Chapter 198: World (2) (1/2)
Chapter 198: World (2)
I ran for a long time. It seemed like I had been running for over 10 hours but the sky was still the same. This place seemed to have no evening.
The strength of my body was still decent but I couldn’t run non-stop. A few hours later, I was able to achieve my goal.
‘Here.’
A place where the rabbit’s traces ended. It was a forest with a small wooden house in the centre.
I didn’t hesitate to enter the house.
”A crack in area 784 again!”
“Close area 227! Everybody take shelter!”
“Wahh! Where is Teacher?”
It seemed like a small wooden house. When I walked in, I saw a strange room with no end.
A giant rabbit was sitting in front of a screen that was a similar size.
It wasn’t the rabbit that I had first encountered.
My magic power might have been depleted but I could still smell it.
After a while, I was able to find the rabbit holding a notebook in a corner.
”Ah, what to do, I can’t do this alone without Teacher...”
“Hey.”
”The system is a complete mess. Why is this happening? Who has access to the administrator privileges? I don’t have access to it at all. There is no way to repair this. Euuuugh.”
”Look at me.”
Duk!
The rabbit’s legs thumped strongly.
”Huh?”
The rabbit looked at me strangely.
At the same time, the rabbit’s eyes expanded to twice their size.
“Eh eh... Why did the bug near area 666 come here? No, how did you come in?”
”I'm not a bug.”
The rabbit had said it on the beach but I didn’t like hearing it again. I frowned as the rabbit cocked his head.
”A bug just called himself a bug. I don’t know how he got here but a strong vaccine should work...”
“The other beings here can’t see me. Only you have acknowledged me. Tell me. Who are you and what is this place?”
”Vaccine!”
The rabbit turned his head and shouted loudly. He waited a while but nothing happened. The rabbit looked at me with very confused eyes.
“Why isn’t there a vaccine reaction? Wait, only I can see you?”
I folded my arms and watched the rabbit’s next movements. I judged that the rabbit didn’t have the power to threaten me. I was still weak because my magic power wasn’t entirely restored, but I could cope.
Then the rabbit’s eyes narrowed. He gazed closely at the top of my head.
“No ID...what are you if you’re not a bug?”
“Randalph Brigsiel. A demon.”
I waited as he panicked. Now I introduced myself first.
“Demon? Ahh! Teacher mentioned it a few times. But how did you travel here from the Demon World? Wasn’t Teacher the one who devised this program? Let's see.”
He searched around his long white ears before grabbing some glasses. The rabbit put on the glasses and started to gesture in the air.
It seemed like he was dancing alone. He seemed like a crazy guy.
-Forced intrusion from the outside has been blocked.
‘Huh...?’
A message popped out in front of me. At the same time, smoke was emitted from the glasses worn by the rabbit.
The rabbit quickly took off his glasses.
”W-what the? This program? Isn’t it different? Moreover, the security level...it is over Teacher’s level! Unbelievable!”
Both eyes were shocked. His mouth dropped wide open and he looked at me with disbelief. The horror in his eyes changed to amazement.
”It would be very scary if you were a virus from outside. Disabling the vaccine and only recognizing me as a part administrator...maybe I might have already been infected.”
“I don't know what you're talking about.”
I really didn’t know. I had heard similar words from humans but that was all.
“You are called Randalph Brigsiel? Can I hear where you came from?”
The voice of the rabbit was desperate.
”There has to be some give and take. You know me but I have no idea who you are.”
“Ah, I’m sorry. My ID is 0001. I am the administrator of the Reverse World.”
”The Reverse World?”
The rabbit nodded and said.
“The moon! We call it the rear of the moon.”
After a brief introduction from 0001, I was guided into a small room. The room was filled with moonlight and a map of the universe.
”You came from Earth? I'm sorry. I really thought you were a program. Anyway, is this the Earth that you are referring to?”
0001 pointed to one area of the map of the universe. He tapped his index finger a few times, causing the map of the universe to expand and a blue planet to appear.
”It seems correct.”
“Really? Right here...ah, it is difficult.”
“Difficult?”
“This is a planet that the administrators can’t interfere with. It is a rule passed down from the top administrators. One...it has been five Earth years?”
A little over five years. It overlapped with the period when the demons came to Earth. I narrowed my eyes and asked.
”What administrator are you specifically talking about?”
“Gods!”
“Gods...”
I didn’t understand at first. 0001 referred to himself as an ‘administrator.’ He didn’t feel like a god at all.
”The gods also have ranks. In this case, Teacher, who manages this world is the middle administrator. I am only Teacher’s assistant. I’m not a god.”
I nodded and 0001 continued.
”At any rate, the middle administrators are assigned a world. They make sure that the rules of the world don’t collapse...in contrast, the top administrators don’t allow us to engage directly or indirectly with Earth.”