Tokyo: I am the Lord of All Demons!

Araki Makoto's lips curled up slightly: "Of course it's true. Sit here and get ready to start drawing."

"Huh? Okay..."

Although Ishikawa Risa didn't know why the High God suddenly wanted to draw and even asked her to be the model, she had to obey the High God's words unconditionally.

Left with no other choice, Ishikawa Risa found a cushion and knelt down in front of the goddess.

Risa Ishikawa looked herself up and down, then asked timidly, "Like this? Or should I strike a different pose?"

“That’s fine then.” Araki Makoto answered without even thinking.

"Okay, okay..." Ishikawa Risa could only reluctantly agree, but she noticed that the god seemed to have delayed in drawing.

Even when Ishikawa Risa glanced around at the goddess's left and right, she couldn't find any paintbrushes or paper, making it seem like she wasn't about to paint at all.

In response, Makoto Araki said in a rather impatient tone, "Don't look around. You can't just move around like that when you're a model."

"Okay! Ishikawa promises not to move!" That was the only promise Ishikawa Risa could make.

And so, Ishikawa Risa was forced to remain motionless, while Araki Makoto stood facing her like a Buddha statue.

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The divine messengers were right; this world was indeed fake, or at least, it had transformed from the real world into a false one.

Due to the influence of the world's will, the vast majority of people in this world have become pseudo-humans. However, pseudo-humans are not animals. They can still support the operation of this world in normal times, but in critical matters, they become like animals, devoid of any intelligence.

The reason the world's will created this false world based on the real world is, of course, to trap the man she longs for here forever.

Well, although these words may sound a bit yandere, this is the inner thought of the world's will.

So the question is, why is the world's will so drawn to Araki Makoto? It's actually quite simple: almost every species has a tendency to admire the strong.

She greatly admired Makoto Araki, the World Will, for being able to change the rules of the world—even though the World Will wanted to change it back, it didn't diminish her admiration for him.

However, the divine messengers were not entirely correct in one respect: this illusory world did indeed have a back door to leave, but unfortunately, the "back door" they imagined could only be opened by the world's will.

In other words, when the world's will created this world, it had already locked down the way to leave the false world: one must defeat it in order to escape.

However, even the World Will itself had never considered the idea of ​​defeating the World Will. She believed that she was invincible in her own world, not to mention that she had a large group of pseudo-humans helping her to repel enemies.

Under the scorching sun.

The World Will stood under a tree, gazing into the distance: "Man, I will have you, and you can only belong to me."

In her opinion, that man's abilities didn't seem that great. He'd already been drawn into a new world, yet he seemed completely oblivious, unlike a strong person.

At least, he's no better than her.

This further solidified the world's determination to challenge Makoto Araki, to defeat him, and then embrace him.

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In fact, it wasn't just the divine messengers and their supreme deity who were drawn into this world's will; the hundred ghosts hiding in the shadows were also dragged into this illusory world.

As for why this was done, the reason is actually very simple. The world's will believes that not only the divine messengers, but also the hundred demons were created by Makoto Araki. Since they were all produced by him, they were brought here in a package.

This means that not only were the little devils from hell pulled in, but even the current and retired demon kings were drawn into this illusory world to varying degrees.

The first to be affected by the false world are Kikuko Yamamura and Ai Enma. They had planned to integrate into human society, but they found that the people around them were all fake people!

What is a fake person!

They seem no different from ordinary people in normal times, but they do incomprehensible things in some crucial matters.

To use an analogy, the lady that Yamamura Kikuko and Enma Ai usually interacted with actually put up the side poles before getting on the motorcycle.

Is this reasonable?

This is completely unreasonable!

Furthermore, some imposters don't even look to the left or right when crossing the street; they simply close their eyes and cross the zebra crossing when the light is green!

This has led to some drivers who are not paying attention while driving hitting pedestrians who are not looking at oncoming vehicles.

Similar incidents involving fake people have been increasing recently, to the point that they can no longer be ignored.

Family members, does anyone understand...?

Despite the fact that there are fake people everywhere, there isn't a single decent report about it at the national level in Japan, as if nothing unusual has happened in the world.

Kikuko Yamamura wanted to curse. She simply couldn't understand why the world had become like this.

She complained to Enma Ai, who agreed with her thoughts but also couldn't understand why the world had become like this.

If she hadn't previously experienced human life, Enma Ai would have even thought that humans were like this from the very beginning...

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It's worth mentioning that the World Will is not invincible. If she were, she could have destroyed Makoto Araki long ago without going through so many twists and turns.

Since they are not invincible, there will be oversights and omissions. For example, the Demon King Hanako Sachiko, who was active a long time ago, was forgotten by the world's will in her original world.

The reason for this is that they are hidden too well. Every night, those ghosts would come out to roam, thus being remembered by the world's will and transferred inside.

But for ghosts like Hanako and Sachiko, who have long since disappeared into some unknown corner, not even the world's will, let alone their creator Makoto Araki, knows where these two ghostly girls have gone.

Hanako and Sachiko were only thought of by the World Will later, but by the time they arrived, it was already too late to reverse the situation.

Chapter 200 Work is not easy

The false world created by the world's will is built on the foundation of the real world, just like a building where the real world is the first layer and the false world built by the world's will is the second layer.

However, there is no connection between the first and second layers, which means that people in the two worlds cannot actively connect and can only let the world's will control the exchange of people between the two sides.

As a result, the World Will released more fake people in both worlds. In the fake world, the ratio of fake people to real people reached an extremely high nine to one, while in the real world, the ratio was not high, only three to seven.

So here's the question: why isn't the ratio of fake people to real people in the two worlds one to one? This involves a very fundamental question.

In the beginning, the world's will had not yet been born, but the fact that it had not been born did not mean that there were no false people in the world.

Yes, there are many fake people in the world, but people usually don't notice their existence.

Furthermore, after transporting several important targets to the illusory world, the World Will returned to the real world and began searching for ghostly targets, intending to transport them all there.

The reason for doing this is that ghosts and spirits do not exist in the world originally. The world's will believes that they were created by Makoto Araki, so they are included in the package.

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A hotel.

Makoto Araki finally picked up paper and pen and began to draw his model, Risa Ishikawa, but Risa Ishikawa was about to break down.

Making her stay in this position is too tiring, and we're afraid the deity won't like it if we try to change it.

Being a model is tough!

Risa Ishikawa had many complaints, but she couldn't voice them and had to keep them to herself.

While he claimed it was painting, Makoto Araki was merely using it as an excuse to "punish" Risa Ishikawa; his true intentions lay elsewhere.

During the drawing process, Makoto Araki repeatedly raised or lowered his gaze to look at the three realms of gods, humans, and the underworld, and indeed made some discoveries.

He discovered that the "human world" was actually two-layered, whereas previously it was only one-layered.

What's the problem?

Someone must be up to no good.

Makoto Araki's gaze moved into both human realms and found that the upper and lower realms were almost identical, including the people, scenery, and even the historical process.

The only difference is that the uppermost human realm is filled with many ghosts and spirits, while the lower human realm is extremely rare.

Yes, Makoto Araki was also surprised to find that in the lower level of the "human world," there was a man who looked exactly like him and a woman who looked exactly like Risa Ishikawa. The two of them were sharing a room in a hotel with the same layout and decoration.

Even more strikingly, the man was making almost identical movements to himself; he was also painting, and he was painting a picture based on "Risa Ishikawa" as his model.

parallel world?

No, Araki Makoto quickly dismissed this absurd idea, because he discovered that the "Araki Makoto" in the lower realms was actually a mortal without divine power.

More precisely, he should be considered a fake, and Ishikawa Risa in front of him is also suspected of being a fake.

That makes sense.

Before this, Makoto Araki was enlightened by Suzune Shimizu and Risa Ishikawa, because the two of them were the first to put forward the ideas of "false world" and "real world".

By combining their perspectives with your own observations, you can understand the whole story.

The problem is simple: the world's will has only created a false human realm, while the divine realm above the human realm and the underworld below the human realm are still the same one.

As for Makoto Araki, he currently seems unable to jump from the upper human realm to the lower human realm, but he can jump to the realm of gods or the underworld.

This means that if he were to go to war with the will of the world, he could simply leave this false world and avoid the enemy's home turf.

At this point, Makoto Araki had reached a preliminary conclusion, including how to deal with the world's will.

At that moment, Risa Ishikawa suddenly leaned closer, asking in a puzzled tone, "Kami-sama, what are you thinking about?"

Regarding Risa Ishikawa's behavior, Makoto Araki casually complained, "As a model, you can't just move around like that. Look, I've drawn it wrong again."

"You're lying to me, you're not even drawing anything." Ishikawa Risa said, snatching the drawing paper from the easel and discovering that the figure on it was just a basic outline.

After drawing for so long, this is all I got.

There's nothing that can be done now that she's been exposed, but Makoto Araki has already achieved his goal of punishing her, so he sighed and said, "Alright, I really didn't draw it. I was just observing other worlds."

Hearing him say that, Risa Ishikawa became more interested and asked, "How so? Did you observe two completely identical real worlds? And then, is the world we live in fake?"

"You know quite a lot?" Araki Makoto tilted his head back slightly and asked, "Why do you know these things?"

"Hehe, I didn't know." But Ishikawa Risa said with a grin, not entirely seriously, "Actually, Cami-sama, you haven't really looked into my background, have you? I'm a novelist!"

"Oh, I see." Araki Makoto suddenly realized that since she was a novelist, everything made sense.

After all, she is a novelist, so her works are bound to be unfounded and wildly imaginative. This time, it was just a lucky coincidence that her work happened to align with her worldview.

From this perspective, Ishikawa Risa isn't entirely useless. Araki Makoto then asked, "Then let me ask you another question: if the protagonist is trapped in a false world like I am now, how would the protagonist escape?"