Unusual Fate Records

Chapter 207, Section 038: Morning

Jin Ziyue walked up to Qing Yise.

Qing Yise looked at him with a complicated expression.

"Thank you for saving me." The girl struggled to her feet.

She lowered her head and said apologetically in a low voice, "I didn't mean to provide false information, and I didn't know I was being manipulated in secret."

Qing Yise felt somewhat uneasy. She knew that behind the mask lay a cold and ruthless face. The gentle man she usually interacted with was merely another mask beneath another mask.

"It's nothing," Jin Ziyue replied crisply.

Qing Yise breathed a sigh of relief, but also felt a sense of loss. A somber expression settled between the girl's brows.

"You've worked hard." Jin Ziyue patted her shoulder, then walked towards Ishimaru Kensei.

A glimmer of life suddenly appeared on the otherwise uniformly pale face.

Kensei Ishimaru remains immersed in remembering his mentor.

"My master said he would give you his final words."

He glanced at Jin Ziyue's boots but didn't look up.

【止戈为武】means that he has all his military power at this moment. Giving it away would undoubtedly be like wasting all his strength.

However, Kensei Ishimaru was not concerned with that issue at the moment; he had already reached the core of the power.

No longer pursuing superficial and shallow pronouncements as before.

Jin Ziyue extended his palm, and Ishimaru Kensei raised his head, letting him place his hand on his forehead.

The two men remained silent.

A strange luster gathered through their touch.

With his other hand, Jin Ziyue held the three-legged golden cicada cauldron, and the smoke from his incantation, "All Rivers Flow into the Sea," swirled and lingered around Jin Ziyue's black gloves.

The force fields of the two began to rage, and the invisible energy swept across the base. The airflow in the vortex stirred up the scrap metal blocks in the entire base, causing them to float up involuntarily, and the smoke and dust blinded the eyes.

Soon, it was drawn by that breathtaking energy and fled towards the three-legged golden cicada cauldron.

The two-hundred-year-old decree, "Stopping war is true martial arts," has arrived.

And the fact that it happened in such a peaceful way was something Jin Ziyue hadn't expected.

The entire base was like a ruin, but after the decree was retrieved, everything returned to calm.

Fu Xun approached, supporting his injured arm, and stood with Jin Ziyue.

Kensei Ishimaru, having lost the "stopping war is the way to peace" principle, remained kneeling silently on the ground.

Jin Ziyue gave Fu Xun a wink.

Fu Xun understood immediately and asked, "What kind of decree do you want? I have some savings here and will try my best to satisfy you."

He glanced at Jin Ziyue and said, "What ability did you use when you fought me just now?"

"【War-worshipping and militarism】," Jin Ziyue said.

"That's it."

Fu Xun smiled awkwardly: "You're really not being polite."

Kenjiro Ishimaru said, "I can sense that this ability, on the surface, is very different from, or even completely opposite to, the 'Stopping War is the Way of Martial Arts,' but in the path of martial arts, all paths lead to the same goal, and it is the closest ability to that."

He stared intently at Jin Ziyue and said:
"When you use it, you don't feel crazy at all. On the contrary, you use your abilities coldly and calmly to achieve your goals. You are a truly ruthless person to yourself, yet you firmly control your destiny."

"You have made me believe that one can control one's destiny."

"Aren't you afraid that your mindset will be completely incompatible with the spirit of 'militarism,' and your destiny will shrink again?" Fu Xun reminded him.

“Don’t worry about that,” Kensei Ishimaru said.

Jin Ziyue didn't speak, but instead extended his hand.

Kenjiro Ishimaru looked at him, and in the instant the two men locked eyes, they knew what the other was thinking.

The man kneeling on the ground took Jin Ziyue's hand and slowly stood up.

The two looked at each other directly, and the words of commandment, "to exhaust the army and pursue militarism," flowed gently through their burning palms.

Kensei Ishimaru closed his eyes slightly, enduring the discomfort of the initial entry of the life-giving words into his body.

Suddenly, he opened his eyes wide and exclaimed, "Impressive ability!"

Jin Ziyue showed no hesitation, turned around, and beckoned Fu Xun to leave.

Kenjiro Ishimaru stared at Jin Ziyue's retreating figure and said, "Next time we meet, I will make sure you can fully utilize your abilities."

Jin Ziyue glanced back at him and said, "Take care."

After saying that, he left with Fu Xun.

While they were talking, Fu Xun ran to collect his throwing knives. Some of them had been destroyed by Jin Ziyue's "Exhaustive Military Forces" as enhancement materials, while others had just been knocked away and were still worth recycling.

Children from poor families mature early; if it weren't for someone being stingy with their living expenses...

Sigh, Fu Xun could only be angry but dared not speak out.

Jin Ziyue switched back to the [Eagle Body Carbon Gas], and his previously out-of-control words became unusually docile at this moment.

He could vaguely sense that his connection with the destiny seemed to have become even closer.

He pondered as he walked toward Qing Yise.

"Do you still have the 'at will of man' quality within you?" he asked.

"Disappeared." Qing Yise turned her head away, her eyes darting around, and said unnaturally.

Because being controlled by others is the culprit behind her actions.

Jin Ziyue recalled that time when the girl touched his head and woke him from the control of [Eason Tank].

Like a flower umbrella in a storm.

Her fresh and beautiful appearance swept away the gloom in his heart. Without that face, he would probably have already lost consciousness due to the backlash from the [Carbonous Body].

The reasons why Kojou Kishou's soul entrusted Ao Isshiki to relay his dying words to Ishimaru Kensei are all very strange. It seems as if someone is helping him from the shadows.

"Okay," he replied indifferently.

Qing Yise looked at him with a hint of sadness.

Jin Ziyue looked at the girl and said, "Let's go."

"what?"

Qing Yise was somewhat stunned.

Jin Ziyue had already taken a few steps ahead when he stopped, turned around, and said, "Having taken your money, I am your bodyguard, and I have an obligation to escort you home."

Qing Yise has let go of her resentment.

An indescribable emotion burst forth in her small world, colorful and vibrant, like fireworks filling the sky.

Her nose tingled slightly, but she still smiled and said, "Okay, you said it."

They parted ways with Kenjiro Ishimaru, and by the time they walked out of the base, the downpour had stopped.

The water gushed towards the drain cover, and Qing Yise couldn't resist taking off her shoes and wading in the water; her bare feet were quite a sight to behold.

"Go change your clothes first," Jin Ziyue suggested.

Qing Yise was taken aback. She seemed to see in the man's eyes a gentle young man, as warm as the rising sun, hidden deep within his heart.

That familiar face might not be a mask at all, but rather the true face that is imprisoned in a dark space, using the guise of a mask to breathe.

“Brother Qinsheng…” She lowered her eyes and gently cupped her heart.

But she soon felt relieved.

"Mmm," Qing Yise replied sweetly.

What she cherished was the tender memory, not this charming and mysterious man; if there was any attraction, it was merely a fleeting moment of a young girl's infatuation.

The girl looked up at the silver moon in the sky and smiled faintly.

Moonlight broke through the clouds, like a light veil, and the glow of the moon halo dyed the sky a gradient of blue and black.

It's almost morning, isn't it?
Qing Yise gazed at the pitch-black night sky, and for no reason, he recalled the old boatman's words.

"The sea is inclusive and also the most straightforward, with all emotions written on its surface. Just listening to the waves surging, the pitch-black expanse is always unsettling. But it's different when the sun rises. The bright red egg yolk emerges from below the horizon, thump-thump-thump. If you look into its eyes, you can feel your own heart thumping too."

"Only when everything clears away the clouds and the sun shines through can we overcome all obstacles and see each other in our truest form."

She gazed at Jin Ziyue's retreating figure and smiled knowingly.

[Little-known facts about the female lead] Fu Qin was jokingly called the second Yukino Yukinoshita until she and Jin Ziyue rented an apartment after graduating from university, when she became one-fifth of Yukino Yukinoshita.

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