The Abnormal Events Appearing in Various Regions

The Pope: "What does that mean?"

The Tower: "I mean that place wasn't supposed to be somewhere you could reach at this stage, but you really did reach it. You didn't just pass through the Water Tornado—you even made it to the barrier. And then something went wrong."

The Emperor: "I get it! I totally get it!"

As Lan Qingyou explained, Gu Xiaobei appeared.

Then she explained Lan Qingyou's explanation in the way she was best at.

The Emperor: "It's like those players in games who spend all day wandering around the map. Sometimes they get carried away and stumble into an area that hasn't opened yet, then the game administrator catches them and teleports them away or kills them."

The Emperor: "So this is the equivalent of that kind of abnormal event happening here, right?"

The Tower: "That's more or less the idea. Something like a punishment mechanism?"

Lan Qingyou was very satisfied with Gu Xiaobei's explanation.

That was pretty much what was happening now.

The Pope: "Hmm... So I shouldn't have come here?"

Although Gu Xiaobei's explanation had helped Nemo understand what Lan Qingyou meant, he didn't feel he'd done anything wrong.

After all, if you wanted to conquer the sea, you had to accept that anything might happen.

To him, this was just a minor mishap on his journey.

And even if that really was the case, there was nothing he could do about it.

As long as he didn't give up, triggering the mechanism was only a matter of time.

The Tower: "Of course, that's just my guess. We'll have to go see the site tomorrow to know for sure."

The Pope: "...You really could've left that last part unsaid."

Lan Qingyou's added remark sounded almost like reassurance.

But Sailor Nemo clearly didn't need any reassurance.