261 Chapter 255: Plot Armor Problems
It took me 4 hours to prepare all the things.
I've performed a total of 230 lobotomies, infected water reservoirs across the county, and had Monika hack into the servers of two prestigious banks to send their funds to marginalized groups in the Middle East, Latin America, and Africa, causing disaster for the economy of this country at the same time that my Positive Karma improves.
I honestly don't feel like it's enough, but I need to be discreet so that the government thinks this is just a terrorist act on a human level and not the start of a supernatural attack.
My actions will also damage the finances of Lin Ruoxi's company which is unavoidable or someone might suspect her of being part of the terrorist attack if her company is the only one unaffected, but she is a smart woman so she will be able to overcome this problem.
With the help of the Ichijo family, I have already started my business to sell gold, rare minerals such as lithium, and magical items made by System Goddess so I have managed to raise a large sum of money and my personal bank account is enough to have a carefree life, but since I don't care about money, I offered Lin Ruoxi a quarter of that money, the rest is for my wives to live comfortably.
She refused saying that she is able to fix her problems, but she appreciates my help and if she really can't fix the holes in her finances, she will use that money, but then she will pay me back with interest.
I like people who know how to pay their monetary debts without using the argument that the family should not collect debts, I hate that kind of parasites.
Thinking about it another way, maybe if we were made for each other…
Anyway, I finished making my preparations, but I didn't go back to the company since Nyaruko and BB kept bothering me that I should walk around the city.
"Why?" – I sighed.
"Senpai is a magnet for trouble so a walk around the city at midnight is sure to become an interesting event~" – BB smiled.
"She's right" – Nyaruko nodded. – "System users are living plot armor so a simple walk can give you exclusive items, waifus in need of affection, or useful allies"
"Both women are right" - System Goddess smiled wryly. – "Taking into account that you have the destiny of two chosen by the heavens in this country, then it would be normal for you to find absolute beauties and heavenly treasures that transcend the heavens"
That makes sense, I currently have five plot armors: System user, [Harem Protagonist], [Netori Protagonist], the one I stole from Qin Chao, and the 85% I stole from Yang Chen.
I'm currently using the 'Fraud' Concept to upgrade [Mythomania] to totally hide my presence, but if I use the 'Protagonist' Concept then my plot armors will be stronger, though that gives me a bad feeling...
"Hey Listen! Whoever is afraid of dying may not be born! Use your new masochistic pervert skill to power up Lucky Pervert! Let's have a party hahahahaha!" – Navi screamed like a psycho watching a school burning.
"Oh, that sounds interesting" – Haachama smiled expectantly. – "I heard that in the wrong hands Lucky Pervert is an ability that can cause the end of the world, come on, I want to see how you use it"
"I have a feeling that's a terrible idea" – Tsubaki spoke bitterly. – "But knowing you, you will do it just to cause chaos in this country…"
I really don't want to use [Lucky Pervert] as it's a too stupid skill, I've even kept it sealed just like [Body of Beast V].
On a side note, [Body of Beast V] is a powerful ability that will give me control of one of 'humanity's evils' a power capable of causing the apocalypse, however, using that skill will make Beast VII discover that I have woken up my system which will be a headache.
System Goddess can remove that skill from my system, but I'm keeping it since I plan to use it to lure Beast VII when my setups are done.
Beast VII has a strength comparable to BB so my current group can defeat her in direct combat, the problem is that she doesn't fight head-on and instead uses complex plans to weaken one World's defenses and thus manages to conquer other Worlds without spending many resources, although that will be an explanation for later.
Back on topic, Navi is an asshole, but he's very creative when it comes to causing trouble so I started to entertain her idea.
I only have 40% mastery of [Lucky Pervert], but if I use [Masochism] it's possible to bring that skill to 100% and even exceed that level, though, at the same time, that will make me unable to control [Lucky Pervert] for what a disaster can happen.
I focused my energy on [Paranoia].
If I follow Navi's plan, what is the probability that I will regret doing this?
[System Notification: 'Paranoia' skill says 100%]
… Shit.
Will my life or that of one of my lovers be in danger?
[System Notification: The skill 'Paranoia' says no, but it will certainly be the start of a massive headache, although there is a 90% chance that something good will happen]
…How troublesome…
Will a Higher Entity interfere?
[System Notification: 'Paranoia' skill rolls around wondering why the clouds are white]
… Stupid skill.
[System Notification: The skill 'Paranoia' draws circles on the ground with sadness]
…
Whatever.
I'll get involved with a Higher Entity, but my lovers will be safe… It's worth it.
"Abby, prepare the escape skills in case something absurd happens" - I sighed and reached a secluded alley in the city.
"Okay~" – Abby nodded adorably.
I first used [Dissociative Identity] to switch to the 'Protagonist' Concept, then released the chains I put on [Lucky Pervert].
I finally did what is possibly one of the stupidest things in my life, I followed Navi's plan.
I admit I'm curious about what's going to happen. No doubt curiosity killed the cat...
[System Notification: The skill 'Masochism' has been activated. The migraine has been converted into energy to power up the skill 'Lucky Pervert']
[System Notification: Lucky Pervert 40% > 100% (Temporary Change)]
[Warning: The skill 'Lucky Pervert' has lost control. It is impossible to predict the consequences]
"This is exciting, it's like unlocking an achievement in Gear0 of Wa0" – Nyaruko was excited.
We waited for a few minutes and nothing significant happened which instead of reassuring me only made me feel more worried.
After twenty minutes nothing happened around me, which again, increased my concern.
I'm sure something stupid is going on, but it looks like it won't be something that will affect me right away which just spells big trouble.
Another disappointing thing was that [Masochism] technically removes my suffering by converting pain into energy, the problem is that my migraine is constant so it comes back as soon as it goes away.
Life is disappointing.
[System Notification: The skill 'Masochism' has been disabled]
[System Notification: The skill 'Lucky Pervert' has been sealed]
"This shit is disappointing! I want a refund!" – Navi shouted with joy.
"At least there was no end of the world or shit like that" - I smiled wryly.
"Senpai..." - BB smiled wryly. – "Guess who is waking up…"
… Shit.
I was about to use heading to Abby's pocket dimension to meet Gogh since she'll panic if she woke up and doesn't see me, the problem is I noticed a woman staring at me from the alley entrance.
I didn't notice the arrival of that woman...
No, that doesn't matter, I can't even perceive the presence of that woman even though she is in front of me, it's like she is distorting the laws of space and reality so that her presence doesn't exist in this world... It's the same trick Abby uses to get around the Laws.
"I see, so you are the reincarnation of Orthus" - The woman looked at her with slight interest, although the apathy in her expression is an annoyance. - "You're supposed to be an animal, but it's okay to be human, I just need an obedient pet"
"Navi, this is the last time I hear your stupid ideas" – I sighed internally and used Abby's skills to escape, but the space around me was covered with Taoist symbols creating a pocket dimension.
"Her command of space is weak, but she makes up for it with brute force and high-level items" - Abby frowned.
I sighed. – "Do you mind if we leave this meeting for later? I currently have an urgent problem"
I don't know how she found me or how she discovered that I am the reincarnation of Ortro.
I have thousands of questions in my mind, but I don't have time to think, I need to hug Gogh before she opens her eyes or disaster will happen.
The woman narrowed her eyes. – "I signed a contract so you belong to me, now be an obedient pet"
… Father piece of shit…
With my Stand, I can destroy the restrictions of this dimension and escape, but there is a problem, a big problem... Gogh woke up...
Stupid plot armor.
"No... Where... Where are you?... Don't leave me alone... I don't see you..."
I clutched my head in pain, Gogh's power is surging within my Core of Existence...
[Warning: The 'Reader's Madness' energy and Auriel's blessing have prevented the total destruction of the user's mind. The damage can only be contained for two minutes]
The ring prevented her power from fully exploding and so the other women were safe, but my mind is tearing apart like a piece of paper in a shredder...
Abby and BB couldn't send us to the pocket dimension as they are busy using their skills so Tsubaki, System Goddess, and my soul won't be destroyed by Gogh's power.
"Calm down, everything is fine, I'm here" – I spoke to Gogh, but she didn't listen to me.
"I don't see you… Don't leave me… You don't love Gogh anymore?! ..... Do not leave me.... Please, Gogh won't be a bother...."
Gogh's mind is becoming unstable causing her to lose control of her own energy.
She doesn't want to hurt me, but her energy is so volatile that she is severely damaging my Core of Existence...
I couldn't move as I'm concentrating all my energy on using [Anti-Rasen] to contain Gogh's power so the woman came up to me and grabbed my neck.
"I, Long Aotian, will receive my payment" – The woman was beautiful, but right now I want to punch her fucking face. – "Now be a good dog and do not make things difficult for me"
"Senpai we can't resist any longer!"
"Hey Listen! Shit dog, do something!"
"This is your fault asshole!" - I clenched my teeth in frustration and pain.
"What's wrong? Are you so weak that this hurts?" - The woman frowned.
Fine, she asked for it.
The woman is too careless and she didn't think that I would put my hand on her face.
[System Notification: The skills 'Forced Empathy' and 'Sadism' have been synchronized]
"You!" – The intense suffering made the woman squeeze my neck until it broke.
These kinds of injuries are insignificant, but something unexpected came out of my Rasen Dimension.
The Necronomicon is supposed to be a prank Nyaruko made out of boredom, but the sheets that collect Madness-based spells came out of my pocket and clung to the woman's mouth as if trying to suffocate her.
I don't have time to think about how stupid this is, I need to make sure this woman doesn't discover Gogh's presence.
I used [Masochism] to empower [Sadism], at the same time I used [Dissociative Identity] to switch to the Concept 'Suffering' which empowers all my torture-related skills while having the side effect of multiplying the pain I feel by 100.
I really don't like this Concept, but it's convenient with my skills related to suffering.
Even though I'm feeling the most pain of my entire stupid and miserable life, my obsession stat prevented me from losing consciousness or dying.
The woman showed that she was not just a pretty face, she was resisting inhuman pain through willpower and various mantras that protected her consciousness.
She is strong and if I don't defeat her quickly she can give me a complete beating so I opened the Rasen Dimension for Gurren Lagann and Granzeboma to come out.
Granzeboma formed several chains of Anti-Rasen to bind the woman and thus seal her skills while Gurren Lagan's right fist became a drill, then the robot hit the woman's head to destroy her mental barriers.
She is strong, almost as strong as Nyaruko, but it seems that she has always been strong and has never faced treacherous enemies so she couldn't fight back, also, she doesn't seem to have the skills to destroy souls and the Outer Gods excel in regenerative abilities.
Even though the woman was being subjected to torture capable of destroying the minds of entities like Auriel and the shitty monk, she managed to concentrate her energy in her hand to attack my body in an attempt to kill me.
Her body was responding unconsciously and it seems that she really doesn't want to kill me, it even seems that she started to smile...
I don't have time to think about this crazy woman's fetishes as my body was destroyed over and over again, but my regeneration speed was higher allowing me to continue holding the woman's face.
The woman's organs were destroyed by the suffering, but she will manage to recover from these injuries with ease.
The important thing is that her eyes no longer exist and her spiritual perception was damaged so I was able to remove Gogh from my Core of Existence.
"Here you are!" – Gogh shouted with joy when she saw me and hugged me, but that joy turned into panic when she noticed that my body was being destroyed and rebuilt thousands of times in less than a second.
"Don't hurt him!" – Gogh screamed like a helpless child, but when her small fist hit the woman's abdomen, the woman's entire rib cage disappeared as the space filled with cracks, and even Gurren Lagann and Granzeboma were forcibly thrown away of the impact.
I couldn't hold the woman down and my arm was ripped off as the woman's remains traveled to god knows where.
Gogh didn't use her skill to destroy souls, she actually used sheer physical strength.
The woman is a Higher Entity so she will not die from this, but without a doubt that must have hurt.
I used [Masochism] to empower the black blood to enhance my regenerative abilities, though the intense migraine caused me to fall to the ground unable to move.
"Ehehehe, always together…." – Gogh lay down on my chest with a big smile.
This girl almost killed me and yet she smiles as if everything is fine...
Well, I expected this kind of situation when I rescued her so I can only blame myself.
Mental note, don't listen to Navi's ideas.
I sighed and stroked Gogh's head making her laugh happily.
"That was dangerous" – BB came out of my Core of Existence along with the other inhabitants of my mind.
It's been a long time since the last time my life was on the brink of the abyss... It's an unpleasant but nostalgic feeling.
"This barrier is strong so we weren't noticed by the Will of the World, but Azathoth's power almost destroyed the barrier so it's better to leave" – System Goddess sighed with extreme weariness.
"I can only speak and move my right arm" – I sighed. – "Abby, take me back to my personal world, I will need at least a month to heal my wounds, BB please eliminate the traces of our energies and use your skills to leave false traces"
"Don't worry senpai, I'll leave traces of the bitch for her to be blamed for this mess" - BB smiled with amusement.
Poor Shub-Niggurath…
Thanks to Abby I can more easily move into my personal world through space distortions so I can spend several months with my daughters without spending a single second on Gaia.
"I'll take care of it, just rest" - Abby smiled at me with kindness and concern.
"Ne, senpai, what do we do with that ground beef?" - BB pointed to the writhing mass of meat.
The cultivation energy was stimulating the flesh and bones to regenerate at a speed almost comparable to an Outer God.
Ortro began to open her small mouth causing dozens of hands to emerge like tongues.
"Don't destroy her" - I sighed. – "Although she treated me like a dog, she did not want to hurt me"
The reason I was able to attack her was that she really didn't want to hurt me, her attacks were more of a knee-jerk reaction than a true counterattack.
Additionally, I sensed that she was excited when I started torturing her, and even seemed like she was happy.
I don't know if she's a masochist or if there's a more stupid explanation, but there's one thing I'm sure of, she's not my enemy, there was just a misunderstanding.
"Tch, senpai can't control his womanizing impulses" – BB snorted with false contempt.
I sighed. – "I want to know how that woman discovered my identity, also, it is possible that she knows the location of my father"
I am currently wearing the appearance and soul frequency of the Harem King so there is no trace of my system or lineage so theoretically it should be impossible for my identity to be discovered.
I need to know how that woman found out because that could mean future problems.
I sighed. – "Chiyo, I already said that she should not die"
Chiyo was sneaking around trying to destroy the woman before she could regenerate.
"But it's her fault that my little brother suffers…" - Chiyo clenched her teeth with extreme fury.
It's actually Gogh's fault but she's cute so I can forgive her.
Gogh kept rubbing her cheek on my chest to which I smiled wryly. - "We need information"
"Tch" – Chiyo clicked her tongue.
"We have 2 minutes before a Guardian comes to see the origin of the chaotic energy" – System Goddess rushed us.
This pocket dimension is about to break which will leave behind traces of the energy of a powerful cultivator from another world and the energy of an Outer God so this will cause chaos.
Although this will make the cultivators and the government more careful to look for abnormalities, it will also help me foment chaos so technically this wasn't that bad, of course, just if I ignore the fact that now my head hurts to the point where death sounds nicer than being alive...
Abby and BB locked up the woman who was regenerating.
Now that Nyaruko doesn't have to obstruct Gogh's power, she can hold the woman back in case she wants to attack me.
So I returned to my personal world to recover from my injuries.
"This is not my fault! It's the stupid author's fault that he's unable to write a Gary Stu scene where everything goes well and smoothly!... Although... Well, I'm sorry..." – Navi sounded genuinely sorry, although she quickly regained his stupidity. – "Look on the bright side! Now you will have a break! You're welcome bitch!"
… Idiot.
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Author's Note:
I'll do a quick power scale to show the order of strength of the entities shown so far. The order will be from weakest to strongest.
- Ebina Nana: Normal human.
- Raku Ichijo: Human slightly more resistant to blows, but nothing impressive.
- Seishirou Tsugumi (Before Arifureta): Elite soldier capable of destroying an armored tank.
- Yang Chen (My Wife is a Beautiful CEO): Experienced soldier who can destroy a country, something comparable to Yujiro Hanma. If he harnessed his Hades power or if he cultivated then he would be as strong as a guardian deity which is comparable to the power of a country or continent of Gaia (including supernatural organizations).
-Luo De: At his best, the old man can be considered a world threat or a final boss of a Chinese novel of urban cultivation.
- System users: Most of them do not develop their skills and are content to use anime skills, although there are exceptions that overcome conformity and become true monsters.
- Beasts (Goetia, Tiamat, Kiara, Kama, Fou, 666): World calamities comparable to the Ancient Ones, but they are weapons designed for a specific world so they can't fight in all worlds so they have specific weaknesses.
- Guardians and Wills of the World: They are not necessarily powerful, but they have the backing of the Laws of the World which suppress foreign entities.
- Ancient Ones: Destroyers of worlds that can cause an apocalypse wherever they go, but can still be defeated by the natives of a world if they are careless.
- Veteran Heroes: Capable of facing global threats. They are not naïve as they have experience in war, though some may be a bit idiotic or mentally challenged from the stress of war. Their greatest strength is that they are favored by the Will of each World which allows them to face much stronger entities, although this is also why they are weak when fighting in Worlds without a powerful Will of the World.
- System users with brains and experience: Basically fanfic protagonists who escaped the negative effects of stupidity and narcissism. Here is Luis and Ortro.
- Outer Gods: Living natural disasters. Although stronger than individual faction leaders, these entities are solitary and can be overwhelmed by armies. Not counting Gogh, the strongest is Nyaruko.
- Faction leaders: Auriel, the Buddhist monk, Beast VII. They are slightly weaker than the Outer Gods but have the advantage of endless armies and valuable resources. Beast VII is the weakest here as she has the smallest organization, but she outsmarts the other idiots which makes her dangerous (She was able to set up BB and nearly kill her which is quite an achievement).
- Azathoth / Van Gogh: Although it has been mentioned that there are other entities at the same level as her, that is because Van Gogh is impulsive, depressive, and does not know how to control her own power, which makes her vulnerable to traps and ambushes. In terms of raw power, she is the strongest entity.
- Navi: The idiot can't deal real damage, but the bastard doesn't die even when the author wants to get rid of him. Her words can attack self-esteem.
Keep in mind that compatibility is important since it allows weaker entities to defeat stronger entities, for example, the Buddhists prepared a large army and developed a mantra focused on suppressing Madness and that is why they managed to defeat Nyaruko.
Anyway, a hug <3
