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On the other side, after taking off his belt and handing it over, looking at Su Su's serious expression, Haruta Masayoshi was a little confused. He turned his head and looked at Shiratori Yuei, and Haruta Masayoshi opened his mouth tentatively.

"Um...Mr. Su Su? My belt..."

"...Ah... It can be seen that Mr. Haruta and your belt have been through a lot of battles together... The last time I saw a belt that was so tired was on the first generation..."

"...ha?"

Facing Chuntian Zhengyi's anxious questioning, Su Su did not turn back, but reached out and gently stroked the belt full of battle marks, and spoke with a slightly nostalgic tone.

But Su Su's words obviously left Chuntian Zhengyi confused.

"Then...Mr. Su Su, can my belt be repaired?"

His brows unconsciously frowned, and he quickly walked to Su Su. Looking at the belt that Su Su was gently stroking, Chuntian Zhengyi hesitated for a moment, then asked with a little concern.

However, as soon as he finished speaking, Chuntian Zhengyi found that Su Su glanced at him with a look that seemed to be contempt.

"Xiu? Heh, Springfield Knight, it seems you haven't understood the true relationship between a knight and a belt... You just treat it as an object, right?"

"Hmm... artifacts? Mr. Su Su, you mean..."

"The knight and the belt are comrades-in-arms. They are comrades who can trust their lives and fight to the last moment! Sigh... I thought that the Knight of Conviction, as the best of the new generation of knights, would understand this, but I didn't expect..."

"...I'm sorry, Mr. Susu..."

Although he didn't quite understand what Mr. Su Su was talking about, Haruta Masayoshi understood the key point - it seemed that the relationship between the knight and the belt...

Isn’t it that simple?

"You don't have to apologize to me. Although you may not understand this, your belt trusts you. The bond between you and the belt far exceeds that of all the new generation knights I have seen... But it is precisely because of this that your belt frequently overdraws its power on you, and now it is exhausted."

Ignoring Haruta Masayoshi's apology, Su Su still looked emotional and reached out to gently touch his belt - then after hearing Su Su's words, Haruta Masayoshi became even more worried.

"Then, Mr. Su Su, can my belt be restored? I..."

"Don't worry, now that he's here, I will naturally make sure he recovers, but..."

Su Su's words made Chuntian Zhengyi feel a little relieved. When he heard Su Su was still not satisfied, Chuntian Zhengyi quickly took out something that looked like a bank card.

"I understand, I understand, Mr. Su Su, this is the consultation fee, thirty kilograms of gold..."

"You know nothing. Don't worry about the medical fee. What I want to say is that I can restore your belt and you can use the power of the belt as usual. However, it will definitely be weakened compared to the original. If you want to restore the belt completely, that is not something I can do."

"If you want to completely revive the belt, you have to find something..."

He held on to the conversation and looked at Chuntian Zhengyi meaningfully. Facing Chuntian Zhengyi's anxious gaze, Su Su slowly said the rest of his words.

"Defeat the other awakened belt holders, and then seize their belt wills. This does not mean directly taking them away like you did when you seized the cowardly knight's belt. Instead, you must directly defeat knights above level three and completely crush their beliefs."

"When the time comes, you will naturally know what the belt's will is..."

207. Knight Trial

It's actually very simple to fix your belt.

Simply fill it with enough medicine, then knock and repair the outer shell, knock out the dents, and grind the scratches, and the belt can be completely restored to its brand new appearance.

but......

In that case, all he would gain would be just 30 kilograms of gold.

Although Su Su cannot be said to be short of gold nowadays, the gold he holds is completely enough for a short period of time.

Moreover, since a large amount of people have been buying gold in the market during this period, the gold price in Japan has been rising all the way, and has even attracted the attention of some capital, which intends to make a fuss about it. Although Su Su does not intend to get involved in financial things, but appropriately slowing down the pace of collecting gold can stabilize these fluctuations.

It is better for the price of gold to be at a stable level, otherwise the price will fluctuate greatly, which will also affect Su Su's business.

Therefore, for Su Su, the 30 kilograms of gold from Chuntian Zhengyi is not important at all. Even if Chuntian Zhengyi has no money, Su Su will use various excuses to help Chuntian Zhengyi maintain the belt. After all...

Chuntian Zhengyi is very important to Su Su.

His own promotion drama needed a role of sufficient weight to kick off, and Haruta Masayoshi was a perfect fit - and Su Su was also a nostalgic person. Since it was said that the Kita Ayase incident in which Haruta Masayoshi personally participated kicked off the prelude to the extraordinary era, then...

It may be you who will usher in the next era.

"...Defeat... a knight of level three or above?"

But it was obvious that Su Su's words still made Chuntian Zhengyi a little unbelievable.

Defeat the third-order knights? Or crush their beliefs and seize their belt will?

But...are there only a few third-level knights known today?

Apart from mysterious fellows like Zero Knight and Ares Knight who are hard to find, there are only three knights who have publicly revealed their identities and have reached the third level, besides himself, namely Mad Knight, Wind Knight and Song Knight. As for Gaim, although he possesses strength comparable to that of the third level, it is generally believed that he is not at the third level.

In addition, the gossip that Haruta Masayoshi had heard recently said that the female knight was also at the third level, and that the man in front of him, Shiratori Yuei, whom he knew, was also at the third level.

And from these people, find one to defeat and then seize the belt will?

Although I don’t know what it is, I think the belt will definitely not be healed after being taken away, right?

It might even become like my belt now, no longer responding to calls, and if that were the case...

"...Mr. Su Su, is there no other way?"

After a long silence, Haruta Masayoshi finally frowned and asked Su Su again.

In fact, if Haruta Masayoshi had to choose from these people, he could only choose the Mad Rider and the Wind Rider - the Uta Rider and the Gaim were official people, not to mention that the Gaim didn't seem to be a third-level one; the identity of the female rider was unknown, and it would be difficult for Haruta Masayoshi to find out her true identity with her intelligence capabilities in Tokyo; as for Shiratori Yuei...

I heard my method from Su Su, and then I turned around and beat up the third-level knight on the other side. What kind of villain style is this?

Not to mention that Su Su is a "doctor", God knows if he will have any other means, and he must know that it was me who did it, unless I act like a villain and kill him directly.

But this is obviously not in line with Chuntian's righteous beliefs. For a person who can step into the extraordinary with his beliefs to betray his own beliefs, it is basically the same as death.

The same goes for Hunting Wind Riders and Mad Riders, which seriously goes against Haruta's belief in justice, and even if he wants to convince himself it doesn't work.

Therefore, after hesitating for a long time, Chuntian Zhengyi finally looked at Su Su again with embarrassment.

Then Su Su sighed and shook his head.

"Well, there is, but the other way is very difficult, hundreds or thousands of times more difficult than what I told you. If you fail, you might not even be able to be a knight. Are you sure you want to choose this path?"

"Does that method require me to go against justice?"

"I don't know what your justice is, but I think it's not against it."

"Then please tell me!"

Chuntian Zhengyi bowed deeply to Su Su. His tone was not decisive, but full of persistence.

So Su Su sighed again.

"...Alas, logically speaking, you are the strongest of this generation of knights, right? As the strongest, yet you are able to take shortcuts even though you know there are shortcuts... Are all the strongest knights of all generations like this?"

"Forget it, I won't say much. Let me tell you... the other way is the Knight Trial. I will completely destroy your belt, leaving only a core. All you have to do is carry this core and keep fighting."

"You will not be able to use the power of the belt. You will be reduced from a powerful third-level knight to a first-level knight. You will have to face enemies that are far more powerful than you again and again. What you have to do is to pray that in the battle, there is a slight possibility to awaken your belt core, so that it can be reborn and become a complete belt again."

“And if you die in the process, then there’s nothing to say. But even if you win every battle, it’s still unknown whether you can awaken the belt. Are you sure you want to take this path?”

Su Su did not use a threatening tone to describe those difficulties, but just spoke them calmly. However, the hardships contained therein still made Shiratori Yourong, who was listening at the side, couldn't help but change his expression.

You know, although a third-level knight sounds like he is only two levels lower than a first-level knight, in fact, the difference in strength between the two is huge!

A powerful third-level knight loses his belt and is reduced to being barely comparable to a first-level knight. He has to keep fighting just for that slim glimmer of hope to awaken the belt?

this......

Similarly, Haruta Masayoshi was naturally a little scared by the method described by Su Su. After all, his situation was more serious than what Shiratori Yuei had imagined. Shiratori Yuei's imagination was nothing more than looking for someone to challenge, but Haruta Masayoshi, as a Knight of Judgment, really wanted to fight for his life!

There were even some fallen knights who tried to kill him, and if he destroyed his belt and fell down one level...

Chuntian Zhengyi gritted his teeth slightly, hesitated for a long time, and finally took a deep breath, then looked up at Su Su.

"So, Mr. Su Su, since you mentioned the past... does that mean you have seen someone like me before? Did he choose this path? Did he succeed?"

"Success."

"...Then please, Mr. Su Su, help me embark on this path as well!"

208. Laboratory Crisis

The New Year passed in a dull and ordinary way, or rather, in a lively and bustling way.

For the vast majority of people, this New Year is not much different from previous years - have some fun, say hello to friends and family, eat something delicious, wear new clothes, and the TV continues to broadcast New Year programs as usual, with various anchors and hosts cheerfully explaining the past year's events and the outlook for the new year.

Some people use these few days to make ambitious plans for the new year, just like they did at the beginning of the previous year; some people only have these few days to relax in a busy year, so they abandon all their tiredness and just want to waste a few days in peace; others just regard it as an ordinary day, just like spending every day in the past...

But for Fujimaru Rika, this New Year was exceptionally happy and fulfilling.

During the New Year period, the department was quiet for once and arranged a mandatory vacation for Madoka Kaname, so Rika was able to spend a complete New Year holiday with her sister without having to be constantly on guard against being called back to work overtime like in previous holidays. However, Madoka Kaname, who was used to being busy, suddenly became idle and felt a little bored.

So during this New Year holiday, most of the colleagues in the department who had a good relationship with Madoka Kaname received snacks made by Madoka Kaname herself. Madoka Kaname, who had nothing to do, fully awakened her talent as a cook at home. Not only did she feed Rika a lot of fat in just one holiday, she also prepared a gift for each of her colleagues.

This made Kaname Madoka feel that it was unwise for her to want to be a manicurist before she awakened. She should use her talent in cooking...

However, the only thing that made the two sisters a little regretful was that Shino Asada went back to her hometown for the New Year, so in their spare time the two of them could only go shopping hand in hand - without one person, it was ultimately a little incomplete.

As for "going home"...

Although both of them have de facto parents, neither of them will have anything to do with that kind of "family" in their lives.

In this world, there are only two people who are each other's relatives. Although they are not related by blood, they are sisters.

Of course, there were a few more sisters originally, but unfortunately, in the case of the cannibal hotel where Kaname Madoka awakened, those sisters were unfortunately killed...

......

A fulfilling and wonderful holiday always goes by especially quickly. For Rika, the New Year holiday seemed to be over in the blink of an eye. Rika, who had gained weight, complained that she could not control her diet, but at the same time, she began to secretly look forward to returning to the Magic Emergence Zone to study after the New Year.

Come to think of it, Rika actually originally wanted to confess to Sister Yuan that she planned to use potions to help herself master magical abilities, and even become a superhuman - but she never found a suitable opportunity to say it.

Or maybe it could be said that Rika actually doesn't know when the right opportunity would be.

Anyway, Rika was very sure that Sister Yuan would definitely not agree to such a risky thing. After all, Rika saw how miserable Sister Yuan looked at that time. Everyone thought that Sister Yuan was dead at that time.

Considering how much Sister Yuan values her now, if she were to suggest using this medicine as well, Sister Yuan would definitely be the first to object - but Rika really wants to become a transcendent and wants to be able to help Sister Yuan.

so......

Forget it, just as I thought, even if something unexpected really happened, the department would definitely do their best to rescue me, so these risks are totally worth it!

At worst, I'll get scolded and beaten up by Sister Yuan later...

Anyway, it doesn't make sense that Sister Yuan can become extraordinary by using the potion, but I can't do it at all, right?

After the New Year holiday, with such a belief, Fujimaru Rika carried an injection potion and returned to the Magic Energy Emergence Area with a nervous state of mind, and participated in the training course for mortal magicians...

......

And at the same time, on the other side.

Inside a research institute under construction, in the core area that has already been built.

For Sakura, who is highly expected by Ms. Uchida and who is also obsessed with developing a "superpower" almost like a madman, celebrating the New Year is naturally an impossible thing.

Not only did Sakura not celebrate the New Year herself, she also requested that the researchers assisting her not be allowed to celebrate the New Year either. They must stay and help her complete the experiment. However, unlike the time in the remote underground research institute, Sakura here is not the "director" who has the final say. At the same time, compared to the semi-official management model of the remote underground research institute, Miss Uchida's laboratory is a pure corporate system.

So Sakura's request naturally caused great dissatisfaction, and someone eventually reported it to Miss Uchida, who then personally instructed that those who were willing to stay would be paid three times the salary during the New Year period, and those who did not want to stay would go home for the New Year as usual - in the end only a few people were willing to stay, and the rest chose to go home for reunion.

After all, the researchers who can join the laboratory established by Miss Uchida are absolutely top researchers, the kind that countless pharmaceutical companies would scramble for. The salary is definitely enough for these people, so they care more about reuniting with their families than working overtime.

But for Sakura, this is obviously not a good thing. The project, which was already short of manpower, suddenly lost a lot of people, and naturally became even more stretched. Although Miss Uchida repeatedly asked Sakura to suspend the experiment, take a good rest, and at least have a good New Year, everything should wait until after the New Year, but Miss Uchida was not in a hurry, but Sakura was...

Not only was she almost crazy about proving herself, but also because after leaving the remote underground laboratory, Sakura knew nothing about the progress there. But before she left, she left the project almost intact. Although Sakura felt that without her group of idiots, there was no hope of completing her experiment, but...

There is always some anxiety in my heart.

So even though Ms. Uchida clearly asked Sakura to rest, Sakura still chose to secretly continue the experiment, and to push forward as fast as she could even though she was short of manpower.

But it must be said that the lack of manpower has a great impact on the experiment. There are many links without manpower, and Sakura can only operate it herself. Sometimes she is in a hurry and there will be omissions. At the very least, it will lead to unstable experiments, and at worst, it will lead to wrong data or even direct failure of the experiment. At the same time, because of the lack of manpower, the handling of failed experiments has been temporarily shelved. Many failed products of experiments are piled up in the recycling bin, and no one will deal with them for a while.

Of course, Sakura didn't think there was anything wrong with this. After all, failed experiments would go through a strict killing process, and in theory they would absolutely lose their activity, but...

There are no absolutes in this world.