r18novel Chapter 351 One mistake and you're finished!
Chapter 351 One mistake and you're finished!
Chapter 351 One mistake and you're finished!
Cornelius Aruba felt a strange unease as he listened to these words, which sounded like they were anticipating his arrival. The sorceress known as the Crimson of Pain was indeed looking forward to seeing him.
"Hmm, impossible. I haven't hidden my jealousy of her very well. Although we're old classmates, this guy probably knows about my resentment towards her."
It can't be that she's hoping to see herself, so it must be because of that girl who was kidnapped by Araya Souren?
Could the girl who awakened the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception be a disciple of Aozaki Touko?
Well, this female fox is going to die here tonight anyway, so there's no need to worry about it too much.
With his mind preoccupied, the handsome blond magician, who was over fifty but looked no more than twenty, gave a slightly apologetic smile and said to Aozaki Touko, "I'm sorry to have kept you waiting here."
As he spoke, Cornelius quickly scanned the others present with his eyes.
Five girls and two boys; apart from two teenagers, the rest were all young children.
The Tohsaka family's daughter...
His gaze first swept over Rin Tohsaka.
[A mere martial artist?]
It came into the body of Mikiya Kokutou.
[A living doll, indeed, made with incredible realism. The mother fox's doll-making skills are even more exquisite now. I just wonder if it has any fighting ability...]
It lingered on Ilya for a moment.
Who possesses the Demon Eye?
It landed on Sakura and Asagami Fujino, while the little nun beside them didn't look like anyone from this country at all, and couldn't possibly be a descendant of the Asagami family, the exorcising family.
[Forget it, even if kids this age have Mystic Eyes, how powerful can they be? We'll just have the two of them attack together.]
Finally, Cornelius's gaze fell on Broly, who looked the youngest.
Hmm, just an ordinary kid, the kind you don't need to look at much.
Although I don't know why Aozaki Touko would bring a group of such strange children, it doesn't matter.
Anyway, killing one more person tonight or killing several more people makes no difference.
"No need for further words, Aruba. Tell me, what is the news of the person I am looking for?"
Aozaki Touko cut to the chase without beating around the bush, clearly afraid that Broly would just casually toss that terrifying energy blast on the ground.
"Come in with me first, and I'll tell you where she is."
Aruba walked past with his poodle and went straight into Ogawa's apartment.
Broly felt an urge to punch the other person because of their slow and hesitant manner.
But then he thought that the other person might not be a bad person, but rather someone who had kindly provided information about Ryougi Shiki's disappearance.
This made the Saiyan boy more patient with him, and the group followed him into Ogawa's apartment.
"Aruba, are you the prisoner who kidnapped Ryougi Shiki?"
Walking down the long corridor, Aozaki Touko asked the question amidst the sound of footsteps.
"I am not."
Aruba directly denied any involvement in the kidnapping of the girl.
"So, is Araya a criminal?"
Aozaki Touko asked again.
"That's right, he was the one who did the kidnapping."
Aruba nodded, acknowledging it on behalf of Araya Sōren.
"Why did Araya do that?"
"Don't you understand why he did this? Didn't you two discuss ways to reach the Root when you were at the academy?"
"Reaching the root cause is a very personal matter; what does it have to do with outsiders?"
"Opening a passage to the root will be hindered and destroyed by the suppressive force, but what if we simply follow the passage that already exists?"
"So, his goal is the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception?"
"No, no, no, simply having the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception isn't enough to help someone reach the Root. What Araya truly desires is a body capable of nurturing the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception."
"Wait, could that guy be planning to transplant his brain into Ryougi's body?"
"Exactly."
"Araya is insane. He might gain nothing by doing that; he'll only kill himself, kill others, and even drag the whole world down with him."
She glanced back at Broly and saw that the boy's face was extremely gloomy, as if he might strike at any moment.
"I don't know if Araya is crazy, but aren't most magicians like that? They have a strong obsession with the root, and they are willing to kill countless people or even sacrifice themselves for it."
Aruba makes no secret of his sarcasm toward magicians who pursue the Vortex of Origin, and he himself has no interest in pursuing the elusive Vortex of Origin.
This person believes that if one wants to access the realm of God, one only needs to pursue worldly truths, and there is no need to pursue the so-called origin.
"Then how did you know about this?"
Have you seen the structure of this Ogawa apartment building?
"No, what's wrong?"
"The paradoxical spiral, the Tai Chi structure, this is a concept you once designed to unlock the root of things. I was invited by him to complete the construction of this building."
"You are Araya's assistant, but you are not someone who would be interested in the Root. Judging from your tone just now, you don't seem to think that Araya can succeed."
"That's right, I'm not interested in the Vortex of Root, and I don't believe Araya's plan to reach the Root will succeed."
"So, you contacted me so I could stop him?"
Aozaki Touko asked the question.
"Um?"
Aruba made a questioning sound.
At this moment, he had already led everyone to the lobby inside Xiaochuan Apartment.
"Do Araya and I seem to have a good relationship?"
He asked Aozaki Touko in return.
"I don't know about that. Maybe you two have a good relationship in private."
Aozaki Touko shrugged.
"You're always like this, so self-righteously giving me all sorts of judgments. I'm doing this entirely for your sake!"
Aruba turned around, raised his hand, and pointed at Aozaki Touko.
"For my sake, could it be that you have a crush on me...?"
Aozaki Touko looked at Aruba with some surprise.
"Bullshit, I'm doing this to kill you!"
Aruba broke through the defenses directly.
"I'm doing this to kill you, you who always stole my thunder back in school, treated me like a slave, and made the old guy in the Clock Tower think of me as a inferior bastard!"
"Alright, I fully understand your resentment. Now tell me where Araya is, and where the girl he kidnapped is!"
"Hmph, Aozaki, you still have the leisure to meddle in other people's business? Oh well, I might as well tell you. Araya is right here, and the girl he kidnapped is also in this apartment building, but I don't know exactly where."
Broly closed his eyes and used his Qi to sense the entire apartment building again, but he still couldn't find the Qi of Yin and Yang.
But this is not surprising. It is estimated that the very special Araya Sōren did something to hide the aura of Ryōji.
or……
The thought that Ryougi Shiki might have already been killed fueled Broly's bloodlust.
"Don't worry, Liangyi should be fine."
Fortunately, the puppeteer's words temporarily calmed the Saiyan boy down.
"I'll handle this for now. I was the one who brought Araya here, so I should take responsibility for it."
When it comes to getting paid to do something, Aozaki Touko is quite principled; she took the initiative to step forward.
"Araya, now that I'm here, shouldn't you show yourself? Or are you expecting Aruba to take care of me?"
She looked around and then spoke loudly.
"Damn it, Aozaki, how dare you look down on me! I will transform from nothingness into form, and unleash the fiery serpent to devour that woman completely!"
Aruba is known as the Red Magician because he is extremely skilled in fire magic. With a brief incantation of less than two seconds, he can summon a fire serpent made of magic with a temperature of over a thousand degrees Celsius.
As soon as it appeared, the Flame Python pounced on Aozaki Touko.
"Wang Xian!"
But before they even arrived, they were trapped in the air, as if frozen in jelly, and were simply tossed aside.
"Araya, what are you doing?"
Aruba angrily turned his head to look at Araya Sōren, who had appeared at the top of the stairs on the second floor, but the other party stopped his attack.
"Aruba, don't forget our agreement. I need you to help me deal with the others."
Araya Sōren said in a low voice.
If it were just Aozaki Touko coming, he wouldn't mind if she suffered.
But Aozaki Touko came as a group, and to avoid being caught off guard, he still needed Aruba's help.
"Araya, you deliberately let Aruba lure me here, didn't you?"
Aozaki Touko asked the question.
"Exactly."
Aruba could clearly see Aozaki Touko's obsession, and Araya Sōren was not surprised that the other party would contact Aozaki Touko directly.
Or rather, this was the result he intended. Rather than letting those who might hinder him from reaching the source remain outside, potentially tracking him down and creating obstacles, he preferred to lure those who might obstruct him into his barrier and kill them first.
Of course, if Aozaki Touko can't get in touch with Aruba, that would be the best outcome, because it would prove that the other person wouldn't become an obstacle for her.
"I'm sorry you chose to come here."
"Liangyi is my customer, so of course I have to provide good after-sales service. Otherwise, wouldn't my firm's reputation be ruined?"
Of course, there's another reason now.
"Araya, tell me, how is Ryougi Shiki, whom you kidnapped, doing now?"
Aozaki Touko asked the question.
"She remains the same as when I brought her here. I plan to clear away all obstacles of the restraining forces before heading to the Vortex of Root."
Araya Sōren answered honestly.
"Since you haven't done anything yet, there's still a chance to salvage the situation. Handing her over now and attacking that girl would have consequences you can't handle. It might even lead to the complete destruction of this world."
Aozaki Touko tried to persuade her.
"Aozaki, do you think you can make me give up on going to the Root with just words?"
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Araya Sōren asked.
"Almost no magician who reaches the source can return from there."
Araya, what is it that makes you want to go to the Root at all costs?
I remember you used to be a monk, while the magician was just someone who became a monk later in life, right?
Aozaki Touko couldn't understand Araya Sōren's obsession.
"It's just one answer, and that answer can only be truly understood once we reach the root of the problem."
Araya Sōren replied.
"Until then, anyone who stands in my way will be regarded as an obstacle to my restraint, and I will kill and eliminate them without hesitation."
"Is World War I the only option left?"
Aozaki Touko opened her suitcase, and a black cat crawled out.
"Aruba, you take care of the others, I'll handle Aozaki."
"If I kill the others and you still haven't killed her, then let me kill this vixen with my own hands, and you can assist me."
Aruba had barely finished speaking.
Broly's figure disappeared from the spot.
"Who do you want to kill?"
A small hand grabbed the red magician's hair and easily lifted him up.
"Ouch! So you're the martial artist, kid!?"
Despite feeling the pain of his scalp being pulled, Aruba reacted quickly.
"Burning fire, engulf him!"
The man summoned flames and attacked the boy who was pulling himself up by the hair, lifting him up and making him float in mid-air.
The fire ignited at temperatures exceeding a thousand degrees Celsius, and Aruba believed that no one could withstand such terrifying heat with their own body.
However, the next moment, the man's eyes widened, because he saw that the flames he had summoned were blocked one centimeter away from the boy's body. Not only did they not cause any harm to the boy in front of him, they could not even burn the clothes on his body.
"How is that possible? This is a fire magic spell with temperatures over a thousand degrees."
Aruba cannot establish a channel.
This person didn't know that temperatures of over a thousand degrees were not considered high for Broly.
If it weren't for the need to protect his clothes, he wouldn't even need to put on a protective air shield.
It is possible that the physical body alone could withstand the scorching heat of the flames.
Broly released the man's hair, and his little fist slammed down on him in the next moment.
With a loud crash, the mural in the lobby of the Xiaochuan Apartment behind them was destroyed.
A headless corpse, in a state of rotten mud, was embedded in the collapsed rubble.
Broly has only one attitude towards anyone who wants to harm his wife: eliminate them.
The boy turned his head and looked at Araya Sōren.
"If words can't convince you, then can I use my fists?"
he asks.
Araya Sōren: "..."
Unexpectedly, the biggest threat was not Aozaki Touko, but this boy.
"Wang Xian!"
But he had no time to back down, so he decisively struck first, manipulating the barrier to attack his opponent.
Broly's figure disappeared again, and with another loud crash, the second-floor staircase of the lobby was destroyed.
However, Araya Sōren appeared directly in the lobby on the first floor.
"You're so fast, I couldn't even see you!"
Broly frowned; the fact that his opponent had managed to dodge his attack was somewhat beyond his expectations.
"It's not that he's fast, but rather the effect of his Origin Ability. This apartment building is now essentially inside his body, allowing him to freely eliminate space within it. Simply put, within this building, Araya possesses an ability similar to teleportation."
Aozaki Touko helped explain.
"Your destructive power is astonishing, but it's pointless if you can't hit me."
Araya Souren disappeared again, leaving behind a large crater in the ground, created by the Saiyan boy's punch.
"Meaningless?"
Broly opened his small hands, and an energy blast condensed directly in his palm.
Araya Sōren: "..."
He had the same feeling that Aozaki Touko had just experienced.
"Rin, you all need to leave this place."
"Broly, we can't use energy blasts. The two spirits might still be in this building."
Rin Tohsaka's words made the boy, who was about to blow up the entire apartment building, stop.
"I have other methods besides energy bombs."
Broly changed his approach, using the Touch of Absorption to absorb the life force within his range indiscriminately.
"A technique to absorb life force? Unfortunately, my origin ability is stillness; you can't absorb anything from me."
Araya Souren, standing on the edge of the broken staircase on the second floor, felt a force pulling at his life force. He stopped it with his stillness ability and then spoke.
Seeing that the Absorption Touch was ineffective, Broly frowned, but the next moment, he continued to charge forward with his fist raised: "Since that's the case, then I'll keep chasing you and hitting you. I don't believe you can keep teleporting to dodge my attacks. Even if you can keep teleporting to dodge my attacks, if you make one mistake and I hit you, you're finished!"
"Araya, you haven't hurt Ryougi Shiki yet. Hand over Ryougi Shiki now, and I might plead for you because we're friends."
Seeing that she didn't need to intervene, Aozaki Touko tried to persuade Araya Souren to stop his teleportation.
"You might have a chance against me, but you have no chance against him. Give up. Trying to use Yin and Yang to reach the source is impossible. Even if you did, you would only be killed by this child, and you would bring a huge disaster to this world."
"I can guarantee that if you hand over the Two Elements and don't harm her, I'll only beat you up."
Broly heard what Aozaki Touko said and agreed with her.
However, beating someone until they're on their last breath still counts as beating them.
In the lobby of Ogawa Apartment, shadowy figures flickered. Araya Sōren tried to use her own methods to attack or restrain the boy, but to no avail.
The restraints will be broken in an instant, and attacks cannot even break the skin; the opponent is practically invincible.
As for trying to capture other people to threaten the boy, Araya Sōren found that doing so was even more dangerous.
The little girl from the Tohsaka family had already set up some trap magic around him, seemingly waiting for him to come and launch a sneak attack.
"biu~"
The energy beam pierced through the wall instantly, leaving a small hole in the molten lava.
Araya Sōren had no doubt that if he were hit even once, this body would die.
"Let's make a deal. I will guarantee the safety of Ryougi Shiki's brain, and I will only use her body to travel to the Root. After I arrive at the Root, whether I succeed or not, you can dig out my brain and put her brain back into her body."
While constantly teleporting to dodge attacks, Araya Sōren proposed a deal, but Broly decisively rejected it.
"Aren't you worried I'll kill Ryougi Shiki?"
"Then all I need to do is kill you first."
Araya Sōren: "..."
The boy had no regard for his side and still had the power to threaten Ryougi Shiki's life.
"You wouldn't do that. If you kill Ryougi Shiki, you'll only be killed by Broly. Even if Broly doesn't kill you, and Ryougi Shiki is dead, can you still use her to reach the Root?"
Aozaki Touko paused for a moment, then continued to persuade him: "Araya, you only have two choices now. One is to not give up Ryougi Shiki and be hunted down to death, and the other is to give up Ryougi Shiki and live. You don't have a third choice. If you die, you will lose everything. Only by living can you have the opportunity to continue to pursue the source."
Araya Sōren seemed to be persuaded, and his teleportation paused for a moment.
next moment……
"Boom!"
His body was blasted into pieces, and blood splattered everywhere like rain.
Broly stopped, looking somewhat lost.
He has dealt with the person who kidnapped Ryougi Shiki, but where is Ryougi Shiki?
"They should still be in this Xiaochuan apartment building. Everyone, please look for them."
After glancing at the mangled remains of Araya Sōren, Aozaki Tōko, knowing that the building had an isolating and suppressing effect, looked away and spoke.
(End of this chapter)