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.

that was throwing the Sect Master for a

and she knew that

had wanted

she had nearly killed Gravis back then,

she had debated killing

see

Gravis suddenly

She didn't get it.

made no sense in her

It felt completely random.

and even though she knew everything about control, she had

nothing logical about

uncomfortable expression, he only

what

but you are not

threw the Sect Master

she was thinking

How?

he know something she

the Sect Master

idea what she

to combine all sorts of realities and possibilities with each other to comprehend the current situation, but

Gravis didn't act

laugh

that he could throw someone that knew the True Law of Control

also realized that she would probably never comprehend

her mind, and there wasn't even

a possibility to comprehend the Law of Freedom in the future, but she

was straight-up impossible for

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 wanted to

"That's it."

the

did you get out

Gravis shrugged. "Nothing."

thought for another second. "Was it

see if you could comprehend the

about Gravis' words

you, which would give you a lot of options to further your own

doing someone else a favor," Gravis said with a shrug. "It wasn't really my target. If you want to, you can, but you honestly don't

that? You could have achieved a lot more by

scratched the back of his

this so hard to

trying to insert all kinds

would I need to lie?" Gravis asked. "Don't take it personally, but your help would only have a

say the potential stuff you can give me isn't worth the effort of lying to