"Don't stay here. There are more important things waiting for you to do," Chen Songyuan sighed. "You already know that yourself. I know you can't possibly leave yourself here, so don't use those words to provoke me."
"Not necessarily. What if I suddenly change my mind and decide not to leave? It's only a thousand years. I can wait."
"You can wait, but I can't. In twenty years, the entire plan will be on track. We need you to steer this ship forward. After all, we can't find another Mysterious Bird, can we?"
"Mm, fine. Under the right circumstances, I'll activate the memories in my mind and leave this place. Most likely, just as you wish, I'll leave after everything is over."
"That would be wonderful."
Chen Songyuan spoke delightedly, looking nothing like a composed man.
"I'll wait for you in the future."
"See you in the future. Give Earth my regards."
Jon did not know whether Chen Songyuan heard that last sentence. In any case, he had already faded away after Jon finished speaking.
Even if he had heard it, perhaps he could not have answered.
But that was that. He had more or less figured things out.
Everything he had done after coming to this world, aside from what he had truly wanted to do himself, had indeed been because he had arrived with a mission.
Who would have thought?
Even at this point, he still had to carry out a mission.
Since Chen Songyuan had said the matters here needed to be completed properly, and they had to continue according to their predetermined ending so that Chen Songyuan could enter Earth smoothly.
Fine, then.
That did not conflict with Jon's original plans anyway.
He had spent so long talking with the phantom Chen Songyuan left behind and