I, Den-O, Contract Urban Legend

"Can you explain why you chose me?"

Faced with Inoue Ueya's question, Zeus recalled the memory that emerged from his mind not long ago.

If the world is likened to a program, the god of causality and time and space is the most important code. If Zeus dies before finding a successor, the world will "stop working".

In the original history, Zeus spent a lot of power to hold the game, but the "game" was not over, and the successor was not born, and the world began to collapse because his life was approaching the end.

At that time, Inoue Ueya, who was still a junior high school student at the time, ran directly into the Cathedral of Causality by unknown means and scolded the dying Zeus.

That's right, it was not to ask about the situation, as if he knew what happened, Inoue Ueya scolded Zeus severely for what he did.

Then, Inoue Ueya created a series of time and space distortions, causing drastic changes in the law of causality. The past of more than ten people participating in the "Future Diary" plan seemed to be interfered with to a certain extent, similar to the means he used in the Tenjin Elementary School incident, but Zeus remembered that Inoue Ueya at that time did not use the current time train, but a robot that could travel through time. He directly erased their motivation to participate in this cruel game by going back to the past to change history. The "Future Diary" plan that was being implemented had to be terminated because of Inoue Ueya's intervention.

In contrast, due to the changes in history, Zeus, who did not hold the "game", retained some power, and the collapse of the world would naturally not happen. Until the divergence point of the "past" was developed by the future Kato Megumi and Yukinoshita Yukino, he was still alive and well.

Until the divergence point based on Kuin and the Book of Shadows was born, the "future" was completely changed, and the current Zeus obtained the original "future" memory, which is why he took the initiative to meet Inoue Ueya and let him inherit the position of God.

The back of the junior high school student who appeared when the world collapsed was deeply imprinted in the mind of the dying Zeus. Although according to the "present" history, two girls from another future replaced Inoue Ueya to prevent the appearance of "Future Diary", but he who inherited the memory knew clearly who was the real initiator.

When everyone was waiting for death because of the collapse of the world, when the participants of the "game" were still fighting each other, the boy stepped out decisively. He obviously had the means to escape from the collapsed world, but he did not choose to escape.

Inoue Ueya, whether it is the changed time and space now or the original time and space, for Zeus who has been observing him, he is not a stranger, but Zeus who has obtained the "future" memory has finally made up his mind to choose Inoue Ueya as the successor.

"... Because I think you are the most suitable candidate to inherit the power, can you accept this statement?"

Hearing this, Inoue Ueya frowned unconsciously.

—— Something is wrong, this god must be cheating!

Let's not talk about inheritance, Zeus's strength is also questionable.

Although this guy is very powerful in the story setting, he is a bit unbearable when he performs. Apart from other things, although his power can travel through the past and predict the future, the actual principle is to let people who go back to the past walk into another timeline. He originally just wanted to hold a game to find the heir, but he was calculated by others and directly caused the world to fall into destruction.

Although it is a bit rude to say this, this guy is an unreliable god, right?

A trace of disgust flashed in Inoue Ueya's eyes, and he sighed: "I have a question. Since you are the god who controls time and space, is there a way to resurrect the dead?"

"No, you have said that I am the god of "controlling time and space", not the god of death, and resurrection is impossible." Zeus shook his head decisively.

"Using the power of time reversal for a certain individual to restore the other party to the state before death, this level of things, you should be able to do it, right?" Inoue Ueya asked.

"Time reversal? "

Zeus was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and fell into deep thought, muttering in a low voice: "If this is the case, it seems like it will work?"

"Well, anyway, Mr. Inoue has almost gotten used to the fact that the gods in this world are not like gods. Anyway, it's almost the same as the king of time being stopped. It doesn't matter anymore, but Mr. Inoue doesn't intend to become such a poor god..."

Inoue Ueya said halfway, and then reacted to what Zeus said. He didn't expect that after crossing, he would hear such a shocking answer.

But this is also reasonable, and finally I feel a little bit like the God of Time and Space...

"You don't understand, my remaining life is just slightly better than a candle in the wind. If the God of Time and Space dies, the world will be destroyed with it. You also know this, right? So I need to find a successor before that!" Zeus said a little helplessly.

"No, you can use time to go back. Can't you extend your life by going back to the past state?"

"Huh, is there such an operation? "Zeus said with sudden enlightenment.

???

It has been confirmed that this guy is a completely unreliable god. Yuno Agatsuma's yandere role is really in vain.

After Zeus thought for a moment, he finally shook his head, "No, as a god I cannot violate the law of cause and effect again..."

Just kidding, the "Future Diary" plan he came up with last time almost destroyed the world. Will he take the risk this time to extend his life by using his ability to go back in time?

"Maybe if you are not careful, your body will revert to the state of a baby, and that idiot Mrumulu doesn't look like someone who knows how to take care of children..."

Murumulu, she is the black-skinned lolita who appeared in front of Ueya Inoue with Zeus. She is Zeus's familiar and is a kind of assistant. Although she always messes up things and is always a homebody. The otaku in the Great Temple of Karma is actually a mascot...

"Hey, you are the Kamen Rider that the master calls you, right? Can you really transform?"

Zeus looked down and saw that the assistant walked up to Inoue Ueya unknowingly.

Chapter 186 Do you know what kind of pain the gods have been suffering?

"It's okay to transform or something, but..."

Inoue Ueya sighed and looked up at Zeus, "To be honest, Mr. Inoue still can't figure out the current situation. You just said this is a velvet room. A great temple of the law of causality appears out of thin air, and you want me to be the heir." Well, no matter how you put it, this development is too outrageous, isn’t it?”

Hearing this, Zeus thought for a while and responded: "Velvet room? Do you want to synthesize a new persona? Or do you need the power to sneak into someone's palace?"

In fact, although Zeus, who is responsible for dealing with the law of cause and effect, has not personally come into contact with the special space of the Velvet Room, it is not a strange existence.

"No, it's just a casual comment, don't worry about it."

Inoue Ueya waved his hand and told Zeus not to think too much. This guy was the instigator of the "Future Diary" incident. It would be bad if he caused him to do something strange by just saying something casually.

"Don't underestimate the power of the God of Time and Space. I can do synthesis and other things!"

Zeus pointed at himself. Although he was a god whose life was short-lived, the strength of the God of Time and Space was still at the creation level!

"Although the remaining life span will be reduced a little, about four hundred years, but I can still live for another thousand years..."

"No, since you can still live for such a long time, is it really necessary to hold that Future Diary game? It shouldn't be difficult to find a qualified heir during this period, right?" Inoue Ueya couldn't help but complain. .

Hearing this, Zeus's emotions seemed to be stimulated by something. The whole god suddenly became excited and shouted loudly: "You don't understand anything! You have to deal with and adjust the law of cause and effect every day. Occasionally, one or two psychopaths will appear to cause time and space distortion. I have to work overtime to adjust, do you think this is easy? Do you know the pain that God has been enduring? I will be relieved soon after finally finding a successor-"

Seemingly aware of his faux pas, Zeus suddenly stopped and coughed a few times, "Uh huh... That's not the point. You should have a reason for choosing to inherit this power, right, Inoue Ueya?"

"No, did you say something outrageous just now?" Inoue Ueya asked doubtfully.

Ignoring Inoue Ueya's question, Zeus continued: "That's 'life'!" Don't forget that you are just an ordinary human being after all. Compared with the weirdos who have made a contract with you, the human lifespan is too short. Don't you want to live longer? "

Zeus stared at Inoue Ueya, as if he wanted to see through his inner thoughts, "'Time' should be a very precious thing for you humans, right?" Although the lifespan after becoming a god still has an end, ten thousand years is just the time for a newborn god to sleep. "

Inoue Ue also fell silent. Although it sounded reasonable, he always had the feeling that "this is a trap." If he could live longer and live with the weird people in the Inoue family, it would feel like he would still be able to survive. It's really good, but he's not even an adult yet?

Moreover, in the conversation just now, this guy mentioned repairing the law of cause and effect and obtaining liberation. Based on the content of the previous conversation, Inoue Ueya found that he had guessed the truth about inheriting the divine throne.

The "God of Time and Space" is actually a super troublesome job. Is this the reason why he really doesn't want to use his abilities to extend his life?

Well, he is a god after all...

Watching Kotoko Iwanaga constantly going out to carry out commissions, Inoue Ue vaguely felt this matter. The so-called gods seemed to be working harder than he imagined.

However, Zeus did not notice the strangeness of Inoue Ueya and asked: "Having said so much, what are your thoughts? Do you want to inherit my power and become a god? Or -"

"Although the power of gods is a bit attractive, let's forget it. At least I don't have such plans now..."

Inoue Ueya scratched his head and rejected Zeus's invitation with a wry smile.

He never thought that he could become a god like Kotoko Iwanaga. Compared with this kind of troublesome work, Inoue Ueya still prefers the stable and ordinary daily life now.

"Hey, why? As long as you inherit my position as a god, Mrumulu will also become your familiar?"

Inoue Ueya looked puzzled. Is this really okay?

Although Inoue Ueya, who had read the original work, knew that after Zeus died, Mrumuru would take the initiative to follow the successor, when he heard Zeus himself say this, Inoue Ueya still couldn't understand Zeus's idea. Just to find an heir, is it necessary to sell his own servant?

I always feel that this god is a bit despicable. No wonder he was cheated in the original work...

Unconsciously, Zeus's brain circuit refreshed Inoue Ueya's cognition of gods again.

"That's even more impossible. Do you think Mr. Inoue is the kind of guy who will be distracted when he sees a cute girl!" Inoue Ueya said dissatisfiedly.

"No, haven't you always been contracting women's weirdness? I thought you-" Zeus tried to defend himself.

"Enough!" Inoue Ueya interrupted Zeus and said confidently: "You can say that I am an unlucky guy, but you must not insult the gentleman spirit passed down from generation to generation in my Inoue family!"

...

"Stupid Ueya, it's time to get up!"

Time came to morning unknowingly, and this conversation ended with Miss Sadako's call. In the end, Zeus still failed to convince Inoue Ueya to become the heir.

"So this action is considered a failure, right?" Mulumuru asked.

"Well, this is also expected. No matter who they are, they can't be unprepared for such a sudden good thing."

Recalling Inoue Ueya's answer, Zeus couldn't help but sigh.

"A stable and ordinary life? It's good to be young..."

With the changes in history, the current Inoue Ueya has contracted a total of four urban legends, a witch and a personality mask, which indirectly changed their fates significantly.

"Recently, Sadako, who has been under the longest contract, has begun to transform."

"Sadako", the monster that originally only lived in the "cursed videotape", has completely broken the limitations of her own existence since the moment she signed a contract with Inoue Ueya. She no longer needs to rely on "fear" to survive and is no longer restricted by the "settings" of the monster.

In the past few years, Sadako has continued to grow and become stronger, and has gradually evolved into a powerful existence that can connect to the network with her physical body. Now she has finally reached a critical point.

"Although it is a bit incredible, I vaguely see the prototype of the "information integrated thought body" from her..."

Chapter 187 Let's celebrate!

Inoue Ueya ran wildly on the dark street with Iwanaga Kotoko on his back, and a one-horned red demon holding a giant mace and several meters tall was following closely behind them.

[What do you think? As long as you are willing to inherit the power of the God of Time and Space, this level of evil demon can be solved with just one punch? ] Zeus' voice sounded in his mind.

[Shut up, is this the time to talk about this! ]

It has been several days since I first met Zeus. The unreliable god did not give up because of Inoue Ueya's refusal, but asked him to become the successor one after another, especially in the current situation, Inoue Ueya helped When helping Iwanaga Kotoko to handle exorcism requests.

If it was Inoue Ueya in his transformed state, he would have no problem dealing with this crazy red demon, but the opponent's movements were too fast, and he couldn't find any gap to transform. Just running away with Iwanaga Kotoko on his back was already the limit.

But Hanako and the others didn't come out with Inoue Ueya today, and the Arsen in his body didn't have the effect of strengthening the body like Hanako and Yashayuki in their possessed state. Although Inoue Ueya had used the spiritual link of the contract to ask for help from the girls at home, the pause at the moment of possession was still a fatal flaw. After all, it didn't count. It's a transformation, there's no so-called invincible time, if you're unlucky you might get hit physically, anyway, Inoue Ue doesn't think his small body can withstand a punch from the several-meter-tall, muscled monster behind him.

But speaking of transformation speed, the recent weekly tasks seem to have refreshed a good reward...

[Weekly Task: Licking Elbows with Tongue]

[Reward: Kadoya's unique transformation skills]

[Please note that this reward is a special skill, including but not limited to catwalk, Xiaoming shake, partial transformation, and after learning this skill, the host's transformation can be exempted from any preparatory actions. 】

It's rare that the system refreshes to no The wrong reward, but the content of this mission is really a bit difficult. Although Inoue Ueya has been challenging this mission in the past few days, he has not succeeded yet.

"Strange, this is not the first time I have encountered a monster like "Red Demon". They should not be so huge, and they should be rational humanoid monsters. What on earth is this guy..."

Iwanaga Kotoko was a little confused about the red demon in front of her. This guy was very different from the red demon she knew. Rather than saying it was a red demon, it was the kind of red demon described in the legend of the human world that did not exist at all.

"Ueya-kun, go to the alley on the left!"

"Ah, I know!"

Listening to the instructions of Iwanaga Kotoko on his back, Inoue Ueya accelerated and ran towards the alley. What came into view was a narrow path. According to the size of the red demon, it was estimated that it could not walk into it.

The result was as expected. The mad red ghost tried desperately to squeeze his body into the alley to chase the two people, but because of his large body, he couldn't get in at all. He could only stand outside and roar at the two people meaninglessly.

Driven by impotent rage, the red ghost raised the mace in his hand and smashed it hard at the buildings on both sides of the alley, trying to destroy all obstacles that hindered his progress. The power of this red ghost was even greater than imagined. The buildings on both sides began to crack under its attack. It seemed that it was only a matter of time before they collapsed, but...

"The opportunity to transform has appeared!"

As soon as the voice fell, a ball of black gas appeared out of thin air and merged into the body of Inoue Ueya.

A moment later, the possessed "Inoue Ueya" opened his brown eyes. There was a gray scarf around his neck. He looked up at the mad red ghost in front of him, his eyes full of curiosity.

"Well, is this the legendary "ghost"? The existence of monsters is really amazing..."

[Hey, Kuin? Why are you here?]

"Hehe, because I won the rock-paper-scissors game, it's my turn to fight this time!" "Inoue Ueya" said eagerly.

Inoue Ueya never thought that the supporter this time would be Kuin, but is it really okay for her to take action?

After thinking about it carefully, except for the last time when she was attacked by the Souyi God in the hospital, I don't think I have seen Kuin take action, but according to her strength, it is probably not a problem to defeat the red demon in front of her, probably...

Compared to the problem of winning, Inoue Ueya is a little worried about Iwanaga Kotoko's safety. Kuin doesn't seem to care much about the problem of power control. Sadako, who had diarrhea for a long time before, is an example.

[Is it really okay? Don't forget that you also need to protect Kotoko's safety while fighting, so you can't be reckless, okay? 】

"No problem, please watch carefully, my transformation!"

After the words fell, a low electronic music came out from the belt that appeared out of thin air on "Inoue Ueya". It was the transformation music that originally belonged to the holy sword form, but after being lowered, it sounded particularly dark.

Although the transformation music that came with it was a little wrong, Kuin didn't care about such a small matter.

In fact, Kuin was almost unable to suppress the excitement in her heart. Since she read the story of Kamen Rider, she has been looking forward to such a development for a long time.