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Is Otto really that weak?
Who knows if he's hiding something?
Unable to nod directly, nor to shake his head in complete indifference, he could only continue to watch the pale, sorrowful girl speak like the wind—
"You know my abilities better than anyone else... If you think I can't do it, then it's probably just like before, something I really can't do."
"No wonder you often tell me that my abilities are not enough... It turns out they really are not enough."
"I must have looked ridiculous for always saying I would protect you and then stopping you from training."
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I sensed a crisis from the very beginning.
I realized something was wrong from the very beginning.
Despite his apparent laziness and indolence in daily life—a boy who could easily adapt to a leisurely lifestyle and even be turned into a useless person—he was actively engaging in training that was clearly painful and difficult for him, even if he didn't say it.
But what I never expected was that it would be so desperate.
The agent needs to be used in a self-destructive manner.
This kind of thing absolutely cannot be explained away by the fact that you know the drug won't kill you—something that even Gray Snake would choose to shift the blame for is definitely not something to be taken lightly.
Even if you don't die, there will definitely be aftereffects.
Even if you don't die, you will definitely suffer a lot.
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—The girl was not a spoiled or willful person.
She's willing to tolerate and accept necessary actions, unless it's something like Kiana's desire to shoulder everything alone to do good deeds that have nothing to do with her. Even though she was injured and only has three years left to live for it, Raiden Mei is normally incredibly gentle.
Even if things really come to that, most of the time the girl would do more than blame Jiang Cheng, trying her best to stand in front of him, hoping to shield him from all the storms and all the harm.
Even things that seem excessive are essentially just about wanting to protect oneself and taking responsibility upon oneself.
But what if it's a problem that even if someone did something so outrageous, even if they stood in front of Jiang Cheng, they couldn't stop him?
I don't know—the only answer is "I don't know".
So the girl could only ask one last question she desperately wanted to know—she raised her head, biting her lip. She forced herself to stand tall and straight, compelling herself to speak, no matter how much she wanted to avoid it.
"Lord Cheng, may I ask you?"
"Otto, is he an enemy that Kiana can defeat?"
It's impossible to hide it any longer.
With such terrible acting skills, it's impossible for him to hide anything from Mei, whom he already knows so well.
89 Wu (8) Lin Si Ling Wu So——
"Yes."
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It felt as if I had suddenly plunged into an endless deep sea.
I feel so heavy, my clothes are soaked, I can't lift my hands, and I can't move my body.
It's so cold, so incredibly cold. My bones feel like they're freezing, and I can barely breathe.
This deep-seated despair felt like a return to the time when they were in the sky, a time when they thought they could have a world for just the two of them, but then Kiana and Bronya entered their lives, and before Jiang Cheng could comfort them.
Because there was no exchange of information and he knew nothing, he could only guess at his own incompetence when faced with the boy's estrangement from him and his closeness to Kiana and Bronya. He wondered if there was something he didn't know but had to do. For a prophet, such guessing was necessary, so he began his seemingly useless despair.
Jiang Cheng is no ordinary person.
He is a prophet.
He is a prophet.
It means knowing everything and taking precautions in advance; any action, apart from the simplest and most routine relaxation, is imbued with profound meaning for the future.
Even seemingly insignificant actions during daily leisure time cannot be entirely ruled out as preparations for something in the future.
Perhaps Jiangcheng is working on it right now.
Perhaps that distancing oneself is a necessary action.
Perhaps something will soon arise that can only be solved by someone else, something that only Bronya and Kiana can do.
In short, that's the situation—because he realized there might be something he absolutely couldn't do, something he absolutely couldn't solve in the future, a major crisis that one person couldn't overcome, that's why Jiang Cheng pushed Kiana over, and that's why he felt desperate.
All the doubts and self-doubts that had been lingering in her mind were dispelled by Jiang Cheng's comforting words.
But no matter how much care is given, it cannot change the fact that the actions actually happened.
The problem has never been completely solved—Jiangcheng at the time only deviated from the intended course of action, putting the problem aside and suppressing it without truly resolving it. And now, that problem that was once put aside has finally returned.
I felt the despair I had felt before.
Even more desperate.
Ultimately, this simple sense of powerlessness and despair is not the real core issue at this moment.
Everything from back then is now outdated; no matter how desperate things were, it's all in the past now.
Reliving past despair would only make the girl realize how foolish she was back then, thinking she was overthinking things when in reality it was just a trivial matter.
The biggest problem right now is that Raiden Mei is witnessing Jiang Cheng, who is desperately trying to survive, asking her to take the medicine—directly seeing her lover paying the price for this.
Despite being an ordinary person, he has been training and cultivating diligently, persisting to the very end even without talent. Now he is even preparing to use some drugs that will cause great harm to his body... He has worked so hard in the past just to avoid pain.
Why is this still happening despite all my efforts?
why?
— This kind of question is just too stupid.
Even the most ignorant person should realize that Raiden Mei has realized the source of the problem. Through her eyes, which have begun to dodge, hesitate, stammer, and even fail to align their gazes, she has clearly seen the culprit that has made her this way.
She was a self-righteous woman with long purple hair and purple eyes.
--I.
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"I wasted my time and energy on this date, how stupid of me." The girl's voice, soft and low, seemed to come from the deepest, darkest part of the ocean.
“h霓磷VIII巫si留八-奇（七）a;No, I was happy there too.”
Without hesitation, I refuted it.
Say no without hesitation.
She tried her best to soothe Mei's emotions—but her lips were gently pressed against those slender fingertips.
“Even if it’s two days earlier, it won’t make a difference; it still can’t compare to the effect of the medicine.” She mimicked the way she remembered. “I know you would comfort me like that.”
So……
Jiang Cheng tried to dodge that finger.
Now that you know how I'll comfort you, you shouldn't regret it no matter what.
However, no matter what, he couldn't stop his mouth from being gagged—his questioning eyes could only reflect the girl's desolate, ambiguous smile.
"But I was stupid from the very beginning... I didn't listen to you properly from the very beginning, and dragged you into this terrible situation. I already know why you deliberately distanced yourself from me and wanted me to be friends with Kiana. Honestly... you made it so obvious."
"You clearly knew everything from the beginning, so how could you not know what answer I would give? Knowing that you are a prophet, why would I be so foolish as to not understand this? Why would I drag you into this situation?"
Faced with Raiden Mei, who was on the verge of collapse and whose body was trembling, Jiang Cheng subconsciously tried to find words of comfort in his mind, but could only see her beautiful, moist eyes, which were shimmering with mist, like a lake shrouded in fog.
She asked.
"You didn't have to do this, did you?"
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Everything Jiang Cheng had been trying to hide was exposed at this moment—he was only drawn into the story because of Mei, and he still needed to make these preparations. He could have been a spectator on the sidelines, but that was never the best outcome. All of this was discovered by the girl at this moment.
No wonder Jiang Cheng chose to leave me, no wonder Jiang Cheng kept staying away from me. It turns out that when I chased after him, I dragged him into disaster.
All those things he said back then, I actually thought he was just testing me as a prophet.
He already knew everything, so how could he not know my feelings? He was just trying to reject me.
yes……
He should have refused.
They could have left much earlier.
He had clearly prepared everything, piecing together a future where he would no longer have to suffer.
Even though I had already chosen the best outcome, I impulsively pulled him along because of my momentary impulse, even though I didn't know the outcome or the future.
But ah...
My love, my true heart.
Was it all just a trap designed to harm Jiangcheng from the very beginning?
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"I'm actually not a professional fortune teller..."
Even attempts to win back the girl's heart through self-destruction would be directly rejected.
"But you can indeed leave the spirit) dream wife umbrella cage leek; three-fold opening, can't you?"
"You didn't have to face these problems."
Yes.
I have a chance to get out of here.
This is the only thing that cannot be denied.
Therefore, all he could do was watch as the girl gradually pieced together the puzzle until it was enough to arrive at the answer.
At this point, there's no point in saying anything more. Even though Jiang Cheng had already made up his mind with every breath, he was determined to stop it all no matter what.
"I didn't intend to do this from the beginning... Anyway, what I did was indeed very meaningful, but that absolutely doesn't mean you're incapable of facing Otto and have to rely on Kiana... Ah... I don't even know what to say anymore." Jiang Cheng was almost driven mad by his own inarticulateness.
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useless.
There's no point in saying anything more.
Because we already have the answer.
This is just like a math problem. Once you get the final answer, the original equation becomes less important. By working backward from the answer, you might be able to derive many different solutions. So how important is that single solution? Isn't it the unique answer that's necessary?
The solution in this middle way wasn't very serious to begin with. It was based on the idea that there must be some hidden reason behind Jiang Cheng and Kiana being together. Then, combined with Jiang Cheng's constant rejection of her, and the current predicament that Jiang Cheng is facing despite his hard work, he has still ended up in such a miserable state, this is like trying to solve a world-class problem by simply calculating it. There are countless loopholes in the process.
Maybe Jiang Cheng just enjoys spending time with Kiana.
Maybe Jiang Cheng just doesn't like me.
Perhaps the world is inherently this hopeless and miserable, and even with such efforts, we will still have to face enemies in the future.
There are countless ways and reasons to deny something, but there is only one thing that cannot be denied—the emotions contained in Jiang Cheng's eyes at this moment, the cherry blossom color that reveals his guilt despite his best efforts to hide the truth.