Although the Sea of Quanta separated Kevin from the main world, he never completely cut off contact with the outside world.
When World Serpent encountered something that required a decision, it would be [Serpent] who made it.
"…Lord."
Grey Serpent's hoarse voice rang out in Kevin's ear. Or rather, Kevin, in the form of [Serpent], appeared before the former.
Kevin didn't speak, but Grey Serpent knew how to converse with his lord.
"Not long ago, an abnormally powerful Herrscher surge erupted in Nagazora City. After analyzing the database, the waveband is a close match with the 13th Herrscher recorded in the database."
"..."
[Serpent] seemed to fall silent.
Grey Serpent couldn't see the look on his respected lord's face.
Although he wasn't as surprised as ordinary people, but even Kevin rarely had an expression like this, where his pupils were constricted, as if he had heard something incredible.
As one of the attendees of that banquet,
Kevin naturally knew what Vill-V had done.
And he also knew that thirteen was a false number.
The Flame-Chaser of [Ego], the Flawless, and also their eternal companion—Elysia.
Herrscher of Origin was the correct name of the waveband that had been deliberately altered and concealed.
Of course, Kevin didn't think that this had anything to do with Elysia.
Because, he was the one who had sent her off.
Unless there really was such a thing as resurrection in this world,
There was no way that Elysia could appear in this world again.
But despite this, Kevin was still lost in thought for a long time.
Even though she wasn't Elysia, Origin was still her mark.
"Also, we found this in Nagazora City…"
Grey Serpent presented the Fire Moth communicator that Jackal had restored to Kevin.
"A communicator with a Fire Moth emblem. My apologies, Lord...we can't confirm its source or the user's purpose at the moment."
"But at present, what can be determined is that—all of this is very likely connected to that man named Jiang Qiao."
The image of Jiang Qiao quickly appeared in front of Kevin.
He naturally didn't have much interest in this unfamiliar man.
But when he saw a certain photo, he was stunned.
It was a picture of [Jiang Qiao] blinking, accidentally captured by the surveillance cameras in Nagazora City.
It was a man, but that familiar expression, that feeling, Kevin, who knew her all too well, could tell who it belonged to with just one look.
That pink girl's face surfaced from his vast sea of memories. The unforthcoming big boy couldn't snap out of it for a long time.
"Lord, what are our next steps? There are a lot of doubts. I can only boldly ask for your instructions."
Grey Serpent's cautious, hoarse voice brought Kevin back to his senses.
He was silent for a moment.
"It's about time we revealed ourselves."
"As for this man named Jiang Qiao…"
"After observing him, invite him to join World Serpent."
Even though this was an extremely high-risk decision, Kevin still made such a choice.
If you were to ask him why, then it would probably be because he hoped that she would be happy.
Also, Kevin was very confident in his own strength.
As long as he recovered, even if Jiang Qiao really had any bad ideas, he could use his strength to make him face reality.
As for meeting him—
It would be better if they didn't meet.
The feeling that this person was giving off was just too strange. For some reason, Kevin felt an absurd sense of danger.
That if he really met this person, he might start to cry?
How ridiculous.
How could he possibly cry now?
—50,000 years ago—
"Hmm~ I never thought that I would encounter Su and Kevin here. What a pleasant surprise~"
The pink-haired female tourist (A) was washing her wrist in the cool water in front of the sink, as she recalled her earlier encounter. A vibrant smile appeared on her charming face.
"The cool guy at this time is actually really shy, huh."
Recalling the shy big boy whose face had turned red after just being teased a little, Jiang Qiao couldn't help but laugh.
Such a pity that she didn't have a camera.
If she had taken a picture of him just now, then a lot of people would have definitely been interested later, right?
Hmm~ Those two should still be there. Should she go back and take a picture?
Suddenly, such an interesting idea formed. Imagining the possibility, the corners of her lips curled upwards uncontrollably.
The pink girl smiled and gently pressed her chest as if she was trying to stop her beating heart.
Oh my, [Elysia] seemed to be a bit of a bad girl~. It felt like she wouldn't be able to keep it down.
She felt like her feet were lifting up involuntarily and couldn't control them anymore.
Yes, this was [Elysia]'s fault~
Jiang Qiao, who walked out of the restroom, looked towards a certain direction, as if he had nothing to do at this leisure time.
She didn't know how things were progressing with Elysia and the others. She was so worried~
…
Today was a school day, but as an international metropolis, even during commute hours, there were a lot of people going back and forth in this city of Nagazora.
After deliberately splitting up, and with the addition of Bronya, the now four-person team began their operation to find Jizo Mitama.
With a clear marker, this process wouldn't be difficult. But, Nagazora City had more than a dozen underground stations, big and small, and the distance between them was enough to make them run around for a while.
But unlike the others, whose methods were similar to those of headless chickens as they searched each station one by one, Bronya was much smarter.
After obtaining part of the information about Jizo Mitama from Elysia, she immediately went online and started to search.
Donkey ears were sealed by the Oath of Judah in Yae Village 500 years ago. Although a very long time had passed, as long as she put her mind to searching, she could still find some clues.
Soon, Bronya had located her target from the clues she found online.
—Nagazora City North Station, an underground station that was almost abandoned due to very little passenger traffic. According to the information online, there used to be a village here in the past.
But, for some reason, a sudden disaster destroyed the entire village.
For more than a hundred years after that, no one dared to approach this area.
It wasn't until modern times, with the construction of the city, that a station was built here.
—Hehe, we have four people, but I'm the only genius among us!
With the clues, Bronya quickly arrived at North Station and took out the crystal that Elysia had given her.
At that moment, the crystal flower of Origin was incredibly bright.
Bronya's emotionless, yet adorable voice revealed a hint of excitement:
"As expected, it's here!"
—I found you, Jizo Mitama!