Lightning Is the Only Way

Gravis realized that she had comprehended the True Law of Control, and he smiled.

It definitely wasn't easy to comprehend the True Law of Control, but the Sect Master's mind was already very susceptible towards the Law of Control.

Of course, the Law of Freedom would be a different story.

Manuel's mind was also very susceptible towards the Law of Control, but he still hadn't comprehended the Law of Freedom, even though he already knew all of the other Laws.

Comprehending either one of the Law of Control or Law of Freedom was relatively easy.

Comprehending both of them was nearly impossible.

After all, they were polar opposites.

One was about evaluating all the variables and possibilities and comprehending the entire complexity of the situation, which would give someone insight into what options everyone had and what they could do.

The Law of Control was the peak of complexity.

Meanwhile, the Law of Freedom was literally ignoring everything and doing whatever one wanted to do. Nothing else. That was it.

The Law of Freedom was the peak of simplicity.

Yet, comprehending the True Law of Control was still quite an achievement.

"Surprised?" Gravis asked the Sect Master with a smirk.

The Sect Master was surprised when she heard Gravis' words.

It took her some time to understand what Gravis meant.

"You already know this Law?" she asked.

Gravis nodded. "Yep. How else could I be in control of the situation?"

The Sect Master took a deep breath.

No wonder she had felt like she had had no control over her interaction with Gravis.

Her lack of control hadn't been an illusion but reality.

She realized this now even more than before.

She comprehended the entirety of control, which allowed her to truly see that she wasn't in control.

One would think that knowing more about control would allow one to be in control more, but that wasn't always true. Sometimes, knowing more about control only makes one realize that there was truly no way to be in control of a situation.

The Sect Master also finally realized that Gravis had given her an opportunity to comprehend the Law.

exactly that was throwing the Sect Master for a

and she knew that she had

wanted to

killed Gravis back then,

she had

essence, Gravis should see her as his

Gravis

She didn't get it.

sense in her

It felt completely random.

shot through her head, and even though she knew everything about control, she

was seemingly nothing logical about

Gravis saw her uncomfortable expression, he

knew exactly what she was

you are

Sect Master for a

what she

How?

he know something

Master said as

no idea what she

combine all sorts of realities and possibilities with each other to comprehend

was like Gravis didn't

a laugh

knew the True Law of Control for a loop with

Gravis also realized that she would probably never comprehend the Law of Freedom

completely enveloped her mind, and there wasn't even the

had a possibility to comprehend the Law of Freedom in the

was straight-up impossible for

I gave you that opportunity was that I wanted to," Gravis said. "That's the entirety of my reason. I was impressed by your great change and

"That's it."

thinking, the Sect Master

get out of doing that?" she

Gravis shrugged. "Nothing."

another second. "Was it for an

wanted to see if you could comprehend the

about Gravis' words some

so that I might feel indebted to you, which

you want to, you can, but you honestly don't have to. If

say that? You

scratched the back of his head with

this so

was trying to insert all kinds of

take it personally, but your help would only have a minuscule effect on my

can