Chapter 260 – After the Coin Tumbles
Chapter 260 – After the Coin Tumbles
Since the first “list” conveyed by Vision 004 to the present world, all the anomalies and visions have their own numbers, no matter how their positions change, how their characteristics change, and even some anomalies and visions disappear, while some are transformed into each other, there is always a corresponding empty space on this list.
For thousands of years, this law has never changed.
Therefore, it is believed that the essence of the vision 004 is a “focus” across the order of space and time, all the anomalies and visions, whether from the past or the future, have long left their own brand in this space-time focus, even if they have not yet been born …… Even if they have not yet been born, their positions have long been predetermined.
However, today, this law was broken.
A vision without a number appeared before the eyes of the world.
What is even more disturbing is that the name of the vision is “Prand” – the jewel of the infinite sea, the most prosperous stop on the ocean trade network, and the largest gathering of believers in the Church of the Deep.
But for some reason, Vanna always felt that the calm and introverted Pope in front of her didn’t seem to show much concern, and she was only slightly surprised when she saw Prand become a visionary – her concern for “Prand becoming a visionary” seemed to be even less than her concern for “Prand becoming a visionary”. Her concern for “Prand becoming a visionary” seemed to be even less than her concern for “Prand not having a number”.
Vanna looked nervously at the Pope, who was thinking about something, and after a few minutes of oppressive silence, she suddenly looked up: “How has the situation of Prand been since the ‘disaster’?”
“Order is being restored to the city-state, all the people who died and places that were damaged due to the historical contamination have been restored, except of course for those who actually died eleven years ago,” Bishop Valentine said immediately, “We have checked all corners of the city-state, including every sewer, every factory, every machine, and even every pipe, no trace of Transcendental Distortion has been found, and the city-state is in a …… very, very ‘normal’ state. Oh, except for ……”
“Except for the problem with the fries, right?” Helena said lightly, “I saw that in the report.”
Vanna’s expression was slightly embarrassed, “It does seem a little strange to put that in the report ……”
“Not strange, when a transcendent event occurs, all clues should be taken seriously,” Helena’s expression was calm, her gaze falling on Vanna, “And what about you, Saint Vanna, do you feel anything wrong again?”
Vanna subconsciously tensed a little, she guessed that the Pope would definitely ask herself this sooner or later, after all, she had written everything out in her report, except for the part about her faith being shaken, “I …… don’t really have any special sensations, there is no spiritual contamination, no distortion of my mind, Bishop Valentine specially helped me to do a several examinations and concluded that it would be simply ‘connection’.”
Helena clenched her fists slightly, resting her fists against her chin, and seemed to think seriously for a moment, then suddenly said to the saints gathered nearby, “Everyone disperse first – I have some things to talk to the two saints of Prand.”
The dark shadows gathered in the square did not hesitate to hear this, and they all saluted the Pope before dissipating one by one, and in less than half a minute, only the figures of Helena, Vanna, and Valentine were left in this large assembly ground.
“You’re a little nervous, young Saint – relax,” Helena waited until the surroundings had cleared before turning to Vanna and speaking with a smile, “You’re on the right path, and the Goddess has honored you with her praise and favor. As always, there’s no need to be apprehensive just because you’ve come into contact with some ‘dangerous’ force – as defenders of order, it’s our duty to deal with all sorts of dangerous forces, isn’t it?”
Vanna took a soft breath to make her voice as calm as possible, “…… Indeed, as you say.”
Helena nodded, her gaze turning to Bishop Valentine, “I saw one of the statements you mentioned in your report, that you believe that the famous ‘Captain Duncan’ has taken back his sanity and humanity, and that the possibility of communication exists?”
“Technically, it’s not that the possibility of communication exists, it’s that we’re already establishing it – though things are starting off off on the wrong foot,” Valentine murmured with a slight nod, “Though for some reason, that spectral Captain is paying extra attention to Prand and has chosen Vanna as a contact, but as of yet, he has yet to show any hostility towards the civilized world.”
“The flames of the Lost Country ship had burned across the city-state?” Helena asked immediately afterward.
Valentine nodded again, “Yes. The flames banished the historical contamination created by the heretics and reset the City-State to the state it was in before the contamination.”
“…… It could also be said that that flame contaminated the entire city-state and contaminated it to its uncontaminated state,” Helena said in a hushed tone as she gazed into Valentine’s eyes, “In this case the The line between ‘contaminated’ and ‘uncontaminated’ is blurred.”
Valentine subconsciously locked eyes with Vanna next to him.
Immediately afterward, they heard Helena’s voice continue, “This may be the reason why Prand has become a ‘vision’ – the parchment doesn’t mention the specific characteristics of this new vision, but we can boldly so describe it:
“Vision Prenland, the city after being completely incinerated by subspace flames, the power of Duncan Ebnomar molded this vision into its normal form, twisted in the sense that it twisted its own distortions, and the entire city-state operated as if it had never been contaminated, the only fact left by the contamination was that the contamination was, indeed, there.” Helena paused, gazing silently at the two acolytes before her.
“A coin, heads up, tumbles through the air and falls down still heads up.”
Vanna opened her mouth as if she was just about to say something when she saw the Pope in front of her gently waving his hand, interrupting her movements.
“But there’s nothing wrong with that, Saint Vanna – what’s a coin that remains heads up after tumbling compared to the twisted look that most of our world takes on?” Helena said lightly, “At least from the fact that Prender still exists, whether the coin has tumbled once or countless times …… is not something we mortals should dwell on.”
For some reason, Vanna always felt that the Pope’s words seemed to hide certain deep meanings, but she could not yet understand them, she just frowned, “Then how should this news …… be publicized? And how do we explain to the people that they are living in a great vision – and allow them to maintain a normal life even after learning this fact?”
“A shocking fact born out of a dramatic change is either never announced, or it’s announced while the after-effects of the dramatic change are still fresh, and while people’s acceptance is at its strongest,” Helena said in a deep voice, “Right now, the citizens of Prand shouldn’t yet be completely out of the after-effects of that disaster, and haven’t yet fully immersed themselves in the the restoration of calm in their daily lives …… So announce it as usual.
“But be careful with the guidance, let people realize the great specialness of this ‘vision’ – not all visions are dangerous, always keep in mind that our world is still suffering from the illumination of Vision 001 to be able to maintain it until today.”
“Yes,” Bishop Valentine bowed his head, “I will consult with City Hall on this matter, and see what should be done to publicize the news in the most secure way possible.”
Helena nodded, her gaze sweeping over Vanna without a second thought, and added, “There is something else.”
Vanna and Valentine immediately responded, “At your service.”
Helena mused slightly, “…… It’s not that important, it’s better to wait until we meet to talk about it in detail.”
Vanna didn’t react at first, and only after two seconds did she suddenly realize something: “Meet …… Could it be that you want ……”
“The Storm Cathedral has been cruising for many years, it’s almost time to dock for once,” Helena looked at Vanna with a smile, “Make some preparations, the Storm Cathedral will arrive in Prand within a week – it’s just about time for me to confirm it with my own eyes and see for myself just how the coin looks after a tumble.”
The two acolytes left.
Only Helena’s figure remained in the large assembly hall.
However, only half a minute later, wisps of trembling light emerged from the nearby darkness, followed by the tall, thin, pale-faced Death Church leader Banister and the kind-faced, slightly chubby Truth Academy leader Loon stepping out of the darkness and arriving in front of Helena.
Banister first turned his head back and glanced at the direction Vanna had just left from before turning his sight to look at the Deep Sea Pope in front of him, ”That’s her? It looks like …… there’s nothing special about her.”
“But the Lord of Storms chose her,” Helena said lightly, “It was the will of the Goddess.”
The blonde, amiable-faced Lune did a little thinking, curiosity in his tone, “But why did the Lord of Storms choose her?”
“…… No one can speculate on the intentions of the storm,” Helena gently shook her head, and immediately changed the topic, “Let’s not talk about that, but let’s discuss the information released by Vision 004 this time around –An unnumbered vision, which can be much more puzzling than the vision itself.”
(End of chapter)