491 I Have a Bold Idea

With the roar, countless thunderbolts gathered together, as if forming a huge white hole, swallowing up everything on the ground, whether it was good or vicious, whether it was justice or evil, in the face of this almost natural disaster-like force, Obviously there is no value for discussion anymore.

"Is that guy... really fake?"

On the rooftop a few hundred meters away, Shana's eyes widened. Although Tang Hao seemed to be winning, she was still a little worried, so she followed him. However, before she could catch up with Faliagni, this sudden attack A lightning strike forced her to stop.

That was the power of a natural disaster, but it was not a natural disaster. At least normal lightning strikes would not be so dense, nor would they have such terrifying power. Even the Fire Mist Warrior, she did not think anyone could reach this level of power.

Rather than saying this is human power, it's better to say...it's like divine punishment!

"Her power is probably far greater than that of the average Red Devil." The pendant on Shana's chest flickered slightly, and even Alastor's voice became deeper than before, "If we just talk about the destructive power of an instant, Even among the ancient kings of the red world, few can match him.”

"So, what if it's the devil?"

Shana turned around to look, but it was Tang Hao who walked over with a smile. Then she looked down at the pendant, seemingly curious.

However, Alastor did not answer directly, but said: "Although her explosive power is very strong, such a large-scale attack will inevitably consume a lot of power of existence, and her method of using the power of existence seems to be inconsistent. A little unfamiliar...well, it has indeed weakened."

As his words fell, he saw that the thunder circle on the opposite side began to gradually shrink, and the thunder pillars flickered on and off. In a few blinks, all the thunder light was completely gone, revealing a piece of charred earth, and in In the center of the street, Faliagni had long since disappeared without a trace. Only Misaka Mikoto was still standing there, and then she swayed slightly and fell backwards as if powerlessly.

Snapped!

The thunder circle has dispersed, but traces of the past still remain on the ground. From time to time, small lightning lights can be seen jumping up and falling from the ground. Tang Hao can feel a little tingling when running on them.

"How is she?"

"It's nothing, just out of strength."

Tang Hao squatted beside Miqin and shook his head.

At this moment, Mikoto had lost consciousness, but there was no external injury on her body. After examination, Tang Hao thought that it might be because the blow just now consumed all her strength, causing her to temporarily fall into a state of shock... It can be seen from this that Alas Thor's statement is correct. Even though Mikoto's power now exceeds that of most Red Demon Kings, such a large-scale attack will still put a certain burden on her, and naturally she cannot compare with the Demon God.

However, Tang Hao believed that this was the result of Meiqin's deliberate creation.

Because Faliagni was already at the end of his strength at that time, just one shot of Thunderbird made him fall to the ground. To kill him, there was no need for a real thunderbolt. With Mikoto's character, she will not kill easily. Even if the opponent is the cruel and ruthless Red Demon King, when she makes up her mind to kill the opponent, she should also feel guilty herself.

Tang Hao can understand this feeling very well. When he killed someone for the first time in Noragami's world, he also felt strong nausea and discomfort. However, because the person he killed was a scumbag, he was not so kind, but asked his heart. No shame, and as the times increased, I gradually got used to it.

"In short, the sky in this city can be refreshing for a few days..."

Tang Hao raised his head and said with a smile.

…

"Xia Na, you're back!"

Sakai Yuji's house. Although Sakai Yuji did not participate in this hunting expedition, after all, it was related to the survival of the entire city. He could not sleep peacefully, so he sat at the door and waited until the little figure appeared in front of him. He immediately ran forward.

"Is the battle over? Has the enemy been eliminated? Misaki City doesn't have to disappear anymore, right? Are you okay?"

A lot of questions, Yuji Sakai asked in one breath.

Shana lowered her face, feeling suddenly irritated in her heart, and immediately shouted: "Urusei Urusei Urusei! Shana, Shana, don't call her so affectionate!"

Then she rushed into the house angrily

"Well……"

Sakai Yuji rubbed his head with a confused look on his face. Although he and Shana had different opinions at the beginning and they often argued, after being dismissed by Tang Hao, he began to try to understand each other from Shana's perspective, and Although Shana had a bad temper, she was not unreasonable. Gradually, the two of them reached a certain consensus.

At least she wasn't so fierce when she left before.

Could it be that something happened?

Sakai Yuji walked into the house numbly and came to the room that originally belonged to him but was now forcibly occupied by Shana. He found that there was no one in the room, but there was a faint sound of running water on the other side of the corridor. Only then did he see that the bathroom light was on. Shana's coat was thrown casually on the bed and the floor.

"Are you taking a shower..."

Sakai Yuji grumbled, shook his head, and walked to the bed to pick up Shana's scattered clothes. Then, a fiery red pendant came into his sight.

"Alastor."

"Yeah, I'm here."

Sakai Yuji stared at it for a while, and finally sat down and couldn't help but ask: "Shana, what's wrong with her?"

"It must have been a shock."

"Strike?"

"As a killer with flaming hair and burning eyes, he does not have the strength to live up to his name. He was slighted and insulted during the battle, but he was unable to refute. Although he won the victory, he did not defeat the enemy with his own strength. In the end, he did not do anything for it. A chance to clear her name... She is a child with a strong self-esteem, and she has been this way since she was a child, so it is better not to provoke her now. "

"That's right..." Sakai Yuji responded. Although he didn't know the specific process yet, he roughly understood the meaning. Listening to the sound of running water coming from the bathroom, he suddenly remembered something and asked, " Alastor, have you and Shana lived together since childhood?"

"So to speak...she encountered an 'unfortunate accident' when she was still a baby, and was picked up and adopted by my helper. Because of her excellent qualities, she was raised as a fire mist until she was twelve years old. Years later, she took a certain incident as an opportunity to sign a contract with me, and from then on, her body stopped growing."

Sakai Yuji was stunned, "Shana, is she... only twelve years old?"

"That's not true. It's been about two years since we signed the contract."

"That's only fourteen years old..." Yuji Sakai suddenly understood why Shana had such a personality.

She encountered misfortune when she was young, and was raised as a fire mist after being far away from normal society. At only fourteen years old, she already has such skills and fighting power. Obviously, she has already received various trainings at a very young age. , and then even the people she comes into contact with are Fire Mist Warriors or Red World disciples. When this concept is deeply ingrained, and then enters ordinary human society, it will naturally appear different from ordinary people.

Perhaps, compared to Shana, he is relatively lucky.

Although the real him is dead, at least, before his death, his life was quite happy.

"Sakai Yuji."

"Huh?" A deep voice pulled Sakai Yuji out of his thoughts.

"This is Shana's secret. Originally, even if she wanted to say it, she should tell you herself. Do you know why I want to tell you this?"

"Why?"

"Because you are different. In the past two years of wandering adventures, we have met many torches like you. When they learned that they were just torches, they either yelled or gave up on themselves. In order to let others You can continue to live and try every means to maintain your humble existence, but you are willing to sacrifice your own existence to save others."

"I don't intend to praise you for this, but indeed, in Shana's short life of fire and mist, you are the most special torch she has ever encountered, just like our appearance led you to come to this world from ordinary daily life. , your existence also affects Shana."

"Am I...influencing Shana?"

"That's right. Although I don't know whether this effect is good or bad, she does start to become different from before, and this is something I can't do."

"Why?"

"I told her when we signed the contract that I will not teach her how to fight. She needs to understand what kind of fire mist she wants to be. And this is what I want to tell you, although I don't Responsibility guides you, but now, the gangsters who threaten this city have been eliminated. Shana and I will continue to travel and will leave here soon. Before that, I want to ask you... Sakai Yuji, do you want to be What kind of Mystis?”

"I……"

Sakai Yuji was stunned for a moment. He never expected that Alastor would say such things to him. He had never thought about it. Moreover, compared to this question...will Shana leave?

…

boom!

"why why why……"

In the bathroom, Shana's disheveled hair was bathed in cold water, she punched the wall, and kept asking herself in a low voice.

Since becoming a Fire Mist Warrior, she has experienced countless battles during the two years of adventure. She always thought that she was a Fire Mist that could stand alone, until tonight's battle... she faced The hunter was powerless. If it weren't for the assistance of Tang Hao and others, she would have been completely defeated.

Even though they teamed up to defeat the hunter in the end, everyone else was eclipsed when the thunder fell from the sky like divine punishment.

Just like a game, only the winner will be remembered.

Although she didn't want to compare with Misaka Mikoto, she still couldn't help but compare. She was a Fire Mist Warrior, and she had a powerful Crimson Demon King like Alastor as her contractor, and someone like Zhidian Shena. This unique Noble Phantasm has obviously gathered all the powerful elements, but why... still feels so weak?

What kind of Fire Mist Warrior am I?

What am I still missing?

After coming out of the bathroom, Shana still had such thoughts lingering in her mind until she returned to the room.

"Shana?" With the arrival of Shana, Sakai Yuji also returned to reality from his thoughts and stood up instinctively.

Shana's face was downcast, with an expression of gritted teeth, "What are you doing?"

"I didn't do anything, I just..."

"You didn't do anything? Then why are you holding my underwear in your hands?!"

"Uh..." Sakai Yuji was startled and looked down. Sure enough, Shana's clothes were tightly grasped in his hands. In other words, he wanted to clean them up just now.

"Wait! Listen to my explanation..."

"Urusa!"

Amid the roar, the girl seemed to transform into a flying man, leaping up in the air and kicking Yuji Sakai in the face.

boom!

If it hadn't been for the torch, someone might have died tonight.

…

"Has Mikoto fallen asleep?"

"Well, she is just temporarily exhausted and should just rest for a night."

Just when Sakai Yuuji was violently beaten by Shana, under the same night sky, Tang Hao and Yuzhu were in harmony.

"did you see it yet?"

"What?" Tang Hao was about to sit down when he was suddenly startled, and then quickly shook his head, "Of course not! Don't talk nonsense. I carried Miqin into the room and let her sleep. I came out immediately. I didn't look at anything. I He's not the kind to take advantage of others' danger..."

Before he could finish speaking, Youzhu rolled her eyes and picked up her phone, "That's what I'm talking about."

"ah?"

"I just checked the progress of the mission and found that the cause and effect point has changed again."

"Oh...it turns out to be this." Tang Hao suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. What? You have to speak clearly. If you don't tell me what you saw, how can I know what you are referring to? After all, people always think wrongly. Yes.

Tang Hao cursed secretly and took out his phone at the same time. Then when he saw the cause and effect point on the mission interface, his eyes widened.

"This...how is this possible?"

Karma points with Shana: 48

Cause and effect points with Yuji Sakai: 15

Previously, because Tang Hao's reputation with Yuji Sakai had reached the level of adoration, the causal points of both parties had also made great progress, reaching 15, which was three times that of Shana. But now, in just one hunter crusade, Shana not only came from behind but , even surpassing Yu Sakai by two or three times.

"Is this speed a bit exaggerated? Is there a bug?"

Tang Hao scratched his head, feeling a little confused for a moment.

"Actually, I just thought about it, and this causal point may be a little different from what we originally thought."

"Oh?" Tang Hao looked up at Youzhu.

"First of all, when we came to this world, we were quickly sealed away, and our strength is not immune to it. In other words, without your second soul, we would die as soon as we came up. In this way Is the difficulty a little too difficult for Hard Mode?”

"If you put it that way...yeah." Tang Hao touched his chin and nodded. Indeed, the rules of this world are self-contained. Even he, a strong man who has fought with inhibitions, only relied on his second soul to survive. To escape, if it were any other member of the group...except for Zi...mei, whose age and strength are a mystery, I'm afraid even Kaguya would have to attack on the spot.

After all, Kaguya is only immune to death, but not immune to disappearance.

And if even the second master in the chat room wants to fight, the difficulty of this copy is indeed a bit abnormal.

"Of course, the choice of difficulty may also take your second soul into consideration..." Youzhu added, "But without any prompts, it is a dead end, and there is only one solution... Although I don't know how it was before. mode, but logically speaking, it would not be strange for an opening of this level to appear in hero mode."

"Well, you're right..." Tang Hao looked a little embarrassed, "Then why is this happening?"

It’s not me again because of my relationship, right?

"I didn't quite understand it before, but after seeing the changes in this cause and effect point, I kind of understand it."

Tang Hao didn't speak and listened carefully.

Youzhu said: "In our initial understanding, the cause and effect point is considered to be the entanglement of cause and effect. Perhaps it can also be understood as correlation. That's why we subconsciously approach the main characters in this story. As the two sides intersect, Causal points are indeed generated, but this cannot explain why more than 40 causal points are generated in just one battle. So I think we understood it wrong from the beginning."

"What do you mean?" Tang Hao frowned, not understanding.

Youzhu picked up a book and said, "I just re-read the first chapter of the novel, which is the battle between Shana and the hunter. In the novel, Shana defeated the hunter and obtained part of the Noble Phantasm that originally belonged to the hunter. She became a fire fighter. Warrior Mist has also made considerable understanding and progress, and the most important thing is... the relationship between her and Yuji Sakai. Through this battle, the two of them can understand each other, from being cold to being close, or so it is."

"Then due to our interference, the hunter was killed by Mikoto, and all his Noble Phantasms were destroyed. And several of these Noble Phantasms are not only related to the life and death of Shana and Sakai Yuji in the subsequent stories of the novel, but also... It also affects the finale... In other words, if we leave this world now, without this part of the Noble Phantasm and this part of combat experience, will Shana still be able to win when she encounters a new enemy?"

"Also, without the most important treasure, the [Glass Altar], will the ending of this story lead to the realm of nowhere?"

"That's it." Tang Hao suddenly realized that in the end, it was still the word that had been said badly for a long time - the butterfly effect.

Their actions in this battle affected some things, and these things will affect future development, thereby changing everyone's destiny... Just like some games, maybe it's just a lack of a prop, maybe it's just a lack of words. With just one sentence, your ending may change from a perfect happy ending to a BADEND.

Like when the cicadas cry.

Therefore, the causal points with Shana will rise sharply.

"But why hasn't Yuji Sakai's causal point changed?"

"Because the changes have come ahead of schedule." Yuzhu closed the book, "Although Yuji Sakai is kind, he also has big shortcomings. For example, his emotional intelligence is too low and he is a bit indecisive. Although I don't want to comment on others' good qualities. Bad, but in the early stages of the story, such a character did cause some unnecessary trouble."

"Yes, I understand this." Tang Hao nodded. Although he has not read the novel, in the animation, especially the relationship with several girls, it seems that he is stepping on two different boats, constantly getting in touch with Shana and Yoshida. The beauty is vacillating, and the summer-colored photo albums are staged one after another, so that they appear to be rather scummy.

Of course, in Tang Hao's view, this is not a big problem. After all, we are all men. If it were him... I would want them all!

"However, because of your appearance, or because of your enlightenment, his character changed in advance, so before this battle, his and our causal points will always be higher than Shana, and this battle with him It doesn’t matter, even the matter about Zero Hour Mystery is the same whether it is said or not, so his causal point has not changed.”

"So, what does this have to do with difficulty?"

"Of course it is related." Youzhu nodded, "Because if we use this butterfly effect model to generate causal points, we don't even need to have direct contact with them, as long as what we do can affect them, for example... if... When you had enough power of existence to rescue Hirai-san, Shana couldn't enter her existence, so how many causal points would be produced in this?"

"I can't calculate the data, and I can't replay that what-if now. But according to this logic, as long as we operate properly, we can generate a large number of causal points without even having to come into contact with powerful enemies. This is the difficulty. It’s balanced.”

"Hmm...that makes sense."

Tang Hao pinched his chin, nodded secretly, and then his heart moved.

"Listening to what you said, I suddenly had a bold idea. Since we don't need to contact Shana herself, we must be able to create a causal point with her. As long as this matter can affect her, then... if we Will there be a lot of cause and effect points for robbing her man?”

Youzhu: "..."