On the beach of Longevity Island, the sea breeze suddenly stilled.
Under the setting sun's afterglow, Tendo raised his hand, hooking a fingertip under the edge of his black blindfold, and gently pulled.
The moment the blindfold slipped off, two streaks of azure light pierced the gloom of the beach. The eyes looked like they held a shattered starry sky, with fragmented starlight circulating with every blink. This was his 'Star Eclipse Heavenly Eye,' which he had not shown in public for a long time.
The removal of the black blindfold seemed to be a signal, shattering the fragile balance between the mysterious old man and Tendo!
Boom!
As the starlight energy within his body was liberated, the ground centered around Tendo suddenly began to cave in. Numerous cracks spread out like spiderwebs.
Simultaneously, as the Vector Field expanded, a large number of the existing vines on the beach were instantly ground into powder.
The vines' green sap mixed with sand and splashed up, but the instant it contacted the Vector Field, it turned into something like steam, plunging the beach into a hazy white mist in the blink of an eye.
Seeing this, the mysterious old man forcefully struck the beach with his cane.
The next second, the white jade rose at the top of the cane suddenly bloomed, and countless pale pink vines surged out from the staff.
Completely different from the previous fierce, dark purple, barbed vines, these newly emerged vines were entirely pure white and slender. Their tips were adorned with palm-sized white flowers.
The petals of these flowers were layered, and the stamens glowed with a pale golden light, radiating 'vitality.'
In just a few breaths, these white vines covered the beach between Tendo and the mysterious old man.
As the white roses on the vines opened up, a dense but not cloying floral fragrance instantly spread out like a tide.
The scent was so potent that it subtly overpowered the smell of blood and scorch in the air, transforming the originally gruesome battlefield into a dreamy sea of flowers.
"How interesting..."
A flicker of interest crossed Tendo's azure eyes as he looked at the sea of flowers before him.
During this process, a wisp of petals was carried by the breeze and fell onto Tendo's hair and shoulder.
Tendo raised a hand to brush the petals off his shoulder, then looked back at the mysterious old man not far away.
Although this sea of flowers looked unremarkable and harmless, Tendo knew very well.
This sea of flowers was precisely the mysterious old man's Disaster-Grade Domain.
Because hidden within this seemingly innocuous sea of flowers were tiny spores capable of distorting the trajectory of star energy, silently affecting even his Vector Field.
Finally, after the sea of flowers appeared, Tendo's continuously expanding Vector Field stopped.
Invisible vectors constantly collided with the countless petals, stirring up ripples of fragmented energy.
Although these petals quickly withered with each collision, they were immediately replaced by new ones, as if they would never dry up, brimming with 'vitality.'
The mysterious old man stood in the center of the sea of flowers, his monocle-covered gaze fixed on Tendo's eyes, his expression becoming utterly serious.
"You shouldn't have come here. With your status, it's impossible for you not to know the taboos of Longevity Island."
"Taboos?"
Tendo shrugged, then raised a hand to toy with a floating petal, saying in a half-joking tone, "I had no choice in the matter. After all, whose fault is it that those above chose this place for the trial?"
Hearing Tendo's relaxed tone, the mysterious old man could tell he was being mocked.
For an existence like Tendo, no matter how powerful the Star Envoy Association was, it couldn't force him to participate in a 'certain death' trial.
The so-called 'arrangement from above'... was just an excuse for him to deliberately come to the island.
Though he knew this was Tendo's own choice, for some purpose, the mysterious old man prepared to try and change Tendo's mind.
"Listen, the sun hasn't set yet, and the fog hasn't spread to the coast. It's still not too late for you to leave now."
"If you wait until the 'Ancient God, Sir' awakens, then everything... will be too late."
Hearing the mysterious old man's words, before the Tendo in the scene could respond, the bullet comments on Site 13 began to thicken.
'Ancient God? Is the Stars production team preparing to switch from a super-powered city to a mythology story?'
'The sun sets, the Ancient God awakens. How is Longevity Island getting weirder and weirder? How can this be a place for training?'
'Strange, this old guy says Tendo knows the situation here. Does Tendo have some connection to Longevity Island?'
Just as the dimensional audience continuously analyzed the situation of Longevity Island based on the mysterious old man's words, the anime's camera slowly focused on Tendo's azure Star Eclipse Heavenly Eye.
In those complex and magnificent azure eyes, the entire sea of flowers was clearly reflected.
The image was so clear that even the minute flow of star energy at the root of the vines was visible.
In this shot, which couldn't show the entirety of Tendo's face, Tendo's soft chuckle came from off-screen.
"Ancient God?"
The camera zoomed out, slowly revealing Tendo's full appearance.
Tendo had already raised his hand, pointing his slender fingertip at the mysterious old man in the center of the sea of flowers, his azure eyes... full of ridicule.
"You're talking about that 'Heavenly Eye Beast' hiding deep within the island, the one with only half a life left, right?"
"I could sense the decaying, deathly aura on that guy from a mile away."
Mysterious old man: "..."
The mysterious old man's pupils contracted sharply, and a faint crack 'snapped' across his monocle.
Simultaneously, the sea of flowers around him also began to become agitated.
A large number of white flowers all turned toward Tendo, their petal edges turning a strange, dark red, like blood.
And on the distant sea level, as the setting sun slowly sank into the ocean, a wisp of grey-purple mist... had quietly crept onto the edge of the beach, spreading toward the entire island.
But neither the mysterious old man nor Tendo paid attention to this situation.
[Dimensional Bullet Comment Section]
'Got it. The core of Longevity Island is a Star Beast that has the 'Heavenly Eye,' just like Tendo.'
'A showdown between the copy and the original? I wonder who will be the copy and who will be the original then.'
'Tendo's Star Eclipse Heavenly Eye can predict the future, so the entity on this island should have a similar ability.'
'To the commenter above, I feel like it's not that simple. After all, even with the same eyes, the results often vary greatly depending on the person using them.'
As the bullet comments continued to scroll, the mysterious old man, who had been ready to try and persuade Tendo further, finally abandoned the idea.
Because he saw Tendo's extremely overbearing 'will' in his eyes.
This was a person who only trusted himself and would not let his thoughts be swayed by anyone.
The only thing he could do was to quickly 'send' this guy off the island before the Ancient God, Sir, awakened.
Because once the sun set after landing on the island, everyone who remained would be thoroughly drawn into the bizarre, nightmarish 'Seven-Day Cycle,' without exception.
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