Because of Shinji's intervention, Asagami Fujino and Mujo Kirie were able to change their fate, as well as Shirazumi Rio, Cornelius Aruba, Nagajo Ba, Gengiri Satsuki and others whom he had never met, were all his pawns.
Araya Soren was born more than 200 years ago. After experiencing that era of rapid technological development but great turmoil, he realized the fact that he could never save everyone, so he began to collect and record deaths, and wanted to open a channel to the "root" for this purpose, but failed every time.
This time he set his sights on Ryougi Shiki, and wanted to reach the 'root' by obtaining her body, which was naturally connected to the root. Fujino, Kirie and others were chosen by Araya to stimulate Ryougi Shiki's awakening and make her aware of her own essence.
Fujino was better off, as she was taken away by Shinji before she became a pawn of Araya and took shelter under Touko. Kirie was different, as she had been targeted by Araya from a very early time. After her family died, the high medical expenses required to maintain her life were paid by an old friend of the family, Araya Soren.
In order to change Kirie's fate of becoming a sacrifice, Shinji will have to fight Araya sooner or later, but he didn't expect that the duel would come earlier than expected.
Shinji shook his left hand, and a flash of jumping silver light slipped out from Shinji's sleeve. It was a silver slingshot.
"You are the magician who gave Kirie the 'dual existence'?"
"I just fulfilled her wishes and brought out her own qualities."
Araya Soren's voice was as heavy and distressed as his expression.
"Nothing you want?" Shinji tightened the wrist strap of his "God Spear Bow and Sword" while enduring the oppressive gaze from ten meters away.
"Things that are close to each other attract and repel each other at the same time. That is all I want. What about you? What do you want, young magician?"
Shinji shrugged at Araya's distressed face, and the air in the corridor, which had almost turned solid, relaxed incredibly.
"Not at the moment. If I have to say, it's probably self-satisfaction."
Every time traveler, especially those who are familiar with the world, will have similar thoughts to Shinji.
To save someone who was supposed to die.
To change someone's sad fate.
Give someone a different life.
However, few people have thought about—
Does that person really need saving
Who defines the sadness of fate
Is a different life what that person wants
Once you realize this, you will find that although all these behaviors are rooted in good intentions, they are also driven by self-satisfaction.
Therefore, Shinji never considers himself a savior, he is just a self-centered, selfish human being.
"Self-satisfaction?" Araya, who doesn't know Shinji's peculiarity, doesn't understand Shinji's thoughts.
"Yes. I want to see Mujo Kirie recover her health. I want to see Mujo Kirie overlooking the scenery according to her own will. I hope Mujo Kirie can live happily." Shinji's attitude was not at all confused.
"Is there any meaning behind these wishes?"
"No, there is only joy. I feel joy when I see Wujouhui like this."
"It has no value, no meaning, and I cannot understand it." The distress on Araya's face became more and more serious, "Just like I cannot understand your origin."
The last sentence really aroused Shinji's curiosity: "Oh? What is my origin?"
Everyone has an origin, and the only person who is known to be alive and can accurately determine someone's origin is Araya Soren. Not only can he determine the origin of humans, he also masters the art of "origin awakening".
"If you want to know, try to awaken the origin." Araya's voice bypassed Shinji's ears and was directly imprinted into his heart, like a spell with strong suggestiveness.
"I refuse." Shinji was unmoved. "Although awakening the origin will make me realize my own essence and gain the powerful power that comes from it, at the same time, I can't resist the impulse brought by the 'origin' - living according to a certain pattern, which is too boring."
In terms of reincarnation theory, the origin is the source of reincarnation. The cause that has been determined from the beginning will not change no matter how many times it reincarnates. Once the origin awakens, the original person will be swallowed up by the "origin". This is because the personality of ordinary humans generated within less than a hundred years cannot cover the core meaning that has already existed since the creation of chaos, so it will inevitably be dominated by the directionality that comes from the only cause of everything, that is, the "root".
Although those who awaken their origins will obtain the accumulated past lives and thus become a mixed group that has existed for all eternity, thus gaining accumulated powerful strength, it is obvious which is more important compared to the cost of being dominated by direction.
Therefore, Shinji never thought about awakening his own origin.
Araya was not surprised by Shinji's choice: "Your knowledge of 'origin' came from Aozaki? So, you are her disciple?"
Aozaki is what Araya calls Orange. The two were classmates in London for a while. From his words, it is not difficult to see that he has some knowledge of Orange's movements and did some research before coming to see Shinji.
"It doesn't matter whether it is true or not. What matters is that I hope you will stop interfering in Wujou Wuhui's life. And you don't want me to ruin your plans, right?"
"really."
Shinji grinned, and Araya Souren lowered his eyelids.
The corridor that turned into an alien world was suddenly divided into two worlds, one heaven and one earth. One side was flowing and changing, while the other side was oppressive and still.
"I won't back down." Shinji held a rune magic bullet in his right hand and put it into the net bag of the "God Spear Bow and Sword".
"I can't either." Araya Soren took a step forward, and with every step he took, the pressure became stronger.
"Since the contradiction is irreconcilable, there is nothing to discuss. We can only follow the greatest truth of all time—"
The bowstring of Shinji's slingshot was stretched taut, and each rubber tube twisted into the bowstring carried amazing power.
Three circular patterns extended from under Araya Soren's feet. The three slender rings overlapped each other, resembling figures depicting planetary orbits, floating between the ground and the air.
"—The winner is the king and the loser is the bandit, whoever has the bigger fist has the final say!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Shinji released his right hand, and the "Rune Magic Bullet" whistled and tore through the air under the push of the bowstring. At a speed comparable to that of a bullet, it hit Araya Souren's chest with naked murderous intent.
Before that, Araya Souren made a sound.
"King Kong!"
The shrill sound of breaking wind stopped, and the silver magic bullet was fixed in the air, followed by Araya Sōren's second voice.
"Su!"
Clench your large palms tightly.
PS: Saying "happy" to Mapo is so damn cool.