Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

"Hey... answer me quickly~ I don't think I said anything wrong, Su Erin?"

The swaying branches kept pulling out from the trunk, strangling Su Huilin's waist with increasing force.

The black cat observed Su Huilin's expression with vague banter, and noticed that her eyes were full of self-loathing, the black cat raised the corners of its mouth as if it had succeeded, and manipulated the branches to provoke Su Huilin jaw.

At this moment, the black cat's usual friendly smile has been torn apart, and the smile looks particularly sick.

Give my lies more recognition, Su Erin. Only then will more interesting things become reality.

"Let me tell you~ You, who possess extraordinary talents in reality, have no reason to come to this world, do you?"

Whether it is Black Cat himself or his younger sister Xiao Lulu, they all have no choice but to take this path of desperation. Even those who walked into the cracks of the dream aimlessly at first gradually found a reason to stay here.

The black cat approached Su Erin, and said with great interest:

"Answer me~ I can't understand... Su Erin, no matter how confused you are, you still know that you have trampled on other people's wishes all the way to the present, right?"

The black cat shook its head with a very interested expression, and leaned close to Su Erin's ear, gently wrapping her earlobe with its warm breath. The tone of the black cat didn't seem to blame Su Huilin, but it seemed that Su Huilin simply didn't like it and turned a deaf ear to everything, as if he was exercising his rights by playing tricks on the other party.

"Hey—what on earth did you come here for? Are you looking down on other people?"

"I...not." Su Huilin's dark eyes reflected a faint light. She struggled to break free from the vines that restrained her, and argued very seriously, "Because my brother hasn't left yet, so I must stay Here... this alone is my entire reason.”

Su Huilin's words made the color in the black cat's eyes gradually disappear. She seemed to have lost interest and pulled away the distance between Su Huilin and Su Huilin, and retreated to a position half a meter away from Su Huilin.

"...You aimless trash, why have you stayed all the way until now, competing with me for victory in the domination war?"

Compared to you who are obsessed and clenched your teeth until now, I really... have no qualifications to compete with you.

Su Huilin heard the black cat snap its fingers lightly—a string tied to Su Huilin's heart snapped.

"You said you must stay here? Alright, you can simply immerse yourself in your sleep forever."

That's right... Contrary to other people, I am an ordinary person here. I don't have supernatural talents in reality, and I won't be disturbed by outside rumors. I really should be in this sleeping world, just be an ordinary girl like this.

"Ah, don't worry, such a trivial thing like you can certainly be done by an aimless wretch."

Um. As you said, I'm a useless person with no goals.

Su Huilin gradually closed her eyelids, and the crystal tears were squeezed out of her eyes and slid down her cheeks.

"It's not like we've only been drenched in icy rain, and the cold water of the fire prevention device in the interrogation room. A princess like you, who has always been soaked in warm water, is the most suitable to be the 'Sleeping Beauty in fairy tales', isn't it?"

Yes. If I am the Sleeping Beauty who fell into a deep sleep, then you are the witch who cursed the princess in the story.

It's just that in my story, there is no prince riding on a white horse to kiss and wake up the princess. I will only be immersed in sleep forever like the curse cast by the witch——

"Idiot! Don't admit anything she said!!"

Suddenly, the shout resounding in her ears stopped Su Huilin's thoughts, she immediately opened her foggy eyes, in the hazy field of vision, a blurry figure waved a sickle to cut off the branches blocking the way forward, desperately towards her ran over.

"This guy...! Her dominance ability is..."

Before finishing speaking, the black cat glanced sideways at Su Ruoyang in disgust, and intensified the offensive of the vines under him.

Su Ruoyang cut off the vines that disturbed him several times, even though his footsteps inevitably fell into disorder, he still stretched out his hand to Su Huilin, who was pear-blossoming and raining, and shouted with a tearing voice:

"catch me!"

Su Huilin's lavender pupils trembled, her slightly parted red lips closed slowly again, and she pulled the corners of her mouth in a smile. As if aware of the signs that something is happening.

—Actually, I was wrong about one thing.

In this story, it is not the prince who did not wake up the princess.

On that day, in front of the empty classroom, you stood on the side where the sun shines, pulling me back to the light when I was in the dark. Only you walk by my side as always, unchanged as always.

Su Huilin struggled to break away from the rattan that bound her hands, stretched her upper body forward and stretched out her right hand to Su Ruoyang, as if she could almost grab his hand, but her body took the lead and gradually turned into a Light blue crystal chips.

The two hands that collided pierced through the air. Su Erin, who was entangled in rattan, seemed to be integrated with the surrounding plants. She gently lowered her right hand, and the tip of her index finger was shining with blue fluorescent light.

"You came at the wrong time, my 'Prince'."

With a playful tone, Su Huilin told a fairy tale that seemed to be a joke, and the green branch wrapped around Su Ruoyang's right arm at the same time.

"Sorry, I am late."

The familiar words overlapped with the boy's panting voice in his memory. Su Huilin shook her head lightly, and pressed the hand that couldn't touch the other party to Su Ruoyang's palm, to the extent that it would pass through after a little more.

"It's okay.. If it's you... it will definitely be fine~"

——One day, you will surely wake up the sleeping curse of the princess by kissing her.

Su Huilin vaguely sensed that the vines wrapped around her body had loosened a little bit... But she also vaguely knew that this was not the case, in fact, it was her own perception that was being lost, which led to such an illusion.

The burning shards gradually spread all over her body, so she was able to pass through the vines that bound her body, allowing her figure to approach the boy.

"Brother, hug~"

Su Ruoyang opened her arms involuntarily, but Su Huilin brushed past her body. He turned around quickly, and the girl's figure had long since disappeared, leaving only a wisp of crumbs floating away.

The azure blue light passed through his palm, but left a rapidly expanding pain in his heart. The black cat didn't leave any room for him, and turned the vacant cane to approach Su Ruoyang.

"Xiao Luoluo...hey!"

Su Ruoyang gritted his teeth and called out the name of the black cat. This was also the first time he called her by her real name besides the first time he met her. He waved the sickle in both hands to scatter the drifting branches, and approached the black cat.

"William's address was leaked, and you did it, right? Why?"

The black cat tilted its head, put its outstretched fingers on its lips, and pulled out a smile that had long been unclear.

"Su Luoyang, don't you understand the matter until now? This is the war of the ruler, and it is also the game of the ruler. Since it is a game, there are no so many reasons. It's just for fun."

Speaking of this, the branches soaring into the sky suddenly wrapped the black cat's body gently, and brought it to a high altitude a few meters away from Su Ruoyang, avoiding Su Ruoyang's sudden slash at her.

"If you think of it as a war, then what I'm doing is just taking precautions. From the beginning to the end, we are doomed to have no eternal companions. William, Elus, Sato, and Watanabe are all potential threats, including clock number three—"

"I didn't ask you this!" Su Ruoyang's eyes were bloodshot, and he interrupted the black cat's defense loudly, "I asked why you only told me one person? Why did you only tell me about your power of control? Me?!"

A trace of surprise suddenly flashed in her calm eyes, and her movements were also momentarily stunned.

This question seemed to be the last hope he kept for himself.

Before Su Luoyang, how many people have I told about my ability to dominate?

The answer is 3, and they were either trapped in a dream, or killed by themselves. Because she just wanted to use their power of recognition to recognize her lies, so that she could gain basic combat abilities.

The value of use ends here, so there is no need to leave them with a handle to threaten themselves.

What about Su Luoyang? Why did I make up my mind not to tell anyone, even Xiao Lulu didn't know about it, but I told him?

The black cat suddenly smiled. Seems to have finally found the answer to the question.

At that time, she saw the young man immersed in his own thoughts, rambling, talking to himself, and messing up his hair, but he didn't have any self-awareness. So she sincerely felt that this was a blank sheet of paper without lies.

She thought, there is no white paper that is not stained with ink. When the boy was marked, he would be no different from anyone else, and she would no longer be interested in him.

As it has always been, no one can hold her interest forever. Just go with the flow and the white paper will be blackened. She waited for the day to cut off the strange throbbing in her heart, as it always did.

Times have changed. The young man has indeed changed in subtle ways, but his original wish has not wavered for a long time.

As she expected, the white paper was marked with a lot of marks on the corners, but for some reason, only the middle of the white paper was still blank, so that it didn't hurt her eyes.

[Black cat, you also take this opportunity to go with us! 】

Do people who are suffering reach out to insignificant people when they are out of trouble?

She has an answer in this moment, and not just an answer to this question. Even though the young man is a lie that has been exposed, he will still treat the world seriously as always, appearing extraordinarily true in this world full of lies.

She suddenly understood that she was not without the ability to like someone. What she likes is the blank paper that will always keep the original intention, but never forget to sharpen her corners and make herself grow.

The black cat has already found the answer to the question, but she is not ready to answer truthfully.

"I just thought it would be interesting."

After hearing the answer, finally, the last glimmer of hope in Su Ruoyang's eyes was assimilated by resentment.

"Just for... that's the reason!"

He didn't hesitate anymore, raised his scythe high, stepped on the ground and approached the black cat, and swung it over.

In fact, the black cat doesn't know why she didn't tell Su Ruoyang the real answer in her heart.

"Su Ruoyang, do you know what is a lie and what is truth?"

The black cat loosened the vines that restrained its body, raised its upper body and gracefully flashed Su Luoyang's sickle. Winning or losing is no longer important to her. So she just wanted to tell Su Luoyang her answer to this question.

"It's not 'a lie will be exposed', but 'a lie is exposed'. Therefore, the so-called lie is the lie that has been exposed, and the so-called truth is the lie that has not been exposed."

My answer to you is "a lie that has not been exposed", understand?

For you in the future, the reason I tell you something that is kept secret from everyone else is because I think it will be interesting. This is what you see as "reality". You take it as the truth and believe it.

The black cat's figure almost brushed shoulders away from Su Ruoyang, and put the boy's reflection into her watery pupils.

Su Luoyang turned around without pausing, and immediately threw the sickle in his backhand towards the black cat, and the flashing silver light split dozens of vines that were intertwined into knots. The black cat dodged sideways, and the sickle chopped off the hair.

At the same time, the other scythe had already torn apart the barrier, and it was running towards the black cat at a high speed. She pulled the cane and turned sideways, and the scythe plunged directly into the mud.

Suddenly, the clock swayed down, and the bell rang solemnly.

The black cat raised its eyes that were gradually losing color, and saw that Su Ruoyang closed his eyes, and the hands attached to his chest seemed to be holding some precious treasure carefully.

The bell rang again, the moment the boy opened his eyes. Golden flames burst out of his eyes suddenly, engraved in the air and quickly spread into the shape of an ancient clock, standing in front of him out of thin air.

In the hazy field of vision, the black cat seemed to see the figure of a young girl behind Su Luoyang. She was wearing a dark coffee-colored hoodie, and her slender silver hair hung down her cheeks. There are many clock patterns on the clothes, and a ceremony knot is tied on the lower right.

The girl's icy eyes swept over the scene in front of her, she slightly parted her red lips, and moved close to Su Ruoyang.

"Well. I've repeated it more than once. The imaginary clock is a highly malleable ability to control." She gently flipped the pointer in front of her with her plain fingertips, and said, "Therefore, any way of using it that is reasonable can be approved. "

"If that's the case... Is it acceptable to allow other people's time to be used by me?"

As soon as the voice fell, the hands of the imaginary clock were fiddled to three o'clock, reflecting a dazzling purple brilliance.

Su Ruoyang raised her hand and pointed at the black cat impartially, and the black mist that appeared unexpectedly gathered under her feet, suddenly causing her figure to fall into the black mist.

The clock immediately reversed back to two o'clock, and the cards that flew out from the center of the clock fell to the ground like raindrops. The black cat that fell out of the black mist fell into the vortex of the cards, and its clothes were stuck into the muddy ground by the sharp corners of the cards.

The black cat stretched out its hand towards the sky, and the moss-covered vines and intricate branches sprouted wildly, gathering in front of her fingertips, as if covering half of the sky, attacking the boy and the clock in front of him.

The pointer turned to 6 o'clock domineeringly as if out of control, and the bright white curtain wall bloomed like a kaleidoscope.

The vines that collided with each other disturbed in all directions, entangled with each other. In just a few seconds, the vines in the air were all intertwined into dead knots, forming a net under the cuttings of the branches to cover the sky behind them.

The time came to 10 o'clock unconsciously. Several hexagram arrays spread out in the air emitted a bright red light, and then the star arrays changed into fiery red fine nets flying downwards, binding the black cat's hands and feet.

Su Ruoyang looked down at the black cat from a condescending position, and at this moment, the hands of the imaginary clock retreated to 8 o'clock.

"Is that so... You are so innocent~ Do you want to use Su Erin's dominance ability to take revenge on me?"

The eyes that had lost their brilliance suddenly shimmered, and this subtle light was whispering her love.

Every well-wrought lie has become true, and no one will tell my lies until the end.

Even if he dies here, the lie that was once will continue under the name of "truth".

This life full of lies can come to an end here, and it is already an ending without regrets.

The black cat closed its eyes quietly, waiting for the final judgment to take her life——

"Stop it, stop lying."

The voice was so low that it would dissipate when the wind blows, but it set off an uproar in the black cat's heart. She opened her eyes in astonishment, and the rising fog covered the young man's figure, as if the world was immersed in the deep sea.

The lies that were laid out step by step should have no flaws, but at this moment, cracks suddenly broke out.

Crimson flames jumped out of his eye sockets, proclaiming the final judgment on the finally revealed truth.

"Xiao Luoluo, I hereby order you in the name of others—" Su Ruoyang suppressed his out-of-control emotions for several times, and said word by word, "Quit the war of domination and return to your own world!"

The moment the flame flew into the black cat's eyes, the azure blue crystal shards were ignited by her fingertips, spreading the dissipating trend to all parts of the body. At the same time, the ancient clock reflected in the air also lost its support and dissipated into fine particles.

Before the girl was completely turned into shards of light, Su Ruoyang looked away without pausing, and turned to enter the forest where she came.

This is the end of her lie, girl. The field of vision under the shadow of the trees also became brighter as he walked out of the woods.

"finished?"

The clear and dignified girlish voice sounded first from the front of Su Ruoyang. Su Ruoyang raised his eyes and saw Xia Yinci standing on the side of the stone road with his back turned to him. She put her hands behind her back, her slender fingers crossed and knotted.

"Um."

Xia Yinci didn't ask him about Su Huilin's situation, as if he had already made psychological preparations before he knew it.

The atmosphere was quiet for a short time, and the silent world flooded with an empty sense of loneliness in my heart.

Today, there are only three people left in the cracks in the huge dreamland. Whether it is the townspeople, evil spirits, devourers or other rulers are gone, the world that was once bustling in various aspects has finally come to the end of silence.

"Hey, Su Huohuo. Do you know the essence of the "power that governs reality"?"

Su Luoyang shook his head lightly, not knowing the answer, he simply waited for her answer. Suddenly, Xia Yinci took the initiative to hold Su Ruoyang's hand, as if she had finally made up her mind and set off towards the destination she had decided on.

She didn't answer in a hurry, and the two of them were silent for a long time.

"If it's my own guess, I think the essence should be to know the truth of this world. The so-called domination of reality may just be a "side effect" left by this truth."

Xia Yinci walked in front, and Su Ruoyang followed behind with a calm gaze.

The two walked on the street one after the other, relying on the warmth from each other's palms to experience each other's existence.

"Actually... the victory in the domination war may not bring you incredible spoils."

The sound of "rustling" sounded in his ears, and Su Ruoyang was unknowingly brought by Xia Yinci to the sea of ​​stars on the edge of the world. He suddenly noticed the vague uneasiness in the air, grabbed Xia Yinci's hand and stopped.

Xia Yinci was tightly held and unable to go any further, so she had to retract her right leg and turned around pretending to be relaxed.

"Hey—do you remember what you said when the two of us came here last time?"

"I will absolutely let you win the domination war."

This was the first time Su Luoyang realized the weight of the agreement. Even if the idea of ​​retreating sometimes arises, it will be pulled back by the agreed things. This agreement is engraved in the depths of his memory, of course it is impossible for Su Ruoyang to forget.

"Maybe your agreement needs to be fulfilled in a different way."

"Wait, what does this mean...?"

"I'm sorry, Su Luoyang... I never wanted to win the war of domination. You are the one who wants to win. For this reason, I can't stay here. Being seen by "them" will only hinder you. So Next, only Lin Yu and you are left."

Xia Yinci looked straight at me, and there was a forced smile in those blue eyes. So she narrowed her eyes and tried her best to bring out a smile. The fingertips on the back of my hand suddenly increased a little bit,

"Whether you win or not, this battle for domination is not over yet, but if you still remember your promise...then, win instead of me."

The warmth in my palm suddenly disappeared, Xia Yinci let go of my hand, and walked back towards Xinghai Tavern.

"Wait...wait..."

Su Ruoyang stepped forward slowly, his anxiety and anxiety gradually covered his chest, but when he stepped forward with his right foot, because he didn't notice the road cliff, he staggered for a while, and the body that was leading forward lost center of gravity.

"Don't go... Xia Yinci!"

Xia Yinci lightly clasped her palms, and a burst of gravity lifted Su Ruoyang's body up, lifting him into the air.

"I'm sorry, Su Huohuo..." Xia Yinci retreated to the door of Xinghai Tavern, tilted her head and said, "Maybe the future will be very lonely...but please don't give up! Only this way is the way out .”

As soon as the words fell, Xia Yinci's figure disappeared at the entrance of Xinghai Tavern, and the gravity that supported Su Ruoyang to float him in the air also gradually recovered due to her disappearance, but the gravity did not fully return until it was confirmed that Su Ruoyang had landed. to the original state.

"What is this..."

Su Ruoyang slowly closed his outstretched right hand and half clenched his fist, his arm was hanging down as if losing strength. He sneered unbearably, took off his pointed hat, took half a step back, and leaned down weakly to sit on the edge of the road cliff.

"What the hell is this..."

No one responded to his voice, Su Luoyang raised his hand to brush away the hair sticking to his forehead, and fell into a sleepy silence.

Su Ruoyang didn't know how long she had stayed here, but she just remembered that she couldn't stand the tinnitus that hurt her eardrum, so she stood up and left the vicinity of Xinghai, looking for Lin Yu who had no clue.

"Hello? Can you hear me, Su Ruoyang?"

When he reached the corner, Lin Yu's voice suddenly echoed in the depths of his consciousness.

"Well...you don't need to answer me specifically, I know you're listening." The other party said in a flat tone, paused for a moment, and continued, "I believe you already know that there are only you and me left in this world. right?"

Knowing that he couldn't find Lin Yu's location, Su Ruoyang simply stopped and leaned casually against the wall. He looked up at the sky while waiting for Lin Yu to finish speaking.

Since Lin Yu took the initiative to contact him, it means that he also intends to find himself to settle the matter.

"What I want to say is very simple—I'm sorry. I must not lose in the Domination War."

"Is that so? It's the same on my side."

Hearing Lin Yu's domineering declaration, Su Ruoyang couldn't help but respond.

The other party was silent for a moment, and suddenly let out a sneer from his throat.

"Are you finally willing to answer me?"

Su Ruoyang responded to Lin Yu with a chuckle, and gently lifted the black pointed hat to put it on.

"It was you who told me not to respond to you specifically."

"Yo. I didn't expect you to be very quick-talking now. When we first met, you couldn't even introduce yourself. If it wasn't for the presence of my teacher who has served for many years, I kindly gave you a push, you said Maybe in the end, I will just stutter for a long time and can't tell the reason. It's really not what it used to be..."

Lin Yu talked about the past endlessly, but his tone was involuntarily provocative.

"Whether it's just a sharp tongue or not, you might as well come here and try it yourself."

As Su Luoyang said, he put down his hand touching the brim of the hat, and the crumbs floating in the air condensed into a sickle and returned to his hand.

"Don't worry, Su Ruoyang. It is precisely because of this intention that I contacted you. I believe you know it very well in your heart, right? If it can be expressed in a more clichéd word—then this contact with you is a letter of war." Book."

"Oh. Since you said this is a gauntlet, you should have set a time and place, right?"

"I don't need you to tell me." Lin Yu paused for a moment, and his lazy voice suddenly became harsher, "Is there still half of the three-hour clock left? Let's each prepare for half an hour and meet at our ruler clock. "

"Well, fine, then do as you say."

Su Luoyang turned the sickle horizontally in his hand, held the handle and smashed it to the ground, his eyes became sharper.

"—I'll see you at the ruler's clock in half an hour."