I'll kill you after I finish this game!

Erii Honjo's face was full of complaints. She nudged Yuza Shirou's thigh with her foot and said helplessly;

"You can play the emotional card with Lian, but it doesn't work at all with that scheming senior. You almost got dumped in a strange place and treated like a wild man!"

"Oh dear, she's such a beautiful woman, but she seems so difficult to get along with. It's like she can see right through me."

Yuza Shirou stroked his chin, deep in thought. He was quite curious about the relationship between Skadi and Fujii Ren.

Are they the guides to power?

I have a feeling that it's partly true, but it's not quite like that at all.

This is the first time I've seen someone get along so well with this aloof guy, Fujii Ren. It's already far beyond his idiot Kasumi.

Looking at Shirou's expression, Erii Honjo retorted, "I know there are superpowered people in the world, but I feel like your childhood friend and that upperclassman are completely different."

"Stop talking, that's the truth. Renna was really thinking about our lives. She wouldn't have done that for anyone else."

Yuzashiro whistled helplessly. He was certain that the other side of that space was definitely not Earth, since he had never seen those plants before, and the color of the sun in the sky was wrong.

The ability to casually toss people hundreds of millions of light-years away is enough to explain some troublesome situations.

"Ever since you left school, you've inexplicably gotten involved with those people, and you've even gotten into fights with them."

"Even though I got beaten up." Yuza Shirou touched his shoulder, thinking of a certain blond priest.

Erii Honjo, of course, knew about his embarrassing situation of being beaten up but still alive, and said with a sarcastic tone, "You're only alive because the other party treated you like an insect and didn't take you seriously."

"The power... isn't enough. Not long ago, Ren was just an ordinary person. Could she be the protagonist?" Yuza Shirou held his pistol, completely ignoring the danger of accidental discharge, and whistled happily as he inserted his finger into the trigger and turned it.

He found it slightly amusing; the current developments were as interesting as a comic book, proving that life would be meaningless without such a twist.

In the past, Fujii Ren always provided him with plenty of topics that he could never get tired of. Although he seemed very ordinary, he was actually the most perverted one, and he was probably quite unaware of his own biases.

"I learned from Ren that there is a huge difference in strength between us. Although you and I are not afraid of death, we don't want to be crushed and eliminated like small fry!" Honjo Erii looked at the scenery outside the window, thinking of how powerless she was to resist before, and glanced at Shirou as she spoke.

"Well, I probably won't do that. We'll stick to the manga's plot." Yuza Shirou grinned mischievously at Honjo Erii, teasingly adding, "If I die in front of Ren, it might trigger her to unleash her full power, right?"

After saying that, Silang seemed to sense something, looked out at the night sky, packed his gear, and got up.

"So, you're affecting Lian's power output just because you're alive?"

In response to Yuza Shirou's teasing, Honjo Erii responded with a helpless retort, her expression blank.

She fully understood the other person's personality—once ignited, they couldn't stop. Thinking of this, Erii Honjo watched the other person's departing figure and said speechlessly:

"I'll be a hindrance in a direct confrontation anyway. If you act without thinking, be careful that senior sees you and throws you onto a planet hundreds of millions of light-years away."

Yuza Shirou smiled at this, seemingly envious and amused:

"If I can gain that senior's approval, maybe she'll teach me how to become stronger. Lian's transformation is definitely related to her."

"Then I wish you good luck in your battles, you little rascal~~"

"It's a handsome guy!"

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After leaving the club, Skadi and Ren Fujii walked down the bustling streets.

Although this street isn't in the countryside, it's still quite conspicuous at night with Skadi, a girl who clearly looks foreign.

Therefore, you will strongly feel the curious and amazed gazes around you.

The same applies during the day. In this situation, the appropriate course of action is...

"Om-!"

Fujii Ren used the "Idle People Dispelling Technique" that he learned from Skadi-senpai to dispel most of the people who wanted to approach him and strike up a conversation, as well as thugs and the like.

There are a lot of people here in Suwahara City at night, but it's still better than the bustling downtown area we just went through.

Because everyone is focused on their own affairs, they don't pay attention to what others are doing.

As her gaze gradually drifted away, with Skadi quietly by her side, Fujii Ren finally calmed down.

Skadi and I sat down on a nearby bench. So, what should we do next?

The decision to do the task has been made, and the thought process has been completed, but there is no concrete plan yet.

Still weak compared to the Black Round Table, the only people she could truly trust were her senior and Mary, who were always by her side.

Moreover, this feeling of insecurity wasn't good. She had thought she could do it in a big way, but she was afraid of involving unrelated ordinary people, so she gave up.

Currently, the situation is somewhat uncertain.

Now that she has separated from Shiro, she has one more person to take care of, Kasumi, which is quite troublesome. But no matter how frivolous Kasumi is, she is still her childhood friend, so she can't just ignore her.

"I'm sorry, senior, I always make you worry about the trivial things around me."

Fujii Ren looked at the senior who had given her quiet space to think. Sometimes, she felt absolutely safe and secure when she was with her senior.

Mary had told her this, and she herself had experienced it firsthand.

The other party can be trusted because they were once in the same situation as you, and are a reliable senior who has been through it all.

"It's okay. Cherishing the few people around you who care about you is the shining point of your quirky and aloof personality that I like."

Skadi chuckled softly, brushing a strand of snow-white hair behind her ear. Her crystal-blue eyes reflected the slightly embarrassed face of Fujii Ren, and she said softly:

"Your relationship with Yuza Shirou isn't as cold as you both seem."

"..."

Upon hearing this, Fujii Ren paused for a moment, then lowered his head and began to speak to himself as if talking to himself:

“That guy and I have been accomplices since the beginning, and Mary, who is on the same mission as me, should know that. We were supposed to keep each other's secrets, but he wanted to break that agreement.”

"So you can't forgive him? But that's not really the case, is it?" Skadi said meaningfully.

Fujii Ren gave a helpless, wry smile, looked up at the starry sky, and said:

"Well, actually, I'm probably the one who most wants to break the agreement. What that guy does always reflects my true feelings. It's terrifying and infuriating, and I can't help but hate it..."

"...It's like standing on the top of a tall building. Even though you know you'll die if you fall, your body seems to be drawn to it?"

Skadi's sudden, precise adjective perfectly captured the description that Fujii Ren couldn't find the right words to use, causing him to turn around and stare at Skadi in surprise.

Why could the other person describe her complicated and chaotic relationship with Silang so accurately?

Skadi didn't immediately explain in response to Fujii Ren's surprised and inquisitive gaze. Instead, she nodded thoughtfully and said:

"If that's the case, unless he dies, you'll be forever entangled with him for the rest of your life."

"...Why do you say that, senior?"

"Because he is your other half, your other half."

"Huh!?!?"

Skadi's words were so shocking that they left even the most stunned Fujii Ren speechless.

What does "other half" and "half of body" mean? Is this kind of misleading term really what she thinks?

After all, these were Skadi's words, and who knows what special abilities she might have that allow her to perceive and see things she doesn't know?

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Chapter Thirty-Five: The Paradox of Self-Destructing Factors

Skadi suddenly said that Yuza Shirou was someone Fujii Ren would be entangled with for the rest of his life, and countless viewers were also intrigued by the girl's words.

After all, although Skadi has not shown her formidable strength many times, the phrase "unfathomable" still applies to her.

That guy who had the air of a hoodlum, didn't even have any artifacts, and hadn't even reached the [Event] rank.

If it weren't for the fact that he's Fujii Ren's childhood friend, viewers wouldn't really be interested in exploring Yuza Shirou's story.

But it was this very person that Skadi said would be the other half of Fujii Ren.

Could it be that the other person is someone you can predict your marriage with?

Of course not. In the video, Skadi gave Ren Fujii a somewhat complicated smile.

"Lian, when I was explaining the true nature of the world to you, I told you that you were a person with domineering talent, right?"

"...If I had to describe my desired type, it would be the domineering type."

"It's not simply about desire, but rather about having an innate quality that can touch the souls of others, what is known as the aura of a king."

Skadi carefully explained to Fujii Ren what the qualities of a king are, which are the qualities that one is born to be a ruler and can easily influence others, making them fascinated by one's own abilities.

A certain golden beast can infect others within the body of mercury, making it an existence that some members of the Black Round Table, despite their awe and fear, also yearn for.

For example, one of the magic gunners Skadi knew was a hardcore, twisted Gold Fan.

Fujii Ren also possesses this aptitude, though it is still weak.

Don't you see how much some of the Heavenly Demons under the command of Tenma Yato loved Setsuna in a certain timeline of the Divine Curse, Kamui, and Kagura?

Fujii Ren and the audience understood that people with such qualities are destined to be leaders.

The Liyue Immortals in Teyvat, the continent of Genshin Impact, immediately thought of their beloved Geo Archon, who was definitely the one Skadi described as having the qualities of a king.

After all, the only true Liyue people are fans of Emperor Taizu and hardcore fans of Emperor Taizu.

However, after the audience and Fujii Ren figured it out, another question arose.

"What does this have to do with Silang?"

Yes, if she has such qualifications, what is the connection between her and the strange relationship between Fujii Ren and Yuza Shirou?

In any case, neither Fujii Ren nor the audience could figure out what Skadi's explanation had to do with Yuza Shirou.

Instead of directly explaining the key points to Fujii Ren, Skadi brought up a part of the lesson she had taught him before, saying:

"Lotus, the Overlord God is an eternal and unchanging concept. As long as he is not killed by other gods, he is immortal."

"However, as mentioned above, the Overlord God is destined to fight each other to the death. Although he is immortal, there are many reasons why the Overlord God cannot exist forever."

"Besides forcing themselves to fight against other domineering gods, they also suffer from a self-destructive ailment that prevents them from ever existing for long."

"You already have this self-destructive disorder."

Everyone was shocked, from countless viewers in other dimensions to Fujii Ren.

According to Skadi's explanation, they knew about the two types of gods, the Seeker and the Overlord, and that on average, the Seeker was stronger than the Overlord.