Overturned Tower

The barber's voice was deep and slow, but it had some indescribable and convincing power: "If I have shown extraordinary abilities this time, it is very reasonable for you to come to me for help when you encounter problems later. thing.

"In order for me to help you in the future... you will definitely continue our cooperative relationship with reasons such as 'pleasant cooperation' after you kill Director Kamalthe."

"Oh? Are you so sure that I will encounter troubles that I can't solve myself in the future?"

"Yes."

"I'm still more or less a permanent director, and my troubles... how much help can you give me?"

"Because you are a rebel among the elves. Because your goal should not just kill Kamalthe—this is just the beginning."

The godfather narrowed his eyes slightly, and said with certainty: "So you will get into trouble sooner or later. A trouble that you cannot solve as an elf. The 'Godfather' can solve that trouble for you."

Torvatos' "fun man" is just his appearance.

It's just because he pursues a deep university that he pretends to be crazy, and uses humor and uninhibitedness to cover up himself.

The barber can't guarantee that he can stand with the Tower of Babel.

Tovatus' will and will are too strong...

He's the type who doesn't want to contort himself to fit the environment, lower his needs to fulfill expectations, or he would have succumbed to the elf's position long ago.

That being the case, introducing him into the Tower of Babel is prone to conflicts.

It would be better to exist as an external reinforcement.

"We are all smart people, it's better to be honest and cooperate better."

The barber smiled and said, "First say 'ally for a day', and then say 'happy cooperation' at the end and renew the contract... Don't use this kind of PUA technique on me."

"...That's why I quite dislike a straightforward and smart person like you."

The black-haired boy sighed: "Have a higher EQ, can't you just pretend to be fooled by me?"

"I'm not good at acting."

The barber said very positively: "I always say what I say. That's why I said so much when I was in the meeting that day."

--Yes.

The character "Barber" is not good at acting because it is the actor "Russell" who is good at acting.

He is very clear about this.

"... There was a saying in the previous earth age, 'A wood that is as beautiful as the forest will be destroyed by the wind'."

Torvatus reminded: "You'd better keep a low profile."

What he said was indeed serious, even with good intentions.

This young elf son was also a little worried that his valued collaborator would die because he was too ostentatious.

With wisdom beyond the ordinary, with a condescending vision like a god, with the disposition and leadership capable of commanding others...and the indispensable motivation.

His original target was the inferior - the rebellious son of Kamalthe.

Cultivate his abilities...or die with him to destroy Kamalthy's fate.Or take the next best thing and drive him crazy—see if Kamalthe's blood has inherited his coldness and ruthlessness.

Tovatus was thinking fine... until he saw the barber.

The name "Godfather" was given by him, and the implication is that he hopes that the other party can become the commander of the lower city.

...But soon, he realized that this was impossible.

Because this "Godfather" seeks great...

He is not uncoded, but he is helping uncoded people unite.

It was also because of this that he felt that... maybe he and the godfather could be together.

Their ultimate purpose must be different.But until then, they may become brief, helpful fellow travelers.

So his feeling that he didn't want the godfather to have an accident came from the bottom of his heart.

But the godfather did not accept his warning.

"For the average person, yes. But for the 'Godfather,' it's a little different."

The barber spoke slowly.

His dark blue deep eyes remind people of the bottomless and frightening deep sea.

"I had to stand up and be a beacon that people could see.

"I have to endure people's doubts, malice and attacks, and finally stand under the light intact, so as to show my strength and convince people to gather to me.

"I'd rather be scarred than intact. Because I'm not acting for myself, I don't have the room to 'preserve myself'.

"I need 'victory' more than 'success'!

"As long as I walk on the road of constant victory, let people see hope. Even if I fall down one day, someone will stand up again and take over the fire and light in my hand.

"Because that means I'm on the right path. I win not because I'm strong, but because I'm on the right path — and I need to make people realize that.

"So I will not take the fruits of victory that can be obtained by using ingenuity; I will not take the power that can be easily obtained by incitement; I will not use the support that is obtained by demagoguery.

"For me, personal success is within reach. But what I want is something beyond that."

This is what he said confidently, with his chest up and his head up, from the standpoint of a "barber".

But it's not entirely... Or, it's because he is using his identity as a barber that he can stand up and say these things that make him feel a little ashamed and difficult to say.

Russell certainly thought so.

But Russell didn't dare to say that... because if he said it, he would be laughed at.Because Russell is just a human being, a social animal, a company dog.

...But barbers are different.

He is the godfather.He is free.

He is the ruler of the lower city.The uncrowned king of the uncoded.

He is smart, possessing rare wisdom.But he chose not to use this wisdom for his own benefit, but to walk on the right path with dignity and win an indisputable and indisputable victory.

"...I now believe that you will become my loyal ally."

Torvatus chose to give in and took a half step back: "But I will no longer obey your orders, I will choose to execute them... Similarly, if I have something, I will also need your help. We help each other. "

"That's how it should be. We are long-term partners, and we don't have to compete for a while."

The barber smiled calmly: "Those who will cling to the temporary power and reputation, and be fascinated by it... are all greedy, stupid and incompetent people."

"really."

Torvatos nodded.

He felt the power displayed by the barber... and became more and more curious about why Russell used this false identity to be active.

What the barber said doesn't seem like a lie.

But that didn't seem like something that "Ultramarine" would say.

An identity, as the maintainer of the existing order, is promoted as a hero elected by the capital and the image spokesperson of the company;

Another identity has become the king of the rebels, the ruler of the lower city...even dared to join forces with an elf for this.

Kind, well-behaved, gentle, helpful, hard-working, as if shining, an idol with no flaws.

Deep and ruthless, his ability as a ruler can be recognized by those new mages who are born without codes and don't know what order is at all, and even make himself, an elf, succumb.

—Which one is the real him?

Which is his disguise?

Chapter 38 A Rewritten Future

After correcting his position and honestly uniting with the godfather, Tovatus stopped making troubles.

He directly stated the weakness of Camalthe——

"There are only three ways to defeat that man in theory."

Tovatus rarely had a smile on his face.

He said slowly: "The principle is very simple...his spells must use vision as a switch button.

"His glasses are not plain glasses... but myopia glasses with mismatched degrees for sealing eyesight."

"Won't this permanently damage his vision?"

"The body of an elf can live for 1000 years, how could it be damaged by such a trivial matter."

Torvatus shook his head: "That is to say, as long as you can blind him in some way, or block his vision with water bubbles, transparent helmets, etc., he can only use the time-stop ability;

"Similarly, if you knock his glasses away, he can only use the ability to reverse time."

"What if I smash only one of the glasses?"

"Can he use both, or both?" asked the barber.

"...Of course it is impossible to use it at the same time, otherwise he would not wear this kind of myopia, but a monocle."

Facing this question, Tovatus fell into thinking: "I have never thought about this situation.

"But in terms of the principle of spells, he should still be able to use time-stop... because his vision is still blurred. The situation should be equivalent to wearing a monocle."

"He can stop for more than 50 minutes in a row at most. If you can blind him for more than an hour, and assuming he has been using the time stop continuously, he will eventually be unable to resist. But this possibility is almost non-existent. After all, he is not What a fool - most problems can be solved by just stopping time, and it is allowed by the dragon to fight back in the face of those who attack him.

"Most of the people he used spells to erase his traces were not the ones who came to assassinate him... but those who affected his interests or were planning to silence them."

As he said that, Tovatus glanced at Miss Morgan next to him: "For example, this lovely pony."

"As long as it affects his vision, can he be blocked from using the ability to reverse time..."

It sounds quite doable.

but……

"In that case, he will have the ability to stop time again."

"That's the choice."

Torvatus spread his hands: "I can only tell you how to reduce the two abilities he holds to one.

"Personally, I still prefer that you kill him the moment he takes off his glasses. This is the most balanced and effective method in my opinion.

"When he can't use the time stop immediately, he will give priority to self-protection...that is, he will try to reverse everything around him.

"For example, bullets from sniper rifles, or shells, bombs, and mines. Restore their state or position to a day ago. Just use an attack that he cannot reverse... such as poison that can paralyze his mind, or a curse that makes him unconscious instantly .

"A major flaw of his ability is that he can't turn back his own time. If he is injured, he can't use this spell to turn himself back to a day ago. But he can grab anyone he sees at random, Turn back the time of the whole world to try to change this future.

"According to my mother's memory... when he goes back the time of the world, he must look at someone. In other words, he can only activate this spell if he 'sees someone clearly'."

"Yes. And you need to keep watching each other."

Morgan on the side testified very positively: "Every time he knocked me down first, and then used this spell... I was still thinking about what invisible thing knocked me down. It turned out that I was in time Injured in a suspended world..."

"The spell he used to turn back the time of the whole world needs to activate the time?"

The barber captured an important detail: "How long?"

"...I didn't pay attention, maybe five or six seconds? Maybe a second or two... But I'm not sure if it's my near-death illusion."

Morgan is not very sure: "Anyway, it is not used instantly. Because he will say something to me every time."

"Can't he turn back his own time?"

The barber hits the point: "That means I can kill him with a slow poison, or a curse?

"Yes, as long as there is nothing in his body, it can't be affected by his ability. Assuming you have a way to make him swallow explosives, you can kill him. He can't get memories after going back in time. As long as the 'day' When time cannot change the foregone conclusion, there is no way to save yourself anyway.”

"That's the second way... I was going to do it, but it's too late."

Tovatus has some regrets: "We have to end all this in one day... Neither the second nor the third can be used."

"Then, what about the third method?"

"The principle is simple, but the operation is cumbersome."

Torvatus shook his head: "Suppose there is a poisonous throwing knife thrown at Kamaltha who took off his glasses and was about to turn back time.

"He didn't have time to put on his glasses at this time, so he could only choose to reverse the time of the flying knife and reverse it to the position it was 24 hours ago.

"—Then, what if I still appeared here 24 hours ago and threw the throwing knife at him at exactly the right time?"