Chapter 2015 Unable
"…That was more confident than I had expected."
"The question is a bit invalid," Rui replied calmly.
His tone was solid.
Unyielding.
"I feel as though... I cannot stop pursuing my Martial Path. I physically cannot stop pursuing Project Water," he murmured lightly. "It is an inability."
Kane frowned. "What do you mean? Isn't pursuing Project Water a choice?"
"I used to think so…" He closed his eyes. "…until three days ago."
Kane furrowed his eyebrows in confusion. "I don't follow."
"My drive to pursue my Martial Path shook at the revelation but…" His eyes opened slowly. "…it didn't break."
Kane stared at him uncertainly.
Rui's eyes turned to him, meeting his gaze.
Within their depths stirred an endless darkness.
A void.
A single question escaped him.
"Do you know what I think that means?"
The air tingled.
It grew more tense.
It grew taut.
soft smile emerged on
his eyes. "…not even the revelation that my Martial Drive was not my own choice was able to make me choose
as he finally
"That's right."
eyes grew
least not anymore." He gazed at his own
stop. I am unable to stop. When I try imagining a life without my Martial Drive, my mind yields nothingness. Do
accompanied his voice
stop pursuing my Martial Path anymore than
"…Breathing?"
Rui nodded.
permanently stop breathing
widened
was obviously
conscious control, was not something that could permanently
wrested away control from the conscious mind above a
Kane stared at
Rui's face. "…is something I cannot stop striving for. Every time I try, it's no different from trying
shivers
Kane gazed at him,
that was so incredibly powerful that it transcended conscious choice and was even more unshakable
something like that
had never heard of such an
knew that Martial Drives were the fundamental driving force for progress down one's Martial Path. The stronger it was and the greater its scope, the further down one was
Drive
what kinds of feats would
when it came to Martial Art and Rui once Rui shattered the record for the
Yet, he was wrong.
that moment, a single truth became clear
pursuing your
Rui's mouth. "Still… I don't know how far I'll go.
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