Chapter 627: A way out (2/2)
That was the only thing I could think about. Who would care about being a god of the entire universe if he couldn't be with the ones he truly loved? I, for certain, didn't. Even with all the power in the world right at my hands, it was Eve's embrace that I longed for the most!
”I get it, but right now I should be okay. Had to hibernate for long enough to gather just the right amount of energy to tear a hole in this universe. While it's only a temporary measure and it won't let you return for long…”
By absorbing myself to the clone I left at Bonger's resting place in the void, I instantly became perfectly aware of everything that happened to my other-self. Along with how easily Bonger managed to synchronise his own memories with those of my own. Once I noticed it, I couldn't help but instantly get worried about this brotherly figure in front of my ephemeral eyes.
If his tiny little mind was synchronised with the overwhelming monstrosity of what became of mine… In other words, was the Bonger that stood right in front of me, still the same Bonger I knew from that shitty cultivation world?
”Wait, what do you mean you can tear a hole in this universe? I can actually return?!”
I took a good while to process this unprecedented information. Even if I still groomed the hope that my system would stand up to the challenge and prove once again that it was more suited to be the main character of the story of my life that I was in the first place, and let me return to the ones I loved, it was never a thought I considered to be realistic.
And right now, he just revealed that he hid this information for so long… Only because he was preparing to do what he claimed he could in the first place?
”Listen, I can't really explain it, even when using this computer that you turned your mind into. For me… It feels as if a part of me was left back in the place where I was born, while the other part followed you to this… universe. In other words, the only way for me to do it is by forcefully reconnecting those parts. But….”
At this point, I was so excited about my return that I almost missed the hesitation in Bonger's voice. Almost.
”But?”
This was one of the worst words that I could hear right now. Just like someone in the past life of mine on earth said, it doesn't matter what you say in the first part of your sentence, is you separate its parts with 'but'.
”I don't know for how long I will be able to keep the passage open. While I understand the reasons why you grew so much ever since you were banished from the world… You are unable to enter it in your true form anymore. You are just too strong.”
Word by word, Bonger was proving that the situation wasn't as great as it initially appeared to be. But it didn't matter at all. Back then, I didn't even get to say goodbye to Eve. Even a short moment to reassure her I would somehow find a way to come back to her was more than enough to make me happy right now.
”So, in other words…”
Before I could even finish my words, the mass of magic that made up Bonger's body suddenly took a form of a humanoid being.
”We don't have time. I don't know how long you will have inside the world either. But if you ever want me to repeat the creation of this inter-universe tunnel… Once I tell you to come back, you need to drop everything, literally everything, and hurry back. Because if you don't return by the time I reach my limit…”