The situation there was not much different from what Jiu Ming and Kaguya had seen before. It was likewise a hollow created by an unknown force, filled with an immensely powerful repulsive force. It was clearly visible, yet impossible to enter. If the barrier in the sky had targeted outsiders like Jiu Ming, then this one targeted everything.
Even ordinary people of this world could not enter this region caught in such a strange state.
It seemed the "door" here was a minor matter, but it still existed nonetheless.
"Someone's coming."
Not long after arriving, Jiu Ming noticed people approaching. There were quite a few of them, moving in a disorderly fashion... but it was useless.
After seeing the "door" in this place, Jiu Ming knew that unless they found a way to force their way in, they would get no information at all. But if they forced their way in, he had a feeling something utterly terrible would happen.
Being swept into a temporal torrent had already been a miserable enough experience. Getting sucked into some unknown location in space now—especially by charging in himself—would be downright foolish.
They were not the pursuers he had expected. Judging by the equipment they carried, they looked more like researchers. Ever since the matter of Contractors had been made public, all sorts of rumors had run wild among humanity for a while. Then, after some time passed, everything returned to normal.
The world was huge, and Contractors made up a pitifully small proportion of humanity. Whether one was lucky or unlucky, they might go their entire life without encountering a Contractor. Even if they did, they would not know the other person was a Contractor unless that person revealed their abilities.
The storms of rumors and gossip gradually vanished without a trace.