"You're completely insane!"
"Thanks for the compliment."
Compared to cowardly surrender, madness was not necessarily a bad thing.
Flipping the table, after all.
Natsume was very good at that.
"So, there's a chance of success, right?"
"Yes, and a very high one. But you'll almost certainly die..."
"I'm prepared for that..."
Sophon was no less clever than he was.
All her calculations had been based on the premise that Natsume could survive long enough to break through the [Royal City].
She had never considered the mad strategy of taking everyone down with him.
That was why she had never imagined this possibility.
Sophon asked again:
"Aren't you afraid I'll stop you?"
"After all, your plan is to have me swallowed by the black hole along with you."
"Would you?"
Sophon: "..."
"Stop pretending. I know you can't die."
"As long as I don't die inside the [Ancestral God Palace], you should be fine, right?"
"Maybe after I die, the part of [Divine Consciousness] I call the 'system' will be unbound."
"You'll be able to control it, leave this place, and perhaps even leave this dimension."
"Right?"
Sophon: "..."
Natsume had guessed correctly.
This was probably one of the reasons Sophon had been willing to accompany him on this risk.
Even if Natsume died, she could still leave safely.
She might even break free from the constraints of her physical form and travel to another safe dimension.
That was her hidden insurance...
There was no way it was simply because she wanted excitement.
Or because he had threatened her so easily.
Of course, perhaps all three reasons played some part...
"Why did you suddenly become smarter?"
"Your omniscience has left you bored for too long. Besides, isn't this exactly the unknown and surprise you wanted?"
Since her birth.
Having tasted "surprise"