Chapter 296: Chapter 296
"Yelia, whatever is right or wrong in Kumironi’s affairs... it isn’t your place to judge."
"And as for this ritual I’ve prepared—I have no intention of destroying the Secret Sea. If anything... if it’s possible, I want to save it."
Kanzaki Rei spoke slowly.
In truth, he already knew—continuing this conversation was meaningless.
Opposing beliefs weren’t something that could be resolved in a few words.
Still... this gave him the perfect window to stack his "Apex State" further.
He could also feel it—Kumironi’s heart was wavering.
"...You’re right. Matters within the Church of Life are not for me to judge."
"But eradicating evil... is my responsibility."
"Saving the Secret Sea? You’re saying that summoning the Pure White Descent is meant to save it?"
"I never imagined the Church of Life had fallen this far. Even Sophia’s successor... has sunk to this level."
Yelia frowned, a trace of pain surfacing in her expression.
Kanzaki Rei frowned back. "If you hate evil so much, then why take part in Aegmisa’s game?"
"Aegmisa is evil too, isn’t it?"
Yelia replied, "Do you think I’m some mindless hypocrite?"
"Evil with shallow sins still has a chance to return to the light. Only those steeped in grave sin are beyond redemption."
"I know the difference between right and wrong."
"I only learned recently that the Secret Sea is going to be destroyed."
"And what you’re doing now... isn’t it exactly that? Destroying the Secret Sea?"Her voice trembled slightly, laced with hatred.
"Who sets up a ritual for the Pure White Descent and calls it salvation?"
Kanzaki Rei replied calmly, "A ritual is just a form of power. Claiming I intend to destroy anything—that’s just your assumption."
"If I truly wanted to destroy the Secret Sea, why would I wait until you discovered it to act?"
"Don’t throw accusations around so casually. Is that how your Church of Light operates? Label people guilty at will... is that what you call purging evil?"
Yelia gritted her teeth. "Don’t insult the Light."
"How could anyone know what you’re really thinking? Who can see through you?"
"So I’ll give you a chance... right now, destroy this ritual. Then I’ll stay with you and watch your every move."
"That will prove you’re not the ones behind the Secret Sea’s destruction."
"Or... you can just kill yourselves."
"You should realize—we’re still in the Third Trial."
"Even if you die, you’ll just return."
Yelia’s gaze hardened.
"If all you want is self-preservation, then dying and returning is the best outcome for you."
They stood opposed.
Kanzaki Rei stared at her coldly.
That possibility... I’ve already considered it.
Ignore everything happening in the Secret Sea. Trigger the Authority of Life, die, and return to the ruins.
On the surface, that seemed like the correct choice.
But an uneasy premonition lingered in his heart.
If things were truly that simple, his instinct to趋吉避凶—seeking fortune and avoiding calamity—would have already pointed him toward that outcome.
Instead, every instinct told him—
this situation was far more complicated than it appeared.
The urge to escape clashed violently with the sense that he had to act.
That contradiction gnawed at him.
This... was the price of being a Seer.
If he knew nothing, he could live carefree—concerned only with the present.
But as a Seer, he was sometimes forced to make choices.
Kanzaki Rei replied, "Then what about you? You’re not planning to return?"
"Do you really think the destruction of the Secret Sea is something you can resolve?"
He looked at the death date hovering above her head.
Yelia’s death was not imminent.
Which meant—she would not die in this catastrophe.
Because he could see death itself,
Kanzaki Rei had chosen to stay.
If they wouldn’t die, then neither would he.
As for someone deliberately targeting him?
With the talent "Unsolvable Enigma
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