Academy City's Puppet Master

All of this is just an absurd dream.After waking up, you will find all kinds of weird and inconsistent places, but when you are in a dream, you don't feel abnormal at all.

"It's really scary." Ling Xingye suddenly felt scared in his heart.

The constant repetition of the same day in the dream confused his sense of time.This made Ling Xingye very worried, how long had he been asleep in the real world?

Thinking of this, he let go of Hitomi Shiranui, still holding the girl's shoulders with both hands, and looked at her carefully.

It was still the familiar face, with black hair and black eyes, intellectual and gentle.

Compared with the last time I saw her before coma, nothing had changed.

Ling Xingye breathed a sigh of relief—this is the spiritual world, and it is difficult for people to fake their image here, it is almost their true perception of themselves.Hitomi Shiranui's appearance has hardly changed, so the past time should not be long.

"How long have I been in a coma?" But just in case, Ling Xingye still asked.

"It's been a long time!" Shiranui Hitomi glared at him viciously, "Do you know how worried I am about you? How much effort do you think I made to find you!"

The girl who had always been calm and calm in front of outsiders, doing everything in an orderly manner, finally couldn't hold on any longer, and tears fell from her eyes uncontrollably.

Ling Xingye was suddenly at a loss - in his memory, he rarely saw Hitomi Shiranui crying.

But in the end, he hugged the girl tightly again.

"... Hitomi, I won't apologize. But I promise, I will never leave you again!"

Hitomi Shiranui didn't respond, only felt that she was nodding continuously.

At this time, her unchanging feelings towards Ling Xingye and Ling Xingye's response to her love became another key - to open Shiranui Tong's memory seal...

It turned out that all of this was a hoax, a hoax that was too real.

In order to deceive Kihara Chime, Shiranui Hitomi and Shokuhou Misaki joined forces to seal and tamper with Shiranui Hitomi's memory, turning her into "Silver Shiranui".

Package with real information to create a perfect "personal design"; then the beauty and hair salon recommended by Shokuhou Misaki provides special hair dyeing techniques and color-changing color contact lenses.

They made Hitomi Shiranui into a "silver puppet master".

Only with this identity can Hitomi Shiranui get in touch with Ling Xingye without fighting Kihara Chime.

——This is the battle plan proposed by Shokuhou Misaki.

Although there are still many questions-such as why Kihara Chime is so sure that Baiyin Shiranui and Ling Xingye will contact each other.

But Shokuhou Misaki said fiercely again: "The risk is also great. If you and I exert abilities together, you may lose yourself-you will become a real silver. Shiranui! As for why Kihara Chime would let you When you meet... I can't explain it for a while, and I'll talk about it when you come back."

That is to say, "memory construction" Shiranui Hitomi, if it is someone else, if the memory is modified in this way, I am afraid that there will be no chance to recover.

But Hitomi Shiranui did not hesitate: "Is it the aggressive method? This is your plan, and I believe you have found a solution."

"Really, just trust people at times like this..." Shokuhou Misaki smiled wryly, "Well, they told you the key to recovering your memory—of course it doesn't make much sense, because you will forget it right away..."

"Your emotional bond with Xingye." Shokuhou Misaki said, "You and I work together to tamper with memory in all aspects from the spirit to the brain body—unless it is the illusory soul, theoretically, there is no possibility of recovery from this change. Therefore, only relying on a strong emotional impact, based on the double impression of the spirit and the body, can be used as the key."

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After recovering the original memory, Shiranui Hitomi was also stunned—he had really lied to himself.

Not long ago, she really thought that she was Bai Yin and Ling Xingye was her puppet; for this reason, she fell into guilt for a while and dared not face Ling Xingye.

Regarding this, Hitomi Shiranui can only sigh, it is worthy of level 5 "psychological mastery"!

Regardless of Hitomi Shiranuo's emotion, as Ling Xingye woke up, the "puppet city" in his dream began to collapse.

Ling Xingye realized in his heart that after this time, he will completely master his "pot in the pot", including "puppet theater" and the subsequent expansion version "unchanged daily life"-he officially named it "drama is like life" .

Ling Xingye also finally understood what Baibian Baoliang thought at the time, why he called the real Fangcunshan domain "Life is like a play".

Because in its view, everything in this world is just a drama.It is also unclear whether it is the free and easy disillusionment, or the self-abandonment under despair, Baoliang finally chose to play in the world, treating everything as a drama, and he didn't even care about his own death.

After this twists and turns, Ling Xingye felt the same way.

But he made a completely different choice.

"What I am, what I see is the truth! Even if this is a drama that has been arranged long ago, I will turn it into a life that I control!"

===Chapter 28 Demon God Incarnation===

The so-called world is just a "box".People in the "box" don't know what is outside the "box".

Want to find out the truth, but exhausted all means can't break through the boundary of the "box" and reach the "outside world".

So, the sages in the "box" thought of a way——

The sages also made a "box", imitating the "big box" they were in, and a "small box".

The sages observe the "small box" and hope that the creatures in the "small box" can break through the shackles of the "box" and come to the "outside world" to meet the creators; they hope to get inspiration from the creation and seek breakthroughs The "big box" approach.

But in the end, the sages found out in despair that their creation also created a "box"...

- This is the "box theory".

An endless loop like nesting dolls, a desperate truth.

For all the beings who have reached the pinnacle and touched the boundaries of the world, the existence of the "box" is their most desperate and unsolvable future.

There is a group of people, they—or they transcend the mortal body, and reach the "inhuman realm" by various means.

They are called demon gods, and they are "existences that live on the outer wall of the box".

When they looked up, there was only nothingness—they could leave the "box", but they were still attached to the "box" after all, unable to detach themselves, and could not see the way forward.

And the "world" below is just a real phantom to them, a manufactured phantom, meaningless.

Confined and sealed by a strong cognitive paradox, the demon gods live "outside the sky" and look at everything below indifferently.

But there are a few exceptions.

The magician Variety Hoyoshi and Kihara Mari—the same people who are desperate for seeing through the "truth".

They abandoned their high positions as "devil gods", sealed themselves, and rejoined the world.

A game world, using the whole world as a huge stage, manipulating everything, juggling everything, even throwing his own life into a big drama without hesitation.

One who takes the incarnation as a "lie" but uses the name of "truth", firmly believing that there is no truth in the world, or that a lie is the absolute truth.To deceive, to play with everything...

In fact, Kihara Chime knew the identity of the "Magician" Variety for a long time, and even secretly contributed to the flames. He was happy to see it stir up wind and rain in Academy City and put on a wonderful show.

But what shocked him was that Baoliang died so simply, without leaving any behind, simply and without hesitation.

In addition to telling Aleister the "truth of the world", Bao Liang gave all his inheritance to a puppeteer named Ling Xingye.

This is what Kihara Chime cares most about. He knows very well that Baoliang has a similar mentality to his own. Although he is desperate, he doesn't think about committing suicide.

For it to make such a decision, it must be because of the "variable" Ling Xingye.

——So, Baoliang must have seen the way to crack the "box theory", and the key lies in Ling Xingye!

Kihara Chime reacted almost immediately, and immediately made a decision to snatch Ling Xingye and obtain Baoliang's "inheritance".

He was just desperate because he couldn't see the way forward, that's why he let loose and played in the world, but it didn't mean he gave up completely.

When he sees the hope of breaking the game, he will never let it go.

Similarly, in order to get the real Ling Xingye instead of the second personality as a tool man, Kihara Chime decided to let Shiranui Hitomi come in and wake up Ling Xingye.

"It's a pity that my biggest weapon right now is lies, and I can only use lies." Kihara Chime couldn't help sighing. In order to move freely in the world, he sealed most of his power as a "demon god".

But success is also Xiao He, and defeat is Xiao He. Although Kihara Chime is the "incarnation of lies", he still underestimates the wisdom of mortals.

Hitomi Shiranui, as well as the people behind her who are planning to plan - they know as much as they do.Even, they probably know more details than themselves about the information in the closed "box" on the mainland.

——Information asymmetry is the basis of all lies and deceptions.

As a result, Kihara Chime was deceived.

He was fooled by the girl in front of him, Hitomi Shiranui, a powerful user of Academy City's "Memory Builder".

"How dare you lie to me!"

Kihara Chime became furious, swung a sharp knife and slashed at Hitomi Shiranui.

Ling Xingye opened his eyes, and saw a cold light flashing across his eyes.

He hugged Hitomi Shiranui tightly reflexively, rolled to the side, and blocked the blade with his body.

At the same time, the barrier of the "phase fulcrum" is also formed immediately, and it is deployed on the trajectory of the blade.

However, Kihara Chime seemed to be able to see the small square of the "phase fulcrum", and the trajectory of the slash was slightly adjusted.Like a white horse passing through the gap, it avoided the barrier and landed on the two of them unstoppably.

Hitomi Shiranuo let out a cry of pain, and blood blossomed.

"Hitomi!" Ling Xingye's eyes were about to burst, ignoring the injury on his body, he suddenly exerted strength, and slid back against the ground while protecting Shiranui Tong.

At the same time, sprites got up, popped out the wrist knife, and killed the enemy.

Kihara Chime had no choice but to turn around and go back to defense, blocking the sprite's attack.

After several fights, Kihara Chime was a little surprised to find that the strength of the demon was weaker than he had imagined—compared with the previous second personality manipulation, it was completely inferior to one level.

It's no wonder, because Ling Xingye didn't have a silk thread in his hand at this time.

Lack of silk threads, relying entirely on the small squares of the "phase fulcrum" for manipulation, it is true that sprites can be moved, but due to the lack of "complex mechanisms" formed by silk threads, sprites do not have enough power and it is difficult to launch powerful attacks.

——It seems that Ling Xingye himself can't use that gear?Could it be that the second personality just now was the one who actually inherited the inheritance?

Kihara Chime became suspicious in her heart.

At this moment, the deformed robot brought by Hitomi Shiranui suddenly raised its hand, and the whole arm ejected, sending a "rocket fist" towards Kihara Chime.

Kihara Chime dismissed this, in his opinion, this kind of attack is almost like a child's play, and it is not even worth distracting to deal with.

With a flick of his hand, he punched "Rocket Flying Fist" in the direction of Ling Xingye.

"Starry night!" Hitomi Shiranui shouted while enduring the pain in her back.

Looking at each other, Ling Xingye instantly understood what she meant.

"Rocket Flying Fist" disintegrated in the air, revealing a bracelet hidden inside - Ling Xingye's exclusive equipment, a bracelet formed by weaving "Flying Blade".

With the silk thread in hand, Kihara Chime tried to stop it but it was too late.

In an instant, the silk thread unfolded, and the "Flying Blade" drew out eight horizontal and eight vertical sixteen slashes, weaving it into a net, and swooped towards Kihara Chime.