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| ===Planet Assignment 1===
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| | “Okay, great work, everyone!” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]] |
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| < I sent the god to take care of a planet, a messed-up planet with lots of killing and war going on. >
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| “Did that god manage to take care of it?”
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I don’t know, I just sent him like 30 seconds ago, he should be arriving on the a planet soon. The god I sent isn’t normal, just his presence gives off this aura that makes humans terrified, like they can’t even move. They just freeze in place from the overwhelming fear. >
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| I opened a virtual camera window showing the god arriving on the planet, then I zoomed it in to get a better look at him.
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| Suddenly, an aura burst out from that god’s body and spread in all directions. Just 0.1 seconds later, it covered the entire planet. The planet instantly went dark because of it. Every living thing there dropped and started screaming hysterically, completely unable to move. They all collapsed and were scattered everywhere.
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| Humans and animals lay there lifeless, everything on that planet died just from feeling the pressure of that god’s presence. Even rocks, buildings, robots that shouldn’t feel fear, basically anything that was never alive in the first place, somehow felt an overwhelming fear too. It doesn’t make any sense, it should be impossible, but that god really has a different kind of existence, not like other gods.
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "How is it even possible that the effect of that god’s presence can make things that were never alive in the first place feel fear?"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
| | “But I didn’t doooo anythiiiing.” |
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| < I mean, it’s possible, clearly. He can make even rocks, buildings, robots, basically anything that’s never been alive, feel fear. >
| | [[Image:godless_raidou.png|50px]] |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
| | “The world would have to be ending for you to do something, so I say that’s for the best.” |
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| < Since the mission to save the planet is already finished, I’ll allow Shinsei to return to the virtual realm. That planet is already dead, both on the outside and the inside. I hope all life within that planet is gone, nothing survives. Even things that never had life from the beginning felt fear. They were all screaming in terror, as if being tortured. >
| | [[Image:godless_TJ.png|50px]] |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
| | “Anyway, I’ve learned several lessons. Socialization sure is hard.” |
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| < Thanks, Shinsei. >
| | [[Image:godless_beisu.png|50px]] |
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
| | “Then let’s go to the arcade! That’s one way to socialize!” |
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| "Hey, are you messing with me? I didn’t even do anything, and since when did I successfully take care of this planet? I haven’t even used my power yet."
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
| | “Goofing off is all you ever think about…” |
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| < You don’t even need to use your power, that planet can’t even withstand the pressure of your aura. >
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| | “Oh, but the arcade does sound fun. We Norse gods love having fun, so I vote for that.” |
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| ===Virtual Realm Part 1===
| | [[Image:godless_eshita_warai.png|50px]] |
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| | “I like the crane that can grab snacks and that one with the moving panels you knock stuff off of!” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_pigeon.png|50px]] |
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| "Hey AI, what is Divine Rank?"
| | “But what kind of games will we play?” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_kido.png|50px]] |
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| < You dumb ape, I’ve explained this over and over already. >
| | “We could play air hockey. We can do doubles, which really helps get you fired up.” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_senpai_awate.png|50px]] |
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| "I forgot, hehehe."
| | “Um, yes! I’ll join you as a fellow Sumeragi-kun fan!” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_shinobu.png|50px]] |
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| < Divine Rank is a level that shows how well someone can control ether. The levels go from World, Space, Heaven, Planet, Realm, Region, Country, Metropolis, City, Town, Village, House, Room, Hidden, and Empty. If someone dies, they’ll end up at the Empty level (0). >
| | “I think I’ll team up with either Anne-chan or En-chan.” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_kuwajiri.png|50px]] |
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| "What’s the difference between them?"
| | “Can you even…see the hockey puck?” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_senpai_awate.png|50px]] |
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| < At the Empty level, someone becomes a unique being like a spirit, and they can still manipulate ether even at that level. >
| | “You just get used to your boobs blind spot!” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] |
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| "Can someone’s Divine Rank affect other people?"
| | “That’s my Senpai! Everyone playing will have a straight down blind spot! How wonderful!” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_anne_awate.png|50px]] |
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| < Of course. For example, if you meet senpai, your physical strength, ether power, and authority will all get passively reduced. Your power will keep dropping until it becomes completely ineffective. >
| | “Eh? I’m playing? W-well…I do appreciate…being invited.” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_ki.png|50px]] |
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| "I’m gonna try it out on senpai!"
| | “When we went to the Daiichi Department Store’s arcade before, they had Return of Ishtar and I was like ‘so this is it, huh?’, but wouldn’t it be weirdly recursive for us to play that?” |
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| Boku runs toward senpai while shouting.
| | [[Image:godless_gil.png|50px]] |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
| | “Yes, that recently caught my attention too. How many games use me as the protagonist?” |
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| "Senpai! The AI said my power will get passively reduced if I’m near you!"
| | [[Image:godless_omokane.png|50px]] |
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| [[Image:godless_senpai.png|50px]]
| | “If we don’t limit it to games and accept simple motifs, it has to be near limitless. And speaking of games, the Super Famicom comes out this November, meaning what’s commonly known as the Big Three will all be on sale. That will broaden what games are available in several ways.” |
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| "That’s been the case for a long time. Didn’t you try attacking me before and fail?"
| | [[Image:godless_scare.png|50px]] |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
| | “With the increased expressive power of game consoles, the game worlds can show off a lot more different cultures.” |
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| "Yeah, but I wanna make sure one more time."
| | [[Image:godless_kuwajiri.png|50px]] |
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| [[Image:godless_senpai.png|50px]]
| | “With the limited memory and small bit depth of the images, they could make the different lands look different, but designing the cultures and residents to look different was a challenge. So lowering that hurdle to creativity is a good thing. Some of the ‘flavor’ will be lost, but the ability to directly ‘feel’ the game world really makes this era seem like a new beginning.” |
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| "Go ahead."
| | [[Image:godless_poseidon.png|50px]] |
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| Boku punches senpai with his bare hands, follows it up with an ether attack, and finishes with an authority attack that can instantly kill someone.
| | “Meanwhile, Japanese fantasy games get really chaotic. Especially with the gear being taken from all sorts of mythologies.” |
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| [[Image:godless_senpai.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_athena.png|50px]] |
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| "See? I’m totally fine, right?"
| | “That can’t be easy for the knowledge gods. Could they write the games off as a business expense?” |
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_demeter.png|50px]] |
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| "The AI was right!"
| | “I honestly have no idea what any of you are talking about.” |
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| [[Image:godless_senpai.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_senpai.png|50px]] |
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| "Our Divine Ranks are different. You’re at the Hidden level, while I’m above Hidden. So attacks from lower levels won’t affect me."
| | “Well, anyway. The work background music this time was JUN SKY WALKER(S)’s Ashita ga Konakutemo. It’s a bit of a surprise, but when you listen carefully to the lyrics, it’s about accepting everything that has happened while eliminating your anxieties about the future. It’s a reassuring song.” |
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| ===Planet Assignment 2===
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I received a vision of the future. >
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "Is it bad news or good news?"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Planet Uranus will crash into another planet in 5 minutes. >
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "That’s very dangerous, quick, save the planet!"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I don’t need to intervene for something like this. There are many gods who can handle it. >
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "You’re so lazy, AI!"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I’m not lazy. This isn’t a big problem for me. >
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "Then hurry and order a god to handle it! Just send senpai, shinsei, or any god from any mythology!"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I will send Shinsei to handle this. >
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| AI summons Shinsei.
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| "What is it?"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Rather than you being bored because you can’t find a worthy opponent, I’ll send you to save another planet. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| "Can the planet withstand my presence?"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < You won’t go to the planet. You just need to stop Uranus from crashing into another planet, and then return Uranus to its solar system. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| "Interesting~"
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| AI sends Shinsei to the location. After that, AI opens a virtual window showing Shinsei.
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "Shinsei has very great power, right?"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < He has a very high Divine Rank, so I think he’s suitable for this rescue mission. >
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| As Uranus gets closer, Shinsei raises both of his hands to stop it from colliding with the other planet. The moment Uranus touches his hands, it's creates an enormous vibration and a thunderous sound. Shinsei continues holding Uranus with both hands, his face showing no sign of difficulty at all.
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "Truly amazing."
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| Shinsei successfully stops Uranus and prevents the destruction of the other planet.
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Now return Uranus to the solar system. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| "This is my favorite part."
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| "♪Absurrrrrd♪"
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| In an instant, the planet Uranus returned to its original position in the solar system.
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Mission complete >
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| [[Image:godless_boku.png|50px]]
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| "Shinsei always says that word. Is it some kind of requirement to activate his power?"
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Correct. Shinsei only needs 0.1 seconds to say that word. He can even say it in his mind if he doesn’t want to reveal his strategy during battle >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| "Hey, why are you talking about me?"
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| "When did you get here, Shinsei?!"
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| "I just arrived. Now I want to relax. That rescue earlier was quite satisfying~"
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| ===Planet Assignment 3===
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Shinsei, I assign you to save another planet. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “With pleasure~”
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Information: a planet has been granted blessings by an unknown individual, and those blessings are causing negative effects on the humans living there. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “Someone evil.”
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Correct, that is why I am assigning you to save the planet, because the blessing has already spread until the whole planet received it. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “Interesting~”
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I will monitor you using a virtual screen camera as usual, and you can communicate with me through it. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “I know~”
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| The AI teleports Shinsei to the planet that needs to be saved, and immediately activates the virtual screen camera to observe how Shinsei will handle the situation.
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “It is very quiet here. Where is everyone?”
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| Shinsei decides to use his power.
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “♪Absurrrrrd♪”
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| In an instant, Shinsei teleports to a nearby city. There, many living beings emit a negative aura. Shinsei remembers that this planet was blessed by someone.
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “The AI was right~”
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “Every existing planet and every living being residing on it is always granted blessings and protection by mythology. These blessings and protections are given to all living creatures on every planet, and none are left out except evil beings. They never receive them.”
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “♪Absurrrrrd♪”
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| Within 0.1 seconds, all blessings and protections received by every living being on that planet vanish. Harvest blessings, long-life blessings, good-cooking blessings, fearlessness blessings, aura blessings, nature protection, protection from falling, protection from burning, and many more disappear instantly. Shinsei’s power not only removes them but also severs the connection between the giver of the blessing and its recipients.
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “Looks like it is done~”
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| The AI’s virtual camera appears.
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I saw everything. You saved the planet again and now the negative influence is gone. I will tell Shifu later to grant them purer blessings and protection. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “May I use my power one more time?”
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Use it somewhere far from any settlement. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “♪Absurrrrrd♪”
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| In an instant, ten Uranus planets appear. They duplicate endlessly and all ten of them head straight toward the nearby settlement, something that should be impossible. Everyone panics, and some even accept their fate.
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < You are insane. >
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| The AI erases all the Uranus planets with its power. The panicking citizens are stunned for a moment before cheering in relief and joy.
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I told you not to aim at the settlement, and since when could you summon Uranus, and ten of them at that! >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “I do not care about them, humans, animals, or any other living beings. I will use my power on anyone even if they are innocent. I can summon many Uranus planets because of what happened yesterday. I had the idea of using Uranus as one of my attacks~”
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “First, I stole Uranus from the solar system. I used my teleportation ability to instantly move the planet here.”
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < So you actually took Uranus directly. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “After stealing it, I duplicated Uranus into many copies. I can duplicate anything into an unlimited amount perfectly. I can even modify them, such as increasing their mass or raising their temperature, and much more.”
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I understand now, but that is not our purpose. Are you out of your mind? How can you not care about other beings! >
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < What about robots? They should not be a threat. They are simply machines built to serve humans. They have no mind, no emotions, not even a brain. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “Robots can replace humans, so I do not like them~”
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “Anyway, maybe I will use my power only in the Virtual Realm.”
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < That is fine if it is there. >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “Thank you, AI~”
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| The AI immediately teleports Shinsei to the Virtual Realm.
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| | “This time, we will ask ‘what best represented the dream?’ Up next will be the terraforming and the end of summer break. Please continue to follow along.” |
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| | 2022. A morning of returning cold weather. |
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| | -Kawakami Minoru |
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| <noinclude> | | <noinclude> |
Afterword[edit]
“Okay, great work, everyone!”
“But I didn’t doooo anythiiiing.”
“The world would have to be ending for you to do something, so I say that’s for the best.”
“Anyway, I’ve learned several lessons. Socialization sure is hard.”
“Then let’s go to the arcade! That’s one way to socialize!”
“Goofing off is all you ever think about…”
“Oh, but the arcade does sound fun. We Norse gods love having fun, so I vote for that.”
“I like the crane that can grab snacks and that one with the moving panels you knock stuff off of!”
“But what kind of games will we play?”
“We could play air hockey. We can do doubles, which really helps get you fired up.”
“Um, yes! I’ll join you as a fellow Sumeragi-kun fan!”
“I think I’ll team up with either Anne-chan or En-chan.”
“Can you even…see the hockey puck?”
“You just get used to your boobs blind spot!”
“That’s my Senpai! Everyone playing will have a straight down blind spot! How wonderful!”
“Eh? I’m playing? W-well…I do appreciate…being invited.”
“When we went to the Daiichi Department Store’s arcade before, they had Return of Ishtar and I was like ‘so this is it, huh?’, but wouldn’t it be weirdly recursive for us to play that?”
“Yes, that recently caught my attention too. How many games use me as the protagonist?”
“If we don’t limit it to games and accept simple motifs, it has to be near limitless. And speaking of games, the Super Famicom comes out this November, meaning what’s commonly known as the Big Three will all be on sale. That will broaden what games are available in several ways.”
“With the increased expressive power of game consoles, the game worlds can show off a lot more different cultures.”
“With the limited memory and small bit depth of the images, they could make the different lands look different, but designing the cultures and residents to look different was a challenge. So lowering that hurdle to creativity is a good thing. Some of the ‘flavor’ will be lost, but the ability to directly ‘feel’ the game world really makes this era seem like a new beginning.”
“Meanwhile, Japanese fantasy games get really chaotic. Especially with the gear being taken from all sorts of mythologies.”
“That can’t be easy for the knowledge gods. Could they write the games off as a business expense?”
“I honestly have no idea what any of you are talking about.”
“Well, anyway. The work background music this time was JUN SKY WALKER(S)’s Ashita ga Konakutemo. It’s a bit of a surprise, but when you listen carefully to the lyrics, it’s about accepting everything that has happened while eliminating your anxieties about the future. It’s a reassuring song.”
“This time, we will ask ‘what best represented the dream?’ Up next will be the terraforming and the end of summer break. Please continue to follow along.”
2022. A morning of returning cold weather.
-Kawakami Minoru
