Since his "Plymouth Fury" was not in service, Ryan had expected to be sent to a Cadillac. Instead, he had to accept the same black van, which the Yuan Gang used to attack orphanages in the past.

These madmen have no taste at all!

"It's a shame," Ryan complained in the back row, with Uglenn Henry sitting on his lap. Sarin sat in the front row, and Mosquito sat in the second row. "At least it's a Chrysler!"

As he drove through the streets of New Rome, Sarin muttered in front, "No one can see us because the windows are tinted." Shortly after dusk, they left Rusty Town, and Ryan seized the opportunity to memorize the names of the border guards they had bribed. "When people see us outdoors, they sound the alarm."

"yes, yes, a black pickup truck doesn't look suspicious at all."

"Boss, half of us are too big to fit into a normal car." Mosquito noted that he had to lower his head to get into the car. "We had to truck Frank."

Ah, Superman's logistics. Ryan wondered how the Danes dealt with their Serpent Overlord Nehogg. They may have to redraw the map every time they transform. "Mosquito, what's your second ability?" The president asked as they walked through the slums of the south. "Except for the whole male bug thing."

"I'm holding Hercules' knockoffs, the super powerful kind." The mosquito sighed. "It didn't turn out very well. I only got superpowers after I was refilled with blood, and after that I was getting weaker every minute. ”

"You ate the second Grimm?" Ryan asked, narrowing his eyes suspiciously. "Why? Don't you want the whole rainbow?"

"Well, being a big mosquito isn't very attractive, you know, Boss?" I figured that if I drank the elixir of the same color as the first one, it would wash away the first energy and replace it. It makes a lot of sense to me. ”

"You're an idiot," Shalin said Ryan out loud.

Mosquitoes stand upright. "yes, but at least I have a body."

"Shut your mouth!" Zarin stopped looking at the road and raised his hand at the mosquito as if to blow him up. "I'm going to rip your witty head off!"

"Hey, everyone, calm down, there's a cat in the back!" Ryan said to de-escalate the situation. Mosquito and Shalin exchanged gestures, but Meta's new vice president turned his attention back to the road. "Besides, you also took two doses of the elixir, Chernobyl. It's fifty steps and a hundred steps of laughter. ”

"That's fucking different, bastard," Shalin replied. "I took my elixir shortly after Easter last year, and no one knew at the time that taking an extra dose of elixir was a bad idea. And the bug knew exactly what was going to happen to him. ”

Ryan blinked. "Wait, you've been like this for 15 years?"

"XIV. I swear, if you find an antidote, the first thing I'll do is get someone's head out. Fourteen years of celibacy, dude; Fourteen years. I don't understand how a pastor does it. ”

A disgusting joke here, but even Ryan has his own standards.

Mosquitoes don't. "Well, they learned how to take care of children."

Ryan ignored the programmer who was laughing at his joke and pondered the message. Sharin's situation made him hesitate for a moment, but watching her burn New Rome with Adam made him perhaps less sympathetic to her. As for the mosquitoes, he happily helped kidnap the orphans, throwing them into the bunker's defenses.

Yes, these two people made the wrong decision. But instead of changing their lives, they keep making things worse. If anything, the only mutant the Messenger sympathizes with is the madman Frank, who apparently suffers from mental illness and needs psychiatric treatment. Maybe it's because of Ryan's bloody experience, but it's hard for time travelers to see psychopaths as monsters.

Eventually, Sarin reached his destination and parked the van in front of the Dead Land Motel.

Livia and her escort were waiting in the parking lot. Last time she only brought Seck and Mortimer, and this time Princess Augustus brought reinforcements. Sparrows, Daredevil, and hockey victim Luigi.

Damn, Ryan knows what he's overlooked!

"Hello, legitimate gentlemen," Ryan and his "neurotic" bodyguards got out of the car and greeted everyone. The president held Uglenn Henry in his arms. "We are here for peace!"

"Hi, I'm Sykes!" Only Greta raised a hand and waved to everyone with a smirk. Ryan wondered how she could break her cheerful attitude. "Nice to meet you!"

Others, however, were less enthusiastic. Mortimer hid a gun under his cloak, Sparrow used her body to protect Augustus' daughter, the Night Terror stood still in the terrible silence, and Luigi bravely stood behind.

As for Livia......

"So, you're the new leader of the Superpowers?" Although she seemed confident and in control, Ryan noticed a hint of unease in Livia's gaze. Although she was able to read the notes she had left before, the presence of a psychopath did not make her feel safe. "Save it, huh?"

"President," Ryan replied, holding his cat in his hand. "Mr. President".

"Who picked you?" Mortimer asked curiously.

"You won't want to know." The mosquito replied with a shudder. "They... Persuasive arguments. ”

"Six against three," Sarin mocked Augustus. "Are you really that afraid of us?"

"Considering you've been attacking our business lately, we thought it was a trap," Sparrow replied, then checked the earbuds hidden under his hair. "Miss Livia, it seems that they did come alone."

"I know the previous administration didn't get along well with yours, but now it's all in the past," Ryan said. "We want the two countries to live in peace. We even brought a gift to show our kindness. ”

"Gifts?" Greta's smile became sincere, as she had been notified beforehand. "I love gifts. What kind of gift?"

"Of course it's the old government!" Ryan snapped his fingers. Mosquito opens the box of the black pickup van, grabs the contents, and throws them at Livia's feet. "Specially packed for you."

Mental shock writhed on the ground, blissfully out of task.

Duchess Augustus looked down contemptuously at the limp body of the hijacker. Sparrow and Mortimer curiously study The Psychopath, and Greta's joy turns to disappointment.

"Ah, he's drugged?" Seckel complained as she noticed the liquid dripping out of Psyshock's mouth. "I want them to understand what's going to happen next. Otherwise, it doesn't feel right. ”

"We caught this squid yesterday," Ryan said. "However, you have to eliminate his power before he can die for a long time."

"Wait, she can eliminate superpowers?" Shalin immediately asked with interest.

"Yes, I'm doing it right now," Greta said proudly, which Ryan confirmed after a failed attempt to activate the Time Stopper.

"Then why am I still made of gas?" Sarin grumbled, then raised his hand to the sky. "Well, I can't create a shockwave anymore."

"I don't know why, but some abilities outsmart me," Sykes said disappointedly. "Just like the boss. He can't shoot lightning in front of me, but he's still invulnerable. ”

"And be grateful for it," Sparrow said ominously. "Or he'll kill you."

So this confirms Ryan's theory. Cancellation does not invalidate the power; She disrupted the elixir's connection to their color dimension, preventing access to this bottomless energy source, but unable to affect the physical mutations.

However, she succeeded in eliminating the burn of the mongrel in the previous cycle, which he obtained from an imitation that did not require Red Dimension fuel. Ryan tries to reconcile these two contradictions until he realizes the missing link: the mutthel's original white elixir. Because it's a balance that keeps his multiple abilities alive, by destroying it, canceling could cause his other abilities to get out of hand.

As for Augustus, this only shows that his indestructibility is a physical mutation. Combined with the other information Ryan has gathered, it is possible that the corpse of the gangster Zeus mimics the properties of a particular metal. is an advanced variant of Frank's abilities.

Probably oranges.

A damn strong orange, but it doesn't explain why Lightning Ass can move in the time it stops, or why most of the forces can't affect him...... Unless......

Unless the metal itself has unique, anomalous properties.

It's just a theory, and he needs to test its limits, but Ryan feels he has a point. More worryingly, since Ryan's powers depend on his connection to the Purple World, this means that Seke's powers could lead to permadeath. His alter ego will be trapped in a purple world, unaware that his future incarnation is dead.

"Anyway, can we wait until the squid wakes up?" I'm going to see the lights go out—" Before Greta could finish his sentence, Mortimer drew a silenced pistol and fired two shots at Psyche's head. "Morty, you coyote!" Go find your own prey!"

"What? He asked, smoke coming out of the gun. "It's teamwork. You soften the prey, and I kill it. Five thousand and fifty years. ”

"But you always get the good part!"

If Psyshock's body is seen bleeding profusely in the parking lot, Rya

will lie. "Vice President, please call our staff and see if the victim of the 'psychopath' has recovered," the president asked Sarin, then turned to Livia. "So what? Let's sign a peace treaty and shake hands......"

"Let's discuss this in a private space," she replied. "Luigi will also be in attendance."

"Are you really sure?" Ryan asked, not liking the man's presence. "He may have gone mad from this revelation."

"I hear people's dirty laundry every day," Luigi replied with a snort. "I won't be surprised at what you say."

Well, he brought it on himself.

Livia led the two men upstairs and came to her to welcome Rya

of that cosy suite. She invited them to sit around the table, where biscuits and coffee cups were already arranged. "Drink something? She asked Ryan.

"No thanks." Ryan replied, letting Uglenn Henry jump on the bed next to him. His master couldn't help but raise an eyebrow. "Is this really necessary? You should have all the information available to you. ”

"I'd like to hear from you." Livia glanced at Rogie and said. "Let my intelligence be confirmed."

"Don't try to lie," the truth-teller warned Ryan. "You can't."

"Do you want to hear a short or lengthy one?" The Time Traveler asked, feeling Luigi's power take over him.

"You can make a summary," Livia suggested.

All right.

It's time to roar!

"I'm a time traveler and I've been doing it for centuries. I live a full life in Monaco and I don't recommend it there, I've tried almost everything you can think of. Including beating you, Luigi. Livia, the notes you made can travel through my time and space, so what you wrote is true; This is the third cycle of our meeting, and I really hate that you took away my control of all the factors, but like cancer, I've learned to accept it. Also, you remind me of a friend who has been poisoned by my family environment, so I want to help you. I beat them half to death before the Powers Gang killed them all with orbital lasers, but your dad waged war on the Carnival and Power, and the city burned down again.

"I saved your ex-boyfriend from your aunt, but she ended up killing Fortuna, and your lightning dad knocked a live sun into New Rome and I had to reload. But Sepsie managed to keep up, and it didn't turn out well; I fed Big Fat Adam to a black alien and I called it Duckling because it ate hope and happiness. Then I gave the Yuan Gang a democratic choice, either vote for me or die, I became president, I love democracy so much that I will not give up power until I die. The whole timeline was ruined so I decided to try something new like find a cure for psychosis and, moreover, you have a friend's brain pattern in your head and I really want to come back, please. I haven't tampered with your notes or anything, and I don't want to trouble you unless you settle accounts with me first.

"Except for you, Luigi. I hate you, I hate you to death. The first time I beat you is one of the fondest memories of my life and I love doing it. I love it so much that I will keep doing it in each loop until the last one. And, everything you do in this cycle doesn't matter, because I'll eventually reload, so your life is meaningless. You don't matter. ”

Ryan clasped his hands together. "I guess that's all."

As he finished, Livia's fingers fidgeted at her coffee cup, her eyes lost in the pitch-black drink. Luigi's gaze becomes distant as he experiences an existential crisis.

Finally, Livia glanced at her honest man. "Luigi."

"To the left of the equal sign, ma'am?"

"I've overworked you, you need to take a vacation," Livia said in a calm and friendly tone. "To make up for it, I'll keep a large sum of money in your account. I think 20 million euros should be a good compensation. You leave New Rome now. ”

Luigi's eyes widened in shock. "Like, what, now, now?"

"Now," Livia said, her tone more unfriendly than before. "You don't look back when you're gone."

"Where do I go?" The truth-teller protested.

"Not here," Livia said with a smile, not a smile. "Obviously, you're not going to tell anyone about it, including my father. If you do, I'll know and your free time will be shortened. Do you understand?"

Luigi was a jerk, but he could see the blood on the walls.

"Also, if you don't leave the city before sunrise next time, I'll beat you up with a hockey stick." Ryan blurted out that at the time he was not yet affected by electricity. "Oh wait, no, I'm president now. I can command a drone attack. ”

Luigi wisely got up from his chair and left the room. Ryan briefly froze time and looked out the window; The truth-teller was running down the motel's stairs as fast as he could, much to the surprise of his companion Augustus.

"Believe it, princess?" Ryan said that at this point the time began to thaw and he leaned back in his chair.

"I'll admit, even if there was a warning beforehand, it was hard to accept." Livia glanced at Ognoden-Henry, who had already recognized the sheets as his own. "Why did I see him this time?" My notes say I couldn't do it before. Is this another cat?"

"No, but he's out of power," Ryan replied with a shrug. "Are you sure Luigi can't speak?"

"He'll be too busy processing what he's heard and can't do anything," Livia replied, then winced. "Sending him away now is the best option. If I don't, my strength gives him a one-third chance of suicide. ”

Ryan couldn't tell he was surprised. In his experience, this is often the most common reaction when people learn the truth, followed by trying to catch the time traveler himself. "So, you believe me?"

"Well, your narrative matches my record, but there are a few things I want to discuss with you." Livia stared into Ryan's eyes. "Since you've taken over the Yuan Gang by force, does that mean you're in control of the bunker in this iteration?"

So she knows. Of course. Her father may be in Dy

There is a mole in amis, and Livia may have documented its presence in her notes for future recycling. "Yes."

"What are you going to do with it?"

"Well, for now, I'm going to learn as much as I can about what it's about, and then destroy it in the final loop," Rya

explained. "It's a discordant apple. Every time it is excavated, it brings disaster to the city. ”

She frowned. "Are you sure what's in it can't be used in the right hands?"

"There's no right hand," Ryan quoted Leo Hargraves, who was tempted to agree. "That's right, some of the technology in it can benefit humanity, and once I filter it out, it will benefit humanity. But you have to understand that a large orbital laser will never be used for an active purpose. ”

"No, probably not," Livia admitted. "You want to cure your mental illness?"

"Actually, I thought you could help me."

"You wonder why my father and I can use both abilities at the same time without side effects." She guessed, crossing her arms. Dinas had already made a similar offer, but I declined. They will use this knowledge to form an army. ”

"I'm going to use it to heal."

She looked away. "I'll ...... I'll think about it. Give me some time to digest, Ryan. It would be much easier if I could just remember instead of taking notes. ”

"Maybe you can," Ryan said. But Psyshock destroys the required technology. I'm trying to figure out how to solve this in this loop. ”

"That's why you need Ryan Sabino's mental map?" She asked, and the time traveler nodded in response. "Okay. I need time to get all the data out, but I can send it as soon as tomorrow. ”

"Wait, you're going to give it to me?" Ryan asked in surprise. "Is that all?"

Livia blinked in confusion. "Yes, why? Isn't that our agreement?"

"Yes, but I expect another person to pick up something, or try to extort it."

"I'm not an ungrateful person, Ryan." Princess Augustus sounded a little angry at his suspicions. "Although I don't remember, from what I read, you did me a great favor. I trust my previous judgment. ”

She's so noble. Others will try to use this chip to force the other side to back down. "I owe you so much."

"No, Ryan," she replied with a smile. "I'm a debtor, and I'm going to get it off my books."

The time traveler looked away. "You know, I've been doing this alone for a long time...... After Psyshock happened, you can't imagine how nice it felt to have someone to help me unconditionally. ”

"'You're not alone,'" Livia said, "and that's what you're telling another one of me." It affected her so much that she wrote it down and I'm sure she already trusted you a lot. Although I need time to catch up, I hope we can continue down this path. ”

Yes. Ryan. "What's next, princess?" Would you like to explore the bunker with me?"

Livia shook her head sadly. "I think if I do, my father will be suspicious. He wanted to destroy you before I convinced him that conflict would only be good for Dinams, and even then my family would want to take Rusty Town back. I can give you a week or two, but after that, you'll have to get out of here, or hide underground. ”

"yes, that's what I thought too," Ryan said, finally deciding to take a sip of coffee. "To be honest, I don't think this cycle will last that long. Too many things are out of script. ”

Livia's smile trembled. "Won't there be long-term consequences?" You're going to have to reload anyway?"

"Yes. If you want to try something you didn't dare to do before, now is the time. Livia didn't answer, focusing on her cup. It's about the little atomic cat, right?"

"I ...... I thought I should use this opportunity to try to reconcile with him. Look at ......" The princess struggled to find the right words. "Let's see if I'm wrong."

Just before the end of the game, Livia had one last conversation with her ex-boyfriend. Ryan didn't know exactly what they were saying to each other, but he had strong suspicions.

Felix told her the truth. Why did he leave and never come back. He didn't love Livia at all; Not like her. Her former self wrote it down and sent a bottle to the sea to reach her next incarnation.

Now, Livia denies this painful fact. She needs to prove this information wrong and see if she can change the ending.

Ryan knew, because he had been there first. He tried to dissuade her not to do it, as it would only hurt herself, but he respected her wishes. The princess needed to learn the same lesson as he did.

Livia became more and more uncomfortable and hurriedly changed the subject. "There's one more thing you should know, Ryan. Some of our members have recently died in mysterious circumstances. Assassination, bomb ......"

Shroud.

As Ryan feared, without the handsome messenger to convince him, he had already begun his assassination spree. The president wanted to visit Mr. Perspective at the port on his way to the meeting, but his hiding place almost blew up in front of him.

The Shroud sees Ryan with the superpowers and thinks he's become a madman.

This means that the carnival will probably start targeting Ryan in this loop, as if he doesn't have enough on his plate. At least Meta-Ga

The fact that g did not send people to the port prevented the massacre there, as can be seen from the continued presence of Luigi. "Are Jamie Carter, Lanka, and Kizheng still alive?"

"Yes," Livia confirmed, then frowned. "Do you think they'll be the next target?"

"Yes." The Shroud repairman blew up their apartment once, and he'll do it again. "I will find a way to avoid war in New Rome. I believe there are many factors that can prevent open conflict. A path to a perfect ending. I just need to figure it out. ”

"We," Livia corrected him. "We need to figure it out."

Ryan examined her closely. "Princess, your father—"

"Ryan, stop," she interrupted.

"Your father killed Felix and sent his army to raze New Rome to the ground," Ryan said. "Yes, 'Walking Cancer' Alphonse Manada is also half of the blame, but the lightning butt is clearly part of the big problem."

"I ...... I read another report of my war. "But because she hadn't experienced these things, it didn't have the effect Ryan had hoped for." I...... I know who my dad is, Ryan. What I do. I'm not blind. But he's still my father. I don't want him to die. I want him to retire and stay away from power so that he can't hurt anyone anymore. ”

"Let him get away with it?" Also, retired? To quote Enrique, someone like Augustus does not retire quietly.

"It's like you want Hargraves to get away with my mother's death," Livia replied, her tone becoming stern. "Ryan, you said a perfect ending. What does this have to do with you?"

"A person I like ends up living happily ever after," Ryan said. It's a terrible cliché, but it's true. "An ending where as many innocents as possible survive."

She sighed and said, "I want to save as many lives as possible, and I want to make the people I love happy." "We both made concessions. I'm willing to let go of my grudges if you let go of yours. If you're right and there's a path to a good ending, then we can find a way to satisfy both of us. If we cooperate, then we will eventually find it. ”

If they can't find common ground, then no one will get their happy ending.

A few minutes later, Ryan left the suite with Eugene Henry, who was very pleased with the meeting. This time he didn't have to worry about Augustus anymore, and he had already gotten Ryan's complete brain map.

Now, he just needs technology to complete the transfer.

"So?" Sarin asked, at which point Ryan returned to the pickup van and stepped over Psyshock's body. "Are we going to pack up and leave, or are we going to ......"

"We signed a peace treaty, but we will maintain the U.S. presence in Rusttown for some time. Maybe next year we'll retire them. "Of course, no one will believe it, but what matters is the mind." And what about the slaves of the Septus?"

"The people we were holding regained consciousness just as 'Psychoshock' was destroyed," Salyn said. "They completely forgot about the time they had under his control, but now they can think for themselves."

Rya

Nodding, he knew Dy

It was only a matter of time before AMIS reacted to this change. However, he always had another person in mind. "Where's Lan? Is she okay?"

Chernobyl's brief hesitation told him that something was wrong.

"They...... She was awake, but unresponsive," Salin admitted. This time, she strangely sounded apologetic. "Like vegetables. I think Psyshock made a mess of her brain while he was gone. ”

That bastard...... He wanted to make it impossible for Len to recover, even if he was beaten. He can't die with dignity, he has to twist the knife.

If the dwarf has a brain injury, Ryan will have to rely on an alchemist. He didn't like it at all, but he had no choice. Almost.

"What are we going to do next, boss?" The mosquito asked, crossing his arms.

"I received a 35-page report from the underground base specialists." Yuki's girlfriend is very attentive. "It's time for robot extermination."

Even without Psyshock, Big Fat Adam managed to take control of part of the bunker.

Ryan bet he can do better.