"Well? Is that also out of my authority scope?"
"N-nono." 6666 stammered out, realising fully well where this conversation was going. But, could he refuse to answer when the other was clearly entitled to know 'this' truth? The answer obviously was... of course not! "If you followed all the steps in the original fate arranged for you, it- it would have at most- at most, taken eight or nine years…"
By the end, the soul guardian's voice had trailed off to barely above a whisper, probably seeing the expression on Yang Jingshen's face. For a moment after that, there was only silence. And then, "Fuck bro! Are you telling me, if I made the first choice, it would have at least taken me around forty years to complete my mission?"
"N-no. not- not that much! You- you got it wrong!!"
"Thirty?"
"That- that's still too- too-
"Twenty-five then?"
"..."
