The space in the study room is not large, and the sense of urgency caused by this narrowness may lead to a massacre at any time.
Colin knew that he could not wait any longer. This man was too weird, and just when Colin was about to wipe him out.
"Back in time, that's your ability, right?"
"You still retain this ability today, but for some reason, you can no longer use it."
"It just so happens that I also have a modified version of this ability."
"Actually, you have killed me once, using an ancient torture instrument from the Middle Ages that can imprison a person's soul and cause it to die in the long years of strangulation."
"And this time, you will never kill me."
"Because it has been predicted by the Codex."
Rhodes picked up the manuscript from the ground with an expressionless face. Most of the content on it had been read by himself, and the rest was completely undecipherable and undecipherable. If it involved something too deep, it would make people go completely crazy.
"Who are you?"
"You can also... go back in time."
Colin couldn't understand all this, he only felt that fate was coming, and nothing could be violated.
Rhodes calmly hung up the buzzing phone and added: "To be precise, I just learned about other time anchors in advance."
"Those are some branches outside of fate, and they are actually covered by fate."
"Because all things will be completely corrected by the final return of all things."
"But you are different, you can definitely go back to the past."
"But it's hard to say... whether it's an experience or some kind of correction, let alone whether it's active or passive."
"You are a confused person, a person who shakes this supreme framework."
"As for me, I'm just a nobody."
Although Rhodes has seen too many powerful people, he has never seen someone as powerful as Colin. He is already so powerful that he is not at the same level as the infected.
"Which way are you facing?"
"Countermeasure Bureau or SCT?"
Colin didn't know. He no longer knew whether to kill this person. He seemed very sane and was a controllable infected person. However, there had been no movement in the past three years. The previous agent did not kill him either.
.
"I'm sorry, I don't belong to either end."
"sct invited me to join them."
"They have an unknown method to collect people who stand at the top of the infected world around the world. They invited me as a member of the combat directory to contribute to the innovation of the new world, and offered a very generous reward. I can
Sharing all the information network of SCT means that most of the data in the knowable universe can be accessed."
"But I refused. It was indeed quite tempting, but it was inconsistent with my philosophy."
Rod calmly tore open a pack of instant coffee and poured it into a mug.
"Then what is your philosophy?"
Colin asked coldly.
"Exactly because."
"I don't have such a thing."
"Your time is running out, you must solve the problem in Liberty City as soon as possible."
Rhodes placed the mug on the base of the hot water machine and opened the hot water valve. The instantaneous water boiler made a slightly harsh buzzing sound and poured out scalding boiling water, which was only half full.
"Why?"
"Is it also because of the prophecy in that book?"
Colin found it unbelievable, what would happen if he didn't go, even though he knew that SCT had also launched operations in Liberty City, and the style was not different from Los Angeles, but just like other areas controlled by SCT, latent and roundabout,
Hidden, not even aware of their existence.
"Yes."
"It's all because of that book."
"Everything is recorded in there."
"What has passed has not actually passed; what has not happened yet has actually happened."
"No one can disobey this cycle, disobey the universe, and disobey the truth."
Rhodes said so.
Colin's mind was already a little confused.
"How do I know if this is a prophecy from the book or a hint from you?"
"Because I can't interpret this book."
Colin's murderous intention has returned, and this method is the safest and most direct.
"Well, according to my level of interpretation, the things described in the original manuscript cannot be explained too accurately."
"But you will definitely go to Liberty City next, within three days at the latest."
"That's when everything became clear."
Rhodes sat on the desk with no mood or anger, and had nothing to say.
"Yeah."
Colin was dubious. Although he wanted to kill him, even a person like Gray would not kill someone without any basis. Although from a social perspective, he might be harmless, as far as Colin himself was concerned
However, it feels like it has an unimaginable threat.
In a sense, it is even more awesome than Violet.
"Everything is recorded in that thing of yours. Did you say anything about it?"
"What will be the ending of sct."
"They will bring about the fall of the whole world, or they will lead to destruction."
Colin asked.
"As I said, what I have in my hands are only fragments of pages, and they are still copies."
"I don't know about things that are too far-reaching."
Rhodes answered truthfully.
Colin was facing a formidable enemy. Not only Violet, but also the weird man in front of him said that he was about to die, and the silhouette that emerged in the terrifying forest fire said that it was waiting for him, that it was the master of the underworld, or something.
"My death star...is getting closer and closer to me."
"On what basis do you base your judgment?"
Colin is very concerned about this issue.
"Intuition, just like all madmen in SCT, you have a... death look on your face."
"Violent joy will only end violently."
"But this is an unstoppable fate, isn't it?"
"There is only one end for people suffering from latent syndrome."
"That is to join this carnival that will never be restored."
"I am also involved, but I prefer to be a spectator."
After finding that the coffee had completely melted, he poured some cold water into the half-filled cup and stirred it, so that he could drink it directly without waiting.
"I'll have someone monitor you."
"You cannot leave this room for three days."
"Otherwise I will kill you."
"I want to see if it will be like you said, I will never go to Liberty City."
Colin believed that this was the only way to test the authenticity of the matter. If he really had the fragmentary page description of the book, and really interpreted the predicted future, and on the premise that the original manuscript was absolutely correct, then he would definitely
From Liberty City.
This is equivalent to killing two birds with one stone. It can actually test whether Rhodes is just talking nonsense, and it can also test... whether the book that Violet and Maggie talked about is so magical.
"It's very simple. I happen to be the type who doesn't like to go out."
"Your friend is also looking for the original manuscript, and he has some clues."
"But even if I find it, I still can't decipher it. Maybe I can do my best."
"Aren't you curious about my hint?"
"The Fool."
"That's my cue."
"Not to be interfered with by anything."
"It also represents infinite possibilities."
"So I can interpret the original manuscript to a certain extent without dying suddenly."
"But in this absolutely terrifying universe."
"I'm just an observer."
Rhodes said calmly.
Colin was a little stunned and left the house with eyes blank.