Chapter 426 Humans, without Wings, How Can You Go Up

continue. "

The emotion in Annan's eyes did not fluctuate at all.

It would be too naive to think that this kind of thing could move him.

He had already made up his mind to kill Denton, and no matter what it was, Annan could not reverse this idea.

It's just a choice between death and pain... Isn't that what life is all about?

Denton still didn't show up.

The scene in front of Annan's eyes changed again.

This time, without the shouting of the portrait, the world quietly changed.

When he opened his eyes again, he found that he had entered a very dim world that looked like a huge pen holder - there were densely packed human heads below, and just above was the only light.

He himself was crawling upwards, clutching a very thin rope.

The rope seemed to be about to break, and it collapsed very straight.

Annan seemed to feel something.

He looked down and saw that there were still many people under him clutching the slender rope.

Countless people are like Xiao Hei in Conan - they can't see men, women and children, but they can only see black heads gathered under them, like densely packed ants lined up along the honey.

Annan didn't react at first.

But after lowering his head and seeing this extremely familiar scene, Annan reacted in the blink of an eye.

Is this... "Spider Silk" by Akutagawa Ryunosuke?

"……I see."

Annan has understood the basic rules of the Fear Shard.

The moment he fell into a deep nightmare, he realized what the real form of this fear was.

——Either a savior or forerunner "despairs of ignorant mortals", or "desperation to fail when one step away from the finish line".

Denton just wanted to see Annan's rage when he broke the spider silk... Or he wanted to see Annan's despair when he climbed to the highest point when the spider silk suddenly broke.

"Ah……"

Annan suddenly laughed.

He shouted down at his throat: "Be careful below!

"If you continue to climb up, the spider silk will be broken!"

After issuing the warning, Annan ignored the people following him.

Just focus on climbing up.

Although this nightmare is spider silk, Annan is not Gandhara.

He will naturally give the following people a chance...but it is not mercy and mercy, it is just "fairness".

Of course they have the power to climb up.

As long as it doesn't deliberately climb down, or block other people's way... moving towards a better light, Annan has no desire to stop them from doing such a thing.

——Even if the crowd gathers, the inevitable destruction will come.

Annan did not order them to give up their stance, or to suspend their stance.

Knowing what to do, what to do, what to do...is a very important talent.

These people are not his subordinates, nor his servants; Annan is not their savior, nor their parent, nor their master.

Annan didn't have to climb out of this hell...he didn't have such a strong desire.

Just doing what is supposed to be done.

Because going up is better than going down.

Then climb up - that's all.

If Annan falls with them, then this is also the destiny brought about by their choice.

Annan would love to see others pay the price of their stupidity...or rather, retribution.

But he would never interfere.

Because he should not be their retribution.

Annan looked up at the light, crawling on the spider silk intently.

Not surprisingly.

Just as Annan expected at first, when Annan approached the top, the spider silk suddenly broke.

Many people fell back into the abyss.

Annan is no exception.

"Ah, failed."

When he fell in the air, such a thought appeared in Annan's mind.

"...Can you get out of this fear?"

But when Annan kept falling back into the abyss, he did not drop any health.

He fell into the stench of blood, and a thought suddenly appeared in his mind:

—Now, a second has passed.

The next moment, the silver thread condensed again.

"...Ha, that's it."

Annan suddenly laughed: "Every time you fail, only one second will pass... 'The fear of repeating the same failure forever'? It is indeed a very powerful move. For ordinary people, it may make They have a mental breakdown.

"It's really strange, is there something going on outside? You suddenly put such a heavy hand... Are you worried that someone will save me from my dream?"

Submerged in the stench of blood, the corners of Annan's mouth rose slightly.

However, Annan's voice was so indifferent.

"—don't think about such a good thing, Denton.

"Don't think someone's coming - it's you."

He turned his head and looked at the "little blacks", keenly capturing fear and loss in their eyes.

Is it the failure repeated many times here?

The third time, or the fifth time?

There can be no more, their wills have begun to disintegrate. Any more and they'll lose their minds.

Either way.

Then let them suffer.

Then let them fail.

Then let them down.

"—But as long as you can lift your spirits, you can crawl with me."

Annan slowly stretched out his hand, held the extremely fragile spider silk, and shouted loudly: "Then come together!"

So, the second fall.

It was followed by the third time.

the fifth time.

tenth time.

Fewer and fewer people followed Annan crawling... On the twelfth time, Annan was the only one left to crawl.

But in the end, Annan would still fall just one step short.

But unlike those who look up to Annan... no matter how many times he fails, he will climb up again—

This is not the result of the reversed Heart of Winter.

It was the trait that Annan possessed before crossing.

——Unconsciously, a minute has passed.

It was not Annan who failed because of his own mistakes.

But because of the mistakes of others, because of unprovoked suffering...or because of—the so-called [Fate].

If it were an ordinary person, he might have already been furious.

"so good……"

Annan muttered.

His pupils shone brighter.

Over the past few months, living a smooth life…

Annan was about to forget the feeling of restraining himself.

He used to never wake up, never smoke or drink. Never overeat, and never fish while working. Stop playing with your phone after going to bed, and stop eating three hours before bed.

Living such a rhythmic life - except because of that precious reason.

Another part of the reason may be that Annan enjoys the feeling of suffering when he "forced restraint" on himself.

- like an ascetic.

It is not easy to be ascetic in modern life, but in modern times where there are so many temptations, just keeping sanity and abstinence is already ascetic.

But he didn't expect that he was just living an ascetic life - forced study, forced work... and even forced game clearance. When he came back to his senses, Annan realized that he had become an amazing person.

"For that, I'd like to thank you... Denton."

When he fell for the hundredth time, the light in Annan's eyes became more and more shining.

continue.

come down.

continue.

come down.

--continue.

Annan's mind came to the words he had seen thousands of times in a certain game——

"Human..."

Annan whispered, gripping the rope again.

——Without wings, how can you go up?

"Probably, because I'm...not normal."

Maybe Annan didn't even notice it.

The corner of his mouth...is a big, bright smile.

And his pupils are brighter than the stars.

"--continue!"

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