On how PhDs become human evil

"Bang bang bang!"

The divine prosthetic limb surged violently like a steam engine, and Nagumo Hajime's entire body erupted with blood-red magic power, instantly amplifying his physical abilities to four times their original strength!

Limit Breakthrough - Overwhelming Collapse!

"King Kong! Mighty Arm!"

To further enhance his power, Hajime Nagumo poured all the power he had gained to more than seven times his original strength into his left fist, and then struck Gorgon's head with a fierce blow!

Boom-!

With a dull thud, Gorgon's head flew high from the blow, his entire face, starting from his forehead, was covered with cracks, green blood gushing from the fissures, and a huge hole appeared on the back of Gorgon's head!

Upon seeing this, Athena, who had been observing from the sidelines, immediately changed her expression.

"What's wrong? Are you surprised, Goddess?" Landing steadily back on the ground, Nagumo Hajime taunted Athena, "How does it feel to have your pet, whom you considered a powerful asset, defeated in just two moves? Satisfied?"

"Hmph~~~~ It seems I have to admit that I underestimated you all a bit."

As the goddess of wisdom, Athena naturally saw through what Hajime Nagumo and his group had used to defeat Gorgon.

Spatial magic.

The shot that Nagumo Hajime fired was imbued with spatial magic, its effect being something like piercing, which is why the Divine Blessing was shattered by that single shot. The punch he delivered to Gorgon afterward was also imbued with spatial magic, concentrating the power that should have been applied to the entire face into a single point and then releasing it all at once, much like creating a spatial funnel.

(Even though they were human, they defeated the Gorgon so easily...)

From the moment Gorgon appeared until he was defeated by Hajime Nagumo, less than a minute had passed. Even Athena never imagined that Gorgon would be defeated so quickly, especially by Hajime Nagumo and Yue.

Putting aside her contempt for the two, Athena unleashed a high density of divine power, instantly turning the bright daylight sky into pitch-black night!

"I admit I underestimated you. Now, I will deal with you."

The scythe of the goddess of death was aimed at Hajime Nagumo and Tsuki.

"Don't let me defeat you so easily, that would be very boring."

Section 479, Chapter 33: The Return of Bellia

"boom!"

Nearly 100 meters in the air, a figure suddenly fell, crashing straight into the ground that had been cratered by gunfire, leaving behind another small crater.

Climbing out of the pit, Nagumo Hajime spat out the dust in his mouth and wiped the blood from the corner of his mouth: "Damn, that really hurt. If it weren't for the regeneration magic, I would have been dead by now."

On Nagumo Hajime's upper body, a huge gash that had ripped open his abdomen was rapidly healing under the effect of regeneration magic, while other wounds of various sizes on his body were also being quickly repaired.

Landing not far from Hajime Nagumo, Athena looked at his gradually repairing body and frowned slightly: "You're really persistent. Compared to Assassin, I think the Berserker class suits you better, whether it's your unreasonable regeneration magic or your wild fighting style."

"Ah, I think so too. The Holy Grail must have made a mistake in making me an assassin."

Although he came to this world as an Assassin, Hajime Nagumo's skill list doesn't contain any skills that fit the Assassin class. Instead, it contains more head-on combat skills, such as Battle Continuation, Martial Arts, and Super Strength. This even made Hajime Nagumo wonder if this was the correct skill list for an Assassin.

Struggling to stand up from the pit, Nagumo Hajime raised his only remaining left arm and aimed the gun at Athena.

"Do you still want to continue? The Vampire Princess has fallen, and you have been completely defeated by me. Do you still want to fight?"

As Athena said, ten minutes have passed since the three started their battle, and in those ten minutes, Athena fully explained to Nagumo Hajime and Yue what the power of a god is.

In close combat, Hajime Nagumo was completely suppressed by Athena from beginning to end. Even though he used all his enhancement methods to raise his physical abilities to a monstrous level, he still couldn't do anything to Athena. This wasn't to say that Athena's strength surpassed Hajime's; in terms of raw power, Hajime was definitely superior. However, in terms of technique, even after undergoing training in another world, Hajime was no different from a child in front of Athena, who had lived for countless years. Not only were all of Hajime's attacks neutralized by Athena, but she even used them against him, injuring him instead!

Hajime Nagumo lost his right arm just like that. If his left arm hadn't been a divine artifact prosthetic, it would definitely be gone now. Moreover, because of Athena's death power, Hajime Nagumo's right arm would require more than ten times the normal amount of magic power to recover. This was far too heavy a price for Hajime Nagumo, who was barely able to save his own life.

As for Yue, things were even more difficult. No matter how powerful Yue's magic was, Athena could completely neutralize it with a simple divine blessing. Divine magic that could harm him was always neutralized by the divine beasts summoned by Athena's power, or forcibly blocked by Athena using a large amount of magical power. Because of this, Yue posed less of a threat to Athena than Hajime Nagumo. After Hajime was careless and wounded by Athena, Yue was then cleaved in two by Athena's quick reflexes.

Because of her self-healing ability, Yue did not die immediately, but Athena's slash left a very high concentration of death energy in her body, forcing Yue to concentrate all her attention to fight against it, otherwise she would have died on the spot. In view of this, Yue was directly rendered powerless.

Without Yue's support, Hajime Nagumo's battle with Athena became even more desperate. Although Yue's magic was ineffective, it still allowed Athena to spare some attention to defend herself. However, as soon as Yue left the field, Hajime Nagumo was subjected to Athena's frenzied attacks and was even seriously injured by Athena's attack, just like before.

Although he had a good relationship with Athena in that other world, Hajime Nagumo knew very well that he was able to get along with Athena peacefully thanks to Hakuge. He was Hakuge's friend and half-student, and he also had the ability to create a divine artifact to travel through worlds to find Hakuge. That's why Athena was able to get along with him peacefully; otherwise, Athena would not have paid any attention to him.

With a wry smile, Nagumo Hajime concentrated his magic to accelerate the healing of his wounds and said, "Indeed, I am no match for you at all. As expected, I am still far from being able to fight against a god. I really don't know how that freak Fafnir managed to be on par with you and even overpower you."

"But even if I know I can't win, I can't just give up. If I surrendered just because I couldn't win, I would have died in the Great Maze long ago."

The Great Labyrinth of Orcus is a hellish place inhabited by countless monsters. The only way to survive there is through strength. Begging for mercy, running away, or submitting will only make you food for the monsters. Therefore, Hajime Nagumo, who has come out of the abyss, has no possibility of admitting defeat and not resisting!

"Limit Breakthrough... Total Collapse!!!"

Blood-red magic power was frantically squeezed out from the depths of his body. The little magic power left was used by Hajime Nagumo to strengthen his body. If expressed numerically, Hajime Nagumo's combat power has now soared to over 20,000. The magic vapor, so dense that it materialized, permeated Hajime Nagumo's entire body, as if he had unleashed the Kaioken technique.

Nagumo Hajime had given up shooting. In Athena's eyes, his shooting speed was no different from that of a snail. So all he could do was push his speed to the limit and crash into her at top speed!

This is a case of mutual destruction.

"Sacrificing everything for one strike, huh? Very well!" Athena laughed. "I will take this strike head-on, Nagumo Hajime. That way, you can leave this world satisfied, won't you?"

The dark magical power transformed into the wind of death, gathering in Athena's hand. In the blink of an eye, the scythe of the goddess of death transformed into a round shield engraved with the face of Gorgon.

Taking a deep breath, Nagumo Hajime tensed the muscles in his feet, then stomped his foot hard, shattering the earth—

"Boom—!"

The earth shattered beneath Nan Yun Shi's feet, the force of which nearly destroyed all the rock within a kilometer radius! An extremely violent tremor swept outwards from beneath Nan Yun Shi's feet!

Using the recoil from that earth-shattering kick, Nan Yun Shi instantly shot out, his body almost stretched into a black line, speeding across the ground at a speed surpassing that of a lightning strike. Wherever he passed, he stirred up a raging storm, pulverizing everything in his path! Even because of his incredible speed, streaks of lightning burst forth in the atmosphere!

Nagumo Hajime arrived in front of Athena in a flash of light, as if even blinking was too long, and slammed himself into Athena's shield like a rampaging steamroller!

"Smash—Valudo!"

Just as Hajime Nagumo and Athena were about to collide, a girl's delicate shout suddenly resounded throughout the world. The flow of time was abruptly stopped, and everything around was immediately dragged into the crack of time, with gray and white filling everyone's vision.

In this world, both Hajime Nagumo and Athena were frozen in place like statues, their bodies and even their thoughts were suspended.

"Oh dear, thank goodness we made it in time. If we had really crashed into this place, we would have been gone."

During the paused time, a white-haired girl appeared, holding a golden pocket watch in her hand.

Looking at Hajime Nagumo and Athena, the girl scratched her head in distress: "Oh dear, I don't know the history. Just as Dad said, this world line has become a Lostbelt. I really don't know why Aunt Ritsuka hasn't come to take it over yet. But it's better if she doesn't. I don't want another dad to die."

"Well, let's separate these two for now. Fuyuki City is pretty peaceful, but it can't withstand this kind of nuclear war. -- The loser eats the dust... ugh, the loser eats the dust!"

The girl flicked the minute hand of her pocket watch, making it flow backward half a turn. In an instant, the time around her, which had been stopped, seemed to reverse, flowing rapidly backward, returning directly to half an hour earlier. When time stopped again, the girl pressed the pocket watch once more.

"Time begins to flow."

The grayness receded like a tide, and Nagumo Hajime and Athena's bodies swayed violently.

"I...I'm still alive?"

"Is this... someone turning back time?"

"uh-huh!"

Walking confidently between Hajime Nagumo and Athena, the white-haired girl flashed a peace sign: "Let me introduce myself. My name is Byakuya, and I'm a magical girl from another timeline, two hundred years in the future!"

Section 480, Chapter 34: Messages from Another Self

It was the same familiar hotel, the same familiar room, but unlike before, there was one more person in the room this time.

Bellia.

She is a magical girl who came to this world from another timeline two hundred years later, and is also the adopted daughter of Bai Jie from that timeline.

"How are you? Aren't you happy to see your beautiful, lovely, and intelligent daughter again, Dr. Bai Jie?"

Looking at Bai Liya, who was acting cute and greeting him, Bai Jie sighed deeply: "I'm just terrified. Please, next time you come, could you at least say hello?"

Seeing that Bai Jie was not surprised by Bai Liya's existence, Nagumo Hajime, Athena, Kiana, Artoria, and Mostima couldn't help but show curious expressions.

"Hey bro, do you know this girl? Is she your mistress again?" Kiana looked at her like she was a vixen.

"No, she already said it herself. She's my daughter from another timeline." Bai Jie said, rubbing his forehead. "Let me introduce you. This is my... uh, my other daughter, Bai Liya, from another timeline. Just think of her as my daughter from a parallel world."

"Uh... I feel like you were being a bit perfunctory with your introduction, Doctor. Aren't you proud of your daughter? A father should introduce his daughter with pride, shouldn't he?"

“You’re another daughter of mine, not my biological daughter. Why should I feel proud?” Bai Jie rolled his eyes at her. “Besides, I don’t want my daughter to become a magical girl. It’s too embarrassing to think about her transforming in the street.”

"It's really hard to believe that you're saying this, you Kamen Rider, huh? Kamen Rider Doctor?"

"...I think you might need to be punished by Hyper Muteki."

As Bai Jie spoke, he conjured the Invincible Gacha. Knowing how overpowered this Gacha was, Bai Liya rushed forward and grabbed Bai Jie's hand: "No! Doctor, I was wrong! Don't use the Invincible Gacha on me!"

"Are you afraid of invincibility?"

"...This involves some of my less-than-dark history, so please allow me to refuse to answer."

Judging from Bai Liya's appearance, Bai Jie had probably guessed what was going on. It was probably because she was too reckless when she was young, and then her counterpart in another timeline gave her an invincible lesson, which is why she now cowers whenever she sees an invincible player.

Well, to be honest, my other self really does believe in gender equality.

Seeing Bai Jie put away the invincible cartridge, Bai Liya breathed a sigh of relief. Although she was a magical girl who had saved the world several times, Bai Liya was still terrified of this item that had left a deep shadow on her childhood. Her fear was second only to being ganged up on by Bai Jie and Cecilia.

"Well then, Bailia, crossing between world lines is no small matter. You must have something important to do after going through all that trouble to come here."

"Yes, it is indeed a big matter. It was originally supposed to be handled by Dr. Bai Jie from my side, but he accidentally made Exusiai's mother angry before he left, and he is currently coaxing her. He will be a little late, so he asked me to come first."

Coax Exusiai?

Mostima, Bai Jie, and Kiana's expressions immediately became quite interesting.

"Oh wow? The doctor from another world also married A-Neng, not bad, not bad."

"What did I do wrong to make Exusiai angry?"

"The guy humbly went to Exusiai to beg for forgiveness...that sounds interesting."

Seeing the three people reacting differently, Bai Liya smiled and then took out a USB drive and handed it to Bai Jie: "Dr. Bai Jie has recorded everything that needs to be explained on this USB drive. He specifically instructed that it can only be shown to Dr. Bai Jie here, so I'm sorry, could the others please leave with me for a moment?"

"Can only be seen by me?"

Bai Jie frowned.

"Is it important information related to the destruction of the world?"

"Pretty much." Bailia nodded. "Well then, everyone, let's give the Doctor a little more time. By the way! You're Kiana over here, right? Can you tell me how you went from being the little sister to the Doctor's wife? I'm really curious! Is the Doctor a siscon?"

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