Hao Ren spent almost the entire day in Raven 12345's temple.
Although this time he had only made a short trip to Earth—or the vicinity of Earth, since Korperus could also be counted as such—it was completely incomparable to his previous cross-world missions in terms of range and scale. Yet the amount of information he had to report this time was greater than ever before. The Godslaying Sword, Korperus's origins, new information about the truth behind the Creation Goddess's fall, the movements of Earth's Supernatural Races, and what had happened to Vivian and Lily... Every single matter was worth reporting separately. Once they were all put together, he ended up discussing them with his Goddess for an entire day.
In the face of such tremendous results, the usually stingy and eccentric Raven 12345 had even generously invited Hao Ren to lunch of her own accord—although her cooking was still unbearably salty, and she only knew how to make noodles.
After Hao Ren had handed over everything and received a great many useful suggestions from Raven 12345 about their future operations, he took the Godslaying Blade, which had just become his new sword, along with this year's year-end bonus, and left the mansion. The enormous Goddess's office fell silent once more.
Raven 12345 dazedly stared into the empty room for a while. Then she lowered her head, opened the Data Terminal, and continued studying the information she had been looking into earlier—the very same material she had been studying when Hao Ren first arrived that day. The data was complicated and chaotic, with more than a dozen windows simultaneously refreshing vast amounts of information. In the central window, however, the information did not scroll. Instead, there was a clear and exquisite holographic projection, simulating a phenomenon that was difficult for humans