Chapter 107 New Deal (New)
"Want a new deal?"
When he heard these words, Gerard's body trembled subconsciously.
This... has been the first time?
From his eyes at the beginning to his fingers now, Gerard felt that he was falling step by step into the abyss lured by the devil, but every time it was his active choice.
So what about this time?
He clenched the photo in his hand, felt the rain hitting his body, looked at the completely broken metal body... Jellal couldn't remember the last time he was so miserable. Even when he just came out of the polluted land ten years ago, he had never fallen to this point.
And what does he have to face?
Gerard looked up, the gloomy sky was like a piece of gray iron, pressing him so hard that he couldn't breathe.
He knew that he was powerless to destroy this iron-like sky. If he wanted to destroy it, he would need a fire, a fire that could burn everything.
And that fire, Gerard had seen it last night.
Only then did Gerard realize that every time he seemed to have a choice, in fact... he didn't.
"You..." Gerald said slowly, "What do you want?"
"Oh? Since you asked this question, can I understand that you have this tendency?" Bai Wei chuckled and said, "It seems that you have understood. Now, only I can help you... It's a pity that if you could realize this earlier, things might not have developed to this point. But it is understandable that if you hadn't seen it with your own eyes, you probably wouldn't believe what I said. After all, in your eyes, there should be not much difference between me and that new evildoer."
Jellal didn't say anything, but both of them knew exactly what he was worried about - he was always afraid that he would release a more uncontrollable being.
"You don't have to worry too much about this. I don't have too many ideas about the city of Tianqin... and with your dedication alone, there is only so much I can do." Bai Wei said calmly, "Look, I only killed a bishop in Rhine, but what about that new evildoer? He wants to kill your god. In this way, am I pretty harmless?"
Gerald: “…”
"Let's not talk about this nonsense." Bai Wei stopped joking and shifted his focus to his fingers. Then he stood up a little bit and looked at Jellal. "Since this is a new deal, I can show some sincerity and give you some free information. Your god... can only last for a month at most."
Although he tried his best to suppress it, Jellal's expression changed slightly.
If he hadn't seen it last night, he would never have believed Bai Wei, but now... it was no longer his turn to disbelieve.
He didn't ask nonsense questions like "Is the time accurate?" He just stared at his middle finger and then slowly asked: "What will happen then?"
Bai Wei was very happy that Gerald asked directly to the key point.
"Many people will die. This is because the new god is far more insane than Lyra. His birth will be accompanied by death, a grand death."
Bai Wei did not lie to Gerald.
This is exactly where the normal storyline goes.
A month later, the Tower of Babel collapsed, and the new gods were reborn in the flesh and blood of the old gods, and at the same time killed nearly one third of the people of Lyra.
Bai Wei used the ability of his eyes to make this scene appear in Gerard's mind. He saw the new god made of flesh and blood, spraying flames into the air. Fire rained down from the red sky, and the magnificent Lyra City sank in the sea of fire.
The overwhelming feeling of powerlessness washed over his heart like a tide, and Gerard almost fell down.
But he held back, and looked at the middle finger again: "Can this be stopped?"
"Of course." Bai Wei chuckled and said, "What else are we discussing?"
"You mean...you come to stop it?"
"Of course... not." Bai Wei's answer was beyond Gerard's expectation. "With only my eyes and fingers left, I have no way to directly fight against such a guy, even though He is not that powerful among the gods."
"It's not up to you to stop him?" Perhaps due to excessive blood loss, Gerard's mind was a little dull, "Then who else can stop Him?"
"What you said is very strange." Bai Wei said, "Isn't your god still alive? Or are you hoping that your god will die soon?"
Gerard finally came back to his senses. He ignored Bai Wei's joke and asked directly, "You mean, save my Lord Tianqin?"
"Yes, although I don't have a good impression of Tianqin, so far, the only one who can deal with the new god is the old god." Bai Wei said lightly, "Although his current condition is not very good, he is not dead after all. Gods are not so easy to kill, so the Zhuxin Society... your son's group will take action from a practical level and reduce his power by killing the bishop, because the new god has no way to kill him immediately."
When he heard the word "your son", Gerard was silent for a moment, but he didn't say much about it. He just asked, "Then what should I do?"
"It's very simple." Bai Wei said calmly, "Use the same method."
"…In the same way?"
"Yes, the people of the new god have to kill the believers of the old god to weaken the power of the old god." Bai Wei said slowly, "Then why can't you kill the lackeys of the new god to weaken the power of the new god? In short..."
"They killed the bishop."
"You kill them."
Bai Wei's light words seemed to make Gerard smell a strong smell of blood.
He looked at the photo in his hand again, and the smile of the boy in the photo was already blurred.
"This is the content of the deal." Bai Wei said slowly, "I will assist you and tell you who are the New Gods. By the way, I will also help you deal with some difficult guys. You saw last night that all the talents of the New Gods are used to fight against Tianqin, so you may not be able to do anything to their core figures, but for me, this is not a problem. After all... you have also seen my ability."
Bai Wei finally proposed his deal.
But Gerard did not agree immediately, but looked at him again.
"So, what's the price... No." Gerard felt that this question was wrong, so he shook his head and asked again, word by word, "What is your purpose in helping me like this? What do you want?"
"Can't I just be kindhearted and want to help you for free?" Bai Wei raised Gerard's eyebrows, "Or maybe I'm also very upset with the new god, so I want to help Tianqin?"
Gerald didn't say anything, he just stared at Bai Wei's fingers with Bai Wei's eyes.
Bai Wei also knew that there was no way to avoid this issue.
But he didn't intend to avoid it.
The time has come to make it public.
"Do you know what's in the contaminated land?"
Gerard was silent for a long time, and then he said softly: "Your... body parts?"
"Oh?" Bai Wei was a little surprised, "You actually knew that?"
"This is just my guess." Gerard said softly, "I'm afraid the only thing that can interest you is your own power. Just as you took back your eyes and fingers in the Rhine, you came to Tianqin for the same thing."
"Haha, since you've guessed it, why bother asking?"
Gerard said: "But I want to know, which part of your body is it? What power does it have? And, you are..."
"That's enough, Jellal." Bai Wei interrupted Jellal calmly, "Although I understand that you really want to know why you and your team gave everything for ten years ago, but these questions...are beyond the scope. I have no obligation to answer you. You must give something in exchange, but so far, you can't give anything more."
Gerald choked suddenly.
"So the content of the deal is very clear. If I do nothing, my power will eventually fall into the hands of the new god, and it will be difficult for me to get it back. So in order to prevent this from happening, I decided to help Tianqin, and I ask you to help me get the body part in the end." Bai Wei asked, "How is it? Do you agree to this deal?"
After a long silence, Gerard said softly: "I want a promise from you."
"you say."
"After you regain your power, no matter now or in the future, you are not allowed to attack anyone in this city." Gerard stared at Bai Wei, "You are not allowed to harm anyone in this city."
"Heh... I thought it was something else." Bai Wei chuckled and said, "I can promise you."
After getting Bai Wei's promise, Gerald finally made up his mind: "Okay, I agree to this deal, I will help you get the body parts back."
"Very good, then I will allow you to use my power." Bai Wei said, "But before that, what about your body?"
Jellal lowered his head and looked at his body.
As mentioned before, his metal body is completely broken and cannot be used.
He can use Bai Wei's power, but there is no way to use Bai Wei's power all the time.
Therefore, the first thing he had to do was to replace his metal body with a healthy one.
After a little thought, Gerard said, "I know a place that might have what I want, if it still exists."
"But can you still walk in your current state?" Bai Wei said slowly, "Don't forget that you are still wanted. It will be very troublesome if you can't move."
Gerard didn't say much. He just pulled out the metal fragments that were stuck in his flesh and blood and affected his movements, and then threw them aside.
The blood quickly faded under the rain.
"Okay."
He said this and then walked into the rainstorm.
…
"puff".
A little girl with short brown hair fell into the mud, leaving a bright red blood mark on her tender face.
There was a series of cheers, and then a fat boy with both arms transformed into prosthetic limbs strode forward, grabbed the little girl's hair and lifted her up, while mocking her loudly.
"Yo yo yo, let me see who this is, isn't this that... huh? What's his name?" The fat boy looked at his younger brother beside him.
Seeing this, the younger brother quickly stepped forward and said, "Boss! Her name is Ju!"
"Ju? What a crappy name." The fat boy looked at the little girl again, "Weren't you very powerful before? You even dared to hit my little brother. Don't you know that I'm his boss?"
The little girl raised her head stubbornly, her dark eyes fixed on the fat boy, with a hint of disdain in her pupils.
"Your little brother can't beat me even with his prosthetic limbs. He's so weak. It seems like you, the big brother, aren't that strong after all."
Hearing what Ju said, the younger brother beside him immediately got angry: "You, you, you...if there wasn't a lock in my prosthetic limb, I would have beaten you to death long ago!"
"Really?" The little girl glanced at the younger brother with contempt. "You can't use the weapons that come with your prosthetic limbs, so you're going to be knocked down by my fists? Then you are really rubbish."
"You you you..." My face turned red, but I didn't know how to refute.
After all, as Ju said, even if the prosthetic limbs cannot use the weapons inside, they are made of metal and are definitely not something that flesh and blood can contend with.
But he was knocked down by Ju, which made him feel very embarrassed. He could only look at his older brother, the fat boy, with hope.
The fat boy didn't say much and punched Ju directly in the stomach, which made Ju's young face twisted tightly.
But she didn't say a word, just looked at the fat boy coldly, that look was totally not like what someone of her age should have, the fat boy trembled in his heart, and then he punched her again.
"Oh, do you think I don't know why you don't have a mechanical prosthesis?" said the fat boy. "Don't you want to change it? You can't change it! Because you don't have a father or a mother! You can't change it without a guardian to guarantee it! You are just an orphan that no one wants! Just like a stray dog on the roadside!"
The fat boy cursed loudly, almost spitting saliva on Ju's face.
Because he hated this expression of Ju, he didn't know why a kid who was not wanted by anyone could show such an arrogant expression. Shouldn't she cry and beg for mercy after seeing his power?
Can you please be a little more considerate? This is the latest model of my prosthetic arm. How dare you mess with me when you don't have any metal parts on your body!
Thinking of this, the fat boy increased the strength in his hand and wanted to hit Ju twice more, but he heard Ju say: "I really don't have a father or a mother, but soon... you will be childless."
The fat boy was slightly stunned.
Then he heard a "click" sound, and then felt a sharp pain in his lower body, which almost made him faint, forcing him to let go of Ju.
"Brother? What's wrong with you?"
When the younger brothers saw the fat boy suddenly bent down like a shrimp, they quickly surrounded him.
"Don't, don't move!" The fat boy's face turned red, "It hurts, it hurts so much..."
pain?
Everyone's eyes immediately moved downwards, and then everyone was stunned.
I saw a special "lock" hanging on the fat boy's lower body.
There was a small clock hanging on the lock. The clock was ticking, and the lock was slowly tightening as time passed.
The tightened part is naturally...
"Asshole! What did you do to me?!" The fat boy stared at Ju.
Ju first spat out the blood in his mouth, then raised his neck high and looked down at the fat boy: "I told you that you will not have children soon. This is a little gadget I made myself, called Timed Egg Explosion. As the name suggests, I set the time, and your eggs will explode soon."
Everyone was stunned.
Then the fat boy couldn't help but yell, "Are you fucking crazy...ah, my balls!"
"Don't worry, big brother! I'll help you take it down!" The younger brother, eager to show his loyalty, immediately stretched out his hand. As a result, as soon as he touched the egg bursting device, he saw the small clock on it "tick-tick" and turning faster.
So the fat boy screamed even louder: "Ahhh! Don't move, don't move! It hurts!"
"The more you struggle, the more it hurts. The bigger you move, the faster it will stop." Ju said with a smile, "I suggest you take him to a nearby prosthetics store as soon as possible, otherwise..."
Ju spread his hands.
"You'll need a prosthetic for this part in the future... This should be a precedent, right? How about calling it... Gundam?"
The boys were frightened by what Ju said.
The fat boy couldn't accept the thought of replacing his third leg with a prosthesis. His face turned pale instantly. "Hurry, hurry, hurry! What are you still standing there for? Carry me to the prosthesis store!"
“Ooooooh!”
The boys immediately took action. They hurriedly lifted the fat boy up like an animal, and during the process the fat boy kept making sounds like slaughtering a pig.
"Ah! Gently! Gently!"
“It’s going to explode, it’s going to explode, it’s really going to explode!”
In response to this situation, Ju just smiled and smiled again.
Just when they were about to leave in a hurry, the little brother saw Ju who was still smiling, and suddenly became furious, then pointed at Ju's nose and said.
"You did something like this! No wonder you're the daughter of a criminal!"
Tachibana's smile froze for a moment.
Another little ghost chimed in, "He's not a criminal! He's a rebel! He's the one who betrayed Tianqin! Your father is a rebel! Your mother is a lunatic! No wonder you can do such a thing! Just wait, your fate will definitely be the same as your parents'!"
In response to the two little kids' ridicule, Ju slowly took out two small timed explosive eggs from his pocket and shook them in front of them, which made them turn pale immediately. They didn't dare to say anything more and just ran away carrying the fat boy.
The fat boy was still threatening her fiercely: "Just wait! Sooner or later I will kill you! I will make you stay with your parents!"
Soon, the little ghosts left, and the alley became quiet, with only Ju left.
Ju lowered his head and looked at himself at the moment through the reflection of the puddles on the ground.
His hair was messy, his clothes were torn, and there was blood at the corners of his mouth. He looked like a broken toy.
Fortunately, she was used to it. She shrugged her shoulders and put away the two timed egg-exploding devices. Then she picked up the abandoned schoolbag and walked back slowly while humming a song.
Her childish and out-of-tune voice echoed in the narrow alley, sounding a little monotonous.
Ju returned to his home, a small house in a remote area of District 2.
In fact, this is not a proper residential house at all, but just a small warehouse for miscellaneous items.
This was left to her by the father whom Tachibana had never met.
In fact, Ju also knew that her father had left her a house in a place called Rim Station. It was a proper residence, but Ju was not willing to live there.
Because children who live there will be pointed at and called "rebels", and they are likely to be contaminated.
Ju really didn't like this, she had never even met her father, why should she be spoken of like this?
So she came here to live alone. Although she would be talked about like that from time to time when living here, she had gotten used to it.
Ju took out the key and opened the warehouse door.
Then, a pile of metal accessories came into view.
This is also my father’s legacy.
Ju heard that his father was also a mechanic, and a very good one at that.
I don’t know if it’s something he inherited from his father, but Ju is quite talented in this area, otherwise he wouldn’t have been able to make a gadget like the timed egg-exploding gadget without any instruction.
Otherwise, she was sure that she would be bullied even more badly.
After entering the warehouse, Ju hummed a song, put down his schoolbag, and then walked towards the workbench while rubbing his messy hair.
The timed egg explosion and the like still have flaws, they can only be installed close to the face, which is not good, we still need to make some long-range weapons.
Ju thought so, then walked to the workbench, and found that someone was already sitting there.
What kind of person is this?
There was blood all over his body.
The body is incomplete, with pieces missing here and there.
There was a pile of bloodstained metal at his feet.
Orange froze.
She slowly raised her head, and then met a pair of star-like eyes.
This is also what surprised Ju the most.
Why does an ordinary old face have such eyes that are completely inconsistent with its temperament?
…There was a long silence.
The other party finally spoke slowly, with a slightly unnatural tone in his words.
"Don't be nervous, I'm just... passing by."
(End of this chapter)
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