Strange Cards

Chapter 244 I Won't Let You Destroy the World

As A spoke, he affixed several specially made bombs to the huge computer bay, then held a detonator in his hand.

The girl panicked instantly upon seeing this, and just as she was about to stop him, A spoke up.

"Now you can try to create another Eden."

"If you dare to mess with me, I'll blow you up. With a brand new body and my full strength restored, I'm not someone you can withstand."

"Is it wrong for us to want to live?"

The girl suddenly broke down and squatted on the ground, crying loudly.

"I am a victim of the disaster caused by that astronomical computer in Northeast China twenty years ago."

"At that time, Du Tian created a nanobot for my treatment because I was suffering from a terminal illness, just to prolong my life."

"But that equation destroyed everything, not only me but also Dutian."

"That's your fault! We didn't do anything! Why should we be the victims of your mistakes?"

A looked at the hysterical girl in front of him and said slowly.

"First, I also heard a little about the disaster twenty years ago from that kid Shigure. It was indeed the fault of the researchers at that time."

"And the hunters who did nothing paid a heavy price for it; it took them a full six years to deal with that disgusting equation."

"Compared to you hunters, they are more innocent, yet they are still willing to be the guardians of this country in the shadows, silently protecting everything."

"And you have harmed so many people, which is not a reason for you to do evil."

"Moreover, I value what was done more than why it was done."

"Because there are thousands of reasons in this world, and sometimes when you hear these reasons, you feel that those who have done wrong are understandable, and you may even feel that others are being too harsh on them."

"Those who are at a disadvantage are always more likely to evoke sympathy. But I, or rather that kid Shigure, as the one who punishes, have never felt that kind of sympathy."

"Shigure and even I have a sense of sympathy for the pitiful, but I have never had any sympathy for people like you who inflict their own suffering on others and then take revenge on them."

"If you did it, you did it; if you didn't, you didn't."

"While there are extenuating circumstances, your crime is unforgivable."

"Forget it, I don't want to reason with you anymore. There's no point in arguing with you delusional people who think you've been abandoned by God."

"I'm too lazy to talk to you, and you're not worthy to listen."

As he spoke, A hooked the girl's body with the Demon Moon Scythe and pulled her over.

A's hand suddenly became ethereal, and then it actually grabbed the virtual girl tightly in its palm.

The girl panicked as she looked at her captured body and felt herself suffocating. This was a feeling she had never experienced before as a celestial computer.

"Why? Why is this happening?!"

"This is my virtual body, why are you able to harm it?"

"I am the Ace of Spades, the card of mystery. I believe that as a celestial computer, you couldn't possibly have not looked up information about the card of mystery."

"But I am also a little different from other cards. I was once an extremely powerful peak ghost king before I became a card of mystery."

"My power has returned after I regained my full strength, along with my rules."

"And I believe you've already experienced the wound of the first rule—that it never heals—through that person in your family named Dutian."

"And the second rule is to turn the virtual into the real; I can directly attack consciousness."

"All I need to do is destroy your consciousness. If I'm not mistaken, that paradise world was built based on your consciousness. Once I kill you, everything will end."

A gradually tightened her grip, while the girl's virtual body began to flail wildly due to the feeling of suffocation.

"No! No!"

"We were wrong! We are willing to atone for our sins!"

"Don't kill us! Don't kill us!"

A looked at the flustered girl in his hands and said disdainfully.

"People won't have any thought of atonement after they've made a mistake unless they get caught."

"Why didn't you do this sooner?"

"Why admit your mistake now, of all times?"

"You don't just know you're wrong, you know you're going to die."

"And don't put on this righteous act; you have no right to atone for your sins."

"Those who were hurt or even died because of you were truly hurt. It's ridiculous that you think you can just pay some price and say you've atoned by letting it all go."

"The sins you have committed will not disappear with your death. For your own selfish desires, you have captured so many people to serve as the living central processing unit of your paradise. You deserve to die a thousand deaths."

"And don't try to use the flimsy words 'atonement' to cover up the deaths of those who died because of you. You don't deserve it."

"Atonement is a false proposition from the beginning. Even if you start doing good, the evil you have committed and its consequences will not be forgotten just because you start doing good."

"Alright, your time has come. You should go down and report to the King of Hell."

Just as A was about to strangle the girl, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she said urgently.

"If you're a ghost, why are you helping humans?"

"Based on past events, humans and ghosts should be mortal enemies, so why did you betray them and become their lackey?"

A looked at the girl, then suddenly slapped her across the face and said...

"First, I've always considered myself a demon. I have the power to destroy this world, but I have no intention of using it."

"This world is quite interesting to me, so I have no intention of destroying it."

"Besides, that kid Shiyu promised me he'd eat all the delicious food in the world. I haven't even eaten my way out of Nanhai City, and you want me to destroy the world? Are you out of your mind or am I out of my mind?!"

"I have never hidden my identity, and I have been honest with Shiyu."

"I am one of Shigure's indispensable helpers, and he promised me that, so I have no intention of destroying the world."

"I am fundamentally different from you."

"I will not use the excuse of atonement to excuse my sins; I acknowledge all the sins I have committed."

"As long as I live in this world, I will not let you rabble destroy this world."

"This world is still a beautiful place, and it's interesting to me, so I won't let you destroy it."

"After all, I still need to eat."

A then strangled the girl to death and destroyed the power supply to the entire astronomical computer.

After everything was over, A returned to Shigure's body and went to sleep.