Regarding the fact that my best friend is a magical girl

The agent tapped on the imposter trapped in the bubble. Although this one was also silly and ferocious, it was smarter than the real Michelle...

But not many.

"How did she grow up?" I asked.

The agent shook his head and guessed, "Perhaps people's dissatisfaction with Michelle is still directed at her. She was born from that kind of emotion... Now we can't explain for Michelle, after all, her disappearance needs to be kept secret."

For the same reason, the news of the agent's resurrection also needs to be kept secret.

So she could only move around in this "reality" during this time. Fortunately, Serino and I were also here, and other people would occasionally come to play, so she wasn't lonely.

I continued the conversation, saying, "If it can grow to the point where we can communicate, that wouldn't be a bad thing. Let's just keep it like this for now, like a potted plant in the room."

Am I being stared at intently by the "bonsai"? Is it dissatisfied with my metaphor?

This guy's eyes are terrifying too. He doesn't express any emotion, but being stared at by him makes even gods feel uneasy. He's not even as good as Michelle, who doesn't have any facial features...

At least it still calls me "Mom"~

Wait, why would I be happy about this?

A voice came from the thought network.

"Mi-chan, I have more bad news~"

Aldebaran has never brought good news.

"Cerunno-chan's announcement seems to have backfired~ The fact that darkness is about to reach its critical point has triggered panic worldwide... It's hard to control human emotions, you understand? Even if you know you should stay calm and maintain a positive attitude, it's still hard to truly calm down when dominated by fear, plus the thought network makes it very easy to spread emotions..."

She even hummed a couple of times as she spoke.

"In short, if you don't do something soon, you'll be impeached and removed from office."

"When?"

"Right away~"

Aldebaran sounded quite happy.

But this is no longer a matter of impeachment and removal from office.

The world managed by Amoeba Michelle must be in chaos, right?

"Serno, did you hear that? Is there any way to salvage this?"

"I...I'm trying to think of a way...No, it's probably too late!"

She herself was panicking; how could she possibly bring people a sense of security?

No one anticipated this outcome; it's true that we should wait until people's lives have stabilized before discussing this matter...

What should we do now?

"Mom—mu—"

Michelle raised her arm, making a gesture that seemed like cheering someone on, or perhaps mocking them?

However, no matter how much encouragement I received, it seemed difficult to change the situation.

So...

The "administrator privileges" that hadn't even been warmed up before shifting from the bright side to the dark side once again.

Chapter 493 Mouth... Plug

(Miluno)

My power as a god has vanished.

"Mom—m—"

But Amoeba Michelle, who only knows how to stick to me and call out to me, shows no signs of becoming a god.

"What's going on? Who's the administrator of this world now?"

"Miluno, it looks like this guy."

As the agent spoke, cracks appeared in the bubble cage in front of her.

The imposter inside the cage, confined by a double bubble, begins to move...

Is this reasonable?!

The fake Michelle, created by the collective malice, replaced me and became the true god.

Isn't that an evil god?

No, it should be called a malevolent spirit?

"Thinking about it carefully, it's not hard to understand. She's much larger than Michelle is now, and she's the person in charge of the dark side. It's only natural that she would become a real administrator..."

The agent, however, remained calm and analyzed the situation.

Creating this thing is reaping what you sow; the Earth Crystal project is always unreliable.

However, it's not time to despair yet.

"Serno! It's time to come back and suppress the evil god!"

Let alone such a malicious beast, even if we were to face the real Michelle, as long as Seruno and I join forces, any difficult problem can be solved. This is the power of justice!

Although merging with Earth's crystals carries the risk of annihilation, there's no time to worry about that now. Letting this imposter, whose mind is clearly filled with destructive impulses, take over the new world, which has been painstakingly set up...

But this guy cleaved through the bubble cage with a single slash, pushed aside the agent, and didn't attack us. Instead, he plunged headlong into the third room, the Stone Gate Hall.

Behind that door lies the complete darkness of the Great Will, and also the server of the new world. If an evil entity with power were to come into contact with it, she could even descend upon the new world...

"I am coming!"

Seruno then rushed over.

"Too slow! Hurry up and catch up!"

He tried to get up, but almost tripped over Michelle next to him. The agent was the first to rush out of the room.

When we rushed into the third room, the imposter had already disappeared.

"...Aldebaran, do you have any other ideas?"

"Without your authority, the backstage is already out of control. The only way to suppress her is through your cooperation with Earth Crystal... The darkness has already been exhausted. If you join forces, you will definitely be able to suppress and transform the imposter."

If darkness were completely transformed into light, the consciousnesses of those witches and monsters would lose their breeding ground, the agent added, "But there's also the risk of things getting out of control, right?"

Aldebaran looked down at the churning darkness below the crater and continued, "It's not just the risk of annihilation; the world today is built on the 'light-dark balance theory,' and you should understand what that means..."

Although darkness represents negativity, it is an essential energy source for maintaining the world.

If all the darkness were converted, the world's capacity would be greatly reduced. Michelle, that girl, also forcibly elevated some plants and animals to the level of subhumans, nearly doubling the population.

In short, we cannot lose darkness now.

"Then we'll just have to let this Michelle defeat that imposter."

I don't know when Michelle arrived, but the agent brought her out. Since she wasn't aggressive, she opened her arms to me and called out "Mommy" when she was brought out.

"...Is this a bit difficult?"

It's as unreliable as sending a domesticated, docile Corgi to fight wolves.

The agent said, "The old method, but in reverse: slowly feed her your light and let her transform into darkness, won't that work?"

"...I'll give it a try."

It didn't sound very reliable, but I did it anyway.

A wisp of light emanated from her fingertips, but before it could reach Michelle, it was dissolved and assimilated by the surrounding darkness.

"If it weren't here, this place would already be that imposter's home turf."

The agent pointed to the door.

"Let Seruno take her back to the second room to breastfeed."

"Hmm! They actually call it 'breastfeeding'?"

The inappropriate analogy made Seruno blush, but in the emergency, she still carried Michelle away from the third room.

"Then what do we do? You're not going to go down and bail them out again, are you?"

When I asked that, the agent shook his head.

"No, she's the administrator now, there's nothing I can do even if I go down there..."

But as soon as the agent finished speaking, the black mud churning at the bottom of the pit erupted violently like a volcanic eruption, and the darkness even turned into thick smoke that swept into the entire room.

"Close the gate."

As the agent said this, I had already erected a light-cast wall to block the stone door, which of course also protected Aldebaran and the agent.

“It’s very aggressive… My walls won’t hold for long… Even if your plan is feasible, we alone can’t hold out until Michelle surpasses that guy.”

They clearly had ways to deal with her, but they couldn't use them.

The endless surge of darkness is eroding the wall of light. If the last space in this room falls, the second room will also be lost.

Clearly, the imposter's target was Michelle.

She had already developed basic intelligence and began to act after hearing our plan.

"You all retreat to the second room and assist Seruno in defense."

When I said that, the agent understood my meaning.

"You think you can stop her on your own?"

"The power of Radiance is still equal to that of Darkness. If she can take power from me, I have a chance to take it back... So, this time it's my turn to jump."

The huge pit was like a pot with something burnt out, constantly emitting black smoke.

In that case, we need a pot lid...

No, I can't become that big. At best, I'm a plug at the bottom of the pool. I have to plug this pot and stop it from spreading outwards.

I made an opening in the stone gate.

"You have to be careful."