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Minoru walked through the corridors of the Underground Fortress.

The surroundings were deathly silent. All the monsters were either dead or had fled.

He stopped and fixed the screen on his face. "Psykos. The Monster Association is gone, and so are your subordinates. Next, would you consider a career change?"

Psykos was stunned.

Change jobs? What does that mean?

Her brain was racing as various possibilities flashed through her mind.

The Monster Association was gone, and her subordinates were gone. She truly had nowhere to go now.

Psykos's cheeks flushed slightly.

What... what did he want her to do?

It couldn't be that kind of job that requires "giving everything", righr?

After all, she was quite good-looking, and her body was...

Psykos looked down at herself, her face turning even redder.

If it was that man...

Psykos bit her lip, and surprisingly, there wasn't much resistance in her heart. There was even a hint of... expectation?

Minoru's voice rang out again. "Don't overthink it. It's a proper job. Have you heard of Ichigo Production?"

Psykos blinked. "That agency that's been very popular lately? The one that's been poaching people like crazy?"

"Oh, you actually know about it. You can go be an assistant manager, helping to recruit idols and manage artists. Your abilities are decent. Although your power is currently sealed by me, it will slowly recover. When the time comes, using Psychokinesis to do some odd jobs should be quite efficient."

Assistant Manager? Not even a manager?

Managing artists?

It wasn't that kind of "giving everything"?

"You... you're letting me do this?"

Minoru raised an eyebrow. "What else? Did you want to be an idol? With your personality, you'd get into a fight with the audience on your first day on stage."

Psykos: "..."

He had a point.

"But..."

Psykos wanted to say something more, but Minoru had already interrupted her.

"This job has no salary."

Psykos froze.

"You know what you've done in the past, consider this your atonement. Any problems?"

Psykos fell silent.

Atonement...

She thought of the monsters she had personally modified.

She thought of the humans who died in monster attacks.

She thought of how she had done so many wrong things because of a false future.

"No. I agree."

Minoru nodded. "Good."

Psykos bit her lip and spoke again, "But I have a small request."

"Speak."

"Um... room and board..." Psykos's voice grew smaller and smaller. "Is that okay?"

Minoru looked at her without speaking.

Psykos quickly added, "I mean, I have nowhere to go now, and the Monster Association is gone. I can't exactly sleep on the street. And this Infinity Castle of yours is quite large. You can just give me a small room, I won't disturb you."

Minoru said, "I will talk to Ichigo Production about your housing and have them resolve it. Go report to Miyako later."

Psykos was stunned.

Is this... a rejection?

A wave of disappointment inexplicably surged in Psykos's heart.

Minoru had already looked away. "Alright, just watch for now."

Minoru followed the path he came from, ascending. When he stepped out onto the surface and stood on the ruins, he glanced back at the ground beneath his feet.

Through the thick layers of rock, he could sense that massive underground space—the headquarters of the Monster Association.

He clasped his hands together, and the Cursed Energy within his body began to surge wildly.

"Open."

BOOM!

White flames erupted from his palms, crashing straight into the ground.

RUMBLE!!!

That white pillar of light penetrated layers of rock and soil, reaching a depth of fifteen hundred meters.

.

In the underground space, all the rocks, all the buildings, all the remains of the monsters...

In the face of those flames, they were instantly reduced to nothingness.

Cracks spread outward from the center of the explosion, extending all the way to the surface. Countless fragments of rock shot into the sky, only to be swallowed by the following flames.

When the light faded, at the original location of the Monster Association, only a massive hemispherical cavity remained. All traces that once represented the existence of the Monster Association had completely vanished.

Minoru withdrew his hands and created a Cursed Technique.

Infinite Curse: Leyline Reshaping!

As an invisible force seeped into the ground, the shattered rock layers began to reorganize, the blasted cavities began to fill in, the earth surged and the rock layers flowed.

A moment later, the surface was restored to its original state. It was even flatter and firmer than before.

He then took out his phone and sent a simple message to Miyako.

...

In the far distance.

Black Sperm and Overgrown Rover huddled together, shivering. They had run fast enough, and they had run far enough but they still felt it.

"Woof..." Overgrown Rover let out a low whimper.

"Humans... are so scary. I want to go to the zoo. I should look quite a bit like a monkey, right..." Black Sperm said.

Overgrown Rover nodded frantically.

At this moment, these two Dragon Level monsters had only one thought in their minds.

Find a zoo and live there for the rest of their lives. Never come out again.

...

Inside the Infinity Castle.

Psykos stared intently at the light screen. When that white pillar of flame shot towards the Monster Association, her pupils constricted.

When Minoru restored the land to its original state, her mouth hung open and she couldn't say a single word.

She knew Minoru was powerful but she didn't expect that he was powerful in so many different ways.

Psychokinesis.

Restoration.

Flames.

Space Manipulation.

"Just what kind of person is he..." Psykos murmured to herself.

Then, she let out a relieved, peaceful smile.

With a man like this around, that future that drove her to despair can surely be changed.

In the next second, Psykos felt a wave of dizziness as the world spun around her.

When her vision cleared again, she found herself standing in a spacious and bright office.

Outside the floor-to-ceiling windows was a bustling street view.

Neatly organized documents lay on the desk and behind the desk sat a mature woman in professional attire.

Miyako.

She looked about the same age as herself, perhaps even a bit younger. But that capable and experienced aura was impossible to ignore.

"Hello, Psykos-san." Miyako stood up and extended her hand with a smile.

"Shibata-san just spoke to me about your situation. Welcome to the Ichigo Production family."

Psykos looked at the hand, dazed for two seconds and reached out, shaking it. "Please take care of me."

...

Deep within the void, in an unknown dimension.

A pair of eyes, filled with confusion, opened.

"Orochi... is dead?"

Within God's consciousness, waves of disbelief echoed.

Its carefully supported creation, the chess piece it had buried on Earth, capable of absorbing the energy of the Earth's core, died so easily?

It hadn't even seen clearly how he died.

God began to backtrack, attempting to find that lost memory.

It remembered noticing an anomaly on Earth.

It remembered sending out its consciousness to spy.

It remembered...

Remembered what?

A total blank.

Where there should have been a memory, only nothingness remained.

"I... what did I forget?" God felt a hint of unease.

It tried to look at the existence that had killed Orochi but an invisible barrier blocked it.

"Next time you want to look, remember to knock. Peeping is very impolite."

God fell silent.

Having lived for countless ages and seen the rise and fall of countless civilizations, it had never encountered such a situation.

"Interesting."

That man who made it forget...

It had a premonition that it must have been the same existence that killed Orochi.

It couldn't see through him now but it had time. It would slowly figure out his background, find his weaknesses and then...