I said you are all war criminals

— Xiangzi started the One Year War, which cost 2 billion people in a single year. Even when Hakuno was playing the role of Liang, it would have taken more than a decade for a corporate war to cost that many people.

Shiro scratched his hair in frustration, pacing back and forth in the sterile laboratory of the lunar base. Two billion, such a huge sum, and Xiangzi had reimbursed it in just one year. This made him feel an inexplicable pressure, like during an exam when everyone else had handed in their papers early, while he was still scratching his head.

"Damn it, how can I continue playing like this..."

He muttered, sitting on the swivel chair in front of the lab table, spinning around in boredom.

He is now illuminating the earth with the "pupil" of the Moon's Eye.

Under the moon's light, all humans on Earth will evolve into half-demons—the human part of their bodies will fade, replaced by a low concentration of demon blood that is not strong enough to show itself. In this way, the people on Earth will no longer be human, but full-fledged demons.

The light from the Moon's Eye continued to pierce the Earth. On the surveillance screens, the red dots representing half-demons spread like a plague, devouring the blue dots representing humans. Cities burned, villages wailed, and the order of human civilization, like a fragile piece of paper, was easily torn apart. Hakuno estimated that in a day or so, only half-demons would remain on Earth, and pure humans would be gone.

This should have been the happiest time.

He messed up the whole world, and then Hong Xia came to kill him for it.

They'd done it three times already, well, twice. Once when Hakuno was Ryo, and once when he was Kita.

This should be the established process.

Bai Ye created a crisis that was enough to destroy the world, and then Hong Xia appeared after everything was too late, with murderous intentions... What a wonderful game process, Bai Ye really likes this plot.

But now, the one who truly destroyed the world was Xiangzi.

Bai Ye is just repeating what others have said.

"...It's terrible. I feel like Kaguya Otsutsuki."

Bai Ye's mood was very low.

He should have let Hongxia know that "Hakuno can't be trusted."

In order to achieve this reason, Hakuno should have a clear and definite path of degeneration, making it clear that "if Hakuno encounters any situation, he will become a world-destroying monster"... However, in this world, Hakuno did not give such a reasonable answer.

The one who gave this answer was Xiangzi.

And Bai Ye’s answer is probably just an empty sentence, “It is hard to hide tears under the divine power, all I see are lights.”

Although it can also pay tribute to the legendary ninja Uchiha Obito, Hakuno always feels that something is missing... What is missing?

"Take all the blame on yourself?"

Hakuno leaned back and looked at the ceiling of the moon base.

First of all, let’s sort out what is Hakuno’s fault for the way things have developed.

When did it all start… Sequencing the monsters’ genes? Building a monster empire? Or the One Year War?

...No, it doesn't feel like a bad thing! At least it's not Hakuno's fault! Even if I insist on saying "this is all planned", it will only make people feel like I'm just forcing it like the Laughing Bat!

So, what if... No, no, that's too ridiculous, right?

Hakuno held his face.

This is really too shameless, isn't it? How am I going to face Xiangzi later... This is too...

"Warning, warning, rocket launch detected."

"The rocket is expected to reach the moon in three hours."

No matter so much!

Bai Ye grinned, a smile that was a bit self-deprecating, "I'm such a bad person."

He unlocked the system and began hacking into the global network. This was easy for Hakuno, as no one maintained the network; he only had to deal with firewalls. He then forged over a decade of records of Shoko's actions, from initial experimental data to later emails, even deftly editing and manipulating surveillance footage. Now, all the evidence pointed to one truth: Shoko was merely a pawn in his hands, a puppet under his control. And the true mastermind behind this was none other than Hakuno himself.

He even forged a video in which "Xiangzi" had a dull expression and lifeless eyes, repeating Bai Ye's instructions like a puppet.

…That should be enough.

He insisted that “everything was my plan”.

"The reason... is it the resurrection lamp?"

Hakuno improvised again... no, he'd done it before. He pulled up the plan for the Resurrection Lantern and changed the original "blood of a special monster" to "the destruction of an entire country." That would get the idea across, I guess!

This is basically reasonable.

In order to revive Deng, Hakuno planned the Third World War and the Moon Eye Project... Yes, I did it all!

Although he felt very sorry for Xiangzi who had done all this, Bai Ye still hoped that he could completely eliminate the dangerous future of "Hong Xia trusting him". If things really developed into that, Bai Ye would really have a headache.

"...Okay, now there's only one thing missing."

After saying this, Hakuno pulled out a pistol from his waist.

You put the gun to your head and pulled the trigger.

【Do you want to end the simulation immediately? 】

"Yes, just like before, send the memories to Hongxia. This time, send the memories after the simulation as well."

Bai Ye quickly gave the order.

With the paper evidence complete, the only remaining possibility of exposure was a slip of the tongue or a slip of the tongue. To avoid that, Hakuno immediately committed suicide, thus ending the simulation.

Dead people cannot speak.

Hong Xia can only see objective reality.

So, in Hongxia's eyes, Hakuno should have failed in his resurrection lamp and then committed suicide.

"That'll make everything fine!"

Bai Ye raised his hand and slammed it upwards.

That's right.

Faced with the situation that "no one can compare to Xiangzi", Bai Ye decisively steals all of Xiangzi's achievements. In this way, it is no longer Xiangzi who destroys the world, but me, Bai Ye!

...Tsk, he knew it was shameless, but what was the use of face?

While Bai Ye was preparing himself mentally, the sound of the simulator rang out.

[You have used the free memory service for four consecutive simulations. Now you will be given one free "free memory", which is only valid for this simulation. Do you want to use it?]

"And there are gifts?"

Bai Ye was a little surprised.

This...would be a waste if I didn't use it. Who should I give it to?

"...Give me the light."

[This memory will be given to Takamatsu Touma, are you sure? ]

"determine."

81

Chapter 81: Hong Xia’s endgame part 1.

When Hong Xia arrived at the moon, there were already few people there.

The Wildfire lunar base wasn't designed to house humans on the moon. Ultimately, aside from Japan's SIDE project, no country in the world has any plans to establish a space colony.

Earth's environment hasn't deteriorated to the point where it can no longer support humans, and humans still prefer the solid ground of Earth to the vastness of space. Therefore, these lunar facilities are designed to operate autonomously, requiring only one or two people to monitor them.

Hongxia has also been here.

So she was familiar with passing through the winding passages and was also familiar with the low-gravity environment - because the gravity generator would make people feel that "this is not the moon", so Wildfire only installed gravity generators in the gym and the toilet, which was considered to preserve the original atmosphere of the moon.

This is the plan proposed by Bai Ye.

"We've retained a little bit of the lunar low gravity so you know you're on the moon."

He always has strange intentions in these places.

Hongxia was a bit lost in thought. In her mind, Hakuno was a rational person. Even when Xiangzi established the Monster Empire and, for ten years, had been developing space colonies despite sanctions from various countries, seemingly embarking on a completely new path, Hakuno kept saying, "That's not right." He always said, "Separating half-demons from humans won't lead to good results."

He was right.

The result was the One Year War.

Two billion people died.

...Even at the end, Xiangzi planned to attack the United States with G3 poison gas after surrendering.

Hongxia hadn't wanted to kill her, because Xiangzi was just a national leader blinded by rage. After the war, the law would naturally bring justice to Xiangzi, and to the world. But Xiangzi had committed such atrocities even after Japan's surrender... Hongxia knew Xiangzi had fallen too deep. Killing her now might be better than letting her live. Just like the Austrian corporal, hadn't he also chosen to commit suicide by shooting himself before losing the war?

That's why Hongxia killed Xiangzi.

Not for the world, but for Xiangzi.

...So, what is Hakuno doing?

Hongxia moves forward.

She didn't believe that Hakuno had suddenly decided to turn everyone in the world into half-demons... No, he had said this over a decade ago. A world where there were no barriers between half-demons and humans, a world where Deng could live, that was what Hakuno wanted.

At that time, Hongxia thought that it was "impossible".

Humans and half-demons are ultimately different. Humans cannot possibly accept the existence of half-demons and will only view them as another species different from themselves.

However, Xiangzi gave an answer: war.

A war to end all wars, a war where blood is thicker than water.

In the fierce war, the barriers between humans and half-demons gradually disappeared. They were no longer half-demons and humans, but comrades. Unknowingly, half-demons became "new humans." People believed that the future direction of evolution was demonization. Half-demons were no longer taboo, but envied.

...Xiangzi’s starting point was probably not this.

Hongxia knew very well that Xiangzi was just a girl who was trapped by the problem of being a half-demon and eventually lost everything.

However, the answer she gave was probably correct.

war.

War is the best healer.

"You're doing... too well. Honestly, if it were me, I definitely wouldn't be able to do it that well."

Now, after calming down a bit, Hongxia understood what Hakuno had meant. How ironic, compared to those who had truly worked so hard to fight for the rights of hanyou, it was Shoko who was the one who was right to mess everything up... Perhaps that was why Hakuno had acted so badly.

perhaps……

The core control room was much smaller and darker than Hongxia had imagined. A massive screen took up an entire wall, and scarlet markings spread across the image of Earth, like a virus, or some disgusting fungus, nauseating. Hongxia could almost smell the blood, as if the souls of two billion dead people were seeping out of the screen and whispering in her ear.

Bai Ye sat motionless in front of the screen. His silhouette, illuminated by the flickering red light, looked exceptionally frail, like a leaf about to wither. Hong Xia's heart sank, a sense of foreboding creeping over her. In the low-gravity environment, she felt as if she were floating, each step light and airy, like walking in a dream.

"Baiye..."

Hongxia's voice was trembling a little, and she didn't even dare to raise her voice, as if she was afraid of disturbing something.

no respond.

Hongxia quickened her pace and walked to Baiye's side. She saw what he was holding in his hand - it was an old-fashioned pistol, the muzzle of which was hanging down to the ground, motionless.

Looking up, there was blood flowing down his cheek, which looked particularly glaring on his pale skin.

died.

Just die.

After causing such a big mess, he just died.

Hongxia felt her blood freeze. She reached out her trembling hand, wanting to touch Baiye, but stopped at the last moment. She was afraid, afraid to touch the cold corpse, afraid to confirm this cruel truth.

"Why……"

Hong Xia's voice was hoarse, as if squeezed out from her throat, "Why did you do this?"

silence.

There was only the flashing red light on the screen and Hong Xia's own heavy breathing.

Hongxia sat dejectedly on the ground, staring blankly at the crimson-covered Earth on the screen. She didn't understand, truly didn't understand. Hakuno had always fought for the rights of half-demon, for a world where lights could live. He hated war and slaughter, yet he personally orchestrated this global demonization. It was a complete contradiction; it made no sense.

Now, he is dead.

Leaving behind an earth dyed scarlet and Hongxia full of questions.

...No, there is more information.

Hong Xia pulled out a cable from her wrist, connected it to the computer, and began to retrieve the operation records for this period.