vrcanaries Chapter 121 Fire - S01E05
Chapter 121 Fire - S01E05
Every sinner who goes to hell will receive a "gift" from hell, a special power that corresponds to their soul.
Just like the second soul power that appeared out of nowhere, it also has origins from the cold glaciers and the dark deep sea.
And what belongs to Ji Xinglan...
That is fire.
A pure fire, already burned white.
The fire started as a normal orange-red, then turned a deep blue, and finally became an extreme pure white, like a burning moon.
Perhaps because you are the root of fire, Ji Xinglan's fire is always docile and gentle in your hands, to the point that you don't even know its temperature.
—Until you burn an entire building and the souls of hundreds of sinners with a single spark.
Ji Xinglan's fire seemed to possess a destructive and irrational destructive power against the creatures of hell.
It is fierce and difficult to extinguish, incredibly stubborn and tenacious.
It was so dazzling, so bright and clear; just like your radiant and departed life, even hell would only make it more vigorous and excited.
You don't know what your original abilities should be.
However, under the influence of the second soul, although Ji Xinglan's fire is still gentle to you, it often goes out of control when you use it.
Because of the special nature of flames, knowing that Ji Xinglan's uncontrolled fire would inevitably cause terrible consequences, you would mostly only use the seemingly ordinary orange flame.
But when your flames weaken, He will corrupt them, turning them black—just like the black fire you used when Alastor first met you.
His power is like water soaking into a sponge, creeping into every corner of your body. Whether you need it or not, this power will overflow from every tiny pore of the sponge without any sense of boundaries.
Ji Xinglan's fire, your fire, exists only in your heart, and only in your heart.
The board's formal training is like a cluster of ever-burning beacons.
This fire will coalesce into a sword in your heart when you are angry, piercing through everything that obscures you.
Whenever you experience emotional ups and downs, the fire burning in your chest originates from it.
When you are angry, its radiance will pass through your bones and flesh, and nothing can stop it from shining on your chest, open and unrestrained.
When you use another power, you can also use Ji Xinglan's fierce fire attack to suppress His overreaching nature. And when Ji Xinglan's fire goes out of control, His power can also suppress the fire's ferocity.
Your power and His power are like two sides of Yin and Yang, which counterbalance each other and ultimately form who you are today.
—However, what's funny is that you were able to suppress Him thanks to the second soul, which made the power that originally belonged to you as strong as His own.
Although you, as the vessel, find it difficult to control such a vast amount of energy, it is thanks to these two powerful energies that you and they can restrain each other within your body, preventing you from being consumed by the terrible consequences of imbalance.
Unfortunately, not all the yin and yang within you are in your favor.
Ji Xinglan is you. Ji Xinglan's fire is directed towards you, protecting you, and devouring everything like a mad dog protecting its master. This is perfectly understandable.
But He is after everything you possess.
Out of fear of more uncontrollable events, you always choose to endure it, even if it torments you and despises you.
During the long journey through hell, you believe you have given Him enough time to consider and repent, and you have given Him enough patience.
And now, as someone skilled in patience and strategic planning... you believe you have given Him more than enough.
"...You're right, death hurts, I'm lonely, I want to go home, and I used to be afraid of that sea."
At this moment, you are gazing at the figure "played" by Him before you, and for the first time, you affirm His words.
Your face rarely shows any change in expression. To Him, the only expressions that occasionally appear on your face can be described as bizarre and insane.
But this time, all His attention was drawn to the strange word "once" in your words.
"once……?"
Because He didn't understand why you made such a statement that seemed no different from "You're no longer afraid of the sea," nor did He understand the special meaning behind your saying "courtesy first, then force," He could only utter this phrase in confusion.
But you won't give him time to react anymore.
At that very moment, a burst of intense white flames suddenly erupted from the Eastern woman's chest without warning!
The raging flames engulfed the dragon girl who was standing still.
The flames belonging to Ji Xinglan dried up ■■■'s tears. She closed her eyes, but her face wore a faint, wild, and arrogant smile.
"……What are you doing!?"
Unexpectedly, ■■■, who had never put up any resistance in the land of exile, suddenly ignited the power originating from his heart, and a look of shock immediately appeared on his face.
After all, the fire of [redacted] is so deadly that it kills anyone who touches it, not to mention that what's enveloping her now is the very source of that fire.
"Shatter your delusions."
The short sentence fell, but the fire on ■■■'s body burned even more fiercely.
The light on the dragon girl's chest was as dazzling as the sun, but the expression on her face was cold.
"Of course, even now I still don't understand why there are so many ungrateful bastards in hell who take other people's politeness for granted and are so ungrateful."
You stood still and cursed in your flat, emotionless tone.
As the fire on your body burned ever brighter, a faint cracking sound emanated from the wide sleeves of your robe, which moved without wind.
Even in exile, your clothes will slowly burn away because they cannot withstand your fire.
The charred fabric hung limply down, revealing your cracked limbs.
"...Holy shit! Holy shit!!"
"Do you fucking know what you're doing?! You're fucking burning your soul! Do you want to die?!"
Startled by your insane behavior, He widened His eyes and began to curse, involuntarily taking several steps back.
He hadn't seen ■■■ for a long time, but he really didn't expect to be frightened so many times by ■■■, this complete madwoman, today.
"You crazy woman!! Stop it..."
Before He could stop the seemingly insane ■■■, the other party grabbed His wrist first.
The pure white flames, almost blindingly bright, quickly spread like wildfire from [Name]'s body to [Name]'s body, which was being portrayed by Him.
Having been quite frightened, he finally couldn't care less about his expression and image this time.
Terrified of death, He tried desperately to break free from the clutches of the madwoman, but her hands gripped His wrists like iron clamps.
Ji Xinglan's fire always carried an eerie lightness, but the intense burning sensation and unbearable pain made his will to live stronger than ever before.
"...You lunatic...you lunatic! Do you want to fucking die here today?!...Aaaaaah! Aaaaaah!"
He was screaming in pain and seemed to have no strength left to struggle.
Because your fire is a fire that can burn directly into the soul, even if He reverts to His original form now, He will still share the harm of this fire with you.
Realizing that he could not escape, He used your face, with a ferocious expression and hateful eyes, to look at you.
"What, you can't even handle this level?"
"My soul is always burning as I fight my fears, and I'm used to this level of pain."
Your cold mockery ended quickly, but as you continued to speak, your tone rose steadily.
The Eastern woman's anger finally erupted at this moment.
She has emphasized many times that her seemingly good temper is just a result of her upbringing, and that her temper is actually very bad.
She is stubborn, inflexible, obstinate, and ruthless. Once she has made up her mind about something, she will never turn back, even if it means death.
But there is another very important point: she believes that losing one's temper is proof that a person cannot control themselves and is a concrete manifestation of a person's incompetence.
She always manages to control her emotions and keep them at a stable level so that she can handle problems with maximum efficiency.
But she didn't mind burning everything.
"...Heh...hehehehehehe...Why do you think I'd be held back by these useless negative emotions? And why do you think I'd let anyone boss me around!?"
Fueled by long-suppressed anger, the Eastern woman glared at Him with astonishingly bright eyes; her golden pupils shone like two lights in the darkness.
She practically yelled those two sentences.
Sharp, uncontrollable teeth protruded from the corners of her mouth, like a hellish beast enraged to the extreme.
In the blink of an eye, the body of the Eastern Dragon Girl and her life transformed into pure white flames and flowers that grew wildly from her body!
They pierced through the darkness, tearing apart all the coldness and desolation of the land of exile.
The snow-white branches were constructed from flames, and the fiery trees and silver flowers, carrying unparalleled vitality, stretched out their arms vigorously upwards from her chest.
The white flames crackled and popped as they burned fiercely in the air, and all the sparks danced in the air like living stardust.
A light more intense than fifteen million degrees enveloped Ji Xinglan and Him.
The dragon girl's rage at being stripped of her name erupted like the death of a star cluster, a phenomenon that occurs only once in billions of years.
"First of all, I must correct you. Shirley is not a foolish woman. She is my kind, hardworking, brave, and fearless princess of hell. She will shine in hell forever, in the past, present, and future, just like her name!"
"When people have a God's-eye view, they like to criticize others for dereliction of duty, right? What right do idiots who don't know the whole story and only rely on their own judgment have to judge a battle angel who didn't want to hurt others but had his wings removed and his left eye blinded just because of his faction?"
“Angel is one of the best kids I’ve ever met. You have no right to criticize someone’s love and struggle in the mire, much less the right to denigrate someone’s wretched state after a sober effort!”
"Hesk was indeed a gambler, and he has been punished, but he was also a kind but taciturn elder. I will always remember the blanket he draped over my shoulders and the milk he prepared at the bar."
"You always seem to regard other people's sensitivity to emotions and their need for affection as a joke. Sir Pensius's emotions are his most precious quality. Since you look down on his emotions so much, is it because you cannot perceive love, nor have you ever received love from others?"
"And...where do you get the confidence to comment on Jennifer?"
The Dragon Girl refuted His slander against her friend word by word, her anger growing stronger with each word.
"As for Alastor."
"He's certainly not a good person, but until now, he has never harmed any of the demons in the inn. Similarly, he's the smartest and most perfect gentleman I've ever met."
“He may never have considered me a companion, and may even have been plotting against me, but I have never regretted knowing him.”
"Furthermore, as part of my boasting, don't you know that when I decided to do something big, Alastor was the only person I had in mind from the very beginning?"
With veins bulging on your forehead, you grabbed His collar with both hands and lifted Him high into the air, your eyes flashing with golden light as you glared at Him with fury.
His face now seemed to be filled with nothing but utter fear.
"...Listen up! If you provoke me again, or provoke my friends..."
"I'll tear your face off, you arrogant bystander, and burn you to the ground like a lantern!!!"