London. Underground. The place where the Pioneer Society had once slumbered was deathly silent.
There were only guards more stringent than before, and Rainbow Bridge's round-the-clock lock-on and targeting.
After the consciousnesses of most Pioneer Society members had dissolved into the Silver Sea, the remaining consciousnesses had been relocated elsewhere. This place had stood empty for barely two days before being converted into the highest-security prison in the entire Present Realm.
Ready to receive its guest.
Even though everyone knew full well that unless Huai Shi was willing, no prison could keep him contained. He already existed alongside the entire Present Realm, and he had proven that long ago.
Thus, even imprisoning him had become a matter of procedure.
A mere formality.
I draw a circle for you. You stay inside it. Do me a favor and don't step out.
Good for you, good for me, good for everyone.
For both the Unified Bureau and Huai Shi, this was the best possible outcome. If either side broke the agreement, the entire Present Realm would pay the price.
That was the true invisible prison.
And now, within the visible prison, a familiar voice came from behind a table that had just been set up.
Ai Qing asked, "Name?"
"Huai Shi."
"Gender?"
"Male."
"Age?"
"Twenty-one..."
Leaning back in his chair, Huai Shi sighed. "But when I add it all up, my mental age is already pretty outrageous. I'm practically seventy or eighty. Lately, I've even started feeling my strength fail me. Time waits for no one."
"..."
Ai Qing gave his woeful expression a cold glance, unmoved as she continued performing her duties.
"Regarding everything that happened after you entered Heaven, is there anything you'd like to say?" Her pen fell onto the section of Huai Shi's statement concerning Heaven forcibly integrating