The Confrontation Between Kalpas and the Mastermind. (Continued)

"How outrageous! You've turned the Elysian Realm into this mess, making us suspicious of each other. And you're even using the appearance of Kalpas to hide your true identity, so that Miss Fairy doesn't find out who you are."

Elysia frowned and raised her little pink fist.

She didn't believe they would kill each other. From the beginning, she was convinced that an outsider had infiltrated the Elysian Realm. Since it was a person, based on her understanding of Yaqing, it must be based on someone in reality.

"Sister Elysia, actually..."

Pardo poked Elysia.

"What's wrong, Pardo?"

Elysia was still angry because the mastermind was using Kalpas's appearance when she was suddenly poked and turned her head in confusion.

"Sister Elysia, the tone of this mastermind's voice really sounds like yours. Could it be... could it be you in disguise?"

Pardo said cautiously.

"Pardo, how could I possibly do such a thing?!"

Elysia was taken aback at first, but after realizing what was happening, she put her hands on her hips, clearly displeased.

"We... we were just joking."

Pardo wore a sheepish grin.

"However, when they saw Kalpas like an angry beast preparing to destroy Elysian Realm, the mastermind behind the scenes really couldn't sit still. Since he had made his appearance, he was bound to reveal his true colors."

Mobius gave a cold laugh.

"I want to see who has the audacity to single-handedly turn the Elysian Realm into such a mess and make us all the fools."

Mobius couldn't help but glance at Yaqing.

So far, Yaqing hasn't appeared in the story, and judging from his flustered appearance, could he be the mastermind behind it all this time...?

"This is all thanks to Yaqing for developing voiceprint simulation. Otherwise, how could Brother Jie have produced this voice? Hahahaha."

Little Knowledge burst into laughter, but suddenly stopped halfway through.

Even the carefree Little Knowledge couldn't laugh so unrestrainedly under Kalpas's gaze.

[Kalpas's counterattack was useless in the eyes of the opponent, who still used a light voice to explain Kalpas's past and present the painful memories to the audience.]

Immer's death, the sanatorium incident, Sakura's incident...

The other party kept trying to provoke Kalpas's rage with words, to tear his painful past apart again and present it to the audience, telling things that he could not understand in his memory.

He quickly came to a conclusion: Kalpas's wrath was never directed at any specific person; he always hated himself.

"You seem very satisfied with your experience as a porter in the sanatorium."

He didn't care about Kalpas's anger at all, and laughed about Kalpas's past in a joking tone.

"That's so strange... You didn't enjoy fighting at all back then."

"Even though they can't see it, you can't help but smile when those children praise you."

"So, if given a choice, even you... someone who has completely turned into a beast, would want to be a normal person?"

"Shut up."

Kalpas suppressed his anger, but the other party's tone was just too irritating.

"Ah... it seems not, then... I understand."

His tone even carried a hint of regret.

"You don't want to be an ordinary person, yet you hate yourself from beginning to end."

"You've disguised yourself so well, Kalpas. This is so interesting."

His uncontrollable laughter was so grating.

"No wonder every one of them considers you a comrade, the beast that everyone fears and who has annihilated the most enemies... who doesn't actually enjoy the killing."

"The reason we crave strength is because we are always weak and powerless in the face of change."

His tone became increasingly agitated, even tinged with mockery.

"The life of an ordinary person? Ha... no, that's not what you want at all, what you want is..."

"I told you, shut up!!!"

Kalpas could no longer suppress his rage.

The roar echoed in the pitch-black space.

He was interrupted from speaking.

"What Kalpas wants... is just a stable home?"

Elysia murmured to herself.

Everyone fell silent.

They never imagined that the volatile and mad Kalpas, who showed no mercy to his enemies and was the Mad King Decimation, had such a simple wish in his heart.

Even things that ordinary people have never paid attention to.

Kalpas lowered his head for the first time.

That was more than just a sad past experience; it also brought out the vulnerability in his heart.

As Eden watched the plot unfold on the screen, he suddenly recalled the scene of his first meeting with Kalpas.

Several years ago, before the hot-tempered Kalpas became a five-star chef, Qianjie, who had just graduated from university and couldn't find a job, was Kalpas as a chef in a small restaurant. He couldn't stand a drunkard harassing a girl at another table, so he took action in anger.

Unexpectedly, he lost his job because of this, was evicted for not being able to pay the rent, and sat by the roadside, letting the heavy rain soak his body, looking as pitiful as an abandoned puppy.

It was at that moment that Eden, holding an umbrella, witnessed this scene.

"I don't need anyone's charity..."

"Yes, I thought so too. Of course, that girl asked me to buy it for you."

"Her? I just can't stand this kind of thing, it has nothing to do with her."

"... My name is Eden. If you don't mind, I happen to have an apartment for rent, although my roommates are a bit lively."

"Kalpas... My Name"

Eden smiled.

No matter how much time has passed, she will always remember her first meeting with the tenants of Golden Courtyard.

The tenants at the time were indeed quite lively.

Mobius, who had just graduated, along with Vill-V, Sue and Yaqing, the Blanca family, and Aponia.

Kevin and May did not live in Golden Courtyard at that time.

"Brother Jie, is that what you really think in real life?"

Pardo wouldn't dare ask that, but Little Knowledge wasn't afraid at all.

Kalpas straightened the mask on his face.

"Eventful."

Kalpas did not deny it, but felt that the screenwriter was being nosy.

"That's certainly what he thinks."

Mobius told Little Knowledge with a smile.

"Back when Kalpas hadn't yet arrived at the Golden Courtyard, it was raining one day, and Eden came back a little late. We were all a bit worried. Su and Yaqing were just about to go out when..."

"Shut up, Mobius! Do you want to die?!"

Kalpas wrathful roars.

It startled everyone.

"Hmm, look at him, he's like a wild animal again."

Mobius instinctively hid behind Yaqing, but he wouldn't admit defeat verbally.

Yaqing broke out in a cold sweat immediately.

Mobius can provoke Kalpas relentlessly because Kalpas won't lay a hand on girls, but if Kalpas sets her sights on him, she won't hold back.

"Snakey, stop talking..."

Yaqing is genuinely afraid she won't live to see next week.

"Snort."

Mobius gave a soft snort.

Faced with Kalpas's rage, he showed no panic whatsoever. Instead, he felt that he shouldn't be bothered with a dying man.

Judging from his words, this is the last stop.

Kalpas arrived in front of a giant pillar of lava, which was his oldest memory.

His tone carried a hint of astonishment.

Did the Kalpas really fall from the sky?

Regarding the origins of the Kalpas, the audience had already gleaned a general idea from the previous Memory Vessel episode.

However, whether the Kalpas fell from the sky remains a subject of debate.

"Holy crap, Jie, you're actually an alien?"

Little Knowledge blurted it out.

Others, however, thought it was normal. After all, what normal person could tear apart the Herrscher of Ice with their bare hands?

It was only from his words that the audience learned the whole story of the origin of the Kalpas Tribulations.

Initially, Kalpas fell into a primitive village corrupted by Honkai. He helped the villagers defeat the Honkai Beasts and was regarded as a god by them.

However, an outsider is still an outsider, even a god. This is the instinct of rejection etched in the human heart. Those ignorant villagers tied Kalpas to this giant lava pillar and cut open Kalpas's body piece by piece, bathing him in the blood of the god in their hearts.

The reason is simple: they thought that drinking the blood of the Kalpas would help them resist the Honkai, but this is ultimately just the ignorance of ordinary people.

Even he couldn't help but feel sorry for Kalpas. With Kalpas's power, he could have broken free of his shackles and left at any time, but he didn't do so until the Honkai came and the village became a dead land.

He seemed to understand as well.

No wonder Kalpas chose to fight a Fusion Warrior to the death while in the sanatorium. No wonder Kalpas did not agree with everything that the Moth Chasing Fire did, but still did not choose to leave.

"That Kalpas ... even in the entire world, he is merely a man below the two leaders..."

That's enough.

"What he truly wants..."

"Enough...!"

"It's just a place I can go back to, a home. Did I answer correctly?"

"Enough!!!"

The experiences of those past Kalpas are truly infuriating.

But what angered them even more was the hidden mastermind's comments on Kalpas, and the contempt and disdain in his tone.

"This happens in every era; ignorant villagers will always do ignorant things."

Eden shook his head and sighed.

"Who on earth is this guy?! This is outrageous!"

That "he" kept dancing in the lightning-filled area of Kalpas, just like a thousand people. Even the Kitty couldn't stand it anymore and immediately bristled.

"Ha, cowardly rat hiding its head and tail."

Kalpas sneered.

Although you can't see his facial expression, you can tell from his tone that he's definitely not in a good mood.

"This could never be me! I could never say something like that, especially in such a... almost humiliating tone."

Elysia quickly tried to prove her innocence.

After all, Kalpas in the story said that the person's tone sounded a lot like Elysia's.