Challenge: The Fool with the Surname Okayamine

Chapter 161 Beast Arc: "The Gemini of Peace"

Under the moonlight, the sea surface resembled a giant silver plate, shimmering and breathtakingly beautiful.

Tohka's voice was filled with worry and anxiety, and her shoulders trembled slightly. However, Shido was too weak to respond.

Although he remained conscious, he could only make a hissing sound as air flowed through his throat, unable to speak coherently. Clearly, Shido's body had reached its limit.

"..."

"..."

In the sky, Kaguya and Yuzuru looked at each other, recalling what Shido had just said, and there was a hint of wavering in their eyes.

"...So, what do you think, Yuzuru?"

"I don't believe it. It's impossible. Even if that man was the one who attacked us just now, Xixian has never heard of a human being able to steal spiritual power from an elf."

"Yes, that's right... I agree with you."

Through his blurred vision, Shido desperately tried to open his mouth, lunging at the air. However—no matter how hard he strained, he could only manage a faint breathing sound.

Oh dear. They... don't believe me! Shido's eyes slowly filled with tears.

—Stop, stop, stop!

I clearly have the ability to save you. I could have grasped that hope simply by reaching out!

However, Shido's mumbled voice couldn't reach the heavens at all.

Kaguya and Yuzuru, still staring intently into each other's eyes, said in unison:

"Oh dear, Shido is such a headache. He interrupted our duel twice."

“Agreed. Yagyu is right. We were almost able to defeat Yagyu just now.”

"What did you say? I was the one who almost delivered the decisive blow just now!"

"Laughter. Is it that so-called black magic gun you mentioned? (laughs)"

"Shut up! If you dare say that again, I'm going to get angry!"

"Accept the challenge. Do as you please. In any case, the winner will definitely be Yuzuru. Yuzuru will ensure that Yagyu survives."

"That won't do. I will win. You have to survive."

"Rebuttal. The one who must survive is Yuzuru."

Yagyuu raised his knight's lance, while Yuzuru gripped the chain that resembled a pine tree. On the sea, another storm arose.

However... it's like being placed on a wall on the first floor; Gemini's care and love for each other cannot be conveyed.

Finally, the more impatient Yaguru took the initiative and shouted:

"Hey! Yuzuru!"

"Answer me. What is it?"

"What I'm about to say is purely hypothetical. Just a hypothesis and a possibility... If what Shido says is true, what are your thoughts?"

"A request. I earnestly request that you grant me time to consider."

"Okay. Time limit: thirty seconds."

"..."

"Alright, time's up. How about it?"

"Answer... Yuzuru thinks... that would be wonderful."

"...Hmph. I didn't realize you were such a romantic." Yagyu said smugly.

The moonlight shone on the twins' faces. Perhaps... it no longer mattered whether they had to resolve the issue of each other becoming true Yamai; they were both true Yamai.

"Displeased. So what is Yagushi thinking?"

"...What a coincidence, I thought so too."

"Question: If both of them survive, what does Yagyuuya intend to do?"

"I... well... ah, I'd like to try the soybean flour bread that Tohka and the others mentioned. It must be delicious."

"Agreed. That should taste good."

They gazed at each other. The wall had been reached, and both Yuzuru and Yagyu had already decided to return and experience a peaceful life together.

"What about Xixian?"

"Answer—Yuzuru wants to go to school."

"Yeah...that's great, haha. If it were Yuzuru, she'd definitely be the object of every boy's affections at school..."

"........."

In this tranquil moonlight, the twins will embrace each other, and then, beneath the [Hurricane Knight - Sky Rider] that pierces the sky, the DEM warship is pierced and destroyed.

The massacre of the elves came to an end, and afterwards, he fulfilled his promise to the twins in the forest, successfully sealing them away. Everything was so wonderful.

The next morning, as the students were laughing and chatting, preparing to return to Tiangong City together...

On the Fraxinus ship, because of the subtle but unalterable timeline caused by the reminder left by Ming before he left, Yoshino took leave and sat on the Fraxinus with Kotori.

With a snap of a man's fingers not far away, the elf signals that were originally blocked by special devices, along with many recent events, were all displayed in full before everyone's eyes.

"Ah! What...how could this be!"

Kotori's eyes widened in terror, her voice trembling, but without a second thought, she immediately gave the order:

"Quick! Everyone! Find a way to get Shido on a plane back to Tengu City. Their route here has been cut off! We absolutely cannot let them go back..."

She gave orders swiftly, and what was displayed at this moment, a fear that contrasted sharply with her usual calm demeanor, which was reserved for situations like changing her hairband or her brother being robbed.

—On the screen, there was the burning floating city, the ice sculptures of at least several thousand people beneath it, and Ming sitting on the burning tower, looking at the satellite in the sky with a playful expression.

"Who is this...?"

“Reporting, Commander… He… He is the Flame Beast…” a crew member reported, his pupils wide and his whole body trembling.

But what is even more shocking is the various atrocities committed before the sound was sent into the zither.

'Clang~'

The sound of the jewel falling to the ground echoed throughout the conference room, yet no one uttered a word. Kotori's pupils widened, and her entire body trembled at an unprecedented frequency.

"A monster! Is he out of his mind?! He actually... dared to declare war on the world... burned down the Heavenly Palace... killed millions of people and..."

Countless sins were laid out before Qin Li, and coupled with Ming's harmless appearance sitting on the Sky Tower, he was a monster that was purely ugly compared to the angels!

Meanwhile, on Ming's side...

Through his second demon king, Ming keenly perceived the annotations made by Ratatosk, in addition to those made by various countries.

"They're here? I really have to thank Hyakume for helping me one last time."

He muttered to himself, and the corners of his mouth involuntarily turned up slightly.

He slowly stood up, his tall figure standing out prominently in the empty space.

He stared intently at the satellite in the sky, his gaze so focused that it seemed to penetrate the cold metal shell and see the Ratatosk people who were monitoring him. He waved to them.

Suddenly, his body twitched slightly, and a piece of paper slowly floated out of his body.

The paper seemed to have a life of its own, dancing lightly in the air before finally coming to rest in front of Ming, with words appearing without being touched.

'Snap~'

With a snap, all the screens of the leaders of their respective countries, who were being monitored via their own satellites, went offline, except for Kotori's screen.

"It's been a long time, Kotori Itsuka. But in a sense, this is our first conversation, since we've both been communicated through Shido Itsuka, haven't we?"

The neat Japanese characters appeared on the paper, and the people of Ratatosk were stunned, as if their bodies were being seen through a screen.

“Not counting the time you didn’t remember me…” Ming murmured softly.

Seeing that He could see her situation, Kotori took a deep breath, suppressing her fear and anger, and said to the screen:

"What exactly do you want to do? Why did you do such a cruel thing!"

New words quickly appeared on the paper: "Miss Kotori, this is just the beginning. I want to destroy humanity, then the spirits! And finally the entire world. What do you think?"

The words on paper, which should have been devoid of emotion, presented a different picture among the people of Ratatosk.

Kotori's eyes widened in disbelief at what she was seeing.

"You're insane! This is an impossible fantasy!" she roared at the screen.

"Who knows? Maybe I've gone mad... I went mad very early and very thoroughly."

"What exactly do you want?!"

Kotori shouted angrily. Tengu City was a place where she and her brother grew up together, and now that He was saying He would destroy the world, it was tantamount to endangering Shido. So Kotori was extremely angry.

Ming simply lowered the paper in his hand and bowed slightly, while the paper floated in the air.

"It's very simple..."

The moment those three words appeared on the paper, four of the weapons engraved in the inscription opened spatial portals and flew at full speed to various places.

In the blink of an eye, a giant dragon carrying a cold wind soared through the skies above China.

Meanwhile, in Britain, the United States, China, France, and Russia, countless playful young girls dressed in nuns' habit hovered in the air like flies, ready to pounce.

Their eyes were lifeless, but the guns gleaming white in their hands told humanity that the slaughter was about to begin.

The moment this happened, Kotori Itsuka learned of it through Ratatosk's top intelligence network, her eyes filled with anger.

"How dare you attack an ordinary person!"

As she spoke, the drawing on the paper kept changing.

"My goal is to hand over Itsuka Shido and have him fight me. Through my second Demon Lord, I have keenly perceived the comments made by Ratatosk, in addition to the various countries. Or I want all the audience members below to appreciate the glory of this human evil."

Kotori gritted her teeth, her hands clenched into fists. "Shido is the key to protecting the Spirits, and we can't entrust him to a madman like you!"

"I'm really sorry, but you don't have a choice. When the bargaining chips are equal, it's called negotiation; when they're unequal, I usually call it—an order."

As soon as Ming finished speaking, images from around the world were transmitted back to the screens of the Fraxinus ship via satellite.

Lingyin's brows furrowed the deepest, but her fingers were rapidly tapping on the keyboard, her mouth opening and closing silently, as if she were communicating with someone.

"I understand, let's stick with this plan."

Wherever the dragon went, cities were covered in frost, and people fled in terror. Only a few magicians who had not participated in the battle tried their best to resist, but to no avail.

The nuns wielded their spears wantonly, staining the earth red with blood.

The monster standing atop the burning Sky Tower was the one enjoying this scene of hell on earth, as if all the world's malice was covering it.

Metaphorically speaking, the pure white lotus is merely its disguise; perhaps the cruelty of chaos is not the true nature of the black rose, the color of its flower, but rather the truth of this monster at this moment.

"The red spider lily...this is the one..."

Simultaneously, from Nibekol's perspective of slaughter, colorless, unidentified energy entities float into the air after people are killed, and as they dissipate, they are immediately absorbed into a red spear by space.

Watching this scene, Ming felt a longing for the same feelings they had. Of course, he knew what he was doing, but he felt an immense desire for it.

Looking down at the sea of ​​fire beneath his feet, his expression gradually hardened.

At this moment, in the shelter, Miki's hands trembled as she read the news clips, tears streaming down her face for some unknown reason, and she kept muttering to herself:

"Uncle, why did you do this..."

And Kazumi Kie also cares about those people like Akira...

"Do you want to do something so heavy, Ming..."

After evacuating all the kittens from Tengu City, in a small alleyway amidst the flames, Kurumi gazed at Ming with extremely complex emotions.

"Young man, I don't understand!"

"Sigh? Why did I look that way? My heart aches so much..."

Nia and Miku, who were both in the shelter, spoke as if they had something in mind.