Knight Asylum

Even the Akaashi Hero was stunned, and then he laughed even louder, "It's amazing that he can strengthen Master Keef's power to this extent."

The devil's hand slowly closed, and the heavy armor made of Helheim Forest and the Unified Lock was shattered like tofu. The pain of the shattering pierced Red's brain like an electric shock.

“Do you feel it? This extremely powerful force, this is what it means to be human, this is the truth, and it is different from the possibility that you may not know when you will be able to achieve——”

"Yeah?"

Red raised his head suddenly, and with the roar of the engine, the Mobile Pegasus took off into the air, transformed in mid-air, and while turning around, he raised his hand and waved it. The Infinity Blade wrapped in chains turned into a stream of light and fell down, and was steadily caught by Red's left hand.

"Then let me show you my true self—"

The chain wrapped around the broken blade suddenly untied and wrapped around Red's left arm.

The Akaashi hero was startled and suddenly retreated back.

"It's not time to confront this force head-on. Retreat!"

Needless to say, Bell had already controlled Genta Igarashi's body and ran away, and the Akaashi Hero also kicked U's body away, and while Red went to catch U's body, he disappeared in the wind.

"hateful--"

Reid hugged U's body and glared unwillingly in the direction where the Akaashi hero escaped. The Infinity Blade was blocked again. At this time, U in Reid's arms slowly spoke.

“Don’t worry about it…”

"U--it's okay, I'll take you back now. Oh, and there's also a resurrection surgery!"

U coughed up another mouthful of blood, "It's okay, everything went as planned. I've already reached my limit, it's better than being knocked down by you."

"Uh, what are you talking about..."

"Red, should I be contained as a monster or fight as a knight? Please ask someone else."

"Another... person?"

"The joker I hid can replace the trump card of any card. He only lacks the heart, so even if he gets the golden fruit, it is a safe golden fruit, which is different from mine..."

The light in U's eyes dimmed, and the fingers pulling at Reid's chest armor gradually loosened.

In the dark space, as a man opened his eyes, lights came on.

"Who am I?" The man held his forehead and shook it left and right.

Chapter 1123 Uncontrollable Malice

Servi Turia.

"He's okay, you guys know?"

Red crossed his arms over his chest and sighed in exhaustion. Selyu, who was reading the report, paused, thought for a moment with his chin raised, and shrugged. "He is the guardian of mankind, a true savior. For us, knowing this is enough."

"Can you rescue him?"

"Regarding this matter... Unfortunately, the body structure of each undead beast is completely different, and U, as the ancestor of mankind, is probably the weakest among all the undead beasts. The stone tablet was shattered, and the golden fruit was taken away. He is no longer immortal," Seleu shook his head and raised his hand to signal Reid to follow.

"So, to be honest, it's very difficult. Now we can only maintain his vital signs."

Under the leadership of Seleu, Red came to the operating room, but to be honest, it was more like a laboratory where some terrorist organization conducted human body modification than a laboratory.

U was floating in the center of the culture chamber. Horrifying tubes were connected to U's limbs and back, constantly inputting something into U's body, and the big hole in his chest was still extremely glaring.

"What are you doing?!"

"Don't get me wrong, this is something U prepared himself. In fact... this place was only opened to us today." Seryu patted his forehead, his face full of confusion. "The things here can keep U alive, but only alive."

Red suddenly felt something was strange.

He understood that the body structure of each undead beast was different, and there was no way to use the same rescue method to save different undead beasts.

But, U is the ancestor of mankind.

What this world lacks most is the technology to save humanity.

Why does Seryuu look like he's doing his best just to ensure U is alive?

"U, is the ancestor of mankind, right?"

Seryu paused, and slowly turned his eyes to Red, "Have you ever seen a human with green blood?"

Red was shocked and sighed helplessly, "U said that he hid a joker card, a trump card that can replace any card. From his tone, the opponent seems to be an undead beast and also possesses the golden fruit."

"He seems to have been planning something. Don't tell me you don't know anything."

Seleu put the report in his hand aside, crossed his arms over his chest, raised his head and thought for a long time, then tilted his head, "To be honest, I don't know how many plans U has, but I must emphasize one thing to you, he is not an omniscient and omnipotent god, he can't predict the future, he just made a lot of preparations."

Seleu paused and emphasized.

“Lots and lots of preparation.”

"Even he couldn't have predicted that the undead beasts would get fake golden fruits, but he did expect someone to take advantage of the undead beasts."

"Fortunately, in today's [S·L], even Category K is not considered strong."

"So, since you smashed the stone tablet, we have been hunting down other undead beasts. Well, thanks to the help of Isaka and another guy, the work of collecting the undead beasts has been quite smooth."

"Pretty smooth...meaning?" Reid raised his eyebrows slightly.

"In fact... more than two-thirds of the undead beasts with the heart suit have been taken in by us early on," Seryuu scratched his face and smiled awkwardly, "including category K."

Red's breath hitched, "How did you capture Category K?"

"… Because our other undead beast is also of category K, the club suit with the highest basic stats, category K, and the undead beast of the heart suit… is one level weaker than the other suits. With Isaka's assist and our gang attack, it won't be difficult to catch the heart category K."

Seleu's eyes flickered and his tone sounded somewhat guilty.

Red moved his mouth, and after struggling for a while, his shoulders dropped. "Why didn't you tell me about this? Is it because I didn't ask?"

"Ah, no, even if you asked us, we probably wouldn't tell you the truth," Seryuu also said honestly at this time, "Because this is U's backup plan. If there is still room for reversal, it will probably never be activated."

"If there is still room for turning back, does it mean the Sabbath of the devil and mankind? Or is it God's cleansing?" Red rubbed his forehead. "In U's eyes, is mankind so close to destruction?"

"Also, he said that he had already reached his limit, which was better than being beaten by me."

Seryu hesitated for a while before pointing to a cabinet not far away. "There is a recorder in there. The answer is in there."

After saying this, Seleu turned and left, closing the door when he left.

"Answer?"

Red tilted his head to look at U which was still floating in the petri dish. After hesitating for a long time, he let out a breath, made up his mind, walked forward and opened the door of the cabinet. It was filled with different models of recorders. Some were so new that Red didn't even recognize them, and some were so old and outdated that they looked like things taken out of a museum.

From new to old, it's just like human history.

After hesitating for a moment, Red reached out and picked up the nearest recorder. The date on it was exactly the time when Servius Turia's sponsors forcibly removed U before he transformed into Yuhui Kuuga.

Red pressed the button of the recorder, and U's flat voice echoed throughout the laboratory.

[Humanity is no longer viable]

[No cure]

[Why did I give up everything and persist until now?]

[Why doesn't God cleanse all this? What is there to hold on to?]

【…】

Red put the recorder aside, sat on the chair, leaned forward and listened, calmly listening to the voice in the heart of this ancestor who had been watching over mankind ten thousand years ago.

From beginning to end, U's tone did not change. There was no despair, nor numbness. He just calmly expounded on the thoughts in his heart, and... the malice that was born from them.

No matter how warm and sincere a heart is, it will gradually disappear in the long river of time and the blows of reality.

U only has an immortal body, but that is all he has. Without the support of power, U alone can do nothing.

Just as Hero Akaashi said, U is a witness to human history and knows the darkness in human history better than anyone else.

Reid looked up at the cabinet in front of him.

U stuffed the negative emotions and malice that were about to overflow into the recorder and left it here to maintain his state.

But, can those feelings really be thrown away so easily?

The answer is no, you just force yourself to get used to it.

U is almost at its limit.

And that false golden fruit was the final heavy hammer that pressed down upon the container.

Now, Red understood why the golden fruit was so powerful and could enhance the demonic power of the Akaishi hero to that extent.

The golden fruit is a taboo and an indulgence that breaks the bottom line.

And for U, protecting humanity is always the bottom line.

And that golden fruit represents all the malice belonging to humans in U's memory.

U knew the danger of the golden fruit and believed that the golden fruit would turn him into his worst enemy.

It’s not that God has decided to destroy humanity, but that U himself is almost losing control and wants to destroy humanity.

Chapter 1124 Perfect Creature

Red hadn't listened to all the recordings, there were simply too many of them, like human history itself, but Red understood what U meant.

Seeing Red come out, the three Igarashi siblings, who had been waiting anxiously, immediately stepped forward.

"Red, are you okay?"

"Although his life was saved, it's just hanging on. You don't have to blame yourself too much. U seemed to have planned it from the beginning." Red smiled bitterly and raised his hand to pat Igarashi Kazuki's shoulder. "All we can do is live up to his trust."

U knew the danger of the golden fruit, and guessed that the golden fruit would enhance the devil's power to an extremely dangerous level, but he still chose to do so.

In other words, in U's eyes, even if the devil obtains the power of the golden fruit, the devil will be defeated by them.

Of course, as of now, U still has another insurance, a joker that can replace any card.

In other words, someone who can replace U and continue to serve as the savior of mankind.

Who is it?

"So, now is not the time to be depressed and blame yourself, Ikki. I'll leave the demons to you. They can't just want one golden fruit. I will continue to look for other undead beasts, so you guys should be careful."

"I understand!" Igarashi Kazuki subconsciously tightened the wind and thunder seal in his pocket.

The attack from Akaashi Hero made him realize his current shortcomings. For the sake of his family, he must gain more powerful strength.

And there was only one person he could think of who could help him.

After parting with the Igarashi siblings, Red came to the street alone, looking for the trace of the undead beast. Unfortunately, there seemed to be no such good things in this world. He searched for most of the day, but did not see the shadow of the undead beast, nor did he receive any signal from the undead beast. In desperation, Red returned to the Zhinao Group.

Kiryu Sento, Manjo Ryuga, and Daido Keji are registering and taking in the undead beasts they captured.

"Suit of spades, category 7, trilobite undead beast, the ability seems to be metalization, and both offensive and defensive capabilities are quite strong."

"Diamond suit, category 5, whale undead beast, can instantly increase the mass of its feet, the power is quite powerful, almost tripped me up."

"Plum blossom color, category 4, rhinoceros undead beast, has super strong charge ability, but that's all it has."

Hearing the noise, Kiryuu Sento closed the notebook in his hand, looked at Reid, and frowned after a brief pause, "The situation is not optimistic, right?"

"You already know?"

"No - it's just a premonition. The man called U never intended to return alive from the beginning. I won't ask the reason. What we should do won't change, right?" Kiryuu Sento exhaled and patted Red's shoulder. "The three undead beasts that appeared today are just like the moose undead beast. They are all squandering the power they got. I now have a new hypothesis."

Kiryuu Sento turned around and operated on the holographic image to bring up three-dimensional images of undead beasts such as moose and their corresponding evolved forms.

"The undead beasts are evolving through the fake golden fruit. Only when they reach a certain level of evolution will the lower-level undead beasts take action."

Kiryuu Sento narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Of course, compared to a certain degree of evolution, I think there is another possibility."

"Those fake golden fruits matured and took shape in the bodies of the undead beasts, so they urged the undead beasts to take action, either to seize other golden fruits and strengthen themselves, or to become part of other golden fruits."

Kiryuu Sento tilted his head and looked at Red.

"So, the two golden fruits you absorbed did not evolve according to your will, but made you possess the characteristics of an undead beast."

Reid thought for a while and nodded, but the question that immediately arose made Reid frown, "That is to say, the last golden fruit will have the characteristics of all undead beasts."

"That's right - the person who obtains that golden fruit will probably become the so-called perfect creature," Kiryuu Battle Rabbit raised his hand and listed down the characteristics of all the known undead beasts.

"Perfect creature...?" Red murmured and then let out a long breath, "It sounds pretty bad."

Kiryuu Sento crossed his arms over his chest and said nothing.

As long as you get all the golden fruits, you can become a perfect creature with all the characteristics of undead beasts.