Chapter 140: False Reality, Desperate Despair

"I once peeked into your inner world in Mond Barbatos, and I mentioned that your heart was empty, filled only with darkness and despair..."

Ying looked at the meteors streaking across the starry sky of this inner world.

"What caused such a change in your inner world? Are you shaken? Or do you regret it?"

"You said I regretted it?" Ren Zha said disdainfully, "How ridiculous! You casually enter someone else's inner world and say some incomprehensible words."

"Are you afraid of others peeking into your true inner thoughts? I'm sorry, just now I resonated with your former Eye of God, as if I had personally experienced your life and your pain." Ying pointed to the tear marks at the corners of her eyes, "I feel the same way."

Personally passed...

Ren Zha's pupils shrank.

"I can feel your inner struggle and contradiction. You are still thinking, if you had not left after you rescued Lei Dianying in Kairia, but instead recognized Lei Dianying and explained the situation to him, and assisted Lei Dianying in controlling Inazuma..."

The surrounding scene has changed. If I had chosen another path...

The illusory figure of teacher Kitsusaigong appeared behind Ying, followed by the figure of Miyu Chiyo, the figures of everyone he had known in Inazuma... and the figure of Raiden Ying, and the Ying in front of him overlapped with his own small figure of Ren Zha.

If I were to take another path, no matter what problems we would face together, then those who are now standing beside the teacher, standing beside Ying, and accompanying them together...

"snort--!"

The illusory image before my eyes disappeared, and everything returned to the starry sky.

Ren Zha glared at Ying with an unfriendly look: "You know you are no match for me with force alone, do you want to use these fake things to shake me?"

"This is a reflection of your inner world. If you hadn't wavered, I wouldn't have the chance to be here." Ying Zhang said, "You said 'I am no one', but in fact you also long to stand by your companions, fight with them, and want to cherish and protect your current companions."

Ren Zha's cold voice: "These are just the past and the naive self that I have abandoned."

"Then why did I see these images? What's the point of hiding myself!" Ying directly refuted, "Whether it's Zhen or Ying, these are your most important companions. You and I are the same. You want to protect your companions and don't want to see your companions sacrificed. We have the same ideals."

Ren Zha stretched out his hand and pointed at Ying: "What on earth do you want to say!"

Ying stared at Ren Zha and said bluntly: "I mean, you are not anyone." Ying also pointed at Ren Zha, "You are just Yuan Luzhi Ren Zha!"

"Yuan Lu Zhi Ren Zha? At this point, this name...what does this person mean?"

Ren Zha closed his eyes briefly, then opened them and spread out one hand.

"Now I have merged with Nidhogg and have reached a new realm of transcendence. This means that I am no longer a human being, but a god who guides people into a new world. I am the second original person with the same will and body as Phanes!"

"Wrong! You are Yuan Lu Zhirenzha!" Ying refuted again, "I saw your past, the sunny, kind, unconditional help to those in need, cherishing and protecting your companions, hoping to be with your companions, protecting Inazuma... Look at you now, you are an enemy of the whole world, shouting about the perverse logic of the world, doing whatever you want, and no one... Even the people you care about the most will not approve of what you are doing now! You are completely contrary to your past self!"

Ying's excited voice,

"That's why you want to find someone who recognizes you. Seeing me, who also wants to find my companions and doesn't want them to sacrifice, and seeing me have similar ideas to yours, and seeing me bring Ying out of the Pure Land, all these similarities with you make me..."

"No, that's why they are similar." Before Ying could finish, Ren Zha interrupted, "That's why I want to see you who is desperate about this world."

Ying couldn't help but frown.

"I want to verify once again that the path I'm taking is not wrong." Ren Zha walked towards Ying and said, "The battle between you and me reminded me of my past self, so I want to see when you become desperate and abandon all your past memories."

"Since you consider yourself a god and a god who loves humans, what you are doing now, starting a war, is nothing more than abandoning everything in reality and choosing to escape!"

"No, it's because I am a god. Just as Fane created everything, I will also create a new world. I will do better than other gods. A world without war and sacrifice." Ren Zha stopped and said seriously, "Peace will truly come."

"Are you serious? Do you really mean that?"

Ren Zha recalled Zhen's gentle figure. If he was still the God of Thunder, that gentle god, he had worshipped Ming Shen since he was a child, and naturally he also yearned for Ming Shen's "eternity".

"Yes, that's what I think." Ren Zha replied, "No one would deliberately walk on a rough and difficult road when they can't see the way forward clearly. They are just stepping over the bodies of their companions. If there is a shortcut with a bright future ahead, everyone will choose it."

The voice paused.

"Yes, God loves people and will no longer indulge in sacrifice. He wants everyone to be happy, just like Ming Shen's 'eternity'. The new world is such an eternal happy world."

In this inner world, Ying can feel Ren Zha's emotions. What he said is serious. He really wants to create a world where everyone can be happy.

Ren Zha's eyes returned to calm and he looked at Ying.

"You asked me why I saw such a picture. I was shaken in my heart, but I didn't regret it. Instead, I felt happy for the new world that was about to come. Such a picture was what would happen in the new world, where everyone could be satisfied."

"I know this is a bumpy road. I agree with your ideals, but I don't agree with your approach." Ying took over the conversation, "You said you want to throw away all the thoughts and memories of your companions, so why do you want to leave yourself such a satisfying fantasy in the new world?"

Ying raised her voice: "Don't fool yourself! You simply can't forget the past! When you merged with Nidhogg and were almost devoured by it, what were you thinking in your heart!"

The constantly torn portrait appeared in the minds of the two people in this inner world.

Ying continued, "And it is precisely because you are unwilling to give it up that you try so hard to suppress it, isn't it?"

The torn portrait was restored.

"The reason you were able to overcome Nidhogg's will and control it according to your own will is because you were determined not to abandon the past and maintained your own will, right?"

Ren Zha remained silent. He could not refute this point.

"You can't actually abandon the memories of Kitsuzai Palace, the Lei movie, and that real thing, so even if you merge with Nidhogg, you are still Yuan Lu Zhiren Zha."

Ying Zhenrong said,

"If you can't even abandon your past and your real self, why do you ask everyone in this world to abandon reality and go to a false dream world?"

Ying pursed her lips and lowered her voice.

"Although I have never seen Zhen, from what Ying said, in your memory, if Zhen was still alive, he would definitely not want such an 'eternity'."

Ren Zha continued to remain silent.

Ying stretched out a hand to Ren Zha: "It's not too late to turn back now... At least, you won't go in the wrong direction anymore. You should stand on our side. Ying, she's waiting for you here too."

Ren Zha hesitated and shook the hand that Ying extended.

It seems to be able to move!

A hint of joy appeared on Ying's face, but when Ren Zha's hand was about to touch hers, she suddenly raised it upwards.

"Woo..."

Ren Zha grabbed Ying's neck with one hand and lifted her whole body up, making a painful sound.

"That's all nonsense." Ren Zha said coldly, "I can't possibly go to your side."

Truth is the only light in my world. After losing truth, this world is just a dark hell, a world without hope.

"I won't kill you. The mirage world is about to be completed. That's enough. No more sacrifices are needed. Don't resist me anymore. Just sleep peacefully."

"Cough cough cough..."

Ying started coughing, but forced her eyes to meet Ren Zha's.

"You are the one who should say enough. Are you angry because you can't find any words to refute me?"

"Well……"

Ying felt Ren Zha's grip on her neck getting stronger.

"I just don't need to explain it to you."

Ying was about to continue trying to dissuade him when another voice came into her ears.

"Looks like you need a little help."

Ying was shocked. This voice... wasn't Ying's?

Ren Zha couldn't help but frown, and the strength in his hands loosened. He threw Ying aside. Ying covered his neck and stood up from the ground, looking in the direction of the sound, where a huge snake appeared.

This is... Orobas?

Why did Orobasi appear here? This shouldn't be the inner world created by Ying using Ren Zha's God's Eye. There is no reason for Orobasi to break in here.

Seeing Orobas appear, Ren Zha's face darkened: "One or two, what do you think of other people's inner world!"

Orobasi did not answer Ren Zha's words and looked at Ying.

"You want to change Ren Zha's mind here, but you overlooked one point. In order to create the world of illusion and achieve this goal, Ren Zha has killed countless lives along the way."

Oropus showed an inexplicable smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Even though Ren Zha has killed so many people, he still firmly believes that everyone will eventually be resurrected in the new world. If you deny the world of illusion and make him admit that he has been on the wrong path, wouldn't that be telling him that his entire life has no meaning? So even if he is wrong, he must continue to numb himself and bite the bullet to complete the mirage. Only the truth in his mind and the people he killed with his own hands can be resurrected and everyone can be happy. So you can't easily change his mind with just a few words from you."

Yingzhi asked: "Orobus! Why are you here!"

"I have been waiting for this moment. Don't be so hostile to me. At least our goal now is the same. We want to defeat Ren Zha here. Little girl, if you really want to defeat him here, you have to deny him from the root."

Been waiting for this moment?

Ren Zha glared at Orobas: "What do you mean by that!"

The big snake turned its head and stared at Ren Zha with its snake pupils: "I let you complete the Sky Eye Project after my death. You don't think I'm not prepared at all, do you?"

Ren Zha had never fully trusted Orobas.

“No matter what backup you have, it’s meaningless in the face of absolute power.” Ren Zha raised his head, as if he wanted to look at the blood moon in the outside world through the starry sky in this inner world. “Nidhoggr’s eyes will soon be fully opened, and everything will be over.”

I will fall into a deep sleep with you, Oropus. If you have any plans, slowly realize them in your dreams.

Orobas asked slowly, "Ren Zha, have you really ever liked Lei Dian Zhen?"

Ying blinked her eyes and said, "You said that we can reject Ren Zha from the root. Is this what we rely on?"

The fuse that led Ren Zha to go astray was indeed Zhen's death. Having felt Ren Zha's memories and emotions, Ren Zha's feelings for Zhen were undoubtedly real.

Oropus continued to question: "In other words, are you really in love with her?"

"Orobus, are you going to tell me some nonsense too?"

It is because of the truth that he has been able to persevere all the way to where he is today. Tell me, I don’t love the truth?

Ren Zha said in a cold voice: "Even if you want to make up some nonsense, there should be some limits."

"Haha, haha." Oropus smiled, as if he heard something funny, and brought up other things, "Enrochi Renzha, have you ever thought about why you have this surname? Enrochi, in Inazuma, means big snake. Because I led Umijima to attack Inazuma, big snake is considered ominous. Surnames with this meaning are rarely used in Inazuma."

Ren Zha didn't say anything, and Ying on the other side frowned.

"You should know that you were just adopted by an elderly family in Inazuma City. Do you know your true origin?"

Ren Zha stared at Orobas.

"Five hundred years ago, Naruto-god Raiden Shin, who was still an Inazuma, found an abandoned baby in a basket outside the city. The crying baby became very well-behaved and clingy after being picked up by the other party. Raiden Shin, who was kind by nature, naturally took the baby back to the city and entrusted it to an old man to raise. The old man named it according to the surname left in the basket - Enryu Chirenzha."

Ren Zha raised his eyes.

"This well-behaved and clingy baby that she picked up left a deep impression on her, which led to your meeting again."

"Orobus, you..."

Oropus seemed to laugh with joy,

"Ren Zha, why is your last name Yuan Luzhi, why did you stick to Ming Shen so much when you were a baby, why do you worship Ming Shen so much and want to be Ming Shen's personal guard, why did you want to be with Raiden Zhen when you first saw her as a child, let me tell you now!"

Oropus couldn't stop grinning.

"Because you, Yuan Lu Zhiren Zha, are the baby I created. I designed it for Raiden Zhen to find you and form a bond with you. From the moment you were born, I cursed you - to find a way to get close to Ming Shen, and then, to fall in love with her at all costs."

Ren Zha widened his eyes.

"That's right! The reason you fell in love with Raiden Makoto is because I created you and imprinted this curse of false love on your soul! This relationship has been false from the beginning. You have never truly fallen in love with someone!"

Chapter 141 It Begins with Love and Ends with Love

"Ridiculous." Ren Zha was silent at first, then sneered, "You are still talking nonsense!"

I fell in love with you because of someone else's curse... Don't joke about that!

"Ren Zha, you should have noticed something, right? Why did I choose you? Why were you able to merge with Istaru's flesh and blood? Do you still remember your childhood dream, the dream that you once subconsciously ignored?"

When Orobas mentioned this, Ren Zha suddenly recalled the dream he had when he was a child. In the dream, there was a giant snake that was dying step by step, a high-spirited young man, two priestesses who were with him, and the soldiers from the former Kaigi Island...

"You used to be a nobody. Why did your strength improve so quickly after you became Kitsusaigong's disciple? It's because I passed on the experience of the former soldiers of Kaigi Island to you in my dreams. That's why you have achieved such success in both physical skills and magic. This is how I cultivated you step by step."

"Oh, so what's the point of you telling me this at this time? Even if I was nurtured by you, so what? Do I need to cry and call you 'father'?" Ren Zha's cold voice said, "Then I thank you for your nurturing, which allowed me to meet Zhen."

Oropus looked directly at Ren Zha and said, "Ren Zha, are you still avoiding me? Or is it hard to understand what I said? Then I will tell you directly, is your love for Lei Dian Zhen really due to your own thoughts, or is it due to the curse of this false love?"

"Orobus, you are too presumptuous!"

Ren Zha raised his hand, and the black liquid sphere turned into a rope that wrapped around Orobas' huge snake body and hung Orobas in the air.

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