blogombal Chapter 57 He's well-read, you should trust him.
Chapter 57 He's well-read, you should trust him.
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Eniri asked, puzzled.
Sophia opened her mouth, unsure of what to say next, and looked to Xu Yuan for help.
Luo Yalu also pursed her lips and remained silent.
Xu Yuan was speechless. Was it really that hard to say?
But on second thought, it might really be difficult for the person involved to tell the truth.
Saying that you are a fictional character in a story has a certain feeling of denying your own existence.
"Well, actually it's like this..."
Xu Yuan gave a brief explanation.
The three of them, including Irene, were completely bewildered.
They instinctively felt disbelieving, even thinking the man in front of them was talking nonsense.
Just look at Sofia and Royal's expressions...
"Do you have any evidence?" Galadriel stared at Xu Yuan, her hands trembling slightly as she spoke.
Seeing this, Xu Yuan took the comic book out again.
His fingerprints are on the comic book; to be precise, they are Shin Kamiya's fingerprints.
Although the Japanese police probably didn't have Shin Kamiya's fingerprints on file, just in case, he put the comic back into his inventory when he left earlier.
He took out the fifth volume, opened it, and handed it to Ineli.
Then he took out Volume 6, found Galatea who was making her first appearance, and handed it to her.
"And me?" Shelley asked.
"You did not appear in the story."
"..."
Ineli and Galadriel flipped through a few pages, their faces filled with shock.
"The authenticity is beyond doubt," Xu Yuan said. "You can ask anyone about it later."
"In addition, you can think about the organization's recent unusual behavior."
"Furthermore, the organization is keeping this from you not for your own good, but because they don't want you to know that 'the demons were created by them'."
"The reason we suddenly attacked you this time is because Sophia and Royal learned about these things from me."
"It fears that you will rebel after you learn the truth."
"The demons were created by the organization?!"
The three of them asked in unison, their eyes filled with disbelief.
So, what is the significance of them becoming Claymores?
Xu Yuan nodded and said, "Simply put, there are two forces on the mainland that are at war."
"One of them received help from a race called the 'Descendants of the Dragon'."
"That is a non-human race whose strength far surpasses that of humans."
"In order to deal with them, the other side began to study their power."
"Then it was discovered that fusing the flesh and blood of the Dragon Descendants before and after their awakening would create a parasite that would not rot."
"Letting it parasitize the human brain is a demon."
"Implanting the flesh and blood of demons into the human body creates a greatsword."
"The continent you live on is not actually a continent, but an isolated island."
"It's that faction's testing ground."
"The organization is its subordinate body, which created the demons and also created your greatswords."
"The purpose is to create controllable awakened individuals."
"To be used in war against the descendants of dragons."
"What did you say?!" Royal exclaimed in surprise.
Galadriel looked at Theresa, Sofia, and Royal, who were equally shocked, and asked in confusion, "You guys don't know either?"
Xu Yuan thought for a moment, and realized that he seemed to have forgotten to tell them about the mainland, the islands, and the descendants of the dragon.
The main reason was that he suddenly realized the organization was likely about to take action, and coincidentally, American fighter jets arrived.
I didn't have time to tell them.
"This is the background story of Claymore, I forgot to tell you earlier."
Six people: "..."
So, what does all of this really mean?
Is the world they live in just an experimental field?
No, no, no, before that, was the world they lived in a fake world? Was it made up by someone else?
Does that mean that all the suffering they endured was actually imposed by the author?
Galadriel asked, "Mr. Xu, if what you're saying is true, then what is the meaning of our existence?"
"Then you'll have to find it yourselves," Xu Yuan said. "Don't ask me, I'm not one of your companions."
At this moment, Ineli suddenly said, "I don't understand that much. I just want to know, in order to protect humanity, we abandoned our human identity and became these ghostly things that aren't even human, but in the end, it was all a farce. We were just killing people, weren't we?"
As she spoke, a deep sense of self-mockery and sorrow appeared in the eyes of Ineli, who was usually indifferent.
More than whether the world is real or fake, she cares about whether everything she does has value.
Irene's words undoubtedly served as a reminder to the others.
In an instant, Sofia, Royal, Galatea, and Shelley all turned deathly pale.
So, even within the story, are their existence and actions meaningless?
It even runs counter to their goals.
Only Theresa said calmly, "Can such a lowly and ugly thing be considered a human being?"
Xu Yuan nodded: "How can demons be considered human?"
"But didn't you say that demons are humans who are parasitized?" Ineli said.
"I did say that, but can someone who has been parasitized still be considered human? They not only feed on human organs, but they also have no humanity whatsoever. They can eat their own relatives without a care. If you think that counts as being human, then I suggest you apologize to the word 'human' immediately."
Ineli: "But..."
"But what?" Xu Yuan said, "Even the world's rules don't recognize them as the original people."
"World rules? What does that mean?"
Xu Yuan thought for a moment and said, "For some reasons, there have been quite a few cases like yours where people come from stories into reality recently. I handled two such cases not long ago."
"deal with?"
"As I just said, I am not one of you. To be precise, I am on your opposite side and need to send you back to your original world."
"..."
"Do you want to continue listening?"
"...Please speak."
Both of those cases were related to cannibalism.
"The first story is called 'Tokyo Ghoul,' which also features man-eating monsters."
"After the characters in the story came to the real world, they used real-world humans to create foodies."
I call them "local foodies".
The second story is called "Parasyte".
"A bunch of parasites came and parasitized humans in the real world."
I call them "native parasites".
"Finally, it's you guys."
"After your organization came to the real world, it used humans from the real world to create demons."
I call them "local demons".
"All three of these contain elements of the real world as well as elements of the fantasy world."
"Furthermore, I want to tell you that creatures like you, who come from stories or fantasy worlds, will return to your world after death. There will be no corpses left behind; they will turn into specks of light and disappear."
"And what I want to say is, local foodies, local parasites, local demons..."
"The circumstances when killing them are different."
"When a local foodie dies, his body will remain, and even the part that belongs to the fantasy world will remain."
"When the native parasite dies, the parasite will turn into specks of light and disappear, leaving behind the corpse of the parasitized human."
"When the local demons die, they will turn into specks of light and disappear."
Do you know what this means?
"This means that the world acknowledges that the local foodies are still the same people, just suffering from some kind of 'disease'."
"The native parasites, on the other hand, are clearly divided into the real world and the fantasy world."
"Only native demons are not recognized by the world as the original humans, and the parts that belonged to the two worlds have merged together and cannot be separated."
Even if demons can change hosts, the people who have been parasitized have been completely distorted.
"Do you understand?"
"They have changed in essence."
"Also, you just said that you've turned into a ghost that's not even human anymore."
"You don't consider yourself human, but you think demons are human. Are you out of your mind?"
Ineli: "..."
Xu Yuan paused for a moment, then said, "Besides, so what if they are human?"
"Can't people be killed?"
"I personally despise the kind of thinking in Japanese manga that is wrong as long as you kill someone" or "If I kill someone, what's the difference between me and the villain?"
"In my opinion, this is absolutely stupid."
"Has the person who thinks this way forgotten something?"
"That is, besides the good guys and the bad guys, there is another group in this world."
"This group is far larger than the heroes and villains combined! Much, much larger!"
"That's just an ordinary person!"
"When the righteous kill the villains, that's called eliminating evil and protecting the righteous!"
"It's about protecting a large number of innocent people!"
"You did nothing wrong by killing demons!"
"Even if demons are human, they should be killed!"
The statement that "it is wrong to kill anyone" is just muddying the waters!
"Legally, homicide is divided into intentional homicide, manslaughter, and self-defense!"
"To lump all acts of murder together is both stupid and malicious!"
Shinichi Kamiya was stunned.
This was the first time he had ever seen Lord Xu Yuan speak so much in one go.
Were you disgusted by this kind of plot?
Indeed, Xu Yuan was disgusted by the ideas that permeate Japanese anime, such as "it's wrong to kill anyone" and "if I kill someone, what's the difference between me and a villain?" as well as that kind of cheap forgiveness.
Everyone stared at him in disbelief.
Xu Yuan calmed himself down and waved his hand, saying, "Forget it, why am I telling you all this? That's all I have to say. Think what you want."
Ineli paused for a moment. "So, was everything I've done in the past meaningful?"
"Of course," Xu Yuan said. "You protected the ordinary people of your world and avenged those who were harmed by demons. Isn't that meaningful?"
Theresa nodded in agreement: "You blockhead, he's well-educated, you're an illiterate person, you're right to trust him."
Xu Yuan: "?"
No, what kind of thinking is that?
And you yourself are illiterate.
Irene ignored Theresa and looked at Xu Yuan, saying, "Thank you."
"Why thank me?" Xu Yuan said calmly. "I was just stating the facts. Alright, it's time to go."
"Leave?" the crowd asked, puzzled.
Xu Yuan looked at Sophia and Royal: "You two don't actually think you've shaken off the pursuers, do you?"
If things go wrong, the satellite might have already located this place by now.
The two were shocked: "Don't you have it?"
They quickly looked in the direction they had come from.
But no one was seen following.
"They haven't arrived yet, but they'll find this place sooner or later, and it probably won't be long," Xu Yuan said. "You'll understand once you learn more about the technology of this world."
He paused, then suddenly remembered something: "By the way, where is your organization's warehouse?"
Could there be something left behind?
After all, the organization must have left in a rather hurried manner.
Xu Yuan remembered that during the first mission, although the Death Note disappeared when the spatial node was closed, it could still be used before it disappeared.
He killed Light Yagami with the notebook.
In other words, the things are not illusory, but real and tangible.
However, after the space node was closed, those that had not completed localization were expelled from this world.
So, perhaps we can find something in the warehouse.
Moreover... Xu Yuan checked the bounty panel.
Aside from the people here, there are six people left from the Claymore world.
Leader Lemoto.
Mad scientist Daye.
The "Dark Twins" Alyssa and Bissi.
And two other guys he didn't recognize, but whose strength was marked as mortal.
He's probably a high-ranking official in the organization.
In short, only six people were evacuated.
With six people and no storage space, how much stuff can they take with them?
Although someone might come looking for him at any time, Xu Yuanyuan figured that running away wouldn't be a problem.
Besides, Theresa is there too.
This person is basically invincible in the current world.
Unless the United States drops a nuclear bomb here directly.
After all, he didn't know whether nuclear weapons would be useful.
But nuclear weapons are not something you can just throw around; the potential chain reaction they could trigger is far too severe.
Moreover, it's not time to let the US do that.
They probably prefer to capture them alive for research.
In short, since there is a certain level of security, spending a little time here is acceptable.
"I know," Enelly said.
"Give me directions, let's get there as quickly as possible."
Xu Yuan grabbed her arm and then said to the rest of the group, "You guys rest here for a bit."
With that, he took Inelli and flew away.
Guided by Inili, Xu Yuan flew into a cave entrance in the mountain wall. After winding and turning inside the hollowed-out mountain, he arrived at a stone gate.
After chopping it up, he and Inelli went inside.
What came into view was a small mountain of gold bars.
By sending out greatswords to slay demons and collecting exorbitant rewards, the organization not only conducts experiments but also continuously reaps social wealth.
Xu Yuan had no interest in these things.
They will all disappear once the spatial nodes in Claymore are closed.
Besides, he's not short of money.
Furthermore, if he is not mistaken, these items cannot be added to the inventory.
Just like how he couldn't put the Death Note into his inventory back then.
So, they're just a lot of heavy burdens.
Xu Yuan turned his gaze to a corner.
There was a pile of swords there.
When the greatsword dies, their swords will disappear.
However, these unclaimed items, seemingly as objects, do not disappear before the spatial node closes.
Xu Yuan stepped forward, picked up a handful, and examined it.
A system pop-up window appears.
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The Nameless Sword
Type: Equipment/Weapon
Quality: Green
Features: Sturdy
Durability: 300/300
Comment: A sword with such crude forging, such a waste of talent, the master craftsman would probably weep upon seeing it.
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Xu Yuan tried it, and sure enough, he couldn't put it into his inventory.
"System, can it be used to absorb weapons?"
【Can. 】
Looking at the more than twenty greatswords, Xu Yuan felt like he had made a small profit.