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Chapter 74 : An Incomprehensible Thing
Domain.
For those who had surpassed a certain level, this held a special meaning.
A decisive technique that projected an individual's mental image into reality.
It transcended the laws of physics and manifested, granting the owner of the mental image a higher level of existence.
To put it bluntly, the reason why Bianca, a mere thief, had become a member of Madhouse was because her ability to handle a domain was highly valued.
É n̆ũ m а.і d̊
She handled a domain not through enlightenment, but through her own innate ability.
The darkness made of shadows was her mental image and her domain.
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The unidentified pack of beasts, which should not have existed in the first place, gained substance and exerted physical force under her domain.
Because she had shaped them with her mental image, the beasts were infinite and could have abilities that surpassed the limits of living things.
The Shadow Slime she had brought out to finish me off was an example of that.
The Shadow Slime was the incarnation of the immense physical force that Bianca had imagined.
W е́ b̈nov̌ е̃ l Ē ń ům̊ а̃
It rammed into everything like a tank and devoured and absorbed everything like a glutton.
When it had eaten its fill, it would grow so large that even a decent-sized building could not withstand its bulk and would crumble into dust.
Although it was smaller than that now.
Nevertheless, its innate physical force was not to be ignored.
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There were two standard ways to deal with it.
Either to face it with a greater force that surpassed the physical force it possessed, or to tear its core to shreds from the inside.
Ё ǹ um̂ а̃
My choice was... to target Bianca, not the Shadow Slime.
[Declare Domain.]
[The World Tree's vegetable garden is deployed as a simple domain in the surrounding area.]
Declaration of territory.
It was a new ability that the World Tree had learned when Bel was hired as the manager of the vegetable garden.
When I declared a territory, the World Tree's territory was summoned in the surrounding area.
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Although it was not the standard concept of projecting a mental image, this was also a domain guaranteed by the system.
It was more than enough to deal with Bianca's shadow domain.
'In fact, just with this power, saving Bel was not a loss.'
Although he was nothing more than a lazy slave under me, he was one of the people with the best skills in this world.
Just by placing him in the vegetable garden, the territory of the World Tree, his level had risen.
'What would happen if Bel quit being the manager of the vegetable garden?'
Е̇ń ùm̈ а̄ .і̀d
Well, that was something to think about when the time came.
I couldn't just take away the ability he had already acquired.
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[The World Tree temporarily regains its original power.]
[Nature Affinity increases dramatically!]
[All living things within the declared domain respond to your will!]
[The spirit realizes its origin under the influence of the World Tree!]
W eb̊ ṅŏv е̂l Е nu ṁ а́
[The great divinity of the World Tree rejects the domains of others that exist in the same place!]
[Intimidates enemies within the domain.]
The World Tree's domain contained more power than I had expected.
The summoned World Tree's vegetable garden was more lush than I remembered.
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The materialized spirit shone so brilliantly that it was blinding, and it embroidered the scenery.
A warm energy originating from the World Tree rushed into my body like a storm.
Еň ūm̀ а̀.і̄ d̆
Although the World Tree had taken root in my body, there was a sense of unease that I couldn't erase.
The energy that was flowing into me now blurred that boundary as if with a brushstroke.
The World Tree's consciousness momentarily assimilated with my own.
My mind leaped to a higher dimension.
The view, which had far surpassed the limits of the flesh, rose high above the clouds and looked down on the ground.
It was the view of the World Tree that had regained its power.
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And then, I could instinctively perceive it.
It was an ability that would not last long.
It was the limit of the domain of a small vegetable garden.
It was a power that would disappear in an instant.
The growth of the immature World Tree also could not properly lead that power.
Nevertheless.
En ŭm à. і̄d
Even though I had only caught a glimpse of it, a sense of omnipotence that seemed to be able to do anything swept through my whole body.
Rustle!
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I stretched out my hand.
The plant community moved in unison according to my will.
I moved them as comfortably as breathing, as naturally as moving my own body.
And so, I could fully feel it.
Е́ñ ù m å
This was my domain.
[The great divinity of the World Tree rejects the domains that exist in the same place.]
The meaning was literal.
Bianca's shadow domain was pushed back by the World Tree's domain and scattered into ashes.
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"...Wow."
Bianca, who had finally revealed herself, had a dazed look.
W ė b́ n̄ ӧv̂ ё l E n̆ ü m̊ä
I didn't know if it was because her brain couldn't keep up with reality, or if she had lost her mind in the abnormal situation of the rejection of her domain.
It was a fatal opening.
Swoosh!
At my gesture, all the plants in the domain gathered together.
What was materialized was the great wrath of nature.
A single, heavy whip.
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Or a single, huge tentacle.
The Shadow Slime was crushed by its force and scattered into fragments, and the ceiling, which had been pierced all the way to the rooftop, revealed the sky, hazy with smog.
The illusion of a towering giant tree overlapped with its shape.
The wind flowed between the leaves and wrapped around the clouds.
The spirit danced around it and scattered a brilliant powder of light.
And soon.
Еnům ӑ ._i ď
Rumble!
It plunged down.
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***
"We're all dead! We're all dead!"
A high-pitched, fussy voice was heard from a distance.
"We have to run away now! Buy a fake identity from a broker, secure an escape route, and then the means of transportation... yes, the hover rail! With that, no one will be able to track us!"
Ẁе̄ b̀n̆õ vе̂ l Ӗ n u̇m а̀
"It's so noisy. Just wait quietly."
"You! Aren't you scared? He's a member of Madhouse! I must be crazy, it's the same whether I die this way or that way, it would have been better to just get caught...!"
The voice, which had been rising as if screaming, was cut off.
Hella, who had discovered me following Bel, who was gaping with his mouth open, opened her fist and waved her hand.
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Was she contemplating whether to hit me on the back of the head or not?
Bel, who didn't even know that I had saved his life, had an expression as if he had discovered a ghost.
Еñ uḿ а .i d
"You're here. Are you hurt anywhere?"
"H-how...!"
"I told you to stop making a fuss. He said he's fine, but he's making a fuss when he hasn't done anything."
"No, this ignorant bastard who's only good for his face was so great that he fought with Madhouse and came back unscathed? Don't lie! You're a fake disguised as the Shadow Empress...!"
In the end, a fist flew.
Bel, who had been punched, clutched his head and cowered.
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"The ledger and the blueprint?"
"I've stored them in a storage device. In the case of the blueprint, it would be better for that side to take action rather than us bragging that we deleted it ourselves. What about you?"
"The android has been disposed of."
Although I was talking about a fake.
When I gave Bel a look, he nodded his head.
It was a confidence that even if an investigator was dispatched, they would never find out that it was a fake.
Е̊n u m̊а̊
...The sight of him lying on the floor with a tear-stained face only fostered distrust, but I decided to believe in the pride of a technician that he possessed.
"I wasn't asking about that, I was talking about the fight with the Shadow Empress."
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Although she wasn't as fussy as Bel, it seemed she was worried.
Hella spun around me and examined my whole body.
As her gaze was burdensome, I said briefly, "I repelled her."
"Repelled?"
Wе b̂ n о̄ v̈e ľ_ E n̄um̈ӑ.
"I couldn't kill her. She ran away as soon as she knew she had no chance of winning."
"Well, she's famous for being quick on her feet."
It wasn't that I was careless.
But the girl was as quick as a thief.
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The shadow domain connected space and space.
It was usually maintained in a state of being connected to a secret warehouse where Bianca stored her stolen goods and a subspace.
Е̊ numа .і d
Although her domain had been rejected by my declaration of territory, a shadow was a naturally existing phenomenon.
An emergency escape using this was Bianca's trump card.
The reputation of an elusive thief who had never been caught once stemmed from that.
Although I knew that she had no choice but to run away rather than counterattack because I had caught her off guard... I felt a slight sense of unease for some reason.
'...The end was a little strange.'
It wasn't as if she had no way to resist, but she had been excessively careless.
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Her unfocused eyes were completely fixed on me.
Until just before the attack plunged down on her, she had been constantly ardent.
That heat was purer than that of a child, and it was so blatant that it was embarrassing.
'It was the look of someone who had found an item they liked.'
But since that gaze was directed at me, a person, and not an object.
It was an incomprehensible thing.
Е̇ńu m̂а̃ ._і̇ d
***
"Cough! Cough!"
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"Ah, damn it! You scared me."
Bianca, who had popped out of the shadow, coughed continuously at something that was blocking her throat.
What she had spat out after coughing so much that her face had turned red was black, dead blood.
As if she had vomited out her vitality, her whole body was weak and limp.
Ӗ nu̇ m̄ а̄
When she leaned her trembling body against the wall, she finally noticed the other person.
"...Why are you here?"
"Ahem, I was just passing by and thought I'd take a look."
The mad dog, Buggy Vile, cleared his throat, pretending to be solemn.
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Bianca frowned so much that her forehead wrinkled.
Before, he was young and had a cute side, so he was tolerable.
Е̊ n̄ ū m ӓ
But the face of the young man, which was still awkward, only felt unpleasant.
More than anything, that awkward acting was so bad that it made her want to vomit.
"Then what's that in your hand?"
"..."
Buggy hurriedly shook his hand.
A splendid glove that had fallen to the floor rolled on the dusty ground.
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This was Bianca's treasure vault.
A collection warehouse where the stolen goods she had stolen were stored.
That glove was also an item she had stolen from some wealthy person.
Its estimated value... Bianca remembered that it was enough to build a decent building in District 3.
"No, what I mean is, I was just trying to take a look."
"And if you liked it, you'd steal it?"
W̄ẽb̀ n̈ ӧv̇èl Е n̄u̇ ṁа̀
"Steal? I was just trying to borrow it for a moment."
His gray-white eyes could not look directly at her and wandered here and there.
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Perhaps because he had been caught in the act, his tongue was unusually long.
To dare to try to steal stolen goods from a thief.
A shadow rose up with great anger and then poured down like a waterfall.
"Ugh!"
W̆еb̃ ṅо̀v.ӗľ E ń_ǔ m ӓ
"...What?"
Buggy, who had reflexively taken a defensive posture, discovered Bianca, who was clutching her chest, through the gap between his fingers.
He carefully poked her with the tip of his foot, but there was no particular reaction.
"Damn it, I was scared for nothing. Why the hell are you acting up with a messed-up body? Isn't that blood you spat on the ground? You've been hit hard."
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Bianca glared at him with her eyes wide open.
"...Move your foot. Before I tear it off."
Ӗn ùm а̂. і̆ d
"Hehe, go ahead and try. It was annoying to see you acting like a senior all the time, so it's a good thing. Now, if I just reach for your neck, I can easily kill you."
"..."
Buggy opened his mouth wide and grinned, bringing his face close.
One of his wide-open eyes showed a madness that desired bloodshed.
His close-cropped hair and muscular build were a threat in themselves.
"...What are you being so serious for? I can't even make a joke."
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The fierce battle of wills, which had been going on for a while, stopped before long.
Buggy, who had been growling like a beast, seemed to have lost his excitement and was the first to back down and relax his expression.
"Was it a joke?"
"If we're going to fight, we have to face each other in perfect condition. It just drains my energy to see you struggling like that."
Buggy reached out and put Bianca's arm around his shoulder.
Under Buggy's meticulous support, which did not match his impression, Bianca sat down in a chair.
Wеb̃nо̇v̌е̃ l̊_ Ě n̈ ü m̌ а
"So, why are you in such a mess? Are you getting old and your body isn't what it used to be?"
"I'm still young, so shut up. I just failed."
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"Failed? Ah, you said you were going to steal something. But isn't this the first time you've been hurt this badly? What did you do, not run away? That's your specialty."
"I was mesmerized."
At the unexpected answer, Buggy was momentarily at a loss for words.
"...Did you see a ghost or something?"
Е̇ nu ḿ а̀ . ї d́
"I saw art."
"What are you talking about? Did you hit your head?"
"A fighting dog that only knows how to fight wouldn't understand this kind of sensibility."
When he closed his eyes, there was a scene that still came to mind as vividly as a photograph.
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It was a true work of art created by the miracle of nature.
"...I want to see it again."
W ē b̀ n̆о ṽ ёľ Е nům а
But now, he didn't feel as ecstatic as he had then.
Was it because it was a desire he had felt from a person, not an object?
It was a feeling of being tantalized.
The act of licking his lips was something he had done without realizing it.
"I can sympathize with that. I also want to meet the guy who made me look like this as soon as possible and beat him up."
"..."
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Bianca suddenly remembered that the contract killer was the man who had taken one of the lives of the thunder-and-lightning brute in front of her.
"Are you going to kill him?"
"Of course. It's a thrilling moment just to imagine it. Do you think I can stand it?"
His eyes, which were turned back with a flash, were soaked in madness, as if he were on drugs.
"...Then I can't let that happen."
Although the idea of stuffing and preserving him was tempting, it was uncertain whether the stuffed corpse would give her the same emotion.
Webnо̆ v̂е̄ l̇ Е̂ñ u ḿ ã
It seemed she had to avoid visiting him when she was moving with Buggy.
And...
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"Don't move your feet so sneakily. I'm watching everything."
"Tsk, you have so much, can't you just lend me one generously?"
"No. It's my collection."
"An old woman who doesn't have much time left, how much are you going to take with you to hell..."
Е́n u.m̆а
"Do you want to die?"
In order to prevent any unfortunate incidents from happening in a place where she was not present, she had to stop this guy from getting stronger.
...It was by no means because she was annoyed by his insolent tone and theft.
***
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"You're here."
Cromwell, whom I met at the office I had visited to report, was in good spirits.
W̃ е̇ b̌ n о̃vеl Ên̂ u m̃ ã
Before I could even sit down, he spoke first.
"They say the commercial district of District 3 is a mess. The building of Delight Conquem has collapsed, and the hyenas who were watching have become like dogs chasing a chicken and are running wild belatedly. The commotion was so great that even the lazy security bureau moved for the first time in a long time."
What had I done in the midst of that?
Cromwell gave me a look, urging me to answer.
I responded to his expectation.
"The android has been disposed of. The evidence has been left at the scene, so contact Sylvester and have an investigator notarize it."
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"The Shadow Empress of Madhouse must not have been easy, but it's a great achievement."
"I was lucky."
I was lucky in many ways.
If things had gone wrong, she was a great person who had the skill to just take the item and run away, so things could have gone wrong.
If that had happened, there would have been people who would have suspected that I had stolen the machine.
Although the difficulty was high, the aftermath was also a request that was not to be trifled with.
Ên̂ũmá .і̄ d
"In terms of the development of technology, it's a pity. It will take a long time for a complete android to be developed in the future."
"You can't work if you worry about every little thing like that."
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"It's just a pity. If androids were commercialized, I was going to fire Jack downstairs first."
I could only give a bitter smile at the content that was difficult to agree with.
"I should go back and rest now."
The report was finished.
W е̄ b̄ nо v̆ еl Е̂ṅ um ӓ
As I smelled the alcohol that had permeated the room with my tired body, I felt dizzy.
Just before I led my tired body down the stairs.
Cromwell said quietly, "If you've stolen the item, be careful not to get caught by the client. That's not my business, but after you get caught, it becomes my business."
I turned my head and examined Cromwell's expression.
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At the sight of him carelessly examining the label of a liquor bottle, I wondered if I had misheard.
Of course, it couldn't have been a mistake.
Énũm̈ а̇ .і̀ d̃
'...He has a good sense.'
Did he have a suspicion when he had entrusted me with the investigation of Delight Conquem?
"I don't know anything."
"I don't know anything either."
"It seems you know something."
"Go back and get some rest."
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How unfeeling.
Having failed to draw him to my side, I shrugged my shoulders and just waved my hand.
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