< Episode 233 Possibility (3) >
The time dragon Kronos said.
Put your heart and one eye in one place and leave them there for a month.
Then, he said, it will become the artifact I desire.
'There are still about 6 days left until completion.'
Therefore, even if you wanted to go back to the present, there is no way to do so.
“Why are you worrying about that? I bet your brother will take care of it.”
God, my brother, laughed.
“SYSTEM COMMAND.”
Then he recited the same command that Masin had recited.
“SUMMON. Artifact, the truth of Kronos.”
At the same time, a heart-shaped jewel appeared on Shin's hand.
I could tell what it was at a glance. Since the name was [The True Meaning of Kronos], I couldn't help but notice it.
“It’s definitely not ripe yet.”
There was even talk that it was less crowded there.
“You were summoned from the lab···?”
I think it's a command called SUMMON. Maybe that's it.
"that's right."
That's right.
“But if I try to summon it now······.”
Anyway, I can't use it now.
It doesn't change the fact that there are 6 days left until completion.
“You’ll know it when you see it.”
My brother held Kronos's true intentions tightly in his hand.
“TIME ACCELARATE x178.3 Speed.”
“Done, Active Chronos’s True Meaning.”
Kronos' true intentions shone through with the strange command.
It shines brightly as if it might explode at any moment, and its shape changes.
From the shape of a jewel that vaguely resembled a heart, to the shape of a complete red jewel.
Now it has become a complete jewel, with not even a trace of its former heart gone.
"ruler."
He handed me the finished jewel, as if he was throwing the truth of Kronos to me.
“······What did you do?”
“It’s nothing. I just rewinded the artifact’s time a little.”
“No, I know that too······.”
Since you recited the command to accelerate time, I know that you have accelerated the time of this artifact on your own.
What I'm curious about is how they sped up time.
“Oh my. Hyung, you’re the Creator. The Creator. Do you think you can’t even do this?”
My brother laughed.
That's right.
He is said to be the god of this world.
Since he is a supreme god known as the Creator, it would be quite possible for him to summon objects or twist the time axis.
If this guy is truly an omnipotent creator god.
“But bro. He’s only a creator in name. He’s no different from a president.”
A pants-hunting that can't even exercise its power properly while talking about authority and such.
A god who can't even use his money on someone he drinks.
That's this guy.
“······Little brother. The facts hurt.”
My brother laughed heartily.
The expression on the face of a person who has been stabbed in the eye with an awl.
“And that system command. Even Mashin uses it, but what the heck······.”
That was when.
Flash!
Cronus' true intentions emitted a red light.
“This is······.”
It looks like it might be activated at any moment, or rather, it looks like it has already been activated.
“There’s no need to be surprised. The true meaning of Kronos is that it is an artifact that is activated as soon as it is completed.”
It looks like the real trigger is right.
“What if it starts now! Not yet······!”
What about the child, Geumho, and Baekho?
“Don’t worry. Kronos’ true intention is to restore everything to its original state. Those three will return safely.”
"ah······."
That's what it was.
I worried for nothing.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
Peeeeeeeeeeeeeing!
Cronus's true intentions shone even brighter.
The amount of fluctuating horsepower is enormous.
“Okay, Seo-yul. See you later.”
"tongue······!"
That concludes it all.
Peeing!
My vision turned pure white.
* * *
“······Where am I?”
When I opened my eyes, a strange sight came into view.
Something is distorted against the pitch-black background.
It's like standing at the center of the universe.
“Mr. Seo Yul?”
A familiar voice was heard from behind.
“This is······.”
The child looked around with a round expression.
Next to them, Geumho and Baekho were also exuding a fierce aura.
It is located in a suspicious place and is on guard.
“Don’t worry too much. It won’t be a dangerous place.”
“······No matter how I look at it, it doesn’t seem like a safe place.”
The child pointed to one side.
Space is twisted and collapsing like some kind of black hole.
“······It looks dangerous.”
When I thought that such a phenomenon was occurring right here where we were standing······. I got goosebumps for a moment.
“It’s okay······.”
At that moment, Unknown, who had been passed out in my arms, opened his eyes.
"boss······."
The vigilance between Ai and Geum Baek-ho became even stronger.
“This place is a gap in time······. It’s like a path back to the present.”
“A rift in time?”
When I hear that, I kind of feel that way.
“Coolook! Coolook!”
Unknown coughed.
The condition is so bad that blood is gushing out of his mouth.
“······Is this the price for getting excited when it doesn’t suit you? I did something stupid.”
He is mocking himself, spurting blood.
“I bet you think it looks good.”
He looks at the child and lets out a laugh.
“······.”
The child made no answer.
Just quietly staring at the unknown.
“Wait a minute, let’s get some treatment first.”
I put my hand into subspace.
No, I tried to put it in.
“······It’s not opening?”
“It’s no use. Subspace doesn’t open in the cracks of time.”
Unknown's eyes were shining with a mysterious color.
“Is that information you confirmed with your own eyes?”
“Yes. They say that you can’t use any kind of space-time magic, including space distortion.”
“You can even see that? You have very convenient eyes in many ways.”
With my indifferent muttering, Unknown's expression hardened.
“Are these comfortable eyes······.”
An expression that conveys both sadness and anger.
“This kind of power… Kukulk, keuk!”
Unknown coughed up blood again.
Your complexion isn't good either.
I blink my eyes, it feels like I'm going to die at any moment.
“First aid at least······.”
Since you can't get the potion out of the subspace, all you can do is apply first aid.
“Don’t do useless things.”
Unknown blocked my hand.
“I know my body well. I’ve seen people die thousands, tens of thousands of times.”
“······.”
You're talking about biological experiments, right?
“Besides······. Even if I could live, I have no desire to live.”
The light in Unknown's eyes faded for a moment and then returned.
“······I have no reason to live anymore.”
It was a look in his eyes like a dead mackerel, with no will to live whatsoever.
“······Lone Courier. Is that why?”
The lonely delivery man.
There is no other reason why Unknown has become like this.
"okay."
Unknown laughed bitterly.
“Did you say that the clone was created by Mashin to observe the changing world in the event of an emergency and gather information······?”
I heard Masin and Unknown talking. It definitely felt like this.
"okay."
Unknown closed his eyes.
“My existence······was fake from the beginning. It wasn’t a mistake of this world. I was a tool of the demon god that was set up like this from the beginning.”
Masin let out a self-deprecating laugh.
“The desire to uncover the truth of this world… was not my own belief. I was simply instilled with the most necessary character traits for easy information gathering.”
“······.”
“My whole life was a sham. A staged farce. My thoughts, my beliefs, my actions. Everything was just a program of the devil. My will was nowhere to be found.”
It wasn't something I could really relate to. It wasn't something I could understand. So I decided to keep quiet.
If you stay still, it will die on its own. Just listen quietly.
"I am······."
Unknown smiled weakly.
“Oh, really. I can’t listen to this anymore.”
The child who had been quietly listening to the story opened his mouth and farted.
“I don’t know what you’re talking about, and I was just going to listen. But I really can’t stand it anymore.”
He grabbed Unknown by the collar with an annoyed expression on his face.
“Excuse me. Don’t act like you pity the world’s worst villain. It’s disgusting.”
“······.”
The child's hand that was holding Unknown's collar was trembling.
Ai Shirakawa, a woman whose life was ruined by the unknown.
Her anger was justified.
“Beliefs are fake and all, and in fact, it’s me. You’re the one who committed the evil deeds. You’re the one who killed the people. You’re the one who conducted the inhumane experiments.”
The child's speech was unusually incoherent.
Just an emotional release of irritation and irritability.
It was nothing more, nothing less.
“Where are you trying to get away with the excuses, ‘It was designed that way by the devil’ or ‘There was nothing I could do about it.’ Stop talking nonsense.”
“······.”
“If someone committed a crime, the person who committed it is trash. What crime did the parents commit that gave birth to that criminal commit?”
The child glared.
"You're just a bit of a pest?
The child raised his right hand, perhaps because he was getting angry while talking. He looked like he was going to punch Unknown at any moment.
The process of changing from formal to informal speech, and from informal speech to swearing, clearly showed her anger.
“That’s right. If you’re a villain, die as miserably as possible. Die while crying miserably, saying you’ll be cursed in hell!”
He grabs Unknown by the collar and lowers his head.
“Don't pretend to be poor.
My shoulders are shaking slightly.
He must be unable to control his anger and be shedding tears.
“······.”
“······.”
Silence fell.
I didn't know what to say, so I kept quiet.
Unknown was so surprised by something that he opened his eyes wide like a rabbit and lost his mind.
“I see… no matter how I was born, I would have become a villain… ”
Then suddenly he burst into laughter.
What's so great about it?
With a voice that was hoarse because of the blood, the sky laughed so hard that it made you disappear.
“Why are you laughing?”
The child opened his eyes wide with tears welling up at the corners of his eyes, as if he was not pleased with the unknown's behavior.
“Heh heh. No. It’s just that. I don’t know why, but I feel cheerful.”
Unknown's complexion is becoming increasingly pale. His face looks like he could die at any moment.
“If you’re a villain, die like a villain······.”
Unknown turns his head slightly and looks up at me. The corners of his mouth go up, as if he's thinking about something.
“That’s right. A villain should die like a villain. Cursing someone and dying in an ugly way.”
In contrast to his pale complexion, his eyes sparkled with a clear light.
He opened his mouth with eyes shining with determined will.
“Kang Seo-yool. The fate of the demon doesn’t work properly on you.”
"······what?"
That was a very random remark.
“Last. When using the guillotine arena. Confirmed from the revealed system information.”
Unknown's eyes blinked.
“The fate of the machine······ did not function properly against you······.”
I feel like I'm losing strength and my breathing is slowing down.
“Yes… the light coming from the tattoo on your body… seems to be interfering with the activation of the power of destiny….”
Accordingly, Unknown's speech became increasingly slower.
“Mashin was clearly flustered and was… Only when dealing with you… did the system’s defenses shake.”
Unknown was clearly dying.
“If my guess is correct… there is hope for that tattoo on your body.”
Still, Unknown looked excited. Like a villain plotting evil.
He smiles evilly.
“Besides… if I were to die in this gap in time… I’d be confused. Because I’d never be able to obtain the information I’d acquired….”
Should I say that it was an expression of excitement at the thought of screwing someone?
“Kang Seo-yool.”
"······uh."
“Win. Win… and make sure to send the demon to my side….”
Unknown closed his eyes.
“I’ll be waiting for you at the end of hell······.”
It must be hard to speak properly, but I desperately raise the corners of my mouth.
“At that time, I will… annihilate and throw away the demon from hell… ”
The corners of Unknown's mouth tilted like a seesaw. As if to show Unknown's arrogant personality, the corners of his mouth were clearly showing a sneer.
"please······."
With those words, Unknown's heart stopped completely.
“······.”
The world's worst villain has closed his eyes forever in a rift in time.
For the last of the evil that had terrorized the world, it was a very shabby ending.
* * *
The unknown's corpse disappeared into a time rift. It seemed as if non-living things could not be placed in a time rift, and at some point, it disappeared like dust.
“He was an annoying person until the very end.”
The child, whose anger had completely subsided, spoke quietly.
"I know."
I agree with that too.
“······Okay. I don’t want to think about it anymore.”
The child took a deep breath and got up from his seat.
“By the way, how long are we going to be here?”
"······well."
I don't know either.
I think I've been here for about two hours.
“I won’t be stuck here forever like this······?”
Could your child's anxiety be contagious?
Geumho and Baekho also lowered their heads with gloomy expressions.
“That can’t be it. Don’t worry too much. It wasn’t anyone else, but none other than the Creator God Adam who helped you. What could possibly happen?”
Since God is helping Hyung directly, that's not possible.
He is supposedly the creator god, so why would he do such nonsense?
“But just in case······.”
That was when.
The child's eyes grew wide.
“Seo, Seo-Yul! Th, this!”
Then he points to the air and shouts. If it's in that location… it's roughly where a system message would be displayed.
“Hey, get ready for the return trip starting now! Is Seo-yool here too?”
"what?"
It was a real system message.
“Ka, the counter is up! 10, 9, 8······.”
This is something I don't even have time to prepare for. I quickly hugged Geumho and Baekho and held the child's hand.
“Just in case.”
The child grabbed my hand tightly.
Looks anxious.
I also gave it a lot of strength, taking it as a signal not to worry too much.
“3, 2, 1.”
And so the child's count ends.
Our bodies were enveloped in light.
and.
“What the heck is this······.”
[Error! Error! Unknwon Error!]
With a system error message that I haven't seen in a long time.
[Unidentified ' ' detected!]
[Unreadable data.]
[Revision begins!]
[Failed. Top-level protection data that cannot be modified.]
[Temporary retention measures are taken to determine the treatment of your data.]
In the gap of time, only I was left.
[Return on hold!]
"hey······?"
As if rebelling against the system message, the stigmata all over my body glowed brightly.
< Episode 233 Possibility (3) > End
