Chapter 256 The Truth About Asaho's Time Travel 2
According to the description in Bowl Number Two, the Great Demon of Calamity is a gigantic humanoid monster wreathed in black flames. The internal structure of the flames is unclear, suggesting it may be a monster formed purely of black flames.
After humans are corrupted by karma, most of them will transform into monsters, which is similar to how monsters transform into goat-headed demons when they use their full power.
In the materials I've encountered, there's no specific mention of the color of Xuanming's flames. In other words, since it's not specifically mentioned, it means it's not a particular color. However, since he's been corrupted by karma and his human form has mutated, it's not surprising that the color of his flames has changed.
Black light doesn't exist in nature; ultimately, black is simply the color that appears after absorbing all light. However, imagining this color of light isn't difficult. Just take a picture of an incandescent light bulb, then use software to invert its colors, and you'll get a chilling black glow. The black flames of the Great Demon of Calamity also seem to evoke that extremely ominous feeling, making them easily identifiable as a characteristic.
Upon recognizing the Great Demon of Calamity, Asaho and Little Bowl No. 2 immediately attempted to escape. However, their opponent was, after all, a Great Demon of Doomsday, possibly transformed from the corrupted Great Impermanence, or even a monster transformed from Xuanming, a top figure among the Great Impermanence. Escape was not as easy as it seemed. Even in his prime, Asaho could not escape unscathed with Little Bowl No. 2.
At the critical moment, the second bowl used the power of the divine seal fragment.
This was something she did only when she was desperate. She could communicate with sentient objects, but the chances of getting a response were extremely low. While the Divine Seal Fragment was a top-tier unknown object even in the supernatural world, it might possess a spirituality that allowed for communication. At the time, she was just trying anything, and unexpectedly, she actually managed to draw out the power of the Divine Seal Fragment.
Of course, she now knows that anyone bound to a fragment of the Divine Seal (except for me) can use its power, so her ability to draw it out back then wasn't necessarily entirely due to her "natural communication ability." In any case, what happened next was undoubtedly closely related to the power of the Divine Seal fragment.
That force amplified her prayers to nature countless times, and forcefully realized her most urgent and intense thought at that moment.
"What were you thinking at the time?" I asked curiously.
“At the time, I thought we would most likely die there, and I was just a burden. Maybe if Asaho had abandoned me from the beginning, I would have had a chance to survive. So what I thought was that even if I died, at least Asaho could live,” Little Bowl No. 2 said shyly. “Afterwards, I hope she can go to a place where she won’t easily encounter strange things, and meet new friends who can truly accept her…”
Therefore, when Asa used the power of return to initiate a spatial transfer, strange fluctuations occurred in the spacetime where they were located.
It is very likely that this abnormal fluctuation caused an unpredictable malfunction in Ma Zao's spatial transfer, which then sent her to modern society in an unknown number of years ago.
Little Bowl No. 2 was also caught up in the chaos, perhaps because she hadn't intended to include herself, and was randomly teleported to some location in the post-apocalyptic world. Although she still had to face the various strange dangers of the apocalyptic era, at least she was temporarily free from the threat of the Great Demon of Calamity.
At first, she wasn't entirely sure that Asaha had traveled to the past, but she vaguely realized that the malfunction in the spatial transfer was likely related to what she had done back then. Later, she entered the virtual realm, met me, and heard about my encounter with Asaha. Although she had lost her name and most of her memories by then, she unconsciously became certain that she was the one who sent Asaha to the past.
This is the truth behind Asahi's time travel.
From the perspective of the second bowl (a nickname for a person with a mental illness), at least, that's all there is to it. To be honest, from my point of view, there are still some unresolved mysteries. For example, why did Asaho, who traveled back in time, arrive in this era as a person suffering from amnesia...?
There's another point I hadn't really thought about before, but I suddenly realized it now—the reason Ma Zao was able to confirm that the Divine Seal fragment in my hand was genuine was because she had previously been in contact with the Divine Seal fragment with Little Bowl No. 2.
So how did she identify the black jade stone in the hand of the second small bowl as a fragment of the divine seal, and firmly believe it?
Where did she obtain the knowledge of the divine seal fragments?
The only force I can think of that's the "Evangelion" group, a force from the end times. However, even if I asked Asaha about this, I probably wouldn't get an answer. Asaha remembers past knowledge, but not past experiences.
I asked Little Bowl Number Two, and she also only had a vague understanding. Although she knew about the Gospel House organization, unlike Asahi, who had once been a member, her knowledge was limited to hearsay and she didn't know much more than I did. As for topics related to patients with "soul loss syndrome," she was completely clueless. According to her, the concept of "soul loss syndrome" didn't exist in the apocalypse. She had never encountered any information related to it there.
“You said that in the apocalypse, nature will not respond to your voice… So will you still be able to hear the voice of nature?” I continued.
“It is possible…” she hesitated, “but the sounds I can hear are quite indistinct and very chaotic, like the babbling of a mentally deranged person.”
Did the arrival of the apocalypse drive the natural world itself mad? I couldn't help but think that.
Then, I carefully inquired about information related to the power of the Divine Seal Fragments. For some reason, it seemed that all the other chosen ones could use the power of the Divine Seal Fragments, but I alone could not. Was it because I wasn't a formal chosen one of the Void Realm, but rather an intruder?
Even if it's just a fragment of the Divine Seal, it might still contain a mysterious power comparable to the Great Impermanence. Little Bowl No. 2 used it to allow Asahi to travel from the future to the past; Dr. Silver Mask used it to restart time and space countless times; Inugami used it to become a qualified Great Impermanence… and I believe this is likely not even the full potential of the Divine Seal fragment. If I could use this power, perhaps I could turn it into a key trump card to defeat the opposing Great Impermanence.
At this stage, I estimate that only Little Bowl No. 2 is willing to reveal the power of the Divine Seal Fragment to me.
“I don’t know what form the power of other people’s Divine Seal Fragments takes, but for me, the power of the Divine Seal Fragments has only greatly enhanced my prayer power. And this ability is inherently quite unstable, so even after enhancement, it’s hard to say that it can be used as a normal means,” said Number Two Bowl.
"What about other aspects? For example, the ability to communicate with nature and the power of luck?" I asked.
"My communication skills seem to have improved as well, but I can't test them in my current environment, at least not as much as my prayer abilities. The same goes for my perception abilities," she said. "As for good luck... that's a power that can only be achieved by going with the flow of nature, and nature itself is in a state of contradiction after the apocalypse, so it can no longer help me improve my luck."
"With just these abilities, do you think you can survive in the apocalypse?" I asked.
"There shouldn't be any problems for now. In fact, when I was on the verge of being corrupted by karma and my self-awareness was in chaos, I think I was able to unconsciously avoid a lot of dangers thanks to my existing perception and good luck," she said.
Perhaps after separating from Asahi, her survival difficulties actually decreased significantly... I couldn't help but have this thought.
However, her margin for error when alone is still too low. While she may seem to avoid many risks, in reality, one unexpected event could lead to utter ruin. Perhaps this is why she was on the verge of demonic possession even before her first encounter with Masao.
I pondered the information she had given me before, and then said, "If you were to come to the same era as me, perhaps you could further enhance your luck... Just wondering, if your luck were to improve further, would it override Asaho's jinxed constitution?"
“I don’t think it’s possible,” she said regretfully. “Although this is just my personal feeling… Asahi’s constitution that attracts strange things is probably not a kind of misfortune, so it cannot be offset by simple luck. Even if my luck were amplified tenfold or a hundredfold, I still couldn’t save her.”
Encountering strange things may not be a matter of luck or misfortune.
Asaho views her constitution as a curse because, for someone who wants a normal life, strange occurrences inherently signify chaos, and they do indeed pose a significant danger. Even if only five out of ten strange events are life-threatening, and the other five offer opportunities for profit, aside from busybodies like myself, probably not many people would want the absurd constitution of "encountering ten strange events every week." No matter how much one could gain, if one fails even once, everything would be lost.
Moreover, in the apocalyptic era in the past, when Asahiya lived, it was unknown whether any of the hundred strange events had a positive meaning.
"Um, Mr. Number Three..."
Just as I was thinking, the second little bowl looked at me expectantly and made a weak sound.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
She revealed her eagerness and asked with concern, "I've finished talking about things on my end. Now, could you tell me about things on your end? For example... what is your relationship with Asahi-neechan now?"
(End of this chapter)
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