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

I saw it a few seconds later.

The scene of winning the grand prize by drawing a blank!

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Chapter Fifty-Six: The Crimson King and His Epitaph

I saw it.

In Su Chen's mind, the "future" depicted by the epitaph, a dozen seconds later, was so clear.

In the picture, Sora appears with a smug smile, looking like a victor.

He gripped the joystick, pulled it gently, and accompanied by electronic music and virtual fireworks that filled the entire arena, three glaring blank symbols crashed down, announcing the final end of this betting game.

The script had already been written.

Fate seems to have been predetermined.

Is this my destined fate of "inevitable defeat"?

In that instant, a bone-chilling coldness spread from Su Chen's spine all the way to his cerebral cortex.

Has fate abandoned me?

If it were anyone else on Earth, upon "seeing" this unchangeable and doomed future, they would probably have already broken down and fallen into utter despair.

But Su Chen is no one else.

No one else has [King Crimson].

'No! That's not right!'

Su Chen's "two, three, seven" gaze sharpened in an instant!

'Fate didn't abandon me! On the contrary, it handed me its final trump card!'

'The epitaph shows me not to instill despair, but to inspire me to surpass it with my own hands!'

'I see it! The goddess of victory is smiling at me!'

His mind raced at that moment, countless sparks of thought colliding in his mind, ultimately converging into an incredibly clear path to break the deadlock!

'Analyze calmly.'

"The victory of 'Blank' did not stem from 'luck,' but from 'calculation.' The core is White; she's like a humanoid super quantum computer, connected to a slot machine, calculating in real time and outputting a sequence of results that is certain to defeat for us, but certain to win for them."

'As long as the white calculations are still in place, this slot machine is a completely controlled system. Its combinations are fixed.'

'Therefore, no matter how many times I use [World] to pause time and try different timings for pulling the lever, it's all meaningless! No matter what I do, I'll only reach the predetermined ending!'

'but…'

Su Chen's lips curled into an uncontrollable smile.

'On the contrary!'

This so-called "inevitable future" is not true "destiny."

'It's just a seemingly impregnable sandcastle built with meticulous calculations!'

'And the sole pillar supporting this magnificent sandcastle is that seemingly harmless white-haired girl, whose terrifying computational power!'

'If only I could interrupt her calculations before that "future" foreseen in the epitaph occurs!'

Even if it only distracts her for 0.01 seconds!

'Then, this seemingly impregnable sandcastle will collapse instantly because it has lost its only support!'

'I can't change the "pull down the joystick" action, because it's something that's destined to happen in the future.'

'but…'

Su Chen's gaze, like the sharpest eagle's, pierced through the barriers of space and the mists of time, locking onto the white-haired girl who stood quietly behind Kong, like a delicate doll.

'By interfering with White's calculations and severing White's connection to the slot machine, we can return the machine to its original state.'

'Then, the outcome remains to be seen!'

'Damn fate, I will overcome you with my own hands.'

In the blink of an eye, the entire plan took shape in his mind.

He slowly raised his head and looked at Kong, who already had his hands in his pockets, ready to immediately step forward and enjoy the fruits of victory after Su Chen's defeat.

A cryptic smile appeared on his face.

"Before you enjoy the victory,"

He spoke in a tone that sounded like he was chatting casually.

"Mind if I warm up first?"

"warm up?"

Kong Yi was stunned, completely baffled. What kind of tricks was this guy trying to pull even when he was about to die?

Is he trying to entertain everyone by dancing before he fails?

however.

His reply was a voice filled with imperial majesty.

"KingCrimson!"

that moment

The whole world seemed to be on fast forward!

In the perceptions of Yukino, Utaha, Yui, and everyone else including Sora and Shiro,

Time flies!

All they remembered was that just a second ago, Su Chen was saying that inexplicable "warm-up".

The next second, they found themselves moving without even realizing it, having arrived in the future, more than ten seconds in advance!

Sora's hand, which had been in his pocket, had somehow risen and was now resting on the joystick. He was even applying slight pressure with his fingers, as if he was about to pull it down at any moment!

Su Chen, however, remained standing in the same spot, as if he had never moved.

The whole process was extremely bizarre!

It's as if someone forcibly cut out a dozen seconds from the middle of their life's videotape!

"What... just happened?"

Yui Yuigahama rubbed her eyes blankly, feeling as if her brain had suddenly stopped working.

She only felt a blur before her eyes, and then she realized that Kong's posture had changed, and everything around her seemed to have undergone a subtle, yet indescribable, change.

"I don't remember..."

Kasumigaoka Utaha looked puzzled. Had Sora and Shiro done something again?

She felt as if there was an inexplicable "blank" in her memory!

In Kong's heart, alarm bells rang loudly!

An unprecedented, deep-seated sense of foreboding surged up like a maggot clinging to a bone!

why?

Why am I suddenly here?

Why is my hand resting on the joystick?

Something feels off; something's not right...

Suddenly, an unprecedented sense of foreboding surged up wildly!

It's as if one's own "script" has been forcibly altered by an unknown external force.

A thread called "fate" snapped from the top of his head, and the situation that should have led to victory seemed to have vanished.

And in that completely erased "time" that they were unaware of...

Su Chen moved.

He saw it.

Sora, in the future, is smugly preparing to step forward and pull his sure-win lever, as well as the spiritual thread that connects the slot machine and the white.

And he, the emperor of this time, was detached from "fate," like a ghost that had wandered onto a movie set, gracefully bypassing the "performance" that was taking place.

Then, it appeared in front of [White], who was maintaining the calculation.

He didn't hurt her; he simply reached out and gently flicked her smooth forehead.

Then, with a wave of his hand, he severed the thin thread connecting the white-haired man to the slot machine.

……

Time resumed its normal flow.

Kong was about to pull the lever.

But Bai, standing behind him, suddenly trembled without warning, her petite 3.2-meter body shaking violently!

A look of confusion appeared on her usually expressionless face.

'Just now…'

Something touched me.

'The connection to the slot machine has been lost!'

Bai's thinking was disrupted, and he began to fall into confusion, while the thin wire connecting him to the slot machine had already broken.

An unprecedented panic surged within her.

'Oh no, brother!'

There are 0.1 seconds left before you can pull down the joystick.

This timing is perfect.

Now, it's too late for Bai to recalculate and reconnect to the slot machine.

"Okay, empty."

Su Chen looked at the slot machine that had returned to its original state and smiled.

"Your 'script' has been torn to shreds by my [Crimson King]."

"Let's witness who is truly on 'fate's' side."

0.1 seconds later, Kong pulled down his joystick.

Chapter 57 The Emperor is KO no Su Chenda!

0.1 seconds.

For ordinary people, that is a negligible unit of time that cannot be captured even in the blink of an eye.

But for the "blank" that stands at the pinnacle of human intelligence, 0.1 seconds is enough for them to complete massive calculations that ordinary people cannot achieve in a lifetime.

As Su Chen uttered those words, which were full of playfulness and a sense of final judgment, Kong's fingers, following the future foreseen in the [Epitaph], irreversibly pulled down the joystick.

Wow!

Once the wheel of fate starts turning, it can never be stopped.

Amidst the gazes of everyone, a mixture of tension, fear, confusion, and anticipation.

Click!Click!Click!

After a series of ear-piercing, jamming mechanical friction sounds, the three enormous rollers slowly came to a stop.

[Golden Ring] - [Pac-Man] - [Watermelon].

The "Blank" grand prize, which should have appeared and was destined by Bai's calculations, did not materialize.

"..."