Chapter 112: You Definitely Don't Want to Kick Me Out
"Cut off the past? Going into the future? What are you going to do? An Ping looked at the shadow who suddenly spoke in confusion.
"What Inazuma needs is a character like Shin, even if I am completely different from Shin, I will never be able to be her, and I need to do the same things as her. Inazuma will have new changes and possibilities, but it will take time, and the scars left by the past will be healed by the time of the future. No matter how much time it takes, I'll stick to it, that's what I promised. Looking at the place where the memories of the samurai who had once followed her and believed in her disappeared, Kage made her promise.
"It's good that you've figured it out... But what's going on with your body, is it true that even the basic functions are damaged? An Ping stared at Ei's body up and down.
I don't seem to see any leakage or the screws are loose... How can it be that even the beast realm hound can't be even?
"About this... As I said, cut off the best chance of the past. She's already calling me, take me to the cave below the Narukami Shrine, where you're heading into the future..."Shadow was already weak, and it seemed like he had some problems even standing.
An Ping hurriedly grabbed her arm, full of doubts.
"Who the hell is calling you? And what is the situation that makes you unable to stand up?! Why go to the cave under the Narukami Taisha Shrine? Is it true? β
"You'll understand when you get there... Yesterday, your position as a bodyguard was not revoked, so send me there now. Shadow didn't say anything, Anhei and Ying looked at each other worriedly, so they hurriedly followed the path that Shadow pointed out and sent her to the cave below the Narukami Shrine.
"That's right, this is it..."Shadow's body became weaker and weaker, and he was almost completely leaning on Anping's body.
The warm fragrant nephrite was in his arms, and Anping was unmoved. Of course, it's because of the tight eyes along the way.
"Alright, stop talking." Anping walked in directly with Ying, only to find that Ying didn't follow.
"Ying, what are you rubbing?" An Ping turned his head to look at Xiang Ying.
"There's an enchantment here... I can't get in with Paimon..."Ying and Paimon touched the indestructible barrier as thin as a cicada's wings, looking at Anping in a daze.
Why can Anping go in directly? Is it because of his relationship with the shadow? But looking at the movie's expression, she also seemed to be very surprised.
"Huh? It's really..."An Ping took a closer look and found that layer of enchantment. But when he first came in, he really didn't feel it at all, and An Ping naturally attributed the reason to the shadow he was holding in his arms.
"Why don't you lift this barrier and let them in?" An Ping looked down at the shadow.
"Why... Forget it, you already have a lot of puzzles on you, and now is not the time to get to the bottom of you..."Ying thought that Anping even wanted to enter her single-minded pure land, and it was not a fuss to be able to pass through this layer of enchantment she had laid down.
"Huh? What's wrong? Anping was confused. Shadow didn't answer, but used all his strength to raise his hand and remove the barrier at the entrance of the cave, and the four of them entered the damp cave.
It looks like an ordinary cave, and there doesn't seem to be anything special about it except for a few shrines on the ground and candles that never seem to go out.
"What are you doing here?" As soon as Anping's doubtful words fell, a burst of cherry blossoms suddenly floated at the position of the shrine, and a torii gate slowly appeared among the cherry blossoms.
"There's a torii gate in the world?" Paimon said in surprise, pointing at the torii.
"This place was sealed by my own hands... Thunderbolt is really the entrance to the consciousness space... Send me in..."Shadow gestured to the middle of the torii, which looked like the entrance to Anpei's portal.
"This is the entrance to the Raiden True Consciousness Space?" Anhei looked curiously at the passage in the middle of the torii, hugged the body of the shadow, and walked in.
Ying and Paimon hurriedly followed. After a whirlwind, a dizzy Ying and Paimon stood up from the ground.
"Uh... I'm so dizzy... What kind of place is this..."Paimon, dazed, staggered across the sky with his head covered, and Ying also covered his dizzy head.
"Wow! This placeβ" Paimon let out a surprised voice as he saw the environment clearly.
It is as deep as the sea, as vast as the sky, as mysterious as the universe, as dreamy as a jewel, and as warm as a hot spring.
Standing here, looking at the sky as if it was dotted with the Milky Way, even my mind became quiet and peaceful.
"Is this the real space of consciousness?" Ying looked around and saw two shadows facing each other not far away.
Or should I say that it was the general who confronted the shadow. Why are they facing each other? What about Anping? Ying looked for it again, only to see An Ping lying on the ground covering his face in another place.
"What are you doing?" Ying hurriedly ran over and pulled Anping up, and saw the tears that kept sliding from the corners of Anping's eyes.
"What's wrong with you?" Ying looked at An Ping in surprise. The last time she saw Anping crying like this was when Noelle told him to break up at the Wind Flower Festival.
"I don't know... I don't know..."An Ping shook his head like a helpless child, and there was a hole at the bottom of his eyes that seemed to be stripped of his feelings.
I don't know? Ying frowned.
"Did you remember something?"
"Nothing... I just suddenly felt so bad... My heart hurts... I've lost something very important... But I don't know what it is... Why is this happening..."Anping covered his head in pain, but even if his head was almost bursting, he still couldn't recall anything in his head.
He only felt that his heart was empty, and there must be a very important piece of something in his body that had been taken away.
Who is it? Who exactly? Why do you feel this feeling when you get here? The sadness was about to overwhelm Anping, but he had no idea why he was sad.
This kind of relationship that can't find the root is like wanting to sneeze but it stops abruptly, almost torturing An Ping to the point of collapse.
"Calm down... Calm down... This is the real space of consciousness... Ying may know what happened to you, I'll take you over to her..."Ying quickly grabbed An Ping's hands and comforted him softly.
"yes, let's go find Kage, she'll know for sure." Paimon also looked at An Ping anxiously.
Ying pulled Anping, who was in tears, to Ei's side, but the situation here also seemed to be a little wrong.
"This body is the inner helper and the guardian of the law. If you want to deviate from the law within, then this body... and turned into Shura. The general who confronted the shadow was unexpectedly indifferent in tone, and his whole body was full of hostility.
"You have traveled through the world in my body, and you seem to have mastered the true meaning of eternity. You think you're more determined now than you were in the past, so you're right now, right? β
"Do you have a new idea now, or are you being worn out irresistibly?" When talking about wear and tear, the general's eyes fell on An Ping, who was walking over with Ying.
"I have come to answer you. We are both warriors, and the only way to talk at this moment is to fight. "Shadow's body also exudes high fighting spirit and indelible will.
"Wait! Why are you going to fight!? Ei: Can you take a look at Anping's situation first? He's so weird right now, he's been crying all the time. Paimon anxiously pointed at Anping.
Ying looked back at An Ping, whose tears were not stopping, and his eyes were empty.
"What's wrong with him?" Obviously, Ying didn't expect Anping to become like this.
"Don't you know? He was fine before he came in, why did he suddenly look like he had been dumped? β
"Paimon, you've just been dumped." Even at this time, Anping can't forget to be hard-mouthed.
"I don't understand, but you stand back for a moment, I have to make a break with the past first." Shadow raised her hand and motioned for Paimon to back off.
"Ei, are you alright?" Paimon can always steal what Anping and Ying want to say first.
"All the discomfort before, it was the general who resisted me from continuing to use her body. As she said, as soon as I had the idea of changing, she would see me as an enemy. Just like I did in the Pure Land of One Heart, as long as I enter the space of consciousness, I can exist independently of her and will not be disturbed by it. Although the general is a puppet, he also has his own sense of self. If necessary, she will appear here to confront me. This is the eternal defense mechanism. Shadow explained her previous anomaly.
"Do you have to fight? Can't you just sit down and have a good talk? If she told the general her true understanding of eternity as before, she would be able to understand it. Paimon worriedly looked at Shadow and the general standing across from him.
"The general is my ideal in the past, the eternal cornerstone, and it is difficult to shake. I wouldn't try to change her unless I had to. Shadow shook her head.
"Then I'll help you too..."Ying stood beside Ei.
"No need, it has to be me, and only me, can defeat the past me." Ying rejects Ying's kindness.
"You really don't give yourself a way out... For the sake of Inazuma, come on, let's do it. Anping wiped a handful of tears and took Paimon and Ying far away.
"I am your past, I am the law of all things, I am the eternal - the Guardian!" The general shook the naginata in his hand.
"And I, I am a dream of my subjects - Thunder Movie!" Shadow lifts up his dream and fights with the general.
In the real consciousness space, the thunder element suddenly surged in vastness.
"Anping... Do you say Shadow can win? Ying looked at the two who were evenly matched, and asked with some concern.
"Surely it can, if the general represents the will of the Shadow, then didn't the Shadow have already overcome his past just now?" Anping wasn't very worried.
It's just that he is still haunted by the silence that cannot find the source. What the hell is that...
"I can't tell who's who..."Paimon's eyes were dazzled by the identical appearance of the general and Kage.
"This is easy to distinguish, the one with the braided hair is the shadow, and the one with the purple hair is the general."
"Aren't you talking nonsense!" At this time, teasing Paimon can bring a little comfort to Anping.
The battle lasted for half an hour, and Shadow gradually gained the upper hand. As Anping said, Ying has already defeated his past self, how could he be defeated by the general.
With Kage's new understanding of eternity, and the sword that carried the dream of Inazuma's thousands of living beings, Raiden Shogun fell to the ground.
"Shadow wins!" Paimon cheered. At least she could still tell the end of the battle, and it was the shadow who was carrying the sword.
"As long as the leylines are still flowing, the torment of time will never end!" Raiden Shogun, who had fallen to the ground, let out a ghostly sound, and stood up again intact.
"General, she... She's back to normal!? Paimon looked at the general in surprise.
"Isn't this a cheat?! Shadow has already won...", but the general ignored this and continued to fight with Shadow.
And Shadow seems to have expected all this, without the slightest expression of surprise on his face, comprehending the thoughtlessness of a new realm... Or rather, what should now be called a dream slashed through the barriers of time and space, and knocked the general to the ground again.
Even because Ei is becoming more and more proficient in his new comprehension, the speed of defeating the general for the second time is faster.
"Have you finally defeated her?" Paimon said excitedly. But Paimon's voice was like a flag, and when she finished speaking, the general stood up from the ground again, looked at Ying emotionlessly, and said, "It seems that your martial arts have improved." β
"Is the general invincible?" Yingdu looked at Raiden Shogun in disbelief.
"This is the space of consciousness, and her existence is really hard to shake. She is the product of the fight against wear and tear, and in terms of will, she is above all living beings, including you and me. Ying wasn't surprised by this.
"Isn't there no end to this battle?"
"Perhaps. But I must prove to her that my will is not the product of wear and tear at this moment. The future I will forge will be a great cause that can withstand wear and tear. Without this, there would be no way to change the shogun's rules, and there would be no way forward for Inazuma. Shadow's eyes and braids glowed purple.
"It's my responsibility, no matter how long this battle lasts, months, years, tens or hundreds of years... No matter how many times, I will beat her. β
"But can you bear to let humans go alone?" Ying wants to stop Eiko and Shogun from fighting with no end in sight.
"I understand, but if the dream is truly eternal, then there is nothing to be afraid of if the general does not exist. If it were for Inazuma's infinite future, no matter how long my battle was, it would only be as fleeting as an eternity. I promise the subjects of Inazuma that I will return. β
"This promise is your witness."
"During my absence, everything will be handed over to the Son of God and my imperial bodyguard." Shadow glanced at Anping.
"Butβ" Paimon was about to say something.
"Tell me what I said!" With Shadow's order, Ying and Paimon disappeared directly in place. There are the Sons of God and their words... Inazuma won't have a problem, right... Eige is ready to continue fighting the Shogun to the end.
Suddenly, Ying felt that his thigh was being hugged, and when he looked down, his expression suddenly became surprised.
"Why are you still here?"
"You must not try to kick me out until I find out why I am grieving!" Anping hugged Shadow's thighs tightly, and tears soaked Shadow's shoes and socks.