Zongman: Live broadcast of the collapse of iron, shocking the world

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Fate zero world.

Kiritsugu sat in front of the temporary hospital, looking at the light curtain.

After learning the truth about the Holy Grail, he asked Saber to split the Holy Grail.

Unexpectedly, the Holy Grail did not disappear directly, but instead gushed out black mud, causing the entire city to be engulfed in flames...

Kiritsugu finally found only one surviving child and sent him to a temporary hospital built by the government.

After doing all this, Kiritsugu, who was smoking on the stairs, suddenly had a new understanding when he saw Kafka's words!

If Kafka really wanted to keep emphasizing that fate cannot be changed, then she wouldn't care whether Xing came to find her or not.

It didn't even matter whether she and Blade would be arrested again.

But what if Kafka meant that their fate cannot be changed, but Xing, as a new life, can?!

Kiritsugu recalled his own experiences: the true nature of the Holy Grail, and Einzbern hiring him as a magus killer... these two things combined made the ending almost certain.

He could not possibly accept a scourge like the Holy Grail and would definitely destroy it—and it could not be destroyed.

Then it is certain that the city will be affected.

However, he found a surviving child by chance. In order to protect his life, he stuffed King Arthur's scabbard into his body to promote his physical regeneration. This was already a "slightly changed future."

Kiritsugu continued to speculate that if the Holy Grail could not be destroyed, then another Holy Grail War would only happen sooner or later... This child has King Arthur's scabbard in his body, so it is inevitable that he will summon King Arthur...

In other words, this child will participate in this "unfinished Holy Grail War" on his behalf in the future!

This child's fate may have originally been that of an ordinary person, but now it has been changed by himself... It seems that fate is not completely unchangeable...

Perhaps his fate has already been determined - to raise this child, teach him magic to protect himself, and then die... This is all he can do.

Looking back, is this also the case with Kafka and Xing?

Kafka's fate has been decided - but can Xing's fate still be influenced?

Chapter 169 Kafka (3): Conan: This game is all about attitude!

Kafka continued, "After arriving on the Immortal Ship, Blade's demonic Yin-body erupted with such ferocity that even my Word Spirit couldn't suppress it. Under these conditions, he couldn't travel through space."

“Therefore, I need to use the Word Spirit to continuously weaken the effects of the Demonic Yin Body and temporarily seal it. You must be able to focus on two things while maintaining the Word Spirit. I need you to act as a guardian.”

"Protect me while I suppress the blade."

Kafka looks at Xing, her gentle eyes giving her a sense of security. She tells Xing that she knows when danger is imminent, so Xing doesn't need to worry.

[Having said that, the first thing Kafka asked Xing to do was to clear out the monsters still roaming nearby.]

[For Xing, this wasn't a difficult task—the monsters, persuaded by the bat's physical power, retreated tactfully.]

After Xing arrived at their hiding place, he could faintly hear Kafka mumbling something. Perhaps that was the Word Spirit?

"It's you I see when I open my eyes. It's been a long time since I last experienced this, Xing." After Kafka finished her words, she looked at Xing who had returned.

"Why is it so long? Wasn't the first time Kafka and I met face to face when I appeared at the Black Tower Space Station?"

"Besides, I was asleep at that time, and when I opened my eyes I saw Kafka—when did Kafka see me?" Xing was a little confused.

"I've forcibly blocked Blade's senses of reality. Now, he can only hear my voice and feel my touch. He's oblivious to everything else," Kafka continued.

"Next, I will force his consciousness away from the Immortal Boat. 'Forget' Jing Yuan, Jing Liu, Ying Xing, and your friend Dan Heng."

Xingting Danheng mentioned that Jingyuan, Jingliu, and Danheng's own past lives...did this group of people have any interactions back then? Was Ren among them?

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Demon Slayer World.

"Wait, did you hear that, Tanjiro?" Zenitsu Agatsuma noticed a word in Kafka's words.

Tanjiro nodded, he also heard it——"a long-lost experience"...

Could it be that Xing was originally a star core hunter?

This is a lot of information!

Xing might be the only one who opened her eyes and saw the memory of Kafka - that was her earliest memory.

But Tanjiro and the others could see it clearly.

Kafka broke into the Black Tower Space Station and found the star core hidden by the Black Tower.

Then the Silver Wolf transformed into a physical body, and Kafka stuffed the star core into the body.

That is the day a star is "born", and there will never be another one before that.

If the body that Silver Wolf transformed into really existed before, then that wouldn't be right?

The Star Core Hunter is notorious throughout the universe, and it's not just Kafka.

With a person like Xing, how could the train crew and the people in the Black Tower not know him?

Moreover, if only the physical body was that of Kafka's former teammate, and a star core was replaced as the soul or something, it would obviously be impossible for it to be the same person as before.

Will Kafka accept such a change?

Tanjiro shared his thoughts with Agatsuma Zenitsu - he felt that something was clearly wrong.

After a little thought, Agatsuma Zenitsu suddenly said something.

"What if the true appearance of a star is its core?"

"What Kafka and the others knew was a star core with a soul?"

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“This process cannot be interrupted, but before we begin, I can take some time to answer your questions.”

Xing, who was pondering this information, was stunned when she heard Kafka's words, "My question?"

"Yes, as compensation for helping me—do you... have any questions for me?"

"I put you into a deep sleep, then woke you up, abandoned you in the Black Tower, then lured you to the Immortal Boat. I owe you a lot of explanations. Don't you want to know?"

"Now that you mention it, I do want to ask..." Xing put her hands on her hips and began to think.

Just when Xing thought she could ask anything, Kafka interrupted her, "Let's play truth or dare?"

"This is a game Silver Wolf and I often play. It's a bit of a mind game: we ask each other questions. Lying is allowed, but the answers must be one true and one false."

"She can't possibly tell me everything. I have to guess what's true and what's false—but could this be Kafka's purpose?"

We don't have much time, so... let's just have two rounds. You have two questions, so give me two answers. But remember: one true, one false.

"What would happen if everyone told the truth?" Xing wondered.

"Ah, that's a foul!" Kafka said coquettishly, then blinked. "Well, the game requires both parties to consciously abide by the rules. But even if you broke the rules, I wouldn't know. Only morality can judge you."

"But I can swear: Xing. I will definitely abide by the rules: one true and one false.""

[Looking at Kafka's every move and smile, Xing really couldn't be sure which of her words were true.]

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Conan World.

Conan was amused when he saw Kafka was about to play the truth or dare game.

He has seen many such mind games, or tricks.

In this kind of true or false game, the answers can be assumed to be false.

This is not to say that the person who came up with this gameplay had any bad ideas, or that Kafka had buried some trap in this game.

After all, if you really want to play this game, the answer itself doesn't matter.

Although Conan doesn't understand anything supernatural, he doesn't know whether Kafka really has a spirit of words or not... But if there really is a spirit of words, Kafka will definitely know whether Xing is telling the truth again.

Using such a game to understand the other person's thoughts, at least for Kafka, is meaningless.

Conan guessed that this little game might be just to see Xing's attitude.

Just like when Xing first met Kafka, she had already kept the appointment but still said, "I'm here to reject you."

That's the attitude.

From this attitude, we can see that Xing approves of Kafka's basic attitude, but is wary of the unknown purpose of the Star Core Hunter's actions... etc.

If Xing had shown up for the date and hadn't been so rebellious at that moment - that would have been another attitude.

Conan guessed that Kafka's words, to put it simply, could make people obedient, but to put it in more detail, they could change other people's emotions, consciousness, and even memories.

Perhaps Xing is indeed very important to Kafka, which leads to Kafka's unwillingness to directly change Xing's cognition.

She wanted to tell Xing something, but due to some constraints, she couldn't say it... So, she wanted to ask Xing for help, and use certain things to tell Xing some information?

Conan felt that this guess might be the most reliable!

Chapter 170 Kafka (4): Levi: The most difficult thing is the human heart!

As a demonstration, Kafka went first. She also told Xing that the first question didn't matter, and it didn't matter whether it was true or false—the fun would only appear in the second question.

"My first question: What do you think of me?" Kafka said.

"If the first question is like this... then in order to hear the truth later, don't I have to lie now?"

"Doesn't she want to know my true feelings?" Xing was a little unsure.

"It seems I can cheat... But Kafka has a spirit of words. Can she distinguish truth from lies?"

[Looking at Kafka's smile, Xing hesitated and finally decided to lie.]

【Xing took a breath and said, "I hate you."】

[Hearing Xing's reply, Kafka's smile deepened, like the ripples of a spring river.]

"See... That's it. It's simple, Xing. You really do a good job of hiding your thoughts."