Novsky's voice echoed directly in my head, like a plurality of people shouting out. This unusual change seems to hint at its essence at this time. He is no longer "a human being". No matter what he said, there is no tangible evidence only about "Jiang", maybe his identity background allows him to understand a series of events that are happening at the moment from another way that only he understands, but in front of me, the priority that must be solved is to prevent him from entering the "ghost gate".

It's something that doesn't change what he says, what he does, what he knows, and I don't think anything else in my mind because he seems to know more. If you hesitate just because you are suspicious of others and try to find something you don't know from others, in my opinion, it must be a very bad way of life.

However, having said that, although the enemy is not strong enough to make me feel hopeless, the previous "plane slash" is genuine, and people can't find anything to resist at all - it would be nice if there was a critical weapon, even if the power of the critical weapon is only the same as the "plane slash", but if it is hit head-on by the critical weapon, even if the monster in front of you must not be intact.

"You...... I seem to be thinking about something useless. Mr. Takakawa. "Novsky has a tone of insight into my mind. He, or rather, it, swung his arm slightly, and the "wounds" on his body suddenly poured out more gray mist. These wounds seem to have become a floodgate to release its true power, and its own image of a "restrained rapist" is really reminiscent.

Even if it's a mystery expert, unless it has to, no. Even if you have to, you won't deliberately dress yourself up like this.

The way it looks tells us - is it too strong to be restrained? No, it seems to me that this is instead a signal that the monster in front of you holds. It is a force that it cannot control at all, and it is restrained, not because it is intended, nor because it is a proof that it is so powerful that it is feared, but only a proof that its body is relatively weak.

That being said, how do you get to the bottom of it? In the form of restraint, restraint itself becomes protection. Sure enough, if you don't let it come into contact with restraint first, you can't really defeat this monster? In the observation of the chain decision, Novsky, who has now slowed down his posture, does not feel at all mild. On the contrary, he wasted a lot of time and said these things to me that had nothing to do with the battle, and there were many more seemingly useless postures. It's like stepping on the point in time to play a special role.

However. These seemingly superfluous things do not make me feel that it has let its guard down, or has given up on this fight, and it is not the kind of stupid villain in the story who says too much nonsense and is defeated. If assumed. Its speech and posture are meaningful, so I can only think of the possibility that "it is stalling for time".

Coincidentally, I'm also stalling for time.

Yes. I must admit that without the critical weapon in hand, this battle, no matter what, I will only fall to the disadvantage. It is true that even if the weapon is cut off, you can use the ability of the fourth-level magic pattern, and you can use the aftermath of the data hedge to create more weapons, and, in my imagination, use the ability of the fourth-level magic pattern to maximize the development of a certain weapon as a hole card, which has also been roughly constructed. However, even if this power is used here, it will only be a draw with Novsky at best.

Because, after recognizing the real improvement of the mystery of the fourth-level magic pattern, I have been using "Marceau" as a benchmark to try to obtain the possibility of fighting it head-on.

In a sense, the "Novsky" in front of me and the "Marceau" who expelled me from the psychiatric hospital before are of the same level, and the new hole cards developed for "Marceau" should also be valid against "Novsky". It's just, it's just that it works. None of the two "monsters" I have observed are able to show their best under normal circumstances.

If it is only to the extent that it is "at most on par with the current Novsky", then I am still a little hesitant to use this kind of power.

"Your eyes are really uncomfortable. Mr. Takakawa, who obviously looks miserable, makes people feel that there is still some power that has not been used, and once it is used, it will turn the situation around in an instant-" Novsky stared at me with a kind of contempt. I heard it, a breathing sound was clearly audible, but the sound of wind and rain on the battlefield was weakened, and there was no change in the harsh climate. But what does Novsky seem to be doing to change the battlefield itself?

"That's right. It's just that there are still hole cards that haven't been taken out, so isn't it too naïve to think that cutting my knife will make me admit defeat? "If it wants to talk, I can talk to it as much as I want, or if I can stall for time, I can't ask for it. On the contrary, if I did not say a word and immediately launched an onslaught, it would be the worst I could have predicted.

"It seems that you are not boasting, your eyes are very serious, Mr. Takakawa." Novsky seemed to laugh, no, it must be the shape of his face that was changing, and I looked closely, and this change gave the impression of being silent, but compared to him a minute earlier, this face seemed thinner and more angular. If this was what I saw at the beginning, perhaps my impression of "Novsky" would not have been revived so easily.

And, isn't the surrounding gray fog thicker? It's almost impossible to see from ten meters away. Could it be that the black smoke leaking from its body is all filled with the gray mist in this area? If so, for what purpose?

Create a combat environment where you are completely in control? Like an inherent enchantment for a specific electro-demon emissary?

No, it should be on top of that.

"Temporary data hedging space?" I can't help but ask, although the so-called "inherent enchantment" is also a manifestation of the "temporary data hedging space", what I am talking about is not that level of data hedging at all, but a larger scope and more solid. Even more mysterious, it exists like the "ruins of the Ruling Bureau".

"In the words of the Doomsday Shinrikyo religion, it is the 'reflection of the Holy Land' -- the 'Holy Land' of the Doomsday Shinrikyo is based on the relay, even if it is just a reflection, it will be very strong." Novsky didn't hide it at all, and a sinister smile appeared on the corner of his mouth. Its facial features have become completely less human, but seem to be outlined in an abstract and exaggerated way to emphasize "hideous" and "dangerous", not three-dimensional, but flat something. No, there is a premise of "plane chopping", I have to assume that it is reducing itself to dimensionality at this moment?

People who can understand the meaning of the word "dimension" always think. Three dimensions are stronger than two dimensions, and higher dimensions have more possibilities than lower dimensions because they contain more factors. I also have such a common sense concept, but the previous plane cut made me realize that under the effect of "mystery", common sense is scientific or unscientific. It is impossible to correctly infer the outcome of an event before it happens.

Assuming that the enemy does not make mistakes. Then, the seemingly "dimensionality reduction" measure must also contain deep meaning.

"I know what you're waiting for. Mr. Takakawa. "It started talking again, and we fought head-on, only about ten seconds at high speed, and about two hundred and seventy-eight encounters in ten seconds. In the end, the "plane slash" destroyed the long knife created by the temporary data hedging phenomenon. However, the time spent talking at a normal speed was more than a minute. Now that I think about it, my own battles really can't be as neat as Tomie's.

Because-

As Novsky said before. I was "like a monster". However, there is an insurmountable barrier between "being like a monster" and "being a real monster". As long as you are a normal person, your own common sense and physical instinct will not take the initiative to cross this obstacle.

Becoming a monster is not something that can be done simply by talking about it. In terms of the human body, to become a monster is actually to kill oneself, which is still a human level body, and a consciousness that is still a human level. That is, this is simply the process of suicide.

And the transformation from a human to a monster is equivalent to the level of mystery of "resurrection from the dead".

Although I can be regarded as "resurrecting from the dead", in general, I am not as complete as "becoming a monster", because, although I am a mental patient, I still have the common sense of ordinary people, even if I can't completely restrain myself with this common sense, but it can't be said that it has no effect at all.

However, "Novsky", who has completely become a monster, is probably a miscalculation if it is measured by human thinking.

Even so, if it is willing to talk, I will continue with it.

Because, I'm not the only one now.

And the other half who makes me so stable is also a real "monster"!

"You seem to be waiting for someone...... Or are you waiting for the woman you control? It's called Tomie? Novsky seemed to sigh, "You are really depraved by using this kind of necro-like method to women, Mr. Takakawa." "Obviously, it's also very distorted, but it uses this contemptuous tone to teach me a lesson, which makes me feel weird and uncomfortable."

"The woman who used to control the insect ended up being controlled by others. It is really the cycle of cause and effect, and it is the most wonderful embodiment of the real world. That's it, and I'll give her a thumbs up for her end. Then, when I kill you, I will also have someone make a puppet of your body and give it to another woman. He......e-he

You can see that it's very talkative, but it seems to have decided that I won't stop it at such a time. The range of my chain judgment had retracted to about ten meters before three seconds, which also meant that I had once again lost my observation of Tomie and had made the "virus" active on some level that could not be seen visually. Therefore, I feel like I am facing the danger of Novsky head-on and improving further.

More specifically, Novsky stopped talking, and the first blow he delivered was probably the most threatening attack. And the second and third strikes, on the contrary, because I trust Tomie enough that even if it will be stronger than the first blow, it will not be absolute, and it will bring me a threat that is more than the first blow.

In other words, I believe Tomie will arrive after the first blow, but not before the first blow is completed.

Do you have to use the hole card that you haven't tried once you've completed your idea? I can't help but think so.

"I always thought that Mr. Takakawa was a strong guy. Later, Mr. Takakawa became the first fourth-level demonic pattern envoy, and I thought, how powerful is the fourth-level demonic pattern? However, there was no comparison at all, and apart from Mr. Takakawa, there was no second fourth-level demonic emissary appearing. Therefore, the current battle can be regarded as something that has been thinking about it for a long time...... But! Novsky's tone became resentful, "I really started to fight, and I found that it was not as powerful as I thought, which was simply disappointing." It looked at me: "Mr. Takakawa's mystery, the biggest advantage is speed. That extraordinary acceleration ability really surprised me, it was indeed beyond the level that an ordinary third-level demonic pattern envoy could achieve. In addition, there is an equally important insight that seems to be able to fully capture the trajectory of all movement within a certain range. Excellent acceleration and insight are the magic weapons of Mr. Takakawa's victory in every battle. ”

"No, there is no such thing as a hundred battles...... To be honest, standing here, I'm actually not even going to lose. "Not to mention nothing, not even a body.

However, such self-deprecation was completely ignored by the other party, and Novsky continued to babble with resentment: "There is also a body that is obviously stronger than the third-level demonic messenger, this is a matter of course, after all, it is a fourth-level demonic pattern, of course, it can't be the same as the third-level demonic pattern." But what, but what? What else has changed? Without! Completely gone! Just more speed, better insight, and a stronger body—" It paused, its distorted expression exaggerated, as if it had completely become a comic book character, flat and losing color.

"This is the power of the fourth-level magic pattern? There is no essential change at all! As he said this, I suddenly realized that the environment around me was losing color and becoming distorted, and the observation image, which was still in the chain of judgment, seemed to be distorted, and it was no longer possible to draw a clear outline. (To be continued......)