"Musashi."
Amakusa Shirou Tokisada's words made Ritsuka look at her with concern. Muramasa and the others also turned their gazes toward her. Though they did not want to admit it, Amakusa Shirou Tokisada's words were not without reason. Especially for Ritsuka—she had experienced Humanity Incineration, so she could empathize with it more than anyone. That was precisely why she was the most worried about Musashi.
"From Amakusa Shirou Tokisada's perspective, the two Counter Forces really were like great demon kings." Shen Fei remained silent to one side. Looking at it from that angle, it truly was so. But Shen Fei had no intention of defying heaven and overturning fate. Perhaps in some worlds, someone might succeed in such a feat, like in a certain tomb world, but that situation definitely did not apply to the Moon World. After all, the two Counter Forces were not unforgivable villains. They acted this way for the sake of humanity and the world's continued existence.
"Don't worry, Ritsuka. I'm fine." Miyamoto Musashi smiled at Ritsuka, then turned her gaze toward Amakusa Shirou Tokisada. "What you said is true. But I don't bear any resentment. I wasn't driven out of my world—I kept moving forward by my own will."
When Miyamoto Musashi had left her world, it had indeed been partly because of that world. But it had also been because of her own will. She wanted to surpass her father, and that was something she could never accomplish in her own world. She had to transcend the world itself. After drifting through so many worlds, even though Musashi had never taken the initiative to learn about Pruned Events or Counter Forces, she had still come to understand some related matters.
A world of Pruned Events was not a complete world. It was similar to