Asmodeus slowly turned around.
Those eyes, reflecting the starry sky, looked toward King.
Her voice was ethereal.
"I am going to take away this world's moon."
"Do not stop me, King."
The roaring of the emperor engine grew louder.
"What is the reason!"
King stared intently at the two crimson cubes in her hands, which held Furina and Lumine sealed inside.
His voice was as suppressed as a volcano about to erupt:
"Give me a reason that can convince me!"
"Otherwise..."
"Teyvat is going to be destroyed."
Asmodeus calmly interrupted him.
There was no ripple in her voice, yet it struck King's heart like a heavy hammer.
"Literally."
"The collapse is accelerating, and the world has already begun to dissolve."
"I need a small planet to stabilize Teyvat's foundation."
She raised her hand slightly, palm facing upward.
The crimson cubes hovering around the moon began to hum.
"This moon has the right mass, and I can move it now."
"So, I am going to take it away."
King's pupils contracted.
Teyvat destroyed?
"What exactly happened!"
King took a step forward, lunar dust exploding under his feet, with an urgency in his voice that he himself hadn't noticed:
"Explain clearly!"
Asmodeus was about to speak—
"Boom!!!"
From another direction, a huge cloud of dust suddenly exploded on the lunar surface!
A bald man smashed down straight like a cannonball.
He plowed a deep trench several kilometers long into the gray lunar soil.
Finally, with a "thud," he was stuck head-first into the lunar rock not far from King.
Saitama pulled himself out and patted the dust off his head.
First, he looked at King, then at the floating Asmodeus in the distance.
"Ah, found you."
He scratched his cheek, his tone as flat as if he had found a discounted item at the supermarket.
Then, as if he suddenly remembered something, he snapped his head to look at Asmodeus.
On that blank, silly face, a rare trace of anxiety appeared.
"Hey! You glowing little girl over there!"
Saitama pointed at Asmodeus, his tone serious:
"I think I just heard you say you were going to take the moon away?"
"Is that true?"
Asmodeus frowned slightly, seemingly uncomfortable with the title "glowing little girl," but still nodded:
"Yes, because..."
"No! Absolutely not!!"
Saitama became instantly excited, waving his arms, his expression incredibly serious:
"If you take the moon away, what will happen when it gets dark at night?!"
"Wouldn't I have to turn on the lights every night?!"
"Electricity bills are very expensive!!!"
King: "..."
Asmodeus: "..."
Is now the time to discuss electricity bills?
What is wrong with this bald man's focus?!
Before the two of them could recover from their speechlessness.
Another scorching white stream of light tore through the starry sky and crashed down not far away.
"Whoosh!!!"
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