"You should have guessed some of the truth."
At the end of the meeting, the members of the Sheqiba Family left the venue in an orderly manner after shouting "Follow the will."
Tachibana Masamune's body has been sent to the Yanliu Research Institute. Although Minamoto Chisheng doesn't expect to find any information on it, the face-saving work that should be done must still be done.
This is a method used to calm the hearts of the eight Sheqi family members.
The door of the shrine was closed again, and only the four members of the action team and Eri Minamoto were left in the room.
"Huh? What did you guess?" Fingel picked his nose with his little finger, "If you are saying that you and Gu Bei are planning something together, then we have indeed guessed it."
Caesar and Xia Mi crossed their arms and nodded in agreement.
Chu Zihang leaned against the wall on the side with his eyes closed, saying nothing.
Erika lowered her head and hit it again and again, as if she was about to fall asleep.
Yuan Zhisheng sighed: "As expected, I still can't hide it from you, but it seems that Gu Bei had no intention of hiding it from you from the beginning. That guy's trust in you guys is surprisingly high."
When this topic was mentioned, Caesar and Fingel's eyes fell on Xia Mi involuntarily.
Indeed, for some unknown reason, Gu Bei seemed to want to let them know something, whether it was the relationship between the Eight Snake Qi Family, the Meng Ghosts and the White King, or Xia Mi's true identity.
In fact, these things can be completely concealed. Just like Xia Mi's identity, Gu Bei can save a few people before Xia Mi reveals his identity, or simply prevent them from going on the mission and go to sea to kill Behemoth himself. Death is not an option.
But the current situation looks like Gu Bei did it on purpose.
"What are you planning?" Caesar tapped his fingers rhythmically on the table, creating a sense of oppression.
This little negotiation technique has become a habit of Caesar, but unfortunately, it is of little use to Yuan Zhisheng.
"You should ask him himself about this kind of thing," Yuan Zhisheng smoothed the wrinkles on the Shadow Emperor's robe, "My goal is just to clean up the pests and revitalize the Snake Qiba family."
"So, if there is a conflict between Cassell's policy and the Sheqiba family's plan, you will lead the Sheqiba family to break with the academy without mercy...right?" Chu Zihang, who had been silent all this time, finally spoke. , and opened his mouth with such powerful words.
But no one refuted this, even Yuan Zhisheng fell silent.
That was indeed the original plan of the Sheqiba family.
The Jakiki Hachi family has always known about the existence of Takamagahara and Yonoshokuhara, and they also know that Takamagahara contains the bones of Yamata no Orochi and Amaterasu Tsukuyomi as well as the holy bones of the White King.
But they never mentioned the relevant matter to Cassel.
Not only the Sheqi Eight Family, but also the Japanese branch.
The Japanese branch and the headquarters have never been of the same mind. They are in the camp of the Sheqi Eight Families.
Whether it is the Sheqi Eight Family, the Japanese branch, or the Menggui, their goals are not just as simple as they appear on the surface.
Resurrection God? Kill God?
That was just a joke.
The two Nibelungs, Takamagahara and Yonoshugahara, are their targets.
This high-end alchemy technology is a legacy from the age of gods.
The Japanese Snake Qihachi Family will never let the European Secret Party and the Oriental Family know of their existence.
Not to resurrect God, not to kill God.
It’s about inheriting the legacy, becoming a god, and then surpassing a god.
This is the ultimate goal of Japanese hybrids.
It's the same whether it's the Snake Qi Eight Family or the Meng Ghosts.
It's just that the paths of the two sides are different.
The Snake Qiba family hopes to obtain the inheritance in Gao Tianyuan by excavating ruins and using very gentle means; while the Menggui people hope to forcibly awaken the holy bones, control the holy bones, and bring Gao Tianyuan back to "reality".
As for the consequences of Gao Tianyuan becoming "reality" again?
Those lunatics from the Menggui Clan don’t think about these issues.
The Sheqiba family had a good plan. They originally planned to dig slowly to avoid attracting the attention of the secret party.
But Behemoth's awakening disrupted their plans.
Gao Tianyuan had to appear in Cassel's sight.
According to the plan, they should immediately betray the secret party, cut off contact with Kassel, and seal the entire territory to prevent the leakage of information.
But this plan was suppressed by Yuan Zhisheng before it even started.
Because he recognized a fact - a fact brought by Gu Bei: the Sheqi Eight Family could not be trusted.
Since he could not completely trust the Sheqiba family, he could only borrow some external forces to clean up the pests in the family, including Gu Bei and the action team sent to Japan by Kassel.
"Use all available power...this is what you taught me, dad."
Yuan Zhisheng looked at the four people across from him with some vigilance: "I do not deny your speculation. The Sheqiba family did have the idea of betraying the secret party. This is a fact, but this betrayal was not implemented. This is also a fact. .”
The other party cannot be deemed a criminal just because he or she has the possibility of committing a crime.
In the same way, the Sheqiba family has not yet made any betrayal, so even if they admit that they have the idea of treason, at most they will only make people more defensive, but they will not be able to convict them.
It was precisely because of this that Yuan Zhisheng stopped the Sheqiba family's betrayal plan, and instead negotiated candidly with Caesar and others.
[In view of the general environment,
From Minamoto's current perspective, there is no one around him who deserves absolute trust except Inuyama Ga. Since there is no way to trust him, let's pick a few partners who can barely cooperate.
Gu Bei is the partner he uses to save Eri Yi.
Caesar and others in front of him are his partners in saving the Snake Qiba family.
"What do you need us to do?" Chu Zihang asked.
This is undoubtedly a good sign.
Chu Zihang also had his own considerations.
The options currently before the action team may seem many, but in reality there are only two options.
First, immediately, find a place to hide out, don't be found by Gu Bei, and don't be found by the She Qiba family. If they just stay in the academy and send someone to pick them up, they can escape from this storm unscathed.
Second, take the initiative to enter the center of this whirlpool.
Take part in what may be the biggest drama of this century and drive the story forward.
how to choose?
In fact, there is no need to say more.
How many of the people present are law-abiding guys?
Even Yuan Zhisheng, an honest man, is not a fuel-efficient lamp!
"You don't need to do anything." Yuan Zhisheng said with a smile, "You just have to promise to be in Tokyo all the time, that's enough."
Yes, that's enough.
Gu Bei's plan, Yuan Zhisheng's plan, the Snake Qiba Family's plan, the Menggui Zhong's plan... actually it doesn't matter.
The purpose of the Caesar Group's existence is not to take sides, nor to be someone's support.
They exist simply because they are.
As long as they are still in Tokyo, they can make this already unclean water even more muddy.
——
"That guy is not a good bird!"
In Masari, Fingel sat in the driver's seat, indignant.
After the conversation ended, the two groups left the shrine.
Minamoto and Eriki took a Hummer to the Yanliu Research Institute, preparing to keep an eye on the progress of Tachibana Masamune's autopsy.
The people from the action team drove the Martha assigned by the Sheqihachi family back to Gaotianyuan.
Caesar sat in the passenger seat, absently wiping the Beretta in his hands.
Chu Zihang closed his eyes and rested in the back row.
The only one who responded to Fingel was Xia Mi: "You humans are all the same, with a lot of guts."
"It's unfair, eldest sister!" Fengel cried out.
"Who are you calling eldest sister!?" Xia Mi rushed to the front row to deliver two dragon punches to Fingel.
"Xia Mi." Chu Zihang pulled Xia Mi.
Xia Mi hummed and sat back next to Chu Zihang.
"In short, the result is not bad." Caesar compacted the bullets in the magazine and pushed it into the handle. "We didn't plan to go back so soon. We took this opportunity to sell the emperor of the Snake Qiba family a favor. It was very value."
"I just want to aggrieve the principal, Dragon Bone Cross can only wait any longer," Fingel said with a smile hidden in his guilty face, "It's not that the students don't work hard, but the other party is better than me."
"Wait a minute," Xia Mi suddenly said, "Did you hear any strange noises?"
Chu Zihang listened carefully and shook his head: "No, I only heard the sound of the engine and the sound of rain outside."
Fingel also joked: "School girl, are you too neurotic? The Dragon King is also neurotic?"
But Xia Mi didn't speak. Instead, Caesar spoke: "Stop!"
He released Kamaitachi when Xia Ya opened his mouth, and the expansion of the domain brought countless sounds back to his ears... He heard it.
Unbelievable sounds were coming from the window and the car body, as if the vines were growing rapidly, and the tentacle-like twigs penetrated deep into the wall structure, disintegrating the car.
Something is invading!
From all sides, overhead and even lower, but he couldn't tell what it was.
"The car window is seeping..." Chu Zihang also noticed something strange.
Rainwater was seeping in through the car windows and running down along the car doors.
It's not as simple as the sealing strip on the car window failing. The rainwater seeping in is not a trickle, but a surging waterfall!
The water in the car kept rising and soon covered their feet.
It's rain!
The rain was eroding the walls, seeping in through every crack, and the car seemed to be riddled with holes!
"Here...there's something wrong here, stop the car!" "
Caesar shouted, and then with the harsh "squeak" of the brakes, Martha stopped in the middle of the road.
"Let's get out!"
Chu Zihang took the lead and kicked open the car door, pulled Xia Michong out of the car, and stood in the heavy rain.
Caesar and Fingel followed.
Chu Zihang aroused Jun Yan, and the rain turned into white steam before it fell on him. The few of them stood together, not daring to act rashly.
There were no cars or pedestrians on the road. Because it was New Year's Eve, all the shops on the street were closed, and the empty streets were unusually cold.
But...something is wrong.
To put it in a very metaphysical way, this place is lifeless.
It feels like a space cut out from reality and placed alone.
Chu Zihang was all too familiar with this feeling of being modified.
The paradoxical space replaces the real space, and the person who enters by mistake is often left in the paradoxical space forever. In the eyes of others, he disappears inexplicably at the end of the dead end.
Nibelungen!
He is a person who has entered the Nibelungs before. According to common saying, people like him have a mark on their bodies and can easily cross the barriers that are insurmountable for ordinary people and enter the Nibelungs.
This statement is like saying that after you dislocate for the first time, you will always dislocate, and it will dislocate if you move a little, and eventually it becomes a habit...
But the problem is that he and Xia Mi are together now.
As the Dragon King who holds the key to the Nibelungs, there is no way she could not notice the unfolding of the Nibelungs!
"It's not the Nibelungs..." Xia Mi spoke slowly, her eyes full of surprise. It was obvious that she had noticed something.
Obviously this space is 99% similar to the Nibelungen, but when she was about to open an exit and take a few people away...
When I went out, the Nibelung Key had no effect.
Although the Key of the Nibelung is said to be the key to unlocking the Nibelung, it is actually the ability to open the alchemical field.
The principle is roughly equivalent to opening a back door in the alchemical field.
In other words, not only the Nibelung Roots, but also any form of alchemical field can be cracked through the Nibelung Roots Key.
At present, the only thing that can put the Key of Nibelung into trouble is the alien space created by Gu Bei.
That thing that didn't follow the principles of alchemy at all made it impossible to use the Nibelung Key, so in the end it failed.
But this time, the Nibelung Key didn't even react at all.
This illustrates one thing.
This is not the Nibelungen, nor is it the alchemical realm, nor is it even a different space.
"Is this...reality?" Xia Mi said a completely impossible possibility.
But this is the only possibility.
They are trapped in a piece of "reality"!
——
Gu Bei shook the last bit of wine in Mengque, then poured it into his mouth: "This wine is just average."
Uesugi turned over his hand and took out another bottle of Mengqiao and opened it: "This bottle will also be charged to your account."
"..." Gu Bei was a little speechless, "You are the Shadow Emperor of the previous generation, how can you be so stingy?"
"Now I'm just an old man selling ramen."
"Tsk."
Gu Bei took the new bottle of wine from Uesugoshi and poured a glass: "I suddenly thought of a question."
"what is the problem."
"You see, the Night Food Plain is the back side of Takamagahara, which is the reality compared to the Nibelungen. However, because the Shadow Emperor sealed the door of the Night Food Plain, the Night Food Plain cannot be integrated with reality. So if the food of night merges with reality, what will appear is the Nibelungen or reality?"
"About this question..." Uesugi thought for a while, "Let's use an analogy."
"If the Nibelungen is a door, then reality is a wall. The door can be opened, but the wall cannot be opened."
"Can't we tear down the wall?"
"Don't interrupt." Uesugi gave Gu Bei a white look. "The Food of the Night originally served as the door of the Nibelungs, and also served as the wall of reality. Its door was hidden in the wall, so there is no way to do it through conventional means. Those who leave the Night Food Plain must find the node.”
"Node..." Gu Bei looked towards the deep alley outside.
"Yes, just like this door I have been guarding, it is one of the nodes. As for whether there are other nodes... no one can tell."
