章 1772: Free Will

The voices fell into silence once again. 

"It seems we don't have a choice now."

This time, the voice was the very same one that had been scrambling for Ryu's death. But what was interesting was that he almost seemed resigned.

"Well, it shouldn't be a surprise. It was unlikely that someone normal would come here."

The statues began to glow and nine beams of light came from the foreheads of the statues. Before Ryu could dodge, they slammed into him, burrowing into his mind. 

Ryu's mind was instantly overwhelmed and the entire world seemed to go white. 

Memories flashed by in Ryu's mind one after another, but they were all memories that he couldn't recognize at all. It felt like he was watching the life of someone else… or several someones. 

Often he was a mighty figure, just as frequently he was a beggar, and more often than both he was a normal man, unimportant and unadorned in every aspect.