"Qin... Zuke-sama."
Although inwardly Holess Emperor was full of resentnt toward Zuke, seeing Zuke sitting in the room, Holess Emperor still imdiately put on that fawning smile.
At this mont, the corporate slave habits buried deep in his heart actually broke through the self-respect he'd gained after becoming a Dragon-level monster, unconsciously surfacing.
Holess Emperor himself probably hadn't imagined that he could still act as obsequiously as when he was a corporate slave—he thought he'd long forgotten those habits from working.
However, this couldn't be blad on him. After all, he was very clear about how much control Zuke had over him. Last ti before Zuke left the Monster Association, he had even commanded Holess Emperor to commit suicide.
And at that ti, Holess Emperor had almost without any hesitation created a large light orb with "Divine Power" right in front of him, about to smash it into his own head.
If Zuke hadn't stopped his actions in ti, Holess Emperor really would have blown his own head off on the spot, becoming the first Dragon-level monster at the Monster Association to die in such an absurd manner.
Under these circumstances, Holess Emperor felt that being obsequious toward Zuke was very normal. This couldn't even be called compromise, only identifying the tis and acting accordingly.
"You're here, Holess Emperor."
Seeing Holess Emperor like this, Zuke also found it sowhat amusing—it seed Holess Emperor had truly been scared out of his wits by the experint Zuke conducted on him last ti.
That made sense too. Holess Emperor was fundantally just an ordinary person who had obtained "Divine Power." His ntality was no different from a nouveau riche, naturally very afraid of everything suddenly collapsing.
Last ti when Zuke commanded him to commit suicide, his body unhesitatingly executed the command, proving that whether Holess Emperor would collapse depended entirely on Zuke's whim. Naturally he was very fearful of Zuke.
Zuke withdrew the foot still being massaged by Psykos, then stood up under Psykos's speechless gaze, speaking to Holess Emperor:
"Calling you here mainly to ask about 'God'—you should have a way to let people contact 'God,' right?"
"...Eh? About God?"
Holess Emperor froze, then also reacted.
Indeed, with Zuke's strength, Holess Emperor was just an insignificant small fry. So what could make Zuke pay attention to him was probably only his connection with "God."
However, speaking of this matter, Holess Emperor instead showed a sowhat awkward expression, scratching his head as he said to Zuke:
"That... although I did indeed obtain 'God's' power, I really know nothing about how to contact God."
In Holess Emperor's view, obtaining "God's" power was an instantaneous matter—while lying on the grass looking at the sky and lanting humanity's insignificance beneath the entire sky, he was suddenly bestowed with power.
In this situation, how could he explain thods of contacting "God"? Should he have Zuke also lie on the grass like he did before, gazing at the sky and lanting his own insignificance?
Leaving aside whether this thod was reliable, with Zuke's current strength, could he feel insignificant before the sky? Zuke could flip the sky with one slap.
"You think you obtained 'God's' favor out of thin air, but the reality might not be so."
Zuke shook his head, then asked Holess Emperor a crucial question.
"When you were holess, did you ever co into contact with a black cube? About palm-sized, pure black cubic matter."
That's right, the ans of establishing contact with "God" was touching the black cube from "God."
Holess Emperor didn't know, but Zuke was very clear. In the original work, most characters who established contact with "God" had either touched that black cube, or were simply beside "God" itself.
Very likely Holess Emperor had actually touched the black cube from "God" without realizing it, establishing a connection with "God," only he himself hadn't been aware of it.
"A black cube..."
Holess Emperor froze, then lowered his head to carefully recall—for him, mories from before becoming a monster were unbearable to look back on, but since Zuke required it, he could only patiently reminisce.
Sure enough, Holess Emperor soon seed to recall sothing, suddenly lifting his head to speak to Zuke:
"Right! When I was holess, I did pick up a black cube in so ruins. At the ti I was thinking whether I could sell it for so money, but the scrap collection station wouldn't take it at all!"
"Then it seems that's the thing."
Zuke nodded satisfactorily—as long as there was that black cube, he could establish contact with "God."
To make Garou awaken as Cosmic Garou, he just needed to hand that cube to Garou and have Garou accept "God's" bestowal.
"Do you still rember where that cube is? Take to retrieve it."
Zuke commanded Holess Emperor. He then prepared to follow him to get that black cube.
Regardless of whether Holess Emperor inwardly was willing, he could only agree—after all, the current Holess Emperor was a mber of the Monster Association, belonging to a part controlled by "King's Army."
"I understand. Though I'm not sure if that thing is still in those ruins... but I'll take you there."
Holess Emperor nodded, then turned to start leading the way.
Zuke followed Holess Emperor out of the room. Just as the door was about to close, he turned back to Psykos, who was still crouching on the ground, and said:
"You don't need to keep crouching either. Do whatever you need to do."
"Do you think I'm crouching for whose sake!?"
Psykos complained irritably at Zuke—she'd been commanded by Zuke to massage his feet and had been crouching until her feet went numb.
Yet this guy was leaving and still had to tease her. This made Psykos grit her teeth in frustration.
But no matter how much resentnt built up inside, what could she do? She couldn't resist Zuke anyway. Now the entire Monster Association, including herself, already belonged to Zuke.
Watching Zuke and Holess Emperor leave, the door closing as well, Psykos finally let out a long breath, then sat on the sofa where Zuke had just been sitting.
The sofa still faintly retained Zuke's warmth, causing Psykos to involuntarily blush—she had just thought Zuke coming to find her was to do that sort of thing again.
But unexpectedly Zuke had co on business. Psykos felt a slight disappointnt inside.
Although she had been forced by Zuke before, honestly speaking, that overwhelming assault was still quite morable for Psykos.
"Tch, why am I expecting that sort of thing!?"
Of course, though inwardly very expectant, she still had to verbally resist a bit.
To be continued…
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