If you can't talk, just write it down and hand it over. Simple.
I'm a genius.
If I hand over a book with everything I want to say already written in it, I don't have to bother with any unnecessary communication.
All they have to do is read the book on their own.
And while they're reading, I don't even need to be nearby.
So I immediately started cranking out books.
Now I can reach out to all those people I've been avoiding contact with!
Woohoo!
First up: little sis.
From now on, little sis is going to covertly support Natsume-kun's activities.
Well, I don't really plan on dragging her too deeply into things.
For little sis, I'm keeping my expectations low — if she manages to grab a Ruler Skill, great. If not, no big deal.
I'm done viewing her as a pawn.
When her big-sister love goes off the rails, there's no telling when she might betray me.
So, I prepared a quick memo with simple instructions and handed it over.
"What is this?"
"Read it."
That's all I said before making my exit.
If I stuck around for any longer, she'd start going off about big brother, and then I'd be trapped for at least an hour before she'd let me go.
Minimum. One hour.
I ain't got time for that.
While I'm at it, I thought I'd check in on Natsume-kun too.
…Let's pretend I never saw that.
Even for an addict, isn't that a bit much?
Is he gonna be okay?
Hmm.
Well, once I get him a Ruler Skill, I'll dispose of him at some convenient point, so I guess it's fine.
Please look forward to Natsume-kun's next performance!
Now then, next up:
We've already succeeded in mostly pushing the elves out of Demon territory.
Dangerous elements among the demons have been eliminated across the board.
Honestly, there's less and less need to rely on Agner.
I'll have Agner focus on preparing for war.
At this pace, it shouldn't be more than a few years before we can launch a large-scale war against the Human race.
Once the war is over, we'll go wipe out the elves.
That's been decided.
But of course,
Thanks to intelligence gathered from clones that infiltrated the barrier, I've gotten a decent picture of the
In other words, the place where Potimas's real body is.
Not only have I failed to get in, I haven't even figured out where it is.
He's hidden it thoroughly, alright.
After all, he's managed to survive this long by evading both Kuro and the Demon King.
Well, as far as Kuro is concerned, she's probably just been reluctant to finish him off.
The plan is to find Potimas's real body and eliminate him.
That preparation probably won't be ready until after the war.
No rush, though.
I'll just carefully build up the encirclement at a leisurely pace.
And I need to reach out to the places that might be willing to join that encirclement.
I've been putting it off, but it's about time I made contact.
This is probably the most troublesome opponent after Potimas, so I need to handle it carefully.
The one I'm going to contact next is the Pope of the Divine Word Religion.
And the Virtue Ruler.
The person who holds one of the Ruler Authorities I need to bring down the system.
Through intelligence gathered by my clones, I've gotten a pretty good idea of what the Pope's objectives are.
Probably something similar to Agner.
Just as Agner will stop at nothing to keep the demons alive, the Pope will stop at nothing to keep the Human race alive.
But unlike Agner, the Pope is a Ruler.
And if what the Demon King said is true, the Pope has maxed out the Taboo skill.
Maxed out Taboo and still chose the path of preserving humanity.
That takes more than ordinary resolve.
Depending on the circumstances, this person could end up being a far more troublesome enemy than Potimas.
Time to write the book.
It ended up being quite substantial.
What I wrote covered the current state of the world, information about the Reincarnators, the demons' future plans, the strategy for destroying the elves, and a request for cooperation.
The Pope surely understands the world's current state as well.
Otherwise, there'd be no reason to understand why they launched a war against the Goddess Religion.
In any era, in any world, religious wars are guaranteed to turn into quagmires.
Conversion isn't something you can achieve easily, and resentment lingers no matter what.
Furthermore, even though the Divine Word Religion and the Goddess Religion have different doctrines, they worship the same god.
The Pope can't possibly be unaware of that.
To have pushed forward with the policy of weakening the Goddess Religion at this particular time, despite all those risks — that tells me this is a decision born from a clear understanding of the world's situation.
Regarding the Reincarnators, I think the Pope has a fair grasp as well.
After all, the Pope has been conscripting Reincarnators.
They must have heard it straight from the source.
The extra bits I threw in were mainly about why the Reincarnators ended up being reincarnated in the first place — the tale of the previous Hero and the Demon King.
I left out D.
Better that way.
Just knowing about that thing can make you miserable.
It's a genuine Evil God, after all.
And the lifeline of this world is in the hands of such an Evil God, if you can believe it?
With that kind of stress, won't the Pope end up with a hole in their stomach?
The reason I wrote about the demons' future movements is half a gamble.
I want to see how the Pope responds to that information.
If they try to use it against me, then I'm afraid I won't be showing any mercy.
To be blunt, no matter what the Pope does, it won't change the war.
The Demon King's strength is extraordinary even by this world's standards.
Even cheat-tier Reincarnators are no match for the Demon King.
The Demon King alone could destroy half the world.
At least, if Kuro and I didn't intervene.
The Pope's options against such an opponent are extremely limited.
No matter which way things fall, the result won't change.
That's right — the result won't change.
Whether they resist to avoid war, or cooperate in the annihilation of the elves, the Pope's ultimate destination remains the same.
For my final objective, I need Ruler Authorities.
And the Pope will never agree to hand them over.
Which means I have no choice but to kill them and take it by force.
I teleported directly in front of the Pope.
It looked like they were in the middle of a conversation with Kusama-kun, who happens to be a Reincarnator as well.
"And who might you be?"
"
The Pope asked the question without showing any panic, yet with a clear sense of wariness.
Meanwhile, Kusama-kun was visibly shaken, his voice cracking.
What composure.
"Take this."
I set the book I'd written right there on the spot.
Then I teleported away.
What happens next is up to the Pope.
Well then — how will things play out?