◈ Episode 290: The chaos begins (4)
The moment Kim Joo-hyuk heard those words from Kalki, what Kim Joo-hyuk saw was someone’s past.
No, to be exact, it’s not someone’s past, but Kalki’s past.
From the memories he had when he was very young, Kim Joo-hyuk was able to see Kalki’s past one by one.
One by one.
Kalki’s past began to replay, regardless of whether it was a big or small incident.
In it, Kim Joo-hyuk was looking at the memories as Kalki himself, not like before.
Time passes.
Time certainly did not pass normally, but it did not pass quickly either.
They were played back as if they were all his original memories, and slowly, over time, they came into Kim Joo-hyuk’s memories.
From that moment on, Kim Joo-hyuk was looking at the memory in a state of assimilation to the point where he accepted it as his own memory, not Kalki’s.
Continue.
After watching the memories, Kim Joo-hyuk lost track of when he started seeing them.
That’s because his gaze, which seemed to have already become completely integrated with his memories, was focused solely on the memories of the past that he judged to have been lost.
In that way, Kim Joo-hyuk saw memories of the past.
I saw that I had lost my purpose and was walking down a path that only pursues strength.
I saw the memory of Parashurama, whom I had met when I had lost my purpose and was only pursuing strength.
In the latter part of his life, he acquired the name ‘Kalki’ and immediately after that, he also gained the memory of saving the persecuted beast people and taking in two disciples.
After that, he even saw himself moving to prevent the incarnations that destroyed the gods from ruining the world without their will.
It was literally one person’s grand narrative assimilated into Kim Joo-hyuk’s memories.
However, this did not mean that only the grand narrative took root in his memory.
Maybe trivial,
Things that maybe aren’t that important.
A memory of helping someone while walking down the street.
A minor incident that occurred while he was teaching two students.
In addition, many trivial memories were added and assimilated into his narrative.
At some point, Kim Joo-hyuk realized that he was completely assimilated into Kalki’s memories.
However, at the same time as accepting Kalki’s memories.
He recalled what Kalki had said before seeing this memory.
‘Distinguish yourself well.’
Apparently, before seeing this memory, Kalki said those words to Kim Joo-hyuk.
The thought of what that sound was passed through Kim Joo-hyuk’s mind for a moment.
That’s because telling me to distinguish myself well didn’t seem that necessary, at least to me right now.
To begin with, Kalki is me from the past.
This is like saying that there is no need to distinguish oneself.
Because Kalki is me anyway.
So why did Kalki say that?
Kim Joo-hyuk thought about the meaning once again.
Originally, he would have passed it over, but in the end, the fact that Kalki said those words to him made him think that those words must have some meaning.
So Kim Joo-hyuk, who was thinking about it, suddenly thought.
“… … ?”
I realized one thing.
That is, although he may have acquired all of those memories through the ability of assimilation, he was completely unaware of Kalki’s skills.
Clearly, he was able to obtain most of his memories through his abilities.
At least at this point he has recovered most of his memories from when he was Kalki.
But strangely enough, Kim Joo-hyuk had no idea about Kalki’s skills.
How my past self fights.
How I swung the sword in the past.
How did I use my abilities in the past?
Kim Joo-hyuk felt strange in the unbalanced state where he could not remember a single thing and searched for memories that had been assimilated into his head.
“… … .”
No matter how much I tried to remember, I couldn’t remember anything about his fighting, swordsmanship, or how to use his abilities.
… … Why on earth?
As such a question passed through Kim Joo-hyuk’s mind, he instinctively thought that this reason might be somewhat related to Kalki’s remarks.
‘Distinguish yourself well… … la.’
Kim Joo-hyuk began to think even as new memories continued to invade his head.
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Kim Joo-hyuk’s thoughts continued for quite a long time.
No, it might be a bit of a foolish expression to express in a place where this time has already become very dull, but at least Kim Joo-hyuk knew that a very long time had passed since he continued his thoughts.
And while thinking about it for a long time and searching through his memories, Kim Joo-hyuk was able to understand Kalki’s words.
‘Separate yourself.’
The reason Kalki said that was because of Kim Joo-hyuk’s ability to bloom.
Assimilation, the flowering ability he possesses, allows him to assimilate to others and accept and use their memories and abilities.
But the problem is that the fairy tale only works on others, not on yourself.
Therefore, even though Kim Joo-hyuk used fairy tales, he was able to receive all of the memories, but did not receive the ability properly.
however.
‘Not anymore.’
Now that I knew the exact way to activate the bloom ability, all that remained was to fix it.
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All you have to do is change what you have recognized as yourself to ‘he’.
Of course, it wasn’t that simple.
It takes a lot of time to change something that has already been recognized in the first place.
But it was okay.
At least I knew that I didn’t have much time as I was here now.
Therefore, Kim Joo-hyuk began trying to change the perception in his head for a long time.
When a certain amount of time has passed.
“… … !”
Kim Joo-hyuk could feel new memories of Kalki slowly starting to enter his mind.
Memories of how he fights arise.
A memory of what kind of swordsmanship he uses arises.
In addition, the way he uses his flowering ability, as well as various trivial memories, all begin to enter Kim Joo-hyuk’s mind.
and.
When he got all his memories perfectly like that.
“!”
Kim Joo-hyuk was able to see Kalki in front of him again.
He answered with a smile as if he already knew everything even without Kim Joo-hyuk telling him.
“It was successful.”
“Thanks to.”
“It’s faster than I thought? Well, I wasn’t that worried because it was me.”
Kalki said as she said that, taking out the hand she was holding.
“How about getting your memories back rather than me explaining everything?”
“I know.”
Kim Joo-hyuk nods in agreement.
Certainly, as Kalki said, having obtained all the memories, most of the questions I currently have were resolved.
Because currently, all the memories of when he was Kalki had returned to his mind.
“Well, first of all, I think you gave up everything you could get by meeting me. “Do you have any other questions?”
“I already have the same memories as you, so there’s no way.”
“Is that so?”
As soon as Kalki answered that, her legs began to slowly disappear.
Like sand blowing away, slowly.
“This time, it’s the same as last time.”
“Well, like you said, we are traces. After finishing everything, it’s time to rest. “Because I told my future self everything I would need to know.”
Hearing Kalki’s words, Kim Joo-hyuk unconsciously tried to ask the question, ‘Aren’t you scared?’ but then closed his mouth.
The moment he was about to ask that question, the answer already appeared in his mind.
Maybe it was because she saw Kim Joo-hyuk’s expression like that, but Kalki smiled and spoke.
“It definitely went well.”
“thanks.”
“What am I thankful for? You are me, and I am you. “It was one entity to begin with, but the only difference was that I remained for a long time even after I died.”
Kalki said that and then looked at Kim Joo-hyuk at the point where his shoulders disappeared.
“Okay then, I’m going to take a quick rest.”
“okay.”
“Break the heads of the Avatar bastards, and break the heads of Asura successfully this time.”
“Know.”
Kalki did not respond to Kim Joo-hyuk’s words and just smiled and said no more.
Soon Kalki’s body completely crumbled into powder and disappeared.
Wow!
The space began to break apart with him.
However, Kim Joo-hyuk waited quietly as if he was familiar with this situation.
Soon the universe collapses.
“!”
Kim Joo-hyuk’s spirit has returned.
As soon as he opens his eyes, what he sees is a very familiar ceiling.
Kim Joo-hyuk, who realized that it was Labyrinth’s office, sighed lightly and got up.
“uh? “Are you awake already?”
“okay.”
Soon I could see the guide sitting in the office.
“… … .”
Kim Joo-hyuk looks at the guide with that answer.
The guide looked as if he couldn’t understand what he meant, but then said as if he understood.
“You got your memories back?”
“okay.”
“It seems like you have a lot to say to me.”
“Actually, there are a lot of things I want to ask.”
Kim Joo-hyuk’s words.
But the guide shook his head.
“But that story will be too long, so let’s talk about it later. I’m busy as is right now.”
“That’s right.”
I knew that now was not the time to idle away and reminisce about past memories.
He had a clear idea of what needed to be done.
‘We must go to destroy one of the incarnations using the lotus of reincarnation.’
Kim Joo-hyuk stood up and spoke, remembering the purpose.
“How many days has it been?”
“It’s been a while, about 3 days?”
“3 days?”
“It’s short, right?”
“… … “It’s definitely short.”
Kim Joo-hyuk muttered that and remembered the time he met Kalki.
It certainly seemed like it took a very long time at the time, but in reality it only took about 3 days.
‘Of course, Kalki also told me not to worry because the passage of time here is very slow anyway.’
Kim Joo-hyuk spoke with a pleasant smile because it seemed like there really was no need to worry more than expected.
“Okay then, let’s go right away.”
“That’s right. however.”
“however?”
“Before going to destroy the Avatar, wouldn’t it be better to deal with that first?”
“that?”
At the guide’s words, Kim Joo-hyuk unconsciously turned his gaze toward the direction she pointed to.
at there.
“uh?”
Kim Joo-hyuk was able to see the mask and the ruler behind it, who had already returned.
However, the reason why he couldn’t open his mouth hastily even though he had a happy expression on his face.
“… … ?”
This was because Choi A-rin, Yan Lang, Buriga Mask, and the ruler behind the scenes were glaring at each other as if they were about to get into a fight at any moment.
“… … What?”
fantasy,
