Sanctuary Paradise

Chapter 30 King and Pawn

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"General."

A cold voice sounded in the simple and luxurious Japanese room.

"Oops, did you lose again?"

The handsome man wearing a black hat and short white oak hair smiled and scratched his head, and said in a regretful tone:
"As expected of Master Wuhan, you are indeed a ghost that is favored by you. You are really good at holding the dead."

If Xin Lailai were here, he would be able to recognize the other party's identity at a glance. He is one of the Twelve Ghost Moons, Tong Mo, the Second String of the String.

Sitting opposite Tong Mo was a black-haired woman wearing a black dress with half-lidded eyes, giving off an inviolable and noble feeling at a glance.

"It's just that I have been exposed to shogi more in the past."

The black-haired woman said indifferently, staring down at the finished chess game on the table, seeming to be thinking about something.

"Continue? I seem to have found some tips?"

Tong Mo looked at the black-haired woman in front of him with colorful pupils and said with a chuckle.

"can."

Tong Mo smiled, waved the folding fan in his hand, and several ice crystal palms appeared and began to return the chess pieces on the chessboard to their original positions.

The two started a new round of game.

On the chessboard, speeding chariots criss-crossed, laurel horses hung diagonally, gold and silver intertwined, and the offensive and defensive momentum was constantly changing. In just a few minutes, it entered the final game.

"Executor, what do you think is the most beautiful thing about the chessboard?"

After entering the intense stage, Tong Mo suddenly smiled and asked.

The executioner glanced at the other party indifferently and did not answer. Tong Mo did not pay attention to this, but continued to smile and said:

"In my opinion, it's fair."

I saw Tong Mo taking out a foot soldier from the platform and hitting it in the executioner's formation.

"Even the most inconspicuous pawn will have the ability to threaten the general as long as it is on the chessboard. Don't you think this is wonderful?"

When the chess player heard this, he said nothing and pressed a chess piece on the chessboard. When he was about to move the chess piece, Tong Mo's expression suddenly changed, then he smiled and said:

"Master Wuhan asked me to tell you that two of the four wastes that entered the Vine Attack Mountain are already dead, one has disappeared from his perception, and although the remaining one is not dead yet, he will soon."

The executioner stopped what he was doing.

"Really? Help me tell Lord Wuhan that I already know about it."

With that said, the executioner stood up, walked aside, and looked at the things on the table.

Those are three heads, three heads of the Twelve Ghost Moons.

The team at the end of the string is tired.

Part [-] of the last string: Nightmare.

as well as……

The third of the winding: Yiwozuo.

"Are you finally planning to start? I thought you weren't interested in their ghost blood?"

Tong Mo watched the executioner's actions, glanced at the black aura rising from the other person's hand, and said with a chuckle.

"It's just that the time hasn't come yet."

The executioner said, and his palm instantly penetrated the leftmost head of tiredness. The dark ghost blood seemed to come alive, penetrated into the executioner's skin, and poured into her body along the blood vessels.

Then, the executioner made the other two heads in the same way. In the blink of an eye, there were only three skulls left on the table that had completely lost the breath of life.

After doing this, the executioner returned to his original position as if nothing had happened, and picked up the previous chess piece again.

"Your answer just now, in my opinion, is ridiculous."

A cold voice sounded, and the executioner stared at the chessboard and said calmly:

"Even if a general is trapped in the Nine Palaces, he is still a general, and a pawn will always be a pawn."

fall.

"If the pawn really stands in front of the king, then... just eat it."

General.

Tong Mo was stunned and looked at the executioner.

The executioner's half-closed eyes opened at this moment, and the blue pupils bloomed with a soul-stirring light.

In the depths of those blue pupils, different characters are reflected:
——Wind up,
--one.

"Fairness on the chessboard belongs only to the jade general and the king general."

"Insignificant pawns have no qualifications to stand on the chessboard."

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[It has been detected that the contractor encountered time and space fluctuations, and the contractor's assessment location has been changed from Demon Slayer World No. 00-01 to Demon Slayer World No. 01-32. 】

[It has been detected that there are other contractors in the world No. 01-32 Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba, the determination is in progress...]

[The judgment is complete. 】

[Judgment result: According to the regulations for the protection of new contractors, Contractor No. 79952 is prohibited from leaving the designated area [Infinite City] within 14 days after entering this derivative world. 】

[It is detected that the judgment result conflicts with the pioneer training regulations, and a new judgment is started...]

[The judgment is complete. 】

[Contractor No. 83112 has been confirmed to be a target of low training value. Based on the principle of equivalence, the judgment results have been corrected. 】

[Correction completed, additional judgment results:

1. Ban the communication function of Contractor No. 83112.

2. If Contractor No. 83112 dies or fails the main mission, Contractor No. 79952 can lift the regional restrictions in advance.

3. Contractor No. 79952 can view the current main task content and completion status of Contractor No. 83112 (only once). 】

[After the determination of special events is completed, assessment tasks will be released. 】

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[Assessment Task: Dawn of Eternal Darkness]

Task Difficulty: LV.10
Mission introduction: It is extremely dark and dark, and there is never any sky. The clouds can be lifted to reveal the sun, so as to create dawn.

Mission introduction: Assist the evil ghost camp to destroy the Demon Slayer camp, and kill all BOSS units alone, the ghost king Tanjiro Kamado.

Mission period: 27 days, 13 hours and 21 seconds

Mission reward: Pioneer status*1
Mission Punishment: Forced Execution

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Ghost Squad Headquarters.

"I'm sorry, we searched the entire Tengxi Mountain and only found this one in the end."

In the room, Tanjiro, half of his body covered in bandages, fell into a daze as he looked at what the Demon Slayer support team member displayed on the white cloth in front of him.It was a severed arm, a broken Nichirin sword, and a broken fox mask.

"According to the traces at the scene, Mr. Xin Lailai successfully defeated the diseased leaves on the third string, but encountered other evil spirits. In the end..."

When the logistics team member said this, he fell silent and did not say any more.

A swordsman who was seriously injured and on the verge of death encountered a ghost. In the end, even the complete body was not found. The result is self-evident.

"Brother Lai Lai..."

Tanjiro murmured a little dullly, a hoarse scream coming from his throat.

If not for protecting him!
If it weren't for him to be able to escape!

"It's all my fault... If I could be stronger, if I could arrive earlier!"

Tanjiro fell to the ground in grief, his fingers tightly clasped on the ground, tears streaming down his face.

When the Demon Slayer support team members on the side saw this, they didn't say anything and just left the room silently.

They know very well that at this time, what the other party needs is not verbal comfort, but closed venting.

In the room, Tanjiro looked at the severed arm and blade on the white cloth that was left in place. He could no longer suppress the pain in his heart and cried loudly.

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Misty Mountain.

In the old cabin, Sakonji Rintagaki sat in front of the window, looking at the door, his expression obscured by the Tengu mask on his face.

On his desk is a piece of letter paper spread out, which details everything that happened in the Vine Raid Mountain.

In the distance, dusk is gradually closing in.

Ningtaki Sakonji sat there, motionless, letting the shadow engulf his figure.

His disciple once again failed to come back from that place.

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Sanctuary Paradise, a dedicated conference room for the Lai Lai Cult.

Bang!
"What did you say!"

04296 slammed his fist on the conference table and angrily questioned the man in front of him.

"You bald man, calm down. What's the point of getting angry at me? If you have the ability, go find Paradise!"

Baihua covered her ears, which were a little uncomfortable from 04296's roar, and fired back.

"...I was impulsive."

04296 realized that he had just lost his composure, took two deep breaths, calmed down his mood, and then continued to ask:

"Let me confirm first. How sure are you that this is true?"

"It must be ninety-nine percent, otherwise I would have called you here because I was so idle. I was telling you this just because I was sure that something had happened to your brother." Baihua glanced at 04296 and said angrily.

"So, what kind of good stuff did you stuff for your good brother to actually let Paradise punish him like this? I remember that before the guy left, the three-dimensional average was not here more than five o'clock?"

"How the hell do I know?"

04296 roared, and his anger suddenly rose.

"This guy is just a novice with no talent. He doesn't even have a professional template. If I hadn't given him a spell-type specialization passive, he probably wouldn't be able to do it even for a serious contractor! "

"If I had known that he would be involved in the pioneer assessment, I would rather not teach him those things!"

Bang!
04296 said, and couldn't help but hit the conference table hard, which made Baihua's eyelids jump.

"Calm down, aren't you completely sure about this? You see, I'm only [-]% sure... Well, no, after all, we only know that the guy was stuffed into a derivative world with abnormal speed of time and space. And I accidentally discovered that the park prohibits us from sending him messages. Actually, this is nothing. Isn’t it just a pioneer assessment? It sounds like none of us have experienced it..."

"But that was not his own pioneer assessment! It was someone else's assessment that got him involved! Don't tell me you don't know the difference between the two!"

Baihua kept chattering, trying to explain a few words, but before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by 04269.

04296 The words are full of fire, like a volcano about to erupt at any time.

Baihua was rarely silent this time and did not deny 04296's words.

He and 04296 are both people who have experienced the pioneer assessment, so they know it very well.

For those contractors who undergo the pioneer assessment, the most is a narrow escape, but for those who are accidentally involved, it is a real life-threatening situation.

An ordinary contractor, even a master with magic specialization, is just a slightly harder dish to eat in front of contractors who are qualified to take the pioneer assessment...

Unless those assessors specifically let each other go, how could those who can obtain the qualifications for the pioneer assessment allow such unstable factors as other contractors in their assessment?
What's more, as pioneers, they all know that when an abnormal situation occurs, the judgment of the paradise will often be obviously inclined to cultivate the party with higher value.

"Baihua," 04296 suddenly shouted. Baihua raised his head and met 04296's extremely gloomy eyes, and his heart trembled.

"Give me the world coordinates where he is, and I'll go there myself!"

Baihua didn't answer and continued to remain silent, but her palms unconsciously clenched into fists.

"Hurry up, don't pretend to be stunned for me, you should understand that at that speed of time, every minute he is delayed..."

"Hao Jueyuan, have you had enough trouble?"

boom!
Faced with 04296's pressure, Baihua became completely angry. She slammed the table and yelled out 04296's real name.

04296's momentum suddenly weakened, and Baihua stood up, grabbed his collar, leaned forward, and growled:
"Do you know what you are doing? You violated the rules of the paradise for a new person you have known for no more than half a month. If you want to die, I can throw you into the laboratory of the Sun God Cult, but don't do it to me. Being a bitch here!"

"Yes, it is indeed unfair that he was involved in the pioneer assessment. Then, what can happen? There are so many unfair things in the paradise, why should we fight for him alone?"

"Because he is a member of the Lailai Cult? Don't be kidding me. Don't tell me that you didn't know what the paradise meant at that time. He didn't ask you to spend money to save people, but he asked you to turn a blind eye. Just pretend that the accident never happened!”

"Hao Jueyuan, I know you haven't been able to let go of the Mu Mu thing, but you fucking wake me up, the Mu Mu is already dead!"

Baihua said, holding 04296 by his collar and slamming him onto the table, staring at him and saying word by word:

"You are not a piece of wood, and he is not you. He is just an ordinary person who has no talent and should not even enter a place like paradise. Do you understand!"

"Do you really think we can't see why you taught him those things? Help him? Stop talking nonsense, you just won't give in!"

"If you really want him to live in paradise, you shouldn't teach him those things, you shouldn't let him be a contractor, but you should directly let him become an employee. Don't tell me you can't even understand this! "

"What's more, how long can you save him? This is a paradise, not a nursing home. You can save him once, but what about the second, third, and fourth time? Or are you planning to take the whole life? The people of Lai Shen Cult will give him a new person one by one to take away his life?"

"I……"

04296 looked at Baihua who was furious and wanted to retort, but couldn't say anything. He had to turn his head to avoid Baihua's gaze.

"Oh ~ Xiaobaihua, you seem to be discussing something interesting?"

Suddenly, an enchanting voice that was numb to the bones sounded in the conference room. A door suddenly opened from the side, and a small foot as white as jade poked out and hooked between the two of them.

The expressions of Baihua and 04296 suddenly changed, and they immediately prepared to stand up and run away, but in the next moment, their bodies trembled in unison, and their bodies froze in place.

"Really, you like to run away every time you see someone. Xiao Baihua, are you as bad as Bald Man~?"

Laughter like silver bells rang in the conference room. The black-haired Lolita, whose every frown and smile seemed to have the power to enchant people, sat in mid-air, with her index finger on her red lips, using a temptation that was enough to make people's bestiality arouse. Renyuzu hooked Baihua's chin, looked down at the two of them, and showed a charming smile.

"Come on, tell me, what interesting thing were you talking about just now?"

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(End of this chapter)