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Misaka Mikoto was very surprised. She thought Bai Luo was only planning to help Esdeath transform.

"What are you thinking?"

Bai Luo gently tapped Misaka Misaka's head and said, "You are all the same in my eyes. Since I will help Esdeath, of course I will not forget you."

The inheritance of magic can better bring the three women and Bai Luo closer and deepen their feelings.

Why not do such a good thing?

"And Takamiya Mio, is it difficult to deal with her?"

Kuang San wanted to say that it was difficult, but she thought of Bai Luo's purpose in saying this.

If Bai Luo takes action, Takamiya Mio can naturally be destroyed with just a wave of her hand.

"do you understand?"

Seeing that Kurumi had reacted, Bai Luo said: "It's not difficult to deal with Takamiya Mio, the difficult part is your original plan."

Tokisaki Kurumi wants to travel back in time to change her fate of becoming an elf and save everyone.

The biggest difficulty here lies in the cohesion of the twelve bullets.

Bai Luo has many abilities, but he cannot travel through time and change the past.

Even if you have similar abilities, you may not be successful in a different world.

"I understand."

"Then let's see if these evil spirits can give us any help."

The feeling of having someone to rely on behind her really made Kurumi feel at ease: "If they don't have enough time, there are still the prisoners on Esdeath's side."

According to Kurumi's calculations, after devouring the two worlds of Demon Slayer and Akagi Kill, the Twelve Bullets should be almost complete.

"Well, let's try it."

Bai Luo took Misaka Mikoto two steps back. Without hesitation, Kurumi summoned the City of Time and swallowed the swamp ghost who was still cursing.

In order to appease Misaka Mikoto, Kurumi specially put the evil spirit into the shadow space and then devoured it.

Under the power of the City of Eating Time, a large amount of blood gushed out from the place where the evil spirit disappeared.

Misaka Mikoto felt a little physically uncomfortable, but she tried to remain calm and didn't show any indecent gestures, which surprised Bai Luo.

"Do you want me to mosaic it for you?"

"Need not."

Misaka Mikoto stubbornly rejected Bai Luo's suggestion.

Misaka Mikoto will not back down just because of a bloody scene!

"Esdeath is right, Mikoto, you have the potential to be a warrior."

Bai Luo finished speaking and pointed to a corner not far away: "If you want to vomit, you can go over there."

"I, wouldn't..."

Mikoto's face was a little pale, but she finally finished watching Kurumi devour the evil spirit.

Even though flesh and blood emerged and the pungent smell of blood was present, she still persisted, which made Bai Luo look at her with admiration.

"what?"

Soon, Kuang San let out a light exclamation, and her brows were tightly furrowed, as if she had encountered an incomprehensible dilemma.

"what happened?"

“Not as many as I thought.”

Kurumi said: "The evil spirits in this world have strong vitality. My Time-Eating City can restrain them, but the time I get is completely inconsistent with my psychological expectations."

In short, the time the evil ghost spends devouring its body is not proportional to its vitality at all.

Not even close!

"How much did you plunder?"

Bai Luo became interested and began to ask Kuang San about the details of swallowing the evil spirit.

"Um..."

Kurumi said: "Basically, it's about the same amount of time as it would take to devour an ordinary person."

“This is really unreasonable!”

Bai Luo shook his head: "The vitality of evil spirits is much stronger than that of humans. It is impossible that it is only this much."

"What is the principle behind your Time-Eating City's ability to devour time?"

Bai Luo plans to help Kurumi analyze the situation, and Misaka Mikoto, who has recovered, also wants to help Kurumi.

Although she may not be good at other things, Mikoto is good at taking exams.

Her superpowered brain is definitely not just for show!

"Forehead..."

However, in response to Bai Luo's question, Kuang San said that she had never thought about it.

After all, few people would think about why the underlying rules of the world are like this.

Just like we all know 1+1=2.

As for why?

To put it simply, it is a convention. If you ask more, then you are sick with TN, right?

"You haven't thought about this at all, have you?"

"I..."

Kurumi couldn't come up with any excuses, so she could only lower her head in embarrassment: "I dropped out of school before I even finished high school."

Well, it’s no secret that the most evil elf is a poor student.

"I really got you."

Misaka Mikoto was speechless. She had no choice but to ask Bai Luo for help, hoping that he could see something.

"Kyousan's power comes from the Emperor of Kekeke."

"And Keketi is the sephiroth of the Kabbalah Tree of Life system."

However, what exactly is the existence of the Emperor of Kekeke? Not to mention Kurumi, even Takamiya Mio herself probably knows nothing about it.

“We know that it is so, but we do not know why it is so.”

Bai Luo: "Angels are like skills under shortcut keys for you elves."

Kurumi only knows that the ability of the Time-Eating City can devour the time of others.

But where did all this time come from? Kuang San had no idea.

"Don't do this again, Kurumi."

"Ah."

Kuang San humbly accepted Bai Luo's criticism.

"Based on the current situation, there is no significant difference between the lifespan of an evil spirit with a lifespan of a thousand years and that of an ordinary person."

How long can evil spirits live?

Even Muzan Kibutsuji himself may not know the answer to this question.

The only thing that is certain is that demons are not truly immortal.

Even Muzan Kibutsuji has the concept of aging 9000 years.

"This shows that the duration of your plundering path does not come from the lifespan of others."

"But if it's not lifespan, then where does time come from?"

Misaka Mikoto is very interested in this. She is building hypotheses one by one to filter out the most likely guess.

"That depends on Emperor Keke."

Bai Luo said, "Perhaps in our eyes, lifespan is equivalent to time, but in the eyes of the angel (Emperor Keke), the two are not equivalent."

"Thinking about it carefully, it seems to be true."

Kurumi said: "If it's simply about living longer, I don't need to choose humans at all. Wouldn't it be easier to absorb the time of trees and plants?"

However, the fact is, Kurumi had already tried it.

The time spiritual energy that plants can provide to Kurumi is negligible.

She also tried devouring animals, but the results were equally unsatisfactory.

The time spent on animals is much longer than that on plants, but it is still far behind that on humans.

Originally, Kuang San didn't understand the twists and turns here, and thought that only humans could provide her with spiritual power and time to replenish her reserves.

"Is that guy still alive?"

"There's still breath!"

"Let him out, and I'll give him back his blood."

Bai Luo naturally didn't want to let the swamp ghost drink his own blood. He used the life force he got from Alpha.

The swamp ghost can't die so easily.

Bai Luo was planning to do a few more tests on him.

So next, Bai Luo and Kurumi conducted a lot of experiments on the Swamp Ghost, including recovery speed, ability to withstand blows, resistance to cold and heat, etc.

After Bai Luo's command, Kuang San could be said to have tortured the Swamp Ghost half to death.

In this regard, not to mention Kurumi and Shiro, even Misaka Mikoto didn't have any sympathy at all.

Because just now, Bai Luo extracted the memory of the swamp ghost hunting innocent girls from his mind.

Many young girls who had just passed their teens, were engaged and about to get married, ended their lives that should have had a bright future because of this guy's greed.

What’s even more outrageous is that the swamp ghosts use their most exquisite accessories as a way to show off their achievements.

In Misaka Mikoto's opinion, it wouldn't be too much for a guy like this to die a hundred times.

"Did you find the reason?"

"Ah."

Bai Luo: "If I'm not mistaken, the factor that affects the amount of time Kurumi can plunder should be the soul."

"soul?"

"It's actually a soul?!"

Bai Luo's words made both women stunned, and then they suddenly realized.

Yes, if the amount of time Kurumi absorbs has nothing to do with vitality and lifespan.

If we compare plants, animals and humans, isn’t it obvious what the differences are?

Wisdom, and self-awareness.

To put it in a more mysterious way, it is the soul.

Plants do not have souls. Insects may have the same amount of souls as humans in the theory of reincarnation, but in reality, this is impossible.

"Wait a minute, does the soul really exist?"

Kurumi quickly accepted Bai Luo's statement, but Misaka Mikoto was a little hesitant.

Coming from a scientific background, she couldn't quite accept things like ghosts and spirits.

"It's hard to say about other worlds, but this world definitely exists."

Bai Luo: "Alright San San, devour him completely. This guy is useless now."

"Well, I'll strengthen my strength then."

I have to say that the evil ghost's vitality is really tenacious. Even Kurumi took several minutes to completely devour the swamp ghost.

"Thank you."