mesbooks Chapter 274 The decisive battle is coming
Chapter 274 The decisive battle is coming
“My dear friend, it is fate that we meet here today. I think it is time to restart the duel that was interrupted last time.”
Upon seeing that her opponent was Xing, Yinzhi was overjoyed, her words filled with delight.
"Ever since we parted, I've been holding onto the unresolved duel between us, thinking that I must settle things once and for all. I never imagined that day would come so soon."
“Although I’m also very interested in who wins between us, now is not the time,” Xing said.
"Oh? What do you mean? Does my dear friend have some urgent matter that needs to be resolved?"
"You could say that..."
So Xing told Yinzhi everything she knew truthfully, believing that as a pure and beautiful knight, Yinzhi would naturally be able to tell whether she was lying or not.
Moreover, as long as Silver Branch understands the crisis Pinocchio is currently experiencing, he will naturally relinquish the championship position.
After all, rather than winning the championship and getting a chance to promote the Pure Beauty Star Goddess, Silver Branch is more concerned with how to help the world.
Therefore, as long as the truth is explained, Silver Branch will make way.
Just as Xing thought, as long as the truth was told, Yinzhi would make way.
Now that Silverbranch is aware of the impending crisis at Pinocchio, he naturally has no reason to stop Star from winning the championship. Or rather, he has an even more important mission to complete: to find a way to disperse the dream chasers who have come seeking fame and fortune.
If what Xing said was true, then Yinzhi understood that Xing had no reason to lie to him about this.
From the moment she first saw Xing, Yinzhi knew that Xing was a person full of pure and beautiful spirit. If Xing intended to join the Pure and Beautiful Knights, Yinzhi believed that with Xing's skills and character, he would definitely be able to become a formal Pure and Beautiful Knight faster than her.
Furthermore, as a pure knight, Silver Branch naturally possesses a unique ability exclusive to the Pure Knights: the ability to detect whether others are lying.
It is precisely because of this ability that the knights of the Pure Beauty Order are able to accurately identify those in need of help in the universe, and are not exploited by those with ulterior motives.
Silver Branch's ability didn't activate just now, meaning that what Hoshi said was true. Of course, it's also possible that Hoshi or the woman next to Hoshi has some way to bypass this ability, but Silver Branch still chose to believe, believing that his best friend wouldn't lie to him.
After listening to Xing's words, Yinzhi decisively chose to abstain, and thus the final of the tournament ended with one side abstaining.
The finals of this tournament brought joy to some and sorrow to others. After all, the favorites to win each tournament are always a hot topic with huge traffic, and many platforms open betting platforms where many people place large bets.
Therefore, the fact that Xingguang persuaded Yinzhi to give up the match drew a lot of dissatisfaction from the audience, not to mention that the match was broadcast live in its entirety, and their conversation was broadcast live to everyone without any reservations.
Everyone else was skeptical of the crisis Xing mentioned. It was common knowledge that Pinocchio had the protection of the Harmonious Power, and the family had assured all dreamers who came to Pinocchio that everyone's safety would be guaranteed.
Now, several Amber Ages have passed, and under the protection of the family, Pinocone has never experienced a single serious incident.
Even the widely circulated serial murder case has been denied by the family. Therefore, after learning that Xing and Yinzhi knew each other, everyone pointed the finger at both of them and even the organizers.
They believe that all of this is a pre-arranged script, and that the organizers have already predetermined the champion. Otherwise, why would they suddenly change the traditional rules?
Why would they go to such lengths to send an unknown star from an obscure planet to be a special judge just to let that star advance?
Various opinions spread rapidly, but were quickly suppressed by the family with swift and decisive measures. This also caused a lot of dissatisfaction, but none of this mattered to Xing and the others.
From the moment they won the championship, they were qualified to go to the Pinocchio Grand Theatre ahead of time. Of course, before going there, Xing and Liuying first met up with the others and finally met Sunday, who had been waiting for a long time, in the studio.
"Congratulations everyone, you have successfully qualified to go to the Pinocchio Grand Theatre." Sunday turned to look at the group of people on the Star Train, and then shifted his gaze to Walter, who was standing at the front.
"However, it seems that you all came with ill intentions, rather than good intentions. Why is that?"
"There's no need to put on an act now, is there? The mastermind behind all this is Mr. Sunday, the traitor of the family?" Himeko stepped forward and stood next to Walter. "Walter explained everything to us on the way here, but we never expected that the biggest traitor in Pinocone would be the Oak family, who manages the entire Pinocone, and the Dream Master Gopher."
"...Could you tell me how Mr. Walter discovered it?" Sunday asked after a moment of silence.
“At first I didn’t notice either, until I met Kiana and the others,” Walter said slowly. “From them I learned some clues hidden in the shadows, namely that there was a traitor within the family.”
"I see. It's because of them? I shouldn't have invited them in the first place. But as a new force with a command envoy, Lord Dream Master Gofemu thought it necessary to win them over to restrain the Star Train, which was the most threatening to the plan. I didn't expect that the relationship between you would turn the tables on me."
Sunday shook his head helplessly, then asked, "But that shouldn't be enough to deduce the answer. How did Mr. Walter deduce it?"
"The suspicions about you mainly stem from that experience at Dream Reef." Walter pushed up his glasses, and the reflection in the lenses made it impossible for Sunday to tell whether Walter was lying.
"That experience? I believe I handled it perfectly, so there shouldn't be any doubts."
“It’s precisely because you did it so perfectly that I have my doubts,” Walter said. “Before we met up with you, we went ahead with Kiana and the others and exchanged the information we had gathered.”
It was in those intelligence reports that I discovered some suspicious points. For example, although you, as the head of the family, knew about the possibility of a traitor within the family, you didn't secretly conduct a detailed investigation. You only mentioned this possibility and did some simple investigation before leaving it at that.
"Or perhaps I just don't want to alert them, don't I?"
"Then it doesn't explain why you so readily admitted that you already knew about the traitor. After all, if you were really worried about alerting the enemy, you should have denied it the first time we mentioned that there was a traitor within the family. In fact, the information that there might be a traitor within the family was given to me by Mr. Sunday himself."
"...It seems even I can make a mistake."
On Sunday, seeing that there was no need to argue any further, he simply admitted it.
“That’s right, the biggest traitors within the family are us. But all we want is for the world to be happy, is that wrong? Even the fact that we can’t die in dreams is something we achieved by using His power; Hipe’s power alone couldn’t have done these things.”
"Just as Kiana and the others said, you are the remnants of the Order."
"I didn't expect Miss Kiana and the others to have investigated this far. May I ask if there's anything else you don't know?"
“My answer is that you can assume we know everything,” Kiana’s voice came from the entrance.
“Oh, I see. Now I have no further questions,” Sunday said with a heavy heart. “But before that, may I ask you a few questions? Of course, I understand that these few questions alone are not enough to change your minds.”
After all, you only decided to stop us after knowing the whole truth. I'd like to know how you would answer these questions. Don't worry, it will be over soon. We'll meet at the Pinocchio Theatre then.
So the questioning began on Sunday, and the people on the Starry Sky Train gave their answers.
Sunday also understood their thoughts; simply put, there was no possibility that their ideas or philosophies were absolutely incompatible.
However, the environments in which they found themselves shaped their current personalities and created huge differences in their ways of doing things, which is why they ultimately had to stand on opposite sides.
"Now that my inner confusion is resolved, let's meet at the Pinocchio Grand Theatre."
After explaining the way to the Pinocchio Grand Theatre on Sunday, he left. Instead of heading to the Pinocchio Grand Theatre, the group gathered together to discuss their next move.
Ultimately, because Liu Ying possessed the script, everyone decided to have her find a way to go to the real world and inform Dan Heng, so that he could decide whether to come and provide support or take the train away from this star system first and then find another way.
In this way, Firefly completed the second of the three deaths mentioned in her script, while Kiana chose to stay.
"You can go ahead," Kiana said.
"Huh? Why? If Kiana is here, we don't need to be afraid of the other side." March Seven asked, puzzled.
"Because this is a grudge between your Star Train and this planet, it should be resolved by you yourselves. Although I am indeed nominally an anonymous passenger and once joined the Star Train with the captain, you must understand that we cannot really stay by your side forever."
“Little Kiana is right.” Himeko nodded in agreement. “Kiana and the others won’t be with us for that reason, and they might not even be in this universe. We shouldn’t just think about having Kiana and the others to protect us. I hope you understand that people only truly leave childhood when they become independent.”
I don't want you to be children who stand behind others and be protected, but rather adults who can step forward in crucial moments.
“I understand what you’re saying, Himeko,” March Seven said, scratching his head sheepishly. “But when I think about having Kiana as a powerful backup, I can’t help but want to take a shortcut and let her help me solve the problem.”
"I never expected you to be like this, March 7th." Xing deliberately looked at March 7th with a disappointed expression.
"What! It's human nature to be lazy, isn't it? If you say that again, I won't help you with your cleaning duties next time!"
"I'm sorry, it's my fault. But please, please, Lord March 7th, help me with this one thing!"
Seeing Xing apologize to him instantly, March 7th also had a few black lines on his head and looked at Xing with a twitching mouth.
"Well... there's no need for you to apologize to me like this."
"So, you'll help me with my chores, right?" Xing looked at March 7 with pitiful eyes.
"Okay, okay! I'll do it for you, alright? Please stop looking at me like that, it's like I'm the one who's bullying you."
The moment Xing heard those words, she instantly reverted to her usual arrogant self. But playful as she was, everyone knew what the urgent matter at hand was.
After learning that Kiana wouldn't be joining them, the group headed to the center of the studio. There, they found an elevator that led directly to the Pinocchio Grand Theatre, although there was practically nothing there at first glance.
But this is a dream, and as we all know, anything can happen in a dream.
Therefore, after everyone stood firm, the platform beneath their feet began to shake violently, and then a huge jet of Sulfa water shot out from under the platform, the enormous impact instantly sending the platform flying.
The platform followed this force and arrived at the Pinocchio Grand Theatre in the air. Surprisingly, even so, everyone remained standing steadily on the platform without feeling any turbulence.
"Maybe this is just a dream!" Xing thought to herself. After Xing composed herself, the group went inside the Pinocchio Grand Theatre.
However, on the eve of the grand music festival, which should have been the busiest time for the staff to make final preparations, there was not a single person to be seen in the corridor.
It's no exaggeration to say that we didn't see a single security guard, let alone other staff members.
The surroundings were eerily quiet, and March 7th was already quite frightened. She spoke in a trembling voice.
"Why is it so quiet here? There's not a single person in sight. It feels like we've stepped into a horror movie!"
"Scared already?" Xing teased.
"Who...who said that! I just thought it was too quiet here!" March 7 retorted stubbornly, unwilling to admit that for a moment she had indeed been frightened by her own thoughts.
"Perhaps it's because they dismissed everyone," Himeko comforted. "After all, the decisive battle between us and them is coming up, and the best way to prevent others from being affected is to have them evacuated beforehand."
"Let's go. Whatever their purpose in dispersing the crowd, it's beneficial for us. Let's go check out the center stage of the theater first."
Walter suggested, and so the group headed toward the center of the grand theater.