Chapter 013: A Complete Mess

Seeing this, Wang Bo finally understood part of the story.

For instance, why Himiko was using Lara's body.

But there were still more unanswered questions. That was, why Lara and Himiko, who were from a parallel world, had come to this world.

In this world, there was already a Lara. And she was a battle-hardened Lara.

If so, why had the parallel-world Lara, who was just a novice and had experienced a time slip, suddenly appeared in this world?

Even the entire Yamatai Kingdom had come to this world.

Or perhaps, there was also a Yamatai Kingdom in this world, and Lara and Himiko had merely time-slipped into this world? And arrived at this world's Yamatai Kingdom?

But if that were the case, why had Mathias and his Solarii Brotherhood, as well as Lara's companions, appeared in this world?

Just then, Wang Bo couldn't help but think of a possibility.

Initially, the parallel-world Lara had sailed on the Endurance with her companions to the ancient Yamatai Kingdom.

But when the Endurance encountered the storm raised by Himiko, a terrible thing happened.

Lara fell into the water, time-slipped, and entered the Mummy world. However, Lara's companions and the entire island of the Yamatai Kingdom had time-slipped. But they didn't enter the Mummy world; instead, they entered a parallel world.

But then, a huge problem arose. Why had Lara come to this world?

Logically, after Lara time-slipped into the Mummy world, she met Wang Bo, and with his help, returned to her original world.

And the Yamatai Kingdom had already come to the parallel world, the world where Wang Bo now was.

If so, how had Lara time-slipped into this world again?

Of course, there was another explanation: the timing of the Yamatai Kingdom's time slip.

Lara time-slipped, met Wang Bo, and after being sent back by him, found that her companions had all been killed. So Lara tried to kill Himiko but failed.

Himiko used the lives of her companions to deceive Lara, took over Lara's body, devoured Lara's soul, and won a complete victory.

But just then, the Yamatai Kingdom time-slipped, and everyone on it, including Himiko and the Stormguard, entered the parallel world.

However, because the entire island of the Yamatai Kingdom had time-slipped, Himiko didn't notice this.

She was still quietly building her strength until she met Wang Bo.

Thus, why Lara and the Yamatai Kingdom had appeared in this world could be explained.

But could there really be such a coincidence in this world?

Wang Bo was very doubtful.

If things were really like this, where had this world's Yamatai Kingdom gone? The island where the Yamatai Kingdom was located was no small island; it couldn't just disappear, could it?

Or perhaps, it wasn't the Yamatai Kingdom that had time-slipped, but all the people on the Yamatai Kingdom.

They had collectively time-slipped onto this world's Yamatai Kingdom.

If that were the case, and the Yamatai Kingdom hadn't time-slipped, but all the people on it had, then another question arose... Where was this world's Himiko? Where was she?

He continued watching Himiko's memories and found that after Himiko devoured Lara's soul and took over Lara's body, her power greatly increased, and she even turned the long-dead corpses into Stormguard.

But she never left the Yamatai Kingdom.

She even removed the perpetual storm around the Yamatai Kingdom to attract more people to land, turning them into Stormguard, into her minions.

That was why Wang Bo and his group hadn't seen the storm when they approached the Yamatai Kingdom.

But from beginning to end, Himiko never discovered the existence of another Himiko; she didn't even know that she had actually time-slipped into a parallel world.

So Wang Bo's earlier speculation seemed invalid.

So, what was really going on?

To be honest, Wang Bo couldn't figure it out for the moment. Helpless, he could only take Himiko and leave the Time Villa, returning to the real world.

Afterward, Wang Bo briefly told Xiao Bai and Xiao Qing what had happened.

The two women knew Wang Bo's identity, so they understood.

But Lara—well, this world's battle-hardened Lara—was completely confused because she had no idea about Wang Bo's time slip.

In her mind, Wang Bo had always been her butler, Chris, so she couldn't understand what Wang Bo was saying at all.

What time slip, what parallel world—it was all a mess.

"What are you hiding from me, Chris?" Lara couldn't help asking. "Why have you seemed like a different person these past few days, not only using magic but also saying things I completely don't understand?"

Faced with this Lara's questioning, Wang Bo thought for a moment and then told her the truth and the whole story.

After listening quietly, Lara was completely stunned.

After a long time, she came back to her senses. "You mean you're not Chris at all, but a messenger of the gods who replaced Chris?"

Wang Bo nodded. "I'm sorry for deceiving you until now."

Lara asked pointedly, "After you leave, can you give Chris back to me?"

Wang Bo shook his head. "When I replaced Chris, that person ceased to exist in this world. Even if I leave this world, Chris won't come back."

Lara's face immediately turned very grim.

Ever since her father left, Chris had been taking care of her. In her heart, Chris was not much different from her own family.

Now, Chris had been replaced, replaced by someone she didn't know.

Lara's gaze toward Wang Bo instantly became hostile. She clenched her fists, as if she wanted to punch him, but after a moment's consideration, she didn't. Instead, she turned and walked away.

Seeing this, Wang Bo couldn't help but smile bitterly. Probably in Lara's mind, he was the one who killed Chris.

If she weren't no match for him, she would have already come at him.

Now, she turned and left, probably out of sight, out of mind.

To be honest, Wang Bo didn't blame Lara at all. Putting himself in her shoes, if his own living relative were replaced by some stranger, he would be angry too.

Even if he knew it wasn't the other person's fault, he still couldn't help but take it out on them.

Such is the complex nature of human emotions.

Lara took a few steps, then suddenly stopped and turned around, shouting, "Bryce, how long are you going to stand there? Hurry up and come with me."