308- Toki (2)

Then several people appeared and bowed towards Ethan "Arthur-sama"

'Is he really Arthur?' Crocus did not escape from the shock for a moment.

"No time to be shocked!" Ethan smiled because it was nice to see the shocked expression on Crocas' face because that's quite a rare thing.

Ethan looked at his subordinates and said seriously, "Lead the way!"

The two are led to the operating room where Akame is.

In front of the operating room was a woman with light green hair. Ethan recognized her from a glance but did not go to her and looked at Crocus, "Akame is inside. Since she is a girl, I hope you will do your best not to leave any scar on her body."

After that, Crocus was allowed into the operating room as per Ethan's request.

"How is Akame doing?" Ethan asked the nurse who opened the operating room door to let Crocus in.

Toki gets closer to Ethan and the nurse as soon as she hears Akame's name.

"Akame is a strong girl, so she will be fine. Even if Akame does not receive treatment, she will live, but what we are doing is to speed up her recovery only and reduce the side effects caused by injuries after recovery."

Toki was very worried but after hearing the nurse she felt relaxed.

"Excuse me, Arthur-sama, I have to go back to the operating theater." After the nurse left, only Ethan and Toki remained in the corridor.

After staying silent for a while, Ethan introduced himself to Toki, "Hello, I'm Arthur, the leader of the Mercenaries Guild."

"I am Amatsuki Toki." Toki bowed to Ethan politely as she introduced herself.

Ethan sat on one of the waiting chairs in front of the operation room and then asked seriously. "Can you tell me what happened with you?"

Toki hesitates to tell Ethan what happened because she does not want to reveal her ability to travel to the future, but she also cannot lie because even if she hides the truth, it will soon be revealed when Akame wakes up.

While Toki ponders whether or not she should tell him, Ethan grabs her by the shoulders and looks into her eyes, "Is there something you want to hide? You can trust me I won't tell anyone and I won't try to hurt you!"

"If it's too hard for you to tell me here, we can go somewhere else."

After thinking for a while, Toki remembered how Akame risked her life to protect her, so she will try to trust Ethan, who is Akame's boss.

She is also forced to tell the truth because lying is useless, because it is not possible to explain where they were during the period in which they disappeared, and she will also be considered an enemy if Akame wakes up when the last thing she remembers is a year or more ago.

If Ethan is not trustworthy, she can escape to a future where Ethan does not exist.

Toki agreed to go somewhere else, so Ethan teleported her to his office.

Toki was stunned by the sudden teleportation and for a moment thought she had used her ability by mistake, but Toki only came out of her shock when Ethan spoke, "You can tell me everything no one can hear us here."

Toki was relieved that she hadn't accidentally activated her ability and then told Ethan everything in detail.

Toki was expecting him to be impressed, surprised, or even lie about what she said but Ethan did not show any reaction upon hearing of her ability.

She didn't care that much and started talking about how grateful she was to Akame but had some doubts. "But I don't know why she was so desperate to protect me even on the basis of her life even though we haven't known each other for a long time."

"There is only one reason for that!" Ethan took off his mask and placed it on the desk, "It's because I ordered her to find and protect the person called Toki Amatsuki."

Toki is very impressed by Ethan's handsome face, but what Ethan said caused her mind to stop working in a state of shock and confusion.

"Akame is a serious girl who will take all tasks seriously and will do anything to complete the task."

"Wait a minute, how do you even know about me?" Toki slapped the table as she stood up and asked Ethan out loud, unable to hide her shock.

"I was looking for you to ask for your help." Ethan looked at her seriously, "I wanted you to take me back to the future."

After that, Ethan tells her that he is from the future and explains to her how he returned to the past and that he needs her help to return to the future.

"That explains why you weren't surprised when I told you about my ability, because it is likely that you have met me in the future."

"....."

Ethan did not deny her conclusion nor did he confirm it.

"I was about to agree to your request on condition, but from the way you speak it seems that you no longer have the desire to return to the future." The way Ethan spoke made it seem like his desire was a thing of the past.

"You are wrong, I still want to go back to the future as soon as possible and I still need your ability." Ethan wants to go back to the future, but he also doesn't want to leave his daughter and wife alone for fifty years.

Feeling an inner struggle about whether to stay or go but then he remembered the time chamber in Dragon Ball so he had an idea to create an area where time flows differently from the outside world.

But unlike the time chambers in Dragon Ball, time will flow more slowly in the area he will create.

It will make time slow a hundred times inside the zone, which will make half a year inside the zone equal to fifty years in the outside world.

When he explained his plan to her, Toki made a helpless expression, "I can't do that, my ability only allows me to travel to the future."

Ethan tried to convince her to try, "Your Devil Fruit ability can improve if you train well, and I also have the ability to manipulate time. If we work together, we can definitely do it."

"You will not lose anything by trying, and if you fulfill this request for me, I will go with you to Wano country."

Upon hearing about Wano country, Toki immediately agreed, "Okay, I'll do whatever you want. After all, I owe it to Akame for saving my life, and I'll be even more indebted to you if you send me to Wano country."