Man, it's hot.
This thing is really hot!
You don't have a choice.
We don't want to attract any unwanted attention
and right now, you're just too conspicuous.
I didn't think you'd still be glowing this week.
It's a fine idea to cover my body's glow with this,
but I think this is also quite conspicuous.
I mean this is straight out of a mystery or horror show.
Don't worry, it looks good on you.
You look like a regular old degenerate.
Just stay away from the kids, perv.
Shut up, kid!
You dare talk to me like that?!
Eat my Muscle Flash!
If this sticks around for another week,
I can just do as I please.
Knock it off.
Didn't I just say that I want to stay under the radar?
This may be a podunk village, but the food is good.
The ingredients are good.
The seasoning isn't bad either.
Hey, I'm hungry, too.
We'll get your portion to go.
You can eat it later when you're hidden.
If you eat here, everyone will be staring at us.
You know, I had to eat alone in the inn this morning,
and all I got was bread and water.
I don't know if you guys are putting me
on a diet or if this is A Little Princess.
Could I at least have a piece of cheese
or a slice of apple?
Just something!
Hey! Don't!
Excuse me, check please!
Just a minute!
Would that traveler care to show his face?
I'm sorry, but he has grave injuries all over his body.
That's why he's dressed this way.
Excuse me...
I'm just at that age, you know, everything is falling apart.
If you'd just let me pass...
What are they trying to do?
Did Erec arrange this?
Run!
Pet, Pet, Pet!
This is bad!
Uh...
Our Lord will come from the skies.
His form will be radiant with light,
holy beasts will be His servants, and He will save us.
Please save us, Lord.
Actually, he's...
...a god.
Indeed!
I have descended from the skies.
I have come from the heavens!
I am your god!
And these are my faithful servants three.
Poseidon!
Trans-Bowl!
And Mini-Bowl!
Y-You're the servant!
And this is my sacred Beast o' Concealment.
That shall be your cry for the week!
This is so friggin' delicious!
I was starving, so that makes it extra delicious!
What were you thinking?
We don't know what they'll do to you
if we carelessly resist.
That's why just going along with whatever they want
is the easiest way.
Easy?
You told them you're a god!
Must have been my personal virtues, I mean, my divine virtues.
But this is just the glow
of the leftover Alma energy in your body.
They don't have to know that.
We'll just get out of here before they find out.
So, look sharp, servant.
I told you, you're the servant!
Pipe down, Mini-Bowl.
Lord, everybody has gathered.
What do you mean?
They are awaiting you.
Lord!
Now what are you going to do?
You'll be in real trouble if they find out.
I told you this was a bad idea!
Please, oh Lord, we need a miracle.
A miracle?
Yes.
A miracle...
Then...
Let there be light!
That's it?
That's not enough?
Is this a miracle?
I think he just gets along with bugs.
Invincible!
Lord, the fountain!
Fountain?
The village fountain has been dry for many years now.
Poseidon. That thing, please.
Poseidon?
Oh yeah. That's me.
What thing?
You know! That thing!
The water...
Lord, it's a miracle!
He is our Lord!
Lord! Lord!
Was that a miracle?
The water must have gotten agitated by Alma.
Beginner's luck.
I'm pretty awesome, don't you think?
Maybe in this world, I really am a god?
If you get too cocky, you'll fail.
Not going to happen.
I'm one of those so-called chosen ones,
here from another world.
A god who appeared from the sky! That's right!
Hey, wait!
Hey!
Hey guys! It's your god!
Lord! Lord!
Someone's full of himself.
If they find out now...
We won't let that happen.
We have to see this through.
Tell us, oh Lord.
What was there in the beginning?
In the beginning?
Yes.
And then how did it progress?
Like he can even talk about something like this.
What was there in the beginning?
The Big Bang!
A big bang?
Something big made a big bang!
That was the NES!
A gaming console in the living room!
Happy family!
We are all part of one blessed family!
And yet, those times were still marked by strife.
New systems were constantly appearing and disappearing again.
Virtual reality that came too early
and realistic art that came too late.
Where did everyone go
without the chance of being traded in?
We are all survivors of a time full of strife!
In the shadow of every winner stands a loser.
Take the Saturn that never caught on.
The Pippin that never kicked off its own dynasty.
There was the Neogeo that sank into the sea.
The Dream that never came true.
The spectacular fail of the FX.
The failed sound of the Omega Drive!
Like the flickering stars, lives were born to fade away again!
And yet!
Progress could not be stopped!
From eight to sixteen!
Thirty-two! Sixty-four!
Darwin!
Darwin?
The one who darts forward and yells win!
The victor!
Finally, the era of the portable devices arrived.
The P! The DS!
We love portability!
They have escaped the living room and dashed out into the world!
Before long, all the people had scattered away from each other.
Yet all these people
passing each other on the street needed a connection.
They all needed many friends!
The people who had been scattered came together again.
And the networks...
The world exists because of these connections!
Wii!
Humans had triumphed!
Online!
We are always connected!
3D will soon be ours!
The future is ours to grasp!
Kon-trol!
Kon-trol! Kon-trol!
Hey, good morning!
Konpika-sama, they are waiting for your words.
Yes.
Not this again.
What will we do today?
Lord, is there such a thing as reincarnation?
That depends on your items and your remaining credits.
Gather hearts, search for the leaves of the World Tree,
and conserve your MP!
You must be virtuous and avoid extravagance!
Objection!
If you really are a god, then you must save all of mankind!
Those who don't better themselves
and idly let a 1UP slip by will only hold the rest back!
They will end up having to toss in
another coin to continue!
What do you mean by "cointucontinew"?
It means buying your life with money, you insolent fool!
Kon-trol! Kon-trol! Kon-trol!
Lord! Did you create the world?
The world was created by gods.
The Engineers who developed it,
and the Creators who brought it to be.
First, there was the god who created the heavens and the earth,
and then there was the god who created life.
Objection!
The earth came to be by itself, as did all life upon it!
Now that is a crap game.
A what?
Something that dies quickly and ends quickly!
Do you really want to waste time in a world
so random and nonsensical?!
A world cannot be created without
debugging and proper calculations!
Lord, does the world end somewhere?
Every map and terrain has an end.
When you scroll, you see repetition.
There are capacity limits.
The world is finite.
Objection!
If you say the world is contained
like an egg is contained in its shell, then tell me,
what lies beyond the shell?
That would be
offline satisfaction!
What?
Do you honestly think someone as miserable as you
can begin to comprehend such a concept?!
A better world that awaits us...
Even I can only humbly guess at such things!
It's time you realize that man simply cannot know everything!
Kon-sumer!
Kon-vention!
Anyone bringing foodstuffs, over here.
Anyone bringing gold or silver, over here.
Anything else, over here.
Kon-vention!
Kon-trol!
Kon-sumer!
Kon-pact!
Konpika-sama, are you ready to speak?
I am, so listen up.
Save meticulously!
Especially if you're about to begin a big event.
This is an iron rule.
You will be tested on this later.
He teaches us that we must
take meticulous care if we want to achieve something.
This is the life!
Konpika-sama, open wide.
Open wide.
This is heaven, heaven!
May we have a word with you, Konpika-sama?
And?
How depraved do you want to get?
It's only a matter of time before they find out.
It's time to run.
It's all good.
I mean, it's not often that I get to be a god.
That can wait until I've gotten an even better treatment.
What do you mean?
I am after all a living god,
so I'd like them to build me this really huge temple.
That will be the holy land, Akihabara
and I'll have 48 beautiful temple maidens
and amass enough gold to swim in it.
Enough with this fake god stunt!
I'm no fake!
As long as I've got this glow,
and as long as I've got people worshiping me,
I really am a god.
Is this what you came to this world for?
What is your purpose?!
Why are you traveling with us?!
U-Um...
You're the one who has lost his way.
You're not fit to be guiding others!
I...
Konpika-sama!
We need you!
You must show yourself to the believers.
The Konpika religion gains new followers every day
and it's a riot out there!
Just let them see you.
Konpika-sama! That's him! He really does glow!
Kon... Kon-vict...
No matter what I do, the shine gets through.
We missed our window.
Well, right now, running is all we've got.
Can't you control the shine somehow?
We're here right now because I can't.
I even peed myself a little out there,
so don't ask too much of me.
We can't get out the front.
Konpika-sama!
Where are you going?
I am going to resume my travels.
Are you going to preach in other locations?
S-Something like that, yes.
I will go with you!
All the believers will follow you!
But that's...
The Konpika faith has an unprecedented following!
It can go toe-to-toe with the Ulga religious sorority!
That's right!
First we should go south, to the Ulga sorority's headquarters!
Let us deliver holy war unto them!
No way!
Yeah, nope!
Nothing to do with the Ulga sorority!
Don't do anything against them.
But some of the believers already started going south.
Call them back right now!
As you command!
But, Konpika-sama,
the tide is in our favor right now.
The Konpika faith is pacifistic!
We don't use the "Fight" command,
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we use "Run" or "Allies"!
But you have to answer
to the hearts of those who worship you!
A crusade!
With you at the front!
It's not a god's job to find an outlet
for that kind of pent-up energy!
Damn it!
You have that much energy to spare?!
That's it! That's what we need! Yeah!
This place has become too small for the Konpika faith!
We need a holy land!
That shall be known as the Holy Land Akiba!
Everybody needs to work together
and build a magnificent temple there!
Kon-struction!
Kon-struction...
All right, I managed to create an outlet for their energy.
But really, what is this?
A public service to combat unemployment?
Should I have gone for a pyramid?
It's better than clashing with the Ulga sorority.
But it's also only delaying the problem.
If we can't do it stealthily,
then we just have to force our way out.
Through that many people?
I don't want to hurt the people.
Hey, old man, what are you doing?
Since you want to build a temple,
I thought I'd oversee the design for you.
Excuse me?
Are you mocking me?
Like you want to make it an amateurish crap temple?
I've completed my studies in engineering and architecture
at the university in the empire's capital.
Yeah right, even your brain is made of muscles.
Sainglain graduated top of his class.
He's not like a certain moron we all know.
Huh?
Y-You guys are all way too different from how you appear!
Konpika-sama, a word, if you please.
Kon-plete!
What is this heat?
But we need more, shine more, Kon!
Kon-verter!
What is that thing?!
Konpika-sama is going to return to the heavens now.
B-But...
We need further guidance!
Farewell!
Konpika-sama has returned to the heavens.
Let us follow his teachings
and develop this holy land further!
Konpika! Konpika! Konpika!
Well done, Sainglain.
You are too kind.
Hey, I'm the engine here.
No words for me?
You're the one who got us into this mess,
so you'd better make it fly, servant!
Hey, it's not like I chose to shine like thi—
I told you to make it fly. Are you disobeying me?
You say disobey, but you know,
I couldn't turn it off until now.
And now it just turned off. There you have it.
Does that mean the Alma energy in your body is used up?
Oh, I see. I'm out of energy.
So it's finally gone.
Wait, that wasn't planned.
I need you to shine a bit longer or...
Shine one more time, servant!
Pika...
...chu!
Do it, Kon!
Put your heart into it!
Chu!!
It's no good, something else came out...
Next Time
Guided by a mysterious woman,
I've arrived at the workshop of the Takumis.
There I was given new Alma gear.
Just you wait, DT!
I will defeat you with this holy sword, Calibre!
Meanwhile, the four officers
of Incognito await Erec's return,
each insisting that he
is Erec's true right-hand man.