"Then, I’ll leave the rcury Trojan Horse in your care," Ash said. "Stop the Silver Lamp, kill the rcury Trojan Horse, and then we’ll leave together. This Sinra journey can end perfectly."
"Alright." Black Crow nodded, pausing before adding, "If you fail, or if I fail, rember to record my story in the Mage’s Handbook, okay?"
Ash did not correct him on the notion that ’mages cannot influence the Mage’s Handbook,’ and nodded in agreent, "Okay—but we will not fail. You will succeed in your revenge, we will successfully return ho, the Kingdom of Senluo will remain safe, the rcury Trojan Horse will die a miserable death, and everyone will have a bright future."
"See you later, Tamasi."
"Mm."
Throughout the process, Ash was stingy with even a glance at the rcury Trojan Horse, yet the rcury Trojan Horse made no move, quietly watching Ash, Igula, and Gwen pass through the Fog Gate into the sixteenth layer of the Silent Spiral.
*
"Thank you," Black Crow suddenly said.
The rcury Trojan Horse was startled, wanting to mock loudly but feeling a bit like crying for so reason. In the end, all complex emotions turned into a question, "Why thank ?"
"Thank you for not stopping Ash and the others," Black Crow sincerely said. "If they had been held back by you...repentance for ten thousand years in Hell wouldn’t be enough to compensate for my remorse, whether for Senluo or for them."
"Is it because you chose to take revenge on instead of stopping the Silver Lamp?"
The rcury Trojan Horse shrugged, "Compared to a ’lesser evil’ like , obviously, a ’greater evil’ like the Silver Lamp is more important. And you know I am about to leave, I can no longer harm Senluo, while the Silver Lamp wants to drag Senluo into Hell."
"You clearly know all the gains and losses, yet you still abandon justice and choose hatred."
"But, I’m not surprised, Ya Sha Jin was always like that." The rcury Trojan Horse surveyed the images on the wall, "Though claid to be for justice, the source of Ya Sha Jin is actually hatred."
"Reading evil, chasing evil, soaking in evil, first cultivating hatred towards evil, then venting hatred through slaughter, thereby gaining moral pleasure."
"So-called justice is rely a term used by Ya Sha Jin to embellish hatred and desire." She sneered, "Killing all Evil Crows is nothing more than Ya Sha Jin’s ntal masturbation after slaughtering people."
"Tamasi, from the mont you raised your blade against , you already abandoned justice. You place revenge over the life and death of tens of thousands, your justice is narrow, bloody, impulsive, you can’t even pass your own inner judgent, only Ash and them appeared by chance, to make up for your mistakes."
The rcury Trojan Horse’s words were flat, but her deconstruction of Ya Sha Jin’s doctrine was precise and cruel. Even Tamasi, whose conscience remained unmoved by being pecked by Blood Crows, now finally had hands trembling slightly, drawing a thin blood line across Charlin’s neck.
Just like this.
Doubting oneself.
Regretting decisions.
Crushed by an enormous guilt, my dear Tamasi.
But soon, Black Crow’s hands no longer trembled, he calmly said, "Tanomu, you’re right."
"I betrayed the justice and truth I have always upheld for you," Black Crow said. "Your analysis of issues is always so accurate, your words are always right, so I always listened to you..."
"Thus I also know, the best way to deal with you is to not listen to anything."
Crack!
Charlin’s head flew into the air, Black Crow stepped forward, slicing his body into pieces, ensuring he had no chance of survival!
At the sa ti, the passage guarded by Black Feather Mages also began to collapse and dissipate.
Black Crow didn’t know why Tanomu was willing to let Ash and the others pass, nor did he know why Tanomu was willing to continue the standoff with him. Perhaps Tanomu had a way to reclaim the hostages, or a way to steal out the most important Sky Gate Technique Spirit...but he didn’t need to know.
As long as he killed the hostage, all of Tanomu’s plans were but a Dream Bubble Shadow.
He never thought of waiting for Ash and the others to return, Tanomu wanted to use the notion that ’Ash and the others would return’ to hold Black Crow in check, but Black Crow was just as much trying to stabilize Tanomu, ensuring Ash and the others safely passed this level.
Sorry, Ash.
In the pouring blood rain, Black Crow held the Gray Fox Blade before him, calmly declaring:
"There are two paths before , one where I kill you, and then I can live for the justice of the world."
"The other path is, I die for my justice!"
The rcury Trojan Horse’s face turned ashen as she coldly said, "Then go die."
The long-suppressed Black Feather Mages, at this mont, broke free of their constraints and imdiately threw out prepared Miracles!
Black Crow’s steps shook, transforming into a shadow as he crashed into a Black Feather Mage, using the latter as a at shield to continue his charge.
"Ya Sha Jin!" Black Crow roared as he charged into the crowd, facing mages with his Mortal Body, "Kill all Evil Crows, fill Hell to the brim!"
Flas, frost, storms, guns, swordsmanship, Fist Claw...though Black Crow can immune to illusory Technique Spirit effects, those Miracles directly twisting reality causing physical effects still directly hard him.
"Stop him!"
"Kill him!"
"He’s done for!"
Even if Black Crow used the best techniques to dodge the most harm, the wounds on his body continued to increase, blood soaking his robe and streaking across his mask. Yet he pressed on, with barely any mage able to stand in his path, his Gray Fox Blade swept through countless Miracles and flesh as if slicing through butter!
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