Chapter 127 Lost Faith

Even though he was as dumb as a broken puppet, Jide, who was lying on the stretcher, could feel that a figure coming against the light stopped beside him. The keen perception trained between life and death allowed him to clearly smell the subtle changes in the atmosphere around him.

Judging from their reactions, it is estimated that the person who came is a high-ranking executive of the Port Mafia. Since Nakahara Chuuya only defeated him just now and did not choose to kill him immediately, there is a high probability that this person is here to recruit him to join the Port Mafia.

It's no wonder that Gide was so confident even after being defeated and captured. His ability [Narrow Gate] is an extremely rare predictive ability, and it is one of the most outstanding types even in Europe.

Therefore, when Mimic was still active in Europe, many organizations and even countries extended olive branches to Goode and made many very tempting conditions in a universal sense, but Goode was rejected because he was not interested in them.

Thinking of this, Jide casually raised his eyelids and looked at the person who came. The young man he saw had a handsome face and a tall stature. His long oak-white hair and colorful gradient eyes were the most eye-catching. The gentle smile on his face and the cold indifference in his eyes were wonderfully blended together, forming a unique temperament.

Such a contradictory yet harmonious person is a type that even the knowledgeable Ji De has never seen before, but he gives him a sense of déjà vu, making people unable to help but explore more.

After all, for a bereaved dog like Gide who can never return to his hometown and see his beloved relatives again is a luxury, this sense of familiarity has a fatal attraction.

The man who had long been disheartened seemed to be injected with life, and his silent eyes lit up slightly, as if he was waiting for someone to reawaken his vitality.

Jide had already recognized the young man with a unique temperament through his appearance. He was the transcendent Douma who was announced by the Japanese government not long ago.

Probably for a person with special abilities, especially one who has had the good fortune to witness with his own eyes how brilliant another person who transcends is, the existence of the person who transcends does not just represent an abstract symbol of a strong person in his mind, but a special existence with more symbolic meanings.

Not to mention that Ji De is fundamentally different from ordinary people with special abilities. He had personally experienced the anti-climax war many years ago.

With the cooperation of many transcendents, the supreme rulers who were supposed to be sacred and inviolable were forced to lower their noble heads. A world war ended under the military intimidation of the transcendents, like an incredible fairy tale.

Due to various reasons, Jide had no choice but to cast a layer of sacred light filter on the transcendents.

So, when Douma, a transcendent being with a holy light filter, appeared in front of Kid, Kid could no longer allow himself to lie down in an rude manner in front of a transcendent being. He had to at least sit up!

Unfortunately, Gide's current physical condition is obviously too bad to support him in achieving his desired goal.

After struggling to stand up but to no avail, Kidd's pair of narrow, masculine eyes widened in shame. He stiffened his neck and stared at Douma. He introduced himself in a hoarse voice, ignoring the dry, sweet and fishy sound in his throat: "Kid, I am Andre Kidd, the leader of Mimic."

"Hello." Douma was a little surprised that Kido, who wanted to die in the original story, suddenly took the initiative to talk to him. After a brief surprise, he nodded politely in response: "I am Douma, I know you."

The words "I know you" shocked Jide's heart. He never thought that his existence could catch the eye of the Transcendent. Even though his special ability was relatively rare, it was not enough to attract the attention of the Transcendent. Wasn't it enough to just let his subordinates handle it?

Jide, who had long been accustomed to the superior status of Transcendents in Europe, was quite uncomfortable with this. He had no idea that in Japan, a desert of superpowers, the status of Transcendents was so terrible that they were directly downgraded to the position of mascots.

It cannot be said that it is exactly the same as Gide's impression of "the upper echelons of government who hold power in the hands of the transcendent", but it can be said that it has nothing to do with it.

The different positioning of the transcendents by both parties caused a subtle deviation in the cognition between Douma and Kide.

Obtaining intelligence about the enemy in advance is a common pre-war preparation for Douma, but in the eyes of Kidou, the person involved, it becomes a sign that Douma, as a transcendent being, values ​​him very, very, very much. (Important things should be said three times.)

Not to mention that in the Port Mafia there is Nakahara Chuuya who can easily defeat him, and Oda Sakunosuke who has the same ability as him, [Seamless Clothing], so the value of his existence is not that great.

Under these circumstances, Gide welcomes (crosses out) the obvious misunderstanding.

A gentleman will die for his friend. Having been abandoned once by his beloved motherland, Jide could not help but have tears in his eyes. His eagle-like sharp and tough gaze softened unconsciously, and his originally dead heart seemed to become lively again.

It was not just seeming. With Douma's inhuman five senses, he could clearly hear the heartbeat of the person in front of him starting to speed up, and it was getting stronger and stronger, completely different from the spent force he had before.

Douma noticed that Kidder's attitude towards him was changing rapidly. Thinking that he had done nothing and only said one sentence to Kidder the whole time, he slowly typed a question mark: "?"

Douma: Who am I, where am I, and what happened just now? Did I accidentally fall asleep and miss a hundred episodes when I woke up? (bushi)

Although moved, Jide didn't know that Douma's heart was already full of doubts. After some strange brainstorming, he had already raised his own strategy progress bar to 70% in one breath.

Under Douma's gentle (?) gaze, Kido suppressed the rebelliousness in his bones a little, and regardless of the layers of injuries on his body, he struggled to get up from the beam under him with his iron willpower.

The men in black suits who had been silently carrying the stretcher and pretending that they did not exist, did not take the initiative to stop Jide after noticing his unusual behavior, but instead looked at the boss beside them inquiringly.

Douma naturally felt the gazes on him, and he subconsciously looked back, only to find that the men in black suits who had been secretly looking at him just now all lowered their heads, looking as if they didn't dare to offend their boss.

"?" Douma, who was confused, slowly typed a question mark again. He even suspected that he might be a spirit of question mark, and he could only type question marks all day long. (bushi)

Douma, who was shrouded in doubt, didn't know that the reason why the men in black suits reacted so violently was because his gaze at this moment was too intimidating, making them instinctively afraid to look him in the face.

After all, a semi-closed room, plus a powerful psychic who is seriously injured and bleeding, is quite stimulating for Douma, who has already transformed into a cannibal.

Douma himself was already accustomed to it, and he often relied on his own willpower to restrain his inappropriate appetite, so he didn't react too much, but the feedback given by the shell itself was enough to make bystanders feel terrified.

Faced with the same shock in the food chain, Kidd, who did not feel anything was wrong, dragged his heavy body and finally struggled to climb down from the stretcher.

With what the men in black suits thought was Douma's tacit consent, Kid fell off the stretcher with a thud and landed on the uneven ground that had become a result of a fight.

Kidd, who was already seriously injured, couldn't help but grimace on his face as he faced the floor. It can only be said that it was a good thing that no one saw this scene, otherwise his tough guy image would have been irreparably damaged.

The surroundings were too quiet, or maybe it was because he was in so much pain that he had hallucinations. With almost every move, Jide could clearly feel his muscles and nerves protesting and screaming.

Having experienced the ruthless baptism of the battlefield, Kidd skillfully ignored the protest and changed himself from lying prone to kneeling on the ground like a robot that felt the slightest pain.

It's not that he doesn't want to use a more formal, one-kneeling posture that is more in line with his knowledge, but Gide's current physical condition no longer allows him to perform such a difficult move.

Therefore, Douma, who had already anticipated this, received a kneeling gesture from Jide that was more in line with Eastern etiquette.

Douma: Grass (a kind of plant), I feel like I'm going to die. Pupil earthquake.jpg

Wait, he seems to be no longer human now. Cannibals have an infinite lifespan, right? Oh, that's fine.

Douma, who was originally afraid of shortening his life, stopped retreating and accepted the gift.

In just one second, Kid felt like he was on a thrilling roller coaster. He just saw the person he wanted to be loyal to trying to avoid his salute, and his heart almost jumped out of his throat. Fortunately, Lord Douma finally chose to accept him.

This incident made Gide sweat all over. He wiped the sticky sweat on his palms without leaving any traces, then carefully placed his clean palms on his chest, showing submission: "I, Andre Gide, am willing to serve Master Douma as my master and swear to be loyal to him until death and never betray him."

"..." As expected, Douma was silent. He sighed with a practiced and heart-breaking force: "I know."

Douma's response was a little cold, but no one present was surprised. Even Kidou, the person involved, felt that it was natural. After all, he knew who he was, and it was an honor for him to get a little attention from Lord Douma.

Therefore, not only did Jide not feel sad, he raised his head excitedly and looked boldly at Douma, who had a cold and intimidating aura. Then he saw the transcendent with the blood moon as the backdrop looking down at him.

Under the blood moon, Douma's eyes were calm and indifferent, yet seemed to be filled with unspeakable sorrow, which instantly touched the heart of Ji Defu, who was looking up at him.

This angle and this background made Ji De, who had been away from his hometown for many years and whose memories had long been blurred, suddenly realize what the familiar feeling he had felt before was.

It’s faith!

The first time my parents took me to church when I was a child, I remember looking up at the statue of God with full of anticipation, which was exactly the same as the scene before my eyes.

Jide's eyes suddenly filled with tears. So that's how it was. He finally found it... the faith he had lost.

Douma: ...Is this even possible? I'm cheating too much, right?