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“…Bloodline.”

“Anything come to mind? Considering the appearance, she might be a sister or a mother…”

“Who knows.”

I have no siblings.

I’m not quite like the ‘Sword Saint,’ but I too was an entity close to impossibility.

Never seen and never heard of.

Yet, that doesn’t mean ‘that person’ is alive…

“…You don’t just think it’s because the faces are similar, right?”

“If it were just similar, would I be bringing it up?”

“…I haven’t seen death, but I think she passed. Everything happened after that day.”

Above all, that person, my mother, was ‘human.’

Even if she weren’t dead, she wasn’t a being of great power like the Agent or anything.

If I had to guess, the first hypothesis seems more plausible.

After all, there were a few Celestials and Demons in the past who tried to recreate me.

“Where’s this Rika?”

“She was around until recently… but now I don’t know. She’s gone off the radar.”

“When exactly was that?”

“Hmm… it’s been a bit over 2 years, I suppose. We haven’t been involved with the annex since we assumed the role of Administrators.”

“……”

If it’s been 2 years…

‘That would be around when I returned.’

The more we talked, the more questions arose, but there was nothing more to uncover.

Swish swish…

I transformed into a blue particle and asked Hwanggwak one last time.

“Then, finally… what about the real company? Are there raccoons there too?”

The ‘Nutri Company’ that created Deoen.

The world’s first company to develop a virtual reality game (it’s just dimensional travel), and an influential group in the global landscape.

On the surface, they seemed like regular office workers, but surely they must have something different.

When I asked this, Hwanggwak shook his head with a subtle expression.

It wasn’t anger or reluctance like Cheongsu, but it wasn’t dismissive either…

“…There’s probably nothing.”

“Sounds like a question mark?”

“I don’t know anything about that side. I only manage what happens here. Even if there is, it won’t differ much from here’s policies.”

“Hmm…”

So, fundamentally it’s ‘hands-off,’ then?

Although Nutri Company is an amazing company, they practically had no involvement with users beyond basic regulations.

They only threw a few notifications here and there.

In fact, it was known that even those notifications were written by a separate management team handling the official community.

“I hope to see you soon.”

“…That won’t happen.”

“Really? Can’t we meet if I go to the Golden Sky?”

A world that could be called the raccoon stronghold.

No matter how strong I’ve become, after seeing the strength of the top brass, I’ve been thinking of postponing going to the Golden Sky.

If the boss there is the ‘top brass,’ then I could never win.

Even with restrictions placed on me.

When I mentioned that, Hwanggwak looked at me as if I were absurd.

“Are there games where you fight against the Operator?”

“Sometimes there are such games.”

“…Even if there are, I won’t be participating. The same goes for those in a similar position as me. It would only be minions going.”

“Oh?”

“Now go.”

The blue particles completely enveloped me.

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“Ugh… Ugh…”

“…..”

“I’m dying… I’m really going to die… Ugggh.”

“What a ruckus.”

After being resurrected by the System, I immediately logged out and visited Yena’s house.

Originally, I was thinking of going back to broadcasting to explain the situation, but after that recent chaotic battle, I was quite exhausted.

After subduing the God of the Dead, I jumped straight into defeating the God of Balance.

If the God of Balance had struggled to survive outside of the system, it could have been an even tougher battle.

I probably would have collapsed and needed to rest for about a week right after finishing.

Thanks to Hwanggwak, I had somewhat recovered, but fatigue was definitely piling up.

‘And…’

“Ugh…”

Above all, I had to check on Yena’s condition.

She had used a technique that reached ‘Above’ more than twice.

No matter how much she trained with ‘that’ person and widened her soul’s vessel, using such a technique consecutively was absolutely not something feasible.

It must have impacted reality significantly, and in fact, Yena was just moaning away.

She kept mumbling odd things, but since she wasn’t in her right mind, I gently used a bit of mana to help heal her.

Just a hint, considering reality, Yena was just an ordinary person.

I could at least dull the intensity of the soul’s pain.

“Miss Yena.”

“Ubbubub…”

“Thanks

 

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