I have found out your real name

Chapter 146 The End and the Beginning

The flesh and blood unfolded like a carpet, and the smell of rot and protein burning filled the entire space.

Li Wu mechanically waved the giant sword in his hand along a fixed trajectory, twisting the eyeballs like white blood cells that came to devour the virus into pieces.

When the movement has almost become inertial, it is constantly closing inward, and the flesh and blood barrier composed of countless consciousness integration bodies suddenly stops for a moment.

Although it was only a very short meal, it was obviously an abnormal situation for Nero as an AI.

It can't be that Blue Dream's programmers left bugs that couldn't be fixed.

Ryoko Aoki, who was classified as a bug, sneezed and clenched the microphone in front of her.

"I really didn't expect to perform as scheduled under such circumstances..."

Mai Shiratori held the drumstick in surprise, "Punishment game?"

"Is it a space where you can't go out without singing?"

Guang's sight still stayed on the projected screen in the sky, and asked as if talking to himself.

The two of them were also picked up halfway, and they were pulled onto the stage.

"Are you really sure that this can solve the monster that trapped Li Wu?"

Aoi Hoshikawa looked suspiciously at Ryoko Aoki at the front.

"……No problem."

It is not only answering her question, but also encouraging myself.

In front of the stage, a crowd gathered in a state of excitement under the stimulation of hymns, and the melody still echoing over the city conveyed the souls of the nameless experimental subjects to every place—

Among them may also be the person whose body was swallowed by her.

Ryoko raised her arm, as if she wanted to touch the invisible rhythm.

She obeyed the urge that had been surging, mixing her will into the tune of the hymn.

In the bay in the distance, the domed building made of flesh and blood cracked a tiny gap from above, allowing the light from the outside world to penetrate.

Shiratori Mai stepped on the hi-hat pedal briskly, looped two [-]-[-] beats and then added the kick drum to the rhythm, followed by the high-spirited guitar sound that vibrated every air molecule.

The half-dragon form Airisa fearlessly looked down at the scene off the stage, and exchanged glances with Aoi Hoshikawa next to her.

——If you get tricked, kill that guy.

--received.

After completing the intra-team call, she swept the strings with a pick, and the guitar speaker burst out a substantive sound wave like a roar and scream. The bass with bare hands kept up with the pace, leaning on the drums to squeeze into the rhythm.

Ryoko jumped high, and the spotlight rotated at the right time, engraving the silhouette in the pupils of the audience.

The singing that could no longer be suppressed was like a tributary of a river flowing into the ocean, breaking through the obstacles in front of it and flowing out.

"When youwereherebefore, Couldn'tlookyouintheeye; You'rejustlikeanangel..."

The cracked dome of flesh collapsed in all directions, and the eyeballs that were the components were spliced ​​and fitted together, forming an irregular rough surface in front of Li Wu who had regained the light of day. Giant baby-like hands and feet broke out of it, and the limbs crawled to support the huge mass.

"It's hard to understand... Can't answer... Why is there an extra individual? Shouldn't it become 660... One more? Confused."

Nero's voice came from the gaping hole in the newly formed face, full of human puzzlement and fear.

For her, the general situation is similar to a small group of human beings playing a psychic game and discovering that there is an extra person.

In addition, the chants, which have always been stable like background music, have also infiltrated other tunes like impurities.

It is obviously a collection of souls, but there are dissonant notes, which was originally impossible.

"Ah, it's the song I chose."

Li Wu listened attentively for a while, and realized what was going on.

Although he was entrusted with such a job at the time, he was not a music connoisseur himself, so he could only choose from famous songs that are well known to laymen.

In addition, I happened to discover Ryoko Aoki's past experience at that time, so I thought of this song that was originally about crushing love and self-deprecating.

"Inabeautifulworld,IwishIwasspecial...ButI'macreep,I'maweirdo,WhatthehellamIdoin'here..."

I'm a reptile, I'm a freak.

The emotions that were originally inclined to self-deprecating and mixed with catharsis and questioning were subverted by the singer willfully. Ryoko unconsciously retained the stage style of idol performances, pointing her index finger at the dark crowd below.

She declared her identity and aspirations more openly and squarely like introducing herself.

Although I once hoped that I was a special and unique existence, but just admit it, the actual self was a cannibalistic alien.

"…Iwantaperfectbody, Iwantaperfectsoul…"

Even so, when witnessing the final outcome of the six 660 brothers and sisters including her, Ryoko still made her own choice, perhaps the first time that she was not influenced by the inherited memory.

She wants to fulfill her wish, not give up her voice to the resounding hymn.

"I see. Is this the real reason why Aoki is temporarily unable to sing?"

The sizzling sound piercing through the flesh and blood resounded discordantly. Li Wu stepped on the front and swelled like a deformed tumor, just like engraving the behavior of the legendary dragon-slaying warrior. He could only vaguely recognize the chest of the human-shaped consciousness integration body, and pressed the holy sword to the outside of its skin.

The crimson flame burned off a layer of skin, turning it into grease and dripping down.

However, this time, the rapid healing ability before was not seen.

"##￥#@#￥@#￥@#%..."

Nero was beeping meaningless noises as quickly as a malfunctioning computer.

660 The number of six subjects is meaningful in the hymn project, which was already mentioned when Lilia deduced the connection with Christianity and Nero.

That's why the company can't allow any experimental subject to escape from its control, even if it dies, the body must be recovered.

But they didn't expect that 032 would encounter such a low-probability accident that his body, memory, and maybe even part of his personality were all plundered by a monster living in the sewer.

When working together with Ms. Miko before, Li Wu heard from her that the soul exists attached to the body, so some vampire-like creatures will spread the saying "blood is the currency of the soul", compared to 032's soul, which is also merged into the hymn.

Except for the part that formed Ryoko Aoki.

Therefore, the number 666, which could almost be used to refer to Nero... got the result of Xi plus one.

When Ryoko chose to rebel against the hymn, the exquisitely constructed consciousness integration collapsed like a mountain of code mixed with a vicious bug.

"As you said yourself before, one is all, and all is one."

The fragments of 032 in a certain sense produced by a coincidence triggered their ultimate fate.

"Rebooting...running...backup can't..."

The holy sword deformed and extended, shining with a sharp cold light.

Li Wu had already put away the Kurigara sword, holding Ascalon's hilt with both hands, and charged forward with all his strength.

Boiling the blood, cutting off the existence of similar muscle fibers and tendons, the high-temperature hot wind around the blade tore off large chunks of meat, causing them to curl up and melt.

Eventually, the core of the constant pumping is reached, piercing it from top to bottom.

Li Wu, who had been buried deep in the body of the consciousness integration body, rushed out along the fountain of blood, swayed his body and stood still.

This time, no new enemies were resurrected.

“…Idon’tbelonghere”

The last notes were vented in the percussion and chords, Ryoko Aoki took the microphone off the stand, and found Yui Hirata who was looking at her happily in the crowd.

The hymn that had been playing in a loop before ceased, and the audience who had excitedly raised the guns they did not know where to shoot at the sky calmed down, showing a confused expression, and the people who had fainted before also got up.

"Thank you everyone! I am Ryoko Aoki who belongs to the Monster Girl idol group, please support us a lot!"

Even though she didn't know if they could listen to them at this time, Ryoko still let herself be driven by the churning emotions, and shouted into the microphone with a smile.

……

"It turned out to be really successful in the end, it's not magic!"

With the elimination of the consciousness integration body, the different space also collapsed, and the time has jumped from the morning when it entered to dusk.

Because of a city-scale disaster, the superpowers of Public Security Section [-] have launched a rescue under the leadership of Lilia, but the activity of Li Wu and others made them laugh loudly like the belated troops in the movie.

However, they still made effective contributions to the aftermath, so that after everyone left the school, Li Wu and the others were able to chat in the atrium of the campus that was completely restored.

For the students who can remember this special experience, it was an interesting opening day of the cultural festival. For ordinary students, such as Shiratori, who did not want to be named, it felt like the day passed in a blur.

Aoi Xingchuan couldn't forget the miraculous scene where the woman sang the boss and fell down at the end, and was thinking hard about the principle behind it.

"Arisa, you can't eat this thing!"

Not far from her, Li Wu, who was sitting on the edge of the flower bed, changed into the spare clothes he got from the infirmary, grabbed the corner of his shirt with all his might, and was doing a boring tug-of-war with Airisa, who was still growing scales and dragon wings.

The other party bit the neckline of the meritorious clothing that was stained with the consciousness integration body and Li Wu's own blood in the battle just now, and refused to let go.

"Damn it, have the habits of the half-dragon become like a beast... Go, go!"

Airisa hugged her contemptuously, and let out a threatening hiss from her throat.

"Xiao Ai, look at these things."

Guang, who was watching from the sidelines, took out several sheets of photo paper with a white background, waved them in front of Arisa, and then threw them out like throwing a Frisbee.

Leaving a loud bang on the spot, Airisa who let go of her mouth had already flown out.

"It was a great help, Guang, what did you give me?"

"Treasure maps and physical photos recording the location of Atlantis."

"Did you get it from Xu ○ Jiang?!"

"Who is that? It's just a joke. Xiao Wu still doesn't know what it is."

Guang turned his head away and reminded: "Tomorrow, we must remember the agreement."

Although it has experienced a war that destroyed a bay level, the cultural festival is not over yet.

Speaking of which, today they gave Aoki Ryoko's accompaniment a crucial blow in this battle, reducing the enemy's immortality.

Li Wu couldn't help feeling a little regretful for missing the scene.

"If you want to see it so much, you can ask us next time."

Xingchuan's voice came from above.

She resumed her student uniform, squatted down on her knees to a position parallel to Li Wu, rolled up her shiny and soft hair, and put it close to his ear.

"Don't forget what I said earlier."

That was before going to Vault 22...I always feel that the agreement is constantly increasing in value, is it an illusion?

Finally, there is the trio of female idols who were just whispering discussions.

Hirata Yui and Aoki Ryoko were considered to be familiar with Li Wu during this period of time, but the last [network bride] Tani Otome was not very familiar with him, and she was standing alone under the shade of the tree.

Li Wujiang took his eyes away from her, and looked at Ryoko Aoki who was walking.

"I decided to continue being an idol."

she announced.

"Oh." "Congratulations." "That's great."

Cheers without enthusiasm.

"Hey...hey?"

The demobilized Miss Idol's expression management was shattered, "I thought everyone would be happier... Didn't we practice the music together?! And you, didn't you take the trouble to persuade me to become an idol again?!"

"Student Aoki... always reprimands us severely." "Devil instructor!"

"Have you finally realized how troublesome you are?"

The triple attack made her bend down with a wow: "I'm causing you trouble!"

"Oh, I have finally seen the legendary performance of the quintessence of Chinese culture after coming to this country for several years!"

"Student Li Wu, where is your cognition biased?"

Ryoko looked at the two who started to perform Mancai and the expressionless Hikari in confusion, and shook her head with a wry smile.

"You guys are indeed a group of weirdos. But, thank you for your help."

Ryoko Aoki blinked, "Please support our activities in the future!"

"Speaking of which... support may be available right away, but you may not be willing to accept it."

Li Wu said to her, "I have a guess about the murderer who killed Tomomi Isomi."

They chatted alone for a while.

After leaving the school gate, the few people gathered by chance coincidentally dispersed again and went on their own way home.

Ryoko Aoki bid farewell to the two teammates and walked into an alley near the school.

The setting sun was gradually setting, and the night invaded the cramped space of the alley.

Suddenly, the thin image of a human being was lifted out of thin air by an invisible mechanism as if being caught in a noose, and the rope pressed against Ryoko's neck, making it difficult for her to breathe, showing a painful expression——

Then her head exploded.

The sling was pulled empty, and the headless figure of the girl fell down, smashed into a puddle of thick liquid on the ground, and stretched out tentacles to the left vertical wall like thunder.

A black shadow jumped up to avoid it, but the moment it flew into the air, it was bombarded by the guns protruding from behind and hit the ground of the alley, forming a big crater.

Li Wu jumped off the wall lightly and clapped his hands.

"In mid-June, when I went to visit the Jihai Group on a friendly basis and was discovered, two doubts arose."

"First of all, Ryusuke Ando thought that I came because of Tomomi Isomi's death that day - but in fact, the only intersection I had with him before was a fight in the livehouse.

"Even if he completed his investigation of me before the evening with great efficiency, it is theoretically difficult to find out that I went to see Tomomi's body."

An Tang met him at the headquarters of Class Nine, but his reaction that day was that he didn't recognize Li Wu's identity at first, and after recognizing him, he didn't think that he came here for his niece's death.

So, why did Antang Ryusuke directly believe that he came here for this?

"Unless someone told him the news in advance."

Li Wu naturally trusted Xingchuan and the others, and the call with Lilia was also transferred to the confidential communication room because of the information leak—now it seems that Nero did it.

"Excluded, only three other people knew that I was concerned about Miss Mermaid's murder that day, because I asked them about the news of my new teammate."

On the edge of the pit made by the black shadow, several sharp jointed limbs climbed up.

"The second question is that An Tang and his son were plotting to kill Team Leader Isomi at that time, and then blaming others. Even if An Tang Ryusuke knew in advance that I might come, how did he see through my perfect stealth?"

Li Wu raised his right hand, with almost invisible transparent silk thread wrapped around his fingers.

He lit a flame and burned it, "Now the answer is revealed. When I was about to enter the house of Team Leader Isokai that day, I wondered why there were spider threads at the door, which is obviously a place where important people live."

The death method of Isomi Tomomi tested by the superpowers in Class [-] has also been punctured by Aoki Ryoko's personal experience. The "invisible thread" he saw that really killed Isomi Tomomi was not the special ability Lilia originally imagined, but just an extremely fine spider thread.

The figure leaping out of the pit rushed towards his cheek, and Li Wu swung a straight punch, bombarding her to the wall next to her like hitting a baseball.

"The murderer is you, Ms. Valley Otome who is the [Net Bride]?"

I have already introduced it when I first saw it, and it is also known as the girl spider. It appeared in "Painting Hundred Ghosts at Night". It is said that it is a monster that will seduce men and eat them.

She slid down from the wall, straightened her upright female upper body, and exposed her lower body that resembled a black spider.

"I thought I was pretending well, but when that guy said bad things about that stupid fish, I tried my best to protect her. Just based on this, you can be sure that I am the murderer?"

"It's not Otome, did you panic after hearing Li Wujun say that there is a conjecture about the murderer? You even think that I already know the truth, so you want to get rid of me."

Ryoko walked up to her with a complicated expression, "Why?"

"Because her singing skills are too much of a hindrance, and I don't like the relationship with that guy and Ryusuke."

Valley Otome reported that Ryoko's CPU was burned on the spot.

"Eh? What are you talking about?! There are actually two idols in our group who are disqualified from falling in love?!"

"Exactly what I expected."

Li Wu rubbed his chin, "This can explain Ryusuke Antang admitting to me that he was the murderer before his death, and why he kept hiding the existence of super powers, but used them at the concert that day."

It turned out that in his eyes, I was the dangerous person who appeared suddenly and might hurt his true love!

Once the perspective is changed, the roles played by each person are joyfully switched.

The dream is that the valley otome, who was welcomed by everyone, killed Isomi Tomomi under the drive of jealousy, and asked Ando Ryusuke, who had awakened superpowers since childhood, to help cover up the traces of being burned to death.

As a result, this murder case, which has nothing to do with the Lanmeng Group's superpower development plan, involved Public Security Section [-] and Li Wu, and finally destroyed the Anthem Project by mistake.

"Don't talk so much, mother-in-law."

The monster in the shape of a spider looked at Ryoko Aoki, "Up to now, you have only confessed to us that you are not a human being, and you have never said that you are that kind of naughty liquid creature."

"If you don't want to admit that you are a different kind, just watch the guy over there fight me."

Liangzi stopped Li Wu who was eager to try, "...please let me do it myself, otherwise today's resolution will be in vain."

She turned into the black form she had seen in the sewer before, and launched an invitation to fight with inhuman things to her former teammates.

After a while, the two walked out of the alley that was completely covered by night.

Ryoko Aoki spread out her palm, studying the lines in it wistfully: "Otome, let us be together forever and ever."

"Let me confirm, Aoki-san, you won't become a new BOSS after a few months if you understand your heart..."

After accepting that he is the personality formed by devouring 032, Aoki-san already has the potential to become the villain of evil works!

"Reality is not an RPG game. Your joking attitude should be corrected, violent ghost boy!"

She had just eaten a teammate, but she was able to turn her head into a blue liquid expression pack, made a grimace and ran out.

I always feel that it's getting worse and worse. I won't cultivate something terrible, right?

With such doubts in mind, Li Wu embarked on his way home.

The last incident, as well as the first incident, were resolved at sunset.

In another sense, the frenzy of cultural festivals triggered by rash promises to girls is about to begin——

Next: The death of the main character!

Of course it was a joke.