In the Ninja World, the Pure Land.
Uchiha Madara, now in soul form, twitched his mouth slightly.
The Group Leader must be sick in the head.
He was still pondering the concept of planets that the Group Leader had mentioned earlier, and then, an energy blast just obliterated a planet.
It was indeed spectacular, but it also left Uchiha Madara stunned.
[Uchiha Madara: "@World's No. 1 Princess, Group Leader, are you showing off your strength?"]
I know you're strong, but please don't use the example of casually blowing up "our ninja world" as a comparison, okay?
[World's No. 1 Princess: "Am I showing off? I'm just describing my job."]
[Uchiha Madara: "..."]
[Lumine: "@World's No. 1 Princess, Group Leader, is your job to clean up planets in the universe?"]
Lumine asked the question that several Group Members wanted to ask.
Although they saw the answer, most of them found it unbelievable.
[World's No. 1 Princess: "Yes, that's my job. God of Destruction, that kind of name, just thinking about it, you know it's not a benevolent deity."]
[Lumine: "..."]
What you said makes so much sense, I'm speechless.
[Haibara Ai: "@World's No. 1 Princess, may I ask if there was any life on the planet that the Group Leader bombed?"]
The "Detective Conan" world is, after all, a mundane world. Seeing someone casually destroy a planet no smaller than their own home planet, it inevitably made her a little scared.
[World's No. 1 Princess: "No, if it were a planet with life, I wouldn't just casually blow it up like that."]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "Actually, I have cleaned up some planets with life. Those were all 'failed' planets, in other words, planets that were considered failing in the cosmic pass-fail evaluation and needed to be cleared."]
[Uchiha Madara: "What do you mean by a 'failed' planet?"]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "Hmm, let me give you an example. Do you remember Evil God D? She and I do similar work. The planet Kumoko is currently on is a planet that Evil God D intends to clean up."]
[Kumoko: "Huh? @World's No. 1 Princess, Group Leader, don't scare me."]
Eating melon and it lands on herself?
The planet she lives on is about to be wiped out by a god, and the one doing it is Evil God D.
[World's No. 1 Princess: "If it weren't for Güliedistodiez becoming a god and wanting to save his home planet, Evil God D would have wiped out your current planet years ago."]
[Kumoko: "No, no way?"]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "@Kumoko, once Taboo reaches max level, you'll know the answer. I won't say it now, to maintain a bit of mystery."]
[Kumoko: "Stirring up people's curiosity and then leaving them hanging, the Group Leader is so mean!"]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "Eh, am I? I don't think so at all."]
[Kumoko: "Absolutely."]
Kumoko's words made Beryl, who was traveling through the universe and paying attention to the Chat Group, faintly sense a hint of resentment.
[World's No. 1 Princess: "To make Shiraori grit her teeth, it's truly delightful."]
[Kumoko: "..."]
Kumoko stopped talking and went to level up to vent her anger. Beryl looked at the quiet Chat Group.
[World's No. 1 Princess: "The job of a God of Destruction, I'm sure you all roughly know, is to eliminate unqualified or even excessively deformed planets. The purpose is to maintain the balance and stability of the universe."]
Beryl continued to fly through the universe, the traces of purple energy trailing behind her like the long tail of a meteor.
Not long after, Beryl arrived near a giant planet.
"The planet before me is the target of my work this time."
Beryl didn't speak in the group chat, but rather muttered to the empty sky.
Because it was a live broadcast, even if she didn't speak in the chat, the group members could still hear her.
[Uchiha Madara: "Is she going to destroy this planet?"]
"You'll know if you keep watching." Beryl didn't answer Uchiha Madara's question, then leaped down towards the planet's atmosphere.
Beryl descended at an extremely fast speed, like a meteor falling from outer space towards the planet.
Tear—
She casually tore a hole in the atmosphere protecting the planet.
Without the obstruction of the atmosphere, Beryl only took a few minutes to reach the ground.
This was also her accommodating the senses of the Chat Group members, allowing them to broaden their horizons.
Otherwise, she could reach the planet's surface in just an instant.
"A primitive, eerie jungle, no wonder those things grew out of it."
Beryl gazed at the lush, purplish-green groves of trees.
Logically, a primeval forest should have a lot of life, and this planet also met the conditions for life to exist.
However, the endless sea of trees before her was excessively quiet and monotonous.
It appears vibrant and full of life, but it is actually filled with an eerie atmosphere.
Every tree in the thicket was like a monster with an open maw waiting to devour people, and every seemingly alluring flower growing on the ground was like a rose with thorns.
[Lumine: "Group Leader, this place seems a bit off."]
[Uchiha Madara: "It's somewhat like Hashirama's Wood Release."]
[Kumoko: "The forest is beautiful, I love it so much. Are you guys too sensitive? I think it's very harmonious!"]
Having been leveling underground every day, never even seeing sunlight, Kumoko showed a longing expression upon seeing the lush green forest.
[Haibara Ai: "It's too quiet, it doesn't fit the natural order of a primeval forest."]
[Kikyo: "That's right, it's like a demon waiting for prey to arrive. Group Leader, you need to be careful."]
Although she knew Beryl was unlikely to be in trouble, she still spoke up to remind her.
Beryl withdrew the senses she had released. The entire planet was completely within Beryl's control.
"So that's it, it has parasitized a quarter of the entire planet, no wonder the universe issued a warning."
"Demon Vine."
A special plant that feeds on the planet's core—no, it's more like an animal than a plant.
When it matures, the entire planet will become its root system.
Furthermore, a giant flower bud will grow on the surface of the planet.
Its growth pattern is very similar to that of the Spirit Tree, both using planetary energy as fertilizer.
But compared to the Spirit Tree's simplicity, the Demon Vine is more like a demonized Spirit Tree.
The Demon Vine does not bear fruit; its flower bud will open into a vibrant flower, and the pollen dispersed from its pistil will spread into the universe beyond the planet.
These scattered pollens will become the seeds of another Demon Vine, parasitizing passing planets.
"Thankfully I arrived in time, otherwise the workload would have increased again."
Beryl sighed in her heart.
If the Demon Vine had spread, it might not just parasitize one or two planets, but possibly an entire galaxy.
Beryl's self-talk was all heard by the Group Members.
[Lumine: "@World's No. 1 Princess, Group Leader, do you know this plant?"]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "@Lumine, you've been to many worlds, and the plant before me might not be unfamiliar to you. Of course, with different world rules, the form, abilities, etc., of such plants will also vary."]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "Ahem, Lumine, do you know what a Magical Girl's greatest enemy is?"]
[Lumine: "Magical Girl, enemy?"]
Lumine, who had already run to Guyun Stone Forest, sitting atop a towering mountain and enjoying the sea breeze, was a bit unable to follow Beryl's train of thought.
[Kumoko: "Ow! I know, I know. If you're talking about a Magical Girl's greatest enemy, it must be the tentacles that can make a Magical Girl blush... I, I don't know anything."]
[Haibara Ai: "(￢—￢)"]
[Lumine: "?"]
[World's No. 1 Princess: "..."]
She thought Lumine would answer, but then Kumoko blurted it out.
By the way, what kind of weird things did Evil God D put into Kumoko's head?
Could it be the Evil God's own memories?