Illimitable Until Death

Chapter 752: IUD-Chapter 749 Oneself and Oneself

“Oneself” Sun Wukong is Kou and she is a Chinese monkey youkai who looks like a young girl in primary school.

So I will be using She to describe Sun Wukong )

“Oh?”

Zhuge Jinghuan raised his brows in surprise at Fang Li’s question.

“Is the first thing you ask about Sun?” Zhuge Jinghuan smiled and said, “It seems Fang Li San has quite an interest in Sun.”

“Is that considered interest?” Fang Li smirked and replied, “If being curious about someone counts as interest, then yes, I’m very interested in Sun.”

“Curious, you say?” Zhuge Jinghuan did not look at Fang Li, only responding, “Such as?”

“For example, Sun’s power and origins,” Fang Li replied, not looking at Zhuge Jinghuan, “Setting aside deeper questions you probably won’t answer, the only thing I want to ask is straightforward.”

With that, Fang Li posed his question.

“Sun shouldn’t be a descendant of Sun Wukong, right?”

Previously, it had been mentioned that this world has various extraordinary people with numerous bloodlines.

For instance, although Tamamo claims to be Tamamo, she is actually a descendant of the legendary Tamamo, not the Tamamo herself.

Sun claims to be Sun Wukong.

Initially, Fang Li thought Sun might be a descendant of Sun Wukong.

However, based on Sun’s statements and Zhuge Jinghuan’s remarks, it seemed otherwise.

Therefore, Fang Li had a hypothesis.

“Could it be that Sun is actually Sun Wukong himself?”

The question was immediately answered.

“That’s correct,” Zhuge Jinghuan said.

“Sun is indeed the Victorious Fighting Buddha himself, not a descendant. Although she is not the Divine Monkey capable of moving heaven and earth as described in the legends, Sun did travel west with Sanzang Fashi and was enshrined as the Victorious Fighting Buddha. She is a significant figure in the Demonic Realm and has been alive for thousands of years.”

At this point, Zhuge Jinghuan’s tone became admiring.

“To be honest, I’m also surprised. The former Sun defeated countless Youkai and was the Monkey King above any non-human existence. Our Ranban people believed that in today’s era, no one could be compared to Sun. I didn’t expect you to push Sun to use Ruyi Bang and even Somersault Cloud. It truly impresses me.”

Indeed, Zhuge Jinghuan had been observing from the sidelines and witnessed the battle between Fang Li and Sun firsthand.

Thus, Zhuge Jinghuan admitted that if Sun attacked Fang Li, even if not directly arranged by him, it was certainly anticipated.

This is why Zhuge Jinghuan appeared just in time to stop Fang Li and Sun’s final killing move.

After all, Zhuge Jinghuan’s ultimate goal was to recruit Fang Li, not to kill him.

As for Zhuge Jinghuan’s claim, Fang Li could not fully agree.

“No one comparable to Sun?” Fang Li said.

“That doesn’t seem right. Could it be that Habi cannot even match Sun?”

According to Fang Li’s speculation, Habi should be at least on the same level as Sun.

Otherwise, Ranban would not need to compete fairly with Oni for rare talent like Fang Li; Sun could have defeated Oni directly and monopolized Fang Li.

Although Ranban and Oni both belong to the Grenada (servant) faction, battles inherently involve the absorption of talent and internal competition is allowed if it affects that goal.

Therefore, Fang Li judged that Habi and Sun should be of the same rank.

However, Zhuge Jinghuan responded with a wry smile.

“That Oni King is an exception.” Zhuge Jinghuan said this line.

“After all, comparing ‘Oneself’ to ‘Oneself’ is quite unusual.”

The phrase “oneself” and “oneself” left Fang Li startled on the spot.

What does that mean?

“By the way,” Zhuge Jinghuan suddenly asked Fang Li a question.

“I heard that Aria San seems to be closely related to you. Could it be that she didn’t come along?”

Zhuge Jinghuan’s question brought Fang Li out of his contemplation.

“Aria?” Fang Li looked at Zhuge Jinghuan, as if trying to discern his true thoughts, and said, “Why do you suddenly mention Aria?”

“It’s purely out of curiosity.

If I said that, you probably wouldn’t believe it,” Zhuge Jinghuan responded with his ever-present smile, “Of course, I didn’t ask just out of curiosity.

Aria San is an excellent talent and a holder of Hidan.

If she could master Hidan perfectly, she might grow to be on par with Sun, or even surpass her.

Naturally, we Ranban would be interested.”

Upon hearing this, Fang Li fell silent.

“Talent, huh…” Fang Li said indifferently, “Is your Hong Kong Ranban so desperate for talent that you’d go so far as to seek someone who could potentially replace you?”

At these words, Zhuge Jinghuan’s expression finally changed.

It became somewhat stiff.

After a moment, Zhuge Jinghuan’s ever-present forced smile began to fade, and he sighed, saying, “So, you noticed after all?”

“Yes,” Fang Li said somewhat indifferently, “Because you’re just like Sherlock.”

Previously, when Fang Li encountered Sherlock at I-U, he used Mystic Eyes of Death Perception to discover Sherlock’s secret of imminent death.

Today, Fang Li encountered a similar situation.

On the beach, Fang Li’s Mystic Eyes of Death Perception revealed something.

He saw that Zhuge Jinghuan’s body was covered with numerous lines, almost as numerous as the dead bodies created by Roa in Misaki Town.

This was proof that Zhuge Jinghuan was extremely close to death.

“If I’m not mistaken, you should be suffering from an incurable illness,” Fang Li said.

“I’m afraid you don’t have much time left.”

“That’s precisely correct,” Zhuge Jinghuan responded with an indifferent attitude, speaking plainly, “So, now I’m merely a powerless individual who can no longer fight. If it were you, a single casual strike would be enough to kill me.”

In other words, the Zhuge Jinghuan who once fought evenly with Sherlock was no longer present.

The current Zhuge Jinghuan, due to his illness, could no longer fight and could only intimidate with firearms, much like before.

“Therefore, I admire Sherlock,” Zhuge Jinghuan said with a smile, “He, too, was near the end of his life, yet he could still suppress the entire I-U. Although it was thanks to the power of Hidan, I would never be able to achieve that.”

However, in his battle with Fang Li, Sherlock did not use the power of Hidan but instead faced Fang Li with the Tohyama family’s Hysteria Mode.

If Sherlock had been in perfect condition, he might have surpassed everyone in I-U even without relying on Hidan.

(End Of This Chapter)