Let Me See

Xelath was thrown into confusion. "Didn't you just call out my name? Why are you still asking that?"

Tang Chuan stared blankly. "I just called it casually. You look like an old... friend of mine."

"A friend?"

Xelath asked, "From how long ago?"

Tang Chuan did not know how to answer for a moment. After thinking about it, he said, "Back when I was still immature. By the way, who are you? You seem to know me."

Xelath said helplessly, "I am Annihilation. I am merely using this body to communicate with you for the time being. I thought you had recognized me right away, but it turns out..."

Tang Chuan blinked. "You're Annihilation? Why do you look like this?"

Annihilation said leisurely, "Didn't I say so? I am merely using this low-dimensional body to communicate with you for now. I now understand the meaning of what you said back then."

Tang Chuan knew he was referring to Calamity at his peak, so he asked, "What did I say?"

Annihilation replied, "You named me Xelath. I was confused as well—why did I need a low-dimensional name? You told me that it was a name given to me by the future you. So the future you meant back then was actually the present."

Tang Chuan understood more as well, grasping the whole picture. Calamity at his peak had seen the current situation and known that, overwhelmed by a strong sense of déjà vu, he would call out Xelath's name.

He had also known that Tang Chuan had once been a hardcore player of League of Legends. Everything had been within his sight.

*Then I'm confused. You said you knew everything and had calculated everything, so why did you seal your own memories? You made the situation so bizarre that I want