“Phew! That was delicious~!”
After finishing our steaks, we left the restaurant.
Lake Suwa was right before our eyes.
The water that had been obliterated by the meteorite had been restored by Control Weather.
“I’m planning to head to Azumino next, but what will you do, Detective-san?”
“I’ll go with you. I’m worried about Nagano God.”
It seems Nagano God and Detective Niekawa are friends.
I can understand the feeling of worrying about a friend.
“It’s dangerous, so I think you should stay behind.”
“Even so, I’m going.”
Well, if it gets dangerous, I can just cover for him, I suppose.
“I cannot comprehend why you would bring along a burden,” Tenri said, offering a truly dry opinion.
“Master just sympathized with the Detective-san’s feelings for his friend, right?”
“…I don’t think that man over there can keep up with a God’s Familiar, let alone a battle against a God.”
“Now, now, since Master, our leader, decided so, let’s just follow.”
Now then…
“Tsuneko. There’s one thing I want to ask: are there other God’s Familiars?”
Surely, there wouldn’t be just one in Suwa.
Tsuneko nodded.
“There are. In Ueda, Saku, Iiyama, Omachi, Nagano City, Iida, Ina, Matsumoto, and Kiso, there is one God’s Familiar of the same rank as myself in each.”
“Ugh… there are nine of them…?”
This is such a pain…
“Leaving the Familiars and going to Nagano God’s place is a bit much…”
It’s unclear how long the battle with Nagano God will take.
But then again, defeating nine Familiars one by one will also take a lot of time.
“The best thing would be to split up, but…”
“Yes, yes! Sinri-chan is a hikikomori-NEET with zero physical attack power, so combat is impossible for me!”
Sinri, perhaps not wanting to fight, loudly asserted this.
Tenri, similarly, has no fighting power.
Summoning Felmaa and the others from the other world… is also a bit much.
As things stand, there’s no guarantee we can return to the other world. Besides, I don’t want to involve them.
That said, only those who also possess Divine Power can oppose Divine Power.
“Yes, yes, yeees! Genius Sinri-chan has come up with a genius idea!”
“Hoh… a genius idea? Let’s hear it…”
“I’ve already summoned them!”
Consult me before you do something!
A ■(Box) appeared before my eyes.
It split into nine.
And what came out of the nine ■(Boxes) was…
Zan…!
“Y-You guys are…!”
The ones before my eyes were… me.
“Kukuku, it has been a while, fragment of my soul.”
The me with an eyepatch said so.
“Chuuni Mika!”
One of the Mass-Produced Mikas, Chuuni Mika.
“I’ve come to repay my debt from Photuatua…!”
From the ■(Boxes), Mass-Produced Mikas appeared one after another.
“Science Mika. Truly interesting.”
“Liberal Arts Mika, how charming.”
“Athletic Mika! Hmph! I love protein!”
“Red (Mighty) Mika. I’m the balanced type.”
“Blue (Dragon) Mika. I’m the speed type.”
“Green (Pegasus) Mika. My hearing is amazing.”
“Purple (Titan) Mika. When it comes to power, I won’t lose to anyone.”
“…Black (Ultimate) Mika. A fearsome warrior.”
Nine… Mass-Produced Mikas had appeared!
“How ’bout that?”
“How ’bout that,’ my foot, you ignorant, dimwitted, good-for-nothing clunker!”
“Isn’t your vocabulary of insults a bit too rich!?”
It’s no wonder Tenri is snapping. I… I’m about to snap too.
“Ababababababa,” Detective Niekawa-san was extremely agitated.
“Wh-wh-wha, what is thiiis!?”
“There, there, calm down, Detective-san.”
“How can I calm down!? Nine people with the same face just appeared!?”
Well, that’s how it’d be. That’s how it’d be for someone with normal senses.
“Rather, why are you so calm!?”
Because they’re clones I created…
“Anyway, these people, well, they’re not enemies. Please try to understand that.”
“Kukuku, that is correct. We are Artificial Lifeforms created by the Creator Mika…”
“You created humans!? Nagano-san!?”
I’m already having a hard time dealing with Sinri alone, and now a whole bunch of even more troublesome people have come from another world…!
I don’t have enough hands for all the retorts…!
“Oberooon! Lucieeell! Even Fubuki would do! Someone, please cooome…!”