Open the Gate to the Past.
It wasn't merely a matter of "returning to the past," but of completely mastering the power to return to the past.
Although Iver had known for a long time that Professor Moriarty must have ambitions... those ambitions were still far too great.
If someone could return to the past infinitely, then everything in the "present" would be meaningless to him. It would be like people in the "present" indulging in the "future."
The future had yet to arrive. And the present could be redone.
That also meant destroying everything in the current world.
People's dreams, ideals, responsibilities, their encounters, mutual understanding, love, life and death, and all the struggles of the mortal world would all turn to dust... because everyone would enter "another future," and they might even vanish before they were born.
--What a dangerous power!
So...
"Let me tell you a story."
Iver didn't answer. Instead, he suddenly spoke.
"Oh?"
Sapphire Robin didn't impatiently demand an answer. Instead, she let out a curious sound with great interest.
So Iver continued, "There is a kind of game. When the game begins, players receive their own starting resources. The type each person receives is random, and its strength and value can vary by tenfold or even several dozen times."
"That sounds fair."
Professor Moriarty praised it. "Everyone in this world is born unequal. Their origins, talents, families, personalities... these things, determined solely by luck, largely decide a person's entire life. To a certain extent, this game reproduces such circumstances. It feels very real. I think the only problem with this game is that a difference of merely several dozen times is still too conservative."
"Yes. The starting resources of all players largely determine their subsequent gaming experience. And this game isn't limited to a