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Chapter 241: World after the fall (13)

Chapter 241: World after the fall (13)

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Three days later, Jaehwan was at Sakamoto's laboratory.

"I'm sorry, Professor. You recommended me to the company and..."

"No, it's alright. I heard about what happened from Seoyul. I should be the one to apologize."

Sakamoto waved his hands and smiled bitterly.

"I didn't know Inchan would have changed that much. He wasn't like that before. I don't know what to say."

Jaehwan glanced around the lab and found a pile of books about parallel universes on the table. It felt weird to know that Sakamoto had not changed after all this time. Sakamoto smiled as he noticed that Jaehwan was looking at the pile of books.

"It might not be in this universe, but Inchan might be a good friend in some other universe out there. Try to understand him in that regard."

"...Is it the parallel universe again?"

"Haha, yeah. You know my research is related to that."

Sakamoto laughed but Jaehwan wanted to say that Inchan was probably not a good man in another universe.

-Use it in small particles... I'm sure we can have many people use this item if that's the case.

'He will probably be an asshole in that universe...'

-But it might not work, so I'll try it out first and let you guys know after!

And a bastard that would give nightmares to everyone into a nightmare for his own greed.

However, Sakamoto did not know anything. He just smiled and sipped his coffee. As Jaehwan heard the sound of a sip and looked at all theory books on the bookshelves, he felt weird.

"Professor. Do you really believe in a 'parallel universe'?"

Sakamoto seemed to be surprised by the question as he spat out some of the coffee. He quickly reached for a tissue to clean it off and answered, "Why are you asking? It's just a theory."

"So, you don't believe in it?"

"Hmm... How should I say it?"

"You told me once that there is no imagination or delusion in this world. Imagination will exist as another world in another universe. That's what you said."

Sakamoto became silent for a while because of Jaehwan's words. The clock on the wall ticked and regulated time. After the ticking rotated for one full cycle, Sakamoto finally broke the silence.

"Jaehwan. I can't answer your question. It is a question that I have no answer to. But I can tell you another story."

The professor's eyes shined brightly.

"Have you heard of something called 'classical mechanics'?"

"Yes. Isn't it about the Newton era and the laws of physics at the time?"

"Oh, so you did listen to my lectures after all?"

"I know that the gravity is beyond just pulling down the apple from the tree."

Sakamoto laughed, "Right. To the people of Newton's age, the world was just that. If gravity affects the tree, the apple will drop. It was an easy world. People believed that the world could be understood through numbers and calculations."

"Of course. But why are you..."

Sakamoto kept on smiling and continued, "Those people believed that they were looking at the 'same thing' and lived in the 'same time'. Think about it. Think about how simple the world was to them, and think about how shocking it was for them to face theories like the theory of relativity or quantum mechanics."