A strong person will never take his own life as a gamble or as a joke.
Now, the veto from the two leaders of the Straw Hat Pirates made Usopp blush, and he couldn't help but say some humorous remarks that made people laugh, such as "I am the editing critic" and "Don't pretend to know what you don't".
I'm being a bit stubborn, folks.
Fortunately, Usopp's antics were soon interrupted by a real show-off and face-slapping guy.
"Ah, I think there is nothing wrong with what Zoro and Sanji said."
This plain and casual remark interrupted everyone's nonsense, forcing them to look at Luffy, who was sitting at the table eating cookies and watching TV.
"That's right!? Luffy! What do you mean, are you questioning our great sea warrior Usopp?!" Who would have thought that the first person to refute after hearing this sentence was Chopper, who was too immersed in the role. His eyes were in the shape of inverted triangles, and he looked fierce and ferocious. His protest posture was quite interesting.
However, Luffy was not one to be frightened. Facing his friend's question, he just frowned, then swallowed his food with a hum, and then said, "Well, if you ask me, this is all quite normal. Can't you see? In fact, this guy is not injured at all. If he had scars on his body, he would at least show a little bit of pain, and he would definitely not be in such a leisurely mood to maintain so many paragraphs of dialogue before the battle!"
As soon as the words fell, the scene suddenly became quiet. Nami, the navigator who usually didn't like to get involved in this kind of edited conversation, raised her eyebrows, cleared her throat and was about to say a few words to lighten the atmosphere.
However, it was no longer her turn to say anything in this situation!
"Ha! Does that mean they really have to prepare to fight against the perfect demon god Onutis?"
Usopp and Chopper, who finally realized the reality, widened their eyes and screamed in disbelief: "No way, what should we do, what should we do, what should we do, what should we do!"
At the same time, in the virtual space.
Spectators from all over the world witnessed these scenes happening very close to them.
Feeling that the demonic power that was enough to ripple through eternity and cause all things to decay was being dissolved.
Seeing Kamijou Touma having to face this terrifyingly powerful demon alone.
They have thousands of complexities in their hearts.
"Can this... win?" Some viewers began to back off.
"It should, it should be okay, right?" Next to him was a spectator who was very skeptical about the outcome.
One thing we have to admit is.
Even though everyone is often satisfied with the halo of the protagonist.
But everyone knows it.
These protagonists are simply those who work hard and persevere, and eventually gain qualifications that surpass others through their personal abilities.
To say that any of them has the luck to completely ignore everything is nothing but a joke.
That's why.
The vast majority of people are more rational and objective in evaluating the difference in combat power between Kamijou Touma and the demon god Onutis.
To describe it directly...
"To put it bluntly, if they fight again, the chances of Kamijou Touma being able to successfully avenge his defeat is only 0%. There is no chance of an increase at all."
"Because - the previous duel was really cruel to him. He didn't have any chance to attack at all. He was completely ravaged by Onutis."
"Given this past experience, it's really hard to think positively of Kamijou Touma."
That's all the talk.
Inui Sadaharu from the Prince of Tennis world summarized the data he had loaded again and came to the conclusion that Kamijou Touma had absolutely no way of defeating the demon god named Onutis head-on.
However...when he was about to put an end to this evaluation, this young man who believed in science and data hesitated for a few seconds.
Finally..he left a question mark.
Even I couldn't believe it.
For the first time, he began to doubt the data.
"The data never lie, but occasionally, there are unexpected events and sudden incidents that override the data. It is precisely because of these that everything seems full of unknowns."
"This is the truth that the live broadcasts so far have taught me... Although I am reluctant to admit it, these people who can be called the protagonists are god-like beings who can create their own glorious moments even when the data is absolutely unfavorable to them."
"So this time...can he do it?"
Weighing the frame of his glasses, Qian Zhenzhi murmured twice as if talking to himself.
And in front of his eyes.
The two people who had been chattering non-stop finally came to an end.
One hundred percent demon god, Onutis.
She made the final statement.
She..want to destroy the world.
What an appalling statement.
but--
Speak from the mouth of this demon.
The audience made a magical discovery.
No one expressed disdain or disbelief.
Just continue to watch this battle that is bound to break out at any moment with nervous vigilance.
To destroy the world is equivalent to wanting to destroy everything Kamijou Touma has!
That was an absurd thing that the boy could never tolerate and could never allow.
Destroy this world?
What a joke!!!
"How could I allow this to happen!!"
These words were not the boast uttered by Kamijou Touma in the edited video.
Instead, Kamijou Touma stood in front of the battle of the intersecting worlds, watching his future self about to stop this crazy demon god, and was determined to rewrite everything.
All this peace, all this daily life, everyone is trying to maintain an orderly life, no matter how painful, how hard, how happy or how joyful the daily life is, it seems to be meaningless to this group of magicians.
but--!
For ordinary people like them, this is the [world] of everything in this world, how could it just disappear like this!!!
Accompanied by roars.
Unfortunately, the scenery before my eyes quickly turned white.
Then, wait until the halo returns to a state that the audience can adapt to.
What appeared before everyone's eyes was an even more absurd scene.
.....
"Failed."
The voice of the demon god Othinus slid into my ears.
At first, Kamijou Touma didn't understand this extremely strange and desperate situation.
"You failed, and this is what happened. To be honest, I have no interest in what you do next, but this is reality. It's so boring, and everything is predictable in the end."
"…"
Kamijou finally found himself lying on his back.
He stood up in a panic, and then was so frightened that he couldn't speak. The surroundings looked so strange. Dark, completely dark. Looking around, all he could see was a flat surface with even less height difference than a silicon wafer. The land, without even micron-level fluctuations, stretched all the way to the other side of the horizon.
"What's going on here..."
There is no natural thing like natural things, and there is no artificial thing like artificial things.
Although the term "horizon" is a common term, it doesn't seem right here either. The land and sky are both a single black color, indistinguishable.
Even if he turned 360 degrees to look around, the scenery didn't change. Was the place where he thought he was "back" really the right place? Without anything to mark it, Kamijou had no confidence.
Blonde and blue eyes.
A girl holding a spear with one eye covered with a leather patch.
Only Othinus's blond hair and fair skin stood out like a full moon in this unified dark world.
Slowly, an inexplicable sense of reality welled up in Kamijou's heart.
This was the first time he felt such strong hostility and rejection towards the word "sense of reality".
"…What's going on? This is Tokyo Bay, right? This should be the base of the 'troublemakers', a place called the 'cemetery at sea'!"
"What's up, does it look like somewhere else?"
"Wait…"
The boy was unexpectedly close to the demon.
Much closer than the previous chase on the other side of the world - in the city of Bagagegi in Eastern Europe.
But it feels so far away.
The gap in understanding between each other is greater than ever before.
Even further than the end of the world.
"This is not the 'cemetery at sea'. You carried me, who was unconscious, to another place. This is the truth! Because, because! It has to be this way!"
"Why does the world have to revolve around you?"
"So that's the case! What happened to the 'Sea Cemetery'? What about Tokyo Bay?"
"Did your eyes catch a single shred of wreckage?"
"So what about the people here? What about Index, Misaka, Reisa, and Birdway? No, not just them, what about the whole group of people living in Tokyo?"
"Do I look like I care about these things?"
Cognitive collapse.
It makes people forget where anger and sadness come from.
These emotions are so natural that we don't even care how they form.
After escaping the state of extreme confusion, Kamijou couldn't even understand the movements of his own mind.
"…You are lying…"
"Hey, how long do you plan to keep this conversation going?"
"This is all a lie! You just used some mysterious method to make it look like this! Because it's easier. Instead of destroying the Tokyo Bay area and killing so many people, it's much easier to just move the two of us to 'somewhere else'! So this must be the case!"
"At this point, your perception is meaningless. The disappearance of some things is just a small matter. In fact, there are only you and me here."
Othinus said listlessly.
She looked like someone who had discovered that the app she downloaded to kill time late at night was more boring than she expected.
"Also, your perception of scale seems to be wrong."
"What? Is there something wrong again...?"
"Why are you talking about something as trivial as Tokyo Bay? What I destroyed was not just a tiny planet called 'Earth'."
Kamijou Touma.
He smiled. He couldn't help but smile. He had completely given up trying to figure out what was going on. His emotions had all disappeared. He didn't know what emotions were causing his face to move. Perhaps, this was the expression of a puppet with its strings cut off. His facial muscles might be affected by his will to some extent, even though he looked expressionless and indifferent.
None of this matters.
There would be no gain from continuing to talk to the demon god Othinus.
Dialogue between the two sides could not be established.
Euthinus is lying. She must be lying. She must be lying.
You can only confirm it with your own eyes.
This way, the farce should be over.
"Haha, if you want to watch it, go ahead. It's actually okay not to watch those things. No, it's better not to watch them."
Othinus's mocking voice came from behind Kamijou.
He didn't intend to pay any attention.Kamijou staggered as he began to walk through the world that had turned completely black. Even though he had the extremely powerful Othinus at his back, he did not feel any immediate danger to his life.
"Index…"
The boy whispered.
There was no relief or shelter anywhere in the surrounding area.
If there was anyone standing nearby, they would have noticed me immediately.
"Misaka."
There are no mountains or valleys. There are no seas or rivers. There is no sun or moon.
There was only, only, only, only, no matter how long or how far he walked, the plane remained the same. Kamijou called out several names, but they all disappeared as if being absorbed.
"Lesha! Bertwei!"
No.
No matter where you go.
Although the facts obtained by the five senses are simple and clear, it takes a very long time for the brain to understand. There is a voice in his head shouting "I must not admit this", making him resist it with all his strength.
There must be something to be found somewhere.
There might be something like a valley in this dark world. If everyone is hiding there, we might not be able to notice it just by looking from afar. It must be like this. It has to be like this. All these were in Kamijou Touma's mind. He had already thrown aside the purpose and conclusion, and he just kept walking.
Then.
Then.
Then.
Time passed. When this thought came to his mind, Kamijou could no longer remember how many hours he had walked. There was no sun or moon to serve as a guide, and there was no starry sky above his head, only a pitch-black canopy. In reality, it could have been only a few dozen minutes, or it could have been three days and three nights.
Even in the immersive virtual space, the audience has the same feeling!
"This...how long will this take?!" Killua, who believed that he had a willpower far superior to that of an ordinary person, was already feeling drowsy and was about to faint.
"Damn it, this demon... these actions are really unbearable!" Looking at this scene, an electric current that could not be hidden was already surging through Misaka Mikoto's hair.
At the same time, the queen who always loved to contradict her also had her eyes burning with anger as she stared at the complacent demon god with a common hatred for the enemy. The boundless anger in her was enough to affect anyone around her.
all in all.
This moment.
Kamijou's thoughts came to a kind of "period". Or maybe it was the breaking of his tense nerves.
No one.
There was no one anywhere.
He didn't meet anyone.
"…Ah, ah…"
Speaking of which, where exactly is this place?
No matter how much you estimate, the "cemetery at sea" is not this big. If you walk in a straight line, you should hit the sea sooner or later. However, no matter how long you walk, nothing changes. The ocean disappears. This scene seems to be from a picture book written for children, but it makes people feel strange philosophy. Am I lost in an extremely unreasonable and unrealistic world?
Or say.
Has the "world" become like this?
"Aaaaaaaaa——"
Where is this?
Kamijou Touma correctly perceived "doubt" for the first time.
Once he "realized" it, he could no longer hold on. His mind was oppressed from all sides. All around him was a pitch-black plain that did not allow even micrometer-level fluctuations to appear, and there was nothing to refer to in the equally pitch-black sky. Where was he standing? He could not find anything that could serve as an indicator. He might be moving forward in a straight line like a machine, or he might just be spinning in a narrow range. He no longer had any means of proof, and he only knew that his footsteps and the foundation that supported his will were constantly collapsing.
No matter how strong you are, no matter how perseverant you are.
The tangible despair before his eyes finally broke the young man's tense heartstrings.
So here it is——
In front of all the audiences who have accompanied him through this ordeal until now.
This savior who had saved the world so many times could no longer hold back and broke down and shouted—
"Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
Chapter 189: Wanted Criminal Kamijou Touma
Despair, sadness, exhaustion, and confusion.
The young man, who had experienced all the mixed emotions in the world, seemed to be walking in a never-ending purgatory.
However, she, the instigator of these evil thoughts, watched the unfolding of these scenes with amusement and interest, as if she was having fun.
In the barren and desolate desert, the figure of a young man walking alone...the sight of him walking forward for hundreds of days was truly crazy.
Even the audience in the live broadcast room couldn't restrain their madness.
At that moment, the audience who were still able to insist on sitting in the realistic simulation scene were all the leaders in their respective worlds.
Or maybe, he is a close friend who is closely connected to Kamijou Touma.
It is because those who remain here at this moment are all strong ones.
So they all knew very well——
It was no surprise that Kamijou Touma let out such a wail.
"Tsk, this is really an unpleasant situation!"
Seeing this guy, who also represented Academy City's fighting power and should even be called the true ace, being tortured to death, Accelerator clenched his fists with a gloomy look, as if he felt annoyed and unhappy about the disparity between magic and science.
However, his eyes never moved away from the scene before him.
Similarly, the Fire on the Right beside him had a stern expression on his face, quietly watching the scenes taking place in front of him.
This is a dark space with no living creatures.
No, not the creatures.
There is not even a single thing that can be called a "thing".
The only one who was there was Kamijou Touma who kept moving forward.
besides...
Only Euthinus.
She is like the rising sun.
Standing alone.
Look at it all quietly.
The horror of only being left alive.
The terror that overtook my heart when everything except myself disappeared.
He had no resistance to this kind of thing. In fact, even the fact that he had resistance was wrong. This situation should not happen, and it was the greatest evil of all possibilities. Kamijou Touma was thrown into a situation that he should not even have once experienced.
My thoughts are stuck on "what should I do?"
A world without indicators.
There was nothingness everywhere, 360 degrees around me.
Take the example of a protagonist standing in a field in an RPG game. Although he can go east, south, west, or north, he can't see any towns or villages, and he can't run into anyone, no matter if he walks for an hour or a whole day. Whether he keeps going forward or turns back, he can only see the same field stretching out... What is he trying to do? Who can bear to continue? Who wants to play with someone who has created such a desperate situation?
therefore.
Kamijou's tormented heart desperately searched for the indicator.
Be it a small village, a bridge over a river, or a billboard that is placed too coincidentally.
In short, any subject matter will do.
"…Isn't this there?"
Then he spoke softly.
The body that had been curled up like a fetus stretched out again and climbed up with a slow movement.
An idea popped into the boy's mind.
Rethinking the option that you had completely discarded.
In this pitch-black world, there is only one foreign object as dazzling as a full moon.
As a last resort.
"Isn't Othinus, the culprit behind all this, still here?"
Is this getting straight to the point?
Or is it an escape from reality?
Kamijou Touma took another step. In order to see Othinus again, he turned back along the same path.
....
"Is he crazy?" Seeing this, even Natsuki Subaru, who had always supported Kamijou Touma, looked panicked: "Hey... Hey, hey, hey! Even if you turn around and go back now, the enemy in front of you is not one you can handle! Kamijou Touma, wake up!"
This sentence appeared in the minds of every spectator at the same time.
Can't win——!
Such a return journey is like an egg hitting a rock.
But at this moment, he was determined to continue on his journey back and forth despite knowing this.
Why is this?
It is to give up thinking completely.
Don't you want to continue struggling?
All of a sudden, the audience started discussing it.
Some are disappointed, some still have expectations, and some sneer at it. This is the best example of all the different attitudes.
"In the final analysis, this is nothing more than a farce that will eventually fail. But in the end, Kamijou Touma will be able to rise again like a warrior who never gives up despite repeated failures, or he will be completely defeated like the previous negative example of Light Yagami. This is probably the only thing to watch at the moment."
In the Dragon Ball world, Whis, the angel of Universe 7, leaned on a cane and looked at the scene thoughtfully. He was naturally not shaken by the current situation, and just calmly narrated as a bystander: "Oh, but speaking of it, many viewers have a common problem in their thoughts, that is, they take things for granted. They didn't even understand such a simple reason as why Kamijou Touma turned back? This is an idea that is easy to understand."
"I think that's because in this desolate world without any living creatures, there is only this life form called Othinus... Rather than lying aimlessly on the side of the road where there are no stray dogs, it is better to go back and have a final fight with this demon."
This world was created by Othinus.
It can be said that the key to breaking this reshaped world is the one-eyed demon god Othinus.
Kamijou Touma's previous move of trying to escape from the presence of the demon god like a zombie was already a bit disqualified, but what was unexpected was that the audience, from a God's perspective, would also have such an idea? This is a very funny situation.
At this moment, in the Magical Index, Othinus was also watching this scene calmly, watching Kamijou Touma's return.
He looked at me calmly, then shook his head with a little contempt and disdain: "Not stupid, but... useless."
From her point of view, Kamijou Touma's turning back was just giving her another chance to continue to torture this annoying guy.
Originally, as long as he quietly disappeared in this empty world line, everything would be completely relieved.
But... do you still want to make a comeback?
It was obvious that even the so-called fairy transformation, the final trump card, had no effect at all.
But at this moment, you still want to turn the tide by relying on these stubborn human nature?
No...if only in this respect, Othinus clearly has a different opinion from other viewers.
[Time...is not very sufficient. ]
[The Lord's Spear and the Fairy Transformation, there must be a trade-off between the two before reaching the critical point. ]
Thinking of this, Othinus's expression turned grim for several seconds, but he finally suppressed this unnecessary emotion with relief.
"Well... but there is a good side to it. Through these clips, I know that I will definitely be able to successfully reach the realm of the perfect demon god in the future... Now what I should do and think about is how to realize these ideas in reality again."
Everything demonstrated in the video is much more difficult than it should be. Othinus can see this with just one eye, but as a demon god, she will not react to these so-called difficulties at all.