Crossover Anime: Offering Myself as a Sacrifice to the Sword? I Choose to Be the Great Demon King

"You don't need to know right now. In short, remember one thing I said: if you feel despair, come find me. I am Mo Li, the Demon King who provides a haven for the lonely!"

Perhaps because of Mo Li's appearance, Origami's emotions finally erupted at this moment. She grabbed his clothes tightly, buried her face in Mo Li's chest, and cried loudly.

Chapter 173 The Second Twelfth Bullet, A New Parallel Dimension

"It's ironic that someone as strong as Origami has turned out like this!"

Kurumi's voice rang in Mo Li's ears, making him sigh. As expected, changing history was impossible; even someone as strong as Mo Li couldn't do it.

Mo Li patted Origami's shoulder and used the power of her Mangekyou Sharingan to put her to sleep, so that at least in her dreams, Origami could live happily with her parents.

This is the only thing Mo Li can do for her now; he'll probably be going back soon.

After doing all this, Mo Li looked up at the sky filled with fiery clouds, but she was still unwilling to give up.

"So that's how it is. The reason Origami hates the spirits, Mo Li, your encounter with Origami, and the appearance of the initial spirit—it was all caused by me. If I hadn't agreed to her request back then..."

Kurumi murmured to herself that she seemed to have been fooled by time. It was indeed ironic that the spirit who controlled time had been tricked by time.

"Is it good to blame everything on yourself, or is it just naive?"

"No, that's not true. The act of trying to change history is itself an element that shapes the world and history. What you think is changing history is actually just following history itself."

"In other words, no matter what we do, we can't change this fact, right?"

"Not necessarily. If the established world cannot be changed, why can't we create a new world? The future of a new world has infinite possibilities."

Hearing Kurumi's words, Mo Li seemed to know what she was going to do; it was quite a bold decision.

A timeline can have countless branches, representing infinite possibilities. Since the facts of this world cannot be changed, let's go back to the fork and create a new branch.

"I see. No wonder you are a time-manipulating spirit. You came up with a new method so quickly."

"No, this idea wasn't mine, it was yours, Mo Li!"

"Me? How is this possible? I... Hey, could it be that..."

Five years later, Kurumi glanced at the vanished Mo Li and nodded. Time is truly a magical thing.

Ten minutes later, Mo Li returned to the real world, found Kurumi, and used the Twelfth Bullet to go back ten minutes to the present. He told Kurumi from ten minutes ago about this method, and then Kurumi from ten minutes ago told Mo Li from five years ago.

Having figured things out, Mo Li stood up, glanced at the sleeping Origami beside her, and covered Origami with her coat. The feeling of playing with time was really nice.

"Kurumi, where are you now, five years ago?"

"You know what to do now? Okay, I'll be on the roof of a building in the nearby residential area!"

After obtaining the location information, Mo Li flew directly to the tallest building in Nanjia Town.

The fire was still spreading, and Mo Li had to take the Twelfth Bullet again before its effects wore off.

Mo Li flew all the way to the rooftop and immediately spotted Kurumi next to the water tower.

Kurumi from five years ago is not much different from her now, but her appearance is quite different.

She wore a monochromatic skirt, her hair wasn't tied up yet, and she had a rose-shaped headband. She wore a medical eye patch over her left eye to cover Zafkiel.

"Oh my, I never expected to have guests in a place like this!"

Seeing Kurumi's outfit from five years ago, Mo Li couldn't help but comment:

"Although it's something urgent, I still can't help but ask, Kurumi, wearing this eyepatch, do you also believe that the Evil King's True Eye exists in this world?"

Please don't worry about these things!

"So even elves have their chuunibyou phase, huh?"

Please don't mind it!

"It's okay, it's okay, everyone has a painful past!"

"Please, don't, mind it!"

Mo Li sensed a hint of danger in Kurumi's forceful tone and quickly became serious.

Five years ago, when Kurumi saw Mo Li, she tilted her head slightly, her expression unusually calm.

"Kurumi, use the Twelfth Bullet on me!"

"You know my name and the Twelfth Bullet, who exactly are you?"

Kurumi pulled out her spear and pointed it at Mo Li, though she didn't know who Mo Li was at that moment.

Mo Li frowned. There was no time to waste. Rather than wasting his breath, he'd rather let Kurumi convince herself.

Thinking of this, Mo Li smiled slightly and rushed forward, while Kurumi also pulled the trigger.

After dodging the incoming bullets, Mo Li used the speed of Yamai to get behind Kurumi and subdue her with his arm. At the same time, Kurumi five years in the future can communicate with the present Kurumi through Mo Li.

"Should I say it's been a long time, me?"

"I see, it really is my voice. What happened?"

Five years later, Kurumi briefly explained the situation and expressed her hope to use the power of the Twelfth Bullet.

"Is it about overlapping the use of the twelfth bullet, me?"

"That's right, that's me."

"Alright then, after all, it's not someone else, it's my request. Okay, it's your turn, Zafkiel!"

Kurumi raised her left hand, and a huge golden watch face emerged from the shadows, appearing behind her.

"Zflüder - YudBet!"

The shadow seeped out from the twelve o'clock position on the clock face and was sucked into Kurumi's gun muzzle.

Kurumi pointed her gun at Mo Li, also extremely curious about whether using the Twelfth Bullet in combination would be effective.

"Mo Li, right? Well then, good luck!"

"Thanks, Kurumi. Oh, and there's one more thing!"

"Hey, what's up?"

"Kurumi, that eyepatch you're wearing is really cool!"

Gunshots rang out, and Mo Li was plunged into darkness once more, as if swallowed by a vortex, losing consciousness.

When Mo Li woke up again, the location had not changed; it was still the same building, and the flames had not yet started. This meant that Mo Li had successfully returned to the previous timeline.

"So, Mo Lijun, have you decided what to do next?"

"Of course, you can't participate in the battle. What you can change is the life or death of Origami's parents. As long as they live, Origami will not be reversed, and the branch of the new world will be formed as a result."

"That's a great idea, but will it really be as simple as you say?"

Kurumi's attitude seems to have changed drastically. Could it be because of the time she made fun of the person wearing the eye patch?

Mo Li shook his head. No way, how could Kurumi possibly be upset with him?

"Kurumi, could it be because of that eyepatch..."

"Ahem, in short, the next thing to do is to prevent Origami from killing her parents, right!"

Kurumi coughed twice, forcibly steer the conversation back on track.

If Mo Li were there, he would have seen that Kurumi's face had turned slightly red.

“That’s right, we were wrong from the start. Stopping Origami wasn’t the main objective. Her parents were the key. That way, the plot twist wouldn’t work.”

"Mo Li, there is something I must remind you. The Twelfth Bullet I placed on you has lost its effectiveness. This is your last chance, and this time you won't be able to stay as long as last time."

"So you're saying we're betting everything on this? Okay, I'm ready."

"Just like Kotori said, let's begin our war (date)!" Maru.

Chapter 174 The Changed History, The Birth of a New World

Having made up her mind, Mo Li decided to stop fighting Origami, which would cause time to branch out again.

With more possibilities, the possibility of origami reversing might disappear altogether.

Mo Li's mind was racing. If the historical revision was true, even without her participation, the light from the origami would still have shone towards where her parents were.

However, with Mo Li as a variable, they will not die, and the world will not operate according to its original trajectory.

First, a phantom appears, Kotori transforms into a spirit, and the town bursts into flames.

Thinking of this, Mo Li jumped off the top of the building and headed towards the direction of the Wuhe family in his memory.

In Mo Li's eyes, after giving Qin Liling the crystal, the phantom walked away into the distance.

"Chonggong!"

To verify her conjecture, Mo Li called out the surname that Westcott had once uttered.

Upon hearing someone call his name, the phantom's mosaic body became noticeably more blurred.

"July 17" knew why, but Mo Li always felt that Phantom was not as calm as it seemed on the surface.

Do you...know...me?

"Ah, although you don't know me now, you will in the future!"

"I see. Is there something you need from me, that you went to the trouble of using a bullet that could turn back time to come to this era?"

The phantom is unaware of what will happen in the future, but as an initial spirit, it immediately recognized that Mo Li was not from this era.

"Primordial Spirit, what exactly happened thirty years ago? What is your relationship with Itsuka Shiori and Takamiya Mana? And why did you entrust the task of purifying the Spirit Crystal to humans?"

"You know quite a lot, but unfortunately I can't tell you. Besides, it seems someone is eavesdropping on our conversation, don't you think, Kurumi Tokisaki!"

"Oh dear, you found out!"

Kurumi's calm voice echoed in Mo Li's mind, showing that she could still maintain her composure in the face of the phantom.

"You didn't come to me just to find out about these things, did you? You really waste your time."

"I came here to destroy this world, including you!"

"You seem to possess the spiritual power of other elves. I see. The Whispering Tome."

"One last question, are you Murasame Reine?"

"Murasame... Reine? Hmm, that's a very nice name. Reine, let's use her as our nickname from now on."

Huh? Mo Li blinked, as if she had been played with by time again without realizing it.

Could it be that Murasame Reine appeared because of what I said? Damn it, why did you have to talk so much?

Mo Li wanted to slap himself twice, but this confirmed the connection between Murasame Reine and the initial spirit.

I knew it! How could anyone in the world go thirty years without sleeping? Only an elf could do that.

"Chonggong, in your opinion, this should be our first meeting. I will uncover more of your secrets."

"We can't find out your origin. Are you from another world?"

"That's right, remember the name of the person who will kill you in the future, I am Mo Li!"

Phantom was not surprised by Mo Li's arrival, and even when Mo Li said he wanted to kill him, he showed no expression, as if he were listening to something that had nothing to do with him.

A beam of light suddenly shot towards the phantom, striking the ground and causing a massive explosion.

Origami has arrived in this world. After glancing at Mo Li, the phantom departs.

"Mo Lijun, it's time to do what we can!"

"Ah, I've imagined this outcome countless times in my mind, we will win!"

Mo Li ran towards the direction of the Yuan family. At this moment, Origami's parents were hugging each other, looking terrified.

The streets are now engulfed in flames. If Mo Li can get the two of them out of here safely, history will change.

The battle between Origami and the Phantom has now reached directly above, and could potentially spill over here at any moment.

Origami combined all the feather-shaped floating cannons together and launched them towards the phantom below.

Too late? How could that be!

The origami was almost in sight, and Mo Li wouldn't fall twice in the same place.

The Blade of Rebellion appeared in his hand and swiftly arrived in front of Origami's parents, standing up to block the beam of light from the spirit Origami.

"Origami, quickly take your parents away from here, I don't have much time left."

There was no time for further explanation. Mo Li only hoped that Origami could quickly take her parents away so that a new world could be born, history could be changed, and everything could start anew.