Two Containment Objects Face Off! Plague Doctor vs. Abominable Flesh!
Demon Ato knew Morgana had a point, but he still couldn't help protesting. "But, my queen!"
"If they fail, those plants with human faces made of flesh will reach us sooner or later."
"And then..."
Before Demon Ato could finish, Morgana cut him off. "Then we die!"
"I'd rather die!"
"I'm not cleaning up their mess!"
"Besides..."
Morgana looked toward Earth. After a long pause, she said, "Isn't the SCP Foundation still there?"
"I believe they'll find a solution!"
"Enough!"
"That's settled!"
"Stop interrupting my livestream!"
With that, Morgana ignored Demon Ato, returned to her throne, and resumed watching the stream.
Inside Yanhuang Academy!
"Everyone, form up immediately!"
After receiving orders from her superiors, Rose gathered all the Super Soldiers. "We're deploying to the area near the Great Worm Bridge in Huaxia!"
"You have three minutes to leave your final words!"
"If... if it comes to that, your messages will be delivered to the people you choose!"
Rose's words threw the Super Soldiers, none of whom had ever seen battle, into a panic. They had all awakened their Super Genes.
But they had barely had any time to train.
There was no way they wouldn't panic at news like this.
Only Qilin, with her experience as a police officer, managed to stay calm.
She was the first to collect herself. She took out her phone, straightened her appearance, and started recording. "Xiao Chen, if you're watching this, I may have died!"
"Please don't be sad!"
"I died protecting our country and its people. That was my duty."
"Take good care of yourself. Don't give up on life."
"And don't do anything foolish!"
"Find a girl who truly loves you. Marry her and have children."
"Don't forget me!"
Qilin paused, then went on. "No. Forget I said that! You should forget me!"
"I don't want you torn between me and someone else!"
"One more thing. I love you!"
"Believe it or not, I fell in love with you the moment I saw you!"
"That's all!"
"I have to go!"
Qilin blew a gentle kiss at the camera, stopped recording, and sent the video to Rose. Then she boarded a fighter jet and headed straight for the Great Worm Bridge!
In an ordinary home in Tianhe City!
Lying in bed, Jiang Chen watched Qilin's final message and smiled. "Silly girl. As long as I'm here, you won't die, even if the entire universe falls apart!"
"And you want me to forget you and marry someone else?"
"You really are adorable when you're being silly!"
By protocol, the recording wasn't supposed to reach him unless Qilin died. But with the SCP Foundation's technology...
Getting an early look at it was effortless.
When the video ended, Jiang Chen's smile slowly faded. A chill grew in his eyes. "So you've ignored the SCP Foundation's warning."
"Don't blame me for what happens next!"
"You really think the Foundation is a pushover!"
He took a deep breath, contacted Doctor Kuroto, and issued his orders. "Use the Keter-Class Sealer to seal off Demon Slayer World!"
"Then send the Mobile Task Force to every world involved. Capture everyone who ignored our warning and sent people into Demon Slayer World. Bring them back to the base as expendable resources!"
"If someone acted alone, bring their clan back as expendable resources too!"
"Broadcast the entire operation. Let everyone see what happens when they ignore the Foundation's warnings!"
"Understood?"
Doctor Kuroto answered without hesitation. "Yes, Chairman!"
He forwarded Holy Kesha's private message to Jiang Chen, then ended the call.
Following Jiang Chen's orders, he began making preparations.
After reading Holy Kesha's message, Jiang Chen murmured, Holy Kesha is interesting.
She's counting on the Foundation stepping in.
And she's trying to get on our good side.
He put the matter out of his mind and continued creating his next Containment Object: SCP-682, the Hard-to-Destroy Reptile!
The viewers were watching SCP-049, the Plague Doctor, walk toward the Void Passage as crimson mist poured from it...
Then the livestream feed changed. Doctor Kuroto's slightly gaunt figure appeared on-screen.
He held up an authorization document bearing the Foundation's emblem, showed it to the camera, and said slowly, "The threat level of Demon Slayer World has risen from Euclid to Keter!"
"According to the Doctor's calculations, if left unchecked, Containment Object SCP-610, The Flesh That Hates (Mutated), will invade the Super God Universe through the Great Worm Bridge within three hours!"
"Within a year, it will infect the Super God Universe and turn it into a world of flesh!"
"Therefore, the Foundation has approved the use of a Keter-Class Sealer to seal off Demon Slayer World at the conceptual level!"
"This will completely sever the means by which SCP-610, The Flesh That Hates (Mutated), can spread!"
"From this moment on, no one may enter Demon Slayer World without authorization!"
The viewers felt a wave of relief at Doctor Kuroto's announcement. They had been sure the SCP Foundation would step in to resolve the crisis.
But until Doctor Kuroto made it official, no one could guarantee it.
Now, though...
They had guessed right!
The SCP Foundation had stepped in. And it was making a massive move right from the start, deploying a Keter-Class Sealer to seal off the entirety of Demon Slayer World!
That would eliminate the threat once and for all!
Yet even as they breathed easier, many viewers began calculating.
If the SCP Foundation would always step in to handle crises like this, wouldn't they be free to send people in to explore the next time something similar happened?
A successful expedition could bring limitless rewards.
And if it failed, the SCP Foundation would clean up the mess. They would lose a few subordinates at most. What was the big deal?
Just then, Doctor Kuroto's voice rang out across the livestream again. "Numerous factions in the Super God Universe ignored repeated warnings from the SCP Foundation and entered Demon Slayer World without authorization!"
"Their actions caused Demon Slayer World's threat level to rise from Euclid to Keter!"
"They have seriously endangered the safety of the Super God Universe!"
"Therefore, under Article 12 of Section 10 of the Foundation Management Regulations, the SCP Foundation will hold the parties responsible!"
"Accountability proceedings will begin once Demon Slayer World has been contained!"
"Do not attempt to flee, resist, or even kill yourselves! Otherwise, you'll regret ever being born!"
With that, Doctor Kuroto vanished from the livestream.
The stunned viewers could only keep watching!
On-screen, SCP-049, the Plague Doctor, had already passed through the Void Passage and reached the special space where the Heavenly Principle Will resided!
As Doctor Kuroto spoke, SCP-049, the Plague Doctor, had already passed through the Void Passage spilling crimson mist...
And entered a strange space.
At its center floated an enormous sphere woven from countless radiant threads. On closer inspection, each thread...
Was made up of photographs.
Every photograph captured a real moment in a living being's life. Countless photographs made up that being's entire existence.
Countless threads intertwined to form the Heavenly Principle Will of Demon Slayer World.
But a twisted, revolting lump of flesh clung to the luminous sphere. It was trying to break through the Heavenly Principle Consciousness's barrier and burrow inside.
There, it could infect the countless radiant threads representing all the world's living beings.
It had not yet eroded the Heavenly Principle Consciousness's barrier completely. But it had eaten a small hole through it, and through that hole...
It kept infecting the radiant threads nearest to it.
Several thousand threads had already been fully infected, their once-pure white turned to an ominous blood red.
The blood-red threads were still devouring the white ones, growing stronger.
And because of the flesh sphere's intrusion, even the white threads that had not been fully infected were no longer pure. Each bore a trace of blood red!
Only a trace!
But it meant they were already infected and had become carriers of the "plague." Without the Heavenly Principle Will holding it back, the infection would have consumed them completely!
Seeing this, the viewers seemed to understand the truth behind the strange changes in Demon Slayer World.
[Sengoku: So that's what happened to Demon Slayer World! SCP-610, The Flesh That Hates (Mutated), can infect the Heavenly Principle Will itself? That's terrifying!]
[Vegapunk: No wonder SCP-049, the Plague Doctor, said Tanjiro and the others had the plague! At first, I thought he was just making excuses to kill them.]
[But now it looks like he was right.]
[If the Heavenly Principle Will is infected, then every living being in that world is infected too.]
[Empress: @Vegapunk, you still have time to post comments? Didn't the Foundation say it would hold everyone who entered Demon Slayer World without authorization accountable?]
[You'd better run!]
[Vegapunk: @Empress, sorry, but I didn't send anyone to Demon Slayer World. The Celestial Dragons did! If anyone's held responsible, it won't be me!]
[Saint Jaygarcia Saturn: The Foundation doesn't even have our world's coordinates. How would it hold us accountable? And even if they found them, so what? Do they think we're made of clay?]
[It's far from certain who'll come out on top!]
[Monster King Orochi: Exactly! How can they hold us accountable without our world's coordinates?]
[Hiruzen Sarutobi: @Monster King Orochi, don't forget that SCP-049, the Plague Doctor, already knows the coordinates of our worlds. The Foundation probably has ten thousand ways to make him reveal yours!]
[Then you'll be in danger!]
[Monster King Orochi: SCP-049, the Plague Doctor, knows them. So what? First of all, would the Foundation even dare try to contain him in this situation?]
[Even if they did, SCP-049, the Plague Doctor, wouldn't give them the coordinates!]
[Containment Objects and the Foundation are enemies, after all!]