"Trait..."
Zero's database contained records of this trait.
It had survived in the River of Time, and had even merged with it.
But she had not told Li Pin about this.
"In this matter, I have selfish motives."
Li Pin spoke honestly.
"Selfish motives."
Zero smiled. "There is only one thing left that could make the current you harbor selfish motives. Does it have something to do with that unfathomable Eternal One?"
"Yes."
Li Pin admitted it.
He was not someone who liked to lie.
Seeing his reaction, Zero fell into slight contemplation.
Only after quite a while did she say, "Have you considered that if... I really was sent here by that Eternal One, and now you send me back... wouldn't that enter a meaningless cycle?"
"That is why I must gamble once as well."
Li Pin said.
"Oh?"
Zero patiently waited for his explanation.
"I am betting that my guess is correct—that fate truly interfered with eternity!"
Li Pin drew a slight breath, his expression incomparably firm. "And so, at this moment, that Eternal One cannot see the future you represent in the present!"
Zero quickly realized something. "You mean..."
"The wheel of fate has already begun to turn, and the future is slowly unfolding."
Li Pin said.
His eternal battle with that Eternal One had already begun.
"Fate..."
Zero listened to the word Li Pin had spoken.
Whether eternity or fate, both belonged to things beyond the scope of her understanding.
Even though Li Pin had held nothing back from her and explained the profound mysteries of eternity and fate, her unique manner of thought and comprehension still prevented her from truly understanding what those two realms actually represented.
But...
"You intend to manipulate fate in order to defeat eternity."
Zero said.
There was a touch of