"Why?!"
Alice Adar couldn't help but sigh in surprise.
The super-powered person used his abilities to attack, moved into the enemy's shadow and stabbed out short arrows. Both sides launched a surprise attack at the same time...
This is how the battle should have started. However, after the dragon worshiper used his manifestation, things developed in a direction that no one could have predicted.
Her short arrow stabbed into the air, and the man in the trench coat and the superpower disappeared at the same time.
It is the enemy's impermanent method. Alice quickly judged that some mechanism she was not yet aware of caused the two to leave reality. From the name of the appearance, it was roughly speculated that it was most likely the ability to initiate a forced duel.
"Why……?"
The blue-haired woman blinked.
In just the blink of an eye, the dragon worshiper and the superpower appeared in front of her at the same time. If their positions hadn't changed compared to before, Alice would have thought she was seeing an illusion.
The man in the trench coat, who was in perfect condition just a moment ago, fell on his back. Gongsun Ce, who was uninjured, was holding his knees with both hands and gasping for air.
The duel is over? Did the superpower win? Everything that happened in an instant confused her.
Alice quickly approached the two of them and asked alertly: "What's going on?"
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The broken arms, the ruptured internal organs, the pain from all the limbs, all of this disappeared.
His glasses were not broken and were placed on his face properly. His field of vision was as clear as usual and he could see the man's expression.
"what's the situation?"
When the young man heard his companion's question, he didn't care to respond. As soon as he regained his language ability, he said to the dragon worshiper: "You are not allowed to take any action."
"..."
Xu Junyi lay on the ground without saying a word or even blinking.
The super-powerful person then said: "You are only allowed to say one word, tell me what item or method you plan to use to summon the dragon."
The middle-aged man replied dryly: "The eyes of the Netherworld Dragon."
"Is this the only one?"
"Only this one."
"Where."
"In my right hand."
"Open your right hand and don't make any more noise."
Xu Junyi slowly opened his right hand. He was never willing to obey the enemy's orders, but it was himself who lost in the fight... The power of the Cun Yin fight tightly bound this man. Today, he could no longer disobey the winner's orders, nor could he disobey the winner. Nothing can hinder the winner any more.
In the calloused palm of the dragon worshiper lies a glass bead.
The glass beads stuck to the wood fragments looked like the fragments of a smashed handicraft.
"...!"
When he saw that thing, Gongsun Ce forgot to breathe. He will never forget the significance of this glass bead, and he will never forget the day he saw it.
The nightmare that has never left since the incident three years ago will remind him of what happened that day every time it appears. The seven clock towers in the gray mist, the wooden bird jumping out of the clock dial, and the dragon of the netherworld descending...
From that moment on, things truly reached a point of no return.
Cuckoo, cuckoo, cuckoo... The cuckoo's call echoed in my mind, and the memories of the past resurfaced in my mind. He can know the identity of the object in his hand without the confirmation of any expert. These were exactly the eyes of that wooden bird three years ago.
The eyes of the Nether Dragon.
The young man held the glass bead tightly, and the wooden thorn dug into his palm. The stinging sensation woke him up from his thoughts. Gongsun Ce turned around and said to the confused hunter: "It's over, Miss Alice. I defeated the dragon worshiper, and the most critical catalyst was found."
Alice looked at the man who fell to the ground, and then at the superpower, repeating this two or three times.
"——Really or not?! You defeated a desolate phase magician in the manifest realm in a one-on-one challenge?!"
Then he let out an exclamation of disbelief.
The superpower user pushed up his glasses: "His Impermanence Technique should be quite special. The effect of the Indestructible Battle is a forced one-on-one close combat duel in the mysterious space. Neither party can use supernormal abilities. It was really an unfavorable duel, and I finally won the victory after a hard battle.”
"I can't beat you without superpowers. You're such a loser..."
"Please also praise me for my resourcefulness. The fight just now was really thrilling. If the opponent hadn't lost his mind midway, the scene now would be ugly."
think carefully.
If you fail in the duel just now, you will be the loser who must follow the instructions.
In this case, it will become a battle situation where Gongsun Ce and Xu Junyi join forces to attack Alice. It looked like a very bad matchup no matter what, but fortunately he won.
The hunter shook his head, still looking confused about the current situation: "We'll talk about this later, let's get down to business first. What medium do you mean...?!"
Before he finished speaking, the hunter raised his voice. The superpower person looked in the direction of her sight. The ball floating in the middle of the space was flashing green light at an incredibly fast frequency.
The shadow of the giant dragon wandering in the air rushed toward the sphere one after another, turning into bright green light spots and integrating into the ball that was suspected to be the dragon's heart. When all the shadows disappeared, the pipes around the sphere also separated from the core. The giant planet-like object got farther and farther away from the two of them. It hit the end of the space, was swallowed up by the wall full of biomass, and disappeared from the sight of the two.
This spectacular scene lasted for less than five seconds and came to an end. The superpower and the hunter only had time to take two steps forward before the green star left in front of their eyes.
The two looked at each other.
Alice tentatively said: "...Emergency defense mechanism?"
"No wonder the big shots in the Sky City can wait and see leisurely. After all, the ceremony just now requires the dragon's heart - I guess it is the heart - to be held. In the end, these people have been able to hide this trick until now. Even I have nothing to say.”
Gongsun Ce smiled bitterly and said: "It seems that we finally made an emergency decision just now and hid the dragon's heart at the cost of some loss... This is really a waste of work for the big shots!"
Alice was still looking at the direction where Dragon Heart disappeared, and seemed to be deeply shocked by the behavior of the senior officials of Sky City.
He smiled and shook his head, thinking, this is also good.
Everything is under the control of the big shots, and his worries are just unnecessary. This incident may not have benefited someone he didn't know. It didn't mean much if he worked hard for a long time, and the insurance he bought in the middle was of no use.
However, the dragon will not appear in the Sky City, and the wild thoughts of Xu Junyi and others are just dreams after all.
The city's residents were able to spend an ordinary night without any harm.
That's good. The superpower thought with satisfaction, that was enough.
The city's officials have dealt with it, which means that the top leaders of the three countries have also reached an agreement on the matter. The chances of other experts coming to grab the glass beads are slim. In this way, the glass beads in his hands would have to be handed over to a disgusting man, and he would have to find a way to explain this to Alice... But before that, the two of them had to work hard all day. Let's take a rest first.
After coming out of the underground, let's find a place to have a late-night snack. Let's have a good chat before leaving. The masked lady might come too, just in time to buy the desserts he owes... I'll think of a way to talk to Yan tomorrow. Let's work together to solve our own problems...
The superpower breathed a sigh of relief. He was finally able to escape from the tension that had lasted for half a day.
Gongsun Ce called to his companions: "Let's go, Miss Alice!"
Alice sighed helplessly: "What the hell! It happened that the leader of the dragon worshipers had this ability, and it happened that he told me that the thing could be quickly transferred at this time. This kind of insignificant magic was performed at the last moment. Really...I don’t even know what to say..."
Can completely understand the other person's thoughts.
I prepared for a decisive battle in advance, but it turned out that the other party's ability was to force a duel. I was almost overwhelmed by the sense of crisis that the disaster was coming, but in the end I realized that everything was under the control of the top management.
Although the process is always more important than the result, such a result is really speechless.
Gongsun Ce shrugged and said, "You might as well think on the bright side. If the result is good, there will be no problem."
"Well, forget it, as you said, as long as the results are good, it's no problem!"
Alice turned around and smiled cheerfully at him, "This matter is finally over. It's great that you are not dead!"
She stretched out her hand as if to high-five her companion.
"That's right..."
Gongsun Ce smiled and raised his right arm.
To his surprise, Alice's hand passed over his arm.
The fingertips protruding from the fingerless gloves touched the young man's chest.
The sharp nails pierced the clothes and skin, and the palms penetrated deep into the body, pinching the bright red flesh that was constantly beating.
then.
Alice's arm penetrated the young man's chest.
"……ah."
He stood sluggishly.
Warm liquid flowed from his mouth, and his nose was filled with the smell of blood.
The operation of thinking became slow at this time. Is this the influence of someone's ability?
The young man couldn't understand what happened.
Alice should tell him something. The young man looked at the woman facing him in a daze.
The smile on her face was the same as usual, not very calm, but friendly and trustworthy.
"If we can't access the heart of the Sky Dragon, we can only use yours instead. After all, this is the real reason why you superpowers are called time bombs."
The blue-haired woman withdrew her arm.
It was as if something vital had disappeared from the body.
Gongsun Ce stared at the palm of her hand. In the center of the glove, which was stained red with blood, lay a slowly beating mass of flesh and blood.
He reacted.
That is your own heart.
"Without your help, I wouldn't have gotten this far."
Just like when two people come to an agreement, just like when they celebrate victory after a battle, the hunter gave him a beautiful smile.
"Really, really, thank you, Gongsun Ce!"
Incomprehensible.
What happened.
Just now I was still thinking about whether to invite her to hold a celebration party later.
Being a hunter is not a good job, so it would be nice to take this opportunity to change careers after receiving a large sum of money.
In this way, she can buy the house she wants to live in and live a better and safer life. The City of Sky is actually a good place to go. If Miss Alice plans to stay in this city for a long time, you can also introduce her to your friends. She is an easy person to get along with, and everyone will be very happy chatting together...
But why.
Why, after everything is over, will it become like this?
"Alice..."
Confusion and bewilderment swirled around in my body for several times, unable to find any answer, so they turned into anger.
"Alice Adair!!"
The violent telekinesis caused a storm in the underground space.
Using the last of his strength, he shot invisible spikes at his former partner——
"I cannot be touched by the power of the inferior."
She spoke calmly, as if describing something that was taken for granted.
Gongsun Ce's final attack dissipated silently under this declaration.
Youth no longer has any power.
At the last moment, he thought that the heart is the source of power for superpowers...
It was not a matter of victory or defeat in an inch-by-inch fight, but an actual battle in real life. He was truly injured by one blow and killed him.
Before he could say another word, the gray-haired superpower fell down.
He fell to the ground and looked up at the hunter who had been his partner with distracted eyes.
"Before we say goodbye, let's say something that makes you happy. As I promised before, after everything is over, I will tell you my real name."
He saw that the beautiful blue hair faded and became as dark as the night.
Alice brushed her hand over her face. Her facial features changed slightly, and her pupils turned black, making her look completely different from before. Now she looks elegant and peaceful, like a frail woman suitable for appearing in a library.
He had seen this face before.
Where, exactly where? The last fragment that surfaced before losing consciousness was a photo that appeared in a certain news, a huge murder that occurred in the eastern part of Zero Island, an accident that completely destroyed the Shigure Research Institute...
The black-haired woman bent down and picked up the glass beads from his hand.
She whispered to Gongsun Ce.
"My real name is Rei Shigure."
She stood up, flipped up her long hair, and left with her back to the young man.
Only the last words are left, floating in the lifeless space.
"Farewell, superhuman."
