Having traversed countless realms, can you possibly be as clever as me?

"I've heard people say that Governor Tsuruga prefers, well, married women, especially other men's wives," Locusta said confidently.

"Huh?" Nero's expression immediately turned to shock.

"I've also heard that the governor thinks those who like him should ideally share the same hobby. In other words, Governor Tsugumi hopes you can watch Governor Tsugumi with other women while you're happily cheering..."

"Where did you hear this nonsense from!" Nero roared in fury. "Get him out of here with sticks!!!"

Locusta, having successfully fabricated a scandalous rumor about Tsugumi, happily rolled out, only to unexpectedly bump into Tsugumi at the door, who wore a forced smile.

The green-haired little girl's face instantly turned pale. Before she could even beg for mercy, she began to sing in full view of everyone, as if she had eaten a poisonous mushroom.

"Hakimi, north and south mung beans!"

While maintaining the punishment of the Yunnan magician with his finger extended, Dongjiang also felt a headache coming on.

But he never dwells on problems that cause him headaches, so he immediately turns around and prepares to find someone to talk to.

He has a lot of problems right now; Nero's are minor ones, the real problems are...

Forget it, if I can't figure it out myself, I'll go find a professional!

"So you came to find me?"

Saint Peter, who was distributing unleavened bread and fermented grape juice in the slums, looked helplessly at the saint before him and sighed.

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"Are you a priest? If so, then go to work. Listening to people complain is your job!"

Tsugumi grabbed St. Peter and led him to the newly built church. Tsugumi's first words were...

"Do you think I should blow up the Tower at the End of the World and drag this world back to the Age of Gods?"

Saint Peter: ......?

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"What's gotten into you again?!"

St. Peter's attitude toward his Lord's good brother was very complicated at this moment. On the one hand, he was indeed grateful for his help, which allowed Catholicism to take root in Rome and reach its glory a hundred years earlier.

Although this prosperity was seen as false and contrary to the Lord's prophecy by St. Peter, at least in terms of the outcome, it always spared some people from more suffering.

Human life is only once, and it is worthwhile for those who should have suffered to receive blessings.

But from another perspective, St. Peter could also see that Tsurugi actually had no piety at all.

He neither believes in the Lord nor in anything else. Although he has received such blessings, for him he is simply doing what he thinks is right.

An incomparably sacred, incomparably noble, incomparably powerful... heretic

Such a person evoked truly conflicting feelings in St. Peter.

This also made him think that perhaps his name and words should not be recorded.

This wasn't because he was selfish; it was simply that Saint Peter felt such an existence would serve no purpose of persuasion for ordinary people, and would only create more chaos.

As a certain Buddha who descended to the mortal realm in the East said: "Wine and meat pass through the intestines, but Buddha remains in the heart. If people follow my example, they will be on the path of demons."

Those who try to emulate Dongjiang will not have a good ending; the world has neither his strength nor his sense of self.

Most importantly, if the whole world is full of such madmen who do whatever they want, what's the difference between the human world and Satan's hell!

And what St. Peter is now facing is the best proof of this idea.

"Do you think I should blow up the Tower at the End of the World and drag this world back to the Age of Gods?"

Tsurugi looked at St. Peter with a serious expression and said...

St. Peter:

"Okay, wait a minute." St. Peter rubbed his throbbing head, his face full of exasperation.

"First, tell me why you suddenly had this idea?"

"You know, my other half is currently traveling all over the world," Tsugumi said with a shrug.

Having witnessed the differences between the ancient and modern times in many places, I've come to a conclusion—since modern life is so painful, let's just maintain the ancient era!

"Of course, I don't have such extraneous thoughts here. It's just that I've seen and experienced more on the other side, so I have this feeling."

What was the Age of Gods like in this world? It was an era where the principles of humanity did not prevail, but the principles of the stars took the lead.

Fairies roam, monsters roam, and the gods reign supreme.

It might sound like a terrible world, but it's not entirely bad. At least in the age of gods, much of human suffering didn't exist.

Magicians don't need to seek the root cause; they are very close to the 'answer'. Mortals protected by the gods need not fear death; they know their destiny after death. Those who are indignant at injustice are not powerless, for good and evil will ultimately be rewarded.

Of course, this is not absolute. After all, even though most of the gods in Type-Moon are characterized by 'human love,' it still doesn't change the fact that many gods are inherently reckless bastards.

Therefore, the other Tsugumi wanted to establish not a return to the past Age of Gods, but an Age of Gods that he had altered.

The gods returned to the world, but the insurmountable divides between nations no longer existed. Humanity gained freedom, and more mortal races could exist in the world, freely choosing to worship different gods to determine their fate after death.

To the gods, mortal races are also a group that needs protection and maintenance. The more faith they have, the more power they can gain. And the more beautiful the afterlife and the more just the order, the more mortals will worship them.

Similarly, war is no longer about a general ordering a farmer's child to kill another farmer's child. Instead, it's about gods and powerful heroes fighting for their country or power, concentrating war and resource allocation on a few strong individuals.

Of course, this is just a beautiful vision; whether it can be realized will likely require countless hours and preparations.

Why this sudden whim? Perhaps it's because the Sage Dongjiang has witnessed too much of the carnage, conflict, enslavement, and abuse among mortals in this world devoid of gods.

Although he appeared indifferent and always vented his dissatisfaction through killing, the resentment and disgust that had accumulated in his heart would not completely disappear.

He would only accumulate more and more, feeling bored and nauseous at humanity's repeated stumbles and falls as it stumbled and struggled to move from barbarism to civilization.

Tsurugi didn't know if his saintly self was the kind one, but he was 100% certain what this self lacked.

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That is a kind of indifference, a kind of composure and laziness, a kind of nonchalance about not taking responsibility for things that are not one's own.

This is a kind of evil, but it is also a kind of attitude towards life that a 'human being' should have. However, for the saint himself, this is indeed something that has been severed.

We cannot turn a blind eye to the process of human civilization maturing, nor can we pretend not to see the evil that has arisen. Even if we tell ourselves that it is an inevitable sacrifice and evil in the process of human beings taking their first steps, we just cannot convince ourselves.

Then, thinking that all civilizations around the world are doing similar things and spreading these evils, he decided to go all out and completely overturn the world, turning it into the shape he thought was right!

Tsugumi, in fact, has some anarchist tendencies. He distrusts any human government and firmly believes that a society governed purely by humans will inevitably be corrupt and unjust, and that human society will forever be a race to the bottom.

The idea behind the birth of the sage Tsurugi is similar to that of Zeus in the Olympus Lostbelt; both deny humanity as a whole, yet hope that the majority of humanity can live in a happy and easy environment.

"...Is this simply because of your own thoughts?" St. Peter asked seriously.

“Not entirely.” Tsugumi shrugged.

"As you know, everything in this world has the potential to become sentient. Today it's about the concept of destruction, tomorrow it's about love, hate, and the like."

"I think my other self was probably also influenced by something similar."

Dongjiang couldn't be 100% certain, but his intuition told him that as he continued to disrupt the various tribes that had originally developed in the pan-human history of different regions, some changes had become an established fact.

Under the influence of the butterfly effect, it's impossible for Tsurugi's massacre not to change the future. Perhaps the descendants of one of the tribes he slaughtered, or one of the Roman soldiers, will become great figures who change the world in the future.

But if it's just that, it won't make a big difference.

Importantly, the actions of Saint Tsurugi were directed at a hatred and a desire to slaughter 'Rome,' representing one of the two major civilizations that rose after the Age of Gods.

The saint, innocent yet incomplete, expressed his hatred and aggression towards civilization.

What kind of things will this situation bring him?

That's just how the world is. All sorts of nonsense concepts, like gods and human evil, are actually attracted to and attached to some conspicuous things.

Tsurugi already had this feeling, and although it hadn't taken hold yet, he was ready to get the answer at any time.

Reject civilization, welcome back the Age of Gods, and rewrite this world without restraint!

"But no matter what, the final decision will be mine," Tsugumi said frankly.

"I will not try to shift the blame to other things and whitewash myself after doing something irreversible. I did it, and that will not change."

“Peter, the one I am speaking to you with is the one who wants to persuade me to speak with me. On the other hand, the one I am as a saint has made a decision that I am afraid will not change.”

"It's like when a person faces a problem, they have two different thoughts: an angel says no, a devil says yes, and I don't intend to simply decide this matter based on my thoughts."

St. Peter was silent for a moment, then looked at Tsurugi and said quietly.

"Saint, do you really despise human civilization so much? Do you really deny everything about humanity?"

He pointed outside the church, towards the muddy slums, and then towards the luxurious area where the aristocratic councilors lived.

"Can you only see their mistakes and not the positive things they've built?"

“And…” St. Peter paused, “Can’t your emperor lover show you any of the good aspects of humanity?”

"Wow, you really did spout some profound wisdom," Tsurugi exclaimed.

"But these things might also exist in the Age of Gods that I establish~~~ Of course, that is, the premise is that they are actually established."

"...You don't really need me to comfort you, do you?"

"Haha, of course! If someone could convince me with just a few words, then I'd be nothing at all," Tsurugi said jokingly.

In contrast to the saintly Tsurugi, the demonic Tsurugi, or rather, the Tsurugi's thoughts here give rise to a completely different judgment.

The Age of Gods was merely a seemingly wonderful era, but no matter how wonderful it was, it couldn't change the fact that the people there were nothing more than figurines made from glass bottles. Humanity needs progress, and humanity should move towards the future and progress. Tsugumi doesn't deny that he doesn't trust humanity to govern itself, but beyond that, humanity should also have the opportunity to learn from its mistakes and grow gradually.

Of course, Tsugumi wouldn't say anything grand or noble about how good it is for humanity; he understands that if most people were given a choice, they would choose Infinite Tsukuyomi.

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He loathed such grand narratives, but at the same time, he was too lazy to care about much else—perhaps at this moment, his evil nature stemmed from this 'laziness' that led him to support the continuation of human civilization.

Because I'm too lazy to manage it, and because I don't think I can do it well, I don't want to take on this responsibility. You could call it laziness, or you could call it self-awareness.

In short, the reason why Tsurugi chose to support human civilization here is simply to leave it alone!

"Okay, actually I just wanted to talk to someone. Because soon I'll be going to see my partner and make a decision with him."

"Then why don't you talk to your emperor lover?" Saint Peter clenched his fist and said irritably.

"Nero... I can't reason with her, and it'll definitely cause trouble, whether she tries to stop me or something. Ugh, relationships between men and women are so complicated!"

Tsurugi shrugged with a sigh, stood up, and gave St. Peter a mischievous smile.