Final Trial of Mankind

"Um!?"

Muchen's rhetoric seems to have worked, and No. [-] showed an expression of giving up, but at this time the clerk who heard their conversation interjected a superfluous sentence.

"Ah, yes, four balls."

"Huh?! Is it possible!?"

Facing Mu Chen who felt strange, the young female clerk put a thumbs up in front of her mouth with a trivial expression.

"That's right, this so-called hidden menu that wasn't mentioned in the official announcement can stack up to seven balls."

"what!?"

"Seven, seven balls! Seven balls!"

Agulola pushed Mu Chen away and shouted, while Number Nine inserted in front of such Agulola and shouted.

"Of course, I want to!"

"OK, no problem."

Mu Chen was not short of money, so he directly agreed to the request of seven times the price.

"Top, top layer with nuts and macaroons!"

"Well, I want it all, cover it all for me!"

Soon, the clerk folded the ice cream and came back.

"...It's so delicious." No. [-] who took a bite of the ice cream muttered in surprise.

"Really? That's really good."

Facing No. [-]'s humane words, Muchen smiled.

Suddenly Number Nine seemed to think of something, and handed a large and rich ice cream in front of Mu Chen.

"Do you want to try it too, Mu Chen?"

"Let's have a taste then."

Mu Chen nodded, it was not good to refuse No. [-] at this time, so he bit down on No. [-]'s ice cream.

"...!?"

But Agulola's eyes widened when he saw Mu Chen's actions, he inserted himself between Mu Chen and No. [-], and extended the ice cream towards Mu Chen.

"Ah, Agulola?"

"...Hoo--! Ho--!"

"Want me to eat yours too!?"

I always felt that if she rejected Agulola at this time, she would definitely cry, so Mu Chen also took a bite.

"...Thank you, Mu Chen, thank you for treating us as human beings."

After No. [-] finished eating the ice cream, he licked his lips and showed a satisfied smile.

Then, No. [-] took out a card from the pouch at the waist of the protective suit, which was a thin metal sheet smaller than a postcard.

"Next, No. 12."

Saying that No. [-] let go of his hand, Agullola managed to catch the card before it fell to the ground. On the surface of the card, there was a short paragraph written in a language that Mu Chen didn't know, and Agullola seemed to be able to understand it. .

"That's an invitation letter from Zaharias." No. [-] looked at Mu Chen and said quietly.

This sentence made Mu Chen instantly understand that she was only acting under the orders of Zaharias. Although Mu Chen's question had self-awareness, it was just to satisfy his own doubts by the way.

Zaharias sent her here as a messenger, and she was selected only because of the simple reason that she had met Mu Chen and the others.

Number Nine did not escape from Zaharias' control, but she was also being used as a weapon held by Zaharias at this moment.

"So, you really don't intend to come to my side?"

"Sorry, he is the one who awakened me, Muchen Aziz Dahaka, it would be great if it was you who awakened me—"

There was no concealment of his affection for Mu Chen in his voice.

"You are too much, I am not the kind of person you imagined."

For No. [-]'s evaluation, Muchen just shook his head, indeed, the current appearance is not his real appearance, his real appearance is a paranoid alien with common sense of human beings but disqualified in the world.

"See you next full moon night, 'Feast of Flames'."

After leaving these words, No. [-] walked away.

Muchen and Agulola just stood there, watching her go.

023 Banquet Day

The night of the next full moon, that was the date set on the invitation.

Although it seems that there is still a lot of time, in fact, it passes extremely quickly under the circumstance of repeating the daily mechanical life.

When the morning arrived, Mu Chen shifted his consciousness to his avatar, then went to wake up Agulola, and asked her to brush her teeth and wash her face.

Speaking of it, it was really sweat and tears. When she first lived with Agulola, she knew almost nothing, even things like dressing, Mu Chen taught her by hand. Now , she has been able to complete these things independently.

While Agulola was washing up, Muchen made a breakfast for two. Although it was simple, it had a balanced nutritional mix. Although the taste was not as good as that of a top chef, let alone Luo Li, it was still very good, at least compared to Roadside stalls or general restaurants taste much better.

Agulola also likes to eat the food made by Mu Chen.

By the way, every morning, Mu Chen would make a glass of juice for Agurola, of course, it was the juice of Yu Lingguo. After his preparation, the juice tasted very good, and it was Agurola's special drink.

However, what hasn't changed is that her actions are still clumsy and cute, and she can eat her mouth full of breakfast, making Mu Chen always wipe her mouth like taking care of her daughter.

After eating, Mu Chen directly reversed the flow of the plate to a clean state, saving even the steps of cleaning.

Now his progress in time ability has slowed down, but even so, there have been earth-shaking changes. This little trick can be said to be easy and enjoyable.

He himself is too lazy to do the troublesome task of cleaning the dishes, so he just takes it as a practice of time ability. As for handing it over to Agulola, he can only hehe.

It is estimated that not long after it was handed over to Agulola, a series of pinging, bang, bang, and plate shattering sounds could be heard, and then the faucet switch was turned, and the whole body was drenched by the sprayed cold water.

In fact, Agullola once asked to do this by himself. Needless to say, the ending is as described above. Compared with a back-faced man who is all-around housekeeping, Agurola's housekeeping ability is simply negative.

"Today is the time for the feast of flames to begin."

Hearing the murmur, Agulola grabbed his arm worriedly.

Speaking of which, so far, she has never called her brother, even though their household registration books say they are siblings, even if their names don't match at all.

"Don't worry, although I will take you to that kind of flame banquet, I will definitely not let you have any accidents. This banquet cannot be avoided, and no one will tell us to avoid it. If this is the case, then Just take the result of victory into your own hands." Mu Chen comforted Agulola's head gently.

"Well, I believe you!" Unusual, Agulola didn't even use that strange language.

Time is gradually passing while waiting...

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If there are no family members working in the hospital, most ordinary people don't like to go to the hospital.

Junior high school student: Xiao Gucheng had to go back and forth between the hospital and the apartment. His younger sister, Xiao Nagisa, had been in poor health since three and a half years ago. Nagisa sees a doctor.

"Has that guy forgotten about us... He hasn't come back for a long time to see..."

Xiao Gucheng complained about the man named Xiaoyacheng. Although his father always ran around outside in the past, he had to go home every year three years ago, but he hadn't seen his father for three years.

Moreover, mother Xiao Shensen and father are divided into two places, and the relationship is also very tense.

"Hey……"

Xiao Gucheng was carrying the bento box for dinner, and when the last red light from the hospital was on, he had to stop and wait for the traffic to pass.

Waiting for a red light is boring. Xiao Gucheng doesn’t have the habit of looking at his mobile phone while walking. Fortunately, there is a home appliance mall nearby, and the TV in the window plays the latest news at any time. Every time Xiao Gucheng encounters a red light here, he will Get used to watching the news.

Rarely, a Middle Eastern autonomous region is on the news.

"Nilepsy..."

Xiao Gucheng murmured that it was said that a conflict broke out between Nilepsy and the Empire of the Night a few months ago, but there were not many domestic reports about it. The news about Nilepsy this time is that a large-scale infection broke out there.

What a troubled area.

Xiao Gucheng sighed, the green light turned on, Xiao Gucheng walked across the road, greeted the nurses in the hospital, and walked straight to his sister's ward.

"...Ah, you are Akatsuki Nagisa's family?"

The nurse spoke suddenly, and Xiao Gucheng, who was carrying a bento, stopped in her tracks.

"I'm his older brother Xiao Gucheng, here to give her lunch."

"No, I'm not asking what you're here for... Half an hour ago, Xiao Nagisa's family picked her up."

"Varied--"

Xiao Gucheng immediately opened the door of the ward, and there was no one on the white bed, and his sister could not be seen at all.

Damn!

Xiao Gucheng cursed secretly, and quickly ran out of the hospital.

He frantically dialed his cell phone, intending to report the situation to his mother, Xiao Shensen. Xiao Shensen is in Xianjinjima and works as the research director of MAR company. He is busy with work and goes home once or twice a week at most.

Although Xiao Shensen's character caused Xiao Gucheng quite a headache, but he would never joke about taking Xiao Nagisa away for no reason. Even if he found a way to heal Xiao Nagisa, he should say hello no matter what...

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Quartz Gate is a huge building located in the center of the old southeast area. The main part of the building has six floors. In the past, the city hall of Itogami City and the head office of the artificial island management commune were established here.

The outer wall is actively made of magic-strengthened ADAMAS glass (ADAMAS: the etymology of diamond, meaning unyielding, strong), and the building as a whole looks like a huge gem palace. Located in the center of the palace is a huge clock tower similar to hexagonal crystals. .

This is a historically significant magical building that informed the world of the technology of Itogami Island, the "Demon Special Zone" in the far east.

However, since the disintegration of the old southeastern district was a matter of decision, the quartz gate was also abandoned.

The current Quartz Gate is an uninhabited ruin where ordinary people are forbidden to enter.

The beautiful and empty city of glass—

The central plaza of the Quartz Gate was chosen by Zaharias as the stage for the "banquet".

In the center of the plaza, covered by a glass ceiling, twelve coffins are arranged in a fan shape.