The Crucifixion Cross

"What on earth are you here for?" Su Fei crossed her arms, and looked coldly at Kevin, who was in a river of sadness.

"Didn't I say it?" Kevin sighed helplessly, he didn't look at Su Fei at all, but put his gentle and disgusting gaze on Mei Yi - this gaze made Mei frown and shrink back in pain leaning forward.

After seeing such resistance from his beloved, the sadness in Kevin's eyes became more intense, and his tone of voice became even more disappointed:

"I'm here to welcome my beloved... But unfortunately, her memory doesn't seem to be awakened... Sure enough, just like my mother said, to wake up Mei's memory, you need some other means... ..."

For the last sentence, Kevin lowered his voice subconsciously, so Su Fei and Mei didn't hear it.

"Welcome your beloved?" Su Fei frowned unhappily, "I don't know if Mei is your beloved, but I can be sure that Mei will not go with you—absolutely not!"

"That's probably true for Raiden Mei," Kevin shrugged nonchalantly, "However, I didn't say that the bride I'm going to welcome back is Raiden Mei, did I?"

"What exactly do you want to express?" Su Fei frowned even deeper.

Restricted by various external factors, Mishima has the least amount of Flame Chasing Moth legacy among the three major organizations. Not to mention Su Fei, the entire Mishima is in a state of ignorance about those things in the last era.

In other words, they didn't know that the 'Mei' mentioned by Kevin was actually not the 'Raiden Mei' beside Su Fei at all, but 'Mei', a genius physicist from the previous era.

However, even if she knew, Su Fei would probably just smile disdainfully, right?

After all, things like reincarnation and reincarnation are really nonsense.

"It's fine if you don't understand it," Kevin smiled, "You can treat my words as a declaration of war~ Then——"

As he spoke, Kevin turned around gracefully, bringing his right index and middle fingers together, brushing a strand of white hair on his forehead handsomely.

Some of the little girls in the cold drink shop were almost screaming because of their handsomeness, and their pink and bubbling eyes were fixed on Kevin's back.

Su Fei is one of them and not, because the focus of his eyes is not on Kevin's handsome side face, but on those two fingers that are no different from ordinary people...

Chapter 49. Planning

Su Fei, whose IQ was always online, soon discovered the truth—this Kevin was obviously not the same "Kevin Kaslana" as the "Kevin Kaslana" he had confronted before. But another copy.

According to the records, 'Kevin Kaslana' was one of the most powerful Honkai fighters during the Flaming Moth period, and he was also the user of the Key of Destruction, Heavenly Fire Sacred Judgment.

This is the end of Mishima’s information about Kevin Kaslana, and more trustworthy things have to be obtained from Destiny and Anti-Entropy, but in any case, Kevin Kaslana and Fu Hua live in the same That's for sure.

Moreover, unlike Fu Hua who obtained eternal life due to an "accident", Kevin, who is a Honkai warrior and God Key user, also possesses powerful power, and even killed three Herrschers by himself , but he did not encounter an 'accident'.

Even with the use of technologies such as dormant freezers, Kevin's actual lifespan is still only a mere hundred years—in other words, Kevin Kaslana has long since died out.

The one that appeared in front of Su Fei ten years ago was actually not Venerable Kevin, but an imitation made by the genetic factors left by Cocolia altruistically. The same is true for the Holy Order of Heaven Fire in his hand.

In other words, this Kevin Kaslana is a real Faker.

The so-called 'memory of the previous life' he was thinking about was nothing more than part of the image data of the previous era that was instilled into his mind by Cocolia.

This imitation——Kelvin No. 1 had an arm chopped off by Su Fei ten years ago, and in Berlin more than half a month ago, Kevin No. 1, which appeared in front of Su Fei again, had already changed his costume. Got a brand new robot.

It can be seen that Cocolia couldn't bear the temptation to take the thorn in her side away, but she was afraid of falling into the trap, so she let this guy who was crippled ten years ago stand up again as an 'Avenger'.

This time, the awakened Su Fei directly used Galaxian Explosion to blast him into scum—the third time she met 'Kevin Kaslana' Su Fei was still thinking, how did this guy rely on the copycat version of God? The power of the key came back alive from the Galaxian Explosion, but when Kevin's two intact fingers appeared in Su Fei's eyes, he realized - the guy with feelings is not Kevin No. 1, but No. 2. !

Since Cocolia can make a copy of Kevin Kaslana, it is naturally not difficult for her to make a second, third or even more copies of the original.

"A waste of emotion..." Su Fei shook her head and muttered softly.

The moment she saw Kevin, Su Fei, who had already understood her own heart, was on fire. However, the truth of the matter was so funny. From Su Fei's point of view, wouldn't this be a waste of her feelings?

"So, who is he?" Mei frowned, and asked puzzledly: "Although he acted as if he knew me very well, I have no impression of him at all... Is he an acquaintance of yours?"

It's only natural that Mei doesn't know Kevin. After all, when Kevin entered Mishima Honkan ten years ago, Mei, who was only six or seven years old at the time, was already fainted by the tragic scene of the fight, so she told Kai Wen Wen has no impression at all, which is actually a very normal thing.

In comparison, Kevin who is full of "memory of past lives" is really weird.

Even if Su Fei himself is an actual experiencer of 'Reincarnation', he doesn't believe that Mei is really someone from the last era—according to Kevin, that person's name also seems to be 'Mei'? - the reincarnation of.

"Acquaintance?" Su Fei thought for a while and said, "That's not the case... Just treat him as a psychopath—well, a neuropathy!"

Su Fei nodded, apparently satisfied with the word 'psychopathy'.

However, even if he showed disdain for him, even if Kevin Kaslana is a pirated version, he still cannot be underestimated.

Just like Kevin No. 1 half a month ago was used as cannon fodder to blame Cocolia, Kevin No. 2's actions must have his own purpose, otherwise why did he deliberately appear in front of Su Fei?It's impossible to really say such a lot of unnutritious nonsense, right?

His sudden appearance must have a deeper meaning—to put it bluntly, it means that Cocolia is playing tricks again.

This is what Su Fei wants to figure out now, but what he doesn't know is that the idea that "Kevin's appearance must be related to Cocolia's conspiracy" itself is Cocolia's conspiracy. .

……

"Really, I have already focused on you." In the dark command room, Cocolia listened to Kevin No. 2's report and nodded with satisfaction, "Very well, this way, at least short-term Bai Yu Su Fei will not pay special attention to the actions of the phantom thieves for a while."

"Does Mother have any special arrangements for the Phantom Thieves?" Kevin's voice, which was indistinct due to electromagnetic interference, came from the communicator in front of Cocolia. Will Herrscher' stand firmly on the human side? If so, wouldn't it be enough to just let them face Bai Yu Su Fei?"

"Theoretically, this is true, but compared to the 'Fake Herrscher' at the nascent stage, Baiyu Sufei's 'level' is a bit ridiculously high," Cocolia explained, "It really wants the Phantom Thieves If you attack Bai Yu Su Fei now, it is tantamount to hitting a stone with an egg—for example, this is the same as challenging Lv. There is no point in wasting precious time and resources."

"That's why we have to settle for the second best and choose Bai Yu Su Fang, who has the closest relationship with Bai Yu Su Fei?"

"That's right," Cocolia nodded lightly, "Based on the current observation results, there is no Herrscher reaction in Bai Yu Sufang's body, but the existence of the 'Magic Palace' has nothing to do with the collapse, it is A manifestation of the human spiritual world, Honkai is just a means to 'realize' this manifestation...Using the 'Magic Palace' as a carrier to test the loyalty of the 'Fake Herrschers' and strengthen them in battle This is the most cost-effective method."

"I see. Is this 'Stage [-]'... Then, what about Stage [-] and Stage [-]?"

"Phase [-] is just changing the target of testing loyalty from Baiyu Sufang and Fenrir to Baiyu Sufei. As for stage [-]..." Cocolia paused, "That's up to you, Kevin— "

Chapter 50. There is a kind of sleepiness, called your cat thinks you... eh?Not sleepy today?

Cocolia divided his preliminary plan into three stages.

The first stage is to target Baiyu Sufang, who has the closest relationship with Baiyu Sufei, and use the "Magic Palace" to strengthen the strength of the members of the Phantom Thieves.

In the second stage, the goal of the experiment changed from Baiyu Sufang to Baiyu Sufei, and the purpose changed from Level Up to testing the loyalty of 'Persona' to the host.

In these two phases of missions, Cocolia actually does not expect the members of the Phantom Thieves to defeat the siblings of the Baiyu family. All she needs is Persona's 'attitude'.

For her, if these Persona can stand in front of the siblings of the Baiyu family with the mentality of going to death for the sake of the host, that would be the most perfect result.

After the end of Phase [-] and Phase [-], it is the most important Phase [-].

The seed planted by Cocolia ten years ago is about to blossom and bear fruit, and the task Cocolia gave Kevin 2 is to pick off this coveted fruit—in Kevin 2's own words, it is" Wake up Mei's sleeping memory', no longer exists in this world as 'Raiden Mei', but as 'Mei'.

The door to the 'Path of Coexistence' will be opened to Cocolia only after the completion of all three phases of the preliminary plan.

In order to realize the coexistence of human beings and Honkai, what are a few replicants and a few teenagers who have been dazzled by the sense of justice?

Cocolia's gaze was cold.

She didn't tell Kevin No. 2 the full picture of the plan, not even the fact that he was actually No. 2-this replica number 2 didn't know his true identity at all, he was completely addicted to Cocolia In the lie we wove, he regarded himself as the reincarnation of Kevin Kaslana.

Reincarnation... Seriously, if it wasn't for Mei, Hill Love, and Wuliang Tajiko who appeared in her field of vision one after another, Cocolia herself would not have believed that reincarnation really existed in this world The theory of reincarnation.

Indeed, there are "coincidences" and "accidental" in this world, but if the number of "accidental" reaches a certain level, it is no longer "accidental", but "inevitable".

Cocolia chooses to believe in "inevitability" because of repeated "accidental", but Kevin No. 1 is different from No. 2.

From bewildered to convinced, there is only one photo in between——

Because of that photo, they accepted their 'true identity' and walked in this strange world under the name of Kevin Kaslana.

For Cocolia, these two knives are still in hand, but no matter how sharp the knives are, they are just murder weapons. They are not qualified to think, nor have the power to choose.

All they can do is follow Cocolia's order and guide the countless 'possibility' to the 'result' she needs.

There are many similar existences around Cocolia.

Some of them are spies who are in the enemy's camp and their hearts are against entropy, some are for the dead (not the dead who was eroded by Houkai), and some are... cats.

……

"Meow..."

In the cubicle on the second floor of LeBlanc, a black cat nestled by the window, meowing softly.

A few thin beards lightly hung against the window glass, making a rustling sound.

That pair of inorganic blue eyes silently watched the boys and girls downstairs who were leaving LeBlanc one after another. The dark blue eyes shrank and focused like a lens, and it felt like a horror movie in the slightly gloomy attic.

When the last girl—her name is Asuna Yu, the childhood sweetheart of Target [-]—also walked out of LeBlanc, the black cat's eyes returned to their former brightness.

It turned its head and yawned lazily.

Not long after, light footsteps came from outside the door.

The black cat raised its eyes, and the girl's slim figure was reflected in those clear and bright blue vertical pupils.

"Have you delivered yet, Joker?"

It opened its mouth slightly, but there was no meowing, instead, a human voice reached the girl's ears.

If it's a stranger, maybe they are all 'monsters!monster! ' and so on may have been screamed, but the girl showed a flustered expression because of this.

She just brushed a strand of hair hanging down her ear, and gave a soft 'hmm'.

"Everyone has already left," the girl—— Lai Qixiao said softly, "Time flies."

"Because everyone had a great time today, right?" The black cat—Morgana flicked her tail like a 'real kitten' and said with a smile: "Especially you, Joker? Today, you are like a girl who has fallen in love, and you exude the smell of love."

"The taste of love?" Xiao was slightly startled, subconsciously recalling the figure of the boy who always smiled gently in his mind, and couldn't help asking: "Morgan, what I look like...is it considered love?"

"Isn't it counted?" Morgana asked back: "Maybe you didn't notice it yourself, Joker, but your eyes have always been on that boy named Bai Yu Su Fei!"

"No, I noticed," Xiao shook her head, and said thoughtfully, "Bai Yu Su Fei... I don't know why, but I always feel that there is something about him that attracts me, so I keep watching him. But... I think this kind of feeling is not in love—is it like Asuna's?"

"Well, did Joker find out too?" Morgana's tone was playful, "How, are you jealous?"

"No," Akatsuki denied lightly, "I just feel sorry for Asuna... If the opponent is Raiden-senpai, the possibility of Asuna winning is very low."

"Why did you make such a judgment?" Morgana asked curiously.

"I don't know," Akatsuki shook her head, "I just think those two are a 'good match' that's all... Probably, it's the sixth sense, right? The sixth sense unique to girls..."

"'Sixth Sense'..." Morgana looked a little speechless, "Xiao, do you really trust your intuition?"

"Because, I'm a girl~" Akatsuki smiled slightly.

"Well, whatever you want..." Morgana sighed, a helpless expression appeared on the cat's face.

Then it turned its head out the window, looking at the gloomy sky.

"It's getting late..."

"Are you urging me to sleep again?" Xiao sat on the bed, crossed her legs, rested her chin, and tilted her head slightly.

With her glasses off, she was a little different from the quiet girl in the daytime.

She looked at Morgana with helplessness and ridicule in her eyes.

Conversations like the one just now have happened to Akatsuki and Morgana many times.

Every day when it was getting late, the careful Morgana would remind Xiao Xiao to get ready to rest, no matter whether Xiao Xiao was tired or not, rain or shine, she was just like a machine...

At this time, when she heard the familiar beginning of "It's not too early...", Akatsuki naturally thought that Morgana was reminding her that it was time to rest——this process, Akatsuki had experienced it many times during this period, and she was familiar with it. very.

However, this time, Morgana gave a different answer——

"No—" the black cat turned its head, its inorganic blue eyes silently stared at the lazy girl on the bed, "Tonight, we have other arrangements."

Chapter 51. Pale Visions

Other arrangements?

Akatsuki blinked blankly.

As Morgana said, it's getting late now, and Asuna and the others have already left the coffee shop and returned to their home.

If there was any 'special arrangement', Morgana should have said it before everyone left, instead of suddenly mentioning it when only herself and Morgana were left in the room.

"Morgana, what do you mean by 'other arrangements'?"

"Joker, aren't you curious about Bai Yu Su Fei and Bai Yu Su Fang?" Morgana answered irrelevantly, but her meaning was very clear: "Don't you...don't want to see with your own eyes what kind of existence Bai Yu Su Fang, who is polarized, is like? ?"

"Then you don't have to go tonight." Xiao looked at Morgana helplessly, "Now that everyone is away, it would be too risky to act alone—not to mention, when I sneaked into the 'Magic Palace', Who should protect my body in the 'real world'? I'm afraid it's not enough to rely on Morgana alone?"

The rational Akatsuki was not persuaded by Morgana, but she really showed her distrust of Morgana's strength—however, it can't be blamed that Akatsuki didn't trust her companion, because the circumstances did not allow her to have confidence in her companion's strength With [-]% trust...

Persona's power is very strong, both in the 'Magic Palace' and in the real world.

However, the goal of the Phantom Thieves is not to defeat the "villain" in the real world, but to use the power of the "Magic Palace" to rewrite the "evil inside".

In order to achieve this goal, it is necessary to use the power of Persona and Morgana to come from the real world to the world of mental imagery - "Magic Palace".