Otherworld Company Chapter 161.2: While It Is Necessary To Have Margin, It Is Difficult To Maintain It

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　Another Side

~3^rd Person Perspective~

　For Valus, the spirit of space-time, the existence of a contractor is just a pastime.

　In other words, they were nothing more than a tool to pass the time for the spirits who lived in perpetuity.

　Therefore, the human was dealt with in the same way this time.

　Infinite Prison.

　As the name “spirit of space-time” suggests, this being controls space and time.

　Exercising a power that lives up to its name, it twists and turns space to create a space that goes on forever, both backward and forward, left and right, up and down.

　In such a place, he imprisoned a man named Jiro Tanaka.

(Well, how will he react?) (Valus)

　Under the guise of a trial, the spirit Valus was enjoying a view that only he could see.

　Over the years, Valus’ enjoyment has been to see the final glow of the trial when they see the challenger in a critical situation.

　In short, they created this kind of environment because they wanted to see the glow they would show before death.

　It could be called in bad taste.

　The being who is challenging the trial is desperately searching for a solution while sensing their imminent death.

　Valus enjoys the sight of it.

(The last Dark Elf child went insane on the third day. I wonder how long this child will last.) (Valus)

　They can guess the character of the human spirit when they start to think they can conquer the trial.

　In the scenery that the spirit Valus sees, Jiro Tanaka stands there and can be seen desperately thinking about something.

(He is panicking. Should I hope something more from him?) (Valus)

　The spirit Valus is not exception.

　They understand that there is a way to attack this trial, but that there is no way out of it.

　However, they do not assume that Jiro Tanaka will be able to find the method that the Spirit Valus has prepared for him.

　And even though they speak anticipation, that anticipation is merely the sense that they will be able to enjoy the trial longer than before.

(But is he aware of it? The truly horrifying part of this prison.) (Valus)

　The only tone of their voice conveys a smile that seems to lift to a Cheshire Cat-like smirk on their face in that dimly lit space where they can hide from anyone’s view.

　They gloat over the fact that he is progressing as he had expected, that he has yet to realize the true nature of this trial.

(Oh? This child has started to do something unusual.) (Valus)

　However, Jiro Tanaka began to swing the weapon he was carrying in the scenery seen by the spirit, not knowing the intentions of the spirit Valus.

(Oh dear, did it come as such a shock to you that you are wasting so much physical strength after being trapped?) (Valus)

　What they say as physical strength is not the strength of the body, but the strength of the mind.

　Even if the body does not accumulate fatigue, if it accumulates in the mind, it will be reflected in the body.

　The spirit, who seemingly thought nothing of it, but simply drowned his fears, began to show signs of disappointment, thinking that this challenger, like the previous ones, would simply end the trial.

　But unlike the previous challengers, they think this challenger may be too quick to lose heart, too quick to despair.

(Well, okay. If he falls down and almost dies, as they always do, I can just rewind time and throw him back to the edge of the realm.) (Valus)

　Then that’s fine.

　If it’s too soon to end, they’ll just get it over with.

　But if he dies, there is a possibility that this fun will be lost, so they’ll just give him the minimum necessary treatment.

　That’s the end of this trial.

　All that’s left, Valus thinks, is to sleep through the endless eternity once again.

　After all, it’s just a way to pass the time.

　Other spirits do similar things, even if the trial is different.

　However, after going through the entertaining process, it is nothing more than lending out a momentary blink of time from the spirit as a reward for their entertainment.

　Thinking that, the spirit Valus was watching without much expectation.

(…what is going on with this child.) (Valus)

　The first thing that struck them as odd was when they started to think about the space that stopped time.

　The space where time is stopped was set up by the spirit Valus, who did not want to end up with trivial results such as starvation and death.

　What is essentially frightening about this Infinite Prison is its eternal time.

　Living creatures cannot survive without stimulation.

　Even if they are served a fine meal, they will soon grow tired of the same dish.

　Even if you could have the most beautiful woman in the world, you would eventually get tired of her.

　Even if you have a lot of treasures, you will get tired of them if you cannot use them.

　Infinite prison is the ultimate form of the phenomenon of being able to live without doing anything.

　It is a space in which one can spend time without getting hungry or sleepy, and in which the desires that are necessary for living can be suspended.

　How many beings can live in such a world for a long time and remain sane?

　It would still be possible to live a normal life for a day or even a week.

　Or if there were two people instead of one, it would be a different story.

　But the trial is done alone, and the previous challengers have either done nothing or kept on walking, in a space where they do not need to eat and do not have to worry about dying.

　And both of those two choices ended in the same way: a broken spirit and lethargy.

　Even if the body is fine, leisure time is a poison that kills the mind of a living being.

　The fact that there is no end, no change, is enough of a lethal force to bring despair to a creature.

　And yet this Jiro Tanaka continued to wield his weapon endlessly.

　It was as if the act itself was the goal.

　Let’s say it’s normal for a day.

　A week is normal.

　Let’s admit that a month is a long time.

　If it’s a year, I’ll be surprised.

　And they said,

(I can’t believe they’ve been wielding a sword for ten years.) (Valus)

　No hunger.

　No sleep.

　A space where you never get tired.

　In a world where not a second of time has passed in the surface world, Jiro Tanaka wielded a sword for ten years in the time read by the spirit Valus.

(What is this child trying to achieve? Why is he working so hard?) (Valus)

　No voice responded to that question.

　Tanaka Jiro and the spirit Valus are not physically connected, and Tanaka Jiro cannot hear the voice of the spirit Valus.

　But.

(Eh?) (Valus)

　Instead of a voice, the human effort responded to the spirit’s voice.

　A crack appears in the space.

(Impossible.) (Valus)

　No, it’s not a crack.

(How?) (Valus)

　Is this what it means to not be able to close your mouth?

　It was indeed a crack.

　It was the result of thousands, tens of thousands, billions, billions of swings down on the same spot.

　No, it did not cut the same place, but it transformed the swing down to a swing to cut something that was not there.

　In the face of such a result, the spirit Valus sees the facts.

　The cut gradually became larger and larger, and finally, a path that a single person could pass through was completed.

　Finally, Jiro Tanaka stopped moving.

(He’s ridiculous, an absolute ridiculousness.) (Valus)

　The spirit Valus saw for sure as he gently lowered his sword and disappeared into the path.

　At the same time, they also saw the feat of human beings.

　Although the spirit was calling such a scene ridiculous, only they themself would have realized that their words contained praise.

　Another Side End

Note for the Day

When you have to be stubborn, you have to be stubborn.

However, as a result, I am often called ridiculous.

T/N: Well, I guess it became a trip to Dragon Ball’s Room of Spirit and Time. Jiro became more muscle-brained and ridiculously stupidly nonsensically strong. Now be a General of the Demon King Army, you inhuman riajuu. I think being eaten by the Evo Eater really changed Jiro more than he thought.