The Cursed Gamer, Book 3

480: The Trials of Equilibrium

Chapter 480: The Trials of Equilibrium

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[The Will of the Omniverse demands your identity.]

The form of this entity looked familiar. Somehow. Neji was unsure exactly what way. They had red eyes and black hair, except for the back part which was tinted red. Neji was expecting the manifestation body of the Omniverse to be more blue-themed, so he was a little surprised.

As for the question...

[I'm Neji. I'm from the future.] For once, he decided to be truthful. Out of the many reasons, one was that he could feel that all lies could be detected by this entity. [That's why I got a blessing from you. You blessed me yourself in the future.]

"...." The little boy, or girl, Neji was still unsure, titled their head. They spoke, but again, a system prompt delivered it instead of a voice.

[The Will of the Omniverse finds it hard to trust you. Time travel on this scale is not possible, they say.]

Neji rubbed the back of his head and then blinked. He pointed at his head and eyes, [Don't I look familiar? The woman, She Beyond Omnipotence, sent me here.]

The kid frowned and then blinked, a small smile blooming on his face. [Indeed, says the Will of the Omniverse. They recognize your appearance to be similar to the Great Lady of the Golden Lagoon, as she's the partner of the Great Lord of the Crimson Veil who planted and helped nurture the 'Cube Artifact' in this Omniverse.]

'Huh?' Neji blinked. Partner of that Raki woman...? She did mention a 'Brother' a couple of times, back when they talked. That was probably him: the other half, He Beyond Omnipotence.

From the way the kid said 'planted the Cube Artifact', it seemed to be similar to planting a tree. In that case, perhaps this kid's red features originated from that man, He Beyond Omnipotence. Neji wondered if that played any reason behind why this kid looked familiar.

Regardless, due to this information and how the kid was smiling now, Neji could deduce that those two were kind of a godmother and godfather figure to this kid. The suspicious frown it wore earlier had now vanished entirely.

[Why have they sent you to the past, the Will of the Omniverse wonders. 'Is it to fix me?' they ask.] The system prompts read.

Before he could reply, another strange prompt flashed. [The Will of the Omniverse has made a connection with its blessing inside you. Now you two can converse with ease.]

"Fix you...? Ah." Neji asked back and blinked.

As the prompt said, he realized he could speak now, instead of having to rely on smoke text. Though he felt this freedom was only possible due to being inside this hut; the Cubes' Will was allowing it. Neji felt a little embarrassed, the thing had just helped him talk in the hope that Neji would help it back. He rubbed the back of his head.

"Sorry if you had your hopes up, I probably don't have the means to fix you. Rather, I'm in my own situation," he said. "Besides, what is wrong with you to begin with?"

"Oh..." The bright expression of the kid vanished as he looked gloomy again. Neji wondered how he had befriended this entity in the other possibility. And yes, he was sure Neji of the other possibility had befriended the Cube, that's why it had lent out a blessing just the minute current Neji received the System.

Though he wondered, how? In this possibility, he got to meet the Cube because of the quest. But in the other possibility, the chosen path must have been the Chaos one, since the goal of the Demon path was seen alive. In that case, what caused Neji to meet the Cube?