Academy City's Puppet Master

"The gauntlet was handed over to Academy City through Puritanism, so we also know the content." Kanzaki Kaori said, "There are some things that must be explained to you, and Xingye, please come back as soon as possible!"

"Okay, okay." Ling Xingye nodded.

I don't know if it was an appointment, but Mr. Sachiko didn't ask him to have a meeting today.

"Is the problem serious?" Hitomi Shiranui looked over anxiously.

"Is it serious or not..." Ling Xingye scratched his hair, "To be honest, it doesn't make much sense. The enemy will definitely be strong, but it won't be too invincible, right?"

"Be serious, Xingye!" Hitomi Shiranui reached out and pressed Ling Xingye's cheek, staring at his eyes, "He said he wanted to kill you!"

"Even if you say that..." Ling Xingye smiled wryly, "The previous enemies all came here with the intention to kill me, right? To me, it's just a new round of 'Book Contest' that's all." .”

Hearing what he said, Shiranui Hitomi also calmed down, but still frowned, and reminded: "But this time the enemy is the Right Seat of God, even in Christianity, is it the strongest level?"

"Don't worry," Ling Xingye patted the girl's head with his backhand, "I will deal with it seriously. Anyway, let's go back and listen to what Kanzaki Kaori said, she should have detailed information about the water behind."

In the student apartment, the big hole in the wall between Ling Xingye and Kanzaki Hoori was not repaired, but was replaced with a door.

Since Ling Xingye's room was restored to the state of a workshop again, they chose to meet at Kanzaki Kaori's side.

"Please don't take it lightly——I'm serious!" Kanzaki Kaori said with a solemn expression as soon as he sat down.

"No, it's my own life after all." Ling Xingye smiled wryly, just because he was a little numb and annoyed by the continuous fighting, it didn't mean he wouldn't fight seriously!

"Well, big sister, calm down too, you look more nervous than the duelist himself now." Tsuchimikado Motoharu, who came to discuss together, persuaded, and then looked at Ling Xingye, "Xingye, don't blame big sister too Worry, if it's an 'average' opponent - of course average by your standards - you won't be so worried."

"Actually, according to the information provided by the Puritan headquarters, even in the group of God's Right Seat, Houzhishui is quite special." Tsuchimikado Motoharu continued.

Kanzaki Kaori nodded: "According to the exposure of the wind in front and the land on the left, it is not difficult to see the characteristics of the God's Right Seat - they use a special 'angel technique' to control the power of angels with mortal bodies unique existence."

"Well, their abilities are very troublesome." Ling Xingye nodded with deep understanding.

"But the water in the back is different from the previous two." Kanzaki Kaori paused, "He is the right seat of the gods, but he is also a saint."

That's why Kanzaki Kaori was so nervous.It is precisely because she is a saint herself that she knows the power of a "sage".

This is not boasting, but an objective fact.

Kanzaki Kaori stroked the hilt of the Seven Heavens and Seven Swords, and looked directly at Ling Xingye: "Xingye, let me ask you, are you sure you can defeat me now?"

Ling Xingye recalled it, and found that apart from the initial fight due to a misunderstanding in the Index incident, it seemed that he had never fought Kanzaki Kaori Zhenger since then.

In the battle at that time, it was hard to say that both sides did their best.

Not long ago, when they met the two saints, Sylvia and Brunhid, they didn't start a war either.

So Ling Xingye actually lacks experience in fighting Saints.

Even if he has already fought against other top powerhouses such as Yanshi, Baiyin and Zuofangdi.

This is also where Kanzaki Kaori is worried.

God's right seat and saint, no matter which one is difficult to deal with.Now Ling Xingye is about to face the rear water, which is a combination of two physiques, and even Kanzaki Kaori can't guarantee that he can defeat the opponent.

Tsuchimikado Motoharu said: "The meaning of the big sister is that she will be your training partner, so that Xingye can accumulate some experience in fighting saints."

Kanzaki Kaori nodded again and again, and looked at Ling Xingye together.

Ling Xingye thought for a while: "Alright, I'll leave it to you."

"No, you don't have to be so polite." Kanzaki Kaori said hastily, "One of my missions here is to protect you, Xingye. In fact, I should have been the one to fight the rear water..."

It's a pity that Kanzaki Kaori, who is a saint, is still one of the important representatives of Puritanism, and this heavy identity restrains her instead, and doesn't allow her to act recklessly.

It would be fine if it was another enemy at the next level, but this time it was God's Right Seat, one of the actual leaders of the Orthodox Church.

If you don't want to provoke a war between the two sects, Kanzaki Kaori absolutely cannot appear at the duel scene.

"So, I can only help you with this kind of thing." Kanzaki Kaori said shamelessly, "Also, about dealing with saints, Xingye, you can also ask the Amakusa-style children."

"Let's talk about this later, the venue is ready, let's go there now." Ling Xingye informed Qifan to prepare a battlefield.

Kanzaki Kaori sat upright, with a long knife across his lap.

Taking a long breath, he opened his eyes again, his eyes were clear and piercing like a sharp knife out of its sheath.

Ling Xingye's heart trembled, and his whole body shook.The body that had begun to burn out due to numbness and boredom was instantly activated, and the subconscious entered a fighting state.

"Let's go." Kanzaki Kaori showed a look of approval, and his whole body became more motivated.

Seeing this, Tuyumen Motoharu showed a surprised expression: "Big sis is getting serious..."

Looking back, Ling Xingye lowered his eyelids, but his hands and fingers were slightly opened.In places that cannot be seen by sight, it seems that there are countless silk threads criss-crossing, weaving into a big net that covers everything.

After explaining the location of the battlefield, Kanzaki Kaori nodded, pushed open the door, and jumped directly from the seventh floor.

"Starry night, come on!" Hitomi Shiranui said with her fists clenched.

"I will." Ling Xingye nodded, then hugged the girl's waist, "Let's go together."

Amid the girl's exclamation, she also rose into the air.

In the end, Tsuchimikado Motoharu leaned on the railing and looked at the three people who moved to the distance in the blink of an eye: "Hey, there are four people in the meeting..."

===Chapter 54 Saint Collapse===

When Tsuchimikado Motoharu arrived, Ling Xingye had already fought Kanzaki Kaori.

Apart from Hitomi Shiranui and a few members of the Amakusa style, there were not many people watching the battle.

Of course, there's no point in watching the battle—as far as Tsuchimikado Motoharu's subjective judgment is concerned, the battle going on in front of him must be seen clearly by high-speed cameras.

If the dynamic vision and reaction nerves are not developed enough, at best, you can only see two afterimages flying past the designated battlefield, colliding with each other from time to time, arousing harsh sounds of gold and iron intersecting and large sparks.

The only one who can barely see clearly is Ling Xingye himself. As a puppet master, he doesn't need to keep up with Kanzaki Kaori's super-high-speed movement himself - as long as the sprites can catch up.

Even so, Ling Xingye's movement speed is beyond ordinary people, and the movements of his hands are even more dazzling. His fingers are flying like two clouds of flying smoke.

Both Ling Xingye and Kanzaki Kaori are good at using silk thread cutting methods to attack. They turned the silk thread in their hands into long knives and swiped them wantonly like splashing ink. Draw deep marks.

Tuyumen Motoharu gasped, looked left and right, and quietly took a few steps back.

"Both are monsters... Although I trust their control, it's better to stay away."

Hearing what he said, the Amakusa-style girl Wuhe couldn't help saying, "Yes, the female pope is still so powerful..."

Acting Pope Jian Gongzhai said with a wry smile: "I thought our progress over the years was already good, but now it seems that the gap has widened instead?"

Urakami and Ushibuka also nodded deeply.

"So, is the 'Saint Honkai' that we have worked so hard to develop meaningful?" Niu Shen was strongly shaken.

Even if they were just watching this "practice match", they clearly realized that - saint-level battles are not something that "mortals" like them can intervene.

"In comparison, Ling Xingye is really powerful." Urakami sighed, "It's the first time I've seen an opponent who can stand up to the Pope. Maybe he's qualified to be the Pope's companion." ..."

Tsuchimikado Motoharu whistled: "I think you are also very good, 'Saint Honkai' or something...it really succeeded in development?"

After a little hesitation, Jian Gongzhai nodded: "That's right...it's not something that needs to be kept secret—since the female pope already knows—we did develop that ceremony."

Niu shrugged deeply: "But I haven't practiced it once, so whether it will work...no one knows."

Tsuchimikado Motoharu said with a surprised expression: "I don't know what you think, since you really admire the eldest sister, you even develop a ritual specifically for her?"

"No, we definitely didn't mean to hurt the female pope!" Wuhe quickly explained, "It's just that...only people with the same strength are qualified to stand by her side—we think so."

That's why when they learned that Kanzaki Kaori was going to duel with Ling Xingye, they would come here to watch the battle.

Looking at Ling Xingye who was active on the battlefield, apart from the admiration of everyone in the Amakusa style, the emotion in their eyes was more envious.

"I'm not a saint, but I have the strength to stand shoulder to shoulder with a saint..." Jian Gong Zhaizi murmured, barely able to conceal the envy in his tone.

"Well, in a sense, Xingye is not a mortal." Tsuchimikado Motoharu said.

According to the statement given by the Orthodox Church, "Silver" can't even be counted as a human being.

"By the way, did you tell Ling Xingye about your unique move 'Saint Honkai'?" Tuyumen Yuanchun asked.

Amakusa Shiki and the others nodded together: "Because the Pope personally asked, so it's not easy to hide it?"

"Hmm..." Tsuchimikado Motoharu looked at the middle of the battlefield, "It doesn't seem to have any effect, Starry Night is obviously suppressed."

Jian Gongzhai said helplessly: "That was not a ceremony that one person could initiate—after all, it was a move that only our Amakusa-style could use. Even if we told Ling Xingye, it wouldn't make much sense."

What's really important is developing the idea behind "Saint Honkai".

The so-called "sage collapse" is aimed at the only "weakness" of the saint, or the only aspect that can barely be called "weakness".

——that is, "the instability of the sage".

The so-called saints are born in a very small number of human beings who have a system similar to the "Son of God" Jesus, and thus gain the power of the "Son of God".

They are the "nuclear weapons" in the magical world. They are the existences that can conquer the entire city by one person once they release their true full power.

Simply put, they can be considered "supermen".

But at the end of the day, "Superman" is also human.A sage is a human being who has acquired the "power of the gods" - harnessing the power of the gods with a mortal body.

This creates a paradox that the human body cannot withstand such a powerful force.

As I said before, once a sage liberates his true power, he can destroy cities and countries.But as a price, their bodies would also collapse due to excessive strength.

Therefore, saints basically restrain their own power within a very low range to avoid causing harm to themselves.

Even so, the "very low" lower limit of the saint's perspective is enough to crush mortals and make them stand on top of the world.

Therefore, Jiangong Zhaizi said that this could barely be counted as a "weakness".

"Break the balance of power in the saint's body, use the saint's self-protection mechanism to temporarily lose strength and movement ability, and then take the opportunity to defeat the saint in the weak stage." Jian Gong Zhaizi finally said, "This is the principle of 'sage collapse' and mechanism."

Tu Yumen Motoharu said in shock: "You guys really racked your brains, it's a good thing you came up with such a non-solution..."

"We have no other way." Jian Gongzhai shook his head, this was the only way they could think of.

"So, now let's see if Xingye can use his own way to break the balance of power in Big Sister's head." Tsuchimikado Motoharu stroked his chin.

Ling Xingye on the battlefield naturally has no time to take care of the communication on the sidelines.

He has indeed obtained relevant information about the 'Saint Honkai' from Amakusa Shiki, let's say he has obtained a weakness about the Saint.

But it doesn't make much sense.