I have become stronger, but also shorter [comprehensive]

The influx of sea water brought loud noises that reverberated layer by layer, and this momentum did not calm down until a long time later.

too weird.

Now there is no need for Saiki Kusuo to say anything, Eric can also sum up more and more obvious doubts.

They are at the bottom of the sea right now.

Unexpectedly, the ruins are not only the part that is exposed on the plane and eroded by sea water and time. Under the surface, there is also an unfathomable and unfathomable behemoth hidden——

is it possible?

Such a huge ancient relic is completely buried under the seabed, if it is possible, it is more like man-made.

Moreover, Eric's memory is not that bad.

When he and Saiki Kusuo came in, the barrier covering the periphery of the ruins was smashed and torn apart.

That move was not reckless, but his deliberate temptation.

Sure enough, when the two forcefully broke through the main gate (and knocked the gold into the air), the sea water that should have been engulfed like a wild beast remained silent.

Until now.

Perhaps some mechanism was triggered, and the most simple and rude cleaning came down halfway.

Although it is said that this level of mechanism can deal with ordinary people, it would take a little more time to put it in front of Eric and others at this time.

It can be clearly seen that the unknown designer seems to be extremely annoyed towards the outsiders who choose this way to escape or break in, and it can be said to be very rude.

It's no longer a level of pure disgust, but a deeper "disgust".

The messages sent out from thousands of years ago seem to be able to gather into the voice of someone warning:

This is the eternal resting place of【】, no further disturbance is allowed.If you really want to be daring and trespassing, then be prepared to die.

Robbers, robbers, villains, whatever greedy people dare to offend.

Even if 【】 will not stay here again, these clowns must pay the most painful price.

——There is probably some ambiguity in the middle, but the bytes of the keywords are hidden.

So, here comes the problem.

"These things that include all mental activities, why do I know?"

Starting from his own emotions, Eric refused to accept a possibility that was closest to the truth.

Just kidding, let's not talk about whether "he" is so boring, how can it be such a coincidence that he can run to a place related to "him" just by running?

"Ah, it really is a road, you can go in here. Come on, let's go!"

Jin's cheerful voice, which was not affected by the environment, sounded just right.

That kid is indeed a rough nerve that can survive for a month and a half in the ruins with nothing, and can still be alive and kicking.

It didn't matter at all that the painstaking efforts of climbing for a month by two guys of unknown origin recovered, Jin had already entered the mode of traveling together very familiarly, and regarded Eric and the two as his companions.

During the period when Eric was uncertain and Kusuo Saiki was thinking about something and kept silent, the black-haired boy was full of energy, and quickly groped in the dark passage for a while, and finally made a decision to move forward.

"Hey kid, did I say that I would act with you?"

Eric returned to his senses, and then questioned unhappily.

The little ghost's previous speech made him unhappy, and now this familiar attitude made him even more unhappy. Normally, he had turned around and left now.

"Huh? Is my intuition wrong?" However, the little ghost actually showed a rather surprised expression: "Brother, you should all just look unfriendly, but in fact you are quite bad at rejecting others, and you don't know how to treat people who are in trouble. The type of kid to leave it alone, isn't it?"

——Simply hit the nail on the head.

Jin's intuition was comparable to that of a beast, and it didn't take long for him to see through the nature of a certain two people at a glance.

Eric should have been annoyed anyway.

However, before that, he suddenly discovered a very small detail in Jin's words, and he couldn't help raising his eyebrows: "What do you call me? Big brother?"

Kim: "Yes."

He answered quite boldly and simply.

Eric: "..."

In the bright eyes under the little devil's hood, there is no reluctance to be seen.

This is enough to show that Jin did rely on cheat-like intuition, surpassing most of the idiots in the world, and directly saw through Eric's essence hidden in his short body.

Moreover, I also feel from the bottom of my heart that it is no problem to call a "boy" who looks younger than me.

"..."

Somehow.

In the body of all kinds of restrictions, in the heart of the strongest man in the world, a position that is not actually important but has great significance has been faintly touched.

To say how shocking it is, that's not enough.

But this feeling, unexpectedly——

comfort!stick!pole!up!

"...I really didn't expect that. You kid, you have a pair of commendable eyes!"

Jin (very innocent): "Huh? Have I been praised? Haha, although I don't know why, thank you!"

That's it.

When Saiki Kusuo looked over with an indescribable expression, the situation was quite different from a few minutes ago.

"Well, yes, for the sake of your foresight, I don't have the same knowledge as a kid like you, so I won't pursue it anymore!"

——From Eric, who had a big change in attitude and suddenly saw Jin a little more pleasing to the eye.

"Wow, really, that would be great."

——From Jin who actually didn’t feel that he had done anything wrong, but still followed the trend.

Eric: "Looking at it this way, you seem to be pretty good—well, if you work harder, maybe you can be accepted as my new little brother."

Jin: "Huh? Sounds like a lot of fun. The big brother is someone who is capable of being my big brother, so I think it's okay."

"Well, although you barely have this potential, my little brother is not so easy to do."

"Okay, I will work hard!"

Jin, this lucky boy, just because of the simplest address, he managed to deal with the man who was difficult to deal with, but his heart and body subtly became childish.

Eric is now affected by psychological factors, and the more he looks at Jin, the more pleasing he is, and for the first time, he directly proposes to accept Jin as a candidate for his younger brother.

If the little devils in Class A of a certain school knew about it, they would definitely start crying and screaming out of favor.

Eric's little brother is really hard to do.

Under normal means, in order to officially fall into his eyes, one has to meet many stringent criteria.

It doesn't matter whether you are high or low, because no matter whether you are high or low, they are all treated equally in Eric's place.

His younger brother must meet the following conditions in descending order of importance:

First of all, you must have a solid body and a strong will that can survive the devil's training.

Secondly, you must be able to listen and not violate the teachings of your elder brother.

then……

Finally, the most critical condition.

Those who can be Eric's younger brother...must resist beating!

No kidding, this crucial condition is a lesson learned from real blood and tears.

The younger brothers of Eric in Class A of the first year can personally testify, how much sweat and tears have been involved from being regarded as nosy passers-by by Eric to finally being recognized as "little brother" by Eric after going through all kinds of hardships .

The number of times they were beaten by Brother Eric, on average, was twice a day.

For the precious recognition that can only be obtained at the end, the children are almost desperate.If you don't resist beatings, how can you survive?

It's so difficult to be a younger student, let alone a higher-level apprentice.

For details, you can interview and ask Hong Jiaodong.

He was so miserable that even if the teacher went to another world irresponsibly, he would inevitably be dragged there to play games instead.When he was accepted as a disciple, he received a lot more beatings than ordinary boys...

Well, so much has been said above, it seems that it has accidentally turned into accusing Eric of atrocities.

But here, what I actually want to express is:

There is actually such a simple and easy way to be Eric's younger brother.

——Some thoughts that he thought others didn't know, but were actually quite obvious, made him very happy all of a sudden, so he was especially pleasing to the eyes of this person.

"...In other words, as long as you grasp your weaknesses, you will be the best man in the world to deal with."

"Hey! Tell me clearly, what does it mean to get it done!"

This topic can almost come to an end here, otherwise a moment of inadvertence will bring down the thunderbolt.

After dragging his legs for so long, Saiki Kusuo seemed to have finally recovered and no longer needed to be wrapped in ice.

"fine?"

Skipping the joke just now, Eric asked.

Saiki Kusuo broke his hands and feet vigorously, turned his head again, and there was a cracking sound from his neck: "It's just me, there is no problem except that I was almost frozen into a popsicle."

"Where's your super power, can you control it?"

"Okay." The superpower said, but for some reason, his expression didn't loosen.

This is not surprising.

Because, Saiki Kusuo can finally be sure now that there is no essential difference in whether his ability recovers or not in the current place.

"I didn't have this feeling before I came in, but now, it suddenly became clear."

He didn't speak just now, he was thinking about this abnormal point.After thinking about it, Saiki Kusuo still described his strange feeling of turning from vague to clear.

"It's like being suppressed by something." The pink-haired boy's expression became more serious, it can be seen that he was not joking, and felt troubled from the heart: "I can see through the entire outline and passages of this ruin, but it is only limited to perspective .”

All superpowers are there except clairvoyance, but they just can't be used.

This was the first time Saiki Kusuo encountered such a situation.

To put it simply, the moment he entered the ruins, he was restricted.

It was the least severe when it first came in, so it was unnoticed, and it could let the uncontrolled energy go wild.And now, apart from clairvoyance, Saiki Kusuo can't use any of his other abilities.

What secrets does this unknown site hold?

The more he discovered, the more surprised Saiki Kusuo became.The rough guess in my mind about the ruins needs to be crossed out with a slash.

In their own world—or outside the ruins, people with superpowers are all omnipotent, almost like gods.

Excluding the true human identity, he can basically be equal to God.

However, when I got here, there was a feeling that I didn't have when I was face to face with these two men, Eric and Saitama.

What kind of invisible existence can give such a big limit to a person with superpowers that are roughly equivalent to gods?

The location can be roughly determined, just "top of the head".

But what's on the top of the head.

Above is the "entrance" of the collapse, and above that is the dark and cold seabed. If you still want to explore, it will extend to the far and unreachable top——

"It can't be, really..."

The last word was swallowed by the boy himself between his teeth.

The moment that comes to mind may be very absurd to most people.

However, Saiki Kusuo's eyes changed slightly.

He almost believed it himself.

After all, superpowers are not famous detectives who firmly believe in science and refuse to admit unnatural phenomena.

back to the surface.

Saiki Kusuo didn't say anything more, and after expressing that he was unfortunately useless except for finding the way, he spread his hands and signaled that it was Eric's turn.

Eric: "...Understood. If you lose the chain for a day today, it must be useless!"

There is really no way.

Similar to Saiki Kusuo who vaguely glimpsed a corner of the truth, although Eric didn't know much, his heart was quite heavy because of the inexplicably tied practice here.

If he wanted to leave, it was very simple, he didn't feel any ghost restrictions, as long as he carried Jin and Saiki Kusuo, he could teleport outside.

But at this time, he couldn't just leave so simply.

According to Saiki Kusuo, he saw through the entire ruins, and did not find any corners of Saitama and the other lost ghosts.

In order to dig out my friends from this ghostly place, I can only continue to explore.

Fortunately, Saiki Kusuo had no objection, and Jin, the only one who might have an objection, was unexpectedly active. Exploring the ruins attracted him many times more than escaping from the sky.

The kid was the first to jump up, jumping for joy: "Big brother can find the exact route? That's great, meeting you is the biggest reward. Go, go, I'm so happy!"

"Down from where we are, it's the center of the site. There's the largest separate space, and we go directly to—well, just go there."

Saiki Kusuo seemed to pause in the middle, but Eric, who was in the circle quickly and lost in his own thoughts, didn't notice it.

The new trio composed of temporary mix-and-match began to walk in the dark passage according to the route planned by Saiki Kusuo.

No one has walked through the passage here for more than a thousand years. Although the ground is made of stone, when you step on it, there is still an illusion that the stone will shake and collapse.

The further you go in, the more turbid the air you breathe, as if ancient dust is floating in the narrow passage.

King was carrying a torch, but he didn't light it inside.

It may be that the site has been closed for too many years. Lighting the torch may burn the already thin oxygen faster, and it may also encounter poisonous gas permeating the space. A sudden explosion is not very good.

Fortunately, although they were in the dark, the three of them were not silent all the time, which made the atmosphere weird.

Taking this opportunity, Jin, who is always full of energy, talked to Eric, and talked about the reason why he was able to stay alive in the ruins for a month and a half.

"As long as the light appears, take the time to go to the place where there is light and take a photo, and you won't be hungry."

"what?"

Eric made a surprised sound.

Kim went on to explain: "About half of the day, light falls into this."

In the narrow and dark passage, the expression of the black-haired boy could not be seen, but it could be judged from his tone that the corners of his mouth were curled up, and he smiled brightly.

"Inside", where exactly do you mean?He seemed to deliberately cover the past, and laughed: "Calculate the time, if I remember correctly, it will appear in a while."

"What's the point?" Eric still felt baffled: "Where is there any light? This is under the sea, how could it be—"

The voice did not fall.

His eyelids quivered unexpectedly.

His eyes stayed in front of his feet.

Yes, in the pitch blackness, where he was stepping on the downward test question, there was an extra white spot.

If you look at it simply, you may mistake it for a small white dust, and you will ignore it if you are not careful.

But it appears on the dark curtain, no matter how small it is, it will not be obscured by its brilliance.

As if it was for the display at this moment, slowly, the imperceptible white spots gradually enlarged.

Not just at the feet anymore.On the hanging sleeves, on the other side of the steps, on the wall beside him... similar light spots fell here.

They are the scattered fragments of a dying star.

They are the radiance of the morning sun, the darkness is driven away, and then all dissolve in the light and clear light.

Only a few breaths passed.

It seems that someone stretched out his hands from the void, grabbed the black curtain, and pulled it back silently——

A series of soft beams of light fell from above, like golden sand covering the gray floor tiles, and also pulled the black yarn on the wall and the top of the roadway.

Bathed in this brilliance, the whole body can also feel the real warmth.

is the temperature of sunlight.

The place that is least likely to be penetrated by the sun is actually illuminated by the dazzling skylight.

Passage—or in other words, ancient murals are engraved on the walls of the tomb passage. The eagle-headed gods have sun disks on their heads. The eagle-headed gods seem to be looking out of the murals from the side, and they are quietly staring at the humans who cast their gazes at the same time.

"Ah, this scene is really wonderful!"

It was Kim who was amazed.

After staying here for so long, Jin didn't discover the existence of the murals until now.

That's right, he hadn't entered the real passage before, so he naturally had no chance to know that there are such shocking details hidden in the ruins.

"This is... graphic text? What seems to be written on it, is this character in the picture a god worshiped by this civilization?"

"Well, the murals are continuous. Found it! Here is the beginning, and then go on..."

Jin studied the murals vigorously, while Saiki Kusuo stared at the portrait of a god with a falcon head, wondering what he was thinking.

"..."

"Eric?"

The superpower suddenly spoke.

It turned out that the sun's rays from an unknown source fell, and not long after, a certain silver-haired boy who was supposed to stay here had disappeared.

Eric left the two companions behind and came straight to the end of the long tomb passage.

The moment he saw the murals, he knew that this was not a palace ruins, but a huge tomb.

There is no basis for reference, because the idea came to him spontaneously.

——I used to come here.

This road is the road he walked.

— Once, stopped here.

This is where it is now.

Escaped from the narrow passage, the space Eric came to suddenly widened, like a long corridor.

There are many incomplete parts, and there are broken stones everywhere in the promenade, and there are traces of potholes on the surface.

However, the most important part is still there.

As long as someone comes here.

As long as he stops and looks up, he will be able to see it.

The exquisite murals carved on both sides of the corridor have lost their original bright colors due to the passage of time.

But the sun in the painting is always high and bright, as if it wants to hook the reed at the corner of Liren's clothes, and there is also the portrait of the deceased who has stood in front of the throne for a long time.

They have all become eternal.

Among them, the sentence engraved at the end of the mural is also included:

— No matter when.

——I also want to meet you again here.