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Chapter 192 - 192: 0167 The True Power of the Gate to the Other World_1

"I saw it with my own eyes."

Through the telescope in his hand, the middle-aged man, after witnessing Leon and the Princess falling from the sky together, sighed with a mix of relief and complexity as he explained,

"The Anomalous Object I possess is called the 'Gate of the Other World.' Besides being able to open behind any door in the Capital City, allowing you to enter the base at any time, it can even open a door to the Future."

"What?!"

Hearing the middle-aged man's explanation of his Ability for the first time, the bald woman couldn't help but look over in shock, asking with her eyes wide open,

"The Future? Is it the Future I'm thinking of?"

"Yes, it's the Future you're thinking of, and this Future can still be changed. Everything I did after learning about the Future can change how the Future looks. For instance, the slingshot you just fired was the 'answer' I found from the Future."

After glancing toward Ryan Manor, the gray-templed middle-aged man said with a complex expression,

"That guy from the Purification Bureau is really... incredibly cautious and almost flawless in his work. At the slightest sign of movement around, he immediately uses that extremely troublesome Ability to protect himself and the Princess, not giving even the slightest chance.

You know, whether it's sneak attacks or poison blasts, yesterday, I took you from the Future and tried no less than eighty times, with more than a dozen different plans. But every time, he managed to evade it without fail, never once could we completely kill him.

The two closest attempts to success: Once, we went all out, sparing no Cost to corner him into a dead end, but he activated a lethal strand of hair. Except for Phoebe and her sister, everyone else was killed instantly by that strand, without any ability to resist, and he was only slightly injured.

The second time, we sent Phoebe, during one of her amnesiac spells, to approach him. When she reached out and touched him, everyone forgot about his existence. But just by touching Phoebe's hand, everyone's memories began to return slowly, and eventually, we still couldn't do anything to him."

After recalling the "battle of wits and courage" with "Prince Lyon," the middle-aged man turned his head, looking at the bald woman, who was already dumbfounded beside him, and sighed helplessly,

"That guy's Ability is really disgustingly perfect, almost without any weaknesses. *I really don't know what he encountered to become so cautious, as if someone is always ready to harm him.*"

"..."

Uh… it seems he really didn't over-prepare, after all, you attempted to 'harm' him over eighty times in one night. If he weren't cautious enough, he probably wouldn't be around anymore.

"Although that guy from the Purification Bureau has a remarkable Ability, you eventually found a chance to catch him, which still shows that your Ability is stronger!"

Looking at her "harmful yet persistent" leader with eyes that seemed to see a pervert, the bald woman said somewhat excitedly,

"Right, Leader! You can see the Future! With this Ability, aren't you invincible? Can't you do whatever you want?"

"No."

The middle-aged man's state seemed somewhat strange. He reached out to wipe away the sudden tears at the corner of his eye and shook his head with a somewhat forlorn tone,

"Even if you can see the Future infinitely many times, it doesn't necessarily mean you can really change the Future, because some problems are destined to have no answers."

"This… Leader, I don't understand…"

"Simply put, there are some things you just can't change, even if you know they will happen. For instance, the Future of this nation."

After looking at the slightly bewildered eyes of the bald woman, the middle-aged man hesitated slightly and then smiled with a bit of relief, explaining,

"You know? Our last attempt to assassinate the Princess was actually successful."

"What???"

"It's true. When I passed through the 'Gate of the Other World' and reached the Future, we had Luke control the Princess's chamberlain, successfully killing her. But shortly after her death, Future me found a way to send back the message.

Future me said that even in the Future without the Princess, the Kingdom still didn't get saved; it just went from completely broken to barely hanging on.

And because of a moment of weakness, after exiting the door of the Future, I slightly changed the plan, letting the guard controlled by Luke choose another position, voluntarily giving up the chance for success in the assassination."

"Ah this… this…"

Hearing that the failed assassination was actually their leader's voluntary abandonment, the bald woman was dumbfounded for a while, then suddenly lunged forward to grab the middle-aged man's shoulders, veins popping as she shouted,

"Why! Why! Also! She's the Princess! You're a Rebel! You tell me you got soft-hearted? What the hell are you talking about?"

"I had no choice. *I couldn't not be soft-hearted, she is, after all, my sister.*"

"What???"

Using the back of his hand to wipe the tear stains at the corner of his eye, which rubbed off the foundation covering his face, revealing several irregularly shaped freckles that looked like dirt stains, the middle-aged man said with complex emotions,

"If not for her, I would have been killed in the Capital City in the second year of the war. Since the Kingdom's fate is as tragic with or without her, how could I bear to kill her?"

"?????"

So the leader of the Rebels... turned out to be the Kingdom's Prince? I… what have I been doing all along?

Looking at the distinctly spotted freckles on the middle-aged man's weathered face, the bald woman felt a rush of blood to the brain, almost driving her mad on the spot, and stammered as she questioned,

"Are you really Joshua? That foolish Prince? How is it possible! You? You?!"

"I've said it before, my Ability is called the 'Gate of the Other World.'"

Gaze fixed on the distant Ryan Manor, the middle-aged man said with a desolate look,

"Having the powerful Anomalous Object that can observe the Future at will naturally comes with an incomparable Cost, and the Cost I paid is akin to the name of this Ability.

I, who suffered thirty years of Pain because of the Kingdom's destruction, chose to step through the gate to the Other World, completely giving up everything I had, with no family, no past, and not even a Future anymore.

Now, I am just a ghost wandering in the Other World. Even if I have the chance to save the Kingdom and change all regrets, all the regrets I change no longer have the slightest relation to me. This is the Cost of using the Gate of the Other World."

"..."

After explaining the truth of his Ability, looking at the completely contorted expression of the bald woman, the middle-aged man wiped away his tears and bowed apologetically.

"I'm sorry, I originally intended to take this secret to the grave, but in just a few more minutes, my sister... the Princess, will disappear from everyone's memory, and I will follow and forget her too. I just couldn't hold back the urge to confide in someone while my memory is still intact."

"You... I... Damn it! Why did you choose me? Why didn't you… mm? Mm!"

"Because among all of us, you're the only one I can beat, sorry."

After forcing a pinch of some strange powder into the bald woman's mouth, the middle-aged man looked at her terrified face and said,

"Don't worry, what I gave you isn't poison. It's powder made from Phoebe's nails, and according to the dose, it should only make you lose about an hour of memory.

Just sleep for a while, just a while… Also, thank you for listening to my secret. I feel much better after getting it all out."

"..."

Looking at the apologetic middle-aged man in front of her, the bald woman struggled twice but couldn't break free, her mouth still clamped so she couldn't curse, leaving her to continuously express her anger through her eyes.

*You feel better! But now I feel terrible! Let go of me, you bastard! Damn it!*

凸(艹皿艹)!

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