Su Hao met Kyurem's hollow, pupil-less pale yellow dragon eyes.
Having experienced its "life" firsthand in a rather peculiar way, Su Hao saw the emptiness hidden beneath Kyurem's confidence and arrogance.
If Kyurem's heart were compared to a world—
Its tiny world had been tightly frozen over from the moment it was born... no, even before its birth.
And everything Kyurem experienced afterward made it choose to completely hide its true self away.
If not for Tokiwa Power, he likely would never have been able to touch the secret buried deep within Kyurem's heart.
Su Hao now somewhat understood why the Icicle Plate Fragment had created that "Hollow Trial."
During its long coexistence with the sleeping Kyurem, Kyurem's unconscious hopes had influenced the Icicle Plate Fragment, ultimately giving rise to the current situation.
Even now, it was already enough to awaken Kyurem. As long as it woke up, the Trial would naturally collapse on its own.
But Su Hao did not want to simply leave and pretend that nothing had happened.
Everything the Icicle Plate Fragment was doing now indirectly reflected Kyurem's true thoughts and wishes.
—Its heart was crying out desperately for help.
Once he understood that, how could Su Hao possibly stand by and ignore it?
Looking at Kyurem, which was simply standing there and somehow seemed a little awkward, Su Hao opened the conversation.
"I shouldn't have been able to see it without your permission."
"Tokiwa Power isn't something that's all-powerful."
"..."
Kyurem remained silent and chose to change the subject.
"After being abandoned, during those days I spent in that lightless cave, I often thought about it."
"Once they completed their goal, I would definitely capture them and beat them up, then swallow them in one bite like a grand feast. I'd give them a good