This Position Should Have Belonged to You

At the end of the Long Stairway was not another Void, but a magnificent palace.

It's very strange that at the end of the Chaos Divine Steps stands a palace that is more magnificent and imposing than any other building in the world.

The palace gates were so high that their tops were invisible. Cheng Shi only glanced at them before feeling an overwhelming sense of oppression surging from all directions.

This was the first time he felt insignificant before the "gods".

Whether it was the two different eyes of [Nothingness] or the huge skull above the White Bone Flood, although they were high above, they were full of human energy, so much so that Cheng Shi only felt fear under their gaze, but did not feel the insignificance of humankind.

[Memory] Needless to say, now when Cheng Shi thinks of Him, all he sees is the image of his boss...

This feeling is like a nightmare, it just won't go away.

Therefore, when he arrived outside the Temple of Chaos and truly realized the difference between humans and gods, and that humans were nothing more than dust beneath the feet of the gods, his legs went weak.

Both physiological and psychological softness.

He couldn't imagine how unbearable it would be for Him, whether standing or sitting in the palace. He even thought that if he had known that an audience with [Chaos] would be like this, he should have prepared more diapers in his previous prayers and put them on before coming.

"..."

Forget it, whether I stick my neck out or not, I'll still get stabbed, so what's there to be afraid of?

Cheng Shi gritted his teeth, straightened his chest, and walked in with his head held high.

However, when he stepped into the temple covered with graffiti-like divine runes, he did not see any of the unapproachable "Heaven". Instead, he saw someone who should not be there, yet seemed to be there nonetheless.

When he saw the human face standing to the side of the hall, smiling and bowing to him, Cheng Shi's spine suddenly tightened, and he froze on the spot.

"Ultraman, it's been a long time."

"It's you..." Cheng Shi's eyes widened in disbelief, "You actually... you are... you are also His... Emissary?"

"I do not have this honor, Ultraman, because the place I stand here should rightfully belong to you!"

"!!!"

Cheng Shi was shocked.

Because the person standing in this Chaos Temple, speaking to him, was none other than one of the Chaos Sprout Believer who disappeared in the Everbloom Town, which was under the protection of Prosperity. He was also a junior of Ados, Scholar from the Tower of Reason, and Scholar had also turned himself into a puppet— Katarro!

Chenosli once told Cheng Shi that Katarro would prove to the outside world at the right time that Cheng Shi was not the murderer.

But after Cheng Shi returned to the inn, he disappeared. Not only that, at the end of that [death] Trials, Cheng Shi himself impersonated a Katarro and ended up in jail.

Therefore, seeing him in this chaotic place at this moment, Cheng Shi naturally felt that he was not him, but rather it should be Him.

"Belongs to... me?"

Cheng Shi was stunned again.

To be honest, Cheng Shi didn't dislike the Cheng Shi of the "Chaos" Emissary; he was afraid he couldn't bear the burden. So, from beginning to end, he only dared to joke around and didn't dare to do anything reckless.

Even though he knew that this identity was given to him by [Deception], he still dared not cause trouble before receiving confirmation from [Chaos].

But now, according to the Katarro...

What's wrong?

Are newly hired employees being promoted to board members without going through the proper procedures?

"Wait a minute..." When he saw that there were no gods in the hall, only people, Cheng Shi's backbone somehow returned. He frowned and asked as he thought, "You mean, I am His Emissary, Ultraman? He acknowledges it?"

Katarro smiled and nodded with absolute certainty:

"You always have been. Your identity was established the moment you sang the first syllable of 'Chaos' on the Isle of Hope."

"Then why are you standing in my position?"

"..."

Katarro was also stunned. He didn't expect Emissary envoy's thinking to be so unconventional. But he wasn't stunned for long. He immediately walked towards Cheng Shi, dragged Cheng Shi to where he had been standing, and stood in His Highness with a smile on his face.

Hiss--

It doesn't look fake!

Have I really become Emissary?

That simple?

Doesn't He need to nod?

Besides, I didn't feel Divine Power of "chaos" emanating from me.

Cheng Shi's small eyes darted around as he looked at his surroundings. Finding no one else or any deity in the hall, he peeked out and whispered:

"What... what's going on with you? Didn't you turn yourself into a puppet? How did you end up here again?"

When I returned to the inn in Everbloom Town, I couldn't find you...

Cheng Shi's question carried a hint of skepticism, Katarro didn't mind such a direct questioning at all. He respectfully replied:

"Yes, I was indeed a puppet at the time. According to Chenosli's plan, I was supposed to kill you when you were imprisoned to clear your name. However, you seemed to have a better plan, so I left quietly."

I think if you're not in danger, there might be a reason why you need my help later.

But I didn't expect you to be different from us, so... when you left that 'Trials', because you were missing from history, [Memory] automatically filled in that history according to its aesthetics, making up for the gaps in your disappearance.

And I am the lucky one who was awakened by my Lord of Grace and thrust into the limelight.

[Memory]!

Cheng Shi's gaze sharpened; he hadn't expected this reason.

"[Memory] has also made a move?"

"That wasn't the real Him, but... well, it's not convenient to say, you can think of it as the Divine Power He left behind in a pact!"

Katarro finished speaking, Cheng Shi thought of a word, a word that players shouldn't know: [The Covenant]!

It seems that the power of Memory in the [Covenant] has filled in the gaps in history!

It turns out that Ultraman did exist in history, but he wasn't himself; he was a substitute created to correct historical inaccuracies.

It is the Katarro that is exercising the power of the Chaos Emissary "on behalf of" itself!

No wonder he's standing here.

But...

"You know about Trials?"

Oh right, after all, this isn't during the Trials. Come to think of it, this is the first time I've encountered someone from the Isle of Hope outside of the Trials.

"So... do you know that the Isle of Hope has been destroyed in history?"

Katarro smiled and said, "In the Mortals dimension, it has indeed disappeared, but in their eyes, the Cosmos has never changed."

"Tsk, you don't seem like Scholar anymore, you seem more like a charlatan."

"Uh... different paths lead to the same destination."

Indeed, they arrive at the same destination by different paths, only these two characters are approaching their respective "gods" in different ways.

With just this one sentence, Cheng Shi felt a deep respect for Katarro.

This old acquaintance seemed to have come to an understanding, and his level of Faith had risen to an astonishing height.

As they talked, Cheng Shi gradually relaxed. He looked around and asked again:

"Is this really His Temple?"

Um... to be blunt, cough cough, I'm just curious, isn't this place a bit too orderly?

Katarro smiled and explained:

"Sir, what do you mean by order?"

Cheng Shi was taken aback, then pointed to everything in the main hall and said:

"Isn't this orderly? I sensed chaos on the Divine Steps below, but here..."

Look, the regular space, the symmetrical stone pillars, the echoing patterns—it's even more orderly than the Grand Court... cough cough, it's all so much more orderly.

Isn't that right?

"My lord, if we consider the understanding of order among the people of Isle of Hope, what you say is indeed correct."

Upon hearing this, Cheng Shi's mind went blank for a moment, as if he had suddenly realized something.

But at this point, the Katarro also offered its interpretation:

"But in the dimensions of the entire universe, or even higher, in the eyes of you [them], human order may be meaningless."

Listen to this! It's the most powerful blasphemy against Order!