IUD-CHAPTER 252 ERUPTION
“Buzz——!”
A dazzling crimson beam of light streaked across the space like a meteor passing through the night sky.
The two crimson beams of light shot out violently, closing the distance to zero in an instant and colliding fiercely.
However, the two intersecting rays of light didn’t produce any strange sounds or conflicts. They merged slowly, just like water suddenly blending together, forming a fusion.
Before long, everyone present witnessed the two slowly merging crimson light beams transforming in a wave of fluctuation into a mirror with a diameter of about two meters.
The mirror appeared as if it materialized directly in space, imprinted upon the space, hovering before Sherlock and Aria.
Inside the mirror, an image was reflected.
It was the image of a young girl.
The girl appeared to be around 13 to 14 years old, with a petite figure.
She had hair that resembled golden flax. Her eyes were like blue jewels. She wore a white summer dress that revealed her back. Her long hair was tied into twin ponytails.
This young girl seemed to be having a conversation with someone, a happy smile on her face, giving off an air of great happiness.
Seeing this young girl, everyone present was left speechless.
“How… how can this be…” Aria exclaimed, “That… isn’t that me?”
Indeed.
That young girl was Aria.
Although her hair color and eye color were completely different, the girl in the image was Aria.
“To be precise, this should be you from three years ago,” Sherlock gazed at the mirror, his voice gaining a touch of excitement as he spoke, “Hidan’s power allows for space jumps, achieving a teleportation effect. So, from the very beginning, I speculated whether Hidan could also perform time jumps. Even if it doesn’t connect to the future, at least it should connect to the past.”
In other words…
“In other words, this mirror is a kind of spacetime tunnel.” Sherlock’s smile didn’t waver as he explained to everyone, “This is Koyomi Kagami (Time Mirror), a lens that connects different spacetimes. The current spacetime it’s connected to is three years ago, and it’s right beside Aria.”
“With this, I can make Aria inherit Hidan.”
With these words, Sherlock retrieved a handgun from his side and loaded Hidan into the magazine.
Seeing this, even if Fang Li was slow to catch on, he understood.
Sherlock was preparing to send Hidan to the spacetime of three years ago and shoot it into Aria’s body.
This way, Aria would be able to inherit Hidan three years ago, and Sherlock would be able to start protecting the Aria who had inherited Hidan three years into the future, using the yet-to-be-sent Hidan as a source of power.
Using Hidan’s power, he unlocked the door to the past, and in this manner, Sherlock successfully brought forth his successor.
Therefore, when Sherlock’s Hidan emitted light, Aria’s body also emitted light.
Because, three years ago, Aria had already inherited Hidan.
“This is the final act.”
Sherlock aimed the gun at the mirror, precisely at the image of Aria within it.
Seeing this scene, the reactions of the three individuals present were entirely different.
Aria still hadn’t fully processed the situation and remained utterly bewildered.
Shirayuki observed everything with the quiet gaze of an observer and it was as if she had transformed into one.
Only Fang Li, as he watched Sherlock aiming the gun at the mirror with Aria in it, finally felt a surge of anger burning within him for the first time.
“Sherlock Holmes…”
This person was truly an exceptional famous detective.
From the very beginning, everyone’s actions were under Sherlock’s control, they became pawns in Sherlock’s hands, manipulated by Sherlock, and eventually led to this point, allowing Sherlock to achieve his goal.
Sherlock had long known that Aria would come to I-U today.
For this, Jeanne had kidnapped Shirayuki. Was that also at Sherlock’s behest?
He knew Fang Li would come here to save Shirayuki.
He also knew that Aria, as Fang Li’s partner, would naturally come along, for the sake of her mother for no reason.
In other words, from start to finish, Fang Li was just one part of Sherlock’s plan, being led by the nose by Sherlock.
Whether in action or in battle, Sherlock had calculated Fang Li from beginning to end.
It was like being manipulated by a clown.
“Do you think…”
Fang Li’s fist struck the ground fiercely, tearing the skin, bruising the bones, and causing blood to seep out.
A sensation of pain entered Fang Li’s mind.
“Do you think…”
Fang Li squeezed out the power within his body and struggled to raise the dagger in his hand, and let out a low roar.
“Do you think I’ll let you have your way?!”
The Mystic Eyes of Death Perception flashed once again in Fang Li’s eyes.
At that moment, Fang Li saw it.
A Death Line, a stream of power flowing within his own body.
Aiming at that Death Line, Fang Li exhausted his last bit of power, without the slightest hesitation, and stabbed the dagger into his own body.
“Crack—!”
With a crisp sound, the external power within Fang Li’s body dissipated like a burst balloon.
He had killed it.
“Hiss…”
The steam that had been emanating from Fang Li’s body suddenly calmed down, allowing the blood within Fang Li’s body to flow again. Energy began to surge from the depths of his body.
“Bang—!”
At the same time, Sherlock pulled the trigger of the gun in his hand, causing the crimson bullet to transform into a stream of crimson light and shoot toward the spacetime mirror named Koyomi Kagami, violently headed towards the direction of Aria from three years ago.
And in that very instant, Fang Li moved.
“Boom—!”
A burst of white phosphorescence erupted from Fang Li’s body like white flames slowly igniting.
At this moment, Fang Li finally activated the Stigma.
In the next moment, Fang Li stomped on the ground forcefully, his figure transforming into a white stream of light and shooting forward at an astonishing speed.
His ice-blue Mystic Eyes gleamed with an intensity of light never seen before.
The target was precisely that crimson bullet.
The Hidan that had flown through space at supersonic speed was clearly reflected in Fang Li’s field of vision.
Including that Death Line that resembled a crack.
“Slash—!”
Blade light infused with white phosphorescence suddenly appeared.
That blade light was both icy and dazzling.
“Flashing Scabbard-Eight Falcons!”
This was a technique that fused the user with the attack into one.
As a result, Fang Li’s figure followed the chilly blade light, soaring through space like a falcon swooping down from midair, evading it.
And then, in the next moment, the sharp tip of the dagger lightly penetrated the rapidly flying Hidan, cutting into the crack-like Death Line.