Death... and me

Kafan's story didn't help them very much. Romario would have a child with Rean's mother countless years later, so it was too hard to make any connections.

Rean sighed as he spoke. "Well, Romario wanted to put his hands on the Fragment back in the Minokawa's land. Now, Kafan said Romario disappeared as soon as the extinction sphere showed itself. There seems to be a connection there, but it is too vague. That doesn't give us any meaningful information."

Roan agreed with him. "Indeed. But it seems like he had been waiting for the extinction sphere this entire time. We heard from Soul Gem's past that the extinction sphere was some kind of natural event. Once a Universe got too old, it would appear and wipe it out and ultimately give birth to a new Universe. Romario was from outside, so perhaps he already knew the extinction sphere was about to appear?"

"It is possible," Soul Gem answered. "Romario came with the Ruins of the Stars, which was that Spaceship. We don't have the power to leave this Universe on our own, but the experts that came with the Spaceship did. It is very likely they had seen similar events in the past and knew more or less the time a Universe would get the appearance of an extinction sphere."

"The question is," Roan continued, "what did Romario want from the extinction sphere? Why wait for it to appear? Above all, did he do something to it that none of us know? After all, it appeared during a time when none of you paid much attention to that thing."

Rean understood what Roan meant. "Are you saying that perhaps... it was my father that made the extinction sphere appear?"

Everyone looked at Roan in shook, but Roan just shrugged his shoulders. "Well, it is just speculation. I find it very hard to believe anyone could create such a calamitous thing like an extinction sphere. But then again, that Spaceship was capable of moving an entire universe's Chaos Source away, couldn't it?"

Back during the exploration of the Ruins of the Stars, Rean and Roan found out that the main use of the Spaceship was to take other Universe's Chaos Sources away. These Chaos Sources were then brought to other Universes that paid for it. As for the Universe that lost its Chaos Source, it would simply die over time.

Yet, Romario ended up sabotaging it, and the Ruins of the Stars had to be evacuated. From what Romario said, most of the intelligent races of the Universe were due to these races who fled from the Spaceship. Well, it also pretty much proved that Romario was indeed older than Kafan as well. (Chapter 2244 onwards)

"Romario did say he wanted to prevent us from becoming slaves," Rean added. "If we can believe his words, he said that he wanted the fragments to attempt to surpass the Divinity Realm. He also mentioned that the Fragment in the Floating Islands of Time was the strongest regarding Space and Time powers, and we can confirm that as well, right, Soul Gem?"

Soul Gem obviously knew that. "Yes, that's correct. Whether it can really be used to surpass the Divinity Realm or not, I don't know, but it was definitely the strongest fragment in this regard. He came from outside the Universe, so perhaps he has some information about the breakthrough into the next realm that even senior Kafan and I don't have."

"Sigh..." kafan thought about the past. "If I knew he had so much information like this, perhaps I would have even ignored the agreement to learn everything he knows. Well, it's too late now."

Everyone went silent after that, as they couldn't think about anything else.

"Well, it seems like this is it," said Kafan. "Do you have any other questions for me?"

They already found out everything about the Organization and Kafan's role in that. In the end, its existence was extremely necessary, especially since they intended to unify the Universe. If Kafan's Universal Transition Organization didn't exist, this side of the Universe would be infested with Soul Devils, and pretty much no life would exist here today. In a certain way, his intervention led to Rean and Roan's birth and the start of the plan.

Sure, the deal Kafan has with the Vruves was still a mystery, but the twins decided to not insist on it, especially since Soul Gem seemed to know about it as well.

Rean then asked something else. "Senior Kafan, could you point out the direction to my planet? I mean, I was born there and lived as a mortal for over thirty years. I still don't know if my mother was someone from outside of the Universe or if she was just a mortal who also didn't know anything about my father."

"She might be both," Roan said. "Perhaps she was just a mortal from Earth but knew about your father's identity. After all, it shouldn't be hard for your father to prove his powers to her."

"I find it hard to be the case," Rean commented. "Otherwise, why would they stay on earth to start with?"

"That's true," Roan and the others agreed with him.

Kafan then spread his Divine Sense, and a moment later, a Death Spirit appeared on the hut's door. That Death Spirit wasn't a copy but a real one, considering it was also in a humanoid form. "Uncle, did you call me?"

It obviously noticed Rean and Roan's group, feeling surprised. "Errr... these guys are?"

Kafan just waved his hand. "They are my friends, and the stone-faced boy who seems to be more dead than us, Death Spirits, is my disciple."

Roan's mouth twitched a bit. "Fuck you!"

"Hahaha!" Kafan laughed and then looked at the other Death Spirit. "Anfrou, I need you to help them."

Anfrou was taken aback for a moment. "A disciple? You? Is the Universe going to be destroyed tomorrow?"

Kafan didn't seem to like those words. "I have countless disciples! Don't you see I instructing the Death Spirits nonstop?"

"You mean those piece of shit copies? Can you even consider such things as disciples? What a waste of time." Anfrou didn't hide his contempt for the copies at all.

Kafan then looked at Roan. "I guess now you see why the real Death Spirits almost never interact with the copies. A lot of them are idiots like this one. Anyway, even if he is like that, he is perfect to guide you around. You can teach him a lesson as well if you want."

Roan coldly smiled. "Seems fun."