Monster Master: Evidence of the Way

It was a cold evening, and Xuanwu was sitting in front of someone's grave. The setting sun shone on her black hair, and her heart gradually froze.

It will be dark soon.

But Xuanwu was not afraid. She knew that all things were born from dust and returned to dust. Everything originated from darkness, and humans would eventually return to the embrace of darkness.

So be it.

Soon, Xuanwu would be in darkness. She gave up struggling.

"Xuanwu-senpai!"

Was it an illusion? Xuanwu seemed to hear someone calling her... Who could it be?

"Hold on, I'm here to save you."

Despite the red rope for stability and Jiuhuan Meng'a's leg bones for positioning, it still took a lot of effort for Yiyin, a beginner, to successfully locate Xuanwu's location.

“(……).”

Xuanwu didn't say anything, just looked at the tombstone in front of him.

"(Yiyin, this is my late mother's tombstone. I often come here to visit and remember her. She was a good person, but good people don't live long. I understand my current situation, but I don't want to move anymore. Perhaps sleeping here will be my final resting place.)"

There was no expression of sadness or joy on Xuanwu's face, just like before. Yiyin suspected that she had been influenced by the ghost turtle.

Of course Yiyin could talk to her about the moral principles, but time did not allow it. If Yiyin did not want to stay and be buried with Xuanwu, she had to leave.

Leave this fantasy world.

"Senior Xuanwu, I understand how you feel. In fact, I don't have a mother either, but that can't be an excuse for you to escape. At least Uncle Sai Xiaoxi still loves you very much, and he doesn't want to see you sink into this."

Yiyin rushed forward and shook Xuanwu's shoulders hard, trying to wake her up.

"Senior Qinglong, Senior Baihu, Senior Suzaku, they are all your good sisters. Do you want to watch them suffer for no reason because of you?"

Faced with Yiyin's almost accusatory questioning, Xuanwu just stared at him with her golden eyes.

"(My master needs me simply because I am his only daughter. Furthermore, I am my late mother's child, so he needs me to inherit the name 'Xuanwu' so that I can continue to carry on the sins of the times.)"

"(As for Qinglong and the others... I really feel a little sorry for these good sisters.)"

"what about me?"

Yi Yin was about to go crazy, "Senior Xuanwu, I risked my life to save you, at least give me some positive response!"

Hearing this, Xuanwu was obviously touched.

"(Do you know, Yiyin, that the descendants of the Xuanwu family have most of their emotions sealed due to the power of the Word Spirit, resulting in a very cold relationship. That is why my master is so eager to make me the heir of the Xuanwu family. Once I fully inherit this power, the burden on my master will be lifted, and he will feel his love for my late mother more clearly.)"

"(However, my late mother passed away before that day. My husband's love for me is not even one tenth of what my late mother did. Perhaps in his eyes, my birth was just an accident.)"

Although Xuanwu didn't speak, Yiyin could sense that she was deeply saddened. It was a kind of hollow sadness.

"(Iin, I've said our monsters are the same type, but as far as we're concerned, you and I shouldn't have met. Because of you, I've developed unnecessary emotions in my heart.)"

"Extra emotion?...What is it?" Yiyin asked.

"(Those feelings of 'uneasiness' and 'confusion' are just obstacles for me.)"

"Those aren't unnecessary emotions, Xuanwu-senpai. Even without me, you'll have to face them one day. You can't keep wallowing in this world woven of fantasy, right?"

Yi Yin took a deep breath. He was not a very good talker, but in order to avoid ending up as a vegetable, he had to try his best to persuade Xuanwu.

"The world is so big, we will always find a solution. Senior Sister Xuanwu, please come with me. We must survive together!"

"(Survive...?)"

Xuanwu was slightly shaken, but it was not enough to break her psychological defenses.

"(In that case, let me see your resolve. We are both Monster Masters, so let's decide the outcome the way Monster Masters do.)"

As he said that, Xuanwu very handsomely threw out a monster card, and then summoned his monster Ryuma.

Before this, Yiyin had only fought with the king of strange beasts, the white tiger. Well, it seems that this battle has to be fought.

Yiyin sent out the green-haired turtle that was dozing on his head. They were both turtles, so which one had better endurance?

The truth was beyond doubt. Xuanwu pointed at the green-haired turtle and said softly, "Mian--"

The green-haired turtle fell asleep without showing any desire to fight.

"Swamp——"

Xuanwu turned the compacted ground under Yiyin's feet into a swamp, causing him to fall continuously.

"What's going on? Iin-san, shouldn't your word spirit ability only be activated on living things?"

Yiyin was very frightened. Could it be that Xuanwu was hiding some escape route that she didn't know about?

"(This is my spiritual world. If I believe I have the ability, then I really do have it. In this fantasy world, nothing is impossible.)"

Fantasy...

I didn’t expect the power of fantasy to be so strong, but Yiyin will not give up easily!

"I understand, Senior Sister Xuanwu. You've actually been feeling lost, so you've deliberately revealed this to me, hoping I could save you. Okay, now I'll show you my determination!"

Yiyin gritted his teeth and tried hard to block out the muddy effect brought by the swamp.

This is not a difficult thing to do, because Yiyin's understanding is A, and he can easily understand the reasons for the current situation.

In this sea of data composed of Xuanwu's inner consciousness, human strength is proportional to spirit.

Therefore, Yiyin just gathered all his mental strength and ignored the effect of Xuanwu's words.

Feeling Yiyin's emotional changes, the green-haired turtle woke up from his dream and looked at the dragon horse next to Xuanwu with full fighting spirit.

"Checkmate, Senior Xuanwu! I win this time! Green-haired turtle, after the armor explodes, use the spin attack to finish it off in one move!"

Hearing the order from Yiyin, the green-haired turtle yelled, took off its shell, gained an absolute increase in strength and speed, and then rushed towards Longma.

That speed has surpassed the snail's pace!

Longma looked at the green-haired turtle that was as dazzling as a meteor, and knew that his era had come to an end, so he closed his eyes sadly.

"——Bang"

Ryoma fell down, and Xuanwu put it back into his monster card.

"……(call.)"

Xuanwu let out a long sigh, her eyes gradually became clear, and her inner anxiety was swept away.

After winning the battle, the green-haired turtle lay back on Yiyin's head. Yiyin smiled and stretched out his hand to Xuanwu.

"Senior Xuanwu, hold my hand. I don't know what your past is like, but I know I won't leave you alone again. I will always be with you."

Hearing this, Xuanwu did not hesitate. Her hands stopped shaking and she directly grabbed Chenye. When the two hands were clasped together, the surrounding scenery gradually became distorted.

"(Thank you, Iin, thank you for facing this with me...)"

Xuanwu's inner defenses have been breached, and she has to wake up from her beautiful dream. The problems that have been bothering her will not disappear easily in a short time, but at least she has the courage to face them.

What Xuanwu didn't know was that at this moment in Xuanwu's mansion, the mastermind behind the scenes had already begun to show his fangs.