After escaping from the pursuit of the rabbit and Scepter 4, Kamukura Izuru checked the news on his mobile phone while walking.

"What should we do now?" Hinata Hajime asked, "If it's true as you said, and the host of despair this time might be that slate, wouldn't it be very difficult to deal with it?"

"I'm looking for the location of the slab."

"Can you find it?"

"Hmm." Kamizuru Izuru said calmly, "Since it is actively causing trouble for us, this means that it will take the initiative to appear when it cannot find anyone by relying on the King."

Hinata Hajime fell into deep thought, "A slab of stone? An active attack?"

Until now, he has not been able to accept the fact that a piece of stone can have consciousness, and this consciousness is actually locked together with the fragment of despair. It is too... unscientific.

Well, that's not scientific.

"But didn't you say, Derushi, that despair is contagious?" Hinata Sou frowned. "If it is true that the slab is infected by the fragment of despair, then are all the kings and those without power in danger of being infected by despair? After all, everyone is using the power of the slab."

Kamuzuru Izuku spoke calmly, "Of course."

"If that's the case, then I'll bundle them up..."

"Don't worry." Kamuzuru Izuru said, "Despair is contagious, but not everyone will be eroded by despair. Those who can lose their abilities without any problems, they don't care about power themselves, and they won't fall into despair."

Hinata frowned, "It means that only those who cling to power will be eroded by despair."

"Um."

Hinata Sou thought of his past self. In the memory that had temporarily been recovered, he was very clear about how obsessed he was with his talent. If he was suddenly told that the talent he had worked so hard to obtain would disappear, he would probably fall into pain immediately. At that moment, he understood.

After all, to be honest, talent, although it is called talent, is almost the same as superpower.

...and even luck.

"If that's the case, then among the kings, the Red King will hardly be affected. The people of Houmaira value feelings more than abilities." Hinata Sou stroked his chin, "The Blue King might be affected. He is the new king, and Scepter 4 needs him to make a decision. It is still in a difficult stage."

"And the Golden King..." Hinata Hajime murmured, "He will definitely be affected."

Because the King of Gold controls the lifeline of the country, the power of the king allowed him to develop Japan into the best in the world. To maintain this glory requires tremendous efforts. He may care more about the power of the king than imagined.

As for other kings, Hinata Hajime had never met them and didn't know much about them.

Kamukura Izuru spoke while researching the news on the Internet.

"The Silver King has the ability to be immortal. He has not appeared in public since he became the king. He is most likely hovering on the airship in the urban legend."

"Although his immortality is a bit unexpected, he doesn't seem to need any strength, and probably doesn't care."

Kamizuru Izuru didn't comment. He continued to investigate, "Green King, although he has never shown up, the organization Jungle has been expanding and has generously given abilities to every ordinary person."

“The possibility of being affected is very high.”

Apart from this, there is no news about other kings.

There is not much news about the Colorless King, but most of the time he is with the Gold King. He seems to have a gentler personality. As for the Gray King, the last time he appeared was before the Kagutu Crater occurred.

"What will happen if you are affected?" Hinata Hajime said, "I remember when Anna was there, the Desperate Host could enter people's dreams to control them, and the old man Gongcheng could turn bad people into good people. So what will happen this time?"

“I don’t know.” Kamukura Izuru turned off the screen. “No one knows what will happen until it is manifested in detail.”

Hinata Sou nodded, "What should we do now?"

"Hide it."

"well?"

"Make sure the king can't find it and force the stone slab out." Shenzuo Chuliu said.

Hinata thought for a moment, "At the same time, if the kings are affected, problems will inevitably arise over time, and those kings who are not affected will also find something wrong and begin to doubt the slate, right?"

"Well," Hinata sighed, "there's no other way. The King is quite powerful. Rather than dealing with it myself, let someone who is also a King deal with it."

…

In Feishi Courtyard, the King of Gold left. Before leaving, he said that he would go and inform other kings, hoping that the kings here would not leave.

Of course, Suho-sama and the others would not leave until they understood the specific situation.

"Is the Red King not worried at all?" Reiji Munakata looked at Suho Takashi who was sitting next to him. "Whether it's about Hyuga Hajime or the power of the King, the Red King seems very calm."

Suohon-sama didn't even look at him, "Because the power of the king is not necessary for me."

"oh?"

"The Homura didn't come together for power. As the head of Scepter 4, don't you feel the same way?"

Munakata Reiji raised his eyebrows slightly, "Really?"

"Although there are not as many clans as the two kings, I think the power of the king is not necessary." Sanluo smiled and said, "Everyone has something important in their hearts, and everyone has their own focus. Of course, wanting strong power is not a wrong choice."

Zhou Fangzun looked at Miwa and said, "So, do you feel something is wrong, Colorless King?"

"Abnormal?" Sanluan looked at Zhou Fangzun, "What degree of abnormality did the Red King mean?"

"Of course something is wrong overall." Suohono is very lazy and doesn't like to care about things around him. If he can sleep, he will choose to sleep. Anyway, things can be left to Kusanagi Izumo. However, this does not mean that he does not think.

Suoh-sama leaned forward slightly, "Why did the King of Gold do this immediately after hearing your prophecy?"

"Huh?"

"Why didn't he check with the stone tablet?" Suohon continued, "Wanting to arrest someone immediately after hearing a prophecy without investigating is not the style of the King of Gold at all."

Miwa Ichiyan frowned slightly, he was lost in thought, and seemed unable to answer Suohono's question.

Reiji Munakata looked at them calmly, "We can do both things at the same time."

"And you, Munakata Reiji." Suoh Takashi finally turned his head and looked at Munakata Reiji. "As the Blue King who represents order and justice, why did you allow Scepter 4 to act without any evidence? I don't remember you doing this before."

"What the Red King means is that... some of the kings are behaving differently than usual?" Sanlun concluded.

Suho Takashi continued to lean back in his chair. "It's just a guess."

"Am I different from before?" Munakata frowned slightly. "No, I don't notice it."

"Would you really arrest an outsider who has caused no harm without any evidence? Just based on the prophecy of one of the kings?"

Munakata raised his eyebrows slightly, and after a moment he spoke, "...No."

"It looks like we should definitely go see the slab."

Meanwhile, Chang Ludajue of the Golden Kingdom contacted the Silver King who was far up in the sky.

Adolf K. Weitzman has been escaping from life and leaving on a spaceship since he became the king. It has been several decades since he left, and the King of Gold has never disturbed his life, but this time, he wants to try to contact him.

After waiting for a few minutes, the communication link was connected and Weitzman's still young face appeared on the screen.

Decades passed, and time left no trace on the Silver King, except that his silver hair had grown to below his waist.

Weiszman smiled, still as gentle as ever, "Long time no see, Lieutenant."

"Long time no see, Weitzman." Guo Changlu said, "I contacted you this time to know if you can feel the fluctuation of the King's power."

The Silver King frowned slightly, and after a moment he spoke, "As for the fluctuation of power, I did feel it before. Is this important, Lieutenant?"

"It's very important." The King of Gold said, "The King of Colorless predicted a scene where the stone slab will break in the future."

"The slate will break? Really?" The Silver King was a little surprised. "But, is this why the lieutenant came to communicate with me? Because the slate will break?"

"This is a very important matter." The King of Gold said solemnly, "Once the stone slab is broken, the supernatural powers in this world will disappear. Japan relied on the power of the king to become the world's number one little by little. Once this ability disappears, many chain reactions will occur."

"It's possible that Japan was harmed."

"So, the slab cannot be broken, at least not now."

The Silver King looked at the Gold King. He wanted to say something, but he didn't. After a moment, he asked the next question, "So, is there a person like that in the colorless prophecy?"

"Yes, but he escaped and is said to be a common man."

"An ordinary person who can destroy the stone tablet." The Silver King thought, "Why would he destroy the stone tablet? And when the stone tablet was discovered, we tried every means to destroy it but failed. How did he do it? Logically, even a king cannot damage the stone tablet."

“…something’s wrong.”

"Weizman, can you come and help me?" The Golden King said, "We must ensure the safety of the slab."

"No, Lieutenant." The Silver King raised his head and looked at the Gold King with determination in his eyes. He said, "Lieutenant, you are in a very strange state now."

Guo Changlu was stunned. "Witzman?"

"Or rather, this is not like you in the past." The Silver King looked at the Gold King. "Let's not talk about how you, as someone who studied the stone tablet with me, would believe that an ordinary person would destroy the stone tablet. Moreover, this theory that the country would also suffer if the stone tablet did not exist is not like you."

"What has affected you?"

"I'm not influenced by anything."

"Lieutenant, wait for me." The Silver King looked at him. "I will come to you right away. Before that, please don't do anything, especially don't get close to the stone slab."

The Gold King looked at the Silver King in surprise, "Witzman?"

"You are my only friend." Weissman said with a sad look, "How can I just leave you alone?"

"You must wait for me to come back."