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She took a deep breath—even though the Herrscher, who no longer had a body, didn't need to do this, she still made a gesture equivalent to taking a deep breath, calming her emotions and soothing her heart, which had been stirred up by the boy. Her pink eyes, which she opened again, gazed at everything in front of her with a complex expression.
“Our deal continues. Since you hate me for not fighting back and look down on me because I wasn’t the mastermind behind everything last time, then let me see her! Let me see Aponia!”
“Your opinion is indeed very objective and consistent with your abilities. Even if you don’t admit it yourself, you are already the most impartial person I—Rin/Erosion—have ever met.”
It does not claim to be righteous.
I don't consider myself kind.
They're not even willing to step onto the moral high ground.
Simply the beating heart, the most basic moral emotion that aligns with the normal human being—only this is the essence of justice.
In fact, even she—Ling—did not know how much of her behavior just now stemmed from anger and embarrassment.
Because of things you yourself don't even know. Problems you yourself don't understand are easily pointed out by others.
It's too ugly.
Even for bad people—this is too ugly.
Perhaps it was because of her obsession with saving Him, or perhaps the empathy she had just experienced truly touched a part of her soul, but for the first time, Rin, now a Herrscher, felt the urge to make amends.
what?
What kind of compensation is needed?
My sister always says, "Get out of the taxi." Or should I apologize right now?
I always felt that verbal or purely action-oriented actions were meaningless to Jiangcheng, who was desperately trying to survive—so there was only one thing left to do.
It belongs to the force of erosion.
For the first time, the authority of the Lawyer was displayed without reservation.
The interrupted time rewound once again. At the first moment, his cherry-colored pupils even widened suddenly. He subconsciously gripped the Jizo Soul, ready to accumulate/unleash the strongest known attack at any time, worried that the previous scene would happen again. But this time, until the fluctuation of time flowed to any place within sight, Jiang Cheng did not feel that his body was restricted.
The people who were killed did not come back to life. Only some of the blood on the ground was cleaned up, making it look less terrifying and bizarre. The disgusting and foul smell was also removed.
The only thing that changed in any real sense was the blood-stained body of the young sacrificial girl in the very center of the platform.
I can't imagine if all of this has really changed—Rin's voice, which had already been killed, came from the corpse.
"elder sister……"
"so cold……"
Reflected in slightly trembling turquoise pupils, a familiar figure, whose tattered clothes and flowing blood had vanished along with them, rose from the ground, rubbing her eyes, and, as always, acting coquettishly—
It wasn't until no one responded that it opened its eyes, staring with those bewildered, sleepy eyes.
"elder sister?"
Ahhh...
My hand holding the knife handle suddenly felt weak.
His body, that of a martial artist, couldn't even hold his weapon, just like before. But—things are definitely different now!
What is unfolding before my eyes is a scene unlike any I've ever witnessed before, an ending that, no matter how many times it repeats itself, will never bring salvation.
Even if it's just a fantasy, a construct of information, or a delusion, it's a world where even dreams are not allowed.
Only this time.
Only this once.
The story ends perfectly.
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This ending should satisfy you, right?
The person who wanted to save Rin from the very beginning (Part 3) Ah.
Ling simply turned around, and the figure of the pink fox naturally drifted into the air, turning into countless elementary particles that dissipated with each step it took away, leaving only a faint essence in the end—the afterimage of a girl with long pink hair who once lived happily with her sister.
Continue with your thoughts.
Continue with your will.
Go and save them as you wish.
—If you'd still like.
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PS: This should be considered as the thoughts of an ordinary person without any stance, or a normal person after reading that story.
Being captured, used as a Herrscher experiment, and ultimately tortured to death was already tragic enough, but then there's the added tragedy of Rin, who was originally supposed to run away with her sister but chose to stay...
Chapter 82 Mei: Mei... is a little shy.
The figure belonging to the erosion completely disappeared from this space, as if it had never been there. With her departure, the flow of time returned to normal once again—Yae Sakura finally had the first opportunity in countless reincarnations to embrace her sister after that ritual.
Even though Rin, whom he was embracing, was becoming more and more illusory and ethereal, and even if he held on tightly with all his might, she would still slip through his fingers.
No matter how much you want to keep it, in the end it will only be pushed away by those overly soft fingertips.
"elder sister……"
"Don't be sad anymore."
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Immediately after the erosion departed, Jiang Cheng sensed a peculiar feeling, as if the exit button of a game had been unlocked—he could experience a special ability to leave with just a thought. He watched the Sakura and Rin sisters meeting again, and also took a step back, choosing to leave.
Let's leave the time to them.
This is the first perfect ending ever!
I closed my eyes and opened them again. After a brief moment of dizziness and disorientation, the room, now somewhat blurry, came into view once more.
So much time has passed that I can't quite remember the quiet room I asked Gray Serpent for—partly because I never really had any passion to begin with.
This isn't really a major point, because Jizo's Soul still quietly guards there.
No one moved.
No one could move it.
Jiang Cheng took two steps forward, and the power and authority he felt after gripping the hilt of the knife again were no different from before, and were even stronger and more comfortable to use. It was as if the power had become an extension of his arm, and it seemed that as long as he had a thought, the power would come out naturally.
It's not just because the weapon suits her better in some ways—it's hard to imagine that Rin actually likes herself more after being scolded.
Jiang Cheng could also feel the dramatic changes coming from his body.
got stronger.
—I could feel something being opened up.
Even though it's far from reaching its limit, it can clearly sense that a certain part of this body is stuck in the far distance, at a certain barrier that can't even be seen at the end—and that barrier has been opened.
In an instant, the power expanded again, and even in the tightly sealed basement, one could still feel that enormous, unimaginable power.
It is flowing.
They were overjoyed.
Jiang Cheng felt a momentary soreness in his body, and the numbness in his muscles made him wonder if this body was still his own.
Using a recent, known battle as a comparison, if he were to encounter Bronya's sniping again now, he could not only accurately block every bullet, but also pinpoint Bronya's location instantly, arriving in a few steps at almost flying speed, and fiercely grabbing the girl's slender neck.
It's so terrifying!
The fully unsealed stigmata.
Even the most superficial power, without any training, is so terrifying. I wonder how terrifying I will be when I fully develop my shallow abilities and reach a peak state like that of Tengen, doing things that were unimaginable in the past.
Even though his combat power is still not top-tier, that's only on the surface. He hasn't done any extended research or exploration of the Holy Marks, nor has he fully utilized his body's potential—in fact, he hasn't done so at all.
In fact, the talent he currently possesses is only slightly inferior to that of Durandal, and has already reached a level that only the late-stage Tianyuan realm could possibly achieve in the future.
Running dungeons was definitely worth it.
The sooner the level cap is raised, the better.
The higher the potential, the faster you can improve during training.
Who knows when Otto will realize all this, realize the problems in Changkong City, so the sooner the better.
of course.
I'll stop thinking about that for now.
It's still okay to take a short rest for now.
Take a deep breath—lie down in that rather uncomfortable hibernation pod, and quietly feel your body absorb the nutrient solution to quickly replenish your suddenly surging abilities.
Precious time ticked by, second by second. Jiang Cheng, always anxious and restless, only indulged in this moment of luxury when it came to squandering his time.
Thinking about it, I've been here for several months now.
I……
What exactly are we supposed to do?
What has already been accomplished?
Self-examination, self-analysis, in short, a kind of self-examination, chatting, and generally just daydreaming—although this independent time cannot last too long.
Before the first question could even linger in his mind, a voice, somewhat unfamiliar due to the months spent within the Stigmata, arrived from outside the room—
"—Jiangcheng!"
The door was suddenly blasted open.
According to the introduction of Grey Serpent, the room that could be perfectly defended even by an Emperor-level Honkai Beast was breached from the outside.
The purple-haired girl—the first girl I've met since coming into this world—is walking out of the previously closed door.
"How are you?"
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The familiar figure of the girl appeared before him once again, but this time it was tinged with a sense of unfamiliarity—the ripples of her dark purple hair, the barely suppressed worry beneath her decisive demeanor, all of this could be captured by the eyes without even needing to be seen through the windows of the soul.
Worry... It's not quite right to describe it with just a label. His eyes reflected the flickering light, his lower lip was being gently bitten, and his brows were furrowed.
That's something I should have seen a few hours ago.
They had only been apart for less than half a day.
It seems that,
A lifetime ago.
"Ah..." Jiang Cheng's voice sounded immature again as he gently rubbed his temples. "I'm fine, it's just that I've had some ups and downs."
"Such a dramatic turn of events... Could you tell me what happened if you could?" she asked, unusually.
In the blink of an eye, this former young lady had already dashed from the doorway to Jiang Cheng's front.
Without any pretense of modesty—not to mention that as lovers, there was no need for them to distance themselves anymore—Raiden Mei placed her hands on either side of the hibernation pod and leaned her head in as if taking a close-up photo. Only the questioning look in her eyes seemed out of place with their sweet daily life.
If it were at a different time, the scene of the girl peeking out and the boy lying in the hibernation pod might have been considered a very interesting painting. Unfortunately, the other party involved now only feels a bit of a headache.
How to respond?
……
After experiencing something like that, what else can be considered a major ups and downs?
The massacre at Chiba Academy, being sniped on the road, and even the incident of tearing apart an airplane...
"We are now the most important lovers, so please tell me if anything happens. I'm very strong too; I'm the Herrscher of Thunder. If I go all out, I can even destroy a city." The cruelty she once carried—the girl deliberately spoke in a lighthearted tone.