Kamijou staggered back.
The boy stretched out his hands towards the bright red glass. The hard touch was horrifying, but Kamijou still pulled out the shard in one breath, and then vomited blood again. He could no longer estimate how much damage this action would cause to himself.
There was a "hissing" sound of some kind of cloth mopping the floor.
Fukiyose, who fell on the road, slowly got up.
"...What..."
She muttered under her breath.
An expression I had never seen before appeared before my eyes.
Kamijou forgot to even press his hands against his wound and stared blankly at "her" as she continued.
"What do you mean by 'I will save you'..."
resentment.
This word made the words of my classmates sound so devastating that it seemed to crush my soul completely.
"Kamijo Touma, if you hadn't done that, no one would have died!"
The words hit me like a heavy blow.
With a metallic "clang..." sound, the girl pulled out an object that looked like burnt steel bars from the rubble.
However, Kamijou Touma couldn't understand.
What did I do?
After that... after the conflict with Othinus at the "Sea Cemetery", what exactly happened?
Even with the blunt weapon held high before his eyes, Kamijou was unable to move.
The boy who had fought against many magicians and people with special abilities, and even helped put an end to World War III, was about to die simply at the hands of a mere classmate.
Just before the attack.
The LCD TV buried in the rubble lit up for some reason.
"The coalition forces then launched the second and third waves of cruise missile bombings from the sea. Look, the flashing lights over there must be missiles. Missiles... hit! "
A flood of light and sound.
They overwhelm everything.
Should we say this is a blessing in disguise? The double-digit missiles all seemed to have landed on the other side of the station, which was reduced to a mountain of rubble. In this white world, only the black outline of a huge mountain emerged.
However, this does not mean that Kamijou is safe.
An astonishing high temperature vortex swept in. The leaves on the broken and fallen trees gradually changed color with the sound of "pa pa pa". Kamijou closed his eyes and held his breath desperately, but his tightly closed lips felt a strange touch.
The most important thing.
The solid ground that should have been very solid suddenly collapsed.
This world...what is the ending?
No one knows the ending.
However, the sight of the girl angrily picking up a blunt weapon and trying to kill Kamijou Touma, as well as her angry and determined roar, had turned into a nightmare that shone deeply into everyone's heart.
What a devastating blow this is... I'm afraid only the person involved knows about it.
And in the corner where no one notices and no one knows.
No one cared. A high school girl who had always been strong and kind was trembling and curled up at the head of the bed, completely ignoring the calls of condolences from her friends.
A pair of bright and clear eyes were already filled with tears and confusion, and he lowered his head in dejection and loneliness.
She could only mutter softly about these things that she shouldn't have to endure at all.
She would never repay kindness with enmity against Kamijou Touma... She would never do that!
She had never done anything excessive to Kamijou, except for once when she stuffed hot water into his mouth because she was nervous.
But what's going on with the footage in the video...
For the first time, the girl Fukiyose felt the powerlessness of ordinary people.
I probably understand.
In the video, how desperate Kamijou Touma would be after being betrayed by himself...
"...Damn it, why was I assigned to do something like this?"
And all this is what the demon Othinus wants.
At this moment, in front of the edited footage, the demon god Othinus was looking at Kamijou Touma with a happy smile, his eyes seemed to be empty, and he was completely angry because of this scene.
The frivolous and playful words could no longer be stopped from leaking out.
"The answer is simple. I want you to commit suicide to show your submission... You don't think it would be difficult for a god like me to let you die and then revive, do you, Kamijou Touma... If you are so stupid, then it seems that I still have too high expectations of you."
.....
"Krypton...Krypton..."
A faint struggle, with an unknown sound, emanated from deep in his throat. Kamijou Touma lowered his head in silence and gloom, and began to tremble uncontrollably.
The serious Fukiyose.
Fukiyose who is serious about everything.
Those like-minded classmates.
It's because the demon in front of him was committing such atrocities for no reason at all.
Are they forced to be displaced and forced to endure those unnecessary missile bombings?
At this point in the camera, there was only one voice in Kamijou Touma's heart... He wanted to punch the girl who was so close to him hard in the face.
But the reality is - he really did it, at this distance, in this position... in this virtual space that would not cause any harm to him at all, he... swung this fist for those who suffered because of the atrocities of the Demon God, and for those classmates and friends who had to be displaced with indignation that "it was all Kamijou Touma's fault."
As I watched...the fist was getting closer and closer to the girl's cheek, I heard voices of people trying to stop it.
"Touma!?"
"Akami!!"
Chapter 192: It was Kamijou Touma who disappeared, but it was not Kamijou Touma
Punch the demon.
The first person in ancient and modern times, both in China and abroad.
If there is anything in this world that Kamijou Touma dare not do.
Breaking into a girls' school is one thing, making Index angry is another;
But other than that, he wanted to curb Touma's emotions.
This is particularly difficult.
Especially when these scenes in the video are played.
Wait and see the scenes of defeat in the video.
He watched helplessly as his friends were tortured because of [the disaster caused by Kamijou Touma].
The entanglement of these multiple factors has led to emotions that are difficult to suppress at this moment.
That's right...
Want to beat her up.
Regardless of the identity gap.
Regardless of the huge disparity in combat power between the two.
Or maybe she has some hidden agenda behind doing this.
These will be considered later.
In front of the young man.
It is a sin that causes one's companions to cry in despair!
And this person, she had no feelings of remorse or guilt at all.
It was as if he was a bystander, still seeing himself raising his fist to hit her, yet still maintaining a disdainful and casual attitude.
"It's meaningless, Kamijou Touma. Editing is editing... reality is reality. But the problem is that no matter the future shown in the editing or the 'present' we are living through, there is only one eternal truth between the two. Do you know what it is?"
Watching Kamijou Touma being tortured by the reopened world line in the video, and then looking at the boy in front of him who wanted to punch him but was stopped by his friends;;
Othinus stated his views with an expressionless face, but his intriguing smile made people shudder even with such a cute appearance.
"The unchanging truth? What are you talking about???" After breaking free from Tsuchimikado's embrace, the angry Mr. Kamijou obviously had not completely calmed down. His clenched fists still showed the urge to rush over and kiss Othinus hard on the face.
If she says something disgusting, she must punch the bastard hard, no matter how she will be treated and tortured in the future!
The boy had almost made up his mind about this definite answer, but what he couldn't stand was that when the girl really said what she believed to be the truth so calmly... he still couldn't stand it.
"That's right. The situation is that you still have no chance of winning. But don't worry. I won't take any drastic measures against you for the time being... Well, it should be said that there is no need for the time being. How about you just enjoy this leisure time that has been bestowed upon you?"
"....."
This guy is really a bastard!
Even the most rational and reasonable people can sometimes lose control of their emotions.
Just like Tsuchimikado Motoharu in the video.
I had arranged everything for my sister from the very beginning.
But once he realized who wanted to do something to his sister.
The man named Tsuchimikado Motoharu would fall into a hysterical rage without any warning.
Compared to the selfish and devoted love for one person, Kamijou Touma's switch is much more philanthropic.
His persistence...is particularly philanthropic.
In his daily life, everything he sees, every corner and every place in his easy and ordinary life are absolutely indispensable to him.
As long as it's someone who shouldn't disappear like this, shouldn't change like this, and shouldn't say goodbye so unclearly, even if he has to go to the other side of the universe to find out the truth, he will definitely pull him back!
So...when he witnessed all this, he could no longer control his emotions, and the moment he heard Othinus' words, he almost clenched his fists and wanted to raise his fist without thinking.
but--
Kamijou Touma fell silent when he saw Othinus' expressionless face, as if he had everything under control.
The raised arm remained stiffly raised like that for several seconds.
Finally, Shi Shi was let go.
"A very wise choice."
Othinus thought that Kamijou Touma was frightened by fear and dread, and said lightly, "It should be so."
"You are just someone who always plunges into other people's affairs for no apparent reason, and chooses to fight savagely to protect the weaker party. In the end, you usher in what you call a happy ending while protecting the party you think is indispensable. In this way, you accumulate connections little by little, thus achieving a snowball effect, so that others will subtly choose to try to help you. Therefore, you are like a righteous hero, and this image is deeply planted in everyone's mind. This is your battle, nothing more."
"And the me in the video is just a reversal of the view of you held by the people you cherish. Just imagine... if a person is always a bully, has no kindness towards anyone, and acts extremely selfishly, never thinking about the good or bad of others... and ends up making a big mistake like this, and Kamijou Touma is wanted, and is now treated with hatred by his cherished friends... If this is a life like this, you won't be able to stand it and stop thinking about changing it with your motivation and awareness, right?"
These light words seemed to reveal Kamijou Touma's true nature.
It's like peeling off the fig leaf of his heroic image and stating his actions from your own perspective.
"But at the same time, you also changed other people's opinions, just because you thought so... No, not even because Li thought so, just because you hoped that those people who were cherished by Kamijou Touma and regarded by him as good partners would be influenced. This is the most real answer."
Tsuchimikado Motoharu spoke for Kamijou Touma, who was not good at speaking, and finally stood in front of the demon and asked questions.
Of course, he would not say something like "Do you think this is right?", because such ridiculous content is the most ridiculous question to these demons who think they have no taboos in the world.
Standing in front of the strongest man in the world, even he, who claims to be an invincible trickster, feels uneasy... But - he doesn't want to retreat.
As Tsuchimikado stood up to speak for Kamijou Touma, the boy in the video burst into a miserable cry of pain, a scene that made Touma, who was watching the video, feel heartbroken.
In the video, Touma, who was teased by the devil, still couldn't ignore the world's completely changed perspective.
He was eager to find his parents, and even at this moment, he was still unwilling to harm his former friend Blue Earrings.
Before the video, the instigator, the man with blue hair and earrings, frowned. This young man, who always looked lazy and unruly, clenched his fists, and a fire that could not be suppressed burst out.Hey, hey, hey, why would I do this to A-Kami? Don't they always show that in cartoons, where the bewitched friends wake up in the face of the protagonist's sincere friendship?"
Then, the video shows Kamijou Touma searching for something, and then he is stabbed by a sharp weapon, and sees this scene of Mr. Xiaomeng behind him...
Tsukie Komeng's eyes, which had already turned red, suddenly began to ooze out tears as she looked at this scene and thought about Touma's situation. After answering the call from Kamijou's parents, she immediately responded and walked out of the room.
"Kamijo-san is right. I wonder how painful it must be for Touma to see these scenes! As a teacher, I should calm him down!"
And in the video, the scene appeared again——
When the parent in the video appeared on the big screen, with his wrists shackled, and calmly said, "My son should be judged, and then he will judge us. I hope he will be punished." This is definitely not what a parent would say.
In front of the screen, Kamijou Toya, the father, could no longer maintain his twitching expression, and angrily threw all the cursed objects and vessels that he treasured to the ground.
He hurriedly tried to call Touma, but no one answered. Without even thinking, he immediately booked a flight to Academy City.
As parents, they really couldn't bear to watch this story. When they saw the teacher Tsukie Komoe in the video holding up a kitchen knife and walking towards Kamijou Touma, the scene came to an end...
After a light sound.
The edited images are seamlessly integrated.
"In the end, does anyone really see you for who you are?"
Then, Othinus whispered in a pleasant tone.
She crouched beside the fallen Kamijou, looking down at the boy's face like a child who had spotted a rare insect crawling.
"I used the 'spear' to gather my power as a 'demon god' and created a world with different 'perspectives'. One side of you is a hero, and the other side is the embodiment of destruction... But, so what? If people can understand you correctly, maybe someone will come to save you."
Time seemed to have stopped.
No, perhaps the "here" where Othinus is is out of time.
For example, this could be a daydream or a revolving door.
"No matter how many people surround you, no one is willing to look at you carefully. They just assume that 'he must be this kind of person' based on the name 'Kamijo Touma', his appearance, and his actions. That's why I can simply manipulate the impression and play with the direction of 'opinion'."
Othinus ignored Teacher Komoe who raised the kitchen knife and continued speaking.
"I say, is it really necessary to do this?"
As if confirming something.
It was as if he was reconfirming something that had already been extremely clear.
"Is all this worth risking one's life to protect? After all, you are just different individuals."
"…"
Hear this.
The fallen Kamijou moved his eyes slightly.
I don't know why.
He regained the strength to send words from his lips.
"...have."
"?"
"... Even so, all of this is still worth protecting."
No matter how many tragedies you suffer, as long as there is a chance to stand up again, it's fine. Even if you are a person whose relationships are twisted and hatred is intertwined, and who believes that he will never be able to embark on the road to happiness, there should be a choice that allows him to solve these problems.
Kamijou Touma thus transcended many events.
He saw with his own eyes the people who had seen the light of day again.
However, this time it was Kamijou's turn to struggle.
Perhaps he is the culprit who created this kind of world.
However, as long as you endure and make up for it, you should be prepared to move forward.
must.
Can be restored to its original state.
That doesn't make sense.
"I see."
Othinus chuckled.
The smile was dark and deep.
"You seem like a stupid ingredient that doesn't notice how hot the water is even if you throw it into a pot and cook it... I originally thought that the biggest enemy was the immutability of the 'right hand', but it seems that there are other obstacles - although this is really boring and makes people feel that it is too stupid to take it seriously. In this case, I will enjoy it in a different way."
"...what you up to...?"
The question went unanswered.
The girl known as the Devil was just snapping her fingers in a pretentious manner.
Immediately following.
Time returned to normal, and Yueyong Xiaomeng swung the kitchen knife in her hand with force.
Then, it's a new cycle.
This worldview.
Everything is completely different from before.
Funny and witty best friends, slightly ambiguous youth life, and kindness from all sides.
The world line changed in the blink of an eye, and the situation unexpectedly became exceptionally easy.
Could it be that Othinus actually found that there was no way to influence Kamijou Touma's will, so he gave up in the final round of the contest? ?
In a corner of the classroom that was shrouded in dusk, a young boy was sitting on a chair.
At the very side and corner of the classroom.
No one noticed him, and even seeing him alone was not surprising.
he--
The lonely Kamijou Touma was trembling all over.
"…Then…what's going on…?"
Someone is at the center of the circle.
Someone Kamijou Touma doesn't know, calling himself "Kamijo Touma".
None of the people forming the circle felt anything was wrong.
Even though the difference is so huge.
It is obvious that the two people look completely different, including in height and weight, and even their facial features and hair color cannot be mistaken, but no one realizes it!
"Nothing's wrong."
The girl's voice came.
The sound came from the classroom desk. The blindfolded "Demon" was sitting there, legs crossed elegantly, looking like a "female teacher" who only appeared in dreams.
"This is the daily life of the so-called Kamijou Touma, right? Don't you remember it?"
"That's not what I'm talking about!"
"To those guys, it could be anyone."
Othinus said this, his tone as if he was carefully teaching a rebellious student.
On the blackboard behind her, words written in chalk appeared automatically.
A and B.
Just these two English letters.
"You have expanded your social circle by meeting some people in the past and solving their problems. Although these actions are ridiculous from God's perspective, they may be commendable from a human perspective."
"…"
"But, to be honest, this trust is all because 'they got help', right? 'As long as they got help', it doesn't matter who comes, right? As long as someone else 'lends a hand' on your behalf, their trust and goodwill will turn to that person. Anyone can be 'Kamijo Touma', even if that person is a fat uncle or a withered old man… What's wrong? Do you think you are the only authentic version in the world, and no one else can draw these processes except you?"
Othinus twirled his index finger.
"No one is watching you."
The chalk danced along her fingers.
"No one will be bothered by your absence."
There is a big X drawn on the A on the blackboard.
B was trapped.
"As long as they gather people who can solve the problem, their world will run on its own. You actually think that you can entrust your life to such a relationship... What a shame. Your value is only this much, just like a battery that will be replaced when the energy is exhausted. No one cares about the appearance and personal characteristics of the battery. And to be honest, batteries alone can't do anything. They are useless."
Creepy.
...Kamijo Touma couldn't even feel the natural chill.
The world seems so far away, and reality feels so elusive.
I was supposed to be sitting on a chair, but I found that even my feet were not stable.
"So, I said this 'before', right?"
The female teacher who gave a lecture on the end of the world said so.
"Why would people be so obsessed with something like this that they would risk their lives over and over again? As long as it's something that can help them, even if it's just a piece of chewing gum spit out on the road, they will mechanically worship it."
It took a long time.
Kamijou Touma remained silent.
He silently looked at the empty classroom and the rows of desks and chairs that had become unfamiliar.
The scene before me seemed extremely empty.
It is colder than a planet whose surface has been completely turned into a desert due to reckless development and environmental destruction.
There is no sense of redemption or nourishment.
Maybe I can survive in this world.
But I don't see the appeal of doing so.
"Are you still not giving up?"
Othinus, who was still sitting on the desk with his feet up, asked slowly.
"But if you change your 'perspective', hell will easily reveal itself. If you still want to say those nice words, I can accompany you, but what awaits you ahead is only a brighter darkness! Sooner or later, you will collapse because of the path you have taken."
"… What if I deny it?"
Kamijou Touma whispered.
"No matter what anyone says, this is still my world. This is something I have kept. It may be just a small decoration to the guy called the 'Demon God', but it is very valuable to me."
"Yeah?"
As the voice rang out.
A spear appeared in Othinus's hand as if by magic.
"As long as I have this thing, I can do whatever I want."
"…"
"This world is so simple. I just need to act and you can see it. I can put everything back together like a dove from a hat after counting one, two, three. Because I am God."
"What do you want to say?"
"I'm waiting for you to despair."
"Why? You can make as many new Kamijou Touma as you want."
"What's the point of creating a new doll? To be honest, the new doll itself is innocent, right? Something made by a god like me cannot be charged with the sin of 'disobeying a god like me'."
The blonde girl said softly.
There was a gleam of pleasure in her one eye.