Animation Producer in a Fantasy World

Recently, interest in “Machine God Chronicles” within the Empire had skyrocketed to the heavens.

Well, to be honest, that wasn’t particularly new.

These days, wherever you go and whoever you talk to, everyone was busy talking about “Machine God Chronicles”.

But even considering that, people’s interest in “Machine God Chronicles” was much more amplified than before.

Because now, after a long journey of over 50 episodes, “Machine God Chronicles” was approaching its ending.

What would be the outcome of the “Human Ascension Plan” being carried out by the Commander-in-Chief and the Senate?

What would happen to the group of survivors who decided to eliminate the Illuminati, saying that humanity no longer needs Machine Gods after defeating all the Outer Gods?

And Kai, who stands at the center of the “Human Ascension Plan”, what choice will he make in the final moment?

Everyone was in a situation where they were greatly anticipating the ending of “Machine God Chronicles”.

“Is today finally the day episode 49 airs?”

“In the last episode, Eileen was taken down by the mass-produced Machine Gods made by the Senate, so in this episode, Kai will probably kill all those terrible monsters?”

“But even if Kai steps in now, Eileen has already been killed by the mass-produced Machine Gods. They had quite a party with Unit 2’s innards.”

“Oh, in this episode, Kai will awaken as a god and revive the severely injured Eileen. Get lost.”

“Saya has long been absorbed into Unit 0 so she doesn’t have to worry about dying, but those who were rooting for Eileen are a bit pitiful…”

“Hey, why are you crying while talking? Well, I guess you’re crying because you can’t call a woman who hasn’t appeared for over 10 episodes because she was absorbed into Unit 0 a heroine…”

As the Saya faction and Eileen faction were bickering as usual, episode 49 of “Machine God Chronicles” began airing.

Episode 49 started with the scene where Rinoa, the Operations Commander, takes Kai to where the Machine God is.

“This is as far as I can take you, Kai. From now on, you’re on your own.”

“Ms. Rinoa…”

“Get on the Machine God, Kai. And find your own answer. Please, so that you won’t have any regrets later.”

Saying so, Rinoa kisses Kai on the lips.

“It’s my first kiss. And… it’s also my last kiss.”

“The rest… let’s continue when you come back safely?”

With those words as her last, Rinoa slowly closes her eyes while leaning her body against the wall.

She was already in critical condition from protecting Kai from the survivor group’s attack.

“…”

Seeing Rinoa like that, Kai bites his lip hard and boards the Machine God.

If he doesn’t do anything here, Rinoa’s death will just be in vain.

But.

“E-Eileen…?”

Kai, who boarded the Machine God to save Eileen even at the cost of sacrificing Rinoa.

But what Kai faced was only the corpse of Unit 2, which had been horribly smashed by the hands of the mass-produced Machine Gods.

Generally, Machine God pilots synchronize their body’s senses with the Machine God to control it.

Then, since Unit 2 was so horribly smashed, the Eileen who was riding it was already-

“Aaaaargh-!”

Kai screams upon realizing that Eileen, following Luke whom he couldn’t protect in the past, has also died horribly.

And the next moment.

“Oh, oh! Th-That!”

“That’s what appeared in episode 25!”

The viewers scream while looking at the screen.

That’s right.

Just like in the past, a pure white pillar connecting heaven and earth appeared.

The pillar of light that appeared when Unit 0, which had awakened as a god in episode 25, almost destroyed humanity.

Now, it has been created on Earth again, centered on Unit 0.

However, the current pillar of light was somewhat different from what Kai had created in the past.

Because currently, the mass-produced Machine Gods created by the Senate were circling around the pillar of light as if escorting Unit 0.

“…The time of judgment has finally come.”

In a dark room.

There, old men so aged that it’s difficult to guess their age open their mouths while looking at the sky.

“From the beginning, humans, being false creations, were parasitic existences that should not exist in this world. For the sake of the true god, the Outer Gods who were meant to be the creation gods of this Earth, humanity was an existence that deserved to perish.”

The old men declare in a voice that couldn’t be more solemn.

“Therefore, we implement the Human Ascension Plan here. To sublimate humanity into Outer Gods, to atone for the original sin we committed and to be liberated from all suffering at the same time.”

“Although the existence called ‘I’ here now will disappear.”

“If in exchange, humanity can become immortal beings called Outer Gods, that’s not a bad deal either.”

“It begins. The true creation ceremony by Unit 0. The Third Apocalypse!”

Paaaaah-!

At that moment, just like at the end of episode 25, the pillar of light endlessly expands and then overturns the entire Earth.

And the viewers watched that sight with expressions of concern.

“Is that… really okay?”

“Dr. Rachel said it before, didn’t she? If the Third Apocalypse really happens, at that moment all of humanity will perish.”

“No, thinking logically, would the director of “Machine God Chronicles” try to destroy humanity? That’s going a bit too far, isn’t it?”

“Right. Even in episode 25, they pretended to blow up the Earth, but when we watched episode 26, it turned out not to be the case.”

“Right? It should be, right? So humanity won’t really perish in the ending part, right…?”

“Well… I mean… probably…?”

“…..”

The viewers felt an inexplicable anxiety, but on the other hand, they were thinking like this.

Unless the head of the “Machine God Chronicles” director has gone crazy, would he really destroy humanity?

Nah, no way.

Really, could that happen?

…Right? Probably?

But, that’s when it happened.

Inside Unit 0, which had awakened as a complete god, Kai’s younger sister and Saya look at Kai and ask this question.

“Brother, you decide.”

“Do you think humanity is worth living? Or do you think not?”

To the question from his younger sister and Saya, Kai answers with empty eyes.

“…Worth? There’s no such thing.”

At the point where Rinoa died for him and even Eileen died, Kai had lost all reason to live.

“I want to die. Really.”

The moment Kai muttered such words to himself.

“…Huh?”

“Uh…?”

The viewers watching that scene unconsciously opened their mouths wide.

Well, that couldn’t be helped.

Because there aren’t many people who can maintain their composure while watching in real-time the sight of humans all over the world bursting and turning into blood that somehow resembles orange color.

Aaaaargh!

Blood flows across the entire Earth.

All the humans who were barely alive all die, and the Earth turns into a huge cemetery.

Thus, humanity went extinct.

While “Machine God Chronicles” progressed to episode 49, all of humanity that Kai and the Illuminati tried so hard to protect died so easily that it was futile.

“…..”

“…..”

In episode 50 that was broadcast immediately after, where Kai somehow canceled the Human Ascension Plan and returned alive to a world where everyone had died along with Eileen, it wasn’t visible to people’s eyes.

Or more accurately, should we say it had no meaning at all?

All of humanity had already died, so what are Kai and Eileen supposed to do alone on such an Earth?

People were at a loss for words for a moment at that absurd ending.

However, that was only for a moment.

“Y-You crazy bastard!”

“Everyone died! There’s no one alive!”

“Even so, how could you really destroy humanity!”

“You son of a bitch! Are you even human! Aaaah!”

At that time, in the Imperial Palace. The Emperor’s bedroom.

“Arrrgh!”

Startled by the sudden scream coming from the Emperor’s bedroom, Kaya hurriedly ran to the bedroom.

“Wh-What’s the matter, Your Majesty!”

Could an assassin trying to kill the Emperor have come?

Or did someone put poison in the Emperor’s food?

Otherwise, there’s no reason for the Emperor to let out such a terrible scream, is there?

But.

“…Hm?”

There were no assassins, no poison, nothing in the Emperor’s bedroom.

Just the Emperor lying on the bed with his hands on his head, as if his blood pressure had suddenly risen.

“Your Majesty, what on earth is going on? Did someone perhaps attempt to assassinate Your Majesty? Otherwise, that terrible scream just now-”

“…Assassination, assassination, huh.”

At Kaya’s words, the Emperor shows a look as if seriously contemplating something, then nods.

“Certainly, that’s not wrong. In fact, just now, someone tried to indirectly kill me by raising my blood pressure.”

“Pardon?”

“In that sense, Kaya, let me ask you. If someone else tried to kill me, what punishment would they receive?”

At those words, Kaya answered straightforwardly, albeit a bit bewildered.

“Well… of course it would be execution, wouldn’t it? Who could think they’d be safe after daring to touch the Emperor’s body?”

“I see, execution… Is that so…. Then, I have no choice…. Even I cannot easily break the laws of the imperial family….”

“…?”

Don’t resent me too much. I’m just trying to uphold the laws of the imperial family.
The Emperor inwardly muttered those words to someone who wasn’t present.
And so.

Ragna Tertion, creator of “Machine God Chronicles”.

Execution.

Decided.