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章節 554: As A Terrorist

"Of course, it isn't just that. Us Gods are not immune to desires, as one of their major motivations is greed for power. And between Apollo and Hades, the former is the worst, as the latter would be satisfied as long as no one interrupts the cycle of souls," added Nyx.

In that regard, Kisuke and Hades might have something they could agree on, however, fundamentally, they are still after different things. While Hades wanted to constrain the soul into its 'natural' cycle, Kisuke is after the freedom of the soul.

In hindsight, Kisuke's belief in souls is closer to Aizen's than any other member of Soul Society, while Hades' thinking was aligned with those very old conservatives on the Council of 46.

"Enough with their motives. Why did they target me?"

"Some Gods, especially those who are aligned with the stars have this rare ability, Divination. Its basic function is to let its user peer into the future. Apollo has unusually powerful Divination powers that enabled him to peer into the far future with much more accuracy," replied Nyx.

"So this Apollo saw me through his Divinations?"

Nyx shook her head, "Not exactly. The farther and more specific one wants to see, the greater the limitations that were imposed on this ability. However, Apollo was still able to figure out a few things and make his move. The content of his Divination was, 'Our Grand Ambition will be ended by a Human.' "

Kisuke closed his eyes and thought about her words for a few minutes before sighing, "So I gave myself away, huh?"

Nyx nodded, "You're correct. From the start, they didn't know who this Human was. However, they did have a few suspects and I only knew a few of them. First is the host of the Holy Spear, Cao Cao. But he's under Indra's protection so they couldn't do anything at the time but to plan ahead. The other two were Dulio Gesualdo and Vasco Strada, both from the church, but they both have the same problem as the first one. And the last two that I know of are the possessor of the Two Heavenly Dragons."

"However, even after planning against them, the result of the Divination didn't change which could only mean two things. First is that they failed to stop this Human and second is that they were targeting the wrong person."

Serafall then suddenly pressed her fist on her palm, "I see! They found Kisuke because of Kokabiel's debacle! But then again, why did they make their move? If they knew they would fail from the beginning, then they wouldn't have lured him out using Sona-chan. Clearly, Ki-tan is still alive so is Sona-chan."

But instead of Nyx, it was Kisuke who answered her, "It was because of Ophis-chan."

Hearing her name, Ophis tilted her head in confusion and wondered how she was involved in all of this.

However, Kisuke ignored her and continued, "I knew for sure that Divination can't read a transcended being's fate as they have no fate to begin with. As beings that shook off the shackles of the world, they are outside of the natural order. So when Ophis-chan started interacting with us closely, it should be also around that time that they stopped seeing the Divination results."

"So you really are the Human in that Divination since it disappeared and all?" asked Serafall.

However, Kisuke just shrugged his shoulders, "Who knows? This peering into the future is very unstable to begin with, that it may change suddenly due to the smallest actions. It might have been me or it may be someone else. Unless Divination is a steady stream of information from the future, it isn't really reliable and one is bound to misunderstand the information from it."

'Divination can hardly be useful... Unless it's someone like Yhwach. I wonder if his ability is really to watch and manipulate the future like the Soul King?' Kisuke thought as he sighed.

But for the first time, Nyx smiled, "In my opinion, Apollo's Divination was unusually strong this time."

Kisuke's eyes widened slightly at her reaction and asked, "What makes you think that?"

"I think that instead of predicting the future, he instead brought that future to himself."

Athena was also shocked this time, "You think that if they didn't touch him, the prophecy wouldn't have come true anyway?"

"Isn't it? I mean now that they made him their enemy, I think Kisuke Urahara wouldn't leave them alone now."

Serafall looked towards Kisuke and asked, "What do you think?"

"Hmm? Well, it's true that I'm going to mess with them from here on out and probably clean them up once I get my chance. If they didn't bother me, I probably wouldn't even look their way."

Kisuke then stood up and looked towards Athena, "I heard enough. Come with me and let's remove that poison."

Athena first looked towards Nyx and the latter nodded at her. She then stood up and followed Kisuke. Serafall, Ophis and Nyx were left alone, however, only the sound of Ophis munching on her snacks was heard as the other two didn't even talk.

Half an hour later, Kisuke and Athena returned with the latter's complexion a lot better.

Once Athena reached Nyx's side, she turned back to Kisuke, "About the cooperation..."

However, before she could even finish speaking, Kisuke raised his hand to interrupt her, "Let's talk about that in another day. Serafall-sama here will contact you."

Although she was stopped, Athena was happy with Kisuke's answer as this was actually the best one she could hope for, an answer that Kisuke didn't immediately refuse, "Understood. We'll leave and will wait for your word."

Athena and Nyx didn't bother them anymore and directly left.

Serafall stood up from her seat and asked Kisuke a question she has been wondering, "Since you're in control of Athena, wouldn't you have cured her regardless of her offer? After all, she's your precious outlet of information from Olympus."

Kisuke signaled Serafall and Ophis to follow him before replying, "Of course. Athena and Nyx should also be aware of that."

"Then couldn't have Nyx accepted your offer and still get what they came here for?"

"It's because the real reason that Athena came here is to show me that Nyx isn't an enemy. Although it looked like she used Nyx's information for her own benefit, she's actually looking out for her. Athena knew that Nyx and I were enemies and gave me an out in the deal is one way to ease my stance on Nyx."

"Besides, what they came here for is not the poison, but the cooperation. If I have to guess, Olympus is probably divided into two factions. Apollo's faction and Zeus' faction, and the latter's faction is at an overwhelming disadvantage. The only reason why Apollo's faction hasn't made their move is that they are not ready to take on the other mythological factions yet. Athena wanted me to join their side as Apollo's enemy."

"The fact that you sent them away in hopes of meeting them again, you already accepted it?"

Kisuke then suddenly grinned, "You bet I will~! There's no greater chance than this for me to enter Olympus, right?"

Serafall's mouth twitched at his answer, "Y-you won't attack them, right?"

Chuckling, Kisuke replied, "That's a funny question, Sera-chan~. Designating me as a terrorist probably took them some effort, so it'd be very rude of me to waste it~."

Serafall wanted to do something, but she already knew that she couldn't change his mind, 'I should bring this up with Sirzechs-chan... We can't have this guy continue his terrorizing activities in the Underworld by branding him as one!'

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Editors:

28th00: Chomp Chomp say the Phis-chama. Serafall has seen the light, giving Kisuke the label of a terrorist means he doesn't need to care about anyone or anything in his revenge and/or boredom.

Goyya: Kisuke, one of the very few people to be labeled as a terrorist. It's a free ticket to mess with others.


章節 555: A New Base

Kisuke, Serafall, and Ophis entered a stone building that is only composed of a single room with a big complicated magic circle drawn in the middle of it.

"This is... A teleportation magic circle?" asked Serafall.

Kisuke nodded and answered, "Indeed. This will take us to the place where I would create my new hideout." He then brought up the magic circle and made some necessary adjustments to it.

While watching him work, Serafall continued to implore in confusion, "But isn't this too big? Is it overly complicated so no one will be able to trace you? Couldn't you just destroy any information from here after the transfer?"

However, Kisuke shook his head, "You got it wrong, Sera-chan. This is just a basic teleportation magic circle without unnecessary complications to hide its destination. Take a closer look."

Serafall approached the magic circle Kisuke was working on and observed and calculated it for a few minutes before scratching her head in confusion, "...Huh? Just where is this going? And the destination isn't the Dimensional Gap..."

Kisuke grinned and said as he put back the magic circle on the floor, "Yosh~. The adjustments are done~." He then faced Serafall and Ophis, "Are you ready to go?"

Ophis walked to his side and grabbed his right hand, citing her intentions. Serafall, on the other hand, hesitated, "Is it really fine to bring me? This might become detrimental to you. If you wanted a hideout for yourself, you shouldn't really invite me over."

Kisuke smiled and replied, "As I've said, I trust you. As simple as that," Kisuke then started smiling wryly, "Besides, if I didn't trust you, Sona-chan will probably sulk."

Serafall froze for a moment before smiling back, "Is that so? Then let's go! I'm really curious as to where this is going~," Copying Ophis, Serafall grabbed Kisuke's free hand.

"Y-you..."

"Hmm?"

Shaking his head, Kisuke activated the magic circle, "No, it's nothing. Let's go."

The three of them then disappeared in motes of light.

A few seconds later, the group reappeared on a reddish ground and the first thing they noticed is the red sandstorm in their immediate vicinity and the black sky that is peeking through it along with the distant sun.

"...What?" muttered Serafall as she looked around and saw a black totem beside them, emitting a gentle warm light along with its magic inscription. She figured out that there's an invisible barrier around that separates them from the outside, "J-just where are we?"

She doesn't recall any place like this exists, 'A night sky while the sun is still up? Just where did Ki-tan find this space? And that sun... Why does it feel like it's the real sun but only a bit distant?'

But instead of answering her, Kisuke reminded Serafall, "Sera-chan, as a precaution, please put up a magic barrier around your skin and filter the air you're breathing in."

After Serafall followed his instruction, Kisuke then proceeded to inspect the vicinity of the barrier and the totem beside them, "Hmm... I guess this is a success? I should first stabilize the atmosphere and do another round of disinfection."

Kisuke then put out several pieces of equipment from his inventory that would purify the air around them further and kill any microbes that could possibly be around them.

Serafall was incredibly curious about where they are right now, but she waited for Kisuke to finish his work. Half an hour later, Kisuke nodded in satisfaction and Serafall immediately assaulted him with questions, "Hey! Ki-tan! Why is this place so strange!? Just where are we!?"

Kisuke stood proudly and feigned a cough, "Ehem... I don't know if we're the first ones, but welcome to Mars, Sera-chan~! More specifically, on the top of the highest volcano on Mars, Olympus Mons~!"

"...Mars?"

"Yep~!"

"The red planet?"

"Yep~!"

Serafall suddenly grabbed Kisuke's shihakusho and yelled at his face, "How!?"

"Uhmm... We teleported?"

"Ughh!" Serafall knew that she asked the wrong question due to shock and released Kisuke, "Seriously? You want to establish your hideout here?"

"Yep~, what's wrong with it?"

Serafall sighed before answering him, "Indeed, this is one of the best places to hide if you don't want others to find you, however, since this place is not stationary, one has to continuously adjust your magic formula to teleport here."

"Just teleporting here is risky enough because with one wrong calculation, you may end up teleporting to an empty space and if you're unlucky, you won't be able to teleport back to Earth since it's on the move too, making you stranded in a hostile environment until you die."

"Not just that, with the hostile environment on Mars itself, you have to continually stabilize it. There's also a problem with the logistics since it's very complicated to come here in the first place. Aside from the secrecy, it's even harder to maintain a base here than in Dimensional Gap.

"To top it off, there is barely any magical energy here for you to use and your only liable source are magic batteries from Earth which will dramatically increase the cost of staying here. I only oversimplified everything, but there are a lot more complications and problems in doing this."

"Besides, you're not sure if you're the only one who established a base here despite the difficulty of making one. After all, factions that have enough power and technology should be capable of the same thing," Serafall put her hand on her forehead. This might sound an incredibly good idea, but it's impossible that Kisuke is the only one who had such. In hindsight, he might be even more exposed here than in Dimensional Gap. Though it's true that once he's teleported here, it'll be very hard to follow him.

"Ah, please don't worry about those. I got my bases covered even before coming here~," replied Kisuke with a thumbs up.

Serafall gave him a look of suspicion, "Hmm... Like what?"

"First of all, to arrive here, I sent this totem a few days ago to establish a foothold in this place. But not just that, I didn't stop sending out probes that will act as my data points to keep the real-time location of both Earth and Mars. As we're speaking, I'm still continuously sending out these probes around the inner Solar System."

'Probes, huh... That's indeed a good way to keep things on track. Though if he doesn't have at least a hundred of these, it won't be reliable.' Crossing her arms, Serafall asked, "And how many probes are we speaking?"

Kisuke rubbed his chin and thought for a moment, "Just a few minutes ago, it broke through the 50,000-mark."

"I see, 50,000... Wait... What!?" Serafall froze on her spot.

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Editors:

28th00: I wonder how long it's been since Phis-chama wandered Mars? She has to have wandered around the solar system at some point in her probably millions to billions of years of lifespan. Serafall is copying Phis-chama, I'm not sure if she's a good role model to emulate there Sera-chan…

Goyya: Ophis wouldn't bother the space. Humans have been blasting radio waves through that place. It's noisy as fvck.

28th00: Can't you hear Earth from a few AU away? It's massive in the amount of noise we generate.


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