The black mycelium and the Eye of Vision had not disappeared, which meant the Guide was still under the effects of Kyoka Suigetsu.
But—
Why had the Guide suddenly said something like that?
This glaring inconsistency deepened Moyu's suspicions once again.
What exactly could he do to distinguish the boundary between reality and illusion with certainty?
Moyu frowned almost imperceptibly. He ignored the Guide's claim and silently observed his teammates as they woke.
Whatever else might be questionable, Kanzai's reaction could not have been more genuine.
Perhaps because everyone's attention had been drawn to the Guide, after making that baffling remark, the Guide returned to the way things had been before, standing motionless and silent like a statue.
Of everyone there, only Morel paid little attention to what those words meant. He headed straight toward the Purple Smoke, parked deep inside the cave.
The ship was the key to their return journey. To minimize the chances of anything unexpected happening, Morel needed to inspect its condition with painstaking care.
Moyu noticed what Morel was doing but said nothing. Instead, he asked Menchi to start preparing food.
"What exactly happened?"
Ging came over, his gaze fixed on Moyu with an intense thirst for answers.
During the time their "consciousness" had been disconnected, how had they returned to their landing point on the Dark Continent's coastline...?
Ging was extremely curious about the answer, and so was everyone else in the team.
Moyu hesitated briefly, then told them what he had experienced, though he kept his doubts about reality and illusion to himself.
A little while later.
After hearing Moyu's account, everyone, Ging included, looked astonished. Only then did they finally turn their attention to the so-called "panacea herb."
"This is the all-cure herb?"
Piyon stared wide-eyed at the panacea herb leaf stuck