Death... and me

Chapter 2580  OHHH!

Luan found it strange. "But I thought father didn't care about this thing."

"And I don't," Roan said. "Whatever I was before becoming a Death Spirit doesn't bother me."

"Then..." Luan continued to look at the crystals on Roan's hand. "Why are you holding it?"

"It's calling me," Roan finally told the real reason. "It has been like this ever since we brought that Straw Totem inside the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm."

"What?!" Luan was taken aback. "Calling you? How? Wasn't it simply there to unlock Father's memories? How could it have any connection with that Straw Totem?"

Roan narrowed his eyes. That was exactly what he wanted to know. He heard from Kafan how Death Spirit Copies were made, after all. He was a Death Spirit Copy that, in theory, shouldn't have had any kind of meaningful life before that transformation. Yet, things don't seem that simple.

Suddenly, Kentucky appeared near them. "I heard it all! Come on, break it! Let's find out!"

Roan glanced at the Minokawa with a death stare, making Kentucky tremble. However, he looked away right after. That's because he noticed Sister Orb appeared as well. "What? Are you also curious?"

[Obviously! Nothing happens in the Soul Gem Dimensional Realm without me knowing. How could I not be curious... or so I wanted to say. It's just that there is another reason for me to appear in front of you now. I remember something that might shine some light on your doubts.]

Yet, Kentucky said nothing and just agreed with everyone else. "Alright, let's wait for Rean to finish his job. I'm going back. See you later!"

Everyone then left the area, leaving Roan alone once again. Roan pulled out the Black Crystal again and glanced at it one last time, his eyes showing a bit of struggle. He quickly put the Black Crystal away, throwing his mind into something else. 'Let's cultivate.'

Outside, Rean and his group continued their work. Days became weeks, and weeks became months. Nonetheless, the work continued without pause. Every day, they seemed to find something new related to the Fragment of the Universe Foundation. Finally, eight entire months later, Rean and everyone looked at a new piece of equipment they built. Its appearance was more like a bunch of jumbled equipment put together. Exposed circuitry runes, a mess of cables going everywhere in the Blacksmith Workshop. At the center, there was a very small platform, while above it, one could see a triangular-shaped crystal connected to many other cables.

"This is it," Rean and everyone else took a deep breath while looking at it. "The Universe Separation Energy Compressing and Splitting machine is finished."

Droman, Rean's Master, couldn't help but comment. "Can't you find a better name?"

"This is a great name!" Rean refuted.

Samira, the Physicist from India, agreed with Rean. "He is right. Look at this thing. It is a huge mess that we somehow managed to make work. It is only right and proper that the name is also a mess."

"OHHH!" Everyone nodded, feeling enlightened. "So that's why it has such an ugly name. It matches the sight."

Rean's mouth twitched. 'You all can go fuck yourselves!' Rean thought for a moment but then sighed in lamentation. 'Forget it. They just can't see the awesomeness of my intellect.'

"Ahem!" Rean then stopped everyone's conversation. "Let's give it a try. Even if it doesn't work, we can get useful data that will definitely increase our chances in the next attempts."