Chapter 322: Onii-chan
(Umaru Perspective) (Himouto! Umaru-chan)....... (3rd person perspective) .................. (Umaru perspective) (Himouto! Umaru-chan)....... (Perspective............) ......
[System Notification: The user's mind cannot stabilize. It is recommended not to use the skill 'Reader's Perspective' or the destructive impulses of the title 'Outer God' will take control of the user's mind]
(Umaru Perspective) (Himouto! Umaru-chan)
I just felt a terrifying chill as if something terrifying was watching me...
Did you feel that Paranoia-chan?
[...:...Q-Q]
What happens? You seem worried.
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"Paranoia-sama said that everything is fine" – Ina answered me with slight confusion.
Well, there's no point worrying about things where I can't intervene. For now, I will take many photos to share with a group of friends I made on the internet.
Some of them are writers, and others are artists, so these apocalyptic scenes could be good reference material for the project we're preparing.
We are now on Gantz's final mission, facing the worldwide invasion of giant aliens.
During the Osaka mission, I realized that things would get dangerous, but I didn't think everything would get to this level.
In Osaka, black clouds covered the sky, and strange black snow covered the region. This snow was not toxic or caused mental problems, but it easily adhered to people and if a person was not careful, it was possible to get covered in snow and suffocated to death.
The snow could be easily washed away with normal water, but the real problem was that the snow was increasing the power of non-human creatures.
Kiss-Shot, Eto, Mei Xueyan, and Yoruichi felt their bodies grow stronger as they touched the black snow, but Ina warned us that there was a dangerous presence hidden in the black snow and dark clouds.
The snow strengthened the aliens, but with teamwork we managed to finish the Osaka mission with few casualties. Most importantly, I was able to devise a suitable capable strategy to save the Gantz waifus.
During that mission, Ina was still in a trance so she couldn't help us, but the aliens didn't dare come within 200 meters of her, so we went to a big building and set up a shelter for Osaka citizens.
While the waifus and Gatnz's characters took out the enemies, Mirko and Medaka searched for survivors to bring to the shelter.
I'm the weakest person in the chat room so I stayed in the shelter to take care of Ina, I also convinced the waifus of Gatnz to stay with me to protect the shelter in case of an emergency.
The combat strategy I formed focused on reducing casualties and protecting the citizens, so Mirko and Medaka now have more respect for me.
Esdeath normally disdains weak and kind people, but she recognized that my talent in military tactics is outstanding.
Esdeath-sama smiled approvingly at me! Yay!
Ahem.
I'm not just the mascot of the team anymore, now I became the official strategist of the chat room which makes me happy. As a strategist, I don't have to fight directly.
After the Osaka mission, I managed to create an alliance with the Osaka team to cooperate in future missions.
Gantz's plot kept moving forward and strong characters joined our group.
Some of them had troublesome personalities, but the military discipline imposed by Esdeath made them obedient.
No one dared to make trouble after she froze an idiot's body and then took it apart like lego blocks. Medaka vomited and passed out after seeing that, but Mirko allowed it because the idiot was a criminal.
The missions continued to progress while the original plot was forgotten. The whole plot about Kurono's school didn't happen, even the vampires became our allies after they met Kiss-Shot.
She hated the idea of having a group of religious fanatics following her as it brought back bad memories, but the vampires proved very useful in fighting the aliens.
The problem with everything was that the black clouds that appeared in Osaka did not disappear, on the contrary, now those clouds covered the whole world which caused an eternal night.
The world went into chaos as no one could explain this phenomenon.
The signal from the satellites had not been interrupted and the astronauts showed photographs where the planet Earth had turned into a huge black sphere.
Some Gantz members theorized that this was related to the black sphere that gave us quests, but Paranoia-chan told me that the situation was related to a person similar to BB-chan.
When Ina woke up, she translated various explanations Paranoia-chan said for me, then I shared that information with the villain group.
According to Paranoia-chan, that darkness is the power of an Outer God and is the prelude to a catastrophe. This chapter was first shared on the Ñøv€lß1n platform.
Black blood is one of the characteristics of Lovecraftian beings, but this darkness is different, it is the physical materialization of true darkness.
Eto and I managed to determine the identity of the Outer God that uses this kind of power, but Paranoia-chan said that we shouldn't say the name, just the nickname. The Patient One, the monster whose blood turns to darkness.
Paranoia-chan said that Outer God is very hurt and BB-chan won't let my life be in danger, but I must hurry to make my friends marry my brother or all of them will die.
Thus, the world entered an age of darkness for a month.
Shortly before the time frame BB-chan gave me ended, Gantz's final mission began.
Giant aliens emerged from the dark sky and began capturing humans to use as pets and food.
Thus began a great battle where the members of the chat room had the main role.
Thanks to my brother's food, the waifus were much stronger so at first, we were able to fight the enemies, but the darkness in the sky became a terrible problem.
The black snow seemed capable of devouring people's energy, emotions, and willpower.
Mei Xueyan and Yoruichi couldn't replenish spiritual energy, so each fight made them weaker.
Kiss-Shot, Esdeath, and Eto started to have sleepy expressions as if they were bored with everything and just wanted to sleep.
Medaka and Mirko began to question their own values, both entered a moral crisis and depression consumes them more every day.
Even I feel very lonely, tired, and bored. It's like my bed is the most beautiful thing in the world so I just want to lie down and never get up again.
When I tried to lie down on my bed to never get out again, Ina forced me out of bed and explained the problem.
Normally, people expend energy thinking, feeling emotions, and enjoying life. To replenish this energy, it is necessary to rest, either by sleeping or meditating.
In case of not resting, mental fatigue arises which can cause many harmful effects on the mind.
Apathy, laziness, melancholy, or boredom. There are many side effects, but they are all derived from depression.
Although my brother's food makes us immune to mental attacks, the darkness is not a mental attack, but a substance that devours all kinds of energy, including the energy of emotions and thoughts.
The darkness is not causing us depression, but we are overly tired, which makes us vulnerable to our own complexes, fears, regrets, boredom, and loneliness.
The only way to face the darkness is with willpower capable of overcoming all emotional problems and personal complexes. The problem is that all people have complexes, however small they may be.
For example, Esdeath is lonely and so wants to fall in love and get married even though she shows no signs of being capable of love. Another example is Mirko, she has begun to question whether the laws really exercise justice, so her sense of right and wrong is having a conflict of ideals.
Even the most strong-willed person will sometimes feel tired or discouraged, so being in the dark is very dangerous.
The only reason I stand my ground is that Ina pinches my cheeks every time I want to go to bed.
This loss of motivation to fight affects humans more strongly, so the giant aliens are about to conquer the planet with ease.
Despite all the bad, this was also a good opportunity to get waifus, something Hiroki noted.
Hiroki tried to take advantage of Yoruichi being asleep in her cat form. That idiot tried to put a cat collar on my soon-to-be sister-in-law, luckily, Paranoia-chan turned that idiot's luck around and caused Hiroki to be attacked by a group of aliens.
Even though I hate hurting my friends, I'm running out of time.
BB-chan said that I only have one month to save my friends, but she didn't specify if it's 30 or 31 days. It could even be 10 days and she can use the excuse that she said she would kill my friends next month.
Therefore, I had to use extreme measures.
I took advantage of the fact that Yoruichi seemed to be fast asleep.
I asked Ina for help in manipulating Yoruichi's dreams. She dreamed that Kisuke Urahara offered to treat her to sushi if she promised to help him with a harmless experiment.
Yoruichi accepted this deal since she trusts Kisuke, but in reality, she signed the marriage contract with my brother.
With that same tactic, I had each waifu sign the marriage contract.
Paranoia-chan did something so that the waifus wouldn't notice that the contract had been signed, so they don't know that they are now my sisters-in-law.
I feel sick for using such a disgusting method, doing this to my friends made my self-hatred grow non-stop. Even my suicidal thoughts came back...
Despite everything, I do not regret what I did. Now they will survive when BB-chan appears.
And I did it just in time.
During a battle against the main fleet of giant aliens, Navi gave me the signal for Ina to make an appearance.
Ina used her new power and turned all the aliens to stone. In two seconds, humanity had won a losing battle.
Although this should be cause for celebration, the real ending began.
As Gantz's characters celebrated, Hiroki had a grim expression.
"Tch, damn disobedient bitches" – Hiroki looked at us angrily.
Medaka frowned, but she couldn't speak as she and all the waifus fell to the ground as if the gravity on their bodies had increased to the extreme.
I pretended that gravity was affecting me too and lay down on the floor.
"Admin, this is not what you promised!" – Hiroki yelled into the air with indignation and anger.
Whether it was the waifus in the chat room or the Gantz characters, no one could move.
Ina rushed to hug me as if she wanted to protect me, but her expression showed a lot of fear.
From what I have seen so far, she is deeply traumatized by the doctors and scientists. Horrible things must have happened to her at the hands of the scientists, though her memories remain hazy.
"A very interesting miscalculation..."
A male voice echoed through the space.
It was a pleasant voice that many women could fall in love with, but the coldness and lack of emotions caused a very uncomfortable feeling.
Next to Hiroki appeared a strange magic circle that looked like a snake devouring his own tail, then a handsome man appeared with an expressionless face like an emotionless machine.
"These bitches are supposed to belong to me, but I haven't been able to sleep with any of them!" – Hiroki began to yell like a spoiled child throwing a tantrum.
The man paid no attention to Hiroki and stared at Ina. – "I see, your talent was greater than expected... Ghatanothoa, now that you have control of the container, you no longer need to pretend"
He thinks that the worm took control of Ina... This may be a good opportunity to attack him.
At least I thought so, but Ina looked terrified at the sight of the man.
Out of a panic attack, Ina opened the Necronomicon and began to recite an incantation.
"Stubborn to the end..." – The man sighed as if he was disappointed by Ina's stupidity, then he snapped his fingers.
Ina stopped reciting the incantation. She remained in a deep silence that began to scare me.
I stopped pretending to be crushed by gravity and tried to touch Ina's shoulder, but her body turned into small cubes of meat that spilled onto the ground.......
INAAAAA!
NO NO NO NO NOOOOOOOOOOO
"I see, so you were the variable..."
I tried to put the little cubes of meat together.
Ina is fine, something like this can't kill her, she is an immortal monster and this won't kill her, she is fine.....
"Damn idiot, these bitches belong to me! Don't kill them!"
A beautiful woman with light blue hair appeared next to my brother.
"Check the status of Paranoia... see if you can integrate her back into my system" – My brother was pausing between his sentences, he seemed to be suffering from a severe headache...
The beautiful woman nodded, she seemed worried about my brother's attitude.
"Now..." – My brother looked at me which made me step back unconsciously. – "Umaru, come here"
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I tried to stand up, but my legs were shaking.
With difficulty, I managed to get up and walk toward my brother. I didn't dare to look at his face, I could only look at his arms...
I don't know if it's fear, but I think my brother's arms look a bit transparent....
"Mythomania is failing... What a bother..." – My brother spoke with annoyance.
Mythomania?
Come to think of it, I heard something about a system.
My brother is a system user?
I have too many questions...
"Umaru" – My brother's voice made my body freeze. – "You risked your life to protect a group of strangers..."
I can hear the suppressed fury in my brother's voice.
"I.... I-I'm sorry..." – My body was shaking and my eyes were crying...
"Sorry? Do you think that a sorry can protect you?! Your bloody life was in danger!" – My brother yelled furiously. – "Look into my eyes when I talk to you!"
"I'm sorry... I'm sorry... I'm sorry..." – I couldn't look up.
I'm so useless, I only cause trouble for the people I love... I shouldn't have been born.
"Umaru!" – My brother's hands held my face and forced me to look at his face. – "Stop thinking about stupid things"
My brother's face... I never saw him make that expression.
It's not anger, it's not hate either... it looks like concern.
"It doesn't matter if they are your friends or what your motives were" – My brother frowned, but his gaze seems strangely kind. – "Your life is the most important thing... never put yourself in danger again"
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Brother...
"ONIICHAN!" - I hugged my brother and started crying. – "I was so scared! I thought I would die! Everything was terrifying! The multiverse isn't fun, it's scary! There is too much pain, too much death! I was very scared...."
I felt my brother pat my head gently which made me cry more.
"I know Umaru, but now you're safe" – My brother's voice was the most comforting thing in the universe.
I'm finally safe...
Don't ever leave me brother...
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(Luis Perspective)
I patted Umaru's head while Tsubaki continued to use her Resonance to calm the chaos in my mind.
Just now, I almost slapped Umaru across the face.
It made me infuriated to know that she risked her life to protect a bunch of worthless trash. I don't care that they are beautiful women from popular series, at this moment everything seems rubbish to me.
I managed to regain my calm, although it caused [Mythomania] to have some glitches.
Anyway, Umaru is already safe and the jerk who kidnapped my sister has already been caught.
"Are we leaving now senpai?" – BB asked me with a smile.
I can see a piece of rotten meat that is still breathing. System Goddess will take care of that system user.
On the other hand, when I used [Sadism] on BB, I first restricted my abilities with [Anti-Rasen] or my current state of rage would cause me to hurt her seriously.
Actually, BB and Navi felt little pain, those idiots were overreacting.
"BB, take care of everything around here" - I sighed tiredly.
It's exhausting fighting the desire to destroy everything around me. Fucking migraine...
"Don't worry senpai~" – BB smiled affectionately. – "Your beloved kohai will take care of everything~"
"Fine" – I nodded and tried to let go of Umaru, but the brat clung to my shirt. She didn't want to let go.
I sighed. – "Umaru, BB will take you to a safe place, we'll talk later, I have to attend to some problems first"
"NOT!" – Umaru yelled and pressed her face to my chest. - "I do not want!"
Spoiled brat... What a bummer.
I put my hand on the back of Umaru's neck and used an acupuncture point to make her sleep.
"Take care of her" – I left the problem in the hands of BB.
"Don't worry senpai" – BB smiled as she held Umaru under her arm. – "What about the rest of the waifus?"
Here are many women with wedding rings connected to my system... How troublesome.
"Hey Listen! It's orgy time!" – Navi yelled stupid things like always.
"Later I'll think about what to do with them" - I massaged my forehead, the migraine is killing me. – "We will discuss this when we are in a safe place, first I must make sure that there is no evidence left in the laboratory"
I was about to leave, but I noticed a little girl trying to hide.
Yibb-Tstll, the outer god who propagates the materialization of darkness... She is the reason why Umaru was in danger...
"Kyaaaa don't eat me, I don't taste good!" – The brat tried to escape.
I touched my mouth and realized my teeth had turned into sharp fangs.
I used [Anti-Rasen] and [Mythomania] to suppress my desire to kill the brat. Lack of self-control is a nuisance.
For now, it's better not to look at that brat or I'll kill her by accident.
I left the pocket multiverse and went back to the lab.
Gogh and Ortro are supposed to be destroying the spatial coordinates and records in this place, but I see no trace of destruction... Again they ignore me...
"Luis, take a deep breath" – Tsubaki spoke to me kindly.
I took a deep breath to calm myself and looked for Abby.
I found Abby and Nyaruko, the problem is that the magus Leylin Farlier was still alive.
Nyaruko knows I'm in a bad mood so she quickly explained the situation to me.
Leylin had given up. He is a logical man who ignores emotions, he knew that there was no point in fighting, so he was willing to be my slave on the only condition that he was allowed to continue with his investigations.
Leylin went as far as to hand over the souls and Property Contracts that he had placed in his subordinates and family.
Among the Seekers of Truth, the magus are the most logical beings so they were willing to be my slaves, not out of fear of death, but because it was the most logical solution to survive.
Having Leylin's help would be very useful since he is one of the most intelligent beings in the multiverse, besides, he would be the door that would allow me to infiltrate the Seekers of Truth, but there is a problem. Leylin is cunning, too cunning.......... He is dangerous ...
It was obvious that I wanted to kill Leylin, but Nyaruko showed me Leylin's Core of Existence.
Apparently, Leylin had extracted his own Core of Existence and handed it over to Nyaruko as a show of sincerity. In this way, Leylin will not be able to betray me since his existence will be in my hands.
Still, I didn't trust him... He designed the base for the Anti-Madness weapons, he is too smart and dangerous....
In the end, Nyaruko and Abby convinced me not to kill Leylin.
Although my current group is strong, we still lack the resources and numbers to be able to face the big organizations.
Leylin is one of the leaders of the Seekers of Truth, so he has access to very useful resources, besides, his intellect could be very helpful...
Just in case, I had the Anti-Spiral create a clone and put it into Leylin's body. So we can keep an eye on it at all times.
Just in case, I'll talk to Yui to get a high-level Contract made by Lucifer. With something like that, it will be safer to keep Leylin alive.
Although his sons will die...... That cannot be negotiated...
Another thing is that Leylin was willing to give me his wives, daughters, and women that he has met throughout his travels in the multiverse, but I'm not in the mood for such nonsense.
I let Abby take care of everything since I'm not in a state of mind where I can make logical decisions.
I left my wives to take care of the cleaning and went back to Gaia.
I was immediately contacted by Shiki, so I went to the berry field to talk to her.
"You look very bad" – Shiki raised an eyebrow when she saw me.
I fell to the ground and deactivated [Mythomania]. I have a headache...
"Ehhh?! What happened to you?!" – Shiki panicked when she saw my injuries.
"The Seekers of Truth kidnapped my sister" – I spoke tiredly. – "I managed to find them and I got Umaru back, but I had to fight those imbeciles..."
"...D-Did you go to that group's base?" – Shiki seemed a little scared.
"No, it was the private laboratory of one of the leaders" - I sighed in pain, migraine is horrible...
"..." – Shiki sighed and sat on the ground, then put my head on her lap. – "Luis-kun, your life is chaos"
"Don't add Japanese honorifics to my name..." – I closed my remaining eye.
I can't sleep, but I need a nap...
"I know I know" – Shiki began to caress my hair. – "Try to get some sleep, it looks like you had a bad time"
[Warning: The destructive impulses of the title 'Outer God' are tearing at the user's mind]
"You couldn't imagine..." – I sighed.
I felt something soft on my abdomen.
I opened my eye for a moment and saw that Mumei had placed her head on my abdomen and was now sleeping with a smile.
She's like a little genocidal cat...
I still can't sleep, but five minutes of rest should be enough...
"Luis, get some sleep" – Tsubaki spoke softly to me. – "And no, five minutes are not enough... Don't think about anything, just rest"
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Mental fatigue is problematic...