(Statement at the beginning of the chapter: This story takes place in the human world called "To the World", which has nothing to do with the world where the reader is, and has nothing to do with other worlds. ）

I know that suffering is the only nobility, and neither the world nor hell can erode it.

In order to weave my mystical laurels, we must gather the power of the universe.

- Charles Pierre Baudelaire, The Flowers of Evil

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Half a month ago, in the country east of Qiantang City, the sun went out, and the quiet sky was pierced by a black mana bundle like a paper cut, and Asmo began a tyrannical felling.

Although the sky is still very wide, for the magic envoys who maintain the thin magic source here, it is simply living in a low-oxygen space, so that the black magic source has not valued this land for half a year.

After the usual frequent disasters, scarce resources, and the hatred and calamities of the First World War, the people here gradually settled down, and endured the punishment of the land, the economy, and the years of time, at least this tranquil and delicate spirit is as tragic and magnificent as the words born here.

But in the face of the rise of the continental kingdom on the other side of the ocean and the magical civilization of the East, especially after learning that the largest defense project had been started in Qiantang City in the last century, the magicians in this land couldn't help but be a little impatient.

Although the 14th Division of the Commission in Osaka and the 15th Division of Edo each have two small nuclear source spiritual veins, Akiba City, a small city in the western part of the island nation, is engaged in a large-scale illegal program.

This is also the reason why the Black Law Source chose this city.

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On the other hand, Katsu Togo, rear admiral of the Naval Self-Defense Forces, captain of the Aegis-class destroyer "Kirishima", started with this man.

A man who is more idealistic than anyone else but desperate because of reality simply wants to bring happiness to the people of this land, and that's it.

This man was baptized by history as a teenager, but gradually gave up his childish ideals after understanding the cruelty of reality.

This disaster-ridden country cannot fight the whole world.

Happiness always comes at a price, and he reawakened that ideal after the accidents at several nuclear power plants six years ago.

When he realized that all life in this world has its own right to fight for freedom, peace, and happiness, he also knew that while striving for it, he would sacrifice the interests of another group of people.

From that day on, he was determined to be the sword that saved the land.

On February 26, he appeared on the dock of Kure Harbor and found his wife and daughter smiling and holding flowers.

On March 1, when the family of three returned to their hometown in Akiba City, he held his breath when he saw the powerful scene of destruction in front of him.

"Damn."

The buildings that were swept into the air rained down like raindrops, and their targets were an orange-glowing temple in the center of the city, not to mention the vicinity of the temple, when the entire valley would be hit by a violent earthquake.

Several ancient magical families lurking here perform a large ritual known as the Valhallic Wars, where they continue to gather spirit cores and infuse small spiritual veins down the castle in an attempt to connect through the continental shelf fault to the roots of the upper mantle that lead to the Osaka nuclear source, and as a reward, the winner will have the opportunity to penetrate the nuclear source.

Just when all the heroic spirits died in battle, and the containers made by the magicians continued to absorb the spirit cores, a tragic scene occurred.

The black magic source suddenly pierced into the container in the center of the temple, and the will of the last Heroic Spirit was gradually invaded and occupied by the powerful mana disturbance, and it recrystallized into Asmo's direct Heroic Spirit.

Several surviving magicians launched a final assault on the temple to save the mistake they had made, only to be crushed to death by the new Heroic Spirits who gathered multiple cores to set off entire houses in the city.

Although out of some need, the houses in this country are very light, but this energy is indeed earth-shaking, and it is no less powerful than the Crown Heroic Spirit.

What can be confirmed is that on this morning, the city of Akiba was wiped off the map.

On top of the ruins, the Togo family ran in the direction of their home in a panic, but everywhere they passed was ruins and corpses, and after not having time to care about the chaotic scene, Togo was shocked by the scene in front of him as he passed by the ruins of the temple.

The gleaming vessel hanging in the middle of the ruins was a golden skull.

Holding the skull was a girl of eleven or twelve.

A long hair that radiates a sparkling black flame like a cold black iron, but with a soft texture that extends to the waist, a tall figure, slender eyelashes and snow-white skin, even the standing posture reveals the nobility, and every move reflects elegance, and an orange feather weave shaped like a cloak flies and flutters under the action of black and orange intertwined light particles.

Haori's cuffs reveal her slender fingers, and she is holding a black sword, exuding a chilling beauty.

Full of overwhelming presence.

Togo was so fascinated that he completely forgot about the situation around him.

When the girl looked at her, Togo was shocked by her appearance, and quickly smiled excitedly.

As a high-ranking military officer, he had heard of the existence of the Heroic Spirit, but from the current situation, it was inferred that the entire city had been destroyed by the girl, or that the girl had survived, and that she must have had extraordinary abilities anyway.

This is the sword I want!

So he pretended to be calm and said, "Are you?" ”

"Strange ......," the girl said in confusion, "why am I holding my skull?" ”

It's a strange scene, imagine what it feels like to hold your skull in your hands.

Togo immediately understood, "Are you Asai Nagamasa, the daimyo of Kita-Omi?" ”

Both of them were puzzled at the same time. The girl pointed to herself, "I'm Asai Nagamasa?" She nodded again, "yes, yes." ”

Her youthful conquest and martial prowess are not shown, and the history of in-laws and betrayal has long been a thing of the past, even if it is the love affair with the peerless beauty Ah Shi and the three little beauties they gave birth to after that......

Wait, is there something wrong?

No, no, the problem is not what the two women can give birth to, the problem is that the container went wrong when it was contaminated with Asmo.

Because it was originally used as a psychic medium to summon Nagamasa, and a young girl was used as a container.

The young man Nagamasa was also about to win, but at the moment when the black magic source stabbed down, the girl, Nagamasa and the skull fused together, so when he woke up, the girl became Nagamasa and the skull became a container.

In short, the current Changzheng is a girl in the sixth grade of elementary school.

At least Togo didn't care about that, and he said a very esoteric question.

"Can you forget about your own problems?"

"Can you forget me?" The girl asked herself, looking down.

There is a sense of incongruity in this sentence.

The girl tried to think for a moment, still not understanding where the dissonance came from.

Forget it, it doesn't matter who I am, because I have a new mission.

Before that, there were several questions that plagued the teenage girl.

The first is the skull that is held in the hand.,Because it's a girl's body and the resonance of the skull is not high, so it can't be absorbed.,But as a container, it does have a soul connection with itself.。

What's more, you can keep killing Heroic Spirits and store them in this container to increase your strength, so hang your skull around your waist.

Another headache is to rename this girl's body, at least Saruyasha and Shinkuro don't match, and Kenmasa is not girlish, so he finally decided to adopt the name of the eldest daughter, and let her be brilliant once.

In the end, there was only one thing left, to help me find a new master, so that I didn't have to rely on Asmo and the leylines all the time to stay connected. At least judging from the state of this forty-year-old uncle in a navy uniform in front of me, he has the right qualifications to return and can maintain my existence.

"Well," replied the girl satisfied, "then you can call me Chacha." ”

"Then Cha Cha," Togo quickly accepted. "Can you grant my wish?"

In fact, the uncle's body is a little old, you must know that the younger the circuit qualification, the better.

"Forget it, it shouldn't be so easy to find the answer." The girl suddenly said dissatisfied, and raised her sword towards Togo.

Dongxiang was startled, and smiled nervously again, "In exchange, I can kill all the small bean merchants in my country for you." (Nagamasa was betrayed by his wife with a bag of adzuki beans.) ）

The girl didn't show a satisfied expression, she turned her face to the half-nervous, half-excited Togo, and found that he had a sense of wildness and coercion far beyond his age, perhaps hiding a stronger desire.

"Well, I don't need you to say that I want to." She replied.

Tempt again.

In fact, they were still in a state of confrontation, but the two were startled by the voice behind them.

"Hey, Nana, didn't you go to school today? It's great that you're alive! ”

Forehead...... Yes? The girl Nagamasa was puzzled by this.

"Don't you remember me? I'm Ruri. ”

The daughter had just chased after her mother, Kyoko, and she didn't show any fear, but was overjoyed to see Nagamasa.

Togo didn't understand what was going on, but Nagamasa agreed at once.

"That's good glass, can you be my master?"

"Okay, Nana!" With a click, Liuli rushed over and hugged Changzheng.

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That night, the leylines of Akiba City were abandoned, and the new family walked on the mountain road to Osaka.

"So Dongxiang," Nagamasa walked side by side with his classmate's father with a serious face, "Although it is really unexpected to encounter you, but Ruri's circuit qualification is worse than expected, what if you give her the skull?" ”

After all, the girl was infused with the mission conveyed by Lord Asmo at the moment of crystallization, and even if she is now reduced to the middle level, hanging her skull around her waist can help Liuli expand the circuit very well, and she will also benefit.

Dongxiang looked back at his daughter, who nodded without mind, "Okay, if I can help Dad and Nana." ”

Although the custom of changing the name of this country is relatively common, Nagamasa still worries about various people calling her by different names.

"Call me Cha Cha or Cha Cha."

"Okay Nana."

“……”

"Cha Cha," said Dongxiang, "I am aware of the situation in Qiantang City, but in terms of strategic feasibility, we still need to develop the navy first, you have no problem with that." ”

"Nope." Cha Cha replied immediately, and she held her chest out and looked directly at Dongxiang's gaze.

"If our decisions lead to a conflict that leads to adverse consequences, it is our wives and daughters who are hurt."

This sentence naturally came out of the little girl's mouth, and Togo had to shrug his shoulders at this sense of disobedience.

"You will mourn and shed tears for your people, but you seem to have misunderstood something about me."

Although the two have no doubts about the ultimate goal of Qian Tang City, they are still inconsistent on the issue of serving the Demon King.

"How could it be ......" Togo, who was familiar with history, retorted in a low voice, and added, "The era of bushido has passed, but this land has pure blood, although I understand the truth that I can't save everyone, but Xu Tu is gradual, and it is only possible to attack the peninsula in the northeast of the continent to obtain uranium ore first." ”

I don't understand your magic system, but I know that a nuclear bomb can solve everything.

For Dongxiang's proud words, Cha Cha did not refute.

She stood firm on the mountain road, took two more steps forward and made a gesture of drawing her sword, revealing a slight murderous aura, and the skull in front of her waist suddenly glowed with a dazzling orange light.

The black mana beam that gathered from above docked the blade in an instant.

The sound of sand, the friction of clogs on the concrete road.

The girl's hands flowed like the wind, and her outstretched fingertips gathered murderous intent, and her white fingertips pointed to the brightly lit small town on the lower right.

Cha Cha's long hair fluttered slightly, and her slender body took a step forward.

There is only a shallow step, and the knife has been closed.

Boom, cracks start from underfoot.

Boulders tumble, earthquakes tremble.

On a windless night, the sound echoed far away for a long time.

The town was in ruins, and there was a series of screams from the sky.

"Flower of Evil, this is the knife Asmo gave me." Cha Cha stabbed with an indifferent look.

I'm stabbing a nuclear bomb, who do I listen to now?

Togo bowed his head slightly in amusement.

"What's more, you are only saying this based on your ideals," Cha Cha walked forward on her own, "The people don't think so, they always need to be ruled, good and evil, good and bad." ”

Suffering is the only nobility, and neither the world nor hell can erode it.

So kindness or morality, I've already made this mistake once.

Even if you yearn for the other side of the continent, isn't it constantly coveted by your neighbors because of its abundant resources?

Togo shrugged his shoulders and said, "You convinced me that I didn't have to attack the peninsula. ”

Without a hint of confusion, Cha Cha nodded.

"Lord Nagamasa, please forgive me for being rude just now!"

"It's okay, I'll grant your wishes, but those over fifty must give it up."

Let's start killing.

Looking at the girl's resolute eyes, Togo nodded with satisfaction and awe. At least he understood what was missing in the country and in himself.

Asmo is about to gain his first territory in the world.