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Otto didn't want to bother with these "irrelevant" things.
"Whether as a victor in glory or a wretched loser on the verge of death, all I want to do is... loudly mock the gods."
At that moment, Otto's eyes seemed to be burning with fire.
"...Hmm, that's a really brilliant idea."
However, Void Treasury was surprisingly unsupportive, and even showed an awkwardness in its expression, as if it were watching a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur).
"Actually, Otto, you think highly of him too, right?"
"...It cannot be denied."
Otto pondered for a moment, then nodded. Although he was dampened by Void Treasury's attitude, he remained completely unmoved.
“I don’t think he’s wrong—I have a lot of faith in Karen’s judgment, but at the same time, I don’t think I’m wrong either.”
"...So, you're just being difficult? Because your woman was stolen?"
"...My feelings for Karen aren't physical. You're clearly an extraordinary artificial intelligence, so why can't you understand the complexity of 'love'?"
Otto was speechless for a moment, then shook his head. It was only because of the Void Treasury that he would talk so much to someone else, even Kallen.
"Ah, then I think I have fallen in love with that god I have never met."
The vast emptiness sighs.
This person is really... well, always like this.
No, you could even say it's gotten worse.
"You're just calculating my chances of winning based on the win rate alone, right?"
Otto exposed the truth.
Void Treasury simply rolled its eyes.
But Otto wasn't annoyed; he wasn't surprised by Void Treasury's attitude.
“But I am also very clear about this, and I even have to thank him for ‘stealing’ Karen.”
Otto's tone carried a hint of madness, a stark contrast to his usual rationality.
However... the Void Treasury can actually understand Otto's situation at this moment.
Otto, unburdened and not living for others, now wants to do as he pleases.
"...Do you want to be the final boss in the hero's story?"
"Or perhaps the protagonist of an anti-hero story."
Otto smiled. "Void Treasury, what are you thinking?"
"I think you have the plague."
The Void and Myriad Treasures press their foreheads.
No, she didn't want to go crazy with Otto at all.
I feel like I'll just get a beating.
"And I have to say, if you want to create a mess and then hand it over to someone else to clean up..."
"Dong dong."
There was a knock on the door of the server room.
Are the two of you talking about God?
Bianca pushed open the door and entered. Although Amber's face was not clearly visible, everyone could sense that Amber was somewhat uncomfortable with Bianca's intrusion.
"You've come, Bianca."
Otto gave Bianca a warm smile.
"Yes, it's about the question of God that we discussed last time... but it wasn't a very informative discussion."
(No, it's just overflowing with nutrition; this guy actually wants to be the final boss or something... although light novels do seem to like putting 'bishops' and the like in the villain category these days.)
Void Treasury believes that Otto can really do it—even though Otto seems to have no trump cards left now.
You can doubt Otto's skill in strategizing to protect himself, but you absolutely cannot doubt his skill in strategizing with the intention of self-destruction in mind.
Bianca, let's just rid the people of this menace.
Shout "By imperial decree, we punish the traitors!" or "Heaven will punish the national traitors!"
Void Treasury tried to give Bianca a meaningful look, but Bianca seemed oblivious—can you stop being so airheaded at a time like this!
"The vast emptiness holds all things; are your eyes dry?"
Ragnar, who followed behind, asked a question out of curiosity.
—Can you two, master and apprentice, please stop acting so clueless together!
"My eyes aren't dry."
Void Treasury told a lame joke in a cold tone.
"So what brings you here today?"
Bianca seemed to accept Otto's statement without any difficulty.
"The matter of the Sea of Quanta has been resolved."
Otto said, "I need you to make a trip there."
"specific?"
“Bring back that thing that affects the Sea of Quanta.”
"Ah."
Bianca calmly accepted the task.
"I thought you would ask more questions."
"There is definitely a problem. After I get it, how do I recycle that item?"
"Take the Void Treasury and the Thousand Realms Vehicle with you, and the Void Treasury will be responsible for their retrieval."
Otto had clearly anticipated these issues, stating, "This time, the enemy might be very strong."
"God?"
"It should be said that the god playing the role of the hero and his companions, the chances of success in this operation are slim."
"It's ok."
Bianca remained calm. "Just give it your all."
“Very good. This time you will be the captain, Ragnar will be the vice-captain, and the Undying Blade and the Valkyrie Stormtroopers will be mixed together. Do everything possible to achieve our goal.”
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Bianca! What are you thinking!
Under the guise of cooperation, Void Treasury took Biancara back to Biancara's own room.
"Aren't you going to ask more about this?"
"...The Void holds all treasures, you deserve to be played by Otto for the rest of your life."
Bianca looked at Void Treasury's expression and, unusually, remained silent for a moment before uttering highly aggressive words.
"..."
The void is silent.
If someone insults her, she'll immediately retaliate, but for Bianca to insult her... well, that's really rare.
"You...why don't you explain it more clearly?"
Void Treasury took a breath and adjusted his expression to be blank and expressionless.
"Now, excluding me, Ragnar, you, Thousand Worlds One Vehicle, what cards does Otto have left in his hand?"
"……amber?"
After saying this, Void Treasury's expression immediately changed.
She's not stupid. Her initial focus wasn't on this, so she didn't realize it at first, but now that Bianca has brought it up, it would be unreasonable for her not to notice.
Gone.
Forget about the long-lasting luster of amber; to be honest, Otto basically doesn't have any big brands left.
It could even be said that the only one that can truly be called a big name is Satellite, which is the fourth Divine Key.
And coincidentally, the fourth divine key... is indeed a divine key capable of "destroying the world".
This is a very bad situation.
—A sign of going all in.
Even the kind of all-or-nothing gamble where you send out equipment in a fair and square manner, which can be called a "challenge".
"Rita is still acting a bit recklessly, or rather, she's not going to pretend anymore, but it's not a big problem."
Bianca actually felt that Rita's acting was half-hearted, but as she said, it wasn't a big problem.
If the two of them switched places, there would be a huge problem, but now... even if Otto is aware that Rita has betrayed him, he won't say it out loud in front of her.
"So... Otto also found out about what we've been doing?"
"Yes, the probing started quite early."
Bianca calmly put on an apron and made herself lunch.
"That so-called topic about gods—do you think Otto has a strong desire to share?"
"……what."
Void Treasury sighed, "Sorry, that guy's topic was really too interesting, I didn't notice that."
Otto is not the type to share his motives with others—if he does, it's definitely for ulterior motives.
"So that guy was testing our reaction?"
"More or less. As for the result of the test... well, he was probably a little confused too."
Bianca thought for a moment and felt that Otto should be able to detect that she and the Void Archives had some kind of "insider" attitude.
"Why are you acting like a strategist now?"
The vast emptiness sighs.
"So what's next?"
"If you're not that great, just do your job well."
"...Huh? You don't really want to..."
“A slightly more serious confrontation… wouldn’t be a problem, would it? Battlefield confrontations with him as the opponent are truly rare.”
"...You're actually starting to get excited deep down, aren't you?"
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"Help! I've shed blood for the BOSS! I've done great things for the world! You can't treat me like this! I need to see the BOSS!"
"Oh dear, Little Bluebird, lying isn't right. You clearly didn't bleed for the BOSS, did you?"
Kafka, like a spider lady, held the bluebird in a shameful position with her silk threads, and smiled as she ran her fingers across the bluebird's garden.
"But if you bleed for the BOSS now... it's not too late, Little Bluebird~"
The little bluebird flying in the sky was still captured by the evil spider lady.
"Gu..."
So dominant, so incredibly dominant, and there's even Ace admiring him.
Liu Bai watched the spider hunt from the side, with Hua Huo sitting beside him.
"Hanabi, see that? I'll have Kafka take you away in a bit."
Hanabi: "..."
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