Anime Crossover: Post-Apocalyptic Survival, My Stand is the World

Then, like rivers flowing into the sea, or as if summoned by the decree of a supreme monarch, they surged back into Kurumi's body, roaring wildly.

To the girls on the rooftop, this process was a doomsday scroll worthy of being recorded in the annals of mythology.

Thousands of black streaks, each representing a life, shot up from all directions of the battlefield, tearing through the dark red sky like a reversed meteor shower, and finally merged into the petite yet crazed figure in mid-air.

Each time a stream of light entered, it was accompanied by a faint, mournful cry from the soul, seemingly filled with both pain and relief.

And the figure in the sky, her aura will become even more immense, profound, and terrifying.

Su Chen, on the other hand, could see everything behind it more clearly.

In his spiritual perception, it was thousands of individual fragments of time returning to their origin.

With each return, Kurumi's time reserves and existence level undergo a geometric leap.

She is forcibly pushing herself from a "finite" existence to an "infinite" realm in an extremely brutal way.

Finally, when the last stream of black light completely merged into her body.

Kurumi slowly raised her head from the surge of energy.

Her already unfathomable aura was pushed to a new and terrifying peak.

“Hehe…hehehe…”

Kurumi felt an unprecedented, overflowing power within her body, a power that even stung her soul, and let out a morbid and maniacal laugh.

She looked at Su Chen, and in her beautiful, wine-red right eye, there was no longer any trace of the previous playfulness or probing; only the coldest killing intent remained.

And a determination to kill the man who had utterly shattered her perfect script.

She knew it.

Conventional methods, whether it's the swarm tactic of creating clones or the extreme speed of the first bullet, are all ineffective against this unreasonable monster who also wields the power of time.

The other person's intuition seemed to see through all her pretenses.

The opponent's time stop was enough to counter her acceleration.

In this case…

So... she had no choice but to use her last, and strongest, trump card.

That was the trump card she originally intended to use to kill the First Spirit and change the cause and effect of the entire world.

She slowly raised the ancient black spear that represented the "minute hand".

The movement no longer possessed the elegance and composure of before, but was filled with a solemnity and determination like that of a martyr about to step onto the altar.

· ········Requesting flowers··· ··

Countless fragmented images flashed through her eyes.

Those were towering flames, collapsed cities, and countless innocent lives lost in the disaster.

And at the end of it all, a gentle smile she could never forget.

She would pay any price for all of this.

This includes a final showdown with the most interesting and dangerous "kind" she has ever encountered in her life, a showdown where everything is at stake.

She once again pointed the cold, fateful, and doomed muzzle of the gun at her temple.

"Mr. Su Chen."

.. ...... ....

A sickly, gleeful, and resolute smile, imbued with the solemnity of a final boss, appeared on her face.

"You're the first person to have pushed me to this point."

"To express my 'respect' for you..."

Her finger slowly pulled the trigger.

A terrifying force of causality, powerful enough to make the entire world's timeline tremble, began to frantically condense within her gun barrel.

The entire Shinjuku area began to groan under its unbearable weight, and tiny spatial cracks, like black lightning, flickered and disappeared around the muzzle of her gun.

On the rooftop, Su Chen could even feel that the "world" within him, the emperor of this time, instinctively let out an uneasy, wary growl.

"Let me show you."

"The only 'truth' I've ever seen."

"The ultimate 'future' that I'm pursuing."

With an almost aria-like, sacred yet frenzied tone, she proclaimed the final divine decree, powerful enough to reverse cause and effect.

"【YudBet - Twelfth Bullet】"

boom--

That was no ordinary gunshot.

It was more like the heartbeat of the entire world had been struck hard.

A dull thud, powerful enough to shatter cause and effect and reverse destiny, rang out—the final gunshot.

Chapter 133 Hunter and Prey

boom--

The moment that gunshot, filled with an aura of finality and destiny, echoed across the deathly silent battlefield.

The whole world seemed to fall silent.

The wind stopped blowing, the air froze into glass, and even the neon signs on the distant buildings, which seemed to be teetering on the brink of collapse, appeared to have been paused.

All sounds and movements paled in comparison to this single shot.

Su Chen looked at the Time Witch who had shot him, his face showing an unprecedented solemnity.

【The Twelfth Bullet (YudBet)】.

Go back in time and change cause and effect.

This is Kurumi Tokisaki's strongest trump card, her most unreasonable and ultimate trump card, capable of turning the tide of battle. A causal weapon that, in theory, can erase all defeats and rewrite all disadvantages into "victory".

What does she want to do?

Going back to before the battle began, before he had fully grasped the details of her abilities, should he nip himself in the bud?

Or, let's go back to an earlier point in time, before he had assembled this team?

No, that's not right.

Su Chen's golden spirit, like an unbreakable lighthouse, quickly stabilized amidst the turbulent waves of thought. He promptly dismissed the conjecture.

Because he did not sense any signs of the surrounding "timeline" being tampered with.

Such causal shifts, powerful enough to shake the very foundations of the world, will inevitably create dramatic ripples in time.

However, at this moment, the river of time continues to flow smoothly without any ripples.

Kurumi remained standing quietly in the same spot, not disappearing from that point in time despite returning to the past.

However… her already beautiful wine-red right eye now appeared even more deep and eerie.

That was not simply a change in color, but a qualitative change.

It was as if that eye was no longer flesh and blood, but had become a deep, ancient well, the bottom of which connected to the endless river of time.

She can see through the past, present, and future at a glance.

"hehe…"

Kurumi looked at Su Chen, and seeing his wary and puzzled expression, she smiled.

That smile was filled with a sense of superiority, as if an omniscient and omnipotent god were looking down on ignorant mortals with great interest.

It's like a top-level chess player who has already seen a hundred moves ahead, while their opponent is still racking their brains over the next move.

"Is that strange, Mr. Su Chen?"

"Why didn't I go back to that 'past' that you've messed up?"

"It's very simple." Her voice became somewhat ethereal, carrying a peculiar, subtle emphasis that seemed to emanate simultaneously from countless points in time.

"Because I've discovered that I find much more pleasure in thoroughly playing with your interesting 'present' full of infinite possibilities than in the boring, settled 'past'."

After she finished speaking, she moved.

Without the slightest warning, her figure vanished from the spot in an instant.

It happened so fast that even the air couldn't react, as if she had been erased from this painting called "reality" by an invisible hand.

'The first bullet.'

Su Chen's pupils suddenly contracted, and alarm bells rang in his mind. This was Kurumi's most basic and purest speed attack.

Without a second thought, his body's instincts were already preparing to unleash his most trusted ability to cope.

However, before he could even utter that familiar "The World,"

A girl's voice, full of playfulness and accurate prediction, suddenly rang out from his left rear without warning, like a ghost.

The distance was so close, it felt as if he were breathing right next to his ear.

"It's no use."

"Mr. Su Chen."

"Your next move is 'time stop,' right?"

"!"

Su Chen's body stiffened abruptly, a chill running from his tailbone straight to the top of his head!

This is no longer just about speed.

This was... absolute precognition. She not only knew he would move, but she also knew exactly which ability he was going to use!

He turned around abruptly in disbelief, only to see Kurumi's figure had silently appeared in his blind spot.

The flintlock lance in her hand radiated a cold, deadly light that seemed capable of freezing the soul.

"What a pity." A wicked smile appeared on her face, as if she had seen through his entire script.

"Before you can utter that cool line, my bullet will be enough to pierce your heart first."

"!"

Without a second thought, Su Chen's brain instantly abandoned the option of activating time stop, which had already been seen through.

His fighting instincts took over, and he rolled to the side in an extremely disheveled manner.

The hot bullet grazed his back and shattered a nearby lamppost into pieces!

"Tsk."

He rolled off the ground and looked at Kurumi, who had a "everything is under control" expression on her face, and calmly gave him a curtsy. His face darkened completely.

He finally understood.

I now understand the true usage of the so-called "Twelfth Bullet".

That's not a clumsy way to go back to the past at all.

Rather, it is a higher-level, more terrifying one, which affects only herself.

——Future Vision.

An ultimate prediction that allows you to foresee all of your opponent's next moves, thoughts, and possibilities.

Faced with such capabilities, any tactic or surprise attack becomes a clumsy performance with a pre-written script.

At this moment, the roles of hunter and prey seem to have been reversed.

……

"Yukino. Utaha. Plan B."

Without the slightest hesitation, Su Chen decisively issued new instructions into the communicator in his ear.

He knew that fighting alone against such an enemy was pointless.