Chapter 302: Infinite Stratos 4

(Umaru Perspective) (Himouto! Umaru-chan)

My passion is consuming all kinds of fictional content.

Whether it's Japanese manga and anime, American comics, Korean manhwas, Chinese manhuas, or fantasy novels from various countries like Russia, Indonesia, or the Philippines, I also like Spanish and English-speaking fanfics or small comics made by beginners. Due to my brother's insistence, I learned several languages, even though he always says that I am stupid and forces me to continue studying.

I love to see anything that is an escape from reality, I really love generic and predictable works that were written to fulfill the fantasies of authors frustrated with their own lives.

It is because of my love of fiction that I feel a deep distaste when I see tedious problems of real life being translated into fiction.

I have the obsession to finish the things that I start, but immortal cultivation novels are something that many times I have had to leave halfway through.

Regarding the works of the Chinese, I love the whole universe that the authors can build based on immortal cultivation, ancestral spirits, and ancient monsters. The whole setting is fascinating and it feels like an epic journey, but there's something I can't stand.

Damn nationalism!

I'm half American and half Japanese, but things like nationality or religion don't matter to me, if someone insults me for being Japanese it will only make me think I'm talking to an idiot and I won't pay attention.

The problem is that most Chinese novels cling to the idea that the Japanese are demons in human skin.

I understand that the history of the Asian continent is full of genocide, rape, and crimes committed by the Japanese, but the obsession with justifying every stupidity based on historical data causes me enormous boredom.

Whether it is killing, raping, stealing or torturing, everything is a heroic act as long as it is against a villain from Japan, Russia, Iraq, Turkey, the United States, England... Basically, everything is justified as long as the Chinese protagonist can humiliate other countries.

Again, all of that doesn't matter to me, but when nationalism is included in an otherworldly cultivation novel, I can only feel a deep frustration that makes me want to scream.

There are times when a good novel is overextended and everything becomes repetitive as happened in Martial God Asura. At a certain point, the upper realms were identical to the lower realms, only the names of the waifus changed which become irrelevant after 100 chapters.

I'm not against protagonists collecting waifus like they're Pokémon, but it's boring when all the waifus are cold beauties with a tsundere temper.

Regardless, I can handle the repetitiveness, even keeping up with Against The Gods even though each chapter makes me wish Yun Che was dead.

What I can't stand is racism disguised as nationalism in a world where countries on planet Earth shouldn't exist.

One of my biggest disappointments was the Otherworldly Evil Monarch novel.

I like this author because of the way his novels begin, but he always makes the same mistakes.

Halfway through the novel, the protagonists become half-brained degenerates who only think about fornicating, even if it leads them into an all-too-obvious trap.

Ruining a good character is a sin, but it is worse when the cruelest and most degenerate enemies turn out to be Japanese, despite the fact that the author has already explained that there is no Japan in that world.

Otherworldly Evil Monarch was my favorite Chinese novel, but that only added to my deep disappointment.

I didn't even finish the novel and left it before the major arcs. I couldn't stand that the protagonist had become more stupid than Issei Hyoudou.

It's been almost two years since I gave up that novel, but now the dark past haunts me, and I'm angry in a childish, unreasonable way.

The chat room wants to see me suffer since it summoned the waifu that caused me the most disappointment out of all the cultivation novels I've read.

Mei Xueyan, also known as Venerable Mei. She is the ruler of all spirit beasts and was the character with the highest potential in both strength and character development.

She was the reason I loved that novel, so my heart broke when she turned into a pathetic simp in the middle of the novel.

Venerable Mei stopped being a final boss and became a pathetic representation of a submissive woman without will or character, just a nice decoration to magnify the stupid protagonist who becomes more idiotic with each passing chapter.

Aaaaahhhhhhh! How annoying!

"Do you have a problem with this venerable one?" – Male voice, imposing presence, and a black robe that covers her entire body. If it wasn't because I know Venerable Mei is a submissive waifu, then I would feel scared by her presence.

Although Mei Xueyan lost all my respect for her attitude in the novel, she is still intimidating so I quickly shook my head. – "No problem, I was just thinking about how impressive Venerable Mei's aura is"

Mei Xueyan snorted and chose to ignore me.

I'm glad this is the Mei Xueyan before the novel starts, at least I got to meet the version that isn't just a trophy for the protagonist.

The chat room had invited Mei Xueyan to help us remove the anomaly, but there is a big problem.

The protagonist of Otherworldly Evil Monarch is a transmigrant who reincarnated in the body of a useless, cliché idiot.

The problem is that before the arrival of the protagonist, Mei Xueyan was ambushed by the Holy Lands.

Although that was several years before the canon began, Mei Xueyan was only able to suppress her injuries by consuming a lot of resources, and only the protagonist was able to heal her dying body.

The current Mei Xueyan is the weaker version with a body that was practically torn to pieces.

She is a monster capable of manipulating the laws of nature and space, but currently, she is only slightly stronger than Kiss-Shot.

One thing we discovered is that the chat room displayed different messages to each person.

My message was the simplest since I understand what a chat room is, but for the waifus who haven't read fanfics, they were lured with promises of getting what they want most.

My suspicions that the chat room is run by a manipulative demon only keep growing.

The chat room promised an elixir capable of healing her wounds and pills that will strengthen the spirit beasts she considers her family.

When Mei Xueyan was added to the chat room, I was tasked with explaining the situation to her since only Hiroki and I know about fanfics, but Hiroki was just saying stupid things that didn't help the situation.

Hiroki isn't interested in Chinese novels and hasn't read Otherworldly Evil Monarch so he didn't recognize Mei Xueyan, but he seemed to know that she is an absolutely beautiful woman even though she never takes off the black robe that covers every part of her body, not even her eyes are visible.

Maybe he's just following the cliché that every jade-skinned beauty is a beauty goddess, though I have a suspicion that he has insider knowledge about the chat room.

Paranoia-chan hasn't given me any detailed explanations, but she has told me that I should never make any promises or agreements with Hiroki, nor should I accept any rewards from the chat room.

I mentioned this to the other members of the chat room, but they probably won't listen to me as they seem very interested in the rewards from their individual quests.

Sometimes I feel like no one listens to me...

When Mei Xueyan was added to the chat room, she was brought into this world after two hours when I explained the situation to her.

Mei Xueyan is very proud, narcissistic, and bossy. She views humans as degenerate creatures that she cannot be trusted.

Esdeath, Mirko, and Medaka hate her, Kiss-Shot prefers not to talk to the woman as she got bored of the frog-in-well analogies, Hiroki just seems eager to undress the immortal cultivator, so only Eto and I can talk to her without having a clash of egos.

Eto is possibly the smartest woman I've ever met. She is very cunning and analytical, she can perfectly understand people's personalities and predict their actions.

She might get along with my brother, or maybe both of them would try to kill each other if they ever met...

Eto helped me convince Mei Xueyan to cooperate with us, although now I am Mei Xueyan's assistant… I'm not complaining, I like her cocky and haughty attitude, it's like watching a cliché villain from a Chinese novel and I've always preferred the villains instead of heroes.

We are now taking Mei Xueyan to Tabane's secret laboratory.

After Kiss-Shot found the four-armed creature, she covered the cage with the insulating blanket and then carried the cage to an isolated location.

Esdeath took the surviving mercenaries and in 5 minutes she managed to make them confess everything they knew.

Esdeath-sama, step on me…!

Ahem.

The mercenaries had no idea that they were guarding a monster, nor did they know who had sent that thing to the city port. They were a group of mercenaries that were hired to deliver a shipment to this city, apparently, they were to open the package near the IS Academy.

This was a big problem because we found out several things about the creature.

For starters, that thing opens its eyes every two hours. The creature is unable to attack, but anyone who sees those eyes will have a panic attack as long as they can't look away from the creature.

Esdeath did some experiments on the mercenaries and we found out that my brother's food can cancel the creature's mental attack, but there are several conditions for food to be effective.

The first mercenary that was exposed to the creature's gaze began to scream. In less than five seconds, his eyes, nose, and ears began to bleed, but the blood had changed, it had turned black.

The man started growling and tried to attack Esdeath, so she froze him and then destroyed his body.

We now know that the creature's gaze is like a zombie virus and even elite soldiers will be corrupted in a matter of seconds.

I have a theory that the mental attack was less effective on us thanks to my brother's food.

Another option is that being people from other worlds, the creature's abilities have a hard time damaging us, but I ruled out this theory since the person with the highest resistance to mind corruption is me.

Another discovery was that the teeth that cover the creature are not sharp and cannot damage human flesh, yet every person who touches them seems to go completely insane. The mercenary who touched a tooth began to cry and laugh as he bit his lips and tongue as if he was hungry.

Obviously, all these experiments were done without the knowledge of Hiroki, Mirko, and Medaka.

I didn't want to see something so horrible either since I'm traumatized by blood, but Esdeath insisted that this was part of my training to be strong.

I vomited and passed out many times, but Esdeath forced me back to consciousness.

Esdeath is in my Top 10 favorite waifus, but at that moment I really wanted to punch her face. She noticed that and just sneered at me.

The experiments had to stop as we ran out of mercenaries and it would be a problem if Esdeath starts kidnapping people.

I managed to convince the group of villains to talk to Chifuyu and Tabane for help.

Although Eto, Kiss-Shot, and Medaka are very smart, they don't have experience in scientific experimentation so Tabane could help us, besides, this involved the safety of her world so she wouldn't hesitate to help us.

Sure enough, Tabane prepared a space in his private laboratory to place the creature and perform various experiments. She showed complete seriousness in this matter since that creature could be a deadly danger to her sister and she is a siscon pervert… ugh, incest is disgusting…

Chifuyu used her contacts to track down the person who planned the attack on the IS Academy, but it's all done in secret since she doesn't trust the government.

Chifuyu knows that humans are capable of doing the most heinous things in order to gain power, for example, cloning a defenseless girl just to create human weapons.

Tabane made several discoveries about the creature, and it appears that the source of its power is a strange black fluid that can only be described as black blood.

Laboratory results showed that the black fluid was human blood, but it had no DNA record and the activity of the cells was too strong. Based on the speed at which the cells divide, the creature should have regenerative abilities on par with Eto.

For now, no experiments have been done to measure the strength and combat abilities of the creature as it is too dangerous to release it, the creature remains in a drug-induced coma.

Tabane analyzed the chemicals that were being injected into the creature and found that the creature was not in a coma due to sedatives, but rather a mixture of drugs for schizophrenia, anxiety, depression, and bipolar.

Tabane isn't sure, but she theorized that the creature is something like a living mental illness.

That reminded me of something.

In the Soul Eater anime, there is a power called Madness, a demonic energy capable of corrupting all living beings and can even create living beings. The god of death of that world was born from the Madness of Death.

I told the waifus about this so for now Tabane will continue to research black blood.

The irony of all this is that the villains are trying to find a countermeasure against black blood, while the heroes are living normal school lives.

Mirko is striving to become stronger as she wants to overcome the power of the robotic suits. Her pride was hurt after being defeated by Esdeath's ice powers, so she wants to overcome that power through physical force.

Medaka is busy being a student council president.

Hiroki continues to chase skirts, and although he seduced several idiot girls, he has not managed to woo any of the main waifus, only secondary characters that do not even appear on the anime wiki.

While they waste time, we try to save the world.

The villains became the true heroes...

Mirko and Medaka won't approve of human experiments so they don't know about this, as for Hiroki… That idiot is still obsessed with humiliating the protagonist of Infinite Stratos so he has no time or interest in helping us.

The funny thing is that Chifuyu noticed that her brother was intimidated by Hiroki so she's furious, but she hasn't intervened since she thinks that Hiroki is just a perverted and stupid kid.

Heh, Hiroki messed up the onee-san's route.

I am now leading Mei Xueyan toward the creature since she can use her spiritual senses to determine if mind corruption is a spiritual-based ability rather than a scientific one.

As we went down the elevator, I opened my inventory and pulled out a cookie.

My brother is obsessed with preparing for an apocalyptic disaster, so he left me enough food to last a couple of years, but I had to lie to Tabane and tell her I don't have much food left or she would insist on giving her the food to create a countermeasure for black blood.

My brother's food has enormous emotional value for me, but the most important thing is that I don't know how long we will spend in this world and it will be a disaster if many nightmare creatures appear and we don't have my brother's food.

Eto approved of my choice to prioritize the safety of our group over the inhabitants of this world.

It seems cruel to me to let a whole world die, but my brother taught me to prioritize my life over the lives of all the people in the world.

The only people I want to protect are my brother, my mother, Ebina, and the waifus in the chat room, maybe Tabane too since we started to become friends. She likes to talk about her sister and I like to talk about my brother, although the difference is that I have no sexual interest in my brother because I am not a sexual degenerate.

"Venerable Mei, I understand that you are very strong, but I recommend eating this before seeing the creature" – I handed a cookie to Mei Xueyan.

"Do you think this venerable one will stoop to eating the treats of humans…?" - Mei Xueyan stopped talking when she smelled the food, she had been seduced by my brother's culinary talent.

I don't know what Paranoia-chan did to me, but when the creature opened its eyes, Paranoia-chan gave me some kind of skill. I'm not sure what this skill does, but I feel like I can now read people's emotions and reactions as if I were reading a book.

I can't read minds or know people's secrets, but I feel like I can see through any lie.

"This…" – Mei Xueyan's body started to tremble, she even forgot to use the voice change technique and displayed her real voice. – "A heavenly elixir that transcends the heavens…"

…Elixir?

I know my brother's food can heal small wounds, but it's not up to the level of the over-the-top elixirs found in Chinese novels.

Mei Xueyan's attitude was making me uncomfortable and I didn't know what to say, I just stood still with my hand outstretched to hand her the cookie.

I heard Mei Xueyan sigh with complex feelings.

Mei Xueyan moved her hands and removed the hood of her robe to show me her face….

"Child, do you understand what you are offering me?"

Wow…

I'm not a lesbian, but I can't stop looking at that beautiful face of hers.

Okay, I admit it, the concept of beauty capable of destroying nations is not an exaggeration.

Hiroki's overwhelming beauty causes my extreme disgust, but Mei Xueyan's exaggerated beauty makes me want a dakimakura with her face.

If a woman this beautiful was my sister-in-law, that would be great. So I could ask her to do a photo shoot... in a maid outfit... or a bunny outfit...

"Child?"

"Ahem" – I coughed to hide my embarrassment, my mind was lost thinking about how to make merchandise with Mei Xueyan's image.

Mei Xueyan smiled wryly…

She smiled?!

"You remind me of little Qianxun, that silly girl had a similar reaction the first time she saw my face"-Mei Xueyan smiled kindly.

If I remember correctly, Mei Qianxun is a snake and one of the strongest warriors under Mei Xueyan.

I scratched my cheek awkwardly, this is embarrassing.

Mei Xueyan patted my shoulder kindly, the change in her attitude was so sudden that I don't know what to say.

"Child, I'll ask you again, do you know what you're offering me?" – Mei Xueyan spoke to me seriously.

"A chocolate pecan cookie?" – I don't understand why she seems so serious.

My brother's food is abnormally delicious and has many magical properties, but I don't think it's on the level of heavenly elixirs.

[...: 7-7]

Eh?

Mei Xueyan smiled and patted my head, but I reflexively walked away.

I saw Mei Xueyan raise an eyebrow for which I apologized. – "Sorry, I hate when they touch my head, I only like it when my brother does it…"

Mei Xueyan's smile became kinder. – "Family is the most valuable gift under heaven, it is good that you value blood ties"

I don't care about blood ties. Even if my brother was adopted, I would love him with all my heart since he is the reason why I am still alive despite the problems in my childhood.

Mei Xueyan sighed. – "I hate lying to such a kind girl, so I will tell you the truth… What you are holding is not a simple dessert, it is a heavenly elixir capable of healing internal injuries and cultivation deviation… Just by smelling that elixir, I can feel that several of the wounds in my sea of consciousness have stabilized"

What?!

From my experience reading Chinese novels, I know that physical injuries can be easily healed with meditation techniques or pills with stupid names, but injuries in the sea of consciousness and cultivation deviation are matters of life and death for an immortal cultivator.

Normally, the protagonists are rubbish due to injuries to the meridians, but those injuries disappear when consciousness has a breakthrough.

A cultivator with an injured sea of consciousness is equal to a boxer who had his legs and arms cut off.

In the novel, Mei Xueyan was only able to heal her wounds with the protagonist's help because he has a heavenly treasure that affects the laws of life and death, allowing him to interact with fate and souls.

The fact that my brother's food can do the same thing only adds to my doubts.

I no longer care if my brother punishes me for the rest of my life or if my life is put in danger, I will demand answers from him when I return to my world.

[...: … :0 ]

Although I love my brother, I don't want to be a manipulative and treacherous person like him, but this is the best chance to win a favor from Mei Xueyan, besides, this will be good for her.

I opened my inventory and took out two boxes of cookies.

"Is this enough for you to heal all your wounds?" – I put the boxes in front of Mei Xueyan.

"…" - Mei Xueyan blinked several times, she seemed incredulous to see two boxes full of supposed heavenly elixirs. – "Child… this… this is too much, I cannot accept something so valuable…"

In the novel, Mei Xueyan is an honorable woman who lives by the belief that she will repay favors, even if it costs her life.

I don't fully understand the effects of my brother's food, but if Mei Xueyan's analysis is true, then these cookies should not only heal all of her injuries, it is even possible for her to have a breakthrough in her cultivating.

Although Mei Xueyan internally wishes for the cookie boxes, she seems worried that she won't be able to return this favor.

This isn't just saving her life, it's saving her entire territory since she's the only thing stopping humans from invading the forest where spirit beasts live.

"Child…"- Mei Xueyan seemed to want to agree, but she was in a moral dilemma.

If I were a man, I might say something like 'be my wife in return' or some generic bullshit like that. Things of protagonists without personality.

Now that I think about it, maybe Hiroki has something that can help Mei Xueyan and he's just waiting for an opportunity to talk to her and make her his wife through an exchange of benefits, but I have been together with Mei Xueyan all the time since she came to this world, so Hiroki hasn't had that opportunity.

[...: :^) ]

You're laughing?

[...: n.n]

… Paranoia-chan, you are a good friend.

[...: <3]

Oh, that gives me an idea.

The reason why Mei Xueyan becomes a useless and brainless woman is because of the influence of the protagonist Jun Moxie.

The plot of Otherworldly Evil Monarch hasn't started so she has no idea who that idiot is.

I already talked to her about that novel, but she was only interested in the topic of the Holy Lands and the invasion of demons that happen to have Japanese names… The racism of the author of that novel caused a little misunderstanding between us, but it was easily solved.

To prevent Mei Xueyan from becoming a doll with no personality, all I have to do is prevent her from having an affair with Jun Moxie, and the best way to do that is for her to have a fiancé.

Mei Xueyan is a traditional and loyal woman, she will never betray her husband even if she hates him.

An arranged marriage with someone she doesn't know. It might be cruel for her, but that's better than marrying a complete jerk who calls himself a ruthless killer despite having a clear hero complex.

What I hated the most about Jun Moxie was his insistence on proving herself to be a ruthless killer, but he then goes into unnecessary trouble to help a worthless orphan. Hypocrisy doesn't bother me, but I hate inconsistencies.

My brother is manipulative and hypocritical trash, but he has always been honest in his disregard for human life.

If Mei Xueyan marries my brother, then she should keep her personality since my brother will ignore her, so she won't turn into a foolish girl in love and will still be Venerable Mei, ruler of the Xuan Beasts.

Even if Mei Xueyan is beautiful, my brother sees all people as pieces of raw meat, I once saw him kill an extremely beautiful woman since she wanted to hurt our mother out of jealousy.

As for my brother, I don't know what my brother has gotten himself into, but at least I'm sure of one thing now. My brother is not normal and it is possible that he is some kind of seinen protagonist with a secret life, it is even possible that he is part of an organization that fights against supernatural beings…

… That sounds cool!

Although I'm also worried about his safety...

Although I don't trust the chat room, it is clear that the members of the room will get stronger with each mission.

Considering that the chat room can give us abilities from other worlds, the waifus will be stronger than any danger that threatens my brother.

If I can make the waifus be with my brother, they will be able to protect him.

And it would be great to have anime waifus as my sisters in law…

Paranoia-chan, how about my idea?

[...: <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3]

Okay, so let's go with that!

I'll get a harem for my brother so I can brag that 2D waifus are my family!

…ahem, I mean, my brother will be safe.

"Um, how about you marry my brother?" – I spoke awkwardly, I feel guilty about deceiving a person who has shown me kindness, and I also dislike using my brother as a tool.

"… What?" -Mei Xueyan did not expect my words, but she did not seem angry, just confused.

"My brother prepared this meal so he should be able to give you everything you need, my brother is not a good person and he is not kind, so he won't help a stranger even if I ask him to, but if you are his wife then he will help you with everything you need since he is obsessed with being a responsible man… I think it's because he doesn't want to be like our father…" - I realized that I started to ramble, so I went back to the main topic. – "I do not know how my brother learned to make this type of miraculous food, but I can assure you that he will help you"

I don't know if my brother is strong, or if he is just a talented alchemist, but just with his cooking abilities, he is valuable to Mei Xueyan.

The spirit beasts in Mei Xueyan's territory can benefit from my brother's food, so Mei Xueyan should accept this deal in order to protect her brothers and sisters.

In the novel, Mei Xueyan was willing to be turned into a slave in order to protect her loved ones, so this opportunity will be valuable to her.

Mei Xueyan seemed a bit annoyed by my idea, but she also carefully thought through the options.

Until we reached Tabane's lab, Mei Xueyan kept silent.

As the elevator was about to reach our destination, Mei Xueyan finally spoke.

"Child, what is the real reason you want me to be your brother's wife?" -Mei Xueyan stared into my eyes.

It's great that she is still a smart woman and not just a decoration.

I did not want to lie. – "I do not know if my brother is in danger or the type of life he leads, I am not strong or intelligent, I cannot fight or make complex plans, I am totally useless and that is why I want you to protect him"

"…" – Mei Xueyan's gaze softened. – "I recognize that look, you would do anything to protect your brother…"

I nodded, I even thought about donating my organs to him so he can live.

"I can't promise to be your brother's wife, but if I can go to your world, I promise to protect him even if it costs me my life" - Mei Xueyan put her hand on my head, but this time I didn't feel displeasure. – "By the way, don't call me Venerable Mei anymore, you can call me big sister"

It's strange, I want to cry, but I don't know why...

I smiled feeling something warm on my chest. – "Thank you, big sister"

Mei Xueyan smiled and put the cookie boxes away, though she didn't put them in her inventory, but in some kind of space rift.

Spatial storage that doesn't depend on a space ring, how cool!

Mei Xueyan covered her face with the robe again. – "I do not need to hide my identity outside of my world, but I would appreciate it if you do not talk to other people about my appearance"

Mei Xueyan had a lot of trouble in her world because of her extreme beauty.

I nodded. – "Yes, but one question, can we take a picture?"

"What's that?" - Mei Xueyan used an intimidating male voice again.

"It's like an extremely realistic portrait, but it comes out instantly, it has color and it has high definition" – I took out a cell phone that Tabane gave me and opened the camera.

We started walking down the hall as I explained to Mei Xueyan about how a cell phone works.

"Interesting... this could help to collect evidence in espionage missions..." - Mei Xueyan walked next to me while showing curiosity about the cell phone, although her voice is still intimidating.

Thus we reached the high-security area where Tabane was studying the creature.

Mei Xueyan had calmed her overbearing temper and was very cooperative with Tabane.

The results of the experiments and analyzes confirmed our biggest fear.

The creature is a spiritual monster that feeds on the sanity of intelligent beings. It's like watching Lovecraft's prodigal son.

The monster's mental attacks do not involve pheromones or physiological reactions, but something much deeper.

Mei Xueyan specializes in direct combat and doesn't have much experience in spiritual arts, but she was able to confirm that this creature is capable of affecting the soul and sea of consciousness.

Mei Xueyan was able to determine that the creature's physical strength is inferior to the members of the chat room. Esdeath could defeat the creature without using her ice abilities.

The problem is that the creature is nothing more than a simple disposable pawn, it is not even a warrior but a scout.

Mei Xueyan explained that the creature behaves similarly to spirit beasts with low intelligence. It is like a worker bee that moves according to the orders of a queen bee.

This reminds me of Starship Troopers, albeit mixed with Bloodborne.

Mei Xueyan has a theory that there is a swarm of these creatures. Possibly a government or organization found these creatures and wants to use them as bioweapons, but considering the abilities of these things, it's only a matter of time before the creatures get out of control and cause an apocalypse.

Organizations causing chaos due to selfish interests… I feel like I'm in Resident Evil.

It would be best to destroy the swarm before things get out of hand. A single scout can cause a disaster like the comic Crossed, so a swarm would cause the end of the world…

As if things weren't already a disaster, Chifuyu found evidence that multiple governments are involved in the use of these creatures.

Most likely, the world's leaders wanted to release the creature near the IS Academy to see if women with IS can deal with those creatures.

Medicines for mental illnesses can make those infected with black blood hibernate, but Mei Xueyan said that it is almost impossible to nullify the corruption of the sea of consciousness, so anyone infected can only be killed or put into a permanent coma.

Now we know that we can't trust any government in this world, so we have to solve this problem on our own.

What a novelty, governments sacrificing their citizens just to gain material benefits...

Mei Xueyan noticed that the creature opens its eyes to search for a direction and not to attack. The fact that mind corruption is a passive effect and not an attack only makes it scarier.

The creature always looks in the same direction so we have a clue where the swarm of these things might be, now we are thinking of attacking the place to eliminate the source of the anomaly.

The creatures are specialized in mental attacks, but we have my brother's food that makes us immune to those attacks, so we have a great advantage in destroying them.

We just have to be careful not to be attacked from behind. Most likely, the governments involved in this will attack us if we try to destroy these things.

Infinite Stratos waifus are the only trustworthy people, even the ones who are nationalists. That's the advantage of generic and predictable waifus.

Chifuyu will command the girls of the IS Academy to face the creatures from a distance.

We did some testing and my brother's food can be diluted to make pasta to feed more people, although this lessens the effects of the food.

Apparently, the miraculous effects depend on good flavor. If the food loses its flavor, then it can no longer protect the mind.

My brother's cooking ability makes less sense than the power of friendship in Fairy Tail...

Kiss-Shot is virtually invincible against human weapons so she and Esdeath can deal with armed armies.

Mirko, Medaka, and Hiroki will be in charge of facing the creatures that act as pawns.

Mei Xueyan said that she will need four days to heal all of her injuries. She is the strongest person in this world, so we will wait four days to attack the swarm.

I will stay with Tabane in a safe place since I am not a fighter.

Everything was set up, but reality showed my brother is right that life it's unpredictable shit.

The day after we started preparing, Chiyufu called us with bad news.

Germany no longer existed.

The night before, half of Germany was covered in a black haze that blocked all visibility. Since then it has not been possible to contact the government in the capital, but there is a signal for help.

It is obvious that this is a trap to attract rescue groups, but nobody pays attention to the speculations of a girl.

The fog was static and did not advance. All the soldiers that were sent to scout disappeared, but it was possible to send a drone to see what was happening inside the fog.

The images were worthy of a horror movie.

All the people and animals stood still as they stared at the ground as black blood spurted out of the holes in their heads.

It seemed that all living things were asleep on their feet, but when something approached, all the infected became aggressive.

Chifuyu showed us a video where a group of normal people used their hands to tear a squad of soldiers to pieces.

The most bizarre thing is that after the massacre, the infected took the corpses to a sewer and dumped the bodies inside.

The last image the drone was able to transmit was inside the sewer. Instead of black water or the blood of the corpses, what was in that place were black tentacles that had human mouths instead of suction cups, the tentacles used those mouths to devour every last drop of blood from the corpses.

I will have nightmares for a long time...

Laura Bodewig, one of the Infinite Stratos waifus, panicked and wanted to rush to her homeland to fight.

Chifuyu managed to stop her, but she received orders from the government to go to Germany on a rescue mission.

Chifuyu told us that she received strict orders, she is to rescue Germany's top brass and is strictly forbidden to conduct scouting.

The higher-ups told her that this was to keep her safe, but Chifuyu knows that the government is hiding something from her.

The creature we captured is looking in the direction of the German capital, so the queen bee must be there.

Chifuyu said that she can't wait for Mei Xueyan to get her strength back. Even if she knows it's a bad idea, she needs to follow the government's orders or her brother will be in danger.

Mei Xueyan said that she can rush things, but she will only be able to use 70% of her real power, and she can only fight for a short time.

Hiroki acted like a brave hero and said that he will protect the waifus from any danger.

Although my brother's food has nullified his charm, Hiroki is still extremely handsome and charismatic which has earned him the gratitude of the most naive waifus.

The physical beauty of the fanfic protagonists makes up for their lack of brains, that alone explains why the waifus love them...

I like Medaka, but her head is full of air. I'll have to take better care of her or some idiot will be able to take advantage of her.

Thus, we prepare to go to Germany.

Tabane and I will stay out of the mist in a mobile bunker.

I'm a little worried about the safety of my friends, but I can only trust that the plot will protect them.

Even though I hate Hiroki, I hope he can really protect my friends...

Though…

It's suspicious.

Hiroki doesn't know about our experiments with the black blood, but it's like he knows what these creatures are...

[...: !!]

Danger? Is Hiroki dangerous?

[...: n.n]

No, the danger is not him... Is the danger related to Hiroki?

[...: n.n]

…Is there someone dangerous helping Hiroki?

[...: n.n]

....

M-My friends are in danger?

[...: n.n]

Is this mission dangerous for my friends?!

[...: n.n]

….

A-Are they going to die?

[...: 75%]

Is there a 75% chance that they will die?

[...: n.n]

...…

I have to stop them.

But they won't listen to me, they're too stubborn, they don't even think that Paranoia-chan is real…

If I join the expedition, can I save them?

[...: n.n]

….

Is going with them dangerous for me?

[...: e.e]

How likely is it that I will die?

[...: 0%]

How likely is it that I will be seriously injured?

[...: 0%]

…

How likely is it that I will receive some small injuries?

[...: 100%]

…Ugh, I hate pain…

But… Something that is dangerous for the members of the chat room, but is almost harmless to me.

Maybe…

Is it something related to my brother?

[...: …]

Paranoia please, I need answers, I can't bear to be left in the dark...

[...: …]

Please, we are friends... I beg you...

[...: …. Q-Q …. n.n]

M-My brother caused this mess?

[...: e.e]

He didn't cause this, but he's related to it?

[...: n.n]

Does he have a way to protect me?

[...: n.n]

…

Are you the insurance that my brother prepared?

[...: n.n]

…

I can't think of my brother being a heroic protagonist, so… is my brother some kind of dangerous villain?

[...: ….. 50%]

Something like that?

[...: n.n]

…..

I don't know how my brother became a villain, I can only imagine that he made a pact with the devil, or maybe he slept with the wrong woman...

Heh, I thought of something ridiculous.

My brother slept with an Eldritch abomination?

[...: n.n]

…..

.....

...…..

What the fuck did you do brother?!

"Child, is something wrong with your brother?" - Mei Xueyan asked me kindly.

I think I yelled that out loud...

I sighed. – "No, I just remembered something stupid that my stupid brother did, something very very very stupid"

Oh god, brother, my beloved stupid brother… What did you do?!

I know that idiot loves troublesome women, but sticking his dick into an abomination…

I really need to talk to him, it's not healthy that his fetishes are getting more and more bizarre, at this rate I'll become the sister-in-law of a Lovecraft monster...

Just thinking about it gives me chills.

Tentacle hentai is a mistake that shouldn't exist...