You wish to escape, but the heavens forbid it

Reinhard stopped, awkwardly turning to look at the fatty. "Who, I… I'm just a passerby."

The blind fatty suddenly stepped forward, his drunken hand grabbing Reinhard's arm!

"No, it's you… it's you!"

"It must be you!"

"Enko, is that you?"

Huh?

Reinhard was stunned, then denied it. "I'm not."

The fatty's grip loosened. "Right… Enko is dead. Enko… Enko was blown up."

"He died with that… fateweaver."

"But, why, I clearly saw it, I clearly saw the future, Enko was alive in the future, how could he die? It's my fault? I, I used the Future Diary and killed the present Enko?!"

"Ah… it's me, yes, I did it… I…"

The fatty said, trembling as he walked away.

Looking at the fatty's back, Reinhard suddenly thought of someone.

"Could he be the previous owner of the Future Diary?"

If Reinhard remembered correctly, the previous owner of the Future Diary was a fat man named Tang Yan.

He joined Kitsune and participated in the candy box experiment, obtaining the Eyes of the Future title.

Unfortunately, he was later blinded by 001.

So, the two men in suits following him must be from the Kitsune.

Reinhard sensed something.

The scent of danger.

Swish!

A gust of wind blew past. A black-robed person flew past Reinhard and smashed into a wall.

Reinhard's pupils trembled.

At this moment, the black-robed person suddenly reached out and grabbed Reinhard.

"Help… help…"

Reinhard looked at the man. He had a tattoo on his wrist.

It was like a tree. The bottom was a snake's head, and the top was a hand.

The Serpent's Hand?

Just as Reinhard was shocked, another black-robed figure suddenly attacked, kicking the Serpent's Hand member in the chest!

"Eva is dead, Adam is also dead. How many of you Serpent's Hand are left?"

The black-robed person revealed a blood-red eye.

The Serpent's Hand member's eyes widened. He was about to bite the poison bag in his mouth, but a blood blade suddenly pierced his mouth, taking out the poison bag!

"That trick, once or twice is enough."

The black-robed person widened his eyes. "I, I… don't know. We, we don't… have many left…"

At that moment, two men in suits walked over with guns.

But before they could approach, two blood spears erupted from behind the black-robed figure, instantly destroying the weapons in their hands.

The two men in suits quickly retreated. "Is, is that a royal?"

"We don't have Mithril weapons. Run!"

The two quickly ran away, leaving Reinhard standing there alone with his luggage, confused.

What the hell is going on?

"I'm just moving. I just came out and I see this?"

But those two Serpent's Hand members said, this was a royal?

A royal…

A royal hunting the Serpent's Hand.

Could he be, Shino?

As if sensing Reinhard's surprised gaze, Shino slowly turned his head.

Seeing Shino's face, Reinhard blinked quickly.

Holy moly.

Shino is this handsome?

No wonder Lilith likes him so much.

At this moment, a large group of black-robed people arrived.

Shino threw the Serpent's Hand member to the Priests behind him, then looked directly at Reinhard.

"Do you know me?"

Reinhard twitched the corner of his mouth. "…No, I'm just a passerby."

Shino looked at Reinhard's palm. There was a triangular circle pattern on it.

One chosen by the Administrator.

After realizing this, Shino didn't pay any more attention to Reinhard. He waved his hand and led the Fish-Men away.

Seeing him and the black-robed people leave, Reinhard couldn't help but sigh.

It's a good thing Shino wasn't the type to kill innocent people indiscriminately.

Of course, if he were the type to kill indiscriminately, Reinhard would've run the moment he recognized him. Why would he stay and talk?

As for asking Shino to turn him into a vampire, that's impossible.

Shino had his own principles. He would never do this.

"Fortunately, there was no danger."

Reinhard continued forward, carrying his luggage. He just wanted to survive until the end. He didn't want to deal with anything else.

The two things that happened today were strange.

One was Tang Yan. If Reinhard had admitted he was Enko, he would've been dragged into the Kitsune faction.

Then there was Shino. If Reinhard had asked to become a vampire or a Fish-Man, he would've been pulled into the Deep Sea faction.

Based on Reinhard's analysis, the conflict between these two was the main storyline.

Joining either side meant entering the main storyline.

"It's too much of a coincidence. I just happened to run into both these forces today. Isn't this some kind of hint?"

For example, the world were hinting that Reinhard should choose a side.

"Not doing it."

But the will of world is not up to man.

Swish!

At this moment, a Golden Trident suddenly fell from the sky and landed right in front of Reinhard!

Reinhard: ???

"Can I not take it?"

Reinhard suddenly felt a chill behind him, as if he was being watched by a being carrying a large black sickle.

"Is Death playing a trick on me?"

Don't!

"I only have a book. How am I supposed to continue the main storyline?!"

But he couldn't refuse.

This Trident suddenly appearing here, it was most likely thrown by Death. It appeared right in front of him, meaning it was for him to take!

Reinhard took a deep breath and grabbed the Trident with both hands.

...

In the sky.

Ye Long, who was talking to Naira Sorkin, suddenly looked towards a certain direction.

Naira Sorkin followed his gaze. Ye Long extended a finger. "Find something."

Naira Sorkin looked at Ye Long. "What, specifically?"

Ye Long's eyes were filled with pain. He shook his head. Fragments of memories flashed chaotically. "It's… a, a fork."

Naira Sorkin had been talking to Ye Long for a while now, trying to understand what he meant.

Ye Long did want to cooperate with them, to deal with the things in the sea together.

But when it came to the key point of how to deal with the things in the sea, his memory would often be interrupted, sometimes mid-sentence.

He initially said there was an object that could seal the sea monsters.

But when you asked him what it was, he couldn't remember.

Then, he mentioned a few words, namely the Old One's Temple and the Other Shore.

Now, he suddenly remembered that thing…

That thing was a fork?

A fork?!

Can your description be any more abstract?