I changed the timeline with the game.

Chapter 1143 Tokyo: Greed and Malice

Indeed, in order to adapt to his multifaceted combat abilities, Su Wen did not even draw his sword this time. Instead, he took the opportunity to practice the combat strategies he had obtained from the Eternal Dawn database of the Third Era.

And with the left hook landing,

Su Wen's right hand also caught up without any pause in the rhythm.

The fist wind, mixed with colorless dawn psionic energy, swept up a storm, leaving a trail in the air powerful enough to distort the temperature.

But the cloaked man on his other side didn't even have time to draw his sword before he was struck precisely on the left shoulder by an attack that was faster than he could react.

click,

The sound of bones cracking could be clearly heard in the tunnel.
Only then did the man, who had just been so arrogant and even threatened Chie with his head, show only fear on his face:
"You, who are you?"

The man staggered backward.

But Su Wen didn't answer. He simply lunged forward, his left leg sweeping across the opponent's lower body like a whip, while his right hand, fingers spread wide, gripped the opponent's head tightly.
Subsequently, Caroline heard the scholar's question on the Dawn System's communication frequency, a question that sounded as calm as if he were conducting a scientific experiment:

"What shape you want to make it."

just,

Regarding his question,

The hacker lady found it somewhat difficult to answer:
“Hey, I just told you you should find a professional in life spectrum.”

"Never mind, I'll send you a neural interconnection diagram. As long as these brain tissues aren't damaged, there shouldn't be any problems."

"it is good."

Su Wen then suddenly increased the force, causing the man to faint.

During this process, Chie stood inside the barrier.
She watched as Su Wen swiftly and decisively ended the fight without making a single unnecessary move, and couldn't help but murmur softly:

"Teacher...was he really that strong?"

Although the girl couldn't understand the intricacies of the game, her tone was full of admiration.

Of course, compared to the little girl, Caroline's projection, which occasionally flashed with an electric current, leaned against the broken railroad tracks.

The hacker, in her blue projection version, twirled several data needles between her fingertips, her tone carrying a hint of mischievous disdain:
"What's the point of beating a level 2 noob?"

Insert these things into the mental connection points I just sent you.

Hmph, little Chie, I'm dragging along a fifth-tier divine abomination!
Although he hasn't fully woken up yet.

The girl in the data projection glanced at Su Wen, only to see that he had already placed his hand on the cloaked man's head, and was letting pale blue spiritual energy surge into his brain like an electric current.
Su Wen made no hesitation or mistake, and instantly completed the "meat machine intrusion" plan mentioned earlier.

Using the Web Weavers database stolen by Caroline, the handsome scholar directly commissioned her to read the deepest fragments of memory from the man's brain.

"Although it is a fragmented memory, even the 'Web Weaver' does not have such a complete reading ability."

The girl shrugged.

instantly,

Fragments of those men's memories from the past few days surfaced before Su Wen's eyes:

He saw a group of people dressed in black formal attire performing some kind of ceremony in a secret conference room on the top floor of Tokyo Tower;

In the abandoned control room of Shinjuku subway station, rows of cultivation chambers contain human bodies corroded by the Kuroshio Current.
Three hundred meters underground at the busiest intersection in Ginza, rows of "Resurrection Altars" constructed of crystals are emitting a ghostly blue light.
These fragmented pieces of information exploded in their eyes like lightning.

Regarding such a scene...

Even Caroline, who knew some of the dirty secrets of America, couldn't help but scoff at it:
"It seems that the entire Tokyo area has been almost completely infiltrated by now."

Su Wen, who had anticipated this outcome, was equally speechless:
"It seems that the benefits offered by those revivers are indeed very generous."

At least, these "compradors" were genuinely tempted.

As for this result...
Natsume Chie, who probably already vaguely understood what had happened, just clutched the hem of her clothes; she still couldn't comprehend it.
"teacher,

Why would they sacrifice so many lives? I... I can't understand it.

The girl thought of the dilapidated house she lived in, the false accusations against her grandfather, and the malice and even bullying she suffered.

She felt anger, a pathetic anger.

"Clearly, clearly they already have so much more than we do."

"Because there are always some things in this world that don't truly belong to them."

Su Wen seemed to recall something.
Then he simply said slowly:
"Looking down from the Tokyo Skytree, the sky is boundless."

The night sky illuminated by neon lights at Roppongi Hills, or simply the spring breeze blowing through the cherry blossoms at Chidorigafuchi.

In this era,
These are still forms of romance that are within the reach of ordinary people, and that everyone can have.

Even so, these actions are seen as unforgivable sins by some.
As Yukio Mishima once wrote in *The Temple of the Golden Pavilion*:
(“The beauty of the Golden Pavilion makes me jealous. I long to destroy it because its existence makes me feel ugly.”)
They wouldn't allow anyone to share with them, not even a story called 'freedom'.

"The sense of self-destruction in Japan is indeed very strong, perhaps because they are too good at releasing hidden malice."

Caroline yawned and said nonchalantly.

Regarding this point,
Chie Natsume probably understands this the most, after all, she personally experienced bullying, but was fortunate enough to end it all in the end.

Thinking of this, the girl whispered:
"Teacher, I don't want to go back to school."

Upon hearing her say that, Su Wen simply smiled and shook his head:

"Don't worry, I'll find you a better place to go next."

The handsome scholar didn't elaborate on this point; he simply reached out his hand into the hollow underground railway, where dripping damp, sticky fluid echoed.

instantly,

The azure blue "Appraisal Vision" then filled everything.

Beside him, the cloaked man, who was no longer of any use, lay limp on the ground like a lump of mud.

The handsome scholar simply tore off the other man's patterned cloak and draped it over his shoulders, completely unconcerned about the crisp sound of the metal badge symbolizing his cultist identity bouncing on the ground.

Because at this moment, he had perfectly disguised himself as a member of the cult, just like any other man.

[Special Ability: Identity Forgery]

[Detailed Description: The Pramas Order in Tokyo is a fragmented civilization restoration organization that inherited the knowledge left behind by the 'Great Sage Sephidaros'.]

To break the blockade of the 'divine abomination' and complete the extraction of 'divine genes' to achieve the revival of civilization.

The Disaster Cult intends to sink the entire Tokyo metropolis into the Black Tide and melt the 'Locking of the Sky'.

You have completed the corresponding identity disguise.

[Note: The person you replaced is only a Tier 2 Peak Cleaner. Please be aware of your explorable area.]

Then,

Su Wen calmly dusted off the dust he had wiped off his clothes:
“Caroline, please show me the way. It’s time to really acquire their ‘knowledge’.”

"Do you mean?"

"The legacy of Sephiroth that they possess."

(End of this chapter)