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"Hahahahahahahahaha..."
Chu Zihang was blaming himself, Chu Tianjiao was being poked, and Gao Kui was kneeling on the ground, facing the torrential rain with his arms outstretched, laughing and singing wildly, his half-long black hair and clothes completely soaked by the rain.
"I get it, I get it, I finally know what to do... Haha, ahahahahahaha..."
A little over an hour ago, Chu Zihang cosplayed Andy from "The Shawshank Redemption" at Shilan Middle School, and a little over an hour later, Gao Kui did the same thing again on an overpass in the pouring rain.
Chu Zihang was on the verge of collapse. His father was being gouged out of the eyes by Odin and was probably going to die. Gao Kui had also suddenly fallen ill and was acting like a madman.
Is the water that slipped off my cheek rainwater?
No, Chu Zihang suspected that a few of those drops were his tears of despair.
Has Gao Kui gone mad or fallen ill?
Perhaps. If it weren't for the onset of the illness, a normal person would never believe what the hallucinations said and think of themselves as Emmanuel's nonsense.
Gao Kui now believes these words, and from a normal person's perspective, Gao Kui is undoubtedly ill.
After a few bursts of wild laughter, Gao Kui quickly regained his composure, knelt in the puddle, pulled an alloy sword from the snakeskin bag behind Chu Zihang, held it horizontally in front of him, and muttered softly.
This is undoubtedly an extremely well-made katana, with a blade length of about three feet. It is made entirely of a special alloy developed by the Kassel Equipment Department, and its overall design is extremely simple. It is a top-quality product among top-quality products.
In terms of toughness, sharpness, and durability alone, it is no less than the Divine Blade Murasame in Chu Tianjiao's hands.
On the other hand, it is just an ordinary sword, not an alchemical weapon, and cannot cause any truly fatal damage to pure-blooded dragons. In the realm of hybrids, it can only be considered a hack-and-slash game.
Gao Kui gripped the hilt of the knife with one hand and extended two fingers of the other, tracing them across the smooth, sharp blade. His eyes held a mixture of resentment and reminiscence as he murmured softly.
I was once lost.
What am I to you? You ruined my life with that damned mental illness, took everything from me, and never showed me a shred of pity or kindness.
But you demand that I continue to love and believe in you, or else you will become angry and bring great calamity upon me.
"I have prayed."
I have prayed to you countless times, opening my heart, hoping that you will show me mercy and compassion, and take back the disease that has been inflicted upon me.
Then it came to my heart and said to my soul: I am your salvation.
"I once ran away from it."
Why did you treat me like this, giving me such a world, such injustice and torment?
I was crushed by these things like a stray dog, abandoning everything in the world, only wanting to embrace you as my only good, so that I could find peace in your arms.
"Now I pray to you as I have countless times before. Will you hear me? Will you respond? I don't care anymore."
I just want to save him, even if it's all in vain, even if it's just my imagination...
This is the only solution I can think of right now.
Chu Zihang's attention was completely drawn to Odin and Chu Tianjiao.
Suddenly, the divine spear Gungnir truly shimmered with golden light, silently appearing behind Chu Tianjiao, who was in a highly dragon-transformed state. The next moment, it was about to strike down the flying swallow dancing in the rainstorm and take everything away from him.
"father!"
Chu Zihang completely lost control, roaring with heart-wrenching fury.
Gao Kui remained expressionless, coldly observing everything. He gripped the hilt of his sword with both hands behind his back, the tip of the blade pressed against his left rib, and calmly recited the last verse from the New Testament.
“Father, into your hands I commit my soul.”
Chapter 20 Longinus
puff!
Chu Zihang heard the sound of a sharp weapon piercing through a body.
Before the divine spear Gungnir could fall and before Chu Tianjiao could be pierced, where did this sound come from?
Chu Zihang suddenly turned around.
Gao Kui knelt on the ground with a calm expression, his hands gripping the hilt of the long sword behind his back. Half of the blade protruded from his back, and bright red blood flowed from the wounds on his chest and back, only to be washed away by the rain.
His expression was extremely calm.
In "The Dead End," Deng Chao delivered a performance worthy of being recorded in film history and textbooks, vividly portraying the fear and tension of a death row inmate before his execution.
Why do we feel fear?
Why am I nervous?
Because the vast majority of people still cherish this world.
But Gao Kui was not like that; he did not love this world that did not love him, so he remained expressionless.
Chu Zihang's eyes widened in anger, and his usually expressionless face showed a subtle change in expression. His thin lips trembled slightly. He never expected that Gao Kui would suddenly commit suicide.
Gao Kui cannot be considered a complete believer, but he was deeply influenced by his "mother," who was a believer, and the Christian world does not advocate suicide.
Emmanuel teaches people to cherish life and not to kill, including "oneself," and that the human body was created and given by Him, so even oneself has no right to harm one's own life and body.
No matter what, Gao Kui should not have committed suicide, regardless of how he developed the illness.
If Chu Zihang had noticed the knife mark on the inside of Gao Kui's left wrist, he would have known that Gao Kui had attempted suicide: at some point, he had truly considered ending it all.
This suicide attempt, however, has a completely different meaning from the last one.
This is a sacrifice, and it is also a redemption.
Just as Emmanuel willingly bore the cross, taking on all the sins and transgressions of the world. Therefore, this was not suicide, but sacrifice.
"Hahaha……"
Gao Kui suddenly laughed; he heard it, he felt it.
Perhaps he had gone mad, or perhaps it was just pure fantasy, but as the long sword pierced his chest, he rediscovered the feeling he had four years ago when he fantasized about being Emmanuel.
The sharp alloy longsword pierced through the thin school uniform and tore through flesh. When it touched the ribs, it was pushed aside by Gao Kui's ribs and pierced through the chest and out from the back.
The alloy longsword had touched his bones, but had not damaged them in the slightest.
Because He said in Exodus 12:46 and Psalm 34:20: Not one of Immanuel’s bones shall be broken.
The fact that Emmanuel was hung on the cross after his death, with a spear piercing his left side but his bones were undamaged, proves this point.
Just as Emmanuel was then, so too is Gao Kui now; his bones are completely undamaged.
The whole world went silent.
The rain hung suspended in mid-air, and the water droplets splashed on the ground did not fall. The divine spear Gungnir, which possessed the power of destiny and could never be avoided, remained fixed behind Chu Tianjiao.
It's as if someone pressed the pause button on a movie; the only things that didn't stop were Chu Zihang, Chu Tianjiao, and perhaps even Odin's thoughts.
They can not only think, but also listen.
The hymn "The Coming of Emmanuel," which had always lingered in Gao Kui's ears, was also playing in their ears at the same time, louder than ever before, and more solemn than any other performance in any church in the world.
Shocking and enlightening!
Everything proclaimed to them one fact: Savior, Messiah, His Son, Holy Son, Emmanuel, King of Nations, King of Kings...
It arrives at this moment.
Gao Kui slowly pulled the long sword from his chest, and the torn flesh and wounds healed instantly. If one ignored the diluted bloodstains on his clothes, it would be as if he had never been injured.
He held the knife high above his head with one hand, looking up at the alloy longsword that had been just an ordinary hack-and-slash game a few seconds ago, and he understood everything.
What healed his body was this alloy longsword.
Perhaps because he did not bear all the sins of the world like Emmanuel, or perhaps because he did not come back from the dead, he did not obtain "all the authority in heaven and on earth".
All he got was this knife.
John 19:33-34: When the soldiers came to Immanuel and found him dead, they did not break his leg. But one soldier took a spear and pierced his side, and immediately blood and water flowed out.
According to legend, the soldier who pierced Emmanuel's left side with a spear to confirm Emmanuel's death was none other than the saint Longinus, who was later inspired by Emmanuel.
The ordinary spear that pierced Emmanuel's left side, stained with divine blood, and confirmed Emmanuel's death, was later named after Longinus and became a Christian relic, the Spear of Longinus.
Legend has it that the Spear of Longinus possessed the power to sweep across Europe and conquer the world. Historically, it was broken into three pieces and then recast separately, circulating throughout the Christian world.
St. Peter's Basilica, the Vienna Museum, Constantine I, and Mustache all once possessed, or at least owned, this holy lance.
Gao Kui didn't know whether the Spear of Longinus they possessed was the real one, nor did he know whether that Spear of Longinus had the special power to conquer the world.
All he knew was that the longsword in his hand, stained with his blood, confirmed that he was, at least for the moment, Emmanuel and possessed special powers.
Immortal, or rather, will not die from any "external cause" before the end of life.
The person who possesses this knife will be able to recover instantly from any injury caused by external factors, even a fatal wound or being shattered to pieces.
No one can take a life that should not have been lost from Emmanuel's hands.
"From this moment on, your name is the Blade of Longinus."
Gao Kui named the newly born sacred object.
In fact, according to tradition, this gun should be called "Gao Kui's Blade", "Gao Kui's Knife", or Kui Blade, Kui Knife, in short, it should be related to the name Gao Kui.
However, Gao Kui felt that the name "Gao Kui's Blade" didn't sound nearly as cool or stylish as "Blade of Longinus."
Who knows which little karami you, Gao Kui, are?
Longinus is different; you can tell just by hearing his name that this knife is absolutely amazing, not some ordinary item.
"Uncle, catch!"
Gao Kui used all his strength to throw the Blade of Longinus at Chu Tianjiao.
Like a crescent moon streaking across the sky, the Blade of Longinus whirled and flew toward the center of the battlefield, cleaving through the raindrops frozen in mid-air by the pause of time.
Time begins to flow.
"Snapped!"
Chu Tianjiao steadily caught the flying Blade of Longinus. His body, riddled with holes and exhausted, withered and lifeless, instantly recovered as if nothing had happened, defying the laws of physics, and he was healthier than ever before.
The rule of always hitting the target was broken. The divine spear Gungnir, which had been hovering behind Chu Tianjiao, stopped attacking Chu Tianjiao and returned to Odin's hands.
You, Odin, are just a patron saint, what gives you the right to challenge Emmanuel?
Odin is inferior to Emmanuel, and Odin's spear Gungnir is naturally inferior to the Blade of Longinus, which was stained with the blood of the Holy Son and confirmed the Holy Son's identity.