As a traitor, I should raise the banner of rebellion

"Then, praise my generosity to your heart's content!"

107. The Lord Does Not Care

Just as the will of "Tsukuyomi" descended upon Jingu Mako and issued a condescending declaration to Genki and Saran, someone outside the space of "Kaguya-sama's Dream" seemed to have noticed this grand echo and cast a concerned glance in the direction of Mount Fuji.

But this attitude obviously attracted the attention of someone opposite her——

"Ms. Gabriel, what happened?"

The person who asked this question was a female knight.

Some people may be confused about this word, but in fact, it is indeed the adjective that best reflects this person's appearance.

This is a beautiful woman, but what is more impressive than her appearance is her temperament, which is like a solitary orchid in a valley.

Her hair was tied up with a red headband, forming a very neat single ponytail.

The jet-black hair formed a sharp contrast with her snow-white ancient-style clothes. On her waist was a simple-style sword.

The patterns on the scabbard were now emitting a faint light as if facing a powerful enemy, as if reminding its owner to be wary of the woman in front of him.

This character, who seemed to have traveled through time from an ancient costume drama, was now sitting in front of Mizukami Kana.

At this time, the two of them were not in the homeroom teacher's office where Mizukami Kana often entertained Genki, but in the principal's office of St. Eden Academy.

That’s right, St. Eden Academy has a principal’s office.

Kana Mizukami would only use this room when receiving extremely important guests.

Obviously, the heroic girl in front of him meets this standard.

"Ji Ruyun," Mizukami Kana called out the name of the girl in front of her in a lazy tone, but there was no politeness in her tone, but it was full of sharpness, "What does the matter I care about have to do with you?"

"Anyway, it has nothing to do with why you came here today."

Ji Ruyun frowned, but thinking of the mission she was carrying, she still forced herself to suppress the anger in her heart -

"It's my fault, please forgive me."

"I hope Lord Gabriel can forgive me this time because of my young age and ignorance."

"Don't let what just happened affect your answer."

She lowered herself very low.

Whether in attitude, expression or words, her performance was impeccable.

However, Gabriel at this moment no longer had the amiable and approachable manner he had when facing Yuanhui.

Three pairs of huge wings of light fluttered slightly behind her as if she was breathing. At this moment, the pressure exuded by Kana Mizukami was the pressure of the angel of destruction in mythology.

Ordinary people simply cannot bear it. The moment they see her, their souls will instantly collapse.

Ji Ruyun can almost be considered the best among the soul binders.

But even so, a layer of fine beads of sweat appeared on her smooth forehead.

Her intuition, which had been honed to near perfection through countless trials and tribulations, was now whistling silently in her ears, as if trying its best to keep her away from this dangerous poison.

Ji Ruyun ignored the alarm.

She was prepared to make sacrifices on this trip, and she would never leave until she got an answer from Mizukami Kana.

no way!

"Oh, that's the plan you just mentioned, right?" Mizukami Kana put a finger on her cheek, as if she was thinking about something. "I remember it was called the Sakurajima Junk Recycling Plan, right?"

This woman is teasing her!

Ji Ruyun thought subconsciously.

I'm so angry, but I still have to keep smiling.

"...No, it's the [World Center Project]." She corrected in a low voice.

"Aren't they all the same?" Mizukami Kana showed a nonchalant expression, and her finger was rubbing back and forth on the table in boredom. "It's just a nicer name. Does this change the fact that you are going to use this country as a sacrifice?"

"..." Ji Ruyun was silent for a moment, but finally revealed a self-deprecating smile and admitted to the angel of destruction in front of her, "Indeed, there is no difference between the two."

"That's the crime we're committing against this country."

Under the pollution of death energy, the planet has been overwhelmed and is gradually approaching the brink of collapse.

If the human species wants to continue to survive, it must work hard to climb the technology tree and move step by step towards star-level civilization.

This is the consensus among all the people in power on this planet.

But climbing the technology tree is not that easy.

The weirdness has gradually spread from underground to the surface, bringing not only casualties, but also various other troubles.

Even the smallest monsters often have certain rules attached to them.

These distorted rules will also cause all kinds of trouble for the progress of scientific research.

So far, there have been countless cases where the "latest results" developed in some laboratories cannot be reproduced elsewhere.

These are all the results of the distortion of rules caused by the monsters.

Not only that, some powerful monsters can even directly change the physical laws of an area...

These creatures born from death not only hunt and kill humans, but also shackle the development of human civilization like a quagmire that cannot be shaken off.

In order to deal with this situation, the [World Center Plan] came into being.

If I really want to explain it, it's actually very simple -

That is to create a mystical "lowland" on this planet to restrain the weirdness on this planet.

Dead air is energy bound by gravity.

Well, before this 'lowland' is filled with [weirdness], other areas on the planet will not be disturbed by [weirdness] and will be able to focus on climbing the technology tree.

It would be best if this low-lying area had very active crustal activity and many volcanoes, so that when the weirdness of the entire planet bursts onto the surface, there will be no "traffic jam";

It would be best if this low-lying area had a very dense population, so that it could accommodate such a large number of monsters;

It would be best if this low-lying area was separated from the rest of the planet by a natural barrier such as an ocean...

Under such conditions, the most suitable country is naturally ready to emerge -

That is the long and narrow island country of Sakurajima.

"So, for something like this, why don't you just ask the Emperor of Sakurajima?" Mizukami Kana's tone seemed a little playful. "Anyway, you have already left Sakurajima behind and decided the fate of this country in private, right?"

Ji Ruyun opened her mouth, but ultimately remained silent.

That’s right, such a big thing certainly couldn’t be handled by just her and the forces behind her acting on impulse.

Before this, her country had held countless talks with other countries to discuss the feasibility of this matter and perfected many details to ensure that this plan could become a reality.

Of course, this isn't just about throwing all the weirdness onto the island.

Not only the monsters, but all the soul binders will be gradually transferred to this island.

To put it in a more humane way, it is to protect the people on this island so that they do not suffer heavy casualties due to this surge in strangeness.

From a more utilitarian perspective, it is to try our best to prevent this "low-lying area" that was created with great difficulty from being quickly filled up by monsters, and to buy more precious time for the people in the outside world.

Monsters and soul binders are interdependent.

If one wants to eradicate all traces of strangeness outside this island country, one must also perform similar actions on the Soul Binders.

Indeed, Sakurajima was never invited to any of these meetings.

...Obviously, this country is the one that has the greatest relationship with the [World Center Project].

Ji Ruyun admitted that this matter was extremely disgraceful.

But even so, she still doesn't think the decision was wrong.

"Regarding Emperor Sakurajima's consent, naturally someone else is responsible, not me." Facing Mizukami Kana's teasing gaze, Ji Ruyun finally opened her mouth, "I just came to inquire about Lord Gabriel's attitude."

"Excuse me, will you and the forces behind you interfere with this behavior?"

Gabriel's power is known as the Bible faction in the Soul Binders organization.

This is the most powerful faction among all the monsters of a certain scale.

'He', who stands at the pinnacle of the Bible, is the biggest and most evil monster ever born on this planet.

In the world of soul binders, this is almost common sense.

Almost everyone believed that if 'He' really took action seriously, he could wipe out almost all civilization on the surface of the earth and strangle the human race in the cradle.

The reason He didn't do so is simply because He doesn't care about humans at all.

After all, His purpose as being imprisoned in the center of the earth was never to destroy mankind.

His purpose has always been very simple:

That is to break up the crust and mantle and gain freedom.

The so-called destruction or survival of mankind is not important to Him at all.

The proposal and establishment of the entire [World Center Plan] is based on this attitude of not hostility but indifference.

Otherwise, this is just a castle in the air that will shatter at the slightest touch.

There is no way. For Him, who is almost as old as this planet, the human race is still too weak...

Ji Ruyun was staring closely at Mizukami Kana, not missing any details on her face.

She knew very well in her heart that to the Archangel who possessed the power of "wisdom", her calculations as a human were nothing but a joke.

Now, it is not an exaggeration to say that I am being played around by the other party.

But so what?

If she could really get the other party's promise, Ji Ruyun wouldn't care even if the other party treated her like a clown.

The education she received since childhood was to have the world in her heart, to worry about the world before she worries about herself, and to be happy after the world is happy.

This is her life principle.

Seeing Ji Ruyun's expression that was so serious that it seemed like water was about to be squeezed out of it, Mizukami Kana actually burst out laughing.

"Why are you so serious? Your face looks as serious as an old man."

"Before setting out, didn't someone make a prophecy and divination, and get a good omen?"

"For someone like you, so-called prophecy and divination are actually useless." Ji Ruyun's face still showed no sign of relaxation, "It's just a way to comfort yourself."

"This reaction is as boring as ever." Mizukami Kana curled her lips, "Girl of the Ji family, if you continue like this, you won't be able to find a husband."

"That's perfect. My heart is not here anyway." Ji Ruyun replied stiffly.

"Okay, okay, let's just leave it at that." Kana Mizukami said casually.

Just when Ji Ruyun was about to explain, the playful expression on Mizukami Kana's face suddenly disappeared.

That incredibly delicate face just looked at Ji Ruyun expressionlessly.

"Then I will tell you my answer."

Ji Ruyun held her breath, and subconsciously grasped the hilt of the sword at her waist with one of her delicate hands.

She only heard four words, which were——

"The Lord doesn't care."

……

……

In [The Dream of Princess Kaguya].

What was happening outside obviously had no impact on this space.

The remaining sound slowly echoed, and the eyes burning with a strong will slowly closed, and the huge consciousness gradually faded from Jingu Mako's body.

Her body, which was originally floating in the air, slowly fell from the sky and was caught by Sharan who was prepared and carefully checked her condition.

Yuan Hui quietly stepped forward and looked at Jingu Mako who was being held in Sharan's arms. A hint of nervousness appeared on his face unconsciously.

"What's wrong, how is Mako doing?"