Chapter 430: Old man Huang, you are really good at playing tricks.
Time is like a cycle. You never know whether that damn boomerang will hit your chest in the next moment.
Those who play with time will be played with by time. The Emperor's idea is simple, which is to let Hogg set sail again, go back to the past through the magic circle, and act as a super-time and space assault dog to reverse time and space.
But unlike the previous target of the Four Vendors, this time the target is the Emperor himself. To be precise, let Hogg and the others return to the ancient Terra period to find their younger selves and indirectly influence the present Mara during that period.
After two trips, Hogg still couldn't understand what Huang was thinking. What were the four vendors doing? Why were you joining in the fun?
The old Riddler's Emperor would naturally not say the words that Mara said in a fit of rage. If he really said it, he was afraid that even Hogg, his only rebellious son, would leave him.
"Don't think about it here. Just go if I tell you to go. Don't we have Dorne here? Just treat him as a timer and do things well. Come back quickly when the time is up."
"Don, remember to listen to your brother Hogg when the time comes. Don't open your stinky mouth when you meet people. I'm afraid those old friends will tear you two apart because of this little thing."
Dorne, who was entrusted with the important task of the timer, readily agreed, but as a man of integrity, he would not let go of the mistakes mentioned by the Emperor:
"Father, according to biology, Hogg should be considered my younger brother. Unless you created from the back to the front, VII is closer to the front than XI. From what I have observed, your brain should be fully developed and you would not make such a low-level mistake. If possible, I would like to give you a physical examination to make sure that my conclusion is correct."
“…”×③
The atmosphere froze at this point. For the two people who were familiar with Dorne's character, they were really afraid that this atmosphere terminator would take out a knife and do something imaginative to the Emperor, cosplaying as a Melodrama.
"Well, brother, I think what Old Man Huang meant by this is a rather euphemistic rhetorical metaphor. It's mainly to ask you, a newbie, to go over there and obey my command. Do you understand?"
Since ancient times, these two people who are naturally black-bellied and dirty-hearted are no match for Keaiduo. No matter how they mock them, he will understand them from a strange perspective.
Summoning a psychic clone, the emperor took the two of them to open the secret passage and go to the underground research institute again. But when they arrived at the gate, the emperor suddenly felt a little regretful.
[Is this really the right thing for me to do? If I just leave these two things in the past, won’t it really mess up the timeline? ]
[But since Mara said that, it proves that he had seen Hogg a long time ago. Now that things have come to this, let’s do it. I don’t think they can make any waves.]
Opening the door of the laboratory, it was found that this secret room had never been opened since Hogg and Guilliman left last time. The Emperor's clone who had just entered the room saw the photo of the gap in the magic circle at a glance.
When the Emperor saw the fat cat with a short golden haircut and a blue and white toilet seat logo on its body mating with a strong-brained cat in the photo, he suddenly had a bad idea.
Pulling over Hogg who was talking to Dorn about precautions, the Emperor's clone pointed at the photo and shouted:
"You bastard, tell me the truth, the fat cat in the photo is not Guilliman."
How could Hogg, who takes money to help people get rid of disasters and loves his job, ruin his reputation? He flatly denied that the cat was not Guilliman, but just looked a bit like him. Who said that cats can't have golden short hair?
But there are three people who know the truth here. Needless to say, Shafulin is one of them. She and Hogg are two sides of the same coin. Even if everyone betrays him, Shafulin will not betray him. But Dorn is different.
Don't underestimate Keaiduo because he seems to be honest and loyal, but when an honest person gets angry, he will not care about anything. When he thought about how he was almost humiliated by Guilliman, he exploded on the spot and said that the fat cat in the photo was Guilliman, and he would recognize him even if he turned into ashes.
“Alas~ Is my education really such a failure.” Looking around at the 21 heirs, the emperor found that none of them were normal. The one in the middle was gay, the one at the end was transgender, and the others were not good people either. They didn’t love humans, but all liked various aliens. Now they even don’t let cats go. Are they still human?
People can't, or at least shouldn't, thinking of this, the Emperor grabbed the two Primarchs and made them swear that they would never do such a tragic thing again.
Since the magic circle needs a medium to be activated, the two who don't want to be teleported to some weird place have to prepare in advance, and they are ready to go with all their bags.
With the experience from last time, Hogg had a trick up his sleeve this time. Not only did he carry a backpack, he also put a lot of supplies in his pockets. Even the pet bell used as decoration on his red scarf was stuffed with some emergency supplies.
While Old Man Huang was selecting the relics, Hogg walked to the lottery array next door that could communicate with other dimensions. When the energy pool of this thing was full, he started drawing immediately.
"God bless me, I must draw something good this time, please don't draw a red cheongsam, because that's what gamblers lose every day. Today I will definitely change my luck, please let me draw it."
Along with the flashes of colorful rainbow light, a tiny channel was broken in the originally thick world barrier, but because of the water flow effect, the channel could only open downwards, randomly connecting some worlds with lower level systems.
This time Hogg learned his lesson. He first grew an eye on the tip of his tail, and then stuck his tail into the portal, wanting to see what was going on on the other side.
As the perspective changed, Hogg stuck out his tail and saw that the other side should also be a human world. It seemed that there was a parade going on. Some large mechas with low technological content were swaying back and forth. There was also a person on the limousine stabbing a thin man in a helmet with a sword.
"It's not me who's wrong, it's the whole world!"
“…Fuck, this is the world of sister control, I’m gone.”
He casually threw a piece of psionic crystal into that world. While the energy pool was still not exhausted, Hogg twisted the magic circle again, trying to peek into the world outside the wall.
But after several attempts, either the magic circle was in the wrong position and he ended up in a deserted wilderness or some worthless small world. Looking at the black silk suspender skirt hooked back by the tail, Hogg quietly put it into his pocket and started the last card draw.
But this time was different from the previous times. When Hogg just opened his eyes, he saw a desolate figure exuding an invincible aura with his back to him, shouting something like "You are already dead."
Then, accompanied by several explosions of flesh and blood, a tough guy exploded on the spot. Hogg, who was quick-eyed and quick-handed, quickly stretched out his tail and reached over, grabbed a box and ran away.
Looking at the unusually sturdy metal box in front of him, Hogg stretched out his finger and flicked it lightly, directly cutting off the lock core and revealing the good stuff inside.
"Ah, this Fist of the North Star, what's the use of this crappy thing? Is it like Superman practicing martial arts or Doomsday practicing Wing Chun? If I learn it, I can destroy the world. What a joke."
Throwing away the boxing manual casually, Hogg saw Old Man Huang coming back with the so-called holy relic. He hurriedly moved to Dorn's side, trying to hide his act of secretly drawing cards. But after seeing the so-called holy relic, Hogg immediately stuffed the things in his pockets again.
This was because the so-called holy relic was a black gauze dress whose shape could no longer be recognized. However, Hogg, who had already touched the holy relic, knew that this thing was made of exactly the same material as the suspender dress in his pocket.
Turning his head to look at the Emperor's clone who was pretending to be stupid, Hogg's eyes suddenly became sharp, and he said righteously:
"Don't worry, Old Man Huang. It's your blessing to have two of us as heirs!"
Thanks to the people in Guixu for sending 1666+100 coins, _(:з」∠)_
(End of this chapter)