"My increased activity is because you helped me recover my fragments and some of my rules. Combined with your activity in this world leading to our recognition by this world, and I've received help from this world, that's why I'm so active now. But if you're referring to my seemingly human-like individual consciousness, it's similar to this girl who calls herself Chibiusa Tsukino,I came into being because of you. In a sense, I am both the Will of the 7 Days to Die world as you perceive it, and also the daughter of you and the 7 Days to Die world's will..."
The Will of the 7 Days to Die world responded to Ryuji's doubts again, but the words that came out made Ryuji completely lose his composure.
'It's just getting weirder, isn't it?'
"This is because you are not a World Will, so you cannot comprehend it. Moreover, the answer you assumed earlier is incorrect. Not all World Wills possess a personality. For instance, the world you named 'Demon Slayer' has a World Will that lacks its own personality. To be more precise, it doesn't even possess self-awareness. The individual World Will you contacted was precisely the will entity named Nezuko. The reason your sword retained a remnant of the Great Universe's Will was precisely because of Nezuko's fondness for you."
"....."
Ryuji felt this thing was fooling him, because that woman looked nothing like Nezuko.
Her breasts were much bigger than Nezuko's!
"As for me, I am a will born in response to the world's realization that only you can save the world you named 7 Days to Die.... that is, me. And because you recovered the world's rules, my current feeling towards you is love. When you recover the rule of 'procreation,' I can use the body of the female Trader to bear your children and help you utilize some powers unique to the 7 Days to Die world."
'This sounds really strange. So, does a world have its own will or not?'
Ryuji was already confused. It wasn't that he couldn't understand, but he felt these things were way over his head. Also, the Trader women was fine just the way she was. Ryuji felt she was perfectly good as a living terminal for resolving desires. If she had her own will, things could get complicated.
And he knew the things the 7 Days to Die world was talking about were awesome and crucial, but it was like a tribal chieftain in Africa knowing aircraft carriers are awesome and that having seven carrier fleets would dominate the world but asking him to handle aircraft carrier production was absolutely impossible.
Unless he was the native from Stellaris.
The fishing natives there could share nuclear fusion technology with you.
"It can have, but it isn't necessary. Some have it, some don't. When I was still a complete world, I had no self-will. It was only after I was invaded that a consciousness of resistance emerged. And just now, when you needed me and were disappointed, I could not respond, I developed something called a will. That's why, I say I am both the daughter of you and the 7 Days to Die world, and the world itself. The world will not interfere with your actions unless you threaten its existence."
'Then… can you make me immortal?'
"No. Even in the complete 7 Days to Die world, I can only grant you things within the world's rules. I can reshape the world's form and resource distribution, but I cannot give you immortality. The maximum enhancement I can give you is merely the bonus after all skills are maxed out; it cannot exceed this limit. Because even worlds will perish and have limits, I cannot give you what I do not possess. If I favour you unconditionally against the world's rules, the world would collapse and even a new will would emerge to eliminate both you and me."
Ryuji was a little disappointed, though not by much. He never expected to achieve true immortality after saving the 7 Days to Die world. He didn't even believe he could save the 7 Days to Die world, so he was rather indifferent.
'So, what are you good for? What can you do help me?'
"Currently, I am of no use in enhancing your strength. I also cannot know the things you call 'plot.' But I can sense changes in the world and its attitude toward you, and relay them to you. However, this only works if you gain the world's trust, recovered my fragments scattered in that world, and your influence is sufficiently great."
'... So still pretty much useless? Also, are you reading my mind?'
"Yes. I apologize. But when you travel to other worlds, I will fall asleep again. If that world doesn't contain fragments of me, I might not even be able to wake up. And even if fragments are found, a certain stimulus is needed to activate me... Also, I don't read minds. I can only perceive what you want me to perceive. I can't even sense the outside world."
Ryuji: "....."
His suspicions were correct. 7 Days to Die was a unreliable world!
"I am sorry, but this is the truth. I do not wish to deceive you. Because you hate riddles, I told you everything at once, without considering whether you can understand or accept it. However, although I am indeed quite useless, there are still some things I can do for you in worlds that contain my fragments."
'Let's hear it.'
Ryuji's mood finally improved a bit. As long as it was somewhat useful.
"When you have acquired a certain amount of my rules or world fragments, I can help you locate other world fragments and their acquisition methods. Furthermore, if you are active in that world and I am able to awaken there and discover new world fragments that is, new quests in other worlds, I can roughly inform you about some special characteristics of that quest world and some of the key figures within it."
Ryuji nodded. He found that somewhat useful.
However, he glanced at the pocket watch hanging from his waist, which was basically useless in his hands, he fell silent for a moment, then continued asking.
It wasn't that he was narrow-minded, but he felt that if his next teammate was reliable, this pocket watch would be much more useful than the World Will.
'What if all the world fragments in a given world are found, but it's still not enough for you to wake up?'
The World Will's reply was also quite straightforward.
"Then I will be completely useless! A waste of space in that world!"
Why do you say that so righteously?!
"Because I do not wish to deceive you! To deceive you into thinking I am very useful, hiding the fact that I am a good-for-nothing most of the time! I am deeply sorry! That you need to help a good-for-nothing like me, who cannot satisfy you even after returning to normal, I apologize deeply that even in my functional state, I still fail to meet your expectations. I am unworthy and ashamed, yet grateful for your support!"
Ryuji: "....."
Ryuji admitted he indeed disliked riddles. But the problem was, this thing was too honest about its own uselessness, and it actually was useless, which really made it hard for him to keep a straight face.
He had thought a World Will would be immensely powerful or have an air of great prestige. Seems he thought too much. In reality, it was an overly honest, self-deprecating disaster with a bit of a masochistic streak.
'Forget it. Just explain to me what's going on with this 'daughter' of mine. And, by the way, tell me if the reason this pocket watch doesn't work in my hands is the reason I guessed.'
"Yes, it is precisely the reason you guessed. Because you only want to find beautiful women in this world that you can fuck, ways to become stronger, and delicious food, this pocket watch will only spin aimlessly in your hands."
Ryuji fell silent again, his face visibly darkening, before he spoke.
'You don't need to tell the truth at times like this.'
"I will not lie to you."
Ryuji: "..."
Ryuji felt the 7 Days to Die world was too inflexible and deserved to be smashed to pieces. A thought he kept to himself, not letting the world's will detect it.
He wasn't sure whether he should trust this… thing. So, he decided to stop chatting with it entirely. The world of 7 Days to Die seemed to understand and, like before, simply delivered a chunk of information to Ryuji and it fell silent.
The gist of the information was this: If Ryuji chose to acknowledge this girl as his daughter and treat her as such, she would truly become his child when he became capable of having children with Usagi. She would transform into an embryo at the moment of conception, carrying her memories to be reborn and gestate within Usagi's womb.
And during that process, Ryuji and Usagi's ability to conceive a child naturally wouldn't be affected at all.
As for time travel…
Well, since the temporal cracks was already repaired, so let's pretend that issue doesn't exist.
If Ryuji did not acknowledge her as his daughter, she wouldn't change. Instead, when Ryuji and Usagi conceived a child, she would suddenly remember that she was a Sailor Moon created by Ryuji and Usagi's combined powers. She only developed the mistaken belief of being a time traveller from the future due to Usagi's fantasies during her creation. But since she was a life form born from Ryuji and Usagi's power, she could still call Ryuji 'Dad' and Usagi 'Mom' without anyone objecting.
Furthermore, she could engage in... ahem... intimate relations with Ryuji normally, without any ethical or moral issues.
Strictly speaking, she, like the World Will, was a manifestation of Ryuji and Usagi's intertwined powers, born from the world itself, the couple's intertwined destinies, Ryuji's hidden anxieties about fertility, Usagi's fantasies of a happy future, and the presence of the Sailor Moons in this world.
'The second explanation is obviously the truth, right? The first one is just a fantasy fabricated to compensate for the fact she wasn't actually birthed by Usagi, isn't it?'
Ryuji couldn't help but complain. He truly didn't understand why the world will of 7 Days to Die insisted the two scenarios were different.
But he also knew there were probably things at play here he simply couldn't comprehend or know
So...
So, Ryuji glanced at the girl's cute face and long legs, thought for a moment, and then declared firmly to Chibiusa before him.
"I refuse to believe you're my daughter! Unless you call me 'Daddy' in bed, I'll never acknowledge you!"
He absolutely did not want to suddenly have a daughter!
The only place he should be called 'Daddy' was in bed!
Then, Ryuji saw an expression of visible disgust spread across Chibiusa's face.
"Just like Mom said, Dad really is a hopeless pervert and a super playboy. But I guess that makes sense. Even though Makoto-mama tried so hard, Mom and the others still fell into your hands. Rei-mama, Minako-mama, Ami-mama, Shiho-mama, Akemi-mama, Shampoo-mama, Akane-mama, Kasumi-mama, Nabiki-mama… and a bunch more who joined our family."
Chibiusa began rattling off the names of the women he'd interacted with recently like she was reading a menu. But as she finished, Fujiko, who was stretching her arms and legs lazily, suddenly spoke up.
"While I don't really see myself having kids with him, what about me? Do you know my future, little girl?"
Fujiko pointed at herself. Although she planned to sleep with Ryuji and then leave, if he had some secret for eternal youth, she wouldn't mind sticking around for a while.
Chibiusa looked at Fujiko and frowned.
"You're a pet in our family."
Fujiko was stunned for a moment. Her smile remained plastered on her face, but when she turned to look at Ryuji, it instantly twisted into something ferocious. She lunged at Ryuji like a female leopard!
"Explain to me what she means by 'pet'!"
She, Fujiko Mine, was a free spirit!
Grabbing Ryuji by the neck, Fujiko started shaking him violently. It wasn't that she completely believed the words of this girl who suddenly appeared. Even though the girl strangely did carry Ryuji's aura, and Fujiko had encountered things like time tunnels and future people before, she wasn't entirely convinced.
It was just that...
If this bastard Ryuji wanted to, he was absolutely capable of doing it!
"Hey, hey, I already said I don't consider her my daughter."
Ryuji said nonchalantly, casually groping Fujiko's breasts and pulling her into his embrace, which only made Chibiusa's expression even more disdainful.
Meanwhile, Shiho and Akemi exchanged bewildered glances. They truly didn't believe it, but the way this girl appeared was far too bizarre, and she even possessed abilities unique to Ryuji. Honestly, they had no idea what was going on, so they decided to wait and see how things unfolded.
"Humph! I knew it! I hate you the most, Dad! How could you do something like this in front of your own daughter!"
Watching Ryuji grope another woman's breasts right in front of her, Chibiusa's face flushed red with anger. But Ryuji, who fundamentally refused to acknowledge her as his daughter, was completely unfazed. He was even deep in thought.
He was contemplating how to use this Sailor Moon with disordered memory, who manifested due to Usagi's immense power, to help him make the other Sailor Moons obediently accept becoming members of his harem.
As for her calling him "Dad" and him feeling guilty...
What a joke! She was essentially a Sailor Moon born from the collision of power and fate, roughly equivalent to Usagi reproducing asexually! Ryuji wasn't the kind of man who hesitated over something like this. He would sleep with both Eri Kisaki and Ran Mouri at the same time if given the chance.
Saying she's his daughter just because she carries his power?
Well, his sword had his power too! He could imbue any random small animal with his power too!
Did they think something like this could fool the "Wisdom Root" between his legs?!
They must be dreaming!
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Author's Note:
I wrote all of this…
just so Ryuji can sleep with Chibiusa in the future.
After all, a real biological daughter would make me uncomfortable, even if part of me finds the idea appealing...
So, because of my own hang-ups, it has to be this way.
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