VIP Chapter 562: Suicide (2)
As an “observer,” Daisianwei enjoyed watching many “stories.”
Among her preferences, one was the scenario of “lovers who love each other but must fight.”
Even better, if the ending was “mutual destruction.”
Why?
Because the death caused by this was very “tense.”
It mixed what humans considered the greatest “love” with humans’ strongest “will to survive.”
Coincidentally, she held a pair of such examples.
“To the two of you, who haven’t seen each other for a long time but now ‘must fight’, the first stage of the battle will instead reveal…”
Shuna closed the distance with incredible speed.
In an instant, she was right in front of Will, her spinning short sword transforming into a scythe.
“!?”
Aimed directly at the center of Will’s head, she swung it downwards.
He dodged to the side at the fastest speed possible, using the momentum to step back. Barely grazing the scythe’s blade, he retreated to a safe distance.
“Comradery.”
Daisianwei watched this scene, exclaiming it from in front of the screen and even applauding.
She cheered as if she were encouraging two people in a boxing ring.
“That’s right, that’s right. Just like now, as if you were still teammates—”
She could see it.
The moment Will noticed something was wrong with Shuna, he had predicted her movements and was always prepared to dodge.
He might have even guessed that Shuna’s versatile weapon would first transform into a “scythe.”
Next, Will was suppressed by Shuna’s series of attacks, her reaction speed being even superior—
Second move.
The scythe, which had fiercely shattered the already damaged bricks on the ground, deformed like a shadow on a night staircase and was pulled back into Shuna’s hand.
Unexpectedly, it transformed into a small handgun. While Shuna was unstable from the scythe’s momentum, she precisely used this posture to aim the bullet at Will’s forehead.
Will, also unstable, directly defended with the quick-casting magic of his Ice Array.
The black bullet was deflected by the magic, hitting the glass and leaving spiderweb-like bullet marks.
Third move.
In Shuna’s hands, the handgun, now lowering its center of gravity to stabilize her body, transformed once again into a long whip.
It clung close to the ground, moving like a snake treating the ground as a smooth surface.
Aiming at Will’s feet, it swept from left to right.
It was incredibly fast, with a power that could almost sever him.
“…”
Silently, Will aimed at the ground, specifically at the whip’s position, firing a single flame bullet and using its force to rebound.
His back slammed against the wall of broken glass.
Fourth move.
The whip regained its solid form, becoming a sturdy chain.
In the interval of Will’s pain and weakness from the impact, the chain latched onto his right hand, attempting to drag him closer to Shuna.
Will didn’t utter any unnecessary words. He simply flipped over, wrapping the chain around the bars of the window.
“!? ”
Immediately Shuna, acting on instinct, pulled, dragging the entire window, along with Will, from the window frame.
At the same time, the previously formed bullet holes accelerated the shattering process, causing the window and its fragments to crash towards her.
Shuna’s attacks relied heavily on physical means. When she reacted, she retracted her shadow-like blade faster than the oncoming glass.
Simultaneously, she shattered a layer of bricks beneath her feet and placed them in front of her to block the broken glass.
*Boom—*
A cloud of smoke followed after the collision.
Despite the severely reduced visibility, both sides entered a state of “truce” with remarkable coordination.
“Hoo…”
“Ugh…”
Only the sound of their breathing could be heard, and within the mist, faint glimpses of their shadows spinning as they gazed at each other.
“Interesting, truly… so interesting.”
This exchange was too brief and too intense.
It glued Daisianwei’s eyes to the screen, not even leaving her time to pause and praise them.
Their level of coordination could even be described as telepathic.
This duel was like two people playing chess, where, upon the first move, they had already envisioned the subsequent ten or more moves.
And then, based on this, they began the first round of engagement.
Their fight was as if they had completely imprinted each other’s action logic into their brains, proceeding without even needing to think.
This was once the best coordination as “teammates.”
But now, as “opponents,” it was the worst kind of coordination.
“Moreover, this kind of zero-dream-ritual-purification-easy-interception-doubt-nine-temple-infantry-power-II duel is both Shuna’s own choice and Will’s own will, isn’t that even more interesting?”
She looked at Will’s expression.
In fact, from the moment Will dodged, his face had been filled with astonishment.
“You should have sensed it a little. In past stories like this, the betraying opponent was always a pure puppet, ‘merely possessing that person’s body’.”
Daisianwei reached out, lifting the dropping guillotine blade.
“But the Shuna before you now, both in her way of thinking and her experience and memories, is the real her. The Shuna who escaped the Dungeon and became an ‘S Rank’ Adventurer. Right?”
Daisianwei clenched her hand, as if crushing his head.
It was at this moment that the smoke surrounding them dispersed with a gust of wind.
Their gazes met again.
“Shuna… I still have your eye in my hand. I’ve kept it with me. Although we’ve never said it, if you were in trouble, if you faced danger, I would definitely come to save you.”
Will spoke cautiously, as if he had found a way to persuade Shuna to return.
“Especially since you’ve saved me so many times, it’s my turn to step in. I believe you can hear me, right?”
As if every person who saw their former teammate become the protagonist of the opposing side would try to awaken her with words.
“…”
Shuna said nothing.
Her empty eyes simply “looked” at Will.
“If you hadn’t put a knife to your own throat and forced me to die with you, I wouldn’t be standing here.”
Will persisted.
Since Shuna wasn’t attacking, he became even more convinced that this method could make Shuna “wake up.”
“Although knowing your personality, you probably wouldn’t want me to ‘save’ you. After all, it’s you; you’d definitely prefer ‘self-rescue’ over ‘rescue by others’.”
“…”
“So, this is a unilateral promise from me. I will definitely meet you again—not as a Dungeon monster, but as a ‘human’.”
Will took a deep breath, even retracting the flow of magic that was infused into his staff into his palm.
“Hmmph~”
Daisianwei emitted an amused hum.
“Shuna, so, wake up. As long as you…”
“Is that so…”
After a long silence, the blade in Shuna’s hand lowered slightly.
“Shuna, you…”
Just as Will thought his words might have actually awakened her.
“What? You don’t like me like this?”
“!? ”
She spoke.
She used a tone familiar to Will, but her voice sounded hoarse, as if she had swallowed several pounds of iron.
She tilted her head and even gave a slightly devilish smile that Will knew well.
Her empty eyes remained empty and lifeless.
“Hahahahahahahahaha…”
Daisianwei, watching this scene on the screen, laughed unreservedly.
“As expected, no matter how you try to persuade her, the Shuna you encounter in the end is like this. Surprised? Unexpected?”
Daisianwei had been waiting for this moment for a very, very long time.
The Shuna before Will was truly not an “empty shell,” nor a “thoughtless puppet,” and certainly not someone who “wasn’t Shuna.”
She was Shuna herself.
Just with a slight difference: Shuna with her “Dungeon monster” side amplified.
“Sigh, actually, playing the role of a traditional villain who ‘brainwashes a former comrade into an enemy’ doesn’t suit my habits…”
Daisianwei picked up a cup of thick coffee from the side. Although the fight was exciting, today’s Dungeon Clear had taken too long.
She needed something to perk her up.
“So, I had to use this roundabout way to give you a little surprise.”
She could do this because…
Shuna had been “killed” by her here more than once.
According to the Dungeon’s rules written by Reviers, the consciousness of a God-Attuned who died in the Dungeon would become a candidate for “Emperor.”
Unfortunately, because the Death Hall didn’t involve actual death.
Shuna’s personality could still be preserved in this body. However, since she had become the “BOSS,” Daisianwei could alter her behavioral logic.
Her former personality was now labeled “Dungeon-sided,” no longer retaining her “human” status as before.
This girl, whose stance was already wavering, could now stand on the Dungeon’s side with this label.
The current Shuna was the genuine form of “if Shuna became a member of the Dungeon.”
Her self-perception might not even be that of a “human” being anymore.
Therefore, no matter what personality she retained, she had to fight for the Dungeon’s side here.
“…Tsk.”
Clearly, Will on the screen also realized this and clicked his tongue.
Daisianwei was very happy now.
She had placed Shuna here precisely to witness this scene.
Although it was a regrettable thing that the Shuna she created as a “traitor” or “undercover agent” had never stood on her own side for even a single minute.
But being able to witness such a spectacular duel made this regret somewhat bearable.
“Let’s continue, Will.”
The weapon in Shuna’s hand began to whirl again.
