Genius Wizard Takes Medicine [EN]: Chapter 546

The power to flow against time.

It wasn’t merely reaching the pinnacle of level 8 and indirectly intervening in spacetime as a result of a spell.

It was the act of directly manipulating the concept of time itself, turning it back.

Even if the direction was limited to reversing, it goes without saying how absurd that power was.

Why Kaise himself was the originator and core member of the project.

Why his talent and power were not properly known even after his death, Lenox understood with just one demonstration.

‘I thought there might be someone with the talent to manipulate time somewhere…’

Somewhere in a world where billions of lives exist, a rare constitution and talent are bound to emerge.

Lenox had also thought that there might be a talent that could manipulate spacetime, which is not easily handled even beyond the hierarchy, from birth.

But he never imagined that Kaise Bajur, who was called the ruler of the underworld, would have such a talent.

‘I thought his understanding of time was abnormally high; it was because of his talent.’

Kaise possessed overwhelming knowledge of spacetime and research capabilities that other high-ranking collaborators could not match.

It wasn’t just because he had been working on the project for a long time, but because he himself had the talent to study and research the concept of time at any time.

Even Lenox, who had faced countless superhumans, monsters, apostles, and transcendents, had never seen the kind of talent Kaise possessed.

The miracle of being able to vaguely understand the concept of reversal just by observing that flow of magic, bringing a strange and impressive inspiration.

The closed area looking back at time from decades ago. Kaise’s talent encountered at the particle power plant.

In the distorted time, he feels the relativity of time reversing again more strongly than ever.

‘Right. The concept of time is ultimately…’

Is it about establishing and maintaining a standard both internally and externally at the same time?

While the thoughts that sprang from Lenox’s mind were endlessly branching out and gradually assembling, Kaise stood in front of the device, grabbed the tablet, and quickly began to manipulate the program inside.

As the blueprint of the huge machine appeared on the tablet screen, he manipulated the surrounding parts, and the devices moved in conjunction with the tablet’s signals.

Chiiik!!

Bbibibibic!!

The huge egg-shaped machine emitted loud warning sounds and steam from all directions, releasing pressure and vibrating.

The equipment that hadn’t budged even when the two of them had taken it apart, smashed it, and reassembled it, was reacting only in conjunction with the tablet’s operation.

Lenox, who had been lost in thought, quickly woke up and watched the scene with shining eyes.

‘Davi.’

[It’s not impossible, but it would take a very long time to hack such an independent network terminal.]

Davi, who immediately read Lenox’s intentions, replied.

[From the signal generation pattern to the packet settings, the transit address, and the encryption method, I’ll have to interpret everything from scratch to extract the data.]

“……”

Instead of answering, Lenox nodded slightly.

Davi took a small breath and peeked out from Lenox’s arms.

[Please help keep the signal going between the egg and the tablet as long as possible. I’ll copy the signal in the middle and start comparing samples.]

Is he asking to buy time?

Lenox listened to Davi’s words and immediately approached Kaise slightly, opening his mouth.

“I asked you earlier what you wanted in return for helping with this research.”

“Ah, right. Have you figured out what you want?”

Kaise answered without turning around.

“In my experience, guys like you who are always so inscrutable, often don’t really know what they want themselves.”

“……”

That wasn’t just an empty statement from Kaise, but because he had accumulated experience through interacting with countless geniuses.

“I was going to wait until the work was finished, but this is good. Tell me.”

His dark eyes, which glanced over, shone quietly like obsidian.

“Is there something you want from me?”

In the end, helping with his research was not a bad choice.

The only way Lenox could hear these words directly from Kaise was at this point.

There are so many things I want to ask.

There are still so many things I don’t know.

How different can Lenox be now from when he first drifted into this city like trash and struggled to open his eyes tomorrow?

He knows the end is approaching, but Lenox is still looking for answers and yearning for even a slightly better possibility.

He tries not to let things go by, seeing and hearing a lot to not lose his way.

But can he be sure that it’s not because he’s lost his way?

In the end, there is nothing he can be sure of.

He wants to pour out all the truth and ask for advice on the ending right now, but-

Lenox suppressed it.

“I haven’t heard properly about the purpose of this research yet.”

He looks up at the huge, shaking egg in front of Kaise.

“I was interested in spacetime research and cooperated, but I want to hear the real purpose of the research directly from you.”

“……Hmm? Is that all you want?”

Kaise tilted his head, but Lenox did not answer.

When dealing with great transcendents like Ascendants [beings who have transcended normal human limitations], there is no reason to hide one’s intentions and test the waters like this.

They who transcend humanity and challenge the qualifications to move on to the next level, know much more and have given up much more than Lenox.

But the Kaise in front of Lenox now is different.

He is neither a monster who has completed the project and obtained all the secrets of the world, nor one who has completely taken over the underworld of this city.

Rather than an indescribable, overwhelming seer, he is just a challenger who is moving forward to get what he wants while holding onto his confusion.

The war surrounding Balkan has not ended in this era, and the project is faltering and moving forward.

At this point, even if Lenox brings up secrets and demands the truth, the chances of getting the answer he wants are low.

Here, as Davi said, it was right to slowly track down the fragments of truth while extending this time through conversation.

“……I understand that you are trying to materialize a specific area itself by intervening in spacetime itself. But I’m just curious about the purpose you desire by doing so.”

“……”

“It’s clear that this work itself is not the Black Consumer project itself, but rather a subsidiary study being conducted for the success of the project.”

Lenox continued to speak, leaving Kaise who did not answer.

“The unique location of the particle power plant, this timing that was forcibly chosen despite the civil war inside the city. Your unique magic and…”

Lenox’s gaze slowly lowered and reached Kaise’s back.

“Even the shape of the huge egg-like equipment.”

Doesn’t it look like a vessel prepared from the beginning for something to break out of the egg?

If the huge research equipment that Lenox has helped Kaise create so far is acting like a shell, like an egg.

If it is acting as a huge altar to fully display the results of the research in this place.

What is the meaning that Kaise is truly trying to obtain through this experiment?

Even though he vaguely guessed the fact, Lenox was going to hear the answer directly from Kaise.

An endless silence flows, and Kaise slowly opens his mouth.

“You’re not far off from the direction you’re thinking.”

“……”

“It was too obvious to hide the purpose from a mage who could help with spacetime research. But it’s also true that it was that urgent to make this research a success.”

Kaise answered without stopping his hands manipulating the tablet.

“If you’re someone sent by Alcaide, you’d know that the testbed used for the project has recently been completely destroyed.”

“Testbed…”

“I thought it wouldn’t be strange if it reached its limit at any time, but it happened at the worst possible moment. So, there was a need to quickly reorganize the board.”

Uuung!!

The huge egg-shaped machine located in the center of the power plant slowly begins to glow and heat up.

The power generated through the power plant was being supplied into the device through the steel plates surrounding it like an eggshell and the wires connected between them.

The only unique space that can directly receive the power generated by all the facilities of the power plant at the closest distance.

The power and energy that should have flowed through all the facilities of the 25th district are completely taken away and connected to the machine, using it as a stepping stone to operate the device.

Pajijijik…!!

The shape of the huge equipment gradually heating up with a pure white glow as if it was burning from the end of the egg.

The overwhelming amount of light that brightly illuminates the vast interior of the power plant facility, which was once dyed in dark and red shadows.

“What we need to accomplish through this research is nothing else.”

Kaise said with a blank face.

“By designating and fixing a specific time axis and space axis, we’ll make it a new testbed that can be used for the plan.”

“……”

Fixing the desired time axis and space area and making it a tool to use for the plan.

The spacetime research that Kaise was talking about was not simply an academic achievement to understand time and space more deeply.

They had truly succeeded in obtaining the ability to freely manipulate time at this place, to have it in their hands.

“If we succeed, this spacetime itself will become a convenient tool that can be used for the project at any time, and if not…”

Paahhhhhh!!!

The light that filled Lenox and Kaise’s eyes leaked out from the gaps in the egg.

Jjeojeok…!!

Thousands of cracks spread across the shell of the egg, unable to withstand the power swirling inside, and then, swept away by the backlash, it reveals its inner flesh.

“We can just try again a few times.”

At the same time as Kaise’s cold voice was heard, the eggshell broke open, and the contents inside soared into the sky.

Like a flower bud, the eggshell of the machine gracefully splits into a spiral shape, forming the shape of beautiful petals,

And the thousands of magic circuits and equipment that were operating inside quietly floated to the center of the petals, emitting a dazzling light.

A magnificent steel flower bloomed in the middle of the power plant.

The achromatic wave that burst out from the center slowly, but clearly and with a tremor, rotates like the beating of a heart.

Paahhhhang!!!

It swept through the power plant and out into the surrounding area.

“……”

It feels strange, as if the beginning and end of the five senses and magic are reversed and dancing.

The ground you’re standing on sways and shakes, and your vision distorts and twists into lines.

The illusion that the sense of time itself disappears and then breaks like shards of glass, slowly assembling one by one.

Lenox observes all the phenomena and miracles happening around him with a perfectly stable mind, and slowly opens his eyes.

From the moment he first met Kaise and arrived at the power plant, it still feels like nothing has changed.

Except that the eggshell has split and turned into the shape of a huge flower, and the equipment assembled inside is constantly operating and scattering subtle waves.

Did the research succeed, or did it fail?

Even Lenox cannot be sure of the result with just the appearance of this moment.

Except for the sight of Kaise looking at Lenox in front of him and closing his eyes as if he couldn’t help it.

“……What happened?”

“It’s neither a success nor a failure.”

Kaise answered.

“The third possibility that I was secretly denying has just been derived as the most certain data.”

The air is quickly rising.

An unknown tension that did not exist between the two of them until just now.

Before Lenox could realize what that feeling meant, Kaise’s mouth opened again.

“My research was already over a long time ago, and it’s the truth that I’m confirming the results in front of my eyes.”

“……”

Both Lenox and Kaise knew what that meant.

The result that even though the spacetime research was completed and properly operated, no visible changes occurred in this space.

Kaise had guessed that fact from the moment he was conducting research with Lenox.

Unwavering obsidian-like eyes.

There is not even a hint of confusion in the expression under the face he swept back with a tired look.

He was more than certain that he trusted the conclusion he had already made.

“The research I was conducting here was to fix a specific spacetime in the Ramahal area and leave it as a sample, and use it as a testbed for the project.”

“……”

“But even after the ‘scattering’ operation that triggers the spacetime distortion phenomenon was over, nothing changed. There is only one conclusion we can draw from this.”

Kaise slightly lowered his head so that his expression could not be seen.

“The space we are standing in now has already been distorted a long time ago, and you are a result of that fact.”

“……”

“Yes, how was your impression of actually going back to the past from decades ago?”

Kaise’s face, which raised his gaze again, was wearing a truly cold smile.

“Did the future me succeed in finding the answer and completing the project?”