Tokyo TV news was broadcasting on the television. Although it wasn't the anchor from Shiro's memories, that wasn't important. Her astonished gaze revealed a hint of disbelief, even some suspicion that it was Little Tsukasa's prank, as illusions could also create such an effect.
"Is this true?"
"It's true. I'm sorry for keeping it from you all this time, but in reality, I haven't lost much of my power. The only loss was my original body, so this kind of thing isn't really difficult for me."
So it wasn't a prank, it was real. Shiro picked up the TV remote and changed a few channels, choosing to believe what Little Tsukasa said. However, it seemed that even if she could connect to the internet, there wasn't actually much she could do.
Little Tsukasa glanced at Shiro.
She found Shiro's expression very calm.
That's not right, is it? Shouldn't she be more surprised at this point? She could travel between worlds! Shouldn't she be demanding right now that they travel back to their original world? Why was she so calm?
"Shiro?"
"What is it?"
"That..." Little Tsukasa organized her words, asking softly, "You don't seem very surprised?"
"..." Shiro turned her head back, puzzled.
Did she need to show that kind of reaction?
Actually, she was quite surprised.
But she was a spider after all, and her human form only had a few expressions; she usually showed no emotion.
Little Tsukasa weakly reminded her, "I can travel between worlds, you know. Don't you have any other thoughts?"
Shiro tilted her head strangely.
"But I knew about this from the beginning, didn't you forget? I followed you and transmigrated to this world together!"
"Eh?"
Little Tsukasa froze on the spot.
Oh, right.
Wait.
No, that's not it.
Little Tsukasa couldn't help but ask:
"But I just reincarnated, right? Normally, wouldn't you think my power has weakened and I can't travel between worlds? Otherwise, why wouldn't you suggest that I take you back?"
"Otherwise, why wouldn't you suggest that I take you back?"
When Shiro heard Little Tsukasa's words, her expression suddenly became serious, and she said earnestly, "No, Little Tsukasa, we can't go back to our original world yet."
"...Huh?"
Little Tsukasa was confused by Shiro's words.
What was going on?
Why was her reaction different from what she had imagined?
Her instinct told her that Shiro should have come to take her back, but why did Shiro's current behavior seem to indicate that she didn't want her to go back?
Did she and Shiro have some misunderstanding in the past?
Shiro was a little nervous.
She had originally thought that Little Tsukasa, having lost her memories, wouldn't be able to travel back to their original world, nor would she have such thoughts. But she hadn't expected Little Tsukasa's amnesia to be so unreliable, that she could recall her original memories at any time and even travel back.
Although they would go back eventually.
But definitely not now.
"Little Tsukasa, don't return to our original world until you become a First-rank God."
Although D was currently just watching, occasionally increasing the difficulty of their game, if Little Tsukasa went back, it was hard to say how that Evil God would react. Moreover, according to the sealed Elf God's warning, the sealed Angel God was once also a First-rank God.
Therefore, Main Body never thought of asking Little Tsukasa to go back and help them now. The situation there was not that bad, and could even be said to be relatively stable. After all, without the heros sword, the Human Race faction had no guts to launch a counterattack against them, and both sides were currently looking for the whereabouts of the heros sword.
If they were to go back now.
Not only might they not be able to help, but they might even cause trouble, as no one knew what D was thinking.
Moreover, Kuro's defection back then seemed to have been orchestrated by someone manipulating the system behind the scenes, as the Goddess in that state couldn't possibly have conveyed any information to Kuro.
Subsequent investigations also proved that the information Kuro received was indeed not sent by the Goddess.
And the fact that the Demon Lord didn't receive any information was already suspicious enough. The biggest suspect currently was D, because only she could do such a thing. The system leaning towards the Human Race side was also D's doing; D intentionally balanced the combat power of both sides.
"You might not remember, but in our original world, there is an Evil God who controls the world. If we don't have the power to fight against that Evil God, even if we travel back, we won't be able to fundamentally solve all problems, so we cannot go back now."
Based on the discussion with Main Body just now.
They had set a new policy.
That was to treat D as an enemy. Without Little Tsukasa, they originally planned to treat D as a game administrator and not confront D, but rather complete the plan to save the world under D's rules. However, after learning about this other world and Little Tsukasa's situation, they changed their minds and decided to accumulate power in this world to overthrow D, the administrator.
"Evil God?"
Little Tsukasa felt a strange sensation.
It seemed she had been called that before. She didn't expect that she
used to be a righteous character?
"Yes, but I can't mention her name in this world, because this world is very similar to our original world, and she might discover us."
"Is that Evil God very strong?"
"Very strong, possibly even stronger than a First-rank God."
"...That strong, huh."
Little Tsukasa originally thought that Shiro didn't understand the difference between Gods, but after hearing that the Evil God was even stronger than a First-rank God, she had nothing more to say. It was indeed excessively strong, and she hadn't expected such a terrifying enemy in their original world.
"So we originally bore such an important mission? With such a strong enemy, I'm not very confident. And since we escaped, could our original world have already been destroyed?"
"that one Evil God doesn't want to destroy the world; she just treats the world's survival as a game, and our resistance as entertainment."
Little Tsukasa lay down on the sofa.
She was a bit overwhelmed. She should have known better than to be honest with Shiro; then she wouldn't have known such terrible news. An Evil God stronger than a First-rank God—there was simply no way to deal with such an opponent.
Don't look at her as a peak Second-rank God; relying on her special concept, she might be able to contend with some First-rank Gods, but in the end, she was just a Second-rank God.
She was truly no match for those First-rank God bigshots.
Not to mention an existence above a First-rank God.
That was probably truly the level of the old God herself; even if not, it was close. With her small stature, how could she be a match for such a God?
No wonder she didn't want to recall her original memories.
It turns out she was escaping reality.
"that one, do we have hope of winning?"
"Yes!"
Little Tsukasa didn't know where Shiro got her confidence.
However, she decided to trust Shiro for now.
Otherwise, she would truly despair.
"I understand."
Although she didn't really want to face this situation.
But Little Tsukasa chose not to escape. Her previously relaxed mood became somewhat tense, and she no longer suppressed the recovery of her injuries, accepting her original memories.
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