Knight Asylum

"Catching a bullet with bare hands."

"...When your brother needs you, will you be able to catch a bullet with your bare hands?!"

"You don't need to be able to catch bullets, but you have to be able to catch attacks from your sister," Red smiled calmly, "But there's really no need to compare. I probably won't encounter that kind of situation. As for you, I don't think you've practiced enough."

"Goo-"

"But—well, okay, let's just compete a little bit."

Red glanced out the window and saw an office worker looking at his watch.

Red didn't know what brand the watch was, he just thought it was very delicate and beautiful. After thinking for a while, he stood up with a smile.

"How about we compare tastes? For a day, each of you pick a watch and put it in front of Shuhua to see which watch she thinks is better."

Tendo Souji blinked, crossed his arms over his chest and raised his head confidently, "Are you sure you want to compete in taste?"

"Tiandao, you don't think I have bad taste, do you?" Reid raised his eyes, looked at the clothes on Tiandao Souji, and then looked at his own clothes.

“…the taste in clothes does not represent the taste in watches!”

Tendo Souji didn't answer, but just smiled confidently, waved and left.

The corner of Red's mouth twitched.

He had a simpler way. He just needed to tell Zhuoma Yilang, and Zhinao Group would immediately recruit the top designers and appraisers to make a one-of-a-kind watch on site.

But Red's intuition told him that if he did this, he would definitely lose to Tendo Souji, so he had to choose by himself...so as not to lose miserably.

After wandering around the watch store for a long time, Red still couldn't find a watch that caught his eye.

"Damn it - I should have known better."

Anyway, I regret it very much.

As he was walking around, Red came to a very old-fashioned neighborhood. Thinking that he was already here, Red put his hands in his pockets, enjoying the brief tranquility of being alone.

But once he calmed down, Red couldn't help but start thinking about the future.

Mello and Kamiyama Touma seemed to see something through his omniscience when he tried to pull out the Infinity Blade.

As the one who drew the sword, although Red did not see the detailed future, he also had that feeling.

"Destruction is bound to come."

Red paused, looked up, and the words "Nine to Five" came into his sight.

Chapter 1084 Tokiwa Shougo

"Nine to five?"

Red looked at the old shop in front of him curiously.

From the appearance alone, it is impossible to tell what it is used for.

After hesitating for a while, Red walked up to knock on the door, opened it, and walked into the Nine to Five Hall with the sound of crisp wind chimes.

What catches your eye are watches of various styles.

Although the exterior of the Nine-to-Five Hall is old, the interior decoration is very meticulous and detailed. It seems that the owner here is very fond of watches.

"Um--Excuse me, is anyone there?"

Red raised his voice because he saw no one.

Soon, an old man who looked to be around sixty years old walked out quickly, wiping his reading glasses as he walked.

But what he said made Red couldn't help laughing.

"Excuse me, is it the stereo or the refrigerator that needs repairing? If it's the washing machine, you may have to wait a few days."

"Um - this is a watch shop, right?" Red couldn't help but remind him.

The old man was stunned, blinked his eyes, and suddenly realized, "Ah - we are indeed a watch shop. Sorry, actually, since my great-uncle, people have always come to our shop to repair various electrical appliances. As time went by, everyone only came to us to repair electrical appliances."

"Uh - sounds like it's pretty hard," Red imagined the scene.

"Well - although I feel very awkward, it's enough as long as I can help everyone," the old man smiled, "By the way, my name is Tokiwa Sougo, is there anything I can help you with?"

"Actually, I want to pick a watch, but..."

"Didn't you find the watch you like?" Tokiwa Sougo nodded thoughtfully. "Indeed, this happens often."

"Those watches are beautiful, but I don't have the urge to own them at all," Red sighed helplessly with his hands on his hips, "They are other people's watches, not mine."

Tokiwa Sougo put on his reading glasses. "This is normal. It means that you bought the watch not to show off, but to record your own time. So you need a unique watch that belongs only to you."

Red thought about it and felt that what Tokiwa Sougo said made sense. "Unique? I'm not a watch designer."

"No, it's not that troublesome. The only unique thing on a clock is the time you have experienced," Tokiwa Sougo smiled, took out a watch from the drawer, put it on the table and gently pushed it towards Reid.

"What is this?" Reid picked up the watch and looked at it curiously.

This watch is very strange, with a round face and a series of symbols and a corresponding year on it.

"2068?"

Reid looked at Tokiwa Sougo in surprise, "What does this mean?"

"It means just that literally," Tokiwa Sougo smiled.

Seeing that Tokiwa Sougo had no intention of explaining further, Red did not ask any further questions. Instead, he put the watch down and pushed it back.

"So, even if it's the cheapest watch, it doesn't matter?"

"Of course, but, ahem! This is also a watch shop," Tokiwa Sougo coughed and tilted his head towards the watches under the counter with a twinkling look in his eyes.

"I see - I'll choose carefully."

Red smiled, sat down, and stared at the watches on the counter with his chin held high.

Tokiwa Sougo smiled, took back his watch, and sat aside, waiting patiently for Red to make a choice.

Unfortunately, just as Red had been looking for a while, the door of the Nine to Five Hall was opened, and a man wearing a scarf and holding a book strode in.

"My Lord, something is not right. That Red is really capable of..."

Under the gazes of Reid and Tokiwa Sougo, the man paused for a short while before turning around very slowly.

"I'm sorry, I think I took the wrong path—"

The moment he turned around completely, the man took a step forward and wanted to leave, but as soon as he took a step forward, Red grabbed his shoulder.

"Sir, you should be in the right place. Also, what will happen to me?"

The man swallowed hard and forced a smile. "That's really rude. I made a slip of the tongue just now. I was talking about Red."

"How do you know my name is Red?" Red smiled brightly.

"Goo-"

Tokiwa Sougo sighed helplessly, "Okay, Woz, you don't have to make it up."

"My demon king?" Wozniacki was stunned.

"Devil?" Reid's expression became even more subtle.

He really couldn't imagine that the old man in front of him who looked kind and interesting actually had such a domineering and...middle school name as Demon King.

"Ahem—" Tokiwa Sougo coughed awkwardly, "Don't worry about it."

"Eh... So, Mr. Woz, what will happen to me?"

Red nodded thoughtfully and looked at Wozniak with a smile.

The title of Demon King might be a personal XP, which Red could understand. He also liked the title of Demon King when he was a child, but Red couldn't ignore what Wozniacki said next.

Wozniacki subconsciously looked towards Tokiwa Sougo, wanting to seek his opinion, but Red predicted Wozniacki's thoughts and immediately turned his face away, not giving Wozniacki and Tokiwa Sougo a chance to make eye contact.

"Red, have you ever heard of a future that is destined to be destroyed?" Tokiwa Sougo laughed helplessly.

Reid narrowed his eyes slightly. "Is this some kind of philosophical description?"

"No - it's a fact that will happen. No matter what you do, destruction will surely come," Tokiwa Sougo let out a long breath.

"[Will]? How long will it take?" Reid frowned.

"It is you who decides this matter."

"...Well, Mr. Demon King, what you said sounds like it's me who will destroy the world," Reid said with a frown on his face.

Wozniacki muttered something and turned away.

"You will save the world," Tokiwa Sougo turned his chair and looked at Red, "Whether you will do your best to save the world will determine whether the world will be destroyed."

Reid and Tokiwa Sougo looked at each other for a long time, then lowered his head and scratched his hair helplessly.

"This world is not so fragile that it will be destroyed if someone is missing. Even if I am not here, I don't know how many people will go all out to save the world."

"and……"

Red exhaled and looked up, a tenacious gleam in his eyes.

"If the world is about to be destroyed, I will fight with all my might. There will be absolutely no other option."

Red didn't notice that when he said there was no other option, Wozniak had a rather ugly expression on his face.

"Really? Then I'm relieved. I'll give you this watch."

Tokiwa Sougo raised his hand and threw a black watch into the air, which fell towards Red.

Red blinked and reached out to take it.

This watch is very similar to Sougo Tokiwa's 2068 watch, but it has no color or year and is a plain body.

Chapter 185: Your Future is Coming

Looking at Red's receding back, Wozniacki raised his hand several times, but finally lowered it, looking helplessly at Tokiwa Sougo who was repairing a watch.

"My demon king, is this really okay?"

"Is there anything wrong?"

In response to Tokiwa Sougo's question, Woz moved his mouth and wanted to refute, but when he thought of Tokiwa Sougo's character, he lost his temper, held his forehead and sighed helplessly.

"My demon king, all your strength... has been used up in this [S·L]."

"So?" Tokiwa Sougo raised his hand and hooked it in Woz's direction.

Woz shook his head and handed the tool to Tokiwa Sougo. "Is there nothing you can do?"

"Woz, it's not that I can't do anything. I'm just trying my best. Oh, by the way, what does One Piece say?" Tokiwa Sougo paused and smiled at Woz. "I'm betting my strength on the future. Of course - my luck is not very good, so I'm betting on the entire future."

Looking at the old face in front of him, Wozniak was in a trance for a moment, as if he saw the young man he once was.

Wozniacki let out a long breath, took a step back, and knelt on one knee in front of Tokiwa Sougo.

"I understand, my demon king, you will definitely win the bet."

……

"Destined destruction?"

Red tossed the watch in his hand, his brows furrowed.

[S·L] The end of the world is endless. Even if there is such a thing as destined destruction, Red is not very surprised.

Just look at it closely, there is a Helheim Forest and a Grand Prix of Desire, both of which have the potential to lead to the destruction of the entire world.

But Wozniacki's attitude was too subtle.

"It's like saying... the person who will destroy the world is me," Red clutched the fallen watch head, his eyes flickering.

Although he wanted to deny it outright, Red was not completely clueless. He did have the potential to destroy the world.

One of them is the impending doomsday, Helheim Forest.

Although Sagara appears to be friendly, Red knows very well that Sagara does not care about humans at all. As the embodiment of the will of Helheim Forest, Sagara has only one goal from beginning to end, which is to let Helheim Forest completely erode human civilization and complete evolution.

Red doesn't think he is the kind of lunatic who would destroy civilization, but he doesn't think eating the golden fruit is a good thing, even though it seems that everyone, including Hanagata, thinks that it is the right choice for him to eat the golden fruit.

At times like this, the more confident you are, the easier it is to fail.

The second is that in the past he was controlled by the power of the beast body Kuuga and went berserk.

He has now lost the ability to transform into Kuuga, but he has gained another power in his hands, which is probably more dangerous than the power of Kuuga in the beast form.

【unlimited】