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Seeing that Lixiang and Musashi left without looking back, Jinghu tilted his head.

"Ah, am I still not being friendly enough?"

"Did you do it on purpose, Jinghu?"

"Ahaha... Is this joke a bit cold? I know they are being wanted, and there is no way to rush away."

Jing Hu's expression looked a little lonely, and the target was undoubtedly the two people who left just now, or just Miyamoto Musashi.

"Slightly... I understand Jianhao's feelings a little bit, and I just want to compete with that guy purely out of personal affection."

From the very beginning, whether it is an enemy or a friend, if there is a competition, the final result must be that one party will die, and the corpse will be thrown into the wilderness without even a chance to have a grave.

The duel between swordsmen is like this, but once both sides draw their swords, then this barbaric contract will be drawn up, no one will have any complaints about this future, and no one can die because of it.

"I can still become stronger, but I hope... when the battle is over with you, we can still maintain our original intentions, Musashi."

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Taking advantage of the chaotic situation, Lixiang and Musashi left the city together through the hidden grass. The soldiers patrolling in the field also returned to the city because of the previous riots, and they were temporarily relieved.

"It's unsightly... Honestly, I wouldn't want to think of them as enemies if I could."

Looking at the current Xiazong from above, gunpowder smoke is everywhere, and from here you can still see the remaining ghosts fighting with the brave warriors who are still fighting.

"Lixiang, can you tell me if you know why we...must become the enemy of the Xiazong Kingdom that we are supposed to protect?

At least when I'm swinging a sword, I want to know what the hell I'm doing, and I'm... not very good at that. "

"..."

The confusion in Musashi's voice is obvious. In fact, Lixiang, like Musashi, was suddenly branded a public enemy of the whole country, hunted down by soldiers of the Shimosō Kingdom, and feared and loathed by the common people.

All of this happened so suddenly that it didn't make sense at all, but as the master who had to save humanity, if she saw the situation irrationally, she would miss the chance of victory.

"Let's talk as we go, what I'm going to say next is just some speculation, maybe even... Musashi-san, you may become my enemy because of this."

"Wait, what's going on!?"

Musashi's eyes widened directly this time. She was already prepared to hear the truth, but she couldn't think of any reason to make her and Lixiang an enemy.

If possible, Lixiang would also like to hide it from Musashi, but Musashi looks stupid, but in fact, his intuition is scary. Instead of making up a lie that is easy to be full of loopholes, it is better to tell her what is in his heart.

"In my spare time, I told you and Kotaro, who is no longer here, that this place is no longer a singularity, but a parallel world of subspecies, right?"

"Ah... I've said it before, but I don't know much about it. In short... I often time travel for no reason. Except for some special cases, the worlds I can travel to are actually the so-called parallel worlds. Bar?"

"I'm not sure about this, after all, when I met you for the first time, the place you traveled to was a singularity, that is, a point of divergence where history went wrong.

But let me ask you, what will happen if the divergence point where the historical error occurred has not been repaired? "

"In this case... even if I don't need to explain it, I know the consequences. History will be revised, won't it?"

Lixiang twisted her prosthetic limb twice, she now has to be on guard against Musashi, and with Musashi's character, it is possible to assist her or be hostile to her.

"That's right, the historical singularity that has never been repaired will eventually completely rewrite history, and from the moment of the singularity, the world will look different.

Just like in the history I know, the Shimosou Kingdom and the Shimosou Kingdom’s lord, Matsudaira Shimoshou, are existences whose names cannot be found in Japanese history.

On the contrary, the Tokugawa family, which was supposed to rule Japan at this time, has completely disappeared. "

"The Tokugawa clan...I used to join their army, um...in order to have a meal with a friend who was...uh, at that time."

"The historical development of this world changed at a certain moment, and a parallel world that was completely unknown to the original history we knew was born. Originally... the scope of this parallel world should not be large."

The reason why the parallel world where Xiazongguo is located is not large is not that there is only Xiazongguo in the entire parallel world, or that Japan is the size of a country, but that except for Japan, the history of other countries in the world has basically remained unchanged.

At this point, the changes in history are not serious, but they can't change the nature of history, which is wrong for this world.

"Musashi, do you know how far there is between the parallel world and the parallel world?"

"That...Although I think it's a bit exaggerated, if you think about it according to common sense, aren't the so-called parallel worlds two different universes?"

"This statement... is correct and incorrect. It is said that there is no problem with the universe, but compared to the vast universe that we know and there are infinite spaces that have not been explored by humans, the scope of parallel worlds will not exceed what we know at most. the size of the existing solar system."

When Lixiang knew this, she also found it quite absurd, but she also understood the reason why she kept correcting the singularity to prevent the wrong historical world from appearing.

"In this world, the solar system is like a huge memory card. After all parallel worlds are born, they will be written into this huge memory, and then the future will be determined based on development."

"Wow... Lixiang, if this is true, I am a little curious about the visual effect of the solar system itself from space, from outside the solar system. It will feel very indescribable..."

"But in the end, no matter how huge the solar system is, it's not a real universe, it's just a small universe within the solar system, with its own storage limit.

When there are too many parallel worlds, the so-called "cutting system" will start to delete the worlds that are considered to have no future, so as to reduce the pressure on the solar system. "

He didn't respond to Musashi's complaints, because Lixiang had long wanted to complain about this, but there was no way, this world view is so amazing.

"If other parallel worlds, like the world of pan-human history that I exist, are also recognized by the tailoring system, and each world has its own similar long history, these worlds are similar but will never be different. intersecting tributaries.

The cutting of these worlds by the tailoring system generally has nothing to do with us, but... I am afraid that the behind-the-scenes manipulator who created the Heroic Swordsman this time distorted the history without our knowledge and created a different history. world line.

What should you do to keep the tree healthy when new branches grow on it? "

"A new branch sprouted from the branch...Wait, is it...!?"

"The pruning system... is equivalent to the scissors of this tree. In order to allow space for the world with the future, only one of the branched worlds must be selected to stay, and the others must be cut off.

Matsudaira Shimo Soshou...he claims to be the king of the Lost Belt, and the Lost Belt...I'm afraid he refers to the history of losers based on wrong choices and wrong prosperity.

If he does nothing, the final editing system will judge this world as a world without a future, and delete this world directly. "

Although it was just Lixiang's guess, Matsudaira's general guard mobilized all the forces in the whole country, and tried his best to catch them, so that Lixiang felt that even if there was a gap in reality, it would not be better than here.

"Then... the purpose of Matsudaira's shogun...?"

"Killing me, the last master of Humanity, will make the original pan-human history lose the possibility of the future, so that the tailoring system will make this world a true pan-human history.

Musashi...in other words, if you continue to be my companion, your goal...is to kill everyone in this Shimoso country. "

"..."

What kind of people Miyamoto Musashi hates the most are those who bully the weak, trample on the dignity of others, and slaughter innocent people.

But what Lixiang has to do now is to make the last hope of this world come to naught, so that all people in this world who have never committed crimes, regardless of men, women, old or young, will disappear completely without even a chance to die. In other words, it is the worst massacre.

Chapter 20: Swordsmen on a Journey

"In the final analysis, this is just speculation, but the probability is now higher than 50.00% in my opinion. It doesn't matter if you listen to the truth, Musashi-sama..."

"...Really, it's an overly heavy thing."

Hearing this, Musashi didn't want to say "Maybe that's not the case, after all, it's just a guess." Such words are deceiving. Lixiang's speculation should be close to the truth, otherwise if it's just Matsudaira who has evil intentions, It is impossible for the whole country to have such a consistent attitude, whether it is a samurai or a commoner.

Even if what they may know is not the essence, but the wanted notice is right, Fujimaru Tatsuka and Miyamoto Musashi are vicious criminals who came to destroy their country.

Therefore, being chased and killed, everyone treats them like a feud. This is something that can't be helped. No one will give a good face to someone who wants to kill his whole family.

"If you can't accept it, it's okay to quit now. If possible, I don't want to involve you, who is not a follower, but...my friend, into this kind of thing."

"That's too much... just because we are friends, I can't sit idly by...!

Because Lixiang, what you just said is very clear, if the goal of Matsudaira's siege is achieved and you are killed... "

"The history of my world will disappear, not just me, my family, and my friends... The human beings who have ushered in extinction for no apparent reason when humanism burns will be completely wiped out by the people of this world replace."

On the one hand, there is a pan-human history that was suddenly massacred, and only the last master was left struggling to return to its original state. They would simply disappear if not replace pan-human history, simply because a tailoring system they didn't even know had no future for them.

"Lixiang, is there no way to directly destroy the so-called tailoring system? It feels...that kind of system that casually makes a lot of people who are desperately living disappear... To be honest, I am very upset!"

"Ha...that sounds like something you can say, Musashi-sama."

People who don't like to be oppressed, who don't like to bully others, even if they have no feelings in the tailoring system, what they do is worse than any massacre.

"It's a pity...we can't find a substitute for the tailoring system. Without the tailoring system, this solar system will be destroyed because it cannot support the infinitely increasing parallel worlds."

"I understand... I've heard you say so in detail, how could I not understand...!"

The tailoring system is necessary. As long as you understand what Lixiang said just now, even a six or seven-year-old child can understand the importance of the tailoring system. Without him, all parallel worlds will definitely end.

But even so, Musashi didn’t want to admit that this was the only way out. It’s like saying that people who are judged to be judged as having no future in the world have no value at all. Human life should not be judged to be valued like this of.

"Lixiang, I hope you will allow me to continue helping you."

"This is... your 'righteousness' as a swordsman, isn't it, Musashi?"

"From the perspective of justice, I can't see the current Xiazong Kingdom as an evil that should be killed, but...it's a different matter if it's a friend.

The enemy of my friend is my enemy, so the person who wants to hurt you is my enemy Oh, Tachika. "

Lixiang smiled. It is indeed a blessing in misfortune to have Musashi by her side at the critical moment. If Musashi just leaves like this, it is really slim to rely on her to deal with Xia Zongguo and Heroic Swordsman at the same time.

"Then... No matter what, the enemy will fight back when they come over. This point will definitely not change."

"Indeed, if you think about it carefully...you and I have already been wanted by Xia Zongguo, we are completely grasshoppers on the same line.

That... Lixiang, what are you going to do now?Surely it won't work if you are just being beaten passively, right? "

Although as long as Lixiang is not killed, Xiazongguo should usher in the moment of disappearance due to the tailoring system, but if you really think that you can survive being passively beaten all the time, then you are really arrogant and boundless up.

"If you want to defeat the current Shimosho country, of course, you should set the ultimate goal of beheading Matsudaira Shimoshou, but his skill... Musashi, as Miyamoto Musashi, you should be against the 'Yanhui'" Is the trick very familiar?"

"Ah... this is really, it hit me with a dark history again, isn't that... the trick of the swordsman who called himself Kojiro Sasaki?"

Musashi smiled awkwardly, trying to cover up what he was recalling now, but this obvious action made Lixiang a little concerned.

"That...Musashi-san, you defeated Sasaki Kojiro with a very fashionable method?"

"That's... Among the opponents I have fought so far, that swordsman is really strong. I don't think I can beat him even if it is the old man named Liu Sheng but Ma Shouzong. At most, he probably won't. Just be even.

At that time, it was just a face-to-face meeting, and I knew that I would definitely not be able to defeat him in a head-on fight, so he and I agreed to a duel on an isolated island. "

"Forehead......."

So far, what Musashi said about his duel with Sasaki Kojiro is consistent with the duel between Musashi and Kojiro described in many books, and the two finally had their final duel on a small island.

But judging by Musashi's expression, he knew that the final victory in the duel might be disgraceful.

"I have read some books, saying that in order to win Kojiro, Miyamoto Musashi deliberately used a wooden knife that Kojiro was not good at dealing with. Some books even said that he went to duel with Kojiro with a boat oar, and it was also said that Miyamoto Musashi deliberately made Sasaki Kojiro wait. It took a long time to reduce his morale and physical strength.

Of course, this is all about Musashi on my side, and there is no evidence to say that Miyamoto Musashi is invincible, you...  "

"Ahem... that's... I secretly saw Sasaki Kojiro landed on the island, and then I left the island by boat, and then I used my... big sword move directly with the explosives on the island in one breath Blowing up and sinking the entire island is a victory!"

At that moment, Lixiang was convinced that Musashi-chan's heart was definitely quite unbelievable.

"Ahem, whatever my black history is, it's fine! Yan Fan...that's a very amazing sword move. To be honest, I can't imitate it. What's wrong with that?"

"Matsudaira's chief guard will also be able to do it, Yan Fan......."

"Eh? No way, he is Sasaki Kojiro of this world!?"

"I don't think it's possible. In the final analysis, Sasaki Kojiro and Miyamoto Musashi have different names. It is doubtful whether Sasaki Kojiro existed in history.

And that guy's 'Swallow Return' is not a sword move, but a body technique... Strictly speaking, the three swords that were originally swung at the same time to kill Yanzi became the three swordsmen who completely blocked the enemy. figure. "

In other words, there is obviously only one swordsman, but it is as if there are three swordsmen, carrying out three different actions in three directions at the same time, resulting in three completely different attack trajectories.

"Wait! It's unbelievable to slash three knives at the same time, but three people appearing at the same time are definitely not ninjas!?"

"If it was a pure shadow clone technique, I wouldn't be so helpless..."

Now that Lixiang thinks about it, he doesn't know how to crack that kind of movement, it's like the whole person has turned into a swallow, and is attacking from three different angles at the same time at a speed beyond time.

If it is just a simple shadow clone, it is nothing more than facing three enemies at the same time, but there are really swordsmen who can deal with three giants who are faster than swallows at the same time, and attack from three different angles with different movements at the same time. Swordsman?

"In the end, only one hand was broken. It was because Kotaro rescued him in time, and I was lucky. Originally, his goal should have been to cut off my hands with two swords and my head with the other."

"This is... I really want to see what Yan Fan is like with my own body, but Li Xiang, you say that, I... How many percent can I break this kind of body technique? ?”

"So for the time being, there is no way to take Matsudaira as the primary goal. The remaining goals...I want to try to find Kiyohime first."

Thinking of Qinghime who was taken away by Matsudaira's chief guard, now Qinghime must know the truth about the Lost Belt, and Tachika must also be prepared to swing a knife against her who is likely to be an enemy soon.

"That princess... Lixiang, I think you are the best...."

"Don't worry, I didn't put my personal relationship as a priority, and after all...I haven't known her for long."

Although it was Kiyohime, Lixiang still made a very clear distinction between Qinghime who was a princess and Qinghime who was summoned by her in Chaldea.

"What I care about is, what is the purpose of Matsudaira's chief guard in such a hurry to take Qing Ji away."

"Huh? Isn't it to keep his precious daughter away from you, who is a disaster in his eyes?"

"Matsudaira is very clear about what we are doing, as long as you are not an idiot, you should be able to see that we were ignorant of the fact that the world was about to be cut.

In that case... rather than rushing to take Qing Ji away, wouldn't it be better to find a chance to kill us and the Heroic Swordsman until both sides have consumed almost the same amount of money? "