Although they were mentally prepared, when they walked into the tower under Fang Zheng's guidance and saw the scene in front of them, Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko still couldn't help but change color.

"This is……"

Looking at the densely packed glass jars in front of them and the incomplete corpses in the jars, both of them looked pale.

"Are these all holy war angels?"

“That’s right…”

Fang Zheng reached out his hand, gently stroked the glass jar in front of him, and then made a gesture.

Soon, in front of the three people, the surrounding scenes began to change, time went back, and soon, it was flowing like a movie.

They saw the construction of the Edilu Courtyard, a paradise built to connect humans and holy war angels so that both sides could live together in peace. However, in that doomsday, even paradise was too weak. They could not survive in front of the monsters, so in order to protect this paradise, they needed a stronger force.

So, the holy war angels who came to the courtyard of Edilu made a decision.

They donated their bodies for research at the Ediloo Courtyard.

“This, this is simply…!”

Seeing this, Misaka Mikoto was shaking all over, and Shirai Kuroko remained silent. At first they thought that Edielu Courtyard had simply deceived these Holy War Angels, but they didn't expect that things were not as simple as they thought. In fact, at the beginning, this proposal was actually put forward by the Holy War Angels!

In the beginning, the Courtyard of Edilu rescued many holy angels, but those holy angels had been enslaved by humans for a long time, and some of them had already become half-human, half-ghost. Rather than living in pain, it would be more valuable to fall into eternal sleep and dedicate themselves for the future of holy angels and humans - this was what those holy angels thought at the time.

"how so!"

Seeing this, Misaka Mikoto angrily hammered the wall. She now hoped that it was Edielu Courtyard who deceived the Holy War Angels. They pretended to save the Holy War Angels and tricked them here to conduct experiments. In this way, Misaka Mikoto could undoubtedly regard Edielu Courtyard as a "bad guy". However, the facts were completely opposite to what she thought. Those Holy War Angels voluntarily made such a request, and Edielu Courtyard just accepted their proposal.

In fact, the original intention of these Jihad Angels in making these suggestions was good. After all, Jihad Angels have been hunted all along because they possess powerful strength and can be used as weapons by humans. If they can sacrifice themselves and allow humans to find a way to gain power without harming the Jihad Angels, then maybe the Jihad Angels and humans can really live in harmony.

Ideals are full, but reality is skinny. Once Pandora's box is opened, they have no control over what happens next.

Of course, at the beginning, there were people with conscience in the Eddielu Courtyard. Chis was one of them. He was also feeling pain for what he had done at the time. Therefore, after marrying Xia, he even showed Xia the secrets of the Eddielu Courtyard. Perhaps Chis at that time also hoped that Xia could reject all this and close this Pandora's box.

If Xia thought these things were too cruel, then he might stop it all and find other ways to strengthen the power of the Edil Courtyard, and perhaps history would have a different ending.

But Xia did not refuse. On the contrary, she even took the initiative to ask Qis to conduct experiments on her.

They made their choice, and there was no turning back.

Chis has been completely obsessed with transforming the Holy Angels and gaining power. He has long forgotten the original intention of the Edilu Courtyard and the ideal of harmony between humans and the Holy Angels. He now only hopes to gain more powerful power. Gradually, they originally only wanted to save the Holy Angels, but later, they gradually began to rob the Holy Angels. They attacked the villages of the Holy Angels and robbed one after another of them, calling it "protection", but in fact they were using them for research and experiments.

It was at that time that Xia had a child.

Her child with the Chiss, the child of the Crusade Angel and a human.

Xia happily told Qis about this. She thought Qis was as happy as she was. In fact, Qis was indeed happy, but the reason for his happiness was different from Xia's.

In Chiss's opinion, the children of humans and holy war angels are good experimental subjects that can be used for research.

So, when Xiya came to Qisi's room excitedly, what she saw was not the warm scene of a father holding his child. Instead, she only saw Qisi holding a bloody scalpel, and in front of him was her and Qisi's child...

At this moment, Xiya completely collapsed.

"boom!!!"

The exploding thunder roared down, destroying the scene before him.

“Crazy.”

Misaka Mikoto hugged her arms tightly, lowered her head and trembled continuously.

“These people are crazy!”

"Sister..."

Looking at Misaka Mikoto beside her, Shirai Kuroko hurriedly comforted her. In fact, her face was not looking good at the moment. After all, this kind of thing... has completely exceeded the bottom line of human beings.

“Everyone makes a choice, but the results of their choice may not necessarily be what they want.”

Fang Zheng patted Misaka Mikoto's shoulder, then raised his head and looked into the depths.

"Are you right, Mr. Chase?"

“…”

Hearing Fang Zheng's words, Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko raised their heads in surprise and looked forward. In front of them, behind a shabby desk, there was a person wrapped in white cloth with only a pair of eyes exposed, sitting there, looking at them motionlessly.

"Hey? Keith? But he's not..."

Misaka Mikoto was inexplicably surprised. She still remembered that in the video that Fang Zheng had just shown her, Xia killed Chis with her own hands because she could not bear the blow of witnessing her husband killing their child. When she came to her senses and found her husband lying in a pool of blood, Xia fell into madness.

"Because he also modified his body, right?"

Fang Zheng chuckled and looked at Qis.

"You made your choice, but this is the result of your choice. I really want to know, how do you feel now?"

“…”

Facing Fang Zheng's ridicule, the man said nothing, while Misaka Mikoto clenched her fists and glared at him angrily.

"How could you do that? Xia is your wife. She has done so much for you and is even very happy to give birth to your child. But how could you do such a thing?!"

"…Because we need strength."

At this moment, the man finally spoke.

"In order to protect the Edil Courtyard, in order to protect our home, we need strength, more strength. Therefore, sacrifice is inevitable, and... I believe Xia can understand..."

"you……!"

“Everyone has their own choice.”

Fang Zheng held down Misaka Mikoto and looked at Qis in front of him.

"The pursuit of power also requires certain considerations. Of course, when things come to this point, no one is innocent. Whether it's you or Xiya, this ending is the result of your choices."

Fang Zheng did not have any doubts about human experiments themselves. In fact, the Zerg was also doing human experiments, but Fang Zheng limited the targets to criminals and abusers, those guys who insulted, beat, humiliated, and tortured the cursed children in the dark world.

When these people were wailing in pain during the Zerg's experiments, Fang Zheng not only did not feel any emotion in his heart, but he even felt like laughing.

But involving someone you deeply love is another matter.

Fang Zheng also needs strength, but he always has a clear idea of ​​his position.

In the dark world, Fang Zheng stood on the side of the Cursed Son, so he had no psychological burden to use those who insulted and tortured the Cursed Son for experiments. On the contrary, in Fang Zheng's opinion, it would be too easy for them to be shot to death, and it would be better to keep them as pigs for the insect swarm to do research.

In the world of Transformers and superheroes, Fang Zheng burned down the entire North American continent, but he also didn't care, because he was not an American, so what did the lives of Americans have to do with him? And...can Americans be considered human beings?

In the world of Fairy Sword, Fang Zheng burned all the gods and Buddhas because he stood on the side of mortals. Fang Zheng was naturally ruthless to the heavenly court that betrayed its ancestors and the Western Paradise that tried to invade the Central Plains.

Comrade Mao Zedong once said that we should be as warm as spring to our comrades and as cruel and ruthless as winter to our enemies. Fang Zheng thought that he was also a model soldier who learned from Lei Feng and did good deeds when he was a child.

Of course, Xia and those holy war angels who volunteered to conduct human experiments also had to bear part of the responsibility, but in Fang Zheng's opinion, the responsibility still had to be attributed to Chis.

Because Fang Zheng has such people under his command. Every time the little angel encounters trouble, his first suggestion is to use genetic weapons to commit genocide. But Fang Zheng has never agreed to it, right?

The little angel's values ​​are not human. Even if she really commits genocide and watches those people die in front of her, the little angel will probably not shed a tear, nor will she feel any guilt. But Fang Zheng has never let her do it for this reason, right?

If there really is a need for genocide, Fang Zheng should ask the Zerg to do it himself!

It's fine to deal with the enemy in any way you want, but to attack your own people... this is either mentally ill or self-abuse.

"boom!!!"

There was a loud explosion outside. Obviously, Lei and Xia Ya were fighting, while the man was still sitting there, motionless.

"Your paradise is ruined. I don't know if you regret it, but to be honest, I don't care."

Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders. He had made a choice and had to bear the consequences. Perhaps for the Edilu Courtyard at that time, they did become stronger in a short period of time. But in the end, the Edilu Courtyard perished. This may or may not have been related to their choice.

But in any case, at this moment, paradise no longer exists.

"boom--!!"

A violent explosion sounded again. Fang Zheng glanced out the window and saw that on the other side of the square, Lei Zi was still waving the huge wind blade to fight with Xiya, but now Xiya was no longer the same as she was at the beginning. Her right hand exploded completely, and something like intestines was exposed from the broken shoulder, shaking constantly.

“Have you reached your limit?”

Seeing this scene, the man sighed.

"Xia has absorbed too many genes from humans and holy war angels. To be honest, it is amazing that she has been able to maintain her self until now. However... the arrival of the Seven Brilliant Treasure Trees must have caused a huge stimulation to her spirit."

"Saten-kun!?"

"Sister, let's go help!"

Seeing this, Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko could no longer sit still, but Fang Zheng reached out to stop them.

"No, just watch here."

"But... this is a battle between the two of them. Don't worry, Ruiko won't lose."

Probably, after all, she has the halo of the protagonist... And if Fang Zheng remembered correctly, in the novels and comics, Lei Zi had been targeted more than once, but she had never been hurt... Oh, no, at the beginning she was kicked by a bank robber.

And then it seemed like I never got hurt again...

Tsk tsk tsk, a magician and an ANBU member combined are no match for a bank robber.

Just as Fang Zheng was sighing, the battle was finally coming to an end.

Xia, who had lost herself, was stabbed through the chest by Lei Zi's sword. Before she died, she finally regained consciousness, smiled and said a few words to Lei, then turned into petals and disappeared into the air.

“Xia——!!!”

At this moment, no one spoke. They just looked at Lei who was kneeling on the ground and crying bitterly without saying a word.

After a moment, Fang Zheng sighed, then raised his right hand, and soon, a pitch-black sword emerged from his palm.

"Then let's end this."