Pendragon's Infinity Gauntlet

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"Excuse me……"

Completely ignored, the Pure God cautiously spoke up: "Can we steer the conversation back on track? What should I do now? What exactly do you intend to do to me after coming here?"

"Oh, this one!"

Tsuchimikado's tone made it seem as if this point was completely unimportant.

"As we just mentioned, according to the investigation results, this 'strange phenomenon' seems to have spread from you, Pure God, to the whole world. However, you, located at the center, have been completely unaffected."

"what?"

Jing Shen was stunned, her eyes wide open.

"So of course you'd be suspected of being the culprit. Just like a hacker who spreads computer viruses all over the world wouldn't let their own computer get infected, right?"

"Wait a minute! If that's the case, then you haven't changed at all, have you?"

"Kanzaki and I were lucky. As I said, 'Angel Fall' expanded outwards from you. When the magic was activated, Kanzaki and I happened to be in London."

Does this mean everyone in London is alright?

"Dream on, the power of 'Fallen Angels' is immense. We happened to be inside Windsor Castle at the time, which has a fortress-level protective barrier, and its defenses are definitely no less than those of the white 'Mobile Church'. Apart from us, it seems that everyone else who was deep inside Westminster Abbey and Southwark Cathedral was also unharmed."

Tsuchimikado chuckled. "The double protection of 'distance' and 'barrier' allowed us to escape unscathed. However, the vast majority of mages were poisoned by 'Angel's Fall,' and only a very few noticed anything amiss."

"Oh! Although I don't understand it very well, is this a stroke of luck amidst misfortune?"

"Not entirely. Kanzaki was alright, but I wasn't in the deepest part at the time. If I hadn't set up my own barrier during the 300 seconds that the outer wall barrier blocked the 'fall of the angels,' I would have been in trouble too."

P.S.: Why haven't the seeds sprouted yet? I can't wait to harvest them!

Chapter 262 Touch Diagnosis

Chapter 262

"Huh? But you just said you've lost your ability to cast spells..."

Even now, the Pure God is completely ignorant about magic, only knowing that his right hand can erase things.

However, the Pure God once witnessed the "Mizawa Academy" students, who were manipulated by alchemists, explode after their bodies reacted with a rejection reaction when using magic.

In short, people with superpowers cannot use magic.

Tsuchimikado seemed to understand Jōjin's meaning, and said with a slight smirk:

"Yes, so some parts of my body that you can't see are in a terrible state. If I use magic again, I'll definitely die."

A gust of wind blew by, and Tsuchimikado lifted the front of his floral shirt.

Jing Shen saw a large patch of black internal bleeding on the left side of his abdomen inside the floral shirt. It looked as if his body had been corroded by some unknown substance.

Even so, I still haven't completely escaped the control of 'Angel Fall'.

Tsuchimikado laughed and said, "Besides the two of us and you, in everyone else's eyes I've been 'replaced' too. My current appearance is that of an idol star named 'Yi Yi Yi'. This guy was recently exposed by a weekly magazine for having an affair with a certain famous male star. So now, whenever I'm seen by those fanatical fangirls, they'll chase me with metal baseball bats. What an interesting life experience."

Tsuchimikado pointed to the frames of his sunglasses and said, "That's why I had to disguise myself."

"Uh... does that mean..."

Jōjin looked at Tsuchimikado with a serious expression and asked:

"In the eyes of those who were 'replaced,' you're now a super handsome idol star?"

“That’s how it is,” Tsuchimikado said leisurely.

"Aren't you having a bit too much fun! My situation is a complete mess, and you've become so popular!"

"Hmm, this kind of life is quite tiring. Besides, if I want to break the 'fall of the angels' as soon as possible, I can't let myself be held back by the crowd."

"At least you have some professionalism."

Jingshen then looked at Kanzaki and said, "So, in other people's eyes, this big brother has also been 'replaced'?"

"..."

Kanzaki remained silent, her shoulders twitching slightly.

"Huh? Did I step on his landmine?" Jing Shen thought uneasily.

"Tyr."

"what?"

Shirogane paused for a moment, then Kanzaki continued in an extremely flat tone:

“My current appearance is Tyr. That’s right, to others, I am now a tall woman over two meters tall with long red hair. Whenever I walk into the restroom or changing room, someone calls the police. I’m mistaken for a pervert on the tram. Yes, I’m terrified. At first, I thought the whole world was provoking me.”

Jing Shen thought to herself, "So it turns out that human emotions like joy, anger, sorrow, and happiness don't necessarily have to be expressed through facial expressions and tone of voice... Such a flat voice and such an emotionless expression can be so terrifying, so horrifying!"

The purification of the spirit can be confirmed.

This man seemed very angry.

Kanzaki placed her hands firmly on Jōjin's shoulders with a puppet-like indifferent expression.

"You really didn't do anything? You're the culprit, aren't you? Tell me the truth, I won't be angry. An angel being controlled by a sorcerer—this is an unprecedented event. Do you know how dangerous it is to do something like this? I've had enough, and I want to resolve this immediately. Do you know how painful it is to be mistaken for a 'tall, masculine-voiced British woman' by passersby?"

"Ooh! Stop shaking! Stop shaking! Stop shaking!"

Without a trace of expression, Kanzaki grabbed Jōjin's shoulders and shook him back and forth with a terrifying force beyond human comprehension. Jōjin felt as if his cervical spine was about to break from the back.

"Do you understand now? Being at the center of this strange phenomenon, you will be regarded as a criminal by all the magicians in the world who have escaped the calamity, and you will be hunted down by everyone."

"Stop watching the show! Tell him to stop shaking it!"

Jingshen cried out, feeling nauseous.

"Wow! Think about it, 'Angel Fall' is also magic, and I'm a superpowered person, how could I possibly cast magic!"

The hands of Kanzaki, who had been shaking the spirit, froze in an instant.

Kanzaki stared unblinkingly into Jōjin's eyes, then, like ice melting gently in a glass, she frowned slightly, revealing a hint of annoyance.

"So, we're really at a loss. We don't know what the culprit plans to do with the angels, but we have to stop the 'Angel's Fall' as soon as possible. Am I supposed to live my whole life as a 'giant foreigner who speaks fluent Japanese but talks like a boy'?"

Hearing Kanzaki say this, even though it wasn't Jōjin's fault at all, a sense of sadness, akin to guilt, welled up in Jōjin's heart.

What is this feeling? It's like seeing your usually perfect older brother next door suddenly burst into tears. It's similar to the feeling of wanting to protect someone from the very beginning, just like the feeling in Index: Forbidden Books.

Tsuchimikado, who had initially maintained a leisurely attitude, perhaps felt the same way at this moment, and he spoke up:

"Alright, alright, since that's the case, we can only start the investigation from the beginning."

"By the way," Kanzaki said, looking at Tsuchimikado, "Tsuchimikado, you're a psychic, but you've also used magic. So, he might also..."

Kanzaki's tone was quite calm, but it sent chills down Jōjin's spine, making him feel a cold sweat run down his back. He quickly clarified:

"Wait a minute! The problem is, I have absolutely no knowledge of magic!"

"That's right, but you have the Catalogue of Forbidden Books with you, don't you?"

"That's true, that is a blind spot."

After Tsuchimikado finished speaking leisurely with a hint of admiration, he noticed that Jōjin was staring at him with murderous intent. Feeling a little embarrassed, he quickly smiled and smoothed things over for Jōjin:

"But Kanzaki-sama, when espers use magic, it causes significant damage to their bodies. At best, it causes internal bleeding; at worst, it causes a large amount of body tissue to rupture. These were all mentioned in the Misawa Juku Incident Report, right? Look at Shiokami, her body is clearly so healthy, isn't it?"

"Okay, let's check it then."

As soon as she finished speaking, Kanzaki naturally reached out and gently touched Jōjin's stomach.

"Whoa! What are you doing?!"

"Why did you jump up? I was just trying to check for internal bleeding by palpation. Judging from your overreaction, there must be damage in areas of your body that are not visible to the naked eye, right?"

Kanzaki's eyes sharpened instantly, and she placed her hand on the hilt of her sword.

Jing Shen had a feeling that this man was looking for an opportunity to stab her twice.

In a normal world, what's happening here could be considered coercing a girl with violence. However, it's the opposite here. Even if others see a boy doing this to a girl, they won't think it's harassment. On the contrary, the girl would envy Kanzaki, while the boy would at most say something like "shameless" or "shameless" to Kanzaki.

Chapter 263 On the Way on Horseback

Chapter 263

"No girl in a JK uniform wouldn't jump! It's a natural reaction, please don't touch her!"

"That's too suspicious. Are you afraid of being investigated? If you're innocent, you shouldn't mind any kind of investigation."

Jing Shen looked towards the shallows... If the people in the Forbidden Book Index saw her being groped by her older brother, she would be doomed. She would be in deep trouble and would never be able to clear her name.

"His words implied that if one refused to be inspected, one would be considered a criminal. Boss Kanzaki truly deserves to be one of the inquisitors of the Church of Necessary Evil in London, England."

Tsuchimikado, who was quite knowledgeable about the inner workings of the magical world, was somewhat impressed, but Jōjin, of course, had no idea about these unique cultural practices.

"Okay, okay! As long as I'm sure I don't have any external injuries or internal bleeding, that should prove my innocence, right... Ooh ooh ooh! No, don't touch those weird places!"

"??? Anyway, please don't move around."

Kanzaki's slender fingers moved slowly under Jōjin's armpits and on his chest.

Although Kanzaki gives off a cold impression, her fingers are unusually warm.

Faced with this predicament, Jing Shen broke out in a cold sweat. When the sweat-drenched fingers of Shen Lie touched Jing Shen's body, there was a mysterious sensation, as if someone were licking Jing Shen's body.

(Wait a minute! Oh no! This is terrible! If I keep touching you like this, I might develop some weird fetishes in the future!)

The spirit of purity howled in his heart.

"..."

Kanzaki's fingers, which had been wandering around, suddenly stopped.

She silently turned her gaze downwards.

Pure God's Beach Shorts.

That's right, after all, Shirogane is a perfectly healthy high school girl, and her body reacted under Kanzaki Mizuori's unrestrained touch. And the final point of convergence for these reactions was, of course, inside her shorts.

"Wait a minute! Brother Kanzaki! This is due to unforeseen circumstances! It's an unforeseen accident! I'm sorry, I was wrong! It's all my fault, please don't cut me with a knife!"

Jōjin panicked and jumped away again after Kanzaki reached out her hand, protecting her vital parts with both hands. But Kanzaki seemed to be thinking about something completely different.

He remained silent for several seconds, like a statue, before finally speaking:

"That's right. If we're going to check, we should check thoroughly. We can't be careless about the inside of the pants either."

"What a joke! Who would allow something like that! If I say 'no,' you'll treat me like a criminal, right? But usually, people don't want to, right? As a healthy and beautiful young woman, don't I have the right to protest?"

"Ah."

Kanzaki looked up from her beach shorts.

"Okay, I admit my approach was a bit inhumane. After all, I'm a woman, and it must have been quite painful for me to examine that area."

"No, that's right! That's exactly it! As long as we calm down, we can still communicate!"

"Therefore, I'll ask Tsuchimikado, who is of the same sex, to do it."

"Wait, Tsuchimikado? Like that palpation we just had? Inside my shorts? No, no! I don't want that at all!"

If it's just embarrassing to be seen with someone of the opposite sex, then it must be incredibly embarrassing to have someone of the same sex diagnose that area, especially with bystanders present!

"Is that so? Then I'll carry it out."

"Why...why isn't it either A or B? Why are there only A and B options? Wait, wait! Kanzaki-sama! Why are you wearing surgical gloves? Wait a minute! Wait a minute!"

Option C: Pick up a toy shovel on the beach and shout, "I'm going to kill you!"

Shame and anger, with tears welling up in her eyes, Jing Shen distanced herself from the strange neighbor and the Japanese sword-wielding woman, pressing down on her beach shorts that she had managed to hold onto with great difficulty, and looked at the two of them with the eyes of a wounded beast.

The two magicians also felt quite embarrassed.

"See? I told you so! The reason why the God of Purification wasn't 'replaced' wasn't because he was a criminal, but because the effect of 'Angel's Fall' was canceled by 'Imagine Breaker'."

"Yes, but this makes things very complicated. We've completely lost our way. If 'Angel's Fall' is completed, a catastrophe on a mythical scale could occur, but we don't have a single clue."

"It's not that we have absolutely no clues. What's more, we know that the 'fall of the angels' occurred centered around the God of Purification, so the culprit is very likely to be very close to the God of Purification!"

"The problem is that we cannot be certain that the prisoner had any contact with the exorcists."

"This is indeed quite troublesome. If I use magic again, my coronary artery will rupture and I'll die. Ah, right, why don't I ask the Cleansing God to track down the criminal for me?"

"Your suggestion is completely unreasonable. If you max out your credit card, would you ask your neighbor to use it for you?"