Chapter 552 : Requiem

"Yuki (Adam)..."

Inori looked into the distance from the highest point of the Apocalypse Tower. Inori (Mana) opened her eyes.

Despite being thousands of kilometers away, she could still sense the construction of the other tower in Japan.

Yuki's energy was infused into that tower.

"Ara, it seems that Danna-sama has run out of patience."

Emerging from the shadows, Kurumi also followed Inori's gaze. She too felt the strange energy from Japan and knew that only Yuki could cause this.

"Fufufu, Yuki-sama does not want to lose~"

La Folia was also present. Those who had opposed Yuki's actions were somewhat disconcerted, as building the Apocalypse Tower required a tremendous amount of effort and energy, especially when fighting the Aragamis, where millions attacked at once.

They themselves had faced some difficulties and even needed Eggy's help a few times to stabilize the refuge.

Fortunately, the tower was built without problems, and the humans living inside the refuge were very grateful to them. After all, this refuge is like a gateway to another world: there's life, trees grow, the land is fertile, and even the air is free of Oracle Cell contaminants. It's a paradise in this post-apocalyptic land.

So, they are perfect sheep from whom the girls harvest Karma.

"Since little Yuki made a move, we can't let him outdo us~✨"

As the administrator of this Fenrir base, Misaki also awakened her competitive spirit.

"So, what's our next objective?"

"Hehe~ I think we should bundle up well... because it's still cold in Russia~"

"A pincer attack, huh? I like that."

Agreeing with Misaki's words, Tsunade was fully on board, so they all began to disperse. They needed to divide their army and assign someone to be in charge of this base...

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Of course, Yuki had no idea what his girls were doing. He was gathering spiritual energy and reinforcing the barrier.

"Fuuu... It's more complicated than I predicted."

Sighing with bitterness, Yuki shook his head as he saw his progress had to slow down.

Initially, due to his vast energy, the Apocalypse Tower was constructed quite quickly. Yuki thought that at that speed, the tower would be ready in a total of 10 days. But now, due to the Aragamis and the barrier, his energy had to be divided, and the construction had to slow down.

"At this rate, it will take a month before it can function."

Thousands of Aragamis were outside the barrier. Even if his Susanoo killed thousands of them, they kept coming and continued attacking. Yuki grew frustrated.

Now, he was like a battery maintaining the barrier. He now understood how badly Deus had it in the world of Mirai Nikki, where a god died from exhaustion and pain.

But unlike him, his Original was facing a real challenge. In the Cage of Causality, the winner was still undecided; both contenders still had much to fight for.

The now 8-meter-tall monster still possessed infinite vitality, while Yuki already had part of his spiritual armor torn. However, these wounds were not caused by the Overlord, but by the damage from enduring the pain of the World...

[TIME EMPEROR, YOU ARE JUST A SHADOW OF WHAT YOU USED TO BE... YOU ARE IN TERRIBLE CONDITION... WHY?]

As it swung its tentacles and continued its fierce attacks, this monster looked at the Champion with doubts.

Every Champion is supposed to possess a domain that helps them withstand the world's destruction, cutting all ties with chaos and creating a cage where the Overlord would die.

But Yuki hadn't done this; he simply deployed his Absolute Shield, not his domain.

Moreover, his energy was very weak compared to the past, and although he was in equally miserable conditions, he wasn't the Original; he was still an Ego, so it was understandable. But Yuki was the Original, which was illogical, but this wasn't the important part...

[WHY AREN'T YOU USING YOUR REQUIEM? WHY DO YOU KEEP USING JUST A FRAGMENT?... WHAT HAPPENED TO YOUR STRENGTH!!]

Hero of the Void and Lord of the Eternal Abyss, two extreme beings who clashed in the final battle for the world. This Ego remembered very little about what happened in that battle because he was a fragment.

However, the strength of the Hero of the Void, the only being who could stop his Original, was still very well remembered.

'Requiem,' the main weapon of the Hero of the Void, was also his greatest threat. The fact that Yuki wasn't using it was an insult to this Ego, as if he wasn't worth using it against.

[DO YOU DESPISE ME?! TIME EMPEROR!!]

"..."

Unable to contain his rage, this Ego attacked again, but this time chaos spread throughout the cage, causing cracks in it.

Causality was being corrupted, and Yuki's Rinnegan was bleeding. However, Yuki did not frown and continued firing with his spark gun.

Zafkiel's needles turned, and time inside the barrier changed.

Yuki, on the other hand, chose not to respond. He continued dodging and slashing at the beast.

[WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR? USE IT! DON'T THINK YOU CAN DEFEAT ME WITHOUT YOUR REQUIEM]

This Ego was becoming more problematic. His rage had turned into madness. His greatest rival refusing to use his most powerful weapon left him furious, so his tentacles lashed out at the cage and everything around it. He needed to force Yuki to use it.

This continued for some time, with Yuki occasionally cutting the tentacles and reducing the monster's height to 7 meters.

[HAHAHAHA]

Suddenly, the Ego stopped and began to laugh uncontrollably, apparently realizing something.

[NOW I UNDERSTAND... SO THAT'S HOW IT WAS... NOW I COMPREHEND]

The tentacles stopped as did the beast. However, the beast's good mood didn't seem to care that Yuki continued cutting its tentacles...

[YOU CAN'T USE YOUR REQUIEM... YOU LOST IT... HAHAHA, HOW FUNNY. IS THAT WHY YOU USE A SPIRIT AS A WEAPON? YOU ALMOST FOOLED ME AGAIN... I ALMOST THOUGHT THAT NAHEMAH HAD CHANGED... BUT NOW YOU DON'T EVEN HAVE SANDALPHON... YOU LOST IT, YOU ONLY HAVE YOUR CLOCK, A SIMPLE FRAGMENT OF YOUR REQUIEM...]

This time Yuki couldn't remain expressionless. He recognized some of the names the Overlord mentioned.

These were some angels that belonged to the Spirits of Kurumi's world. Kurumi had told him about these Angels, but they didn't know their names except for Sandalphon....

Yuki was curious about whether there was any connection with him in Kurumi's world. He also knew about the Requiem, the weapon of his avatar.

But now that the Ego mentioned it, he hadn't obtained the 'Requiem.' According to Artemis, he and his Avatar were the same, so it was logical that he could have it. However, not even the Demon King had it...

So, what became of the Requiem?

Yuki didn't know and didn't care. After all, the Stupid Game was just a game.

Even if he had the Requiem, he wouldn't know how to use it, as it wasn't as simple as pressing a button.

[IT SEEMS THAT IN OUR BATTLE, YOU LOST MORE... THAN I DID!]

"No, you're wrong... I didn't lose, I won..."

That's right, Yuki won.

Because a Champion never loses. Even if his soul and his Requiem were shattered, he had won.

The world is safe and at peace, so this was his victory...

Nothing mattered more than that, saving the Mother of All.

[AHHHHH!!]

And perhaps because the Ego knew this, he roared with hatred. In response, Yuki smiled, and the death match resumed...

"...."

Yuki (clone) shuddered slightly at feeling the impacts in the Cage of Causality but continued his meditation. Whatever the Original was doing was beyond his responsibility. His mission was to build the Apocalypse Tower and protect his girls, that was all...

However, just as Yuki was meditating, in Fenrir, Johannes and Sakaki watched him through the cameras...

"He stopped..."

"Yes...."

Both sighed in relief, fearing that this 'human' would continue his destruction and this time target the God Eaters, rather than them...

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TN: Hmmm... ngl hero of the void sounds cooler than time emperor...