Lord of the Time: I Can Reincarnate Infinitely

Chapter 98: 98: Grade 2 Taboo Fighter

Hearing this, Caleb sighed helplessly. Before answering, he slit Fushigiro's throat with his Odachi, causing a fountain of blood.

Such a decisive killing, made everyone look at Johan in another light.

"Don't blame me, guys. It's my life on the line here. It's not that I don't trust you, but I just want my plan to be foolproof. What if you guys sided with Fushigiro? Fortunately, you guys didn't or I would have killed you by now."

As a killer in his past life, Caleb doesn't rely on trust. But on probability. Since Dunn and Jin made the right choices, he didn't have to kill them now.

"I won't blame you. In fact, your wits amaze me." Jin smiled.

Dunn also nodded. "You're a damn sly fox, aren't you?"

"I didn't expect you would make use of the thing that I thought useless in such a way." Rina smiled warily.

Caleb just smiled. He also didn't expect to make use of it. In fact, if he hadn't started to doubt Fushigiro in advance, he wouldn't have taken such measure. Fortunately, he was good at observing and guessing people's minds to some extent. "Take this."

"Zephyr Fruit? You're really prepared, aren't you?" Dunn snickered, took the fruit, and gobbled it.

"As a hunter, preparation is the key to success." Caleb shrugged.

"I didn't expect you to be so cunning." Luna, on the side, stared at Fushigiro's lifeless body. Caleb's series of operations was just too dark for her.

To poison your teammates just because of suspicion? Kicking Fushigiro's nuts and literally breaking them? Still, Caleb was the reason why they were alive, so she knew that his methods might be questionable, but they were successful.

After eating Zephyr Fruit... Jin, Dunn, and Rina's complexion turned better in just a few minutes and they gradually regained their strength.

"It's good to be able to move again." Dunn stretched his whole body and let out a laugh. Then he walked near Caleb and patted him. "We're alive because of you."

Clifford and Andre, on the other hand, took the initiative to dump Fushigiro's body inside the building.

"I thought we were dead there. Who knew Johan would reverse the tables?" Andre flashed a knowing grin.

"I just did it for survival. Before that..." Caleb looked at Tamasai in confusion, who was quiet. "Why are you not affected by the poison? I watched you drink it..."

"Me? Poison of such a level is useless for a Destiny." A terrifying aura wrapped around Caleb and the others. They couldn't move for a while and they felt they would die once they attempted to do so.

Caleb stared at Tamasai. "So that's why... You're not a Manifestor but an Actual Destiny."

Tamasai nodded quietly. Then he disappeared for a second and reappeared in the next second. At such a fast speed, everyone knew Tamasai could kill them anytime. After he came back, he was carrying Fushigiro's corpse in his arm like a rag doll.

"I'm actually a Destiny from the City. I was tasked with investigating this Criminal. Yes, Fushigiro was a criminal who committed atrocities. Raping women. Murder. Arson. Theft. Drugs... His master was just as evil, so the management of the City of Phenos deemed them wanted criminals. That's just my mission. I would have killed him even if you didn't manage to. I just let him live for a long time since I didn't want to come back to the City earlier. I still want to enjoy my stay outside since I'll become busy again if I come back to the City... However, now that you killed him, I can only return. My job is done here. Goodbye."

Everyone was in a daze with such a revelation. They are walking with Destiny all this time? Fushigiro turned out to be a wanted criminal. Tamasai was just on vacation? It was a few seconds before they realized that Tamasai disappeared in his spot along with Fushigiro's dead body.

"What a twist..." Jin curled his lips in amusement.

Caleb, on the other hand, only felt exhilaration. So that's how strong a Destiny could become? He can become as strong as Tamasai once he becomes one. Just Tamasai's aura was enough to paralyze them. Not to mention, he could kill them in seconds if he wanted to. Fortunately, Tamasai didn't intend to do anything and had a neutral personality. If he was evil, they'll be absolutely damned. No amount of tricks would work in the face of absolute strength.

'What tier is he?'

Still, Caleb couldn't help but recall Fushigiro's words. The bastard said that he didn't want that path and they forced it upon him. Doesn't that mean there's a conspiracy inside the City of Phenos and dirty politics? He needs to prepare himself, and not get actively involved. If it were a story, Caleb would label Fushigiro as a villain with a backstory.

...

Just like that, the hunting party members decided to rest on the building again. After all, they just fought an intense battle. And the series of revelations made their mind unable to keep up.

Fushigiro's true identity. Tamasai is a Destiny. Johan, whose mind has lots of twists and turns. All of this overwhelmed them. Not to mention, they have still had to continue their journey without being discovered by spiders.

Without Tamasai and Fushigiro... Their chances became slimmer than before. They can only rely now on Johan and Jin, the two think tanks of the group. Yes, they now considered Johan on par with Jin in terms of planning after the incident. Just his feats previously from deducing the golems were proof enough to them.

In some corner of the building, on cold ground, Caleb woke up. He felt a ringing sound in his mind. It was the Time Slime's message that he had successfully ascended to Grade Two Taboo Fighter!

'Status!'

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Name: Caleb

Race: Human Discover stories on m-vl-em,pyr

Age: ???

Rank: Taboo Energy (Grade 2) 0/10,000

Physique: 50 [Strength, Stamina, Endurance, Agility, Flexibility, Power, Etc...]

Spirit: 29 [Mental Strength, Mental Resistance, Reaction Speed, Perception, Five Senses, Dynamic Vision, Mental Energy, Intelligence, Energy Recovery Rate, Soul Def, Soul Strength, Etc...]

Abilities:

-Passive Skill-

-Active Skill-

1. Taboo Energy Sensitivity. 2. Gum Gum Rubber.

Tip: The basic attribute of a normal human is 5.

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He was now theoretically ten times stronger than an adult human (Reference: As strong as Baki physically.) and broke through the limit of what humans can achieve! Not to mention, he got a new ability called Gum Gum Rubber.

When he clicked it, the description appeared in his mind.

Gum Gum Rubber: Ability to convert taboo energy into a kind of substance called 'Gum Gum Rubber' that has both the properties of rubber and gum. It can take any shape and form the users want. It has strong adhesiveness and stretchability.

Note: The stronger the host's taboo energy, the stronger the adhesiveness and stretchability of the substance will be.