Chapter 539: Swirl of the Root, Endless Sea
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Several shots in a row all hit the exact same spot, and the bulletproof glass quickly developed cracks.
The man in the trench coat was unwilling to easily use his abilities. Even though many people now said that since Mercenary Tao publicly revealed the existence of [Ability Users], Reincarnators using abilities in front of ordinary people would no longer suffer too severe punishments.
But he was unwilling to take that risk. Especially since the car in front of him was driven by Dongxia's Hound · Song Xian. God knows if the other party was secretly connected to a satellite, using some hidden camera to broadcast the scene of him using his abilities.
In that case, he would undoubtedly die.
In fact, at this moment, shrinking in the carriage, her whole person almost shrunk into Kaito Shirogane's arms, Luo Shui was sweating profusely, staring at the tablet computer in her hands.
Seeing that man in the trench coat constantly shooting and reloading bullets, her heart beat at an unprecedented speed.
"S... Student Kaito Shirogane, don't be afraid... We will be fine, Master will... come back soon..."
Luo Shui herself couldn't even realize that her voice was trembling slightly at this moment, and the part touching Kaito Shirogane's back was already soaked in sweat.
Kaito Shirogane's gaze stared at that ponytail man squatting in front of the front windshield. The feeling the other party gave him was quite weird, almost the same feeling as when he saw the long-haired version of himself back then.
Oh no, that wasn't me, that one is Kaito Shirogane, I am just a clone.
"Kaito Shirogane" curled the corners of his mouth, revealing the signature mocking smile.
Click.
The sound of the car door handle turning startled Luo Shui. Turning her head, she saw the car door behind Kaito Shirogane being twisted open. She reached out to close it, but was pushed back by Kaito Shirogane.
"Kaito Shirogane, you..."
Luo Shui pounced forward, but the car door had already closed. Her forehead bumped against the car door, and she sat back in the carriage dizzily, only hearing Student Kaito Shirogane's clear voice coming from outside the car.
"It's fine, Officer Luo. The one they are looking for is not me."
Luo Shui didn't understand, but Su Qingqiu cast his gaze over.
On the other side, the trench coat man [Ruo Yu] already had his pistol pressed against this Kaito Shirogane's forehead, his finger on the trigger.
His chest heaved violently. The appearance of the person before him was exactly the same as the Mercenary Tao reported back from Goryeo.
Thinking of the terror of a guy like Mercenary Tao, Ruo Yu instinctively wanted to pull the trigger directly.
Clack!
The trigger was jammed by a silver-white rapier. At the same time, a fist was blocked in front of him with a thud.
Su Qingqiu appeared beside Ruo Yu again like teleportation. One hand jammed the trigger with his sword, and the other grabbed "Mercenary Tao's" fist.
"It seems you have also discovered that the guy you are looking for is not me."
This Kaito Shirogane's expression remained calm. Even though the two people before him seemed to possess the ability to kill him casually, he didn't have any emotion of panic.
This kind of performance made Su Qingqiu, who had already understood the truth, click his tongue.
"Looking at it this way, Mercenary Tao's rise is truly not an accident..."
A clone without any strengthening actually possessed this kind of quality. This showed that Mercenary Tao already had this level before entering the Space.
In that instant just now, when Ruo Yu made the movement to pull the trigger, this clone instantly turned around and smashed a fist towards Ruo Yu's throat.
The movement was crisp, and the force was probably already at the level of a [Parallel] tier Reincarnator.
This is an anomaly.
The smile on his face faded a bit. The more talent an unrestrainable monster like Mercenary Tao possessed, the more unhappy he felt.
Su Qingqiu was a firm idealist, a fatalist. He firmly believed that there must be a reason why he possessed talents different from ordinary people.
Before that destined reason appeared, he was willing to protect this world and all peaceful people as much as possible.
"It seems you want to replace him."
Su Qingqiu shook his right hand, and the silver rapier in his hand disappeared. A cigarette appeared and was held in his mouth.
His movements were smooth and swift, like a magician on stage.
Kaito Shirogane's clone had equally excellent dynamic vision, but he felt the other party's movements were like stop-motion animation. Rather than a magic trick, it was more like magic.
Guessing the other party's ability in his heart, he revealed a shallow smile on his face.
"Yes. I will tell you his hiding place in Myanmar. Then, you go do what you want to do, and I will get what I want to get."
"A win-win, isn't it?"
Su Qingqiu frowned. This clone chose to betray the "main body" without hesitation, and had the ambition to replace the main body after he and the others killed him.
From this, he saw exactly what kind of beast Mercenary Tao's "main body" was.
To be so cruel and so rational even towards himself.
How could such a beast have empathy for other lives.
Probably for Mercenary Tao, no matter how many people he killed, he wouldn't feel the slightest bit of guilt.
The corners of Su Qingqiu's mouth twitched downwards. Those people all thought that Reincarnator who strengthened the [Ghost Rider] would be Mercenary Tao's nemesis, but would the result really be so?
That kind of guy probably wouldn't feel the slightest bit of guilt for his crimes.
Su Qingqiu took a fierce drag of his cigarette and finally waved his hand, signaling Ruo Yu to put away his gun. He agreed to this deal.
When Song Xian repelled those few High-tier Reincarnators and returned to the car, he only saw Luo Shui constantly pulling at Student Bai, confirming back and forth that the other party wasn't injured.
Seeing Song Xian return, Luo Shui breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately said happily:
"Master! Kaito Shirogane is so amazing, he actually persuaded those two guys to leave!"
Song Xian's wary gaze swept over Kaito Shirogane, then signaled the two to return to Yanjing first before talking.
He realized that the target of that group of people wasn't him. The ones who came weren't some extremely vicious guys either, and were very restrained when fighting with him.
From Luo Shui's words, he was very certain—that group of people probably came for Kaito Shirogane, but ultimately it seemed the other party got the wrong target.
The problems within this must wait until he returned to the South Heaven Gate headquarters and entered the Space to verify.
"Tsk, that Mercenary Tao really knows how to enjoy himself. He actually built a city himself!"
In several off-road vehicles, looking at the new city ahead whose "art style" was completely incompatible with this country, Reincarnators of various appearances all clicked their tongues.
Someone leaned out of the car window and saw a gate enclosed by colorful walls on both sides of the city entrance, with the words [Paradise] impressively written on it.
Under the gate stood a row of soldiers with live ammunition. When the off-road vehicles arrived near the entrance, instead of stopping them, this group of soldiers all raised their hands in salute simultaneously.
"Respected Reincarnators, welcome back to... Paradise~"
Wei Yixiao sat in the back row. Hearing the sound, he raised his head. In the next second, he saw those soldiers reveal stiff, weird smiles on their faces.
Like their mouths were forcibly pulled open by someone, revealing mouths full of yellow teeth.
Jia Su felt slightly uncomfortable and said softly:
"They are being controlled. That guy Mercenary Tao probably already knows we are coming."
While speaking, Jia Su looked at that gate with a garish decoration style and the [Paradise] behind it. It felt like the bloody maw of a monster.
That was a bloody invitation issued by Mercenary Tao.
The one driving was a balding man with graying temples. He wore a black shirt and had a thin figure.
Too lazy to talk nonsense, he directly reached out his hand and snapped his fingers.
Bang!
In the air, blazing white shockwaves instantly exploded.
That row of weird soldiers all had their eyes bulge out simultaneously, black-red blood flowing from their mouths and noses, and fell to the ground dead.
The off-road vehicle directly entered the interior of Paradise.
Almost at the same time, at the Paradise entrance on the other side, several black cars also filed in. The soldiers at the entrance were all burned to crisps by black flames.
"Lord [Mahakala], news came from Su Qingqiu's side saying he will arrive in half a day, asking us to stall for time as much as possible."
Inside the sedan, black flames burned like a great sun behind the young child draped in a kasaya.
He didn't arrogantly refuse because of his own strength, but instead said:
"Tell him we will try to persuade Mercenary Tao to join the [End of the Great Sun] before he arrives."
Mahakala knew that Su Qingqiu was a rare [Virtue] system Reincarnator. When besieging a guy like Mercenary Tao, this kind of combat power should be absorbed as much as possible.
However, before that, whether those idiots from the [Great Demon] would make a move, he had no way of knowing.
In the sky, the clouds rolled frantically. As if because of the arrival of these Reincarnators, the weather began to change abruptly. Black clouds constantly pressed down, and the air became stifling.
In this brand new city, there seemed to be completely no ordinary people existing. Moreover, there was also no imaging equipment present.
In other words, in this [Paradise], Reincarnators could use their abilities at will without worrying about triggering the purge rules.
Boom!
An explosion occurred from the other side of the city in the next moment, and at the same time, a huge blue bounded field lit up. Obviously, someone had already started fighting.
[Mahakala] put his palms together, and his figure began to float towards the sky.
Kaito Shirogane didn't know how much time had passed. He felt as if his whole person had just experienced an evolution from nothingness to existence.
As if he had been disassembled into a paramecium, and then evolved into a human bit by bit.
It wasn't until he possessed consciousness and an [Ego] once again that he could start thinking again.
"Ha~ Haha... interesting..."
Kaito Shirogane opened his eyes. There was nothing before his eyes. But when he closed his eyes, he felt as if he was wandering in an ocean; everything was here.
It was just that the density of [Information] was too high, making him unable to see clearly.
[You touched · Swirl of the Root (Tributary)]
This piece of information was displayed before his eyes in an extremely deep imprint form, almost directly branded on his retinas.
Kaito Shirogane panted heavily. Turning his head, he found the Swirl of the Heart had disappeared.
Even the pink robe on his body had also disappeared.
The long hair behind Kaito Shirogane's head danced rapidly. His heartbeat instantly disappeared continuously.
The 2nd Tier of [Transcendent Helix] was fully activated. Not only that, he frantically pushed that spiral force upwards.
Frantic greed turned into a thirst for knowledge, a pursuit of truth, a thirst for the cause of all things, the effect of all things.
His hair rapidly began to turn white, and his vitality began to drain.
But similarly, Kaito Shirogane's Limiter, whose activation extent had reached 6%, forcibly urged the evolution of his vitality once again.
Pfft!
As if his physical body was collapsing, Kaito Shirogane almost instantly saw a large number of mutation-like flesh tumors appear on his body.
That was the result of excessive vitality manifesting on his body.
The effect of the [Limiter] had been enhanced here...
Kaito Shirogane closed his eyes and began to try other abilities. Subsequently, he felt endless answers and information pouring into his mind.
That was countless times more powerful than the effect of using the [Bodhi Leaf] last time. It was as if he was wandering in the ocean of [Truth].
Even for martial arts, just by visualizing, it was as if he could see the lifelong insights of thousands of martial artists.
Want to see... want to see everything clearly!
Kaito Shirogane's pupils began to change. Completely unaware, he started to practice ability after ability.
[Specialization · Basic Footwork Specialization level increased, Current: Lv8]
[Specialization · Basic Footwork Specialization level increased, Current: Lv9]
[Specialization · Unarmed Combat Specialization level increased, Current: Lv7]
[You can choose a deepening direction...]
[Ability · Shun Goku Satsu level increased, Current: Lv2]
...
"Ha, there's actually a place like this..."
Kaito Shirogane continuously swam in the void. His body also became increasingly transparent, but he seemed oblivious to it.
(End of Chapter)
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