Crack————!
As Othinus's endearing voice rang out, Kamijou's knees twisted in a strange direction.
Rustle!
Rustle, rustle, rustle!
Kamijou Touma ran forward with all his "legs".
Othinus is right in front of us. Fortunately, all four of our limbs are still intact. One more step. As long as we step hard, we will be within the reach of our fists. Kamijou exhaled lightly, calculated the timing, tried to reduce the tension that was stretched to the limit, and pressed his whole body weight forward to lock onto the face of the girl with the eye mask.
Then Othinus disappeared.
Because when Kamijou came to his senses, the blonde girl had already stepped into his arms.
The girl's actions were extremely simple.
She did not swing her right hand holding the "spear", but used her slender left hand.
As a "squeak!" sound was heard, the girl grabbed Kamijou's neck and lifted him up without hesitation.
The strong are bound to severely humiliate the weak, my friends.
This is the disparity between the two caused by the strength and weakness levels.
This is a truth that Kamijou Touma can never change no matter how hard he tries to climb or make amends for it.
"You should have figured it out for me."
"I've always been clear."
Kamijou Touma and Othinus's eyes slightly crossed.
That's right.
In the end, no matter what Kamijou Touma did, he was no match for Othinus, who became a demon god. This was not a situation that could be overcome by "training up" or "coming up with an idea."
Humans fundamentally cannot defeat God.
If there is any possibility of defeating Othinus, it would probably be if Kamijou himself ascended to become a demon god, but there is really no hope for that. If anyone could do that, then Kamijou wouldn't have to fight so hard, and Othinus wouldn't call himself a god.
so--
"This is not a close contest at all."
While being held by the neck and lifted up in the air, Kamijou groaned:
"This is probably not the first time I've fought like this. I don't know if it's ten or a hundred times, but it's happened many, many times. I guess every time I fought, I was shattered to pieces by the first blow. Then it was a matter of memory integration. I subconsciously resisted accepting the pain and fear I'd experienced, and reorganized the process in my mind to make the fighting method logical. That's why I seemed to be able to barely handle the attack."
"That's only fifty points."
"Maybe. The starting point is not the playground tonight, but the moment I woke up from the empty dark world."
Be it a hundred times, a thousand times, or ten thousand times.
Othinus only needs to repeat this. As long as Kamijou realizes that even if he changes his actions little by little and continues to make different choices from before, he will always reach a dead end somewhere, and he will naturally give up. Whether it is a direct battle or the previous "countless worlds". As long as the boy who is lost in the dead end collapses at one time or at a certain point, Othinus will achieve his goal.
Having said that.
At the same time.
"But I'm gradually beginning to understand you."
"A mere human wants to talk about God?"
"You're not going to kill me anyway."
Even though his neck was being gripped by a force as strong as a pair of pliers, Kamijou still made this conclusion.
"It's not that you can't kill me. You should be able to kill me anytime you want. But you didn't do it, even after you declared 'I'd do it right away'... There must be a reason - a reason why you didn't do it when you could have just killed me. No, it's not so much a reason -"
"…"
"I think it's probably something like a bonus level or something like that."
That's all.
As the sound of a "cracking" was heard in his neck, Kamijou Touma's consciousness sank into the noise again.
However, anyone with a discerning eye can see that with this discussion...
Some vague things began to become clear.
Chapter 198: Unyielding Persistence
Kamijou Touma and Othinus.
There are subtle changes in the relationship between the two.
This is something that the audience can see.
Although it is still the relationship between the abused party and the abuser.
But, it seems that Kamijou Touma is absolutely sure.
From a certain angle.
He is not wrong.
At the moment, Othinus had no interest in killing him personally.
In this case, then the answer to the matter is clear.
What he did was not in vain.
His efforts were not in vain.
Even if you can't hit the demon.
The latter failed to kill him even when he raised his fist against a weakling like him.
This can be seen.
This guy had no intention of dealing with him personally.
Obviously.
Kamijou Touma grows up through repeated near-death experiences.
No, not so much growth;
It's better to say.
These near-death experiences.
He gradually improved himself.
Are you gradually beginning to want to understand everything that Othinus envisioned?
Is this really the case?
once...
twice...
Ten times...
Hundreds of times...
Thousands of times...
Million times...
Millions of times...
In the video screen.
In the end, this project was even edited and split into thousands and tens of thousands of small screens that were barely visible.
More and more countless.
Anyone would be numb if it happened to them.
"This... this number of deaths." In front of the video, Natsuki Subaru from the Witch Plane felt a chill down his spine as he stared at the scene on the screen like a wooden chicken, muttering:
"It's just a nightmare, so many deaths."
Indeed, everyone knows that Kamijou Touma is a person full of perseverance and enthusiasm.
But...this is really exaggerated.
A desperate situation that has been tempered by thousands of trials.
A near-death experience from beginning to end.
This is an uncountable number of times.
Even the perfect demon god Othinus gradually changed from a blank expression to showing emotions.
That uncontrollable irritability, uncontrollable confusion, and uncontrollable bewilderment.
The only thing that remained unchanged was the boy's increasingly bright and determined gaze.
In the end, she could no longer hold back her emotions.
She could not understand the thoughts of mortals.
I never hope that mortals will understand the purpose of my actions.
But, when torturing Kamijou Touma like this became the only endless cycle in her world.
No matter how plain one's personality is, the accumulated emotions will eventually pry open the container that fills it.
The girl questioned angrily.
Othinus heard a sound in his head, like bones rubbing against each other.
On the part of my face that was covered by the leather eye patch, I could feel something like a small snake wriggling on the inside of my skin.
That is the pulsation of blood vessels.
She has repeated it tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands, even millions of times.
Just to wait for that insignificant boy to fail at any time and place.
It's a simple fact that you don't need to think about.
Even if you think about this obvious fact again and again, it is still just a simple fact.
But--
"Why won't you give in? Have you lost your true nature after being on the verge of death again and again? Are you the kind of person who would pat his chest and loudly declare that he is an idiot?"
Othinus shouted, looking like he had had enough.
It's rare for a human to make a god so excited. At least there's no such person in "The Trickster". At most, only Orelus who confronted her in the "Sea Cemetery" can be considered as such.
So.
In the Demon God's mind, this young man seemed to be positioned by her as being on the same level as that mortal enemy, or even more difficult to deal with.
.....
"Isn't he afraid of pain?" Seeing this scene, Ye Jian, the leader of the Black Bull Knights of the Black Clover Plane, couldn't help but look solemn.
As one of the guardians of a country, he had naturally seen many people who would rather die than surrender.
However, this guy can be repeatedly tortured and killed millions of times and still keep fighting.
That's right...it's absolutely impossible that such a person really exists.
A warrior who can reach such a desperate situation and still refuse to surrender is rare even if all human history is taken into account.
Such a guy...
"Death is obviously the destination that ends suffering, and giving up everything can obviously end suffering...but why is it that even though he is being tortured like this, he is still unwilling to give up?"
This time, even Gon, who came from the Hunter world and had always admired Kamijou Touma and thought he was a great guy, frowned and encouraged him worriedly, while Killua next to him felt that death was a relief.
However, Kamijou Touma was unwilling to die, and continued to survive in a shameless way, preferring to provoke the demon god thousands of times and make it try to kill him.
result--
It is an endless cycle of purgatory.
Besides, even if we keep doing this, it will be useless.
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As the scion of a killer family, he had no way of understanding the psychological state of this peer, because if it were him, he would have already made a rational judgment and chosen to give up.
"I think this is what makes these protagonists different from us, they can sacrifice themselves for others besides themselves... Well - although if I were to choose, if my friends were in danger like this, I would try to save them, but if I were to encounter such a thing - what choice would I make, I have no way of guessing at all."
Although Gon thinks he is a very loyal person, when he sees the death scenes repeating over and over again in the video, and when he sees Kamijou Touma still insisting on saving his friends after witnessing this situation.
Xiao Jie's heart was filled with an indescribable admiration and a sense of confusion.
I am very confused about what choice I would make if I encountered such a thing.
Even if it costs one's life, even if thousands, millions, or tens of millions of deaths are coming down upon one, is there any hope that one can stick to one's original aspirations?
"I think this should be impossible. After all, in the face of such a large number of deaths, no matter how fast I talk, I can successfully deal with it... the probability is still no more than 0.1%."
The person who said this was none other than the scientific master Orochimaru... Having developed the technique of reincarnation, he can be said to be a true authority in this area.
Not only from a scientific point of view, but just from his personal physical experience, such endless reincarnation will consume an enormous amount of the soul's quality.
I am a genius for being able to withstand the weakening of my soul several times. What about Kamijou Touma, who can always resist the truth of being killed and still happily throws himself into the next world...
On the Palu continent, the naughty cat who was hung up for not working hard had tears in his eyes. He didn't expect that there was such a powerful person in the world. He also secretly encouraged himself to wait for his master who was sharpening a knife to put him down so that he could immediately run back to the base to work hard and let his master live in a big mansion!
After all, although we have witnessed the rise and fall of many protagonists.
However, no one has ever been able to fully experience and comprehend the joys, sorrows, anger and happiness of these protagonists.
Especially this time, seeing Kamijou Touma's desperate efforts and awareness, the audience felt anxious and complicated.
They couldn't understand the emotion.
No...even many people who are familiar with Kamijou Touma have no way to analyze his heart.
The boy...won't give in.
"How can I surrender..."
On the playground at night.
Kamijou Touma, standing before the God of Magic, answered bluntly.
"Because as long as I overcome this, as long as I make you surrender, I can see the direction of the future. Because I might be able to regain the place I have lost! As long as there is even a 1% chance of this, I will never surrender!"
"…"
This difficult-to-redeem situation is beyond God's tolerance.
As she bit her lips unhappily, half of Kamijou Touma's body flew out like jelly.
"...Besides, after having accompanied me all this way, I have gradually come to understand what the so-called 'core' is. This is not a one-sided attack. Since I can accumulate information in my mind, I can of course analyze the situation step by step."
In the next battle, the boy said only these words before he was chopped in half.
....
"That's enough."
Kamijou Touma was seen being killed repeatedly in the video but he remained calm, without any worry or anger, nor any despair or madness.
Othinus glanced at Kamijou Touma, who was beside him and had clenched his fists for the scene in the video and was particularly obsessed with the concept of winning and losing. He silently lowered the corner of his mouth, and really couldn't understand why this boy who seemed so easily angry could behave so exaggeratedly in the video.
He would continue to speak even if he was chopped into pieces, and he would continue to speak even if he was beheaded. From beginning to end, he was never swayed by these emotions.
It's very strange.
Just to say this, he had to get lost in the dark world, travel through worlds that were nearly infinite in number, and endure all kinds of pain, fear, and despair.
Why can you hold on?
The intensity of these pains, fears, and despairs was so high that ordinary people would go crazy if they couldn't overcome any of them. It was a real hell. He couldn't be freed by reaching a certain place. After saying that, the boy would only be crushed by Othinus again, and relive the infinite doomsday that he had finally overcome.
There is little hope there.
Even if you string together a few words to make a conversation happen, it doesn't change any facts.
There was no way Kamijou Touma could win.
Definitely not going to win.
Even if it is repeated tens of thousands or hundreds of millions of times, there is no guarantee that Othinus will succumb. There is no theoretical basis to support the hypothesis. To put it bluntly, the performance of humans and gods is very different. It is like continuously writing data into an old-fashioned tape and a new-fashioned hard drive at the same time, and competing to see which capacity will explode first.
The audience's quarrels and shouting seemed redundant in these scenes.
Between heaven and earth, within the entire picture.
All that remains is the story of the boy who continues to suffer, continues to compete with willpower, never gives up, and the demon god who rewrites reality at will.
"It's like two mirrors facing each other."
But.
But!
"A world that can be reorganized at will is like an infinite landscape created by facing two mirrors together. Although being able to move freely in such a landscape may sound like a dream at first, when you look back after enjoying a walk, your face will probably turn pale. After all, there are infinite similar worlds in front of you, but there is nothing to serve as a guide. Where did you come from and where should you go back to? It's natural to feel uneasy!"
The girl used an invisible force to tear the talkative mouth up and down.
But in the next battle, Kamijou Touma spoke again as if nothing had happened.
He didn't pretend it didn't happen, nor did he forget it. Although he knew what happened, he still overcame his fear and continued the conversation.
"Well, Othinus, I have a very basic question."
The girl pierced the opponent with the "lance". She smashed the opponent's skull with the butt of the "lance". She jokingly used the butt of the "lance" to hit a home run.
But the mortal's arrogant mouth never stopped.
After experiencing fear, I continued to challenge God.
"Perhaps, before you obtained the 'Spear of the Lord', before you became the boss of the 'Troublemakers' organization, before you fought against unconventional monsters like Orelus, before you called yourself Othinus."
Crush!
Crush!
Crush!
"...You've been having this kind of failure for a long time, right? You didn't look back because you gained great power, and just kept rushing forward...but in the end, you didn't even know where to go back to."
"That explains it, roughly."
Kamijou Touma said slowly.
Othinus's killing hand had stopped unknowingly.
"I have been crushed in many worlds. However, the Imagine Breaker in my right hand has never been denied or taken away. This also proves that this is indeed the case, right?"
After all, the other party is the god of magic, and the life span of a mere human is not an indicator at all. Although Orelus looked like he knew the inside story when he talked about Othinus, he was still a mortal after all. Even if he could talk about gods, he might not be able to accurately measure the size of the other party.
To put it simply.
Perhaps Othinus had already been a demon long before Orels knew her, or even longer before.
Has she been hiding her power within herself?
Or have you ever given up your power?
"Although I don't know the detailed theory of things like 'phases', anyway, you have the power to change the appearance of the world freely as if it were clay, causing you to completely forget what kind of world you originally lived in. So you used the scenery in your mind as a blueprint, and desperately reshaped the world according to it, putting many 'phases' on and off... After all, it was God's work, and the result must be almost perfect, and humans can't tell the difference at all. But because you are God, you can't accept it as just 'almost'."
Although there is no evidence, Kamijou believes that it is most likely the latter...Othinus once gave up his power.
She saw the world changed by her own power and couldn't help looking back.
Judging from this mentality, she was obviously afraid of her own power. If she really just accepted everything with joy, she would not even consider turning back.
"You later pursued the 'Lance' and hoped to change the world because of your recurrence of anxiety. You were worried that the world you were supposed to design to be perfect was not really perfect, so you wanted to add to the work you had already published. I don't know what you did to regain the power you had given up, but from the fact that Orelus hated you so much, something must have happened... The reason you longed for the 'next world' was because you wanted to add another layer of paint to the canvas. If that's the case, your previous struggles are understandable."
"…"
"Struggle. Yes, struggle. The struggle of 'putting A and B on the scale and worrying about which side to choose'. For you, there should be another option that is worth as much as 'the next world'. Think about it, isn't that the case?"
Having said that, Kamijou Touma gently extended his right fist forward.
Imagine Killer.
Its purpose of existence is...
"Orelus said that Fantasy Breaker is like a collection of the wishes of various magicians. It is a reference point that can restore the world that has been distorted according to its own desires to its original state when necessary... Although I don't know if that is the true origin, it can be used in this way, right? Speaking of which, this guy is another card called "Original World". It does not apply a new layer of paint, but scrapes the paint off completely with a palette knife."
"The Original World (Fantasy Breaker)" and "The Next World (Gun of the Lord)".
If God's work were perfect, there would probably be no difference between the two.
From a human perspective, perhaps even the "slight sense of abruptness" of Oopats (Note: OOPARTS, Out-Of-Place ARTifactS, refers to ancient relics that should not appear in that time and place because their craftsmanship or technology far exceeds the contemporary level) cannot be felt.
But.
The God of Magic is simply too perfect.
In this way——
"Even if the result is the same, you still can't abandon your ideal - completely remove the 'phase' you put there and return to the 'original world' which is your first choice! This is also natural. The six billion people on the earth are all convinced that their world is the same as usual, and only you who took action know the truth. That is the three-dimensional ecological model you created based on the second choice, not the place in your memories! So you can't abandon your ideal. Although you can simply escape to the 'next world' by putting a new 'phase' on the second choice, you can't give up the 'original world' which is your first choice in front of you! This is the reason why you can kill me ten thousand times, one hundred million times, but you always keep resetting your willfulness to accompany me!"
So, this is indeed a one-on-one battle.
This was a battle that only Kamijou Touma could participate in, and it couldn't be handed over to someone else.
"The Original World (Fantasy Breaker)" and "The Next World (Gun of the Lord)".
Only these two cards face off, a struggle that will literally determine the direction of the world.
.....
After much thought, I decided to split it up. I still have to use some original text for this section. The first half will write about the views of the audience from other worlds, and the latter part will focus on the psychological feelings of the parties involved.
Chapter 196: Trying to make the demon god change slightly
Original world vs. new world.
That's what this game is about.
When Kamijou Touma said this.
Othinus, who usually behaved calmly, remained silent.
But Kamijou Touma remained calm.
It was as if he had seen through it all.
But he soon discovered;
This description is too arrogant.
So the boy added: "No, the outcome of this ongoing battle should depend on how you choose the direction of the world, right?"
The more you are killed, the more sober you become.
How ridiculous.
And the words he spoke.
Proof that he will continue to struggle.
Prolonged negotiations with the gods will obviously lead to their tempers becoming agitated.
But, Kamijou Touma could only do this.
Ultimately, human power is still too weak.
If we want to restore the world to its original state, the only thing we can do is to rely on the devil's mood.
It's cruel, but true.
"That's right. If Touma in the video wants to change the world back to its original state, there is really only one thing he can do - find a way to make the demon god completely believe and recognize the original world that Touma hopes for!"
Even Index had to admit this: the boy who could save himself from the nightmare of having his memory wiped out constantly, the only thing he couldn't do was to reshape the world.
If you want to restore the transformed world to its original state, then... this is the only way.
"Even though Touma's hand is difficult for the demon god to handle, without sufficient knowledge to support it, Touma still has no way to restore the world to its original state... In this case, there is only one thing he can do - to try to change the demon god who can change the world!"
Even though she had the knowledge from 103,000 grimoires as support, Index knew that these were not areas she could venture into;
The amount of knowledge of the demon gods far exceeds the magic knowledge she possesses, and those behemoths that have lived in the world since the ancient gods cannot be described using common sense.
Therefore, even if no one is willing to admit it.
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