Chapter 182 It'S All Your Fault!!!!
"WHAT THE HECK IS THISSS?! WHAT THE HECK IS THISSSS?! WHAT IS THIS?! AAAGH!! WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?! YOU'RE KIDDING ME, RIGHT?! AAAGH!!"
Faced with an unthinkable, unacceptable reality, Noah screamed, clutching his hair with both hands.
"YOU GUYS DID THIS, DIDN'T YOU?! YOU GUYS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS?! AAAGH!!"
His face twisted in rage as he shouted, completely devoid of his usual calm demeanor. Logan, standing opposite him, understood just how angry Noah was.
With a hint of tension, Logan cleared his throat and replied.
"Yes, that's right. 'We' did it..."
"Wait a minute!"
But before Logan could continue, Aaron cut in from the side.
"I don't fully understand the situation yet, but let me make one thing clear. I was just used by Logan. I'm not to blame. Don't get it twisted, okay?"
According to Logan, this was an important facility of the Chronosphere. And while Aaron didn't feel guilty about destroying it, being told that he did it with Logan was unacceptable.
As Aaron saw it, he didn't intentionally try to destroy it.
He was just defending himself against some naked old guy who attacked him.
And besides, whenever he got into a fight at a tavern and ended up breaking something, no matter how much he was at fault, he never admitted to it. That was his way of reducing his own responsibility. It was his own personal coping mechanism, no matter how pathetic it was.
However――,
"SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UP, SHUT UPPPPP!!!! SHUT UP!!"
As he scratches his head intenselyd, Noah hysterically screams.
To him, Aaron's excuses were nothing but trivial matters.
"Hey Logan!! Why isn't 'Magister Temple' here!!?"
He glares at Logan with bloodshot eyes, interrogating him.
If there's a reason why [Temple] was destroyed, it's because 'Magister Temple', who should be guarding this place, is not here. 'Magister Temple'――if Chronosphere God was here as planned, even if these guys used some kind of trick to infiltrate [Temple], it wouldn't have been destroyed.
Now, the most important thing to protect absolutely was [Temple].
That's something 'Magister Temple' should've known a hundred times over. Yet, why isn't 'Magister Temple' here?
Logan responds.
"Well... when we teleported here, 'Magister Temple' was already gone, you see."
"What the...!!?"
At that response, Noah holds his head and thinks deeply.
(Why did that guy abandon this place!? Did some kind of emergency occur!? If that's the case, why didn't he contact me at all!? Even if he didn't have time to contact me, couldn't he have at least maintained the Space Freeze here!? Why didn't he do even that!? Could it be that Chronosphere God has died!? No way, that's impossible!! The interface's network connection hasn't been lost! If Chronosphere God had died, our abilities would have disappeared before the network of the 4 houses, which he rebuilt as the core, would have been lost!! So it's certain that Chronosphere God is not dead!!)
Scritch-scratch, scritch-scratch, scritch-scratch!! he thinks to himself.
(Then why!!? Could it be that Chronosphere God has betrayed us!? No way, that's impossible!! What could he possibly gain from betraying us now!? It would be more believable if he had lost his mind due to his ego reaching its limit!! Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it!! That old man, why won't you respond to my callssss!!!!)
The Brain Support Interface, which has a similar interface, can only be used by those who have the same interface, and it comes with a communication app.
He has been trying to contact Chronosphere God using that app, but he hasn't responded at all.
Due to the device being formed inside the skull, it's impossible for Noah not to notice the call from Chronosphere God.
――He's noticed it, but he's intentionally ignoring it.
"UGGGGHHHHHHH!!!!"
Noah groans, strongly embracing his head with both hands, including his hair.
Various doubts and questions still linger, but for now, it's clear that he can't get any answers in this situation. So, what can he do to break free from this predicament?
([Temple] is on the verge of collapse, with only one pillar left standing... but wait, there's still hope! "Terrafomer007" is located several dozen meters underground from the [Temple]! If the divine artifact is still intact, we still have a chance! Yes! If Chronosphere returns, even in its current broken state, we can restore the [Temple] with a large-scale [Status Restoration] magic! No, wait! I can just use [Space Freeze] to preserve the current state and bypass the time constraint! So, it's not over yet! We still have hope!)
There's still hope.
He can still turn things around.
Noah concluded, convincing himself, and focused his thoughts on what he needed to do next in this situation.
(Even if we repair the [Temple], we can't let it get destroyed again, and I can't let them destroy it again after we fix it... I need to take care of these bastards first!)
With intense hatred and a killing intent in his eyes, Noah glared at Logan and the others.
His thoughts were settled. What he needed to do was clear. All that was left was to take action.
Noah was about to take out the two of them when...
"――――?"
Suddenly, he felt a sense of discomfort.
He slowly lifted his hands from his head, checking to see...
"Ah, ...ah...ah...!! ."
His hands, which had been subconsciously scratching his head, were now right in front of his eyes.
And there, in front of him...
"Ah, ah, ah, ah, ah... what, how... did this happen...!?"
Something that shouldn't exist did.
Something that couldn't exist did.
It was a golden, thin thread-like thing.
A hair.
Since he'd undergone the "adept" treatment on himself, he hadn't seen this sight in a long time. An enormous, hair-raising amount of hair loss.
"No, it can't ne... I'm Kirke, I was supposed to have overcome this curse...!!"
Why. How. This is happening.
Noah's face was frozen in shock, his gaze rising from his hands to stare at the two people in front of him.
And then――,
"―――――! It's all your fault!!!!"
He erupted in anger, shouting.
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