"Will it take the bait like this?" Nami Midori looked at Angel with doubt.
After Angel had recounted the tale of the Void Traveler, he then released waves of energy in the nearby void. Nami Midori initially thought it was a trap to capture the Void Traveler. Upon sensing it, she realized Angel was merely wrapping a brief message with energy.
The gist of the message was: "If you have something to say, just come to see me. If you keep peeping in the void, I’ll get angry."
On the surface, it sounded like a tone used to soothe a child.
"Take the bait?" Angel shook his head. "No, I’m not trying to capture it. I just want to talk and find out why it keeps spying on me."
Nami Midori: "Didn’t you say earlier that the Void Traveler is weak, timid, and lacks the ability to communicate?"
Angel: "Indeed, the vast majority of Void Travelers might lack the intelligence to communicate with other species. However, the one I saw earlier was different..."
Just before, when Angel stepped through the Light Gate, he saw a Void Traveler fleeing. Unlike ordinary Void Travelers, this one was larger and fatter.
It was the special Void Traveler he had once seen in the presence of the Boiling Gentleman, trapped inside a golden ornate birdcage.
Because he had come into close contact with it before, Angel knew that this larger version of the Void Traveler was capable of communication.
And because Angel recognized this Void Traveler, he decided to leave a message, indicating that it could come to see him if it had something to discuss.
After all, back then, Angel had saved it from the Boiling Gentleman. Although it was at the request of the Dalmatian, he was the one who did the deed.
After hearing Angel’s account, Nami Midori asked, "Will that special Void Traveler you mentioned listen to the message and come to see you?"
Angel shrugged, "I don’t know either."
If the Void Traveler can remember the kindness of being released, it might indeed come to see Angel.
Even if it doesn’t, Angel isn’t too concerned. As he said earlier to Nami Midori, the individual strength of Void Travelers is very weak. Even the larger version is not strong.
So no matter how much the Void Traveler stirs, Angel won’t be afraid. Even though they have a natural advantage in the void and are incredibly fast, if they keep spying on Angel, setting a trap to catch them wouldn’t be difficult.
Because he was certain of this and aware of the "timid" nature of Void Travelers, Angel left words that seemed to have the tone of soothing a child. Because if the tone were too harsh, Angel worried that the Void Traveler would flee out of timidity.
Nami Midori gave Angel a deep look. Although Angel expressed uncertainty about whether the other party would come, Nami Midori felt that Angel seemed quite confident.
Nami Midori thought for a while and didn’t ask further. Instead, she said, "Do as you wish. Since the Void Traveler isn’t strong and it’s due to a racial ability that it can spy from afar, I won’t bother with this matter."
Nami Midori put away the floating flower and then swayed towards the Light Gate: "I’m leaving first. If there’s anything, you can contact me through the floating flower outside the Vine House."
After saying this, Nami Midori’s figure merged with the Light Gate and disappeared.
Angel didn’t linger long in the void either. He only reinforced the energy wave of his message once more before returning to the Tidal World.
After returning to the Vine House, Angel sat quietly in front of the portrait, pondering the issue of the Void Traveler in his mind.
Angel wasn’t afraid of the weak Void Travelers. But he was very curious as to why the Void Traveler would spy on him?
Nami Midori had asked this question earlier, too.
The answer Angel gave at the time was: "Maybe it has something to discuss with me, but because it’s too timid, each time, it only peeks for a moment and ultimately, due to its fear, doesn’t take the final step."
This answer, although based on the traits of Void Travelers, was still speculative and couldn’t be proven.
Moreover, the answer also raised a hypothetical question: Why would the Void Traveler find him to have something to discuss?
Was it to repay the kindness of being saved? Or was there another reason?
Besides, Angel really wanted to know how the Void Traveler determined his position.
Every time Angel moved, it seemed that the other party could lock onto his position in the void. Was this their ability too?
Angel knew very little about the Void Traveler, yet he had many questions.
And these questions now remain unanswered unless that Void Traveler sees the message in the void and decides to meet him.
Angel shook his head and decided to put these doubts aside for now. The matter of the Void Traveler was ultimately a trivial one, and it was better to focus on the issue of the Spatial Tempest.
.....
As Angel was again lost in thought, in the dark void, a group of "snot monsters" invisible to the naked eye appeared at the location where Angel left the message.
These soft and floppy snot monsters were the Void Travelers.
All the Void Travelers were now gathered around an energy ball.
They were like newborns, curious about everything, especially the glowing energy ball rarely seen in the vast void. More importantly, this energy ball wasn’t aggressive and exuded a very gentle and comforting aura.
However, this gathering didn’t last long. A noticeably larger and fatter Void Traveler approached from afar.
With its appearance, all the Void Travelers gathered around the energy ball instinctively parted to create a path, allowing it to come through smoothly.
This special Void Traveler came next to the energy ball, observed it for a moment, and finally nudged it gently.
The energy ball immediately crumbled into pieces.
Simultaneously, the message stored within the energy ball began to propagate in all directions.
All the Void Travelers sensed this message, but most of them couldn’t understand its meaning. Only that special Void Traveler, upon receiving the message, fell into deep thought.
After a while, a voice emerged from its mouth: "He’ll get angry... it’s time to go see him."
The ethereal voice echoed in the void, eventually fading away.
With the sound gone, the nearby Void Travelers, as if receiving some signal, disappeared one by one.
Leaving only the eternal, unchanging dark void.