Chapter 137: I Gave You a Choice

At the Sanzenin mansion, after hearing the entire hidden story, Nagi Sanzenin was in a state of temporary stagnation.

After a long time, Nagi Sanzenin slowly came back to her senses.

"Holy crap, you evolved?"

Nagi Sanzenin rolled her eyes back at her.

"What are you saying? What do you mean by evolved~?"

"At most, I just received the favor of power."

The Vision is just an external magical organ; once the Vision is snatched away, she, as the holder, cannot continue to use elemental power.

Calling it evolution is still far off.

It’s not just her; the other few are the same.

Only by turning external power into one’s own power, using one’s own organs to absorb external power and thereby converting it into elemental power—that is true evolution.

Now, it’s at most just a transitional period before evolution.

As she spoke, Nagi Sanzenin pulled Iroha over.

"Compared to me, Iroha is the true evolution."

This immediately shifted Sakuya Aizawa’s focus, and her eyes became sharp instantly.

"My attention was all on Nagi just now, and I forgot about your business, Miss Iroha."

"We’ve been good friends for so many years, and yet you never told me you were a shrine maiden."

Regarding this, Iroha Saginomiya looked at Sakuya Aizawa with some worry.

"Can Sakuya accept those strange things?"

"Miss Maria has the behavior records of the drug traffickers from this trip; does Sakuya want to see them?"

"..."

Sakuya Aizawa retreated a few steps almost instinctively.

Her sensitivity was telling her that hell was ahead and it was best to stop here, otherwise she would definitely regret it.

But the problem was that the hell ahead was also directly linked to interest, enticing her curiosity.

"Sakuya, do you want to see it or not?"

Nagi Sanzenin reminded her with a mischievous smile.

Of course, she knew that the records Maria left behind would definitely cause psychological trauma to anyone, but if Sakuya was really willing to step in, she would need to accept the test of human nature first.

Otherwise, only she would have thrown up, and that would be too unfair.

Since Sakuya wanted to step in, she also had to taste this bottom line of human nature.

Sakuya Aizawa looked at Nagi’s face full of smiles, and she only felt her sensitive nerves sounding the alarm.

The abyss is right in front!

"What will happen if I don't look?"

Sakuya Aizawa still held a glimmer of luck.

"Then don't get involved in the future."

Nagi Sanzenin’s one sentence shattered all her luck.

"People in our club will make appointments to go to the alternate dimension for training together in the future."

"When the time comes, don't come looking for me if you’re curious."

"..."

I’m super curious!

If Nagi hadn't said anything, Sakuya Aizawa’s curiosity wouldn't have been that heavy.

But once it was mentioned, her curiosity shot up.

She was super curious about what those extraordinary ability battles and training were like.

If this was a necessary condition, even if her sensitive nerves were extremely resistant, Sakuya Aizawa didn't seem to have any good way out.

"Nagi, I’m the older sister, you know."

"There is no distinction between sisters in the mysterious world."

"Are you really going to be this heartless?"

"I gave you a choice; isn't this something you can choose?"

...Can’t escape it now.

Sakuya Aizawa knew she couldn't escape.

As long as she had curiosity about that mystery, she couldn't choose not to jump into the abyss.

"I’ll look! I’ll look, okay..."

Sakuya Aizawa wept silently; this time she was definitely going to jump into the abyss.

Looking at Sakuya who had accepted her fate, a cute smile bloomed on Nagi Sanzenin’s face.

"Maria, no need to prepare meat dishes today; Sakuya definitely won't be able to eat them."

What is called a direct hit—this is it.

Sakuya Aizawa was already beginning to feel a trace of fear.

Needless to say, this abyss would definitely exceed her imagination.

Just as both sides had their own things going on, Ren Amamiya had just carried his suitcase to the floor where his home was located.

"Back, are we?"

"Living this long, this should count as the first time leaving my birthplace."

Thinking of the experiences of the past two days, Ren Amamiya couldn't help but sigh.

Just like what he had said before.

For people who want to go out and walk around, time and money are both limitations.

Requesting fresh flowers.

Coincidentally, Ren Amamiya was the type of person who met neither the condition of time nor money.

You have to know, the past him was really just an ordinary reincarnator with very low presence.

He didn't understand stock trading, nor did he understand so-called economics.

He belonged to the type of person who could lose money even in a big bull market; wanting him to get a lot of money through formal channels was just wishful thinking.

The ways for ordinary people to get money are working and saving.

And Ren Amamiya, who was swaying between these two methods, where would he have the time to walk out of the city he lived in?

It was only after obtaining power and having a not-so-small deposit that he could have the thought of going out for a walk.

Lowering his head, savoring this trip and the benefits he had obtained during this trip.

The corners of his mouth curled up gently.

"Not bad."

The River of Eternal Darkness was simply too generous as a reward this time.

Having one more source quality meant he could use a bit more power.

Being the same source quality, each source quality has different wonders.

The ability of the Sefirah Castle belongs mostly to the cautious part, and it can also strengthen the power of the path one is on, and can also obtain higher sequence abilities one step ahead.

The River of Eternal Darkness actually focuses more on killing, and it is a source quality completely opposite to the Sefirah Castle.

The River of Eternal Darkness enriched him, who currently didn't have many killing methods; just this point alone was enough to make Ren Amamiya happy.

It’s just that if he wants to obtain more and better things, he will need to influence more people next time.

This is not something he can do in a short time.

Next time, unless the number of people holding diaries increases, he will need to wait until one of them can cross their own destiny to a greater extent.

However, Ren Amamiya didn't feel it was a pity.

Getting the River of Eternal Darkness is enough; don't be so greedy.

What is needed now is just the Sequence 8 potion.

With the potions of the three paths already close to being digested, improving the sequence is the most important thing.

So, no need to think about the source quality for now; just think about the conditions needed on the sequence path.

— Author's Notes —

PS: For some reason, I’m not in a good state today... and...