Knight Asylum

Because she believed that Red would not beat Soka Masato to death, Sonoda Mari did not say a word to stop him from beginning to end, and just watched Red beat Soka Masato to death.

In the end, the armor on Masato Souji detected that he was overdrawn and automatically released the status.

Without the protection of the armor, Masato Kusaga was just an ordinary person. He fell to the ground on the spot, opening his mouth and closing his eyes, looking very painful.

"Masato..."

Seeing that Masato Kusaka looked so miserable, Sonoda Mari couldn't bear it after all. She walked forward, hugged Red's waist, and looked at Masato Kusaka.

"Masato, can you listen to our explanation?"

"Why, why..."

Kusaga Masato, who had been beaten unconscious, stretched out his right hand towards Reid with difficulty.

"Why, you can just..."

Red tilted his head and kicked away Sogayato's raised right hand.

"Red?!" Sonoda Mari exclaimed.

"I thought he was going to attack me."

"Hey - Masato? Why don't you give up?"

Kusaga Masato rolled his eyes, fell to the ground and lost consciousness.

Chapter 1108 Mihara is really dead

Seeing that Kusanagi Yato had completely fainted, Red did not bother to be polite to him. He bent down to pick up Kusanagi Yato's belt and took out the card of the three-headed dog.

Reid could see that this card was the key to allowing Masato Soggi and other members of Meteor Academy to use the Undead Beast Golden Fruit.

After hesitating for a while between Masato Soka and Mihara, Mari Sonoda decided to go and see Mihara first. After a thorough inspection, Mari Sonoda's face turned pale.

"Red, Mihara is really dead..."

Seeing that Sonoda Mari looked sad, Red hesitated for a while, then bent down, raised his hand and patted Sonoda Mari on the shoulder, "It's okay. Although society now has a certain resistance to resurrection surgery, resurrection surgery is still covered by medical insurance. Mihara must have bought medical insurance. Of course, it doesn't matter if he didn't buy it. Resurrection surgery is a loss-making business anyway, so it doesn't matter if he does one more."

Mari Sonoda, who was so sad that she was about to cry, suddenly reacted.

Yes, they have a resurrection surgery! As long as the body is intact, even if it is dead, it can be resurrected!

"Hey - you, why didn't you say so earlier!"

Mari Sonoda's face turned red, and she raised her fist to hit Red's shoulder, but because Red was still wearing armor, Mari Sonoda herself felt so much pain that she almost cried.

"Anyway, I'll ask someone to clean up this..."

Red pulled out the lock, glanced at the messy scene caused by the battle with Kusaga Masato, and raised his hand to scratch the back of his head.

"Murder scene?"

"Red, who do you think killed Mihara?"

As she asked, Sonoda Mari's eyes subconsciously turned towards the direction of Soka Masato who was still lying on the ground.

There were only three people at the scene: Red, Mihara, and Masato Soka. If Red was not the murderer, the only one left was Masato Soka, who pointed at Red as soon as he appeared, saying that Red was the murderer and wanted to kill Red directly.

When Sonoda Mari's head was halfway turned, Red stretched out his right hand and covered Sonoda Mari's eyes, "Everything is still unknown, don't guess blindly."

"I understand..." Sonoda Mari raised her hand and held Red's right hand, without pulling Red's right hand away, and let out a sigh of depression.

Soon, personnel from Zhinao Group arrived at the scene and brought various equipment. They set up a temporary operating room on the spot and performed resurrection surgery on Sanyuan's body.

In order to prevent Masato Kusaga from waking up and shouting and causing trouble, Reid specially asked the people from the Intelligent Brain Group to bring tape to plug Masato Kusaga's mouth.

The resurrection operation was quite complicated, so it took a lot of time, and Masato Sohkai woke up in the middle of the operation.

Red thought that even if Masato Soga didn't struggle hard, he would at least be angry or panic-stricken. But to Red's surprise, even though he knew that Mihara was undergoing a resurrection operation, Masato Soga was very calm.

As long as Mihara comes back alive, it will be clear who the murderer is.

Everything is still unknown, and it is hard to say who the murderer is, but Masato Kusaka is indeed the most suspicious person.

"What the hell is going on?" Reid frowned.

Another twenty minutes later, the person in charge of the resurrection operation came out and brought very bad news.

"The resurrection operation failed?" Reid was stunned.

"Yes, President, I'm sorry—"

The operating staff responsible for reporting the situation fell down on the spot and rested his forehead on the ground.

"What happened? Why did it fail? Is it because Mihara has already undergone a resurrection operation?" Reid patted his forehead and reached out to pull up the surgeon who was still apologizing.

"No, even if he has undergone a resurrection operation, as long as the body has not turned into sand after death, it means that he can still undergo a resurrection operation, but the problem is..."

The operating staff let out a long breath, his expression extremely serious.

"Resurrection surgery is only useful for humans. This person called Mihara... is not human."

"Not human?" Sonoda Mari, who was listening nearby, widened her eyes in astonishment. "How is it possible?! I grew up with him, he must be human! And... he has undergone resurrection surgery before!"

"We did detect the Ophio Factor from Mihara," the surgeon said, looking embarrassed, "but one-fifth of the cells in his body are no longer human."

"So I want to confirm whether he was kidnapped by some evil organization and transformed into a half-monster."

"Being transformed?"

Reid was stunned, his eyes moved down to the Cerberus card in his hand.

"Golden Fruit!?"

The golden fruit will make the eater evolve. Although Mihara did not directly eat the golden fruit of the undead beast, he also used the power of the golden fruit of the undead beast through his belt.

Maybe it's because of the continuous use of the power of the Undead Beast Golden Fruit that one-fifth of Mihara's cells have turned into monster cells.

There is an easier way to confirm this.

"Check his body! See if there's something wrong with his cells!"

Red raised his hand and pointed at Kusagaya who was tied up in the corner.

The surgeon nodded immediately, turned and walked into the temporary operating room, took out a special detection device, and walked towards Masato Kusaga.

Masato Soka subconsciously tightened his fingers and wanted to struggle, but Red was standing next to him. Even if he struggled, he might be slapped unconscious by Red, and Sonoda Mari... probably wouldn't stop him.

After thinking for a while, Kusaga Masato loosened his fingers and chose to cooperate to avoid getting beaten up again.

Because Masato Souji did not resist, the personnel of the Intelligent Brain Group quickly completed the examination, and the result was as Reid expected. Like Mihara, part of Masato Souji was no longer human.

But Soga Masato's situation is worse than Mihara's. Perhaps because he is better at fighting and can use the power of the Undead Beast Golden Fruit more freely, Soga Masato is more seriously eroded.

Mari Sonoda couldn't accept such a result, so she covered her mouth and took a few steps back.

"Has everyone... been deceived?"

Red also looked helpless, "It's terrible."

But what Masato Soka and Mari Sonoda did not expect was that Masato Soka, who had remained silent all this time, spoke at this moment.

"I knew from the beginning that using that power would make me no longer a human being, and everyone knows it too."

"Huh?" Sonoda Mari stood there.

"Only in this way can we have a chance to survive, to have..."

Masato Kusaga subconsciously looked at Reid, his hands tied behind his back clenched tightly.

“The power to determine your own destiny.”

“Masato!?”

"Truth! Can't you understand? Our lives are being firmly controlled by others. What determines whether we can survive is not ourselves, but the thoughts of others!"

"Next, we are not going to be killed! We are not allowed to live!"

Chapter 1109 The fate of the jungle

Sonoda Mari stayed where she was.

This was the first time she was yelled at like this by Masato Soga.

Mari Sonoda did not feel aggrieved, but instead thought seriously about what Masato Soka said.

[S·L] is the most exciting place in the world, but beneath this excitement are countless deaths and dangers. In just one year, the world was almost destroyed several times.

In this [S·L], being killed is not a strange thing, but Mari Sonoda has never felt uneasy because she believes that Red and their partners will be able to save the world.

Therefore, if Masato Soka said that someone was targeting the lives of the Ryusei Juku members and wanted to kill them, Mari Sonoda would definitely assure Masato Soka that Reid and the others would be able to save them.

But what Kusagaya said was that he was not allowed to live.

This made Mari Sonoda at a loss as to how to comfort her.

As the person involved, Sonoda Mari knew very well what Sokaya meant by "not allowed".

If Red eats the golden fruit, all human beings will have the opportunity to get closer to Red, but that is only limited to ordinary people.

Those whose bodies have already evolved will be eliminated.

For example, the members of Meteoric Academy.

"Truth, we don't know who killed us, and we were resurrected without knowing it. We don't even remember that we died, and now... we are not allowed to live—"

Masato Soka struggled with his hands and untied the restraints. Mari Sonoda was startled and subconsciously took a few steps back and hid behind Reid. This subconscious action made Masato Soka's eyes dim in an instant.

"Sorry Truth, just this once, we want the power to decide our own destiny."

After saying that, Kusaga Masato held his shoulders, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait a minute—I give this back to you."

Masato Kusaga paused and raised his hand to catch the belt and card thrown to him.

"What do you mean?" Kusaga Masato narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Nothing special. You want to decide your own fate, right? You'll be miserable without it, right?" Reid took out Mihara's belt and card and shook them towards Kusaga Masato. "We'll return the things to you after we finish our research."

Masato Kusaga's breathing stagnated, he looked at Reid with a complicated expression, then turned and left.

Mari Sonoda pulled the strap of her backpack and looked at Masato Soka's back without saying a word. Only when Masato Soka completely disappeared did Mari Sonoda reach out and grab Reid's sleeve.

"Reid, is this really okay?"

"What incident do you mean?"

Sonoda Mari frowned, and after struggling for a while, she put her face on Red's arm and muttered in a muffled voice, "Everything."

"They want to decide their own destiny, which is not a bad thing, and I have not denied their reasons and qualifications," Reid raised his hand and touched Sonoda Mari's head, and let out a helpless breath.

It's not that he can't understand Mari Sonoda's feelings at the moment.

A friend she grew up with turned into a half-human, half-monster, and she was told that all her childhood friends would become like that, and she was unable to persuade them.

Because they just want to live.

"Red, am I really, really cunning..."

Mari Sonoda looked at the temporary surgery that was being dismantled not far away. Because the operation was confirmed to have failed, Mihara's face was covered with a glaring white cloth.

"Everyone is struggling, but I am... happy all day long without worrying about anything. Now I am using that tone to make them..."

"It's not your fault. In fact... they could have been like you, but Souga refused my protection at that time," Reid pointed his finger to emphasize, "Have you forgotten?"

Mari Sonoda blinked, held her chin up and thought carefully for a while, then widened her eyes and let out a long "ah".

"Do you remember it?"

"I remember now," Sonoda Mari held her forehead with her hand, "I also remembered another thing. In fact, before I lived with you, I and other Ryusei Academy friends only kept in touch over the phone, and never met face to face."

"Truth...there's something I don't know whether I should say it or not," Red's expression gradually became subtle.

"I know, Masato does look suspicious," Sonoda Mari rubbed her forehead hard, and her cute round face wrinkled together.

"It's very suspicious," Reid stressed. "It's possible that the one who got those three belts was not Meteoric Academy, but Soka Masato."

"So, everyone at Meteoric Academy was... deceived by Masato?"

Mari Sonoda held it in for a long time before she uttered the word "cheat".

She really didn't want to believe that Masato Soga, who was protected by her as a child and grew up to be a winner in life that everyone admired, would do anything evil.

"Maybe there is a serious misunderstanding between us and the other members of Meteor Academy. If we can make it clear, maybe we can avoid a lot of these battles and..."

Red looked at Mihara's body and sighed helplessly.