Volume Three: Academy in Full-Blown Rampage - That Man (Part Two)

The left hand is a Sub Core of the Boundary Breaking Armor, which may also contain Sick Spider living in some ambiguous form.

I'm still hesitating about whether or not I should devour it.

The right hand is a cocoon formed from the Little Butterfly.

I still have no clue about this.

"... well."

Let's put things aside for now if we don't have a clear direction.

I idly flipped through the notebook left by Ling Ye, reading the various annotations left by that admirable young man about the supernatural abilities of the high-ranking officials and Leader, and my heart was filled with mixed emotions.

These superpowers are all very troublesome, extremely troublesome, some so troublesome that they make you want to cover your head and shout, "Is this really possible?"

But the most difficult thing to deal with was indeed the Leader's "recurrence of the past".

In terms of both offensive power and versatility of use, this is absolutely unmatched in this world.

This is the most troublesome superpower.

Perhaps only the "World Will" can subdue that Jili.

What should I do if one day I find myself in a situation where I have no choice but to confront Jili head-on?

Thinking about this made me feel depressed, and I absentmindedly flipped through my notes.

Why is there another person behind the Jili?

A few days ago--

In the dimly lit hall, Gustav helped the Jili to the throne, which could be used as a bed.

Jili flat on his battered body, panting heavily. Although his injuries were still severe, his life was not in danger.

"Damn the World Will... We were so close..."

"My Leader, please don't be angry, the wound will—"

"I know! Just put the medicine here! You don't need to say anything more!!!"

"Yes..."

Just then...

"Are you two back?"

The soft sound of footsteps reached their ears, and a person emerged from the shadows.

He was a young man who appeared to be in his early twenties, about the same age as Yu He.

"You've suffered, Gustav, and Jili too, you're badly injured."

"Presumptuous!!!"

Gustav stomped his foot angrily and glared at the newcomer.

"How many times do I have to tell you? As a member of the higher-ups, how dare you address the Leader by his given name?!"

"Ah, I'm so sorry..."

"Sorry, sorry, is that all you can say? You're in a high position, yet you never get involved and haven't accomplished anything—"

"Shut up!!!"

The Jili was stopped by Ji Li.

"But, Leader— "

"It's not your place to discipline your subordinates, get out of here!"

"But--"

"Leave the medicine here, get out of here!!!"

"Yes, sir."

Gustav gave the newcomer one last fierce look, then silently withdrew from the hall and disappeared without a trace.

So that means...

I went back to the front and took a closer look, and I couldn't help but be a little surprised. I had been so immersed in the shock brought to me by the superpowers of the higher-ups that I hadn't noticed a crucial problem.

There are nine top executives, but only eight of them are actually in power.

The section Jili the higher-ups mentioned earlier only listed eight, including the deceased Blood Fiend.

There is also a high-level executive--

"... was placed after the Jili?"

"Snort..."

After confirming that Gustav had left, Jili frowned and looked at the newcomer.

"You surnamed Yu, did you come here specifically to mock me?"

"How could that be? The World Will has suddenly appeared out of nowhere, like a Cheng Yaojin (a legendary figure known for his unpredictable and disruptive influence), there's nothing anyone can do about it."

The newcomer finally emerged completely from the shadows, revealing its true form.

The messy hair was white.

But it's not the pure, dreamlike white; rather, it's a white that evokes images of aging and death.

The right eye is a cloudy, dark gray.

However, the left eye is missing; there is no eyeball, only a dark, empty eye socket.

Tall and slender.

But he didn't look slim; his thinness was more reminiscent of a starving person, with the lines of his ribs faintly visible under his clothes.

He has a handsome appearance.

But he wasn't very attractive, because his skin was pale with an unhealthy sallow complexion, as if he had been malnourished for a long time.

His clothes were both ordinary and old-fashioned. He wore a slightly wrinkled old brown long-sleeved T-shirt on his upper body, faded jeans on his lower body, with frayed edges on his belt, and a pair of worn-out, dusty old sneakers with a strange logo that looked like a checkmark on the side of the shoes.

Overall, he was... hard to describe. Although he looked like someone struggling on the edge of poverty, his demeanor and temperament didn't give off the feeling of a poor person, but neither did he give off the feeling of a rich or powerful person.

"Did you already realize that the Planet Will had arrived at the Central United Academy?" Jili asked while applying medicine to himself.

"Probably," Yusuo Zai replied, his expression calm yet strangely indifferent, with an indescribable quality.

Ambiguous, yet perfectly normal.

Why didn't you tell me sooner?

"I said 'approximately' because I only know a general idea; I am not omniscient or omnipotent."

"Puff!"

Jili out a soft sneer, then glared fiercely at Yusuo Zai.

"Not omniscient and omnipotent? What don't you know? What can't you do?"

"There are many things I don't know and many things I can't do."

"Hmph—stop playing dumb with me! You stinking devil!!!"

Turning the pages, Ling Ye's delicate handwriting caught my eye.

"Xiao Wu, when you see this, you'll probably think that the Leader Jili, is the one you need to be most careful of."

But I must remind you of something.

Among the higher-ups, there is one person I simply cannot understand, and even the other higher-ups know very little about him.

You must be more wary of him than you are of the Leader.

Please, you must--

Be careful of Yusuo Zai.

"I've said it many times, but having broken free from the ironclad rule of 'equivalent exchange,' I can no longer be considered a demon." Yusuo Zai shrugged and shook his head.

"Then what should I call you? Should I address you as 'the omniscient and omnipotent transcendent being who transcends time, space, and all laws'?"

"Not even a transcendent being. If I had to name one, I'd say at most a 'semi-transcendent' or a 'pseudo-transcendent'."

I'll kick you.

"Absolutely not! These old Nikes are the most valuable thing I own; they'll be hard to repair if I get them damaged."

"Nike? What the heck... Anyway, it's a specialty of your home world, right? Oh well, compared to that, here!"

Jili something out, Yusuo Zai immediately reached out to catch it, but missed. He had to bend down to pick it up again.

"... Your athletic ability is really terrible."

"What can be done? My physical condition was already somewhat weak, and on top of that, I'm malnourished and don't exercise regularly..."

Yusuo Zai speaking, he picked up the small stone— Water Heart.

"Hmm... yes, it is indeed Water Heart. Thank you."

"It's just a collaboration with you. Besides, the Water Heart's function is simply to create an unlimited amount of water, which isn't of much use to me."

"Don't say that. After all, it belongs to the king of Water Body; it's of extraordinary significance."

"Like you said, 'from outside the world'... right?"

"Otherwise, how could it transcend the law of this world that 'there is no infinite thing,' and create water infinitely without being erased by the World Will?"

"Whatever you say goes..."

"Oh, right, there's one more thing," Yusuo Zai pointed to Jili's left eye, "Past Sight Eye, and it's still functioning normally, right?"

"Fortunately, except that it will alert the World Will as soon as it's used... By the way, when will you give me 'ownership' instead of just 'usage rights'?"

"Your eye is only enough for the 'right to use' in exchange. Although giving it to you directly wouldn't be out of the question, you know what I mean... Never mind, let's not talk about that. What I need to ask you is, what are your next steps?"

"First, there's the 'soul.' You should have intervened when that idiot Fiaz died, right?"

"Of course."

Yusuo Zai stretched his slender fingers to his face—and then poked them into his own empty eye sockets.

He rummaged through it, stirring and turning it, as if searching for something.

"Ah... it's here."

With a wet "plop" sound, a finger hooked onto something and pulled it out of the eye socket.

If I had to describe what was pulled out... it was a chunk of meat.

It was like a mass of tiny, rotten flesh stitched together, with vein-like protrusions outlining twisted, grotesque patterns—indescribably disgusting, but this was indeed Fiaz's soul.

His soul looked extremely ugly and disgusting—but this wasn't because Fiaz was a sick or perverted person; in fact, the true nature of everyone's soul is pretty much the same.

"That's great..." Jili rarely showed joy. "In this way, we can make up for the loss of Blood Fiend."

"Don't be too happy yet, this soul... doesn't meet the standard."

"... What?"

"What you and I need is a powerful soul, but the strength of this soul is not yet sufficient."

"Is that so... Tsk!!" Jili frustration, but this aggravated his wound, causing him to wince in pain.

"Don't get too excited, it's bad for the wound."

How could I not be excited?!

"Don't be too hasty. If we're looking for someone on this Spirit Star who can rival the higher-ups... the pool of choices is extremely limited. However, the Heavenly Law Goddess of the Divine Law Cult should be fine."

"The Heavenly Law Goddess...?"

Jili's eyes flickered, while Yusuo Zai had already disappeared from the spot.

"I hope the World Crossing Gate can be successfully constructed."

Yusuo Zai walked out of the main hall, and then, in a flash, appeared in another place.

It was a small, old apartment room filled with rusty, worn-out furniture. Small advertisements were stuffed into the cracks of the iron door, while the orange-red afterglow of the setting sun shone through the dilapidated window on the other side.

He climbed onto the metal bed, sat against the wall, half of his body illuminated by the setting sun, the other half shrouded in shadow.

His pale lips suddenly curved into a smile.

That little "abnormal factor" finally grew, just as he had hoped.

"Both of them are 'abnormal factors'... well, it's good to cultivate another customer, but who will survive to the end is up to them..."

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Don't call me a chuunibyou (a person with delusions of grandeur).

This is the real truth; the story in this book is only a small part of the world I envisioned.