Chapter 682: Irrelevant Question (1/2)
Gravis looked more closely at the young man. This was a very specific piece of information that basically no one but his family knew. Yet, there was still a possibility that he overheard Yersi or Orthar talking.
”Yes, I had fun,” Gravis said slowly. ”But, again, what's it to you?”
”Not much,” the young man said, still smirking. ”I'm just very interested in you.”
”I'm not into guys,” Gravis said flatly.
The eyelids of the young man twitched slightly. That comment obviously had an effect on him.
But then, the young man started laughing. ”You're really good at this!” he said.
”At what?” Gravis asked.
”At finding just the right buttons to push,” the young man said. ”You did the same thing when you called the highest Heaven a marauding… you know, to infuriate that middle Heaven.”
This guy knew far too much. He even remembered the specific words Gravis had said to infuriate the middle Heaven. Only the present Elders at the time, his father, the middle Heaven, and the highest Heaven, knew that. Gravis never repeated his actual words to anyone since it wasn't really relevant to his story.
”Is this some kind of Law?” Gravis asked. ”Some kind of Mind Reading Law?”
The young man chuckled a bit. ”That Law does exist, yes, but for you, specifically, it can't be used,” he said.
”Why not?” Gravis asked with narrowed eyes.
”Because your mind is full of Punishment Lightning,” the young man said. ”Not even I can read your mind, at least, not directly like that. I only have way of speaking, facial expressions, and gestures to make my guess,” the young man said.
”But that is obviously not enough to guess something so specific,” Gravis said.
”That's right,” the young man said.
”Anyway, let's stop this little play, Gravis,” the young man said. ”How about a bet?”
”What bet?” Gravis asked.
”You guess my identity, and I will answer one of your questions. Yet, if you guess incorrectly, you will answer one of mine. Sound good?” he asked.
Gravis furrowed his brows. ”Sounds good.”
”Then, go make your guess,” the young man said.
”You're the highest Heaven,” Gravis said.
The young man only continued smirking. ”No, I'm not.”
Gravis' eyes sparkled. ”Interesting,” he said. ”To be quite frank, I didn't think that you were the highest Heaven.”
”Then why was that your guess?”
”Because I wanted to see how you would react. The fact that you didn't entertain the guess and played around with me means that you are afraid of the highest Heaven,” Gravis said. ”And that was your question. My debt is paid,” Gravis said as he continued walking.
The young man only chuckled but didn't say anything.
Gravis walked away, and after a while, he was already in a different street.
The young man only continued waiting.
One minute.
Two minutes.
SHING!
”Okay, why didn't you stop me?” Gravis asked as he teleported back to the young man with furrowed brows.
”Because you wouldn't anger your lightning because of something like this,” he said. ”You might be fine with going against your lightning when spiting the highest Heaven, but you wouldn't do that just to spite some random person.”
Gravis frowned. That was because the young man was correct. This was exactly the reason why Gravis returned. Gravis wanted to annoy the guy since he had also annoyed Gravis, but instead, Gravis was forced to come back awkwardly.
”Your question?” Gravis asked.
”My question is rather simple, actually. It might even surprise you due to its irrelevance to everything,” the young man said.
”Ask,” Gravis said flatly.
”Why did you decide to punish that young trader in the Sky Community like that?” the young man asked.
Sure enough, Gravis was surprised by the question. This question truly seemed absolutely irrelevant.
”It is true that it is forbidden to kill anyone in the Sky Community,” the young man continued. ”Yet, there are ways. For example, you could have simply absorbed the Energy in his Spirit Space, forcing him into the Initial Unity Realm. That would be horrible for anyone.”