I'm Not a Flame-Chaser - Chapter 597

It was as if the scenes of laughter they shared in his memory were false, and the cold reality before him had shattered the past beyond recognition.

"This is 'our' will."

Kevin's statement was devoid of any emotion.

"I am also one of 'you'."

"It used to be."

Those three simple words shattered all illusions.

"..." Lin took another deep breath, and the "rainbow" in his right eye began to shine outwards. "Welt and Bronya, where are they?"

"They were just lost in another World Bubble. The last Poké Ball was in the center of Changkong City, and they accidentally fell into the World Bubble that the Herrscher of Reason had originally designed in a gap in this space."

The same indifference between the two spread quietly through the space, like snowflakes drifting in the air.

In this way, there will be no worries about the future.

Lin stared intently at Kevin, wary of his every move, recalling the battle four days ago.

In that battle, he suffered a crushing defeat; his incomplete Herrscher Authority were utterly ineffective against Kevin.

So, what should we do?

Lin suddenly raised his head, reached into the space to the side, and took out a blue gem under Kevin's indifferent gaze!

"Whoosh!"

Without hesitation, he stuffed the gem into his chest!

Second New Testament: Afterword of the Dirac Sea: Chapter 121 Seele "Seele"

Old friends reunite, but the once close friends are now only filled with hostility and a lack of common ground. There is no sentimentality about not seeing each other for many years. Both of them are carrying their own purposes and see themselves as the embodiment of their own plans.

They are everything, except "Lin" and "Kevin".

With the battle becoming inevitable, Lin retrieved the Herrscher Core of Herrscher of Reason's core, which he had hidden away. He had to stop Kevin here.

He never imagined that the products of his experiments with Mei would eventually lead to two completely different plans, and that the Stigmata Project that Kevin was implementing was far removed from the "Stigmata Project" that Lin had known before.

There was no turning back now; Lin had to use this core to defeat Kevin here.

"Bass--"

"Sizzle!"

However, a silver moonlight swept across Lin's hand and struck the Herrscher Core. Even Lin was caught off guard by this sudden attack from behind, and the core flew out of his hand and landed on the ground.

Then, a figure in sea blue rushed out from his side with lightning speed, used a weapon to lift the Herrscher Core, and then stood steadily between Lin and Kevin.

Lin calmly withdrew his hand, watching the girl catch the Herrscher Core with a scythe.

Her expression, compared to her previous gentleness, was now exceptionally sinister, and her originally beautiful blue eyes were now filled with a vivid, blood-red hue.

Those hands, which she had said she "wouldn't fight," skillfully manipulated the scythe, the blue gem spinning on its blade.

Lin glanced at Kevin, whose expression and movements remained unchanged, meaning that the current situation was within his expectations.

"Um... Brother Lin, I know you want to ask why..."

The girl's voice also changed slightly, with a deliberately raised tone that made her voice sound magically evil.

She grinned at a wild angle she'd never shown before, and said to Lin, "I didn't mean to treat you like this, Brother Lin ~ After all, you always give me a strange feeling."

The girl emphasized the words "Brother Lin," her tone dripping with sarcasm. Lin could tell that she was no longer Seele.

Or rather, it wasn't the delicate, shy, and timid Seele he knew.

"But... who told us to want to go back? In order to go back, 'she' had already decided that she would do anything, that was agreed upon long ago. Alas, it's a pity that she has gone back on her word now." Clicking her tongue in dissatisfaction, "Seele" raised the corners of her mouth and said to the silent man, "Brother Lin, you also said that you would definitely send Seele home, so now is the time to keep your promise."

Lin shifted his gaze from the girl's smile to the silver-haired man's face. He didn't speak, but the other man understood his meaning.

Kevin explained to him in a calm tone, "She accidentally entered the Quantum Sea and became a quantum state, unable to return to the Intrinsic World. I promised that as long as she brings the Herrscher of Reason Core to me, I will help her leave the Quantum Sea."

"..."

I see.

In this way, some minor questions were completely answered.

Seele was Kevin's backup plan. He couldn't guarantee that others would collect the Poké Ball on their own, so Seele took on the responsibility of collecting Poké Ball.

Judging from her previous remarks, Seele has a dual personality: one is the gentle and weak Seele, and the other is the Seele who appeared in front of the landlady and stole the Herrscher Core. She is clearly responsible for combat, and her personality is completely opposite to Seele's.

Seele... that's a familiar name.

Lin's clenched fist gradually loosened.

Lin has now lost his last trump card.

"Do you still want to fight, Lin?" Kevin asked. "Sue made the same choice as you, and I have no intention of fighting you."

"Su... he's carrying out Constant Sand Project..."

Lin understood that Kevin had clashed with the other Flame-Chasers who were carrying out the plan the moment he learned that Kevin was deep in the Quantum Sea, but he never expected that it would be Su who sealed Kevin away.

Kevin needs the Herrscher of Reason Core because he wants to use its energy to return to his Intrinsic World.

"Kevin."

Lin, having completely connected everything, felt utterly exhausted. He looked at Seele with slight weariness, then at Kevin.

Fifty thousand years.

For 50,000 years, he has been drifting, fighting, and collecting Aether Anchor in the spacetime distortion of the Quantum Sea, forgetting time and the past.

Meanwhile, Kevin, unbeknownst to him, was carrying out his plan—a horrific and inhumane plan.

Have we strayed from our original path?

To struggle numbly for a wrong goal, a wrong ideal, a wrong future.

"Lin, you wouldn't have asked this question before." Kevin's blue eyes seemed to burn with flames, yet also seemed to freeze time. "You are the most steadfast person among us on the path, and I am just following in your footsteps, making the same choice as you."

"There is only one kind of justice in this world, and that is to believe in the path you choose."

The resounding tone reached both Seele's and Lin's ears.

"... That's right."

"Whoosh!"

Cold-blooded.

Ruthless.

The feigned weariness in his eyes vanished, replaced by a hidden coldness. In the instant Kevin and Seele relaxed their guard, golden chains shot out from Lin's side, precisely binding Seele's scythe and arm. Then, his figure flashed in front of Seele with a sonic boom!

She never expected Lin to make a last-ditch effort, and she never expected that even his last-ditch effort was an act. The "Seele" who had deceived Lin was now outmaneuvered. Before she could react, the scythe was snatched away, and then she was grabbed by the neck and lifted up!

Lin turned around and threw his scythe, then grabbed "Seele" and retreated rapidly!

The sharp scythe started to emit a mist halfway through its flight, and when it reached Kevin, an ice sculpture extending from the ground "grabbed" the handle, freezing the entire scythe in mid-air.

"Damn it! Let me go!"

Seele struggled in Lin's hands, but she couldn't muster any strength. The eerie golden chains seemed to have taken away all her power, making her every movement weak and feeble.

She could only curse and yell, but it had no effect on Lin at all. He retreated to the side of a door, pushed it open, and then jumped into the void behind it without hesitation!

The two figures disappeared without making a sound.

"..."

Kevin frowned, walked to the door, pondered for a moment, then stepped forward and followed closely behind, leaping into the void.

The New Testament: Afterword of the Dirac Sea: Chapter 122 Nameless Collapse

"Damn it... let me go!"

The central building was a barrier Lin used to isolate Kevin, so he knew its structure inside and out, including the location of the gap in the World Bubble that Welt and the others had fallen into.

Falling straight down into the void, "Seele," which Lin was holding in his right hand, punched and kicked at him, but could not budge him in the slightest.

He grabbed Seele's hands with his backhand, and as if sensing something, he turned around. A silver meteor hurtled toward them at high speed.

A dazzling rainbow light shot from Lin's right eye, and a golden chain sprang from his hand, hurtling towards Kevin.

But before Kevin could even be stopped for a second, the silver-haired man swung his hand back and shattered all the chains like sugar threads.

There was no way to stop it. The Honkai Energy contained within Kevin far exceeded that of Herrscher. Just in terms of sheer magnitude, it could crush Lin's meager power. This was not a battle, but a complete hunt.

Lin Yun unleashed his Honkai Energy, using his fingers as a sword, and turned to meet Kevin's terrifying charge.

"Death Force - Crescent Moon"

The moment their fists collided, the energy released illuminated the void, completely lighting up their cold faces.

Lin was thrown back violently, his right arm covered in frost from the terrifying impact, while Kevin was unharmed.

"Lin, you are no match for me except by using 'that'. Fighting you is not what I want. Stop."

Kevin made one last attempt to dissuade Lin, a different emotion appearing on his usually icy face as he looked at Lin, who was not far away.

"..."

Lin has faced countless enemies: Honkai zombie, Honkai Beast, Herrscher, Flame-Chaser, Hunter...

He would never hesitate, as long as something poses a threat to humanity...

Even you...

Kevin.

Four days ago, after the first round of clashes ended.

Kevin stood before Lin, who was kneeling on the ground, wiped the frost off his hands, and looked down at the loser with his blue eyes.

"When did it start...? Looking back now, it was after your Hypervariable Surgery, right? You began to observe the threads of destiny from the future. So, your Hypervariable Surgery wasn't a failure. On the contrary, you should be the most successful one among us."

After Lin's Hypervariable Surgery, his physical condition did not change, and he could not control Honkai Energy, but he did experience some changes in his consciousness.

His consciousness was able to enter the World Bubble of the Quantum Sea, which is the "consciousness mapping" ability that he would use in the future, and he began to occasionally see some images that did not belong to his memories.

He is a ghost who exists in the "present" but is experiencing the "future".

Unlike Aponia, the future that Lin can see is based on calculations of the target object's information in the Quantum Sea.

Only a few people knew about this, and apart from that, he did not demonstrate any abilities related to Flame-Chaser, so his Hypervariable Surgery was also judged to be a failure.

But the truth is quite the opposite. Whether it was a coincidence or a miracle, Lin's loss of senses after the surgery was proof that the operation was successful.

He was stranded in two World Bubble after the Ninth Honkai War. In the World Bubble where he met Bianca, his senses were briefly restored. At that time, he did not know the reason. But now it seems that the Pseudo-Herrscher Core body was gradually taking shape, suppressing the part about Lin as a "Flame-Chaser".

After tens of thousands of years and continuous exploration of his own power in the depths of the Quantum Sea, Kevin finally confirmed that Lin's surgery had indeed been successful.

"But you are only a consciousness now, and you can't use that power at all." Kevin could tell at a glance that Lin was using the ability of consciousness mapping instead of Lin's original body. "Moreover... your consciousness is not pure. It is neither a complete Herrscher nor a complete human. Even if it is the instinct of every Flame-Chaser, using 'it' rashly will probably only put you back in a life-threatening situation."

"..."

Lin, panting heavily, got up from the messy ground and looked up at his invincible opponent.

His friend.

He was also the man he had never truly defeated.

"... Kevin, in your heart, is the importance of other humans so insignificant?"

A man with an aura like that of a ghost walked in step by step, his absolutely calm voice echoing through the space. "Su once told me that doctors who work in hospitals gradually become numb to the passing of life, from weeping bitterly for every life that is lost, to the point that their hearts no longer beat violently for it."

"But they didn't become doctors because they lost the right feelings about death; rather, they chose to become doctors because they loved life."

"That's why we become numb in order to save more lives."

The black-haired man continued to fall, staring at the silver-haired man who was getting closer and closer, and quietly closed his eyes.

Kevin, who had been charging straight ahead, suddenly stopped. A slight softening appeared on his chiseled, icy face as he looked at Lin, who was already close to the entrance of the next World Bubble.

Lin, who had already reached the entrance to the World Bubble, gradually slowed down.

"... Huff... Huff..."

With her neck being choked in this void, Seele struggled to breathe and had no strength left to fight back. She stared fiercely at Lin's face, wishing she could tear the face of this obstacle in her way to pieces.