Tsukishiro Yuki had already spent a very, very long time with her Animus.
On that planet where only the two of them lived, to kill the boredom, they did almost everything they could think of.
However, fighting side-by-side with her Animus was still a first for her.
Lord of Hosts, Demonic Bodhisattva... Essence...
With Tsukishiro Yuki's volume of knowledge as a Great Witch who knows the heavens and the earth, it actually took her quite some effort to digest this information.
It was quite interesting. She originally thought the whole world was just that one unremarkable planet, but it turned out to be countless brilliant and colorful universes.
Tsukishiro Yuki would store these experiences properly, to take them out when recalling the past in the infinitely distant future, and share them with her Animus.
"Hmm..."
The Great Witch slowly opened her eyes. She always had the illusion that this did not seem to be the first time she had opened them.
After entering that passage of the mental world, she had been separated from her Animus. But she did not panic; she believed in Animus's arrangements and decisions.
"Is this the enemy I need to resolve?"
Her gaze cast into the distance. Where the sky and earth met in twilight, an eyeball carved atop a pyramid was looking down upon all things.
One eye peeping at the Nine Provinces.
It, symbolizing 'His' omniscience, also seemed to sense Tsukishiro Yuki's entry. The eyeball slowly raised to meet the gaze of the one who possessed 'His' omnipotence.
That similar essence made them instantly become each other's prey. It would only stop when one party completely crushed and devoured the other.
Very dangerous, and also very powerful.
Animus did not lie to her; this was indeed an existence that required her to go all out.
Myriad magics became usable again. Tsukishiro Yuki furrowed her brows; such an aura made even her feel a trace of pressure. But likewise, she also developed a desire to devour and decompose that eye.
This was 'Essence,' the instinct of the fragmented 'Them' wanting to reassemble themselves.
[Whoa, look who's here? A sensory meat chunk calling itself a witch trying to challenge a god!]
[I see your future! Spoiler alert: You will turn into a glob of sticky red paste held in the palms of your lover, hahahaha!!]
Under The All-Seeing Eye, a golden triangle phantom first launched ridicule at Tsukishiro Yuki;
[All dimensions will eventually return to one, and all order will eventually collapse.]
[Only Shuma-Gorath shall live forever!]
Under The All-Seeing Eye, a giant eyeball phantom with countless tentacles muttered in a low whisper.
[There is no life in the void, only death.]
[The so-called Honkai is the self-purification carried out by the universe to correct the redundancy produced by wisdom.]
The Eye of Gold, The Eye of Flesh, The Eye of the Tower, The Eye of Void.
Tsukishiro Yuki recognized these things. These were the contents of stories he had told her during the leisure time of the night after a busy day, back when she and her Animus were lonely companions in the past.
"Interesting." Tsukishiro Yuki curled the corners of her mouth slightly.
Although Animus described them in the stories as omniscient and omnipotent, and each one was an ultimate evil villain, they had one thing in common: despite possessing abilities that fell like flowers from the sky, 'They' seemed to have never truly reached the terminus of 'Their' desires.
But Tsukishiro Yuki was different.
She had already arrived.
The moment her wish was satisfied, and both her body and mind reached the place of return, the Great Witch named Tsukishiro Yuki came to possess qualities that these fellows did not have.
——Especially since this was a mental world!
Magic · [Omniscient and Omnipotent]
A temporary magic developed by the existence named Great Witch combining the qualities obtained in this world. It is also the ultimate method that can only be used by one who has reached the terminus of desire.
Excavating and amplifying one's own 'Essence' to the extreme, thereby allowing the Trait [Omniscient and Omnipotent (Fake)] to temporarily evolve into [Omniscient and Omnipotent (Simulated)].
Although it was a change of only one word, the output was worlds apart.
If placed within the magecraft system of the Clock Tower of this world, it would be a miracle called, or even surpassing, the Sixth Magic.
As a Pretender (One Who Wears a Role), she completely merged into the role she was playing at this moment.
Lord of Hosts!
When the appearance of the four eyes returned the heaven and earth to darkness and crimson, a white radiance like sky-light breaking through clouds returned everything to brilliance!
In Tsukishiro Yuki's perspective, these phantoms simulated by that eye were instantly swallowed and annihilated by the light.
Rumble—
The intense light made the eye on the pyramid tremble, causing even this mental space to shudder and shake! Losing a certain connection, it solidified like a stone and smashed from the horizon onto the earth.
Endless divinity rippled in Tsukishiro Yuki's heart, almost nearly changing her personality. But when the object named [Phoenix Ring] worn on the ring finger of her left hand lit up, this divinity quickly receded.
The whole process took only a few breaths.
But it had already determined the outcome of the struggle.
"Phew..."
Tsukishiro Yuki exhaled heavily, reached out and clenched her hand, shrinking that petrified eye to pick it up and store it.
How should she put it? It felt easier than imagined?
But she had indeed done her best; was it her illusion?
Regardless, she had successfully completed what Animus entrusted to her. Animus's side should be a bit more relaxed now, right...
The mental world governed by the "Third Beast" quickly receded, revealing the platform belonging to the Deep Sea Cyber Paradise Singularity beneath it.
On that platform, Tsukishiro Yuki first saw BB, who was draped in a black trench coat much wider than before, resembling a bat, and whose skin had for some reason turned into a wheat color.
She seemed to have finished her opponent even a step faster than Yuki herself, waiting there for Yuki and the others as if she had been waiting for a long time.
'Animus's Servant has come out, but Animus hasn't yet?'
Tsukishiro Yuki looked around. After discovering she did not see Suke's figure, she furrowed her brows.
In her heart, her Animus should be the most reliable one, the one to resolve the crisis first.
Tsukishiro Yuki looked up again; the phantom of the Demonic Bodhisattva had already disappeared, which made her more certain of her guess. The crisis had been resolved, but why was his figure nowhere to be seen?
"I remember... your name is BB, right?"
"Have you seen my Animus?"
Tsukishiro Yuki paid attention to the public channel in the lower left corner; Animus had not replied to her question. However, Animus's death message had not popped up in the public channel either. If he had resurrected inside the Farm now, Tsukishiro Yuki would absolutely be able to know.
Animus would absolutely not delay replying to her messages; something unexpected must have happened!
"Who knows~?"
The wheat-skinned BB, wrapped in a black trench coat over a one-piece swimsuit, shrugged her shoulders, looking indifferent.
"Say, is it possible that Master is simply tired of you and doesn't want to see you, so he deliberately ignored your message?"
"After all, for a giant infant, bean sprout, landmine girl like you who has lived in vain for a thousand years and needs someone to take care of her at all times, anyone would eventually come to hate you one day, right~?"
"...I didn't hear clearly what you were saying."
"If you think this can provoke me, then I don't mind taking Animus's place to discipline you, this woman who is his 'Servant'."
Tsukishiro Yuki's gaze turned cold. Although she didn't understand why BB was trying to provoke her, she had a premonition: She definitely had something to do with Animus's loss of contact!
"Hehe, are you deaf, white-haired bean sprout landmine girl☆~"
"Want to fight? BB-chan is ready to oblige anytime. After all, BB-chan has found you unpleasant for a long time☆~"
BB did not avoid Tsukishiro Yuki's line of sight in the slightest; instead, as if deliberately provoking, she actively crashed her gaze against hers——
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