Inner Destroyer

　"Now that things have come to this, you already know it was Mizuchi, so I'll just tell you straight out."

　So the Loli Evil God continued to speak and explain,

　"I told you before, after I created this world, I soon discovered that primitive tribes would constantly overextend themselves for power. No matter which tribe or race, they were all controlled by greed and lust."

　"What should I do? I have to think of another way to empower humans, such as practicing abstinence, so that they can obtain different types of systemic power through other means, to distract them from engaging in sexual activities... Do you understand now? Do you remember what Mizuchi's Brahma Blessing is?"

　Qi Xing finally frowned.

　There are several different versions of the details of the blessing that Brahma gave to the demon king Sudhana. Qi Xing has only read the Shiva Purana, and the version he saw is that Sudhana can only be killed by Shiva. But this seems too boring and does not fit Samai's

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　Your style.

　Qi Xing then walked out of the room and returned to Lady Remina and Francesca, asking directly, "There are many versions of the Puranas. Which version of Brahma's Immortality Blessing that Romani drew with his silver coin belongs to?"

　"You do know there are several versions."

　Francesca grinned.

　"Based on my experience encountering the Silver Coin Messenger several times over the past five hundred years, I theorize that the mythical powers humans gain through Silver Coins reflect the personality and skills of their possessor. If there are multiple versions of a myth with complex attributes, one will only obtain the part that best suits them."

　"So which version Romani will get is actually easy to tell from his personality and behavior."

　"His version of immortality is this: 'As long as his own wife is a virgin and he has not violated the purity of any virgin, he will never die.'"

　Qi Xing was really speechless for a moment.

　As absurd as it sounds, and as rare as this version is—the more common ones are the other two versions propagated by Shaivites and Vaishnavisms—this is sometimes the case with Indian mythology.

　Thinking about what Romani had done before and what Francesca had said, Qi Xing understood even more clearly: "So he can only marry a woman, or at least a woman with whom he has had a similar emotional relationship - he can only be a minotaur."

　In the Hindu Puranas, the blessing bestowed upon the Asura king Sudhiriya—in every version, at least in part—is derived from this. His wife, the beautiful Asura demon Vrinda, granted her husband Sudhiriya immortality as long as she remained a virgin.

　On the contrary, Shui Chi himself would go and steal other people's wives.

　For example, he once used his Maya-vijnana to assume the form of Shiva and attempt to kill Shiva's wife, the goddess Parvati. He nearly succeeded, much to Shiva's chagrin. However, even the enraged God of Destruction himself was initially unable to kill Mizutachi, as he possessed the wrath of the God of Destruction, immortality granted by the God of Creation, and Maya-vijnana.

　Even Shiva could only fight Succulent to a draw at the beginning. Until... until... uh... guess how this story was finally resolved in Indian mythology?

　Upon hearing this, the innocent child probably didn't know how to end it! How could they prevent the invincible Great Demon King Mizuchi from subverting the righteous order of the universe? How terrifying!

　In fact, Qi Xing thought of the obvious solution to the problem almost instantly.

　However, he found it difficult to accept.

　"Does it have to be this way?"

　"If you were extremely, extremely, extremely strong, ten times stronger than Romani, then you wouldn't have to worry about it. But it's clear that you're not that strong yet."

　Francesca curled her lips.

　"Let me answer your next question first—'Does Romani Domingo have a wife?' Yeah, I was actually surprised because I'd never seen one before. Black people actually get married and don't run away right away, do they?"

　"But I suspect, 80% of the time, he probably has a secret 'wife'. Nominally a wife, but in reality a virgin, hidden underground in Herculaneum—deep in his own 'inner world'."

　"That's all I have to say."

　"'Rip Man', you've got the information, what are you going to do next?"

　052: How can a cow be such an inconvenient creature?

　"Rip Man", the information has been given to you.

　What are you going to do now?

　Lady Remina, Francesca, and even Elaine were all watching him through the communication stone, waiting for Qi Xing to answer this question.

　Francesca obviously thought that "Rip Man" would immediately run to kill Romani Domingo's "wife". There was no need to hesitate at all!

　Elaine knew Qi Xing better than she did, and naturally, she believed he couldn't possibly do such a thing. Qi Xing hated perpetrators like Romani. His rage surged, and he might have brutally killed Romani with his fists, ripped her into pieces. But Qi Xing's hatred and anger for this perverted world certainly wouldn't be directed at innocent girls. He would never murder an innocent woman...right?

　On the contrary, Lady Remina... didn't reveal any expression at this time, she just raised her eyebrows and looked at him, as if she was waiting, or observing.

　So everything still has to go back to Qi Xing himself.

　He... Maybe because Samael had just complained about his stubbornness a few hours ago, Qi Xing didn't keep nagging. He was stunned for two seconds and then sighed.

　"How to do?"

　"Obviously, I have no desire to use ██ to solve the problem. Especially not to be forced to ██."

　If it were Qi Xing from yesterday, he would probably have wavered for a while. Fortunately, Samael had tempted him just a few hours ago. After arguing with the devil, Qi Xing was now calmer.

　"I won't do anything I don't want to do. Even if the fate of the world hangs on it, I won't be forced to do it."

　He doesn't really want to be the King of Rep.

　He didn't want to be like the rest of the world—especially those evil people whose brains grew in their testicles—and really use ██ to solve all problems, even if ██ really could make people stronger in this world.

　Even though the laws of this world and the devil itself were tempting him - or rather, it was precisely because Samael was nagging in his ear all day long that Qi Xing wanted to reject it all the more.

　Fuck you, idiot creator god

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　I don’t want to be the King of Rap!

　"And forcing me to have sex with a woman just to defeat a boss sounds like forcing a crying little fag to have sex with a woman."

　Qi Xing said calmly,

　"This is too stupid, of course I won't do it."

　Lady Remina nodded.

　Elaine breathed a sigh of relief on the other side of the communication stone.

　"Back to business."

　So Qi Xing continued to bring the topic back to the main topic,

　"Putting aside the question of whether it's a minotaur or not, I don't think Francesca's information is nonsense."

　"But from what I know about Romani so far, I don't think he's the type of person who has a beloved wife and hides her from others, and whose wife also loves him."

　He said lightly,

　"I suspect Romani simply captured a girl and imprisoned her deep within the Inner World, either by trickery or coercion. He intended her to play the role of Vrinda in mythology, maintaining his immortality."

　Everyone agreed with Qi Xing's reasonable guess, even Francesca herself. After all... judging from Romani's behavior so far, how could he possibly have a hidden true love?

　It is very possible that he deceived someone into worshipping him and locked him up to maintain his power.

　If there really is such a victim, what Qi Xing has to do next will be very simple.

　"I don't want to resort to █ ...

　This was the kind of thing that no one would object to. Francesca didn't mind, and Elaine couldn't possibly object. Only Lady Remina frowned, but she didn't say anything directly.

　If there are only a few people here, Qi Xing can just do it.

　Unfortunately, there was a guy eavesdropping nearby.

　"You are so naive."

　The devil finally couldn't hold back any longer, and emerged from Qi Xing's shadow, sneering directly.

　"Rescuing an innocent woman! Wow! That sounds great, such a hero! And now?"

　"Will you then be able to break Mizuchi's immortality? If he attacks again, what will you do even if you capture his 'wife'?"

　The shadow of the Loli Evil God hovered above Qi Xing's head, sneering.

　Although Lady Remina had never seen her, she had heard of this incident before and was not surprised.

　Poor Francesca had never heard of Samael and was completely confused: "Huh?"

　"It's just Brahma's immortality and Maya's illusion. Now at least I know what his tricks are, and I can always find a way to deal with them."

　Qi Xing said calmly,

　"Speaking of which, Samael, is there any way to just take the Romani's silver coins?"

　Even if he is immortal, if the silver coins hidden on his body are taken away, won't Romani be at the mercy of others?

　"Impossible. The silver coin is directly linked to the desires and will of its holder. As long as the 'envoy''s' desires and will remain intact, the silver coin cannot be taken away prematurely. Even when Professor Vanstra was on the verge of collapse, I still had to coax him into handing over the silver coin personally."

　Unfortunately, Samael categorically rejected this tricky idea.

　"Don't try to be clever or cheat. Qi Xing, I'm going to ask you directly - if you can't find any other way to break Romani's immortality and can't truly defeat him; and he's about to torture and kill those you care about, what will you do?"

　Without saying anything, the devil directly raised this absolutely cruel and unavoidable question.

　But since Qi Xing has made up his mind, he will not waver.

　"I will not succumb to this absurd world, especially not to your temptations. Real life is not the trolley problem. Why should there be only one solution? What if this immortality is reversed and Romani has to kill me to break it, do I have to let him? Do four gay men have to kill me to save the world? Do I really have to be killed by four gay men? Don't talk nonsense."

　“I won’t do anything I don’t want to do.”

　"Besides, if I just use all my silver coins, I'll definitely be stronger in a head-on fight than Romani. I've seen immortals and illusionists who were still slashed head-on by the protagonist's sealed boss. Before the fight, how can you say you can't win?"

　Since he wanted to be a strong man, Qi Xing didn't hesitate to face the trolley problem. Forget about being a strong man, look at what superheroes do. Spider-Man knows how to jump up and stop the trolley himself.

　If the Joker told Batman to kill an innocent woman or blow up Gotham City, would Batman really do that?

　Qi Xing is not that stupid.

　"Don't want to?"

　But Samael grinned at this moment: "So, if you rushed into Romani's "inner world" and found that his ventricle contained a very cute blonde and blue-eyed legal loli that was very suitable for your taste and made you ██████████████, would you be willing to ███████?"

　"Of course not."

　"If she's willing to have sex with you, can you have sex with her?"

　"..."

　Qi Xing was speechless.

　"Or do you really intend to remain a virgin for life? To exchange hardship for strength? That's fine, but I don't think you have that in mind.

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　"Is that a plan? On the other hand, if I were to use ██ to enhance your power, wouldn't you be lacking willing women around you?"

　"Well, that's two different things."

　"It's one thing, little fool."

　The evil god sneered,

　"You're aloof and don't want to be tainted by the world. But then what? It's not like you're truly devoid of sexual desire. You're just pretending. You're simply afraid of your own sexual desires, afraid of becoming like those other lustful and powerful people."

　"So what are you going to do? When you meet a woman you like, go out with her once a week, and then have sex after at least a year? Are you a virgin? Are you the victim in the book waiting to be bullied? Oh, I'm a virgin to you!"

　This devil is so vicious!

　"If you're afraid the woman you like will be taken away by a bull, then you might as well just go to a brothel! Always go for the body, not the heart. Treat women only as objects of pleasure, things to be used for pleasure. Not only will you increase your strength, but you'll also definitely feel less psychological pressure when you do things!"

　This is so insulting! No matter what you say, this matter must never be spoken of!

　For a moment, Qi Xing was actually speechless because of Samael's ridicule!

　It wasn't that he truly had no desire, nor that he didn't want to fall in love, let alone want to have sex! But, when it came to sex, what was the difference between him and a street villain? He couldn't accept his own depravity.

　So, how do we avoid falling into depravity? Is it really like Samael sarcastically said, a year of dating first? Six months? One month? That doesn't really count, does it?

　What should we do? How can we do it well?

　This is something that Qi Xing has to figure out clearly on his own.

　"Go away, stop whispering in my ears all day long."

　"Humph."

　The Loli Evil God snorted coldly.

　"Grow up quickly."

　With that, she dissipated back into the shadows.