Knight Asylum

"Ms. Satonaka, can you tell me what kind of person I was in the past?"

Erika Satonaka, who was walking in front, raised her hand and waved, "You are a bad woman with bad interests, sticky and smelling like seafood."

"Eh... am I really like this? It's really sad."

Metzl raised his left hand and brushed it across the corner of his eyes as if wiping tears, but his right hand reached silently towards the back of Erika Satonaka's head. A strange white light appeared on his arm, and O coins were tumbling in it.

"In other words, as long as you hold these core coins, you will be targeted by Greeed?" Reid immediately understood what Mitsuo Hongo meant.

"Of course, in order to get their own O coins, the greedy Greeds can do whatever it takes—" Mitsuo Hongo smiled meaningfully, "In order to one day get back all the core coins that belong to them and become a perfect form again."

A red ribbon hung down to separate Metzl and Erika Satonaka. A strange hand that turned from red to green and had an eagle decoration with spread wings on the wrist stretched out from the ribbon and grabbed Metzl's mutated right hand.

"You still like to play tricks as always, Metzler," Erika Satonaka, whose hair on her forehead had turned into golden curls, raised the corners of her mouth and revealed a wicked smile.

"Isn't this Anku? He's hiding in a human's body," Mazel shot back without showing any weakness, "It's really shameful."

Chapter 101 That is not love but fear

"President Hongshang..."

After Reid's eyes flickered for a long time, his shoulders slumped slightly, and he stretched out his right hand towards Hong Shang Guangsheng with a helpless look on his face.

"Give me that core coin."

Standing next to Red, Mari Sonoda was still immersed in the shock of Greeed's existence. She blinked, and when she came to her senses, she immediately said, "Hmm..." and grabbed Red's arm, "Wait a minute, didn't they say that Greeed will be attacked as long as you have the core coin?"

"If I don't take the core coins, someone else... will take the core coins, right?" Reid grinned. "President Hongshang, you want me to help you eliminate Greeed and take back the other core coins from them, right?"

If this is the case, Red can still accept it, because it means that the trap set by Mitsuo Hongo for him has ended here, but if this is just one part of it, then it would be terrible.

"Unfortunately, there is no way to smash the core coin now. Greeed is just like the desires in people's hearts. It can only be broken up and will revive one day," Mitsuo Hongo picked up the blue core coin and threw it in the direction of Reid.

"Indestructible?"

Reid reached out to catch the blue core coin, then opened his hand and saw that the pattern on the core coin was an octopus.

"That's what I thought before I saw your power," Mitsuo Hongo smiled meaningfully with his hands behind his back.

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"Anku, how many core coins do you have now?"

Mazel's expression was a little stiff as she was in a stalemate with Anku. She had already used up all her strength, but Anku was very relaxed. As both were Greeed, if they had the same number of core coins in their bodies, their strength would not be much different. As for the overwhelming power shown by Anku, she could only understand that the other party had more than one core coin in his body.

"Five? Or seven?"

"Just like you, I only have one core coin that hosts my consciousness."

Anku raised his hand and waved it, ending the meaningless mutual probing. Metzler rubbed his wrist, stepped back several steps, and stared at Anku who was leisurely playing with his hair in front of his forehead with a vigilant look on his face.

"Don't underestimate me. How can you be so much stronger than me with just one core coin?"

"Metzler, you don't understand. Even if it's just cell coins, as long as there are enough of them, they can completely rival the power brought by core coins." Anku shook his right hand at Metzler provocatively, "Do you want to guess how many cell coins I have in my body?"

Mazel's mouth twitched.

If Anku was not lying and he really had only one core coin like her, then the number of cell coins in Anku's body would probably be quite terrifying.

The O coins in [S·L] are almost all made by Hongshang Foundation.

"Anku, Hongshang Fund has our core coins, right?" Metzl narrowed his eyes and said in a very gentle tone, "No matter how comparable O coins are to core coins, they can never truly replace core coins. You should understand that only core coins can satisfy our desires."

"Metzl, I'm not Gamel. Is getting all the core coins to fill the desire in our hearts, or is it something else? You and I both know the nature of Greeed," Anku sneered.

"That's true, so? Don't tell me you don't want to collect your coins," Mazel clasped her hands under her chest, with the corners of her mouth slightly raised.

"Before that, Mazel, why are you targeting Red?" Anku's eyes narrowed slowly.

"Of course it's because of love." When she mentioned Red, Metzl's eyes changed immediately. Like a girl in love, she crossed her fingers in front of her chest. "I fell in love with him. As long as I stay by his side, the desire in my heart won't be so strong. If I can get his love, I will probably be satisfied."

Faced with Metzl's affectionate confession, Anku just sneered.

"You're making me want to vomit."

"You don't understand." Mazel put down her hand and turned her head. Her expression was cold but tolerant, like a loving mother forgiving a child's nonsense. "I felt it up close, that greatness. Now I can understand why you chose humans."

"Don't confuse me with you. That's not love at all. It's... fear."

"You've felt Red's power up close, and you were afraid of being destroyed by him, so in order to survive, you fell in love with him," Anku laughed extremely coldly.

"This is still love, Anku, what about you? Are you really helping humanity? The Yummy you created has exposed your inner self completely," Mazel raised her hand to support her chin, with a cold light flashing in her eyes.

"It doesn't care about the host's thoughts at all. It imprisons the host in the Nest, ignores the host's wishes, and fulfills the host's desires in the way it wants."

After a short silence, Anku turned his head and said, "You can say whatever you want. You are a Greeed who loves, but you are a Greeed. Your nature is greedy. You give only to get everything at a certain moment."

"Thank you for the reminder, but—"

Before Metzl finished speaking, a blue core coin with an electric eel pattern appeared in Anku's hand.

Metzler's breathing became heavier uncontrollably, and the fingers around her arm tightened little by little. She could feel that it was not a fake, but her core coin, a part of her. Her instinct was urging her to take back her core coin.

"Metzler, how about a deal?" Anku smiled and shook the core coin in his hand. "Go get me Reid's blood, about ten milliliters, and I'll return your core coin to you. This should be a very profitable deal for you."

Mazel's breath hitched.

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Seeing Red put the core coin into his pocket, Sonoda Mari grabbed Red's arm somewhat uneasily. Even a behemoth like the Hongshang Foundation did not have the ability to destroy Greeed, let alone Red.

"President Hongshang, since I have agreed to your request, shouldn't you call Qiao back?" Reid nodded to Sonoda Mari and looked at Hongshang Mitsuo.

Mitsuo Hongo slowly pulled up his sleeves to reveal a surprisingly ordinary watch, and slowly began to count down.

"three"

"two"

"One"

As soon as the word fell, a pleasant ringtone came from the cell phone in Red's pocket. At the signal from Hong Shang Guangsheng's eyes, Red took out his cell phone, and the caller was Qiao.

The corner of Red's mouth twitched. He always had an unhappy feeling that everything was calculated by Hong Shang Guangsheng.

"Hey, Qiao, are you okay--"

"Ah? Ha - it's nothing serious, Red, sorry, I'm a little tired, I'm going back to Servier Tulia first, don't look for Hong Shangguang Guangsheng, this guy won't tell you the location of Kagawa Hideyuki."

Reid's eyes turned to Hong Shangguang Guangsheng. It was the first time he heard Qiao's voice so tired.

"Okay, I see. I'll bring you some snacks when I get back. How about donuts?"

"That's a great help, and I'm sorry."

"It's okay," Red hung up the phone, raised his head and let out a long breath, "President Hongshang, I get angry too."

“That’s a really wonderful thing!”

Mitsuo Hongo opened his hands and his eyes sparkled. His excitement made Red suspect that Mitsuo Hongo wanted to see him angry more than to let him destroy Greeed.

Chapter 102: Metzl Wants to Learn Patience

Reid could see that Mitsuo Hongo was a man who would not listen to any tricks or suggestions, who took his own way to the extreme and was not afraid of death at all. There was only one way to deal with such a person.

That means just ignore him.

"Since President Hong Shang has no intention of helping us find Professor Kagawa, we will not bother him anymore."

Reid raised his hand and patted Sonoda Mari on the back. Sonoda Mari was stunned at first, but she quickly reacted and bent down immediately, "Then we'll take our leave first."

Mitsuo Hongoue was still smiling. In order to avoid any more trouble, Red and Sonoda Mari, who had vaguely realized how much of a troublemaker Mitsuo Hongoue was, were ready to leave this place of trouble. However, as soon as they turned around, Mitsuo Hongoue suddenly spoke.

"And one more thing--"

Reed and Mari Sonoda paused at the same time and took a breath. Before they could turn around, the office door was pushed open and Erika Satonaka walked in with Metzger. Seeing that Reed looked like he was about to leave, Metzger immediately stepped forward and hugged Reed's waist, her shoulders trembling slightly.

"Where are you going?"

The heartbreaking pleading left Red a little overwhelmed.

Judging from the situation, Metzl probably hasn't recovered any of his memories.

Standing behind Metzl, Erika Satonaka curled her lips, turned her head and walked to the refrigerator. She took out ice cream skillfully while perfunctorily reporting the situation, "Ah~ President, I have taken Metzl to her workstation for a round, but she doesn't remember anything. What should I do?"

"Really? That's too bad. Now it seems that Mazel only trusts you, Red!"

The corners of Red's mouth twitched slightly. He understood what Mitsuo Hongo meant, but he couldn't just kick Metzl away. Although Metzl was pushed down the stairs by Jun Shibaura, he also had some responsibility.

With Erika Satonaka and Mitsuo Honguei working together, the responsibility of taking care of Metzl fell on Red's hands. Mitsuo Honguei and Erika Satonaka's impatient attitude made Red suspect that they actually wanted to kick Metzl out of the Hongue Fund a long time ago. The only thing that was a bit humane was that Mitsuo Honguei gave him a large sum of money to take care of Metzl.

After watching Reid and the others leave, Hong Shangguang put his hands behind his back and asked, "What was the result?"

Erika Satonaka, who was eating ice cream, paused. The hair on her forehead turned into curls again. She snorted coldly, raised her hand and threw a blue core coin down and embedded itself on the cake.

"It's incredible - Greeed rejected its own core coin."

"Metzler is just afraid that I'm trying to trick her," Anku said unhappily, and in revenge he scooped out a spoonful of ice cream and stuffed it into his mouth.

"That's fine. If Greeed is limited to his own core coins, then he will be just like that." Mitsuo Hongo raised his right hand, touching his index finger and thumb together and rubbing them slowly. "It really makes people look forward to the day when Greeed overcomes his innate desires and gains even greater desires."

"That being said... you still gave Red a core coin from Metzl," Anku sneered. "Your own core coin is dangling in front of you. Do you think Greeed can bear it? What if Metzl takes Red's core coin?"

"Of course I will hold you accountable," said Mitsuo Hongo, with the corner of his mouth slightly raised. "It is no small matter that the core coin was lost and fell into Greeed's hands. Anyone with a little bit of rationality knows the consequences."

"Unfortunately, Greeed is a collection of desires. They only live for their own desires. Mazel will definitely steal the core coin. Just wait and see," Anku glared at Mitsuo Hongo fiercely, turned around and turned back into Erika Satonaka.

Mitsuo Hongo didn't say anything, but just smiled meaningfully.

After she transformed back, Erika Satonaka raised her hand and shook her hair, then put down the ice cream. "President, I have to remind you that Red thinks Qiao is an ordinary person, and Qiao called to report that she was safe, so Red thinks that you didn't let Qiao do anything too dangerous."

After a pause, Erika Satonaka changed her previous lazy attitude and spoke in an extremely serious tone.

“He’s going to be really angry.”

"Hmm - then I really need to think about it carefully," Mitsuo Hongo put his hands behind his back and frowned slightly.

Outside the Hongshang Fund Building, Red pushed the Mobile Pegasus in front, followed by Mari Sonoda and Metzl.

[My core coin——]

Metzl stared at Reid's pocket, his breathing becoming heavier uncontrollably. In order to suppress the impulse in his heart, Metzl grabbed his collar tightly with his right hand, but the more he suppressed it, the stronger the impulse became.

"are you OK?"

Mari Sonoda noticed Metzl's unusual reaction. Although she didn't like Metzl, seeing that Metzl looked very uncomfortable, Mari Sonoda still spoke up and showed her concern.

"No, nothing. Maybe I'm about to remember something," Metzler shook her head gently. "Or, don't you have something important to do? Go quickly. I'll just rest here for a while."

Red, who was holding the Mobile Pegasus, frowned. The matter of Shibaura Jun could not be delayed, but he could not leave Metzl, who was obviously in a bad condition, on the side of the road. Seeing Red struggling, Sonoda Mari took the initiative to step forward and support Metzl's arm, "Red, go and deal with Shibaura Jun's matter first, leave this to me."

Red glanced at Metzler, and when he saw Metzler nod, he let out a breath, got into the car and put on his helmet.

"I understand. If anything happens, call me!"

After saying that, Red immediately started the engine and headed for Qingmingyuan University.

Looking at Red's receding back, Mazel subconsciously raised her hand. Anku's ridicule rang in her ears. As a Greeed, was she trying to keep Red, the person she thought she loved, or her nature, a part of her, a core coin?

Mari Sonoda, who didn't know what Metzler was thinking, thought that Metzler was just upset about Red's departure, so she immediately reached out and patted Metzler on the back, "It's okay, Red will definitely come back."

Metzler was startled and came back to his senses from his trance. He turned his head and stared straight at Sonoda Mari.

"I, is there something on my face?" Mari Sonoda, whose scalp was tingling after being looked at by Metzler, couldn't help but ask.

"No - good boy," Mazel raised her hand and placed it on Mari Sonoda's head, rubbed it, and smiled slightly.

Mari Sonoda had an awkward expression on her face. This was probably Metzl's way of praising people, but Metzl's appearance was not mature, and she felt similar to her. The word "good kid" coming out of Metzl's mouth sounded too weird, but when she thought of Metzl's uncomfortable look just now, Mari Sonoda endured it.

Chapter 103 You are enjoying it too, right?

In the parking lot, Red took off his helmet, and the sunlight fell on Red's face through the gaps between the leaves. The light spots on Red's face kept changing as the wind blew.

Although he thought that he must solve the problem of Shibaura Jun as soon as possible to avoid the incident of Suteng Masashi, after arriving at Seimeiin University, Red realized that he did not have a clear plan.

The black box that Shibaura Jun and the others hold is the same as that of Suteng Masashi. It can enter and exit the mirror world freely and use the mirror world for transfers, and he has no way to catch up to the mirror world.

The only way is to lure them out of the mirror world and break their belts before they escape back to the mirror world.

Just as Red was thinking, several college students passing by stopped and pointed in Red's direction, whispering something. After a while, one of the female college students came to Red after being pushed by the others.

"Um... you are an employee of Sylvie Tulia, right? Is the mirror legend really true?!"

Red was stunned. The only one who should know that he was an employee of Selvi Tulia was the dean of studies.

No, there's one more person.

The leader of the Mirror Tales, Jun Shibaura.