Chapter 1345 - City of the Decisive Battle (2) (2/2)

The Little Five, who hugged her head and appeared somewhat upset, lifted her head after hearing Rhode’s question and gazed curiously at him. After hearing her doubt, Rhode replied with a smile: “My name is Rhode. I am a traveler…”

But before Rhode finished his sentence, Little Five jumped up all of a sudden, reaching out her hands to grab Rhode’s collar and pulling him toward her. She widened her eyes in shock and stared at him with a look of utter amazement.

“T-Traveler? Are you also like me? Did you find yourself here all of a sudden after opening your eyes?”

“Ugh… I guess.”

Upon hearing Little Five’s question, Rhode twitched the corners of his mouth and nodded in response. Of course, he didn’t intend to lie to her. After all, he did find himself teleported to this place after opening his eyes… Meanwhile, she didn’t find anything odd with his answer. Instead, she let out a long sigh of relief, released her right hand that gripped on his collar, and patted her chest lightly.

“Whew… As expected. I knew there had to be someone else here besides me and that woman!”

“That woman?”

“Yes, Rhode. Just a minute ago, I was over there with her…”

Little Five extended her arm, pointed at where the battle began in the distance, and pouted.

“I had a conversation with her and found that she also arrived here unknowingly like me. That was why we agreed to work together to find out the secrets of this place and exactly why we were sent here. But I never expected her to be an enemy! I was too careless! I can’t believe I overlooked that! We ended up fighting hard, but I didn’t expect her to be so powerful. If it weren’t for my quick reflexes, I would have been dead by now!”

But you’re already dead…

Looking at the spiritual form of the young lady before him, Rhode criticized inwardly. Then, he gazed at her curiously and realized that she wasn’t defensive against him at all, which was considered somewhat odd for someone who was just defeated in battle. However, he wasn’t going to dwell on that. Instead, he sized her up and asked.

“By the way, why are you sure that the woman was your enemy?”

“…”

Upon hearing his question, Little Five’s face sank, and a murderous intent erupted from her body. And after feeling her ice-cold aura, Rhode couldn’t help but feel his heart tremble. He thought that there could be an ending where everyone got along in harmony. But now, it didn’t look like things would be so easy. As a fighter with hundreds of battles under his belt, he keenly sensed that the murderous intent emanating from her was genuine. He was sure that there must be an unresolvable conflict between her and that mental projection! And while he was concerned, he saw Little Five gnash her teeth and yell.

“During our conversation, I realized that woman ate watermelon with sugar on top! Can you even eat watermelon without salt?! In the end, she mocked my style of eating! How can this be tolerated! How can this be endured?!”

As she grumbled, she clenched her fists and looked up at Rhode with seriousness.

“Mr. Rhode, what do you think about it!”

“…”

In response to her question, Rhode remained silent for a long while, before extending his hand and holding her shoulder heavily. Then, he lifted his head, his dark eyes glinting with an unwavering will, the never-changing steadfastness even in the face of death and courage to march on in the face of the king’s path. He took a deep, long breath and gave his answer.

“Long live the salt party; the sweet shall die.”

After having a common topic, an incomparably deep bond was formed between them. They had a robust, detailed, and lengthy pleasant exchanges, and finally reached a peaceful and friendly consensus on the belief of ‘long live the salt party; the sweet shall die’. Thereafter, Rhode invited Little Five to ally. For the latter, who had a hard time finding one in the same trench as her, was delighted to accept his invitation. The two of them took up companionship and headed toward the direction where that woman had left, as stated by Little Five.

In the process of chatting with Little Five, Rhode somewhat figured out the true identity of that ‘woman’. If he weren’t mistaken, that woman who fought with Little Five should be Eleanor. However, Rhode didn’t expect a Grim Reaper and a specter who had the same attribute to fight over this ‘issue’.

This went to show that the conflicts between the salt and sugar parties were not only in terms of taste, but also involved a deeper influence on society and families… And here, Rhode called upon everyone to set aside differences in parties and fight for a peaceful and better future. People shouldn’t smear one another for their own selfish interests and all parties should live in harmony with one another.

And of course, tofu must always be eaten salty!

In the meantime, Rhode wormed facts out of Little Five. It turned out that she was just like the other mental personalities; she only had a vague understanding of the other personalities in her mental world and didn’t even know who they were. Judging from that, it could be seen that this Little Five was definitely not the core personality. Of course, Rhode wasn’t sure of that judgment. After all, he and Little Five basically had minimal contact, so he could only rely upon the impression in his head to reason. Of course, if this Little Five enjoyed chopping people up into chunks as soon as she showed up, Rhode could almost be certain that she was the core personality… But he also wondered if this method would be too unreliable.

“Someone seems to be ahead!”

After the two of them walked down the streets where Eleanor went, Little Five suddenly came to a halt and spoke with a frown. In fact, Rhode had already noticed a powerful aura from around the corner. That was why he slowed down his pace and at the same time, stretched out his hand to press the hilt of his sword at his waist, keeping a vigilant eye on the street corner ahead.

Soon, under their gaze, a glowing figure emerged before their eyes.