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

The blue-haired goddess looked at the hay in front of her, rubbed her eyes, and sat up, her whole body sore from yesterday's hard work in the construction industry.

She remained silent for a while, looking at the soundly sleeping otaku in front of her, smelling the horse manure in the air, and thinking about the past events that she had just recalled in her dream.

"Waaaaaah! You've ruined my happy life, you NEET!!!"

Overwhelmed by her emotions, Aqua grabbed the otaku in front of her and burst into tears, sobbing uncontrollably.

"Go and defeat the Demon King and take me back! Aaaaaaah!"

"It's so noisy, it's so early in the morning, we have to go to the guild to change jobs today."

Kazuma Sato rubbed his sleepy eyes, looking utterly resigned as Aqua grabbed him and shook him.

"Ah, God, if I could, I'd like to return you, you useless goddess!!!"

Just as they were arguing, there was a sudden knock on the door.

Um—considering they were sleeping in the stables, they should have knocked on the fence gate next to them.

"Are you the goddess Aqua, residing in the stable behind the Betty Inn in the city of Axel, in the seventh world under the jurisdiction of the goddess Eris?"

The sudden sound startled Kazuma, and he looked up.

Tsk, what a damn handsome guy on the pool!

Kazuma clicked his tongue in annoyance, while Aqua, standing beside him, paused for a moment, suspiciously scrutinizing the handsome man from head to toe.

"Who are you? Sniff... Why do I always feel a demonic stench about you? But why do you also smell like Eris?"

Aqua looked puzzled, or rather, her brain was already in a state of malfunction after waking up in the morning.

"I forgot to introduce myself, Lady Aqua. I am the newly ascended God of Conflict from the Celestial Realm. You may call me Tsugumi..."

"Wow! You're finally here!!!"

Aqua burst into tears and rushed over to hug Tsugumi, rubbing against her like a lost child who had finally found her family after being away for ages.

"You've finally remembered how important I am! You're finally coming to take me back!!!"

Tsugumi maintained a polite smile as she watched Aqua hug her and wail, then whispered...

“Yes, Lady Aqua, I do have something very important to discuss with you. It's an order from the Celestial Realm; I need you to provide a copy of your divine essence…”

"Here you go!" Aqua pulled out her divine essence without hesitation and handed it to the stranger.

[Water Godhood]

'The divine essence of Aqua, the water goddess from a special mythology, will grant you the divine office of the water goddess upon use—but your intelligence may be affected.'

Tsugumi remained silent for several seconds, then looked at the expectant Aqua with a smile.

"Yes, very good, Lady Aqua. We will contact you when we are available in seven business days."

After saying that, his figure gradually faded and disappeared.

"Hahaha, you've seen the otaku Kazuma! This goddess is about to return to the Heavenly Realm!" Aqua said smugly, hands on her hips.

"I've said it before, the Celestial Realm cannot do without me. My existence is crucial to the order of the Celestial Realm!"

“Speaking of which…” Kazuma paused, seemingly considering his words, then realized it was completely unnecessary for this idiot.

"You look like you've been scammed."

"A scam? How could that be! He must be an envoy from the heavens!" Aqua said with absolute certainty.

"This goddess will be going back soon, but you, Kazuma, you'd better prepare to spend your time alone and miserable in this other world!"

"Of course, if you sincerely pledge allegiance to this goddess now and join my Axis Cult, I wouldn't mind letting you work under me..."

Looking at this smug, useless goddess, Sato Kazuma took a deep breath and shook his head helplessly.

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Oh well, even if it's that idiot, he'll probably figure it out soon enough.

—Does such a foolish goddess really exist in the world?

If someone had previously told Tsugumi that she could trick a goddess into granting her divinity with just a few words, Tsugumi would have scoffed at it, but now...

We must acknowledge that just as there are people in this world whose wisdom rivals that of gods, there must also be goddesses whose wisdom is less than that of mortals!

"I'm starting to feel a little guilty..." Tsugumi muttered, looking at the gleaming goddess's divine essence in her hand.

Go buy some melon seeds for that idiot!

Yes, Tsurugi has now entered this strange celestial realm—the so-called God of Conflict—using the coordinates given to him by Mammon.

This celestial realm... in short, is a huge hodgepodge, not belonging to any particular mythology, or rather, the gods of countless mythologies can be seen here.

This celestial realm governs a vast number of worlds, from various countries in the modern world to different alternate worlds.

Dongjiang even saw a golden-haired goddess holding a golden cudgel here... I hope she wasn't Sun Wukong.

But almost without exception, none of these gods were the real thing, and Tsurugi also found Eris with the same name here.

But what's interesting about Eris is that she's not a goddess of discord and strife; in fact, she's a goddess of fortune. However, she's also a goddess of darkness.

Dongjiang didn't think she was the reincarnation of Eris, whom he had killed. After all, according to the rumors he had heard, this goddess was ranked number one in the Heavenly Realm's "most desired boss".

This gave Tsugumi a bold idea—why not let this Eris replace the Eris of Greek mythology?

Of course, this is an overly ambitious plan; for now, what Tsugumi needs to do is quite simple.

He wanted to test the results of expanding the 'divine name' he had stolen—the reason he chose this over the Holy Trinity was because helping Subaru reverse time had also injured him, and he could take advantage of his recovery time to do some other things on the other panels.

But he didn't intend to do this alone, even if the world he went to wasn't necessarily under the jurisdiction of the celestial realm here—in short, he wanted to wear a disguise.

Ideally, this persona should be powerful and large enough, and the persona's owner should not be involved in much of the affairs.

After wandering around the social circle of the gods in this celestial realm, Tsurugi locked onto a goddess.

Aqua

The other party is a very rare native deity in this celestial realm, without any disguises or other issues, but that does not mean she is weak.

The word Aqua simply means 'water' in Latin. It doesn't refer to any deity or have any mystical or inexplicable meaning. If one had to say something—

The most famous one associated with this word in all the worlds is probably the mermaid warrior (Aqua Man) whose superpower is to talk to fish.

Therefore, Aqua is indeed the original goddess of this world. Of course, her elements may also be derived from the Mediterranean water nymph Undine.

But none of these are the most important things—Aqua is very strong, extremely strong. In this celestial realm, she is one of the four pillar-level elemental gods.

It possesses the power to control all water in the world, and can purify all impurities in water. Anything mixed into water can be purified and then controlled.

He can be said to be a water god with even greater divine authority than Poseidon, a god of the sea!

But as the saying goes, nothing is perfect, especially when she appears to be almost perfect.

Aqua possessed perfect divine authority, immense power, and a face and demeanor that were considered beautiful even among the gods, so in return—

Her brain was removed.

Oh, and bad luck too, which is probably one of the reasons why she and Eris, as a junior, don't get along at all.

She's brainless and unlucky, and has a habit of dragging others down with her, which is why she's ranked last in the "most desirable boss" list.

Therefore, this high and mighty goddess was only in charge of reincarnation work in the Japanese region, responsible for reincarnating those Japanese who had unfortunately died into another world.

Hmm, I wonder if she has some kind of dump truck angel working for her.

In short, Aqua, despite her immense power and divine authority, is a dim-witted and unlucky person, yet she is also extremely protective of her own.

The religion she belongs to—the Axis—is said to be a large, interdimensional religious organization that spans many worlds, a theocratic religion that exists on a large scale even in the other world under Eris's jurisdiction.

And every world's assessment of the Axis cult is quite straightforward—they're insane!

This assessment is said to stem from the Axis Cult's long-standing obsession with recruiting people, and the fact that no matter how normal a person is, joining the Axis Cult automatically reduces their IQ by 10, turning them into fanatical worshippers of Aqua and appearing mentally unstable.

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This assessment is said to stem from the Axis Cult's long-standing obsession with recruiting people, and the fact that no matter how normal a person is, joining the Axis Cult automatically reduces their IQ by 10, turning them into fanatical worshippers of Aqua and appearing mentally unstable.

Although it looks like a villainous cult, it surprisingly has almost no flaws due to the doctrines established by Aqua herself. In fact, it's much cleaner than those strictly managed religious cults.

So, isn't this goddess—who governs an exaggerated, absurd, nonsensical, and stupid super-religion—a woman with a bad brain and bad luck, the perfect alias for Dongjiang?

There was simply no one more perfect scapegoat than her, so—after infiltrating the other world and directly tricking Aqua into giving her godhood, Tsugumi unhesitatingly entered a world that was most suitable for her to make her mark.

Heading towards God Valley, West Blue, One Piece

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660. [One Piece] Goddess of Water in God Valley

Valley of the West Sea God

A large number of naval warships surrounded the country, and the black and blue cross flag of the World Government was dazzling in the sunlight.

Of course, equally dazzling was the navy's banner of justice fluttering under the blazing sun.

After all, what happened here, no matter how you look at it or how you calculate it, has nothing to do with justice.

What happened here was a hunt, or rather, a 'study trip' for the Celestial Dragons.

Every so often, the Celestial Dragons would choose a country and hold their own games there.

They would throw slaves and criminals into the country, and—the entire population of the country—as their prey, carrying out a three-week hunt.

Within three weeks, they will slaughter everyone on the island. Even if they don't kill them all, the navy they bring will carry out a "Buster Call" to ensure that all evidence is erased.

Yes, this is the grand entertainment event regularly held by the World Government, which is surrounded by the Navy under the banner of justice!

How just!

Cole had been running for who knows how long.

The sun still shone brightly overhead, casting a blinding white light on the scorched, withered grass, stinging the eyes. He was barefoot, the calluses on the soles of his feet worn away by pebbles and broken branches during the chase. Now, with each step, sticky blood squeezed out from between his toes, trailing behind him in a broken, dark line.

But he dared not look back. He knew those lickers who had hunted him were behind him, following at a leisurely pace, like a cat cornering a mouse and enjoying the thrill of the chase.

He was hit by a bullet in his right calf, and with each step he took, the black lead bullet felt like it was being filed back and forth.

He bit his sleeve, tears streaming down his face, swallowing all his cries of anguish, but his teeth tore through the cloth, and blood seeping from his gums dripped down his chin and onto his chest.