Chapter 664: Chapter 577: Deceiving Girls Is Something He Does Easily

The world suddenly flipped, and the two of them fell to the ground together. In the next moment, the western-style building caught fire, the flames melting the doors and windows, which fell off, and clusters of begonia flowers bloomed under the girl.

Lin Tang’s dress began to burn. She gently closed her eyes, and when she opened them again, a blood-red begonia flower bloomed in her right eye.

"Do you still want to kill me like this?" she looked at the young man and said.

"I warned you," said Four-leaf Phoenix Tree, "I told you, you should leave here."

His emotions weren’t actually rich, having been accustomed to seeing life disappear, he remained indifferent in this aspect. To ensure that this matter wouldn’t leak out and implicate himself, he would make the same choice no matter how many times.

He would strangle the other person with his own hands.

"I always thought you were a solitary traveler in the dark." Lin Tang gazed vacantly at Four-leaf Phoenix Tree.

"I was wrong, you’re a hypocrite, everything you did was just for yourself. The so-called transactions, giving others a better ending, were just words to comfort yourself."

"Using these self-hypnotizing words to console yourself, making it easier for you to commit evil, believing that the evil deeds you do are to change this world, making it appear more dignified, but in reality, no different from those you despise."

"It was you who told me that before ideals are realized, every word spoken about ideals is an overdraft on the future’s credit. When the day to achieve the ideal arrives, it will turn into the words of a deceitful liar." Lin Tang’s lips were stained with blood.

"Don’t you also overdraft the future’s credit to embellish your own actions, only you didn’t say these words. In the end, how are you any different from those people?"

"No, people like you are even more hypocritical and despicable than pure evil."

"It was you who killed my father."

"He did nothing wrong, and you know better than anyone that he was a purely good person."

"It was you who killed him out of your own desires."

Four-leaf Phoenix Tree’s face was expressionless:

"You’re right."

"But you overlooked one precondition, I haven’t reached the end yet."

"A person’s historical evaluation should be combined with what they did in their lifetime. Lin Tang, haven’t you always liked to study the histories of various ’world bubbles’?"

"Moreover, I was always a vile loner."

After a long silence, Lin Tang asked an abrupt question.

"Did you ever really like me?"

"I don’t have time to discuss these trivial matters with you. The real Lin Tang has long been dead. Don’t forget, you’re just a data construct projected by the Shrine."

Four-leaf Phoenix Tree gently lifted the other, holding her in his arms, the blade hovering at her throat.

"Did you ever like her?"

Four-leaf Phoenix Tree let out a long breath. He couldn’t answer such a question like Zhou Zhao with bold words like ’like my ass’.

He was on the brink of death, without the heart to think about such romantic feelings.

He had long since passed the age of infatuation. How could he let trivial emotions hinder his steps?

Yet at this moment, Lin Tang appeared to him like a mirror, reflecting not his true self. Clearly, this data construct had no intent to let him leave.

Four-leaf Phoenix Tree sighed, organizing his thoughts, and provided what he believed to be the closest to a genuine answer.

"A little, 26.97% liked."

"Not really affection, just that having her around was more relaxed, an extra chirping bird wasn’t bad, and it was good to get along with someone who matched well, but separating wasn’t much to regret."

"So, even if you hadn’t argued with her father that night, you would have left her after your term and gone away alone?"

Four-leaf Phoenix Tree: "Maybe, she wasn’t the kind of girl who needed to rely on others, quite independent and strong. I would have delayed her."

"You’re not just a scumbag, but a scoundrel," Lin Tang said through gritted teeth.

"Thank you for the compliment," Four-leaf Phoenix Tree nodded.

"So, you have not an ounce of remorse for your actions."

"Remorse is for those with insufficient awareness and has nothing to do with scum like me."

The blade drew closer to the girl’s neck by half an inch, a red line slowly emerging.

"Are you afraid?" Four-leaf Phoenix Tree suddenly asked.

Lin Tang’s expression was slightly dazed.

"Even if you know your end is to be torn apart in the storm of information, as her data carrier with the ability to think, you are still instinctively afraid of death."

The control of the situation returned to Four-leaf Phoenix Tree.

"Pretending to be divine, wanting me to accept the data here, becoming part of the Shrine, that’s foolishly naive, just like her."

"I never imagined you could be so purely a scum!"

If there were a bit of conscience, any bit of regret and remorse for past deeds would be seen as accepting the data, being assimilated into the Shrine. Lin Tang truly wanted to kill this guy.

"You actually care about the two teammates outside, don’t you?" Lin Tang countered.

"Half correct, I only care about that big fool, ideally leaving that girl here quietly."

Wanting to change this world, Four-leaf Phoenix Tree must obtain the Key, even if, touching the Key, he would be scorched by the light it emitted from the darkness, he must grasp it tightly.

This contest, Four-leaf Phoenix Tree had a reason he must win.

"Let me go, and I’ll let you live two more hours, that’s fair." Four-leaf Phoenix Tree tapped Lin Tang’s face with the knife.

"I hate you, I hate you!" Lin Tang stomped her feet in anger.

In the next moment, the illusion receded, and at the moment of returning to the clock tower, Lin Tang’s long dress fluttered, the begonia in her right eye bloomed, the surrounding data constructs made way, and Four-leaf Phoenix Tree, who had been holding her, sighed in relief.

"Thank you."

"Can you let go of me now?" Lin Tang asked.

"How do I ensure that you won’t have these data constructs kill me once I let you go?" Four-leaf Phoenix Tree said.

"I promise." 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

"I don’t listen."

Before Lin Tang could visibly erupt, Four-leaf Phoenix Tree continued,

"Let me rest a while, my leg is broken, I cannot use Divine Speed Power for now, once I recover, I’ll let you go, then you can kill me if you want."

Lin Tang nestled in the young man’s arms and gently nodded.

Thus, Four-leaf Phoenix Tree, holding Lin Tang, slowly walked outward, the surrounding data constructs circled them, occasionally approaching quickly, but then retreating under Lin Tang’s intimidating gaze.

Seeing his condition had almost recovered, Four-leaf Phoenix Tree managed to lead Lin Tang to the entrance of the clock tower. The tide of data constructs watched from a distance, ready to surge and tear the young man apart once he released Lin Tang.

"Can you let me go now?" Lin Tang looked up, then slowly widened her eyes.

It started cold, but the soft and warm touch spread slowly across her lips. She saw the young man’s indifferent eyes and the slightly swaying Four-leaf Clover earring, hearing a low whisper in her ear

—"I’m sorry."

Four-leaf Phoenix Tree slit Lin Tang’s throat.