Question, Understand, Become a Holy Lord

“What’s wrong with these buns? Although my abilities as a fantasy slayer as the base of the world have been greatly reduced after leaving my original world, ordinary things shouldn’t be able to affect me, right?” Kamijou Touma looked at the buns in his hand with lingering fear, and simply stuffed them all to Index.

Anyway, since Baihen said that this thing is harmless as food, let Index destroy them all. If these buns really have problems, it will be too late to withdraw now. Index has already destroyed several buns.

"Plus, Imagine Breaker is a part of me, and it's a passive ability. I can't just stop relying on it if I want to." Talking about his right hand, Kamijou Touma scratched his head in distress.

Even though he has already made some achievements in martial arts, and can release his inner strength through the form of martial arts true body, bypassing the Imagine Breaker, but the Imagine Breaker, which was once created by the demons to maintain the foundation of the world, is not something he can cross at will.

Even after the completion of the world of Toaru Majutsu no Index, those demons were downgraded to varying degrees and no longer had the ability to manipulate phases at will to change the world as they once did, but in the new world they are still a group of people standing at the top of the world.

The ability of Fantasy Slayer to erase all abnormalities did not disappear due to the upgrading of the world. On the contrary, because Kamijou Touma played a very important role in the process of the world's upgrading, this ability underwent some changes and completely became a part of Kamijou Touma.

This also means that even after leaving the Toaru Majutsu no Index world, the Fantasy Slayer, which was originally the basis for maintaining the Toaru Majutsu no Index world, can still retain a considerable part of its surface abilities, allowing Kamijou Touma to be almost invincible in his first confrontation with unfamiliar abilities.

"My point in telling you not to rely on others is that you should be more careful if you encounter any strange things in your daily life. Don't expect that Imagine Breaker can really make you immune to all attacks." Bai Hen pointed at the stall selling strange buns over there. Kamijou Touma then realized that no one else seemed to have noticed the existence of this stall and these buns from the beginning to the end.

But it's true, although the appearance of the buns is indeed unpleasant, there is no shortage of brave people who dare to die among the reincarnations. If people were to discover buns like these that look weird but taste great, the place would probably have been crowded with people.

"What are you looking at? Get out with your food cart." Bai Hen yelled at the bun shop owner who was pretending to be innocent.

"This thing... isn't it said to be harmless?" Kamijou Touma looked at the food truck owner who was packing up his stall and disappearing in the Samsara Square as if he had been pardoned. His heart, which had been relatively calm just now, was instantly disturbed. He looked at Index, who had finished the bun and was licking her fingers, with a guilty conscience.

"If it was harmful, I would not let it go, but let it make itself into a bun and eat it." Bai Hen said with a kind face, and even the current Kamijou Takenami felt a little scared.

"There's nothing wrong with the buns. Is there something wrong with the person who sold them?" Kamijou Touma asked with some confusion.

"Human...well...let's call it a human for now. Theoretically there's nothing wrong with a human, otherwise he wouldn't be allowed to appear here." Although the Samsara Square was not built by Bai Hen, Bai Hen still has a little bit of authority here. Without Bai Hen's permission, even Yog-Sothoth can't get in.

"Then... what's the problem? Why does it have to sell the buns so secretly? Even though these buns look a little scary, they taste really good and should be able to sell well." Kamijou Touma was a little confused.

Since there was nothing wrong with the buns and there was nothing wrong with the person, then why would two things with no problems be directly driven out by Bai Hen?

"Your current performance is the biggest problem." Bai Hen shook his head. He had clearly reminded Kamijou Touma once just now, but he still didn't realize the problem. It seemed that he still hadn't mastered martial arts.

"Me? What's wrong with me..." Kamijou Touma pondered for a moment. After thinking about it, he thought that the most likely cause of trouble for him was the bun that Baihen described as harmless. But if it was harmless, then what could be the problem?

"You've already started to speak up for Baozi, doesn't that speak volumes?" Even after it's been made clear to this point, if Kamijou Touma still can't react then it only means that a muscular profession like a martial artist can easily affect one's IQ.

"Wait... now that I think about it, why did I want to eat this bun in the first place?" Fortunately, Kamijou Touma had not yet integrated his muscle training into his brain. After Baihen's reminder, he returned to the original question that he had subconsciously ignored.

"Of course it's because these buns want you to eat them." Bai Hen said another sentence that made Kamijou Touma feel a chill on his back.

"When you focus your attention on the shape of the buns, it means you have fallen into the trap. The more you care about the appearance of the buns, the deeper you will fall into it. On the contrary..." Bai Hen said here and looked at Index who was standing obediently beside Kamijou Touma after licking her fingers.

"Although Index also cares about the appearance of the buns, she pays more attention to the taste of the buns themselves. So although Index's actions before seemed to be more deeply affected by the buns, these influences will disappear at a very fast speed after she finishes eating the buns." Because there is no external interference, Index is still in the stage of being affected, and looks a little silly at the moment.

Then Baihen looked at Kamijou Touma and said, "It was you, on the contrary, because you cared too much about the shape of the buns and engraved their appearance into your mind. So even though you only ate one bun, and even though I interrupted and reminded you many times, you still fell deeper than Index and were more affected."

"I see, that's how it is. Now it makes sense... What the hell! Didn't they say that buns are harmless? But after talking for so long, why do these buns sound more and more dangerous the more I listen?" Kamijou Touma, who had become a negative example, couldn't help but complain loudly.

"There is indeed no problem if you take the buns alone, and there is no problem if you take the people alone. The problem is that the guy made these buns, so there are some small problems like this."

It was really just a little bit, not a billion bits and pieces. Bai Hen did not use the wrong adjective, because this matter was just a small problem no matter from which angle you looked at it.

"Isn't this a big problem? Why would two guys without any problems become a problem when combined together? Don't talk to me about chemical reaction, they are obviously not the same thing." As the saying goes, practicing martial arts makes a man brave, and this is indeed true. Kamijou Touma now even dares to yell at Bai Hen.

"You haven't finished talking yet, why are you in such a hurry?" Bai Hen said calmly.

"Continuing from last time, why would problems arise when two things without problems are put together? The reason lies in the ingredients of the buns." Bai Hen explained kindly.

"What are the ingredients for the buns?" Kamijou Touma suddenly had a very bad feeling and asked cautiously, "It should be... edible, right? Don't tell me what it is, just tell me if it's something that ordinary people like me can eat!"

Kamijou Touma didn't even want to ask meaningless questions like whether the ingredients were normal or not. The ingredients that he couldn't accept before were normal in the eyes of others. The guy selling buns just now was also an abnormal person certified by the White Mark. Mr. Kamijou didn't think that the ingredients that it considered normal were acceptable to him.

So Mr. Kamijou simply lowered his bottom line again and again and just asked whether the ingredients of the buns were edible. Even though Kamijou Touma had already determined in his heart that the ingredients were edible, he certainly could not accept their origins, so he simply asked Bai Hen not to say the names of the ingredients.

"Haven't you already eaten it? And you thought it tasted good, so of course it's edible. I've told you many times that this bun is harmless as food, you have to trust my judgment as a professional." Bai Hen had a proud look on his face. As a senior gourmet, he had the biggest say in the entire Reincarnation Square in this regard.

"Because the ingredients of the buns are very special. After professional processing, the special properties of the ingredients have been greatly reduced. Normally, it will not affect you who have the protection of Fantasy Breaker. If someone else uses those ingredients to make buns, such as you or Index, then these buns will be just ordinary buns with a little temptation." Bai Hen pointed at Kamijou Touma's right hand and indicated.

“Won’t that still affect others…and how can buns with temptations be considered ordinary buns?” Kamijou Touma complained weakly.

“How is it not ordinary? Just from the dishes I know, people in some worlds use their own medicine when cooking, and their clothes explode when eating. There are also worlds with steamed buns that can even make you laugh out loud. But for them, this is just the entry-level level to become a real chef. Cooking and burning rivers are just basic skills.” Bai Hen said that this was just the beginning.

“Now that you mention it, it does seem quite normal.” Kamijou Touma no longer wanted to dwell on this issue.

"But the guy who makes the buns, theory is that these ingredients come from the same origin." Bai Hen said another sentence that contained an explosion of information in a casual manner.

"You...this...forget it, just continue." Countless flashbacks flashed through Kamijou Touma's mind, but in the end he couldn't say a word.

"Chefs from the same origin meet ingredients from the same origin. Then, under the influence of the chef, the originally processed ingredients can also reveal some of their own properties under certain circumstances, which is the situation you just encountered." Bai Hen said with a smile.

"Gu~" After listening to Bai Hen's explanation, Kamijou Touma had a feeling in his heart that he didn't want to face this ingredient, and even the thought that it appeared in his mind was a kind of brain pollution.

"Yes, this ingredient is what you think. The original purpose of the birth of the Reincarnation Plaza, the things you hunt - the flesh and blood of the Outer Gods."

Chapter 291 First, let us define what is tsundere...

“Don’t worry. Judging from its appearance, this Outer God doesn’t look so appetizing. Just think of Him as a giant octopus that is a specialty of the other world.” Seeing that Kamijou Touma’s face suddenly turned pale green and was showing a tendency to continue turning coal black, Bai Hen quickly spoke out to comfort him.

“Whether they are Outer Gods or Old Ones, most of them still have normal physical lives. Although they are evil gods, they are just abnormal lives with a higher status than ordinary lives. Since they are physical lives, there is no reason why they cannot be used as food.” Bai Hen said righteously.

Even if you ask Baihen whether he wants to eat it or not, he will definitely not eat it. After all, he is allergic to these things - the kind of allergy in the psychological sense.

Unfortunately, Bai Hen's comfort didn't seem to have any good effect. After hearing Bai Hen's words, Kamijou Touma's expression didn't improve at all, and he looked like he was about to vomit at any time.

But in the end he still accepted this unacceptable fact, because Index beside him seemed to be returning to normal consciousness. Kamijou Touma decided to bury this matter deep in his heart in front of Index and never let her find out any clues.

"Would you like a drink? A real drink from a prosperous event star in a certain world. It's a classic soda that has enjoyed a good reputation since ancient times - Sulada. It's bottled, and this time it's really an ordinary assembly line industrial product." Bai Hen took out two bottles of orange-yellow classic Sulada and handed them to Kamijou Touma, saying sincerely.

"He can't cheat me for the second time in such a short time, right?" Looking at Baihen's sincere eyes, Kamijou Touma couldn't help but feel a little trust in him. Then he put this trust and the secret of the evil god's meat stuffing into the darkest corner of his heart, and blamed himself for having such an inappropriate thought.

"I have an appointment with Index. Let's talk next time." Although he hadn't seen Baihen for a while, Kamijou Touma had no intention of reminiscing about the past. When he mentioned the half-conscious Index, he directly said goodbye to Baihen.

Bai Hen did not stop Kamijou Touma from leaving, but waved goodbye to him and said, "I'll come and play with you guys when I have time~"

"Then let's not talk anymore." Kamijou Touma left the place quickly without any response. The benefits of martial arts achievement were also reflected here. Although there were many people on this road, and it could even be said to be a bit crowded, Kamijou Touma's escape speed was not affected by the crowd at all, as he was carrying a burden, Index.

“You still have such a bad taste.” Before anyone could celebrate Kamijou Touma’s escape, the next person to arrive on the battlefield was the one-eyed demon god Othinus.

As a fellow villager from the same world, even in the Samsara Square, Othinus still maintained a certain degree of care for Kamijou Touma, even though Kamijou Touma might not need her care now.

After the world of Magical Index was completed and upgraded, all the former demons were knocked down from the sky and returned to their original positions. Only Othinus retained the title of One-Eyed Demon, possessed the most power and officially became the strongest in the world of Magical Index.

Therefore, as the strongest person, she began to pay excessive attention to and protect the people in the world of Magical Index after they began to contact the outside world, especially to fellow countrymen like Kamijou Touma and Saten Ruiko, with whom she still had a certain "comradeship".

“How can you say that? Index found the buns by smelling the scent, and the guy selling the buns was not arranged by me. I just happened to appear here and treated them to a meal of buns. Even if I didn’t show up, Kamijou Touma would not refuse Index’s request.”

"In other words - he is destined to eat this bun!" Bai Hen said in a firm tone, not thinking that there was anything wrong with him at all.

"But you also have another choice, don't you? Stop him from eating the buns." Othinus sighed helplessly. Compared to her, the "demon god", the evil gods that wreaked havoc in the multiverse and caused huge disasters could be called real gods. So even she didn't notice the problem with the bun stall until Bai Hen appeared, otherwise she would have stepped forward to stop it.

Unfortunately, it was Baihen who let Othinus discover the existence of the evil god who betrayed him, even though Othinus had broken free from the constraints of his original world, witnessed all kinds of new possibilities in the multiverse, and even faced and participated in the frontal battlefield to fight against the evil god.

But she still felt that whether it was herself, the "demon god" who was once confined to the world, or the evil gods who could spread their existence and influence to the multiverse, they seemed to be no different in front of Baihen, so Othinus could only say sorry to Kamijou Touma in her heart.

"Respect the fate of others, let go of the desire to help others, enjoy the shortcomings...oh no, avoid being moved by yourself. This is the famous saying of Zhen Ji Le Shui Da De." Bai Hen also has his own reasons.

"Respect the fate of others and let go of the desire to help others? If you are really such a person, then I would not be here to watch." At this point, Othinus couldn't help but reveal a barely perceptible smile at the corner of his mouth.

"Although from the results, it seems that you have received my help. But in fact, helping you is just a part of my goal." Bai Hen said that we should deal with each case based on its facts and give special treatment to special cases.

"Huh?" After hearing Bai Hen's words, Othinus raised his eyebrows in surprise, and his originally calm little face with a hint of smile revealed an obvious expression of surprise.

"Is there something wrong?" Bai Hen was also surprised when he saw Othinus' expression. He thought about what he had just said, but didn't find any problem.

"That's indeed not right." Othinus nodded and said, "I thought that with your awkward personality, you would say something like: 'You and that world are just tools for me to have fun and pass the time, and I just happen to need you tools to be placed in the right place.' That's the right thing to say."

"Hmm... is there any difference? They seem to mean the same thing?" Even after experiencing so many worlds, his rough nature has not changed. The ability he likes and is best at is still the White Mark of the Ritual of Thinking. I feel that these two statements seem to mean the same thing, right?

“Although the meaning is somewhat similar, you would not have said the word [help] so directly in the past. Even if you had this idea in your mind, you would not have admitted it so readily.” After extracting all the memories of the short time he spent with Bai Hen from his mind, Othinus said with great certainty, “According to normal terms - you are a dead tsundere!”

After hearing what Othinus said, Bai Hen's face suddenly turned dark. He admitted that he did have many awkward aspects, some of which were specially created to maintain his humanity, because a certain sense of contradiction can make a person appear more real.

But even so, Bai Hen still didn't expect that one day the word "tsundere" would be used to describe himself. Is this reasonable? !

"Xiaoou..." Baihen said to Othinus with a serious expression: "I have just pointed out Kamijou Touma's problem. I believe that with the experience just now, he will not make such low-level mistakes again. Now I will also criticize and guide you."

"Yes, I'm listening." Othinus answered happily, with a smile in her eyes, wondering how Bai Hen would defend himself now.

"That's how we behave. We must not be half-baked and use new words randomly. This is immoral. This is your first mistake." Bai Hen said earnestly, "Just now you said that we should evaluate according to normal terms, but in fact, tsundere, a derivative word that appeared in the two-dimensional subculture, cannot be used to normally define a person's personality. This is your second mistake."

"First of all, let's define what a tsundere is..." As a veteran otaku who has even delved into the second dimension, Bai Hen is ready to teach this "young man" Othinus a good lesson.

"As far as I know, most people who say this kind of thing are probably the same as those who like to define what a friend is, usually they don't have any friends." Othinus interrupted forcefully, causing Bai Hen to encounter a teaching crisis right at the beginning of the class.

"Tsk, you're really not cute at all. Even your last feature, which is your clothing, has become just like everyone else. You've turned into an ordinary blonde girl that can be seen everywhere." Bai Hen, who was interrupted, simply gave up the idea of saving Othinus, this stupid guy, and smacked his lips in disgust.

"Does it look good? I mean this dress." Othinus pressed down the brim of his hat and showed Bai Hen her Gothic-style dress, which was completely different from her previous style.

"Average, not even as distinctive as her." Bai Hen gave a moderate evaluation and pointed to a few adventurers who were not dressed in traditional different world adventure attire. Or rather, they were dressed in traditional adventurer attire, but they were the special adventurers in different world light novels.

"Ah? Are you talking about me?" Aqua, who was just passing by when suddenly pointed at, pointed at herself in confusion, not understanding what was going on.

"Okay, you mentally retarded goddess, stop being so self-conscious here and don't get involved in other people's affairs." Sato Kazuma grabbed Aqua's collar, smiled apologetically at Bai Hen, then turned around and left with a few people, ignoring Aqua's seemingly fierce but actually useless resistance.

“Kazuma, Kazuma, let me go! You can’t treat me like this. I’m a celebrity here. There are many reincarnations who are my fans and intend to become followers of the Axis Cult. I can’t let them see their goddess in such an indecent state!!!” Aqua let out a heart-wrenching scream.

"I don't believe that the people here can't see your true nature, Aqua. Even if you got away with it before, they probably see through it now. Just give up on this idea. Axis is a cult that shouldn't exist!" Sato Kazuma not only ignored Aqua's complaints, but also ignored the gazes cast by passers-by, and left here with firm steps.

"Aqua? She is indeed famous. Her holy water has helped many people in the Samsara Square." Othinus said subtly as he looked at the blue-haired goddess who was getting farther and farther away.

After all, a stupid goddess who comes to the Reincarnation Square for nothing and performs banquet magic to beg for money has long become a major feature here. To be honest, there are only a few Reincarnations who don’t know Aqua.

What Aqua said about having many fans was not wrong in a sense. After all, Aqua herself could provide a large amount of cheap, high-quality holy water that was extremely effective against the evil gods' followers. The pragmatists, who believed in pragmatism, would treat Aqua badly even for the holy water.

As for joining the Axis Cult, that is pure nonsense. Even though many reincarnations don't mind believing in a water goddess who actually gives out benefits and even performs shows herself, almost all reincarnations feel that worshipping a goddess like Aqua seems, as if... is a bit shameful.

Especially since this goddess is a reincarnation like them. If one day there were to be news that a reincarnation had joined the Axis Church, they would surely offer their most sincere ridicule without mercy.

It's not that there are no reincarnations who don't care much about their own reputation, but the premise of not caring about their reputation is that the benefits they can get are enough for them to ignore their own reputation. Aqua's Axis Cult, which is barbaric and completely a pyramid scheme, is obviously not one of them.

This was not the first time that Sato Kazuma came to the Samsara Square, so he naturally knew what kind of reputation Aqua and the Axis Cult had here. In other words, given the level of abstraction of the two, their reputation would be almost the same no matter which world they were placed in. Of course, this was based on the premise that this was a normal world, not a devilish world that would not even let fools go.

Aqua was probably the only one who sincerely believed that her Axis Church was the best church in the world - although the people of Axis Church actually had no faith in her, she didn't realize it.

"By the way, was this Samsara Square also your work?" Othinus, who had just eavesdropped on the conversation between Baihen and Kamijou Touma, asked curiously.

"You've asked the right person...that's really not the case." Bai Hen did have the idea of creating something similar to the main god space to play with, but he later felt that it seemed unnecessary, so he put the idea on hold for the time being.

I put it aside for a while and forgot where it was until Bai Hen encountered this main god space.

And this main god space... is really wild.

Chapter 292 The Story of the Three Pillar Gods But You Are the Only One Missing

Yog-Sothoth knew who the creator of the Lord God Space was, and also knew the purpose of its existence, but He didn't care. Anyway, Yog-Sothoth saw such a large wild Lord God Space dangling in the narrow crack of the dimensional space, so he just used it.

Bai Hen didn’t know who the creator of this main god space was, which had a strong sense of déjà vu but was subtly different. He also didn’t know what the purpose of this main god space was. Anyway, he didn’t care.

Since Yog-Sothoth had picked up the main god space and made some minor modifications before using it, then there would be no problem for him to make another modification based on Yog-Sothoth's modification, right? Anyway, the main god space of the ball in question had no intention of protesting, so Yog-Sothoth, who still had something to ask of Bai Hen, naturally had no objection.

In this way, on the basis of Yog-Sothoth's manual modification of the main god space, Bai Hen added some more down-to-earth things to it, so that the reincarnations no longer have to endure the cold room and the inhumane big light ball. From the moment they opened their eyes in the main god space, they can feel a strong smell of fireworks.

Things like chasing and hunting evil gods had nothing to do with Baihen. It was all because Yog-Sothoth said on his own that he would bring a gift to Baihen, and then he immediately started to carry out and launched this wave of major events involving many worlds and universes.

Bai Hen still didn't quite understand Yog-Sothoth's idea. In theory, the Old Gods and Outer Gods in the Cthulhu mythology system, regardless of their size or strength, were all products derived from the power of the original chaos Azathoth in dreams.

The three largest and most important forces became Shub-Niggurath, Nyarlathotep and Yog-Sothoth, while the scraps became other Outer Gods and Old Gods of all sizes, including incarnations directly related to Azathoth himself.

Now Yog-Sothoth regards almost all the old gods and evil gods as targets for cleaning up without asking reasons or distinguishing between camps. Only a few evil gods who have close relations with Yog-Sothoth himself and stand on His side can cross their names off this cleaning list and will not become Yog-Sothoth's targets for the time being.

But as the price of surviving, they must also stand firmly on the side of Yog-Sothoth, regard all other Outer Gods and Old Gods as enemies, and assist Yog-Sothoth in chasing and hunting.

Although Yog-Sothoth is apparently the pinnacle of the Cthulhu mythology besides the source Azathoth, Shub-Niggurath and Nyarlathotep, who are listed as the three pillars together with him, have different focuses, but in terms of pure power they are not much weaker than Yog-Sothoth, the top of the three pillars.

Among them, Shub-Niggurath, who is almost irrational, is still okay. The problem lies in Nyarlathotep, who is full of chaos but still extremely intelligent and has the identity of Azathoth's messenger. He quickly realized Yog-Sothoth's intentions after he started to take action, and began to organize some resistance after questioning to no avail.

Due to Yog-Sothoth's deliberate concealment, Nyarlathotep lacked the White Scar, an important piece of the complete information puzzle, so He had no way of knowing why Yog-Sothoth, the embodiment of rationality, suddenly made such an illogical and irrational decision.

However, as the incarnation of chaos, Nyarlathotep actually didn't care much about why Yog-Sothoth suddenly fell ill. He organized a resistance against Yog-Sothoth purely because it would be more interesting and lively.

Nyarlathotep, who always liked to mingle in civilized society and entertain himself with intelligent life, never missed any great fun. The abnormal behavior of Yog-Sothoth was undoubtedly the greatest fun in Nyarlathotep's eyes, so he decisively concentrated all his energy on the game with Yog-Sothoth.

At the beginning, Nyarlathotep just gathered a large number of Outer Gods and Old Gods to join this hunting game with a playful attitude. Although Yog-Sothoth had made up his mind, he did not go all out at the beginning of the war. On the contrary, he was very restrained.

In the early stages of the war, Yog-Sothoth did not fight in person, but instead used his knowledge to spread to the worlds invaded by the evil gods in a way that minimized side effects, in order to help the indigenous people of the world defeat the evil gods and then take them away.

And it was precisely because the knowledge bestowed by Yog-Sothoth on the indigenous people of the world was so targeted and was the perfect reference answer, even short of writing down exactly what to do every minute and every second in the process of fighting against the evil god, that it attracted the attention of Nyarlathotep.

However, at this stage, although Nyarlathotep realized that Yog-Sothoth's behavior was somewhat abnormal, the nature of chaos meant that he would not delve into it. Instead, he was happy to see that Yog-Sothoth's actions added a lot of fun to the multiverse, so he also participated in this "game".

When Nyarlathotep incarnated in a certain world and instigated riots, happily playing this war game, the event that truly freed Nyarlathotep from his state of being the God of Fun and returned him to his identity as the Messenger of Azathoth finally happened.

Shub-Niggurath, the only one of the three pillars who has no rationality and is driven only by instinct, the Mother of Black Goats, became a victim of this war game, the highest and most important one, under Yog-Sothoth's clever plan that even deceived Nyarlathotep.