If he had never endured those experiments, how gentle and wonderful would the boy's personality have been? He surely would have been an angel descended into the mortal world.
Otto, you really deserved to die! x5
Everyone silently condemned a certain scumbag who was not present. It was all his fault!
But just then—
"Beep beep beep—!"
Fu Hua's communicator suddenly rang.
Before she could do anything, it automatically connected, not even giving her a chance to reject the call. It was obvious just how overbearing the caller was.
"Greetings, Anti-Entropy's leader, Welt Yang, and the Herrscher of the Void. Perhaps I should introduce myself. My name is—Otto Apocalypse."
(The most annoying bastard in the world has appeared!)
The previously harmonious atmosphere abruptly became dangerous and tense because of a certain Schicksal bishop's unsolicited intrusion.
Fu Hua suddenly felt that the most correct thing she could do right now was smash the communicator immediately.
She had no idea what that green-haired Otto wanted, but it was absolutely, definitely, one hundred million percent not anything good.
"Nice to meet you, Second Herrscher. I am Schicksal's Overseer and the true owner of Babylon Laboratory. You may simply call me Otto. I deeply regret what happened to you, and I offer you my apology."
Otto placed one hand over his chest and gave Bai Ge a pretentious bow. His posture was elegant, like that of a nobleman... but the next second, he could no longer maintain that elegance.
Bai Ge raised an internationally friendly gesture and answered with a bright smile.
"Get to the point, you effeminate bastard. Seriously, aren't you ashamed of having that hairstyle as a man? Let me guess, do you have a habit of dressing up as a woman? And you're apologizing to me? If you really meant it, you should kneel down right now, kowtow a few hundred times, then strangle yourself to death. Believe it or not, if you come over here right now, I'll use the Spear of the Void to shove your ass—tsk tsk, everyone else has a dark cloud over their brow, but yours is green. Hey, has your wife ever run off with another man? If so, all I can say is, good for her! Brilliant move! Living with an effeminate freak who likes tying up women is worse than finding a girl and living with her instead. Hm? Why aren't you talking? No way, no way, you can't handle just that much, can you? Are you still there? If not, I'm hanging up. Tsk, what a buzzkill. I was having such a nice conversation with them, and then a harassing call suddenly came in. Miss Fu Hua over there, I suggest blocking this person's number next time."
"..."
"..."
"..."
Silence. Deathly silence.
Everyone, including Otto on the other end of the call and his secretary Amber standing beside him, was unable to squeeze out a single word. They could only collectively draw a sharp breath, contributing to global warming.
The five people present all gave a thumbs-up in their hearts.
That felt great! Well cursed!! x5
No one had expected this handsome and kind Herrscher of the Void boy to have such a side to him. Looking at Otto's face in the communicator, as bitter as if he had swallowed bitter melon juice—
They felt so damn satisfied!
Siegfried especially could no longer control his expression. Displaying the Kaslana family's husky nature, he clutched his stomach, pounded the floor, and howled with laughter.
Even Welt, usually mature and steady, was trembling all over. He wanted to laugh, but holding it in was painfully difficult.
"Overseer, are you... all right?"
Amber nervously looked at the man beside her and asked cautiously. Bai Ge's words had nearly caused her brain to short-circuit, because...
No one in this world had ever dared speak to Otto Apocalypse in that tone! No one had done it, and no one had dared to do it.
Because he was Otto Apocalypse.
The Overseer who had ruled Schicksal for five hundred years.
The man standing at the pinnacle of this world!
And yet...
"Heh heh, Amber, do you think I would become angry over such a minor level of scolding?"
Otto himself still wore a smile. He looked at Bai Ge with even greater interest, as though he was not angry in the slightest.
"How rare. No one has ever spoken to me in such a tone. Herrscher of the Void, you are the first."
"Hmph, was I wrong?"
"No, no. You were entirely correct. Otto Apocalypse truly is the disgusting, twisted, helpless clown you described."
"...Tsk."
Seeing his reaction, Bai Ge clicked his tongue in displeasure instead. At the same time, he raised his vigilance to an unprecedented level and even subtly assumed a defensive stance.
As a genius who had lived for more than five hundred years, and one who had lost the person most important to him before dedicating his long life entirely to resurrecting her—
If Otto could not even control his own temper and became furious over a few dozen lines of insults, that would be far too unworthy of his character.
Moreover, he himself knew perfectly well that the rational villain named Otto Apocalypse was indeed the miserable, ugly, powerless existence Bai Ge had described.
Over five hundred years of long, relentless time, he had committed every sin imaginable to resurrect the Saintess in his heart. By now, he was not even worthy of being called human.
Those words could not even describe one thousandth, one ten-thousandth, of his ugliness... How could Otto possibly become angry over them?
At most, his defenses had been slightly breached. Unless Bai Ge insulted Kallen, he truly would not care.
After all, Bai Ge really did have the right to curse him like that.
Otto even felt that the insults had been too mild.
Considering what he might do to this Herrscher boy next, let alone a few hundred words of abuse, even being cursed for an entire book would be far too light.
"It seems you harbor deep resentment toward me. But that is only natural. After all, I was the one who built Babylon Laboratory. By that logic, I was the one who tortured you and your friends."
"What are you trying to say?"
"If possible, please give me a chance to apologize. For instance... you could bring your friends to Schicksal's Floating Island as guests. I will certainly provide hospitality that satisfies you. How about we let bygones be bygones? Of course, I also have some matters I would like to discuss with you."
"...Otto Apocalypse, no matter how gentle a venomous snake acts, it cannot conceal the fact that it has fangs full of poison. Your acting is terrible, and you are far too hypocritical, so... can... you... just... say... what... you... mean?!"
Bai Ge spoke each word separately. His blazing golden eyes stared straight into Otto's, as if trying to glare him to death, while his hand gripped the communicator.
The meaning was obvious. If you do not tell the truth now, I'll crush this thing immediately.
"All right, all right, I surrender. You were so mild-tempered when talking to Cecilia and the others, so why are you so hot-tempered whenever you speak to me? Don't crush it!"
Perhaps he had become accustomed to speaking in that manner over the past few centuries, so Otto truly was not used to this so-called "getting straight to the point."
Seeing that Bai Ge had already cracked the communicator's casing, he hurriedly changed his approach and asked directly.
"Herrscher of the Void, I would like to ask whether your multiple authorities include the authority of the Herrscher of Death."
"They don't. What the hell is that?"
"I see. Then it seems you do have it."
"Tsk!"
Bai Ge clicked his tongue, but there was nothing he could do. He was ultimately only a teenage boy. Lying before this fool who had lived for five hundred years and mastered the human heart to its limits was clearly overestimating himself.
On the other side, Otto was exhilarated.
The Herrscher of Death! The Previous Civilization records within Void Archives had mentioned it. A Herrscher with the authority to bring the dead back to life, a Herrscher capable of resurrecting the dead!
If that was true, then perhaps the boy before him really could help him resurrect Kallen!
"Then may I ask to what extent the Herrscher of Death's authority can be used? Can it resurrect someone who has already died?" Otto asked excitedly.
In his heart, he kept shouting and praying for Bai Ge to nod and say yes. Yet Bai Ge's response was both a nod and a shake of his head.
"Herrscher of the Void, what does that mean?"
"It can only restore the body, but it cannot restore the dead person's soul. The Herrscher of Death's authority is ultimately nothing more than control over biological cells. Things like consciousness and souls are not within the authority's scope."
So even if the Herrscher of Death's authority resurrected someone, they would only be a walking corpse, one of the living dead.
"..."
The moment those words were spoken, Otto fell silent.
Even though Bai Ge's vicious insults had not changed his expression, at this moment, Otto's face showed incomparable disappointment, desolation, despair, and anger.
In an instant, he seemed to become a collection of all negative emotions.
What Otto wanted to resurrect was a complete Kallen Kaslana! Not a soulless body. To Otto Apocalypse, that was meaningless.
"I have already answered your question. My authority cannot fulfill your wish, so... remember not to bother me again in the future," Bai Ge said coldly.
This was an unspoken transaction. Otherwise, he would never have honestly answered that guy's question.
Since I can't help you, don't bother me.
However—
"Wait, Herrscher of the Void. I think we can conduct more experiments. If we develop that portion of your authority to its utmost limit, perhaps it could—"
"I know my own authority. Even the Herrscher of Death after metamorphosis cannot resurrect the person you have in mind. You should think of another way."
"...No, Herrscher of the Void. Unless Otto Apocalypse sees it with these eyes and tries it with these hands, he will not give up. So now... could you please hand over your Herrscher Core to me?"
Otto's voice instantly became filled with malice.
The scent of gunpowder in the air instantly grew incredibly thick.
Bai Ge narrowed his eyes. The authorities of five Herrschers unfolded once more, erupting with incomparably imposing might.
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