Chapter 377: Power of God
Cosmo, a power system originating from Saint Seiya, possessed terrifying power comparable to the upper limits of the Dragon Ball world and was extremely comprehensive and versatile.
After entering the Sixth Sense realm of Cosmo, one would develop the brain domain to obtain various superpowers. At the same time, Cosmo allowed direct attacks on atoms with fists; both offense and defense were extremely terrifying.
Even without the amplification of a [Cloth], a Saint burning his Cosmo was enough to cause devastating blows.
Kaito Shirogane watched the Reincarnator codenamed [Cloud Lark] turn and follow [Bang] and his disciple towards a corner of the shattered block, unconcealable greed flashing in his eyes.
Sure enough, for such a seemingly dim-witted guy to survive until now, there must be a reason.
"Tsk, [Sage], you really are disappointing. I'm about to give up on you~"
Kaito murmured like he was sleep-talking, simultaneously stomping and breaking Sage's cervical vertebrae again.
Perhaps fearing Bang's strike earlier, the opponent actually didn't attempt to influence or interfere with Cloud Lark's cognition. This lowered Kaito's evaluation of Sage once again.
Lifted by one hand, Sage became much more silent. This time, he neither used that ability again nor showed any struggling expression.
This greatly reduced Kaito's interest. Dragging the opponent, he tapped his feet and leaped into the air.
Bouncing a few times, he quickly arrived above the city.
Looking at this city half-swallowed by the desert, he sensed from the air that aura which could make him shudder in the unseen world.
That was the target he wanted to pursue.
Bang, bang~
Kaito leaped through the air, looking down to see traces of hero activities in almost every shattered block.
There were also corpses or blood left behind after battles between Reincarnators or monsters.
Bang's brother, [Bomb], was also among them.
This made Kaito faintly perceive something. Being in the [Transcendent Helix] state, he didn't let that fleeting inspiration disappear.
He grabbed Sage. This time, he didn't rub the opponent against an air wall until death but asked:
"It was you who interfered with this world's cognition of [Heroes], right..."
[Sage] Yu Huaxin's eyes looked somewhat exhausted. The pain of multiple deaths gave him a sense of decay. Now only the cognition that he wouldn't be killed supported him.
No, there was one more thing supporting him, but he wouldn't say it.
Facing Mercenary Tao's question, Sage didn't speak.
But Kaito smiled cruelly, raising a finger.
"You seem to have forgotten that such ability isn't exclusive to you at this moment."
Then he thrust his finger into the throat cut open by Bang. The severe pain reminded Sage that Mercenary Tao indeed possessed the characteristic of mimicking others' abilities.
That meant...
Thinking of this, he quickly realized something was wrong.
Damn it! I can't show agreement with his actions, consciousness, thoughts, or language!
But it was too late. The moment he agreed that Mercenary Tao possessed that ability, the Upside-Down Devil mimicked by Kaito using Cursed Spirits acted like an antenna, interacting some information with the [Cognitive Devil] residing in Sage's body.
"Next, I will get the news I want from your mouth, heh~"
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"Mr. Cloud Lark, that person just now was also like you..."
[Charanko] hesitated to speak. On one hand, he truly hated those ability users who suddenly appeared in this world and messed everything up.
A guy calling himself [Treant] was hiding somewhere unknown, creating a large number of new ability users to invade and destroy various cities.
And the cataclysm half a year ago caused irreversible consequences. Hearing from Teacher Bang, that pathetic [???] was currently fighting fiercely with Miss [Tornado of Terror].
But this Mr. Cloud Lark was different.
He was kind, just, and hated evil as if it were his enemy.
Since appearing three days ago, Mr. Cloud Lark had already killed about seven or eight such ability users successively in two nearby cities.
After hearing Mercenary Tao's name, Charanko realized the opponent was the hero mentioned by Miss [Fubuki].
Therefore, he held some fantasy about Mercenary Tao.
If such a powerful guy is also a good person... that would be great.
Cloud Lark frowned, not understanding what Charanko was thinking. He just nodded and responded simply:
"Yeah, he is a very famous kind among us, but... famous for fierceness."
"The number of our kind who died at his hands is probably more than mine."
He vaguely used the term 'our kind' to avoid referring to Reincarnators.
Cloud Lark disliked those Reincarnators who vented their desires wantonly after entering mission worlds, making a mess of everything.
He didn't care about the dispute of whether plot characters were humans or not, nor the philosophical proposition of what constitutes a 'human.'
His view of good and evil was very simple: those doing good deeds were good people; those doing bad deeds were bad people.
He would help good people and beat bad people!
Because he was... an Ally of Justice!
Hearing Cloud Lark's words, Charanko thought, Isn't that better?
But before he could speak, Bang stopped him.
"Enough, Charanko. That guy Mercenary Tao is different from you."
"He... probably resembles that guy more~"
Bang's tone was somewhat sighing, with a helplessness of not wanting to say more.
Charanko immediately realized his teacher was talking about [Garou], that prodigy with the best talent in the dojo who embarked on the path of [Hero Hunting].
Thinking of Garou, that feeling of power and evil surged into Charanko's heart again. Charanko lowered his head, his expression changing slightly.
But the two walking ahead didn't notice.
Charanko suddenly thought, if he had Garou's talent, he should be able to help Teacher Bang fully revitalize the dojo.
At that time, whether being a hero or a martial arts grandmaster, he would definitely do better.
In the next moment, a strong light suddenly appeared in front of Charanko.
He looked around in horror, finding everything had disappeared.
Whether Mr. Cloud Lark, Teacher Bang, or even Z-City, all vanished.
"You want that power..."
A grand voice rang from the sky. Charanko looked up; the white strong light dimmed slightly.
A gigantic head emerged from the light.
Charanko was scared into retreating constantly by that huge head nearly a thousand meters in size, but that figure grew larger and larger.
Until his vision was completely occupied, seeing nothing else.
"You want... that power!"
That voice rang again.
In Charanko's heart, that desire for power and talent could no longer be suppressed, burning fiercely.
Then, Charanko felt heaven and earth shake, and he began flying towards the sky.
He looked down, seeing only an incomparably huge palm right under his feet.
"What exactly is this... Is it God?!"
"I shall grant you... power!"
In that voice, white light began to pour into Charanko's body.
Charanko felt his whole body almost filled with power in an instant. The unprecedented feeling made his mind start floating uncontrollably.
Kaito looked at the white light in the desert below. His right hand suddenly throbbed with waves of stinging pain.
The Cursed Seal left by Inari shone brightly.
In the next moment, that fox divine messenger appeared again, crimson eyes looking at Kaito.
"Reincarnator, I want to make a deal with you~"
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