Novel Full Chapter 446 - Intrigue
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As the Chaos Gate leaders schemed a million things, Frank spoke with Yuu and Rosy, and learned about a few things regarding the Chaos Gate, however, there were things that not even them knew about. Apparently, they had been kept secret even from the members themselves.
One of the things that intrigued him the most was that they didn't knew where the headquarters were located, they were able to be teleported in there through a special power within that place, and the entire place of this clan seemed like different, as if it were not real, yet it was…
"Could it be a divine realm?" wondered Frank.
"Divine realm… Like a Domain? Perhaps it was that, but even then, we should be able to see where this domain is, this place was completely away from anywhere." Said Yuu.
"That's why it must be a divine realm. Divine Realms are special places that Gods can make. It is an incredibly vast and ever-growing internal space within the interior of their souls. They can be stored inside and exist within it alongside many other living beings at the same time. As of now, you're inside my divine realm." Said Frank.
"Divine Realm… I did not knew such a concept… Perhaps that could be it… Domains are dimensions connected to our world, but divine realms seem like completely alienated places, away from the space of our world." Said Yuu.
"Indeed. Nonetheless, even knowing this won't help me reach them." Sighed Frank.
"Well, not like you would ever be able to beat them anyways. The master's power is incredible, they are beings above gods." Said Yuu.
"They were born from darkness, I think, or something like that, they always say that." Said Rosy.
"Hmm… True, I will have to grind a lot of EXP to get to their power level." Said Frank while rubbing his chin.
"EXP?" asked Yuu, without knowing the term.
"Nothing. Don't mind my own words. Now tell me something…"
Frank asked something that he had in mind for a long time. Something that he had been wondering.
"Origins? We don't know. Nor we know the true appearance or origins of the masters either." Said Yuu.
"If Yuu doesn't know, me neither. He was of a higher rank than me." Said Rosy.
"How secretive, I've barely scratched any info… Are you not lying to me?" sighed Frank.
"Well, just check our minds if you're so doubtful." Said Yuu.
"I will."
Frank used his Psychokinesis to glare at the minds of the two, everything within it.
And he found the same info they said, but with some imagery of their memories.
But that was it, he really didn't understand how it was possible for them to work for something so secretive not even them knew what it was…
Was the Chaos Gate even a clan? No, it was something weird. It was as if a group of anonymous were recruited into a single place where nobody knew each other well, or well, they did, but they didn't knew what the true purpose behind their clan was but only what they required to do.
The history and the mystery within it… All of this was all behind the highest and strongest members of this clan.
"To be honest, being in the Chaos Gate feels like a dream now. Most likely, at some point, we stopped wondering the things you asked us. We stopped caring too. It was strange, we had free will and interacted with others, we had friends there, allies, we developed and grew stronger, we even had free days where we just went out to have normal lives, sometimes we spent time with our friends… But we completed missions without even wondering at first what they were, we did everything without ever questioning it. Its weird, it's very weird… Right, Yuu?" Asked Rosy.
Yuu seemed dead serious.
"It's true… I was a mere puppet at the end. But… I was made one from the beginning. I was unlike you, Rosy. I never had a life before being a puppet, I was born a puppet, and therefore, I never knew if there was something else outside of this life, I never knew if there were things such as freedom of choice. I never knew any of that, I didn't experienced it, nor it was part of my growth. I only fought and killed… Perhaps this is why I am so detached from emotions." Said Yuu, looking at his own hands.
He seemed depressed but couldn't muster the emotions.
"Just like Kazugo once said, I really am a robot." Said Yuu.
Frank looked at the floor, he seemed to have understood a bit how terrifyingly bizarre was the Chaos Gate compared to anything else. Even the most terrible of organizations would still hold members more dearly or something, but Chaos Gate used them as pawns and even brainwashed them. They even created puppets from the very beginning, using the souls of perhaps who to make them.
"Maybe your original soul was a member of Chaos Gate that was punished for failing a mission. Your soul was extracted after you died, and you were cleansed of memories and used as the soul for a new homunculus…" said Frank.
"W-What?!" asked Yuu.
"It's just a theory I had, I thought that it made some sense seeing how things were- Ah!"
"Unngh… Ahh! Aggh…!"
Yuu began to suddenly struggle, he felt sickly as his head began to hurt.
Within his soul, strange memories began to emerge.
He saw himself as a young man with brown hair and black eyes. A certain demoness sentenced him to become a "better member" and he was killed cold bloodedly.
He felt the pain of having his soul grabbed by her cold and sharp nails, as he was forced into a new body and made into a puppet, his memories being erased as his very past self was lost with it.
"How did I… regain such a thing?!"
"It must have already kicked out, my Ability," said Frank.
"Ability?" sked Yuu in disbelief.
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