Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

I exclaimed the name, and Watanabe Kaede's eyes flashed in confusion for a moment, as if counting the number of people on our side, then took two steps back, turned and ran away. I hurriedly wanted to squeeze through the crowd and run in that direction, but suddenly there was a strange force that pulled the collar behind my neck up, and my feet left the ground after a while. I instinctively lowered my eyes to see the height from the ground, and my hands and feet panicked.

"Idiot Su Huohuo, don't move around~ I don't care if you fall!!"

Hearing the familiar voice, I quickly raised my head, and Xia Yinci glanced at me slightly displeased.

I don't know when Xia Yinci learned to fly in this world, last time she was almost smashed into a bloody figure by the black knight along with me and Elus because of this incident. In comparison.. I still need someone to support me until now, which can be said to be quite embarrassing. I sighed, and then poked my head back, only to see Chart and the others make a gesture to follow.

It is not practical to squeeze through such a dense crowd after a little calm down and careful consideration. It was the right choice for Xia Yinci to choose to do so. Thinking of this, I took a deep breath and called out the four words "time stands still". After a moment, the world turned into a negative film followed the traces of Kaede Watanabe.

At a certain distance from the entrance of the alley, Kaede Watanabe was about to step on the ground hard and jump into the sky, but his eyes were deliberately sideways in my direction. I quickly pointed in his direction, and at this moment the time suddenly turned around, Xia Yinci was only in a daze for half a second before leading me to rush in that direction. Her knee accidentally pressed against my back, and it reminded me again of the fact that she was carrying me now.

"Um... can you change your position?"

"Where is the time to stop and change your posture now? You... are such a laid-back guy, Su Huohuo~"

Seeing her serious expression accusing me... Hey, who is the one who is leisurely? I almost forgot that the person she said was Xia Yinci who just walked and ate! !

But I put away the original idea of ​​wanting to complain about her—because Watanabe Kaede, who made a volley leap just now, withdrew this plan again, and continued to run towards the ground, as if he was counting on someone exact timing. I gradually approached him with faint unease, but at a certain moment his figure suddenly disappeared, replaced by the figure of Su Huilin...

"What... what's going on!"

I quickly searched for Watanabe Feng's figure in confusion, but felt a violent impact from the rear crushed Xia Yinci's body, and then came to me through perfect kinetic energy transmission, and the result was——I Together with Xia Yinci, they fell on Su Huilin who was standing blankly in the alley, and the three of them fell down one after another.

That's right.. I almost forgot that Kaede Watanabe's control ability is "Shape-shifting". On the road just now, I heard from Charte that Watanabe Kaede could barely exchange his dominance ability, although the price did not seem to be low. He must have calculated the moment when Su Huilin was following me just now, and exchanged his and Su Huilin's positions, thus completing this feat.

Suddenly there was a loud noise like a heavy machine operating, I opened my dizzy eyes in a daze, Elus raised his staff and pointed at Kaede Watanabe who was staying in mid-air, but the magic circle was about to appear. For a moment, Elus and her staff appeared in Kaede Watanabe's original position, and Kaede Watanabe, who put his hands in his pockets, was about to kick Elus, but the right leg that he stepped on was thrown up from below. Chart broke away.

Watanabe Kaede, who was in mid-air, had no time to defend, and followed Chart's strength to turn his body uncontrollably. He immediately opened his arms and stepped back for a distance, and his body finally stopped.

"You baffling, why are you looking for me now?"

"Then why did you run away when you saw us?"

I don't know if Watanabe Feng heard some funny jokes, and he turned his head away and sneered disdainfully. The palm resting on his chest trembled with the laughter, he couldn't bear the urge to laugh and even bent down, and the next second he put away his smile, before he could figure out what could be called a weird emotional change. He switched positions with Elus again, and smashed his right elbow hard on his side cheek.

"Annoying dominance—"

Seeing Chalt trying to release his dominance, I hurriedly stopped him from above, motioned him with my eyes and shook my head. He reluctantly withdrew the impulse, raised his left arm to block Kaede Watanabe's fist, and tried to control his fist with his right hand, but unexpectedly a convulsion hit his chest, Charter He swung his elbow and thumped Watabe Kaede's knee on top of his chest. Kaede Watanabe clicked his tongue impatiently, and the positions of the two of them suddenly switched. Chalt, who was facing Kaede Watanabe with his back, was about to turn around, Kaede Watanabe held back all his strength and bumped his head back, Chalt suddenly felt an earth-shaking shake .

"Su Erin! Hey!!"

I covered my head and shook vigorously to get rid of the dizziness, and pushed Su Erin's shoulder next to me. She just sat up in a daze.

"Quickly wake up! It's your turn to play a role again!"

"Hey... what do you want me to do again this time?" Su Eirin stretched out an index finger to her lips, and glanced at me with a half-smile, "By the way, you have 7 minutes left..."

"Wei Wei, because of your dear brother, can't you resist the urge to kill me?"

"No. I don't want to experience the feeling of being backlashed by orders again..."

"Forget it, don't worry about this..." I told Su Erin what he needed to do, and then looked towards the sky, and then I had to find a way to make Watanabe Kaede fall from the sky...to make Su Erin blind If he followed Watanabe Feng, he might be tricked by his Apparatus again and fall to the ground.

I pondered and set my sights on the best person for the task. Xia Yinci also looked back at me curiously, "Huh?"

"Xia Yinci... this difficult task! I leave it to you!"

Anyway, according to my instructions, Xia Yinci nodded her head thoughtfully, then stood up and patted the dust off her body. Fortunately, Elus and the others understood what I meant. Thinking of this, I looked into the air, and Elus, who was the closest, suddenly raised her staff in a sneak attack posture. As expected, Kaede Watanabe caught a glimpse of this scene. It stands to reason that he should switch positions between himself and Charte. He should be the type who likes to see his companions accidentally hurt them, so we deliberately let Charte make a "realize what Kaede Watanabe will do" at this time. , and hurriedly fled to the ground\

,"The moment the magic popped out from the center of the six-pointed formation, Kaede Watanabe really replaced Chalt's position, revealing a treacherous and playful sneer. But the magic that hit Chart did not cause him any harm, and the place where Chart was hit by the magic spread out a light green halo, enveloping Chart in it.

"Hey~ escaped so fast... what do you think this is?"

Seeing Elus' little devil's smile, she raised her position upwards while talking. The smile on Watanabe Feng's face suddenly faded, and the look of success in his eyes was replaced by stunned confusion.

"It's defense☆defense☆magic☆magic~~"

Standing in front of me, Xia Yinci reminded me softly to get ready, and without warning, her hands dropped to a low point, and an unstoppable sense of oppression suddenly spread all over her body, and her vision sank violently as a result, smearing a smudge. The layer is like discontinuous black bars from an old TV with a bad signal.

I worked hard to raise my field of vision, and I had the illusion that my lens was about to be crushed. Watanabe Feng couldn't hold back and fell down. Looking carefully, only me, Su Erin and Watanabe Feng were the only ones who suffered. Elus and Chart had prepared early in the morning to ascend to the sky beyond the range. But Watanabe Feng resisted the ground unwillingly, reluctantly stood up, stretched out his trembling hands and aimed at Xia Yinci's direction.

"Using the dominance ability on me is invalid...give it up~ The scope of your dominance ability should be the same as mine. There are only four of us in this alley, so you won't be able to use it in a short time." It is impossible to exchange places with those outside the range of gravity control and escape."

"Damn it...Xia Yinci...you kept your dominance a secret back then because you expected someone like me to exist?"

"There is no secrecy~ Su Royang, Su Erin, Chart and Elus, I have used my control ability in front of them~"

I struggled to turn my head backwards, only to see Su Huilin standing up halfway with the wooden box beside her, and she glanced at me. At this time, seeing Watanabe Feng standing up tremblingly, Xia Yinci moved the hands that were pressed down to the right. I, Su Erin and Watanabe Feng were drawn to the direction of the wall without expecting one after another.

"Tch...! That guy Kazuhiko Sato is already dead, now what's the point of asking me the stronghold of the Dream Thieves? That guy couldn't hold on and surrendered to the god of death... Isn't it ridiculous? Isn't it ridiculous? "

A stone was slammed down on the chest, and there was a buzzing sound in the ear, and at the same time, the words uttered by Sato Kazuhiko's voice continued to echo, "I must cheer up, this time it is my turn to save the predecessors, to help He removes the darkness that is consuming him". How could he give up so lightly, I can't believe this fact.

In the blink of an eye, the heavy wooden box fell on the wall and made a loud noise, and Watanabe Feng, who switched positions again, came to Su Huilin's side. Su Huilin found the balance calmly, and dodged Watanabe Feng's knee that was pushing towards her abdomen. Su Huilin seemed to be waiting for the opportunity to look directly at Feng Watanabe. She mentioned that she failed to use the Demon King command on him last time, so it is natural to be so cautious.

"You guys are so shameful! You did this just to deal with me alone. It was the right choice not to stay with you."

The tense nerves snapped and bounced off one by one, just hitting the fragile atrium. How could it be that Sato Kazuhiko couldn't hold on first? Obviously he has worked very hard to find the real reason for standing here, and successfully found that reason... He is much stronger than me, and it shouldn't be his turn to leave first.

If only a little faster... if! Would Kazuhiko Sato have ended differently if we hadn't lingered around town for so long?

I feebly pulled my strength along the ground and sank into the ground. Suddenly, another absurd and unnatural thought flashed through my mind. Since I was able to turn back time last time, reverse the situation and escape, this time I should also be able to go back to the time before Sato Kazuhiko died, as long as I do that, I might be able to overturn... overturn his life and death——

"Oh. What a way to desecrate the dead."

You don't need to carefully identify it to know it's Qianyan. The surroundings once again turned into negatives, and the sarcastic remarks of the girl once again extinguished my enthusiasm for putting my ideas into action.

"Last time at the Xinghai Tavern, you also appeared suddenly, and changed the fate of me, Xia Yinci, and Elus from falling to death, didn't you?"

I deliberately showed my hostility, but Qianyan still didn't care, and looked down on me coldly.

"It's unreasonable. Can the definition of "death" that can be reborn after four hours be the same as this?" Speaking of this, she paused, glanced away from looking directly at me, and continued, " What's more, when you use the imaginary clock and realize that what you are doing involves profane life and death itself, the imaginary clock will be unusable."

"At that time, you taught me to break the rules of some fantasy clock, and now you make me follow the rules. It's you who are unreasonable, right?"

Qianyan's eyes trembled slightly. The indifferent eyes in her eyes at this moment seemed a little pitiful.

"In your opinion. 'Breaking the rules' means denying the original correct rules. Talking to people who can't calm down. It's a wrong decision in itself."

Her words that deliberately concealed her emotions and her expression mixed with sadness stung my five senses at the same time, and I briefly met her cold eyes, and this time she was the first to stagger my gaze. As if intending to give me time to calm down, Qianyan stood not far away with her chest in one hand, without saying a word, locking me and her in this second. As if as long as she was willing to do so, time would stay at this second forever.

I don't know how much time has passed, but when she raised her eyes, she found that Qianyan was no longer standing in her original position, and her voice came from behind unknowingly——

"Hey. What your friend said to you. I shouldn't need to repeat it to you."

"My...friend?"

"You don't even know who I'm referring to."

"Yes...is that Satou Kazuhiko?"

Qianyan didn't answer my question. The delicate breath in the ear was replaced by a light laughter, and then disappeared together with Qianyan. Time also began to pass from the next second, and the pressure that cannot be ignored was exerted on me again. Watanabe Feng's breathing became heavier and heavier, and Su Huilin's dodging movements became slower and slower (I don't understand whether the reason for Su Huilin's delay in fighting back is the same as the previous dream drifter said).

Appearing inexplicably, leaving without warning... Now, I can't help but think about what she just said, and even want to stop thinking, and my body is out of my control. The sudden appearance of Qianyan made me lose the desire to put that ridiculous idea into practice. Thinking about it carefully, maybe I'm destined to be unable to get rid of Qianyan's control over me in turn, and being bossed around by her like this is the normal state in the future, right?

"You know? If possible, I don't want to start a war with you at this last hour."

Watanabe Feng's words pulled me back to reality from my wild thoughts, and my sight regained focus again, and it was fixed on Watanabe Feng who was stalemate with Su Huilin.

"What 'last time'...what do you mean by that?"

Watanabe Feng sneered again, at the moment when the gloom on his face was accumulating more and more, a clear light flashed in his cloudy eyes for a moment.

"I didn't expect either... to save Kazuhiko Sato, who had committed suicide, with a feeling of redemption. In fact, I longed for him to die all the time...but I couldn't accept it when it really came to this kind of time. Isn't it ridiculous?"

I clenched my fingers tightly into fists, the mud and sand on the wall got stuck in my nails, and I felt a very sick feeling. Noticing that Xia Yinci, who was standing not far away, was a little unstable and on the verge of falling, I didn't bother to think about what Watanabe Feng was thinking, and shouted at Su Huilin, "Su Huilin, don't wait any longer, Just like I said, use your dominance!"

Su Huilin bit her lower lip lightly, finally mustered up her courage, broke away from Watanabe Feng's hands, turned around and pushed Watanabe Feng who was standing on the wall to the ground. Kaede Watanabe stepped back and smashed the glass on the first floor, and I, who was affected, fell into the interior of this building together. My back hit the pillar supporting the floor, and the violent impact seemed to make me cough up my internal organs.

Su Huilin and Watanabe Feng were knocked apart by another pillar and fell to the wall. Watanabe Kaede coughed vigorously, as if he didn't intend to stand up, he just stooped there panting and laughing.

"To be honest, I don't want to stay in this dream world anymore... Anyway, with the "absolute observation" of the King of Pirates of Dreams, he must have seen the way I left in a daze after hearing the news of Sato Kazuhiko's death... just because of this The reason, the suspicious character of the Thief Dream King will definitely not trust me, so why stay? The long-planned betrayal has ended, and the journey of redemption and guilt has also come to an end...I will never feel the real sense of being alive again It's just right, I still have an appointment that I can't finish, so it's just what I want!"

Kaede Watanabe’s confession reminded me of what Kazuhiko Sato said to me while sitting on the edge of the clock more than an hour ago—“My sister committed suicide with her senior before she died.” His piercing laughter made me Suddenly his eyes widened, and he looked in the direction of Watanabe Feng. I realized that he was about to go to reality, and hurriedly blurted out the words that Qianyan reminded me just now.

"Watanabe Kaede! The sacrifice of the deceased is only meaningful when the living is revived, isn't it? Do you want to waste the sacrifice of two people?!"

Suddenly the laughter stopped suddenly. Watanabe Feng's squinted eyes suddenly widened, and the whites of the eyes bulged around the black eyes. He suddenly struggled violently to support himself and sat up from the wall.

"Who told you... who told you this!!"

Kaede Watanabe's questioning tone made me stunned for a moment. I struggled to support the pillars under my hand across several floors, and carefully climbed on the relatively rough position so that I would not accidentally fall down.

"It's Sato...he told me not long ago..."

As soon as the words fell, Watanabe Feng seemed to have completely exhausted all the strength in his body. While laughing wildly and nodding his head, he let himself lean against the wall and be pulled by the gravity. He closed his eyes with some difficulty, and murmured hoarsely——

"It's ridiculous...you know, I told him this sentence. He who never mentioned his sister to me that night suddenly mentioned her. This is what I said to him because I was worried that he would have the idea of ​​committing suicide again! Now that you know that I betrayed you, why are you still talking about what I just said!?"

Facing Watanabe Feng who was curled up in the corner with a gloomy face and silently burst into tears, Su Huilin sighed softly, stood up quietly, and walked to Watanabe Feng's side. Suddenly, the gravity under my feet suddenly became disordered, and I leaned towards the floor from this. In reality, the top of my head hit the ground hard and made a muffled sound, and then I fell with my back to the ground.

I rubbed my head and reluctantly stood up, but felt that my body was much lighter. Su Erin by the wall was lying on the ground with her feet close to the wall, but Kaede Watanabe sat on the ground in a relatively normal posture among the three of us by taking advantage of the abnormal gravity. Su Huilin turned over and sat up resentfully, she smoothed the sideburns hanging from the corner of her mouth, and looked directly at Watanabe Feng's eyes, reflecting the ancient clock I was used to.

"Please tell us honestly about the Dream Thief's stronghold...Mr. Watanabe Kaede. Oh yes...and one more thing," Su Huilin paused lightly, the crimson flames in her eyes She kept spinning, waiting for an opportunity, but she showed a gentle smile, and her tone was no longer as commanding as before, "—to make the sacrifice of the deceased meaningful."

The crimson flame still pierced straight into the pupils of the commandee without a doubt. Watanabe Feng first looked at Su Huilin in disbelief, then laughed hysterically again, and he pushed the back of his head against the wall , stretched out his palm against his cheek and couldn't stop the overflowing sarcasm.

"They're all self-righteous guys... Ordering others not to die is as cruel as not allowing others to live!"

"Is that so... But... I only ordered you the first half."

Su Huilin stood up lightly, patted off the dust on her hands, her tone was still so gentle. Watanabe Feng really didn't expect her to answer like this, and suddenly stopped the hysterical laughter, and stared at Su Eirin who had his hands behind his back and took two or three steps back in disbelief.

"The latter thing is just my selfish advice, not a mandatory order~"

Watanabe Feng stared at Su Huilin, his gloomy eyes trembling. As if he couldn't look directly at "that dazzling light", he lowered his head rather weakly, and laughed a few times with self-deprecating meaning.

"Ha.. Really.. Ridiculous..."

"Okay. Can you tell me where the Dream Thief's stronghold is?"

As soon as Su Huilin uttered this sentence, which was in a flat tone and did not imply an order at all, Watanabe Feng raised his head irresistibly. There was a slightly obvious red light in his eyes, and he looked up at Su Huilin's slightly itchy eyes in a daze.

"That's the Arena of Imprisonment. If you go straight along the alley outside, you will see an avenue spanning many blocks. Looking at the end of this avenue, there will be a statue of the dream madman, and behind it is the woods. Wear After passing through the woods, it is the place you are looking for."

Speaking of this, the red light in his eyes seemed to have completed the task it had to complete, and suddenly broke free from his eyes. Watanabe Kaede couldn't help trembling all over, reached out and rubbed the eye that had just been eroded by the "virus" and stood up. Unexpectedly, he spoke again without being forced by the "Devil King Order"——

"For the sake of our former comrades—the eighth clock has a ruler who possesses the ability to dominate called "Prison Arena". If you go there...you'd better take him with you."

"Watanabe Kaede, you told us this...does it mean that you are willing to come back to us?"

Kaede Watanabe, who made a gesture to leave the door, stopped his feet, but still turned his back to me. After a long silence, he suddenly sneered.

"Stop being self-righteous. Like I said earlier, I'm not going anywhere."

Watanabe Feng's figure suddenly turned into a blur. But he didn't turn into a fluorescent blue crystal and drift away. Instead, his body gradually merged with the surrounding colors from the bottom to the top, that is, he disappeared.

"I don't want to stay in this grotesque world anymore. I wish you all the best..."

"...Who told you that 'be good for yourself' is a word of blessing!"

My complaint made him slightly turn his head and hook the corners of his mouth, so his last touch of color also merged into the surroundings, and completely disappeared from our eyes.

Somewhere where we can't see, the number 2 belonging to Kaede Watanabe also fades, turning into the same gray as Kazuhiko Sato's number 5.