Don't force me to use my right fist.

"Of course not. I will take this curse and this resentment with me and fall into hell, and then transform them into hatred for you. The Church of Truth will never disband because of my departure. Even if one of me falls, there will be others who want to live and want to save this world who will stand up and rebel against you."

The old man suddenly gave Saya a relieved smile. If we disregard what he had done before, this scene made it seem as if Saya was some kind of evil demon king, while he was an old man preparing to die a heroic death.

"Then let them come. I'll deal with them one by one. Besides, I don't think there will be that many people as obsessed as you. Don't underestimate human intelligence."

As Zuoyou raised his fist, preparing to strike the old man directly on the back of the head, he saw a somewhat familiar power erupt from the old man.

A large silver door opened behind the old man, forcing Sōyū's body back. A strange power seeped out from the crack in the door, turning into a white light that swallowed the old man, who had his hands clasped in front of his chest.

Sayu had seen this move before; it seemed he had encountered a minor monster in the hospital who also knew this technique. It wasn't surprising that Taiga Tachikawa, as the leader, knew this move. What he didn't expect was that this person would self-destruct so decisively, without even the slightest hesitation.

It seems that all the members within the True Word Church have this kind of personality. It just goes to show how terrifying it is when a cult has too many fanatical followers. If they switched to a more normal faith, it would be of great help to society and the world.

Unfortunately, there are no "what ifs" in this world.

As Zuoyou watched the door slowly open before him, his expression gradually turned serious. Without hesitation, he activated his creative mode, awaiting the attack that would come from within the door.

Speaking of which, didn't Shub Chiya say she'd step in and help stop things involving this guy? Turns out, that was just empty talk, right? It seems there's not a single one of these Outer Gods who can be trusted.

I've been so busy with blind dates lately, I'm totally overwhelmed _(:3) Part 2) Sorry about that.

Chapter 608 Let Me Show You Something Good

Finally, the silver door was completely opened from the inside, and what appeared in front of Sawa was not the tentacle monster he had imagined, nor some incredibly idiotic thing made of eyeballs and flesh.

The dazzling light engulfed Saya, and when he finally opened his eyes with some difficulty, all he saw was a scene that resembled hell.

It was still faintly visible that the area of ​​Tokyo, the original heart of neon-lit city, had been reduced to wasteland and ruins, with a blood-red halo covering the entire sky.

The ground was littered with the corpses of dead humans and pools of blood that had formed small streams. The demons' familiars that Sayu had once seen continued to search for survivors in the ruins as if in a frenzy.

Sawa was like a bystander, only able to watch the scene unfold before his eyes, unable to affect anything that happened.

Not only that, Sawa even saw the corpse of a golden fox, as tall as a small mountain, lying in front of a shrine not far away. The monsters were like maggots eager to decompose the corpse, feasting on it.

If Saya's guess is correct, then it should be Tamamo-no-Mae, who has already died.

All that could be seen in the world was chaos and ruin. Anyone who saw it would conclude that the world had reached its end.

And that's exactly what happened.

The sky began to distort as if a bug had appeared, as if it were being dismantled by something, and the whole world was collapsing at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Sawa even saw the scene of Hell, which also exists in this world, breaking away. It seems that even Shiki and the Three-Eyed Spider could only give up on this world in the end.

"What might happen in the future? Is that why he's so convinced that summoning the evil god is the only way to have a chance of survival?"

As Saku witnessed the incredibly realistic scene of this world coming to an end, he wasn't too panicked. From the moment he entered, he realized that this was just something like a video, and that what was happening in it wasn't real.

However, regarding this scene that resembled a doomsday prophecy, Saya couldn't fully ascertain its reality. For some reason, Saya had a feeling that if he didn't do something, these things might actually happen.

The reason why Taiga Tachikawa is so insistent on doing what he wants can be understood. If he were to see this scene, it would indeed be quite despairing for an ordinary person like him.

Even the gods who protected humanity are dead; he's just a lowly priest, what can he possibly do? Presumably, anything that might save the world becomes his lifeline.

The power of human belief is terrifying, so much so that his final self-destruction was merely an attempt to show this scene to Saiyu, probably hoping that Saiyu would realize his mistake and turn back from the wrong path.

However, this also depends on each person's position.

Although Sawa witnessed this scene, he did not feel despair because of it. To put it bluntly, it was just a video without any evidence, and it was not something that would definitely happen. The future is called the future because it can be easily changed.

The prerequisite is that he can find the right method.

As for now, he truly has no absolutely safe way to stop those otherworldly demons who are eyeing this world with covetous intent.

But Sōyū doesn't think he'll ever have a solution.

He's not a truly ordinary person like Taiga or Tachikawa, who has the entire Minecraft system backing him up. If all else fails, given enough time, even if this world is destroyed, he can use creative mode to rebuild a new world.

Of course, this is just something Zuoyou is thinking about. Just thinking about it makes it difficult to measure the amount of faith required.

Just as Sawa was pondering how to prevent the apocalyptic scene before him from happening, the collapse of this world reached its final stage.

The whole world was plunged into pure darkness, as if everything had ended.

However, just like the post-credits scene in a video movie, after a screen shake that looked like a computer program bug, Zuoyou saw a somewhat familiar blue figure flash by at the end of the world.

That feeling left Sōyū utterly bewildered. Logically speaking, the last one to appear should be the demon god representing the Seven Deadly Sins. He wasn't so important as to know such a person, yet this sense of familiarity left him incredibly confused.

As the darkness gradually faded, when Sawa regained his senses, he was back in the same place. However, the Ōkawa Tatekawa that he had pulled over was now just a wisp of grayish-white dust in the spot where he should have been.

Sōyū didn't even need to think to know that it was probably the last bit of his existence left in this world.

It has to be said that such a cultist with such firm beliefs is truly terrifying. Even knowing that he was going to die, he still had to show Sawa things that made Sawa feel uncomfortable. Putting aside everything else, he has probably reached the extreme in terms of disgusting people.

In other words, Saya's mentality has always been very stable, so he wouldn't break down because of this. Otherwise, when he learned that the end of the world was real, he might have become the next crazy person like Taiga and Tachikawa.

When a person's mentality collapses, they are capable of doing many things.

After glancing at the ashes of Tachikawa Taiga, which vanished into thin air with a gentle breeze, Saya felt none of the joy one would expect from resolving a problem.

After all this time, he not only gained nothing, but also inexplicably learned about something even more troublesome, something he couldn't ignore, which made him even more upset.

"Even in death, you leave behind a video to disgust me. In the end, I still don't understand what's going on in the heads of you Truth Church people. Even if you want to save the world, can't you think of other compromises?"

Sōyū sighed, took out his phone from his pocket, and dialed Ànjiū's number.

Since there was no ashes left of Taikawa Tachikawa, all he had to do, besides informing Haruyuki, was prepare to go home, wash up, and go to sleep. More than the uncertain end of the world, Saya was worried about nothing going wrong at tomorrow's school festival.

Chapter 609 Good News

After Kaguya finished her bath, changed her clothes with Reisen's help, and dried her hair, she saw Saya sneaking in through the front door like a thief.

"This is your own home, why does it look like you're filming some kind of stealth movie when you come home?"

Kaguya frowned. She could vaguely guess why Saya was acting this way, but was he really going to go to such lengths? She wasn't some ferocious beast or demon; she couldn't possibly eat him, could she?

But what Kaguya didn't know was that if she were really some kind of demon or beast, Saya wouldn't be avoiding her at all.

She clearly had no idea of ​​her and Amakawa Tsubasa's current standing in Saya's heart; the word "terrifying" simply didn't do it justice. "You're out of the shower?"

Saya was startled by Kaguya's voice. After looking around and finding that no one else was there, he breathed a slight sigh of relief. He walked up to Kaguya, and the scent emanating from her, which was even more fragrant than any shower gel Saya had ever used, wafted over him, inadvertently reminding him of how she looked when she was taking a bath earlier.

So much so that when Sawa spoke, his eyes involuntarily changed slightly, though he himself didn't realize it. "Can you say something less nonsense?"

Kaguya rolled her eyes at him, and seeing Sawa barely daring to speak, she was momentarily unsure whether to laugh or what expression to give him.

He's such a powerful guy, yet he's so afraid of these girls. If he really wanted to, all of them combined wouldn't be enough to beat him.

Unable to bear watching him still being wary of other people who might appear, Kaguya simply grabbed Saya's hand and pushed him back into her room.

"Can you talk properly now? I don't know what you're afraid of. Do you think your family will eat you?" Kaguya closed the door behind her and looked into Saya's eyes, complaining to him irritably.

She still preferred seeing Saku's confident and triumphant demeanor whenever he came to her rescue. It seemed that he was only particularly arrogant during battles, and otherwise too soft-hearted.

"They won't eat me, but I always feel that it's better when I'm not around. As long as I'm there and you're all there at the same time, the atmosphere becomes really strange."

Saku scratched his head a little embarrassedly, but still explained why he did it.

This wasn't the first time he'd been to Kaguya's room, but this was the first time she'd pulled him there on her own initiative. "So you knew about this? And do you understand why this happened?"

Kaguya shook her head, but the corners of her mouth curved slightly. It turned out that this girl wasn't completely oblivious to the atmosphere. She probably acted so humble because she didn't want them to clash.

"Well, to be honest, I might know a little bit about this."

Saya pursed his lips, his eyes darting around, unsure of what to say. Even if Saya were a blockhead, after all the subtle hints and innuendos from Kaguya and Amakawa Tsubasa, he pretty much understood the reason.

But knowing this actually made things even more troublesome for him.

To say that Sawa had no feelings for either of the girls would be a lie; he wouldn't need to deceive himself.

The problem is that these two clearly can't get along. The only way for him to completely eliminate them from arguing again is to clearly state who he likes.

Sōyū himself hadn't figured this out, so all he could do now was continue to play dumb and deal with the other troublesome matters first, and then he could think about the rest later.

While escaping is shameful, it can be incredibly useful.

"But it's good that you're here now. I have some good news to announce to you, the kind that will definitely make you very happy." Seeing that Kaguya still wanted to ask something, Saku quickly changed the subject and talked about what he had just done.

If we were to say who would benefit most from the destruction of the Church of Truth, Saya could only think of Kaguya. He had already dealt with almost everyone in the Church of Truth with special abilities, and the remaining scoundrels and scum were no longer worth his time; Kaguya's former bodyguards alone could handle them.

In this way, Kaguya will no longer have to live in fear like this, and she should be able to play and live freely outside.

"Good news?"

Looking at Saya's genuinely congratulatory smile, Kaguya suddenly felt a deep sense of unease. "Yes, do you know what I was doing just now?"

Saku, oblivious to the worry in Kaguya's eyes, patted his chest proudly, giving her a look that said, "Come and praise me!" "What were you doing?"

Kaguya sniffed. Saya had a faint, feminine scent about him, which suggested he had been intimate with other girls.

But even if he were to make a fool of himself, he wouldn't brag about something like this to her. Moreover, hidden within the fragrance was a faint smell of blood.

Kaguya, who was extremely sensitive to the scent on Saya, looked at him, waiting for him to reveal the answer.

"Hey, let me tell you, you can move out of here from now on. You won't have to worry about having trouble going out, like to attend meetings or going out, because I'm not here with you anymore."

Saya gave a very energetic smile, but he didn't see that Kaguya didn't show any happiness on her face when she heard him say this.

"I've already taken care of the rest of the Church of Truth. Even if there are any remnants left, you and those two mechanical maids, 01 and 02, should be enough to handle them. How about that? Good news, right?"

Saya did not reveal the reasons why the Church of Truth attacked Kaguya, as told to him by Taiga Tachikawa. These reasons served no purpose other than to burden Kaguya with responsibilities she should not have borne.

As for the arrival of the demon god, and any omens of world destruction, those were matters he needed to worry about. "You mean, you want me to leave?"

Kaguya's voice trembled slightly as she spoke, and only then did Saya notice the paleness on her face.

Chapter 610 Explanation

"No, are you even listening to me? I meant you're safe, so why does it suddenly sound so different to you?"

Sawa was completely dumbfounded. Looking at Kaguya's expression, which resembled that of a kitten about to be abandoned, he didn't know what to say to explain.

He clearly meant that she would be safe from now on and could move freely without his protection. How did she misunderstand and think he was trying to get rid of her?

Why was something so joyous and worth celebrating misunderstood like this?

"I was listening to you properly. So you're saying that your promise to protect me is over, and without the threat from the Church of Truth, you no longer need to protect me, right?"

Kaguya took a deep breath. She knew that Sawa might not have thought that way; he was simply relieved that he would be safe in the future.

Even so, this also meant she lost her reason to stay by Saiyu's side. To put it more bluntly, the agreement between her and Saiyu had ended, and Saiyu no longer had the responsibility to protect her.