Black Crow was once hunted by an evil sect for three days and three nights without closing his eyes for a single moment; he was able to keep fighting even with his lower body paralyzed, and he could also continue fighting in a blind state without his vision; he had fought head-on with a weak and tough magician, and he also had experience in fighting with a Feng Shui magician who was both tough and flexible.
Anyone who knows Black Crow, whether it's an enemy or a friend, whether it's liked or hated, will admit that Black Crow is a ruthless creature that cannot be steamed, cooked, pounded, fried, or crackled.
When Ash and Igula were chatting, they once made the following comment: 'It seems as if the heart is made of iron, the intestines are cold, and even the blood vessels are flowing with black blood.'
It was as if the virtual world cursed him and took away his weakness at the same time. The phrase "facing death with indifference" was tailor-made for him, but unlike Harvey's attitude of wanting to kiss death, he was more likely to rush forward with the Gray Fox blade and take the initiative to meet the last challenge of his life - after the destruction of the Crow Killer, he was no longer afraid of anything.
But even this stainless steel saint walking in the decaying world had his arms trembling slightly at this moment, and he almost couldn't hold the Gray Fox's sharp blade, so he slid down another 1 meter, and the Mercury Trojan Horse slid down 1.1 meters - the Mercury Trojan Horse couldn't hold his arms firmly, her palms were so delicate that the slightest force would break the skin, and if Black Crow didn't grab her, she would slide down by herself.
Black Crow had been holding her forearm just now, but now he relaxed a little and grabbed her wrist.
"ah."
Quicksilver Trojan was startled by the sudden slip. She took shallow breaths and said, "If you don't hold on to me hard, I'll disappear."
"Is there such a good thing?" Black Crow tried his best to calm down, looking up at the crack above, not looking at her.
"You will save me, right?" Mercury Trojan's voice seemed a little cheerful: "You won't give up on me, and you won't let me die here."
"Really? But you know, I just said goodbye to Igula and the others, and was going to follow your trail and continue to hunt you down." Black Crow said: "If I hadn't fallen into the crack just now, if I hadn't subconsciously grabbed you when I fell... maybe I would have achieved my goal."
"Why?"
Mercury Trojan asked in a very confused tone: "Why are you still chasing me?"
Black Crow was startled. He opened his mouth, and it seemed as if there were thousands of words in his throat that couldn't wait to come out. The complex emotions of anger, sadness, and regret almost gave him a heart attack. He wanted to start from the demise of the Crow Killing Sect two years ago, and he wanted to start from everyone he knew. He wanted to... but he took a deep breath, and thousands of words gathered into one tired sentence:
"Because I am Tamashi, and because you are Tanomu."
Mercury Trojan understood what he meant. After a moment of silence, he continued, "You don't even know that I came to the Spiral of Silence. In fact, I have only been here for a few days. So your destination is also the Spiral of Silence. In addition, you, a virtual insulator, are so familiar with the Void Gate Spirit..."
"You originally came to the Spiral of Silence and left Senluo through the Empty Gate, right?" she said, "and you went with them, so you..."
"Yes." Black Crow was very straightforward, "I once thought about leaving."
"In that case, why don't you leave, but stay in Senluo to hunt me down?" Mercury Trojan said, "I'm actually very happy for you, not because you gave up chasing me, but because you finally know how to pursue your own happiness."
"I thought you were finally going to get through your long and romantic teenage years and find your own destiny."
"I may be happy if I leave Senluo, or if I have a home." Black Crow said, "But if I can't punish you, I will definitely not be happy."
"The sign of maturity is to accept the pain of being powerless." Mercury Trojan said: "Do you remember the question I asked you when we first ate fish?"
Black Crow thought for a moment and said, "There are so many spines in the fish's body. Will it feel any pain?"
"I always thought that it would hurt, after all, it is a thorn. But if you get used to it and accept it, then it will be a bone that supports you, not a thorn that scars you."
Black Crow said: "I don't care if I am covered in scars, as long as I can hurt the people I hate."
Mercury Trojan smiled bitterly and said, "It seems that your teenage years are not over yet."
"I will save you." Black Crow thought clearly and said seriously, "You are still in the Spiral of Silence. If you die, you will be reincarnated into Igula. So I must save you and imprison you in the Spiral of Silence. I will wait for Ash and the others to leave and for others to exit the Spiral of Silence. I will make sure that you have no one to be reincarnated into before I execute you."
"You saved me just to kill me? You are indeed worthy of me." Mercury Trojan chuckled, "But what if I say that the owner of this body is not dead yet?"
Black Crow was startled.
"Very cute, very pretty, very lovable, right? I didn't choose her randomly. As the transformation vessel I carry with me, she is simply a work of art, and she is not a magician yet." Mercury Trojan said: "I originally planned to start over from the Sea of Knowledge after my reincarnation. In the past two years, I have collected many secrets of the virtual world. Unfortunately, I am already a Sanctuary Magician and cannot turn back. But if I can start over, I am confident that I can climb Ruby Mountain."
"But it's also because she's not a magician. I don't have magical power, and I can't directly affect the soul. Our situation is more like a dual personality, except that she's asleep."
Mercury Trojan said: "She is just an ordinary girl. I have been raising her. She sleeps most of the time to strengthen her soul. She has never done anything bad in her life. Are you going to kill her for me?"
Although she said so, Mercury Trojan Horse did not intend to threaten Black Crow. She just wanted to add a little psychological burden to Black Crow to increase her bargaining chips for the subsequent conversation.
However, Black Crow thought for a moment and said, "I will find a way to lock you up in the Spiral of Silence, and I will be your jailer. If you try to become a magician, I will kill you immediately; or if my life is coming to an end, I will also execute you. Except for these two situations, I will keep you locked up."
Mercury Trojan tightly grasped Black Crow's wrist.
"This is not in line with the teachings of the Crow Killer." She said: "Eradication of evil is always more important than saving lives. Saving a person can only save one life, but killing an evil person may indirectly save hundreds of lives."
"Indeed, it does not match." Black Crow nodded: "But I think I am right, as long as I can bear all the consequences of my decision. I just let you go to save Igula, and I am willing to spend the rest of my life hunting you down; I can also let you go now to save the girl you are reincarnated from, as long as I am willing to imprison you for life."
Mercury Trojan said in a low voice: "If you kill me now, you can go out and kill more villains and save more lives instead of wasting your life on me... This is the way to kill the crows."
"Yes," Black Crow said, "If life can really be weighed, then the benefit of killing you is obviously greater than letting you go. But without me, does it mean that no one can stop you?"
"I have been to many places in the past two years while hunting you down. I initially thought that with the demise of the Crow Killer Sect, there would be no more control over the sorcerers, and ordinary people would surely live in dire straits, with crime rampant on the earth. That was indeed the case when I first saw it, with sorcerers running rampant and mortals suffering."
"But this situation did not last. Sometimes other sects sent people to suppress them, sometimes new sorcerers were born among ordinary people, and some sorcerers were even stabbed to death by mortals with pitchforks."
“Evil will never be eradicated, and evil crows will always howl, but where there is oppression there will be resistance. Killing all crows is not only our ideal, but also the common vision of ordinary people.”
"Tanomu, do you know what the happiest thing that happened to me in the past two years is?"
Mercury Trojan: "Catch me?"
"I was passing by a small town on the outskirts of the Bronze Law sect. Others were afraid and stayed away from me, but a few children came up to me and asked me if there was a Crow Killing Sect in the south that specialized in killing bad guys. They asked me if I was a Crow Killing Sect. You know, the Bronze Law sect has strict laws and civilians are not allowed to possess weapons, so when they encountered a sorcerer, they could only wait for the Bronze Law sorcerer to come and enforce the law."
Mercury Trojan: "They wanted to let Yashajin go and kill the sorcerer, right? They must be very disappointed to hear that Yashajin was destroyed?"
“Yes.” Black Crow said, “But they told me that they were secretly training at home in the hope that they would have the strength to resist the bad guys next time. They also asked me to rebuild the Crow Killer as soon as possible to scare the bad guys to death.”
"So, Tanomu, do you understand? Even if the Crow Killers are really just a group of murderers who are trying to satisfy their twisted desires, our cause is meaningful. The people of Senluo will remember that there was once a group of people who enjoyed hunting down bad guys. Those seemingly invincible and vicious bad guys were just the prey of that group of people."
"Sin is actually very weak."
"Although the Crow Killers have been destroyed, the spirit of resistance will not be extinguished. As long as ordinary people have the spirit of resistance in the face of evil, even if the name Crow Killers disappears, more people will come out to fight against the evil crows."
Black Crow said: "Life can indeed be weighed, but not by me or any one person, but by everyone together, saving together, and killing crows together."
"I won't expect to save many lives in the future. Others will be saved by others. I only need to save the lives that are 'necessary to be saved', such as Igula and your vessel."
"Ash once told me that there are people committing crimes every minute of every day in this world, but he can't see them, so there's nothing he can do. Sometimes he can see crimes, but he doesn't have the ability to do anything about them. Only when they appear before his eyes and he has the ability to do so, will he try to commit crimes to get moral pleasure."
"For us weaklings, it is enough to just do what is in front of us."
These words had been brewing in Black Crow's mind for a long time, but they had never taken shape. It was not until he experienced a series of events in the spiral of silence that he finally saw through the fog in front of him, and finally found his own path, reinterpreting his own Crow Killer.
When he spoke the latter part, he was no longer talking to Tanomu, but to himself. After he finished speaking, he felt relaxed and refreshed, as if he had been reborn and a heavy burden had been lifted off his shoulders.
At this moment, the Crow Killing Sect was truly destroyed. But a new Crow Killing Sect was being born in the cracks.
"Please don't abuse the word weak, okay?" Mercury Trojan said coldly, "It really makes me sick."
"You always live so purely, that's why I have hated you since I was a child."