I, the Lord of the Fifth Heavenly Throne, flow out of all things!

Reinhardt would never make such a joke about everyone being equal.

However, everyone is equal in the face of death.

At the same time, it must be accepted without exception.

Everyone, including Reinhardt, could see the terminal.

So what happens if you reject that endpoint?

“When it’s time to die, leave behind those who cannot die. Someone seems to have said this, and I agree with this statement.”

As these words were spoken, a vague impression emerged in Reinhardt's mind.

Dark, gloomy...like steel, no, a man of steel.

Reinhardt couldn't quite remember where he had seen him. Although he had an impression of him in his head, even his name and appearance were not retained in his memory.

But Reinhardt was particularly impressed by the iron-like man's belief in "death".

Ah, right.

Even if lives are taken away, people are allowed to move around under certain circumstances.

But where do those who have lost their lives go?

"When a person cannot accept the arrival of death, he will move like a corpse. Even if he becomes a monster, he has no reason to continue to move. Why should he continue to breathe with a heart that no longer beats?"

Reinhardt stated this based on the vague impressions and memories in his head.

At the same time, he also expressed his plan for survival as a human being.

"I only have one life, and that's enough. I have no interest in the stale monsters piled up in your exaggerated delusions."

If this truth is overturned, it will be subverted.

Then Reinhard Heydrich would surely become the monster imagined by the magician before him.

That monster has the evil nature of trampling on life, and is an evil ghost that can continue flying at the end of the cliff.

I have to say, it was a disgusting and ugly posture.

"I see."

Calcraft nodded in understanding, and completely understood what Reinhardt wanted to express. With a faint smile on his face, he said, "In other words, you can and do want to continue to be a human being? Age without satisfaction, and just calmly accept the arrival of death?"

"Yes."

Reinhardt nodded slightly.

It doesn't matter whether he was an ordinary person or a soldier who died doing his duty, he doesn't mind.

"Is that true? Is that what you really want? Is it what you really want to do, to strip away all the structures of nothingness?"

"Fraudster, you are so long-winded. This is me. I can't be anything else. Beheading officer, Gestapo chief. Apart from these words, I don't need other words to describe me."

The view of life and death that one has portrayed is unshakable.

Live, die.

It is enough to seek meaning and joy in the process. Life should be enjoyed while it lasts.

At this time, Mercury Snake had completely understood the determination of his best friend, Half-body.

"Ah, then—"

Calcraft slowly raised his head, and a mercury-colored double snake staff appeared in his eyes.

At this moment, the shadow behind him swayed violently.

Boom!

The whole world before my eyes suddenly underwent unexpected changes.

"……Um?"

Reinhardt also noticed something.

But as a [human], an ordinary mortal, he couldn't... or shouldn't react.

The chest and even the back of Calcraft in front of him seemed to be inflated, just like a balloon was stuffed into the human body.

This is impossible for the normal human body.

But something even more impossible is what is going to happen next.

The Calcraft in front of him disappeared, or rather, starting from the neck, his head was replaced by another person, like a two-headed snake with a new head.

call out--!

Then, a black and red blade light, so fast that even the smallest unit of time could not measure its speed, suddenly pierced Reinhardt's chest.

Poof! ! !

The donated blood spurted out directly, splashing out, and also sprayed on Reinhardt's own cheek.

"……Well."

This sudden and unexpected attack reached Reinhardt's ears with a cold and calm voice.

"Die as a human being."

The black beheading blade, like the Grim Reaper's scythe, pierced through Reinhardt's body.

I can clearly feel the touch of the steel with my body and mind.

Reinhardt's mouth was bleeding, and he looked down at his chest in disbelief.

And the person in front of me is also different.

Although they look the same, they are definitely different people.

It was this person with such subtle memory impressions who took his life.

"……impossible……"

Reinhardt, the dying confidant, had a look of astonishment on his face, as if he could not imagine that death would come to him so suddenly.

One day, the enemy that he should have seen before broke through the shadow of the trickster, grew a guillotine blade from his arm, and pierced his chest.

This is an unusual scene, an unusual death.

At this moment, the blood flowing back in his throat was flowing out of his mouth, and vitality began to flow out of Reinhardt's body.

——I can’t understand.

——Where did that fraudster go?

——Who is the person being replaced?

——Why did the blade that pierced through me become integrated with my body?

Unbelievable scenes, inexplicable phenomena, is this young man in front of me the devil born from the fraudster's exaggerated delusion?

“…Ahem…”

Reinhardt's mind gradually became rigid, and he vomited blood due to respiratory failure. His respiratory tract was blocked by the backflow of blood, making it impossible for him to breathe normally.

His consciousness gradually began to fade, and his hands and feet became paralyzed due to massive blood loss.

No, that's not right.

It was as if I was being oppressed by an invisible force and that was why I couldn't move.

At this moment, Reinhardt could hear the footsteps of death echoing in his ears.

"That's right, guys like you should die here as human beings."

Fujii Ren, who was holding the execution blade and piercing Reinhardt's chest, looked at the human-looking guy in front of him with a slightly complicated look.

His tone still contained anger and hatred, but there was also an incomprehensible melancholy.

because……

"To be honest, I was also surprised. I never thought that such humane words would come out from someone like you."

Although she had only seen Reinhard for a short time, the other party's wild behavior as a golden beast left a deep impression of a monster and a devil on Fujii Ren.

However, such a demon was once a human being.

"You are right. No one is born a monster. Even if they are abnormal, they can live like humans if they follow normal human logic and reason."

Although Reinhardt had taken away many precious things from him, at this moment, Fujii Ren also understood that the most hateful culprit was the one who caused the world to go crazy.

His daily life was toyed with by him, and the Reinhard in front of him was destroyed by that person and turned from a human into a beast.

At this moment, Reinhardt could not fully understand Fujii Ren's words, but he could clearly sense that the young man in front of him had both identification and sadness with his outlook on life.

Reinhardt didn't understand that word.

The person in front of me seems to cherish those ordinary and stale things very much. What exactly makes him so moved and cherish them?

Why is it natural that I was born a human being and die a human being?

“I have no doubt about that.”

Fujii Ren understood what Reinhardt wanted to express in his eyes, and responded in a flat tone.

Reinhardt could not refute anything, or rather, the current situation did not support his questioning actions and words.

Blood continued to flow out from the penetrating wound on his chest. Reinhardt knew that there was no cure for this injury.

"Reinhardt, your ideas are correct, I admit them, but the person who instilled these things in you was problematic from the beginning. Yes, that's right, death is heavy, and that's why..."

A look of disgust appeared on Fujii Ren's face, and there was a very strong feeling of disgust in her eyes for the guy who turned Reinhard into a monster.

There was nothing wrong with Reinhardt's ideas, but a magician in the shadows twisted them.

This turned Reinhard's outlook on life into a strong fantasy and hellish thought.

Himuro Reia couldn't help but feel a little sorry for Reinhard.

"[Perhaps you shouldn't have met that trickster.]"

"……Uh?"

The ears did not catch the sound, but the girl's voice was indeed echoing in Reinhard's dying consciousness.

Although I couldn't see it, it was definitely not an auditory hallucination, because the sound didn't stop...

"【Using everything you have to live according to that person's wishes and becoming the existence within that person's nonsense, this goes against your way of being a human being.】"

"Be happy, be grateful, and since you do not wish to become a demonic beast in your delusions of grandeur, die here as a human being, Reinhardt."

"【You shouldn't become a golden beast.】"

The voices of men and women continued to pour into Reinhardt's soul.

And... beast? What kind of beast?

Is that voice like that of a dead girl also confirming that she will become a demonic beast?

"【Not only you, but everyone related to you will not die. Even if you become a corpse, you will not collapse. You will continue to walk, at the end of the cliff..."

Himuro Reia's voice was filled with strong thoughts and emotions, and it described the imaginary future for Reinhardt.

Even those who were related to Reinhardt would die.

They and he would become a war slave forever fighting and unable to satisfy their hunger.

What is that? It's like [cancer], there's nothing new about it...

Sizzle! Sizzle! Sizzle!

Just as Reinhardt was thinking like that, a strong sense of emptiness that was different from his known feelings came over him again.

Ah, he also knew that the him in his fantasy had no future.

If you become that kind of person, and the only thing you want to see is Infinite War, then there is only one thing you can do.

It seemed as if someone had scolded him in the void - you are desecrating living things and despising the importance of life.

At this moment, Reinhardt was already out of breath.

I am wearing out, and death is at hand.

The current situation is just as he said before.

If you get hit, you fall down.