Pendragon's Infinity Gauntlet

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It looks like a paper doll or a 3D puppet made of polygons. The skin that looks exquisite and realistic on the surface is just a thin sheet of flesh-colored plastic when viewed from the hollow inside.

At the center of the head with the large hole, a small, magnet-like object floats. It is a triangular prism emitting a faint orange glow.

The base is an equilateral triangle with sides less than two centimeters long, and the height is less than five centimeters. The small triangular prism remains in a fixed position while rotating continuously. The sides of the prism are lined with many rectangular objects, each one millimeter high and two millimeters wide.

It's like a miniature piano keyboard, as if invisible fingers are playing it, with the rectangular keys on the side of the triangular prism constantly moving forward and backward.

"what is this?"

Jing Shen was completely confused. The scene before him was far removed from reality and could not be connected with common feelings such as "it seems to hurt a lot" or "it seems to be very uncomfortable".

Is this also a kind of superpower? Could the "unclear truth" about Kazakiri Hyouka cause such a phenomenon?

In terms of pure esper abilities, Kazezakiri's current appearance is far too abnormal. Even among the seven Level 5 espers in Academy City, such as "A Certain Scientific Railgun" or "Accelerator," their physical bodies are still ordinary human bodies. But Kazezakiri before us is already worlds apart from what is considered human.

"Woo..."

Just as Jing Shen was at a loss, Feng Zhan let out a small groan.

Perhaps due to regaining consciousness, the triangular prism in the center of his head began to spin faster, and the piano keys on the side were struck faster and faster, almost like the firing pin of a sewing machine.

Do not!

At this moment, Jing Shen was pulled back to reality, feeling a chill throughout her body.

It seems to be the opposite...

This is not a reaction produced by the triangular prism in conjunction with the wind slash, but rather the wind slash in conjunction with the triangular prism produces behavior and expressions.

Even Xue Li forgot to launch an attack, staring blankly at the scene before him.

The piano keys on the side of the triangular prism were struck incessantly, sounding like a torrential downpour. The prism, like a scroll wheel on a computer trackball, began to spin rapidly. These movements, through some unknown process, gradually caused the girl with the large hole in her face to raise her head.

With only one eye remaining, Feng Zhan stared blankly at Jing Shen.

It was as if he had just woken up; there wasn't even the slightest hint of pain.

He slowly sat up on the ground.

"Huh? My glasses! Where are my glasses?"

He reached up and touched the area on his face where his glasses had been, as if he sensed something was wrong. First, it felt like touching scalding hot water; his finger quickly recoiled!

Then, hesitantly brought his fingers to his face...

"How is this going?"

Her fingers slowly traced the edge of the opening.

"??"

Her eyes were fixed on the glass window of the coffee shop next to her.

P.S.: Finally, one day the water arrived before midnight. There was no water outage today either. Is it a lucky day?

Chapter 292 It really is a fake person

Chapter 292

Her eyes were fixed on the glass window of the coffee shop next to her.

Perhaps it was seeing its reflection in the glass; the face, riddled with holes, gradually lost its color. Its single eyeball twitched incessantly, revealing its inner anxiety and unease.

"No, what is this? No!"

Unable to suppress his emotions any longer, Feng Zhan flung his hair and screamed in terror.

Jingshen felt short of breath. Fengzhan seemed to lose his balance, swaying as he stood up, as if turning away from his reflection in the mirror.

Perhaps because his thoughts were too chaotic, he actually ran towards the direction of the huge stone statue Alice.

Seeing this, Xue Li came to his senses and picked up his crayon to draw a horizontal line.

The stone statue waved its concrete arm.

As if shooing away flying insects, the stone statue swung its fist, striking Kazezan's wrist and abdomen. Kazezan, who was originally running forward, was thrown sideways and flew nearly three meters without landing, before his fragile body slammed heavily into a pillar.

Then, it bounces back like a ping-pong ball, drawing a parabola with the pillar as the fulcrum.

"Wind Slash!"

Seeing the boy's body lying in a twisted position on the broken floor, Jing Shen couldn't help but cry out.

However, the boy, who appeared to be severely injured, only let out a painful groan. His body, as if pulled by some other force, stood firmly on his feet without using his hands for support, like a roly-poly toy.

Unable to accept all of this, Kazezan let out a desperate scream and plunged into the darkness.

The stone golem just knocked him away from behind, which is equivalent to him overcoming the mountain that is the magician Sherley and escaping directly...

At this moment, Jing Shen's heart was also in turmoil; he was overwhelmed and at a loss.

"Let's go, Alice. Let's catch that poor, ridiculous fox."

"Sherry called out softly, and tapped the surface of the crayon lightly with his fingertip," Alice said, raising her fist and striking a nearby pillar. Boom! The entire underground arcade shook violently, and the ceiling creaked.

In an instant, the building material above the guard holding the rifle suddenly collapsed and fell down.

Xue Li didn't even glance at Jing Shen or the guards who had been buried alive. He raised the oil pastel pen in his hand and circled around, manipulating Alice as she walked into the depths of darkness. Presumably, her purpose was to pursue Feng Zhan.

"Wind Slash..."

Jing Shen stood there blankly, unable to move for a long time.

The scene she had just witnessed was deeply imprinted in her mind.

The building materials that fell from the ceiling were surprisingly light, and the guard who was buried alive was not seriously injured.

The guards who had fallen around them were all injured, but none of them seemed to be dead. They began to bandage their wounds or stitch them up with needle and thread.

After Jing Shen helped remove the building materials that were pressing down on the guards, she ignored the guards' attempts to stop her and ran in the direction where Feng Zhan and Xue Li had left.

There are many department stores in this area, and their underground floors are connected to form a complex network of passageways, much like a spider web, which is completely different from the situation where there was only one road just now.

"Damn it, what on earth is going on...?"

While Sherry, who claimed to belong to the British Puritan Church, was certainly intriguing, what was even more concerning was the matter of Feng Zhanbinghua.

He didn't seem to be aware of anything unusual about his body at first.

When he saw his reflection in the mirror, he screamed as if he had seen a monster.

In Jing Shen's view, Feng Zhan must have only discovered the secret of his body today, which caused him to fall into chaos.

"...So, that wasn't Kazezaki's superpower? Or perhaps, he's a superpowered individual who's unaware of it? Damn, I'm completely confused. I don't know if it's serious that he's in that state. But even if I wanted to help him heal... how do I do it?"

Thinking of this, Jing Shen couldn't help but stop in her tracks.

The eerie image of Kaze Slash flashed through his mind. Even if he wanted to save him, he didn't know how. He couldn't even answer such a basic question.

"Stop Xue Li first, or find Feng Zhan who escaped? Damn it, what should I do?"

After agonizing for a long time, Jing Shen suddenly realized that these two things were actually one and the same: the mage's target was Feng Zhan, and even if she found Feng Zhan first, Xue Li would definitely have tracked her down as well...

Just then, Jing Shen's phone rang.

"Mosimoxi?"

Jing Shen answered the phone without hesitation.

"Ah! Is that Jing Shen? Thank goodness! Thank goodness! I've finally made contact with you! Jing Shen, where are you now?"

"Teacher, were you looking for me?"

"Himegami tried to call you, but the signal seemed to be bad."

"Please calm down, please calm down. Your teacher has something important to tell you..."

"Teacher, I'm sorry, I'm also in a hurry. Could you please listen to me first?"

There are too many unanswered questions about Kazan Hyōka. If you want to find someone from the scientific community who has more knowledge than Jōjin to ask about superpowers, there is only one best candidate.

Xiaomeng was on the phone with her at the time; this call came at just the right moment.

"Is it about the Wind-Slicing Ice Flower?"

He guessed the truth in just one sentence.

Upon hearing this, Jing Shen was speechless.

"Please listen carefully to what I have to say."

Teacher Xiaomeng's voice seemed to relax slightly as she said:

"Although we don't know why, the school's surveillance cameras didn't capture any footage of Kazakiri Hyouka. Where did he enter the school from, when he was next to Jing Shen?"

"Wait, wait a minute! What's going on?"

Is Kazakiri still a vampire? Aren't vampires in movies unable to leave their reflections in mirrors and on security cameras?

"I believe that Kazakiri Hyouka is closely related to the AIM diffusion field."

"What does that have to do with Wind Slash?"

Jingshen asked with some doubt.

"The following is just speculation. If all the conditions for creating a human body, such as the generation of electrical currents in the human body and the accompanying magnetic field, the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide, are met, does it represent the existence of 'a person'?"

"Academy City is home to various superpowered individuals who unconsciously release faint powers. What if these powers were to combine and form some kind of special meaning?"

"If Kazaki Hyouka is composed of these combined powers..."

"...No matter what, this is just too ridiculous!"

“Someone had witnessed Kazakiri Hyouka before. I think he must have been a vague, ghost-like figure at the time.”

"..."

The scene she had witnessed earlier flashed through Jing Shen's mind, leaving her speechless.

"But it seems Kazakiri himself didn't notice?"

P.S.: Goodnight. I've been staying up late a lot lately, and my sleep has been terrible. Of course, it's all my own fault...

Chapter 293 Monster

Chapter 293

"..."

The scene she had witnessed earlier flashed through Jing Shen's mind, leaving her speechless.

"But it seems Kazakiri himself didn't notice?"

"If he always believed he was human, he wouldn't have any doubts. To put it simply, Kazakiri Hyouka is not human; she is a physical phenomenon generated by the AIM diffusion field."

"……how so."

Jingshen's voice became low and deep.

"How could such an outrageous thing happen..."

"Excessive?"

Teacher Xiaomeng's voice sounded quite calm.

"Even if he possesses all the essential elements of a human being, Kazakiri Hyouka is still not human. But does he have to be human?"

"What kind of existence is he in the eyes of the Pure God?"

"Is Kazan Hyōka merely a lifeless, soulless illusion standing there? Is it an existence that can be easily lost, as light as a feather?"

"No! That doesn't make sense."

He's just a fantasy that will vanish at the slightest touch...

"How can that be a reason for him to disappear without consequence?"

Teacher Xiaomeng on the other end of the phone burst into laughter.

"That's right! Your teacher loves a straightforward lamb like you. Don't make your important friends cry, okay? That's all for now."

Jing Shen Tuo Mo stared at her phone for a while before folding it up and stuffing it into her skirt pocket.

I know exactly what I need to do.