"You!!!"
Imu had never expected Houka's ambitions to be so vast. He actually wanted to take on every god.
They had already told him that anyone who attained godhood would be purged by the world's consciousness and fate.
Why was Houka still so determined to catch them?
They and gods such as the Earth God and Ocean God were Houka's future "allies," capable of fighting the World Will alongside him.
They partitioned and isolated the world, weakening the World Will and Life Willpower.
Today, Kozuki Houka was fate's chosen one, but what about the future?
Anyone who attained godhood would be purged.
If Kozuki Houka insisted on dealing with Imu and the other ancient gods now, sooner or later, he too would become a target of the World Will's purge.
So why didn't he join forces with them, the world's former rulers, to weaken the World Will together, or even replace it?
Then they would be the world's true masters, no longer threatened or targeted by the World Will and fate.
"Not just me..."
"Ahahahaha! Your ambitions really are outrageous!"
"Then come find me!"
"Even if you become a god, don't think you can kill me."
The shadow Imu saw through Kozuki Houka's greed and abandoned the idea of "winning him over."
Once they completed the Devil Shadow Zone's encirclement of the world, they would fully merge their God-level presence with the Devil Shadow Zone and become part of the world.
Then the World Will and fate would no longer keep purging and erasing this powerful god who "threatened the world."
And once Imu, this "malignant scourge," disappeared, Kozuki Houka, the God-level chosen one, would immediately lose fate's favor and become its new scourge and enemy.
Imu wanted to see how many years Kozuki Houka could remain King of the