Kurogiri opened his eyes wide, imprinting Shiki who killed people without hesitation at this moment in his eyes.

It was not the first time she killed someone.

Just by looking at it, Kurogiri understood this point. The Shiki in front of him was no longer the Shiki he knew.

However...

Shiki who killed people really did not seem to have any discomfort.

Kurogiri did not know whether he should be happy or sad. Whether it was the impulse to kill or the dual personality, Shiki who left him got redemption from others, but he could only let Shiki get hurt.

"Since others have come to find us." Shen He no longer cared about the corpse on the ground and the speechless Kurogiri. He just looked at the puppet in Reinhard's hand, his eyes flickered, "Then let's get rid of it."

"Get rid of it?" Aozaki Touko raised his eyebrows, "Don't be too careless. If it is really the person I think it is, I'm afraid it won't be so easy to deal with."

Araya Soren is a magician who has lived for more than two hundred years and an old acquaintance of Aozaki Touko, but because of this, she clearly knows how difficult this person is.

If he really started to plan around Shiki three years ago, he must have sufficient backup plans.

"No matter who it is, just kill him."

Shiki's expression was very calm, but there was a little murderous intent.

Although she didn't know who the other party was, she sincerely hoped that it was an opponent that she could fight to her heart's content, because she was now eager to kill.

"Since he has thrown away this puppet, I'm afraid he won't come out so easily again." Aozaki Touko lit a cigarette and looked at the lineup in front of her.

After living for so many years.

The difficulty of Araya Soren is not only in terms of force.

If he thinks there is no hope of capturing Ryougi Shiki again, he will decisively abandon all arrangements and quickly flee from here. This is the determination that a long-lived magician must have.

Shen He also realized this, so he decided to act now.

"Aozaki Touko." Shen He looked at Aozaki Touko, "If possible, I hope you can go with me as a witness."

"Witness?" Aozaki Touko was stunned.

"That's right." Shen He said seriously, "Ryougi Shiki will definitely inherit the Ryougi family, but he won't stay here. Therefore, killing a famous magician should be able to shock many people."

"I see... Preparing for the rise of the Ryougi family?" Aozaki Touko couldn't help but look at Shen He again.

She initially thought that this was a lucky person who was favored by Ryougi Shiki. After meeting Reinhard, she had ruled this out, but now, she has realized that Shen He will not only not marry into the family, but also want to pull the Ryougi family, which has completely declined, to rise again.

Where did this person come from?

With a circle of eyes spitting out of her mouth, Aozaki Touko felt that perhaps she had been hiding for too long, and even the news had become blocked.

"Then..."

Seeing that Aozaki Touko didn't refuse, Shen He was ready to call Jeanne out.

But Shiki suddenly grabbed his palm.

"Don't call Jeanne." Ryougi Shiki herself didn't know why she did this, but she still said it firmly.

"......Okay, just don't call her." It was the first time that Shen He discovered that Shi also had a little woman side.

But today he was accompanying her to her parents' home to visit her relatives, so it was not very convenient to call Jeanne. Apart from anything else, he couldn't ask Jeanne not to show too close to him.

If that was the case, he could only try his luck.

Shen He recalled the plots he had seen in his mind. Those long-lost memories seemed to be turned out from his brain again, and every picture was extremely clear.

Araya Soren...contradiction spiral...apartment...

"Ogawa Apartment." Shen He uttered the name and looked at Aozaki Orange, "This should be the apartment you designed. Do you know the address?"

"There is such a thing." Aozaki Orange was a little surprised.

The other party only appeared in this city yesterday, but she was able to know what happened so many years ago. At that time, she was hiding her identity, just like an ordinary person.

"Go over there." Shen He looked up at the gloomy sky without the moon.

It was dark and windy, and it was the night of murder.

If he was lucky, he might be able to take a rest after returning.

"I have to send this silly boy back first." Aozaki Orange pointed at Kuroto Kan'ya.

"No, no need." Kuroto Kan'ya shook his head, "The other party should have noticed you, so we have to hurry up. I'll go back alone."

"..." Aozaki Orange was a little surprised.

Although it was not said explicitly, Kuroto Kan'ya couldn't fail to hear that they were going to kill people.

But he didn't stop them.

It seemed that he had completely accepted everything.

"In that case, let's go." Shen He said.

From the beginning, he no longer paid attention to Kuroto Kan'ya. Everything he wanted to say had been said. Now that his thoughts were clear and he had no more thoughts, Kuroto Kan'ya was just a passerby who knew his name to him.

Aozaki Orange pinched off the cigarette in her hand and nodded.

She was now more curious about Shen He, and wanted to see how he would deal with Araya Soren.

After notifying Butler Qiu Long, the group sat in Aozaki Orange's red car.

The vehicle drove in the night.

Even magicians have to rely on these means of transportation, and Shen He had no intention of asking Qi Mu for such a small matter.

Moreover,

"Miss Orange." Shen He changed to a more intimate name, "Your body should be a puppet made."

Squeak!

The car made a harsh sound and stopped in the middle of the road.

And Aozaki Orange's unusually cold eyes stared at Shen He.

"Don't be nervous." Shen He smiled and waved his hands. "The reason why I know this is not because I see the difference in your body, but because I know that you have already abandoned the 'original body'."

Aozaki Orange in this parallel world is a crowned puppeteer who relies on puppet technology to obtain the crown.

The main ability to achieve this honorable title is that she created a puppet that is exactly the same as herself, that is, it is not better or worse than the original body, but completely consistent.

So, she abandoned her original self.

Always prepare a dormant self. Once the living Orange dies, its memory will be transferred to the prepared body to wake up, and then the awakened Aozaki Orange will create another spare.

However, only memories are transferred.

If it were someone else, I am afraid that he would have fallen into the self-denial of "I am not myself" and struggled hard, but Aozaki Orange didn't care about this.

Even though she knew that she might just be a fake with the memory of Aozaki Orange, she firmly believed that she was Aozaki Orange, and that the next Aozaki Orange after her death would also be the real Aozaki Orange. It seemed that as long as there was an Aozaki Orange in this world, inheriting the memory and identity, it didn't matter whether that person was herself or not.

The vehicle started again.

"You almost scared me." Aozaki Orange seemed to be relieved. "The reason why I can still insist on myself is based on the fact that the copy of me is exactly the same as the original me. If someone can detect that the doll I made is different from the original me, then I will probably fall into self-collapse directly."

"I see..." Shen He also understood.

If you believe that they are exactly the same, you won't feel that you are a fake, but if they are different, the belief that "I am me" will lose its basis.

"So, what do you mean by saying this suddenly?" Aozaki Orange continued to drive, but his eyes happened to meet Shen He's through the rearview mirror.

"More curious." Shen He said as if it was a perfunctory reason.

"I see." Aozaki Touko nodded as if she had gotten the answer.

"You actually believed it?" This time it was Shen He's turn to be curious.

"Why, are you lying?" Aozaki Touko chuckled and asked casually.

"......That's not the case."

Shen He shook his head, stretched out his hand to grab Shi's hand, changed to a more comfortable position and leaned back in his seat, as if he was talking to someone else, or as if he was talking to himself.

"This world has all kinds of weirdos and all kinds of thoughts. Some, like Shi, are in line with my heart, while others make me feel disgusted. So when I meet a good one, I always feel a little curious and want to see if we can be friends."

"Hahaha, you are really interesting." Aozaki Touko stretched out the hand holding the cigarette out of the window, "Anyone who says this is a weirdo himself, but compared to ordinary people, you, me, Shi, and even Kuroto Kan'ya, can all be regarded as weirdos. The friends and enemies of weirdos are naturally weirdos as well."

"I used to be a standard ordinary person." Shen He said very softly.

I don't know if Aozaki Touko heard it, but seeing her suddenly silent, she must have heard it.

A standard ordinary person...

Aozaki Touko gradually stepped on the accelerator. Her sister was also an ordinary person who lived a standard life at the beginning. There was no clear difference between a weirdo and an ordinary person.

...

Just as Shen He and others were on their way to kill someone, the person they wanted to kill was also making preparations.

This is a dull man.

Dull is not an adjective to describe his character, but the first impression he gave to everyone. His tall figure, black and meticulous monk's clothes, and dim expression under messy curly hair, just like those ascetics who treated themselves harshly for their beliefs, made anyone who yearned for ease and pleasure want to stay away from him.

If it was just like this, maybe he was just a depressed person.

But now he was standing in the middle of a pile of brains.

Human brains loaded in glass bottles with names on them filled the entire dark room.

"Okay, it's all set up."

In the brains that would drive ordinary people crazy, a cheerful voice appeared. A man with a completely different style from Araya Soren walked out. He was

wearing a bright red coat, a tall cylindrical hat, blond hair and a smile. He strode like a gentleman from England.

"Thank you for your hard work, Aruba." Even when Araya Soren said the words of reward, it was heavy as if he was cursing others.

"It's not hard at all." Aruba held his scepter, raised his tone, and opened his hands exaggeratedly, "I can't wait to show Aozaki Touko my masterpiece, and then kill her in her regret!"

Unlike Araya Soren who came to find the root cause, Aruba's purpose of coming here was just to kill Aozaki Touko.

"She didn't come alone." Araya Soren glanced at Aruba and gave him his final advice, "After making the puppet, it's meaningless for you to stay here. The identity of the enemy is unknown, and the chances of winning are unknown. Leaving now is the right choice."

"Hahaha, Araya, you are still as boring as before." Aruba smiled expectantly, "If the winner leaves the battlefield, then what's the meaning of victory? What's more, with the things you sent, and in a place like this, even a magician won't be our opponent."

Compared to Aruba's confidence, Araya Soren did not object.

Because this is the truth.

He turned his lifelong barrier achievements into this apartment. This place is both Tai Chi and his body. The endless cycle of death and life has perfectly formed a spiral isolated from the outside world.

Even the suppression force cannot detect the situation inside.

This is close to, or even the realm of magic.

In addition, Aruba's work.

Araya Soren looked at the huge monster in front of him. He didn't want to take out all his treasures, but the crucial battle to touch the root was right in front of him. Even if he stayed behind, it would be meaningless.

The rest was just to wait quietly.

...

On the sparsely populated road late at night, a red car sped along.

The destination soon appeared in front of Shen He.

It was a large building that could be seen as "high-end" at a glance. The reason for this was not because of its luxurious appearance, but because all the nearby buildings were almost the same, square, gray and monotonous. Only this building was built with two half-moon-shaped buildings facing each other.

The overall look was a cylinder that was cut vertically but not completely separated.

In addition, there was another interesting thing.

"Reinhard, did you feel it?" Shen He asked.

"Well, the interior of this building is completely blocked." Reinhard nodded, "It's a very deep barrier, just like creating a completely different world."

He didn't know the strength of this world, but just talking about the barrier in front of him, even in his world, few people could make it.

This has nothing to do with the amount of power, it's purely about the degree of understanding of space.

"Araya Soren is indeed a rare barrier master." Aozaki Touko looked at Shen He with some curiosity, "So, what are you going to do? If you go in, it's like stepping directly into a territory carefully prepared by a barrier master."