Knight Asylum

"Then what are you doing here?"

"Of course I'm the one who came to greet my best friend~ That's what I thought, but it's such a pity, Ayaka, I thought we were the same, but I didn't expect you to become the magician we hate the most," Hamamura Midori raised her hand and twirled her hair, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and the chilling murderous aura made Ise Ayaka realize completely that Hamamura Midori was already dead.

The only thing left here was the phantom demon born from Hamamura Miyo's despair.

Red's fingers opened slightly, the crisp sound, and the overwhelming presence forced Hamamura Miyo to look at Red.

"Ah~ Brother, you don't want to fight me? Do you really want to do this? You know..."

Hamamura Miyo leaned forward slightly and placed her right hand on her chest.

"It's all your fault that Hamamura Miyo died. It's because you took Hamamura Miyo to the territory of the Yagui tribe that this happened. I am the proof that Hamamura Miyo is alive. Do you want to erase this last proof of her life?"

"That's all you wanted to say."

Reid's voice was extremely low and hoarse. Hamamura Midori's face changed. In a trance, she seemed to see a huge figure rolling towards her.

If you stay any longer... you will definitely be destroyed.

Hamamura Miyo took a step back, holding her cheek and shaking her head with a wronged look on her face, "Brother, you are really too much, but today I just came to say hello to you and tell you that I am fine. Bye~"

Hamamura Midori waved her finger mischievously and turned away.

Staring at the direction where Hamamura Midori left until Hamamura Midori's breath completely disappeared, Reid released himself from Kuuga's state.

"Ise-san, Hamamura-san has already..."

"Miyo is dead, I know that," Ise Ayaka pursed her lips, and after a long silence, she revealed a smile that was uglier than crying, "I will carry on with Miyo's share and work hard."

"Let's go back."

Reid reached out and hugged Ise Ayaka, and when he was about to leave, he felt a little hair on his neck. He immediately turned his head to look, but there was nothing behind him. The remains of Sudo Masashi also completely disappeared, as if he had never existed.

"Illusion?"

Reid shook his head, patted the back of Ise Ayaka who was covering her eyes and trying to hold back tears, and left the abandoned factory. He did not notice that there was a figure standing among the mirrors scattered on the ground, holding a black box with a crab emblem in his hand.

Servi Turia, control tower.

U, who was sitting in the highest commander's position and commanding the entire command desk, took off his headphones and crossed his fingers. Embe keenly noticed the change in U's eyes, "What's wrong with U? Did something happen to Red?"

"No, nothing happened. Reid interrupted Ise Ayaka's transformation and defeated the person who caused this incident."

"Oh - this is a great achievement!" Enbei's eyes lit up.

Only magicians can resolve the problem of demonic transformation, but the way magicians resolve it is to use a special magic ring to sneak into the target's body and directly destroy the demon that is about to be born, thus ending the demonic transformation.

A magician is one in a million who has overcome despair and in turn controlled the phantom demon in his body. The destruction of the phantom demon in his body means the loss of magic power and he can no longer be a magician. For mankind, this is a huge loss, but the emergence of phantom demon means the complete destruction of the pillar of hope. Most people cannot overcome this situation, so although they are unwilling, they can only accept that the Towers of Sages have monopolized the magicians' behavior.

And Red interrupted his transformation, which meant there was one more magician in the world.

"But there is a problem. The mastermind behind this incident, Sudo Masashi, is just an ordinary person, but he was able to sneak into the rooms of Hamamura Miyo and Ise Ayaka quietly, and avoid all surveillance and appear directly in the factory." U narrowed his eyes slightly, "And the most incredible thing is..."

"He has something magical in his hands."

"Magical thing?" U's expression gave Embi a bad feeling.

"The black box that can peel the belt from the mirror."

"Hmm? Wait a minute! It's related to the Mirror World! How is that possible!" Enbei was stunned for a moment, then his eyes widened and he exclaimed, "The research on the Mirror World has just begun! We should be the only ones who have mastered the technology of the Mirror World."

U put a finger to his lips, stood up and walked down the stairs. Embi immediately understood what U meant, and took the central elevator with U to the negative thirteenth floor. The researchers in charge of studying the core of the mirror world keenly noticed that the atmosphere was wrong and made way.

Kanzaki Shirou, who was looking at the core of the mirror world, turned around with a sense of something, "What's the matter? I have been updating the research report on the mirror world."

"Chief Kanzaki, something happened just over ten minutes ago. I have a few questions I want to confirm," U held his chin up, "Can long-distance travel be achieved through the mirror world?"

"This is our next breakthrough project. Our current technology can only allow users to enter and exit through the same mirror." Kanzaki Shirou frowned slightly, "What's wrong?"

"Okay, next question," U paused, "Is there a way to draw power from the mirror world that would allow humans to fight monsters?"

Before U finished speaking, he caused an uproar among the researchers around him, but U did not care about the gazes of other researchers. Instead, he stared at Kanzaki Shirou. Under U's gaze, Kanzaki Shirou, who had his arms crossed, put down his hands.

"U, you said that the purpose of studying the mirror world is to allow the citizens in [S·L] to escape faster and safer, not for fighting."

"But now someone has appeared," U raised his hand to support his eyes, and the slightly glowing lenses covered U's eyes, "someone who can travel long distances through the mirror world, can draw power from the mirror world, and claims to be the chosen knight."

"And what's incredible is... the man who called himself a knight turned into a monster in the end, and there was no body left after his death."

The researchers present exclaimed in surprise. They were researchers of the Mirror World. Although they were not as good as Kanzaki Shirou, they were definitely the ones who knew the Mirror World best besides Kanzaki Shirou. So they knew better than anyone that what U said was undoubtedly a fantasy.

"Chief Kanzaki, can you explain?"

Kanzaki Shirou still had a poker face that would not change even if the world was destroyed. "I can only assume that someone is also studying the mirror world, and their research progress is far ahead of us. As for turning into a monster... I can only understand that this is the end of abusing the power of the mirror world. It can be used as a reference for future research."

"Besides us, are there other people who know about the existence of the Mirror World and are conducting research on it? Their progress is even much better than you, the one who proposed the Mirror World?" Embe frowned. "Is this possible?"

If this is true, then things would be bad, because the person mentioned by Kanzaki Shirou, who is also conducting research and has far surpassed Servier Turia in research progress, is spreading black boxes that can lead to the mirror world and gain power from the mirror world. And according to Red, that card box will turn people into monsters. God knows how many black boxes have been spread. If a large number of monsters transformed from humans rush into the streets, then there is no doubt that this will be a vicious out-of-control incident.

This time, Kanzaki Shirou paused, as if he was struggling and considering.

"Chief Kanzaki, there has been an incident where a female high school student was transformed into a phantom demon," Ember reminded.

Kanzaki Shirou's eyes moved and he said, "It's my mentor, Kagawa Hideyuki."

"Ah - is it that Professor Kagawa?" a researcher said subconsciously in surprise.

"Is it Professor Kagawa?" Enbei was also a little confused.

Hideyuki Kagawa is a very special genius. To say how special he is, when all scientists were scrambling to join Serviera, Hideyuki Kagawa rejected Serviera's invitation because he did not approve of Serviera's operating method.

"Professor Kagawa and I once studied the mirror world together. He believes that the power of the mirror world should be used to fight monsters. It seems that at least his research has succeeded, or has entered the practical stage." Kanzaki Shirou put his hands in the pockets on both sides of his white coat. "Is there anything else you want to ask?"

"How long will it take you to catch up with Professor Kagawa's research progress?" U tilted his head.

"Who knows, wouldn't it be faster for you to go directly to Professor Kagawa instead of letting me figure it out?" Kanzaki Shirou waved his hand, turned around and continued to stare at the core of the mirror world.

U curled his lips and said, "Excuse me."

Enbei was planning to say something, but seeing U leaving immediately, he didn't want to stay any longer, so he followed U out of the research institute and entered the central elevator before he started to complain, "Do you believe what Kanzaki Shirou said?"

"It doesn't matter," U adjusted his glasses.

"Okay, okay - I really don't understand what you're thinking. Speaking of which, where's Red? When will he come back? We have to thank him properly," Embe crossed his arms and grinned, "Thanks to him, Servier Turia is more stable now."

"He might have to come back a few days later."

"Okay, late... huh? A few days? A few days! Is he going to do something?" Embe blinked.

"Give others courage."

Inspector, the police officers looked in disbelief at Red and Qiao who were standing not far away, and their gaze returned to Ise Ayaka who was bending over to them.

"I'm sorry, I know you don't intend to believe what I say, but please give me a copy of the file that records my affairs. I must know how many mistakes I have made and how many people I have hurt."

The police officers looked at each other, and finally handed the file to Ise Ayaka.

Ise Ayaka held the file to her chest, bowed solemnly to the police officers again, turned around, took firm steps, looked straight ahead, and left the police station.

This is a thorny road. Not everyone will be generous enough to forgive her, and the mistakes she made cannot be made up for by just saying sorry. It is even more difficult to regain the trust of others. Anyway, the past cannot be changed, so it is better to start from now and work hard.

But this time, Ise Ayaka resolutely embarked on this thorny road. Only by facing the past that she had created with her own hands and made herself cheap, could she return to zero and start over.

Nothing to worry about.

After being severely scolded, Ise Ayaka walked out of the store, bowed to the angry clerk inside the store, and turned around. Across the street, Reid was looking at her with a worried look on his face.

She had been given her last chance.

Ise Ayaka wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and gave Reid a thumbs up.

Chapter 85: Changing Attitudes

"What do you think will happen to that guy?"

On the way back to Servier Turia, Qiao, who was sitting sideways on the back seat of the Mobile Pegasus, crossed his arms over his chest and tilted his head slightly upward.

"I always feel that there will be a lot of bad things waiting for her."

"who knows……"

"Who knows... what the answer is? Hey! Didn't you ask her to do that?!"

Red's slightly perfunctory answer made Qiao very dissatisfied. He raised his hand and knocked hard on Red's helmet and raised his voice, while Red raised his hand helplessly and waved it.

"That's her own life. Only she can decide what her life will be like after that."

"That's what you said... But, never mind, what's the matter with that Sudo Masashi?" Qiao curled his lips and stopped bothering about Ise Ayaka's question, "Why did he suddenly appear at your place?"

"I want to know that, but..."

His eyes narrowed slightly under the goggles, and Masashi Sudo summoned the belt from the mirror through the black box, and the image of him transforming into a knight appeared before his eyes again.

"It's probably something to do with the mirror."

"Mirror?" Qiao blinked, looking puzzled.

"Although it's just my speculation, Sudo Masashi has gained the ability to travel between mirrors through something, so he was able to sneak into Ise Ayaka and Hamamura Miyo's room quietly."

Qiao opened his mouth in surprise, but soon accepted this setting, "Well - after all, this is [S·L], and things like this that subvert the worldview may appear at any time. This is also one of the highlights of [S·L]."

"There should be less excitement like this."

Red complained helplessly and increased his speed.

After returning to Selvi Tulia, Red and Qiao went to the front desk to register according to the temporary worker process. Although the outside world only knew that it was Selvi Tulia that defeated Gamego, the fact that Red had defeated Gamego in a one-on-one challenge had spread within Selvi Tulia with the help of someone unknown. So when the front desk staff saw that it was Red, they immediately put away their perfunctory and arrogant attitude towards temporary workers, and there was a hint of bitterness in their polite smile.

“Are you still a temporary worker?”

People of different levels receive employees of different levels. This is not class discrimination, but is to ensure the safety of both parties.

Temporary workers don't come into contact with the true face of Servi Turia very often, and most of them will leave after working for a few days, so they are the ones who don't have much experience. The higher the level, the more true faces of Servi Turia they come into contact with, and the more abnormal their mental state will be. Therefore, the reception staff must be elderly people who have stronger endurance, and the reception venue must also have strict protection.

Although Red has only been in Selvi Tullia for a few days, he has already achieved such a terrifying achievement as killing a qualified person from the Ge Group. It is no longer at the level of having come into contact with the true face of Selvi Tullia, but at the level that Red himself is one of the true faces of Selvi Tullia.

Such a terrifying guy appeared openly in the hall of Servier Turia? !

The receptionist's hands were shaking as she handed over the forms.

"Yeah, I don't even have a formal employee handbook," Reid took the form helplessly.

"Help me write it."

Qiao poked her chin out from behind and pressed it on Red's shoulder. She stretched out her right hand from Red's arm and covered Red's form with her own. The front desk receptionist held her breath, fearing that Red would suddenly eliminate her.

Red noticed the receptionist's nervousness and wanted to comfort her, but as soon as he looked up, the receptionist's legs went weak, and she held on to the table with a smile that was more miserable than crying, "W-Would you like some snacks?"

"Uh—I just wanted to..."

"want."

Before Reid could finish his words, Qiao spoke directly, and raised his index and middle fingers to make a "yeah" gesture.

"Give!"

The receptionist handed over two chocolate bars as if offering sacrifices, and Qiao grabbed them all without hesitation.

"Ah... I'm still thirsty, and I suddenly want to drink--"

"Qiao..." Reid held up the completed form in his hand and blocked Qiao's face, looking helpless.

"It's just a joke~ Don't take it so seriously." Qiao tore open a chocolate bar and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing slowly and casually scanning the surroundings. "I always feel like... there are more people."

After hearing what Qiao said, Red noticed that there were many more people in the reception hall of Selvi Turia than usual. There were queues in many places, and many people were rubbing their hands excitedly.

"Looks like they're all new," Red asked subconsciously as he handed the two forms together to the receptionist, "What's going on?"

“This, this, this——”

The receptionist, who thought she had finished her work, suddenly shuddered and stammered, swinging her arms up and down, like a robot with a programming error. At this moment, the phone at the front desk rang, and the receptionist immediately reached out and picked up the phone, "I, I'm here! What can I do for you?"

Red's expression was extremely subtle. The receptionist's serious tone with a pleading tone made him feel like he was a robber, while the receptionist who was robbed was trying hard to convey information and ask for help.

"Really? I see!" The receptionist put down the phone and smiled at Reid. "Mr. Reid, please take the central elevator to Selvi Turia's exclusive research institute."

"I see."

Red nodded, and just as the receptionist was relieved, Qiao, who was still pressing on Red's back, suddenly said, "When are you usually here?"

The relaxed receptionist answered almost subconsciously, "Except for weekends, well——"

The receptionist reacted and immediately covered her mouth. Selvi Turia knew that people who dealt with containment-level incidents were not normal people, so he first ruled out the possibility that Qiao wanted to date her.

"The chocolate bar tastes good," Qiao waved the chocolate bar in his hand to the pale-faced receptionist, and pulled Red, who wanted to say something, towards the central elevator.

The receptionist's legs went limp and she sat down little by little, holding onto the table. Qiao's meaning was obvious. Next time, she would come to the front desk again.

"I really want to quit, but the salary is really high..."