Knight Asylum

"The enemies we have to deal with are not just Gurongi, and Gurongi is by no means the strongest among them."

This time the Tower of Sages spoke.

"In the final analysis, Gurongi is simply powerful, and can cast all kinds of magic. The phantoms that only magicians like us can defeat are more difficult to deal with."

"Illusions will only attack people who have the talent to become magicians, so dealing with illusions has always been your responsibility. Every time Servius Turia applied to study the Philosopher's Stone, you rejected it. If the illusions really cause casualties, it is also your problem."

The Tower of Sages no longer speaks.

"Kuga's power is ultimately limited, and there is a risk of it going out of control. It can only be used as an individual case, and it cannot be used to benefit all of humanity. That is a problem that cannot be avoided no matter how we adjust it," the museum immediately followed the Sage's Tower and said, "The memory not only has low usage requirements, but is also very stable. Recently, we have made a breakthrough in our research."

"Breakthrough? Show it to me."

The museum also chose to remain silent.

"I think the focus of the discussion now is still on the issue of evacuation," Enoch said slowly. "Z-01 defeated Gamego, this is an indisputable fact, but don't forget the huge price. This is the first time that an area has been completely destroyed. We were lucky this time. The battle broke out after we evacuated everyone, but--"

"What about the next semi-ultimate game?"

"After seeing a Gurongi of the same level being killed, the next time the Qualified Players will be leisurely playing the Semi-Ultimate Game, will we still have a chance to evacuate?"

"Once Z-01 engages in battle with a qualified person, no one will be able to survive. Of course, I am not questioning Z-01's achievements. I am just suggesting that Z-01 be used as a last resort."

"If a building collapses or a bridge breaks, we can just rebuild it. But if someone dies, they are really dead."

As soon as Enoch's words fell, the other sponsors reconsidered, and U did not refute. He had witnessed with his own eyes how powerful the Ultimate Sky I was, and how powerful the afterglow of the sublimation of the Ultimate Sky I was. The test site of the research institute collapsed just after the sublimation was completed.

They can't avoid casualties every time like this, but that doesn't mean Red is like a nuclear bomb. Once Enoch and other sponsors get their wish, Red will lose the chance to prove himself. Without the opportunity to prove himself, the label on Red will never be removed. There is only one treatment for dangerous goods: blockade.

I'm afraid that when the time comes when Red's strength is really needed, these sponsors will be able to find ten thousand reasons to keep Red locked up.

The corners of U's mouth slightly raised.

But he also expected the sponsors to do this.

"In other words, as long as the issue of casualties is resolved, there will be no problem, right?"

U stood up and snapped his fingers.

"U, don't tell me Z-01 can save everyone while fighting the Qualified Person," Ouroboros mocked.

"Don't ask those who stand up to do something they don't even want to work hard for," U sneered and opened his hands, "Since Red can defeat the qualified person, then saving people is our problem."

"So how do you plan to rescue them? The qualified people won't give you time to evacuate."

"As long as you are in this world, you will have to face unexpected attacks, especially those attackers are likely to be powerful monsters, but..."

U said faintly.

"What if there is a way to enter another world that weirdos cannot enter without Servier Turia's permission?"

"How could such a thing exist? It's not magic," the Tower of Sages also laughed.

"Yes, Servier Turia has independently researched a way to enter another world," U put his finger to his lips, "that world is..."

"A world of mirrors."

In the spotless ward, a man in a white coat stood with his hands hanging down at both sides of his body, staring at the girl lying on the bed. The mirror placed on the bedside reflected the man's empty eyes and the sleeping girl with a peaceful smile.

"Um... Mr. Kanzaki Shirou, it's time to visit the patient."

A nurse leaned over and reminded quietly.

Kanzaki Shirou raised his head slightly, turned around silently and passed by the nurse, who said softly, "Your sister will definitely get better."

A little light appeared in Kanzaki Shiro's eyes. He quickened his pace and took out headphones from his pocket and put them on.

"Okay, I understand. Now we can start exploring the [Mirror World]."

Chapter 73: Shadow in the Mirror

Late at night, Ise Ayaka huddled in the corner of the bed, wrapped in a quilt, holding her mobile phone, tapping the screen with her thumb trembling slightly.

[Miyo, we'll be fine, right?]

After sending the message, Ise Ayaka lowered her head as if she was holding a talisman, waiting for a response.

Everything she saw in the alley was like a nightmare she couldn't wake up from. As soon as she closed her eyes, the face of the tragically dead man would appear in front of her. She thought about calling the police, but that was the territory of the Tooth Ghost Clan, and death was a normal thing there. Even if she called the police, the case would not be accepted. But what really scared her was the criminal who ran out of the alley.

The criminal must have seen their faces clearly, and the only person who could kill people in such a cruel way could be a monster. Although she always talked about monsters and often said that being attacked by monsters was cool, Ise Ayaka's legs went weak when she thought about herself being targeted by a bloody and brutal monster.

Along with a slight vibration, a text message popped up. Ise Ayaka immediately looked up, and the moment she saw the message, her pupils shrank sharply.

You saw my face, didn't you?

[I'm watching you from the door now]

A chill ran down the back of Ise Ayaka's head.

Has Midori been killed?

I'm next!

Suddenly, a girlish ringtone rang out, almost making the dazed Ise Ayaka pass out. Looking at the message from the idiot Midori jumping on the screen, Ise Ayaka swallowed hard and opened the call with trembling hands.

"Are you scared~?"

Hamamura Midori's unique slow and itchy voice came from the phone. Ise Ayaka instantly lost her strength and lay on the bed as if she had survived a disaster. She was unwilling but replied with a trembling voice, "This is not fun at all."

“Hahaha——Sorry~ I felt like you would be very concerned, so I played a little prank on you. If you’re scared, we can have a video chat~”

The usual slow tone of voice made Ise Ayaka feel a lot more at ease. She said who would be scared, but still honestly agreed to the video chat request from Hamamura Midori. In the center of the screen, Hamamura Midori seemed to have just taken a shower and was applying nail polish while playfully sticking out her tongue at the camera.

"You're really careless," Ise Ayaka complained.

"Well - I was also shocked, but this should be considered a normal thing in [S·L]."

After hesitating for a long time, Ise Ayaka raised her arms and pressed them against her eyes, "I... I don't know, Miyo, let's continue to go to school, and then, let's go and apologize to her."

Hamamura Miyo paused while applying nail polish. After a long while, she shrugged her shoulders pretending to be indifferent, put the makeup mirror on the other side, and drew eyeliner in front of the mirror. "Okay, I was just joking. Who knew she would be so angry? Let's buy some donuts and go find Xiao Wu tomorrow. Then, let's go to school together."

Ise Ayaka, who didn't expect that Hamamura Midori would take the initiative to mention going to school, was delighted and immediately put down her arms. Just as she was about to speak, her smile gradually froze because she saw that in the window glass behind Hamamura Midori, where the phone was facing, a figure was reflected. Although his face was covered, she still remembered those eyes. It was the murderer who escaped from the alley.

Ise Ayaka immediately shouted nervously.

"Miyo! In front! The murderer is right in front of you!"

Hamamura Midori was startled and looked up nervously, but she didn't see anything. While she was relieved, she couldn't help complaining.

"Really? I was just joking just now, but you really like to hold a grudge. My eyeliner is all crooked," said Hamamura Midori, and then she continued to wipe the crooked eyeliner in front of the makeup mirror.

Ise Ayaka was completely stunned.

Are you kidding? How could she possibly joke like that! The glass clearly reflected the murderer, who was now approaching Hamamura Miyo! But Hamamura Miyo didn't care at all.

"Miyo! I'm serious! Let's get out of that place quickly! He's looking for us!" Ise Ayaka held the phone in her hands, running around in a panic and shouting non-stop.

But Hamamura Midori, who had already determined that Ise Ayaka was playing a prank, continued to slowly draw her eyeliner, while the figure of the man who climbed out of the window glass became clearer and closer.

"Miyo! He's already in front of you!"

"Really? I'm really a little scared when you do this. Forget it, let's not talk about it anymore."

After saying that, Hamamura Midori stretched out her hand to end the video conversation. At the moment the picture was interrupted, Ise Ayaka clearly saw through the reflection of the glass that the man was sitting next to Hamamura Midori.

Looking at the screen showing the end of the call, Ise Ayaka was stunned for a long time before typing tremblingly.

【Miyo, are you asleep? 】

Within two seconds of sending the message, there was a reply.

[What's wrong? Are you too scared to sleep? ]

"Ha...that's great," Ise Ayaka breathed a sigh of relief.

[Sorry, maybe I'm too sensitive, see you tomorrow]

[See you tomorrow~Dance~]

Ise Ayaka's smile gradually froze, and the phone in her hand fell to the bed with a click.

Selvi Turia, minus 13th floor.

The researchers in white coats walked back and forth with frowns on their faces, occasionally looking up at the huge quadrangular prism in the center that was emitting a strange light. Finally, they all looked at Kanzaki Shirou who was standing in front of the quadrangular prism and shook their heads.

Hard work can narrow the gap between you and genius as much as possible, but that is only based on being at the same starting line and the same finish line.

They ran with all their might following the genius' back and finally crossed the finish line. Before they could cheer, they saw the genius sprinting towards an unknown direction at an even faster speed. They didn't even know where the end was and could only follow behind the genius and sigh at what an amazing road this was.

Just like now.

According to Selvi Turia's public archives, the research direction of the Negative Thirteenth Floor is how to evacuate citizens within the area as quickly as possible in the event of a containment incident, so the sponsors don't care much about the research situation on the Negative Thirteenth Floor. But in reality, they are carrying out a great feat like creating the world.

【Mirror World】

The world that exists in the mirror is almost the same as the reality, and most importantly, there is no living thing in the [mirror world]. Once it is successfully developed, it is equivalent to humans gaining a world. Now, their research is close to success, but they do not feel the slightest bit of pride.

They once believed that true geniuses needed the support of those who work hard, but the reality is that the [Mirror World] was proposed by Shirou Kanzaki, it was Shirou Kanzaki who made the impossible possible and expanded it, it was Shirou Kanzaki who cultivated the core of the Mirror World that could maintain the existence of the [Mirror World], and now it is Shirou Kanzaki who has developed a pass to and explore the [Mirror World] and an additional belt.

It is no exaggeration to say that even without them, Kanzaki Shirou could complete the research on the [Mirror World] alone.

It’s not that true geniuses need the support of hard-working people like them, but that hard-working people like them need geniuses to set up new finish lines for them to have the opportunity to work hard.

Just as the researchers were sighing, the door of the research institute opened and U walked in slowly. After looking around, he walked straight to the side of Kanzaki Shirou.

"What's the situation? Can the experiment start?"

Kanzaki Shirou, who was deep in thought, came back to his senses, nodded to U, turned around and started walking, "I'm ready, please follow me."

Under the leadership of Kanzaki Shiro, U came to the command area outside the institute's special test site. U walked to the observation window and looked down. There was only a simple mirror in the site. Several experimenters wearing life detection equipment and breathing devices were making final preparations.

"I have already told the sponsor about the Mirror World. From now on, you don't have to hide your research on the Mirror World anymore," U said with his hands behind his back.

Kanzaki Shirou glanced at U and said nothing. Instead, he put on his headset and said in an extremely low voice, "The experiment begins. The exploration time is ten seconds. After ten seconds, immediately exit the mirror world."

The maintenance personnel retreated immediately, while the experimenters stretched their bodies slightly, then took out a rectangular black box from behind and pointed it at the mirror in front of them.

U narrowed his eyes slightly.

The originally ordinary mirror suddenly rippled like a lake with a stone thrown into it, and a belt suddenly appeared around the waists of the experimenters reflected in the mirror. A difference appeared, and as if to correct this difference, a belt turned out from the mirror and buckled around the waists of the experimenters.

"Incredible," U commented.

"It's just a trick. If you want to enter a world, you must make that world judge the person entering as a resident of its own world. The mirror world is a reflection of reality. Reality comes first, then reflection. The function of the card box is to induce changes in the mirror world, so that the mirror world will actively split off a part to fill in the reality and achieve synchronization. With the part split off by the mirror world, combined with the card box, it is possible to deceive the mirror world and make it think that the person wearing the dress is a resident of the mirror world."

Kanzaki Shirou said lightly. During the time he was explaining, the experimenter had already put the black box into his belt and stretched out his hand towards the mirror in front of him.

A strange scene appeared. The fragile mirror was like a door to another world outside. The experimenter walked in without any hindrance. At the same time, the timer on the top of the test site began to count down.

Ten seconds passed quickly, and ripples appeared on the calm mirror surface again. One by one, the experimenters walked out of the mirror.

"Beginning safety check, next stop time is twenty seconds."

After giving the instructions, Kanzaki Shirou took off his headset and looked at U.

U exhaled softly, "In just twelve years, you have developed a brand new world. You can earn eternal fame."

"That premise is that the mirror world can really be used as a refuge for humans," Kanzaki Shirou said calmly in the face of U's praise. "Now we can only start exploring. Whether humans can survive in the mirror world, and whether there are really no living things in the mirror world, all of these are unknown."

"Twelve years ago, no one thought the mirror world existed," U smiled.

Kanzaki Shirou moved his eyes but said nothing.

"Kanzaki, I'm counting on you," U turned around and patted Kanzaki Shirou on the shoulder, whispering, "You can save countless lives."

Chapter 74 Ge You Lying Down - Ultimate Kuuga Limited

Early in the morning, Red was dragged to Selvi Tulia's exclusive research institute, and under Selyu's coercion, he gritted his teeth and ate the whole [Love Nourishing] breakfast.

"Don't make that expression. A day's plan begins in the morning. Breakfast determines your day's situation," Seleu nodded with satisfaction, holding a clean plate that could be used as a mirror.

"Thank you, thank you... I feel like my nose is going to bleed," Reid covered his obviously bulging belly and sat on the chair, unable to move at all.

"If you really feel uncomfortable, you can directly transform into Kuuga. Aguru's energy will change every cell in your body. This process requires a lot of energy, and your stomach happens to be full of energy," Seleucus took out a cotton swab and carefully brushed the plate, collecting Red's saliva while giving advice.

“Hey, hey, hey, no matter what, I won’t become Kuuga just because my stomach is so bloated that I can’t even walk. What do you think Kuuga is?”

"Henshin!"

The door of the research institute opened, and Enbe, who was flipping through a report, walked in yawning. Just as he was about to speak, his eyes widened and the report in his hand fell to the ground with a bang, because he saw that Ultimate Kuuga was slumped in a chair and rubbing his stomach.

Enbei slapped his face hard, hoping that the pain could wake him up from this outrageous dream, but the waves of pain kept reminding him whether this was a dream.

"You, you, what on earth are you doing!?"

A roar that really started Red's day.

For the whole night, Ise Ayaka didn't dare to close her eyes. She stared at the screen of her mobile phone and read over and over again the last message that Hamamura Miyo sent her. She felt that Hamamura Miyo was taking revenge on her for her [prank], but she didn't dare to confirm it.