"You really are impossible to get through, huh."
Jakob said to Mu Yang.
"Thinking back to the old days, Master always played the evil dragon in the children's pretend games."
"Who could have known that in the end, he really became the hero, while the evil dragons we faced kept throwing themselves at us one after another."
His eyes seemed to be spitting fire. "Guillotin has already disappeared. This matter should have had nothing to do with you…"
Mu Yang still appeared calm and indifferent. "Like I said before, when I see injustice on the road, I draw my blade to help."
"Time has already come. According to the prophecy from over a hundred years ago, he will surely return."
Jakob raised his head to look at the Doomsday Clock, revealing a form polluted by the Abyss.
"Since you refuse to give it to me, then I'll take it myself!"
Mu Yang raised his sword to meet the enemy. "This time, no one will be your hostage."
Unexpectedly, right after Mu Yang finished speaking, the mechanical dog and the Hilichurl Ranger broke through the door.
"Looks like we arrived just in time."
[Hahaha, Mu Yang got slapped in the face on the spot]
[Bomb fishing, just don't click surrender, thanks]
[Mu Yang: If I knew my chat teammates would rush over, I would have asked after beating him]
Seeing Caterpillar arrive, Jakob immediately started a verbal barrage.
Against Mu Yang, he probably couldn't affect his mentality.
But Caterpillar — he knew him inside and out.
"It seems you've already forgotten the Hilichurls. You are a monster that should not have memories, nor should you have wisdom."
"I'll help you recall your origin. It was me and Master who gave you wisdom. Then I can also extinguish the fire of your wisdom."
Feeling it wasn't enough, he shifted the topic to Seymour.
"And you, machine. Your memories are nothing more than scratches on a gem. And your wisdom is merely a logical simulation of tape, gears, and transistors."
Abyssal Jakob rubbed his hands together, creating dozens of water blades. "I once destroyed you once before. This time, I will completely reduce you back into iron scraps!"
Compared to Jakob.
Mu Yang's group of three didn't waste any words.
They directly launched a righteous group beatdown. Mu Yang swung a frost-cold sword, and an ice dragon pierced through the Abyss armor. Jakob was heavily injured…
He lay on the ground panting heavily, muttering words only he could understand.
He even asked Caterpillar if he had remembered anything.
Caterpillar shook his head. "At that time, I was merely your product. I couldn't understand your grand plan. Besides, I don't have a very good memory for things I dislike."
He continued, "On the other hand, you actually came back to perform the dispersal ritual."
Jakob struggled to get up. "Of course. How could I let the impurities and filthy energy of the spirit realm enter Master's space?"
"Cough cough… You still haven't broken out of your cocoon. In the end, you will definitely regress back into nothingness. There is no place for you in the new world."
"Hand over the thing." At this moment, An, who was not good at fighting, flashed out from the side.
"Hmph, no matter. It seems in this story, you are the heroes holding the holy sword. And I am merely the defeated evil dragon."
Jakob gradually stabilized his form. "It doesn't matter anymore. All the elements are already in place, and the program to defeat the evil dragon has also been completed. [Rationality] will be temporarily left in your care."
"After all, no one can truly possess the holy sword. It will travel through our hands toward the direction it should go. Until it reaches the end of destiny."
At this time, Mu Yang told Jakob a fact that surprised him.
The Narzissenkreuz Holy Sword is currently in Lumine's hands.
Obviously, Jakob would not believe it. "Th-this is impossible."
Mu Yang said, "Believe it or not, but we still have one more thing to give you."
With that, he threw a pocket watch to Jakob.
It was the item he had used for the offering before.
This pocket watch opened the door whose answer was [Love].
An and the others were completely confused. Why was there a photograph inside?
Jakob didn't understand why Mu Yang was doing this.
"Hmph, how nostalgic. The old me, Alain, Rene, Dean Lyris, and Mary-Ann."
The moment An saw the photograph, countless memories flooded into her.
Seymour's modules also instantly recognized it — that was the person he needed to protect: Mary-Ann.
Everyone looked toward Mu Yang, waiting for his next move.
Mu Yang simply said that he just wanted to do it, nothing more.
"Now that the holy sword isn't here, why don't we all sit down and wait until Lumine has time, then continue the discussion. Or perhaps…"
Jakob finally understood.
Mu Yang wanted him to reveal the method to reforge the holy sword.
Could that Lumine be the variable he mentioned earlier?
Impossible. Master's calculations would not be wrong.
Seeing Jakob hesitate, Mu Yang directly made the topic clear.
"Anyway, you also hope the holy sword will be forged as soon as possible, right?"
"If so, little one, come here." Although displeased, Jakob still complied.
An, who was pointed at, still looked confused. Why were these two suddenly teaming up?
Jakob handed the other three parts to An together.
Caterpillar understood and passed the [Rationality] fragment to An.
As Jakob chanted the spell, An's consciousness gradually drifted away, floating toward the location of the holy sword's holder —
The Opéra Épiclèse.
At this moment, Lumine was sitting anxiously in the opera house. She didn't know what power was binding her.
She could only watch as Furina danced endlessly on the stage.
Right at this moment, An and the power of the four quadrants tore open the theater's space. Lumine finally regained her ability to move.
She drew the Narzissenkreuz Holy Sword.
At this moment, the wooden sword she had picked up had once again regained its brilliance.
"So this is your true appearance? But this power… could it be something Mu Yang and the others did?"
Lumine stood up holding the sword in her right hand, giving the players an extremely cool frontal view.
[However, if you want to know what happened and why Lumine is here watching Furina dance, we still need to turn the clock back a bit…]
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In the livestream room, Guinaifen angrily slammed the table!
"Ah minos, you clipped me again, huh?"
[Double-line narration's downside is exactly this]
[Table HP -114514]
[Dual-line narration needs dual screens to play, then it can sync]
[ntn is really a genius]
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Time rewound to a little while ago.
After discussion, everyone formulated a plan.
However, this plan required Lumine to help with a small favor.
That was to trick Furina.
As an outsider, Lumine's relationship with Furina could be close or distant.
She was the most suitable person to act as the performer who lures someone into the "magic box."
Lumine didn't really like this plan.
She made everyone promise that if she could get clues from Furina's mouth, they would not carry out such a plan.
Neuvillette and the others agreed.
Lumine took the clues given by the Fatui and searched for Furina in the ruins of Poisson…