novelraw Chapter 710: Another Phone Call
Chapter 710: Another Phone Call
Coming out from Gou Wen's basement, Fisher's expression couldn't be considered too good. The reason, of course, was because of the matter he mentioned regarding Jasmine.
In his view, Jasmine returning to the Spirit World had a hundred harms and basically no benefits. Compared to her current safety, having her face the past seemed not that important.
Of course, for Ramastia to do so probably wasn't just as simple as having her face her past. Fisher believed it was similarly related to dealing with the pollution left behind by Dream Illusion in the Spirit World afterwards.
However, Jasmine wouldn't come to the Spirit World immediately. She hadn't even reached the Mythic Rank yet, plus she was the soul the pollution was chasing after; rashly coming up was throwing away her life. Ramastia was still searching for a method for her to be safe and sound in the Spirit World. This, however, gave Fisher and Gou Wen time to discuss.
Gou Wen prepared to communicate with Ramastia again, and Fisher didn't prepare to trouble his body burdened with hidden illnesses. They split up, and he went to investigate that Angel Sanctuary Alajina had taken him to, to see how David's situation was after Hamon Hamon woke up.
"Renee!"
Fisher walked back along the original path. He had stayed at Gou Wen's place for a period of time. When he returned, Lady Bojiang had already coiled up her numerous and complex multiple legs that resembled tree roots, quietly looking at Renee beside her. In her hands, the square Emhart was rotating rapidly like a flying dart in the air.
"Ah ah ah ah ah ah..."
It seemed Renee had heard the dangerous remarks of this little fence-sitter. Speaking of which, it hadn't been long since he defected from being a steadfast supporter of Lady Renee to the sect of Jasmine overseen by Xuan Can, and then unluckily bumped into the rightful owner, receiving a severe lesson.
Seeing Fisher return, Renee also stopped the fidget spinner. She cast a glance at Lady Bojiang beside her and asked,"Why did you go for so long? Because of that Whale-kin's body?"
"Ah..."
Emhart flew back dizzily and confusedly to Fisher's side. Fisher speechlessly cast a glance at Emhart in his embrace who couldn't find North, incidentally replying,
"However, many thanks to Lady Bojiang for telling me the location of that shelter. Gou Wen also gave me his small boat used for walking in the Spirit World. We can depart in a moment."
"Just right, I'll go with you."
Renee stood up, frightening Emhart in his embrace into shuddering again. He hurriedly looked at Fisher with a pitiful gaze, revealing resentment of not wanting to travel with Renee.
There's no good end to being a traitor, it's just that Fisher was so generous to him.
Fisher stuffed him into his embrace and nodded. Leading Renee towards the direction of Gou Wen's small boat, he saw head-on the outsiders he first saw on the island earlier. Not knowing what game they were playing there, seeing Fisher they wanted to lean over again. He hurriedly pointed rearward and said,
"Gou Wen isn't going, he's on the island. Go find him!"
"Aiya, Gou Wen dear is here? That's great!"
"Truly rare, let's go..."
Watching that group of chirping creatures hopping away or flying away, Fisher wiped nonexistent sweat from his forehead. He took the opportunity to jump onto the semi-transparent Spirit World small boat floating below. Turning his head, seeing Renee still standing motionless, not floating over, he knew she was waiting for him.
So only then did he extend his hand, inviting Renee,
"Please board the ship, Lady Renee."
"...Mhm, you look a lot more exhausted than before, are you sure you don't want to rest for a bit?"
Renee was merely sizing up his face. After a long while, she didn't take the hand he extended inviting her to board the ship, instead floating up and cupping his cheeks with both hands, asking thusly.
It was only when Renee brought it up did Fisher barely feel that he seemingly indeed hadn't rested for a long time. He had been constantly running back and forth, extremely tense.
But after all, nothing had ended yet. Having a tiny bit of solace was already sufficient.
He pulled the floating Renee onto the boat. While sitting down he said,
"Having you by my side is equivalent to resting."
"Oh, am I that miraculous?"
Renee sat down at the edge of this transparent small boat with a smile, her bare feet swaying slightly outside the small boat, looking a bit playful yet charming,
"Yes."
Fisher answered, but turning back around he ran into a difficult problem.
He didn't know what material this small boat was made of, nor did he know how to operate it. Only mounting the small boat right now did he remember he forgot to ask Gou Wen the method to operate it. Going back now would inevitably encounter Gou Wen being pestered by that group of foreign living beings.
While in difficulty, it was still Renee beside him who covered her mouth with a smile. Pointing at the bow of the small boat, she said,
"Placing your hand at the front end of that small boat will allow you to operate it."
Fisher turned his head and did as he was told. The moment he placed his hand on it, transparent silk threads suddenly extended from the bow and wrapped around his palm, as if penetrating deep inside his body. At this instant, Fisher only felt as if he had merged into one with this small boat and could operate it with ease. At the same time, a protective barrier also appeared out of thin air above the small boat, used to isolate the scarlet mist in the Spirit World.
"Truly miraculous..."
"Right? This is technology from Ramastia's original civilization. I've seen it a few times. This ship was also given to that Whale-kin by Him. Not only can it travel within the Spirit World, but it can also isolate the Spirit World Contamination to a certain extent, only it cannot completely overcome it..."
"Speaking of which, what is the method Lady Bojiang mentioned earlier to overcome the Spirit World Contamination?"
While departing, Fisher merely used his intention to operate the ship. As the illusory interface of the Demi-Human Girl Completion Manual appeared before his eyes, he then departed towards the direction shown on the map.
Renee tapped her chin. Looking at the scarlet mist outside she said,
"You should have already experienced the terror of this Spirit World Contamination. It can make all sorts of strange and bizarre things turn into reality within the pollution, turning the impossible into the possible, forming an almost unbreakable bounded field. It is exactly the same as 'Magic' in the truest sense, and the magic used by humans was also created from Its source... But this power resembling a dream or illusion is not water without a source."
"You mean..."
Fisher recalled the contents he saw when he was wrapped by the scarlet pollution back then. The feeling of those unconstrained things instantly turning into reality was truly a bit difficult to describe. Looking back on it even now he felt lightheaded, as if he was dreaming at that time.
But thinking about it carefully, those unfamiliar things fantasized out all bore a very dense connection with Asuka Karasawa.
Those banknotes bearing Japanese characters, those kanji that ran away from home one by one, and also that castle resembling a fairy tale...
But Alajina clearly wasn't in that illusion. She had lost consciousness at that time. When he went to pursue the outcome he walked out of the shelter. Alajina obviously wasn't someone Asuka could know, meaning Alajina's image came from Fisher's mind.
Through Renee's reminder, Fisher raised his eyebrows and said,
"Thoughts?"
"Eh, I originally wanted to say memories, but what you said is even more accurate..."
Renee smiled and nodded. Raising a finger, she said,
"You are right. For the pollution to produce substantive lethality upon you and subsequently affect your body, it inevitably relies on the thoughts inside your brain. Conversely speaking, the method to overcome the pollution is also obvious at a glance."
"But, thoroughly eliminating the thoughts inside one's own brain is far too difficult..."
"Isn't I here? I can use power to reduce your thoughts to [Infinitely Small]. When the rune activates, It will be unable to affect you, but at the same time your brain will also become a bit wooden..."
Renee reached out her hand and drew a symbol on Fisher's body. It looked like a "0" lying down, emitting a faint glow.
However, right now there was the small boat. Plus, perhaps because Ramastia had previously intervened to stop It from approaching the Crevice, during this period of entering the Spirit World, Fisher actually felt the Spirit World Contamination was extremely quiet, as if it was completely just a layer of mist disturbing people's line of sight.
The rune Renee left for him could be used as an emergency measure. And during this brief conversation, they very quickly flew towards the direction of the Crevice. In the map shown by the Demi-Human Girl Completion Manual, a massive marker [Crevice] had already appeared.
Fisher just wanted to raise his eyes to look over there. He wanted to see exactly what the world wrapped by the Crevice looked like, but Renee suddenly reached out and covered his gaze,
"Don't look, Dagon's main body is currently visibly manifesting. Seeing Him you will get hurt."
"...Okay."
He no longer looked over there. Amidst the boundless red mist, a black silhouette suspended in space suddenly revealed its form. Before even drawing near, Fisher felt the summons from the Fluid Sword...
It was the Fluid Sword he left here.
"We've arrived."
Fisher leaned against the bow of the ship. This was still his first time sizing up the Angel's Shelter from the outside. Only to see the shelter before him resembling several clusters of mushroom caps, presenting a plump shape. Meanwhile, on the upper part, it carried many complex angel inscriptions, only that visible to the naked eye many crude steel plates could also be seen. It should be caused by David's patching previously.
Hesitating for a moment, Fisher still decided to enter from the previously patched location. Coincidentally, below that was the shipyard.
He beckoned slightly, and the Fluid Sword blade above the patching flew rapidly towards him, simultaneously revealing the bright space below.
The small boat entered from the gap. Closely followed, he threw the Fluid Sword back to its original place to patch it up. Only then did he dispel the small boat's protective barrier.
"Clang clang clang..."
Right when Fisher and Renee had just landed, a crisp sound echoed from the side. He hurriedly turned his head to look. Only to see on that Spirit World vessel Alajina had previously led Fisher on a tour of, a handsome humanoid figure possessing an Angel's appearance and bearing a divine resemblance to Michael was currently cautiously raising the wrench in his hands, sizing up Fisher and Renee descending from the sky through the openwork guardrails on the deck.
"David?"
Interesting to say. Clearly David's actions at this moment were already obvious fright, yet his expression remained unfeeling like machinery, possessing the same ingenious result as those indifferent angels.
"So it's you, Mr. Fisher... You had already returned to reality, and the instrument to teleport Miss Alajina was also usurped. I didn't expect you to return directly from the Spirit World."
"Oh... So this here is the secret base of you and Alajina... This is a new place I didn't know about."
Before Fisher replied, Renee behind him had already rubbed her chin and spoke with such profound meaning.
In the past when the situation regarding the World-Ending Prophecy was not yet urgent, she could frequently observe Fisher. Now that the situation was severe, she neglected observation. Unexpecting that that little pirate had even driven her ship into the Spirit World.
Fisher paused slightly, asking in confusion,
"Last time I was attacked by the Spirit World Contamination right here. Didn't you even take action at that time? I thought you knew, after all previously you knew every..."
As Renee listened, her cheeks puffed up. Raising her fingers, she grabbed Fisher's kidney and twisted,
"Hah? I only roughly knew you might have come to the shelter through things left by the angels. Who knew it was that Alajina who brought you here. I'm not a roundworm in your stomach... Coming here for a secret rendezvous, a secret rendezvous right?"
"Uhh uhh uhh..."
Regarding contents she didn't know about, Lady Renee displayed immense lethality.
Taking advantage of Renee reaching out to twist Fisher's kidney, David also put down the wrench he raised to defend himself. He stood up and slowly floated down, while Fisher also hurriedly asked,
"David, what exactly were you doing just now?"
David cast a glance at the vessel in the rear, speaking up,
"Earlier I suddenly received a signal emitted from the shelter where Daddy and Mommy are located. The teleportation instrument Miss Alajina used to enter the Spirit World cannot be perceived. It was only when she and I conversed using a simple walkie-talkie that I learned about this matter. Right now Miss Alajina temporarily cannot come to the Spirit World. I was preparing to depart alone to head there to search for Daddy and Mommy."
Fisher frowned, holding down Renee's mischievous hand, saying,
"You should know that the existence that broke that warp instrument is highly likely the culprit who caused Michael and Mikhail to stay far away from you, right? He is a foreign deity... What did that information say?"
"...That information said, the base where He is located is now open to all consciousness bodies, and also a lot of content that was previously deleted suddenly appeared in my network. The coordinates where my Daddy and Mommy last appeared are precisely the base where He is located. So... No matter what, I want to go take a look."
Renee put down the hand twisting Fisher's kidney, a trace of vigilance flashing across her purple eyes,
"Hamon Hamon... This deity's power is extremely terrifying, arguably possessing the strongest lethality among the several Outer Gods. A thousand years ago, fortunately His chaos erupted in the Spirit World and not reality, otherwise back then even if there were three Demigods they wouldn't have been able to stop His spread. He has vanished without a trace for so long, having always been locked up in an Angel's Shelter. If not connected to the network, He wouldn't have the chance to come out from that place..."
Speaking thus, Renee's gaze also landed on David before her.
"The network settings originally on your body must have also been turned off by your so-called parents. Was it Alajina who helped you turn it back on?"
"Mhm, it was Miss Alajina who helped me... So, was it also me and Miss Alajina who released Him?"
"Mhm, high probability it's like this... Hamon Hamon's Authority is named [Alienation], capable of altering the original attributes of matter, even producing an effect on the Authorities of deities. However, strange to say, according to His original disposition, you would probably already have unknowingly turned into a monster spreading the Alienation Virus right now, yet you are currently still safe and sound, truly strange..."
Originally, upon hearing it was himself and Alajina who released that terror locked up in the base, even David's machine-like cold expression revealed a bit of guilt. Yet as the focus of Renee's words slightly twisted, he resembled a drowning person grabbing onto a wooden plank, finding a pretext of hope for searching for his parents in his heart.
"Meaning to say, it's possible that place is already no longer that dangerous right now?"
"Well, this..."
Renee wasn't too clear either, while Fisher looked directly at David and said,
"No matter what, we will have to go there to find out the truth later. But before that, earlier you said you could still control Cardinals?"
"Mhm, but only a portion. The vast majority of the control authority was snatched away. It should be the work of that Hamon Hamon you guys mentioned... He brought the vast majority of the Cardinals he controlled back to the Spirit World, and didn't do anything extra..."
Fisher rubbed his chin, quickly coming to a resolution,
"Like this, David, I want to take a look at those extra pieces of information in your database. Perhaps I can learn some contents about that shelter. Also, I need to borrow a Cardinal you left in reality, the kind that can communicate. I want to have a call with the people there..."
When Ramastia went to stop the Spirit World Contamination from taking Jasmine away, He definitely told Raphaela and the others about him being safe and sound, but after all it wasn't Fisher saying it personally, and he was also still keeping the current situation in reality in his thoughts...
"No problem. Please follow me, Mr. Fisher, as well as this..."
Renee cast a jealous glance at Fisher, because she definitely knew he was going to contact other females.
But on second thought, right now they were in the Spirit World. That group of women couldn't come up. The current situation was different from before. It was no longer Renee expending immense effort to go to reality to reunite with Fisher, but rather that group of women being unable to cross the chasm of reality to come here and reunite with Fisher no matter what.
Hehe, then let you guys properly taste the difficulties of a long-distance relationship!
"Renee?"
Renee wickedly laughed gloomily. Meanwhile, Fisher who was preparing to leave in front saw Renee hadn't moved her steps from beginning to end, and looked back at her in confusion. In the instant he turned his head, the expression on Renee's face changed back into a kind smile again.
"Let's go, let's go, hehe..."
"What are you laughing at?"
"Thinking of happy things~"
The more Renee said this, the more Fisher felt there was always something big waiting for him in the rear. But looking at Renee's current expression it didn't seem so, making him quite doubtful.
He quickly followed David back to the monitoring hall. In the room where he previously sent messages to Ramastia, David handed an instrument to Fisher. That was precisely the instrument for operating Cardinals.
"Can't this instrument see the situation in reality?"
"Mhm... Instruments with cameras were either damaged during the previous battle in reality, or their control authority was snatched away. This one is just a walkie-talkie, used for emergency contact with Miss Alajina."
"Like this..."
Speaking of which, he suddenly felt this wasn't his first time making this kind of phone call.
Previously in the Northern Border when being pursued by Death he made a phone call to Elizabeth, and afterwards in the Sanctuary he also made a phone call with Asuka Karasawa through a Cardinal...
And now, he was about to dial the third such phone call.
"Are you ready? I'm turning on the walkie-talkie's connection. I don't know what time it is in reality right now, or whether the walkie-talkie is by Miss Alajina's side, so there is the possibility of it being unable to connect."
"Mhm, dial."
Renee stood at the side with her arms crossed, watching Fisher make the phone call with quite some curiosity. Upon seeing that those women couldn't even see his face and could only make phone calls across space, the smile on her face grew even deeper.
Hn hn, this is the agony of a long-distance relationship exactly!
"Bzzt bzzt..."
After a brief shaking, sounds transmitted from that walkie-talkie, but they were entirely completely irregular electronic sounds, appearing not yet connected.
Fisher cast a glance at David in front of him. He wasn't looking over here, but rather was recalling the extra contents in the database in front of a massive pile of monitors, waiting to show Fisher later.
"Bzzt bzzt..."
"Hey, how does this work? Raphaela, come quickly and take a look! It seems to be ringing..."
"What thing... This... This belongs to that female Captain from the Sardin Woman's Country, right? It was just placed here. Don't touch it randomly, Jasmine."
"I didn't, it suddenly started ringing just now. Maybe we should wait until she returns."
Fisher paused slightly, because the voices that suddenly popped out of the walkie-talkie at this moment were precisely Raphaela's and Jasmine's.
His eyes brightened slightly, hurriedly speaking into that walkie-talkie,
"Raphaela, Jasmine, it's me!"
"...Ra... Raphaela, did you hear Fisher's voice?"
"..."
"Thud!"
"Tap tap tap!"
A crisp sound suddenly came from the other end of the walkie-talkie, followed by a series of footsteps. Closely followed, Fisher, maintaining a listening posture, felt the walkie-talkie on the other end being picked up.
"Hello? Fisher, is that you?"
The one speaking was exactly Raphaela's voice.
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