Twelve Trials from Scratch

The moment his eyes met Petra's eyes, the anger in Subaru Natsuki's heart was frozen, replaced by endless panic.

How to do?How to do?How to do! ?What to do to knock down the powerful enemy without hurting the hostages! ?What to do to save Petra! ?

He tried his best to think about this question, but he couldn't come up with any answer. In almost despair, he subconsciously cast his gaze on someone, and then... saw Su Qi who looked calm and thoughtful.

Why?Why can you be so calm?Why are you so calm when you see this situation?

Looking at the gloomy face with little change in expression, and the calm and deep eyes of the other party, Subaru Natsuki felt a trace of fear for no reason.He clearly knew that the other party was a person with an extremely calm personality. This kind of behavior seemed normal at first glance, but under the current situation, it made him feel a foreign body in his heart... It seemed that the person standing there was not the Su in his impression. Kai, but something unknown with a similar skin.

At this moment, even if it is Ram who can also maintain calm and restraint, Natsuki Subaru can see the suppressed anger and killing intent from her expression, and Su Qi... there seems to be a void under his calm surface , it seems that many things are missing.

At this time, Su Qi spoke.

"There is someone behind you who hires you, right?"

He asked the three people on the opposite side, his tone was still as calm as ever, but the voice that he used to think reliable was heard in Nayue Subaru's heart, but somehow he felt a little scary.

"That's right." Flagg replied with a smile, "As a professional killer, although I often kill people, I never kill people for no reason, so it's only natural that there are hirers behind me. But also, as a professional killer, It is absolutely impossible for me to leak the name of the client, even if it is a very, very unprofessional client, even if I kill me, pull out my tongue, or torture countless times... Please believe it My professionalism."

Su Qi looked at Elsa and Mei Li, and said in a very firm tone: "You don't need to tell me, I already knew that Roswaal hired you, right?"

For a moment, a hint of surprise flashed across the faces of the two of them. It was the supposed reaction. Although they quickly covered it up, they were still accurately captured by Su Qi.Moreover, their mood swings are as conspicuous as torches in the dark under the observation of the pupil of truth.

"It really is Roswaal."

Although there were many doubts before, at this moment, that fact was finally confirmed.

Sure enough, the system will not let me pass the level leisurely, there are pitfalls behind this world.And if it is confirmed that Roswaal is behind the scenes this time, the real purpose of Flagg specifically naming me and Subaru Natsuki for the duel will be clear at a glance-Roswaal wants to really kill me.

Although I don't understand why he has such a strong killing intent towards me, but when we first met, he seemed to be sure that Natsuki Subaru was the carrier of the return of death, and instead concentrated most of his killing intent on me.

And now, considering my friendly relationship with Subaru Natsuki, in order to kill me for sure, and to prevent Subaru Natsuki from returning with death to save me, he must first destroy the relationship between Subaru Natsuki and me.

As a creature like human beings, it is easy to expose its ugly side between life and death.Roswaal deliberately created a situation where only one of the two survived, just to arouse the conflict between Subaru Natsuki and me.

If I am greedy for life and fear death in a duel, and break with Natsuki Subaru, he will no longer activate the ability of return of death to save me, and maybe he will turn against each other... Roswaal probably thinks so?

But Roswaal didn't know that Su Qi could also preserve his memory in the return of death, and even knew more than him, so this plan was doomed to fail.

At the same time, Su Qi's question just now caused an uproar in the hearts of everyone on his side.

"The person who hired these people is Roswaal!?"

Emilia couldn't believe it, but couldn't help doubting it, because ever since she was picked up by Roswaal from the forest of elves in the permafrost, the clown-like man has always been shrouded in suspicion.

"Guest, are you slandering Mr. Roswaal?" The hostile gaze shifted from Flagg, and Ram stared at Su Qi coldly, and said with an unkind expression: "Even if you are a distinguished guest, if you slander Roswaal for no reason My lord, Lahm will never allow it, please be careful!"

The impulsive Rem was the calmest one at the moment, but he also stood behind his sister, staring at Su Qi with vigilant eyes.

"It turned out to be Ross!? No, how could it be him? Is it a mistake? It should be a mistake?"

Caiyue Subaru also looked at Su Qi, his mind was in chaos.He didn't think that Su Qi would be aimless, but the fact that the lord hired killers to massacre his subjects was unbelievable, and... He really didn't want Roswaal to be such a cruel person.

"That's right, it was a complete mistake."

Glancing at Elsa and Meili with an emotionless gaze, making their bodies tense, Flagg turned his head to look at Su Qi, still smiling and said: "The border uncle of Roswaal should be from your side Right? It's really interesting to imagine that your companions will pay you to kill yourself. But now, I'm more interested in the duel between the two men, so can you please stop talking nonsense and start right away? "

Su Qi said, "If we really made a mistake, why not make a mistake and let us continue to be suspicious? Wouldn't it be more beneficial for you to admit it here and let us have civil strife?"

Flagg paused for a moment, then narrowed his eyes, and smiled, "Because that's not professional! Compared with weak enemies or amateur enemies, what I want more is a professional enemy that can bring out my professional level."

After finishing the words, he suddenly drew his sword and slashed diagonally to the rear.The next moment, there was a scream, and a certain villager was cut in half by an invisible sword.

"Bastard!! What are you doing!?"

Facing Nayue Subaru's furious roar, he said as a matter of course: "Because you are wasting time and murdering my life, it is normal to give a little warning, right?"

"You guy..."

Nayuki Subaru wanted to curse, but he was afraid that the other party would kill again, so he could only hold back his voice and anger.

"Guest, I hope you can give Ram a reasonable explanation in the future, but now... How about working together to fight against the enemy?"

The situation was getting worse, and Ram temporarily put down the idea of ​​arguing.After all, with a strong enemy in front, continuing the civil strife would be suicide.

"Yes, the most important thing now is to rescue everyone first."

Emilia also echoed, looking at the captured villagers, frowning.

"I have no opinion."

Su Qi nodded slightly, anyway, this time he will definitely reincarnate, there will be no future at all, so naturally there is no need to explain anything.

"Then two gentlemen, please start immediately..." Flagg said with a cold light in his hand as the sword that had not been retracted, "It's a bit ashamed to say that, before my mother bestowed the gospel and became a professional killer, I was just a They were just gladiators surviving in the arena of the Kea Empire. At that time, I didn't understand why those big figures on the stage were so happy and crazy just watching us fight each other.

"It wasn't until one day that I also sat in the auditorium that I realized that I was in a safe place, looking down on others desperately fighting for survival, colliding, biting, and sweating like wild beasts, letting the burning soul continue to glow and heat until it gnawed Surviving by eating each other's life... That kind of incomparably fulfilling sense of superiority and satisfaction is really delightful! On top of that, I am even more excited when my companions kill each other, so for the duel between the two, I am very, very looking forward to it.”

However, Su Qi said: "When did you have the illusion that I would obediently obey?"

"The captured villagers are too pitiful."

"Even if it's a duel, who knows if you will keep your promise and let them go."

Flagg swung his sword again, beheading one person, ignoring the angry reprimands of Nayue Subaru and the others, and smiled: "Now, you seem to have no choice?"

Su Qi frowned, and said coldly: "You must never compromise with terrorists... This is common sense that everyone on our side knows. I don't believe that you will let people go obediently, so although I feel sorry for what happened to them, But being threatened by you, I will never do such stupid things as killing each other."

In fact, at this moment, he knows Roswaal's plan and the existence of the return of death, so he can take the initiative to die, make a heroic sacrifice, and gain Cai Yue Subaru's favorability; but this is completely inconsistent with the character he has always created, and... He hasn't died once in this world, and I don't know what will happen after he returns to the file. If Natsuki Subaru can save the memory of reincarnation like him, it will cause more troubles.

However, at this time, Natsuki Subaru unexpectedly said: "Okay, we will listen to you and start a duel immediately!"

"hold head high!"

"Subaru!"

……

Also worried about the question Su Qi asked just now, the three of Emilia looked over one after another, wondering why Nayuki Subaru would take the initiative to agree.

"I'm sorry, Su Qisang, although he insisted on following up, it didn't work at all, so..."

Caiyue Subaru did not respond to them, but just looked at Su Qi, the hand holding the sword trembled slightly, the tension and fear in his eyes could not be concealed, but he still gritted his teeth: "So... I can only use this method."

"Are you serious?" Su Qi frowned, and said with a serious face: "Just because you can do it again the first time, doesn't mean you can do it the second time. If you make a wrong bet, you will really be killed by me."

"But... there's nothing else to do, right?" Caiyue Subaru forced the corners of his mouth up, showing a smile that was uglier than crying, "It's okay, everything will be fine, Su Qisang also said that we are destined, right? So As the protagonist, this is the time for me to show my own value and reverse the desperate situation. Please rest assured that the era of the protagonist Cai Yueang has just begun."

Using time travel back to cross the current dead end... This is his plan, and it is also a decision that is almost tantamount to suicide for him.Su Qi knew that Nayue Subaru would succeed, but he didn't know it himself, so when he made this decision, he was already prepared to die in Su Qi's hands.

So, are you going to kill him?This is his own request, so even if he is killed in a duel, he will not be resented...

Su Qi's thoughts turned, he clarified the pros and cons in the blink of an eye, and made a rational choice—the necessary information has been obtained, and death is Nayue Subaru's own choice. The hostages cannot be saved without revealing their hidden strength, let alone too many people died. , reincarnation to save them is the most correct decision, so... Let's follow Natsuki Subaru's request to start reincarnation.

"Well, since this is your own choice..."

As he said so, he took out the reverse scale, and was preparing for a duel, when another person's unexpected voice inserted at this moment.

"No, it's not professional!"

The one who stopped the two of them was Flag himself who brought up the duel.

He looked at Nayue Subaru with a smile on his face, but his eyes were cold, "Although I can't fully understand what you just said, but your expression is completely ready to die, right? Such unprofessional behavior is completely Insulting the word 'duel'."

Then his figure flashed, and he appeared in front of Su Qi, his face moved closer, and he met his four eyes and said, "As for you, you don't have the slightest enthusiasm for this duel, because you... don't care about the lives of those villagers at all."

Without avoiding the other party's gaze, Su Qi said expressionlessly: "Is this some kind of low-level sowing discord?"

"Of course not, because I know that you and I are completely of the same kind."

Flagg stood with his sword horizontally, and smiled as he sent the blade of the sword to Su Qi. Through the light of the fire and the smooth metal slope, Su Qi saw his own face - a carefully crafted face that was very similar to Flagg, A face that looks flawless, fake like a mask of the highest quality.

"Fake face like a mask, just staring at the indifferent eyes you want, you are almost exactly the same as Roswaal..."

"It's not because I want to help others from the bottom of my heart, but because of the influence of appearance and moral inertia, I feel that I should help, and at the same time, I want to get the satisfaction of being a good person..."

Inexplicably, Beatrice's previous evaluation of himself emerged in his mind, and then he finally realized... Whether he saw the tragedy of the village before, saw the corpses of the villagers, or saw the innocent villagers being killed by Flagg in front of his eyes, There wasn't even the slightest fluctuation in his heart.

A lot of innocent people died, although it will reduce the evaluation of customs clearance, but compared with saving people, it is still more important, so this time must be reincarnated... This is what Su Qi thought in his heart when he saw the tragic situation in the village. , is a good person, there is no problem at all, but... the root of this kind of thinking is not emotional, not empathy, not compassion and anger for innocent lives, but purely rational judgments.

In short, it's the difference between "I want to do this" and "I should do this."There is no problem with his memory, he still remembers his original three views, but the root of the decision to save people is not the true emotion from the heart, but the rational deduction based on the original three views, and then let the body execute it... This situation is like the difference between humans and robots.

"How? Do you understand now? You are a unique existence as professional, outstanding, and unique as I am! But because of this, unprofessional deception cannot be tolerated! Come on, give up the boring cover-up, and abandon the vulgar residue , release your true nature as much as you want, and let your soul burn! First kill that trash neatly, and then have a soul collision with me, a professional duel with flesh and blood spattering! Ahhh, excited! The thought of being able to be as professional as you The enemies are fighting each other, and I feel hot all over, and I am so excited that I can't control myself!! So come quickly, let's do it!"

While talking, Flagg moved his head closer to Su Qi, his blushing faces almost touching each other, the smile at the corner of his mouth was completely distorted, his high-pitched voice was full of fanaticism, but the latter's heart was completely cold.

My humanity is losing...

As the sermon-like voice of the other fanatic squeezed into the eardrums, Su Qi's mind was full of thoughts, thinking of himself when he first came to the first world.

The situation then was very similar to this time.The same burning village, the villagers who were brutally killed and captured by the wicked, and the survivors eager to save their families, but there are robbers on the one hand, killers on the other, weak chicks on the other, and dying men on the other... The fear, anger, and desire to save them, changed from the original self to Subaru Natsuki, who now also has the return of death.

Facing the same situation, at that time, I had emotions like Nayue Subaru, but now I was indifferent like another person... Through comparison, I realized this very clearly, and Su Qi thought Finally, the long-lost fear emerged.The fear that I would become not myself was so faint that even a gust of wind could blow it away.

At this point, he finally understood that what he was worried about in the first world had happened.With the "return by death" given by the system, his body and soul will not die, but his personality and spirit will be distorted, obliterated, and then die.

During the thousands of painful reincarnations in the Jade of the Four Souls, Su Qi thought that he had avoided negative effects.However, it turns out that the negative influence has not been completely eliminated, it has only become inconspicuous, and the longer he spends subjectively, the more he erodes his humanity and makes him more rational.

After that, in the second world, the humanity that was already passing away after the baptism of great will was diluted again, making him more "calm" and closer to the gods.

Objectively speaking, such changes are not completely negative effects.If he wants to become a divine creature with the supremacy of reason, or practice Taoism such as Taishang Wangqing, this kind of change may still be a good thing, but he doesn't want to, so he fears, and embraces fear tightly, because He wants to do his best to retain what remains of his humanity.

"Su Qisang..."

At the same time, listening to Flagg's judgment on Su Qi and seeing Su Qi's unprecedented ugly face, Natsuki Subaru, Emilia and the others were a little surprised.

That person was obviously a cold-blooded lunatic, but he said that Su Qi was of the same kind as himself. Could it be that Su Qi was also a lunatic, but he just hid it well?

Knowing that the enemy should not be trusted, but seeing Su Qi's abnormal performance, they couldn't help but have such thoughts in their hearts.

"So, are you ready? My kind?" Smiling, Flagg put the sword on Su Qi's shoulder, "Time is life, time is money, although I look forward to your professional performance, but the preparation time is too long It's long, but it's...too unprofessional."

"Ah, ready."

Su Qi's eyes flashed, and he looked at Flagg at a close distance, sparks sparked when his eyes collided, and the corners of his mouth raised, showing a smile similar to the former but different, and said coldly: "Thank you very much for your reminder, then as a reward, I will send you here How about blowing it up?"

It doesn't matter anymore!No matter what the plot of the original work, what evaluation of customs clearance, what the personality of the mentor, what the predetermined plan, now he just wants to be clear-headed, do whatever he wants, try his best to grasp the emotions that are tight in his heart, indulge his only remaining humanity, and let the chirp in front of him The lunatic who was still close to him exploded!

At the same time as he was speaking, a giant robot more than three feet tall, dressed in a white background with red borders, and a sharp armor, exuding mechanical beauty and steel texture, quickly materialized in the midair behind him.

Subaru Natsuki, who was standing opposite, was the first to notice the strangeness. He looked up at the sacred and majestic huge figure with the halo of incompleteness, his eyes gradually widened, his mouth gradually opened, his face was full of shock and disbelief, and he stammered: "Too... madam... too exaggerated? Is this Gundam? No, it's... Demon King?"

At this moment, because of the strong sense of presence and oppression of the superspiritual body, the light energy messenger, he even temporarily forgot what kind of desperate situation he was in now.

Soon, other people also noticed the huge monster that suddenly appeared in mid-air, and they all looked up, their expressions dumbfounded, and they were too surprised to speak.

Precise gravity suppression! !

Without waiting for everyone to react, Su Qi, who was determined to do it, didn't have the slightest thought of delaying, and directly raised his face.