raknovel Chapter 68: The Use of Time Stop
Chapter 68: The Use of Time Stop
Chapter 68: The Use of Time Stop
Is Kerrok really a veteran? Raino couldn't help but wonder.
If she is truly a senior figure in Kermeleon, and not a newborn, why does her behavior reveal a clear-eyed stupidity?
When I told her to use a bandage, she actually did. She took it, held it up to her chest, and then started taking off her bra.
"Don't look at what you shouldn't see..." Lei Ye silently turned around. When he turned back, Kroc was still wearing that outfit, but the old-fashioned underwear he had been wearing just moments before had fallen to his feet.
"Are human underwear really this lightweight now?"
Kroc was even quite satisfied.
It's clear that while her lack of common sense isn't as outrageous as Ye Lei's, it's still extraordinary.
"Big Brother, do you know very little about human affairs?" Raino couldn't help but ask.
"I am far inferior to you. It is inconvenient for me to live in the human realm for a long time like you do, so I can only play for a while before each work session and learn about the changes in this world. Is there anything interesting about this city?"
""
"I think the locals are the most interesting thing about this place."
"What does this mean?"
Lei Ye felt that this was difficult to explain in words, so he tugged at Keluoke's little arm, wanting to take her to see it for herself.
Let her see the lovely citizens of this city, and perhaps she will feel the simplicity and kindness of the people of Hillius and then abandon her plan of massacre.
...I think so.
"Let go, wait for me. I came straight into the city to find you. I won't wander around in the city under these circumstances. You go out first, go out..."
What's going on? Is she touching up her makeup or something? She wasn't trying to hide when she was changing clothes, but now she suddenly wants Raino to get out of the way.
He silently walked to the door, but did not wait long; just a few seconds later, Kroc came out again.
"Alright, let's go."
Lei Ye soon found out what she had done.
As we passed the entrance, the staff remained motionless.
Upon arriving at the street, the pedestrians remained motionless.
Time stop was activated, and the world once again entered a state of stagnation.
It's a pity that the moment the ability is activated is being prevented from being seen. Is there some reason why it's being deliberately prevented from being seen?
Although he couldn't see it directly, Raino could at least confirm that Kroc wasn't using any gadgets to activate her abilities, given how close she was to the scene. Otherwise, he couldn't imagine where she could have hidden any gadgets with her outfit.
Lei Ye watched her stretch and quicken her pace.
"Hahaha, now I can play freely! And this time I have a little brother with me. Kermiren, hurry up and catch up, take me to find some fun!"
Kerok...a great evil on par with Ye Lei.
Originally someone who was like the final boss, he now walks casually in front of Raino, wearing an off-the-shoulder shirt and slippers.
To be honest, this outfit wasn't very elegant. Because she was short and small, if you just turned your head to the side, you could see the very slight bulge and bandages on her chest.
Actually, when we made eye contact at the general store just now, Raino thought this guy had quite an imposing presence.
The shout that told him to kneel down was also very oppressive.
It turns out that he only gave her some snacks and bandages to build a relationship with her. She's so easy to fool.
Lei Ye silently set up the hourglass, calculating the maximum duration that the time stop could last. Just as he was secretly operating it, the two of them happened to pass by the grocery store they had just seen, and the two proprietresses, who were wrestling together, were frozen in place.
I wonder if it was because of those five large copper coins.
The thought of those five large copper coins reminded Lei Ye of the time when Kerok had asked him to pay for them.
"With your abilities being so convenient, do you really need to worry about money? Just take what you want yourself."
"That won't do! Someone will find out!"
Kroc, who was humming a song happily, reacted strongly, tugging at Raino's clothes and making Raino lower his head and look directly at him.
"Listen carefully, my abilities can only exert their greatest deterrent effect when they are unknown to others. Once discovered, they lose their prestige. You must be very curious as to why I, as a great evil who has been active for hundreds of years, have never been recorded."
"It really is..."
Raino had read all sorts of books, and in all forms of records, he had not found any record related to filth.
This is quite strange. Based on the information Raino has obtained so far, the Evil has been active for a long time and often commits heinous acts such as massacres, but it is highly illogical that it has only suddenly become widely known on Line 2.
"That's because I never openly use my abilities to do whatever I want. For example, do you remember the rapid expansion of the Demi-human Kingdom? That happened six or seven years ago."
"what?"
Things that happened six or seven years ago, wouldn't they be unaffected by Ye Lei's rebirth? But Lei Ye doesn't have any recollection of any special events in the Land of Demi-humans.
"It seems your level is not high enough to know about this, but you should remember that I frequently activated my ability during that period. That was because I put a large amount of aphrodisiacs into all the wells in the capital of the Demi-human Kingdom."
"ah?!"
"After all, it is the capital of a country, and there are capable people there. They quickly found out that the problem was with the water and immediately switched to using magical tools to make water. This caused me a lot of trouble. I had to go door to door and pour the drug into the water tank. That's how the aphrodisiac entered thousands of households. Later, the people of the Demi-human Kingdom believed that this was a punishment from the god of reproduction and did not continue the investigation."
"ah!?"
No wonder there are no records.
It's obvious that the Land of Ajin wouldn't publicize such a major scandalous incident, but Raino carefully recalled the various materials he had read and indeed found a connection between the incident and fragments from various unofficial histories.
I thought those were just little stories, but it turns out they're true.
Furthermore, Raino understood what Kroc meant. With her way of using it, no one would suspect that someone who could use time stop was secretly causing trouble.
Who would have thought someone would use time stop to do something like this?
That's even more outrageous than using time stop to steal someone's shoes!
"During that period, the capital of the demi-humans... how should I put it, it was like a city that had turned into the instincts of wild beasts. Even tourists couldn't escape it, and there were even poor guys who couldn't withstand the power of the demi-humans and died from exhaustion."
"Such a thing exists?!"
Lei Ye slapped his thigh, deeply regretting his actions.
Why didn't they come a few years earlier? Why weren't they sent to the land of the demi-humans?
Of course, I'm not saying the companions I met in the Frey Empire were bad; they were very good.
However, if the starting point were in that country, Raino felt that his otherworldly adventure would definitely be more romantic, and he might even have lost his virginity long ago.
Thinking back on his years in the Frey Empire, he had lived a rather scandalous life, but at most it was just lucky pervert incidents. Nothing particularly extreme happened. It felt like he was being held back by an invisible hand, or like the suppression of the Heavenly Dao in a cultivation novel, preventing him from breaking through.
How hateful!
If you have the chance, you should visit the Land of Ajin.
Just consider it a field trip, and facing demi-humans directly is... a writer's destiny.
"And as you know, the reproductive capacity of demi-humans is very strong. So soon the demi-humans ushered in a breeding season, and they had more and more children. Eventually, it even became a disaster. There was a severe shortage of food, the capital was on the verge of destruction, and a large number of demi-humans were sold as slaves to other countries in exchange for food."
"So that's how it is... It was you..."
When I first went to the alley on Line 1, there were indeed many demi-humans. Even five years later, when I went to the alley again, I could still see quite a few cat-like and rabbit-eared demi-humans. So that's how it is.
No wonder the kitten was hissing.
Kroc! You've caused so much harm!
It's so evil! I actually fantasized that someone other than Ye Lei could be a good person. Even though the methods were a bit strange, it was indeed the work of a villain that caused many people to be displaced. He is guilty and must be severely punished.
"So you're going to destroy this city in the same way?"
"Correction: My mission at the time was not to destroy the demi-human capital, but simply to increase the number of demi-humans. That's why I used the medicine. I just didn't expect the demi-humans to be so prolific, which led to the destruction... Now that I think about it, being assigned to this city, in a sense, isn't it a punishment for my mistake?"
"Are you going to destroy this city in the same way?"
"No, the human reproductive cycle is too long. This method doesn't work. Poisoning would be much better," Kroc suddenly turned and glanced suspiciously at Raino. "This has nothing to do with your mission, so why are you so concerned?"
"It's nothing."
There's really nothing to worry about. Even if she were to do that, it probably wouldn't have any effect on Hillius.
Because Ye Lei sold a large number of water-generating items in this city, Kroc could only go door-to-door to find out what kind of medicine he wanted to use, which would allow Lei Ye to discover it immediately.
However, it seems that Kroc has not yet formulated a plan.
"In short, this is my secret to maintaining my mystery: to ensure that the changes created during the stagnation period are as small as possible, so that no one will think in strange directions after the stagnation ends. Now you understand why I was so angry, right? What you did went too far. Not only might it expose my existence, but it will also damage my reputation. I was going to use this power to create great terror!"
Creating terror by putting aphrodisiacs in someone else's water tank? That's terrifying.
With me here, I won't let you succeed.
Soon, Raino led Kerok to their first tourist destination.
cinema.
This is the most fun thing about Hillius that Lei Ye knows so far.
However, when he arrived at the location, he realized that magical artifacts couldn't function under time-stop conditions, so there were only a few idle people sitting there, and nothing to do.
Apart from Tucker and his sister, almost everyone who came here was a couple, cuddling and hugging in the dim light.
...Why are these brother and sister hugging and cuddling?
"I brought you here to have some fun, but where is this place?"
"This is a movie theater. If time hadn't been stopped, this magical device could have shown some very interesting scenes. But since none of the magical devices can be used while time is stopped, there's not much to see here. Let me take you somewhere else."
"No need, since we're already here, let's just relax and have some fun here first."
Kroc first glanced at the frozen magical artifact.
A look of curiosity crossed his face, but he quickly suppressed it.
She then turned her attention to the few people sitting on the benches in the audience.
Almost all of them were couples, and everyone's face was beaming with happiness. Looking at these people's faces, Kroc's curiosity turned into disdain.
"So this is what the place is like. How boring."
"Heh heh... Sir, do you have some kind of problem with young couples?"
"Kemiren, you understand the fragility of this so-called human love better than I do. Looking at these people, I only feel sorry for them."
Kroc lightly touched the girl's face through the air, letting out a soft, cold snort. "To be infatuated with something called love—a fleeting thing—when the time they've spent together is less than a tenth of their lives, distorting even their very self; and then, when the time they've spent together finally equals the time they've never met, to despise each other—in the end, it's nothing more than a fleeting impulse, with little connection of souls."
Lei Ye's heart skipped a beat, wondering if this vile person had suffered some kind of heartbreak.
"You can't say that; love still exists."
"Is that so... Even if there are, they are as rare as gems. And the best ending these people can hope for is to find someone to die with them in a few decades. Can you imagine, Kermione, that's only a few decades, and they still have to face the risk of not being fully loved and the risk of their lover dying at any time."
"That's a bit nihilistic, isn't it?"
"What is that? I am just lamenting the plight of humanity. Humans are pitiful. They spend their whole lives busy with some ephemeral things. Their lives are short, and then they die without taking anything with them. Time is too cruel to humans. Perhaps dying early is the only relief."
"A theory that defies the heavens—is that why you killed people?"
"No, it's just a task. I cherish my time and only want to spend it on myself."
While they were talking about these things, Kroc strolled slowly around the neighborhood, casually opening the small cubicles in the movie theater.
Inside these small cubicles, young couples were engaged in even more passionate kissing and cuddling.
...Actually, it was nothing, just kissing.
But Kroc seemed even more annoyed, letting out a loud click of his tongue.
"Tsk!"
"Big Brother, is your aversion to couples really due to those seemingly profound but ultimately meaningless things you just said, rather than because you've been single for too long?"
"Enough nonsense, Kermiren. Didn't you say you would help me? Now come and think of a way to disgust these young couples and scare them a little. If you do a good job, I'll reward you."
"So, you really are a member of the FFF group, aren't you, Lao Da?"
"What is that?"
Lei Ye didn't respond; she wouldn't understand even if he did.
He wouldn't do something as disgusting as this young couple. Why should people who just want to watch a movie have to be messed with by these two?
Just when Lei Ye was in a dilemma.
"I'm so hungry..."
Kroc slammed the door shut of one of the cubicles shut and backed away with a look of disgust.
"What's wrong? What's wrong?" Lei Ye quickly went over and opened the door to the small cubicle.
What I saw was a face with its features strained.
...So this is the restroom.
"How rude! He actually defecated here!" Kroc said angrily, pointing at the man.
No... this is the bathroom.
"How rude! She's not even wearing pants!" Kroc said, even more displeased.
...It's the restroom.
The people at Kroc were quite nice; although they looked disgusted, they still went up to help the woman put her pants on.
However, looking at that face full of energy, Lei Ye felt that she was ready to pounce. At this moment, having his pants pulled up would be a death sentence.
Despite the rudeness, Raino silently helped her take off her pants again.
"How rude of you! Why are you pulling down someone's pants?!"
Kerrok went up again to help him put it on.
This time, Raino saw it clearly and... no longer needed help to take it off.
"Dad...didn't you say we shouldn't expose this? Isn't this a bit inappropriate?"
"It's all because of you! You've already ruined my reputation. Instead of trying to cover it up, why not use this opportunity to create terror?"
She glanced at the woman's expression and held up one finger.
"No, I have a good idea."
Then he looked at Lei Ye.
"Cermilyne, come help us. Tonight we'll go to all the bathrooms and pull up the pants of everyone who's using the toilet."
"That's terrifying."