The Dark Way of the Egoist: A Serial

Chapter 178: The Poor Barbatos

Barbatos's social experiment went smoothly, so smoothly that even he himself felt something was wrong.

"There are all kinds of subtleties in human beings, all kinds of details in human society, all kinds of chain reactions that are linked together, and all kinds of things that need to be paid attention to and handled correctly.

I was supposed to be guiding Shinji in his life and his research in magic, but I ended up asking him for advice.

Shinji, who was supposed to be my disciple, unknowingly became my teacher.

He managed my operations..."

How to make society run smoothly and more effectively.

How to allocate social productivity more effectively.

His wisdom and drive amaze me.

That kind of demonic nature from within is even worthy of being called a demon.

Of course, compared to the Demon Pillar who simply lacks human intelligence and cannot stand being observed from a third-party perspective, how can this be compared to Dark who is conducting a social experiment?

Dark, who is a human being but has conducted social experiments and looks at human social issues from a human perspective, must have a better understanding of this aspect than Barbatos.

Not to mention that this was a stage that Dark created specifically for Barbatos. How could Barbatos possibly beat the game GM?
"Cut off all evil and correct all good.

By forcibly wiping out the sins of all life and obtaining a purified world, a completely good world is realized.

Lord Barbatos, you did a great job." Dak smiled.

The Demon Pillar's techniques do have some things worth learning, such as the editing of the human mind, which is an area that Dark is not good at.

Especially the determination of the good side.

Dak and the beings related to him are better at operating in the "negative realm".

Although this was just a stage play set up to control Barbatos, Dak was indeed very satisfied with Barbatos' performance.

Because struggle has been completely eliminated, human individuality has been completely excluded, and the world has become a collectively constructed dystopia.

Under Dak's instigation, Barbatos seemed to have developed a severe obsessive-compulsive disorder and turned the area under his jurisdiction into a prison of absolutely pure and bacteria-killing salt.

There is only absolute pure white here.

Salt, salt, salt, pure white salt.

As far as the Demon Pillar is concerned, Barbatos is considered broken, right?

How interesting.

The curse poison that had not yet fully taken effect on Aozaki Touko was unexpectedly effective against the Demon Pillar - Dark thought with interest that finding the right method was indeed the most important thing.

In this world, special attacks are more important than anything else.

“Is this...really possible?

I will manage everything…” Barbatos had always existed only as a tool to assist management, but now that he had the initiative, he began to feel confused.

"Yes, Lord Barbatos, you are right.

Only you can lead mankind onto the right path!" Dak wanted to see to what extent Barbatos could achieve under his watch.

After the two inhabited the same body, Dark began to steal Barbatos' memories.

Frankly speaking, apart from knowledge, Barbatos' life is boring, like a simple data record.

“Is this slander?
This is slander!
I don't want to listen!

I don’t want to listen!” Barbatos wanted to resist, but… for some reason he couldn’t.

Subconsciously I don't want to resist.

Instead I want to do this.

This is what I thought?!

That's what I want?? ! !

The experiment went smoothly until this day...

“No… this isn’t me! Cutting out malignant humans… is not what I want at all.

What I want is a human who is born pure and innocent." Barbatos finally reacted. He didn't know when he could no longer fully control Dark's body. He could no longer stop Dark's actions.

——I was possessed by him.

I had been planning to carefully possess him, but now I realize that this is some kind of soil that is even more terrifying than me.

There's something wrong with this person. He's not the Matou Shinji I know.

But it was too late.

“It would be nice if you didn’t know.

It would be nice if you didn't know.

A sense of accomplishment, satisfaction, happiness... Obviously these are what the demon god doesn't need.

Sensibility, relief...these are not what we should consider. As a technique, we just need to run it stably.

It’s all my fault… I messed up everything…” After realizing that the situation was out of control, Barbatos fell into self-pity.

For a spiritual being, the senses of possessing a physical body are a strong stimulation, but also a degradation.

Serotonin, dopamine, and endocannabinoids, by adjusting the secretion of these hormones and changing the stimulation to the body, Dak easily influenced Barbatos.

Barbatos had never had experience with a physical body, and he was defenseless in that regard.

“It was indeed me who wanted to turn Fuyuki City into a utopia, but… the changes that followed have exceeded my expectations.

This city is not normal.

I am absolutely sure of this.

I now realize that our actions should not be left unchecked.

There should be a Holy Church in Fuyuki City." Barbatos reviewed his experiences during this period and noticed some unreasonable details.

Why didn’t I notice it before?
Was it disturbed by something?

"Matou Shinji" said that it was all for my purpose, but in fact he was the real controller behind all the changes in Fuyuki City.

He could no longer control the body of "Matou Shinji".

There was no way to stop him.

"I just want to achieve a noble and correct ideal, I just want to minimize the number of deaths.

I just didn't want to go through with that destructive plan.

…I just want a pure utopia.

I don’t want to create a salt cage of dictatorship…” At this point, nothing can be done.

There's nothing I can do except feel sorry for myself.

It was like being stuck in a quagmire, with one's outer self being wrapped up and one becoming something inside. One was no longer "Barbatos", but the thing called "Matou Shinji" was "Barbatos".

I am just mastering something called a ritual, and am allowed to continue running it.

That is why, fortunately, although I no longer have the operating authority, the power is still mine.

Fortunately, the power has not been taken away... Therefore, can we find a chance to pass the message to our compatriots?
"Hehehe...what are you talking about?

Lord Barbatos, things will become more and more interesting from now on, right?
Oh, right.

There is an interesting thing that I would like to show you.

I've wanted to do this for a long time.

I just want to repay your kindness, so I want you to have more fun." Dak's voice was still full of childishness.

However, now that Barbatos realized the current situation, he felt a kind of indescribable mockery from it.

The narrow-minded Dark still remembered the empathy technique that Barbatos had used.

It is very interesting to think about what Yuanyuan did to Jie faction

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(End of this chapter)