"Time" had never imagined that, compared to himself, the Du Yu before him was the true, utter madman.
"Du Yu! What the hell are you planning?!" Time demanded. "You became 'Time' on purpose?!"
"That's right." Du Yu nodded. "I'd already guessed you were another me, and that I could never escape this closed loop. But what could I do? To me, you were a god through and through. You couldn't predict what I would do, but you could know everything about me. And what you said was exactly what I'd imagined. If anything about me displeased you, you would abandon me and choose the next Du Yu. After all, you're like an enormous Legend Management Bureau, able to see everything on every timeline."
Time froze. He was Time, who knew everything, yet he could never tell what the man before him was thinking.
"When... did you figure it out?"
"You might not believe me if I told you." Du Yu smiled.
"Was it the first time you saw me?!" Time exclaimed.
"No." Du Yu gave a cold laugh. "It was when Gorgon appeared as a Supreme Pivot."
"What..." At Du Yu's words, Time staggered back three steps. "When Gorgon Medusa appeared... you didn't even know Sage existed! How could you possibly have guessed I existed?! What kind of joke is this?! Are you bluffing?!"
Du Yu slowly walked forward, dragging his long hair across the ground. "I wasn't entirely sure before, but that look on your face confirmed it."
"What did you say?!"
One cold eye emerged from behind Du Yu's long hair as he looked at his other self. "I saved Gorgon in Greece, so she survived, killed all the God Sovereigns who'd threatened her, became the ruler of Greece, and lived to the present day. That really does