Dragon Clan: They're all insane, and you still want me to slay dragons?

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He kept saying it was a personal grudge and a revenge killing, but in fact he always judged these biker gang members based on his self-perception, which was more biased towards God. Michael's appearance was proof of this.

This is the last thing Emmanuel wanted to see.

Why can't we forgive them?

Emmanuel sighed helplessly and then offered a gentler persuasion: "If you forgive others their sins, your heavenly Father will also forgive your sins."

If there is any grudge between one person and another, be tolerant and forgiving of one another. Forgive others as the Lord forgave you.

I have taught people to be forgiving countless times when I walked on the earth. I have said similar things countless times.

They only committed crimes that didn't warrant death, so why can't you show some mercy?

Gao Kui argued with Emmanuel expressionlessly: "In Ezekiel chapter 25 of the Old Testament, the Philistines took revenge on the Israelites with hatred in their hearts, wanting to completely destroy the Israelites without resolving the hatred."

Therefore the Lord says: I will stretch out my hand against the Philistines, cut off the Ciritians, and annihilate the remaining inhabitants of the coast. I will retaliate against them and rebuke them in my anger. When I take my revenge, they will know that my name is the Lord.

This is clearly recorded in the Old Testament. Quentin Tarantino modified this passage to make it more accessible to the general public and included it in Pulp Fiction as a line from the movie "Mara Fuck".

The Philistines had conflicts and wars with the Israelites, harming the Jews, so Jehovah wanted to destroy them. What's wrong with me killing those guys who kidnapped my girlfriend?

Debating scriptures, is that right?

Let's have a debate then. You say Jesus said to forgive, I say Jehovah said to take revenge. In the end, whose advice should we listen to?

Emmanuel scratched his head, knowing he had no chance of winning against Gao Kui.

Both being holy sons and both being "the Word of Jehovah incarnate," Gao Kui, as a glorious king, was the complete manifestation of divinity, resembling Jehovah far more than he resembled him.

Now Gao Kui is adopting a "no matter what you say, I'm in the right" attitude and refusing to communicate. Emmanuel can't keep going on with Gao Kui about this issue forever.

“Since you’ve mentioned Jehovah, how about we leave the decision to fate?” Emmanuel began to circumvent the issue.

"Have you seen 'Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils,' the movie starring Ethan Juan?" Emmanuel picked up the two dice from the table and asked casually.

"Seen."

"Zhou Chu Eliminates the Three Evils" is a movie that was released in 2023. It's only 2008 now, and Ethan Juan is still acting in idol dramas that are so cringeworthy they're unbearable to watch, such as "Michael's Dance".

However, timelines are meaningless to Gao Kui and Emmanuel.

Before surrendering himself, Chen Guilin cast divination blocks in front of Guan Yu, the God of War, and got nine positive results, indicating that Guan Yu had responded to Chen Guilin.

"You are the Holy Son, and you have repeated what the Holy Father said. If you insist on killing them, then it is the will of Heaven. The will of Heaven is with you; even the smallest probability event will occur."

Emmanuel tossed the dice into an opaque disposable paper cup, turned it upside down on the table and shook it, then asked, "Guess the number. If you can guess it correctly nine times in a row, then it proves that fate is on your side, and I will not stop you from doing whatever you want."

Gao Kui gazed at Emmanuel for a long time, seemingly accepting Emmanuel's suggestion in silence, and said, "7 o'clock."

Emmanuel's eyelids twitched slightly, wondering why Gao Kui had chosen the number 7.

When two six-sided dice are rolled together, there are 36 possible outcomes. The probability of rolling a 7 is the highest, at 6 out of 36. The probabilities of rolling a 2 and a 12 are the lowest, each at 1 out of 36.

From a mathematical perspective, guessing 7 is the most cost-effective. However, the number 7, in Christianity, signifies the "complete union of God" and is considered a sacred number representing God.

Did Gao Kui calculate it, or did he just randomly say 7 points?

Emmanuel lifted the disposable paper cup, and two dice lay quietly on the table: 3+4, seven points.

Is it God's will?

Emmanuel covered the dice, shook them seriously a few times, looked up at Gao Kui, and asked him for his choice with his eyes.

"7 point."

Open the paper cup, 2+5, still 7 points.

"continue."

"7 point."

"continue."

"7 point."

……

Seven times in a row, without exception, the sum of the two dice was 7.

Emmanuel was already drenched in sweat.

At first, he simply shook the cup casually. From the second time onward, he gradually began to use some dice-rolling techniques. In the last few times, he even used some special methods.

For example, conceptually eliminating the possibility of rolling a 7, and eliminating all future possibilities of rolling a 7 from the perspective of fate and time...

Without exception, whenever the paper cup is lifted, the sum of the two dice is always 7.

This is the will of Heaven, the true will of Heaven.

The will of Heaven rests with Gao Kui, not with Immanuel. He was not unaware of this; after all, this belonged to the Glorious King, to Gao Kui's timeline, while he was the mediator between God and Man.

Indeed, Immanuel is both the first and the last, the mediator of God and man in the past and the glorious king of the future. Ultimately, he and Gao Kui are the same Son, and he is also the Triune God with the Father, who is eternal, all-knowing and all-powerful.

But when he travels downstream along the river of time and arrives in the era of the glorious monarch, and clashes with the holy son of this era, Gao Kui, they will follow their respective duties and rules of the game to determine who is superior. Thus, he is born to be inferior to Gao Kui.

These are the rules of God's game: the Son and the Father are the same God, and Emmanuel and Gautama are also the same God. There must be a rule when one fights with oneself.

Conversely, if Gao Kui were to travel upstream along the river of time to his own era and try to prevent him from bearing the cross and instead initiate the final judgment ahead of time, then Gao Kui, the glorious monarch fighting on foreign soil, would have to bow down to him.

The problem is that Gao Kui was not a god before; at least he had not followed the rules of the game to complete the ascension ceremony. Now, Michael is standing behind Gao Kui.

So, whose will is it that makes the dice roll eight 7s in a row? Is it the will of the Holy Father Jehovah, or the will of the Glorious King Gao Kui?

This is what Emmanuel cares about most.

If it's the former, then the game isn't over yet. The Father and the Son are essentially equal, with only a nominal father-son relationship. He may be unable to defeat Gao Kui due to God's rules of the game, but he might not necessarily be unable to defeat the Father.

Two thousand years ago, he won a round against the Father, revised the Old Testament, and established a New Testament with mankind.

But if it's the latter, then it proves that Gao Kui has already ascended to godhood, or at least is infinitely close to it, since Michael is already standing behind him. In that case, the game is over.

According to the covenant made by Immanuel, when the Son returns as the King of Glory, he will relinquish his role as mediator between God and men and assume new responsibilities.

This means the complete withdrawal of the God-Human Protector, the rules of the game will completely tilt in Gao Kui's favor, Emmanuel will no longer have any room for maneuver, and the game will end there.

Chapter 158 yes or no

Why aren't you rolling the dice? Don't you like it?

"Continue, this time I'll guess 7."

Gao Kui urged Emmanuel on with a blank expression, as if he was confident that the next, and final, roll of the dice would still be a 7.

Without cheating or using tricks, no one can accurately guess the number of dice in the paper cup nine times in a row, just as no one can guess whether the cat in the box is dead or alive.

But it is not man who decides the will of Heaven, but God, and Jehovah God is clearly on his side.

Emmanuel rolled the dice one last time, employing every trick in the book, using all the skills and methods that humans could and could not understand. This final roll would determine the outcome of the entire game.

The dice spun and collided in the paper cup until they finally stopped. Emmanuel put on an expression that said, "Now is the moment to witness a miracle," and opened the paper cup.

1+2, 3 points.

After rolling 7 eight times in a row, Emmanuel finally rolled another number, which was also a "divine number," symbolizing the Trinity, but not as revered as 7.

Is this God's will?

This is of course the will of God. The Father, Kaku and Emmanuel are all Jehovah, and the will of any one of them is the will of God.

"It seems that fate is on my side."

Emmanuel smiled and shrugged. He had won, which meant that Gao Kui was not yet fully divine, even though the archangel Michael had appeared behind him.

Otherwise, according to the rules of the game, he would never be able to beat Gao Kui.

"You need to guess correctly nine times in a row to win. Unfortunately, you suffered a crushing defeat in the final game. As per our agreement, these people..."

Words of Power: Yin Flow.

In the stillness of time and space, the air began to flow again, condensing and converging into dozens of sharp airflow channels, strangling the few frozen bikers, shaving off one-ninth of the top of their bodies, and pulverizing the shattered parts into dust, leaving not a trace.

Emmanuel's words came to an abrupt halt as he stared blankly at the headless corpses.

It can't be said to be all of history, because for Emmanuel, time has no meaning. In all the worlds, all the timelines, all the concepts and stories, this is the only time he failed to save the person he wanted to protect.

"Should we resurrect them?"

Gao Kui looked at Emmanuel with a mocking expression: "In the New Testament, you raised the dead three times, performing the greatest miracles for mankind at that time. Are you going to perform a miracle again?"

Emmanuel snapped out of his daze and stared into Gao Kui's burning golden eyes. From those flickering flames, Emmanuel understood Gao Kui's thoughts at that moment.

No matter what miracles you perform or what means you use, I'm determined to kill these people. Even if Jesus came, he couldn't stop them, for this is what I, Jehovah, have said.

"This is a breach of contract. We had an agreement beforehand." Emmanuel scratched his head, helplessly accusing Gao Kui of lacking martial ethics and resorting to deception and sneak attacks.

"The premise of breach of contract is that there must be an agreement between us."

Gao Kui argued vehemently: "If I guess correctly nine times in a row, I can kill them; otherwise, I will spare their lives. This is just a game rule you've unilaterally set."

I didn't agree to bet with you. I just casually gave you a guess when you looked at me questioningly. But that doesn't mean anything.

So, did Gao Kui actually breach the contract?

Yes or No?

The answer is "or".

This is somewhat similar to a special way of winning in Yu-Gi-Oh! real card games. In the Yu-Gi-Oh! real card environment, there is a conventional way to concede: face down your hand and invite the opponent to shake hands, saying, "Damn it, you lucky bastard, you won this round by sheer luck."

During the competition, some people used this common practice to trick their opponents. When the opponent believed it and started to collect their cards and shuffle the cards on the table, they immediately called the referee to report the opponent for shuffling the cards and demanded that the opponent lose.

Gao Kui played this way.

When did I ever agree to make a contract with you? Did I verbally agree or sign a contract with you? No, we never made any agreement.

Compliant, but unethical.

Emmanuel then looked at Michael behind Gao Kui.

The ethereal archangel shrugged at Emmanuel, indicating his helplessness: "Don't get involved in the conflict between the two of you, or rather, between 'one of you.' I can't handle it."

"Okay, okay, let's play like this, right?"

Emmanuel laughed, whether genuinely or out of anger, it was unclear.

"I've already been very accommodating to you."