Legend of the Three Madnesses (7)

Ryota looked at Kurumi and confirmed: "You won't just travel through time and change the past, it will only create a parallel world. You are the power that triggers the [Return of Eternal Tribulation], restarts the world, and changes a certain 'cause', bringing about the current trend of history. "

　　"I triggered the power of a god?"

　　Kurumi was a bit incomprehensible. There was definitely no connection between her and a transcendent existence like God.

　　Why this happened?

　　"If the conditions are met, it might be triggered."

　　Ryota said: "I don't know about other universes, but the universe we live in has been shrouded in the [Return of Eternal Tribulation] theory. Travel through time may only be one of the conditions to trigger its operation."

　　"..."

　　Hearing Ryota's conclusion, Kurumi suddenly lost her mind.

　　The idea of a parallel world was proposed by Ryota, but he personally vetoed it. The glimmer of hope that had awakened her with great difficulty was immediately extinguished.

　　Everyone had completely disappeared within the abandoned time.

　　This feeling... Better not say anything to her in the first place!

　　Kurumi couldn't hold back and made a final struggle: "Wait, didn't you say that the theocracy has changed four times? Then why is King Mercury still around? Shouldn't it be long gone?"

　　"You know the seven evil gods who are destroying the world right now?"

　　Ryota didn't answer the question, but asked a rhetorical question.

　　"I know," Kurumi wondered: "What's wrong? Could it be related to them?"

　　"No."

　　Ryota shook his head, suddenly there was a trace of cruelty in his eyes: "I just want to say that it is also a product of the old days that should have disappeared long ago..."

　　He started to tell the truth behind the seven evil gods.

　　...

　　With the entire universe as the stage, the era of interstellar wars for the "starting place" – that is, the initial state of the world – is underway.

　　In this era, a technological accident was born.

　　--Chair.

　　The center of events flowing out from the sediment law, the core of the universe, and the place where the gods rule the universe.

　　Simply put, it is a system that can help gods manage the world better and faster.

　　In that era, a woman with the talent to become a god, was tormented by endless killings to the point of insanity in a continuous space war. He didn't dare to accept the fact that the people he killed could pile up countless corpses.

　　Then, he defines himself as absolute goodness. He defines the people he kills as absolute evil.

　　It all makes sense.

　　The principle of "good and evil dualism" flows out and covers the universe. It caused civilization to return to the Middle Ages.

　　Life in the universe thus begins the eternal war of good and evil.

　　People are ugly, dirty, and their hearts are occupied by hatred and grudges, and all enemies are annihilated, leaving only curses, calling themselves good.

　　Beautiful, stubborn, cruel and innocent people to kill and create star-eating monsters to call themselves evil.

　　A war on a cosmic scale with units of ten thousand years continues between the two sides.

　　Extinct Star Cluster, Singularity, Locust, Bloody Garden, Empty Burial Circle, Dragon Skeleton, and True Monarch— they were the seven Demon Lords who represented the "evil" side.

　　It was a monster born under the rules of the first day.

　　In such wars, new gods appear.

　　It name is "Wuxiu".

　　The new god defeated the old god and succeeded in climbing onto the "chair", and the principle of "falling into the sky" covered the universe through the "chair".

　　The world has been devolved into a dark post-apocalyptic hyper-technological state. In this way, the theocratic succession began.

　　Day three beat day two. Then came the fourth day, King Mercury.

　　The gods of the first four days have paranoid passions and can be described as mad. Hence, to humans, they were no different from evil gods.

　　Only the fifth day, the Twilight Goddess, was different. He embraced everything with love, the law of reincarnation, and the world became an age of magic.

　　This is a world where all beings are constantly being reincarnated.

　　The soul promotes its own spiritual hybridization by experiencing various lives in reincarnation.

　　Awareness of racial differences, gender differences, rich and poor, reincarnation. Gradually getting thinner. By spending a long time, man has grown.

　　This great love even broke the shackles of the inevitable battle between gods, and accomplished the feat that allowed many gods to coexist in one era.

　　...

　　"It means..."

　　After sorting out the information, Kurumi asked: "King Mercury on the fourth day isn't actually dead, and is still under the dominion of the Dusk Goddess on the fifth day?"

　　"Not only King Mercury, but two other gods born in the era of the fourth day. The two of them were in the era of the Dusk Goddess and guarded the Goddess together."

　　"So we are now under the reign of the Dusk Goddess?"

　　"No, the Dusk Goddess' reign is over."

　　Ryota's voice became low and deep: "Her extreme love contributed to extreme evil. Under her reign, a god who could be called the most evil even among the gods of all eras was born. The new gods battled the four old gods, and the result…"

　　Shaking his head slightly, Ryota said: "I only know that the most evil god was sealed in the Red Lotus Realm, and this world has become very chaotic due to an unknown event. The gods of the past have reappeared and operated, and even the monsters that should have disappeared in the theocratic replacement have also been exhausted. For example, the seven evil gods who were rampaging right now… No, they weren't gods at all, they were simply monsters born under the reign of the first day. Apart from them, there are many monsters who crawled out of the abandoned era outside the universe, and they are full of hatred for the living souls. "

　　"Monsters from the past..."

　　Kurumi frowned, she finally knew the true identities of the Seven Evil Gods. But her new doubts were born again:

　　"Where is the Red Lotus Realm?"

　　"No matter in which universe, the God of self-destruction Godhead creates a void field, once it exceeds the speed of light, it will enter the Red Lotus Realm, and then stagnate forever."

　　Ryota looks out the window, looks at the sky ... or looks at the universe: "The evil god who destroyed the power of the Goddess of Dusk was sealed there, and as time passed, his power continued to break through the seal. The final blockade jammed at the speed of light. You must be aware of the [Red Advent] phenomenon, right? To put it simply, the power of the evil god hit the edge of the Red Conqueror Realm, and the power flowing at the speed of light caused the [Red Advent] phenomenon. When illuminated by that kind of red light, souls below the gods will be swayed by the evil god and become monsters who want to kill all life except themselves."

　　"..."

　　Kurumi was shocked by this shocking information. Unexpectedly, there is a secret hidden behind the [Red Advent] phenomenon which has always been a mystery.

The reason why the ghost appeared was solved. However, she felt very depressed.

　　After the god's destiny pervades the world, the world will run in the state that the god wants it to be.

　　All life will obey this state.

　　What kind of existence is a god in the Red Lotus Realm, whose mind is to kill everything but himself?

　　Why is there such an overwhelming desire to live?

"The seal is broken... aren't we in danger?" Kurumi asked quickly.

　　"Hmph... Do you think we're safe now?"

　　The ruthlessness in Ryota's eyes deepened: "The crisis of the evil god in the Red Lotus Realm, like the theory of the heat death of the universe, is too far. The seven monsters that were born under the world's rule on the first day were an immediate crisis. We don't know if we can survive the imminent crisis. Do you think it is our turn to worry about the destruction of the universe?"

　　"..."

　　Kurumi was speechless, she came to Ryota with hope.

　　She hopes that with Ryota's help, she can quickly return to the third stage pyker, and then help Ryota to eliminate the cultists who cause trouble, and lead the world to a better direction. As a result, what was harvested was full of despair.

　　What broke her even more was that she was almost certain that all of the current calamities were created by her hands.

　　How many people did she indirectly kill...

　　Why...

　　Why would such an earth-shaking change occur just by saving an ordinary person?

　　Could this world be destroyed in her hands...

　　"No! No! We still have hope!"

　　Suddenly, Kurumi pounced on Ryota and grabbed her hand tightly: "As long as we can eliminate the cultists, the crisis in this world can be reduced by more than half, and the rest is only slowly eliminating the ghosts. As for the evil god in the Red Lotus Realm, we can take our time, as long as I can reach the third stage, we can definitely deal with it…"

　　"No way," Ryota shook his head, "You just give up."

　　"Why not possible?"

　　Kurumi argued: "The war hasn't ended for many years, which proves that the peak power of cultists is at most equivalent to a third stage psyker. But you are different, your upper limit far surpasses the third stage, you can definitely…"

　　"I said, that's impossible."

　　"So why is it not possible? The Ryota I know won't give up easily!"

　　"You don't understand anything at all!"

　　Ryota suddenly grabbed Kurumi, lifted her up, and leaned against the photo-covered wall, and said in a growling voice:

　　"Do you know who they are? Kei, Miyuki, Father, Hayasaka... That bastard from the cult took everything from me! You think I don't want to kill them all? The power of these bastards has bound the alliance. The last time we fought, our third-stage psychics lost three people, and these bastards, a few more fanatics will appear, they will be able to break through the power loss in a short time. A few more wars, the world will be desperate! You tell me how much we want to kill! How to win!"

　　"...Sorry."

　　Kurumi looked at the photos on the wall, tears welling up in her eyes.

　　Although it was expected that Kei and the others might have an accident. But she always had a glimmer of hope in her heart.

　　Now, Ryota says this fact himself, destroying all her hopes.

　　All their deaths were her doing.

　　"Sorry..."

　　Her eyes, which had just been wiped dry, moistened again.

　　"You don't need to apologize, it has nothing to do with you."

　　Ryota released Kurumi, and his tone returned to normal. It's just that his eyes reddened, indicating the heart is not peaceful.

　　"You know, why do I know so many things?" Ryota asked. "The me you know knows nothing, right?"

　　Kurumi was surprised.

　　Ryota didn't wait for her to answer, he turned his head to look at each photo.

　　His eyes swept over everyone in the photo one by one, and finally focused on the little girl with a calm expression.

　　"I should have died too. Ming Hong who made me live. The price was that she sacrificed her soul. She has disappeared, all that remains for me are memories that are useless to know about!"

　　Ryota's gaze returned to Kurumi: "Now you understand? The Military Commander System has been damaged on the Third Bridge. My power is only similar to third stage psyker, destroy all cultists? Hahahaha…"

　　He raised the bloody sword in his hand and stroked it slowly. Treat yourself like a lover: "Now only this form of the sword remains. Why do something stupid like that…"

　　"..."

　　Kurumi lowered her head deeply, she didn't dare look at the sword in Ryota's hand anymore.

　　Why did even Ming Hong...

　　How many tragedies she caused!

　　The atmosphere in the room suddenly became quiet.

　　Kurumi wanted to say something to Ryota.

　　Sorry... but sorry has been said many times.

　　Consolation... Now that she's just a stranger to Ryota, can her consolation work?

　　Suddenly, Kurumi thought of something. Suddenly she said:

　　"Ming Hong, she has learned to speak."

　　"..."

　　Ryota averted his eyes.

　　Kurumi continued: "Her voice sounds really cute. She will often act like a baby to you, and she will always have her own way. She will immediately tug at your sleeve if she wants something, regardless of time and opportunity. Even though it's a bit of a headache, but from another perspective, isn't that little girl cute?"

　　"Really..." Ryota nodded.

　　Seeing this, Kurumi heaved a sigh of relief for some reason.

　　She continued: "By the way, you even secretly touched Ming Hong's buttocks."

　　Ryota: "..."

　　"There's a question I've always wanted to ask you."

　　Kurumi wiped away her tears, forced a smile and said: "Ryota, do you like Ming Hong? I mean the kind of relationship between a man and a woman."

　　"That's right."

　　"Wow... you really dare say that, you pedophile!"

　　"It has nothing to do with age." Ryota explained: "She absorbed my destructive impulse, which is my self-destructive factor. For the existence of the factor of self-destruction, the same sex must be friendship, and the opposite sex must be love. These are the rules, and nothing should be avoided."

　　"Self-destruction factor?" Kurumi asked.

　　Ryota shook his head, without much explanation, only said: "Can you tell me about me and the people around me before history changed?"

　　"Um..."

　　Kurumi clutched at her heart, as if to shake off the sting of the memories:

　　"I will tell you little by little from beginning to end."

　　...

　　In this way, Kurumi fell into a deep memory. Under the shock of memory, she couldn't even organize her words properly, she could only say them on instinct, saying whatever came to mind.

　　Just like this, occasionally she laughs, occasionally complains, and occasionally her voice trembles with tears...

　　It wasn't until three hours later that she finished talking about her experience. With a dry mouth, her voice became slightly hoarse.

　　Ryota had been listening quietly.

　　What a very detailed experience...

　　Even some trifles in everyday life are mentioned. With these words, he outlined a complete world in his mind.

　　Every detail is so real.

　　Kei, Hayasaka, Miyuki... all of them are still alive, and they are having fun.

　　Upon hearing the scene where Ming Hong acted like a baby to him, Ryota subconsciously lifted the corners of his mouth, showing his first smile in two years.

　　The world is so good.

　　Only...

　　Ryota's eyes became complicated when he saw Kurumi who had become absent-minded after the narration.

　　Kurumi saved her parents from a ghost—as soon as Ryota heard this, he knew the reason why history could change so much.

　　It's just... the truth is too cruel for girls.

　　Ryota kept a secret in his heart, suddenly crouched down, stretched out his hand, and touched the head of Kurumi who was sitting on the ground.

　　"!?"

　　Kurumi, who was lost in memories, was surprised: "Ryota...?"

　　"Go home, Kurumi."

　　Ryota persuaded and said: "Don't take part in the battle anymore, come back, that's where you should be."

　　"What are you talking about? I have to reintegrate the key to open the spirit…"

　　"It's useless, even if you can reach the domain again, it will have no effect on the battle situation."

　　Ryota shook his head: "Listen to me, come back."

　　"I'm not coming back!"

　　Kurumi showed quite the determination: "Even if you don't help me, I will find someone to get the key and become a psyker again. Now that the Psychic Alliance was waging war against the cultists, there was definitely a shortage of manpower, it would be impossible for them to resist someone with extremely high talent. "

　　"Your mother needs you," Ryota reminded her.

　　"..."

　　Kurumi gritted her teeth: "Now that I can't take care of things, I have to correct the mistakes I made. Don't worry about mom, I... I'll explain it to her. "

　　"Really not home?"

　　"I don't want to run away anymore."

　　Kurumi showed a determined gaze.

　　Seeing this, Ryota sighed and didn't insist on persuading.

　　After hesitating for a moment, he said: "Now that you have made up your mind, why don't you listen to one of my plans?"

　　"Plan?"

　　"Yeah, a plan to save the world."