She looked at the seemingly invincible enemy in the sky, then at the AST members below who were still unable to move and whose faces were filled with despair, and at Shido in the distance who might be worrying in heaven...
"Hahahaha! Do you see that? This is what happens when you defy me! ~☆"
"Tianjue" let out a triumphant and arrogant laugh, seemingly enjoying the thrill of crushing the enemy.
A sense of resolute determination welled up inside me.
This can't go on! We must... we must use even greater power!
She suddenly looked up, her gaze falling on the clouds, as if she could see the golden clouds forming Shido's image.
Then, she used all her strength, holding the halberd, and rapidly climbed into the sky!
"Tianjue" watched her actions with great interest, but did not immediately pursue her. She wanted to see what other tricks this tenacious insect could pull.
Tohka soared higher and higher until she reached a certain critical point. She gripped the Executioner's Blade tightly in both hands, pouring all her spiritual power into it without reservation, and let out a deafening roar that ripped through the heavens towards the empty void above her head:
"—Roar! 'The Last Sword' (Halvanhelev)!!!"
As she cried out, a colossal, ancient bronze throne, radiating boundless majesty and an aura of annihilation—the Last Throne—slowly emerged from the void!
Immediately afterward, under the watchful gaze of "Heaven's Judgment," whose smile had slightly faded, Tohka wielded the Executioner and fiercely slashed at the throne that belonged to her!
"Boom——!!!"
The throne was cleaved in two by a single sword strike, and the enormous fragments crumbled and disintegrated, transforming into countless torrents of energy shimmering with purple light. Like rivers flowing into the sea, they converged madly toward the Executioner in Tohka's hand!
The form of the Ao Sha Gong underwent earth-shattering changes amidst the surging energy. The sword blade lengthened and widened rapidly, engraved with ancient and mysterious patterns, and finally transformed into a giant two-handed sword that seemed capable of cleaving through stars and was over ten meters long!
An immense spiritual pressure erupted from Tohka like a tsunami, sweeping across the entire sky!
She holds the Last Sword, its tip pointing directly at the "Judgment of Heaven" below, her eyes burning with an indomitable flame and a determination to protect.
"This next sword strike... will surely... sever you!"
Chapter 162 Hidden "Power"?
Fraxinus bridge.
On the main screen, the Herrscher of Judgment hovered in the air, her body stiff, her arms twitching irregularly, and the spatial portal and energy behind her flickering erratically, resembling a sophisticated machine infected with a virus. This extremely abnormal scene caused everyone to frown.
"I knew it!" Kannazuki Kyohei clapped his hands suddenly, a look of sudden realization on his face, his eyes flashing with a light called "understanding", mixed with some strange excitement.
"This is not a simple change of emotion or a disguise! Commander, everyone! Look at this bizarre behavior, this contradictory performance, this posture as if the body is being fought for control by different wills!"
He spread his arms like a blond archbishop, announcing an important discovery:
"This is without a doubt—multiple personality disorder! Within the body of the [Divine Judgment] Herrscher, there exist at least two 'personalities' with completely different personalities and purposes!"
"The 'sad and desperate individuals' and 'anger-attracting individuals' we observed before, as well as this 'cruel pleasure offender', are all manifestations of different personalities! This is the truth!"
Surprisingly, this time Kotori didn't immediately refute him or kick him away. Instead, she stared at the extremely incongruous "Judgment of Heaven" on the screen, pondered for a moment, and then nodded:
"Hmm... It feels really strange coming from you, but this time... you might actually be right."
As soon as she finished speaking, she turned around and delivered a precise and powerful kick to Shen Wuyue's buttocks, causing him to stagger.
"This is your reward."
"Ooh! Thank you for the commendation, Commander!" Kannazuki exclaimed, rubbing her backside with a satisfied expression.
Kotori ignored him and turned to the analysis team: "Conduct in-depth analysis of the emotional fluctuation data of [Heavenly Judgment] that we just recorded! Focus on analyzing its internal consistency!"
The technicians immediately got to work. Soon, the results were displayed on the main screen.
"Commander! We've made a discovery!"
The analyst's voice was tinged with surprise, "If we perform high-frequency filtering and phase separation on that just now's violently fluctuating emotional spectrum..."
"...Two intertwined but clearly asynchronous, even conflicting emotional curves can be identified! One leans towards... well, chaotic anger and destructive impulses, while the other appears more... anxious and... helpless?"
This discovery undoubtedly provides strong evidence for the hypothesis of "multiple personality disorder".
Kotori crossed her arms, tapping her fingers lightly on her forearm, her mind racing: "If this hypothesis is correct... then many of the doubts seem to make sense."
Her sharp gaze fell upon "Judgment" on the screen: "In other words, it's very likely that when she became an elf, or rather, at the very beginning of acquiring this 'Judgment' power, she knew that a dangerous, independent 'personality' was lurking within this power?"
Reine pushed up her glasses and picked up where Kotori left off. Her voice remained steady, but she seemed... to have breathed a sigh of relief?
Whether it was because she had found a reasonable explanation or for some other reason, she slowly analyzed, "This possibility is very high. This would explain why she used the power of the Herrscher of Reason more often before, even though the core of that power was damaged."
"This also explains why, even when she was at a disadvantage during her fight with Allen in the industrial area, she never used the true destructive power of 'Judgment'—she wasn't hiding her strength, but rather 'suppressing' this dangerous 'second personality'."
"At the critical moment of life and death, her will was no longer as strong as this second personality, so the second personality forcibly took over her body and annihilated DEM's troops."
"In other words, the one who destroyed DEM in the industrial zone and even threatened to destroy humanity was not Chika, who was dating Shi, but the true master of the power of the Heavenly Judgment within Chika."
"Even... Chika herself exists as a sealing vessel for the Heavenly Judgment?"
Kannazuki rubbed her buttocks and leaned closer, adding, "That's right! Until today, facing Shido's 'death' and Tohka's rejection, the huge emotional shock may have weakened her self-control, or this 'second personality' may have taken the opportunity to awaken and try to seize control!"
"That's why we had that strange 'stable mood' performance before—that was the dominant personality trying its best to suppress it! And this current chaos is a manifestation of the two 'personalities' fiercely fighting for control within the body!"
Kotori concluded, her tone tinged with complexity: "So, the real reason she's been reluctant to use this power is... to seal away the 'monster' within her?"
This inference transforms Chika's image from a pure "scheming woman" into a more complex individual who may also be struggling against her own fate and power.
She is not only fighting against the outside world, but also waging a dangerous and unknown internal war.
Fraxinus's assessment of the [Divine Judgment] Herrscher has been completely overturned once again.
At this moment, the outcome of this war taking place inside a spirit will directly determine the life and death of everyone below, as well as the survival of the entire Tengu City.
Chapter 163 The Call of Faith
High in the sky, the battle had already broken out, but it presented an extremely strange situation.
Yatogami Tohka, wielding the enormous final sword, her purple aura burning like flames, each swing of her sword carried a resolute conviction, her sharp strikes tearing through the air as she relentlessly pursued the white figure.
Her goal was clear—to stop that dangerous "being" from destroying the world that Shido cherished.
However, her opponent, "The Judge," was fighting in a way that was puzzling and bizarre.
The destructive energy emanating from her body was still as vast as the sea, and her application of spatial power was also unparalleled—her figure flickered between reality and illusion, and the spear of subspace pierced out from an unbelievable angle like a venomous snake, easily deflecting the fatal slash by the distorted folds of space.
However, upon closer inspection, one can discover the inconsistencies within.
Her attacks always carried a contradictory "deviation".
The Void Spear, powerful enough to pierce a warship, would often deflect almost imperceptibly just before hitting Tohka, as if gently pushed by an invisible force, ultimately grazing past her spirit dress by the slightest margin.
Her defenses were not indestructible.
Sometimes, when faced with Tohka's powerful slashes, she could have constructed a more stable multi-layered spatial barrier, but instead she only laid down a thin barrier in front of her, which erupted violently when struck by the giant sword, appearing precarious.
Sometimes, she overreacts, launching long-distance space jumps at inopportune moments, wasting energy and creating meaningless distance.
She was like a player with extremely high network latency, possessing top-tier account and equipment, but her skills couldn't keep up with her awareness, leaving her only able to dodge and parry in a sorry state, almost unable to mount an effective counterattack.
"Tsk! So annoying! Weak good, don't get in my way! ~☆" The "Divine Judgment Consciousness" yelled angrily in its inner world, frantically pressing the dodge button on the controller, but the body's external reaction was always slow.
(Shut up! You destroyer! Give me back control!)
Chinatsu, on the other hand, did everything in her power to interfere with every press she made, like a stubborn computer virus, causing her "operations" to make numerous mistakes.
Tohka, who was outside the area, quickly noticed this discord.
Despite the opponent's power being far superior to his own, he was forced to fight so helplessly, leaving himself with numerous openings.
A hint of doubt flashed in her amethyst-like eyes, which then transformed into an even more resolute light.
She recalled the destructive energy that had shot into the sky, the stiff and uncoordinated movements, and combined them with the internally contradictory fighting style before her...
(This feeling... is different from before...)
(It's not that I've gotten weaker... nor is it that they're toying with me...)
(That girl who... felt sadness, who understood me... is still here!)
(She's the one rebelling! Stopping this crazy "her"!)
(It's like... two consciousnesses are fighting for the same body!)
Although she didn't know the name of that gentle "she," Tohka sensed that fighting spirit through her pure instincts.
A thought became clear in her mind—she had to help her! Help that "companion" who might still be inside her body to regain control of her body!
"Hey you!"
After forcing "Heavenly Judgment" to retreat once, Tohka did not immediately pursue him, but instead shouted loudly, trying to pierce through that arrogant facade with her voice.
"I know you're still here! Don't give up! Get this guy out of here! This world... still needs you to protect it!"
She didn't know exactly what to do, so she could only rely on her intuition and use words to support the faint will to resist that she sensed.
Fraxinus bridge.
Everyone watched this extremely unbalanced battle with bated breath.
"Just as I expected!" Kotori looked at the analyzed data. "[Judgment]'s energy output level remains at an extremely high level, but her reaction speed, movement precision, and ability release success rate have all plummeted! Serious internal interference confirmed!"
“The two emotional curves are still fiercely clashing,” Lingyin added. “The curve representing ‘destructive impulse’ dominates the energy output, but the curve representing ‘anxiety and helplessness’ is constantly interfering with its actual execution. The judgment is correct; the ‘personality’ we encountered earlier is still struggling.”
Kannazuki rarely gave a serious analysis: "It seems that Shido-kun's 'death' and Tohka's rejection have indeed become a key turning point."
"The immense psychological shock may have shaken the control of the primary personality, allowing this long-suppressed 'second personality' to find a breakthrough."
"The current situation is that the dominant personality is fighting for its 'negligence' and trying to regain control and make up for the 'mistake'."
"Now we can only hope that Tohka can hold on..." Kotori's gaze fell on another small window next to the main screen, which showed the situation inside the medical pod. Shido's chest wound was healing at a visible speed, and his vital signs were steadily recovering, but he was not yet conscious.
"Wake up, you silly brother..."
Kotori muttered to herself, a hint of barely perceptible anxiety in her voice, "Right now, the only one who can stop this farce, the only one who can truly 'convince' that confused master, is probably you..."
They have essentially determined that two consciousnesses exist within the [Divine Judgment] Herrscher:
One is Chika, the "main personality" who has temporarily lost control due to despair and wavering; the other is Tenji, the "secondary personality" who has just awakened and is filled with destructive desires.
Meanwhile, Tohka is unwittingly becoming a key external force helping the "main personality" resist.
All of their hopes were pinned on Shido, who was rapidly healing himself, and Tohka, who was struggling in the air and trying to call out to her "comrades".
The outcome of this battle hinges on the internal struggle, not on the relative strength of external forces.
Chapter 164 The "Parachuted" Mediator
Inside the Fraxinus medical pod, Shido, lying in the recovery pod, suddenly shuddered!
Suddenly, without warning, a cluster of crimson flames erupted from the horrifying gunshot wound on his chest.
The flames were not scorching hot; instead, they carried a warm, life-giving energy, burning and leaping slowly at his wound as if they were conscious.
Enveloped in flames, the torn muscles and tissues visibly wriggled and healed, damaged blood vessels reconnected, and even the lost blood seemed to be replenished.
In just a few breaths, the flames gradually shrank and went out, and apart from the remaining bloodstains and torn clothes, Shido's skin was as smooth as ever, without even a scar.
"Uh...ah..." Shido let out a soft moan, his long eyelashes fluttering a few times as he slowly opened his eyes. Before him was an unfamiliar ceiling and the soft glow of medical equipment.
(Where am I?)
(An unfamiliar ceiling.)
He sat up somewhat blankly, looked around, and it took him a while to piece together the information from the fragments of his memory—this should be Fraxinus, the airship where his sister Kotori was.
(I...I wasn't sniped...) He subconsciously touched his chest where he had been shot, but only felt intact skin and dried scabs. (The wound...is gone? What happened?)
Before he could think it through, an even more urgent thought struck him like lightning!
"Tohka! Tohka has been sniped! How is Tohka?!"
He suddenly jumped out of the recovery pod, ignoring his still weak body, hurriedly took off his hospital gown, grabbed a brand-new school uniform that had been prepared on the chair next to him, and quickly changed into it. Then he rushed out of the medical pod like a headless fly.
As soon as she stepped outside, she bumped into Murasame Reine, who seemed to have been waiting there for a long time.
"Miss Reine! Tohka, she..."
"Xiao Shi, it's good that you're awake." Ling Yin still looked sleep-deprived, but her tone was reassuring. "Come with me, we'll talk as we walk."
On the way to the control room, Reine succinctly told him everything that had happened after Shido's "death":
Tohka's rampage, Chinatsu's appearance and her "desperate" performance, Tohka's rejection, and finally the sudden change in [Celestial Judgment]'s behavior, are currently in battle with Tohka in the air, and Fraxinus analyzes that there may be a "dual personality" in her body, and they are fiercely fighting for control of the body.
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