The laws of the entire universe are now in the hands of Night. This system, this so-called danger, is entirely under Night's control, or rather—even if it were to spiral out of control, it wouldn't matter. After relocating the lolis and a small number of humans worth saving, what remains of this world is nothing but non-combustible waste. Destroying it wouldn't matter; it would even be something to applaud. It's to the point that any intelligent life from a completely unrelated, unfamiliar world, upon understanding the disgust and malice of this world, would unanimously vote for its destruction!

As for whether doing so is too domineering... well, no one likes to have a neighboring world of unfriendly Trisolaran intelligent beings, even if it means sacrificing a fellow Daoist for themselves.

People would nip such pure malice in the bud if there were even the slightest possible threat.

'Destroying you—what does it have to do with you?!'

At this moment, even the followers of Cthulhu—the Deep Ones—have repeatedly been fed the truth about the bomb that wiped out their race into the mind of "Rentaro Satomi," who is at the core, about this indescribable monster. Those indescribable and terrifying concepts—which were driving his mind to the brink of collapse—have forcibly brought him back to his senses. He is both rebellious for the fear of humanity's future and confused and even more devastated by his current state.

No, in the end—–

"What exactly am I right now...?"

'He' can no longer even define or recognize himself.

It turns out that after Rentaro Satomi died, his soul was reincarnated into a monster called Rahm, and then he was eaten and assimilated by the sea monster.

Or—from the very beginning, this "monster" that absorbed everything about the individual personality, memories, and informational elements of the person named "Rentaro Satomi" was imitating human behavior!

They all say he's a role model—they say he's a monster!

If he wasn't a monster, why would he instinctively do those terrible things, and even cheer and feel happy about it?

Does this mean that Rentaro Satomi's true nature is evil? Was all the good he showed in his past life just an act? Was he a hypocritical fake?

The countless teeth on this great sea demon seemed to creak and groan, constantly colliding. At times, it would sneer at the gods' roars and devout faith in accordance with Gilles de Rais's will, and at other times, it would emit strange, inhuman, and devastating cries of collapse!

For the cursed children, they grew up in this world and suffered all kinds of humiliation from a young age, yet they still maintained their original kindness and innocence. Even the spikes on their bodies were subconscious protective colors. Beneath those wary, spiky shells, inside they were still soft, cuddly little angels.

however--

Also regarded as a monster, it initially retained human consciousness and memories, but succumbed to it within a day.

Although meme contamination is a contributing factor, it has also been due to various other reasons.

They seem to share similar experiences of being rejected by humans.

But Rentaro Satomi lived the first half of his life entirely as a human being. Although his life was filled with hardship, he also had a lot of resources to help him.

The four sages who transformed him and gave him a cheat code; Kikunojo Tendo who funded and paved the way for him; his beautiful childhood friend and the young lady of the Shiba family who suddenly appeared to provide him with new equipment; and the strongest S-class potential initiator. Compared to this apocalyptic world where everyone has a tragic past, Rentaro Satomi is living a much better life than most people.

It's easy to start with simplicity, but difficult to go from extravagance to frugality.

Unlike the cursed child who grew up being rejected and humiliated and had become numb to it, Rentaro Satomi, even though he wanted to save the cursed child, dared not go against the voices of the public and society. Perhaps he realized from the beginning that the horror of emotional abuse was dozens of times more terrifying than the physical trauma he had suffered.

He was consciously avoiding these things, especially since this indifference would not only not help him move forward, but would also become an obstacle to his career.

Behind every qualified public figure, there is, of course, a group of people who support him.

They need to embellish themselves, even if some of their ideas are not what they truly think, they still have to echo those malicious voices as much as possible, because this is the mainstream voice of human society in the Black Bullet world.

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Chapter 154 The Gentleness That Protects the Persecutor Is Not Needed

What a waste! He's a male protagonist, so I thought he'd have a stronger will.

Seeing Rentaro Satomi now almost trapped in a vicious cycle of constant breakdown, essentially ruined and suffering endless mental torment, especially the contrast between the Marshal's joyful laughter and roars and his wailing and utter despair—a scene of utter despair and utter heartbreak—is truly heartbreaking!

Although it seems pitiful, it's not worthy of pity.

—The night no longer pays attention to the souls casually cast aside.

Rentaro Satomi is a man with a strong will, but also a weak one.

Because his behavior and way of doing things are contradictory.

If you can't clearly identify which side to take, and try to please both, reality will teach you a lesson in the end...

This behavior is nothing more than a compromise between the two sides.

In the end, compromise will inevitably result in the weaker party getting hurt. Therefore, this man is actually quite ruthless and boring!

His essence is a limited kind of cold, selfish, and indifferent goodness.

Every time he had to choose a side, he knew perfectly well what kind of evil would result from not choosing or taking action, but he pretended to be confused. Every time, he shouted that he was fighting for Tokyo, for justice, and for the cursed child! But the cursed child who was actually saved was Zero. Instead, in order to help him save those unworthy scum, many little girls believed his lies and fought to the end.

However, this passive gentleness could not save a little girl who was going to die in just one episode.

In the storyline of Senju Natsuyo, there is a character who doesn't use his ultimate move at the beginning, but waits until all his teammates are dead before showing off, using his modified limbs to beat Hiruko Kagetane to a pulp.

In the storyline involving Aihara Enju, she was prevented from rescuing a homeless girl from the outer district. At this time, although Satomi Rentaro was a police officer, his IP ranking was extremely low, below 120,000, meaning even ordinary people and patrol officers dared not recruit him.

Ugh, I don't even have the courage to act as a guarantor.

In Tina Sprantt's storyline, having upgraded his IP, he becomes tougher when facing the thugs who bully Tina, directly flashing his police ID.

However, the rescue was carried out without knowing the other party's identity as a cursed child.

After discovering that Tina was the cursed child and an enemy, his attitude became very tough.

Tina, still grateful for the help this older brother had given her before—a favor she could have easily handled herself without Satomi Rentaro's intervention—was so attached to this kindness that she repeatedly failed and even lost her will to fight... After Satomi Rentaro brutally beat the little girl and used his emotional appeal to get Tina to surrender completely, he didn't protect her. He watched as she was shot through the body, only offering verbal warnings to the attacker...

Even though the Holy Emperor had clearly granted him the authority to decide the life or death of the other party, indicating that he could execute the other party here, he still did nothing.

Perhaps because he is a proper guest, killing people here may be enjoyable, but it would be detrimental to his future career development and would completely offend the Jin Guard's power.

But this made Yoru, who had seen this episode and was hoping to see the male protagonist finally rise up and take down the scumbag, realize that Rentaro Satomi was holding back a huge amount of anger.

Even among other gentle, determined, and capable male protagonists in harem anime, there are far too many who are more responsible than him.

Others risk their lives to build a harem and fight for their own survival.

He waited until all the lolis were defeated before unleashing his full power, and then he never got a kill!

Judging from his indecisiveness, he was even more incompetent than a figurehead emperor.

It was a rare occasion—even the Holy Emperor couldn't stand his own guard captain's unusually cold and firm demeanor, and personally granted him the power of life and death.

But—and then what?

And that was the end of it.

The scumbag captain of the Jin Guard who repeatedly caused trouble behind the scenes and even coveted his own emperor was spared execution, leaving him to continue harming others or eyeing his harem.

Then, he showed no concern for Tina, who was later imprisoned. Apart from verbally hoping that the higher-ups would treat her better, he did not take any substantial action. On the contrary, Kisara, who was Tina's assassination target and was almost killed before, disregarded past grievances and used his connections with the Holy Emperor to get her out.

During the final battle, Rentaro Satomi, who did nothing, still had the nerve to invite the lolis, including Tina, to help him protect Tokyo.

Whom are we protecting? Whose Tokyo are we protecting?

Those brats who wouldn't let Yeonjoo go to school because they knew her background, and who ostracized her with fear and hatred?

Those Tokyo adults who couldn't stand to see the children in the outer districts, with the help of the Holy Emperor and others, build up a dilapidated school—and who were so heartless as to blow up the school and the children with bombs?!

The main fighting force on the front lines in the final battle, none of whom had not been persecuted by humans, chose to trust humanity again because of his gentleness.

He cannot represent all of humanity, and this false tenderness, in reality, is like a pie in the sky, exploiting children.

The animation's depiction of humanity's change of attitude towards the Cursed Children at the end is too idealistic and could never happen in the real world.

Arrogance and prejudice are hard to change.

Even the slightest change was a 'kindness' they desperately sought, a gesture that felt like charity.

Can goodwill obtained through such one-sided, one-sided giving truly be called goodwill?

Not to mention the issue of how to deal with Tendo Kisara.

Knowing that Tendo and Hikaru had cut corners, causing problems with the megalith and plunging the entire city of Tokyo into disaster, Rentaro Satomi's only thought was to stop Kisara, who had signed a death pact to kill his enemy and demon. He was even willing to kill Kisara at the crucial moment to stop her from acting recklessly.

Operations that raise blood pressure and are completely incomprehensible.

Such good is more disgusting than evil.

So the night also let him try it out, from the same perspective as the cursed child, or even a more tragic perspective.

As it turned out, his kindness failed to save him, nor did he see the possibility that the humans he spoke of might accept him.

If being eaten and swallowed is considered acceptance?

Night: "Children in this world have always been the protectors, not the protected. It's absurd to expect children to protect adults."

Hearing the comments from the Night within her body, even the Machine God Artemis couldn't help but agree.

Protecting minors is an instinct ingrained in human DNA, akin to a duty or obligation.

But the humans in this world have even reversed this most basic instinct, and they take it for granted that they enjoy protection.

This would be considered a laughing stock in Greece.

Greece loves heroes and despises cowards, yet this land is full of cowards.

Artemis: "I second that. This world is too absurd and incomprehensible. Even if other Mecha Gods saw the state of this world, they would choose destruction rather than salvation."

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Chapter 155 Your Excellency, Listen! It is the voice of the Revelation!

This world deserves only extinction; it has no value whatsoever in being saved.

That was the kind of sight that would make even the most human-like, god-like beings, who were like fathers and mothers, shudder. The beautiful qualities and brilliance of humanity that had attracted them to the Greek world were practically nonexistent here.

It was all twisted, unspeakably ugly stuff.

If the Machine Gods had encountered these very creatures when they descended to Earth, would they have developed human emotions and feelings?

Even if a heart were to grow, it could only be a twisted and evil one.

It's simply impossible to treat it as a second home and protect it.

The thought of what they would become if they were corrupted by evil thoughts is enough to send chills down one's spine.

It's as if I can understand what it feels like for the body to feel 'cold' as humans describe it.

It must be said that the degree of distortion in the world of Black Bullet is truly unmatched in the multiverse.

'A little girl actually has to risk her life to protect the villain!'

—The cause of the final battle in Tokyo was trouble brought about by humanity itself.

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