In Academy City, the Paradise Project begins.

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Higashino Yu stopped, a knowing smile playing on his lips, and pointed to a building in the distance.

"The source of magic is over there."

Following the direction of his finger, Misha's gaze also shifted. Even though she hadn't noticed it before, with Higashino's guidance and by deliberately observing that side, Misha finally sensed the unusual situation there.

Almost instinctively, Michael raised his right hand without hesitation.

A tremendous power began to gather at her fingertips, and endless water energy began to converge, its target aimed directly at that building!

Seeing this, Higashino Yu wanted to complain about her behavior, after all, he had been playing Sasha, but Sasha wouldn't use this kind of magic.

It seems that even the angels who were calm all the way are starting to get impatient as they see a chance to return to heaven.

But now is not the time for her to return; she's just a little bit away from being able to complete it!

"and many more!"

With lightning speed, Higashino Yu grabbed Misha's raised wrist, stopping her from moving.

Misha's movements came to an abrupt halt, and the energy she had gathered dissipated silently. She slowly turned her head, looking at Higashino Yu with a puzzled expression: "Answer one. Why did you hinder my actions? If this magic is allowed to continue, it will cause irreversible and serious consequences."

"the reason is simple."

Higashino Yu released his grip, a helpless smile on his face, intending to stall for time with nonsense.

“That’s someone else’s private property. It’s not right to destroy it arbitrarily. Besides, there might be innocent people inside. There are many ways to solve the problem, but forced demolition is the least sophisticated.”

Misha looked at him silently. Even an angel wouldn't have expected that Higashino Yu's reason for stopping her was to prevent damage to private property and to avoid accidental injury.

Does this guy really not know that he has discovered that the man who was emanating malice has killed that man behind his back?

A few seconds later, she spoke again, her voice still flat: "Question two. Since you've chosen to stop me, do you have any other solutions?"

Higashino Yu's smile deepened.

This divine power... is surprisingly obedient. Is she really that easy to communicate with? This saves me a lot of trouble.

"Look at me."

He didn't explain, but simply raised his right hand slightly towards the direction of that building.

Spread your fingers wide and loosely clench your palm.

Click!

Centered on that building, an invisible ripple that swept across the globe instantly swept through!

The fall of the angel was resolved so casually by Higashino!

Misha looked at Higashino, who had already resolved the problem, filled with doubt. Although she had indeed sensed that the man had used some kind of power to destroy the magic, she couldn't figure out what that power was.

But she didn't care much about it, as long as the formation was destroyed.

"……Thanks."

A single word escaped her lips.

Then, something unexpected happened!

Misha's body trembled violently, and a dazzling, pure light burst forth from within her! Her body slumped backward.

With quick reflexes, Higashino Yu stepped forward and steadily cradled the unconscious girl in his arms.

Above the girl who had fallen, the pure light rapidly condensed and took shape.

The light faded, revealing an angel floating in the air!

A halo of azure water adorns her head, and her face displays blurred yet sacred feminine features.

Her body was covered with a slippery, water-like fabric that replaced her skin.

The fabric flared out at the back of her head like golden hair. Her skin and clothing blended seamlessly, the white surface flowing with golden veins like leaf veins, secured by matching pins.

Cold, sacred, and exuding immense pressure.

God's power, Gabriel!

She revealed herself to the world in her true form!

Her eyes, devoid of pupils but filled with pure light, calmly gazed down at Higashino Yu, who was holding Sasha's body.

"Wow, is this the real angel form? Seeing it in person is definitely different from seeing it on TV. It's quite unique."

Higashino Yu looked up at the divine power in the sky, his smile undiminished.

"However, Miss Misha... or rather, divine power? Since you've said thank you, just verbal thanks aren't enough. We have an old saying in the East: 'A drop of water in need is repaid with a spring of water.' Look, I've helped you solve such a big problem, allowing you to return home safely..."

He held Sasha in his arms, took a step forward, and the space beneath his feet rippled like water.

"...How about you leave this 'spring' power to me as a reward?"

In the next instant, space completely transformed!

The streets by the sea, the nearby buildings, the sky and the ocean... all the familiar scenes peeled away and vanished like shattered glass!

Instead, a space was enveloped in a soft, silvery glow.

There is no distinction between up, down, left, or right here, no sense of the passage of time; this is a phase that belongs only to Higashino Yu!

Here, his will has absolute priority! Even the power of a demon god cannot shake it in a short time!

This time, Higashino did not change his phase at all, but presented it in its purest and most original form.

It wasn't that he wanted to be lazy; the main problem was that this place simply didn't have an anchor point to support him in constructing phases. Under these circumstances, forcibly constructing phases was already difficult enough, and he was indeed willing but unable to do so.

However, the power of the gods is not comparable to that of Laura, and he is much stronger than before. He has almost completely analyzed the essence of her power, so he is still confident that he can defeat her.

"bring it on!"

Higashino gently placed Sasha on the soft light cushion formed by the phase space, looked up and stared directly at the divine power emanating a terrifying pressure in the sky, his eyes burning with a fierce fighting spirit.

"Let me see how long the power of the angels can last in my domain!"

He took a deep breath, and his mental power erupted without reservation!

The silvery light, like a tangible tide, spread outwards from him throughout the entire phase space! Its target was the divine power in the sky!

He wanted to forcibly rewrite the archangel's core understanding within his own domain!

Replace the desire to return to the heavens with the desire to return to one's own side, and engrave the idea of ​​absolute obedience to oneself deep within its core.

As for whether doing so would be effective or not, and would arouse the hostility of the "god" who never appeared in the original work, Higashino didn't care.

Laura is also connected to that "god," and even though she controls him, He doesn't seem to react.

Even Higashino Yu couldn't be sure if He really existed, or if He was just a concept.

Compared to the ethereal and elusive God, Higashino Yu was more concerned about the reaction of the divine power before him.

He was prepared for a fierce counterattack, and even imagined how he would retaliate when she used her devastating power.

However, the anticipated cataclysmic counterattack did not materialize.

The instant Higashino's power acted upon her, the divine power suspended in the silver light, and the golden patterns flowing across her body, only rippled slightly like water when they came into contact with Higashino Yu's silver waves of cognition.

Those pupil-less, luminous eyes seemed to... flicker for a moment?

Then, something happened that made Higashino Yu almost think that his brain had been affected by some kind of mental magic.

The sacred figure, radiating immense power, slowly and obediently descended from the sky.

She landed not far in front of Higashino Yu, and lowered her head slightly, which was covered by the halo of flowing water.

Then, amidst the silvery glow that permeated the entire phase, she knelt on one knee and, with an almost pious gesture, lowered her noble head toward Higashino Yu.

"host."

Higashino Yu: "...???"

His pent-up power froze in mid-air, and the fighting spirit and solemnity on his face were instantly replaced by a huge sense of astonishment and absurdity.

Succeeded?

It was... a success?

No earth-shattering battles? No life-or-death struggles?

So, without any resistance, my core understanding was rewritten by myself?

Although I am indeed very strong now, isn't this a bit too easy? You are an angel, after all, why don't you put up a fight against me!

Looking at the divine power kneeling on one knee before him, so submissive, Higashino Yu felt as if he had punched empty air. The enormous contrast left him speechless for a moment.

"……cough."

He coughed lightly to mask his strange feeling and tentatively gave an instruction.

"Get up and spin around."

The power of the god stood up as instructed, then comically spun around before facing Higashino Yu once more, as if awaiting the next command.

Although things went a little too smoothly, that's a good thing, isn't it? Anyway, Higashino didn't sense anything unusual; this was an angel who was completely his own.

Even someone as composed as him couldn't help but feel a surge of excitement. This was an archangel-level combatant completely under his control! He had so easily gained his grip on her.

He carefully felt the absolute rewriting established between himself and the power of God, based on cognitive reconstruction. This angel had undoubtedly come to regard him as her only "god".

Excellent… This way, after she returns to the Celestial Realm, she can become an anchor point for me in that world… Perhaps, I can do some more interesting things in the future…

Having achieved his goal, Higashino Yu no longer maintained this extremely energy-consuming temporary phase.

He had a thought in his mind.

The phase space quickly dissipated, and the scene of the real world reappeared before our eyes.

The divine power still hovered in the air, but the light around it began to become unstable, like a candle flame about to go out; the time for its return had come.

"Let's go back."

Higashino Yu didn't intend to keep this angel by his side forever; her return to the heavens was more meaningful to him.

Using her as an anchor point, try to influence the phase she is in. If successful, then Higashino can proudly declare that even if Othinus came, he would make her give birth to two before leaving.

As for the day when she really needs to use her power, Higashino can summon her directly without taking much time.

However, he didn't like this image. Higashino transmitted the image he wanted her to have to her, and the next time the divine power descended, she would appear in a form that he felt was very fitting for her.

"By the way, leave some of your power in this girl's body; you'll need it later."

Without hesitation, the divine power emanated from Sasha Chloeve. A faint, pure point of light, imbued with divine aura, separated from her vast sphere of light and silently merged into her body.

Immediately, the enormous angelic image, as if merging with sunlight, rapidly faded and dissipated, finally transforming into a streak of light that shot into the sky and disappeared into the heavens. The angelic power returned to its rightful place.

A sea breeze swept by, leaving only Higashino Yu standing there, holding Sasha.

He looked down at the girl in his arms, whose breathing was steady, and his brows furrowed slightly.

What should we do with her? Send her back to Russia for adult education? But before that, let's change her mindset while we're at it.

Without hesitation, Higashino Yu completed the revision of her understanding.

Chapter 226 Higashino Yuu's Second World War: Kanzaki Kaori

The change in Sasha's perception went smoothly, and from then on, Higashino Yuu had a pawn in the Russian cult. Although he might not necessarily need this pawn, it was better than nothing.

However, the moment he finished making the changes, Higashino Yu sensed danger.

A blade of light slashed towards him! Its target was the arm he was holding Sasha with!

Before the blade even arrived, Higashino reacted instantly.

"Tsk! To resort to a sneak attack, what a lack of sportsmanship!"

Completely unconcerned about being ambushed, Higashino Yu reacted instinctively almost the instant the blade appeared! Holding Sasha, he retreated with a hair's breadth, narrowly avoiding the attack.

The blade flashed, tearing a deep, thin crack in the ground where he had just stood!

Amidst the billowing smoke and dust, Higashino Yu, carrying Sasha, landed steadily a few meters away. He looked up in the direction the attackers had appeared.

The smoke and dust slowly dissipated.

A tall figure stood opposite Higashino, wielding a Japanese sword over two meters long. Jeans accentuated his long, powerful legs, and a white short-sleeved T-shirt was tied at his waist, revealing a flat, toned stomach. His long black ponytail danced wildly in the sea breeze.

This dashing attacker is none other than Kanzaki Kaori, whom we haven't seen in a long time!