At the bottom of the Tokyo Municipal College of Jujutsu is a secret hall called the Seiko Palace.

In the main hall of the main hall, a young girl stood here, and beside her stood a man with a ball head and slender eyes.

This man is the strongest super-grade spell master in this era——— Xia Youjie, who is known as the strongest sorcerer along with Gojo Satoru.

And this girl is a special being called 'Star Pulp', named Tenriko.

It's a long story about what astral plasma is.

Thousands of years ago, the sorcerer Tian Yuan possessed a spell called 'immortality', which allowed him to achieve immortality.

However, this kind of immortality requires a human who meets her physical conditions as a sacrifice reset technique, otherwise her physical body will evolve and may cause devastating disasters to the human race.

At the same time, because Lord Tian Yuan's sealing technique was very important to the spell world, people were more inclined to protect her, so it was necessary to cultivate humans suitable for Tian Yuan's body every five hundred years, sacrificing themselves in exchange for Tian Yuan's longevity.

In other words, in order to protect an absolute strong, the weak must be sacrificed as ordinary people.

The astral slurry is those human beings who live as sacrifices to Lord Tengen.

And today, it is the day when the star slurry, Riko Ten, prepares to die for Lord Tengen.

——— "You have to go down this staircase until you reach the root of the big tree." ”

"Until you assimilate, Lord Tian Yuan will protect you."

"Or, you can turn around and go home with Miss Kuroi now."

Xia Youjie said with a gentle face.

"Huh...? What does that mean? ”

The tears in the corners of her eyes have not yet been wiped away, and Riko asked in a daze.

"Satoru and I are the strongest."

"Whatever path you choose, we can secure your future."

……

Xia Youjie smiled slightly, and the Tianlizi in front of him was already crying.

Astral slurry, this near-cannon fodder existence, is educated to adulthood as a stepping stone, forced to accept its disappearance at the best of years.

It's too unreasonable, it's too cruel.

Oriko has always believed that she has an important mission since she was a child, and her death can stop the evolution of Lord Tengen and benefit this world, and every time she thinks of this, her determination to die is extremely strong.

She has been thinking about everyone all along, but after listening to Xia Youjie's words, how could she have thought that someone would think about herself like this?

As Xia Youjie said, their super-grade spell masters are the strongest existence in this world, and maybe they really have the ability to solve the affairs of Lord Tian Yuan on their behalf.

And as long as she leaves here, Riko will be able to live a carefree life as before again, studying, playing, working, and enjoying her own youth and life with peace of mind......

"Woo......"

While sobbing, Tianriko realized that Xia Youjie had stretched out a hand to her.

As soon as you put this hand on it, the gears of fate will begin to turn.

The girl, who was too eager to survive, also showed a smile with tears in her eyes at this moment.

Time was frozen in this moment.

At the same time, Xia Youjie and Tianriko didn't notice it at all————

The 'Spell Master Killer' Fushiro had already concealed all his breath, and raised his pistol not far away at Tenriko's left skull.

Killing the astral slurry and preventing Tian Yuan's physical assimilation was the task that Fuheshi had received.

As a bounty hunter, he takes money to do things, and never cares about the grievances behind the mission.

Without hesitation, Fuheshiel pulled the trigger.

When the muzzle of the gun burst out with a scorching flame, a galloping bullet suddenly burst out of the chamber, approaching at a speed that was completely impossible to catch with the naked eye, until it touched the slightest point before the head of the heavenly riko!

In the next moment, Riko will definitely die.

However.

Time freezes in this moment, and does not flow to the next.

……

"Hmm..."

"Huh...? What's going on? ”

Tenriko opened her hazy eyes, only to feel that it was pitch black all around, and only a few beams of red fire could barely make her see what was in front of her.

There seemed to be a long staircase in front of her, and on the long staircase there was a graceful and luxurious throne, and a young man with a calm face sat on the throne and looked down on her, his red eyes full of evil.

However, for some reason, it makes people feel extra relieved and quiet.

"Are you...... Who? ”

"Riko Ten, this is your inner world."

"The inner world? Who are you......"

The boy smiled faintly.

"Don't ask just yet, let's see where you are now."

A sentence quickly pulls Riko back to reality.

Riko realized that in the stagnant time, a bullet was about to pierce her head.

Isn't this kind of distance certain to death? Wait a minute...... Why does time stop?

"I've slowed down time in this world for a while."

The boy smiled slowly.

"It's fifty seconds before this bullet pierces your brain."

“……”

I don't understand who the young man in front of him is and how he did all this, Tenriko only feels that his words are extremely true.

The bullet would pierce her brain———— Riko Amachi was able to conceive the image in an instant, and she was convinced of it.

It was precisely because of this sense of reality that Riko was so frightened and cringed that she trembled and couldn't speak.

"Riko Ten, you want to survive, right?"

"I ......"

"Wasn't it ready to stretch out your hand to Xia Youjie just now, but now you will hesitate, haha......"

The boy smiled and stared at Tenriko, the pair of scarlet eyes as if he could see through Tenriko's soul.

"Tell me a definite answer, you don't have much time left in this life."

"Ten, Nine, Eight......"

The boy began to count, and Tenriko was also confused for a while.

"Six, Five......"

I'm scared, I'm scared to die, but what is this boy—

"Four, three......"

If he dies in vain, it is very likely that Lord Tian Yuan will evolve, and won't he become an accomplice to endanger the whole world?

"Two, one......"

"I, I ......"

"Zero."

At the last moment of the boy's counting, Riko finally stopped caring about everything she was thinking, and finally shouted out what she wanted with all her strength————

———— "I want to live——!!! ”

“！！！！！”

This voice resounded in her inner world, and the qi shook the universe.

It was also at this moment that the world's time began to flow.

"Khoo!!"

The sound of the iron bullet bounced over the steel knife was heard immediately.

Xia Youjie looked at Riko Tianli in shock.

He was absolutely sure that the bullet just now was not a steel knife, but the head of Tenriko.

(End of chapter)