Fantasy Clock～Dream Ruler～

"Hey! Is there something wrong with your head?"

On the ruler's side of the clock, Silver yelled at William in disbelief. Not only did Watanabe Feng leave at this time, but he even said that it was safer to do so. Yin really didn't understand what was going on in William's head. William didn't answer, he blew out a few smoke rings and held the corners of his mouth.

"If this guy is here, I can't tell you about this."

Yin was even more puzzled by William's words. At the same time, Chart also walked near the two of them because he noticed Kaede Watanabe's departure.

"What are you trying to tell us?? Another thing you're hiding?"

The hands of the clock slowly pointed to the next second. William raised his brows at Chart's slightly stinging speech, and Silver glanced at Chart with his hands clasped on the back of his head.

"Don't worry. I want to hide nothing from you guys." Speaking of this, William paused, "What I'm talking about is related to Kaede Watanabe. This guy may come back at any time, so I'll make a long story short. ——Watanabe Kaede is related to the Dream Thieves Alliance.”

As soon as the words fell, a strong pulling sensation suddenly hit William's shoulders and turned him behind him. A pair of intensely trembling eyes stared straight at him.

"Ah... what about Kazuhiko? It's four hours already?"

William instinctively wanted to back away, but those eyes made it hard for him to escape. Kazuhiko's lower body still faintly showed sapphire blue particles, just like his numbers on the clock were still flickering. And he used this body to take a step closer to William.

"Don't glance at the topic! What the hell are you talking about!? How could senior have anything to do with Dream Thief?"

The last strand of particles turned into pure flesh. Sato Kazuhiko even grabbed William by the collar in anxiety. But this time Chatter actually came forward to stop Kazuhiko who was impulsive at this time. At this time, the two of them really exchanged roles.

"To judge whether he is talking nonsense, it is not too late for you to wait for William to finish speaking."

Both Sato and William used Chatter's words as a step. The former let go of the hand that roughly grabbed the latter's collar, while the latter glanced at the former before opening his mouth to explain.

"When the Dream Thief came, my "Absolute Observation" was disabled and unusable at the beginning. It is impossible for the ruler's dominance to fail without reason. So I have been thinking about what is going on, and thinking about it I think I found the answer - what if the ability of "Shape-shifting" can even change other people's dominance? Also, do you still remember that the Thief King fell into the explosion magic? He should have been burned by the flames It was all over, but the man next to him died in his place.”

"What! This kind of speculation... is completely groundless! Besides," Sato turned his eyes to see the boy who was covered in dust behind him in the crystal. Although he still didn't understand what happened to make the boy frozen in the crystal, he still Pointing at the boy, he said, "Isn't this boy with a sunken head also possessed this ability? Why do you say it was done by seniors!?"

"Indeed. I have no basis for guessing that Sato Kazuhiko exchanged my ability with someone else's ability, and I don't know how to use the exchanged ability, so I am temporarily unable to use the control ability. This alone Guess I really can't be sure that Kaede Watanabe is related to Dream Stealer. But, does this boy really have "Shape-shifting"?"

William's tone seemed to have expected Kazuhiko Sato to say that. His calm expression made Sato suddenly feel panic.

"You mean... in that battle, Kaede Watanabe did all the "Transformation and Shadow Change", but the Dream Thief calculated that you couldn't use absolute observation at that time, so we all thought that the boy also had Is this kind of dominance done?"

Yin vaguely understood what William meant. He squinted with interest. Waiting for William to continue.

"Well. As for why I said that... Actually, if it wasn't for the later events, I would never connect the incident of my absolute observation failure with Kaede Watanabe! That was before Sato Kazuhiko was shot and died 4 hours ago. At that time I have regained the ability to observe absolutely... so I can see clearly—"

Sato's gaze, which was faintly repulsive, began to falter, and the graceful movement of William's lips in front of him seemed to be slowed down by half a beat and turned into slow motion.

"Watanabe Kaede obviously could replace the bullet and shield in front of Sato, but he deliberately gave up this opportunity! In addition, when Watanabe Kaede reached out to save you, he also made a small movement of letting go. All of this was taken care of by me. Absolute observation captured it. Also, this boy has been killed by me, there is no reason to appear here before the four hours have passed... It is too absurd to have the will to manipulate and dominate after death, and this is still The hypothesis put forward by Sato really seems to be justifying himself... This is the key reason why I doubt him."

"No... you just said that senior had something to do with Dream Thief, and now you want to say that he killed me just now? Senior will never do that! Such a thing... I will never believe it."

Speaking of this, Sato seemed to think of something again, he raised his eyes trembling, and his wandering eyes returned to William again.

"Then what happened to the Dream Stealers attacking Senior before? If your hypothesis is true, they have no reason to attack Senior, right? The culprit who is lying on the hospital bed now is the group of Dream Stealers. How could he Going to help them! This is not..."

"But Kaede Watanabe also spoke to the Dream Thief guys before." Chart suddenly interrupted Sato, he glanced at Sato Kazuhiko who was full of hostility, and said righteously, "He is here when you are not around." It’s time, but he advocated cooperating with Dream Thief.”

"Well. Actually, I also thought that Watanabe should have a grudge against Dream Thief, and shouldn't help them secretly... So it was a bit strange that he advocated cooperating with Dream Thief. If you say it's not surprising, then I think This can be used as evidence."

William said and gently pointed to the number "11" - the shining light that symbolized Su Luoyang was shaking violently at this moment, as if to convey to them that Su Luoyang himself was in danger. a message. In addition, although William said these words in a calm tone, it always made people feel that he was suppressing strong emotions.

"Su Luoyang suddenly disappeared just now, it must be because he sensed that Su Huilin was in danger. And I let Watanabe Feng leave, in fact, it was just as a test for him. If he is really worried about Su Luoyang's Anwei, we will definitely deal with the black knight with them. But now, the test obviously failed?"

"Even so...Senior has no reason to do this at all!"

"But if he is a member of the Dream Thieves, then there is a good reason, right? Although I don't want to doubt him. But among us, including you, who dares to say that he really understands him?"

This time Sato Kazuhiko just let out a moan dryly from his throat.

"Secondly. Silver, do you think there is anything unusual about the repair of the clock?"

"Well, it's a bit..." Silver trembled his staff when he heard William's words, and looked back at the crack in the clock suspiciously, "Compared to just now... the repair speed seems to be a little faster."

"Then it seems that my conjecture has obtained another conclusive evidence. It shows that it is not the abnormal repair speed now, but that it was abnormal when Kaede Watanabe was here."

"Shut up." Sato covered his ears as if trying his best.

"Maybe you can't accept it, but Watanabe may have been secretly preventing the restoration of the ruler's clock..."

"Shut up!" Sato hated William who was still unstoppable, babbling out elegant smoke rings.

"Anyway, there is also a reason for this, so I deliberately dismissed him."

"I'm sick of you—"

Several rays of light shattered William's army green long coat. The playing cards turned into blades then rushed straight up and cut the wooden pipe in William's mouth in half. With the help of absolute observation, William, who had already understood all this, gently removed the half of the cigarette holder that was on his lips, as if the mocking eyes were wearing Sato's reason at any time.

Facing William, Sato let out a beast-like roar of pain. This sound was like an order to be absolutely obeyed. Countless poker circled to form a circle around Sato. With Sato's raised right hand, poker instantly They flew quickly towards William one after another, rushing past him in a posture of tearing him to pieces.

However, William didn't intend to dodge at all. As if anticipating that Chalt would make a move to stop it in the next second. In fact, the poker, which was as sharp as a sword in one moment, fell limply and scattered all over the ground in the next second. The dominance of William and Yin also failed for a while, and Chalt snapped his fingers lightly when he saw this, and everything recovered.

"Kazuhiko Sato... You should also accept this. Although it's not suitable for me who don't usually think about things, but you are almost enough, there is no need to consume your own ability."

As Chatter spoke, he glanced at William meaningfully. It seemed to prevent William from thinking that he would use his dominance because he was worried about him.

Sato Kazuhiko stared at the scattered cards in front of him, and a certain delicate nerve was suddenly hit. He took a few steps back, and his back actually touched the World Gate placed by William. He was only stunned for a moment, then opened the door to the world and rushed out towards the other side. Just as Chart wanted to catch up, he was stopped by William.

"Even you can't leave the vicinity of the clock. There are too few people staying behind the clock."

"...Understood. So don't touch me casually."

After Chatter said coldly, he shook off William's hand in disgust. William heaved a sigh of relief helplessly, and looked at the world gate that was slammed shut by Sato together with Chart.

"Really...you are using my world gate so roughly. Can't you be a little more gentle..."

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"Watanabe Kaede!!! What the hell is going on here?"

I desperately focused my eyes, the things in front of me turned from blurry to clear, and then I looked over there. It was indistinguishable between the six-pointed star and the sword light for a while, and the intense clashing sound echoed in the air. At this time, Elus's voice with strong anger broke the essential silence of the air at the moment.

"Don't do this...little Elsie. I was also forced."

"Really?" Elus hesitated for a moment, and the magic power that was constantly flowing between her fingers was also shaken.

However--

"That's right! The way of life of the Dream Thieves really excites me! This kind of excitement is so overwhelming that I can't go against it...so I joined them."

As if there was something that he enjoyed quite a lot at this moment, Watanabe curled the corners of his mouth extremely freely. He pressed his entire body against his chest, freely venting his joy at this moment. But even so, he frowns desperately to look rather pained, and eventually he can't help laughing.

Suddenly there was a roar that seemed to be full of anger. Because of this, Watabe turned back slowly following the sound source, but then a strange chill passed behind Watabe, and Watabe felt a sharp weapon piercing through the clothes behind him and piercing into the skin on the back, so there were several similar attacks one after another. The double pain spread upwards, and Watanabe understood what was going on.

"Ah. It's my dear junior and Hiko-kun." Watanabe's tone didn't show any pain caused by severe pain, but was full of excitement, "It's the first time we meet each other after four hours of life and death, and they are facing each other with swords... ...Is this the way to get along with Hiko-kun?"

"I didn't believe it at first. Senpai would do such a thing...I-I didn't believe it at first!"

Sato approached Watanabe step by step. Realizing that I seem to have sent a helping hand, the young man suddenly dismantled the saber ring that was confronting Elus, and then raised the saber and threw it towards Sato. They all caught up with the saber and headed straight for Sato's chest. However, in the next second, the rapidly rotating ring composed of playing cards really blocked the disappearing saber. Sato then grabbed Watanabe's collar and slammed into the wall made of display screens, and the black bars where the signal was interrupted instantly split several screens.

For some reason, two white spots far away from us appeared in the purple circle of light, but they disappeared in an instant.

"Oh, why are you as impulsive as that boy Chart today?"

As soon as the words fell, Kaede Watanabe punched Sato's abdomen with a punch. Sato took a sharp step and was pushed back by the circle of poker behind him. While raising his fist high, he rushed towards Watanabe, but Watanabe quickly moved away, his fist staggered and smashed the screen. The white dot flashes again within the purple circle.

"Su Ruoyan! Leave this to me and Sato~" Probably realizing something, I heard Elus on the side say to me, "When the screen was smashed just now, a new There are two white dots, so... you should be able to get to where Su Eirin is through the monitor!"

Elus' words woke up my chaotic brain. Although I don't understand what is going on with Watanabe Feng, Su Huilin is more important now. The dark red blood stained the milky white skin of Elusi's abdomen. I noticed this but couldn't take it into consideration. I had to grit my teeth and grab the saber that had cut off my arm just now, and then stab it right underneath. On the display screen showing the image of the subway station, there were indeed two white dots in the purple circle that fluctuated in position again. I took a deep breath and banged my head against the screen in desperate thinking.

The violent impact temporarily darkened the eyes, and then a thin layer of snowflakes fainted with a "wow". After a few seconds of this short clip, the sound of someone falling heavily on the ground was heard from a distance, and the scene of the corridor of the subway station came with the cold current caused by the fully air-conditioned, I couldn’t help but trembled and rubbed my arms and walked forward go.

"Tch. What a disappointment. I thought I'd be able to play a game to my heart's content...I didn't expect it to be so useless."

It was a man's voice. It can't be said that it's completely unfamiliar, it's a voice I've heard somewhere.

My body was out of balance for a while, so I had no choice but to lean against the wall and walk to the depths with difficulty. The sound of the subway shuttle whistling past, and after the pale lights repeated several times, finally ushered in a little changed scenery. The sticky blood on the arm painted the walls all the way. I come around the corner and the lighting becomes ridiculous, gaudy like walking into a nightclub.

"It's the first time I've encountered a weakling like you. In my dream, I was still defeated."

It was that man's voice again. This time it was closer. I endured bouts of nausea from the lights and walked on.

"I'm looking for that girl dressed as a magician... Actually, if you take me to find her, I won't waste time on you." The man paused when he said this, "In a short while, it will be my master time." It's gone. I advise you to change your mind now, otherwise...then it won't be as good as it was just now."

After finally crossing the last corner, a strange scene unfolded in front of my eyes. The roaring subway flies by as if it will never stop.

Between the two subways, I noticed Su Huilin's figure. Her body was covered with scars, but her eyes were staring at him stubbornly. I have to say that it is really Su Huilin's style... The black knight seemed to realize that she would never compromise, so he simply gave up the negotiation and took a few steps closer to her.

Speaking of it, I never imagined that Su Huilin would lose the wind in melee combat. But it looks more like Su Huilin can't do anything at all. Could it be that the backlash from the "Devil King's Order" made her unable to even resist? What's more troublesome is that if I rush out in this state...it won't help me at all!

Weird pressure squeezed behind me, I quickly pushed the wall to use my strength to dodge to the other side. And Su Huilin seemed to be held up by an invisible hand, and lifted up into the sky. The black knight seems to enjoy the feeling of multiplying this dominance ability, and invisible barriers began to emerge from all directions, even affecting me.

Damn, even using the control ability of the "Imagination Clock" can only stop time, and the ability to go back in time is not freely controlled by my will.

So... I'm of no use here, am I? Just when the sense of frustration and anxiety rising to despair arose spontaneously, a strange thought suddenly came to my mind. I quickly raised my head and looked in that direction. Indeed I've never tried this, this is the first time I've thought of it. But if successful, it might be possible to reverse this situation.

When I think of this, I can't care whether this matter is feasible or not.

Suddenly there was a "boom". I saw Su Huilin fell heavily to the ground. Only then did I understand what was going on with the noise when I came here just now. The black knight really likes it this way. I clenched my fists tightly, and with the thought of trampling that self-righteous guy under my feet, I started to implement my plan, which was not very feasible.

I held my remaining left hand up to my chest. Careful movements as if there is a priceless gem in the palm of the hand, but there is nothing in it. I closed my eyes, silently counted and exhausted all my strength, and the sound of falling came to my ears again, which combined with Su Huilin's involuntary groan to form a symphony of absolute sorrow, hammering my heartbeat vigorously.

A strange picture quietly came into view-the night-drawn operating room was flickering with disturbing red light, and the girl with red eyes and I sat back to back with each other's backs as support, waiting The feeling of God's punishment hit me heavily.

Then I felt the existence of "something" in the palm of my hand, as if being torn back by someone's irresistible force, I felt an unprecedented sense of powerlessness.

In the cracks in the dreams on the other side, there was a vibration strong enough to shake the air. William, Silver, and Chart also noticed something strange and looked at the hands of their own clocks.

"This is... what's going on? Could it be that guy Watanabe did it again?"

Chalt was driven by an impulse and almost fell to the ground. He stepped back quickly to stabilize his footing.

William squinted his eyes in a rather interested manner, and lightly exhaled several mellow white smoke rings that floated into the sky.

"No matter what, he probably doesn't have the ability to shake the ruler's clock itself. This... is clearly the clock's response to the resonance of a certain command."

After he finished speaking, he immediately looked in the direction of the distance, and saw that immediately after the hands of the second clock kept shaking, the hands of the other clocks also became restless. From the number three clock, Arquette cast a puzzled and vigilant gaze, and after a brief exchange of glances with William, he was convinced that it was not William's fault.

"What happened? This has never happened before!?"

Hearing the exclamation of the Ruler beside him, Arket's pupils also trembled slightly, and turned to reveal strange excitement.

"It's really strange. Even my "Fire Eye" who can detect the dominance power, I didn't find any traces of anyone using the dominance power..." Just now, his gaze changed to astonishment again, "No... there is Traces of dominance! But... the user is not in the gaps of the dream at all? And..."

"And what happened?"

Facing the eyes of the respondent eager to know the answer, the corners of Arket's mouth curled up unwillingly.

"I can't figure out what that is...it's a control ability I can't figure out!"

"What?! An ability that even Arquette-san can't recognize?"

Somewhere far away from the clock, an elegant girl behind her gently put away the oiled paper umbrella, and picked up a bandage to treat someone's wound. And in front of her was a man with the figure of a child of eight or nine years old. The man's upper body was naked, and he was staring at the extremely trembling pointer. This made him clenched his fist for some reason.

"It seems that this world has even more mysterious dominance. We need to strengthen our defenses in the future."

The strong touch of holding something in the palm of my hand is really felt by me. I tried my best to twist the invisible pointer in the palm of my hand toward the number "8" in my heart, but I didn't know that an ancient clock with golden flames was already reflected in my eyes. The exquisite and chaotic lines are carved out one stroke at a time, and the tip of the pointer pointing to the uppercase Roman numeral "Ⅷ" is shaking left and right.

My plan... is to use the "Phantom Clock" to reverse the time of the ruler's clock, so as to come to Su Erin's master time. The possibility of this kind of failure is almost 100%, but I chose to put all my eggs in one basket, which even made me feel ridiculous.

Originally, I thought that since it was all the "time" in the dream world, it might be under my control, but at this moment, the tangible touch in the palm of my hand gave me hope... This might be the first time in my life that I didn't go to the dream world. Choose to give up actively and despair clearly. It turned out to be on such a slim thing.

The intense light and heat made the body feel like being immersed in magma, as if the whole body was about to burn. I couldn't help but make a sound in pain.

"who is it?!"

The violent force behind me rushed straight to the ground with the posture of crushing me to the ground, and the sound of footsteps and the sound of the cloak being pulled on the ground also came slowly from the front.

what to do? Let time stand still?

No... No, it will hinder the rotation of the pointer instead!

Then I had to bite the bullet!

Please, pointers!

Go back to the time when you should be there!

I squeezed out the remaining strength of my whole body, and even the palms of my hands were scratched due to excessive force, the bright red and the heat merged together, and hot blood flowed out. The ancient clock in the eyes began to wait for an opportunity, as if it wanted to jump out of the eye sockets. It was at this moment that the pointer finally no longer had the feeling of being frozen in the distance, like a rusty iron wire made an unpleasant friction sound when it was pulled out, and twisted along with the clock. The ancient and heavy pointer finally stepped towards the number "Ⅷ" with the staggering pace of an old man and the mighty posture of a mighty army.

As a result, all the strength in my body seemed to be exhausted, and I was deprived of the right to stand upright, and fell to the ground the moment the man's figure appeared only decimeters away from me. Consciousness began to dim, I stepped into black boots within my field of vision, my hair was pulled up roughly at the back of my head, and my dark eyes locked on me tightly.

"I remember you...you were a member of clock number two at that time, right?"

"..." He couldn't even utter provocative words, and his throat started to throb dryly.

"It's just right. I actually don't like bullying girls. If you can tell me the whereabouts of the other three people that day, I might be able to finish you off quickly. Anyway, you will wake up again after four hours. It's better than being bullied by me." Give it to the Dream Thief King to torture you. The methods of the Dream Thief King are much more terrifying than mine."

As in the boundless fog, the appearance of the dark knight is so vague that it is difficult to recognize.

At this time——

"boom!"

The sound of the impact that suddenly broke into my ears made my eyes clear for a moment, and the man who was standing on my side was perfectly kicked out.

Vaguely, I saw a pair of confident and beautiful purple pupils.