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At this moment, he was a small shadow in the light. The boy's shoulders shook, as if he was sobbing or chuckling.

"God loves the world so much that he gave his flesh and blood so that everyone who believes in him will not perish but have eternal life." Lu Mingze softly chanted the proverb that was not obscure but incomprehensible. Lu Mingfei no longer looked back to see the disappearance. In the darkness, Zero had a smile on his face, strode forward, and stood directly opposite where the golden beams of light converged.

"If God knew that the person reciting the scriptures was a devil, would he have you taken to heaven and beaten up?" Lu Mingfei stretched his hands into the light and kneaded the furry little head viciously.

Lu Mingze did not resist, but the light like mountains and seas slowly disappeared, one beam of light after another, and finally only one thin white beam of light fell from the center of the dome and enveloped Lu Mingze. Lu Mingze closed the Bible, looked up at Lu Mingfei with a smile, just like the protagonist on the stage who was about to prepare for a performance and was about to salute and greet the audience.

"This is the post-industrial era. If God wants to beat me up, you have to ask the Pentagon. Not long ago, I donated 300 million U.S. dollars to the next president's campaign team." Lu Mingze said contemptuously, "God, he How many teachers can the old man have?”

"Stop talking nonsense. Why are you looking for me? Let me make it clear first. I don't do anything that would cost me my life."

Lu Mingze snapped his fingers, and a huge and extremely comfortable sofa appeared behind him. The little devil sat on it, almost sinking into it. The Bible, which looked very old and even had proverbs written in ancient Latin on the cover, was casually thrown aside. Lu Mingze looked at Lu Mingfei and patted his side.

Lu Mingfei didn't hesitate and sat over. As soon as his butt touched the sofa, the little devil handed over something.

It was actually Coke with ice cubes.

The glass was extremely large and deep, and countless small bubbles popped out of the surface of the light black liquid, crackling and exploding on the surface of the cola.

After raising his head and taking a deep sip, Lu Mingfei moaned softly in comfort. He rubbed his stomach and burped. He looked at the boy beside him who was smiling at him, feeling a chill rising in his heart for no reason.

"Did you add ingredients to this?"

"That's not possible. You are my dearest brother, the only real brother." The little devil waved his hands repeatedly, shaking his little head like a rattle.

"So what do you want to do with me?" Lu Mingfei asked again.

"Reminiscing about old times," Lu Mingze smiled faintly, "Although the Japanese area is not my territory, it doesn't mean that I can't come here for a business trip... Your brother and I made a lot of compromises with the headquarters in order to wait for this opportunity. of!"

"Such a loyal statement." Lu Mingfei curled his lips.

Lu Mingze spread his hands: "Who else besides me could love you so much, brother?"

"If you love me so much, just give me some secrets. I won't mind it, The Gathing, Show me the money, Something for nothing, etc." Lu Mingfei chuckled, holding the boy's neck next to him with his arms, He leaned the other person closer to him, "You also know that Tokyo has become a house of monsters now. Although your brother and I are not what they used to be, we are still human beings after all. Compared with those monster-level things, they are as big as a mantis." Shu, we can’t let a LV15 warrior fight against the LV100 ultimate boss, the three-headed hell dog.”

"First of all, it's called a fly shaking a big tree." Lu Mingze blinked with an innocent look on his face, "Secondly, brother, aren't you the biggest monster?"

"Nonsense, if I were a monster, would I still listen to the academy's orders? How can that old guy from the principal point me and bite me like a hunting dog?"

"Brother, you have forgotten those days when you were in power... When you roar, all the monsters in the world will kneel down and tremble." Lu Mingze reached out and touched Lu Mingfei's face. Only then did Lu Mingfei notice Lu Ming The lining under Ze's suit was actually red, as if it was stained by blood.

"Are you hurt?" He became more serious.

"It's an old problem, and it's easy to relapse as you get older."

"I think you are ten years old at most, and you haven't even reached puberty yet."

"Brother, what you said is really interesting." Lu Mingze said. He turned his head and looked in the other direction, and Lu Mingfei also looked over.

There was darkness that no light could reach, but at this moment the hazy colors were rendered slowly, like the loading animation of an extremely realistic game.

The bells gradually faded away... No, it wasn't that the bells faded away, but the sudden sound of rain was so loud that it almost hid the ringing of the bells.

Lu Mingfei raised his head, and the rain fell from the sky through the cut glass, hitting the smooth mirror-like marble floor and splashing into large and small water splashes. The surface of each water splash was crystal clear, reflecting the faces of Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze. Face.

He looked in the direction where Lu Mingze was looking again. A girl wearing a taffeta off-shoulder skirt was dancing in the stagnant water. Water splashed and fell next to her pair of white strappy shoes. Many dolls or plastic toys rolled around. In the rain, Rilakkuma, Little Yellow Chicken, Hell Kitty and rubber duck, the girl's red hair is like a long cloud.

At this moment, the world is gray and has no edges. There is only heavy rain in the sky, and the girl is dancing in the rain.

All the light was fading, and finally only two dim beams of white light fell on Lu Mingfei and the dancing girl respectively. Lu Mingfei stood up slowly, inexplicable anger and sadness filling his heart. , but he didn’t know why he was sad or angry.

He realized that the dancing girl was Eri, but she should be preparing to inject the golden holy liquid at this time.

Lu Mingfei stood up suddenly. The lonely heavy rain suddenly went away and rose very high. What appeared in front of him was only the silent spiral staircase, like an old apartment. Every door on both sides of the staircase was It was locked, no one could be seen, only the sound of repeated footsteps.

The music of the old gramophone came from nowhere, and along with the sound of rain, La Traviata, which only belonged to Alfredo, sang about a bygone era. Her singing seemed to penetrate the ceiling and rise into the black rainy night. , and Eriyi danced on the rooftop under that rainy night.

Lu Mingfei stepped up the stairs angrily. He was very scared, as if something terrible was approaching and he had to take her away. The fear was so great that he forgot that he was supposed to be in Lu Mingze's fantasy world.

The little devil chased Lu Mingfei step by step. Together they passed one door after another, and there were people inside each door. These people used steel and wood to separate themselves from the outside world, guarding what only belonged to them. secret. Some of them were roaring, some were sobbing, some were laughing, and some were dead. Occasionally, red liquid even slowly flowed out from under the door. Lu Mingfei stepped on it and continued walking forward, and his footprints turned red.

This seemingly endless spiral staircase seemed to grow as he walked, and finally became as huge as a spider web-like city.

Layers of stairs, corners and corridors formed this lonely city buried in the sound of silent rain. The people in those rooms roared, sobbed, laughed and died in Lu Mingfei's ears.

Lu Mingfei walked faster and faster, and finally ran wildly. The voice of La Traviata had been cut off, and only his own footsteps and Lu Mingze followed him.

Finally he came to a door and reached out to push it open.

"Brother, do you really want to open that door?" Lu Mingze suddenly said quietly. Lu Mingfei was suddenly stunned. He thought why not, why not, those who are destined to open the door The sadness that was destined to come completely collapsed in another world. When he opened the door, he could take the stupid girl who was too dependent on him to go to South Korea to see the huge crabapple tree.

Just push it, just push this door open...

Your hand is clearly on the door handle, so why don't you push it open? Lu Mingfei suddenly woke up. He realized that Lu Mingze's voice was hoarse and the sound of water dripping on the ground was not the sound of rain, but the sound of blood flowing.

He turned back to look at Lu Mingze. The cute boy also tilted his head to look at Lu Mingfei, but his body was in pieces, like a crushed plastic doll. Dense cracks covered Lu Mingze's body, and blood flowed from it. Seeping out of those cracks.

Chapter 292 Eri in the Hot Spring

"God loves the world so much that He gave His flesh and bones so that whoever believes in Him will not perish but have eternal life." Lu Mingze smiled. When he smiled, the skin on his face became chapped, and the gaps between the flesh and blood were like It spread like a blood-colored spider web, and scarlet light burst out from every crack. It looked like there was a whole piece of sparkling ruby ​​underneath the damaged skin.

Lu Mingfei was caught between the little devil and the door that led to the rooftop under the sea, rain and wind. He was in a dilemma. When he looked back, he could see the blazing white lightning passing through the yellowed old glass window. .

The original text of the proverb that Lu Mingze recited softly should be "God so loved the world that he gave his only Son, so that whoever believes in him will not perish but have eternal life.", from "The Gospel of John" Chapter 3 16 This is a very important verse in religious activities, or the abbreviation of the whole gospel. It is also the core of the Bible in use today. Martin Luther even called it a mini-gospel.

But Lu Mingfei didn't know what the little devil wanted to express. He only knew that he almost collapsed and his face was covered with blood.

"Your body..." Lu Mingfei gritted his teeth and touched Lu Mingze's skin. It felt soft and cracked, and every drop of blood was oozing with golden light, like the blood-colored numbers deep in the universe. Hundreds and thousands of stars twinkled.

"Brother, are you really going to open that door?" Lu Mingze asked the same question again. He opened his arms to hug Lu Mingfei. The shadow behind him looked like a devil sealed by a barrier trying to break through. The shackles broke through the walls of hell and came to the world that I had longed for.

The huge membrane wings opened and closed behind the shadow. Lu Mingfei stood silently, while the boy who was still covered in bruises hugged himself and smeared all the hot blood on his body.

"What do you mean?" Lu Mingfei asked.

His expression was silent, and a golden storm seemed to be brewing in his pupils. It was as if the whole world was trembling at this moment. Under him should be a throne that reaches the pinnacle of power, and above his head should be a crown that holds all destiny in his hands.

"You are the most real anchor in this world. All the whirlpools of fate center on you to define what will happen in the future." Lu Mingze hugged Lu Mingfei tightly, and he rubbed his cheek against Lu Mingfei's chest, feeling aggrieved. Looks like an injured stray cat.

"Remember the issues we discussed on Kuimen? Whatever you take away from fate, fate will take away from you, even more, more..."

Lu Mingfei's outstretched hand slowly removed the rusty brass doorknob. He lowered his head and lowered his eyelids. Lu Mingze couldn't see his expression clearly.

How could he forget that during the dragon-slaying mission named Operation Kuimen, the God of Death came accompanied by heavy rain. The thing rode an eight-legged horse and killed almost all the people on board the Monyach with meteor-like speed. Everyone.

Lu Mingfei snatched Aki and Selma from a tragic fate, and pulled Professor Mance back from the brink of death. But fate played a big joke on him, and all the other people on the ship who were supposed to survive died.

"Exchange of equal value?"

"Brother is really smart, but it's a pity that it's not equivalent. You will always lose more than you gain." Lu Mingze let go of Lu Mingfei, snapped his fingers loudly, and smiled exaggeratedly. "Just like every time we make a deal, a quarter of our soul will die. Who knows whether the thing you killed with this quarter of your soul is more important, or your soul is more important?"

"I understand." Lu Mingfei nodded slowly. He used his right hand to touch the forearm of his left hand. This time he finally felt the cold and hard texture of the Seven Deadly Sins and Lust.

"The more important something you lost in another world is to you, the more you have to pay to get that thing back from the hands of fate this time." Lu Mingze said.

"From the moment people like me know their mission, they have always been prey chased by something huge, terrifying, and desperate." Lu Mingfei touched the top of Lu Mingze's head and whispered softly Sighing, "Most desperadoes can't find where they are going even if they travel to the ends of the world, but I am different. In comparison, the goddess of fate always seems to care for me in such strange places. I Know what you have to do and what you are looking for.”

"So brother, what do you want to do and where do you want to go?" Lu Mingze leaned against the wall of the spiral staircase, his body covered in scars but with a sarcastic smile on his lips.

"Before I answer this question, I want to know what I am."

"You are a monster, you are a monster roaring in the world. The power and strength of the most powerful, supreme and virtuous people should be in your hands. When you stand up, everyone should kneel down. When you are angry, from the easternmost part of Asia Every land in the far west of Europa should be shrouded in despair," Lu Mingze said lightly.

Lu Mingfei tapped the little devil's forehead lightly: "Stop trying to fool me."

He hesitated for a moment, a look of confusion and fear flashing in his eyes.

"I...am I him?" Lu Mingfei asked softly.

Lu Mingze stared blankly up at Lu Mingfei's eyes. There seemed to be a golden mandala slowly rotating in the depths of his pupils.

Lu Mingfei had some kind of huge hesitation and despair brewing in his heart. He was even ready to accept the reality, but Lu Mingze suddenly blinked.

"Brother, how could you be him..." Lu Mingze laughed out loud, his laughter kept getting more and more wild, as if he was laughing at a child who was overestimating his abilities and wanted to climb a high mountain.

Lu Mingfei was offended by the little devil's ridicule, and angrily stretched out his hand to mess up his hair.

Lu Mingze was still laughing, almost to the point of tears. He held his stomach and pointed at Lu Mingfei, as if he wanted to spit out some ivory from the dog's mouth.

"Laugh, laugh, don't the things you pushed me to do seem like what he should do?" Lu Mingfei had a smile on his face, but his voice was cold, "You also called Norton... a rebellious minister?" , who else can make the King of Bronze and Fire surrender?"

He was about to take back his palm, but a pale, cold hand suddenly grabbed his wrist.

Lu Mingze stopped laughing. He stretched out his hand and clasped Lu Mingfei's wrist. The golden eyes looked like someone had opened up the earth's crust, and then looked at the lava pouring out from the depths of the earth from outside the atmosphere.

"How could you be him, brother, how could you be him!" Lu Mingze's voice was low and hoarse, as hard and harsh as chewing steel, and his vicious face, which was already full of scars, showed a fierce look. expression, he said,

"Black King Nidhogg... He is the one we want to kill the most..."

Lu Mingfei's body stiffened for a moment, and he couldn't help laughing, "If that's the case, what can fate take away from me? I don't have the power and authority that can compare to King Bai. All I have is my life!" He laughed so hard that he trembled, and finally he wiped the corners of his eyes.

He has always known that he is a big, big monster. If not, why would his soul be coveted by the devil? If not, why would he hunt the emperors of ancient times? If not, why would he seem to only have four Can he get everything he can imagine in the world with just a fraction of his life?

Lu Mingze tilted his head to look at Lu Mingfei, as if he had never known that this bad boy had changed from a timid and fearful child to a desperado who could give up everything.

Suddenly, a clanging sound of metal sounded on the spiral staircase, and Lu Mingfei had a cigarette in his mouth.

He was still smiling, but with an indifferent expression. Without any hesitation, he slowly pulled out the sword of lust that had accompanied him for the longest time in the Seven Deadly Sins from the ancient sheath attached to his forearm.

Lu Mingze seemed to be attracted by the light of the sword, as if a cold moonlight splashed out of the scabbard, and the moonlight cut into the faces of Lu Mingfei and Lu Mingze in the shape of slender lines. Lust buzzes, even in a fantasy world that has nothing to do with reality, this weapon with its own mind is still legendary.

The arc of its blade is exquisite and chilling. It seems as if there are dozens of golden vertical pupils slowly opening on the blade. The great majesty sweeps across this steel city composed of winding stairs from top to bottom. All those sounds are Washed away, the roars, sobs, laughter and deaths of those who were unwilling to do so, the thick blood flowing down the stairs, the deep darkness and the weak light in the darkness, everything is here. He was suppressed to the point of crawling and trembling in the majesty of his body.

"It's really great, it's really a miracle, it's worthy of being..." the little devil made a sound of admiration,

"My brother..."

"As you said, Lu Mingze, if I want to take back those people who were killed from the hands of fate, then I will have to pay a more painful price." Lu Mingfei shook his wrist, and those who were opened on the blade of lust His eyes were like violent flames. The raging fire illuminated Lu Mingfei and everything around him.

"If fate really wants to take something from my hand, then take my life." He said, touching the blade with his finger and staring at the man reflected in the bright mirror-like blade.

That guy is so handsome. You would not have recognized him here ten years ago. He calmly said "Take my life".

Lu Mingfei slowly held the knife in a gesture of control, swung the knife forward, and when the energy reached its peak, his wrist and arm exploded with force to push Lu Mingfei, roaring and accelerating suddenly. The tip of the knife was like an unwilling dragon's head, stabbing fiercely. Enter the glass curtain wall supported by an aluminum alloy frame next to the spiral staircase.

There was a moment of dead silence.

"I was wondering why you asked me if I really wanted to open that door."

The front end of lust was embedded in the glass window, and the tip of the knife was exposed to the torrential rain of this dream. White and purple lightning split the sky very high, like a twisted dragon.

Lu Mingfei raised his eyes, smiled, and said, "A thief like me is very cautious. If I can't go through the door, then I might as well go through the window."

The glass made a loud bang. Centered on the point where lust penetrated, fine cracks spread to all sides. If you look closely, they seemed to be exactly the same as the cracks on Lu Mingze's body and face. The tempered glass could not withstand this terrible edge. The cracks grew wildly and chaotically, spreading in all directions as they grew, like a prosperous tree. After a few seconds, thousands of glass fragments scattered into the rain, and each fragment was reflected. Colored with lust for the brilliant light and fire on the blade.

As if even this illusion was shaking, Lu Mingfei jumped up, climbed to the rooftop with lust, and at the same time pulled out the knife. Lu Mingze was still smiling quietly on the spot. He looked at the window where Lu Mingfei had left and clapped gently.