Chapter 8: Gathering Strength I.

'What a deception! ’

Leto only felt that no matter how unprincipled he swallowed his anger, Canaan would become more and more excessive, and he had to fight back......

With this kind of thought, Leto couldn't help but tilt his head slightly, and secretly looked at the former NO.2 behind him with the corner of his eye, and was pleasantly surprised to find that Canaan was empty-handed at the moment, obviously she didn't bring a big sword when she just followed. Very good, a guy who is known for his swordsmanship, without a big sword is no less than a tiger without teeth.

"If you want to see it, it looks good. Perverted! ”

Leto pretended to give up on himself, like Canaan who didn't care about the side at all, and simply pulled the neckline of the tights to the shoulders, and made a gesture to take them down, as for asking why he looked like he was going to take off when he went to the toilet, just because the tights of the big sword were one-piece, and there was obviously no genius gentleman in the organization who designed the zipper......

Seeing Leto stripped off his upper body like a snake, Canaan was a little embarrassed to turn his face away, but as soon as he looked away, he felt his body stiffen. 'Demonic in tune! When Canaan realized this, his right shoulder ached, and Leto, who was bare-chested, saw his left hand clasped around his shoulder, while her right hand was clenched into a fist and raised.

But just as the punch was about to hit, Leto suddenly stopped again, and the left hand that was holding her shoulder turned into an angry push, pushing Canaan back two steps, and then he took care of himself and put back the tights that had been half taken off on his body.

......Canaan was surprised for a moment, and then understood why Leto did this, because she could also sense someone's demonic energy.

Leto, who was already wearing a tight suit, squeezed out of the toilet by the shoulders of Canaan, stomped to the dining table, pulled out the chair and sat down angrily, holding his hands on his chest and looking in the direction of the door, waiting for Lucila, who was almost at the door of the hotel.

The reason why she stopped was because of this, if the opponent only had NO.2, with the first-mover advantage created by the "demonic tone", coupled with the close grappling that can keep the two sides at the same level in a short period of time, even if she can't win in the end, she can add some color to Canaan's face and let her know that she is not easy to bully. But now that Lucila has come back, and if she does it again, the result is nothing more than being beaten on the ground by NO.1 and NO.2 together, which is not a "fight for breath", but a humiliating beating. And one more point is-

"Squeak—"

The door of the inn is old and unused, and every time it opens and closes, it is always accompanied by this unpleasant sound. The person outside the door was undoubtedly Lucila, but her image at this time made Canaan and Leto look at each other. Lucila was still wearing a camouflaged nun dress, but she was not wearing a nun's headscarf, her blonde hair and equally piercing silver eyes were not disguised at all, and what was even more swaggering was that she was blatantly carrying a large sword in her hand. The original conservative long skirt with covered feet has also been rudely transformed into a knee-length skirt, and the matching pair of nun shoes under her feet are gone, so she came back barefoot.

What caught the attention of the two of them the most was the expression on Lucila's face, although she was generally only gloomy, but the subtle changes between her eyebrows and eyes were extremely rich: despair with no way out, excitement from the willows, madness with everything at will, and deep contemplation with extreme calmness...... All kinds of diametrically opposed extreme emotions are constantly switching between each other, and they seem to be intertwined.

This is also one of the reasons why Leto will obediently give up, she has long sensed that something is wrong through Lucila's demonic fluctuations, and of course she will not stupidly send it to the door as a prop to vent her emotions.

"What are the results of the investigation?" However, Canaan seemed to ignore these and asked straight to the point about the answer he was waiting for.

"Everything ......" Lucira closed the door with her left hand backhand, and even then she didn't intend to put down the big sword in her hand first, but held it tighter. In Leto's view, this is almost like an old man who has to rely on crutches because of his leg problems. She walked to the table where the two of them were with some uncoordinated steps, supported her body with her left hand that did not hold a sword, and said tiredly: "Everything is as you said. ”

From the town of Plansville to the village of Piro, it would have taken two days to follow the footsteps of the big sword, but she only needed one day and one night to return, plus her heart was not idle along the way, constantly fighting with herself in her thoughts, and at this moment both body and mind have reached a limit.

"So-"

"Stop!" Leto preempted Canaan and said, "It's too late to stop!" ”

Sensing that both eyes were focused on him, Leto's tone changed again, changing from warning to earnest exhortation, "The organization doesn't know about you yet... Do it without permission, as long as I don't say it, this matter can be treated as if it didn't happen......" Speaking of this, Leto looked at Canaan, and in the face of how this suggestion could not be bypassed, Leto said vaguely, "As for the matter of NO.2, I can make a statement to the organization with you, after all, the organization is now in the process of employing people, maybe——"

"Maybe Canaan will be allowed to atone for his sins?" Lucila finished adding to Leto, looked directly at her and asked, "Do you believe this yourself?" ”

"......" Leto looked away stupidly, of course she didn't believe it, and a fighter with a little "common sense" would not believe it, let alone a well-informed "eye". She said this because she wanted to find a psychological step for Lucila, but she wanted Lucila, the promising new NO.1, to protect Canaan.

"And what are you going to do?" Leto turned his face angrily, as if he didn't want to look at Lucila anymore. In her mind, that was the only way to get everything back on track. In addition, the future of Luhira and Canaan is nothing more than the end of the world, and then they are endlessly pursued by a steady stream of raiding teams, and finally stage the drama of the end of the road a few years later, or are forced to choose to awaken...... Of course, judging from the personalities of these two, the probability of active awakening is negligible.

"First of all—" Lucira didn't say as Leto had expected, but couldn't wait to move on to her next step, "We have to find a way to kill the Awakened!" ”

The answer was completely unexpected, and Leto couldn't help but turn his head to look at her, as if he suspected that he had misheard. But in the face of Lucila's unwavering look, he suddenly felt a kind of deranged absurdity: this is about to become an organized rebellion, don't you think about where to escape? But thinking about this? Also, the situation was unknown before, and it was just a matter of wanting to be the head of the eldest sister to relieve people's worries, but now I have found out how terrible this awakened person is, and you are lucky to come back alive this time, but you still dare to fight the idea of how to kill back......

"Are you sure you're in your right mind?" Leto was silent for a full minute before he barely struck Lucila's delusions in a joking tone, "Even if I'm willing to help you, I'm talking about what ifs...... Do you think you can deal with it? ”

"Indeed, the sum of the three of us will only result in three more 'props......' for it," Lucila closed her eyes tightly, as if recalling the feeling of powerlessness when she faced the 'Corpse Legion', and reluctantly admitted, "It is no longer something that can be solved by a battle or a crusade." ”

"Then you still ......"

"But war can! A war between us and it! Lucilla suddenly opened her eyes when she said this, "Since the three of us can't do it, then let's go gather more companions!" Finally get together a team that is enough to destroy it! ”

Leto was stunned for a moment, but when his mind turned this corner, the warmth that had disappeared since he had become a warrior seemed to be restored, and he shivered all over his body. The words 'collective rebellion' seemed to explode in her head, and she almost jumped up from her chair as if she were on pins and needles, and she couldn't help but step backwards, thinking that she wanted to get as far away as possible from Lucila.

"This ...... It's stupid to take the initiative to provoke a war...... "Leto doesn't have the heart to repeat the nonsense of 'you dare to betray the organization' at this moment.

"The war has begun!" Lucilla approached Leto step by step, "It has that ability, it can be said to be our natural enemy!" We have to strike first! ”

"The Awakened One's behavior so far has shown that it is not aggressive." Leto, whose back touched the wall, had no way to retreat, "What's the benefit of stimulating a napping beast now?" ”

"You admit it's a beast, too." Lucilla pressed one hand on Leto's shoulder, "You know, in a way, it is a more terrifying existence than the 'Abyss', because the power of the 'Abyss' has a limit, but it doesn't!" It can be said that as long as our warrior exists in the world for a day, it will always be 'stronger'! Until there is no one to make! It's too late to do anything by then!! ”

"It's just your self-righteousness." Leto brushed Lucilla's hand away, pointed to Canaan next to him and asked, "You never seem to have considered: Why is Canaan still alive?" As he spoke, he looked up and down Lucilla's slightly embarrassed nun outfit, "And—why are you still standing here?" ”

"......" Lucira was suddenly stunned, as if she had fallen into the same confusion as when she first entered the door. Without saying a word, Leto walked over to his bedside, picked up the book she had been reading while she had been reading, a book bound from hand-bound paper, to be precise, and handed it to Lucilla, "I bought it from the innkeeper, and the original author of this book is the Awakened One. After Luhira Mumu took it, Leto said to himself, "When I heard the innkeeper talk about it, it was also quite incredible. You must know that no one has the heart to write a book except for the people in the Holy Capital now......"

Lucila didn't say anything, just lowered her head and quickly flipped through the "book" that was shabby from head to toe. This undoubtedly made Leto secretly breathe a sigh of relief, and sighed meaningfully, "...... In a way, this monster lives more like a human than a human. ”

"How can you be so naïve!" Lucilla said suddenly, gritting her teeth. At the same time, the movements of his subordinates turning the book are getting faster and more rough, "No matter how much it pretends to be a human, it is not a human after all!" At this time, the strength of her flipping through the book had made the cheap paper of the manuscript unbearable, and it cracked one after another, "Don't you see its sinister intentions?!" ”

"Huh?" Leto was stunned.

"It's confusing the concept of ordinary people!" Lucila crumpled the book together with both hands, as if she didn't want to read it any more, and said in an increasingly hurried tone, "What kind of superior 'superhuman' is writing about the monster?" What kind of monsters are good and bad to write? Write about monsters saving humanity? Save the world? Are you kidding!! ”

Lucilla, whose eyes were red, tore the book a few times, "Black and white must be distinguished!" Monsters are monsters! There is no such thing as good or bad! The crumbs of the book rose and fell like snowflakes with their violent movements. In front of her eyes, images of being identified on the spot appeared, and she thought of an even more terrifying future...... Today it can deceive people to expose itself, then in the future it can drive ordinary people to attack......

"We're going to get rid of it...... Lucilla asked in a factual tone as she pushed her unsteady body, throwing away the last shredds of paper in her hand, staring into Leto's eyes, "you're going to help us." Is it. The role of the "eye" is indispensable in gathering companions from all over the world, and the "organization" will be as busy as if it were temporarily blind after suddenly losing its "eye".

"......" Facing the burning gaze cast by Canaan on the side, Leto looked away with a pout. At this point, can you still allow yourself to say "no"?