#Episode 62
Although he was saying it easily, he was honestly surprised inside.
What the heck, this woman.
What is this feeling I’m getting?
I didn’t understand it a bit.
“Sir, why are you looking at me like that? Your gaze is so sinister.”
“Should I just do it?”
“What does my gaze look like?”
I burst out laughing.
“I don’t think you’re asking because you don’t know.”
The woman laughed too. The woman continued speaking.
“Why are you like this, like an amateur? Okay. Let’s just talk about it openly. This is serious. The world’s widest range gate measuring machine measured this gate, but it was quickly deleted from the record. Do you know why?”
“I don’t know.”
“Currently, ordinary awakened people won’t be able to clear this gate. Even if they do, the preparation period is too long. Even if they are awakened, it doesn’t make sense for them to enter the deep sea. The gate rank is the highest SS. Of course, it’s right to clear it in advance.”
The woman who had spoken thus far stared at me with a strange expression. Her two eyes sparkled like jewels.
“… … Sir, what is it? It looks like you’re hearing me for the first time?”
“This is the first time I’ve heard of it.”
“… … Really?”
“okay.”
“… … What is it? Judging from the way you speak, you don’t seem like an apostle. But you don’t seem like a normal awakened person either. What the hell is it?”
There was no reason to answer. I guess I didn’t feel the need to explain it in detail.
I stared blankly at the woman.
“Aren’t you cold?”
“Why? Are you worried? If you’re worried, take off the clothes you’re wearing.”
There was no response. That was it.
Something catches my attention. The woman must have caught something at about the same time I did.
I looked at the calm sea. She looked at the sea too.
The woman continues speaking.
“That city, to me, looks like ‘Atlantis.’”
“Atlantis?”
“Yeah. Why, there’s that. The ancient city of Atlantis that Plato mentioned long ago. That sea city that none of the archaeologists have been able to find. Why? Is this the first time you’ve heard of that?”
“This isn’t the first time that such a monster exists in Atlantis?”
I pointed to the sea with my finger. The calm sea was shaking. That’s what I sensed.
Soon, a giant creature emerges from the sea.
The face was long. There were two horns on the forehead, and two huge stem-like things attached to the sides of the long snout. I think it was a beard, but it was a little surprising.
Then the monster’s torso is revealed.
It was long. Its arms were short, and its legs were also short.
The woman asked.
“What, you really don’t know anything about gates?”
“I don’t know.”
“… … The things that appear in the gate are not simply other worlds. All of the countless histories known to Earth that have been directly or indirectly mentioned appear in the gate. The ancient civilization of Egypt, the civilization of China, the existence of the martial arts world from genre novels, and the fantasy world.”
“Why does that appear?”
“I don’t know that much… … Really? Why don’t I know anything?”
“Do I really need to know?”
“You should know. How can someone with your level of power be so ignorant? Are you messing with me or something?”
“That’s not it.”
After a moment of silence, I looked at the monster. It wasn’t swimming in the ocean like some kind of marine life.
Now, the monster was floating in the sky. Its part was not touching the sea at all. Its graceful body and huge head were very impressive. No.
The most impressive thing is.
“It’s flying in the sky without wings.”
I guess women thought I looked strange.
“Sir, are you smiling now?”
“Why? Can’t I even smile?”
“… … You’re really a strange old man. So, are you going to cooperate or not? You came here to catch that guy too, right?”
“well.”
“You’re just holding the weight. Should I take the front or the back? You decide.”
He just folded his arms and slumped down on his seat.
“What does this mean?”
“I just wanted to take a look.”
“… … .”
“A seaside city, it’s been a long time since I’ve seen such a beautiful city. If you think of the monsters floating above the city as a kind of background, there’s no other scenery like this.”
“Sir, are you crazy?”
He smiled and nodded.
“There’s something flying over there.”
The woman turned her head. Something hit her.
Kwaaaaang-!!
The woman flew into the distance with a loud noise.
If my eyes weren’t deceiving me, what the monster just fired was a water cannon. Fired from its snout.
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No, it’s not a water cannon, it’s more like spit.
The monster turns its head. Its eyes meet mine.
“what?”
The monster flinched and then turned its gaze to the side. In the direction of its gaze, a woman in a dress was flying towards it.
“It hurts!”
With a scream, the woman’s fist struck the monster’s face.
Pfft …
The monster’s body jerked back. The woman raised her hands into the air.
The energy of nature gathered. A huge spear of ice formed above her hand. It wasn’t just one.
Two, three, four.
When ten of them were made, the woman held out her hand.
Ten ice spears extend out.
Pubbububububu-!
The monster’s head, eyes, face, neck, torso, and legs.
It’s stuck everywhere.
It seemed as if the monster’s scream was heard. That was when the woman turned her head towards me.
“Sir, you’re not going to help me? Really?”
“I don’t think you need to help me.”
“… … .”
“Looking at it, it doesn’t seem to be ‘human’, so just summarize it.”
“Wow, if someone saw me, they would think it was my business.”
He just smiled. The woman frowned. Her face looked like she was saying she would see him later.
A water cannon is directed at that woman once again.
Kwaaaaang-!!
The woman didn’t fly away like before.
He was floating in the sky with his palm outstretched. There was an invisible, intangible barrier around his palm, and the water cannon that was flying at him just now couldn’t penetrate that intangible barrier. That was all.
The woman’s expression was relaxed. The monster had an angry look on his face, with the ice spear still stuck in it. At this point, I slowly stood up from my seat.
Because it felt like the fight was going to end.
As expected, the energy flowing out of the woman’s body changed.
The dense murderous intent is typified.
A red haze rose around her. She narrowed her eyes. Her two eyes were bloodshot.
It’s a little scary.
She threw out her other hand. A red haze stretched out.
Kwaaaaang-!!
The water cannon split and a solid line was drawn on the monster’s body.
The monster stood still. The monster, with a look of disbelief, opened its mouth one last time as if in a last desperate struggle and tried to spray the water cannon again.
It was meaningless.
The woman clasped her hands together.
And then he spoke briefly.
“Blood explosion.”
Kwaaaaaaaang-!!
The monster’s body just explodes.
She came down in front of me, leaving behind corpses that were shattered in the sky and scattered into the sea.
“Yeah, I lost. I’m Helena Myers. And you?”
“Qin Shihou.”
Helena opens her eyes wide.
“… … Jin Shihou? Wait a minute, that apostle Jin Shihou?”
At this point, I’m curious too. What is this? How does he know about the Apostle and that my fake was an Apostle?
“What… … The apostle I know looks a little different… … . Isn’t it? Is it because he’s Asian… … . Sir, you’re not joking, are you? If we investigate this, everything will come out.”
“If you don’t believe me, look into it.”
“… … .”
“Now that you’re done, go.”
I continued walking towards the ancient city.
Helena is following me behind me.
“I thought I was done, but I guess not.”
After stopping walking, I turned my head. Helena smiled brightly.
“Sir, do you need directions? Even though I look like this, there’s no language I don’t know.”
“Is language really necessary?”
“No need. How would I know this was Atlantis?”
“I don’t know.”
Helena pointed to a huge pillar across from her.
“It’s written there. Atlantis.”
I’m telling you for sure, I don’t know what language that is.
“And I can’t go even if I want to. Look over there.”
I looked in the direction Helena was pointing. It was the gate entrance. When the gate was cleared, there should have been an escape gate, but there wasn’t one.
“The gate hasn’t been cleared yet.”
Helena smiles brightly.
“Sir, shall we go now?”
* * *
He threw a spear made of flame.
Phew.
It hits the head of a giant sea creature that’s jumping out of the ocean. It didn’t just hit. It went straight through.
Helena turned her head, leaving the corpse behind as it went back into the sea.
Jin Shi-hoo looks around with both hands in his pockets.
The moment my eyes met his, I flinched inside. I didn’t show it.
“Why? The more I look at it, the more interested I become.”
“I was interested from the beginning.”
“Really? Then let’s have a serious talk. Sir, what is your identity?”
It was an extension of the same question, but Helena was just as curious. About this man named Jin Shi-hoo.
Jin Shi-hoo did not answer Helena’s question and just smiled.
I have no intention of denying it.
Helena was putting a lot of effort into smiling and pretending that nothing was wrong.
It had to be that way.
If I hadn’t done that, I would have been crushed by the overwhelming momentum flowing out of this man’s body.
It looks like it was hidden, but at least for those who know, it wasn’t hidden at all.
Helena doesn’t think of herself as weak.
The energy of Mother Nature has awakened long ago. Although it has not transcended species, it is proud of its own power.
Because she was like that, we could see a glimpse of the power that Jin Shihou had now wielded.
It was amazing. Just by facing it, I couldn’t tell the end to its power.
I have never seen or imagined anything like this in my life.
I laughed. I had to laugh. I had to find out who this man was, no matter what.
The name Jin Shihou is clearly the name of Jin Songyi’s younger brother, one of the Seven Gangs.
And that brother, at least as far as Helena knew, was an apostle, but he changed.
Since when?
It was amazing. This guy is qualified.
The right to stand on top of the world. The right to rule the world with power. And the right to draw the world you want.
Now, Helena was treating the man as the ‘true ancestor’.
That was right.
A capacity that has no end in sight. It would be foolish to ignore this. And Jin Shihou is not a fool either. A smile is drawn.
“It looks hard.”
“… … Me? No way. I saw things wrong.”
“Well, that’s good. But I think you’re worrying about too many useless things. Can you give me proper directions?”
“… … Are you really going to use me as a guide?”
“You said you’d show me the way? You said it yourself.”
“… … .”
“What are you doing? Get out of the way.”
Tch.
Helena clicked her tongue and took a step forward. She wasn’t stupid either.
Things will never come easy.
I’m not talking about inside this gate. That guy is looking for something in the gate. When he’s done looking.
There is a very high probability that the gate will be cleared and the escape gate will open, allowing you to exit.
Helena had a gut feeling.
That moment will mark the greatest turning point in your life.
Of course, I don’t know whether it will go up or down.
Just don’t go down. That’s all I can hope for.
