Let Me Tell You (Continued)

She vaguely remembered that, a few years ago, she had known the full truth about the incident. But after a memory-erasure procedure, everything had become blurred.

That had happened two years ago.

Otto held his forehead as he communicated with the presence deep within his consciousness.

No one knew what he had said.

It seemed like mockery, or perhaps some sort of provocation aimed at a loser. Otto used his authority as Archbishop to issue Zhao Bai a mission in the branch's name, then set off for the target location himself.

Mariana Trench.

Zhao Bai saw no gigantic monster—only someone he absolutely did not want to see.

"Lord Bishop?"

"You still call me Lord Bishop?" Otto was somewhat surprised. "What a pleasant and unexpected surprise."

There was no monster, only a man.

Zhao Bai roughly understood what this meant.

"The intelligence said a giant monster had been spotted here, but there actually isn't one. There's only Bishop Otto standing here all alone. Are you mocking yourself?"

"Hahaha."

Even if he said that, Lord Otto would not get angry.

If this had been a real body, Otto's palms should have been sweating. For the first time in a long while, he felt nervous. Zhao Bai stood before him, boots on the ice, while the howling freezing wind rushed toward him as though carrying the malice of the entire world.

It was quiet.

There was only the sound of the wind, the waves, and beating hearts.

"What are you afraid of?"

Zhao Bai asked in confusion.

"I am not afraid. I activated upload mode from the very beginning. Next, I am going to tell you something about yourself."

"?"

"Ha!"

Sword energy crashed down from above, striking the surface of the water.

It was a crescent-shaped arc of light. It lacked