Chapter 135: One Heavier Than the Next

After putting her luggage back in her room, Chika Fujiwara headed to the first floor with a heavy heart.

Facing her family, Chika Fujiwara still wore her usual smile.

"Grandfather, Grandfather, I'm down."

"Chika is down, is she?"

The smile on the old man's face bloomed instantly; he looked nothing like the man who had been furrowing his brows just moments ago.

"You just got back from Moon Shadow Island; don't you want to rest for a day?"

"Grandfather, that won't be necessary."

Chika Fujiwara smiled and politely declined.

"My sleep quality on Moon Shadow Island was actually quite good these past two days; I slept soundly until dawn last night."

"It's just that my appetite is a bit off."

"Grandfather, I don't want to see any meat for the next week. I only want to eat vegetables."

The two old men knew exactly what was going on the moment they heard that.

What kind of situation leads to not wanting to eat meat?

Naturally, it meant seeing something one shouldn't have, which ruined one's appetite.

Then, both old men simultaneously thought of the events on Moon Shadow Island.

The old man’s brows furrowed tightly.

"Chika, did you actually go and watch the cleanup process?"

"It wasn't that."

Chika Fujiwara had indeed seen some of the cleanup process, but since those dying were inhuman drug traffickers, she hadn't felt nauseated by that.

"Although we all saw the cleanup process, we weren't actually unable to accept those scenes."

"What we couldn't accept was that the drug traffickers had shackled ordinary civilians from Moon Shadow Island to perform human experiments."

"Old people, middle-aged men and women, young men and women, and even small children."

"Especially those children who were only six or seven years old, their bodies festering, faces twisted in madness as they died on the experimental tables."

"Except for Ren Amamiya and Iroha, we all threw up everything."

Thinking about it now, Chika Fujiwara’s face still turned pale, and that inexplicable feeling of nausea rose up again.

Seeing their granddaughter’s pale face, the two old people truly felt their hearts ache.

"You damn brat, didn't you see Chika’s face looks bad?"

"Go pour a glass of water, quickly!"

Daichi Fujiwara, who had inexplicably become the unlucky one again, pointed at himself, then helplessly went to pour a glass of hot water for Chika.

"Thank you, Father."

Taking the hot water and holding it in her palms, the damp cold in her hands was slowly dispelled, and the fear in her heart dissipated a little.

Looking at his daughter’s pale face, Daichi Fujiwara also felt a pang of heartache.

His young daughter usually had a vibrant, optimistic personality, and he had always protected her well in the past, but now he had still let her come into contact with the darkest world.

After taking a simple sip of hot water, Chika Fujiwara felt that intense feeling of nausea being suppressed.

"Actually, Ren Amamiya didn't suggest we watch."

"But this is a very critical step."

"Because there might be people among us who will take that step, so we need to have more awareness of that world."

"Among those things, human nature is a very key point."

"Grandfather, what do you think of Hayasaka’s ability?"

"A terrifying ability."

The old man reached this conclusion in less than a second.

"The ability to traverse space—if this power were applied to assassination, almost no one could escape it."

It is almost unrealistic to want to dodge an assassin with spatial abilities.

The old man only felt that this power was simply too terrifying.

"It’s not just assassination; it’s the same for investigating intelligence."

"Just now, Hayasaka and I stood inside the room for a minute."

"And we heard your conversation just now very clearly, Grandfather."

The old man’s pupils shrank slightly; this situation was even more complicated.

Being able to traverse space and also use this power to obtain intelligence—the range of applications for this ability was simply too broad.

"Hayasaka’s ability is already excessive, but her ability doesn't have any lethality."

"However, according to Ren Amamiya, once Hayasaka’s ability is used to its limit, it should be able to trap people in an alternate dimension."

Chika Fujiwara picked out some key points to talk about, but she didn't mention the even more critical ones.

Her purpose this time was to let her family understand the mysterious world and also to make them pay attention to their own thoughts.

"Also, to mention, Hayasaka’s ability can open a door by touching any kind of matter; opening a door in the air allows one to enter an alternate dimension that corresponds perfectly to reality."

The old man understood completely this time.

The investigation of intelligence mentioned just now was merely a byproduct of this ability.

The spatial ability was the key.

Regarding this ability alone, if one wanted to counter it, I’m afraid even the most lethal thermal weapons in this world wouldn't work.

Unless the planet exploded, causing a spatial collapse that created a black hole, only then might it have an impact on space.

The deterrent power of this ability was simply too terrifying.

"The deterrent power of this ability is very strong, just in terms of the application of spatial ability."

"If you let that child perform assassinations, I’m afraid no one in this world would be an exception."

"That’s not true either."

Chika Fujiwara directly refuted her grandfather’s statement.

"There is someone who can resist that child’s spatial ability?"

"There is. When Hayasaka used that ability, I noticed that Ren Amamiya’s eyes were always looking at one place."

The old man took a deep breath and then silently looked at his son.

This son really is a blockhead!

Now he could be certain that the boy who seemed ordinary in every way was the most extraordinary one of all.

So-called status and background were not the point.

Placing those so-called status and backgrounds in front of the mysterious, they were like dust on the ground, frogs at the bottom of a well, and mayflies in the sky.

"So, that Kaguya child also obtained special power?"

"Yes."

Chika Fujiwara did not deny this point.

"I was truly frightened when I saw Kaguya use that power before."

"The water in a swimming pool was frozen solid almost in an instant."

"And when she used the power, Kaguya’s body seemed to turn into ice."

"I heard from Ren Amamiya that if Kaguya’s ability is used to the limit, it might reach absolute zero."

The realm of stopping atoms.

Another heavyweight.

Although the old man’s knowledge of physics wasn't like those experts, he still had a little bit.

All biological life activities stem from the activity of atoms.

But absolute zero can stop all atomic activity, which means the power Kaguya Shinomiya now possesses is not weak at all; it could even be called terrifyingly strong.

— Author's Notes —

PS: New book launch, requesting data.