I, holding a long sword in my hand, only know one move

"It seems that you still don't enjoy the pleasant feeling I bring you. Your expression suddenly became so bad. Are you looking down on me? Ah!?"

Ferlangen threw aside the silver needle in his hand and took out a strange-looking device from his pocket, which looked like a starfish with three legs.

"My little cutie, have you seen this?" He pressed the switch on the device, and the countless tiny needle-shaped ratchets on it began to rotate slowly, and the suction cup-like thing in the center kept squirming. .

"Even the instrument I have been using for the longest time couldn't stand this thing and passed out in fifteen minutes. I wonder how long you can last?"

"Oh, by the way, this thing is placed here!"

Isabella looked down at the squirming mechanical body in the blond man's hand, which was slowly approaching her abdomen. Her eyes gradually filled with fear. She held her breath, pursed her lips tightly, and kept whispering. Shaking his head slightly, his legs began to tremble uncontrollably.

Snapped!

A document was thrown on the table by Jane who jumped directly into the hall through the wall, and then she spoke a name: "Dispar!"

Klaus stared at the document in front of him. It was marked with the name of an organization, which was exactly the name Jane said.

"They are a secret organization that engages in a series of illegal activities such as fraud, human trafficking, and hiring murders. They have only been active in other worlds for a long time. They have only been involved in HL's underground black market in the past six months." Jane said: "Inside The members only have code names and never use names to match each other. There are many troublesome people, and the identity of the leader is even more of a mystery, but according to rumors, their leader may be an elder-level or above-elder-level Blood Realm dependent."

"Oh?" Cheng Rang was a little surprised by this and asked, "What rumors?"

"It is said that their leader has not changed for hundreds of years."

"Did they kidnap Miss Campbell's sister?" Klaus asked.

"To be precise, it's one of their countless branches." Jane turned the document to one of the pages, pointed at a blurry figure in the photo with her finger and said: "Hidden, the features cannot be seen clearly no matter what. The face and tall body are completely covered by a black windbreaker, and the combat power is unknown.”

"At around 12 o'clock yesterday morning, he entered Miss Campbell's apartment building and walked out three minutes later carrying a human girl with short blond hair in a white dress." KK stood in front of Ellerbella's apartment door. , an alien is stepping under his feet, it is the neighbor across from Ellerbella, and at this moment, KK is pointing a gun at his head.

He lay on the ground trembling and begging for mercy.

"Don't kill me, I've told you everything I know! Their life and death has nothing to do with me, why should I care!"

"Tsk." KK held up the phone and spat disdainfully: "Are you clear?"

"The scum on the road heard that Dispar seemed to have received a huge order here recently, which was related to human trafficking." Zabu lit the lighter and lit the cigar in his mouth.

Fight against bloodshed, Vulcan, and Seven Hells.

Also set alight along with it was a large piece of colorful corpses that had been chopped into pieces, and a huge abandoned warehouse.

"Where's the buyer?" Cheng Rang asked.

"King of Desire——Follangen." Jane finally took out a piece of paper from her chest and patted it in Cheng Rang's hand.

He lowered his head to read the address on the piece of paper, then clenched it into a ball, held the long knife at his waist, and said, "Mr. Gilbert, would you mind giving me a ride?"

"Of course, no problem, Mr. Cheng."

"Don't you need us to go together?" Stephen finally asked from the side.

Cheng Rang turned his head and looked at Ellerbella, who was sitting on the sofa with clenched fists, and said, "No, I'm very grateful that you can help me find out everything so quickly. The next step is my own." It’s a private matter, so I don’t need to trouble you anymore.”

"Cheng, is it really okay for you to be alone?" Klaus's tone was very serious.

Cheng Rang stared into Klaus's eyes, which were full of concern for himself.

He smiled, turned around and walked into the elevator, followed by the old butler Gilbert who was going to drive the chariot for him.

"No problem, no problem. I have never met anyone who can take my second blow!"

"Ah, that's not what I meant. I meant, can you know your way around a building alone? The terrain there is very complicated." Klaus stood up and added.

"Eh? Really? I thought I'd just go in and cut people down and that would be it. I'm not very good at running mazes. Wait... hello?"

The door of any elevator closed, and Cheng Rang's shout disappeared into Lebra's lobby.

The originally serious atmosphere seemed a little awkward because of Cheng Rang's words just now. Stephen raised his hand to cover his mouth and pretended to cough twice, then said to Jane who was smiling and gloating next to him: "Well, you'd better go and help him. .”

Jane then shrugged her shoulders and curled her lips, looking a little unhappy, but then her figure dimmed and disappeared, obviously following Cheng Rang's footsteps.

Chapter 16 The Angel Tangled in Thorns (8)

Outside the window was the scenery passing by quickly. Gilbert was driving the car smoothly. Cheng Rang was sitting quietly in the back seat, holding a white long knife tightly in his left hand. His thumb was gently stroking the smooth outer wall of the scabbard. The middle is Stephen's recollection when he was talking to himself alone a few days ago.

"Cheng, come here." Stephen's voice woke up Cheng Rang who was sitting on the sofa in a daze.

"Yes." Cheng Rang stood up and followed Stephen to his office.

"Sit." Stephen smiled gently and gestured for Cheng Rang to sit on the chair opposite his desk.

Turning over the sign on the door, Stephen closed the door gently:

do not disturb.

Cheng Rang looked at Stephen, who had loosened his tie and bowed and sat in front of him, and asked, "Mr. Stephen suddenly called me over today. Is there something wrong?"

"What is your purpose of joining Lebra?" Stephen's tone was calm, not like he was asking a question.

Cheng Rang smiled: "Of course it's to get the salary."

"Yeah?"

"..."

Cheng Rang fell silent.

He had seen the Blood Realm battle line many times in his previous life, and Cheng Rang knew very well that Stephen in front of him had completely seen through his heart, but he had not really made it clear.

Stephen is a very thoughtful person with a lot of eyes and can easily see through other people's next moves, but he always treats others gently and does not reveal his true feelings. That's why Sister KK has always been dissatisfied with acting as a partner with Stephen.

"This shady man actually has a terrible personality! But he always pretends to be a good guy in front of you. It's really annoying and not frank at all." This is what Sister KK said to herself when she was drinking with her one day. of.

"But, he is really good at reading people, Cheng." KK shook the wine glass in his hand gently and said, "Being able to successfully join Lebra definitely does not mean that you only need to be strong enough."

"You still need to have enough desire. As for what you desire..."

After pouring the last sip of wine into his mouth, KK slapped the glass on the bar, turned around and left:

"You need to figure it out yourself."

Cheng Rang looked into Stephen's eyes silently and said, "I don't know."

"Yeah."

Stephen straightened up, leaned back on the chair, paused for a while, and said, "Do you know why I haven't assigned you any more tasks?"

"The body is fragile, so the attack is insignificant?"

Stephen laughed: "That's just an excuse."

"That....."

"Pull out your knife."

"What?"

Stephen stood up from his seat and repeated: "Take your knife out."

Cheng Rang was startled, put his right hand on the handle of the knife, and listened to Stephen's words

.

The long sword was unsheathed, and the blade chirped softly. The smooth and flat blade like a mirror reflected an intoxicating brilliance under the sunlight.

"Attack me."

Cheng Rang opened his eyes in disbelief: "But!"

"Attack me." Stephen put his hands in his pockets with a relaxed expression, which made people think he was joking at first.

But Cheng Rang, who stared into Stephen's eyes, knew that the man in front of him was serious.

"You will die." Cheng Rang said.

"Then don't kill me."

"What?"

Stephen looked at the confused black-haired boy in front of him, sighed silently in his heart, and said, "Cheng, you are really strong."

"I thought that even if I were ten times stronger, I wouldn't be able to survive for a second under your knife, but."

"Every time you draw your sword, I can't see your determination to kill the target with one strike, but no one can survive under your sword. What is the reason why you can swing your sword? What about?"

Stephen walked up to Cheng Rang, pinched the long knife in his hand with his fingers, and slowly raised it in front of his eyes.

"In other words, why are you wielding the knife?"

Cheng Rang subconsciously let go of the hand holding the knife, and the long knife was easily held in Stephen's hand.

Within a few seconds, the long knife in Stephen's hand suddenly disappeared. Cheng Rang's waist sank, and the knife that was in Stephen's hand just now reappeared in the scabbard on his waist.

"I don't know." Cheng Rang said.

Yes, he doesn't know.

I don't know how long I stayed in the novice space. I was alone in maxing out my skill proficiency. Then I walked out of there and came to Helsalem Zlot, where I slashed the first blood I met. The Jie family members joined Lebra.

But what is all this for? Did you join it just because you watched the anime and liked the organization and characters in it?

If he just had this idea, could he deceive Stephen in front of him?

He knew he couldn't.

"You are a human being, but you don't belong to this world, right." The words from Stephen's mouth made Cheng Rang feel a storm in his heart.

Stephen ignored Cheng Rang who suddenly looked shocked in front of him, but continued to talk to himself: "I asked Jane to check your details and found that there is no one named Cheng Rang in this world. I mean, Someone who fits your profile.”

"As for your special and powerful sword skills, we have never heard of them. You can directly kill the elder-level Blood Realm dependents with one sword without your real name. This kind of sword skills that can be called a 'miracle' is impossible to suddenly appear in this world.”

"That's why I can conclude that you are not a human being in this world."

"Then why did Mr. Stephen let me join Labrali?" Cheng Rang asked.

At this time, Stephen smiled helplessly and said, "It's not that Klaus guy. He guaranteed me with his life that you won't be a bad person."

"Although this guy is a bit messy, I have to admit that he can read people very accurately." Stephen continued: "He said that he can see your inner desires."

"Mr. Claus?"

"Yes." Stephen nodded: "He told me that you are eager to find a sense of reality, a sense of reality for this world..."

Cheng Rang suddenly realized.

Yes, that's it! Realism.

I have no sense of reality in this world.

In this world, with the help of this system, he does not have a real sense of being a human being. Instead, he is like a player playing a game in a fantasy world. He drinks without getting drunk, kills monsters with one knife, and has no blood. Splashing, the corpse pieces were broken into pieces, but turned into colorful light spots like data fragments, dissipating in mid-air.

The system describes itself as a player and not anything else. Use skills, kill monsters, gain experience, and complete tasks.

It's not that you have the motivation in your heart, but you follow the guidance of the system like playing a game, or you act as you please.

The so-called friendship is not a real friendship, it is just an attempt to prove that you want to get even a little more sense of reality that truly exists in this world.

As if separated by an invisible barrier, I have always been the one sitting behind the screen.

A very lonely person.

"Cheng." Stephen called his name, and then asked: "What do you really want to pursue?"

What you really want to pursue.

Cheng Rang opened his eyes blankly and asked questions in his heart.

What does this lonely self really want to pursue in this world, what does it really want to have...?

The faces of every member he knew in Lebra appeared in his mind one by one. They were the faces he knew and was familiar with from the anime called Blood Blockade Front.

And not the familiar one in this city called Hersharemzlot.

They already regard me as a friend, but I...

Cheng Rang slowly raised his head, looked at Stephen who was smiling at him in front of him, and said:

"I want to have a reason to fight with my life for, that's all."

Click.

Stephen's office door quilt