While the Dragon God was attacking Tsukasa, D, who was in the Underworld, had already prepared to make her move.
Although she wasn't very certain, the existence behind Tsukasa, that one, was at a place far away from their space-time. With that premise, it was entirely possible for her to seize a portion of that guy's power using her methods. She was curious about that guy's power; if she hadn't guessed wrong, the other party had clearly broken the upper limit of a god. If she could take that guy's power for research, she might find a way to break through; one must know she had been stuck at the High God level for a long time.
Although her current strength could easily insta-kill some High Gods, her level was indeed still just a High God, with no possibility of breakthrough in sight.
Because even if she continued to grow stronger, there seemed to be no visible upper limit. So, when she knew that one guy existed behind little Tsukasa, she was incredibly happy. Because in that guy's power, she saw a brand new possibility.
So when that will emerged from Tsukasa's body, she immediately chased after it in excitement.
"If you're leaving, you'd better leave something behind for me first!" She reached out toward that black hole.
But at that moment, that will instantly took Tsukasa and transferred away through the black hole.
It was as if all the previous actions were intentionally baiting D to act; only when D actually moved did it show its hand and then silently mock her.
D had originally thought that one guy used the same means as herself to traverse worlds, but she didn't expect that when she was about to catch its tail, it transferred away in a way she completely couldn't understand.
The smile on her face froze, and then she said with an extremely unsightly expression, "I've actually been played!"
It had always been her turn to toy with others; when was it ever someone else's turn to toy with her? The power that guy showed at the end was not at all what she thought; it was simply unfathomable. What "unable to use full power because the distance is too far," what "needing little Tsukasa as an anchor point to interfere with this world"?
Dammit, all those things were deliberately shown to her by the other party from start to finish. To think she was previously so self-satisfied, thinking she could use that point to trade blows with the other party; now that she discovered the truth, her mind was somewhat exploding. That guy was truly bored, to act for so long just to tease her!
Is this fun?
This is indeed very fun.
D felt that guy's personality was somewhat similar to her own, so she could very much understand the reason for doing this. Although it seemed like no benefit was gained, as long as she could see her own somewhat exasperated look in the end, it was already fun enough.
"Oh well, at least it wasn't a total lack of harvest." D held a streak of light in her hand; that was a small fragment of power that existence had deliberately left for her when it froze time. However, since it was something deliberately left behind, no one knew if there was a problem with it.
It was originally out of this thought that she wanted to stop the other party, but the result just now showed that she had been completely played. That guy had already predicted she might do this next, and then deliberately used a method that made her feel she could stop it. Finally, when she acted, it revealed its true power, telling her it was just a joke just now—could it be you actually took it seriously?
This made D want to throw away this power fragment for a moment, but in the end, she still couldn't bear to; she put away the power fragment and looked toward the world where the Little Spider was. Then she saw the following scene—the Fairy Queen Eidor was about to kill that little Dragon God.
D frowned and said, "This won't do."
That little Dragon God was one of the rations she left for the Little Spider; if it was killed by the Fairy Queen like this, it would be a bit too wasteful. Although she was an Evil God, she was the kind of kind-hearted Evil God who advocated against waste, so she made her move.
—'A daily act of kindness.'
Oh, wait.
This little dragon isn't a person.
In front of Eidor and Chulidis, D's laughter came from that one mysterious touchscreen cell phone, "Eidor, give me some face, how about letting Chulidis go for now? In exchange, I can guarantee Tsukasa's safety. She is just undergoing a brand new adventure right now; why not leave Chulidis for the future Tsukasa to take revenge personally? Besides, if Chulidis is killed by you now, it will be a bit of a headache for me as well."
"It's you." Eidor's expression was grave.
Obviously, although her appearance was due to that one mysterious will modifying the world line, she herself didn't feel that way, and she remembered the aura of D who appeared in this world back then, knowing D was the god who created the System.
Similarly, she also knew this was an Evil God.
D replied, "Hmm? That's right, it's me. You also know that Tsukasa and the others' transmigration was orchestrated by someone; the person who made them transmigrate was me. Now that Tsukasa has gone to another world alone for a new trial, don't you think you should give me some face?"
Tsukasa had indeed gone to another world, she was very sure of this, and the person who made Tsukasa and the others transmigrate to this world was indeed herself, so she wasn't lying. It was just that some details weren't explained clearly, such as the fact that the one who took Tsukasa away this time wasn't her, and she didn't know if Tsukasa would have a chance to return to this world in the future.
Eidor fell silent for a while after hearing D's words, didn't make another move, but turned and left the place, leaving that one phone to tilt its body, as if D could be seen crossing her legs and revealing a devious smile.
"D..."
Chulidis, who was saved, wasn't happy at all, because D's words just now seemed to be explaining to him that things were indeed as Ariel had thought. This Evil God deliberately gave them a false hope, then lured him into breaking the rules; the reason she saved him now was probably because he hadn't yet paid the price for breaking the rules, rather than truly wanting to save him.
"Chulidis, tell me, how should I deal with you next? I believe I warned you, you cannot personally interfere in the matters of these children." D said over the phone, "I allow you to use clones, drive subordinates, or even use schemes, but the rule is that you, a god who exceeds their specifications, cannot personally take action. You promised me, didn't you? Do you need me to play the recording for you? Then what did you just do?"
Facing D's question.
Chulidis bit his lip, his whole body trembling stiffly, cold sweat covering his forehead at some point; this man, who was a Dragon God, had no poise of a god at this moment, looking more like a weak human being targeted by some immense terror.
Fearful, pitiful, at a loss.
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