Quadruple split.

Chapter 2389: Backstage

"Incomprehensible."

Ming Sakaki looked at the Samurai with her gray eyes. After a long silence, she emphasized in her usual calm voice: "She is a hidden danger and will harm you."

"Perhaps that is true."

Gu Xiaole did not deny Ming Sakaki's conclusion, but smiled and said, "After all, I know very well that I have been in a very bad state for a long time. If I don't get out of it in time, I may drown in despair and become a madman under the influence of my fate, but..."

Ming Sakaki turned his gaze from the Samurai who was staring at the ground to Gu Xiaole and asked calmly, "But what?"

"But because I know very well how miserable I was back then, I won't allow you to 'reset' this child."

Gu Xiaole took a step sideways and stood firmly in front of Samurai Shodown: "Because even I back then longed for salvation and warmth, not regret for being born into this world."

Ming Sakaki said noncommittally: "But she is not you."

"But her existence comes from me, and the cause and effect she endures also comes from me."

Gu Xiaole shrugged and said in a brisk tone: "So, I think I should be responsible for this child and try to redeem what you call the 'mistake' instead of letting her be wiped out by someone."

“It’s a reset.”

Ming Sakaki corrected him, and then added: "Of course, in your understanding, the so-called 'reset' is indeed no different from 'erase', but my original intention was not to get rid of it."

Gu Xiaole nodded slightly and said softly: "Thank you, but I will not give in no matter what."

"Incomprehensible."

Ming Sakaki repeated this sentence again, and when Gu Xiaole was about to speak, he said indifferently: "But I respect your choice."

"Eh?!"

Gu Xiaole's eyes widened upon hearing this, and he exclaimed, "So you're going to let her go? I thought you would come and kill her while saying something like 'rules' or 'logic' that I can't understand."

Ming Sakaki shook his head and explained succinctly: "It's meaningless to deny it."

"Uh……"

Gu Xiaole scratched his cheek and said in a wry voice, "Then...thank you for your kindness?"

"Negative. I didn't reset your Samurai Shodown. There's a 95.7% chance that you didn't give me permission. In other words, you didn't 'authorize' me to reset it."

Ming Sakaki looked into Gu Xiaole's eyes expressionlessly, and said in a flat tone: "The [Realm of Innocence] protects players very strictly. Even for me, it is impossible to 'reset' this Samurai Shodown without your permission under normal circumstances. This is related to the underlying logic of this dimension. If I rashly break it, I will definitely pay a heavy price."

Gu Xiaole heaved a sigh of relief upon hearing this, and then suddenly asked curiously: "Wait, you just said that 95.7% of the reason is that I didn't give you the authority, then what about the remaining 4.3%? What is it?"

"..."

After a two-second silence, Ming Sakaki answered frankly: "According to my inference, it is the 'respect' that Jiong often emphasizes. You are my trading partner, and we have the same position to some extent, so 4% of the reason is 'respect', and as for the remaining 0.3%..."

"What is it?"

Seeing Ming Sakaki suddenly paused, Gu Xiaole hurriedly asked: "What is it?"

"I am not sure."

Ming Sakaki frowned slightly and said softly, "But I think it's due to my sensibility."

"Oh my! I've read a lot of anime and comics on this subject!"

Gu Xiaole clapped his hands suddenly and said excitedly: "If you ask me, you will definitely become more and more emotional in the future, and eventually change your current three-no image and become a beautiful girl protagonist who knows the warmth and coldness of the sky! Or the second female lead!"

Ming Sakaki did not follow Gu Xiaole off topic. After confirming that he could no longer do anything to the Samurai, he said simply: "Well, this communication ends here..."

"Wait a moment!"

However, Gu Xiaole suddenly stopped Ming Sakaki who was about to close the "interactive interface" and asked, "Although I agreed to your unclear deal and you said that we have the same position, I still don't know what my position is, what your purpose is, and what you need my help with."

"I told you that before."

Ming Sakaki raised his head again and said calmly, "Some people are doing evil things, allowing destruction and collapse to spread. Some people are arrogant and ignore the concept of cause and effect and try to change the rules. This is not good and needs to be stopped. You and Shuxiang are the ones who are most in line with this vision. You are the partners I chose among the players."

Gu Xiaole crossed his arms and said thoughtfully, "The only thing we have in common is that we are all under the table, right? If that's the case, why don't you just look for someone on the fringe? After all, Shuxiang is one of the fringe people."

"You're testing me."

Ming Sakaki quickly exposed Gu Xiaole's tentative behavior after he realized that [Innocent Company] had a close connection with marginalized people, and then said in a serious tone: "But it doesn't matter. The answer is that those who have power and the right to speak have no reverence for most things. You are different. Not only do you have faith, but you are also weak enough, so you can better understand my purpose."

Gu Xiaole coughed lightly and said very honestly: "Actually... maybe I don't quite understand. In my opinion, you have always been unfathomable and mysterious."

"negative."

Ming Sakaki immediately shook his head and said without hesitation: "I didn't hide anything from you. I just avoided some content that would cause you trouble, distress and pollution. As our cooperation deepens and this dimension gets out of control, the information you can know will also increase."

"It sounds like you're just being perfunctory, but I think you're telling the truth."

Gu Xiaole raised his eyebrows slightly and changed the subject casually: "So for the next question, answer the ones that are convenient for you to answer, and if it is not convenient to answer, just say it directly, how about that?"

Ming Sakaki simply nodded, indicating that he had no objection to this.

"So, what are you? What is your enemy? Can you tell me more specifically?"

"No."

"Can you tell me in general terms?"

"I've told you all this before."

"Okay, will our cooperation cause harm to this world... or in your words, the 'dimension'?"

"Maybe."

"Eh?" "But at least there is still hope."

"What do you mean? You're not saying that if we don't do anything, the world will be doomed?"

"Yes."

"This……"

"It doesn't matter, because I promised that your lives will not be affected in any way, and you also have the right to refuse anything I entrust to you. If you want, you can even think that this cooperation is a unilateral gift of intelligence from me, and everything I do is just to avoid the worst outcome."

"Can't you really explain it more clearly?"

"If I were to entrust you with something, I would be prepared with sufficient reasons or compensation, but now, you have your own things to do, and so do I."

"It's so casual. It feels like there are so many things that I don't even need to ask."

"So, this conversation is over?"

"Wait, can you update me on Shuxiang's situation? I saw that she was in a bad mood before, so I didn't dare to ask her in detail."

"She was killed by a 'loophole.'

"Oh, I remember this. You said that my Samurai Shodown was also due to that 'loophole'..."

"Yes, you have been targeted."

"So I will be killed like Shuxiang?"

"Of course. That's why I suggested resetting your Samurai. It was the medium through which the other party tried to kill you."

"Why don't you use a more direct method to deal with me? Just like you killed Shuxiang before?"

"Because that 'loophole' has caught my attention, and because you two have given me the 'cooperation' permission, I can observe you to a certain extent. If the 'loophole' appears again and I observe it... I will directly use the rules to sanction you."

"How amazing! They can even sanction 'loopholes'!"

"Not really, because that 'loophole' is actually very weak. The only advantage it has is simply the fact that it is a 'loophole'."

"Then why was Shuxiang killed?"

……

"Because you are weaker."

In the command room on the sixth floor of the Rhino Horn Fortress in the southern border of the Griffin Empire, Mo sat on a cold and uncomfortable black stone chair. Without turning his head, he said to the God Killer White King Arthur, who was leaning against the long table with his arms folded, "There is no other reason."

The latter clenched his fists with a gloomy look and gritted his teeth and said, "You don't need to tell me about this. I know it myself."

"Relax, Arthur dear."

Garven stood in front of the fireplace with his hands behind his back, wearing a white butler's uniform. He had a silver short haircut that made him look particularly neutral. He smiled and grabbed a glass of blood-red wine from the air like magic. He said leisurely, "You should know that you have never been the boss's bodyguard. Even Knight Dora has more reason to feel sorry for himself than you."

"king."

The black-armored female knight, with snow-white hair draped behind her back and a slender figure and eyes as dark and deep as black crystals, knelt on one knee and bowed to the sin king who was sleeping on the stone chair and said, "Please punish me."

"I'm kidding, Ms. Shika."

Jiawen covered her mouth and chuckled, offending the last person in the room with a frivolous tone: "Even sister Jidou couldn't keep that uninvited guest away, why do you need to make trouble for yourself?"

The dark elf in front of the window, who seemed to blend into the moonlight, with a cold temperament and stern eyes, turned to look at Gavin. The next second, the wine glass in the latter's hand exploded instantly, and her white clothes were drenched by the bright red drink. At the same time, Dora, who was kneeling on one knee on the ground, was also "pulled" from the ground by several black shadows.

"Let's stop here. He has already said that the other party has no ill intentions and is not someone we can deal with at this stage."

Although he was the one who was most concerned about the last incident, Ji Xiaodao still said so, and put an end to this topic in a cold voice.

"Yes."

Although Dora's face was still gloomy, she responded softly, burying the burning shame and guilt in her heart.

"Just to liven up the atmosphere."

Garwen stuck out her tongue and licked the wine stain at the corner of her mouth in an inexplicably charming manner. Then she docilely skipped the topic about the uninvited guest and said with a smile, "Let's get back to the point. Now the General Staff of Lamolock has further advanced the front line and has taken control of the important northern city of Likud. They have even taken Melav Howard's [Fiery Flower] under their command, putting the pressure back on us."

Arthur nodded slightly and said in a deep voice, "Indeed, if we follow the tacit understanding we have maintained during this period, after the Dream Theocracy takes over Likud City, we must at least push the front line northward by one-third to keep up with the pace. But the problem is that after the previous owner of this fortress was killed by Osiris, the Valyria family has been taking a high-pressure offensive against us at all costs. So let alone pushing north, if it weren't for Master Merlin and the necromancer girl who turned the suburbs of Onik City into a dead zone, we might not even be able to defend the territory we have already conquered."

"So the question now is..."

Garwen snapped her fingers, bent her slender waist and saluted Mo who was sitting on the stone chair, and asked respectfully: "What should we do next? Should we cooperate with Lamorok's offensive and try to attack north again, or slow down the pace and let the Black Blade Regiment, Hurricane Mage Regiment and Tsar Sword Knights advance slowly, and give the initiative to the Dream Kingdom?"

"do nothing."

However, the Sin King, who had been so radical that Arthur was frightened for a long time before, said this lightly this time, "Continue to clear the controlled area and strengthen the defense on the front line."

Arthur, who was about to be sent back to Onik City to lead the Ebon Blade Regiment to continue the attack, was slightly stunned and said in confusion: "Ah? We are not going to continue to fight upwards? What about the Dream Theocracy..."

"The Dream Theocracy carried out a large-scale massacre in Likud City, and the only survivor was Merave Howard, the person Griffin least wanted to see survive the destruction of the city."

Without even opening his eyes under the mask, Mo just lazily said, "And this person who is regarded as the leader of the younger generation of nobles, his reputation among the relevant interest groups is even stronger than that of the two princesses, Gavel Logan and Eliza Logan."

"what!"

Arthur was distracted at first, but suddenly came to his senses after hearing the word "Gerviel". He reacted quickly and said in surprise: "You don't mean to..."

"I just wanted to help the nobles of the Griffin Dynasty see clearly who their real enemy is, and now, they have apparently come up with a correct enough answer."

"Then let's..."

"It's time to step back and let the real protagonists take the stage."

Chapter 2380: The End