Knight Asylum

"In fact, there are many people who have the same symptoms as Yui and have been in a coma," Nogami Airi said slowly, while looking up at several ICU wards not far away, her eyes full of sadness and powerlessness.

"They are still some college students, but now, not many family members come to see them."

College student? Coma?

Reid thought for a while and then frowned, "Could those college students be Professor Kagawa's students who are in a coma due to an experimental accident?"

Nogami Airi was a little surprised, "You know what? I thought no one cared about it anymore."

"It's a fact... no one really cares about it now, probably because the victims are just... ordinary people," Reid sighed helplessly after hesitating for a moment.

In the previous timeline, he specifically investigated this matter because he had to investigate Kagawa Hideyuki. More than seven students with bright futures fell into a coma. If it were outside of [S·L], it would definitely cause a huge social outcry, but unfortunately, this is [S·L], and terrorist incidents with unidentified casualties would occur from time to time.

It was not a big deal that several ordinary people with bright futures fell into a coma. Coupled with Kitaoka Hideichi's actions, after several times, no one mentioned the matter anymore.

"This may sound sudden, but can I go check on them?"

Nogami Airi was stunned for a moment, then nodded in surprise, "Okay."

"Thanks--"

Red nodded and walked slowly towards the ICU ward in front. Just as he approached the first ward and hadn't yet stretched out his hand, the door handle of the ward had already turned down. A man in a black leather jacket almost bumped into Red. The moment his eyes met Red's, the man's pupils shrank and he subconsciously took a step back.

"Hello, Mr. Akiyama Ren," Nogami Airi leaned her head out and bowed politely to the man to greet him.

Seeing Nogami Airi appear, Akiyama Ren relaxed a lot, but still stared at Reid vigilantly, "Hello, Nurse Nogami, I remember that outsiders are not allowed to enter here. I haven't seen him before."

"About this matter..." Nogami Airi shook her head helplessly, "Mr. Reid is investigating something and wants to confirm the condition of the student who fell into a coma due to Professor Kagawa's experiment."

Red was a little surprised that Nogami Airen would actually cover for him, but Akiyama Ren looked very alert. Although he didn't know why, Red felt that he had to cooperate first.

"is it?"

Akiyama Ren looked at Reid, then at Nogami Airi, and loosened her clenched fists.

"I understand, I'll go back first."

After saying that, Qiu Shanlian passed by Reid and left without looking back.

"He seems very wary of me," Reid turned his head and glanced at Akiyama Lian's back.

This was the first time he met Akiyama Lian, but for some reason, he always had a familiar feeling as if he had just met Akiyama Lian recently.

"Mr. Akiyama is also a pitiful man. I hope you won't be angry." Nogami Airi shook her head and leaned over the door of the ward to look inside. "His girlfriend was a victim of the experimental accident. Her parents thought she was dead. Only Mr. Akiyama came to visit her every day to ask about her treatment progress."

"He's also a lovesick person," Red sighed helplessly, paused, and closed the door of the ward before asking, "But are you sure they have the same symptoms as Kanzaki Yui?"

Including Akiyama Ren's girlfriend, these students of Kagawa Hideyuki fell into a coma because of their research on the mirror world, and Kanzaki Yui fell into a coma before this hospital was built. At that time, Kanzaki Shirou was just a child, and the concept of the mirror world had not been discovered at all.

"Yes, why they have the same symptoms of coma... We are also very curious, but because of the precedent of Yui, we were not so flustered when we took over them at that time. However... if this continues, they will be the same as Yui."

Next, Red walked along the corridor, took a look at the condition of the unconscious students through the observation window on the ward door, and did not stay for long. After saying goodbye to Nogami Airi, he went down the elevator alone and returned to the front desk. At this time, a bald doctor in a white coat with a bunch of ballpoint pens of different shapes in his chest pocket was operating the computer with an embarrassed look on his face, while Metzler was swiping his mobile phone boredly.

Seeing Red appear, Metzler's eyes lit up. He stepped back, moved closer to Red and whispered, "What happened?"

"I went up and took a look around," Red paused and lowered his voice, "Kanzaki Yui..."

Before Reid finished speaking, the bald doctor who was operating the computer raised his head, looking embarrassed, "Well, I'm sorry, this is not a question of whether I have enough authority. This Kanzaki Yui moved here for treatment when this hospital was first built, and... it's better to say that she is simply maintaining her vital signs than treating her, and... since she moved here, no one has come to see her. If it weren't for the welfare construction of the Hongshang Foundation..."

The bald doctor didn’t say anything further, but we were all adults and those who understood would understand.

Mazel was stunned and looked at Reid in surprise.

"So, is there anything else you need help with?" The bald doctor touched his bald head.

"No, excuse me."

Mazel smiled politely.

Chapter 253 He Has Long Lost His Humanity

On the way back to the apartment, Red remained silent. Knowing that Red was thinking about something, Metzger did not deliberately talk to him. Instead, she hugged Red's waist and put her face against Red's back. Although as a Greeed, she had no sense of smell and could not feel cold or warm, she had been like this since she was born. She should not have longed for or cared about these tedious little desires, but for some reason, as long as she hugged Red like this, she began to long for it.

She wanted to know how hot Reid's arms were.

This is not impossible. She has felt that kind of heat when Reed sublimated into the afterglow state, but she is a greedy Greeed. What she wants is not a moment, but forever.

The problem was not with Red, but with herself.

There are defects in her body, huge defects that cannot be filled even if the core coin is recovered.

Mazel narrowed her eyes slightly.

This is [S·L], a place where even resetting time is possible.

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Xiao Xing Flower Shop.

"Saori, here, drink something first."

Xiao Xing put the brewed black tea on the table and handed it to Saori Takamizawa who was sobbing softly. Looking at Saori's red eyes, Xiao Xing felt very distressed and raised her hand to gently pat Saori Takamizawa's shoulder.

"What happened? Did you guys...have a fight?"

Xiao Xing was not very willing to believe that Saori Takamizawa and Itsushi Takamizawa, the loving couple known to everyone, would quarrel. It was not because of the reporters' extensive publicity, but because she had known Saori Takamizawa for more than ten years and had never seen Saori Takamizawa and Itsushi Takamizawa quarrel. This was also the first time she saw Saori Takamizawa so sad.

Of course, she really hoped that she had misunderstood, but given the circumstances, the possibility of this being the case was very low.

In other words, there was a huge conflict between the Takamizawa couple.

"Yes, is it a problem with the company?" Xiao Xing thought about it and the only thing he could think of was the crisis that Takamizawa Group had recently encountered.

Saori Takamizawa nodded, then shook her head. This reaction made Xiaoxing extremely conflicted.

The Gurongis were always straightforward. If someone said yes, it was yes, and if someone said no, it was no. According to her previous personality, if someone shook his head and nodded when she asked a question, she would slap him in the face. Unfortunately, she has become a Buddhist now, and even if she really wants to do that, she will endure it.

And now Takamizawa Saori can tell at a glance that her emotions are still not stable, so Xiao Xing also waited patiently. After a long while, Takamizawa Saori rubbed her eyes and whispered, "Xiao Xing, can I stay here for a few days?"

Xiao Xing's heart skipped a beat. This seemed to be a sign of separation.

"I hope it won't disturb you two. I wear earplugs when I sleep at night so I can't hear anything," Takamizawa Saori stuck out her tongue.

Xiao Xing was speechless for a moment, but when she thought of Takamizawa Saori's current attitude, she had to temporarily ignore Takamizawa Saori's words and said, "He doesn't live with me now."

"Hey... now~"

"Alright, alright - stop asking questions, the room is here, go and get some rest!"

Xiao Xing shook her head and pushed Saori Takamizawa's shoulders to the room she had cleaned up for Red.

After opening the door, Takamizawa Saori poked her head in, looked at Xiao Xing with suspicion, and seemed to be hesitant to speak.

"Any questions?"

"Ah... No, it's that. You guys have even moved to the locker room, but you still sleep in separate rooms," Takamizawa Saori scratched her face and complained.

Xiao Xing twitched the corner of her mouth and pushed Takamizawa Saori into the room, "Go to bed early! You have to work in my store tomorrow!"

After saying that, Xiao Xing closed the door, rubbed her face hard, looked at the moon outside the window with her head lowered, took out her cell phone, hesitated for a long time, and finally gave up and called Reid.

In the room, Takamizawa Saori looked around the room for a while and gave a bitter smile.

The room had windows, but they were covered with heavy curtains and there were almost no objects that could be used as mirrors, as if there was something to guard against.

"Xiao Xing, I'm sorry..."

Saori Takamizawa took out a makeup mirror from her bag and placed it on the table. Looking at her haggard self in the mirror, Saori Takamizawa pursed her lips and took out the knight card box from her pocket.

Even if the sun sets and night falls, it cannot hide [S·L]. In the streets that shine brighter than the stars, the transparent glass reflects this bustling world, as if there are two identical worlds overlapping each other, and no one has noticed.

In the angle between different worlds, figures are intertwined and fighting.

Early the next morning, Red came to Hideyuki Kagawa's research institute. This time it was Hideyuki Kagawa himself who opened the door. Red was a little surprised, but did not ask much. Hideyuki Kagawa was not the kind of person who treated his students as his younger brothers. The door was opened by Tojo or Nakamura before, purely because Hideyuki Kagawa himself was not there.

"come in."

Hideyuki Kagawa let go of the door handle and craned his neck towards Reid.

Reid closed the door and followed Hideyuki Kagawa. After thinking for a while, he asked.

"Professor Kagawa, I went to Milk Dipper yesterday."

Kagawa Hideyuki paused, took out his right hands from the pockets of his white coat, and let them hang down on both sides of his body without looking back. "Really? Did you gain anything?"

"I went to see Kanzaki Yui, that is..."

"Kanzaki Shirou's sister, right?" Kagawa Hideyuki turned sideways and looked at Red, "Kanzaki Yui is not important."

Even though he had already received the same answer, Red still managed to retort, "That's his sister."

"Red, have you ever heard of a saying that the more you study law, the more you lose your humanity and empathy. The same is true for science. The more you explore the truth, the further away you are from reality. People, in the end, are just pieces of meat. When they die, they are all the same."

"Kanzaki Shirou is a great genius who discovered a brand new world. His way of thinking has long been out of touch with reality... Between the mirror world and reality, which one is real and which one is just an illusion? Often, I myself can't tell the difference, let alone... Kanzaki Shirou who can already reset time through the mirror world."

Kagawa Hideyuki paused, "Moreover... since Kanzaki Yui moved into Milk Dipper for more than ten years, he has never been to the hospital once, and even the cost of treatment depends on the welfare construction of the Hongshang Foundation. Do you think... in Kanzaki Shirou's eyes, is his sister important?"

Red couldn't refute what Kagawa Hideyuki said. He thought the same thing after he knew that Kanzaki Shirou had never seen his sister.

"The symptoms of Kanzaki Yui's coma, no... Professor Kagawa, your student's symptoms are consistent with Kanzaki Yui's symptoms, what do you think?" Reid let out a long breath.

Hideyuki Kagawa looked at Reid for a while and then turned around.

"I want to know this more than anyone else."

Chapter 254: Continuous Challenge

When he arrived at the laboratory, Red found that Nakamura and Tojo were not there.

"Nakamura and Tojo went out to investigate. You should know the situation on Servai Turia's side," Hideyuki Kagawa bent over, his five fingers flying on the keyboard, hit the enter key, turned around and put the tools on the long table aside. Countless tiny rays of light swept out in the air to form an [S·L] holographic effect.

"During this time, I have been collecting data to locate the cores of other mirror worlds."

“Now we have a precise location.”

Dozens of red dots lit up on the holographic image of [S·L], among which the red dots at the Xingxiu District Zhinao Group Building and Selvi Turia's location were the most dazzling.

Reid raised his eyebrow fiercely, "These red dots are all the core of the mirror world."

"This is what the data shows," Kagawa Hideyuki adjusted his glasses. "The cost of cultivating the core of the mirror world is very high. Even with detailed research data, it takes many failures to truly complete it. It's just like... the recipe of a Michelin three-star chef. Even if you follow the recipe one-to-one, the results will be completely different due to slight differences in the ingredients used and the operator's experience."

"In other words, these mirror world cores... were all cultivated by Kanzaki Shirou himself?" Reid held his chin up and looked at the holographic map in front of him carefully.

The location of the Takamizawa Group does not indicate the existence of a mirror world core.

"If... Shirou Kanzaki's goal was to make the core of the mirror world run wild, he would have succeeded long ago, but nothing has happened now. Those cores of the mirror world are very stable," Hideyuki Kagawa took a few steps back, sat on a chair, and let out a long breath.

"Of course, this is not the troublesome thing. The most troublesome thing is those mirror knights."

Reid was stunned for a moment before reacting, "Professor Kagawa, do you think Selvi Turia and the Brain Group have teamed up?"

"If the supreme commander of Servi Turia was U, I would naturally not think about this," Kagawa Hideyuki shook his head, "but the current supreme commander has changed, right?"

Red nodded helplessly, and after thinking about the development of the previous timeline, he said, "The current supreme commander is probably a guy named Light from the Magic Kingdom."

"The magic country? It's much worse than I imagined." Even Kagawa Hideyuki couldn't help but sighed deeply, holding his forehead.

"However, I think the Magic Kingdom will never agree to Serviera and Orphino joining forces. I remember there was a racial discrimination issue between magicians and Orphino before," Reid held his chin up uncertainly.

"There are only one in a million people who have the talent to become a magician, and even fewer among them who can become a magician. So magicians should naturally be the most outstanding race, but Orphino is the evolved form of mankind overcoming death. Compared to miracle magic, people hope to have a second life more. In addition, the Kingdom of Magic has always promoted the theory of magician bloodline, so many people support the existence of Orphino," Hideyuki Kagawa said slowly.

"That is to say, the Magic Kingdom will not cooperate with Ophirno?"

"It is definitely impossible to get the Kingdom of Magic to agree, but the magicians nowadays all believe in magic supremacy and disdain anything other than magic, even the Mirror World."

"That's not necessarily true. This is a mirror world."

"I have tried to seek funding from the Magic Kingdom, but they laughed at my research results, saying that they could easily create a new world by using magic," Hideyuki Kagawa's expression was calm, but Reid could still hear a hint of dissatisfaction in it.

That's normal. Hideyuki Kagawa is a world-renowned professor, and the mirror world is definitely a discovery that is enough to shock the whole world and benefit all mankind.

It’s a pity that before it could benefit all mankind, it has already caused countless tragedies.

Red thought again of what Nogami Airi said.

No one cares whether ordinary people live or die.

"The Magic Kingdom doesn't care about the research on the Mirror World, but those sponsors definitely know the value of the Mirror World. It's hard to imagine that they won't use the Mirror World. With the cover of the Intelligent Brain Group, some shameful things can be naturally pushed out," Hideyuki Kagawa took off his glasses and rubbed his eyes.

Reid thought about it for a moment and nodded reluctantly.

It is indeed hard to imagine how those funders would behave without U.

"Professor Kagawa, do you have any ideas?"

Hideyuki Kagawa remained silent.