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“What’s next?

“Let’s see… who are you?” (Naofumi)

Let’s assuo Nohy did this spirit draw closer to him?

“Before that, I’d like you to tell me a little about yourself Or else, I’ll have no way of answering”

“Mu…” (Naofumi)

Yeah, before pressing a guy for information, it’s best that I at least name myself

Even I’ve hidden s in that world

If you want to ask for money, you have to find out what the other person wants first

Meaning I’ll have to give hi of my situation

His robe’s been suspicious fro my questions

“My naic, I’e student, and in a certain world, I was summoned as the Hero of the shi+eld” (Naofumi)

“Is that so? About how far advanced is the world you call modern?”

“…?” (Naofumi)

“You didn’t get that? The fact that there are so ic civilizations, machine civilizations, and many, many more So when you tell me a modern world… is it a world with robots, or one that runs on eneral idea on what sort of world it is”

The only response I could give to that was silence

What sort of civilization?

Just how far along is my oorld?

I was raised on Manga and Garasp of it, but I only have e-ish world to compare, so it’s a bit hard to determine

“Let’s see… Having an idea of its tendencies and structure is enough How old is it? Does it have autonoreat is its ability to transfer information?”

“Its age is…”

I answered the robe’s questions to some extent

And he nodded, as if he was satisfied

“I see Thanks And so, you were summoned to another world by the spirits to lend them your power”

“Well… you’re not wrong” (Naofumi)

“Well, that’s just how o nowadays And?”

“Yeah, I was suht the wave, a phenoirl who called herself God used a ht I had been killed, I was sent back to oing back to the world I was summoned to once more” (Naofumi)

I s short, as I explain my own situation to the robe

He nods again and again

“So you’ve made me say all that I’ll have you answer my questions” (Naofumi)

“Naturally Then I’ll speak of everything that is within the scope of what I’m allowed to say”

He cleared his throat, before speaking once more

“I’ who has crossed , a slayer of Gods That’s perfect for you, right?”

“Wha–”

Wait, wait, wait What’s this supposed to mean?

Someone that convenient actually exists?

“It appears you don’t believe Me”

“Of course not If someone like you existed, then why isn’t she dead yet?” (Naofumi)

“Hey, you see… please look up at the sky”

As told, I look up

Infinite worlds stacked up next to one another

“I’le person, you know? There are as s as there are stars in this sky And for a long ti out simultaneously There’s no way I could deal with all of them”

“As many as there are stars in the sky?” (Naofumi)

“Yeah Since you’ve kept up with s they are”

The robe started explaining things one at a time

“They’re generally the results of worlds too ancient”

“Ancient?” (Naofumi)

“Putting it in your world’s standards, if science and technology continued to advance without end, what do you think would happen?”

“I wonder…” (Naofumi)

I don’t really like getting sucked into his pace, but let’s try thinking about it

A world with advanced technology

The world I knew had ic, and heroes, and monsters

If you were to give it a genre, it would be fantasy

So a technological one would be Sci-fi

ESPers, and giant robots Things like that would fight

“According to Manga, I guess there would be giant robot wars across the cosmos” (Naofumi)

“After that Try thinking of what comes next”

“… I don’t know” (Naofumi)

There are plenty of diverging possibilities

Humanity could decline, it could continue to advance, it could rate to another star

“Well, they number few, but there are so death”

“I… see…” (Naofumi)

“Eventually, that research comes to fruition, and the populace becomes immortal Bodies that don’t die no matter how much you cut them up Souls that don’t wither no matter how many millions of years pass”

That’s already transitioning into the realm of literary creation

I’ve read stories about immortal bodies They were always harsh ones

Even so, if they even modified souls not to wither, then maybe they could stand the test of time

And it’s not like only a single individual’s iuess that can be called the completion of one civilization

(TL: And then there’s boredo from the sky)

“When that happens, there’s always that one guy who proclaims themselves God, and looks down on all those that are of the same make as them That’s still fine in itself They make moves to control more and more, and conquer their entire world Then, what’s next? How about expanding to yet another world?”

… I see How simple How idiotic

Stuff like that was done in my world, and that world as well

“So they start invasions of other worlds?” (Naofumi)

“Correct This tiic they call science to another world, and go to war And the amount of worlds they control increases In order to fulfill their greed, I guess Soet killed, but I’ll bet most of them see success”

“That’sSo is that her identity?” (Naofumi)

“No, that was just an example, so it’s probably different There are countless ways to ascend to that level, and if you had to say, I think she leans towards the ine it to soht?”

“Then tell oal? She said she wanted EXP” (Naofumi)

“It’s probably just as she said She wants to get stronger”

“Stronger?” (Naofumi)

“Yeah She sucks ic and life out of the world, and converts it to her oer And if that happens, the only thing left for the parched world is to disappear Well, I’ll bet the number of worlds she can turn to power is limited”

I tried to get into the robe’s in-depth explanation

So she came to suck all the power froic

“She used attacks with things like infinity, and 100 and unlimited in their nauess they were conceptual attacks Since she attacked past, present, and future, it looks like she can do temporal attacks too If she even attacked parallel worlds, she really, REALLY wanted you dead, man”

“Conceptual attack…” (Naofumi)

I try to remember that damn Goddess’s attack

I died without knowing anything

It was probably that

“Right She just faces her enea as she transe 『The Enemy has Died』 across Even if you used all the means in the world I doubt you would be able to beat an enemy like that She politely told you she was eternal, and i like that, and she seemed to be obsessive over her speed too, so she must be quite the battle maniac”

Pushi+ng es onto people…

Honestly, I have no idea what he’s talking about, but let’s forget common sense for a second

Nore an enemy, and they would die in a pool of their own blood

If you take away the da to them

I really doubt such a thing is possible, but she definitely did soical like that

“For someone like that… how can I win?” (Naofumi)

“So I think it’s best to wait for someone in a si you poas probably waiting for so like that to come”

“What?” (Naofumi)

“Ah, sorry, I forgot the explanation Of course, for every world that tries to conquer another, there’s another that tries to protect There’s an unlimited number of worlds out there For pleasure, to satisfy their senses of justice, there are some like that too”’

Sense of Justice, is it?

The past Itsuki, Motoyasu, and Ren pop up in my head

It’s true that helping others can ood

There’s rarely a person who finds the honest thanks of others to be displeasing

And that feeling is areater the depravity of their opponents

But this guy… the way he put it see

No, that may be to make me feel relieved

We were just having a normal conversation, but it’s not like we’re allies, and I’m not sure if I can trust him

There’s no defining rule that says the enemy of an enemy is a friend

There’s plenty a chance that the enemy of an enemy is but another enemy