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Chapter 84 Reasons to become stronger

When Fang Yi's knife cut his body in half along his mouth, Akaza was still thinking about how these people died.

After breaking the woman's limbs, she handed them over to the two lower-rank demons. The other male pillar was too weak, so he was killed directly.

As for this warrior in front of him who is of decent skill, he will kill him, and slowly chew and appreciate every inch of his flesh. He believes that the taste of this warrior will satisfy him.

When Fang Yi's sword was halfway through, Akaza felt something was wrong. Its [Destruction Kill·Needle] told it that this attack was becoming a threat to itself.

How is that possible? His energy needs to flow and transform from his body. This amount of time is enough for my compass to detect it. Did the compass deceive me?

[Impossible, the compass is absolutely reliable]

[Even so, I haven't lost! I will become stronger! I can be resurrected!]

Akaza only felt a black screen before his eyes, and the severed part of his body fell to the ground. The body with the remaining half of the head began to slowly regenerate under his strong desire to become stronger.

It has lost its eyes and the ability to directly observe the enemy, but Akaza is determined to use the simplest and dumbest method to drive the enemy away and buy himself a chance of survival.

【Destruction Kill·Final Style·Blue and Silver Chaotic Afterglow】

In an instant, Akaza fired hundreds of missiles in all directions, each of which was a fast and powerful attack, covering everyone who attacked it.

At this distance, unless the opponent endures this fatal damage and continues to use the previous means to attack him, he can only watch him continue to revive.

He continued to attack. Even if he continued to be slashed by the knife with attached abilities, his resurrection would never stop. Before he died, it would take his life and that of all his teammates, causing him to lose all the people he wanted to protect.

Akaza muttered to himself after using his ultimate move, "If you can still kill me with that method, you will also lose the teammates you want to protect, and everything you have. Make your choice! Are you willing to sacrifice everything like this?"

As it said this, it felt a sudden pain in its heart. Its hand, which wanted to continue punching, was pulled from behind, and strange yet familiar words came to its ears.

"Don't have another child. You are not yourself now."

This is the voice of a woman who seems very important to her.

"I have killed you, the sinner."

This is a familiar man's voice.

"I will become stronger than anyone else, and my fists will be able to protect you forever."

It seemed to be my own voice.

[Strange words, who should I protect? In my forgotten memories, this seems to be a very important matter.]

Akaza's headless body froze in shock. He punched the person holding him from behind, but found that there was no one behind him.

In the darkness, it sensed that its lost memories were returning, which made it a little scared as the Upper Three.

[I am afraid of these meaningless memories? How ridiculous!]

Akaza, who focused on regeneration and sensing, found that his judgment was correct. Under its large-scale attack, the warrior gave up continuing to attack and weaken himself, and turned to protect the weak woman.

These swordsmen are so naive that they will protect the weak even if it means giving up some opportunities. How stupid.

How can these people become stronger? The weak have no value in survival!

Then Fang Yi's somewhat inexplicable words were transmitted into Akaza's remaining body. Unexpectedly, he no longer chose to attack the enemy, nor did he choose to turn around and flee, but stopped all actions.

"The reason I became stronger was so I wouldn't have to choose. I wanted to be strong enough to both complete the mission and protect my companions."

"The reason for becoming stronger probably no longer exists from the moment you turned into a ghost. You should understand that."

The memories that he had forgotten for a long time still remained in this body, and some of them were awakened in the duel with Fang Yi's warriors.

Finally, with these words that refuted my own views, all the lost memories were finally recovered, like a rusty mirror that was finally polished to purity and clarity, reflecting my original self.

Akaza, or Komaji, finally remembered the reason why he became stronger after hearing Fang Yi's words.

Becoming stronger is to protect the master and wife, becoming stronger is to protect the hard-earned happiness, becoming stronger is not to kill more people.

And from the moment you turn into a ghost, forgetting these things means you have already embarked on the wrong path, and you will be rushing all the way, and there will be no turning back.

The boxing technique that his master taught him to protect his happiness, however, during the days when he turned into a ghost, he took the lives of countless people and destroyed the happiness that many people wanted to protect.

[The boxing techniques my master taught me are meant to protect others, not to take their lives or trample on their happiness!]

"I have been wrong for too long and have gone too far down this wrong path. This sinful body must never be resurrected to continue this sin."

Akaza whispered these words, his remaining body no longer in a fighting stance, and the [Destruction Kill·Needle] under his feet also disappeared. He no longer wanted to continue this meaningless battle.

This Upper Three, when he could turn around and escape and his enemies were helpless, voluntarily gave up the regeneration of his body and waited for the sun to judge him.

There are seven minutes and forty-eight seconds until dawn.

He committed suicide.
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When Fang Yi saw the sword Kashuu Kiyomitsu in his hand slashing into Akaza's body, cutting it diagonally along the mouth into an eyeless monster, even though there was still some time before dawn, he understood that the mission of "survive until dawn" had been completed.

The part of the opponent's body with eyes was cut off by himself, and he had lost the ability to accurately observe the enemy. At the same time, it would take more than a quarter of an hour for the body to fully revive. By then, it would be dawn, and Akaza had no choice but to retreat.

Fang Yi has always believed that no matter how difficult and tedious a task is, it can be broken down and simplified, and then solutions can be found step by step.

The same goes for the mission of surviving until dawn. When broken down, it simply means surviving Akaza's attack for fifteen minutes.

Akaza is the core of this mission, and the key is to prevent Akaza's attack from hurting himself.

Then, if you take stock of your own resources and skills, you will find that the defense is not capable of completing such a task.

At the same time, as a demon, Akaza has endless physical strength, so it is unrealistic to want to deprive the opponent of his attack ability by consuming his physical strength.

Since the above solutions are not feasible, the core of this mission is to actively attack and kill the opponent or make the opponent lose the ability to attack. The mission is broken down so that the damage can be high enough to suppress the opponent's regeneration and hit Akaza.

But Akaza is a ghost with a somewhat disgusting mechanism. The key to hitting the opponent is to bypass the detection of its [Destruction Kill·Needle].

First, you either completely suppress the opponent and the opponent's body cannot react at all, but obviously no one present has this ability.

Secondly, you can prevent the opponent from dodging your attack and thus hit the opponent. There are many such solutions.

For example, the AOE damage of the Upper Two. At this point in the plot, only the Upper One can hide his fighting spirit and murderous intent with the [Transparent World], or has strong control skills, or the opponent actively does not dodge.

After using the elimination method, it is obvious that it can only prevent the opponent from dodging attacks that are high enough in damage to suppress the opponent's regeneration.

But Akaza is obviously not blind. Through several attacks, it can be seen that this ghost will choose to dodge any attack that is slightly threatening. Obviously, he does not have the problem of arrogance.

Then we need to force it to choose not to dodge this attack, but Akaza will never accept a blow if given the choice. The answer is very obvious: block all its escape routes so that it has to take our attack, while disguising our attack so that it thinks it is not a threat and can withstand it.

After confirming the opponent's ability, Fang Yi decided to use a simple strategy to take advantage of human weaknesses and make Akaza take the initiative to withstand his attacks.

The weakness of human nature is that different people see the world differently and have different cognitions. Therefore, people tend to believe only what they want to believe and will make choices that are beneficial to them among several options.

Akaza is very confident in his [Destruction Kill·Needle], so he will trust the choices he makes based on this ability.

Fang Yi attached different amounts of positive energy to the Sun Blade twice to test how much positive energy could inhibit the opponent's regeneration and how much energy would trigger the compass detection.

At the same time, by getting injured, he makes the opponent think that he is in poor condition, and relaxes his vigilance against the knife that could cut his body apart.

As long as Shinobu Kocho's poison hits the opponent and forces Akaza to make a choice, choosing whether to avoid Giyu Tomioka's threatening attack or his own non-fatal attack, he can achieve the goal of making Akaza take the initiative to withstand his attack.

As Kashuu Kiyomitsu slashed into the opponent's body, the mana that Fang Yi had previously converted into positive energy for [Reversal Technique·Strengthening] in [External Mana Source] was instantly taken out and released into Akaza's body through the blade.

Faced with Tomioka Giyu's threatening attack, Akaza naturally did not dodge Fang Yi's attack, which was not detected as threatening by the compass and could be avoided through quick resurrection.

While the knife split it diagonally in half, the energy that burst out also suppressed the rapid regeneration of its body.

Akaza's ability makes him seem invincible, but he can defeat enemies from the sky.

The relic's energy isn't within my body, so this method of mobilization won't be easily detected by Akaza. By the time I've chopped off half of his head and the positive energy begins to burst forth, suppressing his regeneration, Akaza will be left with nothing to do.

Looking at the remains of Akaza, with only the mouth and ears left and one hand still standing, he was no longer dead, his body was slowly resurrecting, and his feet were still running [Destruction Kill·Needle] to dodge the attack.

After observing the opponent's opening move, Fang Yi knew that it was not dead and was about to use a skill. At the same time, because his mana was empty, he could not use [Reversal Technique·Strengthening] to force this move to continue to cause damage to Akaza, so he chose to protect his teammates.

He shouted to Tomioka Giyu, "Retreat, Type 11, Defense," and at the same time carried away Shinobu Kocho, who was a little dazed because the other party had lost his head and was still resurrecting, and retreated towards Nakamori Yuto.

【Destruction Kill·Final Style·Blue and Silver Chaotic Afterglow】

Akaza, who was headless and unable to determine the opponent's exact position with one hand, unleashed his ultimate move, firing hundreds of missiles in all directions in an instant, each of which was a fast and powerful attack.

Faced with this large-scale and undefended aoe attack.

Fang Yi and Tomioka Giyu simultaneously used [Water Breathing·Eleventh Form·Nagi], a sword technique that is almost perfect defense, but both suffered varying degrees of damage.

But Fang Yi already knew that the other party would not be able to grow back the eyes on his body before dawn, so his mission was accomplished.

The Upper Three, a demon with a strong desire to revive and break through its limits, can now basically not be killed except by sunlight. The positive energy of [Reversal Technique·Strength] can only suppress the opponent's regeneration ability.

As long as everyone present does not harbor murderous intent towards it, the opponent will not be able to accurately determine the location of people. However, due to the existence of [Destruction Killing·Luo Needle], it can also avoid fatal damage and cannot kill the opponent.

Fang Yi could accept this kind of stalemate draw. His task was just to [survive until dawn]. At the same time, it was a great gain that these companions who had increased their friendship levels did not die.

You can also pick up Shinobu Kocho along the way to help her block attacks that are deadly enough and cannot be avoided. You can also increase her friendship level and let her improve her medicine-making skills when you have time.

Then kill the two lower-rank monsters who are besieging Nakamori Yuto to ensure the survival of his loyal younger brother and get some points.

As for Akaza, unless he voluntarily gives up resurrection, it will be difficult for Fang Yi to kill him directly. After learning [Transparent World], you can try to use several consecutive high-powered [Black Flash] to try.

He would never hand over the initiative to others, betting that they would regain their memories as humans and voluntarily give up resurrection and end their lives.

Looking at Akaza, who was no longer a threat and only had ears, a mouth and one hand, he said something that was somewhat demoralizing.

"If you can still kill me in that way, you will also lose the teammates you want to protect and everything you have. Make your choice! Are you willing to sacrifice everything like this?"

Fang Yi put aside the still dazed Kocho Shinobu and quickly killed the two lower-rank ones who were fighting with Nakamori Yuto. After confirming that Nakamori Yuto was not in danger of life, he was also ready to say some nice words to establish his image in front of his teammates and increase his friendship level.

"I'm different from you. I'll prioritize protecting my companions and won't sacrifice them to complete the mission."

"The reason I became stronger was so I wouldn't have to make a choice. Once I became strong enough, I could complete the mission and protect my companions."

"You may have a very tragic story before, but once you become a ghost and eat people, there is no turning back. Becoming a ghost is a way to become stronger, but it is meaningless to humans. It is just an escape."

"The reason for becoming stronger probably no longer existed the moment you became a ghost. You should understand that yourself."

Unexpectedly, after hearing these words, Akaza's slowly resurrecting body froze, as if remembering something. He stopped attacking, and his body stopped resurrecting, finally dying standing up.

My words were just to improve my teammates' friendship, but I didn't expect them to help you find yourself.

"However, dying like this is too easy for the unforgivable and murderous Upper Rank Three. I could have gotten another point for killing an Upper Rank after I've grown."

But Fang Yi also stopped the attack, choosing to give the ghost some time to remember, and let the sun after dawn execute him.

[This method can also be considered as me killing him] Fang Yi thought.
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Watching Akaza transform into Komaji, then it transform into him, and finally him choosing to end his life, Fang Yi, who was waiting to recover his mana to heal his teammates, just shook his head.

Komaji's story is very simple. He was penniless and had to steal medicine to save his seriously ill father who had no money to buy medicine. As a result, he was caught repeatedly.

Every time he was caught, he was beaten severely, but because he was young, the local agency had no choice but to let him go.

After this happened many times, Komaji's father chose to hang himself in order not to drag him down and hope that Komaji would become a better man.

Wandering aimlessly, Komaji met a master who treated him sincerely and saved him, and became his only disciple.

Entrusted with the care of the master's seriously ill daughter, he gradually became full of hope for life, walked out of his psychological trauma, got engaged to the master's daughter and inherited a temple with a large piece of land.

At the same time, he made a wish that "he would become stronger than anyone else and protect those around him." After finding himself again, Komaji returned to his hometown to visit his father's grave and wanted to tell his father the good news, so he left the dojo.

Then, jealous of Komaji's only disciple, yet possessing a vast tract of land, and unable to defeat Komaji and his master's neighboring dojo, he poisoned the well. In the end, this man, who had been reborn, lost his master and his newly engaged wife forever.

The enraged Komaji killed sixty-seven people from the neighboring dojo with his bare hands, and started rumors of ghosts in a place where there were no ghosts. In the end, he was forcibly turned into a ghost by the trash boss who came over.

When a person becomes a ghost, his previous memories disappear, leaving only the desire to become stronger.

But Fang Yi only sympathizes with Komaji when he was a human, and does not sympathize with Upper Moon Three, Akaza.

If we sympathize with and forgive the ghosts that eat people, should we accept the fate of those whose families have been eaten by ghosts?

There is no such reason.

Fang Yi, who had recovered some of his mana, drove these complicated thoughts out of his mind and began to treat his injured teammates one by one.

After finishing these things, Fang Yi turned his head to look at Akaza's body, only to find that the ghost had disappeared with the rising sun.

Now, it is dawn.

　I deleted a chapter of Akaza's monologue for fear of sounding frivolous, but seeing that readers' feedback was not good, I re-edited it and added 2k words. The subscription will still be calculated based on the 2900 at the time of the previous release, that's it.

　　
　
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