Interlude: Silly Goose

"Psychopath..." Li Mo hesitated.

Bronya quickly added, "Yes, talking to the air, shooting at the air, jumping from the third floor, and then going to the infirmary to get medicine to apply and eat yourself."

"Bronya has checked. The medicines you took were all for treating bruises and contusions. You don't have any substantial injuries."

"Bronya judges that you have a severe fantasy disorder, but Bronya is not concerned about that."

"Now, Bronya asks you on my own behalf, why did you make Kiana cry?"

On the night campus, the two people facing each other had surprisingly similar expressions.

After a moment of thought, Li Mo walked forward step by step.

Bronya did not retreat, but stood there quietly, waiting, unafraid.

When he reached Bronya, Li Mo finally spoke, saying coldly, "As you can see, I am indeed a madman, and a very thorough one."

"Bronya believes that a madman would not be as cold as you. Their desire for destruction and expression far exceeds your current level. You are a calm sea," Bronya evaluated.

"No, you're wrong," Li Mo denied. "The extreme of madness is absolute reason, is calmness."

"I can be a calm sea, and also a raging storm."

Li Mo stretched out a hand to the air in front of him.

At this time, Bronya still did not understand the meaning of this action.

The next second, the sound of mechanical fragmentation came from behind her. Bronya showed a stunned expression and quickly turned back.

The heavy-armored rabbit in a quantum state was caught by Li Mo with one hand, and its core was grabbed. It lost its power source and fell to the ground.

"Heh..."

Li Mo showed a rare excited smile, spread out his palm, and inside was that wisp of purple hair.

He seemed to understand how to use this silent ghost.

Fantasy itself was a rule with a relatively high integrity. It could change a person's self-awareness to a certain extent, thus changing reality. It was similar to Bizarre Hua's memory modification.

"Farewell, Bronya. Don't follow me anymore in the future. Kiana's matter... is a matter between the two of us. As a third party, you shouldn't get involved casually, even if you are her good friend. Be careful not to get yourself involved."

"Before I figure out how to treat her, I have another girl that I need to find a way to change the way we get along."

After saying this, Li Mo waved his hand, and the heavy-armored rabbit that had lost its power recovered again.

Instead, a piece of Li Mo's chest was broken, but it did not heal as quickly as before.

Bronya's small face was tense, her brows were slightly furrowed, and she stood there and watched Li Mo disappear before she breathed a sigh of relief.

"A strange person, with a very high danger level."

Bronya analyzed and judged, and decided to let Kiana and Mei stay away from this person in the future. Kiana didn't know, but Mei understood things and would definitely believe what she said.

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Li Mo dragged his somewhat tired body and walked back to the principal's office, staggering. His head was spinning, and a strong drowsiness covered the sky in his mind, almost wiping out all his thoughts and consciousness.

Just now, Li Mo had tried to control the fantasy ghost in order to arbitrarily suppress the calming effect brought by the accumulation of death to his consciousness. But obviously, this method was not completely successful, which led to the backlash of the rule acting completely on Li Mo.

At least for tonight, Li Mo would maintain the emotions and fatigue of a complete living person in a state of three deaths. His physical body was still powerful, approaching the Bizarre.

But his spirit had temporarily returned to normal, and his brain had returned to the self who would talk big. But the problem came, he hadn't slept for a long time.

Originally, in a state of three deaths, sleep was insignificant to Li Mo, but now that his spirit had returned to normal, the accumulated fatigue and drowsiness poured out in this instant, almost making Li Mo an example in some jokes: young people are in good health, they fall asleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow.

He didn't want to die of social embarrassment. If he fell down now, he would become a monkey in a zoo. When school started tomorrow, he would be surrounded by a bunch of female students, and maybe Kiana, Saori Tsuruyo, and even Shigure Kira would be there.

If he was lucky, Shigure Kira would rush forward and take him away when she saw him on the ground. The others would probably take out their phones and take a picture of that scene, and then upload it to the internet.

No, absolutely not.

"Hold... hold on... almost... almost there..."

Li Mo looked at the three flights of stairs he had to climb and could only comfort himself in his heart. The corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily. Why didn't he feel it was so difficult to climb when he broke his leg before?

"Absolutely can't... become the protagonist of a silly video..."

Li Mo gritted his teeth and wanted to use "Usurp," but the use of "Usurp" was limited to things in his memory. Recalling was too painful for Li Mo now, and his mind was a mess. He could only rely on his instincts and will to crawl darkly and twistedly in the corridor like a maggot.

Finally, with Li Mo's unremitting persistence, he arrived at the door of the principal's office.

"Ugh..."

Li Mo made an ambiguous sound, pushed open the office door, and found the direction by memory.

Like a walking dead, he swayed and staggered in.

And then—he slept on the cold floor, his head planted in the un-wiped bitter melon juice.

Li Mo lost consciousness, and his consciousness fell into silence.

"..."

"..."

"..."

It was still late at night.

After Li Mo had been asleep for a long time, a black shadow stood in front of him and gently picked him up. The bitter melon juice on his forehead was cleaned, and the black shadow took a rag and gently cleaned the remaining stains and dust on his face.

The office door was closed, and the curtains were drawn. After taking care of everything, the black shadow carried Li Mo back and took off her clothes bit by bit.

The quilt was thrown to the end of the bed, and her white and smooth little feet stepped on layers of wrinkles.

The office was dark and silent. But soon, this silence was broken by the beautiful singing of a lark, like dewdrops falling in the early morning, light and ethereal, and also like the wind blowing through the treetops, the branches and leaves letting out a sad cry.

Messy and chaotic, there was still beauty in the ruins.

A winding path leads to a secluded place, and in the darkness, her eyes are bright, like twinkling stars.

The black shadow sat on Li Mo, riding a small boat, sailing on the calm sea. Without the rowing of the oar, the small boat only swayed from side to side with the sea.

The storm surged, coming suddenly. The raging storm made the sea level very unstable, up and down, and several times it almost overturned the small boat that was struggling to sail.

The hull became wet and was invaded by seawater. Soon it was filled with bitter and salty seawater. The cockpit, the cabin, the lounge... without exception, the people on board didn't even have time to escape.

The upper body of the black shadow fell on Li Mo. Her tender and slender fingers were slightly clenched, and her long hair was scattered, messily spread over various positions of the bed.

A peach-like pink appeared on her pale face, and her shy little expression changed repeatedly, embellishing a colorful and fantastical mood.

"Mmm... ugh..."

The corner of the black shadow's mouth twitched slightly, and she struggled to straighten her waist.

"Hurry, hurry, Teacher Himeko assigned culture homework yesterday. I haven't done it yet. Let me copy yours."

"Alright, alright. You didn't sleep all night, so you'll definitely be sleepy in class today. It's a good thing we came early. Teacher Himeko usually arrives at the classroom at seven o'clock. Here, now, get into the classroom and copy it."

"Love you, baby!"

"Wait, just so you know, I just scribbled it down. I don't guarantee it's correct, so don't blame me if it's wrong."

"Even if it's wrong, it's better than not doing it!"

"Haha, anyway, we have Kiana to take the fall, what are you afraid of..."

The principal's office was on a middle floor. For the sake of fairness, Theresa had proposed this simple idea during the initial construction, just so that students going up or down wouldn't have to spend too much time getting here. Although this already put the students on the top floor at a disadvantage.

Under normal circumstances, no student would deliberately come to this floor. No one wanted to be caught by the principal. Students have a natural fear of school leaders. What's more, St. Freya is almost entirely female, and they aren't very willing to take risks.

But the principal's office was not far from the corridor, especially when the conversation could be heard in such a quiet environment.

Instantly, the black shadow's face and ears turned red. The blush spread quickly, climbing up her completely exposed neck, dyeing her snow-white skin a deep crimson.

The black shadow sniffed, smelling a strange odor she had never smelled before. But the top priority was to leave the principal's office and disappear before Li Mo woke up.

The black shadow glanced down. Li Mo's brows furrowed slightly. It seemed that because of her excessive movement, Li Mo felt a sense of crisis, and his consciousness was reviving.

Outside the window, the morning sun was just rising, peeking over the top of the mountains. The intoxicating warm sun shone on the curtains, and bright sunlight could be seen under the curtains.

After getting dressed, she came to the door. The black shadow remembered a scene from her memory and pressed her ear against the door. After hearing the students' footsteps go from this floor to the one above, she quickly pushed the door open and left.

"..."

Soon, it was time for school to start. The class bell rang, reminding the students of their classes and indirectly waking Li Mo up.

"Ngh... My head feels so heavy. Luckily, my body is still in the three-death state, so nothing happened. The fantasy ghost's rule should disappear soon."

Li Mo sat up straight, clutching his forehead, feeling a bit tired.

The moment he got up, he suddenly froze. A chilly feeling...

Li Mo stiffly looked down. A patch of filth, the bedsheet was wet...

Why were his clothes at the foot of the bed?

"What the hell! What's going on?!"

Without time to think, Li Mo first covered himself with the quilt.

"An illusion. I must have woken up the wrong way."

Li Mo lay back down, counted to three in his mind, and then got up again.

Reality hadn't changed at all. This time, when he moved his body slightly, he could even see a large amount of bloodstains on the bedsheet.

A large amount of fresh red bloodstains.

His body couldn't bleed fresh red blood, so this blood wasn't his. To verify this, Li Mo immediately bit his finger. The blood that flowed out was a deep purple-black.

Combined with that familiar musky scent and the bloodstains, Li Mo was dumbfounded. This was no longer a question of being slow or not. Any man would realize the seriousness of the situation.

"Someone came into the office and slept with me while I was unconscious?"

"I was... taken advantage of?"

A chill ran down Li Mo's spine. He could only be thankful that there was blood on the sheet, which meant the other person was a virgin. Otherwise, he would have really broken down.

Just as Li Mo was questioning his life, the office door was suddenly opened.

"Wait..."

Li Mo snapped his head around, but before he could finish, the door was already open...

"Li Mo, I made breakfast for..."

Shigure Kira, carrying a thermal lunch box and a freshly-refrigerated bottle of Otaku Happy Water, pushed open the door with a gentle expression.

She knew Li Mo liked iced coke. Shigure Kira remembered that the first time Li Mo brought her home, MEI had taken out a cold can of coke for Li Mo, and Li Mo had decisively taken it and drained it in one go.

Shigure Kira had kept this matter in her heart.

Li Mo: "..."

Shigure Kira: "..."

After the door was opened, Shigure Kira saw a scene that was enough to shatter her worldview.

Li Mo was completely naked, sitting up, with both hands placed on that part in the middle of his body, the quilt only covering his lower half.

"Listen to me..."

"Bang!"

Before Li Mo could explain, Shigure Kira closed her eyes, retreated, and shut the door, all in one smooth motion.

Li Mo: "..."

It's over, it's over. This is like getting caught with my pants down.

The key thing is, I didn't do it! I was forced! I didn't even know!

Li Mo had a look of utter despair, wishing he could undo the fantasy ghost's rule right now and maintain extreme calmness. That way, he wouldn't feel awkward.

Why did I have to be so reckless last night and trigger the fantasy ghost's rule?

How can I face Kira in the future... I don't want to live anymore. Can a restart take me back to last night?

Just as Li Mo was wallowing in infinite pessimism, the door opened again.

Li Mo quickly turned his head and found it was still Shigure Kira.

Shigure Kira's face was red. She closed her eyes and placed the food and coke on the desk.

"Ahem... Li Mo... I'm your legal wife. If you want to... satisfy your physical needs... just tell me... I can help you... or you can use me..."

Shigure Kira coughed lightly and said shyly.

The whole time, she had her back to Li Mo, not daring to meet his gaze.

"I'll guard the office door and not let anyone in... Um, you should get dressed and clean up. It's not good if other people find out."

"Okay!" Li Mo was incredibly moved and quickly cleaned up the scene of the... incident.

At the same time, he was also thinking about who had "night-raided" him last night.

Li Mo glanced at Shigure Kira from the corner of his eye, then immediately shook his head.

It couldn't be Shigure Kira. From her initial reaction and behavior, it didn't seem like her, and she wasn't that kind of person. Shigure Kira respected him a lot. Although she occasionally made lewd jokes, she would ask for his opinion when it came to actually doing something like this.

He had already taken Kira's virginity long ago, so she was directly ruled out.

Then who could it be?

Li Mo tried his best to think rationally. It must be someone from St. Freya High School.

Strangers couldn't be ruled out, but they could also be disregarded. Li Mo didn't think he would be very attractive to women in his three-death state.

What normal person would be interested in a corpse, let alone take the risk of coming to the principal's office? What if he wasn't asleep at that time, or woke up in the middle of it?

The risk and reward were not proportional, so the students could be directly ruled out. That only left Kiana and Mei, whose relationship with him was always in a delicate state due to the rules.

Mei was because he had saved her life in the 303 dormitory, so she had always been very grateful to him, or rather... admired him? He saw that kind of look in her eyes. He wasn't sure, but it wouldn't be too far off.

A great detective once said: "When you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. And the truth is, there is only one!"

Kiana...

Li Mo shook his head. He really couldn't think of any reason for Kiana to do such a thing. The probability of Bizarre Kiana doing this was even higher than the native Kiana. But if it was Bizarre Kiana, he wouldn't have woken up at all. Bizarre Kiana would only vent her love in a human way when her Bizarre instincts were suppressed. Normally, it was just kill, kill, kill, eat, eat, eat...

The way to verify was also very simple. He would go to Murata Himeko later and indirectly find out if Kiana had left the dormitory last night.

While thinking, Li Mo had already hidden all the evidence.

"The food is getting cold," Shigure Kira came in again from outside and came to Li Mo's side, handing him the iced coke.

"Thanks," Li Mo took the coke and drank it all, feeling incredibly refreshed. After finishing, he let out a loud "Ha."

Eating cold and hot food at the same time was not good for one's stomach, but so what? He wasn't a complete living person now, so he could eat whatever he wanted.

In fact, Li Mo didn't need to eat at all, but this was his wife's kind gesture.

"By the way, Kira, where were you last night?"

"In the teachers' dormitory arranged by that little dwarf. What's wrong?"

"Nothing, just asking. By the way, was there anything unusual about the people coming in and out of the teachers' dormitory last night?"

"Emmm... yes, Bronya came back relatively late. After Mei came back, she stayed in the same room with Kiana. I fell asleep later. You can go ask Murata Himeko. She was still drinking and watching TV outside when I fell asleep."

"Okay, thanks."

After eating, Li Mo felt his emotions rapidly fading.

The fantasy ghost's ability was about to wear off.

"Kira," Li Mo suddenly said.

Shigure Kira: "I'm here, I've always been here."

Li Mo put down the lunch box, fiddling with the spoon shyly. "The fantasy ghost has fallen silent. I used its rule to temporarily restore the emotions of a normal person. I'll find a way to master it. What I mean is..."

"When we get back, if I don't have to go on a mission... let's have a child."

Li Mo turned his head, a little embarrassed, and scratched his cheek with his finger.

"In the haunted house world, it was impossible because of my body, but now it's definitely possible."

"If once isn't enough, then twice. If twice isn't enough, then three times..."

Shigure Kira met Li Mo's gaze, her eyes sparkling, the faint light warm, a manifestation of love.

Shigure Kira said "Yes" forcefully, then took the empty lunch box and fled in a panic.

After about three minutes, Li Mo's emotions returned to nothingness, leaving only dead silence and gloom. He opened the curtains and stood in the sun, as if born from the shadows.

"Usurp."

Li Mo stretched out his left hand, condensed the blood, and stored it in a test tube. As for the incriminating evidence, it had long since been destroyed.

The power of "Usurp" was fully demonstrated at this moment. As long as he could pay the price, it was no different from a god, able to realize wishes within his cognition.

The more complete "Wish" was even more powerful. Even if it transcended cognition, it would not stop the wish from coming true.

However, too much power often came with a heavy price. This price might have to be paid now, or it might be presented in a more tragic way one day in the future.

After cleaning himself and the office, Li Mo left. On the way, he subconsciously paid attention to the students in the classroom. This memory was somewhat similar to the funeral ceremony he had completed. It was just that there were no living people in the classroom at that time.

Li Mo came to the teachers' office. Murata Himeko was in class. He casually sat on the sofa and waited patiently. It was as if he could not feel the passage of time, maintaining the same posture for a full half an hour.

It was only when Murata Himeko returned to the office that he reacted.

"Mr. Inspector, what brings you to my office?"

"I'm looking for you."

"Looking for me?"

Himeko was a little surprised. She tried hard to disguise herself, so as not to show her disgust. There was no other reason, just that the Li Mo in front of her looked very strange, as if he could die at any time.

His face was pale, his skin was dry, and his expression was gloomy. Especially his turbid eyes, which made people feel extremely uncomfortable when they met his gaze. I'm afraid no one would be willing to look Li Mo in the eye.

Li Mo stared at Himeko. She had drunk last night and slept late, but today she was like a person who had nothing to do. Just from this action alone.

Should he say she was an incompetent teacher, or a competent one?

That wasn't important. Li Mo quickly cleared the irrelevant thoughts from his mind and asked directly, "Did Kiana leave the teachers' dormitory last night?"

Hearing Kiana, Himeko's face suddenly changed. She remembered that Theresa had talked about the delicate relationship between Li Mo and Kiana last night. As Kiana's teacher, Himeko thought it was necessary for her to understand the specific situation.

"Ahem, well~~ the adult world is a world of equal exchange. Just like going to work, you exchange time and dignity for money at work, and then exchange money for time and dignity after work. I won't answer your questions for free."

"How about this, I'll answer your question truthfully, but you also have to answer one of my questions truthfully. How about sincerity for sincerity?"

Himeko sat next to Li Mo, with a careless and frivolous look on her face. Her hand went through the back of Li Mo's neck and rested on his shoulder.

Her plump and round thighs were crossed over the other, her legs crossed, quite leisurely.

Li Mo's eyes rolled, but Himeko's face remained unchanged.

Equal exchange... heh.

"I promise you."

Hearing Li Mo's answer, the smile on Himeko's face grew wider.

Himeko: "Listen up, I'll answer your first question. I won't lie."

"I slept very late last night. When I was sleeping, I quietly used the key to open Kiana's room door. She and Mei were sleeping together."

"Oh, by the way, Kiana kicked the quilt to the floor. I picked it up and covered her with it. Although it's summer now, the air conditioner is on indoors. If you're not careful, it's easy to catch a cold."

"How about that, complete enough, right?"

Himeko's fingers were like playing the piano, gently tapping Li Mo's shoulder, reminding him of something.

So that's it...

Li Mo analyzed it. The possibility of Himeko lying was not high.

Kiana had slept with Mei last night and had not left the teachers' dormitory. In that case, the options of Kiana and Mei had to be eliminated at the same time. Then who was left? There were no more options.

Just as Li Mo was lost in thought, a teasing voice echoed in his ear.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you thinking so hard about? What's so good about little sisters? You should find a big sister to fall in love with, like me~"

Himeko puffed out her proud chest, smugly.

Li Mo replied calmly, "Like you, drinking until you're drunk? I'm sorry, I don't drink."

The corner of Himeko's mouth twitched, "Very good. Now it's my turn to ask you."

"Speak," Li Mo said with a blank face.

"Straightforward. Then I won't keep you in suspense. What's your relationship with Kiana? More than lovers, but not yet a married couple? I've never seen Kiana cry like that."

"..."

Li Mo was silent. He stood up and walked to the door.

"Are you going to run away? Why are you avoiding this question? If you did it, you did it. What are you afraid of?" Himeko kept provoking Li Mo, but unfortunately, Li Mo couldn't feel it at all.

"As you think, in the final analysis... it's because my ability is not enough."

Leaving this sentence, Li Mo walked out of the office.

Leaving Himeko alone in the office, fuming.

After leaving, Li Mo wandered around the school, still thinking about who that person was last night.

Unknowingly, he came to the training ground, the simulation training room that St. Freya Academy had spent a lot of money to build.

It completely simulated the physical fitness of reality. You could fight against two people, or challenge the Honkai beasts recorded in the simulation space.

At that time, Kiana had set the NO.1 record here.

Li Mo looked up at the data leaderboard that was updated every half an hour. That mark was no longer there.

「Challenge Target: Pavanti.」

「Level: Emperor Class.」

「Difficulty: SS.」

「Number of Challengers: 1.」

「Challenger: Kiana Kaslana.」

「Clear Time: 27min 12s.」

「Ranking: NO.1.」

In fact, Pavanti was not the most terrifying opponent in the simulation space, but the leaderboard was not determined by the strength of the opponent, but by a comprehensive analysis of combat power. For example, if an S-rank Valkyrie challenged Pavanti, they would only get the minimum difficulty: A, no matter how long the clear time was.

The current leaderboard, the first place was a name Li Mo was familiar with, but not the same person.

「Challenge Target: Three Honkai Emperors.」

「Level: Lower-level Honkai Beast・Extreme.」

「Difficulty: S.」

「Number of Challengers: 1.」

「Challenger: Fu Hua.」

「Clear Time: 3min 47s.」

「Ranking: NO.1.」

"..."

After staring at the data for a long time, Li Mo walked forward, put on the simulation helmet, and connected the memory space line.

He wanted to try it out, to see what level the Pavanti that Kiana had fought in the simulation space was.

It made Kiana so miserable, so painful, that she even accepted the power and corrosion of the Herrscher of the Void to forcibly enhance her own strength.

At the same time, two very popular people came to St. Freya High School.

"Lady Durandal, how do you feel about this place?" Rita bowed her head and smiled, her manner elegant.

Durandal on the side was very casual. She took off her coat and draped it over her shoulder, holding it gently with her other hand.

"Not so good. It's just like an ordinary school," Durandal sighed. "The Valkyrie base at the headquarters has a special training ground every few dozen meters to train all kinds of abilities. Here, it's just snack shops and manga stores. It's not bad, but... it's not necessary."

Rita seemed to have expected Durandal's reaction, "Perhaps Lady Theresa just wants to cultivate Valkyries who are well-developed in morality, intelligence, physicality, aesthetics, and labor?"

What Rita didn't tell Durandal was that the investment in the training room was very large. Otto had always been restricting the source of funds in St. Freya Academy. As for the reason, it was unknown.

"Perhaps. How long do we have to stay here?" Durandal was a little anxious. She couldn't accept being so slack.

She also didn't know what mission the Overseer had assigned to Rita, and she had to accompany her. It was too much of a waste of time here.

"Well... half a month, I guess. If Lady Durandal feels bored, we can go to the simulation training room," Rita suggested.

As soon as Durandal heard about the training room, she immediately became interested, "Oh? How are the opponents inside?"

"There's an Emperor-class Honkai Beast: Pavanti."

"Hmm... not so good, but it's enough. Let's go now!"

When Li Mo's consciousness entered the simulation space, Durandal and Rita had already arrived at the simulation training room.

In the simulation space, it was the place where Pavanti had appeared before: a dilapidated wasteland.

"Boom!"

Pavanti drilled out from the ground, stomped on the ground, and in an instant, the earth trembled, and a deep crack appeared.

Li Mo calmly walked towards Pavanti, step by step, very slowly.

"Roar—!"

Pavanti let out a deafening roar, trying to intimidate the enemy approaching it.

Li Mo was unmoved.

Without any hesitation or words, Pavanti began to roll its body, like a huge rock sliding down from a high mountain, rushing towards Li Mo at an extremely fast speed.

This tonnage and speed were no different from a fully loaded train, and the impact was all concentrated on the top.

Faced with the menacing Pavanti, Li Mo did not make any defensive posture. Instead, he spread his arms, closed his eyes, and completely gave up the desire to live.

"What is he doing?"

Durandal's brows furrowed, very puzzled by Li Mo's behavior.

"Why give up the fight when he's not injured?"

"Damn guy!"

Rita glanced at Durandal, the corner of her mouth unable to stop rising.

She knew that today was the silly goose's period. She was already very irritable, and the Overseer had arranged for her to participate in such a clueless mission. Not only was she at a loss, but she also saw a lazy teaching method and a person with no will to fight.

It was like A followed by W, then an outer Q, then a Tiamat's Hydra, and then a guillotine. She was in a blood rage.

Not surprisingly, Pavanti's death roll crushed Li Mo, leaving only a pile of rotten meat in the misty wasteland. In the distance, there were still a few hyenas and coyotes watching covetously.

Blood splattered, organs were crushed, and the bones all over his body were crushed into a pile of mud, ugly and unbearable. But surprisingly, even so—

Li Mo still did not exit the simulation space.

"Huh? The simulation space seems to have a problem. After death or losing combat ability, the challenger should be logged out immediately."

"The judgment standard is the same as the headquarters, both based on the challenger's brainwave detection, determined by whether the consciousness is clear."

"Lady Durandal, please wait here for a moment. I'll go find Lady Theresa and contact the maintenance staff of the simulation space."

With that, Rita turned to leave, but was suddenly stopped by Durandal before she could go far.

"Wait, Rita, look!"

Durandal pointed at the bizarre situation in the simulation space.

The blood, bone fragments, and organ skins on the ground re-condensed as if time were flowing backwards. In a few seconds, Li Mo was completely resurrected, without a single scar on his body.

Even Pavanti in the space was stunned for a moment, feeling an inexplicable fear, and subconsciously retreated out of instinct.

"No change," Li Mo stared at his left hand and murmured.

Dying in the simulation space would not make him restart, or rather... in a state of three deaths, only Bizarre rules could kill him.

"It hurts."

Li Mo turned around and said calmly.

He had really felt the pain of being crushed all over his body. Unlike the pain shielding mechanism of ordinary people, Li Mo did not have this function.

"I'll let you feel it too."

"Roar? Roar... roar!!"

Li Mo kept moving forward, and Pavanti kept retreating, its tusked mouth trembling violently. It didn't even understand why it was doing this, until Li Mo stretched out his hand, and it bit it off.

In less than two seconds, the silicon-based armor began to disintegrate, and its body was like a withered flower, its vitality and consciousness disappearing bit by bit.

Li Mo's hand grew back. He grabbed Pavanti and slammed it into the ground.

The wasteland for several kilometers was affected, and a violent tremor occurred.

"I seem to have gone too far."

The earth had already cracked due to Pavanti's violent actions. Now, several hundred-meter-long cracks had expanded, and the plate Li Mo was on began to sink. Along with the surrounding city.

Fortunately, this was not a real space, but just a simulated environment. That overly beautiful memory was still lingering in his mind, and he needed to vent it in various ways before he could stop.

Li Mo exited the simulation space, looked up again, and the data leaderboard had been refreshed.

「Challenge Target: Pavanti.」

「Level: Emperor Class.」

「Difficulty: SSS.」

「Number of Challengers: 1.」

「Challenger: ???.」

「Clear Time: 24s.」

「Ranking: NO.1.」

The highest level of difficulty should be because the simulation space judged that he was an ordinary person. The SSS level of difficulty was originally just an impossible concept, an impossible challenge. Because technology could not judge the ability of the Bizarre, he had taken advantage of it.

"Hmm?"

Li Mo took off the equipment and found two people standing in front of him. From their general appearance, Li Mo could recognize them as Durandal and Rita Rossweisse.

In the original story, Rita had accepted Otto's mission to observe the progress of the fusion rate between Kiana and the Herrscher of the Void. But he did not remember Durandal being there.

They should have seen his battle in the simulation space, but it didn't matter. No one would believe in the resurrection of the dead. Especially in a situation where he had died so thoroughly, with even his brain crushed and his whole body turned into a pile of rotten meat. From any medical point of view, it was impossible to survive.

As for the recovery in the middle, Li Mo thought they would come up with a suitable reason on their own. For example, a malfunction in the simulation space, a BUG in the code. No matter what, they would not think that he was now an immortal and indestructible Bizarre.

"How did you do that?" Durandal threw a straight ball.

"What are you talking about?" Li Mo threw a straight ball back.

"You were crushed by Pavanti, but you were reborn."

"What does that have to do with you?"

"I want to know."

"I don't want to answer."

"You must answer."

"Why must I answer?"

"Because..."

"Because?"

"Let's have a fight! If you lose, you tell me the answer. If I lose, I'll agree to any of your conditions. I mean what I say, any condition is fine! Come, a fair duel. You can't escape!"

In just a few sentences, the relationship between the two was pushed to an embarrassing degree.

Durandal made a fighting posture, ready to fight. Li Mo still looked like nothing was wrong, his face calm, not angry.

The two of them didn't drag it out at all. They talked frankly, all enjoying it, which made Rita on the side unable to help but cover her face and stifle a laugh.

"You can't beat me," Li Mo said bluntly.

Hearing this, Durandal became even angrier, "How do you know if you don't fight?"

"I don't want to waste time."

"You think this is a waste of time? My name is Bianka Ataegina, an S-rank Valkyrie of Schicksal. I hereby issue a fair duel to you. No matter if I win or lose, I am willing to agree to any of your conditions, and I will never go back on my word!"

"A challenge request?"

"Yes."

"Since it's a request, then I can choose to refuse. I refuse," Li Mo said without turning his head, walking past Durandal.

Durandal was trembling with anger, but on second thought, this guy was right. Since it was a challenge request, then the person involved could naturally choose to accept or refuse. She couldn't just drag him into a fight, could she?

"Pfft..." Rita couldn't help but laugh out loud. As an excellent maid, she had received professional training and would not laugh under normal circumstances. Unless she really couldn't help it.

Originally, Rita was still very worried, because Durandal was single-minded and would not go back on her promise. If this guy made some rude request... she would have to castrate him to protect the world's silliest and cutest silly goose.

"What will it take for you to agree to a duel with me!"

Durandal turned around, so anxious that tears were about to come out.

Li Mo stopped, looked at Durandal sideways, thought for a few seconds, and slowly said, "I am a ghost. I won't die."

"What... are you talking about?" Durandal was at a loss. Li Mo was completely answering a different question.

"Answering your question, why I can die and be reborn," Li Mo said faintly.

Durandal: "I don't care anymore. I just want to fight you now!"

"Come and find me when your bust measurement starts with a 9. I'll make you lose very thoroughly."

His words were full of contempt, even though Li Mo did not mean to look down on her. He was just stating an objective fact. Not to mention Durandal, at that time, under the arrangement of the world will of the old world, the false gods, demon puppets, Herrschers, and MANTISes in a state of collapse were all torn apart by him one by one.

A single Durandal was insignificant and not worth his time. But Li Mo did not have a good excuse.

He suddenly remembered Durandal's three measurements: 88/59/89 cm. So no matter what, Durandal could not challenge him again in a short time.

A very good reason. Although Li Mo didn't quite understand why she only chose the bust measurement and not the three measurements.