Chapter 83: Peter’s Promise
After making a scene for a while, Peter finally realized that he had misunderstood things from the very beginning, so he calmed down a lot. As long as there wasn’t some bastard who dared to mess with White’s feelings, then it wasn’t a big problem.
Now, seeing White about to go crazy just because she wanted to get Ziz back, Peter became even more certain that the ridiculous things she had been saying were true.
"Alright, I’ll return her to you. But what exactly happened?"
As he spoke, Peter let White go. When Ziz once again returned to White’s arms, the aura coming from her quickly disappeared as well.
"I know you care about me, but can you not go this far? I’m already thirty years old; I’m not a child."
Even though she had just been planning to beat Peter up, White was now acting like a little granddaughter sulking at her grandfather.
Seeing this, Peter awkwardly scratched his head. He couldn’t be completely blamed for this either. It was just that the misunderstanding at the beginning was too serious. If he hadn’t thought that White had been deceived emotionally, Peter wouldn’t have rushed over and made such a huge mess.
"I’m really sorry. I’m getting old, so I’m a little senile."
At times like this, using old age as an excuse was quite reasonable. But anyone with knowledge definitely wouldn’t believe it because the brain of an S-rank hunter was far better than that of an ordinary person.
"Alright. Don’t say anything until I’m done telling you. Understand?"
Peter didn’t say anything and just nodded a few times. If he had been this calm from the beginning, there wouldn’t have been such a mess just now.
White also began telling him the points she thought were important. After all, there wasn’t much time. Even though Nexus had said it would take a few weeks, White still wanted to save as much time as possible.
The more he listened, the wider Peter’s eyes became. He had thought that he had already experienced enough things in his extraordinary life, but it seemed there were still many things he didn’t know.
When he heard about cultivation, Peter’s eyes immediately changed. If this were properly made public, it would definitely be a good thing for humanity, but...
"Can you prepare some spiritual herbs and a quiet place where no one will disturb me so I can focus on cultivating for a while?"
"Tsk, this world really never runs out of strange things. Alright, but before that, let me take a look at the cultivation technique, okay?"
White’s request wasn’t very difficult. With White’s status, she didn’t even need Peter’s permission to prepare everything herself.
"You can’t read it. This book was written so that my eyes can see it."
Even though she said that, White still handed the book to Peter. Peter took a look, and sure enough, he couldn’t see a single word.
Then he tried tearing a page from inside and found that it couldn’t be torn. It wasn’t because the paper was special. He could clearly feel that the page was protected by some kind of incomprehensible power.
"If that entity really is like you said, then it’s not surprising at all. You can’t read it, but you should be able to copy it down for me to read, right?"
Peter took a stack of blank paper and a pen from a drawer and handed them to White. He didn’t really intend to read it either. He just wanted to see how well Nexus could protect the cultivation technique’s contents.
"Let me try."
White understood what Peter meant, so she picked up the pen and planned to write down the first part of the cultivation technique. But her arm just became stiff.
"Can’t you write?"
Peter frowned and observed her carefully, but he couldn’t see any energy affecting White. It was like this world had just added a new rule that made it impossible to copy the cultivation technique.
"Let me try saying it... Huh, what’s going on? Again..."
The second attempt also completely failed. White could say anything she wanted, but whenever she tried to say something related to the cultivation technique, her mouth became stiff.
Even after paraphrasing the words written in the cultivation technique or creating riddles as hints, she still couldn’t bypass the rule, as if every one of her thoughts was being seen through.
"What an absurd power. It’s a pity he won’t live for humanity... But luckily, he isn’t on the side of hell."
Thinking about an existence powerful enough that whichever side it leaned toward would win, like Nexus wandering around Earth, gave Peter a huge headache.
Even though White was pretty good at judging people, who could really ignore a bomb capable of destroying Earth right beside them?
"You’re getting old too. If you want to live a little longer, go become Nexus’s disciple."
White wasn’t joking about this. She genuinely meant it. Even if someone was an S-rank hunter, their lifespan still couldn’t escape the limits of a mortal.
White could take her own life lightly, and she knew Peter had the same attitude. But Peter was still the person closest to her, so she would be sad if he died.
Moreover, White’s purpose for existing was to save people. Extending an old man’s life could also be considered saving someone’s life.
Seeing the affection hidden in White’s unusual eyes, Peter calmly smiled and patted her head.
"Haha, it’s not necessary. We both know very well that the body is secondary, while the soul is the true essence. We’re here to train, to give it our all, not to do everything we can to cling to this place just because we’re afraid of death."
"I’m not talking about that. Don’t you think living for a few more decades would let you help humanity more?"
White pouted but still let Peter pat her head. She was obviously not stupid enough to forget about this important matter. She had just gotten a little too emotional for a moment.
"Humanity is all of us, not me or you. Humanity isn’t so pathetic that it would fall into ruin because of the deaths of a few old men like me. Each of us has our own path, and once we’ve realized it, we should just keep walking forward. Even if we see something tempting along the way, we shouldn’t stray from our path. We can’t miss out on an infinite future because of a momentary desire."
It was obvious that White was very unhappy with Peter talking as if he were some old man who was about to die. She looked at him as if she would beat him up if he couldn’t answer.
"Peter, do you remember what you once promised me?"
"Of course, my teammate. I’ll definitely put an end to this damn era. Until I achieve that goal, I won’t die."
Peter was like a completely different person. He was no longer an old man who was already close to the grave, but a middle-aged man full of passion, just like thirty years ago when he first stood before an angel.