473 The Power of Existence

When Yuji Sakai looked at the girl who suddenly appeared, the girl's eyes also fell on him, but unlike Yuji Sakai's bright expression, the girl's fiery appearance actually had an indifferent and cold expression, especially She looked at Yuji Sakai as if she was not looking at a person, but just a prop or an object.

Suddenly, the necklace pendant hanging on the girl's chest floated in the wind, showing a light and shadow like a red lotus.

"How's it going, Alastor?"

"Well...not a disciple, just a phosphorus." The fiery red pendant made a deep voice.

"That means the main body is still hiding, but we seem to be late...who is that guy?" The girl turned her head and gradually looked towards Tang Hao, but what attracted her attention more was the one floating in the air. Figure, brilliance.

"At least he's not a disciple." The member she called Alastor said deeply, "Nor is he Fire Mist. Judging from the appearance alone, he is just an ordinary human being, but it is impossible for ordinary humans to act in isolation. , and... strange..."

"What's wrong?"

"No, it's nothing. In short, he doesn't look like he can use the power of existence. Let's find the enemy's identity first."

"Um."

The girl responded softly, lowered her gaze, and met Tang Hao who was walking from the front, subconsciously clenching the handle of the knife.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not your enemy." Tang Hao raised his hand with a smile. He knew that this person who would be called Shana in the future but who didn't have a name yet was very wary, even aloof and a little inhumane. Be careful and you may be treated as an enemy... After all, even the Fire Mist Warriors are not harmonious, but full of competition.

"Wulu Sai! I'm not nervous!" The girl cursed unhappily, and then asked, "Since you are not my enemy, then who are you? You are neither a disciple nor a fire mist, so why can you be in Feng Jue?" Action here?"

"I also want to know this question." Tang Hao shrugged, pretending to be innocent, and pointed in the direction not far from the girl's side, "Actually, I am just a stand-in who is passing by with my friends. We came to Japan to play together, and something like this happened. Two of my friends were disabled, and even I almost died...It’s unfortunate.”

"Substitute?" The girl lowered her head with a puzzled look in her eyes, "Alastor, do you know?"

"I've never heard of it, what is a substitute messenger?"

"Oh, is the pendant talking? It's incredible." Tang Hao pretended to be surprised and looked at the pendant in front of the girl. "The so-called substitute messenger uses the power of the soul to activate a shadow-like substitute in his body to fight. The one above is my substitute. It’s normal that you haven’t heard of it, because even I have never seen the second substitute messenger... Speaking of which, what are the disciples and the fire mist you just mentioned?"

"Alastor..." The girl lowered her head again, as if to confirm.

"Well..." Pendant pondered for a moment, "I really don't have any information about the substitute messenger in my memory, but the world is full of wonders, so we can't judge that what he said is false, and his eyes and tone are both different. Like lying."

Her Royal Highness: This Red World Demon King is probably not blind. Tang Ritian is obviously telling lies with his eyes open!

Saint Hui: But I also think Da Bendan’s expression is very sincere.

Yukinoshita: Just pretend you're used to it.

Her Royal Highness: So you ignorant girls will be deceived by men.

Dr. Roman: However, pretending to know nothing, there is indeed an assistant approaching the other party.

assistant:? ? ?

Dr. Roman: Sorry, there was a typo, it was help.

Assistant: If I remember correctly, you spoke in Japanese, right?

Dr. Roman: I was speaking in Chinese just now.

Before, everyone was worried about Tang Hao's situation, and they didn't dare to discuss it loudly. Until now, they finally felt relieved and started the usual discussion and shameless apology to Tang Ritian, just talking. The building is crooked.

Feng Jue Nei, no matter how hard it was, the two sides finally reached a consensus. Although Shana's temper was indeed not very good, she would not make enemies for no reason, not to mention that she was someone who even Alastor didn't know.

"Anyway, the one you just knocked down was just Phosphorus. Its body is still hiding nearby. Pay attention."

"Phosphorus?" Tang Hao frowned. He had some impression of the word, but couldn't remember the details.

"Phosphorus is the servant of the Red World disciples." The girl explained on behalf of Alastor, "Although the Red World disciples are powerful, they are only one body after all. For convenience, they will create many servants to do things for themselves. Among them They are divided into prop type and puppet type, collectively called phosphorus, and the performance of phosphorus depends on the master's ability."

"I see. In other words, although we defeated two of them just now, it had no real effect."

"Yes."

"that……"

"Hello……"

"I……"

During the conversation between the two, Yuji Sakai, who was sitting on the sidelines, wanted to interrupt several times, but except for Tang Hao occasionally looking at him, the girl ignored him at all, as if he didn't exist at all. The look made him gradually raise his voice.

"Ah...Urusei Urusei!" Finally, the girl couldn't bear it anymore and turned around fiercely to glare at Sakai Yuuji, "How long are you going to keep talking? It's just a torch. Please clarify your position for me, I’m so annoying!”

"Torch...?" Sakai Yuji looked confused. He didn't know why she was so angry, and he didn't know how to refute. But just when he was about to speak, he suddenly realized that the girl actually raised the sword towards him. Wave it.

"ah!"

Amidst the screams, one wrist was cut off and fell to the ground, but there was no blood. When it fell to the ground, blue fire appeared.

"Is there a third body? I really don't want to give up." The girl's sword pointed behind Yuji Sakai, where a woman was lying with her left hand cut off. "Do you want to get Mystis so much?"

"Flaming hair and burning eyes, the tribulation fire of the sky, Alastor's fire mist..." The woman crossed her arms, her eyes full of hostility, "Damn crusade props, my master will not remain silent!"

"Oh, so what?" The girl showed a refreshing smile, "Even if his props were destroyed, he didn't appear. Even if he did appear, he could only scream before death... Of course, before that, , let’s start with you.”

As she spoke, the girl raised her sword high.

"wait wait wait!"

But at the moment when the girl swung the knife, Sakai Yuji rushed out and blocked the woman. The sudden figure made the girl pause, and the woman laughed ferociously, inserting her right hand like a sharp blade into Yuji Sakai's back, trying to take away the Noble Phantasm in his body.

But the girl's movement was just a pause. The next moment, the red-flamed sword swung down without any hesitation, chopping the woman and Sakai Yuji's body together.

"Ahhhh..." The screams of the woman and Yuji Sakai sounded at the same time. The former fell to the ground instantly and turned into a crippled doll. Then as the blue fire rose, a small doll emerged from the woman's body. It came out of the body and flew away into the distance.

"Are you the real body?" The girl's eyes lit up and she immediately chased after him. At the same time, she shouted to Tang Hao without looking back, "There may be a fourth body. Look at that torch."

"Okay." Tang Hao nodded in response. In the original work, Shana did not pursue him. She may have been worried that Sakai Yuuji would be attacked and the treasure phantom in his body would be taken away. But now that he was around, she chose a different route.

This may be the butterfly effect.

Tang Hao thought in his mind, but the doll flew very fast, and Shana might not be able to catch it.

"Ahhh...help...save me..."

Hearing the cry for help from behind, Tang Hao turned his head, and a crack was pulled from Sakai Yuji's left shoulder, almost splitting his upper body in half. Such an injury would undoubtedly be fatal to ordinary people.

"Help...save me...please..." Sakai Yuji cast a pleading look at Tang Hao.

Tang Hao didn't react at all, but asked calmly, "Why? They are all enemies. When the two monsters were killed before, you didn't block the knife, but you had to block the knife for this woman... because she at least looked like a human being?... ...Human beings are really creatures that are easily fooled by their appearance.”

"I beg you……"

"Take a good look. If an ordinary person is stabbed like this, even if he is lucky enough to survive, he will probably be unable to make a sound. But you are still shouting so energetically. Why do you think this is?"

"Eh?" Upon hearing this, Yuji Sakai was stunned. He subconsciously turned his head and realized that his severed body did not shed any blood.

"Finally I found out. It's just half of your body that was chopped off. Don't make a fuss." Tang Hao walked forward, squatted down beside him, and gently poked his hanging shoulder. , asked, "It shouldn't hurt much, right?"

"Indeed...it doesn't seem to hurt..." Yuji Sakai nodded blankly. When he saw himself being slashed before, he thought he was going to die, so he panicked and called for help. But now that he came to his senses, he couldn't move except for his left shoulder. Besides, he felt no pain at all, "What...what's going on?"

"Didn't the ratite just say that you are just a torch?"

"torch?"

"Don't ask me. I don't know the specifics. I just know that you are no longer human. As for the rest, you have to wait until the ratite monster comes back. You can let her tell you... But then again..." Tang Hao said while saying He leaned his head and looked over from Sakai Yuji's wound. It was pitch black, and he didn't know what it looked like inside.

"You...what are you going to do?"

"Don't worry, I'm just sticking it in for a look, I won't hurt you."

As Tang Hao spoke, he stretched out his hand to Sakai Yuji's split body. He had no intention of taking the Zero Hour Mystery as his own. After all, without this thing, Sakai Yuji would be dead... killing people and seizing treasures. Although there are a lot of fantasy fairy tales studios next door, he feels that he is not that bad yet, he is just a little curious.

There is nothing I can't do that even a mere phoenix can do.

However, according to Shana, it is very dangerous to open Mystis without authorization...

correct!

Tang Hao's eyes suddenly lit up and he glanced upward, "The light covers me!"

Uh-huh!

In an instant, a ray of pure white light shone down from the radiance, covering Tang Hao's body, turning into a layer of light film visible to the naked eye on his body surface, making people feel safe.

After putting on the maternal love shield, Tang Hao felt that there was nothing to fear anymore, and immediately put his hand into Yuji Sakai's body...

"Ah" Sakai Yuji exclaimed instinctively.

"What's it called?" Tang Hao frowned, "A lot of people are watching, can you stop making any noise? It makes me seem like I'm doing something weird...shut up!"

Ignoring Sakai Yuji's resentful expression, Tang Hao concentrated on exploring inside his body. Strangely enough, his body was only so big, but the space inside was very spacious. Not only could his hands not touch the edge, but even Tang Hao could not touch it. The threads Hao made with his limited spiritual power could continue to extend into the depths, as if this was a bottomless abyss...

Where is the Zero Hour Mystery? At least get in touch and take a look!

Tang Hao was a little anxious, after all, Shana might be back soon.

Got it!

Suddenly, Tang Hao trembled slightly. He felt that his spirit line touched something strange. When the two came into contact, a strange force immediately spread up, and there was a sharp tingling sensation on his fingertips, but also Taking advantage of this opportunity, Tang Hao clenched his fist and pulled away from Sakai Yuji's body.

Afterwards, Tang Hao quickly stood up and turned around, opening his fist with Yuji Sakai's eyes away, and a wisp of blue fire suddenly appeared in his palm.

This is the power of Yuji Sakai’s existence!

Fortunately, I finally got it.

Tang Hao immediately breathed a sigh of relief. If it was Zero Hour Mizi, he would probably have to stuff it back again.

snap

At this moment, slight footsteps came from behind.

It was probably Shana who was back. Tang Hao immediately put Blue Fire into his favorites, then turned around as if nothing had happened, and sure enough he saw Shana walking forward with an indifferent look on her face.

"Didn't you catch it?"

"It ran away."

"Oh, that's such a shame."

"Urusa!"

Maybe she not only ran away, but was also ridiculed. The girl's expression looked a little angry. Tang Hao didn't ask any more questions because he had a guilty conscience.

"Help...save me..."

At the same time, Sakai Yuji looked at the girl with pleading eyes.

The girl lowered her head and murmured: "I was really shocked just now. I almost forgot that this thing can move. Really, it's just a torch. It's just causing me trouble."

Tang Hao smiled and said, "He looks very pitiful. You should help him repair it first."

"Humph." The girl snorted, seemingly reluctant, but finally squatted down, pressed half of Sakai Yuuji's body, and put them back together again.

Then, a blue flame burned on Sakai Yuji, making him jump in fright.

This is the power of existence... Tang Hao couldn't help but narrowed his eyes. What the girl did was not just splicing, but repaired Yuji Sakai's body through the power of existence. If his body was compared to a figure, Then this power of existence is equivalent to the role of 502.

As Sakai Yuuji's body was repaired, the girl stretched out her hand and pointed toward the sky. Bright light overflowed from her fingertips. Gradually, dozens of blue fires rose around her. These blue fires once again turned into the things that had been swallowed by the monster before. The people, even their poses, are perfectly recreated.

"Is this the torch?" Tang Hao asked.

"Yes, those people have been devoured by the power of existence, but if so many people disappear at the same time, everyone will feel it is inconsistent, and it will even affect the collapse of the present world, so the existence of the torch is very necessary, but repairing The environment requires several.”

As she spoke, the girl stretched out her finger again, and saw that the streets that had been destroyed by the battle were restored as if going back in time. However, in contrast, three of the people who had just been "resurrected" completely disappeared.

Then, when the girl put down her wrist, everything around her became "alive" again. The footsteps, noises, conversations and laughter were as if what happened before had never happened at all.

boom!

Tang Hao was looking at his surroundings when his back was suddenly hit.

"Wow, when did you stop in front of me?"

Tang Hao turned around and saw Misaka Mikoto rubbing her head and complaining. Before Feng Jue unfolded, the two of them were four or five steps apart. However, because Tang Hao was not trapped by Feng Jue, the distance between the two became closer. Misaka Mikoto maintained the previous trend and naturally collided with each other. Come up.

Tang Hao did not answer, but asked, "Do you feel anything strange?"

"Something strange? Of course there is. You were walking in front of me so well. Why did you suddenly come in front of me and cause me to bump into... By the way, have you learned how to teleport?"

"That's not what I asked."

"what is that?"

Misaka Mikoto asked in confusion. Just when Tang Hao was disappointed, Kuonji Yuju suddenly frowned, "Three people are missing."

"Huh?" Mikoto turned her head.

Youzhu stared ahead, "I have been observing before. Within a range of twenty meters, there were several people around me. I remember clearly what kind of people they were, but now...no, although there are three less people around, there are still There is one more thing that didn't exist before...why? Is it my imagination?"

"It's not an illusion." Tang Hao shook his head, "Your feeling is correct, because we were hit just now."

The three missing people are the torches used by Shana to repair the environment, and the extra person is Shana. Mikoto didn't notice this detail, but Yuzhu did... I have to admit that lonely people are really good at observing.

"Succumbed to the attack? When did it happen?" Mikoto was still confused.

"actually……"

"Wait! What happened just now? Flames can be seen in the bodies of Hirai-classmate and the people around him. How are they? And that child, he suddenly disappeared. Where did he go? You... "

"Ah, it's so noisy!"

Just when Tang Hao was about to explain, the sound of quarreling came from the front, but it was Sakai Yuji who pulled Shana and kept asking questions, which finally made her unhappy again.

"I'll explain later." Tang Hao greeted the two of them and immediately walked forward.

"Since you want to know so much, let me tell you straightforwardly... That's right, you are not a human being, you are a thing!" Just as Tang Hao and the other three were approaching, Xia Na, who had changed from flaming hair and eyes to black hair, glared at Sakajin. Yuji said coldly, "Not just you, but also those who can see flames in their bodies. Just now, their existence has been eaten by the Red World. It is not a simple death, but a transformation." They have never existed from the beginning, no one knows them, and no one remembers them, and even if they disappear around people, humans cannot realize them.”

"But didn't you just put them..."

"It's just a torch made through the power of existence, a substitute for human beings."

"alternatives?"

"It's the so-called substitute." Tang Hao approached the two of them and said, "It's like a school. There were originally two hundred students, but suddenly a hundred people were eaten. Even if no one remembers them, the people around them are still alive. I think it's strange, but extending this phenomenon to the entire world, such as factories, armies and even governments, will cause the world to lose balance. Therefore, we create human substitutes and let them disappear one by one over time. In this case No one will feel anything unusual, after all...human beings are creatures of habit."

"That's right." Shana said with the pendant on her chest shining brightly. "Take the earth under your feet as an example. If it collapses suddenly, human beings will be greatly affected. But replace the earth with a glacier and let it slowly collapse." If it melts, the impact will be minimized... However, whether it is an iceberg or the earth, the conclusion is the same, they do not exist."

Sakai Yuji's eyes widened, and he felt a chill in his heart, "That is to say..."

"That's right." Shana looked directly into his eyes, "The real you has long since been eaten and disappeared. Now you are just an empty shell, a thing... just the remnants of your predecessor."

Hearing this, Yuji Sakai lowered his head and looked at the blue fire coming out of his chest. Apart from being frightened, he was more afraid of being unable to accept reality.

For Xia Na, both Sakai Yuji and Tang Hao were just passers-by on her journey. If Sakai Yuji hadn't been pestering her, she wouldn't have said it. After saying it, she had a headache. Gone without returning.

Tang Hao looked away from Shana's back, looked at Sakai Yuji who looked dull, and murmured: "It seems that he was very shocked."

"Although we still don't understand what happened, have we met the real owner?" Mikoto asked Tang Hao in a low voice.

"Well, I will explain it to you in detail later. As for now..." Tang Hao nodded. Now he was faced with two choices. Follow Shana? Or follow Yuji Sakai?

Thinking of this, he immediately took out his mobile phone.

At this moment, the mission interface was finally updated with new content, and two more names were added.

Sakai Yuji: Cause and effect point 5.

The flaming-haired and scorching-eyed crusader: Cause and Effect Point 1.

Although it is a bit unexpected, it is also a natural result.