The severed finger of Chaos streaked across the sky. In mere seconds, it had traveled hundreds of miles.
Chang'an had vanished beyond the horizon. Seeing that neither Lin Qiye nor Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi had caught up, the severed finger finally spoke slowly:
"Psychiatric Hospital of the Gods, and a causality-type Forbidden Ruin... Just who is this kid?"
"If he isn't dealt with quickly, he might really become a threat to us..."
"But after being tricked by me twice in a row, he probably won't be so easy to fool again..."
As the severed finger pondered, fierce winds swept around it. Suddenly, the scenery beneath it shifted, and the collapsed city wall appeared before it once more!
"What is this? We're back again??" Its baffled voice rang out.
Amid the swirling dust, a young man stood deep within the ruins, Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi in hand. He looked up at it, his eyes as calm and deep as an abyss.
"How did you do this? There were clearly no spacetime fluctuations along the way." Seeing Lin Qiye again, the severed finger had already guessed that it had fallen into some sort of ability of his, with almost no chance of escape. It asked in a low voice.
"Two people destined to meet will always meet again, no matter how far apart they are... isn't that right?" Lin Qiye replied calmly.
If the severed finger could see causality as well, it would have discovered that its Karma Threads and Lin Qiye's Karma Threads had already been tightly entangled by the Fruit of Predestination. The causality between them was a thousand times stronger than "fated love."
With such a close connection, no matter which direction it fled in, it would ultimately return to Lin Qiye's side.
Lin Qiye lightly flicked the hand holding his sword. A streak of