Death... and me

Chapter 3171: Most Likely

Rifindio's mouth twitched. It was starting to get hard to ignore the Dracula name. "What are you talking about?"

Roan narrowed his eyes. He easily picked that Rifindio wasn't lying. He truly didn't seem to know anything about the events of the future. "This whole situation has a lot to do with what will happen in the next contest four hundred and some years in the future." Using his Spiritual Sense, Roan gave a quick explanation of what he found out.

Rifindio was surprised to hear all of that. "During the next Contest? That's weird. Why would anything happen to Closal Planet just because of a Divine Werdlem Stone competition? Such competitions happen all over the Universe to see who will receive the right to ascend to the Divine Realm."

Still, Rifindio shook his head. "Whatever. I had no intention of spending over four hundred years in Closal to start with. My mission was to catch you and see how you managed to fake Werdlem Empire IDs. In the eyes of everyone outside, such a thing was supposed to be impossible."

Rean's interest was picked. "Really? How impossible is it supposed to be?"

"Hmph!" Rifindio took out his CD, and opened a message in front of Rean and the others. It was easy to see through Spiritual Sense, so he didn't need to get close to them. "Impossible enough for the Werdlem Empire Main Universe to make a direct request to check this information."

Rean was taken aback. Sure, he managed to copy the Werdlem Stone IDs by copying their energy, but that was thanks to the system's power. Still, he didn't think he did anything that unbelievable. There were bound to be other methods in this Universe and other ones where these things happened, right? Yet... it seems like it was not the case.

"Hahaha!" Rean couldn't help but laugh. "Well, let me tell a little secret. I did not fake any Werdlem Stone IDs. I just made it look like I did."

Rifindio didn't expect Rean to talk about it. "Oh? How exactly?"

Rean didn't answer, though. "If I told you, it wouldn't be a secret anymore, right? But one thing is certain. I don't know how impossible it is to fake the Werdlem Stone IDs, but I'm sure I can't do it. This Werdlem System is just way too complex, not to say powerful."

Rifindio pondered a bit. He was inclined to believe Rean on that point. Faking the stones' IDs was indeed considered impossible in any of the Universes under the Werdlem Empire's Control. Would Rean be able to do that here, on a mortal planet? Still, he was able to make it look like he did, which was still impressive. He had to find out how, and if he reported it, he might truly receive a huge promotion.

Rean, on the other hand, couldn't help but get nervous inside. 'Holy shit! Impossible enough that the Main Universe sent someone to check? Sister Orb, is our system truly that impressive?'

[Why are you asking me?] Sister Orb didn't know how to answer that. [The system was able to manage that, wasn't it? Then it should be... I think? I don't know. Maybe there is some flaw the system was capable of picking up? The point is that you were able to use this ability to create those bracelets of yours, and it is also being used to fake the IDs you, Roan, and Kentucky are using. You made the bracelets, so you should know better than anyone else how that is possible.]

'Well...' Rean had to admit he knew. After analyzing the system's power, Rean did indeed pick up a flaw that the system was able to exploit. It was through this flaw that it attuned to the Werdlem Empire's cultivation system. Making use of this flaw, Rean created the bracelets. However, he didn't know how hard it was to find that flaw since the system did it for him. He simply made use of it. 'I didn't pay much attention to how hard it would be to pick up this flaw. I wonder if the system used brute force to find it. If it did, then our system might be as powerful as the Werdlem Empire System.'

[Maybe...] Sister Orb liked the idea. [Just make sure you don't mention it. Play along with their conception that faking the ID is impossible.]

'Definitely!' Rean totally agreed with that.

"So," Rean continued to talk to Rifindio. "If the Main Universe thought I did the impossible, why would they send a simple Transition Realm expert? I'm not downplaying your strength, but it doesn't make much sense."

Rifindio shrugged. "Because no one believed the report was real. If they did, do you think they would send a nobody like me? I'm here simply to confirm what they already believe, that such a thing is impossible."

"I see..." Rean nodded, relieved. If the Main Universe truly started to send high-level experts here, then it would be hard to escape even with the system's help.

"Hey, there is something ahead again," Kentucky warned everyone.

As they passed by the ruins, the image of a huge crack in space appeared. However, this crack was different from the Spatial Cracks that the twins found in the past. Space and Time power were still present, but they seemed to be trying to close it. Yet, that didn't seem possible.

"So this is where it is coming from, uh?" Roan commented.

"Coming what?" Rifindio was puzzled.

Roan glanced at him. "What else? The Chaos Energy. It is almost closed, but the Space and Time powers here seem incapable of completely closing it off."

"This..." Rifindio understood what that meant. "You telling me this crack is connected to our Universe's..." He didn't finish his words. The implications of this discovery were just too great.

Of course, the twins and Kentucky knew what he was going to say. "Yes, it is most likely connected to the Chaos Origin Source. Well, maybe..."

There was another possibility, too.

Author's note: Check the mass release schedule below. ;)