As a clone of X, Ai-chan's emotions were exactly like X's—completely blank.
Initially a literary girl, after coming to the Reincarnation World, she had at most evolved into a shut-in otaku; her knowledge in this area was limited to some doujinshi.
So in her eyes, when two old perverts met, it was like pure oxygen burning an iron wire—sparks flying everywhere.
Unfortunately, reality isn't like a doujinshi. Even if their personalities, values, interests, and character are all a perfect match, they still have to argue about who's on top and who's on the bottom.
However, no one explained this to Ai-chan. After nodding ignorantly following Jean's words, she focused her attention on the business at hand.
Though Ai-chan had been slacking off, she was quite serious about the task itself.
"I'll keep BB and X pinned down. You go to the cave below and activate that item. Once the Holy Grail is disabled, BB will gradually regress to the level of a trash AI, losing the conditions for the Evil God's manifestation."
Hearing Ai-chan start talking business, Jean listened intently.
After confirming her mission, she nodded to Ai-chan, then began accumulating energy in the White Wind in her hand while searching for a weak point to enter the mountain's interior.
The direct route was blocked by these tentacles, but if there was no path, she would just make one.
She sensed the location, confirmed it, and then swung the fully charged White Wind downward.
[Shooting Sonic]
A scorching breath blasted down. With a thunderous boom, a hole was blown into the mountain, and even from a distance, one could feel the chaos and malice within.
She then spread her Crystal Wings for levitation, adjusted her body angle, and created six wind spheres behind her for propulsion, rushing with all her might toward the hole she had blasted.
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Inside the mountain, it wasn't pitch black. Many of the Evil God's twisted creations emitted an eerie light. Anyone with a weak mind would likely have their SAN value drop to zero and fall into madness right now.
But for Jean, it served as decent underground lighting. Thanks to this light, she didn't have to fly like a bat using echolocation.
After several twists and turns, cutting through and destroying several walls of flesh, she finally followed the flow of magical energy to the most important location of the Holy Grail War: the site of the greater grail.
Here, a massive number of abnormal tentacles were siphoning black mud from a giant magic circle.
This circle was a genuine magic array. It was said that at the very bottom, that Saint of Winter was still alive to this day.
But that wasn't what Jean cared about. Now there was only one step left. Both the commission and Jean's own hope of resurrecting that person rested on this single move.
However, Murphy's Law seemed to exist in every world and every space. At that moment, a figure emerged from the middle of the black mud. It was none other than that trash AI with the punchable smile, BB.
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"Oh my, oh my, isn't this a coincidence? I didn't expect to run into you here, Senpai." BB waved her hand, greeting her as if it were a truly chance encounter.
"I don't recall ever being your Senpai."
"That refers to being a Senpai in terms of collaborating with Evil Gods, of course. Mr. Nyarlathotep told me that the scent of that stupid sun on you is way too strong."
"Tsk, I've been found out? Forget it, why are you here?"
"Why? To wait for you, Senpai! So, is your heart racing yet?" BB even gave a playful wink.
"In the sense of being annoyed, yes, my heart is racing, accompanied by rising blood pressure. If this is you, is the one above Nyarlathotep?" Jean observed that this BB's clothes were slightly different; it didn't seem to be the same body.
"No, it's not. As an AI, multi-threading is a piece of cake for BB. And Mr. Nyarlathotep said he won't show up anywhere that stupid sun is present. It's called, a gen... gen?"
"A gentleman does not stand under a crumbling wall. Honestly, for an AI, you should read more books."
"Yes, that's the one! Speaking of which, saying that to a lady is truly heartbreaking. So, as punishment, it's quiz time! Question: The one above is BB, and the one below is also BB, so which one is Sakura's body?"
"I'm guessing neither."
"Eh? How did you know?"
"Based on my understanding of you. Since you asked it that way, it's probably neither."
"Hmph, that's just cheating with logic. But whatever, as a reward, I'll tell you, Senpai. Look down."
Following the direction BB pointed, Jean saw Sakura's body sinking into the black mud of the Grail.
"What do you mean by this?" The Sakura below was wearing the pendant Jean had given her; it was undoubtedly the real body.
"It's giving you a chance to be the hero and save the beauty, Senpai! However, if you don't fish her out in time, she'll probably dissolve into the Grail, just like that Saint of Winter."
Jean glanced at BB, then dove straight down, rushing toward Sakura's body.
BB didn't stop her, merely watching Jean's back with a meaningful smile.
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Plunging into the black mud in the direction Sakura's body had sunk, Jean found the world before her eyes had completely changed.
Though the black mud appeared to be matter, a fluid, once she actually made contact, she discovered that the black mud within the greater grail wasn't physical matter, but a mental space.
It felt somewhat like the Sea of LCL in EVA. At this moment, countless thoughts whispered and wailed in pain in Jean's ears. Compared to the orange juice sea in EVA that contained all of humanity, this place was far more vile. After all, only negative information existed here: All the Evils of This World.
Originally, Jean didn't understand the concept of 'All the Evils of This World,' viewing it only as something negative and bad.
But being inside it, she truly understood for the first time. The so-called All the Evils of This World were not evil deeds based on reality, but originated from the tenets of Zoroastrianism—that good must prevail—and were the 'destined-to-lose' things chosen because of that.
But humans are foolish and cannot distinguish what is destined to lose. In the end, the collection of things that mortal insight hoped would lose became 'All the Evils of This World' here.
What harms me is evil; what I harm is evil; what betrays me is evil; those I betray who do not forgive me because they aren't generous enough are also evil.
When the human priests bestowed the concept of 'All the Evils of This World' upon an innocent youth, everything became so ridiculous.
As the joke-like 'evils' surrounded her, preparing to erode Jean's soul, Jean uttered a calm word:
"Begone."
The violent majesty representing Jean's own will descended.
On her status panel, the Pride trait glowed with golden light. Within the range of her will, not a single foolish evil thought was permitted to exist.
Even the black mud was turned pure white.
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