Tomie swung softly, quickly unleashed a jab, flipped over his body gorgeously, and strangled his opponent's throat with his legs in mid-air. The enemy has no real vital point, and it seems to me that the human body of Novsky is made up of a large number of black smoke faces, which have no internal organs, no vital points that the human body really has, not even bones and joints, but only the shape of a man. However, in front of Tomie, Novsky, who should have been very weird, was just like ordinary people, and was hit hard by just quick punches and legs.

Every punch and kick Tomie hits its body, it creates a sensation of impact that is very different from the speed and momentum of its swing. This sensation of impact can be observed even with the naked eye, because it stirs the air, disturbs the vision, and even has an unparalleled presence in the observation of its "movement".

The impact burst out from the contact surface of the two, and when they reacted, it had already penetrated their bodies, causing the air behind them to show obvious distortion.

I had thought that Tomie's attack was still similar to before, but in terms of power, perhaps this perception was wrong. At least, in the past apocalyptic fantasy, Tomie didn't unleash such a big impact in his early adventures with his hands and feet. If it were an ordinary person, he would probably be killed with a single blow, but the inhuman Novsky was just embarrassed.

"What's wrong? Aren't you fast, you guy? The body is completely devoid of human beings. Tomie dodged Novsky's counterattack, and its movements were like clowns compared to Tomie's fluidity and the beauty of his strength, "But you can only use the human way, the human body is limited by the structure of muscles, nerves, and joints, and it is impossible to make too many movements, but you can, right?" ”

Although she said so. I thought about it too, but looking at Novsky's appearance, it wasn't that I didn't expect it, but it was more like I couldn't do it. When I think back to its actions before, some of the contradictions and discords it brought to me are indeed just as Tomie said. Even when facing me, its actions and techniques, although strange in some effects, are generally not completely free from the confines of "human".

It still runs on its legs, speaks with its mouth, beats people with its fists, can hear its breathing, its heartbeat, and has all the advantages and disadvantages of a humanoid structure. So. Why does it have to be humanoid? Why does it have to be shackled by the internal structure of the human form, even though it only has the outline of a human form?

If it is for the sake of communication, it is understandable to adopt a more recognizable image.

Even if it is the existence of the humanoid river, I can start from myself and find out a lot of reasons that can be accepted by me, and the reason that makes me happy is of course because I want to be with me and be prompted by the information of the real river. That's why he has the identity of the humanoid river.

However, these things do not seem to be needed between Novsky and me. Ben is a child of destiny who aims to transform "monsters". It is understandable that the human form should be completely abandoned in favor of a more powerful combat weapon. Or rather, it's normal to do that.

However, it's not just Novsky, so far. Most of the mysteries I've come across have tried to maintain their humanoid shells, even if it's the Corpse Life and the Dead Soldier Night Market. And what is really presented in an inhuman posture is basically only demons.

Explaining from the point of view of the reality of the hospital, of course, it can be considered. It is because the essence of these images comes from human beings, and not from non-human beings in the full sense of the word.

However, it is a bit confusing to abandon the reality of the hospital and only look at it in a post-apocalyptic vision.

Is there still a factor in Novsky's consciousness today? Like the humanoid river, is it affected by the original individual information, and subconsciously maintains the same image as in the past, as well as self-restraint?

"After all, you're a half-ass." Tomie punched it again, knocking it through.

Hanging on Tomie's arm, he was lifted high and fell to the ground, but he didn't get up again because of the seemingly serious injury, and he crawled out of a distance, narrowing the distance between him and Tomie.

"Blame, monster ......," it said.

"Hmph." Tomie tilted his head, as if he had lost the excitement he had before, and said, "There have never been humans who can defeat me, so if you don't become a monster, you will gradually become bored." Now, listen to me, half-, how about abandoning that insignificant thing that you are still clinging to and becoming a monster in the true sense of the word? The next time we meet, if it's still like this, I'll kill you. I'd love to kill you here, but it's a guy who can really turn into a monster...... Not much. ”

"You, what kind of nonsense are you talking about......" Novsky's expression was gloomy, "although it is unimaginable, but, I must admit that I did lose now, but do you really think you can kill me?" That's all I have? ”

"The clamor of the defeated dog." Tomie snorted disdainfully, completely ignoring it, turned to me and asked, "Ah Chuan, are you okay?" ”

"Do you feel like you're fine? River. "I was smoking a cigarette and sitting on the ground, and the part of my body from my right foot to the side of my waist was completely invisible. But it doesn't look like it's been cut off, and then you can see the internal organs, and if you touch it with your hand, it's really dented, but it doesn't feel too obvious in the cross-section. Although this part of the function should stop working in terms of location, there is no negative impact caused by the loss of internal organs.

The only pain is the pain that has not stopped since it appeared, and it has been sweeping through the nerves of the whole body.

What a weird attack effect. Perhaps, when I only have one head left and has not yet been blurred, it will be the same as now, I can think and speak, right? However, the thought of such a scene makes people shudder a little.

If it is completely blurred, does it mean that it will "disappear" in the true sense?

Although the effect of Novsky's first blow, combined with the current environment, can give rise to many conjectures, it is impossible to really solve it by relying on such scientific logic as "finding out the cause, analyzing the essence". In the end, it is still necessary to rely on the power of the mysterious.

"Hey, Mr. Takakawa, what the hell is this Tomie?" Novsky suddenly asked me that such a question was not like what an enemy who was still fighting to the death should have said.

“…… Sure enough, you give me a different feeling than before. "I stared at it. When it seemed a little uncomfortable, it said what was in its heart: "Are you Novsky? ”

"Of course I'm Novsky." It says.

"No, I mean, you're really more human than you were before. Now you are the Novsky of humanity? Or is it a monster named Novsky? ”

Novsky's eyes widened suddenly, and its expression changed dramatically, as if some kind of unpredictable change had been triggered by my previous words. I was surprised, but probably something was wrong with it.

Its face began to swell, as if there was a large amount of living creature inside its body. In the scramble to squeeze out, the body began to become puffy, and a large number of painful faces appeared on the epidermis. These people's faces are only the size of a palm, and as soon as they take shape, they are immediately distorted and turned into another human face. For a moment, Novsky was no longer human, and his dense human face and puffiness exuded a disgusting, evil, and strange smell.

"Huh? It seems that Achuan, your words have had an effect. Tomie's face was slightly interested. Looking at Novsky, who was changing, "It had to make a choice. ”

"Choice? What are the options? Continue to be abnormal humans or become a monster through and through? I couldn't help but ask.

Tomie did not answer. But the effects of Novsky's mutation were already felt in me. However, this effect is still a good thing for me for the time being. In the self-examined video, the dotted lines that occupy the body lines are gradually being filled into solid lines, and the parts of the body that have disappeared are gradually being filled. It's growing back at a rate that's visible to the naked eye. However, the bad news may also be due to Novsky's mutation.

This dimensionality reduction environment, which was damaged by Tomie's invasion, is rapidly collapsing.

Novsky's violent reaction had no intention of stopping, and he held his head and fell to his knees, opening his mouth as if screaming. But it didn't make a sound at all, its hood had been torn off, and its swollen and bulging eyeballs were like the eyes of a dead fish. It maintained this painful posture as if it had been transformed into a statue, leaving only a large number of human faces rotating over its skin.

"I don't think I can do this with just one word." I'm a little cautious to say that it's better to have fewer changes that don't understand the cause and effect at all. Although for the time being, the pressure of the previous period has been relieved, but no one can say how much impact the changed Novsky will have in the future.

At the same time, I never had the luxury of expecting such an enemy to suddenly "wake up and become friends and join the team" as in the story. If I could kill it, I would not hesitate to take this opportunity to do so, but Nofsky is not this body at all, and the essence of its entire life and existence is still in the repeater of Area 51. To understand this, it is fairly simple.

Since it has become part of the repeater, of course, it is impossible to completely break away from the repeater.

Just as Marceau, who is at the control core of the repeater, descends with the help of Marceau in this repeater world and merges with it, it is conceivable that Novsky's situation is roughly that he has chosen someone from this repeater world as the carrier. After all, although Area 51 uses both the Doomsday Shinrikyo and the Cyber Sphere to form a bilateral relationship, there is still a certain gap between the two in terms of mystery alone, and this gap will definitely be reflected in the Repeater itself.

Area 51 intends to develop its own mystical power system, just like the Doomsday Shinrikyo cult. But even if it is Novsky, it can probably only be regarded as an experimental product, and it itself has too many unstable factors. Now, Novsky's mutation seems to prove this even more.

If the opponent was not me, but Tomie, or even Marceau, who is still hiding in the Peninsula Mental Hospital, Novsky's defeat seemed to be a foregone conclusion.

Although there is a gap in the power that can be exerted, and the experience is inferior, but in essence, Novsky is still a part of the repeater, even if he burns it to ashes in front of him, it is impossible to kill him in the real sense.

Although Tomie has many characteristics of "Jiang", my intuition is that the development of things will definitely not be "Tomie killed the child of destiny here". From the beginning, I didn't expect anything like that. Tomie's repulsion of Novsky may also trigger a change in the "Children of Destiny", and it is entirely in my mind that the situation will lead to the development of the self and further become part of the apocalyptic process.

No matter how strange the results are and how much information they reveal, for me, it is an expected end.

There are still many questions, and they can't be fully answered. There is only speculation, no more evidence. But just in terms of the outcome of the battle-

"That's enough." I said to Tomie, "This time, we won, and that's all." ”

Yes, it's enough, as Tomie said, fighting is a simple thing, don't care about the impact of victory in the present on the future. Tomie stared at me, his wanton expression gradually becoming restrained and gentle. She walked up to me, reached out to me, and pulled me up from the ground while my right leg was still recovering.

"There are always only two outcomes in a battle, and if you lose now, even if you win in the future, you will lose a lot of things." She said to me, "Because you lose now, you will win in the future - that's what the weak will believe." Achuan, you are strong, you can become stronger. ”

I smiled silently. In fact, Tomie's previous words are more concerned than today's big truth.

"Jiang, you expect him to become a monster in the full sense of the word, don't you?" I looked at Novsky, who was so swollen that he looked like he might explode at any moment, and asked.

"Well...... I'm just bored. Tomie said indifferently, "I'm too strong, if he turns into a monster, maybe it will be more interesting." ”

Ah, just to have some fun? I thought so. At the same time, the sky cracked, the surrounding landscape was chaotic, and I felt as if I had drilled out of a small box, and the size of this box was indescribably small. The images of motion observation that appeared in my mind suddenly became extremely disordered, and the next moment it was as if it was a short circuit, and all the images disappeared.

The pain was intense, burning my brain.

It's a familiar feeling. I thought so and wiped the tip of my nose. Sure enough, overloaded. (To be continued......)