Chapter Thirty-Eight: The Future Rewritten
After putting himself in the right position and honestly uniting with the Godfather, Tovatus stopped making trouble.
He spoke directly about Kamalse's weakness -
"There are theoretically only three ways to defeat that man."
Tovatus rarely had a smile on his face.
He said slowly: "The principle is very simple...... His spells must be toggled with a view of the eye.
"His glasses weren't flat glasses...... Rather, it is a myopia lens that seals vision and does not match the prescription. ”
"Won't this permanently destroy his eyesight?"
"The body of an elf can live for a thousand years, how can it be destroyed by such a trivial matter."
Tovatus shook his head: "That is, as long as you can blind him in any way, or block his vision with blisters, transparent helmets, etc., he can only use the time-stop ability;
"In the same way, if you knock his glasses out of the air, he'll only have the ability to turn back time."
"And what if I only smash one of the glasses?"
The barber asked, "Can he use both, or neither?" ”
“…… Of course, it is impossible to use them at the same time, otherwise he would not have such myopic glasses, but monocles. ”
Faced with this question, Tovatus fell into thought: "I didn't think about this situation.
"But in terms of spell principles, he should still only be able to use it when he stops...... Because his vision is still blurry. The situation should be equated to wearing monocles. ”
"He's stopped for more than fifty minutes at most, and if you can blind him for more than an hour, and assuming he keeps using it, he'll be powerless to resist. But this possibility is almost non-existent, after all, he is not a fool - most problems can be solved by stopping in time, and fighting back against his attackers is allowed by the dragon.
"Most of the people he used spells to erase his traces were not the ones who came to assassinate him...... but those who affect his interests, or who are ready to extinguish their mouths. ”
As he spoke, Tovatus glanced at Miss Morgan next to him, "For example, this cute pony." ”
"As long as it affects his eyesight, can you block him from using the ability to turn back time......
Sounds actionable.
But......
"In that case, he'll have the ability to stop time again."
"It's the choice."
Tovatus spread his hands: "I can only tell you how to reduce the two abilities he holds to one.
"Personally, I'd prefer that you kill him the moment he takes off his glasses. This is what I think is the most balanced and effective tool.
"If he can't use it immediately, he will give priority to self-protection...... That is, he will try to reverse everything around him.
"For example, bullets from sniper rifles, or shells, bombs, mines. Restore their status or location to a day ago. Just use an attack that he can't rewind...... For example, a poison that can paralyze the mind, or a curse that makes him unconscious in an instant.
"One of the major flaws in his ability is that he can't turn back his time. If he was injured, he couldn't use this spell to rewind himself to the day before. But he can try to change this future by grabbing anyone he sees in his field of vision and turning back the time of the whole world.
"According to the mother's memory...... When he turns back the time of the world, he must look at someone. In other words, he can only cast this spell if he 'sees someone clearly'. ”
"Yes. And you need to keep looking at each other. ”
Morgan on the side testified with great certainty: "He always knocks me down first, and then uses this spell...... I was still wondering what was the unseen thing that knocked me down. It turned out to be my wound in a world where time was suspended......"
"That spell that he used to turn back the time of the world, and he needed to activate time?"
The barber captured an important detail: "How long exactly?" ”
“…… I didn't pay attention, maybe five or six seconds? Or maybe a second or two shorter...... But I'm not sure if it's a nod I had during my experience. ”
Morgan wasn't so sure: "It's not instantaneous anyway." Because he would talk to me every time. ”
"Can't he turn back his time?"
The barber captures the key point: "So I can kill him with chronic poison or a curse?"
"Yes, nothing in his body can be affected by his abilities. Assuming you have a way to get him to swallow explosives, you can kill him. He couldn't get memories after going back in time. As long as you reach the situation where you can't change the verdict in one day, you can't save yourself no matter what. ”
"That's the second way...... I was going to do that, but it was too late. ”
Tovatus had some regrets: "We have to end it all in one day...... Neither the second nor the third is available. ”
"So, what about the third option?"
"The principle is simple, but it's cumbersome to operate."
Tovatus shook his head: "Suppose there is a poisonous throwing knife that is thrown at Kamalse, who has taken off his glasses and is ready to turn back time.
He didn't have time to put on his glasses at this time, so he could only choose the time to rewind the knife and rewind it to the position it had been twenty-four hours ago.
"-What if, then, twenty-four hours ago, I had been here and had thrown the knife at him in exactly the same amount of time?"
Just keep the time right, and overlap the two kills twenty-four hours apart.
to be able to complete this kill.
…… Since yesterday, when he threw that poisoned throwing knife, he had already killed the future Kamalse.
This is also a way. As long as the design is subtle enough, it can be done.
But......
It's too late for a day.
The barber and Morgan looked at each other.
"Let's try the first option first."
He said in a deep voice, "If it fails, you go back and try the third method." ”
Tovatus couldn't have managed to kill Director Kamalse in those few seconds.
But it doesn't have to be that the barber can't do it.
Because he has another helper......
- Bad day.
"But until then, let's refine the plan......"
The barber thought for a moment: "I'll show up with you when the time comes." ”
"No way!"
Morgan and Tovatus refused in unison.
"That's too dangerous...... If you really can't, give up on me. ”
Morgan rejected the barber's plan with unusually vehement: "My existence is not worthless. At least I've made an alliance with you, and maybe you'll be able to defeat him in the future......"
"It's really not necessary."
Tovatus frowned, "Miss Morgan will die at twelve o'clock tonight in the morning, no matter what." It's nothing more than letting her not let her witness the difference between Kamalse, and there is really no need to rush it. ”
"In that case," the barber decided to reveal something, "I might as well say more...... Why do I have to help Miss Morgan.
"Originally, I decided to assassinate Director Kamalse tonight. The specific time is around 12 o'clock in the morning. ”
Hearing this, both Tovatus and Morgan were stunned.
They quickly realized the meaning of this sentence -
"But at least until half past three tomorrow, he'll ......."
Morgan blurted out.
In the first week, she was able to be sent back by Kamalse and turn back the time of this world, which shows one thing.
That is, the godfather's assassination plan failed.
Otherwise, Kamalser would not have survived until half past three tomorrow morning.
But since the second week, she has not seen her godfather around midnight......
This shows that-
"Yes. When you come back, the future has changed. ”
The barber looked at Morgan with a complicated gaze: "I vaguely guessed the truth when I learned about his abilities...... And after learning about Tovatus's mother, I was convinced that my conjecture was correct.
"—You've saved me once before you knew it, Miss Morgan. This is my gratitude. ”
…… It's like Tovatus's mother, who went back in time and changed the outcome of his death.
Morgan was sent back in time...... It is also correcting the ending of Russell's failed assassination in another timeline!