TAIHEN Only If We Could Go Back

”Hey, Chronos, do you… s-scan anything? ” a blue man wearing a heavy brown coat asks the gadget hes holding.

It was the middle of the day, and the view struck him as something impeccably beautiful, especially on the beach. The sounds of the waves crashing into the bed of sand and pulling some back into the water really gave him a satisfying tingle. But even as it was, he still had to focus on what he needed to find.

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Negative.

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The gadget says.

”Alright, w-we could just… uh… it should b-be here though… ” the man worriedly concludes. ”Chronos… continue scanning. ”

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Scan Operational.

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It says as it activates a green radial light that has hexagonal shapes that continuously moves around to indicate whether or not the substance that he was looking for was there. For hours, there was nothing. He was ready to give up and move to the next temporal location, but thunder strikes him.

The moment he rotates the gadget to point directly at the ocean, the hexagonal shapes start spinning faster.

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Move closer.

Theres an aura close to the gems right in that direction.

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Taihen smiles. Finally, a lead. But then, it immediately turns into a frown.

”Thats… the ocean… ” he says.

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Calculating distance based on the gems aura…

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[154 meters southwest]

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”So… I h-have to… swim? ” he asks.

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Swimming is inefficient but effective.

Please be reminded to use your dive gear.

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”Al…right I guess… ” he says as he reaches out for his backpack and takes out an expandable oxygen mask and goggles. ”Are there… a-any predators? ”

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Possible.

Be reminded to equip your weapons.

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”I… nevermind… ” he says.

And then, he removes his heavy coat, exposing his deep blue skin. On a nearby tree that resembles an oversized palm tree, he carefully places both his backpack and his coat. After all that, he dives into the sea.

He was met with a number of underwater species that he himself has no idea what to call them. Some resembled a larger version of a goldfish, and some are just sticks that could potentially move around.

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Its getting closer.

Prepare your extraction gear.

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At a near distance, he could see a large green crystal shining just beneath some dead corals. Normally, one would only be able to make out a faint glow from afar. But because of a certain ability, hes able to look at something far away as if its just at a short distance. Zooming in, a modern-day man would call it.

His face once again blooms in excitement. Hes close to his goal. If the item hes looking for is there, then this adventure would be his final. But that expression, once again, turns into nervousness as a deep, dark shadow cascade above him. As he looks up, it was an unbelievably large sea mammal