Ke-style law enforcement officers

Chapter 683 Old man

Milo's last words were addressed to Azati.

Although he knew that the sleeping Azati Grand Law was neither able to hear nor care about what such a tiny creature as him was expressing.

He also knew that everything before him was most likely just a dream, a very real dream that would eventually disappear.

But that's enough, more than enough.

"Thanks……"

Milo lay on the bed, covering his forehead, laughing and crying at the same time.

This is perhaps the most "human" Milo has been in recent years.

...

What he had lost and forgotten, he finally regained after his death, including his original name and his true self.

That's why Milo is laughing.

In this incredibly real world, everything seems frozen in time. Even the melody drifting in from outside, repeating only those two lines over and over, and the fact that his mother, despite her scolding outside, didn't push open the door to pull Milo out of bed—all of this is just a fleeting, illusory scene, nothing more. That world he once knew, the people and things in it, have vanished in a single, recurring moment in the universe's countless cycles.

This is why Milo cried.

These were all he could touch, and he knew that once he pushed open the door, this momentary illusion would come to an end.

Now he just wants to stay here a little longer, even if it's just a few minutes.

……

...

But in reality, it was as if the timing was predetermined. Even though Milo didn't make any significant movements throughout, the illusion still shattered in the end.

...

He returned to that space, which was no longer entirely empty but was still psychedelic.

Here, he is accompanied by the vast starry sky and the cascading light...

Azati was not within Milo's field of vision, or rather, he was not yet capable of seeing Azati.

He didn't have this ability before being defeated by the gods, and he doesn't have it now either.

...

Yes, the Milo people are gone.

The one who died was the one in Nanwei City.

……

To be precise, those images included scarlet, betrayal, curse, blood moon, the Old Wars, the Four Horsemen, and the gods.

Everything that seems to have happened recently was actually a reality at an earlier point in time, and not as Milo subjectively perceived it to be.

Or it could be interpreted as, while the Milo of Nanwei City was "dying," the Milo of Earth Bubble was already lazing in bed.

That's right.

So what exactly is going on...?

...

……

A flash of light suddenly appeared in front of Milo.

That thing is called the KEIM Domain, a natural skill of the flying creature Byakki, and it's a faster-than-light domain jump.

As the outlines of those several bird-like giants emerged, a familiar figure also came into view in the flash.

It was Emma, ​​whom they had parted ways with "not long ago".

But she looked very different from before...

But they couldn't quite put their finger on what had changed.

...

Is it about temperament?
She does seem less haggard than before.

Makeup?
It seems that Emma, ​​who never wears makeup, now has a few lines on her face that are unique to the Night Demon, something Earthlings would call eyeshadow or something...

But it doesn't seem very obvious.

In short, it's very unpredictable.

So much so that Milo's first question was, "You've turned evil?"

"Is this the most thoughtful thing you can think of?" Emma didn't expect the first line this guy uttered after dying once to be so nonsensical.

Milo shrugged:

“Never mind what I said, the main thing is that in our local films and television shows, characters who have turned evil usually use this kind of makeup, to tell the audience in a very concrete way that I…” Emma didn’t intend to waste words with Milo, she shoved a glass bottle filled with golden liquid into Milo’s hand: “Drink it.”

“And this is…” Milo glanced at the exquisite glass bottle and the peculiar liquid inside, sniffed the opening, and then exclaimed in realization:

"Oh, I know this stuff, isn't it golden mead?"

He noticed a label on the glass bottle: "Drinking this wine will cause you to fall into a state of physical and mental stagnation. Do not consume unless traveling through space. Please brew and drink Golden Mead under the guidance of a professional to summon creatures such as Byakki."

"This thing is actually mass-produced?" Milo exclaimed in amazement.

"You talk too much nonsense." Emma impatiently dodged the glass bottle in Milo's hand, bit off the cork, gulped down the spicy wine, and then sealed Milo's mouth with her lips.

...

The thing that Emma hadn't done until the gods descended that day is finally done now.

...

Satisfied, she wiped her mouth as the battle ended, then calmly explained:
“You are no longer the Shadow, nor are you CCD, and you are not even as good as many Specters, at least for now. So if you want to withstand Byakki’s warp field without being crushed to dust, Golden Mead is the only option.”

Milo nodded thoughtfully, then asked:

"So, is that sweetness inherent in the golden mead, or...?"

...

……

In short, without those heaven-defying powers, Milo was powerless against Emma and was dragged into the KEIM domain.

Byakki's shimmering field activated instantly.

They travel at high speed between the stars.

...

Just as Emma said.

That half-step CCD, that underdog Milo, has been obliterated, killed by the gods.

but……

"This is all part of the plan, a plan you devised yourself. The dead you forgot the details of the plan along with your past, but you should remember some of it now, right?"

Then, as the KEIM shimmering field, which even the gods could hardly observe, was in operation, Emma finally revealed the truth.

“Of course.” Milo suddenly grinned.

“Do you know how long this plan made everyone mourn for you?” Emma sighed.

“It’s better than me mourning for all of you, isn’t it?” Milo said with his signature shrug.

Emma remained silent for a long time before asking:

"Actually, I've always wanted to ask, is all of this your own will, or is it guided by that deep underground... Azati?"

“He has been in a deep, unconscious slumber, and even the Blood Moon cannot awaken Him,” Milo shook his head.

So everything was arranged by Milo himself.

……

“There are a few things I need to tell you beforehand.” Emma seemed to hesitate for a long time.

“Your plan is perfect, mostly perfect, but… like I said before, you can’t save everyone.”

“At this point, there’s no turning back. Didn’t you tell me that?” Milo retorted, then paused and asked Emma, ​​“Finn, C… besides them, who else have we lost?”

“Little Yi,” Emma replied, looking into Milo’s eyes.

"How could that be?" Milo frowned.

……

...

This Baikal spaceflight did not fly directly back to the world of consciousness.

They stopped beside a vast, desolate lake.

An old acquaintance was waiting for them by the lake.

It was old Sean, dressed in rags.

He was feeding the floating souls in the lake with some rotting bits of flesh...

...

"Oh, my old friend~~"

Next to old Theon was a mountain that looked yellowish-green from a distance, the same color as the clothes he wore that looked like they had been infected.

(End of this chapter)