I, holding a long sword in my hand, only know one move

"I also attended the meeting of the Ministry of Defense, but it was on the roof of another building about a few hundred meters away from you~" Cheng Rang gestured with two fingers to mark the distance between the buildings. The tip was still stained with the fresh blood on the face of the initiate just now.

"I told you not to wade into this muddy water...Have you decided to be a hero? Do you know how heavy justice you have to carry out?"

Bah....

Rentaro's clenched right fist emitted a bright blue light, and the jet port located on his elbow began to overflow with high-heat twisted air.

"I have no idea."

"Ho~?"

"But I must stop you, and then... go back alive!"

The barb-like jet port of the prosthetic limb suddenly ignited, bursting out a blue light that ionized the air, and the huge propulsion force was transmitted along the arm to the fist.

Tendo Style Combat Technique Type 1-5——Tiger Fighting Tiancheng!

The extremely fast and powerful jab hit Cheng Rang who was crouching in front of him at almost zero distance.

"With this distance, we succeeded!"

The officers who were watching the battle on the screen at the headquarters were about to clench their fists in celebration, but their expressions froze in the next second.

boom!

The dust storm caused by the propelled ammunition made a loud noise. Rentaro stared at the starry night sky in front of him, and his mind fell into a brief blank.

--Huh? Sky?

what happened.....

The cold touch on his throat made Rentaro tremble all over, and Enju's subsequent shouts reached his eardrums and were processed and analyzed by his brain.

"Rentaro! Are you okay?"

The scene in front of him changed because he was thrown from the standing position of punching in an instant and was thrown onto his back. The dizzying pain was felt from the entire back and back of the head at this moment.

The jet-black reverse-blade knife with an arc-shaped tip was placed on his throat. Even the enhanced mechanical prosthetic eyes were unable to capture any usable information. He was defeated at this moment.

A complete failure!

Yanzhu was scared to the spot. She clenched her fists, but she didn't know what to do.

I didn't see anything clearly... I... couldn't stop that from happening.

Rentaro looked at the pair of dark eyes looking down at him in front of him, clenching his teeth unwillingly.

It is hopelessly powerful, and it is impossible to resist it no matter what.

"What a pity, Rentaro-senpai..."

Hearing Cheng Rang's name, Rentaro's expression twisted with hatred.

"Do you think you can fight me with the mechanized soldiers in your trump card?" Cheng Rang stepped on Rentaro's chest and moved his face forward. "The answer is - impossible."

"Do you feel how weak you are as a human being? You are so weak that you cannot save anyone."

"You don't even know the price you need to pay to become a hero, so you just want to act cool and be the savior in front of everyone? Oh, move, show me your determination." Cheng Rang slapped him with the tip of his knife. He patted Rentaro's cheek, let go of his foot, and took two steps back.

Rentaro turned over and propped himself up with his arms tremblingly, shaking everywhere.

Wails and body pain.

Watching everything happen in front of the screen, but unable to do anything about it, Tendo Mugen clenched her fists tightly, her knuckles turned white from the exertion, and the pain that nearly pierced her palms could not calm her down.

Rentaro...don't stand up! Don't...you'll die!

The girl's almost shouting prayer could not be conveyed to Rentaro.

Still he stood up.

"Let Yanzhu go...I'll fight you!"

Having said these words, Xiang Chengrang assumed a fighting stance and raised his arms.

"Rentaro!"

"Run Yeonju!"

Yanzhu's eyes widened with mist. She bit her lips and controlled her trembling legs to walk towards Rentaro step by step, stretching out her arms to block him.

"No! Rentaro, didn't you say that you would always stay with me?!"

"Now is not the time to be stupid, go away you idiot!"

"Rentaro is the idiot!"

"Hey, hey, hey, wait a minute, pause!" Cheng Rang yelled, making a pause gesture, "Why, suddenly a drama of life and death started in front of me. If I really want to destroy the world, what can I do? Is it the time for you two to chatter your lines in front of me?"

Their expressions were a little dull, and they didn't seem to understand what Cheng Rang wanted to do.

"....ah?"

"Ah what, did I say I wanted to kill Yeon Joo?"

".....Maybe not."

Cheng Rang faced Rentaro with a hateful expression and sighed heavily.

"To be honest, at this stage of the plan, it doesn't matter whether I kill you two or not. Rentaro, you are a good person. Kind and warm-blooded, but a bit stupid. You are played as a chess piece in the palm of your hand without knowing anything. Let me see. It’s very heartbreaking.”

"..."

"Ah, also, as soon as I stand in front of you, the bitter look you glare at me makes me very unhappy. It makes me really look like an evil villain, so I really want to beat you up. A meal!”

However, Cheng Rang actually did this. When Rentaro reacted, Cheng Rang's fist was being withdrawn from his abdomen, and the force that almost penetrated his internal organs made Rentaro gag.

"Cough cough cough cough!"

"Lian..." Yanzhu's words were stuck in her throat. The face in front of her was Cheng Rang's narrowed eyes and smile, which made her feel scared.

Cheng Rang gently held Yanzhu's head and stroked it back and forth: "Yanzhu, the erosion rate in your body is already quite high."

It was a statement, not even a question.

"No... Rentaro always said that the erosion rate was very low and there was no change every time he checked!"

"Have you seen the test report with your own eyes?"

Yanzhu hesitated with a struggling expression and looked at Rentaro who was kneeling on the ground and holding his stomach.

"No..."

"Not once, right?"

Yanzhu was silent.

"Rentaro, tell Enju what the true gastroenterovirus erosion rate is in her body."

Seeing that he didn't respond, Cheng Rang stretched out his foot and kicked him twice more, urging: "Hey, don't pretend to be dead now. Can't you even remember the erosion rate of your partner? Or do you mean you can't even remember yourself?" You're lying, you keep saying that you will always be by her side, where did that momentum go, ah?"

"...Rentaro?"

Enju's soft question seemed to destroy Rentaro's defense line at this moment.

Rentaro curled up on the ground, his teeth colliding with each other and making a clicking sound.

"The erosion rate, the erosion rate is..."

The young man held his head and screamed.

"39.8%, there are still 560 days left before complete Gastrea." Cheng Rang answered the question in a calm tone on Rentaro's behalf.

"What?"

The expressions of Enju and Rentaro were both in disbelief and shock.

"Rentaro, is what he said true?"

Chapter 91 The Original Son

Faced with Yanzhu's questioning, Rentaro kicked Cheng Rang in disbelief.

"How do you know?"

Cheng Rang didn't answer the question. He just stood up and looked at the time and walked towards Zhizi Yingyin.

"The fear of death is more terrifying than death itself. Even if you say it, it can't change anything. It would be better not to say it to make her feel more relaxed, just like the doctor in the hospital who usually tells the family members about the condition instead of the patient himself - I want to make Yeon-joo Live a carefree life and stay with her until the end, is that what you think, Rentaro?"

Cheng Rang stopped and looked back at him.

"But have you ever had the question...gastrovirus—what exactly is it?"

"Why can the Legacy of the Seven Stars summon stage five primitive gut creatures? What does the Legacy of the Seven Stars really look like?"

"Why do people hate the Cursed Son? Why do the Cursed Sons have supernormal power, but will turn into gastrulation as long as the virus erosion rate in their bodies is too high?"

Each question seemed to hit Rentaro's nerves hard.

He wants to know, of course he does!

"Rentaro."

Cheng Rang reached out to him.

"Join me and I will let you know the truth, or choose to go against me and try to stop me."

The cell phone in Rentaro's pocket vibrated violently at this moment, startling him.

.

"It's probably the call from the Holy Emperor."

Following Cheng Rang's words, Rentaro took out his mobile phone and looked at him and nodded.

"Now you can make a choice, Rentaro." Cheng Rang put Zhuo Xiu behind him, "Answer the phone and listen to what the other person says. Maybe it's a lie, maybe it's a righteous request, maybe it's the person you love. Miss Geng is crying for you to go back alive."

"The other option is to hang up the phone and come with me. I will let you know the truth about this cruel world. At that time, you may beg me to kill you, but you may not necessarily die."

"Well, he will definitely die - but..." Cheng Rang changed the topic.

"All the children of the curse will be saved. People who know the truth will no longer be diverted from their hatred. They will put their hatred of the gastrea at the right target. At that time, you will find out how fickle things like human hearts are."

"The sinful beast will be judged. You can change the world and Yeonju can continue to live."

"...You will be a hero."

The phone vibrated in Rentaro's hand without getting tired of it, with no intention of hanging up.

Let him think about it slowly, Cheng Rang came to Zhizi Yingyin.

"It's gone too far. I said I could keep a few - the starters."

"Mr. Cheng, I let all the starter children go."

He didn't know what kind of expression was underneath Zhizi Yingyin's mask. Cheng Rang looked at Xiao Hina next to him.

"So you let Hina-chan take action... This is really a sin."

Zhizi Yingyin is not an obedient guy, and his value as a companion is limited to this. They want to destroy the world, let people live under the fear of gastrea, and then fight.

Only in this way can we feel the meaning of existence, in other words, whether it is Hiroko Yin or Hiroko Kohina.

All are complete lunatics.

Thinking that it was still too difficult to make the madman obey, and death was not a terrible thing for them, Cheng Rang rubbed his brows helplessly.

"never mind....."

Cheng Rang turned around and stood side by side with Zhizi Yingyin.

"How about it, Rentaro, have you thought about it?"

"——Choose to bear the price and become a hero? Or decide to abide by the promise you made?"

Rentaro clenched his phone and stared at Cheng Rang.

"If I follow you, how can you guarantee that Yanzhu can live without any worries?"

"Heh... do you think you are qualified to let me answer your question? I don't have to guarantee these things to you. I only give you this chance, and you can only accept or reject the answer."

Finally, after almost a long period of suffering, Rentaro slowly let go of his hand.

The black mobile phone drew a brief parabola and was pulled to the ground by gravity, and was immediately crushed by a pair of steel alloy prosthetic legs.