Chapter 210 - Another World

# Enhanced Translation

"A meeting where all the leaders of the S-class villain alliance from around the world gather, Kathedal."

"Everyone has arrived."

At the center of people with diverse ethnicities and attire.

Celeste, the number one ranked villain wearing a white saintess outfit with her eyes closed, was speaking.

Her voice, gentle and sacred like a heavenly hymn in one's ear, continued on.

Meanwhile, I was looking around me.

Our villains still sitting in fresh and diverse outfits. Almost everyone who came to the last meeting is here. It's surprising no one died. The only notable thing is that everyone's wearing warmer clothes than before. It has been cold lately.

"......."

Of course, more than the others, my gaze was drawn to a man on the other side with something like a queue hairstyle.

The Chinese S-class villain, Li Xiaopeng.

"....?"

Katana, who was sitting right next to me, caught my eye as I glanced around. She looked at me with a questioning expression but with eyes full of goodwill. Meanwhile, I was thinking something else.

...I heard that in China, Li Xiaopeng is also in conflict with the government. Hmm... this could be... well...

Of course, it's just a fantasy for now. But who would have thought I'd become this close with Katana? You never know what might happen.

As I was contemplating an East Asian villain alliance, Celeste's voice resonated.

"Then let's begin the meeting now."

Finally starting, huh.

I withdrew my gaze from that side and looked back at Celeste.

Her in her saintess outfit, and Arthur, Celeste's close aide, sitting next to her in gray knight armor.

And as usual, the first speaker was Celeste, and.

She, who probably had the highest level of intelligence except for me among those present, opened her mouth and began to speak.

"The international association's influence is weakening more and more."

Starting with those words, she began talking about ability users again, continuing from last time.

Increasingly, there are many ability users who are much stronger than before. And the association cannot control them, and the atmosphere is becoming strange.

Well, I already knew this content, so I wasn't very interested. Didn't I know from the beginning that power inflation would progress? That's why I've been researching various ways to control the overflowing ability users, including PMC.

Anyway, Celeste then shared a few confidential matters about the association's internal affairs and mentioned representative regions they currently can't pay attention to. Especially when she mentioned the confusion within the association due to Ex Machina's death, naturally, all eyes turned to me.

After Celeste finished speaking.

Now, the information sharing session officially began in a counterclockwise direction.

Well, it's entertaining to listen to, but not very helpful.

The truth is, since Celeste is the main figure of this meeting and the pinnacle of villains, her information is extraordinary, but the others, not really. Still, there were many fresh stories. From talk about a volcano about to erupt somewhere to a hero hiding a second ability, and a green-goggled man with an afro even distributed weapon blueprints. I should show those to Seo-eun.

Anyway, everyone shared their information one by one.

With Katana's information sharing, who seemed to know quite a bit about the association after devouring the Japanese association, coming to an end.

Finally, almost at the end, it was my turn.

"......."

Many more gazes focused on me than when others were speaking.

I guess it's natural considering that many people had been sneaking glances at me since the beginning of the meeting.

I smiled slightly and received all those gazes.

Me, who leaked the most shocking, almost 0-class confidential information about a time-rewinding hero at the last meeting. Considering that I accurately named both his identity and ability, and coincidentally, he died shortly after I spoke, revealing his identity to the world, it's understandable.

In other words, they can't help but focus on what I say now. From who I am to whether I'll share shocking information like last time. Whether last time was just a coincidence or not, all attention is on me.

And I had no intention of disappointing them.

Yes. Let's share this this time.

So I opened my mouth and said.

"Everyone, do you all know that this universe is not singular?"

With that, my words were thrown onto the quiet round table.

"....?"

At those words, everyone seemed not to understand at first. They must be confused by this sudden statement.

I continued from there.

"To be precise, dimensions are not singular. This universe consists of multiple dimensions. You could call it the multiverse theory. Generally, there are other worlds that can never be reached."

Well, I don't intend to delve deeply into dimensions here. What I want to say is something else.

"Anyway, what I want to say is... I've heard that recently, the walls separating each dimension are getting weaker."

"That is, entities from other dimensions. Beings from other dimensions could cross over into our world... that's the rumor I've heard."

"Please keep this in mind."

"....."

I finished sharing the information there. This should be enough. Saying more in detail would be counterproductive.

And after I finished speaking.

The round table became somewhat quiet.

More precisely, it became a bit chaotic.

'...Well, that's to be expected.'

It sounds like a child's fantasy, something absurd. But my track record makes it hard to dismiss as nonsense. Wasn't I the one who accurately identified Ex Machina, whom no one knew about last time?

But it's also hard to believe this at face value. They probably heard about other dimensions or monsters from other worlds for the first time today, so how could they believe it? It doesn't even sound realistic. Suddenly, monsters from another dimension we didn't even know existed are invading? It sounds like nonsense.

But my track record makes it hard to ignore. Yet, believing it based on just that one instance is a different matter when comparing Ex Machina to monsters from other worlds. The result of that confusion is the round table that's now quiet but becoming noisy.

"....."

Of course, I sat quietly without further explanation.

The main event of the original story, the Moonlight Gate, where monsters from other dimensions flood in en masse. Although there's still some time before it happens... a portal will open soon regardless of them.

In the original story, it was just an incident that was passed off as someone's ability, but those here will now know. That it's the passage to another dimension I mentioned.

"...This is becoming a pattern, always speaking during tense moments because I'm always next to Egostic. Hey! Everyone, focus. I've brought a fascinating story."

The continued murmuring subsided with our Uncle Atlas's shout.

Anyway, soon after, Uncle Atlas's speech ended, and with the Mohican and a few others, the meeting concluded.

"...Those who have more to discuss, please feel free to stay."

With the meeting adjourned.

Some left, but others remained, engaging in various conversations. I suppose since they live in different countries and are far apart, they want to chat more when they have a chance to meet like this.

And the same was true for us.

"Haha! Egostic, the information you share is always unique. There's a reason I acknowledge you, hahaha! So, is what you said earlier really true?"

"...Haha, yes. It's something I've heard, but I think it's likely."

"Hmm. Well, whoever comes, we just need to defeat them all. Hahaha!"

It was a typical answer from Atlas, who doesn't think much.

Well, he's the leader of tens of thousands of fish people, so he wouldn't be afraid of beings from other dimensions. In fact, in the original story, Atlas's legion defeated the most monsters that emerged from the gate.

"....If that's true, we should also keep it in mind."

Katana, who was next to me, nodded.

Still, it seems like everyone doesn't think much of it yet. The concept of invaders from another dimension sounds vague, and there's no guarantee they'll be hostile yet. Well. Everyone will learn more details later, so we can discuss it then.

After a few more words, we prepared to part ways. There are many ears listening here, after all.

"Take care, brother!"

"...Ah, yes, yes."

After receiving greetings from our Mohican and saying goodbye to Atlas, I prepared to head back. Time to go home.

And then.

"Just a moment, Mr. Egostic."

"Yes?"

Katana stopped me.

As I smiled and tilted my head, she spoke to me with a serious expression.

"I was cut off earlier and couldn't finish, but I owe you a great debt. I want to do anything I can for you. Is there anything I can do for you?"

She spoke so earnestly while looking into my eyes.

I gazed at her for a moment... and then opened my mouth.

"Anything?"

"....Yes. Anything I can do."

To her, who spoke with such a solemn resolve, I said what I had been thinking.

"Then, there is one thing I'd like to ask."

"Yes. Please tell me anything."

"Ms. Katana... would you like to-"

I paused for a moment to choose my words, then smiled and said.

"-commit terrorism with me?"

"....What?"

Katana, who had shown a solemn resolve, momentarily looked blank at my words.

I mean, what did she think I was going to ask?