Volu 3 Extra Chapter 1: Trial of the Gods and Sereriputa’s True Intentions (2/4)
Gayn was fed up with Sereriputa, his gaze boring into him.
That was true for the other gods too.
“How long do you think we’ve known each other?” [Grimp]
“As much as I hate it, the truth is we’ve spent more ti with each other than I could count.” [Willieris]
“And you’ve been nothing but docile today.” [Kirillel]
“Just hearing the slightest bit of ‘sorry’ from your mouth gives the creeps.” [Fernoberia]
“You’re not soone who would say sothing so admirable, after all.” [Rurutia]
“A sourpuss like you has never been one to apologize.” [Tekun]
“If anything, you’d act defiant and try to push the bla onto soone else.” [Kufo]
Grimp, Willieris, Kirillel, Fernoberia, Rurutia, Tekun, and Kufo… Before the rciless remarks of seven different gods, Sereriputa’s face could only cramp.
“You’re going that far?” [Sereriputa]
“It’s the truth.” [Grimp]
“Hurry up and spill the beans. What are you hiding?” [Kirillel]
“I haven’t been lying, though.” [Sereriputa]
“We’ll decide that after you spill everything.” [Fernoberia]
“Hopefully, it’s not for sothing stupid. Or else—” [Willieris]
“Ah, alright already! Sheesh! I’ll talk, I’ll talk…” [Sereriputa]
Sereriputa sighed, then started talking in a complaining manner.
But…
“I don’t think there’d be any point even if I told you, though.” [Sereriputa]
“We’ll be the ones to decide that. Just answer what you’ve been asked.” [Fernoberia]
“…Fernoberia… I know it’s you we’re talking about, but don’t you think you’re being too rude? We may be equals, but I’m still much older than you! For soone who fancies himself to be an intellectual, I see you don’t know your manners.” [Sereriputa]
“Those aren’t the words of soone who broke the rules and is now awaiting his punishnt. This is precisely why old people who’ve nothing going for them but their age are a problem—” [Fernoberia]
“Enough!” [Gayn]
As the two gods started glaring at each other, Gayn’s loud voice resounded.
“Fernoberia, please calm yourself. And Sereriputa, don’t try to change the topic. Otherwise, this will never end.” [Gayn]
“Tch.” [Sereriputa]
“Excuse .” [Sereriputa]
“Sigh… I need to watch so idols live to heal my soul…” [Gayn]
Gayn was the one burdened with the task of ensuring this gathering went smoothly, so no one bothered to say anything to those few words that leaked out.
Sereriputa spoke once more.
“So I left out so things about Ryouma or more specifically about the God of Earth who sent Ryouma here. You see, after fiddling with Ryouma’s soul, I found out sothing about the Earth God. I found out that the guy has so really twisted hobbies..” [Sereriputa]
“Twisted hobbies?” [Gayn]
“From what I’ve heard from Gayn’s group, he seems to be trying out all sorts of things.” [Kirillel]
“Yeah, I think it’s related to those, but… Are you guys familiar with ‘Life Simulation Gas’? It’s a ga from Ryouma-kun’s world. Putting it briefly, information is inputted into a special machine to make it possible for humans to play with fake nonliving humans and animals.” [Sereriputa]
“Sounds like a ga made after us. At least the part where we’re watching over humans, animals, and nature.” [Willieris]
“Oh, hey. We agree on sothing, you don’t see that often, but you’re exactly right. Just that in these life simulation gas, the ‘target doesn’t have a life or a soul’. The only thing being reared in these gas are lumps of information. No matter how closely they resemble the real things, they aren’t alive. And that’s exactly why, you can do anything with them.
A lifeless lump of data can be toyed with however one wishes, and in the end, everything could be reset back to square one. No matter what you’ve done, you can make everything seem as if they didn’t happen. That’s the difference between gas and reality, but… To the God of Earth, that difference may as well not exist.” [Sereriputa]
“!!” [The rest of the gods]
“Are you saying that the God of Earth used real living people to enact a life simulation ga in real life?” [Rurutia]
There was a quiet anger exuding from Rurutia’s voice, but Sereriputa just matter-of-factly answered her.
“At the very least, that seems to be the case with Ryouma. You were in charge of his transmigration in this world, so you know that he’s always had certain talents, right?” [Sereriputa]
“Yes, he’s been given several talents, but most of them appear to have gone to waste in his previous life.” [Rurutia]
“You see those talents are just one part of what he’s been given. In fact Ryouma has been given other talents, only they’ve been hidden so deep inside his soul that unless you directly peered into it, you would never be able to find them. In other words, the talents you noticed were nothing but a diversion ant to draw our eyes away.” [Sereriputa]
“What!?” [Willieris]
“Hey, I’m being honest, none of these is a lie.” [Sereriputa]
“There’s no reason to tell a lie like that anyway since it’ll easily be revealed if we just investigated Ryouma-kun’s soul. Moreover, we don’t directly investigate souls without a reason, so the depth of one’s soul indeed makes for a great hiding place.” [Kufo]
“But what talent could possibly necessitate being hidden that deeply?” [Fernoberia]
“‘Murder’” [Sereriputa]
“!?” [The rest of the gods]
“That’s not all. There’s also burglary and larceny. In fact, pretty much anything you could think of when the word ‘cri’ pops up, he has a talent for. Oh, but he doesn’t have any talent in sexual cris. That’s probably because it wouldn’t help further that god’s objective. There seed to especially be a lot of that ‘Murder’ from earlier, though. There was even ‘Butchery’ and ‘Indiscriminate Killing’… Lots of killing-related specializations—” [Sereriputa]
“Wait just one mont! So what are you saying? Are you saying that the God of Earth tried to raise Ryouma to beco a bloodthirsty killer?” [Gayn]
“…You know, I’m explaining here, so I’d appreciate if you could let finish first, but… Fine, whatever.
My personal take is that Ryouma becoming the worst criminal possible was ‘convenient’ for the Earth God’s goal. He wanted to make him as unhappy as he could, keep all that pressure building up, until one day he goes, BOOM! Bloods spurt, heads start rolling… You know? The works. He wanted to push him to a point of no return.
And seeing how Ryouma specializes in old weapons like katanas and bows, but with no talent whatsoever for guns, though it seems the Earth God did make him have so interest for them… I think Ryouma was basically an experint of ‘How far could an expert warrior from the olden tis go against modern weapons?’ After all, if he were to beco a criminal, the cops would have given him chase, and if he kept resisting, the special unit with gun training would have eventually been dispatched.
Of course, none of that ended up happening, though.” [Sereriputa]
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