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Chapter 26 The Enemies of Space Are Not My Enemies

Fang Yi is not prepared to treat Disma, who is highly suspected of being an "impostor", as his enemy.

When you open the dictionary and find the page for "enemy", the definition above will say that an enemy is someone who tries to harm your interests or someone who is hostile to you because of hatred.

So will these imposters' attempts to sabotage the main quest harm Fang Yi's interests?

Yes and no.

Because based on Fang Yi's observations along the way and his conversation with the housekeeper after entering the Shifangchuan family, as well as the information he had just obtained by trying to "accidentally" meet Shifangchuan Acorus under the pretext of strolling around.

All of the above clues, combined with the main mission released by the space, point to a somewhat terrifying fact: the space is trying to erase the original plot.

If things continue like this, his advantage as a plot foreseeer will be gone, and he will also fail at the requirement of 15000 points and be wiped out.

First of all, intelligence shows that Xianjinyi has been strengthened, mainly in terms of management model.

It is almost impossible to use Fuso City, a horse city full of Kabane, to directly break through Xianjin Station and turn it into a paradise for Kabane as in the beginning of the original work.

Secondly, the Karikata group who released Kabane everywhere to destroy cities and cause trouble in the original work have been weakened. Whether in terms of manpower or influence, these people are not as arrogant as before.

Everything shows the space’s determination to transform the world and its friendliness towards novice reincarnationists.

If nothing unexpected happens, the greatest difficulty of this mission will be the elite Kabane called "Gitōri". There may also be a battle to defend the Iron Fortress against the Karikata people.

But all this is unfriendly only to Fang Yi.

The world is so harmonious, it is easy to imagine how difficult it is to squeeze out 15000 points from such a low-difficulty world.

There is a saying that goes well.

Chaos is the ladder to rise

The reincarnation space tried to transform this mission world into a tutorial for beginners, gradually training those who had no combat experience into warriors, and also chose a very gentle rhythm and a guiding approach.

At the same time, he also gave himself a task with harsh completion conditions and the task of clearing out unstable factors, obviously with the intention of killing them all.

Defeating the real person and surviving from Sukuna's domain only gives 10000 points. It is obvious that it is difficult to collect 15000 points in such a peaceful situation.

As for the reward for killing the pretender? Once you kill me, you won't have to pay it.

[Submitting a high-value item like [Ryomen Sukuna's Finger] will only result in a suspended death sentence?]

[Because I didn't enter the space through normal channels and am not one of us, so rather than trying to determine my loyalty, you'd rather eliminate the destabilizing factor directly through the mission?]

After Fang Yi learned the news at the Sifangchuan family mansion, he immediately decided to postpone his plan to identify and kill the imposter, and even decided to cooperate with the imposter to sabotage the main mission.

As for spending his spare life to be resurrected several times and killing Disma, who is most likely the "impostor", to complete the task first, Fang Yi is not going to do that.

You are forced to kill no more reincarnations than the total number of pretenders, and the killing mechanism is unclear.

No matter how many imposters there are, the safest and least error-prone option is to increase the intensity of the plot, let other people "die accidentally" to continuously eliminate wrong options, and not take action yourself first.

If there are multiple imposters, an accident happening to just one of them is enough to complete the task.

There is also the most extreme case.

[What if there is only one imposter in this mission, given that the reincarnation space cannot accurately identify the imposter's identity?]

With only one imposter left, killing someone now would mean taking a gamble, and killing the wrong person would mean losing the initiative.

The next time you attack, you must kill the right person. If you kill the wrong person, you will be directly wiped out, and at the same time you will not be able to kill other reincarnations. This is too passive.

Given his deep understanding of Disma, at this stage, he is a very reliable collaborator rather than an enemy.

[Let's confirm his goal first. Achieving a consistent goal is the prerequisite for cooperation. Although I've already roughly guessed it, I'll still use some skills to confirm it.]

Fang Yi looked at Disma and began to practice the loophole-taking skills he learned from the [Binding] skill taught by Mr. Sukuna.
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When Disma saw Fang Yi, who was unarmed, behind him, he lowered his hand that was holding the gun and prepared to put down the gun.

Although Disma had not read many books, unlike the noble lords in the original world and the previous head of Sifangchuan, he could not talk about many life principles.

But he still understood the most basic sense of gratitude. He did not want to, and could not, shoot and take the life of someone who was friendly and had helped him, not to mention that the other party had not yet made a move.

He couldn't do it, even though doing so would be ridiculed by his former self as a weak good man and an indecisive coward.

But at this moment, the robber sincerely believed that what he did was right, and he would continue to follow this principle in the future. From the moment he killed the innocent mother and child in the carriage, Disma was often tormented by the same nightmare.

The face of the monster in the dream usually resembles that of the woman, and every nightmare reminds Disma of the crimes he has committed.

He will also continue to practice his promise of not killing people who are kind to him and not killing women and children who are not hostile.

The robber put down his gun, put the dagger back into his waist, and raised his hand to Fang Yi to show that he had no hostility.

Then the next words seemed to reveal the robber's mission of making him realize that he was different.
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In the absence of intelligence, Fang Yi decided to use the principle of hypothesis, first assuming that Disma was a "pretender" who destroyed the main mission, and then make inferences.

"I have no ill intentions, I just want to confirm something."

"What I'm going to say next is just a soliloquy about my plan. Please don't be nervous. If you can comment on my plan, then do so. If not, then remain silent."

Fang Yi looked at Disma and began his own reasoning like a blind man touching an elephant.

"I want to get something from the steam smelter, so I need to stay in the factory for a while. I think the time I planned is enough."

Fang Yi asked the question word by word.

"You have plenty of time."

Disma found that the answer did not violate the confidentiality regulations of the space, so he answered.

[His mission had a sufficient deadline, or in other words, it did not involve disrupting production.]

"I need to approach a steam smelter named Ikoma. Will I come into conflict with you?"

Disma remained silent.

[So it really involves the revolutionary technology in Ikoma's mind. Is it to prevent the reincarnationists in the reincarnation space from becoming stronger? ]

Fang Yi relaxed, sat on the stone bench in the courtyard, and continued to "talk to himself".

"I want to kill this steam smelter named Ikoma. Do you think I can succeed without any obstacles?"

"meeting"

[His mission does not require him to kill the target personally]

"Do you think this Ikoma steam smelter can get married and have children? Suppose he gets married in a week."

"Can"

[Good, it seems the deadline for killing the Ikoma isn't too tight.]

"Someone's tasked with killing Ikoma, but the time limit isn't very tight, and they don't require you to kill him yourself. You just need to make sure he's dead, right?"

Disma remained silent.

[Very good, now I have asked this question.]

Fang Yi successfully took advantage of the opportunity and asked about the mission of the "impostor" in his mind.

"Our goals don't conflict, so there's no need to fight."

"I can let you follow me into the factory, and I'll help you with some things. But in exchange, I hope you can protect my safety during this time, and make sure I get what I want before you do anything else."

Disma nodded, and the two reached a temporary consensus on cooperation.

Fang Yi looked at Disma with a smile. He had already caught a glimmer of opportunity to escape from the desperate mission. Who said that the enemies in space must be my enemies?

[The "Guan Yu" for this mission is already under my command, so the remaining "Yan Liang and Wen Chou" are nothing to be afraid of.]

[Although it is the "Guan Yu" version of the Iron Fortress, and it is a temporary collaboration like the "Three Things in the Tuntu Mountain Agreement", it is enough.]

However, Fang Yi did not know that he lacked intelligence and was unaware that there were "scavengers" who belonged to the reincarnation space this time, but their missions were different from those of ordinary people.

He made bold but wrong assumptions and inferences, and unexpectedly eliminated potential enemies in his plan.

(End of this chapter)