foreigner's journey

Chapter 1748 The End of the Items
Three seconds remain until the Spiral Boundary restarts.

As time and space resumed their flow, the moment Heather and Rick locked eyes, they launched their attacks without hesitation!
Countless fragments of the shattered TARDIS doors were forcibly gathered together by a central, finite curve, and under the control of the broken Doraemon, they were constructed into a portable cannon resembling a small hand cannon. The outside of this cannon exhibited a strange spiral structure, while inside the muzzle, a rapidly flowing vortex of light.

The air cannon, the most frequently appearing offensive gadget in the Doraemon series, is now transformed into an unprecedented pinnacle of technological weaponry under the final enhancement of the three divine-level life tools—

【罗严破】(Ragan-Ju)
"You've seen him, haven't you!"

Rick gripped his right arm tightly with his left hand to stabilize it, while his right arm controlled Luo Yanpo, pointing him at Heather from afar, as if he were insane.

"If you can't even defeat me, then obediently perish along with the Old Spiral Realm, Heather!"

"You don't need to tell me this."

Heather grabbed the Ruyi Jingu Bang (a magical staff), and the iron rod grew larger in her hand. Then, with unstoppable momentum, she slammed it down towards Rick.

"I'll kill you first, then I'll deal with him!"

Just as the Spiral Realm was about to restart, both sides' attacks crashed down on each other.

The stream of light emitted by Luo Yanpo contained destructive power sufficient to affect the multiverse level, with each tiny energy explosion representing the rise and fall of a multiverse.

But it was no match for Heather.

Because at the very moment Luo Yan Po was created, it was given the mission of 'fighting Heather' and thus became a weapon.

The weapons were under Heather's control.

The Divine Iron slammed into the stream of light, but the terrifying light spots struck the surface of the iron rod without causing any damage. The Divine Iron thus dispersed the violent stream of light and struck Luo Yanpo.

The hand cannon, which contained three divine artifacts, shattered into pieces the instant it was struck by the divine iron, resembling the simplest, crudest, and lowest-quality plastic toy.

It is a weapon, but it is not approved by the god of weapons, and can only meet its destruction.

Without any obstruction, the Divine Iron was aimed directly at Rick's head.

At that moment, Heather and Rick looked into each other's eyes, and time seemed to slow down indefinitely.

It wasn't a spacetime freeze caused by the spiral, but rather a strange phenomenon that Heather hadn't experienced in a long time—

【Heart Drop Boxing Listening】.

When two top-level masters of similar skill levels spar, a kind of time illusion is created.

Like a revolving lantern, time seems to slow down dramatically at the moment of death, while the Heart Drop Fist Listening allows both parties to hear each other's innermost thoughts in an infinitely slowed-down time.

Since leaving the Hunter world, only Rick Sanchez has been able to trigger Heather's Heart Drop Fist Listening phenomenon.

In this infinitely slowed-down moment, Heather and Rick were finally able to truly communicate.

“Finally, the final moment has arrived.” Rick’s voice was no longer filled with agitation and sorrow, but only with endless calm and serenity.

“Rick Sanchez, I have a question. Why would you submit to the Spiral Lord? In my opinion, you are not the kind of person who would succumb to violence and threats.”

"Fool, you think you know me well?"

"This is the Heart Drop Fist Listening, which allows us to touch the truth in each other's hearts."

"That's why I hate you physical combat types... Spiral Lord, Edward Williams, a survivor from the previous era. I'm not his superior, but his partner."

"cooperate?"

“Each takes what they need. He needs me, this ‘prop,’ to help you, this ‘weapon,’ grow until we can fight each other on equal footing. And I need him to fulfill my wish.”

You should know very well what my wish is, Heather.

"...Let's put an end to this game of outsiders."

"Yes, let's end this farce. You and I are just clowns for others to laugh at, and the myriad worlds are our stage."

If you can't escape, you'll have no choice but to destroy the stage.

"Motty...where is he?"

"Dead."

The extradimensional invaders, by the time I became aware of their existence, had already completely devoured the infinite multiverse outside the central finite curve. Even the universes within the central finite curve had been infiltrated by them.

I... I was too superstitious about the power of the central finite curves, and by the time I discovered them, it was too late.

Morty, Beth, Xia Mo… they’re all dead. They were all eaten by the interdimensional invaders, leaving only empty shells before my eyes. Even those ‘Ricks’ and their ‘Mortys’ were not spared.

All of this stemmed from the fact that Morty accidentally opened a portal to a random external universe during one of our adventures.

Even a few seconds is enough for those bugs to sneak into our world when we're not paying attention, hide and grow in countless multiverses, until everything is beyond repair.

Even if I destroy these invasive bugs along with the entire original world, I still can't save my family.

It's all too late.

"So, you left your world?"

"Ha, that world is gone. I destroyed everything, leaving nothing behind."

Strangely, I wasn't invited by the organizers. Instead, I found the "Outsider's Seed" on the leader of those insects. With that seed, I became an outsider and began to travel between different worlds, outside the organizers' control.

Until... I entered the Doraemon world and met that child.

Rick trembled as he pulled the photo from his pocket. The blacked-out figure in the photo was restored to its original state; it was a little boy with round glasses and a kind smile.

“Da Xiong… he calls me ‘Grandpa’… he’s willing to treat me, this wicked old bastard, with the kindest heart.”

I could feel that the world was willing to accept me, this filthy, foul-smelling, homeless, and hopeless wretched creature.

I want to stay in that world.

However, a powerful outsider unexpectedly enters Doraemon's world.

An outsider who grasps the concept of "copying" and calls himself "Fog Man".

Without any peace talks, war between foreign lands began.

As the photograph slowly fell, Rick covered his face with his hands and made a painful sound:

“Kiyoto was very strong. I didn’t have the awakened concept at that time and couldn’t defeat him. At that time, I thought it would be better to die… But, Nobita wanted to help me and bravely stood in front of me.”

I...I...I couldn't save him.

I've messed everything up again! I'm a complete and utter failure!

Rick crouched down in agony; he was no longer young, but had reverted to the aged appearance Heather knew.
"I finally awakened the concept and, together with the incomplete Doraemon, defeated the powerful enemy."

But the world that was willing to accept me also suffered irreparable damage.

Huff... Rick slowly exhaled, his aged face filled with exhaustion and pain.
"When I learned the whole truth from Spiral Lord, my first reaction was not anger, but laughter."

Morty, Nobita, the pain I experienced was ultimately just a setup created by higher-dimensional beings for their own amusement.

At that time, I thought, what's the point of this stupid and ridiculous game played by outsiders? It would be better if it were destroyed!
Spiral described his vision to me and also revealed your existence.

He said that a battle must be fought between you and me, and the surviving "Big Four" will be more powerful than ever before, because this is the first time that two complete legendary concepts have been merged together.

The victor will gain the right to fight the Spiral Lord, which is the only way to the final victory.

I lack your fighting spirit, nor your strength. Heather, you have become a truly sharp sword!

Come, take all my power; weapons and tools will eventually become one.

Rick tremblingly reached out his hand to Heather:

"Defeat the Spiral Lord, and then utterly destroy this ridiculous outsider game."

Please, don't let our tragedy repeat itself.

"……I promise you."

Heather was silent for a moment, then took Rick's hand.

Time, which had been infinitely slowed down, suddenly resumed the moment they shook hands. The Ruyi Jingu Bang, with overwhelming power, crashed down, shattering Rick and the entire Spiral Realm into dust!
With the last pillar collapsing, the spiraling boundary, already at its limit, could no longer hold on, and the endlessly spiraling staircase collapsed with a deafening roar.

Amidst the deafening roar of countless spiraling universes shattering, Rick's final, liberated laughter echoed.

Ignoring the collapsing landscape around him, Heather raised his right hand and opened his palm, a dazzling gem slowly falling into his hand.

Meanwhile, Nanami, in a phantom form, floated behind Heather, her brow furrowed as if she were enduring pain.

The concept of "Item," one of the four legendary concepts, is being integrated into Heather's power through Nanami.

The final battle has finally arrived.