< "At the moment of my teleportation there, such immense pressure was created that the entire island shook, and everyone felt the pressure." >
As I approached the village, they attacked me to keep me away from it.
But I had gathered my KIE around me, so they couldn't touch me.
Without paying them any attention, I continued walking straight towards Yakazo.
When I arrived at the village, Yakazo's entire army stood before the village gates, whereupon Yakazo warned me and said, < "I don't know who you are, but if you come any closer, you will suffer a cruel death." >
Ignoring him, I continued walking towards him.
They then attacked me with several men and weapons, but due to my KIE, it had no effect on me.
When Yakazo felt cornered, he said desperately, < "You seem strong, but let me warn you again, if you come any closer, we will no longer hold back. Since I appreciate your strength and willingness to sacrifice, I will give you a gift. Let's call it a gift of friendship." >
After that, all the soldiers retreated in fear, and they violently threw innocent young women in front of the gate, who began to cry out of fear.
They looked abused and exhausted.
Without reacting, I continued walking towards Yakazo.
When I stood before the women, they begged me not to harm them and said they would obey me in return.
I only grew angrier, but I held back my emotions because I didn't want to lose my composure.
As before, I passed by the women without reacting, who looked at me in astonishment.
Then I arrived in front of Yakazo and stood directly before him.
That was the moment I stopped and, with an intimidating death stare, said to him, < "From today on, this land belongs to me. If anyone dares to harm a girl, a woman, or anyone else again, I will kill them with my own hands!" > and continued, < "You will cut down all the necessary trees on this island and make this island accessible to everyone. The women will be provided with only the best of the best and treated like the best of the best. The best education, the best clothing, and not even a single crooked look will you cast at them!" >
After I said that, I wanted to leave, but Yakazo, full of rage from the humiliation he had suffered, tried to stab me from behind. But just before he could strike, I teleported behind him and removed all his limbs within seconds.
To prevent his body from falling to the ground, I held his body up and lifted him.
Yakazo screamed in pain so loudly that the entire village and all the villagers heard and saw it.
< "Here is the first example of the consequences if anyone speaks out." >, I warned the village.
I took Yakazo's body to the center of the village, stuck a metal pole into the ground, and impaled his body on the pole, after which I said, < "Do not remove him from this pole until everything I have told you has been done. I will send you a letter, and you will fulfill all the criteria. Understood?!" >
< "Before I disappear, I want to let you know that I can stand before you, next to you, and behind you within seconds." >, I demonstrated my teleportation to them and then disappeared back to Lubai, to the rooftop of our skyscraper.
I needed some time alone to calm myself from all the accumulated anger.
After that day, I spent as much time with Shiro as possible for two weeks.
Then, on exactly December 31st, I sat next to Shiro and told her, < "I love you, Shiro, you will always remain in my heart." >
Shiro responded and said, < "I know that, Jun. I love you too. But Jun, I'm going to close my eyes now; I'm really tired." >
That was the moment when I witnessed the end of Shiro, my wife.
A painless death, beside her beloved.
I had tried to prepare myself for two weeks, but how can I prepare for the death of my wife?
On the day of my wife's death, however, I did not cry.
I had to control my emotions, which is why the others were worried about me.
Since Shiro's death, they had not seen me cry even once. Instead, I smiled and laughed a lot.
Everyone could see that I was not well and that I was trying to suppress my grief.
Half a week later, Bigs came to me and wanted to talk.
He told me, < "Jun, this is not your fault. In life, you don't always have to find someone to blame. Things happen, and the only thing you can do is get used to it. But then you ask yourself, how can you get used to something as painful as losing a person you love? Simply, you can't. Time heals the wounds automatically; what you can do is learn a lesson from the situation and do better next time. So don't get used to it; learn from it." >
After Bigs said that to me, I held onto Bigs' shirt and leaned my head against him.
With tears in my eyes, I told Bigs, < "I loved her, Bigs. I loved her so much. I wanted to hold her hand, hug her, smell her scent, and never let her go. I loved her without even touching her once. She was so special that I would have died for her, and in the end, I still lost her. I will never see her smile again, I will never experience beautiful moments with her again. I will never go through tough times with her again and be there for her. I will never have the chance to stand beside her again. She's just gone." >
Bigs hugged me and stayed with me for a while.
A few days later, I felt a little better and told everyone that my journey would continue.
I said, < "I made a promise to my mother, and I will fulfill that promise. So I will set out." >
Tobo decided that he would rather stay with Bigs for the time being, saying, < "I still have some things to learn before I set out on my journey, but I'm grateful for everything you've done for me, Jun." >
I hugged Tobo to say goodbye.
Then Tobo and Nima stood facing each other.
< "The decision is entirely up to you, Nima. If you want to stay here, you can do so." >, I made clear to her.
Nima wasn't sure, but then she looked into Tobo's eyes, apologized to him while crying, and told him that she would continue to travel with me.
So they hugged each other and said their goodbyes.
Algris, Bente, Nima, and I said goodbye to everyone and then set off for Luceli.
Before our departure to Luceli, I teleported us to Grandma's grave so Bente and I could say our goodbyes to her.
Then we stood at the edge of the island, and as Grandma had described, there was a current leading south, where Luceli was supposed to be.
We boarded a relatively small boat and let the current guide us.