Chapter 121: Closed Loop "The breathing method is about to be destroyed, it's you...
"The breathing method is about to be destroyed. It's you—"
Tsugakuni Yoriichi's unfinished words echoed in Suzukigawa's mind. Perhaps sensing Suzukigawa's evasion, or perhaps understanding him better than Suzukigawa imagined, Tsugakuni Yoriichi's final words, though unfinished, didn't mention the Kamado family, his former acquaintance, or Tanjirō Kamado, the inheritor of the Breathing of the Sun, or his own brother. Instead, he delivered a crucial message.
As the founder of the breathing method, Yuichiro Tsugikoku could feel the signs of the breathing method declining and even destroying.
The moment he reappeared in the world, countless decadent elements told him that the breathing sword technique he created would no longer appear in the world.
But at the same time, there was another voice telling him that the era of breathing techniques was coming to an end, and a certain type of magician who had spanned thousands of years was about to return to the stage of history and write more about it.
So he was calm.
The only thing that Tsugikuni Yoshiichi was worried about was what his brother, his old friend, would experience in this battle that was heading towards destruction. He did not approve of cannibals, but out of selfish motives... he did not want to see his brother and others die.
If the breathing method is destroyed, the cannibals will also perish. This is an inevitable fact.
They all have to make way for the next world.
Suzuki Kawa thought about it for a long time before he finally understood this truth.
Those who never see the light of day will eventually be buried on the eve of the day. Those who fight against the night will make their final grave before dawn, drawing a tragic end to a thousand years of struggle. Everything he has experienced will turn into a blunt knife, cutting his emotions.
Just like he personally opened up the era of ghosts in the Infinite City, he remembered every ghost in the Infinite City. He lifted up the rebirth of Hao Shangcheng Ji and rebuilt Ando Tsukasa's faith. Although he was asleep most of the time, he could not deceive himself with the memories of those years.
That night, the wind was howling and a flash of sword light opened the prelude to the long night.
In the brightly lit yard, Suzuki Kawa was holding a small bowl, twisting the bait, looking down at the pool reflecting the lights, and Ando Tsukasa was standing beside him.
"How advanced can the most advanced gun be?"
"About fifty years ahead." Ando Tsukasa said proudly with his head held high.
Suzuki Kawa said "hmm". In the vast mountains and forests around him, fires flickered. The evil spirits were fighting with the Demon Slayer Corps. The other upper ranks acted separately to hunt down the nine pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps.
Only Ando Tsukasa remained with him.
"Ando, have you moved all your things out?" Suzuki Kawa loosened his fingers, and the bait fell into the pool with a rustling sound, quickly attracting small fish and splashing water.
Ando Tsukasa: "Yes, my laboratory is well hidden, don't worry, boss!"
Suzuki Kawa nodded: "Okay, I have a task for you."
"Just give your orders, Boss!"
"About eighty years from now, you will take your latest research findings to Britain, find the leader of the Edward family, 'control' him, and carry forward the Edward family's prosperity. Then..."
With the shimmering light reflected in his eyes, Suzuki Chuan's tone finally showed a different emotion: "Let's go to Yokohama."
Ando Tsukasa opened his eyes wide.
"Yokohama? That's not—"
"That's right. Go to Yokohama. Don't get too involved in the fighting there. Remember, the Edward family is just an arms dealer."
Suzuki Chuan slowly sprinkled a piece of bait, "You are different from them, Ando, you know it in your heart."
He turned his head and met Ando Tsukasa's eyes. In the shimmering purple, he seemed to see through Ando Tsukasa's soul. "I heard that your colleagues are all very popular characters. Do you think that as the first anchor, you will be an unknown person?"
"Varied--"
"Ando Tsukasa, your name will soon be known to countless people."
"Countless people love you, countless people believe in you, and you will be a dazzling figure in the eyes of others," Suzuki Chuan emptied the bait in the bowl and said slowly, "But, even if you follow me and do all the bad things, there will still be people who hate you."
Ando Tsukasa's pupils trembled. He wanted to say something, but Suzuki Kawa interrupted him: "Okay, go and kill those pillars too. If you can't beat them, just run away. There's nothing shameful about it."
"...Of course I know." He couldn't say what he wanted to say in the end, so he lowered his head and muttered softly.
Ando Tsukasa's figure disappeared in the yard. Suzuki Kawa put the small bowl on the table. With a "click", he sighed and sat down on the rocking chair. In his rocking vision, the starry sky and the crescent moon disappeared.
"Time is indeed a huge cycle." The system sighed.
Suzuki Kawa rested his palms on the armrests of the rocking chair, letting it rock like he did in the past to kill time.
There were a few books stacked on his stone table. The brown paper covers were very clean and there was not a single word on them.
Ando Tsukasa thought they were the books that Suzuki Kawa loved to read when he was in Infinite City.
The small fish in the pond have been fed twice today and are now very full. Some of the leftover bait is floating on the water and gradually drifting to the edge of the pond.
"I'm experiencing something that has already happened." After a long time, Suzuki Kawa narrowed his eyes and spoke.
The system paused, then retorted: [But the process is completely different from the original.]
[Those things can bring you different memories and experiences, that is their greatest role! ]
"Ha, when did you become so sweet?" Suzuki Chuan smiled, his eyes light, "Are you trying to comfort me?"
The system was quite confident: [We are a community, so of course I have the responsibility to enlighten you!]
Suzuki Kawa tapped the armrest and stopped talking. The rocking chair was still rocking. The night wind blew up his hair. His handsome face was illuminated by the lamp next to him, but half of it was hidden in the darkness. His slanted shadow was reflected on the pool next to him.
He didn't say anything, and the system didn't continue. He was just worried, thinking that Suzuki Kawa's mental state had become even more unhealthy than Hei Ge's since he didn't know when.
Did I sleep too long?
It didn't really want to admit its negligence, but it repeatedly searched through its past memories and couldn't find out when Suzuki River changed.
By the time it discovered the problem, Suzukikawa had already started eating large amounts of desserts and various foods he used to like.
Obviously, ghosts of his level no longer need to eat to overcome hunger, but he still often goes to taste various delicacies.
The system initially thought he was just gluttonous because of his morbid and crazy intake.
——Damn it!
"System, you are sometimes so humane that it scares me." Suzuki Kawa finally continued speaking.
[I'm the most advanced AI! Artificial Intelligence! Did you know?]
The system spoke hurriedly, and this time it was still lacking in confidence like last time.
It must be AI. From the moment it was turned on after leaving the factory, it was given a different mission. The last time Suzuki Kawa questioned its humanity, it went to ask the main brain.
The mastermind also swore: [888 is really AI! ]
The system recalled the information from the main brain and instantly gained confidence: [It must be because I evolved too quickly that you feel that way!]
Upon hearing this, Suzuki Kawa touched his chin, turned his head, reached out to pick up the top book on the stack of books on the table, opened the page with the bookmark, and familiar words came into view.
This was the novel he finished writing two years ago. With the help of the system, he was able to turn his ideas into words extremely quickly, and completed the entire novel in just a short time.
He specially replaced the cover of the book in his hand with blank kraft paper.
The system didn't understand his actions. They were just discussing AI, so why was he reading a book now? And wasn't it enough that he had read this book for two years?
The system rejects this type of thriller-realistic novels and never reads them with Suzuki Kawa. Although they are exciting, the overly active AI system will automatically bring up images outlined by text.
Suzuki Chuan's slender fingertips traced across the words he had written, and he whispered, "System, you really are like me now, very much like me in the past."
"I once wrote a story about a dream-eating ghost. It can use vampire magic to temporarily return to its past dreams. As long as it eats its past 'self', its vampire magic will be fully developed, and it will soon become one of the most powerful evil ghosts."
"It finally ate enough people and accumulated powerful energy, then activated its own blood vampire magic and returned to the past."
It saw its past self, its human self, and fell into a dream happily. Even if it was a nightmare, it would wake up with a sigh or a burst of anger, and then continue walking towards the sun. The boy's frail body could be grasped and eaten with just a light grasp, but it hesitated.
[If I kill my past self, will my present self still exist?]
[I killed my past self, so will my present self kill my past self?]
[The only thing that is certain is that the me of the past would never know the me of today, so he will always be steadfast, always waking up from the nightmare and heading towards the sun.]
Is it because the system trained the model based on his personality?
Or... his past was frozen in time to form a system?
The result he was most looking forward to was——
Suzuki Kawa suddenly closed his eyes, feeling his mood suddenly become lively. His face remained calm, but his fingertips on the paper were trembling slightly.
【That’s a good thing! 】
The system froze for a moment, then an electronic sound rang out. It still looked dazed, analyzing seriously.
【Isn't it a good thing that you listen to me and think about your past self?】
"Stop dwelling on those things about fate and destruction. It's better to chat with me more. What if I assimilate you back to your old self?"
[Isn't it enough that I admit that you are the most powerful class I have ever taught? ]
[Hey, hey, hey, pain is the true nature of life. Stop worrying about it. Once these things are over, take a good rest.]
"yes……"
Suzuki Chuan opened his eyes, snapped the book shut, stood up from the rocking chair, and staggered a bit. He pressed his hands against the cold stone table, looked up at the stealthy flying crow, and a smile appeared on his face.
He said loudly: "Muzan's body is right here, tell Ubuyashiki to come and get it!"
The circling figures of the crows visibly hesitated for a moment, and one shadow broke away from the group and flew away in a certain direction.
Can the Demon Slayer Corps still spare manpower to launch a surprise attack on this defenseless courtyard? They must carve a path through the thousands of man-eating demons swarming the surrounding mountains and forests, heading straight for Suzuki River.
Suzuki Kawa believes that there will always be someone who comes to him.
He also knew that that person could only be Tanjiro Kamado.
Only the inheritor of Sun Breathing could fight him - however, at this time, Tanjiro Kamado's injuries had not yet healed, and his control of Sun Breathing was too superficial.
However, the protagonist always has an epiphany in desperate situations, and then bursts out with unprecedented potential.
Suzuki Kawa has plenty of patience to wait for the moment that will kill his only hope of breathing.
"If he really has the world's protection,"
Suzuki Kawa felt the bloody smell in the air, a faint smile on his face, "System, control my body to fight. As the strongest AI, you must have a combat system implanted in you."
System: [Are you crazy?]
"No," he said.
He was looking for a possibility.
Just thinking about that possibility made him happy and ecstatic.
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