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At sea, the Dragon King and Shadow are fighting.
At one moment, the Dragon King suddenly heard a bell ringing in his pocket and quickly said, "Wait a minute, someone is looking for me."
Ying frowned slightly, but still stopped.
The Dragon King took out his phone and looked at the screen: "Barbatos? What's going on? Why are you calling me at this hour? Don't you know I'm in a fight?"
The Dragon King found it strange and answered the phone.
"Hey? What's up? Don't tell me you can't pay the bill?"
"...Huh? Open for trading? Go ahead and open it..."
"What? Match-fixing? What are you talking about? Stop talking, match-fixing is impossible, I would never fix a match in my entire life..."
“How could I, the Dragon King Rota, do such a thing! I would rather die! Die by Balzeb’s blade…”
"What? Mr. Xia? [Divine Jump]?..."
"I just can't do anything with you. What can I do? You're my best friend. Since you want to eat [God Jumps Over the Wall] so badly, as your best friend, I have to make it happen..."
The Dragon King hung up the phone, a strange expression appearing on his face.
He looked at Ying and said somewhat embarrassedly, "Um, Balzeb, can I talk to you about something?"
After hearing this, Ying couldn't help but show a hint of disdain in her eyes: "Just for a dish, you're actually willing to do something as insulting as fixing a match?"
“You don’t understand. If your sister were me, she would definitely do the same.”
"impossible!"
"Wait a minute, let me call her... Hello, is this Barr? I need to ask you a question..."
A moment later, the Dragon King hung up the phone and looked at Ying with a mocking expression.
Ying fell silent.
Chapter 557 The Battle of Dreams (4K)
Thunderstorms continue to rage over the sea.
Looking at the Dragon King, who seemed to be waiting for her answer, Ying suddenly asked, "You've already discovered the problem with me, haven't you?"
The Dragon King's gaze fell on the [Naginata no Inahi] in her hand, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he nodded, saying, "Hmm, I noticed this when we were fighting just now. Your body... doesn't seem to be very willing to obey your commands right now."
Ying lowered his head expressionlessly, looking at his left hand that was slowly rising.
Her fingers were slender and beautiful, not at all like those of a martial artist.
If you look closely, you'll see that all five fingers are trembling slightly.
Although the tremor was very small, the Dragon King still noticed something unusual during the battle.
Ying raised her head and said, "After all, I had already abandoned it long ago."
"what happened?"
“You were driven mad by [Wear and Wear], so you should know how terrifying it is. To avoid [Wear and Wear], I transformed my original body into an [Eternal] puppet and established complete rules for it. At the time, I considered all potential dangers, the worst of which was that I myself might one day become a threat to [Eternity] for some reason.”
The Dragon King pondered, "So... just now, it was this puppet that was rebelling against your will?"
“Yes.” Shadow’s eyes were very calm. “In her judgment, I have now betrayed my original ideal of [Eternity] and become her greatest enemy.”
"I see... So, shall we still fight?"
Do you want to continue playing?
"Forget it, there's no point in you playing in your current condition... unless you're willing to consider the match-fixing I just mentioned..."
"I reject."
"Wait, Balzeb, you heard Balzeb's phone call too. She said she also wants to eat [God Jumps Over the Wall]. As her sister, aren't you willing to make such a small sacrifice?"
“These are two different things.” Shadow put away the naginata in his hand. “If my sister wants to eat [God Jumps Over the Wall], I will go to my cousin to learn how to make it. Once I have learned how, I will make it for her. There is no need to use your methods.”
"You want to learn how to make 'God Jumps Over the Wall'?" The Dragon King was taken aback, then looked at him strangely. "That dish isn't easy to learn..."
"It's alright, it's just a dish from Liyue."
"That's not your average Liyue vegetable."
"I'm not an ordinary chef either."
"You... fine, since you're so confident, then I wish you a speedy learning process, and we'll come over and mooch a meal from you then."
"Row."
Shadow sheathed the naginata in his hand, turned and left.
"Thank you for the drinks tonight."
"You're welcome."
The thunderstorm that had been raging over the sea subsided as the shadow departed.
Watching her figure disappear, the Dragon King also left the newly opened battlefield and returned to Wendy and the two True Lords.
"Hey, Barbatos, I have good news and bad news. Which do you want to hear first?"
"bad news."
"The bad news is that Balzeb rejected the suggestion of match-fixing."
"What's the good news?"
"The good news is that Balzeb is going to find Mr. Xia to learn how to cook, specifically the 'God Jumps Over the Wall' dish."
"what?"
Wendy looked at the Dragon King, her expression turning somewhat strange.
After hearing this, both True Lords asked in surprise, "Is there really such a good thing?"
Wendy glanced at them, a hint of pity for the ignorant in her eyes.
"This isn't a good thing... Balzeb's cooking skills are, in some ways, quite terrifying... Oh well, since there's no good show to watch, let's go back to sleep. We can always go to the internet cafe."
"Ok!"
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Behind Narukami Taisha Shrine.
The shadow returned to the foot of the sacred cherry tree.
She stretched out one hand and looked down at her fingers.
They were still trembling.
Ying couldn't help but sigh softly.
Previously, things were alright. Even though Inazuma relaxed some of the "isolation policy," she was still seriously considering the direction of Inazuma's "eternity." Her ultimate goal hadn't changed much; she was just taking less extreme measures. Therefore, the general didn't show any obvious resistance to it.
But these past two days, my sister actually came back alive, and her original intention to pursue "eternity" vanished instantly. Her thoughts were no longer linked to "eternity," which is why the general acted according to the rules she set when she created the doll, regarding her as an enemy that must be eliminated.
Thus, the two separate consciousnesses, Shadow and General, began their struggle for ownership, using the same body as their battlefield.
Ying knew very well that the trembling in her fingers was just the beginning. If she continued to let the general continue like this, his body would eventually cause many more problems.
She didn't want her sister to see her in such a disheveled state.
We need to find a suitable way to settle things with the "General".
Ying also knew this method. As long as she entered the consciousness space, she could exist independently of the general and would no longer be disturbed by him.
Although the general is a puppet, she has her own consciousness, and when necessary, she will appear in it to confront the shadow.
The night was still long.
Ying glanced at the time on her phone, then sat cross-legged by the cherry blossom tree, closed her eyes, and slowly entered a meditative state.
A moment later, Ying found herself in a beautiful and unfamiliar dream world.
But this is not the place where my sister "dreams come true".
It seems to be someone's dream...
Ying was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized that another figure had appeared beside her.
She has the exact same appearance as me.
But his expression remained indifferent.
Ying exclaimed in surprise: "General?"
The general looked at her and said, "It's me."
Ying asked, "How did you get in?"
The general said calmly, "I don't know either... It seems I was drawn in by something along with you."
Ying frowned slightly: "To be able to attract gods into dreams... I remember that the Great Tree King has the power of dreams, could it be the Great Tree King who did this?"
She looked around but found no other consciousness, including the dream's owner.
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