Starting from Douluo Continent, I've become a god through daily check-ins.

Chapter 308 Origin of the Contradiction

Zero Two in the dormitory stood up, lost his footing, and bumped his head against the door. He remembered Ichigo's words: "I thought... we were finally comrades, and there was no place for you here anymore."

As she thought about it, Zero Two grew increasingly agitated. She clenched her teeth and leaned against the door, which bore several very obvious marks. Without a doubt, these were Zero Two's handiwork.

I know that no matter how much I imitate humans, I can never become human. That's why I must keep defeating the Klaxosaurs and hurry up and become human.

As Ling Er thought to herself, memories of her time with Ling—no, Jing Chen—over the years flashed through her mind, from the nursery to recently. Each scene was vivid in her mind; although they were all in the past, recalling them now still felt like being there.

For this reason... but even so, only Darling...

Thinking this, Zero Two's eyes instantly hardened. Meanwhile, Hitsugu and Tai, who were guarding the stairwell, sat on the stairs, leaning against each other, fast asleep. Suddenly, a loud crash startled them awake. Recalling the sound, they both turned to look behind them.

Back in the ward, Jing Chen had brought Mei back. He took her for a good stroll around the Hundred Flowers Garden, but his body had suffered a severe injury, and his physical condition was far from what it used to be. After returning to the ward, Jing Chen collapsed wearily onto the bed.

"Ah, I'm so tired, I want to rest for a while," Jing Chen said with a long sigh.

"Yes, you should get some rest." Mei stood up, intending to collect all the fruit peels she had left behind. Jing Chen stopped Mei, saying, "You must be tired too, go back first. I'll clean up these things later."

"Okay, then I'll leave it to you." Ichigo smiled slightly, turned around and left the ward.

A future child who was waiting outside the ward saw Ichigo come out. Ichigo stood at the door and said to Jingchen inside the ward, "Jingchen, you should get some rest."

Looking at the closed hospital room door, Jing Chen pondered for a moment, then extended his right hand and opened it. A blue Blue Silver Emperor with golden stripes appeared in his hand. Ten spirit rings also appeared at once, encircling the Blue Silver Emperor. Jing Chen wasn't worried about being seen at all. Because when he returned, he had dispelled the first illusion and reset another one. Closing his eyes, Jing Chen slowly mobilized the spirit power within his body that he hadn't used for a long time.

At first, Jing Chen couldn't feel anything at all. But he also understood that the body's ability to hold on until now wasn't solely due to him; the soul power within the body had played a crucial role. However, because of his amnesia, his soul power had only been flowing out and not in, so Jing Chen had no idea how much soul power he had left.

For a full hour, Jing Chen didn't sense any soul power. He couldn't help but smile bitterly. Undoubtedly, the previous exertion was too great; using soul power now was simply impossible, let alone using the Blue Silver Emperor to recover. Since he couldn't recover, he'd just get a good night's sleep and think of something else after he woke up.

In the dormitory living room, Man, Goro, Kokoro, and Ikuno sat together. Each of them was doing different things. They weren't relaxing there either; their only purpose was to prevent Zero-Two from seeing Jing Chen.

"Wait a moment!"

Tai's voice instantly drew the attention of the four people in the living room. Ichigo had just returned to her dorm and, thinking about everything that had happened at the Hundred Flowers Garden, smiled sweetly. Suddenly, the sound of something breaking reached Ichigo's ears.

"Stop right there!" he roared.

"Yes, let's go back to our room!" Tai said.

Upon hearing the sound, Ichigo sensed something was wrong and immediately ran inside. In the living room, Goro was about to go up and ask Zero-Two what he was doing when Zero-Two punched him, sending him flying and crashing into the glass, instantly cracking the entire pane.

"Hey, are you alright?" Ikuno asked Goro with concern.

Seeing Zero Two's violent side, Tai, Kokoro, and Mitsuru were all surprised. Ichigo arrived at that moment and saw Goro sitting on the ground, wiping his mouth.

"What are you doing?" Ichigo asked.

"No, this is..." Taihe glared, trying to explain. Zero Two, however, turned and glared fiercely at Ichigo, who had just entered, seemingly suppressing something as she said, "Don't bother me! I'm going to see Darling."

Hearing Zero Two's words, Ichigo realized what was happening and walked towards Zero Two, saying, "You better be smart! So what if you see him? Are you going to keep lying to him?"

Zero Two seemed to be unable to hold back any longer, grabbing Ichigo's collar. However, Zero Two didn't say anything, shaking his head painfully, "No, no, no, I just want to talk to Darling."

Goro, who was standing nearby, also advised Ichigo, "Let them meet, Ichigo."

Hearing Goro's words, Ichigo looked at him with some surprise. Goro stood up, rubbing his cheek, and said, "Since she said all that, she must have a lot to talk about, right?"

"Goro. But this girl..." Ichigo looked at Zero Two and said.

"I think so too. It's really pitiful to forcibly separate them," Xin also chimed in.

After listening to their words, Ichigo became conflicted. Zero-Two released his grip on Ichigo's collar, and Ichigo, seemingly having come to a realization, slapped Zero-Two's hand away. Goro, standing to the side, said, "But Zero-Two, if you want to see Zero, you have to do it in front of us, okay?"

Ling Er didn't say anything, he just nodded.

……

Wei Lai, who was standing guard at the ward door, heard footsteps. Looking towards the sound, she saw everyone had arrived and asked, somewhat bewildered, "What's going on?"

"Where's Jingchen?" Mei asked.

Looking at the hospital room door behind her, she said, "Is he resting? There's no sound."

The ward door opened, and Ichigo nodded to Zero Two. Zero Two walked up to Ichigo, and Zero Two just stared at her. Ichigo turned her head to the side, as if she didn't want to see Zero Two.

"Daling," Zero Two called out, entering the ward. The ward was pitch black, and Zero Two stopped after only two steps. Noticing the unusual situation, Ichigo turned around and saw that Jing Chen was nowhere to be seen!

"Why?" Ichigo asked in surprise.

"How could that be? People have been watching closely all along," Mirai said, walking over in surprise.

Hearing the commotion, Goro and Mitsuru also came over. Mitsuru immediately noticed something was wrong and pointed to a spot, saying, "Look over there."

Looking in the direction Manzhi pointed, there was a rope made of twisted bed sheet hanging by the window. The one used to hold the bed sheet in place was the fruit knife that Mei had used to peel the apple.

Seeing this, everyone understood. Looking at the "rope," everyone murmured amongst themselves. Ichigo stared at the rope, head down at the ground, lost in thought.

"You're lying to me..."

(End of this chapter)