?"

After Fujimaru Ritsuka made such a statement, the emperor thought carefully for a few seconds:

"I'm pretty sure there are some things in this that he didn't say."

"He is your son. Do you expect him to tell you everything clearly? The expressions of your father and son are exactly the same in obscure ways. Of course, you have to guess. I can understand you, and of course I can understand Conrad. "

"In that case—"

"——It's nothing like that. I'm on the same side as him on this point. I'm 17 years old, and I'm in my rebellious stage. I can better sympathize with the annoying feeling that a child has when facing a father who is trying to keep his words at home."

Fujimaru Ritsuka once again crossed his arms, raised his chest and raised his head, playfully showing that he would fight to the end, which made the emperor dumbfounded:

"...So at that time you followed him and said, 'Then there will be no conscription,' even though you realized that this conscription was mainly for your convenience."

"It's not convenient either. If we recruit soldiers again, the training cycle of Astartes will be very long, so won't I have to be idle in the Star Torch and become moldy?" Fujimaru Ritsuka complained, "And Conrad is not merciful. If he is dragged up by us willingly, he must also give an account of his past. Whether it is his original legion or the things he has done in the past. Both the victim and himself are emotionally involved. This kind of demand.”

The Emperor was silent again for a moment.

"Even if it was a long road full of thorns and no end in sight, you stood beside him without caring?"

"Contractual relationship, that's what 'bondage' is. He wants to do the right thing, and I have no reason to stop him, so of course I'll follow him." Fujimaru Ritsuka answered vaguely, "Besides, what else is there? If it can be more difficult than 'saving humanity', I really want to study it."

The Emperor fell into a longer silence.Fujimaru Ritsuka waited for a while, but there was no response from anything in the room, which made her yawn out of boredom, and then decided not to waste time doing nothing anymore:
She picked up a small brush and was about to start applying gold foil to the statue.

　In the way of the moon, he made up the reason why the emperor has thousands of faces.

　　I quite like this setting. After all, it can explain in the story why the Emperor looks so sharp in the works of different authors.But the setting that "the emperor is an aggregation of souls created by many shamans sacrificing themselves" was too early and seemed to have been eaten, so a new one was made.

　　In addition, the concept of lunar humanism seems to have been expanded by the little professor's words in 2.65 (from human beings to humanities of all intelligent creatures), but I don't care, I use the old setting, which is relatively more suitable for xenophobia. empire.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)