Chapter 208: One in Infinity

"So tell me... Aaaninja... how did you get such a cool name?" Jacob inquired lazily, but there was a hint of curiousity in his eyes, he wanted to find out who this man was and just how powerful he was. There was just something about him that personified a level grace that Jacob had not seen on many people.

"Well, to put it simply, it’s not something you have to think about. Celestials aren’t given names by our parents. The world chooses our names for us." Aaaninja said in a calm but distant voice, he also didnt know where this boy who stood before him came from, but he longed to find out. As they were both already standing on the edge of time and space. It was only right if they got to know one another, even if it was on an acquaintance level.

Jacob wore an expression of uncertainty after hearing Aaaninja’s words, he curled his lips with dissatisfaction as he asked: "The world names you? What does that mean?"

Aaaninja smirked, he briefly recalled a not too distant time, when he was asked the same question, and then he flashed his multi-colored eyes at Jacob, inching closer to him as he said: "I’m from a certain place called the Celestial Planet, and as the dominant race, we have a rather unique way of naming..." Aaaninja paused, as if to let his words marinate, and let the atmosphere settle. "When a new Celestial is born, their name is etched directly onto their soul. It’s easily noticeable for the first year of our lives, as it takes the form of a tattoo imprinted on our skins. After that first year, it vanishes permanently."

Jacob crumpled his face once again, the words had filtered through his ear canals with certainty, this man standing before him was not just some human. The Celestial Planet, he had heard of it once before, on his travels. It had never quite interested him to visit the place, at least until this moment. "The name certainly sounds like one fit for a ruler."

It was all Jacob could do to hide his intrigue and mild amazement as his eyes studied every micro-movement that Aaaninja did. Jacob was cautious, he was still not completely sure that this man was to be trusted, and as such, he kept his guard raised, ready for even the slightest of movements.

"Haha, I had a friend say that once. You remind me a little bit of him really, well, judging by your appearance." Aaaninja responded, his hands neatly folded behind his back as he stood elegantly.

"W-What’s wrong with my appearance?"

"Nothing, I mean, the hair, the lean build, facial structure, you both could easily pass as twins." Aaaninja chuckled at his own joke, that was the first time Jacob heard the man laugh, but he wasn’t too amused, not because of his jealously, but because he didn’t particularly find the man’s words funny.

"This... friend of yours, who is he? He’s definitely not someone I know."

"You certainly don’t, he goes by the name of Null Anthony."

Null Anthony. The name dropped with a loud thud, sounding all too familiar, like an image he could see; only that the important parts were blurred out.

But Jacob would not let thoughts like these plague him, whoever this Anthony person was, he was not here, and there was no telling when or how their paths would cross. Therefore, he decided to leave it as is.

"So what do you think happened here... Aaaninja." Jacob could not help but like the name, it didn’t exactly roll off his tongue but it was interesting enough to want to pronounce at certain points.

"What happened with what?"

"—What happened that allowed us to be able to stand here at the edge of time and space like this, especially when the both of us were using different abilities?" Jacob finished his question and stared at Aaaninja with a glint in his eyes, eager to understand what was happening in full detail.

"You ask a lot of questions," Aaaninja remarked with a faint smirk and turned around to walk towards the opposite direction, his voice floating away slowly as he continued. "Well... last I remember I was in the River of Time, but it appears as though, somehow, in infinite possibility, my River of Time clashed with your Omniversal Passage and merged into one endless Quantum Continuum. You can visit any place, I can visit any time—together we can visit any place at any time."

Aaaninja’s spoke magnificently well, his explanation was surely understandable enough as he moved casually through the narrow space.

"What are the odds of this sort of thing happening?" Jacob muttered to himself, following closely behind the strange man. He still ran his hands along the permeable multi-colored walls as he moved along.

"Well, it’s like I said, my friend. Infinite possibilities. People say things like ’one in a million,’ or ’one in a thousand.’ This occurrence right here, is ’one in infinity.’" Aaaninja turned back, his rainbow eyes focusing on Jacob as a knowing smile flashed across his face, Jacob was close enough now to see that the clocks were... ticking.

Ticking clocks on his eyeballs... absolutely spectacular. Jacob thought in the most sarcastic tone he could muster. He only now realized, after noticing the ticking clocks on Aaaninja’s eyes that 1hour and 45 minutes had already passed in the real world and it was almost time for him to leave.

"One in infinity huh, that’s a very nice way of putting it." Jacob said.

"Would you like to visit my world?" Aaaninja asked him, turning back to face him fully now. His silk, red shirt and pants accentuating the bright colors of his pupils, and his white hair tips that brushed his shoulders ever-so-slightly.

Jacob frowned at Aaaninja’s tempting offer, but he had only 15 minutes left, and he still had to prepare for his assembly, he cursed inwardly as he said: "I’m sorry friend, but I can not come with you at this time, I have some urgent situation to attend to. But I will be back as soon as I can, can you guarantee you’ll be here still?"