Chapter 311: Everything May Be Undone Because of This Mysterious Mist

"That's good." Matsuka Chiri let out a breath of relief. "Sorry to trouble you, Kamikawa-kun, having to deal with all this hassle the moment you got back."

Then, as if remembering something, Matsuka Chiri lightly clapped her hands together.

"How about we make something tasty to treat Kamikawa-kun? Oh right, last time I made milk crisps, Kamikawa-kun said he really liked them, so let's make some milk crisps for Kamikawa-kun to eat."

"Sure."

Kamikawa Chie's eyes lit up, her smile sweet.

No sooner said than done, the two went together to the convenience store to buy yogurt for making milk crisps.

Along the way, the two chatted and laughed.

In this cold, dark night, they added a beautiful scenic line.

"Matsuka-sis, you're so pretty, and your cooking is so good—I really don't know who'll be lucky enough to have you in the future."

"Flatterer."

"Hehe, I'm telling the truth. Oh right, Matsuka-sis, you didn't finish talking about the hospital thing during dinner earlier—keep going, how's that patient doing?"

……

The Pacific Ocean.

The open sea near Hua Nation's waters.

At this moment.

The sea was calm, rippling faintly; moonlight was bright, shining down, and the surface glittered with shimmering silver, draping this stretch of ocean in a veil of chill and mystery.

But at this moment, across the sparkling sea, a thin layer of mist had drifted in at some unknown time.

Like clear qi rising and turbid qi descending.

Or like a hot spring, the mist like steam, making it look as if the sea were steaming and heating up.

Looking closely, the mist drifted in from a distant place; there the fog billowed, shrouding a stretch of sea, slowly advancing toward here—not moving, but swelling and expanding.

"Just as Likui said, the other realm connected by this mist is strange."

Kamikawa Zun stood in the air above, looking down at the mysterious mist.

His pitch-black eyes flowed with the light of sun, moon, and stars, as if a starry sky were gestating within, with earth, wind, water, and fire re-deriving, seeing through all illusion.

He tried to channel divine power to reinforce his eyes, wanting to see through the mysterious mist, but it was like a person looking at a wall—only able to see the wall, unable to see what lay behind it, all blocked by the wall.

One must understand, he was no ordinary person—his strength rivaled that of a god or demon at the middle Third Step.

Yet he still could not see through the mysterious mist. If this were a passage to the Void Demon Realm, the passage linking the Erosion Realm and the Void Demon Realm, or even any other connecting passage, he would have seen through it at a glance. Clearly, this mysterious mist held something special.

And this was not the point.

The point was that the moment he came before the mysterious mist, the closer he got to it, a feeling of heart-palpitations and trembling rose unbidden.

Like a person encountering a ferocious beast, instinctively producing fear.

Kamikawa Zun frowned. With the other-realm invasion imminent, now that such a mysterious other-realm passage had appeared, he had to investigate this mysterious other realm as soon as possible—otherwise, everything done before might be undone because of this mysterious mist.

Must speed up the pace!

Acquiring script points, shaping the worldview, shaping the world's presence—all must be sped up.

Only thus can one respond to all changes with constancy.

"Where is Ashitsu Onna." Kamikawa Zun murmured softly.

The words fell.

The space beside Kamikawa Zun rippled like water, spreading rings; in the blink of an eye, the rippling water-patterns condensed into a female figure with both figure and face.

This was one of the twenty-eight Mansions Kamikawa Zun had shaped—the 'Woman' of the Northern Seven Mansions, Ashitsu Onna.

"Your subordinate is here."

Ashitsu Onna bowed respectfully.

Kamikawa Zun nodded slightly, his gaze never leaving the mysterious mist below—no fatigue to speak of, the mysterious mist expanding day and night.

Solemnity flashed and passed.

With a flip of his palm, a talisman token appeared, imprinted with mysterious patterns and the two characters "Ashitsu" in its center.

"You need not be responsible for my sister's protection for now. Go recall Ashitsu Tō and Ashitsu Ki, and have them bring over the god-demon corpses killed in the Ten Thousand Wastes Realm. This talisman token can take you to the other realm where they are so you can find them."

Kamikawa Zun had ordered Ashitsu Tō and the others to pursue the fleeing experimental beings, and had also instructed them that if they killed beings of the Divine realm, they should keep the corpses if possible.

"Do it as soon as possible—put aside anything else important."

Kamikawa Zun added a sentence; the situation with the mysterious mist would not allow him to dawdle—he had to act fast.

"Yes!"

Ashitsu Onna received the talisman token with both hands, her expression stern, turned and immediately activated the talisman token, departing for the other realm where Ashitsu Tō and the other were.

After Ashitsu Onna departed, Kamikawa Zun gazed deeply at the mysterious mist; a glance of his eyes caught that around the waters of the mysterious mist, warships upon warships were arrayed on all four sides of the mysterious mist.

These warships varied in size—even aircraft carriers were among them.

Every warship flew a national flag, from different countries—Mi Nation, Ribenzheng Prefecture, Russia, and so on were all present.

A rare scene, thoroughly stunning.

The ships gathered together, yet no conflict occurred, amicably assembled.

The appearance of the mysterious mist made the various nations temporarily set aside their differences, united against the common foe.

Although Ribenzheng Prefecture, representing the various nations, had sought Kamikawa Zun's help, Kamikawa Zun did not choose to contact them now—merely glanced once, then turned and swept away through the air.

However.

Kamikawa Zun appeared in the airspace above the mysterious mist, and the various ships gathered on the sea around the mysterious mist did notice him.

He did not try to conceal his appearance in these waters, intentionally letting the various ships discover him, letting them spread the news of his appearance here to the bigwigs, proving that he had come to the mysterious mist and investigated.

Implicitly telling the various nations: you asked me for help, I did come—no need to come asking again. At the same time, hinting to them that his appearing here so brazenly yet not taking the initiative to contact them meant he did not wish to be disturbed.

You may ask me for help, but don't make it known to everyone. I just want a quiet life—I don't want to walk down the street and have passersby gossip about me and the government coming to me for things.

On the warship.

"Quickly report to Director Takahashi—Mr. Kamikawa has appeared above the mysterious mist!" the warship's officer ordered the soldier.

"Hey!"

Similar scenes unfolded on every warship.

……

Inside the warship.

"What? Mr. Kamikawa appeared above the mysterious mist?! Where is he now? Take me there immediately."

Director Takahashi, upon hearing the news, took it with great seriousness.

He didn't even bother to put on his clothes properly—he grabbed them, pulling them on as he ran out.

If the soldier hadn't stopped him in time, Director Takahashi would have rushed out already.

"Director Takahashi, Mr. Kamikawa has already left."

"Left?"

"Yes, he's gone."

"Why didn't you try to keep Mr. Kamikawa from leaving?"

"Director Takahashi, Mr. Kamikawa never met with us—we only detected a figure above us on radar, and recognized it as Mr. Kamikawa."

Director Takahashi, still in the act of dressing, froze mid-motion and turned to the soldier.

He fell silent for a moment.

Director Takahashi waved his hand at the soldier. "Understood. Dismissed. After I finish dressing, give me the full account."

"Hey!"

The soldier saluted and stepped out, closing the door behind him.

Not long after.

After questioning, Director Takahashi understood the situation.

To hold his position, one must have sharp insight—he already grasped Mr. Kamikawa's meaning.

He also vaguely understood the other implication Mr. Kamikawa had conveyed.

The mysterious mist was beyond Mr. Kamikawa's ability to resolve; at minimum, it would require one of his elders. Otherwise, he could have simply erased the mist before leaving—after all, that would have clearly told Director Takahashi and the others that he wished to avoid further contact with the government and disturb his life.

Yet he did nothing of the sort—only glanced at the mysterious mist, then left, without a single action.

Of course, he could not be certain of this.

Because perhaps Mr. Kamikawa did not eliminate the mist not because he couldn't, but because the mist's appearance was not necessarily a bad thing for humanity.

"I hope it's the latter I'm thinking of," Director Takahashi said, standing on the deck, gazing at the mysterious mist.

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