Academy City's Puppet Master

"What happened?" Ling Xingye asked with interest.

"A little accident." Ling Qianji said briskly, "Compared to this, don't you give up—be honestly a puppet or something?"

"How is that possible? I have no reason to do so."

"What are you still insisting on? You and I are one, and only through cooperation can we exert our true strength!"

"Of course I know that. But you said it - who is the puppet, who is the puppet master... something." Ling Xingye spread his hands, "I'm sorry, I never intend to admit defeat, even to myself."

Hearing this, Ling Qianji sighed unabashedly.

He is also very helpless. It is obvious that his side is stronger, and has also awakened, and has obtained the power of "Various Inheritance". It can be said that he has an overall advantage and almost perfectly achieved the original goal...

Except for one variable - the consciousness named Ling Xingye.

In fact, "Ling Xingye" is the real second personality, a cover to hide Ling Qianji.

But things are unpredictable, he met the "Queen of Memory" Hitomi Shiranui, she used the ability "memory construction" to build his own memory palace for Ling Xingye, and even made a backup of Ling Xingye's memory in her own mind.

As a result, it is impossible to completely delete the memory of "Ling Xingye".

Memory is the foundation of personality, so the individual "Ling Xingye" cannot be cancelled.

Moreover, the memory belonging to "Ling Xingye" has an overwhelming advantage in terms of quality and quantity, and it is completely different from Ling Qianji's memory, and even annexation and fusion are impossible.

"It's a joke, I met that girl..." Ling Qianji sighed again - if he had met Shiranuo Tong, the situation would be very different now, right?

Just now, the "Various Legacy" that has been supporting Ling Qianji suddenly weakened.It made his already few advantages even weaker.

It was almost as if it had been calculated.

That's why Ling Qianji sighed that Ling Xingye was "good luck".

"Stubbornness is not my character." Ling Qianji raised his hands, "Now that things have come to an end, let's talk about it, Ling Xingye."

"can."

The moment Ling Xingye nodded, the long table between them suddenly shortened, bringing the distance between them closer.

"I don't mind whether I am a puppet or a puppet master," Ling Qianji said, "I only care about one thing - the truth."

"truth?"

"The ultimate mystery of this world - what kind of scenery is there on the outside of the world?" Ling Qianji said, "The only thing I really want is this, and I was born for it."

"And only if you are strong enough can you be qualified to explore this ultimate mystery. Therefore, my only requirement is to become stronger, stronger! If you can't become stronger, then I can't possibly recognize you no matter what."

Ling Xingye nodded: "I don't comment on your pursuit, but the improvement of strength does not conflict with what I want - in the current situation, no matter what you want to do, you must have enough strength."

The two shook hands together and reached a consensus.

"Then I'll stay in the body of 'Harlequin' temporarily." Ling Qianji snapped his fingers and disappeared suddenly.

The huge auditorium also dissipated.

Ling Xingye's consciousness became drowsy, he closed his eyes and fell into a deep sleep...

Then, as if awakened with a start, Ling Xingye suddenly opened his eyes.

It took Ling Xingye a while to adapt to the dim environment.

What I felt at the same time was the heavy body and limbs—the tiredness and powerlessness accumulated from lying in bed for too long.

The smell of disinfectant filled the nostrils, making Ling Xingye realize where he was.

Just nearby, there was the sound of light breathing.

Looking back, a girl in a school uniform was lying on the bed, already asleep.

It was already pitch black outside the window, and the surroundings were completely silent, full of the atmosphere of night.

"Hitomi..." Ling Xingye raised his hand and gently brushed the girl's hair.

Then he looked to the other side, beside the hospital bed, there was a person standing quietly.

Although he knew that there was someone next to him when he just woke up, but at first glance, there was a figure standing under the dim light, which was indeed a little scary.

"...Yuanshanyao?" After seeing the other person's appearance clearly, Ling Xingye asked in surprise, "What are you doing here?"

It's late at night now, how could Yuan Shanyao, a good girl, come here regardless of the gate control?

"Hush..." Toyama Haruka made a gesture of silence, and pointed to Hitomi Shiranui at the side.

Then, she stepped back and left the ward silently.

Ling Xingye thought for a while, then quietly got up and walked out.

In the corridor, he saw a girl who was waiting for him.

"Xingye, it's great that you can wake up!" Yuan Shanyao offered his blessings, "I hope you will recover completely as soon as possible!"

"Thank you. I'm also sorry for causing you so much trouble."

"No, it's nothing." Yuan Shanyao shook his head again and again, "It's the squad leader who has been with you all this time. I just saw this future, and I just came here just in time."

"Xingye, I'm sorry!" Then, Yuan Shanyao suddenly bowed forcefully, with a very sad tone, "I failed!"

===Chapter 87 Kiss Goodbye===

"...I'm sorry, I failed!" Yuan Shanyao bowed deeply.

Ling Xingye was taken aback, and quickly helped her up, but even when he raised his head, Yuan Shanyao still had an expression on the verge of crying, and kept repeating words like "I failed, I failed...", the whole person It was like falling into endless despair.

"Calm down, calm down!" Ling Xingye grabbed her shoulder, "What happened?"

He looked around, and there was silence in the hospital corridor, and there was no commotion outside the hospital, as if nothing bad was happening.

"Still..." Thinking of the ability of the girl in front of him, Ling Xingye thought of a possibility, "What will happen?"

"I..." Yuan Shanyao showed a desperate expression, "I failed to stop... the third world war is about to break out!"

"Ah, is this the case?" Ling Xingye was stunned.

Since the "World War III" was really lacking in reality, Ling Xingye didn't know how to react.

Ling Xingye remembered that it seemed that for a while before and after the Daba Star Festival, Yuan Shanyao suddenly became a little strange, saying that he came from the future and came to prevent the third world war.

Because Haruka Yuan Shan's ability had indeed been raised to level 4 at that time, her explanation was convincing.

No matter what theory it is based on, Ling Xingye and Shiranui Hitomi and a few insiders do regard her as a "time traveler" in a sense.

After all, Yuan Shanyao's "foreseeing the future" already has the ability to span time, and a little exaggeration is not unacceptable.

But that's all. Although he trusted Yuan Shanyao, Ling Xingye didn't spend too much energy paying attention to her affairs.

Originally, Ling Xingye had a lot of things to deal with, and all kinds of incidents and enemies emerged one after another, which made him really not in the mood and energy to pay attention to things that were too far in the future.

Besides, "World War III" and so on, it sounds a bit absurd at first glance.

Taking a step back, even if he knew Yuan Shanyao's "mission", Ling Xingye didn't think he could do anything.

That was the "World War". I was just a high school student—at best, a person with superpowers, who also served as the leader of the "armed incapacitated group"—it was really impossible to control such a big event.

However, she never thought that Yuan Shanyao, a gentle and delicate girl, was really working hard to "stop the third world war".

Looking at the extremely remorseful girl in front of him, Ling Xingye couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

To be honest, if Yuan Shanyao didn't take the initiative to mention it, he wouldn't have thought of such a thing at all.

"Wait," Ling Xingye said suddenly, "Has the war already started? How long have I been in a coma?"

Yuan Shanyao quickly said: "Don't worry, today is November [-]st, and you have been asleep for less than a week in the starry night. And there is no war now... But a world-scale war is inevitable, it's just a matter of time .”

"Can you confirm the exact time?" Ling Xingye asked casually.

The girl shook her head: "The future is full of variables, and even I can't see the specifics... But the only thing that is certain is that war is inevitable, and it will be in the near future!"

This is also the main reason for Yuan Shanyao's despair, because after seeing all the possibilities, all timelines will end up with the event of "World War III", which will become a node that absolutely cannot be bypassed.

"The future...will it really be that bad?" Ling Xingye asked after deliberation.

"Huh?" Seemingly regaining some of his ability to think calmly, Yuan Shanyao paused for a moment and said, "Of course it's bad, it's a world war...wait!"

As she spoke, she seemed to be distracted suddenly, her eyes lost focus, and she stared straight ahead at the distant place ahead.

"Huh? Although it still broke out... But it's much better than the future I came to..." She murmured softly.

Ling Xingye didn't know what she saw, but it didn't prevent him from comforting the girl.

"Very well, this shows that Yao, your efforts are not in vain."

"But..." Yuan Shanyao still struggled, "If we work harder to stop the war..."

"You've done enough." Ling Xingye patted the girl's head, "Don't think too much, things like world wars can't be stopped by just one or two people. You've done enough , Be proud, Lord Prophet!"

Yuan Shanyao let out a chuckle: "What kind of prophet...you are just ignorant and fearless."

"Indeed, it is precisely because of the unpredictability that human beings can remain optimistic about the future."

Yuan Shanyao lowered his head and sighed softly.

After all, she still didn't tell Ling Xingye that the reason why she was sure to change the future and prevent the "World War III" was Ling Xingye's greatest reliance.

Historical events have key nodes; similarly, there are also people who are key nodes.

Ling Xingye is such a "key node", as long as he is properly guided, he can interfere with the future direction through him.

Because of his trust in Ling Xingye's strength, Yuan Shanyao was indeed acting with the ultimate goal of "preventing World War III" at first.

Now, although the goal has not been achieved, as Ling Xingye said, through his own efforts, at least the worst future has been avoided!

Haruka Toyama has reason to be proud of herself.

The girl who had untied her heart knot showed a relaxed expression, as if she had unloaded a heavy burden.

Then, her cheeks, neck, and exposed arm skin all suddenly flushed.He fell into a high fever without warning.

"Ayao? Are you okay?" Ling Xingye immediately noticed her abnormality, and reached out to touch her forehead.

Terribly hot!

"Recently, the ability has been overused," Yuan Shanyao said, "and after all, it is a borrowed power, which is really a bit reluctant."

"Don't turn off the ability quickly?" Ling Xingye urged, "Fortunately, this is the hospital, you sit down first, I'll call the doctor..."