Bad Born Blood Chapter 279

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‘There is a brain here that is younger and more superior than mine.’

That’s what Kinuan said while pointing at me.

‘The brain that Kashura needs is me, not Kinuan.’

There were two reasons why Kashura was persistently targeting me instead of Kinuan.

‘I am younger.’

I’m a bit of a mess myself due to overload, but I’m probably better than Kinuan. And since Kashura is well-versed in brain structure, he’ll probably be able to preserve my brain and use it.

‘And for combat, I am better suited than Kinuan.’

What Kashura needs is the ‘battle ability of Archie’s Victory’. He is demanding Archie’s battle techniques in the true sense of the word.

‘The fighting techniques that Kinuan can do… … I can do them too.’

Every time this happens, I find myself laughing. I guess Kinuan really is my teacher.

At important moments, I thought of Kinuan and recalled what he had done. At every crossroads in my life, Kinuan’s words and actions became my guide.

… … And today, I follow Kinuan.

‘Intuition, into the realm beyond.’

Kinuan once destroyed the motorcycle I was riding with a pistol. It was an unbelievable sniping and prediction. It was a premonition that seemed to have twisted the cause and effect of the physical world.

That single shot was the essence of Archie’s fighting skills.

Crackling.

The sound in my ears was tearing. Reality flowed slowly as if it was broken.

‘Accelerate the accident even further.’

My brain was holding onto time, holding onto reality. If I was feeling better, it would have felt like time had stopped. But now, all I could do was slow it down.

‘Three shock bullets.’

You have to stop Kashura with three legs. No, now with two legs.

My finger has already pulled the first trigger. The gunshots are spreading out deafeningly.

The characteristic blast of the impact bullet exploded on Kashura’s shoulder. Kashura unfurled the shield on his off-arm to block the impact bullet. His shield glowed blue, canceling out the energy blast.

The first shot had no effect, and without hesitation, Kashura pushed Ilay forward.

‘I have to be a few steps ahead. I have to pull back the time in my consciousness and predict it.’

Seeing the future is a realm of supernatural powers. It is impossible to physically predict the future with the soft human brain. To go beyond physical phenomena, you must be guided by a supernatural force.

Unfortunately, I don’t have the power to create paranormal phenomena. Superpowers are a distant dream.

Chijik, Chik.

My head hurts. The time I forcibly grabbed is slowly struggling to escape my consciousness.

Kinuando also administered drugs to snipe my two-wheeled vehicle. That level of skill is not something that can be done normally. So I have to push myself to my limit.

‘You shouldn’t aim for the current Kashura.’

I have to see the future Kashura. I saw countless afterimages of Kashura in my head. It was an anticipation of what he would do one second later.

I have to choose one of those countless afterimages. Even Kashura’s reaction to my intervention split into another afterimage.

It was depressing to see the endless eruption of afterimages. Every second felt like a distant future. Our possibilities were endless.

‘How can this be calculated by the human brain?’

A typical soldier or warrior will move within the scope of my predictions. Those who have not reached the realm fight by relying on ‘reflexive’ and ‘mechanical’ actions and judgments. In fact, there is no free will in their fighting methods.

But the first-class can insert their own judgment into the realm of reflection and reaction, into the realm of the moment, to squelch free will.

Kashura is the same. He is a superhuman who can make countless choices in a split second. Obvious predictions do not work.

‘This theory is unpredictable.’

I was watching the clash between Kashura and Ile in the slowed-down physical world. Their swords clashed fiercely and bounced off each other. I could even count the number of sparks flying from their blades.

They probably accelerated their thinking to increase the perceived time. The depth of their thinking is no different from mine, but their breadth of thinking is probably narrower than mine.

No, Kashura would be similar to me in terms of width. He can use multiple brains to perform simultaneous high-speed thinking in a similar way to the user of Akiess Victima. However, since the performance of each connected brain is different, the speed of thinking will be different, so it won’t be very efficient. That kind of linked thinking is based on the brain with the least function.

‘That’s why we need a single brain trained with Archie’s Victory.’

The future of Kashura that I saw seemed infinite. I had to somehow set conditions and limit the possibilities.

‘Think the opposite.’

We eliminated the most probable future. It is basic for us to move while avoiding the opponent’s prediction.

‘I must trust in the power of Mushir Al-Kashra.’

Let’s think about it, Kinuan had always believed in me. He had prepared for the storm to cause chaos beyond the Emperor’s expectations.

It was the same in the last fight. In the confusion of deception and deception, Kinuan believed that I would subdue him. That is why he brought Mushir Al-Kashra to the place.

To foresee, one must believe in the greatness of one’s adversary.

Mushir Al-Kashra, the one-man army, the legendary mercenary.

The one who may be the closest to taking the next step towards humanity.

Let’s believe that he will destroy all my ‘effective attacks’.

My belief fixed the odds.

Kashura’s afterimages disappeared one by one and then quickly decreased. The afterimages of Kashura that I saw were reduced to four and their shapes became darker.

I was now rejecting the mechanical intuition that I had built up through training.

From my trained combat mindset and intuition, it seemed unlikely that Kashura would ever be in that afterimage’s location.

‘That’s why Kashura… … .’

The blind spot of probability that we choose because we are humans, not machines.

Chijiji.

Reality is flowing.

I have to pull the trigger soon, but there are still four afterimages left.

My vision is turning red.

The reason why the afterimage remains is because I still lack faith.

Believe me. Erase all the ‘best’ and ‘highest’ possibilities that exist in me. Think of all my power being destroyed.

When you have predicted the prediction, destroyed the destruction, and reached the peak of the rationality of a lifetime’s worth of combat thinking… … .

‘Give up higher-dimensional rationality.’

They use extremely simple and one-dimensional judgments.

All my life I believed that the world would never work out in my favor. I always assumed the worst, pushed myself into the worst situation, and crawled my way out.

For now, let’s abandon those values. For now, just believe that the best situation will come to me.

The ‘best situation based on luck’ that no one would ever hope for. We believe that circumstances will not flow in our favor. It is the fool’s way of thinking to think that circumstances will turn out in our favor even if we just sit still.

But now, at least, I’m being an idiot.

Let’s erase the thought, just shoot whatever we see. Kashura’s back will be his weak point, but he will show his back to me and move.

The futility of technology, the vacuum of thought, the illusion of probability.

The golden circle of truth formed a perfect curve in my head.

… … The world goes round and round and returns to its starting point.

Only one afterimage of Kashura remained. It was glowing golden.

‘Two out of three feet remain.’

You don’t need two feet.

‘One step is enough.’

I spun around and grabbed Ruina with my left hand. Then I pulled the trigger while hiding the gun between my clothes. It was an unstable shot, but… … I wasn’t aiming precisely, so it was okay to just hit roughly.

As soon as I fired, Kashura spun around and retreated. As he spun around briefly, one of his weak points, a metal box, appeared in my sights.

‘I wasn’t aiming for the metal box. I was aiming for… … .’

I don’t know what Ilay’s dagger is, but I acted believing that Ilay would ‘finish’ it.

I believed in Ilay, I believed in Kashura. I threw myself into uncertainty and did not try to achieve my goal with my own abilities.

I draw chance and luck to my side. I will defeat Kashura by chance and luck. I have relied on possibilities in areas I cannot calculate.

I aimed for Ruina’s Kashura’s legs. The bastard’s legs had the thickest armor. They were far from weak points, and they wouldn’t be damaged even if they were hit by a shock bullet.

Moreover, if Kashura were to stand on the ground with both feet, my shots would have no effect.

‘One of the bastard’s legs is slightly floating right now. I didn’t expect him to shoot the leg instead of the metal box… … .’

Kashura turned back and lifted his foot, temporarily unbalancing the creature as one of its axes lifted.

The flying impact bullet hit the bastard’s left leg. There was a slow blue explosion.

I filtered out all the effective attacks and launched attacks that were close to useless.

‘Ilay, if you’re hiding something, now is the time.’

The concussion grenade hit Kashura’s left leg and exploded. The explosion caused Kashura to stumble for a moment. This was the first time he had lost his flow in this fight.

… … And then, the first match was decided. It is a common occurrence in first-class fights.

Shhhhhh!

Illei’s longsword, Catastrophe, changed at an incredible rate. The joints of the blade split apart, forming a seam, and then stretched out like a whip, drawing a complex trajectory.

It was Illei’s dagger that he never showed no matter how many times he was pushed back.

The hanging catastrophe cut off Kashura’s head. The tubes and cables connected to the metal box were also snapped by the blade whip.

The blade whip bent at an odd angle and wrapped around Kashura’s arms and legs, contracting in an instant. The bastard’s limbs were cut off as if by magic.

The inner part of the whip blade surrounding Kashura seemed to glow red, and then explosions occurred one after another.

Kaaaaah!

Catastrophe coiled around Kashura’s body like a snake and then burst.

Kashura’s body was torn and burst as if hit by concentrated fire.

Kiriririk!

The catastrophe that had unleashed its firepower returned to the form of a longsword. However, the blade was already tattered and the seams were loose, so it lost its function as a weapon.

‘The power is good, but it’s a one-time thing.’

It was a weapon that had been poured with money for a special one-time gimmick. Ileia was from a good family and was favored by the emperor, so she could have created a weapon with such a unique design.

‘Illei’s exclusive weapon, Catastrophe.’

Illei deliberately invited him to a close combat, using the excuse of the durability of his hideout. The intention was to prevent the enemy from getting a sense of the mid- and long-range. It was a tactic to take advantage of the crucial moment when the enemy was losing his sense of distance.

Illei had been thoroughly pursuing this attack from the beginning. Even if he had the chance to bring out the true nature of the catastrophe, he would have held back if he judged it not to be certain.

Cheeeeeee.

Kashura’s armored body had its head and limbs all cut off, and there were lacerations on its body that looked like it had been wrapped around a snake.

Kiing.

My eyes met Elai’s. He nodded slightly.

-Did you aim for that shot just now? Or was it luck?

“Both of you. And don’t kill Kashura. I’ll wake up… … .”

I couldn’t finish my words. My consciousness was folding in thin layers.

I don’t have the power to create supernatural phenomena. I can’t create miracles out of nothing.

However, we can weave the realm of relying on chance and luck into inevitability and bring it into reality. That’s because that’s Aikis Victory.

… … I think I know something.

God and man, miracle and necessity, natural order and rebellion.

Before God, humans are weak, and in a reality without miracles, we must rely on inevitability… … .

My eyes were closing before the accident was over.

Ilay moved and extended her hand towards me.

Thump.

The Legion’s iron hand caught me as I fell. I’ve had similar experiences before. He had supported me like this at the end of the storm.

You’ve been a great help to me in many ways, Ilay.