Chapter 329.2. Found The Mastermind

Grandpa Odin exhaled and leaned back on the sofa. Indeed, there had been hints from the beginning. And now that we knew, it was quite obvious.
Kanna Tsuki. It was probably a play on words, referencing a world without gods. Shin also named his brother Taiyou. He fooled us. He misled us.
“Well, I didn’t know the unique way of naming months in Japan. It’s understandable.”
“Even if you make excuses, it doesn’t change the fact that we were gullible, Odin. A world without gods, which means pretending you knew it from the start? Isn’t it a good thing the young lady realized it?”
Indeed, Frigg-oneesan was right. If this were a detective novel, I would have noticed. I’m good at guessing the real culprit without reading half of the book.
“But, you know… she’s his little sister. She was the all-approving heroine who kept calling him ‘onii-chan.’ Is it normal to think of her as the mastermind?”
The most clichéd little sister is the final boss, Kanna Tsuki.
Would anyone normally suspect such an all-approving little sister as the mastermind?
“Admittedly, there were strange points. I was most puzzled by why the Duke would adopt a daughter. I was misled by the original story’s image. If there weren’t an original story, I think I would have noticed.”
In reality, there’s no little sister like that. And she was a big fan of her big brother, too. But to keep up that act… Kanna Tsuki, the fearsome final boss.
Well, she’s probably no longer called Kanna Tsuki. It seems like everyone except Mii-chan and the others has forgotten that there was a girl named Kanna Tsuki.
“I-I get it now. I’m sure Kanna Tsuki’s true identity is the Empress of the deceased Emperor, right? She manipulated everything from the center. After all, she could meet all the relevant people.”
“Freya is right. If Kanna Tsuki was a created entity, well, she was probably human at first. She used her position as the Empress to manipulate Duke Kanna from their first contact. If she’s the one who controlled everything from the beginning, it all makes sense.”
Freya’s reasoning made sense, using her brilliant deductive skills. After all, she lived in a grand castle, and the only important person Mi-chan hadn’t seen was the Empress.
That raises a question, though.
“Heimdall, try searching with ‘Spatial Witch’s Home.'”
“Huh, what’s that? Well, alright. Huh, it’s the same scene as before??? Gwaaah, my eyes, my eyes!”
I recover Heimdall, who does a tendon, and scowls.
“I didn’t expect it, but Spatial Witch is Kanna Tsuki too, huh? No wonder her residence didn’t appear in the original story! What kind of role was she playing? She was always by Shin’s side as the little sister, controlling the Duke Kanna and Shin!”
“Oh, that patchwork creature made up of so many souls and bodies? That was eerie.”
Heimdall stuck out his tongue in disgust.
That’s right. In Heimdall’s eyes, Duke Kanna didn’t seem to have a human form. It was a monstrous creation, forcibly merging multiple souls and bodies.
“But she’s not doing this to create a human Emperor, is she? It’s for her to become a God. Why is she going through such a convoluted process to create a new life?”
Frigg-oneesan spoke while eating a Tiara Waffle. Whose tiara was that?
“Like I said before, it’s all about repeating conflicts to destroy the world. And to create a new life, there are hidden motives that we don’t know about.”
“I-I see… then, Helheim must have survived. You couldn’t kill her. I think she was using [Soul Bestowal]. Her ultimate goal is probably to become a God in this world, right?”
Upon Grandpa Odin’s words, Freya continued her reasoning.
“That’s not the case. I killed Helheim has.”
However, that’s incorrect. Helheim has completely died. That’s because System-san assured me of that. There’s no doubt about it.
“But this method is definitely Helheim’s. I’m sure of it, Mii-tan?”
Freya continued to argue without giving in, but it could be true.
If it’s the Goddess of Death Helheim, she would be skilled at [Soul Bestowal], and surviving is possible.
However, that’s only a possibility. Since System-san informed us that she had died. It means she’s died.
“Helheim was died by my attack. Even if she bestows her soul, it will still be affected. No matter how far apart we are, destruction will come. My [God Slayer] has that power.”
“If that’s true, it’s a terrifying power, but… then, who’s scheming now? A completely unknown entity to us? Is it possible that there is someone we know nothing about?”
Grandpa Odin questioned with a moan. I don’t know. We don’t need any more culprits.
But there is a countermeasure. A simple one.
“Heimdall, how many souls were combined in the defeated Duke Kanna?”
There’s a meaning in the number. I think he used about 9 souls in that experiment.
“How many? Umm, probably 3… no, maybe 4?”
At that time, I was a Hero, not a God. Moreover, it was Grandpa Odin who defeated him. So, other than the soul of Duke Kanna, we couldn’t destroy the others. The scenario wasn’t “destroy”. It was “defeat”.
“There are still 5 souls left out of the 9. Assuming they can’t replenish, they might be using the remaining souls to create another new life. If we interfere with that. I think there won’t be a problem. We should seek an audience with the Empress…”
Whether it was a meeting with the Empress, who would then die of illness, or finding a suspicious research facility and destroying it, I was about to open my mouth when I looked at the floating board in mid-air and held back.
-Main Story: The enemy is making all preparations. Sena enjoys a brief moment of peace but can’t shake off a bad feeling-
-Victory Condition: Be prepared at Throne of Hlidskjalf before the enemy takes action-
-Defeat Condition: Destroy the enemy before they complete their preparations-
“Let’s… stop for now. Mii-chan and the others are already strong enough, but let’s continue the Tokyo development and level up!”
There’s no helping it. If System-san says it’s a no-go, we should hold off on action for now.
Well, it’s finally time to renovate Throne of Hlidskjalf. It’s quite exciting.