……

When the scattered soldier, who was covered in wounds with purple arcs flashing on his wounds, saw Su Li wave his hand and take away dozens of Thunder Generals who had beaten him without any chance of fighting back, his face was full of disbelief.

Thinking back to just now, he suspected that those dozens of Thunder Generals were just a trick and decided to break out in a random direction, but was drowned in the tragic scene that illuminated the night.

He was somewhat broken.

He lost, badly.

What was even more unacceptable to him was that there were so many copies of General Lei Dian that they attacked at the same time, so that General Lei Dian's original body, Lei Dianying, was unable to get involved.

If he loses to Lei Dianying, maybe... Sanbing can accept it to some extent...

But what finally defeated him was a bunch of [fakes]...

Looking at the stragglers who had been subdued and were lying on the ground doubting their lives, Lei Dianying, knowing that she didn't need to take any more action, put away her naginata, then took a string of tri-colored dumplings from Yae Kamiko and started eating.

"How is it? Are you convinced?" Su Li asked.

"Submit? I don't give a shit!" Sanbing stared at Su Li viciously. If possible, he wanted to use his eyes to poke two holes in the body of this pretentious man in front of him, but...

The scattered soldier realized that he was really doomed this time, so he deliberately avoided the gazes of the others who were looking at him as if he was a joke, and said in a tough tone: "Since I'm in your hands! You can kill me or chop me up, it's up to you!"

"Death? That's too easy." Su Li looked at the scattered soldiers who were struggling and staring at him with fierce eyes.

He first sighed silently in his heart. These nine hemp ropes that Sara used to tie up the heart sea of ​​the Coral Palace were very strong. Didn’t you see that the scattered soldiers struggled for a long time, but there was no sign of breaking?

Then he said to the scattered soldiers: "...Compared to killing you directly, I have a better idea..."

"...What?" It seemed that Su Li's expression was too strange. Even the trapped beast, the scattered soldier who was struggling more and more fiercely, couldn't help but slow down his movements.

"That is..." Su Li opened the system directly and used Mora to unlock part of the [Sumeru] plot in the system mall. Then, he used the power of the Ruler of Reason to construct the slightly edited plot in the form of virtual reality projection, "...tell you [the truth]."

"…the truth?!"

……

"I have been betrayed three times, and I know everything..."

"It's just a cover for deception."

"My anger...will never subside..."

"One is God, my Creator, my [Mother]..."

"He is swayed by strength and abandons the useless self."

“The second is people, my family, my [friends]…”

"They are bound by fear and regard me as an abomination."

"The third is my fellow bird, my hope, the bird whose wings are not yet fully grown..."

"It is controlled by lifespan and violates the agreement with me..."

……

Unknown voice: "...Mr. [Niwa], do you really want to take the risk? This concerns the core furnace of the Tatarasana Sand. If we act rashly, I'm afraid..."

Unknown Voice: "There is no one better to enter the core than me."

Unknown voice: "Is that so... If you insist on doing this..."

……

"!!!" The soldier, who had stopped struggling after hearing the "words from his heart" that came from nowhere, raised his head instantly after hearing the voice that was engraved deep in his memory, and looked as high as he could, looking in the direction where the voice came from.

call--.

A gentle breeze blew.

The skirmisher lying on the ground found that he was somehow blown up by a gust of wind.

Although he was still tied up with hemp ropes and unable to move, he could now at least look at the scene in front of him from a relatively normal angle, which had undergone drastic changes at some point in time.

……

"It's been a while since I came to Ta'ersha. Whether it's you or Lord Yu Yu Changzheng... I can even say that everyone here is very kind..."

A middle-aged man with gray hair, dressed in Fontaine-style clothing, was talking to a young man with a tuft of red hair.

"Mr. Escher, Akame mentioned that if you hadn't come to Inazuma and accidentally become friends with him to discuss technology together, he wouldn't have come up with a solution to optimize the forging technique so quickly..." Although Niwa praised Escher, his calm tone made it seem as if he was stating a fact that had nothing to do with him.

"Thank you for the compliment. Inazuma's forging skills are worth learning from. It is also my honor to be friends with you adults..."

Looking at the pretentious Escher in front of him, Niwa sighed and finally became too lazy to hide it. His eyes became sharp and he asked in a questioning tone: "...But Mr. Escher, is it really like this?"

"What do you mean by this, sir?"

“…Before today, I never connected all of this together because I didn’t want to speculate like this, nor did I want to believe that things would develop like this…” Niwa’s expression became more and more solemn.

"Until recently, someone died due to the strange filth in the furnace core. We suppressed the news to prevent more outsiders from knowing the truth, but you know it better than me...

"None of the people who went out to seek help have returned. Your and my friend, the Strange One, has taken the golden feather to Ming Shen Island to seek an audience with the General. This is our last hope.

"Even so, Mr. Escher, you must not be afraid of anything, otherwise... why would you have a smile on your face like now?"

Escher just took a step forward, and said with a mysterious smile on his face: "I am just surprised that you are speaking such sincere words to me, sir... These words must have been hidden in your heart for a long time, right?"

"Lord Yu Yu Chang Zheng may have noticed the commonality behind a series of events, and that is you, Mr. Escher. It's just that Lord Yu Yu has been cautious and has not pointed out your problem."

"I heard that Lord Yu-Nagamasa was the witch that the general killed, and the adopted son of Torachiyo. He fought to clear his family's bad name, so he acted cautiously, which was only natural..."

"Enough! Escher!" Seeing that [Escher] was still pretending, Niwa shouted angrily, "I am standing here! Because the evil power in the furnace core is rampant, and someone is needed to take the [device for absorbing evil spirits] you gave me to enter the high-risk area to solve the problem! I am the person in charge here, I will shoulder the responsibility and bravely die. What about you, Escher? What are you waiting for?!"

Dan... Niwa...

Looking at Niwa who was standing not far away and scolding Escher, he looked exactly the same as in his memory, and he showed a fearless look.

The scattered soldier finally realized something and looked at Escher in disbelief, who kept telling him that "Niwa ran away because he was afraid." He had a bad feeling in his heart!

Could it be that...? !

Niwa was still angrily scolding: "…If your goal is to destroy Tadashi Sand, then your plan seems to be executed quite well, but what I can't understand is, what are you waiting for? Is there any answer here that is worth your curiosity?!"

Da da.

Niwa turned his back to Escher, not wanting to see his face. He was so angry that he didn't notice Escher approaching him silently.

The scattered soldiers who were watching on the side were the first to notice the malicious smile on Escher's face and the movement of him stealing the dagger behind his back.

"No! No way!" Sanbing's eyes widened. Realizing what was about to happen, he subconsciously wanted to step forward to stop it, but he forgot that his hands and feet were tied tightly with hemp ropes.

Puff-!

The stragglers, who had been lifted up by the wind, fell heavily to the ground, but he seemed not to feel it and twisted forward with all his strength.

"No...don't!" Sanbing twisted his body even more crazily than before when he was defeated by Su Li. Even though the strong hemp rope left grooves on his body, he had no intention of giving up.

But it's useless after all.

Escher, who had come behind Niwa, gently drew out the short sword from his waist and whispered in Niwa's ear in a meaningful tone: "I am waiting for a moment, Master Niwa."

laugh--!

"——Like this, I listen to you and then completely prevent you from entering the furnace."

"No!!!!" The soldier who was still struggling on the ground had bloodshot eyes. He looked at the knife that pierced into Niwa's body, and what burst out in his eyes was unprecedented anger.

The severely injured Niwa fell to the ground, but [Escher], as if he had done something insignificant, was still in the mood to chat with Niwa.

"...Haha, you are smarter than I thought. I thought I disguised myself well in the first few days after I arrived, but I didn't expect that you would ask people to find out about me... It took you a lot of time to confirm that [Escher] was a pseudonym and that I was not from Fontaine...

"But, you still can't guess who I am, and you still can't guess what else is attractive about this sand... Do you really think you can break the trap I set?"

“… ahem… if you kill me… no one can enter the core… you want to destroy… this place?” Niwa managed to squeeze out these words.

"No, no, no, there is another person. Although people may not think he is a human...but at least you told him: [You are not a puppet, but a human. The most you lack is a heart]."

The soldier who had just moved to Niwa's side froze in expression, and an extremely incredible idea took root in his mind.

Could it be that... the target of this guy who killed Niwa was actually...

I? !

"There is another force behind you... it will be exposed sooner or later... but I don't understand... how many intentions you have... you could have done it more thoroughly... right?"

"Of course, it's for appreciation and experimentation. You know, I'm not an ordinary patient person."

and many more!

This familiar accent?!

As the soldier listened to Escher's increasingly familiar tone and gesture, an even more terrifying thought came to his mind.

This person...could this person be? !

"...Of course, if you are curious, I am willing to tell you my real name..." Escher looked at Niwa, who was running out of time, as if giving alms, "You can call me..."

"The Fatui executive officer - [Doctor]."

……

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