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Last Embryo Volume 8 Chapter 2 Part 2

For that reason, it is perfectly natural to start questioning the causality between these two events.

「The Final Trials of Mankind, 『Last Embryos』. 『Absolute Evil』Demon Lord Azi-Dahaka was one of them, and with his defeat, mankind was deemed ready to take on its final trial, so its hard for me to imagine that the scale will be reduced just because the next round is set in the Outer World.」

「Haha, I agree. The Shura, Shinto and Buddhism behind the 2nd War for the Sun’s Authority may want to use this as an opportunity to strengthen their own influence. That’s why you should be careful.」

After giving his advice, Koryuu got up and turned his back on everyone and left without saying anything else.

The completion of the Environmental Control Tower means the completion of the Third Perpetual Motion Machine.

There is no doubt that it will be the greatest convergence point that will greatly change human history in the future. The Gods who have made such achievements possible at this point of convergence will gain power equivalent to seizing the supremacy of the entire Little Garden.

「It’s probably better for us to think that there is some kind of deeper meaning in the act of competing for the Sun Authorities. Who knows, there may be a big twist waiting for us at the very end of it all.」

「…If Izayoi-kun is like that, then it’s better to be vigilant from now on.」

「Yeah. But right now, it’s better to consider the role of the guide in all of this, because if we can’t meet the guide, we won’t be able to participate in the second round of the War at all.」

You traced the text of the Geass Roll with her finger and tapped the items in the Rule Summary section. Both of the other two nodded in agreement with You’s opinion.

「The Community that cannot get the cooperation of the guide will be unconditionally disqualified from the competition, so there is no doubt that it is the top priority indeed.」

「But even if we had a guide, we still wouldn’t know anything. I just wish that they’d give us a little more hints.」

「Really? At the very least, I think we were given a hint already, see?」

With that, You hit the text of the Rule Summary section.

「I think there’s a reason why the rules state that we can only request cooperation from a single guide.」

「I also agree with Kasukabe. I think that it can be surmised that the word guide here can refer not only to a single individual, but to an organization as a whole, since there are multiple organizations in the Outer World that cooperate with the 「Heavenly Army」 on a daily basis.

refers to both individuals and organizations. That’s what it means.「

Kudou Asuka clapped her hands together.

「That’s quite possible, isn’t it? After all, my Sponsor also said that they have been entrusted with leading a public security organization in the Outer World.」

「Huh?」

「Public security organization in the Outer World?」

Izayoi and You widened their eyes in surprise. It was the first time they had heard anything about Asuka’s Sponsors, and it was only now that they remembered that for this competition, Asuka was actually someone from a separate Community.

「Ah…whoops, I guess so much has been happening recently that I have forgotten to tell you about it. Since Ojou-sama is a member of a different Community than our own, I guess there was technically no need for us to give her the info about the interpretation of the guide’s role, since we technically gave info to an enemy.」

「Fufun, it’s too late for having any regrets now, I’m afraid. If I can get them to provide us with information, then we should be able to find ourselves a guide. Relatively easily.」

Asuka brushed back her black hair with a dignified gesture and smiled proudly.

One of the rules of the War states that Sponsors can support the Players whom they have chosen to sponsor, even if the Sponsors themselves cannot participate in the War’s Gift Games directly, which means that the Players who were lucky enough to get themselves sponsored by a powerful Sponsor from an open-minded Community should be expected to have a significant advantage over the Players who weren’t as fortunate in the second round of the War.

But Izayoi simply laughed fearlessly and said:

「You really think so? This time the stage of the Game is going to be hometown, which means that we have a homefield advantage right from the get-go. That, I just can’t imagine an Ojou-sama like you being able to keep up with the technology of the modern day and its cutting-edge civilization.」

「True, but pretty much the same can be said about every other Community? And besides, my times are only a couple of decades different from yours, but when it comes to other Communities, they are going to have hundreds or even thousands of years of difference in culture, right?」

「Fufu, yeah, that much we can agree on. However, wasn’t there a period of a rapid economic growth in Japan somewhere between Asuka’s times and Izayoi’s times?」

You smiled happily while chewing on the potatoes. And by the looks of it, other attendees were also mulling over the contents of their Geass Rolls pretty much everywhere they looked.

Standing on the stage with her silver hair fluttering about, Shiroyasha spread out her hands with a solemn expression.

『Now then… the Geass Rolls for the second round of the War have been distributed and I can see everyone’s preparations are already in full swing, but I still have something else to tell you, a story related to what is currently going on in the Outer World. So make sure that you’re listening well, because that’s going to be not only about the current affairs that you’re probably aware of, but about Little Garden’s future as well.』
A commotion broke out all over the Giant Spirit Train. Most of the present Players remained skeptical to Shiroyasha’s words, but since very few Players possessed information that could convince them otherwise, they decided to listen to her in the end.

It was the same for Izayoi, Asuka and You, since the information that they themselves possessed at the current moment was far from complete, but it still didn’t change the fact that Izayoi wasn’t expecting Shiroyasha to mention anything at all.

Izayoi, who was listening to the story in the train car with the fountain, looked up at the stage while tightly grasping the iced tea he was holding in his right hand.

「… Now this is surprising. I thought Shiroyasha didn’t care about the Outer World at all.」

「Oh, and what made you think that?」

When Asuka, who was drinking tea next to him, asked curiously, Izayoi shrugged his shoulders.

「Because she knows the real truth of the universe, doesn’t she? Thanks to how peculiar of a place Little Garden is it might seem like we’re able to talk with her as if we were all on an equal footing with her, but when you really think about it, then she is basically a super-duper-ultra class Demon Lord whose strength definitely surpasses the combined strength of all the enemies against whom we have fought so far. That is why I think that to Shiroyasha, who’s exactly that kind of transcendental existence, the troubles of the Outer World and the future of mankind as a whole are worth less than the grains of sand under her feet.」
It was spoken pretty roughly even for Izayoi, but that was definitely an unshakeable fact.

Unlike Divine Spirits, Celestial Spirits and Dragonkin do not need a mutual observer in order to properly establish their own existence.

That is especially true when it comes to Brahman, who are the higher class of Celestial Spirits. When faced with such powerful beings, it couldn’t be helped that they would view the existence of earth and everything upon it as trivial matters unworthy of their attention.

Even if the human race were to perish completely, there would be no problem with the survival of these two species. That’s why Izayoi thought that Shiroyasha wasn’t actively working on solving the Outer World’s problems along with everyone else.

「If Shiroyasha has been working to solve the problem with everyone up until now, it would probably mean that the problems plaguing the Outer world right now would be a pile of some truly troublesome events that are beyond even her capabilities. Alternatively, it might mean that there might be a contract in place that prohibits Celestial Spirits from interfering with the Outer World.」