Tokyo: I am the Lord of All Demons!

In contrast, Risa Ishikawa was all smiles and grins, showing none of the seriousness one would expect in the face of a major battle.

She continued with a laugh, "If I'm not from this world, then which world am I from? It's so hard to guess!"

That one sentence made the girl in the black dress so angry that veins popped out on her forehead: "Are you making fun of me?"

Risa Ishikawa smiled nonchalantly and said, "So what? Shouldn't you be laughed at for looking like this?"

"What do I look like?" The girl in the black dress now wished she could tear Ishikawa Risa to pieces and swallow her whole.

However, before figuring out just how strong the opponent was, the World Will dared not act rashly, for fear of creating another "big daddy" for itself.

Risa Ishikawa waved her hand, still looking fearless. She said, "Look, you were born because you were dissatisfied with that man's destruction of your world. But after you were born, you were afraid that man would defeat you, so you're stuck here, wanting to kidnap me as a hostage, right?"

What the other party said aligned with the thoughts of the world's will, as if they were truly omniscient and omnipotent, which made the world's will even more hesitant to act rashly against her.

The girl in the black dress asked tentatively, "You seem to know quite a lot?"

Risa Ishikawa smoothed her hair and said casually, "I know far more than that. I also know what the outcome would be if you and that man were to fight."

"Oh? What's the ending?" The World Will's expression clearly showed a hint of disdain, but this disdain only made her seem a little flustered inside.

As a result, Risa Ishikawa said calmly, "You can't beat him, because that's how the story is written, and he's the protagonist."

The girl in the black dress smiled slightly: "Oh? So this world is a fake world, is that how you understand it?"

This was completely unexpected. I thought I had created a fake world that was different from the real world, but it turns out that this was also fake.

Ishikawa Risa looked up at the sky and said thoughtfully, "You're not wrong to think that way."

The world's will seemed to be running out of patience, and asked directly: "I'll just ask you one question: what should I do? Or rather, if I can't win this battle, what should I do to be in my best interest?"

Without a second thought, Risa Ishikawa replied, "It's simple, just do what you think is best."

Upon hearing her words, the World Will hesitated: "Does following my plan mean I have to take you hostage again and fight that man?"

“That’s right.” Risa Ishikawa nodded, giving him both hands in agreement.

Seeing that the other party lacked sincerity, the World Will said irritably, "If I lose, won't anything still be the same? This world will still have to tolerate the interference of foreign beings like divine messengers and ghosts."

Risa Ishikawa scratched her head and said, "So what? The existence of these things isn't all bad for this world. That's just how the worldview is."

The World Will seemed somewhat dismissive of her answer: "Is that so? Originally, humanity was the master of this world, but now humanity can only survive in the cracks between divine messengers and ghosts. Isn't that a bad thing?"

Risa Ishikawa shook her head and said, "That's just from your perspective, but the author doesn't think so."

The girl in the black dress asked cautiously, "Why... does that author think the ordinary world is bad?"

Risa Ishikawa sighed and said, "Maybe... She was originally a person living in an ordinary world, so naturally she wanted a little bit of miracles in the world. And the things you don't like are the 'miracles' that people in the ordinary world long for."

The girl in the black dress nodded as if she understood. "I understand."

"Do you really understand?"

However, Risa Ishikawa was somewhat skeptical of the world's will at this point.

The World Will nodded again: "I truly understand now. The people of my world should not be subject to my personal will."

Seeing the girl in the black dress being so agreeable, Ishikawa Risa was a little annoyed. She said in a half-joking tone, "To be honest, you are more open-minded than I thought, because in the setting, you should be an extremely stubborn character."

"Am I really that bad?" Now it was the world's will's turn to be unhappy, but she quickly came to a conclusion.

The world's will is the world's will; she is fully aware of everything that has happened in the world.

Just like in some stories, the villains in people's eyes are not entirely "bad guys". More often, they are misunderstood and misjudged, and they go down a path of no return.

Just like the will of the world, if this world has a protagonist, then she must be the main villain.

As Risa Ishikawa said, if she were the main villain, then the novel should not portray her as having "no choice" but rather as a thoroughly "evil seed".

But novels are not reality. People in reality should be three-dimensional, just like the world's will is now; it is not simply black and white.

If someone could persuade her to give up the plan, she would be willing to accept it, such as someone like Risa Ishikawa.

The World Will was completely demoralized: "After your persuasion, I just want to lie down now and don't want to cause any more trouble for that man."

Risa Ishikawa shook her head: "No, you still have your mission to complete, otherwise this story will not end."

Upon hearing this, the girl in the black dress frowned: "What should I do?"

Without a second thought, Risa Ishikawa replied, "Knock me out, then take me to that man and threaten him."

The girl in the black dress seemed to sense that something was amiss, so she thought for a moment and then asked, "And then?"

Risa Ishikawa said, "Then he will save me, and you will be defeated by him."

Upon hearing this, the World Will immediately became displeased. She retorted with a dark face, "Good grief, so you're the beautiful, strong, and tragic female lead, and I'm the vicious supporting character, huh?"

Risa Ishikawa nodded and said, "That's the setting."

Therefore, in the eyes of the world's will, Ishikawa Risa is the villainous female supporting character who came to steal the male lead.

Indeed, in the eyes of the girl in the black dress, Ishikawa Risa was a complete green tea b*tch. How could any man like a woman like her?

Good heavens, what was originally an earth-shattering, bloody battle is now turning into a battleground of carnage?

The World Will stared at Ishikawa Risa with a reproachful look and retorted, "What if I don't do it this way?"

In fact, Ishikawa Risa had no idea that the world's will would think so much, and she herself had never intended to stage a "stealing the male lead" scene.

However, since he has already transmigrated to this world, he should naturally cling to the coattails of the strong, and Makoto Araki is that strong one.

Therefore, when faced with questions raised by the world's will, Risa Ishikawa could only shake her head helplessly: "The setting cannot be changed."

"Really? I'm doing this now—"

As a sound rang out, a gust of wind swept in front of Ishikawa Risa, blowing her bangs.

I'll kill you!

The next second, the girl in the black dress had already gripped Ishikawa Risa's neck tightly with her right hand, seizing her fate.

Caught off guard by being choked, Ishikawa Risa's body quickly fell backward, but she was fixed in mid-air, as if she were lying at an angle in mid-air.

It turns out that the World Will possesses immense strength, capable of directly holding Ishikawa Risa's body in mid-air.

Even the slightest bit of force from the world's will could easily crush Risa Ishikawa's neck into powder.

This is the will of the world.

This is the power of the world.

After being choked, the scheming woman desperately punched the World Will's wrist, but to no avail.

Upon witnessing this scene, the World Will realized that the woman whose neck it was gripping might not be very capable.

If she had the ability, she should have used it by now. If she didn't, her bones would be crushed, and she would be reborn on the spot.

At this crucial moment, the girl in the black dress stared intently at Ishikawa Risa's entire body—to see what kind of strength she could muster and whether she could summon some kind of special energy within her.

The result was no.

It seems that this woman is just an ordinary person, and what she just said was most likely just a fluke.

Just as the world's will was losing patience and was about to end this woman's life, something completely unexpected happened.

"—That's the end of it!"

These words were like a bolt from the blue for the world's will, because it was not Ishikawa Risa's voice, but a man's voice, and it sounded like the same one.

The World Will suddenly looked up and discovered that Araki Makoto had somehow appeared and was now standing opposite her, accompanied by a divine messenger wielding a white-bladed Nether Bow.

At this moment, the girl in the black dress really wanted to explain to him—that things weren't as you thought.

But who would listen to her?

Sure enough, the divine messenger girl, Shimizu Rinne, wielding the Nether Bow and a white blade, threw the Nether Bow above her head and then flashed over before the world's will could respond.

The blade was already upon them.

Chapter 203 Rebirth

That's right, Shimizu Suzune really did appear in front of the girl in the black dress in an instant and even raised that white blade.

This speed is not slow, but it is clearly not particularly fast either; for the world's will, it is an easy task.

Sure enough, the World Will retreated immediately. She had originally been holding onto Ishikawa Risa as she retreated, but then she realized that if she held onto this woman, she would be falling into a trap.

To avoid provoking Araki Makoto and others to overreact and to avoid falling into a trap, the World Will quickly abandoned the idea of ​​killing Ishikawa Risa, the "green tea girl".

After the world's will released its grip, the expected thing happened: the man rushed over instantly, grabbed Ishikawa Risa, and held her in his arms.

Look at this scene, what a classic female-oriented storyline! This is undoubtedly a fatal blow to the world's will, which also presents women.

If we follow the logic of female-oriented fiction, then Ishikawa Risa will be cherished by Araki Makoto, and then she will make a harsh statement to the world's will of the "villainous female supporting character".

Indeed, Makoto Araki did hold Risa Ishikawa in his arms, and the girl's fragrance wafted over him in an instant, but Makoto's mind was not on that.

His thoughts were on the enemy opposite him: "So, you are the so-called will of the world?"

At the same time, Shimizu Suzune seemed to be cooperating with the High God, and instead of pressing her advantage against the girl in the black dress, she held her white blade and stood ready in front.

Their opponent, the Will of the World, deliberately adopted a cold and aloof demeanor when faced with Makoto Araki's question, refusing to speak.

With a tense expression, she pulled out a weapon that looked very much like the Grim Reaper's Scythe from somewhere, but it was not the Grim Reaper's Scythe.

That was a longbow.

Without a word, the girl in the black dress drew her bow and aimed the arrow at Makoto Araki's forehead.

"Playing mysterious by not saying anything?" Araki Makoto's gaze narrowed slightly; he had clearly overheard their conversation.

As a result, after I appeared, the girl in the black dress remained silent, which was clearly just an act.

Araki Makoto had nothing to say about her attitude; if she didn't want to talk, it meant there was nothing to discuss.

Furthermore, Makoto Araki doesn't lack the World Will as an enemy; one more or one less makes no difference. So, with just a soft sigh, someone already understood.

Shimizu Suzune once again gripped her white blade and launched a lightning strike at the girl in the black dress. She transformed into a bolt of lightning, heading straight for the girl's brow.

"Too slow!" the World Will muttered under its breath, its entire body turning into black matter that vanished beneath the white blade and then coalesced in another location.

In this one round, from an outsider's perspective, the speed of the World Will was not actually very strong, only slightly faster than Shimizu Suzune.

However, Shimizu Suzune didn't care about any of that. Being slow didn't mean she couldn't win.

So, when she caught a glimpse of the re-condensed black matter out of the corner of her eye, she transformed into a flash of light once more and launched a slash in that direction.