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Although the Sea of Quanta separated Kevin from the intrinsic world, he had never severed his connection with the outside world.
When World Serpent encountered situations requiring decisions, it was always 【Serpent】 who made the choices.
“…Lord.”
Gray Serpent’s hoarse voice rang in Kevin’s ears, or rather, Kevin appeared before the former in the form of 【Serpent】.
Kevin remained silent, but Gray Serpent knew well how to converse with this lord.
“Not long ago, an abnormally powerful Herrscher wave erupted in Nagazora City. After database analysis, its wavelength highly matches the 13th Herrscher recorded in our archives.”
“…”
【Serpent】 seemed to fall into silence.
Gray Serpent couldn’t see how incredibly expressive his respected lord’s face was at this moment.
Though not as shocked as ordinary people, this expression of slightly constricted pupils, as if hearing something unbelievable, was extremely rare on Kevin’s current face.
As one of the participants in that banquet.
Kevin naturally knew everything Vill-V had done.
He also clearly understood that thirteen was a false number.
The Flame-Chaser of 【Ego】, the flawless person, and their eternal companion — Elysia.
Herrscher of Origin was the correct name for this deliberately tampered and concealed wavelength.
Of course, Kevin didn’t think this was related to Elysia.
Because the one who sent her off was himself.
Unless there truly existed resurrection from the dead in this world.
Otherwise, Elysia could never possibly reappear in the world again.
But despite this, Kevin was lost in thought for a long time, unable to extricate himself.
Even if it wasn’t Elysia, Origin was still her label.
“Additionally, we discovered this in Nagazora City…”
Gray Serpent displayed the Fire Moth communicator that Jackal had restored to Kevin.
“A communicator bearing the Fire Moth insignia. My apologies, Lord… we currently cannot determine the communicator’s origin or the purpose of its holder.”
“But what we can confirm is, all of this is very likely related to this man named Jiang Qiao.”
Images of Jiang Qiao were quickly displayed before Kevin.
He naturally had no interest in this unfamiliar man.
But when he saw a particular photograph, he froze.
It was an image of 【Jiang Qiao】 blinking, accidentally captured by Nagazora City’s surveillance cameras.
He was a man, yet this familiar expression and that feeling. Kevin, who knew it all too well, could recognize at a glance who it belonged to.
The face of that pink-haired girl surfaced from the vast sea of memories at this moment, leaving this dishonest big boy unable to recover for a long time.
“Lord, may I ask how we should proceed next? Due to the numerous suspicious points, this subordinate can only boldly seek your instructions.”
Gray Serpent’s extremely cautious hoarse voice brought Kevin back to his senses.
He was silent for a moment.
“It’s about time to surface.”
“As for this man called Jiang Qiao…”
“After observation, extend World Serpent’s invitation to him.”
Although this decision carried extremely high risks, Kevin still made such a judgment.
If asked why, it was probably because he hoped she could be happy there.
And also, Kevin was very confident in his own strength.
As long as he recovered, even if Jiang Qiao truly had some bad intentions, he could use his strength to make the other party recognize reality.
As for meeting—
Better not.
The feeling this person gave off was really too strange. For some reason, Kevin had an incredibly absurd sense of crisis.
That is, if he really met this person face to face, he might actually cry?
How utterly ridiculous.
How could his current self possibly cry again?
— 50,000 years ago
“Hmm~ I didn’t expect to encounter Su and Kevin here. This really is a pleasant surprise, isn’t it?”
Standing at the sink, washing her wrists with cool cold water, pink-haired female tourist A recalled the recent encounter, her beautiful face showing a hint of deep smile.
“Cool-bro at this time is really quite shy, isn’t he?”
Sighing and recalling the bashful big boy who turned bright red after being teased just a little, Jiang Qiao couldn’t help but find it amusing.
What a shame, he didn’t have a camera in hand.
If he had photographed his expression just now, many people would definitely be interested later, right?
Hmm~ Those two should still be at the scene now. Should he go back and take some supplementary photos?
Suddenly having such an interesting idea, imagining the possibilities that might arise afterward, the corners of his mouth couldn’t help but curve upward.
The pink-haired girl smiled as she gently pressed her chest, as if trying to suppress that beating heart.
Oh my, the 【Elysia】 ship seems a bit naughty, doesn’t it? It feels like it might be hard to suppress?
His feet seemed to unconsciously start moving, becoming somewhat uncontrollable.
That’s right, this is 【Elysia】 fault, isn’t it?
After walking out of the restroom under everyone’s gaze, Jiang Qiao rarely looked toward the distance during this leisure time.
He wondered how Elysia and the others were progressing.
…
Today should be a school day, but as an international metropolis, even during work and school hours, this Nagazora City was not lacking in bustling crowds.
Under deliberate separate actions, after Bronya joined, the small team that now had 4 members began their separate search for the Jizo Mitama.
With a clear identifying marker, this process wouldn’t be difficult, but Nagazora City had over a dozen large and small underground stations, and the distances between them were enough to give them quite a run.
But unlike the others who explored each location like headless flies, Ducky was much smarter.
Having obtained partial information about the Jizo Mitama from Elysia, she directly started searching online.
The donkey ears were sealed by the gluttonous bun 500 years ago in Yae Village. Although the time was quite distant, with some effort in searching, one could still find some clues.
Soon, Bronya locked onto the target location from online clues.
— Nagazora City North Station, an almost abandoned underground station due to too little passenger traffic. According to online information, a certain village seemed to have been built here in the past.
But for unknown reasons, a sudden disaster destroyed the entire village.
For over a hundred years afterward, no one dared approach the area of this village.
It wasn’t until modern times that a station was built along with urban construction.
— Hehe, there are 4 people, but only I, Ducky, am intelligent!
With the clues in hand, Ducky quickly arrived at North Station and took out the crystal Elysia had given her.
At this moment, the Origin crystal shone incredibly brightly.
Bronya’s emotionless voice revealed a hint of excitement:
“It’s really here!”
— I found you! Jizo Mitama!