The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception is a terrifying ability.
Those who possess this ability can visually perceive 'lines of death,' like cracks, on the surface of most objects. If cut along these lines, it causes undefendable and incurable damage to the object.
Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception are particularly exceptional, to the point where she can even 'kill' intangible things like concepts, the future, and memories.
What if such a Ryougi Shiki were paired with a reinforced body?
"Hoo—"
Shen He let out a long breath to dispel the tension in his heart.
The Ryougi Shiki in front of him had already put on a helmet, and he had also summoned Saiki Kusuo, finally putting another helmet on himself.
"Start."
He closed his eyes slightly.
His voice and sight were stripped away at this moment, then infused with a false World.
This was an endless grassland. Shen He, dressed in simple White clothes, immediately saw the girl in the deep red kimono in front of him.
His originally nervous and uneasy heart suddenly calmed down at this moment.
He slowly walked over and stood in front of the girl. She was also looking at him, with obvious confusion in her eyes.
After all, she had just emerged from that endless void.
"Hello, Ryougi Shiki."
This was the first thing Shen He said after meeting his idol.
"Where is this?"
A flat, even somewhat cold, response.
Good, this is very Shiki-nee.
"A virtual World, a data World, or whatever you want to call it. It uses brainwaves to transmit information from a computer-generated World to your brain. Your body is still sleeping; I've just pulled your consciousness here." Shen He paused, a little hesitant, "You should know what happened, right?"
"Being summoned?"
Indeed, there was relevant information in Ryougi Shiki's mind.
During that period of falling into eternal nothingness, this information was the only thing transmitted from the outside World.
"I don't mean that." Shen He lowered his gaze slightly, "I mean your other personality. You are now alone."
『Shiki』 and 『Ori』 were the two personalities of this body, or rather, this girl named "Ryougi Shiki." One represented the feminine, affirmative, female personality 『Shiki』, and the other represented the masculine, negative, male sub-personality 『Ori』. After that accident, only 『Shiki』 remained.
Ryougi Shiki stared blankly at this stranger.
She understood what he was saying, but she didn't feel it.
She remembered all her past memories, yet it was as if she had lost all her memories, because those memories didn't align with the personality she should possess now.
Looking at her past self, her current self felt like an outsider.
Even the name Ryougi Shiki felt like someone else's name.
"There is a void in your heart now." Shen He understood her feelings at this moment, he certainly understood, "Your past self belonged to the two personalities, 『Shiki』 and 『Ori』, but now, only 『Shiki』 remains. That's why you can't experience the various emotions you should gain from memories. But this isn't a problem; you can fill that void with new memories. I think this is also 『Ori』's wish—don't let 『Ori』's sacrifice be in vain."
Shen He didn't know if the newly awakened Ryougi Shiki could understand what he was saying.
But he had an urgent feeling, a desire to say all this.
He understood Ryougi Shiki's current feelings, he understood that feeling of trying to imitate her past self, trying to regain the past, but ignoring the present. She didn't even grasp the reality of being alive; it was an unbearable, suffocating melancholy.
He wanted Ryougi Shiki to emerge from this melancholy as soon as possible.
"You seem to know me very well." Ryougi Shiki looked at everything around her, "This is strange, because you're not in my memories. Or is this just an illusion, and you're a figment of my imagination?"
"Just consider all of this an illusion." Shen He smiled slightly.
He suddenly spread his arms, and in that instant, a refreshing breeze blew, stirring the green grass on the ground. The entire World began to change. The sound of the wind gradually turned into birdsong, the flying green grass formed lush trees, and there was a lake shimmering with a golden halo under the sun, elegant wooden pavilions, and fiery red maple leaves twirling in the breeze.
Ryougi Shiki, in her kimono, stood in this beautiful scene, her long hair, as gorgeous as black silk, fluttering in the wind.
"Beautiful surroundings always make people happy. This place is very suitable for recuperation." Shen He admired the picturesque girl.
Ryougi Shiki was originally a neutral beauty, appearing feminine to men and masculine to women, with a sharp yet overly perfect appearance. When placed in an ancient-style environment, her outstanding temperament always made people think of a martial arts landscape, both galloping and dreamlike. And this was what Shen He used to like most about her.
"Well then, I'll take my leave now. There's food and Water in the pavilion. If you have any other needs, just press the contact button in the lower right corner of your vision." Shen He bowed like a gentleman, "I will come again."
After pressing the exit button, Shen He's body slowly dissipated like starlight.
His five senses returned to his body. Taking off the helmet, his mind still savored the scene he had just witnessed.
Indeed, it was truly wonderful to have drawn Ryougi Shiki.
"Any changes?" Shen He looked at Saiki beside him.
"Yes, her heart rate has increased by twelve percent, her fingers have twitched eight times, and there was even one arm movement. She looks like she's about to wake up."
"That's great!" Shen He couldn't help but clench his fists.
According to Tony's guess, as long as they continued to use the virtual helmet on Ryougi Shiki, stimulating her mental activity, she would soon fully awaken from her slumber.
After this day, Shen He had one more daily task.
Besides grinding dungeons, making coffee pudding for Saiki Kusuo, personally teaching Violet to speak, he would also go to the virtual World to converse with Ryougi Shiki.
In his words, this was "adding new memories for her."
In fact, Ryougi Shiki had indeed been living very comfortably these past few days.
Here, there were pleasant beautiful views, a tranquil environment, no one to disturb her, and no one from her past memories. This meant she didn't need to deliberately pretend to be her past self.
And the person who called himself Master would come every day. He always seemed to have endless things to say, from companions, to the reality outside, to what kind of desserts were delicious. He would even change the scenes, making her feel as if she had traveled the World.
However, having someone to talk to wouldn't be too boring either.
Until this day.
"Today is the day you're discharged." Shen He handed her a cup of hot tea at the peak of Mount Tai.
"If this were a hospital, patients would be trying to get sick." Ryougi Shiki took the hot tea and took a sip.
"That won't do. Even the best hospital is for the sick. You're already cured."
There was no sense of blame or command; his ordinary words always reminded her of another young man in her memories. They did have similarities, but she didn't like this tone, for some inexplicable reason.
"Shen He, I hate your tone."
Ryougi Shiki responded very directly, in a masculine tone.
Shen He laughed indifferently, but quickly became very serious.
"But I need you, I need your power to see 『Death』."
Thor's hammer had appeared in Mexico yesterday, which meant that the Asgard storyline had finally emerged.
It's so hard to try and write the feeling of the original character setting _