Not everyone possessed a hidden destiny.
But the probability of one appearing was extremely high. Among humans, roughly seventy to eighty percent carried some form of destiny. The vast majority, however, were bizarre and highly specific—circumstances a person might encounter only a few times, or perhaps never, in their entire life.
And when such coincidences did occur, most people would simply think they had been unlucky. They would never suspect that the outcome had been predetermined from the start.
Kanzaki Rei's perception drifted across every person on the island.
It was not only humans who possessed destinies.
Even rabbits, ants, and other insignificant creatures carried hidden destinies of their own.
Their destinies were far more trivial, however, and appeared far less frequently than among humans.
Perhaps only one ant out of ten million would possess a hidden destiny, and even then, it would involve nothing more than some inconsequential event.
After searching for a while—
Kanzaki Rei's gaze finally locked onto a Level 2 Planter.
"Oh. This destiny might actually be useful."
"Always able to detect dangerous enemies before they discover him."
If a combat-class professional possessed this destiny, their combat strength would likely rise by an entire tier. At the very least, they would never be caught in an ambush.
But for a Level 2 Planter…
Its effect amounted to this:
One afternoon after tending the fields, while walking around a corner, he would spot a monster a moment earlier than he otherwise would have, be startled out of his wits—and then be casually slapped to death anyway.
The same destiny could produce worlds of difference depending on who possessed it.
Kanzaki Rei casually raised his hand.
With a sharp crack, the words floating above the Level 2 Planter's head fell away, as though breaking free from invisible chains.
The destiny transferred to Kanzaki Rei.
Those blurred, flickering symbolic words gradually merged into his body.
A predetermined destiny had been grafted onto him.
Yet the feedback was utterly silent.
Kanzaki Rei did not feel the gaze of any higher-order existence upon him.
The activation conditions of the Unsolvable Enigma were remarkably flexible.
He could decide at will who was allowed to see him, who was forbidden from seeing him, and how much they were permitted to perceive.
Naturally, he concealed everything from Level 9 beings and gods.
But toward Rank 8 and Level 8 professionals, he left those restrictions open.
"So there really isn't a single hostile entity watching me."
A Level 3 Seer.
Three wishes.
Six opportunities each day to simulate the future.
At this point, all of his levels had once again risen to Level 6.
"Next…"
With a thought, the book he had just obtained appeared in his hand.
Destiny
This was what Pally had left behind.
The conditions to unlock it had been met the moment he became a Level 3 Seer, and Kanzaki Rei opened it effortlessly.
The moment he turned the cover—
He saw nothing but blank white pages.
Every single sheet was empty.
Yet through his talent, he could clearly read the words that had once been inscribed upon those blank pages.
"Volume One: Record of Destinies."
Beginning on the first page were the destinies of various individuals.
Arid Edward: A destiny that guarantees escape before the strongest enemy's killing blow lands.
Mumor: A destiny that always allows danger to be avoided while sleeping.
Roya: A destiny that turns the most dangerous enemy into an ally.
Kiyomi Rei: A destiny that guarantees escape so long as she can use illusions.
Soralan: A destiny in which mortal enemies always find a reason not to kill.
…
There were many names recorded there.
Some of them belonged to people he personally knew.
Roya.
And Kiyomi Rei.
So they too possessed inevitable destinies.
Compared to the mundane destinies he had observed among the people of the Forbidden Moon Land, these were on an entirely different level of absurdity.
Almost all of these destinies revolved around escape.
They ensured that their owners would always survive encounters with enemies.
In fact…
Wouldn't possessing such destinies mean they could never be killed by an enemy?
Not necessarily.
The triggering conditions still had to be met.
If someone was fated to avoid danger only while sleeping, then they would gain no protection while awake.
And "not killed" did not necessarily mean "safe."
An enemy could imprison them.
Seal them away.
Cripple them.
The first section recorded primarily destinies of escape.
As he turned the page and continued reading…
Kaiga: Before reincarnation, encounters enemies at least ten times per day.
Shiro: A destiny to destroy everything touched.
Shanna: A destiny to freeze everything touched.
Ehkator: A destiny to become one's own enemy.
Kokorozuki: A destiny that causes all things in the world to fall in love with her.
Inel Lipani: A destiny that makes the future she sees impossible to alter.
Perga: A destiny to unleash the greatest chaos and destruction upon the world.
Sophia: A destiny to animate the world.
Yakatikto: An unpredictable miracle.
Naraku: Darkness that cannot be gazed upon.
Jua: Light that cannot be gazed upon.
Izparut: A destiny to become the Origin.
…
This page was almost entirely filled with gods.
Mixed among them were a few unfamiliar names, as well as several friends he knew.
And the destinies recorded here were nothing short of heaven-defying.
Izparut was destined to become the Origin.
That outcome was already fixed.
And as for himself…
Kanzaki Rei turned his gaze inward.
There was no destiny.
No previous life.
No ordained fate.
Only emptiness.
A hollow shell containing nothing at all.
Further on, the book recorded destinies belonging to figures like Lothdan—individuals who functioned as the central vein of entire nations.
As long as they existed, prosperity in a certain domain was guaranteed.
"Everyone truly has their own fate."
If one knew what destiny they possessed and learned to exploit its inevitability, then even without a high level or any special advantage in advancement, they could still achieve extraordinary accomplishments.
Unfortunately, no one knew what their own destiny was.
The entirety of Volume One concerned destiny.
But this book contained more than one volume.
After Destiny came Volume Two.
He turned the page.
"Volume Two: Record of Heavenly Mandates."
"April, Year 5014: The seventh Forbidden Zone of Life is born in Boundless Mountain."
"June, Year 5022: The Deep Earth and the present world reestablish contact."
"May, Year 5026: The Twelve Lunar Stars are fully established."
"August, Year 5036: The Origin is reshaped."
"September, Year 5036: The Sea of Trees."
"October, Year 5036: The Lunar Stars shift positions."
"January, Year 5037: Mysteries are revealed."
…
Every passage was written in an extraordinarily unique language.
It was a language that had never before appeared in the world.
Even Kanzaki Rei himself had never studied it.
Yet the moment he looked upon it, he immediately understood its meaning.
These words did not merely record information.
They embodied it.
Everything they described belonged to true destiny.
Everything would inevitably, absolutely come to pass.
No matter what other diviners foresaw.
No matter how anyone attempted to alter the future.
In the end, all of it would happen.
This was the Heavenly Mandate Theorem Technique.
A far more profound application of it.
The Heavenly Mandate Theorem Technique was divided into an outer form and an inner form.
Kanzaki Rei had mastered only the outer form.
And he had almost never used it.
"Pally."
"You placed this in my hands… so that I could see these events and change them?"
Kanzaki Rei could not help but recall the conversation he had shared with Pally within the reset timeline.
According to her prophecy, he was the only outsider.
The only one who might be capable of changing what she had foreseen.