Chapter 81 World D: Ethan's Side Story - Joe's Breakup Update...
Perhaps because he was in a good mood after meeting Xingyun, he agreed to give him authority and asked if he wanted to be mayor or something else.
Ethan was certainly not satisfied with just being mayor, and he bluntly expressed the position he wanted. As a result, Starfall's expression changed instantly, and his tone became even more hostile than before.
It's not something anyone can just become a Guardian; there are standards for judging them. Ethan certainly knew this. After collecting so much information, it was impossible that he couldn't find this common point. There hasn't been a villainous Guardian yet.
But his intentions were good. He wanted to make the city a better place, to let everyone live a peaceful life, and to improve the filthy and disgusting aspects of human nature. If it couldn't be improved, he wanted to eliminate it. He wanted to create a utopia.
A new world filled with order, free from chaos, conflict, violence, and death.
Perhaps he has limited abilities and cannot do it perfectly, or expand the scope to what he wants, but she will do her best to make everyone live a happy and fulfilling life!
There are no orphans, no domestic violence, no drunkards or troublemakers. Even if a child loses their parents for other special reasons, they will still have enough to eat and wear, be able to go to school, and grow up like an ordinary child.
And those criminals? Ethan will make them undergo labor reform. If they can truly reform, then they will; if not, then they'll have their prefrontal cortex removed, haha.
People who feel guilty are often mentally unstable, but not necessarily abnormal. However, Ethan believes they are.
Incidentally, he had committed crimes before, and he also felt that he was not mentally sound.
If it's a mental patient, then you can try the previous treatment methods! This will ensure everyone remains peaceful and calm, and that they will never again lose control or become emotionally agitated, leading to crime.
So Ethan thought he was very kind, that everything he did was for the sake of everyone, and that he would definitely pass the Guardian's judgment. He was such a good person, after all. He had no choice but to kill his father before, right? He would have died if he hadn't fought back.
Ethan saw Xingyun's expression change for a moment, and realizing he had gone too far, his smile deepened.
“I know.” In response to Starfall’s condescending attitude at the beginning, Ethan smiled, his tone tinged with sweetness: “Daddy.”
"What did you call me?" As expected, Ethan saw Xingyun's ugly face as he wished, and he made no attempt to hide his disgust.
Even though his chin was being pinched painfully, it didn't stop Ethan from clearly pronouncing his fallacies.
Actually, it's not exactly a fallacy. In other cities, residents would be treated like children by the city's will, but not in Starfall City. It would be disgusting.
If the Starfall People are like this, how could the Starfall Will be a good person? This current situation was deliberately created by him, just to gain more power and turn this country into his personal fiefdom.
The meteor shower made him change his mind. Ethan remembered that the city's will, strictly speaking, has no gender; it's just a matter of a male or female body having a thought. He changed his mind very smoothly.
"Okay, mommy."
"..."
Later, Xingyun tried everything to get Ethan to change his address, but Ethan still called her "daddy" and "mommy" without any shame, even though he was almost beaten to death.
Because he felt he wouldn't actually be killed, having only recently been agreed to become a guardian, Starfall must be very curious about how someone like him could be judged by the guardian, so he spared his life.
As he expected, Starfall gave up on making him change his mind by beating him up. Instead, he grabbed him by the shoulder and instantly brought him to a new place—beside a huge swimming pool.
A pretty blonde girl lay on an inflatable floating bed, swaying lazily, playing in the water with one hand and holding a glass of orange juice in the other, swinging her legs to make the floating bed move.
"Huh?" The girl took off her sunglasses, her eyes widening in surprise. "Starfall? What brings you here to see me?"
Then Xingyun let go and started fighting Yangyan directly. In order to deal with Xingyun's sudden attack, Yangyan transformed into a male body as soon as he was hit, and the two fought each other.
Because of the vast difference in strength, Yang Yan was quickly overpowered and suppressed.
“Ethan.” Xingyun pinned Yangyan’s hands behind his back, then turned to ask him, “What should you call me?”
Ethan's smile remained unchanged: "...Mommy? Daddy."
Yang Yan, who was still pretending to be in pain, suddenly looked up, glanced at Ethan, and then at Xingyun, his body trembling uncontrollably.
"Pfft, hahaha—" He finally couldn't hold back and burst out laughing: "Mommy? Daddy? I didn't expect you to let your guardians call you that? Didn't you say you didn't treat the residents like your own children? Why are you calling them that now?"
“It’s all because of you.” Starfall twisted his arms, his expression somewhat sinister: “It’s because you went crazy and turned into a woman, constantly harassing your guardian and letting him know that the city’s will has no fixed gender, that’s why he’s shouting both of them.”
"Hahahaha." Yang Yan laughed even louder upon hearing this, laughing until tears streamed down his face, and he was even a little out of breath: "My God, Starfall, it is truly an honor."
Starfall killed Yang Yan several times with bloody methods before finally making Ethan change his mind for Yang Yan's sake.
Ethan has become a guardian! He excitedly pushes forward the laws he desires.
As they pushed, Xingyun grew unhappy.
Ethan could understand, because having order meant that the power of Starfall would be weakened, and no one would willingly watch themselves grow weaker step by step.
But so what? He will still reserve some power for himself, so he will still push through those laws to shape the utopia he desires.
As a result, Xingyun explicitly told him that he couldn't do it.
Ethan's anger flared up instantly. He became a guardian to change this city, and if he wanted to return it now, it was too late. No one could stop him.
"Are you saying that this law cannot be implemented?" Ethan asked with his usual smile, confirming Xingyun's disagreement once again: "Is that what you mean?"
Starfall seemed oblivious to Ethan's change in addressing him from the honorific "you" to the more casual "you," and accepted Ethan's question.
No, perhaps he had already noticed, but because he didn't care, he showed no expression. Perhaps he also realized that this was Ethan's change of attitude, but because he was confident, he didn't care.
“…I know what to do.” Ethan’s smile was like a mask, welded to his face, while his inner emotions surged: “Lord Starfall.”
Lord Starfall, you need to rest.
Getting Xingyun to rest is no easy task. Just developing a drug that can make him unconscious and in a semi-sleep state has already taken a lot of his effort.
Oh, of course, this is just in case. As expected, he will never need to use it in his life!
That's when Kagerou came knocking.
She leaned against the door with her arms crossed, her posture somewhat alluring, yet her charm incongruous with her youthful appearance. Ethan actually found it hard to look at.
He would associate the city's will with the form he used the most. Calling Starfall Mommy was a deliberate attempt to anger him. In fact, he thought it was a bit cringeworthy for Yang Yan, a man, to act like that. He wished he could turn back into a man.
“I know some things.” She tossed her hair and winked at him. “Maybe you’ll be interested and want to hear it?”
Ethan spent some time and went through countless failures before finally developing the device he wanted—a device that could temporarily suppress Starfall's attempt to steal his power.
Yangyan provided some small assistance, including some information that helped him find new ideas.
"Heavens, take that thing away from me." Yang Yan took several steps back, rejecting Ethan's suggestion to try it: "Do you want to kill me? You can use it on Xingyun, okay?"
Seeing Yang Yan's eagerness to avoid him, Ethan smiled and didn't insist.
Everything went very smoothly. All the hard work over the long term has paid off. Even though Lord Xingyun was very angry and he was also very upset, it was a very good result.
Well, although they couldn't accept it and the two of them argued, and he and Xingyun had a passionate fight that left both of them badly injured, he still won, so it was a good ending.
Compared to his previous restrained implementation of the law, without any constraints, he could almost be described as madly and insanely pushing it forward. The residents were full of complaints and grievances, but Ethan paid no attention to them.
If someone objects, they're kicked out of the biosphere. Ethan considers himself very tolerant and will even spare their families now.
He quickly completed the development of Starfall City. Unlike the previous chaos and violence, it is now peaceful and orderly, absolutely perfect, and even its appearance has changed.
Ethan then turned his attention to other cities.
But to everyone's surprise, Starfall joined forces with other cities to try and kill him.
Kill...him?
Starfall is going to kill him? Starfall is going to kill him?! Starfall is going to kill him.
He was in disbelief, shocked by the moment when he was almost stabbed in the heart, repeating the same uncertain thoughts until he finally realized it was real.
His city's will, the embodiment of the will of the city from which he was born and raised, the city he both loves and hates, wants to kill him.
"You...want to kill me?" His pupils trembled, and the smile that he usually maintained even when angry vanished without a trace. He repeated blankly, his tone a mix of crying and laughing, yet also somewhat calm, carrying the calm before the storm: "Lord Starfall...even you..."want to kill me?
Are you going to abandon me too?
I'm so angry, so angry, so angry.
I'm so sad, so sad, so sad.
He wanted to destroy everything, even the will of his city was abandoning him. He not only wanted to kill other cities, but for a moment he even thought, why not just end Starfall like this?
In the end, he did not choose to do so.
He simply taught the other city wills a harsh lesson. With the power of the Starfall, he did it with ease, causing them heavy losses and severely damaging their vitality.
Xingyun was imprisoned in the deepest part of the alternate dimension, dressed in a straitjacket, and he personally put earrings soaked in that medicine on him.
Reflect on your actions, Lord Starfall. I hope you'll be better next time I see you.
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Author's Note: I wasn't planning on updating today, but Qiao broke up with Nakamura Suguru. I was so touched, so I wrote this. I feel like Ti will break up with her someday too [sprinkling flowers][sprinkling flowers][sprinkling flowers]. I'm posting this for myself.
I wonder if anyone has noticed that Ethan is actually alive. After he gained the power, his appearance and body were frozen in that year; he was practically becoming the city's will. If he had killed Starfall...
Also, I feel like I don't really want to reply to comments anymore, I just don't. Regarding Teacher Wan's comment: I dislike Ethan more than Yang Yan because Yang Yan doesn't steal his power.
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