OBS Chapter 300: Writer's block (sad)
Chapter 300: Writer's block (sad)
After Kiana used her powers to send Li Sushang into an illusion, she left. However, Kiana did not go directly to find the Herrscher of Knowledge, but instead went to the laboratory where Otto was.
Pushing open the door, one sees the captain lying shirtless on the operating table, while Otto flashes his signature smile.
"It seems I came at the wrong time?"
“No, you’ve come at just the right time.” Otto pulled the captain up from the operating table and began recording data from the instruments next to him. “The captain’s medical examination is over. I will compile this data into a report and submit it to Dr. Mei and the others later.”
"So Kiana, what are you here for?" the captain asked after she put on her clothes.
"There are some things I want to confirm with Otto."
"Oh? You've come to see me?" Otto's interest was piqued. "I wonder what Miss Kiana wants to know from me?"
The captain originally planned to go out first to give Kiana and Otto some private space, but Kiana stopped him. After all, what they were about to talk about wasn't a sensitive topic, and it wouldn't be a problem for the captain to know.
“Back in Klosston, you told me that we would meet again in the future, and asked me to pass on a message to my future self.”
"You mean this? That's true, but Miss Kiana should have already met with my past self, right?"
"It's precisely because I've seen you that I'm curious: was the you back then really the you of the past?"
Otto's lips curled into a smile, and he looked at Kiana with a serious expression.
"Why would Miss Kiana have such a question?"
"Because you have a history of such tricks. Back in Kolosten, you used your Soul Steel body to pull off similar feats. And as a False God, you have the ability to transcend the world, so it's not surprising that you see anything in the timeline of the Imaginary Tree."
"But that doesn't mean anything, does it? Shouldn't you, as the God of Earth at the time, know best how much effort it takes to glimpse the scenes within the river of time?"
"So here I'm going to make an assumption: that the you we met on the Immortal Ship in the past is the [present] you, not the [past] you. And the reason you knew about this after becoming a false god in Kolosten was because the [present] you made a deal with some being that allowed the you of that time to learn about these things, thus starting a new round of planning. As for who that being is, Otto, I want to know who your partner is?"
"Miss Kiana, you're joking," Otto chuckled. "Who else could I be working with? You even brought me back to life yourself, didn't you?"
"But don't forget what you said back on the Immortal Ship: you were pulled from the past by Him to assist me."
"Is there some other problem here?"
"Of course there is. As for resurrection, all I can do is retrieve a person from the past timeline. I cannot resurrect a person directly from their soul or consciousness at present."
"so?"
"So when I sensed that your soul still existed in the world, I was very surprised. In the end, I did not retrieve you from the past timeline, but chose to give you a physical body to resurrect you."
“Not bad, not bad. Miss Kiana has indeed grown a lot over the years.” Otto clapped his hands with satisfaction. “However, there is one thing I hope Miss Kiana understands: my collaborator has always been only you. As for which one, that is not something I can say.”
Otto's answer made Kiana frown. Although Kiana still subconsciously wanted to doubt the truth of Otto's words, upon careful consideration, she realized that her future self did indeed have the ability to do so.
After all, she came from the distant future, and her power was almost on par with that of a unified consciousness. However, with the increase in power, she also faced more restrictions, as if an invisible will was limiting her abilities.
Therefore, Kiana, who wants to change the past and the future, chooses to indirectly interfere with the past, hoping to trigger a butterfly effect through these small changes and completely alter the course of the future.
Kiana instinctively sensed something amiss, but she hadn't yet pinpointed its source. Otto seemed to be hinting at something, but the hint was too vague for Kiana to figure out.
The captain was even more concerned. The matter that Kiana and Otto were discussing was still too profound for him, but he also sensed that there seemed to be some clues hidden in Otto's words.
"I've said everything I needed to say. Let me give you some final hints. Is the relationship between you and that so-called future you really just a simple companion? And who exactly is that future you who possesses the captain's body?"
After speaking, Otto kicked the two out of his laboratory, and the captain's medical report was delivered to May as agreed.
After reading the report, Mei seemed to understand something. She glanced back and forth between Kiana and the captain, and finally sighed without saying anything.
He simply stated that the captain was in excellent health and that His power had been completely transformed into the captain's own power, and then let the two of them leave.
After the two had completely left, Mei stared at the report on the table, lost in thought. After a long while, she lifted a corner of the report to reveal its contents, which was a report on the nature of the power born from the fusion of Kiana and the Cocoon of the End.
Finally, May sighed and put both reports into the shredder to be completely shredded. Just in case, May also had her newly created artificial intelligence, Prometheus 18, erase the relevant records.
On the other side, after talking with the Herrscher of Knowledge, Kiana brought her to the training room. After waking up Li Sushang, the two apologized to each other and made up.
After all, the conflict between the two was a very minor matter. With Kiana mediating, they talked things out and made up.
With the help of the Herrscher of Knowledge, Kiana had some free time again, so she dragged the captain to Golden Man Alley for a date.
Time passed quietly, and before we knew it, the day of the second round of the competition had arrived.