Chapter Thirteen, Devil May Cry 4 (Where Dreams Begin 2)
Early the next morning, a gust of cool wind blew from the window. Nero, who was lying on the floor, sat up in surprise. Then he glanced at the bed, was stunned for a moment, then sighed, stood up and closed the wide open window.
"I really hope this is a dream!"
Unconsciously muttering to himself, Nero touched his bandaged right arm. Just as he was about to clean up the house, there was a sudden knock on the door...
"Good morning! Nero!"
As soon as she opened the door, Ji Liye said hello with a smile, and then took a look inside.
Subconsciously, Nero moved towards the door twice without leaving a trace, and then asked nonchalantly:
"Ah, good morning Ji Liye, even if today is a festival, you got up too early. Uh, wait a moment, I will clean up the house first."
After finishing speaking hesitantly, it seemed that Nero didn't want Ji Liye to know that someone had been here yesterday, so he hurriedly closed the door, threw the bedding on the ground into the cabinet, then put on his clothes and walked out.
Regarding Nero's reaction and the somewhat messy room, Ji Liye couldn't help but think of the man who claimed to be Nero's brother a while ago.
However, it seemed that Nero didn't seem to mention it. Thinking of this, Ji Liye shook her head and didn't want to ask this question.
After a while, she saw Nero walking out of the room. Ji Liye reached out and touched Nero's hair and said softly:
"Nero seemed to have slept a little late yesterday? His hair was standing up!"
After finishing speaking, Ji Liye seemed to think Nero's current appearance was a bit funny, so she couldn't help but laugh.
Seeing Ji Liye's appearance, Nero smiled bitterly, then held Ji Liye's hand that was playing with her hair, and said helplessly:
"Oh! No, I went to bed very early yesterday. I just woke up like this. Don't worry about it!"
After finishing speaking, he sorted it out roughly. Seeing that Ji Liye wanted to help sort it out again, Nero subconsciously ducked away, and then added nonchalantly:
"Okay, okay! Don't always treat me like a child, I will handle it myself!"
"No!"
Ji Liye retorted, and then continued to take care of Nero's hair. While fiddling with it, she gently reminded:
"Because today is an important day, be sure to comb your hair!"
After taking care of it, Ji Liye looked at Nero's arm again, a trace of sadness flashed in her eyes.
Seeing Ji Liye's appearance, Nero patted him nonchalantly, and then said with a smile:
"It's okay, don't worry, this is not a serious injury. Even if I can't use it temporarily, my left hand can still deal with those "guys"!"
After saying that, when Nero saw Ji Liye and still wanted to ask more questions, he quickly changed the subject and asked:
"That said, are you going to go on stage today?"
"I...I'm a little nervous!"
Facing Nero's inquiry, Ji Liye lowered her head and spoke unconfidently.
"Ah! No problem! Didn't we often sing in church before?"
It seemed that unlike Nero who was indifferent, Ji Liye had that unconfident wry smile on her face again and explained:
"This time in front of many citizens, it's different from before!"
After hearing this and seeing Ji Liye's bitter smile, Nero was about to pat her on the shoulder and say some encouraging words, but because he really couldn't think of what to say to dispel her worries, his left hand suddenly
Er, it stopped in mid-air...
Seeing Nero's appearance at this moment, Ji Liye seemed to see Nero, with the "encouragement" deep in her heart, she suddenly laughed out loud, with a confident look on her face, and replied:
"However, although I feel a little nervous, chatting with Nero makes me feel a lot more relaxed. Thank you!"
After saying that, she seemed to suddenly remember something. Before Nero could reply, Ji Liye asked with great hope:
"As for this year's festival, you will participate!"
Seeing the look in Ji Liye's eyes at this moment, Nero wanted to refuse, but the memories flashing through his mind made Nero unable to say anything. In the end, he could only agree with a look of helplessness.
In fact, although the Demon Sword Festival is a major ceremony, it is not compulsory to participate, so I would find various reasons to refuse at this time every year. One is because it is too boring, and the other...
I know very well that I am not a devout believer, and I am even opposed to the teachings of the sect. What's more, I have always been unsociable, like a lone ranger, and even used firearms in violation of dogma... Alas!
Just think it’s for Ji Liye!
After chatting for a few words again, Nero thought in his mind as he looked at Ji Liye's leaving figure.
"Well! Swordsman, right? It seems that we have to "borrow" Credo's Durandal this time!"
With a slightly sarcastic joke, Nero quickly packed up his things and ran to the sword courtyard...
At this time, on the roof of a house, a hazy-looking Dante yawned and looked toward the Mitis Forest. He saw a white-haired boy wearing a black windbreaker and bandaged hands "sprinting" all the way.
, like a prince who is about to miss the ball.
"Huh? Looks like this is the guy!"
Dante said nonchalantly, and turned to look behind him. At this time, Angelo also walked to the edge and looked in the direction of Nero...
"What are you going to do later? Are you going to go up or am I going to go up?"
Angelo asked without answering Dante's words, and then looked in the direction of the opera house.
At this time, extremely sweet singing slowly came from the direction of the Grand Theater. Dante also heard this extremely sweet and beautiful singing, and looked there...
After listening for a while, Dante nodded subconsciously, then touched the stubble on his chin and said thoughtfully:
"If you go, I'm afraid you will lose your reputation as the best brother of the year. It's better for me to go. Just treat it as the first time we meet. We need to get to know each other..."
Speaking of this, Dante added with a smile as if he was seeing the scene after he finished his work:
"If it were him, he would definitely stop it!"
"Who knows! I didn't tell him your true identity, so he is very likely..."
At this point, Angelo heard the sound of running approaching from far away, paused, glanced down, and then said meaningfully:
"Don't underestimate his strength because of your carelessness. If he really gets beaten, I won't stop him!"
"Hahahaha! If that's really the case, then..."
At this point, Dante glanced at Nero who was cleaning up the scarecrow below, shrugged and said nothing more.
Nero, who had already killed the scarecrow below, suddenly glanced at the position of Dante and Angelo with something in mind...
Just when Nero was about to turn his head and see the two of them, the uncle and nephew both took a step back so as not to be exposed to Nero's half-hearted gaze.
"Huh? Is it him? Maybe it's an illusion. Forget it, we're running out of time, otherwise Ji Liye..."
The feeling of being spied on just now made a person flash in Nero's mind, but now was not the time to think about that.
Looking at Nero running towards the Grand Theater with his right hand bandaged, Dante and Angelo looked at each other, and then they quickly followed...
After crossing the roofs of houses, the two successfully arrived at the roof of the Grand Theater, where they heard the prayer of an old man reaching their ears through the roof:
"...If the horrific scene reappears in the world at that time, and the human world and the realm of demons are mixed together, we fragile humans will have absolutely no power to resist. We can only succumb to the power of demons and let them be slaughtered.
Therefore, I call on everyone to unite as one and pray with one heart..."
At this time, the sound coming from under their feet wore away the patience the uncle and nephew had little by little.
Several times, if it weren't for Dante's obstruction, Angelo would have wanted to cut the opera house below in two.
Fortunately, at the moment when Dante's patience was exhausted, the Pope's voice finally fell. Seeing this, the two of them nodded slightly, and then Dante glanced down and said nonchalantly:
"The old man has finally finished talking. It seems that we can send him back to the embrace of the so-called gods, but I don't think dad will like such a bad old man!"
After saying that, looking at Angelo who looked helpless next to him, Dante nodded, and then instantly stepped on the glass on the roof of the opera house...
Along with a "crash" sound, everyone who was praying in the opera house suddenly saw, among the broken glass that was constantly scattered downwards, a man in red clothes with white hair and a sword on his back fell to the ground with an extremely chic back.
In front of the Pope...
Just when they thought this might be a new program arranged by the church, the mysterious man in red suddenly took out a gun from behind in full view of everyone, and then heard a "bang!"
With the shriveled sound of the pope falling to the ground, the old pope left this world "forever"
Then, the knights guarding the surroundings and the people sitting in the audience saw the mysterious man in red slowly turning around, his extremely ferocious eyes, and the blood stains remaining on his face. It was obvious that this
He is a very scary man.
After the man turned to face the crowd, the people in the audience immediately became confused and ran out of the opera house frantically. Then, among the extremely chaotic crowd, a young man in a white uniform shouted:
"His Majesty the Pope!"
Then the "knights" following him instantly pulled out the swords at their waists and rushed towards the mysterious man in red.
At this time, this sudden change caught Nero, who was about to leave, a little unprepared. When he saw the knights who rushed forward, they were all killed by the man in red like melons and vegetables. Nero was stunned.
He glanced at the frightened Ji Liye behind him, gritted his teeth, and pulled her to leave.
You must know that although some of those people have troubles with themselves and even laugh at themselves several times, Nero still recognizes their strength, not to mention that the leader is the knight commander "Credo"!
A very scary man, if even Credo can't defeat him... Forget it, now is not the time to think about this, let's arrange Ji Liye first...
But things never go as expected. Those well-trained knights, in the hands of that mysterious man in red, couldn't hold on for even a minute...
After killing the last one, Dante turned his head and glanced at the "dead" Pope, as well as Credo who was half-kneeling on the ground and kept shouting "His Majesty the Pope". Dante sighed.
Just as he walked over, planning to fire another shot, Ji Liye, who was pulled to the door by Nero, looked back, and then suddenly saw that the man in red's next target turned out to be his brother...
"Credo!"
"Ji Liye!"
Ji Liye shouted loudly, then struggled to break away from Nero's hand, and quickly ran towards Credo's location amidst Nero's shouts.
At this moment, a dragon knight who was still breathing stood up staggeringly, planning to sneak attack Dante, who had his back turned to him.
But the moment he just raised the big sword in his hand, a big sword struck him head-on. The terrifying force instantly overturned the dragon knight, and his powerless body hit Ji Liye who was running towards here.
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Ji Liye, who had fallen to the ground, was about to stand up with difficulty when she saw a pair of red boots appearing in front of her eyes. Looking up, she saw the man in red who assassinated the Pope was "looking down" at him.
, that look...
Seeing Ji Liye's body shaking constantly due to fright, the angry Nero roared and ran away from the man quickly.
Just before he was about to come into contact with Dante, Nero stood up. The moment Dante turned his head to look at Nero, the soles of his feet became bigger and bigger in front of him. The next moment, Dante was
Nero kicked him out.
Then, looking at the man in red who was kicked away by him, Nero decisively pulled out his revolver "Blue Rose" after landing. As he pulled the trigger with his left index finger, two bullets shot out one after the other.
It flew out of the gun barrel and shot at the man in red.
However, it was useless. The bullet flying in the air was hit by the sword held by the man in red, and even used the impact of the bullet to jump to the statue next to the podium of the Opera House.
Seeing this, Nero ran quickly, then jumped up and kicked the hilt of the sword in the man's hand. The sword was forcefully kicked into the forehead of the stone statue by Nero's kick.
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The next moment, the two men landed on the left and right arms of the statue. Then both sides raised their pistols in unison and began to confront each other.
Looking at the two people standing on the statue, confronting each other with guns raised, Ji Liye, who had already stood up, called Nero worriedly, and Nero stared at the white-haired man in front of him and said with a serious face:
"Ji Liye! Leave here with your brother."
After hearing this, Credo, who was standing with a sword below, slowly backed away while protecting Ji Liye, and responded:
"Nero, I will bring someone to help. Before that, you find a way to hold him back!"
After saying that, Credo took Ji Liye and quickly left the opera house.
After confirming with the corner of his eye that the two of them had left safely, Nero, who had calmed down, sneered, threw away the Bluetooth headset on his neck, and said to Dante in front of him:
"This thing is very expensive. Although I don't care about the death of that pope, I can't just ignore everything you do!"
After finishing speaking, Nero seemed to see the man in front of him smile slightly. It seemed to be an illusion, but he couldn't care less.
I saw Nero pull the trigger in an instant, and the bullet came out immediately. At the moment when he was about to hit Dante, as if he was predicting the future, he jumped suddenly and avoided the blow.
When Nero saw this, he also jumped up, and the two of them struggled in the air, accompanied by gunshots. At this moment, Nero thought to himself that he thought he could always hit one or two shots at such a close distance.
But this idea was still too naive. After shooting one or two shots, perhaps because the thoughts in his mind were too distracted, Nero was kicked in the air and his body flew out.
Then Dante also used the force of this kick to leisurely land on the head of the stone statue, and smoothly pulled out the Blade of Rebellion inserted in the stone statue.
At the same time, Nero also fell on the hilt of the statue. After seeing Dante pull out the sword, he jumped up suddenly. At the moment when he was about to pull the trigger, Dante suddenly jumped on the spot, and then suddenly
One slash...
Nero, who was in the air at this time, saw Dante's slashing action and quickly blocked it with the gun in his hand. Although he was not injured, the force of the next blow caused Nero to fall from the air and fall on the stone statues and stone statues.
The gap between holding a big sword.
"Damn it!"
Cursing secretly, Nero looked up, then adjusted his position, raised his gun and shot...
Seeing that the man jumped onto the hilt of the sword after dodging the shot, Nero leaned against the statue, then stepped on the sword with both feet, and exerted force suddenly. The arms of the statue were broken in response, and the sword followed the trend.
Then fell down.
Then Nero instantly stood up and rushed towards the hilt of the sword. After raising his hand and firing a shot, Nero suddenly waved his left hand holding the gun and hit Dante.
After dodging Nero's blow, Dante subconsciously swung his sword. When Nero saw Dante's action, he immediately changed his move and kicked forward suddenly. Dante also retracted his sword and kicked him.
With one kick, both of them were pushed back by the force of the move, and the big sword rolled over after falling to the ground, kicking up dust all over the sky.
While falling, Nero suddenly pulled the trigger, and after firing the last bullet inside, he turned around and the bullet hidden in the sleeve was instantly thrown out. Then, Nero flicked his wrist, and the bullet flying in the air instantly shot perfectly.
loaded into the wheel.
The smoke dispersed, and when he turned around again and planned to take aim, Nero found that the man was changing the magazine slowly. Halfway through the change, he even raised his head and glanced at Nero, as if he didn't care.
Care the same.
The current situation is very unfavorable to me. After fighting until now, in less than a minute, I am already out of breath, but the man in front of me is still strolling leisurely.
What's even more annoying is that he has been on the attacking side from the beginning, while the man in front of him can be said to be passively defensive. The situation is very unfavorable to him. If it were Angelo...
At this time, Nero looked at Dante who looked across from him with a puzzled face and was still waiting for his attack. He inexplicably thought of his meeting with Angelo on the Firm Hill a few days ago, and what he had become when he left.
That gesture, that real gesture.
It seems it's time to use this power. If what he said at that time is true, that kind of superhuman power might be able to defeat this guy...
Thinking of this, Nero subconsciously glanced at the bandaged arm, and then thought of Credo and Ji Liye.
Yes, what if Credo brings people here at this time, and let them see this arm, I will definitely be considered a devil, and there is Ji Liye...
While his thoughts were wandering, Nero saw the puzzled expression on Dante's face gradually begin to change and become incredible. Just when Nero wanted to delay for a while, Dante opposite shook his head, and then put the gun in his hand.
Received in arms.
Realizing the attack he was about to face, Nero cursed secretly. Just as he was about to pick up the big sword stuck on the ground beside him, Dante's giant sword on the opposite side stabbed...
After using a salty fish thrust, Nero was caught off guard and subconsciously raised his right arm to protect himself, and then the next moment...
"Bang!!!"
There was only a metal collision sound, and the tip of the sword directly collided with Nero's demonic right arm. The bandage tied to his right arm was instantly torn to pieces by the blow, and the shock wave set off later shattered the surrounding wooden long arms.
The chair instantly shattered into pieces, and even cracks appeared on the surrounding walls...
"Ah? I didn't expect you to really hide your arm. Although I heard that kid Angelo say that it's really an amazing arm. Is there titanium in it?"
Seeing that the blow was ineffective, Dante stared at Nero's arm and asked doubtfully.
And Nero was also shocked by all this. Such a powerful move was actually taken down by him without any damage, and he even had the energy to fight back. It seems that his cheap brother said it on Firm Hill.
Yes, he does possess "inhuman" power.
Of course, what is even more shocking is that the man in front of me actually knows Angelo? He actually knows his cheap brother...
It's just that the situation is a bit urgent now, and I can't figure out what the connection is between them, not to mention that he just wanted to do something to Ji Liye...
"Sorry! This is a trade secret, but I really didn't expect that you actually know my cheap brother!"
After saying that, before Dante could withdraw his sword, Nero clenched his right fist and then thrust it suddenly. Dante was caught off guard and was instantly thrown away.
After landing in front of the statue, Dante slowly turned around and looked at Nero, only to find that Nero had used the power of this arm to lift the giant sword that had fallen to the ground.
He reached for the giant sword held by the statue, and then suddenly threw it towards Dante...
After turning slightly sideways to avoid the giant sword, Dante said teasingly:
"Ah? That kid Angelo, maybe he's cat-catting in a corner right now?"
After finishing speaking, Dante adjusted his standing posture and then patted the dust on his body.
After Nero heard what Dante said, he was slightly stunned, then immediately reacted and replied:
"I don't know how you met him, but I'm sorry, I have to hit you before they get here!"
After saying that, without waiting for Dante to react, Nero's right hand suddenly stretched forward, and the blue-white devil's hand suddenly extended in front of Dante.
After narrowly dodging the blow, Dante glanced at the mark behind him that was scratched by the demonic hand, and clicked his tongue in approval:
"I really didn't expect this trick? Kid! What other tricks do you have? I don't recommend playing with you!"
After the words fell, Nero on the opposite side seemed to be angered by the teasing words, and suddenly punched him again.
"Huh? Can you still play like this?"
Seeing the fist-shaped shadow coming towards him, Dante suddenly jumped up. After dodging the blow, he quickly changed his moves in the air, almost instantly crossing a distance of several meters, reaching the top of Nero's head, and then struck down.
hack……
"I'm just waiting for this move from you!"
Muttering subconsciously, Nero reached up and grabbed the falling sword blade instantly, throwing it behind him. Without waiting for the opponent to react, Nero punched again, directly hitting the big sword in front of Dante.
On the sword.
Seeing the opponent fly backwards uncontrollably, Nero quickly caught up with the opponent, then suddenly stretched his right hand forward, grabbed the opponent's foot and pulled it back, grabbed the opponent's right hand holding the sword with his left hand, and then made a fist with his right hand
, using all his strength, he punched the man in the face that deserved a beating.
This time, the man's head made a deep dent in the ground, but Nero knew clearly that such an attack might hurt him, but he would never die.
So Nero grabbed Dante's hair with his left hand and punched the man's head with his right hand.
Every blow was done with all his strength. At the same time, as if he sensed something, Nero's heart suddenly became extremely crazy, as if something extremely terrifying had awakened in his body.
Inexplicably, a strange feeling appeared in Nero's heart, "I must kill him."
As soon as this thought appeared, it instantly occupied Nero's heart, and even he himself didn't know what was going on.
Finally, after hitting an unknown number of punches, Nero stood up in an instant, threw Dante onto the statue, then picked up Dante's sword that fell on the ground, took aim, and threw it with all his strength...
The moment Dante's back collided with the statue, the sword that came out of the air instantly tore through the vacuum, inserted into Dante's chest, and nailed him to the already dilapidated statue.
Later, after seeing that the man was nailed to the statue and "dead", Nero subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, and then turned around to see the damage caused by his punches...
Did I really do this?
An idea arose in Nero's heart, and then Nero looked back at Dante who was nailed to the statue, and was startled subconsciously...
Recalling his actions just now and the "evil thoughts" that emerged in his heart, Nero glanced at his right arm, then took a deep breath and had to accept this fact.
I am no longer a "pure" human being. I am already transforming into a demon. If I really become a demon one day, will I be...
"Well done! I even underestimated you a little too much!"
At this time, a voice sounded from behind Nero, interrupting Nero's thoughts.
After turning around, he saw Dante being nailed to the statue. He pushed back hard with both hands and fell off the statue.
"So that's it, you're not human at all!"
Looking at the sword stuck in Dante's chest, Nero asked with a wry smile.
Yes, if he is so strong, he must not be human. He should have thought that humans would never have such a powerful power, even Credo...
Nero's rhetorical question made Dante suddenly realize that there was a sword stuck in his chest, and then he pulled out the sword and said:
"We are all the same!"
After pulling out the sword completely, Dante pointed to Nero's right arm and reminded:
"Didn't that kid Angelo tell you? You're not human either!"
Nero frowned when he saw the man in front of him mentioning Angelo again. He sounded like an elder when mentioning his junior in front of others.
Before he could think about the connection between Angelo and the man in front of him, Nero suddenly became aware of his exposed right arm, then hurriedly put his right arm behind his back and said hesitantly:
"No! I...I'm different from you, I...I'm human!"
His uncertain tone was hesitant, as if he was just telling others and didn't even believe it himself.
Indeed, after what happened that day and after meeting his brother Angelo again, what he said at that time and the "gesture" when he left instantly came to mind...
Therefore, it can be said that in this world, no one knows about his arm, at least no "person" who can talk knows about it, at least not by his opponent who can talk.
Nero's retort and his actions made Dante nodded indifferently, then shrugged, then pointed to the "knights" lying on the ground and said:
"Hmm~? If you are a human, what about them?..."
Listening to Dante's words, Nero looked in the direction of Dante's finger and found that although the knights were wearing knight uniforms, their faces that were not human were exposed under their knocked-off helmets.
At this moment, these guys looked extremely ferocious and terrifying.
Nero, who had no idea what was going on, realized that things might not be that simple.
Then, Nero was about to turn around and ask the man, but found that the man who had just been standing there suddenly disappeared. After looking around, he only heard a voice coming from the ceiling:
"Although I know some specific things, I believe you and them are still different!"
Looking up following the voice, the man's words inexplicably reminded Nero yesterday of what he said after he met Angelo.
Thinking of this, Nero asked solemnly:
"What on earth are you talking about? Also, what is your relationship with that guy Angelo?"
After asking, Nero saw Dante sitting on the ceiling obviously stunned for a moment, then turned his head to look in the other direction, as if he saw someone, lowered his head and said with a wry smile:
"Who knows? If that kid Angelo hadn't told you..."
Having said this, Dante stretched, then stood up and continued:
"...Then go and check it out yourself! I still have a mission and I won't play with you, a brat!"
After saying that, he turned around and left without any hesitation.
Seeing this, Nero hurriedly yelled twice, then quickly pulled the trigger, the bullet hit the ceiling, and smoke filled the room...
When the smoke dissipated, just when Nero thought that the mysterious man in red had really left, two figures appeared in the hole in the ceiling. One was Angelo with a stern face, and the other was the man.
Man in red.
Looking at the confused Nero below, Dante smiled and said goodbye:
"Ali Yousi! Little devil!"
Angelo also nodded to Nero, and the two disappeared instantly. This time they really left...
Looking at the holes in the roof, Nero thought...
At this time, the uncle and nephew, who had left the opera house, were heading towards the castle.
Along the way, the bored Dante keenly noticed that Angelo always turned his handsome face away inadvertently.
As for his eldest nephew, because he didn't get along very well, he didn't know what he was thinking at the moment, but it just felt like this was not the solution. After thinking about it, Dante asked teasingly:
"Boy! Why are you always looking at my face? Although he is very handsome, I will not accept a man!"
"Huh? What?"
Dante's words made Angelo frown. The latter asked doubtfully at first, and then suddenly realized that his cheap uncle might have thought wrongly. He shook his head and said in denial:
"It's not what you think! I'm just thinking that although my stupid brother is not very strong, he didn't even dare to take the last few punches..."
Having said this, Angelo walked up to Dante, took a closer look at Dante's unshaven face, and said thoughtfully:
"Although, even if it's a hard connection, there won't be much of a problem. You might get injured, but I have to say..."
Having said this, he touched his face again and added:
"I have to say that you received a few punches without any injuries at all. This can only prove one thing..."
"Prove what?"
Hearing this, Dante retorted in surprise.
"Well~, just like the old Eastern saying, Add tiles at the corners of the city wall, you may be even thicker-skinned than this!"
After saying that, he walked forward at the lead, leaving Dante behind to think about the meaning of this sentence...
“Add tiles at the corners of the city wall…”
After muttering something, Dante took a deep breath, then quickly followed Angelo in front, and said helplessly:
"Hey kid! Didn't your mother tell you to respect your elders? I feel like this is not something you can say..."
During the fight, the uncle and nephew avoided the crowd and gradually approached their destination - the Castle of Destiny...
At this moment, while the two were chatting, a group of demons with sharp blades on their feet descended from the sky, making extremely funny postures, and stood in front of the two...