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

Witnessing the war, they felt as if they had personally witnessed countless conflicts taking place on this land.

War raised his head and swept his gaze across

The next moment, an equal number of 'nuclear strikes' flew out from the invisible doors. The extracted nuclear weapons flew precisely towards the missiles that were beginning to fall in the stratosphere!

Ten seconds later

The sky above Xueyuan City was illuminated by terrifying auroras resembling nuclear fission!

"What utterly foolish humans." Within the burning ruins of Snowfield City, atop a colossal 'mechanical golem,' an android of the Einzbern family—or rather, the lingering echo of the goddess Ishtar residing within—watched the flames in the sky, her beautiful face displaying a mixture of mockery and apprehension.

For Ishtar, who had once possessed the concept of war herself, it was perfectly clear how foolish it was to unleash artificial weapons upon a god of war. Not to mention that the red horse rider was, in essence, a far more terrifying, multifaceted being who wielded the concept of war.

“Originally, I only intended to get revenge on those two, but now…” Ishtar’s crimson eyes stared intently at the figure in the live stream, her expression becoming unusually grave and hostile.

As a deity who had already returned to the Inner Sea of ​​Stars, she shouldn't have gotten involved in these matters. But after Tsugumi decided to begin her own unique form of 'human love,' Ishtar could no longer stand idly by.

She loved humanity, regarding them as her servants and admirers. But no matter what, she could not accept selling the world itself to an extradimensional being!

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　Even if this is the destiny that most humans yearn for, Ishtar would never accept the fact that she herself would become a lamb in the true sense of the word!

She was unwilling to let the name Ishtar, along with the entire Sumerian mythology, become a stepping stone for the Abrahamic pantheon!

"Hahahahahaha!" Amidst the blazing flames of the nuclear inferno, Tsugumi grinned wildly, laughing maniacally.

He looked mockingly at the faces hiding behind the screens, as if he could see their狰狞 (zhengning - ferocity/savagery) and terrified expressions, and said sarcastically.

"Great! The giant rocket you sent is fantastic! It immediately gave me an idea of ​​what new divine punishment to deliver to you!"

Tsurugi gently placed her hand on War's shoulder, and then, a miracle began.

In an instant, all the 'weapons' created by modern humans around the world disappeared!

From a knife to a nuclear bomb, all these weapons have vanished without a trace.

However, those good people recognized by Tsurugi got them. As long as they said their names, whether it was a nuclear bomb or a gun, they could have it in their hands.

Then, a map appeared in the eyes of these kind people that only they could see.

"Let's go hunting!" Tsurugi said with a loud laugh.

"Those red dots represent heinous sinners. Click on them, and you'll see just how many unforgivable crimes these sinners have committed!"

"I grant you the right to hunt the wicked, and I grant you the right to be unharmed by the weapons of the virtuous!"

Tsugumi attempted to change the course of the disaster, and he succeeded.

The original plagues of livestock disease, blister disease, and hailstorms, under his influence through the war, have been distorted into new disasters.

Disaster of war, disaster of hunters, disaster of the innocent

Pardon all the good people and grant them the right to hunt down the wicked at will! Deprive all the wicked of the right to possess force, and also deprive them of the right to resist!

"Come on, let's begin! Hunting villains is your very duty!"

Dongjiang laughed wildly and shut down the live stream. Soon after, when those bewildered people realized the power they wielded, everything changed dramatically.

"Don't come any closer! I've already called the police!!!"

Inside a construction company, the bloated, bloated boss, arm in arm with his secretary, glared menacingly at the workers approaching to demand their unpaid wages, and shrieked a warning.

"Give us our wages!" "We just want what we're owed!"

The workers shouted, wielding many sticks or short knives and similar weapons.

The boss's face turned pale, but he still gritted his teeth and roared.

"Fine, you asked for it! Security, where's the security? Come quick!!!"

Under the boss's orders, the group's security personnel quickly gathered. But when they stood before the workers, their heads turned bright red, and they lost the right to carry weapons.

Seeing their hesitation, the boss gritted his teeth and offered them an extremely high price. Soon after, a security guard couldn't resist and punched the worker in front of him!

However, as soon as his fist flew out, a piercing scream erupted. Despite no one having harmed him, seven wounds appeared on his body.

Those who harm good people will surely suffer sevenfold retribution.

The simple and unadorned rules granted good people the power to escape retaliation, and soon they realized that they would not be harmed, that they possessed power, and that they no longer needed to fear these high and mighty figures!

The workers swarmed forward, fueled by their anger at being oppressed, and used knives, sticks, and guns to turn him into a corpse amidst the wails and pleas for mercy of the boss and his cronies.

Then, they took everything that belonged to them from the boss's office. But when they tried to take more, red markers appeared above their heads.

Those who greedily seize what does not belong to them will turn from good people into sinners.

Go to the castle and take back what is rightfully yours!

225. The Calamity of War, the Calamity of the Hunters, and the Calamity of Innocence

If the calamity of the first day brought about drastic changes in the environment, then the disaster of the second day brought about the collapse of the social system.

All countries and societies, regardless of their systems and environments, are always structured like a pyramid. Only a small minority at the top receives sustenance from the majority below, and only a small minority plunders the majority.

The Matthew effect has always permeated human society, from top to bottom: the strong get stronger and the weak get weaker. Only when the strong have absorbed all the resources of society can the collapsing pyramid undergo a transformation.

The miracle bestowed by the Tsurugi River destroyed the very foundation of this system.

When the so-called strong no longer possess the military power to suppress the weak, they lose all the power they once held, while the weak, though still lacking resources and means of production, possess the power to easily slaughter the strong.

As a result, unprecedented social changes soon broke out in various countries.

Factory owners were dismembered by workers, stockbrokers and shareholders of financial companies were pushed onto rooftops and thrown to their deaths by investors, and government officials and many police officers were massacred by civilians who came to retaliate!

These people who manage society instantly become lambs to the slaughter after Tsurugi miraculously forcibly removed the violence they used to govern.

With the power imbalance reversed, the social pyramid will naturally be overturned, but in the end, it will just be doing the same thing over and over again.

The weak become the strong, and naturally they rise to the top of the pyramid. When their descendants inherit the family business and become the new strong, the cycle continues until the pyramid collapses again.

But what happens when the identities of the strong and the weak are further measured by a metric called 'morality'?

In the past, within this pyramid of strength and weakness, morality was merely a high-sounding pretext for the strong to restrain the weak. But what changes will occur in the human system when morality truly becomes the standard for measuring the distinction between the strong and the weak?

Well, all these changes will probably take a long time to happen, but in just one day, the deaths and injuries of countless members of the upper echelons of human society have brought the world's societies to the brink of collapse.

Similarly, it also drives these people crazy and powerless.

In the past, they would have chosen to drag everyone down with them in such a situation. But now, with all their weapons confiscated and no longer able to resist, all they can do is frantically flee from the pursuers.

In a single day and night, the upheaval of the social system forced the entire world to confront the elephant in the room.

They only had one day left.

They fast-forwarded directly from 'pretending it didn't happen' to 'maybe we should have done something in the first place, but it's too late'.

How can they turn the world into a utopian society in just one day?

How could they possibly eliminate the injustices of distribution and make the world acceptable to a saint in just one day?

Impossible, absolutely impossible.

Not to mention the lack of time, after the calamities of war, hunters, and innocent people swept through the Tsuru River, they were powerless to adjust society even if they wanted to!

In just one day, these retaliatory weaklings have thrown society into chaos. Countless wealthy and powerful people have been hunted down, and once power slips through one's fingers, it is as difficult as climbing to heaven to regain it.

It can be said that from the very beginning, Tsurugi gave them no chance to save themselves.

The next day, Tsurugi spent the entire day admiring all of this.

He watched as those wealthy capitalists and powerful politicians were hunted down like pigs by the common people they regarded as ants.

He watched those glamorous people on television being herded around like pigs by those who hated them.

Seeing all this, how happy he could be!

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I ate several bowls of rice!

The collapse of society? The reversal of power? Are all rich people bad?

Hahaha! ! !

It is harder for a rich but ungenerous person to go to heaven than for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle. Even if there are a small number of capitalists who are willing to generously provide welfare to the lower classes, most of them are driven out by bad money due to vicious competition among their peers.

Of course, a very small number of people miraculously survive such circumstances, and for these individuals, Tsugumi had long ago sent out a questionnaire asking them to go to heaven.

Ultimately, the unequal distribution is an inherent problem of human society, but unfortunately, Tsurugi denies all of this—I have miraculous powers that surpass human intelligence, so there's no reason for me not to use them!

That's awesome, it's really awesome!

Tsugumi laughed maniacally as she watched the performance all day, and the chaotic society successfully made some people realize that Tsugumi was a crisis that had to be eliminated.

He didn't know what these people were thinking, but his work continued as usual.

On the night of the second day, Tsugumi summoned the third Knight of the Apocalypse.

It was a knight riding a black horse, dressed in tattered, dark yellow rags, looking emaciated, and carrying a brass scale.

He represents the shortage of all consumables in the world; in a sense, he represents all power in the world related to the category of 'energy deficiency'.

To be honest, at this point, there's no need for Dongjiang to use this Apocalypse Knight to punish anything.

What's even more hellish is that Famine said he didn't need to do anything in this world—humanity doesn't lack food, yet more than a quarter of the population is hungry, so he didn't need to do anything at all.

Those who still wanted to live did their utmost to hunt down the sinners who had been to that island, but three days were simply not enough.

On the morning of the third day, on the other end of the video, a wounded Faldius brought the Grand Commander before Tsurugi.

The head of state, the leader of the world's most powerful nation, was thus humiliated and utterly pathetic, prostrating himself on the ground.

“My sage, we have fulfilled your request.”

Faldius, crawling on the ground, adopted an unprecedentedly humble attitude, for he had come to understand how insignificant and powerless all of humanity's strength was in the face of the man before him.

They now seemed to be in the age of gods.

Yes, isn't that how humans were in the age of gods? The high and mighty gods protected humanity, but they also did whatever they pleased to them. Compared to them, human power was too insignificant, and all they could do was grovel and offer sacrifices.

To expect a power beyond human intelligence to govern and help humanity is to accept the realization of having to grovel before such a power.

You cannot have both peace and dignity.

Tsurugi didn't speak, but just watched their actions with a smile, and soon the magicians began their torture.

The president was initially quite defiant, claiming he was innocent and that they were committing treason and that the American people would not stand idly by.