NOVEL NEXT Chapter 44
In a way, Esdeath and Bai Luo are quite similar. Both have good intentions but aren’t overly saintly.
Their kindness is only extended to their own people.
As for enemies,
Bai Luo can only say sorry to them.
“It seems we will have a lot in common.”
Esdeath didn’t expect Bai Luo’s values to align so closely with her own.
Thus, Esdeath’s favor towards Bai Luo increased further.
Tanjiro: “This doesn’t feel like an antagonist, does it?”
Master Abe: “Indeed, on the battlefield between two armies, there’s no such thing as justice or evil.”
“Exactly.”
Kurumi Tokisaki: “Compared to Esdeath, I am much more evil.”
After all, being known as the malevolent Pokémon, countless ordinary people have died at Kurumi’s hands.
Misaka Mikoto: “You shouldn’t say that either.”
What Kurumi didn’t expect was that the person speaking up for her now was Ace, someone she usually didn’t get along with.
Misaka Mikoto: “Aren’t you trying to change history with the twelve bullets?”
Kurumi Tokisaki: “Yes.”
Misaka Mikoto: “Won’t those people you killed eventually come back?”
Kurumi Tokisaki: “Changing the past to change the future, at least in my world, the rules should be like this.”
Misaka Mikoto: “…”
Alright, Ace realized she shouldn’t be defending Kurumi.
But just as Bai Luo said,
Kurumi is her friend, a member of the chat group.
Regardless of how the novel “Date A Live” describes Kurumi, the Kurumi Ace knows is merely a pitiable person driven mad by Miyori Seigou.
Precisely because they often bickered,
Misaka Mikoto became even more certain that when you truly enter Kurumi’s heart, she is incredibly fragile and lonely.
“Thank you.”
Ace’s silence made Kurumi feel the sensation of being trusted: “From now on, I won’t call you ‘Bilbil Electricity Girl’ anymore.”
“Huh?”
Misaka Mikoto: “Are you serious? I spoke up for you, and you’re still arguing with me?”
Kurumi Tokisaki: “Who asked you not to explain clearly~”
Misaka Mikoto: “Damn it, I won’t help you again!”
“In any case, thank you.”
“Hmph.”
Misaka Mikoto sent a picture of being angry in an傲娇way and added: “When you find the origin angel, don’t forget to call me.”
Misaka Mikoto: “I’m going to beat that love-brain hard!”
Kurumi Tokisaki: “Yeah, I will.”
In the Date A Live world, Kurumi blew the cool breeze, gazing at Ace’s request, she smiled genuinely.
“Electricity Girl…”
Kurumi: “I’ll reluctantly acknowledge you.”
Besides, Kurumi wouldn’t continue killing and plundering time anymore.
Because there were better options.
Of course, the captives from Esdeath’s side were another matter.
They were destined to die anyway.
So before dying, contributing a bit of power to Kurumi would be making use of waste, right?
“This is really good…”
And as the characters defined as antagonists in the group, Esdeath and Kurumi Tokisaki, received recognition from others one after another,
Qian Renxue truly envied them.
(Qian Renxue Private Chat): “Lord Bai Luo, can I be redeemed too?”
(Bai Luo Private Chat): “Is there anything wrong with you?”
(Qian Renxue Private Chat): “How about infiltrating Tiandou and killing Xue Qinghe?”
(Bai Luo Private Chat): “If it were in another world, those would indeed be stains, but in Douluo Continent…”
“Douluo Continent what?”
“You’ve asked a good question.”
Bai Luo ended the private chat with Qian Renxue and then posted information about the worldview of Douluo Continent in the chat group.
Soon, everyone finished reading and were shocked by the twisted worldview of Douluo.
Master Abe: “Killing soul beasts and refining soul rings, why does it feel… strange?”
Kurumi Tokisaki: “Yeah, it feels like the City of Time Consumption, absorbing the cultivation of soul beasts.”
Adolf K. Wiesmann: “According to Old Bai’s words, this world seems quite backward.”
“Not exactly.”
Misaka Mikoto: “Don’t you think those thousand-year-old, ten-thousand-year-old soul beasts are exaggerated?”
Although the Magic Prohibition World is modern, Ace has some understanding of Japanese culture’s demons and spirits.
In her view, a creature living for a thousand years, even if it’s a pig, would be terrifying.
But looking at the soul beasts in the Douluo world,
Living for hundreds or thousands of years makes them weak as ants, and beyond ten thousand years, they’re still prey for soul cultivators.
Even breaking through the hundred-thousand-year barrier ultimately leads to becoming soul rings or bones.
“Ten thousand years of cultivation, isn’t that too exaggerated?”
Not mentioning cultivation and strength, just the fact that soul beasts can live for ten thousand years…
Bai Luo didn’t reveal all the content, only briefly describing the cultivation system of soul users, the situation of various countries on the continent, and the ambitions of the Spirit Hall, etc.
Yet, these things alone already left everyone unsure how to criticize.
“What’s the problem with this?”
Qian Renxue didn’t understand Master Abe’s statements.
Born in Douluo, Qian Renxue didn’t see anything wrong with the soul cultivator system.
“Feels… very unnatural.”
Bai Luo voiced everyone’s thoughts: “A creature can live for ten thousand years, yet its power is only at that level, which is extremely unreasonable.”
Or, what exactly did you cultivate over several ten-thousand years?
If nothing changed, then where’s the issue?
“The problem with the Douluo World lies in the world itself.”
Bai Luo pointed out Qian Renxue’s current situation: “Similarly, your problem boils down to being burdened by the world.”
Specifically, Bai Luo didn’t elaborate much, sparing Qian Renxue some dignity.
Am I burdened by the world?
But why?
What’s wrong with my world?
How do I obtain more useful intelligence from the group leader?
Years of undercover work in Tiandou have turned Qian Renxue into an excellent politician:
This makes her instinctively measure a person or event politically using value.
“Ah…”
Among the seven members of the chat group, Bai Luo finds Qian Renxue the most helpless.
“Only with sincerity can you earn sincerity.”
“If you don’t understand this principle, how can you make true friends in the chat group?”
The biggest difference between Qian Renxue and Esdeath is that she can easily abandon even her own people.
Qianjun, Cidun, and Jugu Douluo are loyal to the Spirit Hall.
But Qian Renxue could discard them to recruit Tang San.
And Hu Lierna, the white-eyed wolf, and Bibidong, the lovebrain.
These three women are not of the same family and don’t belong under the same roof.
“One can only say…”
Bai Luo: “She’s not as good as Esdeath!”
The queen also has a girlish heart, and in the original plot, she faced conflicts between reality and ideals.
However, when love conflicted with avenging her subordinates, Esdeath firmly chose the latter.
Just this point alone makes Esdeath able to face herself without guilt.
At least until death, she never betrayed the trust and loyalty of her deceased subordinates.
The Amegakure World may be dark, but it still contains humanity’s light that Bai Luo respects.
Douluo Continent…
Bai Luo can only say, distorted values!
“The people in the group, even the kindest Tanjiro, are simply naive, not stupid.”
On the contrary, with Tanjiro’s sharpness, he absolutely can discern who among the group members is trustworthy and who should be approached cautiously.
Let alone old hands like Kurumi, Esdeath, and Master Abe.
Therefore, for Qian Renxue to gain recognition within the chat group, unless she opens her heart,
Otherwise, it will be a long and arduous journey.