Chapter 43: Cocooning
Yusuke Torashima's body was completely entangled in cobwebs, and he struggled a few times but couldn't get out completely. A coffee-colored grenade condensed in his hand, smashing it viciously into the believers above. Seeing this, Izumi stood still slightly and wrapped the chain around the surging spiders, and the chain in his other hand grabbed Yusuke Torashima's body, trying to tear off the dense spider silk. However, although the silk threads were slender but extremely flexible, even if they were torn off, they would be entangled again, and even climbed up some of Izumi's wrists, he frowned and broke free, but he couldn't bear to abandon his companion, so he could only turn his head to look at Yusuke Torashima with some regret, and before he could say anything, he pushed him aside. The believer looked a little surprised, but his palm quickly stretched out, and the spider silk tied the grenade and threw it at Izumi. Izumi Huangbo couldn't dodge, so he could only barely reach out and tie up the chains and stretch them out.
"Bang !!"
ββ¦β¦ Hmmm......"
Even if it wasn't completely blown up on himself, he was stunned for a moment. The tinnitus caused by the popping sound and the momentary fatigue of his whole body were still in his body, and two bright blue liquids oozed from the corners of his eyes, but on closer inspection, they were not liquids, but slow-flowing isocrystals, coloring the chain webs that had been torn apart by spiders below. His eyes widened in panic, his chest, palms, and brain ached, and he resisted the urge to shrink into a ball and forced himself to stand up, barely holding himself up with chains instead of the walls of the pit, and his already godless eyes were a little more dilated.
ββ¦β¦ Haha, that's amazing, Tiger Island. β
"Sorry?! I didn't mean to...... Tsk, it's all this guy who is too cunning......"
"You ...... guy"
Izumi frowned slightly, and the chain in his hand tossed aside the spiders that had awakened and twisted one after another, and smashed into a ball with the spiders that had been shattered by the attack, and the debris slowly gathered together to pounce on new spiders. This method is similar to Zhuang Sihong's previous fighting method, which will consume a lot of physical strength. So...... He raised his hand with a frown, and the chain wrapped around Yusuke Torashima's waist, and then wrapped around him again. Some of them will be too long to maintain and lack physical strength...... He clenched his fists and tried to support his crumbling body. You'll have to act before you're done with it, or at least block her movements.
It also takes a lot of heterocrystals to create such a space, and the body may not be able to hold it. He and Asuka Shizu had practiced in Kyotaro's training ground before, and if he was the most normal messenger, he could create a maximum of space the size of the training ground, plus at least sixty-two percent of the space inside would be occupied by chains. Now this pit is much larger than the training ground, at least twice the size of the training ground, and it is estimated that it is an underground location cleared by someone specially entrusted with the qualification of the envoy, and the surrounding and underground are occupied by spiders that will continue to regenerate on two floors or so. It's definitely going to be a lot of work...... The look on her face was not visible from below, but even the most powerful ones in the emissary records might not be able to sustain this space for that long.
β¦β¦ There must be something wrong with this, at least definitely related to what Mariko of Fire mentioned earlier, those isocrystals that were artificially injected into the body. If you find something in it, then you can't tell......
β¦β¦ He suddenly thought of something, and smiled slightly. At the same time, the spider opened its bloody jaws and struck at him, and he continued to summon the chains, but instead of smashing it, he put the whole chain into its mouth, stirring it from the inside out. It seemed to touch something sharp and soft inside, causing it to scream and run in his direction. His body was slightly weak, and he was a little dizzy because of the repeated output of isocrystals, and his barely raised hand cracked when the spider rushed towards him but couldn't control the more and more swollen body, muffled, black and pink and blue crystals exploded together, he barely recovered his part, and the whole person sat weakly in a mess.
ββ¦β¦ Huhγ...... Such...... Really...... Tiger Island ......! Your side...... How's that?! β
He barely shouted at the top of his voice. Yusuke Torashima, who was wrapped in his own anomaly and looked like a mummy in a coffin, didn't move for a long time, and he even thought for a moment that something had happened to the other party. Soon, however, a slightly tired voice rang out from within it.
"I'm fine...... The cobwebs seem to have loosened a little just now, Izumi-senpai, what did you do? β
"Nothing, but at least...... My guess was correct, but it's going to be difficult, and I can't tell you. His voice was getting lower and lower, as if he had no intention of saying anything to him, although it was possible, at least if it was definitely safer for the homomorphs who "kept entering isomorphs" and the guys who were also manipulating isomorphs. However...... "What should I say...... Mr. Izumi, you are indeed very smart, at least you have thought of such a method. I can see it clearly. The female voice sounded out at an inopportune time, and she no longer stood honestly in place, but walked lightly, and stepped on the tightly wrapped Yusuke Torashima with high-heeled boots, "...... But it would be foolish to try to defeat us in this way. β
With a chuckle of her voice, the red robe was draped casually over Yusuke Torashima, and her body slowly descended with the spider silk before finally landing on Izumi Arami. The moment she stretched out her hand, countless spiders wrapped around the edge, grinding the chains with their pointed feet and sharp teeth, and there was a pang of pain in Izumi's eyes. He suddenly noticed somethingβher off-the-shoulder vest showed the pinholes in her arms visibly, faintly oozing black and pink crystals as well, and smiled at him.
"You can't defeat me in determination......"
"Most of you have the same isomorphism, but it's not registered in the base database. In addition, according to the population registration and the birth rate of emissaries due on February 27 last year in Canaan, Japan, the birth rate of emissaries is far less than 1%, and it is unlikely that there will be so many emissaries in this case. The face of the spring barren wave did not change, these times were enough for him to stand up and recover a little strength, the chains gathered on his palms and quickly clenched into fists, this distance can be directly hit even if it is a direct melee attack, but he does not have the confidence that he can retreat with his whole body with a direct hit, even so he still stated calmly, secretly ambushing the slender chains among the spiders.
ββ¦β¦ So you ......."
"I don't remember the guy you're talking about, but most of them are correct, and in that case, it should be fine to give you a little courtesy. I'm sure you'll be able to join us in the future. The existence of the messenger itself is for the sake of the gods...... So that He can guide us into the future. Therefore, we have to go through the same trial, even Miko-sama. β
"Miko-sama...... Do you mean Rika Kawashima? β
"Exactly, but because she is controlled by you, we can't continue our plans...... Of course, we have other plans, so it's just one less way for us. The woman lowered her eyes slightly, "Speaking of this meeting...... It's not our intention, it's all Makino-sama's will for me, and I want to do it. β
β¦β¦ Makino.
Izumi Huangbo's mind involuntarily appeared with the face of the paper ancestor flying bird, he took a few steps back, and hurriedly calmed down to be vigilant about the surroundings, only to find that the spiders around him had all disappeared at some point. An exaggerated hole filled with different colored crystals unfolded in front of him. Yusuke Torashima remained tied up in that position, and the woman raised her hand for Spider Silk to put him down, only the hand was restrained, revealing a confused but still annoyed expression.
"Senpai ...... Izumi?"
ββ¦β¦ When are you, and Makino...... Is it the little one? β
"It's the Makino you know, I'll leave it at that. I won't say anything else, but if Makino-sama gives me an order, I need to obey it. A shallow hole slowly emerged behind her, seemingly leading farther and farther away, "Just call me 'Higuchi', Makino-sama has something you want to see that you need to make sure, and this person here can come along, but if you do something harmful to our Eternal Life Society, I will immediately make you disappear from the world." β
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Izumi Araba looked at Yusuke Torashima, and Yusuke Torashima also looked back in confusion, compared to him, Yusuke Torashima had more messes in his head, and his attitude towards this kind of thing was hard not to confirm what he would do, but if he didn't see the whole picture, he would be completely ignorant and make a bigger mistake.
It's like myself at that time.
If he was to be Izumi Araba himself and determined to do something that he wouldn't do before, at least he would want someone to save him, so that neither the other party nor himself would feel regrets.
β¦β¦ Although he is somewhat self-inflicted, after all, he and Yusuke Torashima are not that acquainted, but if he can give the news to a friend other than Asuka Paperzu, whether it is Yoshitaka or Shoji or Mr. Mendechel, or even his father...... Then you won't have so many mistakes. He didn't blame the paper ancestor Asuka, he just hoped that such a thing could happen less, less.
β¦β¦ A little less .......
"Tiger Island, follow me if you hear it. I'll be optimistic about you. Izumi Araha sighed and turned his gaze to Higuchi, "Since you are a member of the 'shrine', even if all your news is erased by various forces, I will do everything in my power to find out your true identity and seize every opportunity to erase you cleanly." Especially...... Makino, that guy. β