I had become popular because Mi Xue had brainwashed humanity?
Though it sounded absurd, considering people's inexplicably fanatical attitude toward me, perhaps it really wasn't something Bewitching Thighs alone could have caused...
"Wasn't brainwashing meant to eliminate the negative factors in human nature?" I asked.
"She intended to do that too, but she hadn't put it into practice yet. Still, whether it was eliminating negative factors, making people worship you, or even the wonderful life in the New World, it all ultimately served to make your mass surpass hers as quickly as possible."
Within my heart, the positive emotions gathering there were indeed steadily growing, continuously filling my body, the vessel. Although they were still insignificant compared to the total, I could at least see the possibility of surpassing Mi Xue.
"Then is there really no way for both Mi Xue and the Agent to survive? Do they really have to choose one or the other? And... I don't really want to become a god. I don't even want you to become the unified consciousness of the Earth Crystal."
I only wanted to live an ordinary life with the person I loved, never needing to fight again.
"Someone must serve as the 'brain' managing the system. On my side, there's still the collective mind created by the Earth Crystal, but if the Great Will has no 'brain'... you've already seen the consequences, haven't you?"
I didn't want to follow Mi Xue's plan.
"What can we do now?"
At the very least, we had to stop that little girl from killing herself to save her mother.
"No matter how much we accelerate things, it will still take time for my mass to surpass that girl's. Before then, we should find a way to suppress the Great Will in reality."
It was