If that thing was the universe. The first thing I could not understand was its course of action. That thing’s world was filled with so many stars, and yet it had done all this merely to obtain a single world?
I was so baffled I even felt flustered as I asked.
“No, if you govern the universe, why the hell did you do all this crap?”
Without the slightest hesitation, Taeheo answered with his eyes closed.
“I was afraid.”
“...?”
“Well, is there any need for more questions and answers?”
Taeheo spread his arms. Wounds opened on his body, and blood seeped out. The flowing blood slowly spread through the Deep Sea.
It moved as if it had a will of its own.
“You know, don’t you? You must kill me.”
“...”
It was the one truth that had not changed from the beginning. But how was I supposed to kill the universe? Even if he was wounded and not in a sound state, I could not even begin to guess where or how to start.
“But I have no need to do so.”
Taeheo smiled lightly and held out his bleeding hand to me. It looked as if he was asking for a handshake, so I frowned.
“What the hell are you doing?”
“Do you remember the question from before? The one you rejected.”
“...?”
“Join me.”