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The lines of death are decreasing one by one.
The person in front of me, who deserved to die, offered almost no resistance. Did he know he couldn't escape?
Ryougi Shiki thought so.
She didn't actually know if she could kill this monstrous guy.
This person was unlike anything she had ever seen before.
His heart also seemed empty.
This is the anomaly that Ryougi Shiki noticed when she first met Matouike.
Is he seeking death?
Then I'll grant your wish!
The last dead end is also the one hidden the deepest!
Everything has its flaws; no matter how well you hide them, you can't escape these eyes!
The dagger flashed with a chilling light, carrying a murderous intent that seemed to transcend reality.
Like the scythe of death, it lightly brushes across the straw called the death line.
The string that had been taut in my heart snapped.
"Is this what it feels like to kill someone? It's disgusting."
Chapter 210 Reasons
The fourth floor of the Garan no Todo Doll Museum.
Inside the doll-making workshop in Aozaki Touko's messy office cubicle.
The workbench, which was originally used to hold the tools for making dolls, now had two naked bodies lying on it.
Aozaki Touko was treating the injuries of the two naked bodies.
Each time her fingers touched those delicate wounds, they emitted a slight energy fluctuation, as if she were performing a microscopic surgery.
Matouchi stood not far away, casually surveying the collection around him.
His gaze lingered on the unfinished dolls and various materials in the workshop.
Unlike the exquisite exhibits on the first floor, the dolls here focus more on functionality and practicality.
Matou Ike stopped beside a half-finished doll.
This doll only has an upper body; its mechanical skeleton is covered by a layer of translucent alloy skin, and the exposed internal structure is interwoven like the muscle fibers of a living organism.
He gently touched the doll's arm, and the arm moved slightly, as if in response to his touch.
"When your parents were teaching you magic, didn't they warn you to investigate other people's magical techniques secretly?"
Aozaki Touko's voice came from behind. She was still busy with her head down, but she had obviously noticed Matou Ike's actions.
But Matou Ike acted as if she hadn't heard him, continuing to fiddle with the doll and ignoring Aozaki Touko's words.
Until Aozaki Touko could no longer tolerate it and there was no need to endure it any longer.
He grabbed the scissors next to him and threw them towards Matou Pond.
"Don't be so stingy, didn't I just give you a big gift?" Matou Ike dodged the scissors that were about to explode on the head and smiled at Touko.
"Grand ceremony? You mean these two rituals?" Orange said irritably.
"Otherwise what? This guy possesses the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception, eyes that belong to gods. Isn't this the kind of helper you want most right now?"
Matou Ike picked up the doll's arm from the side and examined it closely.
“Indeed, the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception. It’s something that no amount of money can buy.” Aozaki Touko looked at the girl’s face on the platform and touched her cheek with her hand.
"However, how do you know so much about Ryougi Shiki? This is something I haven't been able to find out even after checking so many materials recently."
Aozaki Touko was somewhat puzzled. Lost in thought, she ignored Matou Ike's reaction and just kept talking to herself:
"Through the investigation of your background, I learned that you also possess a pair of high-quality Mystic Eyes. Could it be that Noble Color-level Mystic Eye users can see each other's true nature?"
"Or is it that the power of your demonic eyes is what's called futurism?"
Matou Ike simply smiled at Aozaki Touko's guess and said, "It's very close. Why don't you guess again?"
Aozaki Touko understands Matou Ike's refusal to reveal his abilities, but she's still quite annoyed:
"You're a really awful guy."
Angra Mainyu echoed in Matou Ike's heart, completely disregarding which side he belonged to.
"How so? Wasn't the Ryougi Shiki issue perfectly resolved?"
"Heh, is half of what you said about my kid true? I've never heard of a patient with dual personality disorder whose other personality collapses along with the destruction of one of their personalities."
Indeed, in medicine and psychology, the common treatment for dual personality disorder is to gradually guide and integrate the two personalities to achieve a relatively balanced state.
Or, under certain circumstances, one personality may completely dominate, while the secondary personality is marginalized.
What Matou Ike and Kokutou Mikiya said was basically alarmist.
"What is your purpose in preserving Ryougi Shiki's two personalities and awakening her Mystic Eyes of Death Perception?"
Aozaki Touko's glasses had been taken off at some point, and her tone was somewhat cold.
“Immediate combat strength,” Matou Ike replied quietly.
What is the relationship between these two things?
Matou Ike nodded in reply, "If you delve into Ryougi Shiki's heart, you will find that the two personalities within her coexist and coexist."
"During her sixteen years, both personalities clearly recognized each other and relied on and depended on each other."
"According to Araya Souren's plan, one of her personalities will inevitably die. At this time, she will be in her weakest state, and her heart will be at its most empty. She may even have the urge to self-destruct for a period of time."
"This shows inconsistency in her combat capabilities." Matou Ike paused for a moment, then continued:
"Moreover, if she wakes up and finds that something important to her is missing, she might turn against me out of hatred or something else. We have to avoid that happening."
"How disgusting! You schemed against everyone for something like this?" Aozaki Touko shook her head after hearing Matou Ike's explanation.
Then Orange changed the subject:
"Being targeted and cut by the Mystic Eyes of Death Perception must have been unpleasant, right? Why go to such lengths? What are you so afraid of?"
Indeed, Ryougi Shiki possesses the ability to see through the essence of things. If it were to use the kind of clones that were used in the past, where a portion of Matou Ike's consciousness was inhabited by an insect to govern the entire clone, it would be seen through in less than a second.
This caused Ryougi Shiki to abandon her immediate goal.
This clone, which was shredded to pieces by Ryougi Shiki, contains the true consciousness of Matouike in each of its insects.
The entire spirit body was divided into parts and placed into each insect.
This is also why each of those spiderweb-like lines represents Matou Pond.
In other words, each of Ryougi Shiki's strikes truly killed Matou Ike once.
The reason Matou Ike can still stand here and speak is simply because the backup on his main spirit core allowed him to be reborn.
"Fear?" Matou Ike murmured.
"Things I don't want to talk about..."
"I may not have told you about Shirai Rio." Touko's words were interrupted by Matou Ike.
"Him? Isn't he just a pathetic guy whose origin was awakened by Araya Souren? Why would you be afraid of him?" Aozaki Touko asked, somewhat puzzled.
"Don't you think it's a bit strange that an ordinary person, after being awakened from their Origin, would commit such a number of tragedies?"
Matou Ike wasn't referring to the seventeen murder cases, but rather to the countless missing persons cases. He paused, then continued:
“His origin can even affect other people. Even with Araya Sōren’s technology, he couldn’t do that, right? It’s like a plague.”
"You mean?" Orange realized what was going on. Previously, it was just a difference in information that made it a little hard for her to understand.
"As far as I know, there may be a deity involved behind this."
Matou Ike was somewhat irritable. Whenever he wanted to spend some time peacefully, strange troubles would always come knocking, making him feel very insecure.
"So that's why you want an assistant who can see through the death of all things in the world?"
Orange understood; even with a magician's abilities, it would be difficult to resolve such a situation when facing a deity.
Even when she heard Matou Ike say those words, she almost wanted to run away.
"Yes, I've heard that as long as they're alive, those eyes can even kill a god."
Chapter 211 The Guy Who Escaped the Trap
Matou Ike's original plan was not simply to awaken Ryougi Shiki's Mystic Eyes of Death Perception.
More importantly, it brings out Shirasumi Rio and Araya Sōren, who are lurking in the shadows.
Shiro Junri harbors deep resentment towards Ryougi Shiki for rejecting her. After awakening at the Origin, she hopes to activate Ryougi Shiki's murderous desires so that she will no longer be alone.
This is the real reason why Shirai Junri dropped out of school. From then on, his consciousness was directed towards the person he had come into contact with before he lost control—Ryougi Shiki, who cruelly rejected him.
Therefore, when he monitors Ryougi Shiki and discovers that Matou Ike is doing what he wants to do, he will definitely take action to stop him.
This would give Matou Ike a chance to kill him ahead of time.
As a magician who wants to use Ryougi Shiki to reach the Root, Araya Sōren will naturally keep a close eye on Ryougi Shiki's movements at all times.
In this process, if it is discovered that Ryougi Shiki has prematurely come into contact with his origin and that it deviates from his original plan.
Once Matou Ike identifies someone, he will take action, and may even strike beforehand.
To Matou Ike's surprise, neither of the two important guests he had planned to play the role of showed up.
The original plan, which aimed to kill two birds with one stone, only accomplished the task of awakening Ryougi Shiki.
This left him somewhat disappointed.
In his view, putting aside Shirai Junri, Araya Sōren was not the kind of man who would stand idly by and watch his plans be disrupted.
In fragments of his past life memories, his plans were disrupted after two consecutive attempts to test him, which led to his premature encounter with Ryougi Shiki.