Chapter 405: Sin and Redemption
[Warning, EX051, your behavior has caused the special plot character Saitama to develop Trans-dimensional characteristics. Please terminate your actions immediately]
[Warning, EX051, please stay away from the special plot character Saitama immediately]
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Lying in the ruins of a building, Kaito Shirogane's body was constantly recovering. He felt the rapid repair of his flesh, but his eyes were fixed on the Space panel.
"Cough, thanks to His Majesty's power, I actually truly broke away from Saitama, heh..."
Kaito could roughly guess the reason for Saitama's change. It was nothing more than realizing the fact that Reincarnators didn't care about what this world became at all.
No matter how 'truthful, good, and beautiful' Reincarnators of [Lilith]'s level appeared, they couldn't change how truly capable Reincarnators survived in mission worlds.
Various milestones that could only be achieved by killing, Drop Cards that only appeared upon killing, powerful abilities that could only be obtained by killing powerful plot characters, Singularities that could only be obtained by changing the fate of key plot characters...
It could only be said that the existence of this [Infinite Dimensional Space] itself was constantly guiding Reincarnators to become what they were now.
It wasn't that these Reincarnators were 'dark, deep, and cruel,' but that the Space was this way.
Rather, Reincarnators like [Azure Sky] (Qing Kong) and Lilith were the anomalies. In a Reincarnation Space where one could die at any time, giving up short-term benefits to pursue so-called long-term benefits or peaceful coexistence with plot characters...
This type of Reincarnator was deformed.
It was a willfulness that only a few Reincarnators possessing powerful strength could choose.
Kaito showed no sign of 'repentance.' He felt there was nothing wrong with what he and [Fate Eternal] did. The only problem was that [Saitama]'s positioning in this world was too high.
This was a character completely detached from 'restrictions,' possessing almost so-called 'invincible' power.
Therefore, in this world, when this 'invincible' plot character stood on the opposing side, the Space temporarily established new rules, asking Reincarnators to avoid such an existence.
Kaito realized more and more clearly that the [Infinite Dimensional Space] was essentially more like a Hive or a Queen Ant. It didn't have the ability to directly affect the mission world, at least it couldn't affect the Secondary World.
It couldn't kill Saitama directly, but Saitama could cause huge losses to its 'assets.' Therefore, it rationally restrained its worker bees, not allowing contact with Saitama beyond the limit.
This also explained the [Iron Laws] that those Title Level Reincarnators kept saying they must abide by.
Bang!
Kaito moved his shoulder, pulling himself out of the collapsed building.
He couldn't determine where this was. The power of Fate Eternal's blow was inconceivable; he didn't know how far he had been knocked away.
If that force had exploded directly inside his body, Kaito estimated his body would have shattered on the spot, with only his left arm remaining intact.
"Who would have thought that His Majesty with a title like Fate Eternal would actually specialize in brute force, heh..."
Kaito jumped lightly. Violating gravity, he floated down from the air. In the state of [Transcendent Helix] being activated, he began to be able to deeply understand even [Shen Wulong]'s [Logic].
Pfft~
A certain blood vessel in his nasal cavity ruptured again. Black blood plasma flowed out. Kaito wiped it with his hand; the wound healing speed was much slower than he imagined.
This was probably the weakness of the talent [Transcendent Helix]. The spiral power beyond scientific understanding put his genes at considerable risk of collapse.
amidst the pungent smell of blood, Kaito left this block he had collapsed with a cold expression.
Sporadic crying appeared from the ruins. More intense was the smell of blood appearing after human bodies were crushed, and the stench of incontinence when dying.
Kaito looked back and saw that a corner of this city had actually collapsed completely due to his flying body crashing into it. Various buildings toppled, the ground shattered—a scene like doomsday.
He was expressionless, without much pity, just sighing in his heart that this was ultimately not his own power.
"Help... Help me!"
A weak cry for help appeared from somewhere in the ruins.
Kaito stopped. That voice seemed to hear Kaito's footsteps and became more excited.
"Please... save my child..."
"She stopped crying..."
The man's voice was also very weak. If not for Kaito's excellent hearing, he probably wouldn't have heard the content clearly.
Kaito came to a corner of the ruins and raised his hand to grab a corner of the tilting building. It was probably this structure that allowed the two hiding here to survive luckily.
Boom!
Kaito threw that corner of the dilapidated building backward directly.
The man, seeing sunlight again, had a face full of blood but squeezed out a smile. His complexion improved a lot rapidly. In Kaito's [Six Eyes] and [Transparent World] at this moment, the man's cardiopulmonary function rebounded significantly.
But the aura of [Spirit] on his body surface weakened rapidly.
This was terminal lucidity; he was dying.
The man arched his body, crawled two steps to the side, revealing the daughter protected under him. The girl didn't have many injuries, only bleeding from the forehead.
"He~ Hero, save her..."
The man lay on the edge of the ruins, looking up at the man tall and robust like a god under the sun. He felt he had probably seen this hero, but couldn't recall the other's name at this moment.
Kaito reached out his hand. The man's pupils dilated, joy in his heart reaching the peak.
This is good... as long as she can survive, it's good...
But Kaito suddenly stopped his hand, shook his head, and withdrew his hand.
"I won't save her."
The man felt as if falling into an ice cellar. Disregarding questioning, he tried to pick up his daughter again, but couldn't exert any strength at all.
At this moment, Kaito extended his hand towards him. Above his head, the golden Ouroboros Crown slowly emitted light.
"If you want to save her, pray to possess power yourself."
The man's vision began to darken, but white light shrouded him.
He saw the man wearing the crown, seemingly draped in a white robe, like a god descending to the human world.
This time, Kaito didn't ask if the other party craved power, but asked:
"Do you need power?"
The man knelt before Kaito without hesitation.
The power of God entered the man's body rapidly. Tears flowed from the man's eyes. He didn't care what this power was; he only wanted to save his daughter.
Kaito spread his arms. Brilliant white light began to shroud the entire block.
"God has descended?!"
"It's a miracle!"
Among sporadic voices, it was full of joy.
Standing in the hell created by himself and another Reincarnator with their own hands, Kaito was praised like a god.
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