The golden cube hung high in the sky. The connection between the mortal world and The Other World could no longer be concealed, though naturally, only those who had mastered the power of ninjas could perceive it.
Schwarzer, who was originally supposed to be resting, remained extremely curious about the existence of Kinkaku itself.
The settings of The Other World and Kinkaku were too vague, or perhaps there were too many blank spaces; it had not yet reached the time for the truth to be unveiled.
Intense light flashed through Schwarzer's eyes. In this entire Cyberpunk world, the most worthy of analysis—and the most difficult to analyze—were precisely these two entities: The Other World and Kinkaku.
The technology currently mastered by humanity posed little challenge to a Machine Ex Machina. Even the aerospace technology of the European Space Agency was merely so-so; it would take no more than a few minutes to complete a full analysis. Only matters involving the power of ninjas, Ninja Souls, and similar supernatural existences could pique her interest.
While David and the others were still searching for clues, The Lord quickly opened the Nine Gates of the first layer, revealing the golden cube and simultaneously providing her with a window for analysis.
"[Analysis] The power of The Other World... 'Ether' formed by a mixture of soul and will... that is the essence of the ninja's supernatural power..."
Very quickly, she saw a power that bore many similarities to Cursed Energy. Ether, as the source of ninja power, was in reality a form of spiritual force. Just as emotions and negative sentiments could transform into Cursed Energy, the thoughts and will of mortals could also affect The Other World, thereby manifesting the power known as Ether!
"No wonder Naraku could instantly integrate Cursed Energy into his body and mistake it for Karate..."
Schwarzer quickly realized this point. Naraku had genuinely converted the power of Cursed Energy into the power of Karate; it turned out the two shared many similarities.
Unlike ordinary people or even ninjas, Schwarzer could see much more. She saw countless souls flying toward the sky. That was the power collected by the 'Water Basin', and also the power opening the gates to The Other World.
Human souls are high-quality carriers of emotion, capable of transforming into massive amounts of Ether to blur the boundary between reality and illusion. The Lord only knew how to use it, but she had analyzed its essence.
How could such a cruel formation possibly result in a good outcome? She had already foreseen a maddened future. These souls would transform into endless hatred and pain, and finally, this resentment... would become the power of Ninja Slayer.
"Is this actually how the essence of Ninja Slayer and Naraku is produced? A portion of his power is comprised of this resentment."
Actual karmic retribution! The ninja's slaughter of mortals catalyzed the birth of an avenging evil ghost! Of course, Naraku's origin was not that simple, but this resentment was indeed a part of him.
"If Kinkaku is truly allowed to descend and connect the mortal world with The Other World together, that would be terrible," the System spoke up to remind her, seeing that she had begun to attend to proper business.
"This type of power, which can be influenced by emotion and will, once it contacts reality and infinitely absorbs the emotions of intelligent life, the final result... It will transform into another dimension attached to the material world, an illusory spiritual dimension. Generally, most people would call it—Sub-space."
"Hah?"
Schwarzer felt as if she had heard an incredible term. Which Sub-space are you talking about?
"Rationality is forever the rarest emotion. In most intelligent life, sensibility and desire are the dominant forces," the System continued. "Following this continuous influence, the Sub-space will become filled with all manners of desires and negative emotions... Finally, just like Naraku who represents resentment, they will congregate into individual 'Gods'."
The sense of déjà vu was getting stronger. Isn't this just that well-known cesspool, the Sub-space of the Warhammer world?!
The distinctiveness of Kinkaku lies in its connection of the past and the future, possessing the characteristic of absolute existence across time; future Ninja Souls will also appear within Kinkaku... This is the fucking Warp!!!
"We must stop The Lord. This isn't going to be some Millennium Ninja Kingdom; if he succeeds, this will be a 40k Kingdom."
Schwarzer's originally relaxed expression turned serious. System, didn't you agree this was a relaxing world? Where the hell have you sent me?
First, the appearance of Ninja Slayer, a world far more malicious than Cyberpunk, and now something as heavily weighted as the Sub-space. You couldn't find many worlds in the entire multiverse that are bigger cesspools than this. The big promise she had painted for Naraku earlier seemed on the verge of realization; Schwarzer could not sit idly by. Allowing The Other World to become an alien dimension and birth Sub-space Evil Gods or the like was too insane.
To exert influence over 'The Other World', attacks in the material world alone were insufficient. She needed a power capable of affecting higher-dimensional timelines.
Coincidentally, she held a skill in her hand with exactly that characteristic, a 'gift' from the Dragonia species—Vanishing Dragon's Roar.
"If the opponent is an entire world, the power of a single Machine Ex Machina unit is not enough."
"To enhance the power of the armament, one could choose to link with other Machine Ex Machina units, or..."
"New weapon equipment project established. Its name is 'Light Sword · Supernova'."
Schwarzer mobilized a massive amount of computing power to redesign a brand-new armament. Using the 'Apocrypha · Vanishing Dragon's Roar' as the main body, she attempted to use equipment to amplify its might. Compared to solving the entire issue of The Other World, it was better to directly resolve Kinkaku. Ninjas, as a thing, go extinct from this world for me!
However, as the final strike of the Vanishing Dragon, the King of the Dragonia, the Vanishing Dragon's Roar could simultaneously attack the target's present and future. That was a power acting upon a higher dimension; even she found the design difficult to complete. To create an enhanced armament that boosted the output of a single unit—even for Schwarzer, whose frame had received massive upgrades—was incredibly hard to finish.
Her frame operated at high speeds as if overclocking; distortion caused by rising temperatures could be seen appearing above her head. Designing a new armament was still too difficult for an Analysis Unit, so...
"Help me, System."
"Really, there's no helping you..."
"Proxy calculation function activated. Target: Light Sword · Supernova. Design requirement: Spacetime strike enhancement. Estimated energy consumption: 10 units of Core Data..."
Green light burned within her eyes. Massive amounts of energy were siphoned by the System, and very quickly, a clear blueprint appeared within the database. The System not only designed the armament she needed but also realized the manufacturing technology for it, allowing it to be produced directly using currently available technology.
This point was the bulk of the consumption. Otherwise, the System would have just used brute force and molded a light sword out of Core Data directly.
"The specific production requirements have been sent to your database. Just let Alice and the AI factories manufacture it. Treat it as their trump card against The Other World."
After saying this, the System fell silent for the first time in a while, seemingly due to the immense consumption. It is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish. With this data, the humans of this world could also manufacture the 'Light Sword'. Ninjas killed by it would lose the opportunity for possession, and even their Ninja Souls would be completely erased.
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