Collapse Iron: I just transmigrated! You want me to save the Black Tower?!

Come on, come on, it won't hurt to give it a try.

Jiang Jiu: "..."

He really wants to give this lousy system a bad review now.

How can you give someone a power without providing a detailed user manual? Is that right?

Why is it that the protagonists in the novels he read before all became experts in everything without any instruction as soon as they gained power?

Is he stupid?

But the power just won't work in my body!

How about... we give it a try?

"Cough cough..."

Remember to shout it out loud!

"Cough cough cough..."

Jiang Jiu took a deep breath, adhering to the principle that as long as he wasn't embarrassed, it was others who would be embarrassed, and shouted loudly.

"Key that conceals the power of darkness, reveal your true strength before me!"

"Sakura, who made a promise with you, commands you: Release the seal!"

quiet--

The surrounding air fell eerily still for three seconds.

Jiang Jiu's lips twitched. So even if they really had to shout a chuunibyou slogan, it shouldn't be this one! What's the connection?!

Black Tower glanced at him sideways, his gaze as if he were looking at a fool.

Iron Tomb should be an inorganic life form. It doesn't have the thoughts that a normal person should have; it only has instincts built up from mechanical data.

But then I heard Jiang Jiu suddenly say those two sentences.

Iron Tomb paused for a couple of seconds.

Jiang Jiu was even more embarrassed.

You guys go ahead and fight, it's just a couple of cringey, childish remarks... Why are you even following me?

It's so embarrassing, okay?

Upon seeing this scene, the comments section, which had been quiet for a few seconds, finally erupted.

[Hahahaha!!! I'm dying of laughter, he actually shouted it!!]

He believed it! He actually believed it!! Hahahaha!!!

[There's fun here! The God of Fun will arrive on the battlefield in three seconds, so get ready.]

Looking at the screen full of mockery and gloating, plus the meager points he earned, Jiang Jiu forced a smile that looked more like a grimace.

"Stop laughing, guys, or I'm really going to die."

Just as Jiang Jiusheng was thinking despondently that this mission was probably going to fail and had already prepared to give up and wait for death, he was filled with despair.

The next moment, a faint trace of destiny power swirled around his fingertips.

Holy crap? Emptiness... actually responded to him.

The first thing Jiang Jiu felt upon sensing this change wasn't surprise or shock, but rather...

Was his destiny truly nihilistic rather than joyful?! Who unlocks a nihilistic destiny with the slogan of a chuunibyou girl?!

The Iron Tomb was originally being held back by the Black Tower.

Suddenly, he was knocked back half a step by a force, and his gaze fell on Jiang Jiu in an instant.

Black Tower frowned.

"Void Envoy, are you just watching the show?"

"No... I just received the instruction manual." Jiang Jiu took a deep breath and, after confirming that the power was usable, immediately joined the battle.

"Black Tower, you can just leave. I'll hold them off here."

However, Black Tower only observed Jiang Jiu and Iron Tomb's exchange of blows before shaking his head.

"You are no match for this thing. After this big iron block kills you, it will probably go on a rampage in one direction and destroy everything in its path."

"Yes, that's right, but if you don't leave now, this giant iron block will kill you and then connect your consciousness to its own, forcibly merging with you!"

"You will die! After death, you will become Emperor III and wash the galaxy in blood."

Black Tower looked at the inorganic life form before it and actually began to think.

Chapter 5: A Genius's Premature Demise

"As an inorganic life form, the Iron Tomb has no self-thought. If it were to merge with a genius like me, it would indeed be a very good research topic."

Jiang Jiu was stunned for a moment.

"...What research topic?"

Black Tower carefully analyzed and compared, considering who would dominate his thoughts and control his body's consciousness after merging with the Iron Tomb.

"According to my analysis, the creator of this inorganic life form must also be a genius. Without any self-instinct, it will eventually become a tool to cater to destruction."

A glint of madness flashed in her eyes.

"But if it is me who merges with it, Genius Club #83, Black Tower, there is a very high probability that he will be controlled by my mind and do everything in the direction that Lady Black Tower likes."

"..."

Jiang Jiu was stunned for a moment and was immediately pulled into the wall by the iron curtain.

He coughed several times, but didn't even have time to pay attention to the pain all over his body.

"No, Black Tower, do you know what this means?"

"This means you will die, it means... you are gambling with your life!!"

"I do not care."

Black Tower's lips curled up, a proud smile spreading across his face.

She had roughly figured out the situation.

It's nothing more than someone using a world, or simply a data stream, to nurture a destructive machine with only a killing instinct.

But the target of this killing machine is the Star God of Intelligence.

The scope is already very small. The person who can do all this and hide an entire planet is most likely a member of the genius club.

Eliminate some unlikely candidates.

The rest is the correct answer.

Right, Zandal?

Zandal I. Kuwabara, Genius Club #1.

But whether or not it matters now is irrelevant; Black Tower doesn't need to know who created this giant iron block.

All she knew was that...

If this problem isn't resolved here, it will only leave behind endless hidden dangers.

Ah... that's the true charm of our Lady Black Tower...

She can disregard everything, nothing at all, including her own life—crazy! Beautiful! Proud!

[It seems that although Jiang Jiu only mentioned some fragmented information, our exceptionally intelligent Lady Black Tower has already guessed the current situation and is analyzing the worst possible outcome.]

[It seems like something's been overlooked?]

[It doesn't matter! Lady Black Tower is unparalleled, Lady Black Tower is exceptionally intelligent, Lady Black Tower...]

Jiang Jiu clutched his heart for a few seconds, then said with a look of utter despair, "Tsk... Can you guys stop being so crazy? Is it really possible that doing this will cause the mission to fail...? You don't want to live, but I do..."

What does your death have to do with us? We're not going to die.

【What are you saying, ptooey?】

I want to hold your hand and face everything together!

Jiang Jiu: "..."

Okay, then we can forget about getting any comments.

Jiang Jiu still hoped to rely on the Black Tower.

"Black Tower, listen to me... You're a genius, you can't just leave like this..."

"Hey..." Black Tower cast a puzzled look at Jiang Jiu.

"What are you thinking? You don't actually think I'm going to sacrifice myself like this, do you?"

"Hey, hey, hey... I'm a member of the Genius Club. My value is far greater than this big block of iron. How could I possibly sacrifice myself for someone else's research results so easily?"

Jiang Jiu blinked.

"So, your analysis of the possibilities after merging with this thing is...?"

"curious."

"...?"

The Black Tower was responding to the Iron Tomb's lock-on, but it seemed to be struggling to cope.

This place is a narrow passage between life and death, yet the impact of the force was so great that even this place couldn't withstand it.

This is not normal.

What kind of container was used to cultivate the Iron Tomb? Why did it reach such a level of strength?

Why didn't anyone notice something so powerful before?

What methods did they use to deceive everyone?

Black Tower wasn't afraid of death, just like she had just answered Jiang Jiu's question; she was curious.