Chapter 352

"What's for lunch today?"

At this moment, Shiraishi, who was in the kitchen checking the progress of rice cooking in the rice cooker and waiting for the shredded pork to be marinated, slowly stood up and answered.

“Shredded pork with green pepper and shredded potato pork.

“The staple food is rice.

“Considering that you might go to the card shop in the afternoon, I also prepared soup that can be packed in a thermos cup.

"If you come back late and can't have dinner at home, let's make do with soup."

Then, Shiraishi suddenly turned his head.

"Speaking of which, since you are not going to take a nap but are going directly to the card store, you might be a little sleepy, right?

"So......"

Just after hearing Shiraishi's words, Asakura Riku, who was shuffling his cards out of boredom, trembled suddenly as if he had heard some extremely terrifying words.

The card in his hand suddenly flew out.

Then, Asakura Riku also leaned down to pick up the card that fell on the ground, while quickly shaking his head in refusal: "No, no need, I'm not sleepy enough to need coffee to refresh myself."

After hearing Asakura Riku's rejection, Shiraishi shook his head with some regret.

Some time passed.

The shredded pork is marinated.

Shiraishi started cooking.

After finishing the cooking and plating, Shiraishi also took out the rice, and then brought the dishes together to the dining table in the living room.

Start the meal.

Looking at Riku Asakura who was eating in front of him, Shiraishi shook his head slightly as he recalled the [Double Body] mentioned by Riku Asakura.

[Finally, is it almost time to start? 】

How things developed to this point begins six years ago.

...

Six thousand years, to be precise, it was a certain point six years ago in this world. Shiraishi visited this world for some reasons.

The matter starts with the confrontation with Kuroki.

Almost as soon as Shiraishi and Kuroki were talking, the confrontation between the two began.

Shiraishi's attempt to persuade Kuroki to surrender was actually a tentative attack and test.

Shiraishi's goal was ultimately not achieved.

But the trial did have some results.

Kuroki's answer to Shiraishi expressed his attitude and demonstrated his confidence.

He completely ignored Shiraishi's attack, but of course it also revealed that he had the strength and confidence to resist Shiraishi.

Of course, if you have the strength and confidence, you don't need to worry too much about a little information leakage.

Shiraishi's purpose is simple.

It would be best if Envy and the Blackwood problem could be solved without any bloodshed.

If not, then he will have to fight Holmonks to the end as always.

And the information he got was very simple.

According to Shiraishi's judgment, Envy, also known as Kuroki, now has a way to interfere with the outside world to a certain extent within the [Flask].

Perhaps it is because the [Door of Truth] has been opened one after another before, leaving Kuroki with the opportunity to make some special arrangements...

Perhaps after absorbing several other Hormonks, [Flask]'s ability to restrain the current Black Wood has weakened to a certain extent...

Or maybe because Shiraishi continues to grow stronger, the impact of his activities on the [Gate of Truth] is also increasing, which causes the [Gate of Truth] to open faster than before...

In short, Kuroki must have the power to interfere with the world outside [Flask] to be so confident in saying that he will become the enemy of Shiraishi.

Otherwise, Shiraishi couldn't imagine what kind of method Kuroki would use to deal with him.

One is the free Holmonks who can continuously become stronger, while the other is the Holmonks who are imprisoned in the [Flask] and cannot move.

Who is strong and who is weak is clear at a glance.

If Blackwood sealed in the [Flask] had no other means, he would just wait quietly for the countdown to death to come.

He definitely has a plan.

So Shiraishi launched an investigation.

In the end, Shiraishi got some inspiration from Philip, and then returned to the world of Build. Then, with the help of Kiryu Sento and Himuro Handoku, he transformed the Enigma device designed by Mogami Kusei and turned it into a cross-parallel world Hall. Monks Reaction Detector, and then used this brand-new device to find the traces that Kuroki left when he laid out the new world.

So, following the traces of Kuroki, Shiraishi came to this new world.

Of course, when Shiraishi came here, Kuroki had actually made arrangements.

It's just that at that time, Shiraishi failed to successfully search for traces of Kuroki's actions.

Rather, it was precisely because of Kuroki's arrangement that the time point for Shiraishi's arrival in this world was chosen six years ago——

That was a restriction specifically imposed by Kuroki.

After that, through some investigations, Shiraishi also roughly figured out the situation in this world.

This is the world of Ultraman Geed.

Not long ago, the Inpark crisis caused by Belial, the dark emperor of the Galactic Empire, spread to the entire universe, and the entire universe was therefore in danger.

The King of Ultra simply united himself with the entire universe to save this broken universe.

However, this does not come without a cost.

No matter how hard it tries to save it, the broken universe can only be put together and function before it is completely repaired.

Its ability to resist invasions from other worlds and other dimensions is extremely weak.

And Heimu, who swallowed three Holmonks, happened to be able to take advantage of the opportunity and show his skills in this universe with his own strength.

Although He still cannot come to this universe in person, it is not difficult to project his consciousness over.

Even if the loss is ignored, He can still project some other things over...

It is better to say that it is precisely because Heimu has predicted the occurrence of the Impak crisis that Heimu will try to interfere with this world before the Impak crisis occurs and turn this world into what it is now.

The Impak crisis is also one of the reasons why Heimu can no longer hide his tracks.

For Heimu, this is a challenge and also a rare opportunity.

In this world, He can have several more years to arrange the plan than Bai Shi.

So, this place naturally became the battlefield that Heimu finally chose.

What he can do here is far more than what he can do in other worlds.

And Shiraishi naturally came here following the traces of Kuroki's power.

However, what he can do is limited.

This time, Shiraishi does not need to worry about releasing his power too much and releasing Kuroki in advance.

After all, there is only Envy Kuroki left in the [Flask] now.

Even if he is released, it is nothing more than bringing forward the head-on battle.

However, Shiraishi needs to worry about other things.

For example, the situation of the universe itself.

Although the universe has resumed normal operation on the surface, in fact, it is still in a broken and seriously injured state.

The King of Ultra and this universe both need a certain amount of time to heal themselves.

In this case, if the power of Holmunk is used without restraint to decompose and reconstruct matter, and the power that echoes the Gate of Truth is used to interfere with the reality of this universe...

Then the final result is likely to be that the situation of the seriously injured universe will deteriorate rapidly, and then completely collapse after deteriorating to a certain state.

It's like an iron ball in a plastic bag.

The quality and hardness of the iron ball are still there.

But if the iron ball moves without restraint, it is very likely to tear the fragile plastic bag apart.

So, just like Envy Kuroki needs to find partners and agents in this universe, Shiraishi also needs to find partners or agents who can fight on his behalf in this universe.

Until the entire universe is repaired, Shiraishi and Kuroki may not be able to let go of the fight.

But on the other hand...

When the universe is repaired, it will be the day of the decisive battle between Envy Kuroki and Shiraishi.

If the winner is to be decided before that, they can only rely on their partners and the agents they choose.

And after that, things will be very natural.

Kuroki, who visited this universe in advance, chose to contact Belia and Strum star Fushigi K in order to ensure that he could project his power in the event of the Parker crisis, and made some arrangements.

And Shiraishi could only come to Asakura Riku, who was twelve or thirteen years old at the time, to ensure that Asakura Riku would not be harmed by Kuroki's arrangements.

But it was at that time that Shiraishi noticed one of Kuroki's arrangements.

In short...

In this world now...

There are two [sons] of Belia.

515-Consortium K (Two-in-One)

To be precise, the fact that [there is more than one artificial life form created using Belia's genes] was not actually deduced by Shiraishi through investigation, but was revealed by the [challenge] that Kuroki deliberately left for Shiraishi.

In the challenge, Kuroki also explained what his [highest level of jealousy] was.

The answer is [duplicate].

Just like the urban legend that Shiraishi mentioned, Kuroki wanted to be Shiraishi's doppelganger.

He wanted to imitate everything of Shiraishi, and then try to use it to occupy everything of Shiraishi.

[Caesar Zedd], which was completely different from Asakura Riku's original destiny, was the path he chose.

He also created a doppelganger for Asakura Riku.

Kuroki named the child Caesar.

If Shiraishi has expectations for heroes of justice and subconsciously approaches heroes and shapes heroes, then Kuroki is the counterpart of Shiraishi. He has expectations for villains, and he will deliberately approach villains and then cultivate the villains' saviors.

If Shiraishi responds to others like a mother or an omnipotent wish-making machine because of the concept of the Philosopher's Stone, then Kuroki treats Caesar as his own child without any concealment, becomes Caesar's mother, and responds to Caesar's desire.

Shiraishi will establish a bond with heroes and defeat enemies with the power of the bond, then Kuroki will also treat Caesar sincerely, giving Caesar a reason to fight and allowing Caesar to burst out with powerful power at critical moments.

Kuroki visited this world in advance, contacted Belia, and made arrangements in advance, so that he could make so many preparations.

Friendship, family affection, and bond.

He wants to defeat Shiraishi in Shiraishi's style.

This is the highest level of jealousy.

And six years ago, Kuroki, who thought he was well prepared, sent this challenge letter to Shiraishi through Fushio Ide K.

And after that, Kuroki hid again, and no one knew what he was doing.

However, judging from the fact that Asakura Riku saw someone who looked similar to him...

Caesar should have started his activities.

In other words, Kuroki's challenge to Shiraishi is about to officially begin.

Of course, during these six years, Shiraishi naturally made some basic arrangements.

First of all, of course, he adopted Asakura Riku, who was twelve or thirteen years old at the time.

Whether it was to make Asakura Riku's childhood a little brighter or to prevent Asakura Riku from being hurt by Kuroki's arrangements, this was very necessary.

However, Shiraishi did not interfere too much with Asakura Riku's original life trajectory.