#Episode 43
“Yeah, I think it’s crazy. I don’t know what kind of confidence it is, but honestly, let’s be frank, the one who made and distributed the gate measuring device was the Awakened Association, right?”
“Yes.”
“There have been a number of errors recently, and some people say that they are trying to cover up the errors by taking extreme measures. Why, there are conspiracy theories. They say that the gate measuring device’s values are being manipulated to give gates to a specific guild.”
There is nothing new about this.
Depending on the level of the gate and the readings on the meter, the level of guilds that can bid on that gate is determined.
If we can ‘artificially’ control a certain range using a measuring device, then that in itself is no different from a weapon.
“Shall we give it a try?”
Natalie’s eyes sparkled, but the camera director shook his head.
“I told you, it’s just a conspiracy theory. Many reporters have already given up on it. Don’t waste your time and give up too.”
Natalie shrugged.
And then he slowly turned his head.
I looked at the Uyuni Salt Flats and the enormous ripples lying next to them, namely the SSS-class gates.
I paused for a moment.
No, my whole body stopped.
What is this?
“… …Why is it like that?”
The camera director turned his head to follow Natalie’s gaze. He also checked the gate.
“… … What? Why did it stop?”
It was literal.
The gate stopped.
It’s clear that someone has gone inside.
But how did you get in?
The camera director quickly stood up and looked at the camera. He could see it because it was still recording.
The camera director’s expression gradually hardens.
“Why? Why are you doing that? Who was caught?”
“… … No, there’s nothing. The gate just stopped.”
“Does that make sense?”
“… … Right, does that make sense?”
Everyone present stared blankly at the gate.
The same was true for those watching on TV.
Everyone in the world stared blankly at the gate that had stopped.
* * *
It would probably be more accurate to say that we are folding space rather than folding the ground.
Jin Shi-hoo stopped near the Bolivia Gate and grabbed his sister’s head with his right hand and her waist with his left.
“what are you doing?”
“If you don’t do this, your neck and back will break.”
I meant it sincerely.
like that.
Jin Shihou kicked the seat.
Thump.
A very small sound rang out, and Jinsong felt her vision change in an instant.
For a split second, Jinsong was inside the gate.
As Jin Shihou lowered his hand, pain belatedly surged in.
Should I say that my skin feels hot?
It’s a feeling like your body can’t adapt to the extremely fast speed.
He had already surpassed the level of an ordinary person. Even though he was Jinsong, a transcendent being officially recognized by the system, he felt pain at every movement of his younger brother.
under.
“… … It’s not surprising anymore.”
Jin Shihou didn’t say anything. He just smiled.
So the two people look around.
The first thing you see is a huge waterfall. This is a forest.
The weather was cool. It felt like autumn.
While Jin Shihou was looking around, Jin Songyi was fixating her gaze on a certain part of the sky.
Jinsong couldn’t hear her younger brother’s question about what she was looking at for a moment.
That was understandable.
[Phase 1.]
[The Six Paths of Reincarnation Diagram: Unwholesome Roots and Greed.]
[Rating: SSS]
[Time limit: 72 hours]
[If not cleared, this gate will explode immediately.]
A lot has changed.
There have been many gates with time limits, but never before has a time limit as outrageous as 72 hours been given.
The time limit was set at least 100 hours, and this gate is an SSS-class gate.
It’s ridiculous that the highest-grade gate of all time has a time limit of only 72 hours?
It was natural that there would be no words. It wasn’t the end.
If the gate is not cleared, it explodes immediately?
How much damage would occur if an SSS-class gate exploded?
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The land called Bolivia could disappear from the map.
And Phase 1? What does that mean?
Jinsong swears that this is the first time she has seen that word.
To be honest, if it had come to this point, I might have just let it be.
It’s a bit of a special gate, so you can just pass through it like that.
But there was an obvious reason why that couldn’t be done.
[There are additional rewards upon clearing.]
It is because of this ‘additional reward upon clearing’ that is right in front of your eyes.
The content was like this.
[Limitation. If you clear the stage with more than 10 hours remaining, ‘1’ person in the world will awaken as a unique awakener.]
[If you clear the level with more than 20 hours left on the time limit, ‘2’ people from around the world will awaken as unique Awakeners.]
[If you clear the level with more than 30 hours left on the time limit, ‘3 people’ from all over the world will awaken as unique Awakeners.]
[Time limit 40 hours… … .]
[Time limit 50 hours… … .]
[Time limit 60 hours… … .]
[If you clear the level with more than 70 hours left on the time limit, ‘7 people’ from all over the world will awaken as unique Awakeners.]
“… … There’s all kinds of things like this.”
This is unprecedented.
Depending on the clear time, unique awakeners will appear in the world?
I was beyond dumbfounded, I was astonished.
Because it was so different from the gates we’ve seen so far.
There was another thing. Something different.
[Clear requirement: Find and eliminate the greedy and evil roots inside the gate.]
[A bracelet is given to the Awakened who enter the gate. This bracelet must be worn within 30 seconds. If not, the Awakened will die immediately.]
[Awakened people wearing the bracelet are granted protection.]
[This protection allows you to avoid being tracked by a thief and blocks one attack from a thief.]
[When the gate is cleared, star #2403 enters Phase 2.]
[I wish you good luck.]
I read it again from beginning to end.
To say that this was strange would be an understatement.
It was definitely different from the gates we’ve seen so far.
“What is it? What is that bracelet?”
Jinsong raised her head at her younger brother’s words. A bracelet was falling from the air.
It said to put it on within 30 seconds. If I didn’t put it on, I would die immediately, so I couldn’t just ignore it.
I grabbed the bracelet, put it on my wrist, and told my sister everything I saw.
“Phase 1? Time limit? Is this how it’s supposed to be?”
“How could this happen? This is the first time I’ve seen something like this. I don’t really understand what it means to enter the next phase. And, in a way, this is the biggest problem.”
“That thing where a new unique awakener is created?”
“huh.”
“It’s a shame. It was a chance to make things more special.”
It was literally an opportunity to liven things up.
But the two of them are now here to secretly clear the SSS-class gate.
One way or another, it will be cleared, and as a reward, the number of unique awakened people will increase around the world.
But I can’t just announce it to the public.
Jin Shihou didn’t think much of it.
But it wasn’t Jinsong.
“Unique Awakened people are definitely special. Whether they want it or not, they have powers far superior to those of ordinary Awakened people. But are they all normal people?”
Shihu folded his arms and listened to his sister’s words.
“If they are unique awakeners, they are talents that should be raised at the national level, but if their personalities are completely different, the problem becomes too big. Above all.”
In some ways, this was the most important issue.
“The fact that this number of unique awakened people has increased means that the level of the gate has increased… … No, rather than the level of the gate, it could mean that a gate of a different type than the previous gates has appeared… … .”
Although Jin Song was becoming increasingly serious, Jin Shihou still did not think much of it.
“Don’t think too deeply. Just focus on the task at hand. What are you going to do if things get messy before you even start?”
“……Sorry.”
Actually, Jinsong was correct.
Jin Shihou had only recently returned to Earth, so he wasn’t particularly interested in the gate or anything.
However, those who lived on Earth like Jinsong have watched the world change moment by moment from the time of the cataclysm to the present.
That’s why, even if anyone other than Jin Song had come, they would have reacted the same way as Jin Song did now.
Than that.
“It was real.”
“what?”
“The gate doesn’t recognize you.”
Jin Shihou was not given anything like a bracelet.
I’m just curious. Why can’t they recognize Jin Shi-hoo?
Because you’re too strong? Because you’re transcendent?
Or is it because it is a higher level of transcendence than the transcendent?
There was still no way to reveal it.
Only questions remain.
Shifu said.
“Let’s look for it first. It’s something like Tambulseongeun or something.”
Shifu, who said that, ended up smiling faintly.
“Why are you laughing?”
“I just said I was going to look for it, but I don’t think I need to look for it.”
Shihu raised his head.
“I think it’s over there.”
It was the sky.
A sky full of clouds, with no sign of the sun or anything like that.
“Over there, shoot that light sphere or something.”
Jinsong-i floated the sphere. The sphere of light, bigger and brighter than before, emitted light.
Even before it could flash into the sky.
“Oh my.”
With those words, Shihu took a step back.
Something falls from the sky.
Kwaaaaaaaang-!!
The pine cone flew away with a loud noise.
* * *
I raised my head slightly.
A hole in the sky comes into my sight. And beyond that.
It looks like an overly dark, very unpleasant space.
I felt it exactly.
The place I was looking at now was very peaceful.
This place was so calm, beautiful, and a sight to behold, that just standing still made me feel at peace.
Nothing much.
It could be explained simply.
It’s all an illusion.
Judging from the artificial flow of mana, it felt like a barrier, and it was clearly a barrier with the effect of the Mingjing Index.
So why was this barrier created?
“It’s a little unpleasant.”
The ugly desires of the powerful are often disguised as good intentions. The world beyond those clouds was so ugly.
And beneath that ugly world, he spread out such a magnificent view and even cast a spell to make us enjoy peace.
It can’t help but be unpleasant.
I slightly raised the energy inside my body.
Kuung.
Shattered mana shards flow out from around the body with a small vibration sound.
Only then did I come to my senses. I raised my head again. I took another step back.
Kwaaaaang-!!
A flash of light strikes the spot where I was just moments ago.
This was said to be ‘stuck’, but in reality it was correct to see it as having disappeared.
The spot where the flash occurred has ‘disappeared’.
He just turned his head away.
Likewise, my sister, who had avoided the second attack, came to my side. She raised her arm. The bracelet broke and fell down.
“It won’t work if you rely on such things.”
The answer comes right away.
“I’ve never relied on anything like items. I just.”
“just?”
“I only use it when necessary.”
It’s a good attitude, my sister asked.
“Should I do it alone? Or should we do it together?”
Before that.
“I think we need to set a clear time. It’s a gate that allows you to create unique awakened people. How many do you want?”
My older sister answered straight away as if there was no need to worry.
“7 people.”
Secondly, I worry about whether the newly awakened ones are psychopaths, weak, or stupid.
In the end, the more unique awakeners there are, the better. No matter what, my sister is for the world.
I glanced at my watch.
2:23 p.m.
“I’ll give you an hour. Do your best.”
My sister kicked her seat toward the cloud-filled sky.
