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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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| < 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?"
| | “But I didn’t doooo anythiiiing.” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_raidou.png|50px]] |
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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. >
| | “The world would have to be ending for you to do something, so I say that’s for the best.” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_TJ.png|50px]] |
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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. >
| | “Anyway, I’ve learned several lessons. Socialization sure is hard.” |
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]] | | [[Image:godless_beisu.png|50px]] |
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| < Thanks, Shinsei. >
| | “Then let’s go to the arcade! That’s one way to socialize!” |
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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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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| < 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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| "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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| < Shinsei, I assign you to save another planet >
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| “With pleasure~”
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < Information: the planet has been blessed by an unknown individual, and the blessing is 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 that planet, because the blessing has already spread throughout the entire world >
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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 the virtual screen camera as usual. You can also 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 teleported Shinsei to the planet that needed saving, and immediately displayed the virtual screen camera to observe how Shinsei would save the planet.
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “It’s very quiet here… where is everyone?”
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| Shinsei decided to use their power.
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “♪Absuuuurrrrd♪”
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| Instantly, Shinsei teleported to an existing city. In that city, many living beings radiated a negative aura. Shinsei remembered that this planet had been given a blessing 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 planet, and the living beings on it, are always given blessings and protection by mythology. These blessings and protections are granted to every living creature on every planet, none are excluded—except evil beings. They will never receive them.”
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “♪Absuuuurrrrd♪”
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| In 0.1 seconds, all blessings and protections possessed by every living being on that planet vanished instantly. Blessings of harvest, long life, delicious cooking, fearlessness, aura, nature protection, protection from falling, immunity to fire, and many more disappeared. Shinsei’s power did not only remove those blessings and protections, but also severed the connection between the giver of the blessing and the receiver.
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “Looks like it’s done~”
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| The AI’s virtual screen camera appeared.
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I have seen everything. You successfully saved the planet again, and now the negative influence is gone. I will have the shifu later grant them purer blessings and protections >
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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 settlements >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “♪Absuuuurrrrd♪”
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| In an instant, ten meteors appeared, each ten kilometers in diameter. All of them headed toward a settlement, something that should not have happened. Everyone panicked, and some even gave up in despair.
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < You’re insane >
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| The AI erased all the meteors with its power. The citizens who had been panicking were shocked, and then they rejoiced and cheered.
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < I told you not to aim it at populated areas >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “I don’t care about them—humans, animals, or any other living beings. I will use my power on anyone, even if they are innocent.”
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < That is not our purpose >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “Maybe I’ll just use my power in the Virtual Realm instead.”
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| [[Image:godless_balancer.png|50px]]
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| < That is fine if it’s there >
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| [[Image:godless_yomoji.png|50px]]
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| “Thank you, AI~”
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| The AI immediately teleported 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> |
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“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
