"What did you say?"
Cui Ciyou thought he had misheard.
The Human God still spoke in that same cheery tone.
"I said, little brother Ciyou, as long as you have Roxy get rid of the child in her belly, we can still be good friends. Good brothers, even."
Cui Ciyou looked at that mosaic-blurred figure and suddenly found it funny. He actually laughed.
"Ha, haha, hahahahahaha-"
His laughter echoed through the Pure White Space, hollow and jarring.
Cui Ciyou doubled over, his shoulders shaking as he laughed until tears nearly came to his eyes.
The Human God tilted his head. "Little brother Ciyou? Are you all right?"
"I'm fine. Better than I've ever been. I'm just copying you, you lunatic." Cui Ciyou straightened and wiped the corners of his eyes.
Of course Cui Ciyou would never agree. Having obtained information about the original story from a parallel world, he already knew that this world's greatest villain was the Human God before him. This fellow was behind everything.
Before, Cui Ciyou had taken the Human God's words with a grain of salt, believing him to be like Loki-just a morally ambiguous "god of mischief."
The Savior from the original story was now his and Roxy's daughter.
Cui Ciyou took a step toward the Human God. "I used to think you were just a god who liked playing pranks."
"I thought you were the sort who enjoyed making people's lives difficult, watching them take the long way around, and getting that little thrill of, 'Look, I've outsmarted someone again.'"
"I found you annoying, but not enough that you had to die."
The Human God smiled without speaking.
Cui Ciyou's voice sank. "But now... I know."
"I know you instigated the Laplace War."
"I know you were behind all three Human-Demon Wars, and