Pendragon's Infinity Gauntlet

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—This is the first time I've spoken to a girl.

Therefore, he believed that this was the reason he was afraid of the girl.

—This is the first time I've ever bought a drink from a vending machine.

I have the knowledge to buy drinks, yet I've never actually tried them. How did my past self find excuses for this unusual state?

The first time, the first time, the first time. Everything was a first time, without exception.

So what was my past self doing? Why didn't I ever have this question in my mind? It was as if I thought the past had never existed. Now, Kazezaki realizes that the so-called self was just a dreamlike bubble floating in the mist.

Even if you look away, it won't make a difference.

The pain won't go away if you don't face the wound.

No matter how hard he tried, it was all too late. Feng Zhan had nowhere to escape, nowhere to hide. There was no paradise in the world that could warmly accept this shameless, ugly monster.

In the pocket of the skirt, there was still a photo booth picture of the silver-haired boy and Kazan together.

However, the list of banned books, in which the person in the photo is smiling happily, is unknown.

I never knew that Kazakiri Hyouka's true identity was such a monster.

When he learned the ugly truth hidden beneath the human skin...

Then, she will never smile at Kazezaki again. Not only that, she will even regard the memory of smiling at Kazezaki without knowing anything about it as a memory she doesn't want to recall. Because Kazezaki Hyouka, who also smiled in the photo, no longer exists. Only an ugly monster that has broken through the false skin of humanity remains.

Tears welled up in Feng Zhan's eyes.

I long to stay in a warm world. I long to laugh happily with someone. Even just for a minute, a second. If I could exchange it for a brief moment of peace, I would beg and plead.

But, in the end...

No one could accept this plea.

"Don't cry, monster."

The blond man brandished his crayon with a mocking smile.

Seeing you with a long face only makes me feel disgusted.

The stone statue's massive arms, capable of shattering even walls, gradually approached.

"Ah..."

Feng Zhan pondered in despair.

Although he didn't want to die, he knew that no one needed him, and if anyone saw him, he would be pelted with stones and treated like a monster. So, perhaps it was better to die here.

Chapter 295 Friends

Chapter 295

Feng Zhan closed his eyes tightly.

My body tensed up, awaiting the impending hell of pain.

The pain did not come.

After a while, there was still no sound.

But this eerie silence felt like a gentle embrace around Feng Zhan Binghua's body, as if she had returned from a stormy outdoor environment to a warm, sheltered one.

Feng Zhanbinghua opened her eyes tremblingly.

There seemed to be a familiar figure standing in front of me. But tears blurred my vision, and I could only see a blurry image.

The figure was a young girl.

Kazezaki stood in the very center of the crossroads. Blocking his path, facing the stone statue, was a girl who appeared to have come from a side passage. Her profile was blurry in view.

The statue stopped moving.

The girl casually stretched out her right hand and grasped the statue's massive arm. It was as if she had blocked a powerful fist capable of shattering a chariot with her bare hand.

Such a simple action rendered the stone statue completely immobile—and even produced a cracking sound.

"Alice?"

A man's voice came from afar.

"Alice, why isn't she responding? Alice! Damn it, what's wrong?"

For the first time, a hint of panic appeared in the man's voice. But the girl didn't even glance at her.

The girl simply stared straight at Kazakiri Hyouka's face.

"Looks like I've kept you waiting."

The girl's voice made Kazezan's shoulders tremble. Although his vision was blurred by tears, the voice was quite familiar.

In fact, Feng Zhan only knew a handful of people.

It was a warm yet powerful, trustworthy voice.

Most importantly, how gentle that voice was.

The girl said to Kazezan, "But it's all over now. Honestly, it looks awful like that. Don't cry over something so trivial."

Like a child, Feng Zhanbinghua reached out and wiped the corner of her eye.

The veil of tears was removed.

The girl was right in front of me.

The purification of the spirit and the extermination of demons are right before our eyes.

He wore an expression as if he were looking at a close friend.

The stone statue behind her began to crack, and then crumbled.

The wall of despair that no one could pass through seems to have been broken.

"Alice...don't just stand there! Alice!"

A roar that trembled with anger and fear.

The blond man gripped the white ballpoint pen tightly, almost crushing it. He raised his hand and began writing rapidly on the wall with the speed of a drawn sword, all the while muttering incantations.

The concrete walls collapsed like dried soil. As if an unseen hand was kneading clay, a gigantic stone statue with its head on the ceiling appeared in just a few seconds.

Although the man's face showed signs of anxiety, he had not yet lost his composure.

This is an ace that can be reborn no matter how many times it breaks.

This is also the blond man's greatest advantage. The stone statues can be used as shields, as bait, or even to launch suicidal attacks or self-destruct.

Jing Shen turned around.

To protect the bullied boy, she stood in front of the ugly stone statue.

Kazezan was startled by what he saw. The blond man, on the other hand, was laughing happily.

"Heh... Hahaha! Hahahaha! What kind of joke is this? Hey, what did you eat to grow up like this, you pervert? Haha! Happy now, monster! This world isn't so bad to you! At least there's still one idiot here!"

The dull, heavy sound made Feng Zhan's shoulders tremble violently.

That's right. It's quite gratifying that the girl came to protect me, but I absolutely cannot let her get involved in this battle between monsters.

Kazakiri Hyouka absolutely could not bear to see the girl who had created a warm world for him fall in such a place.

However, despite Feng Zhan's trepidation, the boy in front of the giant stone statue remained completely unmoved.

The girl spoke.

"There's more than one."

"What?"

The blonde woman was stunned for a moment, and then, with a "boom," a dazzling light appeared before her eyes.

The white light wave, almost blinding, made Feng Zhan instinctively cover his face with his hands.

Kazezan sat in the very center of the crossroads, while the light emanated from the three passages other than the one where the blond man was.

The dazzling light even gave Feng Zhan a headache. But Feng Zhan managed to squint and look around.

A beam of light as intense as a car headlight.

The light source turned out to be searchlights mounted on rifles. And there were more than just one or two. There were at least thirty or forty people gathered at the scene.

Guards.

No one was unscathed. Some had bandages wrapped around their abdomens and heads, others dragged injured arms or legs; they all looked like patients who should be lying in hospital beds.

However, they were not afraid at all.

Without regard for their own safety, and without uttering a single word of weakness even in the face of immense pain, they resolutely came to this battlefield where life and death were a matter of life and death.

These people weren't all strong women like those in action movies; there were men among them. A male guard, wielding a transparent shield, seemed completely unconcerned about his injuries, a confident smile on his face, his eyes seemingly saying, "Don't worry, it's alright."

"……Why……?"

Feng Zhanbinghua asked with a look of surprise.

While it's uncertain how much these people truly know about Kazezaki, they should at least know that Kazezaki is no ordinary human. These people must have witnessed Kazezaki being hit in the face by a stray bullet, then beaten by a stone statue, only to rise again.

So, Feng Zhan asked this question.

why?

Why not just shoot the terrorist and riddle him with bullets? Why did he specifically step forward to protect himself? Feng Zhan Binghua couldn't understand at all.

"Don't be silly, what reason do you need for that?"

However, the girl answered without the slightest hesitation.

Facing the monster, Kazezan, the girl never looked away for even a second.

Their expressions were exactly the same as when they were chatting in the amusement park.

She spoke amidst the light.

It was exactly the same as usual, without any pretense.

"It's nothing particularly strange. I just said one sentence to them."

She spoke amidst the overflowing light.

"I said...please save my friend."

For a moment, Feng Zhanbinghua couldn't understand the meaning of those words.

"It's fun to act cool for a moment, but it's even more fun to keep acting cool all the time."

Following behind the guards, Fang Cun looked at the cult leader's pretentious creed and couldn't help but sigh.

The male guard insisted that she was still a student and wouldn't let her come along. Even if Fang Cun crushed the cement with her bare hands, it wasn't enough to convince him, so she had no choice but to secretly follow behind and wait for an opportunity to make her move.

Chapter 296 Determination

Chapter 296

For example, right now, everyone is all ready to fight, prepared to risk their lives, and she suddenly takes the magician away. That's something only a master of awkward silence would do.

Jing Shen said to the bewildered Feng Zhan:

"Wipe away your tears and look clearly. You should feel proud because none of the people here want you to die."

Feng Zhan raised his head.

The world shrouded in darkness has vanished without a trace.

"Just you wait and see, we're going to prove to you that the world you live in isn't so bad after all!"

Feng Zhan understood.

Although the blond man sealed the underground street in darkness with a cruel storm.

However, these people will use light to fight against darkness.

To grasp the hand that awaits redemption in the darkness.

The girl continued: