Impossible Things

Neon Country, on a dilapidated mountain peak.

After the Black Fog spread, this once-lush forest park had long lost its former vitality. Not only had the trees degenerated, but the animals that had once thrived in the mountains had mutated into Black Mist Mutated Beasts, wandering through the forest with foul, bloody odors.

A woman sat on a nearly ruined bench beneath a pavilion, looking at the desolate hell below that had been almost completely destroyed, her eyes filled with memories.

Shimada Kōmitsu stood beside the woman, and without realizing it, large warm tears rolled down his face and fell to the ground.

"What's there to cry about, Brother? I'm going to another world, not going off to die."

Shimada Yukimi withdrew her gaze and turned slightly to look at the man beside her, who had lowered his head in silence.

She did not know how long it had been since she and her brother had spent time together like this.

At this moment, in Neon Country.

Because of Shen Yi and Murong Xue, all of Neon Country had fallen deathly silent. The former opposition forces had all been wiped out under Shimada Kōmitsu's harsh purge, while the other Shelters with ability users had also fallen quietly silent after that explosion.

In Neon Country now, although scattered survivors still refused to submit to Shen Yi's forces, their numbers were so few that there was no need to deal with them.

Even after Murong Xue learned of it, she merely left behind an order not to interfere.

Naturally, Shimada Kōmitsu had nothing more to say.

"Are you really going to another world with Lord Shen?"

Shimada Kōmitsu turned around and continued, "I know you're very strong now. You even dealt with that snake-like Mutated Beast, but that's another world. What if