"Mr. Yaozai, you're finally back! If you hadn't returned, I would have sent someone to look for you!"
The muscular Rigurd excitedly said to Kagaya Ubuyashiki as he walked in.
Ever since Kagaya Ubuyashiki left the town to go to the Dwarf Kingdom to discuss road construction, all the town's administrative affairs had fallen on his shoulders.
His two bosses above him were running around every day, completely unreliable, and he had to worry about everything himself.
Coupled with the recent sudden increase in the town's population to 170,000, the number of tasks was simply countless.
Rigurd felt that he had lost at least thirty pounds during this period, and if Kagaya Ubuyashiki didn't return, he felt he would eventually revert to his pre-naming appearance.
Now that he saw his savior had finally returned, he was incredibly excited!
"Haha! Rigurd, you worry too much. With Giyu and the others protecting me, what could happen to me?"
"It seems you and Lord Rimuru had a good chat, Your Excellency Gazel!"
Kagaya Ubuyashiki said with a smile, looking at Rimuru and Gazel, who were chatting happily.
"Hahaha! Mr. Yaozai, Rimuru is indeed a trustworthy person, just as you said!"
"Of course! Although Lord Rimuru is unreliable and causes trouble with Lord Zhong Chen every day, and even secretly tried to steal the statue in the square with Lord Zhong Chen in the middle of the night before, but..."
"What the heck! How did he know about Rimuru and me trying to steal the square statue in the middle of the night?"
"Also, you're exposing your leader's shortcomings like this. Be careful, Rimuru and I might make things difficult for you!"
Not to mention Rimuru and Zhong Chen, whose faces were turning red like a monkey's backside from embarrassment, Kagaya Ubuyashiki continued with a smile:
"But even such Lord Rimuru and Lord Zhong Chen are still the best leaders in our hearts. We all sincerely support both of them."
"The entire town is the fruit of their labor. Every one of us has been saved by both of them, so..."
"Even if both of them do nothing, we will accomplish everything they wish to accomplish in their hearts, and we will do so at all costs!"
Looking at the eloquent Kagaya Ubuyashiki, everyone present was shocked by his words, while Benimaru and the others nodded firmly in agreement.
"Yaozai! You guy..."
Zhong Chen looked at Kagaya Ubuyashiki and the Demon Slayer Corps' Pillars, whom he had tricked into coming from the Demon Slayer World, and his heart was filled with complex emotions.
At first, Zhong Chen had only wanted to get some talent for Rimuru and didn't have much affection for the Demon Slayer Corps members.
But as they spent more time together, Zhong Chen gradually came to regard them all as family, just like Rimuru.
That's why he had the idea of directly destroying the Dwarf Kingdom if anything happened to Kagaya Ubuyashiki.
As for Rimuru, he had never treated anyone as a subordinate from beginning to end, always interacting with everyone as friends.
That's why Rimuru became the recognized darling of the entire town.
"Ahem... Yaozai, please sit down quickly. Sakuya, bring Yaozai some food!"
"Yes, Lord Chen!"
"Heh heh, I'm a bit hungry from the journey, so I'll trouble Miss Sakuya!"
Sakuya stood up beside Zhong Chen, nodded to Yaozai, and left the banquet hall to prepare food.
"Then let's continue!"
Gazel nodded to Kagaya Ubuyashiki, who had taken his seat, and continued speaking.
"Hmm, let's continue. Regarding the details of the alliance..."
As the discussions about the alliance continued, time passed bit by bit.
Eventually, the two sides reached an alliance treaty that was beneficial to both parties... "Then... let us toast to the success of the alliance! ~(￣▽￣)~*"
As Rimuru raised his glass and loudly addressed everyone present, everyone raised their glasses and shouted loudly:
"Cheers! *n"
Night · Zhong Chen's Bedroom
"Ding, Dimensional Gate charged. Host, do you want to activate the Dimensional Gate to begin anchoring world coordinates?"
Zhong Chen, who had just finished washing up and was lying in bed, intending to sleep, suddenly heard the system prompt that the Dimensional Gate was charged.
He instantly became alert and said to the system:
"Activate! Start anchoring world coordinates!"
"Ding, Dimensional Gate is anchoring world coordinates..."
"..."
"Ding, Dimensional Gate successfully anchored world coordinates. Based on Host's memory comparison, this world is confirmed to be the anime world 'Black Bullet'!"
"Do you want to activate the Dimensional Gate to travel?"
"Not yet!"
When Zhong Chen heard it was this world, the smile on his face instantly vanished, and a strong killing intent began to surface in his eyes.
"Good, good, good! I actually anchored to this world. It seems Rimuru and the others' ascended souls have a destination this time!"
"Don't you agree, my beloved human emperor banner! Hehehe!"
Zhong Chen looked at the myriad... uh... human emperor banner he had summoned from the system space and said in his mind.
The Black Bullet world is a typical apocalyptic world.
The entire world is occupied by monsters called Gastrea, and humans can only huddle in various safe zones, barely surviving.
If it were just that, Zhong Chen wouldn't have such strong killing intent.
The main reason is that this world has some children infected with the Gastrea virus, and these children are called "Cursed Children."
The humans in that world didn't treat the Cursed Children as people, and they would abuse and mistreat these children under 12 years old whenever they were slightly displeased.
The remaining government also turned a blind eye to this, even aiding and abetting the evil.
In short, this world is one where, except for a small number of people, everyone else deserves to die.
"It seems I need to have a good discussion with Rimuru tomorrow. Although I can kill everyone in the world myself, I can't handle so many lolis alone!"
"The entire Garrison now has over 10,000 people. This is a good time to use them!"
"I also need to consider the placement of the little lolis after receiving them. This isn't just one or two; there are millions of them!"
"If we just take them in like this, I feel Rigurd and Yaozai will definitely collapse directly!"
Next Day · Town Entrance
"Rimuru, Your Excellency Zhong Chen, I will return now. I will visit again when I have time!"
Gazel, riding a Pegasus, bid farewell to Rimuru, Zhong Chen, and the others.
"Hmm, you're welcome to visit again. Travel safely!"
"Then... goodbye everyone!"
After speaking, Gazel led the Pegasus Knights slowly into the sky, disappearing from everyone's sight shortly after.
"Alright... everyone, let's go back!"
Seeing Gazel leave, Rimuru said to everyone present.
"Wait... Rimuru, don't let everyone split up yet. I have something to say. Everyone, come with me to the conference room!"
"Yes, Lord Chen!"
Although they didn't know what Zhong Chen was going to say, everyone still followed Zhong Chen to the conference room.
"The main reason I called this meeting is because..."