Ultimate Assassin: Start as the sixth floor in the Continental Hotel

"Professor Goria has been safely transferred, Ethan."

New York, in an office building.

Our fat black Luther opened the door in a dusty manner and spoke into the room: "There is new news from the Blood Dragon... Um, Ethan?"

From the toilet in the house, Ethan poked his head out with a pair of scissors, holding a piece of hair that looked like it had been chewed by a dog: "You're back?"

"Uh, yes." Luther responded with an awkward yet polite smile, walked straight into the room, took out a laptop from his briefcase and started typing. "The Blood Dragon provided an address. According to him, that's the secret stronghold of the 'Templar Order'."

"Wait a minute..." Ethan washed the broken hair off his face, walked to Luther shirtless, looked at the screen, and showed a surprised expression. “Arkansas Museum of Art?”

"Hmm." Luther nodded noncommittally, "Are you interested in art?"

"It's hard to say." Ethan curled his lips, "I think Benji might be more suitable to go to this kind of...art exhibition."

One was black and the other white, one was fat and the other was thin. Their heads looked towards the door at the same time, and they smiled knowingly.

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A gray world.

Everything seemed to have been burned away, leaving only impure ashes... Even the sky was gray, and it was hard to tell whether it was day or night.

"tread……"

"tread……"

"tread……"

A figure walked aimlessly through the gray. His clothes were already a little worn, but he was still walking, and you couldn't even see the fatigue on his face.

He doesn't seem to feel tired, and...it's been five minutes since the moment I saw him, and he hasn't even blinked.

What, my friend, are your eyes dry?

The eyes like emeralds are constantly observing the things around them, but they are not looking for or watching out for anything, they are simply observing.

Its name is Gippetto, and it's a robot.

It's been here for a long time.

"I said, you idiot, you've been shopping around for several days, haven't you noticed?"

Behind Geppetto, a lazy voice sounded. The direction of the voice... seemed to come from the sky?

"Sorry... I really can't see it." Gippetto shook his head honestly, "I don't understand... what exactly does Mr. Blood Dragon want me to see."

"Look at this, look at that, is there any difference? Everywhere in this wretched place is the same scenery."

The voice sounded again, and then... a figure fell from the sky.

He was a young man with black hair, a handsome face, and a cynical smile on his face. It stands to reason that at this age, no matter which school he is in, he can be the school idol with his appearance, but there is a big The problem……

On the back of this man, there is a pair of wings as white as snow. The wings are very wide, and the feathers are so smooth that at first glance, one might think they are glowing by themselves...

If it weren't for the glowing ring on his head, I would have doubted whether he was an angel.

"This is a destroyed world. You can understand it as...well, how do you say that word?" The young man with wings raised his head and thought for a moment, and then said firmly, "By the way, hell, you can Understand this as hell.”

"Hell..." Gippetto repeated the word in a low voice, "I have read the Bible, but I am a robot and I have no soul. How can I reach hell?"

"Whether it is heaven, hell or the world, they are just worlds at different latitudes." The young man fell next to Gippetto, and the pair of snow-white wings disappeared in an instant, and he circled around Gippetto , with the cynical smile still on his face, "But...a soulless robot? The robot actually looks so much like a real person? Oh my god, I must tell dad to buy me a robot like you."

"I am unique..." Gippetto said sincerely, "So far, I should be the only robot like me."

"Ah? Zundu is fake?" The young man was stunned for a moment, and then he seemed to have thought of something. He raised the corners of his mouth, got close to Gippetto's face, and said softly, "You really act like a robot... I doubt you very much. Are you lying to me?"

"Come on, come on, test it..."

"What...are you longing for?"

As he spoke, the young man's eyes glowed slightly with a faint red light. In a daze, an extremely ugly face seemed to appear on his face, like... the devil from hell.

"I...I long...I long to be a human being..." Gippetto's eyes became blank, which is not normal, because he is a robot, "I long to return to my father...I long...I long to be Father’s pride…”

"Well...it's true that I'm not a human being, but my ability actually works..." A puzzled look appeared on the young man's face, "It's impossible...how can a robot have a soul?"

Gippetto's eyes gradually returned to clarity, but he didn't feel anything strange. He looked at the young man and asked in confusion, "What just happened?"

"Oh, it's nothing, my friend." The young man waved his hand, "If it was your father who threw you here, it means... you are also his father's enemy in another timeline."

"So in a sense, you are now the adopted son of the old Chen family, my stupid 'brother'."

"I don't understand..." Gippetto shook his head in confusion.

"This world... how should I put it, is another timeline where our world is, but this timeline has been destroyed." The young man put his hand on Gippetto's shoulder very familiarly and pointed to the surrounding area. The gray scene, "We, or rather, us on this world line, are one of the initiators of all this."

"Although the biggest initiator seems to be called 'Observer'... but we in this timeline are also accomplices."

"I can read a person's memory through their eyes, explore their desires, and see their sins... Although I am very ashamed, I did use this ability on my father..." The young man said with some emotion, " All I saw was the world burning...and my father on his knees crying."

"He failed to save the world, and that was his sin."

"In this timeline, I slaughtered a large number of humans. This is my crime."

"When father comes back, maybe I can help you count your sins, my stupid 'brother'."

"...I'm sorry, I can't understand what you mean." Gippetto said with some embarrassment, "Speaking of which, I don't know your name yet."

"Oh, by the way, I'm sorry, I forgot to introduce myself." The young man coughed lightly, "My name is Chen Xing, and my nickname is Shotaro. As you know, I have wings on my back. Dad said he hopes I can Flying freely..."

"But you speak English. If you don't pronounce the Chinese name smoothly, you can also call me by my English name..."

"Lucifer Morningstar."