On how PhDs become human evil

Exusiai recognized the newcomer immediately.

"Unfortunately, those fun things are over. Like you said yourself, you're too late."

“I thought so too, but does the end of one thing mean the beginning of another?” Mirokuji Yuya laughed. “For example, that girl over there who’s been giving me a super dangerous feeling since just now, how about we have a fight?”

The person Mirokuji Yuya was referring to was Skadi, who was standing with Exusiai. Upon hearing that she had been named, Skadi raised an eyebrow.

Like Chen, Skadi also asked Yukari Yakumo to send her to another world for training after Bai Jie left Gensokyo. Because of the different flow rates between worlds, Skadi trained for a longer period than Chen, a full eighteen years.

In these eighteen years, Skadi not only honed her already powerful strength to an even more incredible level, but also learned how to perfectly conceal her aura. Although she is not actively concealing it now, Skadi's habit still subconsciously hides most of her aura.

If one weren't truly skilled, their impression of Skadi would simply be that of a quiet, aloof beauty. However, Mirokuji Yuya saw through it all. Although he might only have seen the surface, he was certain that Skadi was a powerful individual.

Since he is a strongman, there must be a reason for him to challenge him. From this perspective, the behavior pattern of Mirokuji Yuya, the final boss, is really similar to that of Bai Jie, both of them acting as they please.

After a moment of silence, Skadi took off all the bags hanging on her body, and her red eyes turned to Mirokuji Yuya: "Alright, just one sword."

Skadi's shadow suddenly rose like the sea, and a jet-black greatsword, almost as tall as her, slowly rose from it, standing before Skadi like a sword in the stone.

Grasping the hilt, Skadi effortlessly lifted the greatsword with one hand, and in that instant—

"Swish—! Swish—! Swish—!"

The sound of waves crashing against the shore suddenly rang in everyone's ears. Although they were in the city, a vast, turbulent ocean appeared before their eyes.

In the center of this vast ocean, Skadi stood quietly on the sea surface, half of the blade of her greatsword submerged in the ocean. Waves crashed against the sword, splashing up sprays of water, and ripples spread across the sea surface.

Mirokuji Yuya's inner alarm bells were ringing wildly. His biological instincts told him that he would die. If he really fought Skadi, he would definitely die! He wouldn't even have the ability to fight back!

He was like an ignorant human facing an indescribable ancient god of the deep sea, appearing so overconfident.

"Did you hear that?"

Skadi murmured.

"The sound of these waves is the lament of those beings."

The jet-black greatsword was raised high and swung behind Skadi like a golf ball. Skadi's upper body also spun backward in a wide arc, like a wrung-out towel, the arc far exceeding the limits of human anatomy.

She was gathering her strength—realizing this, Mirokuji Yuya suddenly rushed out, his instincts telling him that he absolutely could not let Skadi swing her sword, otherwise he wouldn't have enough lives to spare!

"Ban Que!"

At Mirokuji Yuya's cry, the female general's spirit vanished instantly, then appeared before Skadi as if by teleportation, her sword imbued with the power of wind-splitting, transforming into a streak of blue-purple light as she slashed towards Skadi.

Meanwhile, Mirokuji Yuya, who was a little slower, arrived on Skadi's other side, and the black sword in her hand instantly swirled with gusts of wind, like a raging hurricane.

"Drink up—!"

Mirokuji Yuya swung her wooden sword down from top to bottom, and the hurricane on it transformed into a storm of projectiles that blasted towards Skadi, while the slash from the plate also reached Skadi's front.

Then, Skadi swung her sword—

"The surging tide...a lament."

The giant sword slashed through a lightning-fast trajectory, and the illusory ocean surged with towering waves. The water curtain that blotted out the sky and the violent sword energy intertwined and swallowed up the bodies of Mirokuji Yuya and Ban'e without even touching them!

"Alright, Exusiai, let's go."

Skadi sheathed her greatsword in the shadows and left with Exusiai. Just as she said, she would only swing once, because that was enough. That was the limit for Mirokuji Yuya.

Not far behind Skadi and Exusiai, Mirokuji Yuya had fallen to the ground at some point, with blood spreading rapidly beneath her.

Section 342.5. Author: I'm Drunk, I'm Drunk

Inside an izakaya in Tokyo, Souji looked at the characters he had created who were feasting all around him, and felt extremely out of place with them, dressed in a high school uniform.

Thirty minutes ago, he had just finished writing his novel at home and was about to take a shower and go to bed when he stepped out of his room and found Bai Jie squatting at his door. Before he could say anything, Bai Jie forcibly dragged him into this izakaya.

Then he saw a whole bunch of characters from his own works. Leaving aside the protagonist Bai Jie and his harem, if Souji remembered correctly, the people sitting at the table next to him were the heroine of "Scarlet Alice" and the protagonist of "Magical Killer Mamika"! Why are they appearing in the real world?!

"Well, I think I know what you're thinking. That's why I called you here today." Bai Jie, sitting next to Souji, swirled his wine glass and said, "Just in case, I'd like to ask, Alice, Mamika Kiraki, and Altair didn't come along, did they?"

“At least she didn’t come herself, but her abilities are so strange and comprehensive that we don’t know what abilities she might use to eavesdrop,” Alice Tria said.

Altair's ability is called [All Things in the Universe].

—The power of all things, the flow of all things, the power of reincarnation in the true realm.

Unlike original characters like Alice, Altair was created based on a certain character. Although she has lost 99% of the commonalities with the original character, she is still considered a secondary creation character in terms of classification.

As a fan-created character, he was given various abilities after being re-created by other creators, collectively known as "All Things in the Universe".

Simply put, any secondary settings about Altair will be considered part of its ability. If someone's work depicts Altair as being able to create clones, then Altair will automatically gain the ability to create clones.

This is even more outrageous than Bai Jie's abilities!

"Well, as long as she doesn't come, that's fine. That uncle didn't come either. In terms of the nature of the situation, I think the two of you are the most suitable to communicate."

"So, what exactly is the purpose of bringing the two of us here? If it's to discuss a plan, isn't it a bit too secretive?" Alice Tria said.

With a smile, Bai Jie took a sip of his drink and pushed Souji in front of the two of them: "Let me introduce you. This guy is my creator—ah, that's not quite right. I should say that my creator is someone else. Now that I think about it, my existence is similar to Altair's. It was created by this guy's delusions."

"Hey! You didn't find out, did you? That I have those weird dreams from time to time?"

"Well, because I was a little curious as to why you created me, I briefly delved into your mind to take a look. I never expected it to be for that reason. You are frighteningly naive."

After seeing Souji's memories, Bai Jie also learned the reason for his birth—Souji fell in love with the beautiful girls who appeared in his dreams and wanted to be intimate with them, so he wrote Bai Jie's story based on himself.

This reason is really typical of a shut-in. To be honest, Bai Jie was devastated when he found out about this. How could he, the protagonist, appear for such a reason?

Upon hearing Bai Jie's words, the commander's face turned pale: "You...you didn't look at anything else besides those things, right? You don't know anything else, do you!?"

"If you mean those few books you keep in the innermost compartment of the wardrobe and under the bed near the headboard, then I really don't know."

"Isn't it all already known, you bastard?!!!!!"

Souji burst into tears instantly! He felt the malice from the character he had created once again. Why did he write Bai Jie as such a capricious guy? This kind of guy should be humanely exterminated!

Watching Bai Jie and Souji interact, Alice couldn't help but ask, "He's your creator, right? You've experienced a lot of pain under him, haven't you? Why are you able to get along with him peacefully?"

Upon hearing this, Bai Jie stopped teasing Souji: "Indeed, just like you said, I have also experienced a lot of painful things, negotiating with people on the top of a snow mountain in a blizzard with temperatures below minus ten degrees Celsius, working twenty hours a day without a day off... My past experiences were so painful that I wanted to commit suicide."

"But life is supposed to be full of pain and joy. A life without any ups and downs, a completely peaceful life, a completely peaceful world, that kind of world seems utterly boring to me."

“So, I’m quite satisfied with the life my creator has arranged for me—well, hold back what you want to say for now. I didn’t call you here today to discuss this kind of thing.” Bai Jie stopped Alice, who was about to speak. “The reason I called you here today is to talk to you about your world.”

world?

Leaving aside Mamika Kiraki, Alice Tria stood up almost reflexively: "What's wrong with our world?!"

"Your world is normal, continuing along its original path, but my all-seeing eye has seen that if you intend to help Altair, you will not achieve the ending you desire."

"What makes you say that! That guy said that as long as we find the Creator and let him rewrite our world, everything will change!" Perhaps because it involved her own world, Alice's tone was unusually agitated.

The one who answered her question was not Bai Jie, but Souji: "The clairvoyance, in the general sense, is a kind of magical eye that can see things in the distance. But in my setting, Bai Jie's clairvoyance can even see things in the distant future. In other words, what he just said is a reality that may happen in the future."

Alice Tria fell silent. She wanted to refute him, but Souji was the creator, and he knew his own setting, so what he said couldn't be false—meaning that Bai Jie's words were true.

"Well, don't be so pessimistic. That's why I called you all here," Bai Jie laughed. "Let's make a deal, Alice. I'll explain my plan to you and then assign you a position and tasks. You just need to do as I say. In exchange, after everything is over in this world, I'll go to your world and help you resolve everything."

"How about it? It's a good deal, isn't it?"

P.S.: I couldn't resist and bought a censored version of Fu Hua's life-size body pillow for 217 yuan. Then I couldn't resist and bought a JoJo's Bizarre Adventure hoodie. I'm going to be broke now. Why can't I control myself?

Section 343 Leave of Absence Request: I really can't take it anymore.

Brothers, yes, I'm asking for leave again (facepalm), but really, I've had so much going on lately, as you can all tell. The quality of my recent chapters hasn't been very good; I just cobbled them together in a rush. But there's nothing I can do. There's just too much going on at school and with my own things to do. So much that I don't even have time to take a hot shower every day; I can only manage with a cold shower.

In addition, my condition has not been very good since the Azur Lane series, and now I am completely out of sorts with this series. My mind is a mess when I'm writing, and I feel like I'm going to have problems if I don't take a break—both physically and mentally.

So, I'm sorry everyone, let me rest for a bit today. I really can't take it anymore.

Section 344, paragraph 6. Author: I've been so annoyed lately, everything's going wrong.

A few days after making a deal with Alice, Bai Jie was enjoying the sun and tea at home, just about to take an afternoon nap, when he was suddenly woken up by a phone call from Souji.

Still a bit grumpy from waking up, Bai Jie answered the phone, his voice tinged with anger: "My dear Creator, if you don't give me a reason to disturb my sleep, I think you might need to experience an extreme bungee jump of 8,000 kilometers."

"I'm going to die, I'm definitely going to die! Eight thousand kilometers isn't enough even if I had nine lives!" Souji cried out on the other end of the phone, but he quickly got down to business: "Seriously, a group of government officials have come to my house. Could you come over?"

Did government officials go to the headmaster's house?

Bai Jie frowned. Although he had been staying at home for the past few months, he had not paid any attention to the events happening outside, so he expected the government to take action.

But what I didn't expect was that the government had actually tracked down the head of the company. Even though her family members only went out occasionally, they were still recognized. It just shows how popular they are.

With a helpless sigh, Bai Jie straightened his clothes and snapped his fingers. The spatial fluctuations spread out instantly, and in less than a second, Bai Jie appeared in Souji's house. Souji, who hadn't even hung up the phone yet, was so startled when he saw Bai Jie suddenly appear in front of him that he dropped his phone to the ground.

"Don't suddenly teleport here! You scared me to death!"

"I've done this several times already, you should be used to it by now. Also, you dropped your phone on the ground."

Upon hearing Bai Jie's words, Souji hurriedly squatted down to pick up his phone, only to find that the screen had been shattered.

"NOOOOOOOO! I just got a new phone! My allowance and royalties from six months of writing!"

Seeing Souji lying on the ground in tears, Bai Jie felt that he was incredibly shameful. After all, he was his creator, couldn't he at least have some presence?

"Alright, stop crying. You're whining like a girl. I'll get you a new one later." Bai Jie kicked the commander's butt in annoyance, then looked at the people who had been watching him from the side.

Serega, the female protagonist of the light novel "Phantom Knights of the Machines", Meteora, the sage who guides the protagonist in the game "Avaken Reminiscence", and Ruo Shinoya, the protagonist of the robot anime "Monomagia".

Bai Jie could clearly sense that these three were beings similar to himself, likely all created beings. The woman in the black suit beside him was a pure human, probably a government official who had come to visit.

"Are you Dr. Bai Jie, the male protagonist in 'The Doctor of Infinite Worlds'? Nice to meet you, I am Kikuchihara."

"Ah, you're government officials, right? I roughly know what you're here for." Bai Jie scratched his hair. "From a standpoint perspective, we're currently on Altair's side, so I have nothing to say to you, and Souji has nothing to say to you either. Please leave."

Upon hearing this, Meteora and the others were immediately stunned.

Having witnessed Skadi and Exusiai and seen Skadi's power, Meteora and the others began searching for Skadi and her companions. After getting in touch with the government, they finally found clues about Skadi, and even learned about Whitebeard, who was connected to Skadi.

Meteora and the others were very excited at the time, because according to the setting, Bai Jie's strength was strong enough to overturn the world. If he could become one of their own, it would be like having an ace up their sleeve to deal with Altair.