"Sir, we found him."
A Ranger handed Roland a file.
"Almost ten years, and we finally tracked him down?"
"That slippery rat."
Roland glanced at the file.
David Rice.
A common na.
But this one had eluded him for nearly a decade.
Since the first bank vault theft, they'd finally found a trace.
"Grab the gear. We're moving."
"He's likely the last Jumper in this world."
"We can't waste His Majesty's ti."
Roland's tone was stern.
At the ntion of Kaiser, the Rangers' eyes glead with reverence.
Their frequent interactions with Kaiser had solidified their belief.
He was a true god!
The law threads in his hands revealed a world only gods could see.
The changes in their bodies were undeniable.
They soon arrived at David Rice's residence.
"This guy lives quite leisurely."
Roland noted the layout of David's room.
A wall of photos displayed locations worldwide.
As Kaiser explained, the growing number of Jumpers had widened the spatial law's flaw.
Initially, they could only jump within their line of sight.
Now, they could use thoughts and mories as anchors.
The world teetered on the edge of destruction.
Ti was critical.
Though Roland burned with hatred for these thieves of divine privilege, he respected Kaiser's orders.
He waited quietly.
A flash.
David Rice appeared in the room.
Seeing him return, Roland pressed his watch, signaling the start of the operation.
The Rangers quickly sealed off David's residence.
"You've been hard to find."
Roland spoke first, eyeing David.
"Who's there?"
Startled by a stranger's voice in his ho, David jumped.
"You think you can live freely forever?"
"That the law can't touch you?"
"David Rice, you've stolen a god's privilege."
"Aren't you afraid of divine punishnt?"
Roland fixed his gaze on him.
David was young, likely awakening his powers in his early teens.
Roland's eyes darkened.
Jumpers were awakening younger and younger.
"I don't know what you're talking about."
David, naturally, wouldn't admit his uniqueness.
For years, he'd never t another like him.
He believed he was special.
"Jumper."
"You can use mories as anchors to leap anywhere in the world."
"People like you."
"Our Ranger Organization has hunted countless."
"You're just lucky ones born from a flaw in the laws."
"But you don't use this power wisely."
"Look at what you've done since awakening."
"Bank thefts, supermarket robberies."
"Illegal border crossings, all criminal acts."
"That's why I despise you."
Roland tossed the file at David's feet.
David's face paled.
He knew his own deeds.
He hadn't realized he wasn't unique.
Nor that an organization hunted his kind.
"Don't even think about running."
"Our organization has existed for centuries."
"Our network spans beyond your imagination."
"We found you, so we know everything about your family."
"You know what that ans."
Roland stalled, giving his team ti to set up.
"What do you want?"
Young and facing the Rangers for the first ti, David thought negotiation was possible.
It was only because Kaiser had descended.
Otherwise, the Rangers' policy toward Jumpers was extermination.
"A god has descended, and the law's flaw is being repaired."
"Your privileges must be reclaid."
"Co with to et the god."
"If your powers are taken, you can keep everything you have."
"But if you refuse, we'll kill you… and everyone close to you."
Roland's words carried a veiled threat.
"A god?"
David froze, his expression shifting.
If he could awaken such powers, a god's existence wasn't impossible.
"I'll go with you!"
David took a deep breath.
If they could hunt Jumpers, they had ways to counter his leaps.
Their tone was still civil.
David didn't want to escalate.
"Wise choice."
Roland signaled his team to bring the equipnt.
"If I refused, would you have subdued by force?"
David probed.
"Naturally."
"Like this…"
Roland struck, high-voltage electricity surging through David's body.
"Aaahhh!!!"
The intense current scrambled David's mind.
He couldn't focus.
"Your abilities are versatile, but not without weaknesses."
"High voltage disrupts your brain."
"It prevents you from jumping."
Roland didn't restrain David Rice.
He rely demonstrated.
David panted heavily.
After ten minutes, he finally recovered.
He now believed Roland's words.
The group soon arrived at Kaiser's residence.
Blue law threads flowed through the house.
David felt the blue light was warm, familiar.
"Feels familiar, doesn't it?"
Kaiser's words snapped David back.
Seeing Kaiser, David realized sothing.
Gods truly existed in this world.
"This is the spatial law that granted you your power."
"But it's rely energy leaking from a flaw."
"If left unchecked, you'd destroy the world."
A snap rang out.
David felt sothing leave him.
"You're now an ordinary person."
"You can keep everything you currently own."
"Consider it… a gift from a god."
The process took less than three minutes.
As for Griffin, living in the desert, the Rangers had already brought him.
"It's finally repaired."
"Didn't expect a law repair mission to be so ti-consuming."
Kaiser gazed at the restored spatial law, exhaling deeply.
"Your Majesty…"
Roland and the others sensed sothing.
"Your mission is complete."
"On behalf of the world will, I thank you all."
"The Ranger Organization can disband."
"The world will bless you and your descendants."
"Health and prosperity…"
Kaiser's figure faded. Roland and the others felt a blessing upon them.
"We bid farewell to Your Majesty…"
The Rangers bowed respectfully.
Kaiser was transported by the Heroic Spirit System to the next mission world.
This was a composite mission, after all.
"Interesting. I gained a gift from the spatial law."
"Not a bad harvest."
When Kaiser ca to, he was in the next mission world.
"This world's laws?"
Kaiser was stunned by the world's laws for the first ti.
In his divine vision, the laws were distorted to an extre degree.
"What a peculiar world."
"Can such a world function and survive?"
Kaiser was skeptical.
How had such a malford world evolved?
In his divine vision, the world was entirely entwined by ti laws.
Ti laws dominated everything.
They connected to every living being.
"Fascinating, truly fascinating."
Kaiser withdrew his divine vision. The ti laws faded, revealing a normal world.
"Almost indistinguishable from a modern world."
"But the laws' activity is extrely low."
"Completely suppressed by the ti laws."
Kaiser sighed.
Ti laws were always powerful, in any world.
But this was the first ti he'd seen such a stark disparity in law strength.
Gathering his thoughts, Kaiser walked toward the city.
This wasn't a wealthy district.
Everyone moved hurriedly. Younger people were less rushed.
But older ones practically ran.
"Interesting…"
"Ti flows for adults."
"For children, ti is relatively static."
"Such law evolution."
"It's hard not to suspect soone's tampering."
Kaiser mused, realizing the world he was in.
The world of In Ti.
Ti couldn't be produced; it was rely a concept of motion.
Yet here, ti was tangible.
Everyone could see their own ti.
Ti was used for transactions, with all goods priced in ti.
From food to housing, everything required ti as paynt.
"The last world had a spatial law issue, this one a ti law issue."
"No wonder it's a composite mission."
Kaiser's deanor and leisurely pace stood out starkly.
His aura and relaxed stride marked him as extraordinary.
"Are you from the rich district?"
Will looked at the man.
Golden eyes, balanced physique, exceptional presence.
His clothes seed stitched with gold thread.
No matter how you looked, he didn't belong in this ti zone.
"Oh?"
"Interesting."
Kaiser was surprised soone approached him.
He glanced at the man's fate aura.
"The protagonist?"
A faint smile crossed Kaiser's face.
"Will Salas?"
The man froze, shocked Kaiser knew his na precisely.
"Who are you? Do you know ?"
Will grew wary.
"First ti eting."
"But you're quite kind-hearted."
"As a reward for your courage, you'd better find your mother tonight."
"Bus fares are rising…"
Kaiser offered kindly.
His mother's death was the final straw for Will.
"What?"
Will paused, his expression shifting.
Coming from the rich district, this man likely knew sothing.
If true, his mother's ti wouldn't cover tonight's fare.
"I understand. Thank you!"
Will thanked Kaiser, then sprinted toward his mother's location.
"This world needs reshaping."
Kaiser watched Will run, lost in thought.
Compared to normal worlds, this one's evolution was deeply flawed.
Strictly speaking, it lacked true supernatural elents.
Even with millions of years of life, a single bullet could kill.
Immortal, yet fragile.
Their ti was rely frozen at age 25.
Death still ca if killed.
This world had lost its evolutionary vitality.
The rigid social structure had locked progress in place.
Due to the Ti Bureau, those born at the bottom had little chance to rise.
They ran their whole lives, yet never earned enough ti.
Living day to day.
anwhile, those at the top held millions of years.
Such vast ti couldn't be exhausted, even until their souls withered.
The gods of the Saint Seiya world hadn't lived millions of years.
It was an unimaginable span.
Kaiser wandered the streets aimlessly, observing the spectrum of human life.
He pondered how to rebuild this world.
Ti was the hard currency here.
Reconstructing the monetary system was daunting.
Without nations, only ti zones existed.
The social system was singular, built entirely on ti.
Transforming such a world was no small feat.
"First, I need to restore balance to the laws."
Kaiser decided to start with the laws' equilibrium.
The next day, Will found Kaiser again.
"Thank you."
"If not for your warning, my mother might have died last night."
Will said, still shaken.
He was curious why Kaiser stood on the rooftop all night.
What was he doing?
"Can I see your arm?"
Kaiser looked at Will.
"Uh, sure."
Will hesitated, then extended his arm, marked with ti.
He didn't think soone like Kaiser would covet his re day's worth.
"As expected, the power of ti laws."
"Will, do you think the current social system is fair?"
"If you could rebuild the order, what would you do?"
"When ti is no longer currency, just a concept."
Will, the protagonist of In Ti, had his own ideas.
Though he hadn't lost his mother, last night's close call left a deep impression.
"I've never thought about it."
"I've never seen how people in the higher ti zones live."
"I can't give you an answer."
Will shook his head after a pause.
"Then go see."
"Witness the sights you've never seen."
Kaiser's eyes glead with golden light.
Will sensed sothing unusual.
"How is this possible?!"
He stared at his arm's ti display, stunned.
From just one day, he now had a hundred years.
"A hundred years?!"
"Who are you?"
Will looked at Kaiser in disbelief.
No contact, yet he'd been given a century of ti.
"You can think of as… a god…"
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