Becoming a Shadow in the New World

He did say before that Himeragi Yukina, like the teacher, was a pitiful creature whose entire world was covered by a web, but he assured that he only said it casually to save Himeragi Yukina. He genuinely thought that Himeragi Yukina was just an unlucky kid who was beaten up as a righteous hero.

Sid couldn't help but recall the idea he had rejected—that Himeragi Yukina had been sent out by his own faction to become someone else's familiar.

His idea was ridiculous, but Yukina Himeragi's behavior was too abnormal.

Himeragi Yukina only revealed her identity after receiving that text message. Before that, it was quite obvious that she wanted to go and fulfill her duty as a demon hunter, but for some reason, she needed to hide her identity and could not go.

But when Himeragi Yukina saw that text message, she suddenly no longer needed to hide her identity. She was even able to reveal her identity to him in order to go to the Central Stone Gate. So what information was in that text message is worth pondering.

Sid looked meaningfully at the plume of black smoke.

There are few clues, but they are all crucial.

With such a large-scale operation taking place in the heart of Itogami Island, if Rudolf were to escape, this would be an overreaction. Therefore, this is likely the final stage of Rudolf's operation, and the island is about to sink.

Then there was that text message.

Why did that text message come at the exact moment the teachers started sinking the island, and why did it specifically remove the reason why Yukina Himeragi couldn't go so she could stop Rudolph?

And then there's the fact that she ran into Rudolph yesterday. Is that really just a coincidence?

Is it possible that yesterday, it wasn't because of him that Himeragi Yukina met Rudolph, but rather that he was dragged into it because of Himeragi Yukina?

When he found Himeragi Yukina just now, the path she was taking wasn't the way home. If she wasn't going home, then what was Himeragi Yukina doing?

Remove his influence and then re-analyze Himeragi Yukina's actions.

If Himeragi Yukina doesn't go home after school, she must be going somewhere or meeting someone.

Assuming the second scenario, where Yukina Himeragi is going to meet someone, will they part ways or go together after the meeting?

Continuing with the second scenario, Yukina Himeragi will go back with that person, and then they will encounter an explosion.

This doesn't require any deduction; we can just replicate what he just experienced.

If there's a reason why Yukina Himeragi can't go, then a text message will be sent to her phone, revealing the reason why she can't go and exposing her identity.

There's nothing left to copy, but we can make assumptions.

Rudolf and his group were set up, but they'll be fine until the mastermind achieves their goal. It's unlikely the mastermind's purpose was to test the guard's combat capabilities.

If Himeragi Yukina was indeed the one who was tricked, then she will definitely face off against Rudolf. Given Himeragi Yukina's fighting ability, it's hard to say who would win in a one-on-one fight, but she would definitely lose in a two-on-one fight.

So the mastermind's goal was to kill Yukina Himeragi?

How could that be? At this moment, the person that Himeragi Yukina was supposed to meet needs to make an appearance.

If Yukina Himeragi was truly sent out by her own faction to become someone else's familiar, what better way to increase her favorability than a hero rescuing her?

The reasoning is complete.

Sid tilted his head, and a hint of crimson gradually appeared in his black pupils, which then widened.

"Oh dear, I was really overthinking it. How could this be? How could there really be such a powerful force going to such lengths just to send someone else their subordinates? And how could there be so many coincidences that led to this conspiracy, and yet I, an ordinary extra, just happened to figure out the whole thing? How could it be such a coincidence? Ha, ha, ha, ha, ha."

A vibrant, youthful voice emanated from Sid's mouth, and despite the mocking expression on his face, his laughter was actually quite sarcastic.

He strolled into a side alley, black slime liquid seeping from his skin, and a magnetic, mature voice emanated from his mouth.

"I've already...seen the script."

Chapter Thirty-Seven: Who is Justice?

Let's rewind to a dozen minutes before the explosion.

The teacher named Rudolf, along with the artificial life form Astaroth, approached the center of Itogami Island, the Keystone Gate.

“I can sense that he is here, Astallodi. Do it! Destroy everything here! Kill them all! No… this is where the Son of God was discovered. Although it is a cursed land, only His Majesty Sid, the Son of God, is qualified to kill the people who live here. They should not be killed unless absolutely necessary.”

Rudolf loathed the governing commune on the island, and in his eyes, these guards were also its lackeys, deserving of death just as much.

But this is where he met the Child of God. He doesn't know whether the Child of God moved to Itogami Island later or was born on Itogami Island.

If it is the latter, then this place will be the territory of the Son of God. He told the Son of God that he wanted to sink this island, and the Son of God allowed it. However, the Son of God did not say that he could kill the people of his territory, so he had no right to kill them.

As he said this, Rudolf took a metal sphere from his clothes and threw it into the Keystone Gate.

After the metal sphere landed, a magic circle appeared in the sky, and a massive amount of magic power covered the entire Foundation Gate. The next second, an explosion resounded throughout the island.

When the smoke and dust cleared, only ruins remained, along with two people covered by a special barrier on the ruins.

"The order is accepted."

Astaruti seemed to only just realize what was happening; the white magic was activated, and the giant white arm reappeared.

The giant arm slammed heavily onto the iron wall remaining in the ruins after the explosion. On the iron wall that had withstood the previous blast, magical symbols faintly glowed, as if trying to reactivate the magical defense that had blocked the previous explosion.

Unfortunately, the will was not enough. In order to block the explosion and prevent the entire Foundation Gate from being destroyed, the building's defense mechanism had consumed all its energy.

Without energy, even the strongest magic circle is nothing but decoration, and the giant arm easily blasted a hole in the several-meter-thick alloy wall.

As Rudolf and Astallo stepped inside, the defenders inside the Keystone Gate reacted and rushed out to capture Rudolf.

Within ten seconds, one of the guards at the front encountered Rudolf and, without any warning, immediately raised his gun and fired.

Without reacting to the guards' actions, Rudolf watched as they pulled the trigger, a maniacal grin spreading across his rugged face. Meanwhile, Astaluti moved without any orders.

"The fingertips of roses!"

A mechanical voice sounded, and magic condensed into a white entity on Astaludi's body, forming a four-meter-tall white giant.

The spells on the enchanted bullets were immediately destroyed by the divine vibration wave drive spells engraved on the surface of the white giant upon contact with it. Without the magical enhancement, the bullets were not even qualified to break through the white giant's defenses.

Ignoring the bullets fired by the guards, Astallo controlled the fingertips of Rose to come in front of them, raising her giant arm high and then swinging it down.

Violence, pure violence.

How can an ordinary human body withstand the force that could easily shatter a boulder?

The guards were slammed against the wall by the giant white arm; with just one blow, they were rendered incapable of fighting.

Ignoring the guard lying in a pool of blood, the two headed towards the bottom floor.

The further they went, the stronger the defenses became. Their opponents were the most elite heavy armored troops of the Itogami Island Guard, and that was just the troops.

Cannonballs engraved with magical symbols, spells with various special abilities that attack from a distance, and magical bullets containing enormous magical power whistled in.

The one-sided massacre began.

No, it cannot be described as a massacre, because although the guards lying in pools of blood had lost their ability to fight, they would not be in mortal danger as long as they received timely medical treatment.

In just over ten minutes, the two reached the deepest part. The only thing the so-called elite troops could do was delay their progress.

This is a completely sealed, dark place buried deep in the seabed, without even a ray of light. It is also the foundation that supports the entire island. If this place is destroyed, Itogami Island will probably sink to the bottom of the sea within a day.

"boom!"

The iron gate sealing the last floor was blasted open, and light from the floor above shone into this place that had been shrouded in darkness for decades.

Surprisingly, in the center of this room, the foundation that bears the weight of the entire Itogami Island is a glass dome less than a meter in diameter. The inside of the glass dome is filled with liquid, and an arm is submerged in it.

"Oh... oh oh!"

Rudolf walked quickly to the glass case, his voice a mixture of anger, joy, and sorrow, tears streaming down his face as he knelt on the ground, trembling all over.

"O Immortal Body that has been usurped from the hands of our Western European Church... I have waited far too long for it to return to us believers!"

"Astarte, pull out that hateful wedge and bring punishment upon this cursed island!"

Gazing at the arm that resembled an old man's, wrinkled, pale yet possessing a sacred aura, Rudolf gave the order.

"Command granted, fingertips of rose!"

Upon receiving the order, Astallo controlled the giant white arm formed by her magic and slammed it hard against the glass pillar.

"clang--"

A silver spear descended from the sky and blocked the giant white arm.

"what!"

Unexpectedly, someone came to cause trouble at this crucial moment. Rudolf picked up his giant axe again and looked at the newcomer.

The newcomer was none other than Yukina Himeragi. Thanks to the guards for delaying her, Yukina Himeragi successfully arrived before Rudolf could destroy the foundation.

"Stop! As a clergyman, do you want to let hundreds of thousands of lives on this island sink to the bottom of the sea? Do you want to commit such a heinous crime that is intolerable to the world?"

A voice filled with anger and confusion came from Himeragi Yukina's still-breathing mouth. She was furious at the crime that would kill hundreds of thousands of people, and confused as to why a priest would travel thousands of miles to this island to commit such a heinous crime and perish with the island.

"Do you want to stop me?"

Rudolf stared coldly at Yukina Himeragi, then suddenly raised his voice.

"Look behind you, sword sorcerer of the Lion King Organization. Once you see it, you'll know why."

The excited voice reached Yukina Himeragi's ears, containing emotions of humiliation, excitement, and anger, which made Yukina Himeragi involuntarily do as Rudolf said.

Because she saw Astallo trying to destroy the foundation the moment she arrived, she didn't have time to see her surroundings clearly. So when Yukina Himeragi turned around and saw her arm submerged in the liquid, her pupils dilated instantly, and she lowered the spear she was holding by a degree or two.

"This, this... what is this?"

"This is a legendary relic, the right arm of a saint."

A calm voice, laced with anger, kept reaching Himeragi Yukina's ears.

"This island, known as 'Itogami Island,' was established forty years ago. Sword Wizard, do you think there was enough technology forty years ago to build a foundation stone that could support an entire island?"