Chapter 268: Chapter 268: The Humans in This World Are Truly Tragic
A battle might break out soon.
However, Takumi had no intention of letting the Ex-Machina participate in it. Rather than having them join the fight, Takumi wanted them to analyze the various races in this world thoroughly. He ordered them to collect everything they could gather. No matter how the battle unfolded, the mission of the Ex-Machina was to analyze everything in this world with full force.
Upon receiving the command, the Ex-Machina nodded in unison and began dispersing, one after another, until only one remained by Takumi's side.
"From now on, you'll be called Shubi. Got it?"
Indeed, the last remaining Ex-Machina was Shubi—long hair nearly reaching the floor, the iconic ahoge (idiot hair), and that emotionless face. No matter how you looked at her, she resembled Shiro even more so now that Takumi had made them cover their mechanical parts.
"Alright! From now on, I am Shubi!"
Upon hearing the name Takumi gave her, a trace of joy flashed in Shubi's eyes, although her face didn't show it.
"Excellent! Then stay by my side. Now, let's go find the humans."
As he said this, Takumi grinned. Riku… that kid was just a little boy right now. Takumi had high hopes for him. If educated properly from a young age, Riku could be the one to manage the world in the future.
Previously, Takumi had been looking for people to help manage his world—people like Lelouch. But now he had found someone better. He'd bring Riku back to his world and raise him from childhood. As for Shubi, she would remain by his side. Naturally, Takumi had no unnecessary thoughts about a robot. If he really needed to, he could easily craft various types of robots—even Ikaros if he wanted. But it wasn't necessary.
Even creating a legitimate, fully functional one was within his ability. He just needed to implant the right templates.
In a good mood, Takumi began extracting the location of the humans from the Ex-Machina's database while simultaneously opening the chat group to check on the others' progress.
Takumi: [Things are mostly under control here.] [The Ex-Machina are now under my command!] [How are your tasks going?]
Upon seeing Takumi's message, many were surprised.
Bronya: [That fast? Well, I guess it makes sense. For you, taking control of the Ex-Machina is too easy.]
Bronya assumed Takumi used the Authority of the Herrscher of Corruption to dominate them. After all, any machine was like child's play for Takumi.
Herta: [The Ex-Machina, huh? Sounds interesting. Let me study them later.]
Herta was intrigued by the Ex-Machina. Since Takumi had already dealt with them, she definitely wanted a chance to research them thoroughly.
Izayoi: [Image] [I've slain two gods and am getting ready to take out more. Suddenly, a bunch of rogue gods showed up in this world.]
Izayoi seemed quite thrilled. With the world fusion already in motion, rogue gods had begun descending. He felt like he had struck gold.
Damn, it was like hitting the jackpot—so many Authorities. Once they entered Little Garden, he could just trade the surplus ones as Gift Cards.
Little Garden had such technologies. Some even shared the same model as certain gods.
Just thinking about it made his heart race.
Izayoi wasn't particularly interested in the Authorities themselves. He cared more about the essence of being a god-slayer.
Kudou Asuka: [Also just killed a god. Pandora seems a bit confused. She doesn't understand why so many succeeded in god-slaying today.] [Yō succeeded too.]
Kasukabe Yō: [Yeah... I'm super strong now!]
Yō had also spoken up. She had successfully killed a god, and her once-weak body was now absurdly strong. She loved the feeling. Though the battle had been tough, it was all worth it.
Black Rabbit: [I succeeded too... but the Indra in this world is seriously ugly!]
Speaking of which, Black Rabbit couldn't help but complain. The Indra of this world was incredibly unsightly. But after defeating him, she gained quite a few Authorities.
Once she returned to Little Garden, she imagined Indra would be stunned to see her.
That made Black Rabbit quite pleased.
Chika Fujiwara: [Everything's smooth.] [I gathered many survivors.] [The EMP already hit, but I managed to collect all the necessary data.] [Oh right, the protagonist of this world seems to have turned into a zombie too.]
Chika had followed Takumi's advice. Before the EMP hit, she secured all the data and screened which people to bring back.
Takumi wasn't accepting just any random garbage, so everything had been rigorously filtered through Prometheus's sub-system.
Seeing all this, Takumi nodded in satisfaction. Everything was going smoothly.
Now, all that was left was to finish up business in this world. The Slime World could be left to Shiroyasha to handle.
He just needed to properly manage this one.
Step one—rescue the weak human population.
In the world of No Game No Life, the humans were truly pitiful. Like ants, they lacked power, constantly slaughtered by other races or used as food. Survival in such a cruel environment was nearly impossible.
The entire world offered them no safe haven. Every day, they had to flee and hide, living in constant fear that a stray AoE spell might annihilate them all.
In the novel, the battle between the Ex-Machina and the Dragonia wiped out Riku's hometown. No one knew how many people died.
And that was just a casual, unintended attack.
It was like two giants fighting while stepping on countless ants.
Humans here were basically ants—bullied by every other race.
Takumi still considered himself human. So, seeing their plight, he had no problem bringing them all to safety.
The ones who had survived this long were already proven to be highly capable and united. Anyone without ability or who couldn't work together was long dead.
In other words, the remaining humans were of exceptional quality.
He could bring them back, educate them, and assign them roles in his world.
His world was vast. More people meant more places to manage.
Wasn't that perfect?
Besides humans, other races in this world were also quite impressive.
And, not to forget—this world even had futanari.
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