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"Covet? No, I'm just wondering what it would be like if a Stand user could have a second Stand."
He took a step closer, and the night breeze ruffled the hem of his clothes.
"Follow me somewhere."
Wutiao Wuhui did not move.
Why should I go with you?
"Because you also want to know the answer."
Shiraishikawa extends his hand.
"About why you can exist in two places at the same time, about the nature of nothingness, about... how to escape this world you loathe."
These words were like a key, unlocking a tightly closed door in Wujiang Kirie's heart.
She hesitated for a moment, but finally placed her cold hand in Shiraishi's palm.
The hospital in the city center was exceptionally quiet in the night.
Shiraishikawa led Wujou Kirie through the dimly lit corridor to a special ward. The door wasn't locked; he gently pushed it open—
Lying on the hospital bed was a woman who looked exactly like Wu Jie, so thin that her breathing was barely visible.
"Your physical body."
Shiraishi Chuan said.
"Bound to this fragile body, yet able to fly freely in the void, what a wondrous ability."
Wujiang Wue's spirit stood in front of the hospital bed, looking at her physical body with a complicated expression.
Shiraishi Chuan didn't give her time to think. He suddenly reached out and pressed his hand on her back, pushing her hard—
"No!"
Wutiao Wuhui exclaimed in surprise, but it was too late.
Her spirit was forcibly stuffed back into her sickly body.
The woman on the hospital bed suddenly opened her eyes and began to cough violently.
Shiraishi Chuan moved swiftly, picking her up and carrying her to the end of the ward.
There was a huge gap in one of the walls, and the night wind rushed in through the hole, making the curtains dance wildly.
"What...what are you going to do?"
Wu-jo Kirie struggled weakly, but her strength was insignificant in front of Shiraishikawa.
Shiraishikawa stood at the edge of the gap, with dozens of meters of empty space below.
His voice was unusually calm.
"You say you yearn for the sky because it has no boundaries. Then tell me, what will you see when you actually fall into the sky?"
Before she could answer, Shiraishi Kawa leaped into the air—
"what--!"
Wuzō Kirie's scream pierced the night sky.
The feeling of falling was so real; the wind was whistling in my ears, and the ground was approaching at a terrifying speed.
She instinctively grabbed Shiraishi's clothes, closed her eyes tightly, and awaited death.
However--.
Chapter 412 Those Who Pursue Transcendence
There was no sharp pain from the impact, no sound of bones breaking.
Wujiang Kirie opened her eyes with trembling hands and found herself and Shiraishikawa standing in the center of a newly formed pit, with the surrounding cement ground cracked in a radial pattern.
"This...is impossible..."
She murmured, her legs so weak she could barely stand.
Shiraishi Kawa easily put his arm around her waist and pulled her out of the pit.
With a snap of his fingers, the cracks healed rapidly, as if a video were playing in reverse, and the ground returned to its original state.
"A combination of immortality and healing power."
Shiraishi explained, his voice tinged with pride.
"Even if you're killed, you won't die. Isn't that interesting?"
Wu Jie broke free from his arm and staggered back a few steps.
"Who are you?"
Under the moonlight, Shiraishi's smile appeared particularly mysterious.
"A person who strives to surpass."
He took a step forward.
"Now, tell me, why do you yearn for the sky so much?"
Wujiang Kirie calmed her still trembling body.
"Because... the sky has no boundaries. In this finite world, only the sky can give me a sense of infinity. I hope... to find a world I don't dislike within the concept of boundlessness."
Shiraishikawa nodded, as if this answer was exactly what he wanted.
"Happiness exists in two situations—either when despair turns into hope, or when one stands on high and looks down on despair."
His eyes shone with a fanatical light.
"And I choose the latter. Because I want to transcend heaven."
These words struck Wutori Kirie like a bolt of lightning.
She suddenly understood Shiraishi's true purpose—he didn't simply covet her abilities, but wanted to use them to achieve some higher level of transcendence.
"You're crazy."
she whispered.
"No one can surpass Heaven."
Shiraishikawa approached again, this time with an irresistible force.
"Then let's give it a try."
He suddenly reached out and grabbed the back of Wujiang Wuhui's head, while placing his other hand on her forehead.
Wu-jo Kirie felt a sharp pain, as if something was being forcibly ripped from the depths of her soul—
"stop!"
She struggled, but Shiraishi's strength was beyond imagination.
"Don't resist."
His voice suddenly softened.
"This will liberate you. Coming from nothingness and returning to nothingness, isn't that what you've always longed for?"
Wutori Kirie's struggles gradually weakened.
She felt a strange peace—Shiraishikawa was right, perhaps this was her destiny.
Her vision began to blur, but before she completely lost consciousness, she asked one last question.
"After you take away my power... can you stand in a place higher than heaven?"
Shiraishi's expression turned serious.
"I must transcend Heaven. I must begin at the beginning of a new world."
With a soft click, a disc emitting a faint glow popped out from Wujiang Wue's forehead.
Shiraishichuan swiftly grabbed it, a victorious smile spreading across his face.
"Perfect."
he said softly.
"Just like the bottle that symbolizes the Rider system in Rider Build, this will be the basis for my first ritual."
Wujiang Wuyi collapsed to the ground, looking even more fragile after her power was drained, as if a gust of wind could blow her away.
Shiraishikawa carefully put the CD away, then bent down and picked her up.
"Let's go."
He said his voice carried a rare gentleness.
"I'll take you away from this world you loathe."
Wu-jo Kirie leaned weakly against his chest, staring blankly at the night sky.
"Will there... be an endless sky there?"
Shiraishi didn't answer directly, but simply tightened his grip on her arm.
"In the new world, you can be anything you want to be."
They disappeared into the night, leaving only the cold wind still howling on the roof of the Wutiao Building.
Back on the other side of the world, in the laboratory, Shiraishikawa stares at the disc that emits a faint glow, his eyes burning with the flames of ambition.
"Beyond Heaven..."
He whispered to himself.
“This is just the first step.”
Under the laboratory lights, strange patterns appeared on the surface of the CD, resembling the designs of some ancient ritual.
Shiraishi's fingers gently traced the patterns, feeling the power contained within them.
Wuzō Kirie's ability—the characteristic of existing in two places simultaneously—is an indispensable part of his plan.
"Two bodies, two substitutes..."