"But, Soujuro."
Victor walked towards the dazed man, put a hand on his shoulder, and said softly: "No matter who you are, you must be responsible for your actions. Even if you are kind, you must consider the consequences."
Chapter 77: Youzhu teaches you how to confidently and quickly lose your first life
"Let's go."
The biting cold wind only lasted for a short while before Victor's voice turned into a spring breeze again.
While awakening Shizuki Sojuro, he also felt a little unbelievable: "Just... just leave like this?"
"Yeah, what else?"
Victor looked back at him and asked, "Why? Do you want to avenge them?"
As if seeing the anger and determination in the other's eyes, Victor suddenly smiled and said, "Yes, I can actually see murderous intent in your eyes...but this is enough."
"As a teacher, all I can teach you is reason."
"And when you understand this, the rest doesn't matter."
If you don't know the consequences, mindless kindness, and the sainthood, in Victor's opinion, that is stupidity.
But if you know the result, you will know that being soft-hearted will bring you irreparable losses, or even endanger your life.
But still choose to maintain that nobility, or kindness...
That is dedication. Even if Victor disagrees with dedication itself and thinks it is stupid, he cannot deny that this spirit itself is noble.
It is a virtue.
So now that Shizuki Sojuro has understood the consequences, the subsequent proof and special training are no longer necessary. He will not say anything, nor will he stop it, because forcing others to follow one's own ideas is also stupid.
As his apprentice, he would respect any choice made with a clear knowledge of the consequences.
Shizuki Sojuro opened his mouth and wanted to say something, but finally fell silent and followed Victor in silence.
But his occasional look back clearly revealed that his mood was not that simple.
"Come on, let's go support Yuzu. Do you know the way to Shemu?"
"Eh? Did you know... Aozaki Touko would attack Yuzu?"
"Yeah." Victor nodded, seeing the doubt in his eyes, and said simply: "Speaking of which, if you were Aozaki Touko, what would you do if you knew that the other party had two first-class magicians as helpers?"
"……Well."
Hearing Victor's sudden question, Shizuki Sojuro blinked and fell into thought, but soon he raised his head hesitantly: "Just like dealing with a bear, separate them... and defeat them one by one?"
Bears in the deep mountains are often male and female, and even the most experienced hunters often dare not face two brown bears at the same time.
"Well... not stupid." Victor smiled: "So you understand why Aozaki Orange left exactly two nodes, right?"
It is possible that it will be too late to destroy all five nodes, and even if it succeeds, the troublesome old man will be sealed.
In the end, she also needs to face Aozaki Aoko, Kuonji Yuzu, and Victor as a complete form at the same time.
But it would be different if two nodes were left.
"As the defender, we usually choose to evenly distribute our forces to two locations. So, the best allocation for us is for Youzhu to act alone, and I will lean towards Qingzi to help her defend."
"Then...what if she attacks Aoko directly?"
"Then just give it to me for free." Victor smiled and replied. Seeing the other party's stunned face, he shook his head and explained helplessly: "The thousand-layer pancake game is meaningless, because you can't really guess the other party's mind 100%."
This disciple of mine is good in every way except that he is too dull, or too honest.
"So, just follow the more likely guess and your own judgment. If you really want to know the reason..."
"That means the Great Barrier will fail, which is a hard condition for Aozaki Touko."
Because she didn't know what the conditions for inheriting magic were, and she also didn't know whether the old man who had not made any moves until now would intervene.
Although the old man hasn't taken action yet, it's not hard to tell from the fact that Aozaki Touko doesn't dare to get close to the ancestral home that she is very afraid of that spirit.
What's more, taking over this city is probably also an obsession of Aozaki Touko...
Otherwise, there would be no need for her to provoke Qingzi again and again, as if to prove that she is the master of this city.
After all, in Victor's opinion, Orange's personality is quite paranoid and extreme.
This can also be seen from the fact that in later generations, Aozaki Touko clearly had an almost abnormal disgust for the red of her own pain, but was also almost crazy enough to dye everything she owned orange.
"and."
Finally, Victor smiled softly and said, "If I were Orange, and everything went according to plan."
"On one side is Aoko and a magician whose background I don't know."
"On one side is Kuonji Arisa, who I have known very well since childhood."
"Which one do you think I should choose?"
"Or in other words, which one is easier when you have a trump card and are sure to win?"
……
Of course it is me.
Under the bright street lights, the snow around is spreading like mist, but the surrounding darkness is trying to swallow up this tranquility all the time.
Jiuyuan Temple Yuju quietly raised her head and looked around.
Yes, it should be me.
She made a judgment in her heart. There was no special reason. If she really had to say it, it was the tacit understanding she and Orange had had for many years.
The invisible halo around seemed to be tarnishing the white snow, slowly narrowing the encirclement. Since when, more than a dozen wild dogs had gathered in the park, and they were all staring at Youzhu breathlessly.
Their bodies were as stiff as if they were frozen, they were not breathing and could not even feel the temperature, their teeth were chattering and their bloodshot eyes were rolling around.
Familiar...
Youzhu looked away and said, "Really, what a bad taste."
She spoke softly, and the invisible pressure spread: "Things of this level are not even as good as your inferior dolls. How come, after not seeing you for a few years, has your taste become so low?"
"How could that be? To be honest, it's you who are to blame, right?" Aozaki Touko's voice suddenly came from the darkness. Then, there were crackling sounds, and a tall figure walked out from the lawn not far away and from the deep darkness.
"Recent events have wasted a lot of my magic power."
"Long time no see, Yuju."
She stopped and greeted him as if she were meeting an old friend.
"You too."
Youzhu responded calmly, without any fluctuation in her mood.
This is the friendship between magicians. Even if they have practiced together for several years, it is normal for them to fight each other in the future.
"You're really indifferent." Aozaki Touko smiled and tilted her head to sense it for a while.
Very good, the magician who had ruined her plans time and again wasn't here. She looked at Youzhu with relief, feeling that it was a sure thing: "Don't you want to catch up? Even just give me five minutes."
"I refuse." Upon hearing this, Kuonji Youzhu rejected the request without hesitation and took out a small bell immediately.
It was a feast of the night.
Just as Aozaki Touko chose to defeat her first because she understood her, she also had a corresponding understanding of Aozaki Touko.
The opponent is an expert in sophisticated magic, and can often greatly increase his own strength through precise operations and the amplification of the magic eye. This type of combat method often requires time the most.
In other words, if she really gave Aozaki Touko enough time... even five minutes, she would probably become the material for the other party's next doll.
The quiet bell rang in the hearts of the two, and the night was drawn down with a dim curtain, which seemed like a stage curtain when changing scenes, and when it was withdrawn again, the stage play began.
The first to appear was the Fairy Tale Theater.
Jiuyuan Temple Yuju tilted his head and ignited the bell in his hand without any hesitation. The next second, the bell fell slowly like a gold coin submerged in water, and then -
It shattered without a trace before sinking into the ground.
Broken?!
Youzhu was slightly stunned, then his eyes widened. The Night Feast that should have caused ripples in the illusion and launched the combat field was actually cracked like this?
why? !
Jiuyuan Temple Yuzu activated her magic power and looked around suddenly. Soon, she discovered the reason.
Behind the other person, on the huge white lawn, a lot of floating snow had been blown away by the wind.
The runes underneath were revealed.
Rune...
"Lune...?"
"Ah~ You found it so quickly? You are really worthy of Yuju."
Seeing the other party's surprise, Aozaki Touko chuckled and nodded: "How about it, it took me a day to carve this in the park. Although it takes some time, it is very simple to work with. Look at the forest around, there are pictures on every tree, just like a huge drawing board, haha, fun, right? It took me several days of hard work, and now we are in a ceremony with more than 300,000 words."
As Aozaki Touko explained, the vibrations of the runes began to respond to each other, and the entire park was filled with a hazy light.
Are you kidding me... three hundred thousand... words?!
Three hundred thousand runes, even if they only have the most basic functions, as long as there is enough magic power, the power they unleash can be comparable to a ritual spell, right? !
But…if the scope is the entire park, then this ritual will not only cover Youzhu, but the other party will also be deeply involved in it, so what is her purpose?
Jiuyuan Temple Youzhu couldn't figure it out, but his heart sank a little.
"…How did you hide it?"
How were so many runes and such huge traces of magic covered up?
"Ah, this is a special one, a special kind of irregular rune. It won't show up normally, but once it comes into contact with strong magic, it will change back to its original form. But thanks to the snow, it has caused even more visual disturbance to you. Otherwise, even an invisible rune would be easily noticed by you, right?"
When Yuzu from Kuonji asked questions, Aozaki Touko patiently answered them.
Although it looked like he was being doted on, Youzhu knew that the other party was only secretly preparing for the next magic.
Then, she moved suddenly.
Her originally dark and gloomy left eye instantly turned into an ominous red. When the magic eye was activated, countless black fences rose from the ground and pierced through Orange's body in an instant.
This is the fastest magic, which can be completed in one step. It captures the enemy through sight and then projects it.
The number of projects represents the tedious procedures for performing magic. Generally speaking, large-scale magic such as inherent barriers and ritual spells require more than six projects. Except for those who have skills such as "high-speed chanting" that can shorten the time of performing such large-scale magic, most of the projects with more than six projects require the magician to spend dozens of seconds or even minutes.
Well, for example, the chanting of Red A is actually quite slow.
However, even an instant magic of a project has its speed.
Different types of projects will have different speeds in the hands of magicians who are good at different types.
For example, today's Jiuyuan Temple Yuju can use this kind of illusory magic in one project, which is enough to achieve instantaneous effect!
The essence of a fence is enchantment.
It is a kind of imaginary control magic that uses the Mystic Eye to capture the opponent.
Aozaki Touko's mind flashed with an understanding of the opponent's technique, and she quickly began to ignore the fact that she seemed to be pierced, and she struggled hard with surging magic power.
Unfortunately, this is not enough.
Are you expecting to defeat me with just a quick magic trick?
Soon, the struggling Aozaki Touko's arms began to move slightly, and the fences began to become blurred like a TV image that had lost its signal, and finally disappeared without a trace.
"But let me respond to you."
Aozaki Touko smiled brightly, and in an instant, her glasses shattered, revealing her scarlet evil eyes that shone ominously.
"..."
Youzhu started running. If Victor saw this scene, he would probably find it hard not to sigh.
Because since he knew Youzhu, he had never seen Youzhu running.
But this also shows her fear of Aozaki Touko.
She turned around as much as possible so as not to meet Orange's eyes head on.
Although it is impossible to completely counteract the influence of the Mystic Eye and magic, at least the effect will be weakened a lot.
