Say It, What Do You Want!

Within a pure white space.

"Yo, hello. We finally meet."

The moment those words reached his ears, Imu's heart sank, because in his sensory world, there was no trace of any presence behind him.

Fortunately, he could still sense the Haki within his body normally.

Imu calmly turned around, his sharp golden eyes like those of an eagle coldly assessing the strange thing before him.

There were two strange things about it.

First was its appearance. Within an outline resembling black mist was a white sphere about the size of a basketball. Its surface showed only a split mouth and teeth.

Second was its presence. It was clearly right before his eyes, yet his senses told him there was nothing there.

This made Imu, who was used to controlling the entire field and even casually reading minds, somewhat uncomfortable.

"I think you must be the 'Truth' mentioned in alchemical theory."

After all, Imu was a transmigrator. Ever since learning that the Teigu World had alchemists and the Philosopher's Stone, he had already guessed that the Gate of Truth might exist as well.

"Interesting. You're the first person who didn't immediately ask where this was or who I was."

"Correct."

"I am Truth. I am also this world itself, the universe itself, perhaps God itself, perhaps everything, perhaps the one and only—"

After hearing that extremely pretentious speech, Imu merely frowned slightly and asked a question from the depths of his soul.

"That's it? I think it would've sounded better if you added 'or perhaps you' or 'I am you' at the end."

"???"

Three white question marks outlined in black mist instantly appeared above the white ball with a mouth.

Whenever it had met those alchemists who appeared before it in the past, it would indeed add the words, "I