Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis looked more closely at the young man. This was a very specific piece of information that basically no one but his family knew. Yet, there was still a possibility that he overheard Yersi or Orthar talking.

"Yes, I had fun," Gravis said slowly. "But, again, what's it to you?"

"Not much," the young man said, still smirking. "I'm just very interested in you."

"I'm not into guys," Gravis said flatly.

The eyelids of the young man twitched slightly. That comment obviously had an effect on him.

But then, the young man started laughing. "You're really good at this!" he said.

"At what?" Gravis asked.

"At finding just the right buttons to push," the young man said. "You did the same thing when you called the highest Heaven a marauding… you know, to infuriate that middle Heaven."

This guy knew far too much. He even remembered the specific words Gravis had said to infuriate the middle Heaven. Only the present Elders at the time, his father, the middle Heaven, and the highest Heaven, knew that. Gravis never repeated his actual words to anyone since it wasn't really relevant to his story.

"Is this some kind of Law?" Gravis asked. "Some kind of Mind Reading Law?"

The young man chuckled a bit. "That Law does exist, yes, but for you, specifically, it can't be used," he said.

"Why not?" Gravis asked with narrowed eyes.

"Because your mind is full of Punishment Lightning," the young man said. "Not even I can read your mind, at least, not directly like that. I only have way of speaking, facial expressions, and gestures to make my guess," the young man said.

"But that is obviously not enough to guess something so specific," Gravis said.

"That's right," the young man said.

"Anyway, let's stop this little play, Gravis," the young man said. "How about a bet?"

"What bet?" Gravis asked.

"You guess my identity, and I will answer one of your questions. Yet, if you guess incorrectly, you will answer one of mine. Sound good?" he asked.

Gravis furrowed his brows. "Sounds good."

"Then, go make your guess," the young man said.

the highest

young man only continued smirking.

be quite frank, I didn't think that you were

was

me means that you are

man only chuckled but didn't say

walked away, and after a while,

young man only

One minute.

Two minutes.

SHING!

as he teleported back to the young man with

going against your lightning when spiting the highest Heaven, but you wouldn't

Gravis wanted to

"Your question?" Gravis asked.

rather simple, actually. It might even surprise you due

"Ask," Gravis said flatly.

you decide to punish that young trader in

was surprised by the question.

Community," the young man continued. "Yet, there are ways. For example, you could have simply absorbed the Energy

you could have simply teleported him to the outside of the city and killed him there. Tell me, Gravis, why did you decide to punish the young man like that?"

to that trader?"

have nothing to do with him," the young man

couldn't see through this

turned his gaze to the still floating statue of the trader. "Several reasons, actually," Gravis said. "Punishing him is a very mixed bag. Yes, he stole from me, and I'm pretty angry about that, but the guy also doesn't deserve to die because of that. Yet,

fair. Fairness is important to me, but my own emotions are just as important. The truly fair thing would have been to make him give me everything he owned at the moment so that the relative punishment

he should have enough money in assets to pay me back. He just has to sell his house, company, or whatever.

be a bit worse than I have felt back then, which makes

scratched his chin. "Isn't that interesting?" he said. "It sounds like you are very torn between two things. Tell me, is it your

to answer anymore, but these words got him thinking. "My Punishment Lightning wants to kill him. He went against me, and it says

kill an entire world just by

beings, which is why I made that trade with the highest Heaven to let the most powerful beasts keep

as it's not a hassle and doesn't interfere with your cultivation?" the young

"Pretty much," Gravis said.

not interfere with

furrowed his brows again. "What do

time you try to find a compromise, you slightly alienate your lightning. Yet, you are also lightning at the same time. So, even these tiny decisions can have a

had spared the middle Heaven. His Law of Freedom allowed him