Knight Asylum

"I don't understand—"

Kiryuu Sento expressed his thoughts straightforwardly.

"Why can you eat the golden fruit of the undead beast directly?"

As a physicist, Kiryu Sento never repeatedly asks and confirms things that are taken for granted.

He thought Red's choice not to kill the Firefly Undead Beast was the right one, so he didn't waste time repeatedly asking, Are you sure? Do you really want to do this? What should I do next?

So Kiryu Sento's focus is on Red eating the golden fruit of the undead beast.

"This... Battle Rabbit, you can also eat the golden fruit directly," Red held his chin and thought for a moment before adding, "It's just that you can't digest it."

"No, no, no - I don't mean just about eating," Kiryu Battle Rabbit stood up, walked around Red a few times, then picked up a device that looked like a nail gun and stabbed Red's right arm.

A pain like a mosquito bite passed by, and a tube of blood appeared in Kiryu Battle Rabbit's hand.

"But [eat the golden fruit and decide your own civilization]," Kiryu Sento turned around and installed the test tube on the machine. There was still some time before the results came out, so Kiryu Sento continued to explain his doubts to Red.

"You didn't simply take away the firefly's golden fruit, but... Ha - I didn't expect that I would come to such an unfounded conclusion."

Kiryuu Sento pinched the bridge of his nose and spoke slowly.

"You have replaced the fireflies and become the source of their civilization. Now you are the god of fireflies."

"The moment you eat the firefly's golden fruit, the civilization represented by the firefly is considered victorious. So while the firefly loses the power that would cause it to lose control, it also gains the symbol of civilization's victory - the self."

Red held his chin up and nodded thoughtfully, "I see, so that's how it is."

"Hey - you guy, you didn't think of anything at that time, did you?" Seeing Red's look of sudden enlightenment, Qiao, who was standing aside, frowned wildly.

“Well, how should I put it? It was just my intuition that this would definitely work! So I just did it!”

Red coughed and raised his finger, wanting to make a good excuse, but under Qiao's gaze, Red gave up, scratched the back of his head and laughed awkwardly.

"So - this is the problem. Why? If it was just to absorb the golden fruit, it could be understood, but taking the position of the ancestor of the undead beast and allowing it to evolve into civilization is not normal no matter how you think about it."

Kiryuu Sento slapped his forehead.

The way of science is broad and profound. Although he understands a little bit about everything, his main job is still a physicist. Faced with this phenomenon that seems to be biology but is higher than biology and has reached the level of theology, he is really full of bitterness and wants to vomit it out, but can't.

"I don't know either—" Red raised his hands above his head, "Anyway, I did it."

"Is it accidental or... No, it is inevitable."

Although the results of the blood test have not yet come out, Kiryu Battle Rabbit has already made some speculations.

"Want to... do an experiment?" Reid tilted his head to look at the passage not far away. From there, walk straight down and turn left, and you will reach the containment chamber where the moose undead beast and its golden fruit are imprisoned.

Ready-made undead beasts and ready-made golden fruits.

Kiryuu Sento tilted his head to glance at the passage, "That undead beast doesn't have the qualifications."

There aren't that many good things in this world.

Although no one knows what price Red paid, the price must exist, they just haven't discovered it yet.

The Firefly Undead is an exception, and there is a possibility of coexistence, but most of the Undead they encounter, including the Moose Undead, are intoxicated with power, and only think about fighting.

"If we encounter other undead beasts that are different from Firefly, we can test them again. As for those undead beasts that only care about fighting and have no possibility of coexistence, we don't need to hesitate."

Kiryuu Sento exhaled.

"Fighting is not a forced choice, but a choice made by you - this is the protagonist!"

In order to ease the atmosphere, Kiryuu Sento raised his hand and snapped his fingers, raising his chin narcissistically.

"Also, I have copied the belt data, so we can proceed to the next operation."

Kiryu Sento turned around, picked up Mihara's belt, and handed it to Red.

"Let Mari prepare herself. It's time to find an opportunity to talk to Mr. Nishida."

"Truth?" Qiao tilted his head and looked at Red.

“Ah—actually, it is like this.”

Red explained to Qiao the conflict with Ryuseijuku and Mihara's death in the briefest way possible.

"I see. I felt from the beginning that the guy named Masato Kusaga was not a good person," Qiao put his hands in his pockets.

"Then why didn't you say so earlier—"

Red reached out and pinched Qiao's nose, and grumbled.

"What's the point of hindsight now?"

"Such a nagging question. I can't possibly tell Zhenli that your childhood friends were actually bastards with a lot of ulterior motives," Qiao raised her hand to slap Red's right hand away, complaining unhappily.

"Now you can say that Mari also thinks there's something wrong with Masato Souga," Reid shrugged.

"Then why should I say anything more?" Qiao became even more unhappy.

“Because you’re afraid that the truth will hurt you?”

"You're so long-winded! Get back to work!"

Seeing Red playing with Qiao in high spirits, Kiryu Battle Rabbit breathed a sigh of relief and turned to look at the machine that was analyzing the blood.

Happy bathhouse.

"There's not a single guest today—"

The patriarch of the Igarashi family, Genta Igarashi, kneels on the ground with his hands in an ORZ position.

With the development of the times, even the smallest apartment will be equipped with a fish tank. If you just want to take a shower, it is more convenient to do so at home. If you want better services, you can probably go to better places to consume.

Faced with numerous bathhouses and foot massage parlors that offer numerous additional services, small family-run bathhouses like theirs actually don't have much room for survival.

The reason they have been able to persist until now is purely due to their passion and good reputation.

Therefore, even in the worst off-season, there will be at least five to six regular customers every day.

But in the past two days, there has been no customer in the Happy Bathhouse.

"Has our time passed? Ikki, Daiji, Sakura! I'm sorry, from now on I'll be relying on you to support the family!"

Igarashi Genta covered his face and ran away. The Igarashi siblings had extremely subtle expressions, but they did not chase after him.

Chapter 1118 The Thirsty Demon

Genta Igarashi, a middle-aged man who has gotten rid of vulgar tastes, is the pillar of a family and a father. He now has two reliable sons and a reliable daughter!

It seems that there is no more help to this family.

In terms of family harmony, his eldest son, second son, and youngest daughter have completely straightened out their thinking with the help of their good friends, resolved potential minor conflicts, and now love and are extremely united.

On supporting a family...

Never mind.

After running for a while, Igarashi Genta felt dizzy and gasped for breath while holding onto the vending machine.

"I'm so old. I almost vomited blood after running just a few steps—"

His weak body made Igarashi Genta couldn't help but smile bitterly. He wanted to buy some water, but when he touched his pocket, he found that he ran in such a hurry that he didn't even bring his cell phone. After searching his pocket for a long time, he finally took out four O coins.

Just when Igarashi Genta thought he could buy some water, the price on the vending machine gave him a big blow.

The value of O coins was depreciating day by day, and now the change he had in his pocket could not even buy a bottle of water.

Originally, Igarashi Genta just wanted to drink some water, but after realizing that he couldn't buy any water at all, Igarashi Genta suddenly felt extremely dry in the mouth.

If you want to quench your thirst, it seems that the only option is to go home.

“Ha…how embarrassing—”

"This is really embarrassing, Junpei—"

Igarashi Genta froze.

Junpei, that was the name of a person who had long disappeared from this world. There were only [two] people who could say this name, the person he loved the most, and the [person] he hated the most.

Igarashi Genta clenched the few four coins in his hand.

"call out--"

A stone grazed Igarashi Genta's face like a bullet and hit the vending machine. A shrill alarm sounded along with the noise of collapsing glass, and bottle of drinks rolled out after bottle and scattered all over the floor.

"Here, Junpei - these are yours, and you can use them to quench your thirst."

Igarashi Genta did not look at the drinks scattered on the ground, but turned his head very slowly. The sunlight slanted down from between the buildings, dividing the street into two. Although he was standing in the sunlight, his shadow was elongated by the sunlight and connected to the shadow, and at the end of his shadow, there stood a demon, whose scarlet fangs and sharp claws showed the demon's violent nature.

What kind of person could give birth to such a demon?

"Bell——" Igarashi Genta shouted out the devil's name almost like a wail, "Why did you appear again?"

"Why? Of course it's because you're still hungry," Bell stretched out his right hand towards Igarashi Genta, "Don't forget, your heart is still with me. Now your heart is beating unwillingly. Tell me--"

"I'm already satisfied and there's nothing I want anymore, Bell, so you should disappear, Bell," Igarashi Genta turned around and walked out without even looking at the drink on the ground.

After a brief pause, Bell slowly tightened his fingers.

"Junpei - do you know what the price of rejecting me is?"

"My family is very powerful, you can't win—"

Igarashi Genta raised his hands without turning his head and waved them left and right. Just as he showed a sunny smile, sharp claws wrapped in scarlet airflow pierced through his chest.

"But Junpei, you're weak without me."

"cowry……"

Igarashi Genta's eyes went blank and he slowly fell down. The Igarashi siblings who heard the alarm and rushed to the scene happened to see Igarashi Genta falling down.

"dad!?"

"You guy!"

"Wait a moment!"

As the eldest brother, Igarashi Ikki raised his hands and embraced the excited Igarashi Daiji and Igarashi Sakura, his eyes fixed on Bell who was wiping his hands.

"You can't defeat him!"

"Why?!" Igarashi Daiji and Igarashi Sakura exclaimed at the same time.

"Because that demon is your father's demon," the shadow of Mirage emerged from behind Igarashi Daiji, staring at Bell with a serious expression.

"If you kill him, your dad will be dead, but at the same time, if your dad dies, he will die too, so your dad is fine."

Weiss also emerged from Igarashi Ikki's body and angrily waved his fist at Bell, "You bastard, do you want to be beaten by Ikki and me again?"

Igarashi Ikki exhaled, "Bell, what do you want?"

"As expected of Ikki, the son of [my (devil)] and the best container. Although it has deviated from the original intention, I have made you proud," Bell raised his scarlet claws and slashed across his face.

"I'll be frank. Junpei's heart has always been in my hands. He can never get rid of me. As long as I'm alive, I will keep pestering your family until I destroy everything around Junpei and send him back to that hell."

Bell opened his hands, and his evil and violent remarks made veins bulge on Igarashi Daiji and Igarashi Sakura's foreheads, but they could do nothing about it because of the connection between Bell and Igarashi Genta.

"Bell, what do you want?" Although Igarashi Ikki was suppressing his anger, he had already taken out the wind and thunder seal from his pocket with his right hand.

"...freedom, I want freedom, I've had enough of this man," Bell opened his hands after a brief pause.

"This is impossible. Humans and demons are..."

"Humans and demons are not one, but they have to be one," Bell raised his hand and pressed it on his chest. "The ancestor of demons was sealed by angels and was not allowed to set foot in this world. They can only exist by relying on human bodies."

"But there is a Sabbath that completely separates humans from demons—"

Bell smiled and stretched out his right hand in the direction of the Igarashi siblings.

"I want the golden fruit of mankind."

"If you give me the golden fruit of mankind, I will let your father go."

"This is impossible," after hesitating for a moment, Igarashi Kazuki clenched his fist and raised the wind and thunder seal in his hand.

The golden fruit of mankind lies in Red.

Igarashi Daiji and Igarashi Sakura also gritted their teeth and took out their own drivers.

"Ah~ You guys really have become stronger. So strong... that it makes me sick," Bell held his forehead and chuckled a few times before shaking his head.

"Don't get me wrong. What I want is not the golden fruit from Red, but the golden fruit from the undead beast."

Bell opened his hands.