Chapter 2010 The Truth

Chapter 2010 The Truth

Yet, his proposition was sound despite his insane antics.

Rui closed his eyes as he considered the commission that the Divine Doctor had made of him.

A commission to help the Divine Doctor with the diagnosis of Gaia's alleged illness. As the sole Martial Master in the entire world who had gained the enlightenment of the Tree of Life, Rui was the only Martial Master who could help the

It was an appealing commission.

It was true that Rui needed to expose himself to the world to truly fulfill Project Water in an absolute sense. Thus, he did not need to derail his life in order to fulfill the Divine Doctor's commission.

Furthermore, the Divine Doctor had specified that there were absolutely no limiting conditions on the commission as long as Rui helped him find the diagnosis.

Not even time was a limiting factor since the Divine Doctor had an eternity ahead of him. He had extreme patience, psychologically speaking. This was a man who saw no problem with spending more than a decade traveling through the Beast Domain by foot to reach the Mellow in the south, a journey that had taken Rui and Kane three months.

He wouldn't mind if Rui took more than a century to fulfill this commission.

In other words, it was so loose and relaxed that it could hardly be called a commission.

Additionally, Rui knew that accepting this commission was necessary to get the Divine Doctor to remain in Kandria as a citizen and a practicing doctor in return for both the Silas Clan's services and the Elder Tree communication network.

If the doctor remained, it would benefit all of Kandria. All of the people in his life that he cared about could indirectly benefit significantly. He could make sure the children and people of the orphanage were in optimal health. He could potentially get Julian an apprenticeship with the greatest doctor in all of Panama.

Who knew? The Divine Doctor could potentially help him with integrating Primordial Seed into his body with his extraordinary medical knowledge and capabilities.

"...If you're willing to accept a small favor every now and then, sure," Rui casually replied. "I'll accept your commission."

Kandria was far too much of a safe space.

It was also an extremely small fraction of all of Panama and Gaia. While he had explored a decent amount of the world during his self-imposed exile from the Kandrian Empire for about eight years after leaving the Shionel Confederation, it was still just a fraction of everything Gaia had to offer.

Thus, he ultimately decided that the commission didn't take away anything from him and gave him far too much to reject it.

"Now then." Rui narrowed his eyes. "Tell me, how does the soul transference ritual work? How does it transfer the soul from one body to another body? What are its requirements and principles? Most importantly, what can it tell me about the person or people who performed the soul transference ritual on me?"

The maniacal grin on the Divine Doctor's face.

It widened, warping his entire face in madness.

"What...?" A single whisper escaped Rui as he stared at the Divine Doctor with unadulterated horror. "What are you saying...?"

"Tell me," the Divine Doctor's smile widened even deeper as anticipation lit up in his eyes. "What was your previous name?"

"...John. John Falken." A whisper barely escaped Rui as he stared at the Divine Doctor, frozen in horror.

The man walked up to him, putting a hand on his shoulder with a pleasant smile as he stared deep into Rui's eyes.

"You are not John Falken."

His smile grew cruel.

"You were never John Falken."

His smile grew sadistic.

"You are simply a victim."

His voice was filled with derision.

"A victim of brainwashing."

Ecstasy lit up in the Divine Doctor's eyes as he arrived at the whole truth.

"A brainwashed victim who was deluded to believe that he is John Falken. Brainwashed to believe that he was ever John Falken. Brainwashed with the memories of John Falken implanted into your mind through advanced hypnosis developed by the Psycher. You are not John Falken. You were never John Falken. And you will never be John Falken."

His eyes bore deeply into Rui's eyes as a single question escaped him.

"Who are you?"

RUMBLE!!!

The world roared as heaven and earth shuddered.

For the first time in his life, Rui's Martial Drive shook, threatening to collapse.

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