As for how Busujima Saeko kept her sanity amid double slaughter... wasn't that simple?
Watching Busujima Saeko, clad head to toe in divine gear, get wrapped in countless threads and begin her evolution after Puppet Transformation, Chen Luo nodded in satisfaction.
Um... The World Consciousness, which had remained silent until now, suddenly spoke, its voice carrying a hint of awkwardness.
"You want to tell me something, right?"
Mm-hmm.
"Even though it's a little hard to ask, you have no choice but to say it, right?"
Huh? How did you know?
"You want Busujima Saeko to become your agent, right?"
Eh?
"And your reason will be that a useful blade like Busujima Saeko is the best candidate for an agent, more useful than those protagonists who occasionally act on impulse, right?"
Why did you say all the lines I was going to say? The World Consciousness was utterly shocked!
Who exactly was the World Consciousness here, it or Chen Luo? How could he read its mind?
"Heh, World Consciousness." Chen Luo sneered.
Why did Chen Luo know? Because he had gone through this exact thing a day ago!
Black Bullet and School of Apocalypse really did give Chen Luo a similar sense of déjà vu.
They were both post-apocalyptic worlds, both had some highly infectious virus, both had an insanely powerful female protagonist, and both World Consciousnesses were newcomers who happened to have no agents under them...
Pretty please? I don't have a single agent right now...
"You want Busujima Saeko, whom I just fully equipped with divine gear, to become an agent. Fine. But..."
But?
"You'll have to pay more!"
Deal!
Chen Luo had only paid a Demon Blade Muramasa obtained from Yakumo Yukari, used his River God Ability once, and even gotten River God Power as a freebie, yet