I saw the "Ruyi Jingu Bang," but I couldn't pick it up! / Administrator: My weapon got swallowed-what do I do?

"Lady Suwako, are all these children followers of other gods?"

"Not necessarily... Sanae, according to the information Kanako got from those Oni clan people last night, although these children are affiliated with other gods, they aren't exactly believers. Even if they carry the blessings of other gods, that doesn't completely conflict with believing in us. It's not like believing in us means they can't believe in someone else. There are so many people around anyway—once we gain enough followers, our faith will naturally rise. Besides, who says we can't poach them?"

Lady Suwako just wanted to poach followers, didn't she...

Sanae quietly grumbled to herself, but she did not say anything else.

Competing for faith was no different from competing for business. Sanae understood that much.

Wasn't that what the conflict between herself and the Hakurei Shrine had been about back then...?

"Eh... Lady Suwako, look over there. There are so many people who look exactly alike!"

Sanae suddenly widened her eyes and pointed in a certain direction. One Misaka Sister after another stood outside various storefronts.

Upon seeing that scene, Sanae subconsciously rubbed her eyes, thinking she was seeing things.

"Oh... those children? Apparently, they're clones from some world. It seems a certain city wanted to help their number-one-ranked strongest fighter increase his power, so according to their calculations, killing the number-three-ranked strongest fighter a certain number of times would allow them to level up and grow stronger. But there was only one number-three-ranked fighter, so they deceived her and cloned over twenty thousand people. In the end, the master of that world saved those clones!"

Suwako remained calm. To a god like her, such matters were merely trivial.

Cruel? Perhaps it was cruel! But Suwako could only comment on it from the perspective of a listener.

"How cruel..."