Chapter 112

and explains to Acheron.

[Thank you very much.]

[As a return, in the upcoming confrontation, if a situation unfavorable to the Astral Express arises...]

[I will stand on your side.]

[—I will do my best.]

Stelle: "With Ms. Acheron's words, it's stable!"

Stelle: "I announce that Aventurine is about to be slashed!"

Stelle: "I advise you to transfer me 100 million credits now, so I can persuade Ms. Acheron to stop!"

Stelle: "Otherwise, you will know how cruel Ms. Acheron's methods are... hehehe!"

March 7th: "Good guy, what kind of taking advantage of a fire is this?"

March 7th: "I think you are more suitable to be a villain than Aventurine!"

Aventurine: "Slash if you want, anyway, it's the me in the video who's going to be slashed, it has nothing to do with me."

Furina: "Hehe, then I really want to see how Ms. Acheron slashes Aventurine!"

Furina: "You have to know, Ms. Acheron hasn't really drawn her blade yet!"

Hu Tao: "Not really."

Hu Tao: "She drew her blade before when she slashed that Duke Inferno!"

Hu Tao: "It's just a pity the video didn't show Ms. Acheron drawing her blade."

Hu Tao: "Speaking of which, won't it not show it this time either?"

Miss Sushang: "Not likely, right?"

Miss Sushang: "If it still doesn't show it, wouldn't it be watching for nothing?"

Guinaifen: "Tsk tsk tsk, didn't expect that ordinary people like us could see a scene of an Emanator taking action!"

Guinaifen: "Wait a while, if Ms. Acheron really draws her blade, I must open my eyes wide to watch!"

Guinaifen: "Maybe this is the only chance in my life to see an Emanator take action!"

Amber: "Wow, that must be a grand scene, I'm starting to look forward to it too!"

Aventurine: "..."

Aventurine: "Why?"

Aventurine: "You all want to see me get slashed, right?"

Silver Wolf: "Don't be narcissistic."

Silver Wolf: "Who gets slashed doesn't matter!"

Silver Wolf: "Everyone just wants to see Ms. Acheron draw her blade."

Silver Wolf: "And you are just the unlucky guy who happens to be likely to be slashed."

Stelle: "That's right, we just want to see how Ms. Acheron takes action."

Stelle: "Watching you get slashed is just a bonus."

Dr. Ratio: "Ha, gambler."

Dr. Ratio: "Performing being slashed on stage, you can be considered the first."

Topaz: "It's a pity I'm not at the scene, otherwise I'd definitely go to the scene to applaud your performance!"

Aventurine: "Ha, humorous, you guys are truly too humorous!"

Aventurine: "Fine, then let's see if I will really be slashed."

Aventurine: "And whether I will survive that slash."

The video continues.

[Back here again.]

[Aventurine actually chose such an eye-catching place...]

[This guy is being too exaggerated, does he really think of himself as a big star?]

After arriving at the entrance of Clock Studios Theme Park,

March 7th can't help but complain a few times.

[Empty?]

[The Hounds dispersed the tourists before, and now they don't know where they went...]

[Everyone, keep your eyes peeled.]

[The other party is clearly prepared.]

Himeko looks at the situation around,

and reminds everyone.

Afterwards,

they start walking along the road,

moving toward the inside of the film park.

[Ladies and gentlemen, fellow dream-seekers, tycoons, Clockmaker, and distinguished guests of the Family—]

[—and the famous Nameless of the Astral Express!]

[Welcome to the Interastral Peace Corporation's show!]

As several people walk on the road,

they hear Aventurine's broadcast sound.

Everyone doesn't care,

and continues to walk forward.

[Truly late, everyone from the Astral Express, and this... uninvited guest here.]

Several people walk under the stage,

and hear Aventurine's voice again. [We have come to the appointment, Mr. Aventurine.]

[According to etiquette, you should also appear.]

Himeko says loudly.

[Of course I will.]

[But before that, I hope to introduce the protagonist of tonight again...]

[Applause, please—Miss Stellaron!]

Aventurine suddenly starts pointing the spotlight at Stelle.

[Mom, I'm on TV!!]

Stelle shouts somewhat excitedly.

[Uh...]

March 7th looks at Stelle like this, feeling very speechless.

[Allow me to remind you, this stage and Stelle's identity should have nothing to do with arresting the real culprit.]

Welt raises his eyebrows,

and says directly.

[No, it's related, of course it's related.]

[Otherwise, why would I try so hard to gain your trust and then invite everyone here?]

[Because she is the only eyewitness who witnessed the three murder cases, and the best candidate to prove that the lack of casualties in the dream is empty talk!]

Aventurine explains.

[Three murder cases?]

Himeko is somewhat confused.

[Yes, Madam, the third murder case is about to happen.]

[Right here, Clock Studios Theme Park...]

[A truly grand death.]

[You, you, you, and you...]

[Everyone will die—and all of this is because of you, Miss Stellaron...]

[...You will personally transform into death here.]

Aventurine's words begin to point at Stelle.

[My energy isn't that big...]

Stelle feels Aventurine is talking nonsense,

she has no ability to transform into death.

[Don't underestimate yourself.]

[I said, you possess the power sufficient to overturn the entire gambling table...]

[Let me make it clearer: I will detonate the Stellaron inside you and create a small "accident" in Penacony...]

[Bang!]

[The entire park will turn into a shattered dream.]

[Then, before the Family can react, I will become the navigator of the IPC fleet.]

Stelle: "Good grief, you still want to make me explode?"

Stelle: "You're overthinking it, aren't you!"

Stelle: "I don't even have the ability to make myself self-destruct, let alone you?"

March 7th: "The idea is great, but theoretically, it won't work."

Furina: "Is that just an excuse Mr. Aventurine deliberately made up?"

Furina: "If I hadn't seen his previous experiences, I might have thought he would do that."

Furina: "But now..."

Xiangling: "He is a good person with a bottom line, so he simply couldn't do the kind of thing he's talking about."

Hu Tao: "I feel like if it were that Oswald guy, he probably could do it!"

Dr. Ratio: "You can go ahead and remove the 'probably'!"

Dr. Ratio: "If the plan is feasible, he would do it without hesitation."

Dr. Ratio: "Rather, it is highly likely that this lie fabricated by Aventurine is exactly what Oswald would do after arriving at Penacony!"

Miss Sushang: "If you put it that way, shouldn't Penacony be thankful that it was Aventurine who came here?"

Welt: "To a certain extent, that is indeed the case."

Welt: "Oswald, the head of the Strategic Investment Department, is clearly a much more troublesome character than Aventurine."

Boothill: "Heh, it's his lucky day that the son of a bitch didn't come."

Boothill: "Otherwise, I would definitely love-kill him!"

Paimon: "Mr. Boothill is always saying love-kill, love-kill... it looks so, you know."

Silver Wolf: "Tsk, that's what happens when your sense-synesthesia beacon has been tampered with."

Silver Wolf: "Why don't you spend your own money to have someone fix it?"

Boothill: "Meow! Who has the time for that!"

Boothill: "Besides, I'm used to it."

Boothill: "It doesn't matter, I know what I mean anyway."

Silver Wolf: "Ha, as long as you're happy."

The video continues.

[Bluffing is useless against us.]

[If you could really do it, you would have had plenty of opportunities before.]

Acheron clearly does not believe this rhetoric from Aventurine.

[Are you making a bet with me?]

[Fine, then I will bet with you too.]

[I bet that I can win a complete victory, using an unprecedented explosion to prove that the vow of Harmony is nothing but a total joke.]

Aventurine lets his true nature show,

wanting to gamble with Acheron.

[...You can't do it.]

Acheron shakes her head.

[Of course I can do it, it's just another gamble.]

[I walked out of the deserts of Sigonia; for sixty copper coins, people branded me, shackled me, sent me to the gallows, and buried me in the yellow sand...]

[But the sun could not kill me, and the quicksand instead sent me into the arms of the Society and the IPC.]

[Remember, I didn't just win once by accident; I have never lost.]

[Let me share a proverb with you all: Sleep is a rehearsal for death.]

[Why does life fall into slumber? Because we are not yet prepared to welcome death.]

[Every night's dream is no different from facing death, just like you and me at this very moment, harboring a will to die, hiding in the land of sleep.]

[And death... will also come in response to our sleep-talking.]

[Friends, the game has already begun.]

[You cannot refuse—]

[—there is no reason, and no room.]

[The dice have been cast—everyone, are you ready to reveal your cards?]

The spotlight on the stage suddenly dims,

but only for a moment,

before it lights up again.

And Aventurine's massive figure

begins to truly manifest!

[The inferior stones of the Architects...]

[Hahahaha, worthless!]

Everyone hurriedly takes out their weapons to confront Aventurine,

but he mocks the Architect's lance in Stelle's hand.

Furina: "It's here, it's here!!"

Furina: "Aventurine's highly anticipated performance!"

Furina: "It has finally officially begun!"

Hu Tao: "Wow, he's become so big!!"

Hu Tao: "So much pressure!"

Xiangling: "If I didn't know this was a performance, I would definitely think he was a super villain!"

Sparkle: "Oh, not bad, little peacock, you really are well-suited to be an actor~"

Dr. Ratio: "Heh, he still can't change that flamboyant demeanor."

Stelle: "I understand the logic!"

Stelle: "But on what grounds do you call my fire lance the inferior stone of the Architects!!"

Stelle: "Do you believe I'll give you a good whack right now!! (Angry.jpg)"

Aventurine: "Ha, just setting the mood, friend, don't mind it."

Aventurine: "I'm playing the villain's script right now."

Aventurine: "Naturally, I have to be a bit more flamboyant when I speak."

Aventurine: "Doesn't this make your justice stand out even more?"

March 7th: "Uh... you've become so big now, you've stolen all the spotlight."

March 7th: "How can you still make us stand out!"

Silver Wolf: "Don't be impatient, as the saying goes, you can't be cool for more than three seconds."

Silver Wolf: "He'll be in trouble soon."

Amber: "I see Miss Acheron has already placed her hand on her blade!"

Eula: "It looks like Aventurine is very likely to be slashed!"

Sampo: "Good, good, good, what an exciting performance, this is what a show should look like!"