Taking Shellback and temporarily leaving from deep within the Domain.
The two of them and the turtle arrived at Jasmine Hamilton’s apartnt, only to unexpectedly see a figure standing in front of the apartnt’s entrance.
The person looked at Scarlett Jennings, clearly having waited here for a long ti.
"I knew it, if you ca to the Otherworld, you would definitely co looking for her."
In front of the apartnt door, the man’s figure was slender and tall. Despite not having seen him for a long ti, Scarlett Jennings and the Shellback beside her recognized the person at a glance.
"Elias Quinn!"
To this "forr maker" who had abandoned it, Shellback’s hostility and vigilance were all too obvious.
In Dashiell’s words, it was typical "love turned to hate."
Of course, Shellback wouldn’t admit to it.
"Why are you also in the Otherworld?! The Otherworld Heavens have already been sealed; your being here is useless!"
Instinctively, Shellback thought Elias Quinn had co for the Otherworld Heavens.
After all, he was selected as the Heavenly Path Envoy by the Heavenly Dao.
Looking at Shellback, whose size had doubled from before, Elias Quinn saw it still so spirited but didn’t pay much attention, simply saying,
"I know the Otherworld Heavens have been sealed, and I’m not here for It."
As he spoke, he looked at Scarlett Jennings,
"As for why I’m here, you’ll have to ask her."
Scarlett Jennings looked at Elias Quinn and said calmly,
"When the power of the Heavenly Dao interrupted the vortex, everything from the Otherworld was pushed back, except for the souls already deceased in the Otherworld."
Like Alicia Sharp, who had long since died in the Otherworld, so even if she was reborn from an Otherworld soul, she wouldn’t be forcibly sent back by the power of the Heavenly Dao.
Elias Quinn, also a successfully incarnated Otherworld soul, shouldn’t be sent back either.
Unless, like Shellback, he was contaminated by the power of the Heavenly Dao, even if their current bodies ca from another world, they were deed belonging to the Otherworld.
"Did you co to ask to take you back to your original world?"
Scarlett Jennings asked him.
Opposite, Elias Quinn shook his head, "No, on the contrary, I want to stay in the Otherworld."
He said,
"I know you sealed the consciousness of the Otherworld Heavens within the sa domain that was originally used to seal disasters, but as long as it’s a seal, there’ll always be unforeseen leaks. If you leave , I can watch over the sealing of the Otherworld Heavens for you."
Upon hearing that he was still after the Otherworld Heavens, Shellback imdiately wanted to refuse,
"Are you stupid, or do you think we’re stupid? What if you deliberately release the Otherworld Heavens?!"
This was definitely an undercover move; Scarlett Jennings surely couldn’t agree to it.
Shellback was adamant, but then saw Scarlett Jennings seriously considering his proposal, and after a while, she asked,
"If you stay, it ans the you from the original world will cease to exist. Are you okay with that?"
Shellback, upon hearing she really wanted to let him stay, wanted to speak up, but its head was already pressed down by Samuel Chalrs’ hand.
Since Scarlett wanted him to stay, she must have her reasons.
Better shut up and listen.
Silenced manually, Elias Quinn clearly didn’t care about its opinion, only replying to Scarlett Jennings’ question,
"From the day my identity was exposed, the from that world no longer existed."
He abandoned everything that belonged originally to Elias Quinn, including his parents.
He held onto the belief in the Otherworld Heavens, only to find out at so point, his faith in the Otherworld Heavens had also changed.
If Shellback was called a failure as a system,
then wasn’t he, as a Heavenly Path Envoy, a failure too?
Given that he couldn’t go back to the original world, he might as well stay; maybe one day, he could witness the demise of the Otherworld Heavens with his own eyes.
At least he wouldn’t betray their "partnership."
Scarlett Jennings looked at Elias Quinn before her, her gaze falling into his eyes for a long while before simply saying,
"I’ll think about it."
Elias Quinn didn’t expect an imdiate answer from her, and said,
"I’ll co back tomorrow at the sa ti."
As Elias Quinn, he didn’t exist in this world, but Scarlett Jennings wasn’t concerned about how he would live here.
Given Elias Quinn’s abilities, he could easily create a new identity for himself.
After speaking, Elias Quinn turned and left.
Watching him leave, Shellback, having held back a slew of thoughts, finally seized the chance to speak,
"Scarlett Jennings, you’re not seriously considering letting him stay to watch over the sealing of the Otherworld Heavens, are you?
Elias Quinn is from the Otherworld Heavens’ side! A spy! Are you thinking your seal is too secure by placing him next to the Otherworld Heavens?!"
Visibly exasperated, Shellback, worried its expression wasn’t clear enough, had the Black Mist swirling rapidly around it as it spoke.
Samuel Chalrs, however, wasn’t as affected as Shellback. He didn’t care whether Elias Quinn stayed or not, understanding that Scarlett Jennings had her own thoughts.
Sure enough, Scarlett Jennings said,
"Elias Quinn, he is just like you."
Shellback thought, it was so mighty, how could Elias Quinn possibly be the sa as it? Utter nonsense!
Scarlett Jennings suddenly asked it,
"Why do you think, back then as a Heavenly Path Envoy, he was placed into our world?"
Shellback humd, "What else could it be for, just like ."
Then suddenly paused, clearly stunned.
Scarlett Jennings continued,
"Back then, as a system, you were responsible for plundering the world’s Fortune."
Fortune is the strength of a world; once it weakens, the world is no longer unbreakable.
Shellback, as a system, was introduced to weaken a world’s Fortune from the start.
And Elias Quinn, was to find a way to open an interface between two worlds after weakening the world’s Fortune.
Scarlett Jennings hadn’t known these details before, but since becoming the Heavenly Dao, everything in the world was within her perception.
Thus, Scarlett Jennings naturally sensed the two-year disappearance of Elias Quinn after Addison was captured.
She also learned that he had long found the way to rge the two worlds.
Unlike Ashton Todd, he used the thod of data extension.
He had long calculated the answer but hadn’t shared it with the Otherworld Heavens.
Otherwise, the Boundary Breaking Vortex could have descended when they were unprepared.
Scarlett Jennings didn’t know why he kept quiet, but she never believed he was evil.
If he hadn’t proposed it proactively, she might have let it be, but since he did...she was willing to give him a chance.
Samuel Chalrs watched her and suddenly asked,
"You’re not just offering him a chance to watch the seal, are you?"
He said,
"Do you want him to beco another Otherworldly Manager?"
Shellback, originally shocked by Scarlett Jennings’ words, beca completely agitated at Samuel Chalrs’ question.
"Why—should—I?!"
It barely tolerated its own situation but allowing soone like Elias Quinn to have the sa treatnt?!
It was indignant!
"Not possible at this stage."
Scarlett Jennings poked Shellback’s puffy turtle head, her almond eyes as clear and deep as a spring, casually continuing,
"We can continue to observe."
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