"Honto ni sumimasen! (I'm really sorry!)"
After looking at each other awkwardly for a while, Sato Kazuma moved.
He performed a sliding shovel—a difficult traditional performance of sliding into a dogeza. Sato Kazuma came before Takumi and the others and apologized loudly.
Although it seemed that the two of them were not hit, in Sato Kazuma's opinion, this was probably just because they were powerful. If they were ordinary people, they would almost certainly have been injured.
In addition, this matter was originally his fault, so regardless of whether they were hit or not, Sato Kazuma humbly came up and apologized. For him, offending two powerful adventurers was more terrifying than injuring an ordinary person!
After all, if you injure someone, you can still pay for it. But if he is targeted by two adventurers who can easily take advantage of him, his life might be lost! So he made a decisive decision and chose to follow his heart.
Sato Kazuma's unscrupulous behavior made Eris stunned.
"Get up, it didn't really hit me after all."
Takumi was not in a daze and generously expressed his forgiveness to Sato Kazuma. He also understood from what was said just now that Aqua did it, and it was Sato Kazuma who was targeted. He was just accidentally affected.
It didn't really hurt him anyway, and he was too lazy to argue with Sato Kazuma about this trivial matter. So Aqua, the original culprit? Who would compete with a mental patient?
"Really? Thank you for your great support!"
When Sato Kazuma heard that Takumi didn't care, he immediately breathed a sigh of relief and quickly expressed his gratitude. Fortunately, he didn't cause any big trouble...
Just when Sato Kazuma was secretly rejoicing, he heard Takumi suddenly say: "It doesn't matter to me, but some people seem to think it does."
"Ah?"
Sato Kazuma was stunned when he heard this and saw Takumi pointing to the construction site behind him.
"Here comes your real trouble."
Sato Kazuma suddenly thought of something, his face changed, and he quickly turned around. Sure enough, he saw the contractor with a gloomy face who had been standing behind Aqua at some point and was looking toward him.
"Don't you want to work anymore? Um?!"
"No! No! Boss, please listen to my excuses. Bah, I mean, please listen to my explanation!"
Ignoring Su and Mobius, he swooped down again in embarrassment, then glided back to the construction site.
"Gee, what a miserable traveler."
Looking at Sato Kazuma's humble appearance, Takumi couldn't help but feel that Sato Kazuma was really unlucky. His childhood friend was harassed by thugs, and after escaping from reality for a long time, he finally went out for a trip, but he was almost scared to death because of hallucinations. He was sent to the hospital for rescue and was laughed at by the medical staff, dying on the spot. After his death, he had a chance to be reincarnated, but he met such a scumbag as Aqua and was ridiculed until he couldn't bear it, choosing Aqua in retaliation.
As a result, Aqua's abilities were blocked after she came to this world. Not only was he penniless, but he also had an extra burden, and he was tortured by Aqua in various ways every now and then. Based on this experience, Subaru would call him an expert after seeing it!
But there is nothing you can do about Sato Kazuma being like this now. He has just arrived, and now he can't even guarantee his basic needs. If he doesn't work hard to make a living, he may not even be able to eat. In the face of survival, dignity and integrity were not worth mentioning.
Then, Takumi looked past Sato Kazuma, who was desperately trying to explain to the contractor in order to keep his job, and looked to the side where Aqua stood like a child who had done something wrong, bowing her head obediently.
"What's going on with her? Would you let other goddesses descend to the planet you manage so casually?"
Takumi pretended to be confused and asked Eris. Of course he knew what was going on with Aqua, but that was not the point. The point was that he seemed to be able to manipulate this situation. Takumi urgently needed a reasonable excuse now, allowing him to take action to eliminate the Demon King without causing a misunderstanding among the gods in the heavens represented by Eris.
Originally, he was prepared to be worried. Unexpectedly, he met Aqua. This was like someone bringing a pillow right as he was falling asleep!
"This senior Aqua, her situation is quite special..."
Eris was not surprised to see that Takumi had figured out Aqua's identity. Although it was a bit hard to explain, since Takumi had asked, she truthfully explained the cause and effect. As for whether this would affect Aqua, that was none of her business.
Takumi nodded and continued to guide the topic: "So, she can only return to heaven after the Demon King is eliminated, right?"
"That's it."
"So, in fact, no matter who kills the Demon King, there is no difference, right?"
Someone finally understands...
"Surely this can be done... wait, are you thinking...?"
Eris nodded subconsciously but reacted suddenly and looked at Takumi with some surprise. Takumi admitted it directly and said casually: "Just think of it as a little kindness from Dimension City to you. It's just right. I am also very interested in the strength level and power system of your world."
Actually, it doesn't matter what the reason is. What Takumi wants is just a reasonable and not obtrusive excuse.
"This..."
Eris couldn't help but frown. She didn't doubt Takumi's excuse, but she just felt that it was a bit inappropriate. Just as Takumi suspected, this was an internal problem of the world, and she didn't want Takumi to get involved.
Moreover, destroying the Demon King is not that simple. How it is eliminated is not important; what is important is who eliminates it. If they really wanted to destroy the Demon King, it would only be a matter of minutes for gods like them to do it themselves.
As for the reason why they didn't do this, in addition to the two concerns that Takumi thought of, there was also a more secret reason. That is... this is actually a show! A show about spreading faith.
The Demon King who harmed the planet was eliminated by the reincarnation sent by the gods. This in itself is an advertisement for the spread of faith. When the devil is eliminated, the saved people will not only thank the hero, but also naturally express their gratitude and admiration to the gods who brought the hero to them.
At that time, the god responsible for reincarnating the hero will be able to gain a large number of new believers and deepen the faith of the original believers, among other benefits. If there was no such benefit, why would they work so hard to manage the planet, help people reincarnate, and even give golden fingers? To do charity?
Wake up, there are no such good things that fall from the sky. Most of this artificial time travel and benefits are just investments with a secret price tag.