[ At this moment, the fat Lord was standing in the basement, kicking the disheveled Demon Maxwell with his large foot: "Is that the extent of your 'Enforcement of Causality'? Isn't distorting memories your specialty?"
Demon Maxwell crouched on the ground, holding his head and making strange noises: "I can't do it… There's a light? A strong light that dispels curses is interfering with me…"
"Enough! I don't need a piece of trash like you. Bring Lalatina before me… If you do that, I'll pay your price!"
"Pay my price? The contract…" Maxwell froze as if he had just remembered something.
Just then, the Foresight Demon Vanir, having finished toying with the Lord while disguised as Darkness, walked in elegantly.
"This is the thousandth time I am introducing myself to Your Excellency. Moi is the all-seeing Demon Vanir. Let us return to Hell, Demon of Distorted Truths, Maxwell!"
The fat Lord panicked slightly: "W-Wait a minute, this guy is my servant!"
"Servant?" Vanir's face instantly darkened, his voice chilling to the bone: "Are you saying that Maxwell, a Duke of Hell equal in rank to Moi, is a servant to a guy like you?"
"You were merely lucky to have summoned Maxwell, who possesses immense power but the mind of an infant. Had you summoned any other demon, you would likely have been torn to shreds on the spot!" ]
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〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"A demon that distorts memories?! I get it, now I know why that otherworld seemed so strange."
"So he's an existence on the same level as Vanir, a big shot at the level of a Duke of Hell, he's just completely lacking in the brains department."
Vanir's strength was ridiculously high… Everyone was naturally well aware of this. He was currently the only demon who didn't lose ground against Aqua; he could be considered the ceiling of power in that otherworld!
Unexpectedly, this silly-looking Maxwell turned out to be a Duke-level demon as well, and he even possessed such a ridiculous ability.
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〜Cautious Hero: The Hero Is Overpowered but Overly Cautious World〜
Ristarte sucked in a breath of cold air, feeling her scalp go numb:
"Just what level of difficulty is that otherworld's conquest?!"
Each one was harder to deal with than the last! Fortunately, Vanir had turned over a new leaf, and it was lucky that Aqua had been dragged to the otherworld. Otherwise, the demons alone wouldn't be something a Hero could handle.
Sure enough, all those beautiful otherworlds are lies! This is practically Hell-level difficulty; no wonder they threw so many Heroes in there and not a single one succeeded…
"As expected, I wasn't cautious enough! How did I never consider the possibility of such existences in an otherworld?"
Seiya said expressionlessly, then went out early to find other gods for training again.
He had to increase his trump cards; otherwise, if he really encountered one, it would definitely be a one-way trip.
〜Type-Moon World, Unlimited Blade Works Worldline〜
Learning that Maxwell could no longer continue the curse, Tohsaka Rin let out a soft sigh of relief:
"It's a good thing Aqua is reliable enough…"
No matter how foolish she was, she was still a genuine Goddess. Even Vanir couldn't gain an advantage over her, so Maxwell's failure was excusable. Your opponent is a Goddess, after all!
Archer shook his head:
"This Lord is done for. Originally, the Demon Maxwell couldn't remember the price, yet he insisted on bringing it up~."
This ability was indeed a bug, or rather, demons at the Duke of Hell level were all quite buggy. It was fortunate he had the memory of a fish; otherwise, the world would definitely be in chaos.
Otherworlds aren't peaceful these days. There's a reason Kazuma stayed in the novice village; it's full of monstrous beings out there!
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[ "Pay the price as agreed, and then dissolve the contract!" Vanir said indifferently. "I need to take him back to Hell, and then return to that incompetent shopkeeper to continue working."
Crack… Maxwell raised his hand and twisted the Lord's arm into a pretzel: "Eeeaaahhh— It hurts, it hurts!"
Vanir watched quietly from the side: "Regrettably, your remaining life is completely insufficient to pay the price…"
Listening to the fat Lord's screams and cries, Vanir finally seemed like a true demon at this moment, his words sending a chill down the Lord's spine.
"Oh? Although negative emotions are precious, despairing negative emotions are not to my taste. That kind of negative emotion… is Maxwell's favorite flavor!"
Demon Maxwell shouted with a flushed face full of excitement: "Let's go to Hell together! I want to enjoy your despair forever!" ]
[ .....]
〜KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World〜
"That felt good. Go to Hell and enjoy it slowly."
Kazuma collapsed on the sofa, gloating with a face full of pleasure; even his previous anger had dissipated.
Kazuma felt good, but Darkness felt extremely furious:
"The matter of a demon being in the Lord's house must be dealt with. Aqua, come with me to the Royal Capital!"
She rationally could not forgive the cursing of her father…
A demon that distorts facts; no matter what, he couldn't be allowed to continue acting wildly. But to deal with him, she definitely needed Aqua's help!
"Okay!"
Although Aqua was usually cowardly, she detested demons from the bottom of her heart. Darkness's invitation played right into her hands.
Otherwise, she wouldn't persist in splashing holy water on the door handle of Wiz's shop every day, nor would she be unable to resist mocking or even attacking Vanir every time she saw him.
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[ Then the scene shifted. Kazuma and the other two, carrying large and small bags, suddenly turned their heads in surprise upon hearing Darkness's words: "The Lord is missing??"
Darkness nodded: "For some reason, the bad things he did were discovered one by one. It seems he was also the one who gave the body-swapping divine relic to Princess Iris. I heard his crimes were exposed, so he fled."
"You guys don't need to flee in the night anymore." Hearing this, Kazuma and the others finally breathed a sigh of relief and turned around, walking slowly back toward the mansion.
"And here I stayed up all night preparing. I'm exhausted."
Darkness suddenly bowed to them in apology: "I really did something stupid. That money should be compensated using the Lord's assets… However, the intellectual property Kazuma sold will never come back."
Kazuma smiled slightly: "Anyway, I've already learned cooking skills, I can set up a stall… Huh? The money will come back?"
After receiving an affirmative answer, Kazuma stood there completely stunned. That was a whole two… two billion! It meant he wouldn't have to work for the rest of his life.
Aqua and Megumin also hurriedly pressed up against him: "Today's Kazuma really has that kind of vibe… Yeah, he's handsome!"
Darkness lowered her head, not daring to look Kazuma and the others in the eye: "Um… can you… let me become your companion once again!"
"Welcome back!" After this sentence was spoken, the screen went completely dark. ]
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〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"Good lord, he was so brave before, turns out he was planning to run away all along. But running away counts as leaving the novice village, right?"
"As expected of this blue idiot, she even stuffed several bottles of wine in her runaway bag. Truly worthy of being the famous Goddess of Wine."
For some reason, when everyone saw Kazuma say he planned to set up a stall, they felt a sting in their noses… Kazuma, this guy, is a real man! He really painfully gave up two billion and was ready to start from zero.
"He has money again? Wait… don't tell him this yet! He just ignited the fighting spirit to start from scratch, and now he's going to slack off immediately."
Although it was over, looking at the faces of Aqua and Megumin, the audience outside the video had lines of black gloom on their faces. No wonder you guys are in the same party…
Great, now it seems Kazuma might only remember to go crusade against the Demon King after the two billion is spent. That will take forever!!
.....
Unknown how much time passed, a new title lit up on the screen:
[ GINTAMA: VACATION ARC ]
Then the screen began to play.
[ A middle-aged man wearing sunglasses, a cigarette in his mouth, and a uniform was pointing a gun at a gorilla: "Beasts that don't know how to rest their fangs won't survive the winter! Choose immediately! If you don't choose within three seconds, I'll blow your head off!"
"ONE…"
BANG—!
"What about two and three?" Kondo hurriedly held his head and dropped to the ground, shouting in shock.
"Who knows about those numbers? A man only needs to remember 'one' to survive!" The middle-aged man then aimed the gun at Hijikata, who was leaning against the door frame: "Hey! What do you say?"
"Is it rest or death? Speak clearly! Be decisive."
BANG—!
BANG—!
When he heard Hijikata choose to stay, the middle-aged man fired without hesitation: "No! You rest too!"
After Hijikata calmly tilted his head to dodge, the middle-aged man pressed the gun against Hijikata's head again: "Pops just wants to reward you guys, I said there's no other meaning!"
"It's just that there happens to be someone who said he wants to travel with you. He's not a particularly troublesome person, just take care of him casually."
Outside the Shinsengumi headquarters, a luxurious car drove up slowly. A person dressed in noble attire was sitting in the car, a smile slowly forming on his face. The surrounding squad members all bowed respectfully. ]
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〜Projection of All Worlds〜
"Hahaha, this is the first time I've seen 'rest' being arranged with a gun to the head. This hard-boiled old guy definitely has other intentions, hey!"
"This scene… why does it feel a bit like a boss forcing everyone to go on a team-building trip?"
This guy… he really dares to fire that gun! Even the audience outside the video was sweating a little. Is this asking people to rest? Those who didn't know would think you were forcing people onto the battlefield!
Do we need to redefine what "reward" means?? Holding a gun to the head, focusing solely on the principle of being "volunteered"!
And looking at the attire of the person in the car and the respect of the surrounding squad members, it doesn't look like someone you can just "take care of casually"… It's clearly using "rest" as an excuse to make them act as bodyguards!
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〜Gintama World〜
Meanwhile, when Gintoki and the others saw the figure in the car, they felt unwell. This is…
SHO—GUN—KA—YO!
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(Author-san: Without the foreshadowing for A Certain Magical Index: New Testament, it's hard to start... looking at the comments, let's just use a daily life scene of the Shogun from Gintama as a transition...)