Chapter 5 Guessing confirmed, making rules!
Entering Kronos' room, Hina shouted while looking around.
"Kronos! Are you there?!"
"Don't hide, come out quickly. It's not fun at all!"
"I saw you!"
Hina shouted, searching for Kronos in the room.
However, she searched the room but couldn't find him.
At this moment, Hina was stunned.
Looking at the neat and quiet bedroom, Hina suddenly became anxious for some reason.
After a while, Hina hurried out of the back room and ran towards the first floor.
As soon as she reached the first floor, she saw Erica at the counter.
"He... he's gone! Mom, he's gone! Kronos is gone!"
Coming to Erica's side, Hina said urgently.
Looking at her daughter's anxious expression, Erica was also stunned.
This little girl, why is she worried about Kronos?
Wasn't she quite annoyed with him and kept pushing him away?
Thinking of this, Erica suddenly laughed and teased Hina.
"If he's gone, he's gone. Don't you actually want him to disappear?"
Erica didn't seem to be too concerned about Kronos' disappearance.
But it wasn't because she didn't care about him. It was because Erica trusted Kronos as an adult. She believed that if he had something to do, he would go out and take care of it himself.
As for any danger, Kronos was strong and capable. What kind of danger could he face in this small town?
However, Hina, who was only twelve or thirteen, couldn't see through Erica's playful teasing.
When she heard Erica seem to dismiss Kronos' disappearance, Hina became even more anxious.
"No...no! I don't... I don't want him to disappear! I... I don't..."
Looking at Hina, whose eyes were red and speech was incoherent, Erica realized that she had frightened her.
Quickly, Erica squatted down, hugged Hina, and gently stroked her little head.
"Silly girl, I was joking!"
"Kronos didn't disappear, he just went out."
Hina buried her head in Erica's arms and clung to her, holding back tears.
"But...but I didn't see him come downstairs."
Hearing the slight quiver in Hina's voice, Erica wanted to slap herself.
Her unintentional words... really scared Hina.
Gently patting Hina's back, Erica comforted her.
"It's just that you didn't see him. People don't just disappear suddenly."
"Don't worry, he just went out and will be back soon."
Hearing Erica's words, Hina fell silent.
She just buried her head deeper in Erica's arms.
Seeing that Hina's mood had stabilized, Erica smiled and said, "You don't seem to... dislike him that much?"
Hina immediately responded stubbornly, "No! I hate him."
Erica laughed softly but didn't take it seriously.
Meanwhile, in the woods.
Trying to master Kronos' [rule ability] felt like discovering a new continent.
After an hour of trial and error, Kronos' hypothesis was not only confirmed but also vastly improved his control over his fruit ability.
Looking at the squirrel scurrying in mid-air, Kronos slowly raised his hand and whispered.
"Confinement!"
As his words fell, the little squirrel immediately froze, unable to move.
Kronos waved his hand, and the squirrel moved again.
But in the next second, Kronos pressed his hand down.
The rules of gravity immediately took effect, and the little squirrel suddenly fell from mid-air to the ground.
"Boom!"
There was a dull crashing sound.
The squirrel's body hit the ground heavily, falling into a bloody mess, and died on the spot.
Even the ground, under the pressure of gravity, collapsed under the impact.
"Boom!!"
In an instant, a terrifying crack like a spider web appeared on the ground.
At this point, Kronos also stopped using his abilities.
Looking at the marks left by the gravitational effect, Kronos couldn't help but think.
"Are these just shallow marks? It seems like the gravity effect is still a bit lacking..."
"However... with these abilities, it should be enough to deal with those guys."
With that, Kronos turned and left the forest.
At the beginning, Kronos' control over the fruit ability was slow, like walking in the dark.
But after experimenting with both the space and rule abilities, his familiarity with the Fruit Master increased rapidly.
It felt like driving a car.
However, rule abilities weren't everything.
For example, rules like making someone die instantly couldn't be formulated yet.
Kronos wasn't sure if it was because of a lack of power or if there was simply no reason to create such rules.
Additionally, he could only formulate rules in his own spatial domain, and the space and rule abilities couldn't be combined and activated at the same time.
Both required time to form, and the stronger the effect, the longer it took.
But the stronger the effect, the greater the consumption.
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