However, he didn't actually intend to do anything to the blond man in front of him.

After all... this guy in front of me can't even be considered human.

"So, I wasn't playing you. I've already used it, and this is your fate..." the blond man said calmly. "Explicitly foreseeing the future and then clearly telling others the outcome of that prediction will cause my lifespan to be drastically reduced. Just now... that was probably about thirty years. Thirty years of my life were taken away by you just like that."

Cold sweat began to seep from Berlik's forehead.

The blond man wasn't lying.

Doesn't this prove that his death is imminent?!

“However, there is another way for you to survive,” the blond man said. “That is to escape from the cycle of cause and effect, to distance yourself from the cause, and naturally you will not receive the resulting ‘effect’.”

"Give me a damn clear explanation!!" Berlick gripped the blond man's neck tightly, the veins on his arm bulging faintly.

"Leave...the capital." Even with difficulty breathing and his face flushed red, the blond man's eyes remained calm. "This is the only way for you to survive."

Leaving the capital?

Berlik laughed in exasperation.

How could I possibly leave the capital?

How could I possibly give up this life?

He has everything he could ever want now.

Believers, money, plenty of beautiful women... you name it, they have it.

And all this was to make him abandon everything and flee, just for a... baseless "prophecy"?

"No, I won't leave. Maybe... your 'prophecy' will be wrong, Master."

“Everyone is a prisoner of fate,” the blond man said quietly. “My prophecy… will not be wrong.”

Berlik suddenly laughed.

"Master, can you predict everything? Then can you foresee... this!?"

After saying that, his face suddenly turned sinister. A gleaming dagger appeared in his right hand, and he stabbed it hard into the blond man's wrist. The tip of the dagger almost completely disappeared into the wrist, and blood flowed freely.

The blond man cried out in pain.

But Berlick did not give up. He grinned and twisted the dagger, letting the sharp blade churn in the wound.

He only stopped when the blond man's face turned as pale as a dead man and his breathing became weak.

Berlik drew the dagger, wiped the blood off the blade onto the blond man's face, and then put it away.

"Well, Master, you didn't expect this, did you?" Berlik chuckled. "If I wanted to, you would be dead by now. You'll have to figure out how to treat your injuries yourself... Don't you have the ability to heal wounds?"

Seeing the blond man's lips trembling and unable to utter a word, Berlick blew the whistle and left, satisfied.

The iron gate slammed shut behind him.

Having experienced dealing with the blond man, his confidence began to grow.

What so-called prophecy?

That's all bullshit!

I was actually stupid enough to believe in that kind of thing...

It seems the best course of action is to gather more guards and increase the defenses here...

Inside the iron gate.

The blond man gently stroked his blood-soaked right hand.

Then, she gently lifted the cuffs of her sleeves, revealing a thin, flexible iron plate wrapped around her right wrist. Although it was thin, there were several layers of it. It had absorbed most of the impact of the dagger, leaving the wound only on the surface of the muscle, and giving Berlik the illusion that he had succeeded.

However, that pale face was real.

The blond man gave a wry smile. Who told him to be so afraid of pain?

He removed the soft metal piece and then wrapped some cloth around his wrist to bandage the wound.

He does indeed possess the power to heal injuries, but... this power cannot be applied to himself.

He sighed softly as he listened to Berlik's receding footsteps.

"Why... resist fate? If you leave the capital, you can survive. If you do nothing, at least you can die more easily."

……

the other side.

Night raid on headquarters.

Lu Ye stayed in the room, feeling rather bored, and could only pass the time by swinging his sword.

But you can't blame him for that.

Najeta went out and won't be back until evening.

Akame took Violet fishing; the two seem to be together a lot lately.

Brad went on a mission right after his injury had just healed. It was an assassination mission against villains, and he probably wouldn't arrive until evening.

Leone and Lubbock are still in the capital, as is Mine, and it seems they've lost the chance to buy new clothes.

The only one who seemed to be at headquarters was Hill, who was reading in the library.

Lu Ye could only say, "Everyone's busy, busy, busy for a good reason."

After practicing his swordsmanship for a while, Lu Ye took a shower and sat on the edge of the bed to open the shop interface.

By now, the items should have refreshed, right?

Chapter 256 Confessing His Crimes

The shop has been refreshed.

You currently have 2500 points.

[Items have been updated]

【1. Terrain Detector】1500 points

(Note: It can detect the terrain within a radius of about 100 meters and display the data on the device.)

[2. Colt M1911 Pistol - Silver Dancer] 1000 points

(Note: This is the sidearm of a bald assassin. The gun is luxuriously silver, equipped with a cylindrical suppressor, and has seven armor-piercing rounds in the magazine, capable of penetrating the armor of enemies at level C and below.)

[PS: New items added to the permanent shop]

[.45ACP Subsonic Ammunition] 500 points/7 rounds

(Note: Worth the price. Each purchase includes one magazine. Subsonic ammunition significantly reduces gun noise, and the effect is even better when used with a suppressor.)

Lu Ye thought for a moment, then bought both items without hesitation.

The Terrain Detector allows you to understand the terrain around your location, which is quite effective in enclosed spaces such as buildings. The Silver Dancer, as a pistol, is an indispensable essence of the Ashina style.

Although this will use up all my points... isn't that what this thing is meant to be used?

Lu Ye took out the two items from the storage space and immediately tried them out.

The so-called detector looks similar to a heartbeat detector, except that after pressing the button, the screen does not display radar-like light spots like a heartbeat detector, but instead displays the surrounding terrain, like a three-dimensional graphic.

Centered on Lu Ye, the terrain within a 100-meter radius was completely scanned, including the Night Raid headquarters, from the entrance hall on the first floor to the rooftop terrace, all the terrain... spiral staircases, corridors, rooms, etc., were all visible, and it could even be converted from a 3D map into a 2D graphic.

The other item, the Silver Dancer, is also quite heavy. The gun itself weighs about 1.1kg, but due to the magazine and bullets, the weight will be around 1.3kg.

The magazine contains a total of seven armor-piercing rounds, capable of penetrating enemy armor, making each round extremely valuable.

Lu Ye thought to herself that spending those 2500 points was worthwhile.

He opened the window, leaned against the window, and while playing with the silver dancer, he pondered the tasks issued by the system.

Special mission...

This was the first time he had encountered this.

To be honest, Lu Ye didn't think the task of killing Berlik was anything special.

What concerned him was the "miracle medicine" of Anning Road and its place of origin.

That medicine could not only heal injuries that were almost impossible to reverse, but also strengthen the body and enhance strength, which was impossible in the current worldview. Apart from the "miracle medicine", as far as Lu Ye knew, only Leone's Imperial Arm could grant her super regenerative abilities, but even that could not make her limbs grow back, at most it could only reconnect the limbs completely.

The whereabouts of the Protoss fragments are likely related to that thing. If we can find out its source, we might be able to complete the mission.

However, besides this, there was another point that Lu Ye was also very concerned about.

That is the special reward obtained from this mission.

What exactly is this so-called insight into fate?

Is it something like predicting the future?

If that's the case, then we've hit the jackpot! If we could know what would happen in the future, wouldn't we be able to make changes?

Just like doing a walkthrough before playing a visual novel, you can avoid the bad ending and reach a good ending or the true ending.

"If only we could find out the location of the Celestial Spirit fragments next..." Lu Ye sighed.

If he hadn't inexplicably ended up playing this damn "game," he would probably still be sleeping at home right now.

Searching for Protoss fragments has become his job; who would enjoy a job?

Just as Lu Ye was waiting, a noise suddenly came from downstairs.

Violet and Akame returned, dragging along many prey they had brought back.

Lu Ye was a little happy because he was going to see Violet.

He strolled downstairs and saw the girl talking to Akame.

After exchanging a few words, Akame led her prey into the kitchen, while Violet obediently washed her hands by the sink and then sat on the sofa in the living room to rest with her eyes closed.

Lu Ye's heart skipped a beat, and she suddenly had a mischievous idea.

He crept up behind Violet and then covered her eyes with his hands.

"who I am?"

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