"Hmm..."
But a moment later, Wangchuan frowned.
A question rose in his mind.
Why had the dimension suddenly been disturbed?
The River of Reincarnation would not change course for no reason. A tremor of that magnitude could not have been a coincidence.
Unless someone had happened to touch the boundary of Eternal Hell at that very moment, or some power had actively interfered with reincarnation.
He could not think of an answer.
Then he remembered something else.
The system.
He lowered his head and looked at the translucent panel only he could see.
This thing had been with him for a long time.
The system had been there ever since he woke up after transmigrating into the world of Jujutsu Kaisen.
He had always assumed it was standard equipment for a transmigrator, a cheat granted to him by some higher dimension.
But now.
He remembered who he truly was.
Tso Lan.
The Moon Demon.
The being who had sent his soul through a dimensional rift and plunged into the River of Reincarnation.
A demon's soul had reincarnated in another dimension, then fallen back into the world of the Pirate King once again.
What role had the system played in all of this?
"System."
He spoke, his voice calm.
"What exactly are you?"
[...]
"Or rather."
He paused.
"Who exactly are you?"
Silence.
The system panel flickered.
[Insufficient permissions.] [Unable to answer.]
Wangchuan stared at those words for a long time.
Then he sighed.
"Fine."
He was used to it.
The system had been like this from the very beginning. When he asked where it came from, he had insufficient permissions.
When he asked how it worked, he had insufficient permissions. When he asked why it had chosen him, he had insufficient permissions. Over time, he could