Jayr POV - Earth, Teppelin - 1007 AFA-SW

  After the movie ended, I wait for a few minutes for Lenome and the others tn in their ragiions.

  Lenome is still staring at the bck s with his eyes full of tears, and his harem is huddled together f each other while muttering things like, "Princess Nia...", "Boota-kun...", "Lenome-sama...", and Guame is loudly sniffing into a napkin.

  Seeing them like that, I 't help but smile wryly while thinking, 'After all, even in my previous life I too was moved when I first saw the movie, not to the point of tears, but for sure I was hit in the feels. And that was me, a young man that was just watg it as a form of eai. Meanwhile, Guame, Lenome, and his harem are directly involved, they are a part of this world shown in the movie.'

  After a while, Lenome finally reposes himself, he wipes his face clear and faces me, and with a calm and posed look, he finally asks, "So how do you pn to stop the Anti-Spiral and the Spiral Nemesis? And more important, how much did you ge already?"

  Hearing Lenome's st question, Guame raises his head and excims, "That's right! Your presence here could make things ge for the worse! I already noticed some differences between the movies and what actually happened in the first movie!!"

  I simply smile at his nervous appearand reply, "Oh nothing much, I was very careful with my a, after all this isn't my first time in such a situation..." and just as Guame starts to rex, I add with a grin, "...I just saved Kamina's life preventing his death itle against Thymilph."

  Instantly both focus their gaze oh their eyes open wide in surprise.

  Then Guame shouts, "Are you crazy!? Kamina's death was the pushing force behind Simon's rise as a Spiral Warrior! His death pushed the Dai-Gurren Brigade forward! Damn! His spirit, soul, or whatever it was is also the only reason the Dai-Gurren Brigade was able to get out of the extradimensional byrinth! With him alive that won't be possible anymore!!"

  But a frown forms on Lenome's face, then he says, "Wait a moment, Guame! Something isn't right. From your, ander, and Viral's reports the one currently leading the Dai-Gurren Brigade is Simon, not Kamina."

  Hearing that, Guame calms down and realizes, "That's right! When I faced the Dai-Gurren Brigade, Simon clearly said that his "Aniki is dead." What is going on here?"

  I turn back all the ema's equipment into Spiral Power and expin, "It is simple. While I did save Kamina's life, I tricked everyone else into believing that he died that day. Keeping the "story" more or less intact. At least until Simon's growth reached a certain point."

  With my expnation, Lenome realizes what I'm talking about, nods, and says, "I see... And if I guessed right, that point was when he faced Guame, as he finally started to truly believe in himself." I smile and add, "Indeed. And a week or so ago I reunited him with the Dai-Gurren Brigade."

  After that, I look at Lenome and say, "About your first question, my pn at the start was to just y the foundations so that 7 years ter we could be better prepared to deal with the Anti-Spiral and save as many people as possible and as you have seen in the movie, a Spiral Nemesis isn't as lethal as you all thought as both the Super Gaxy Dai-Gurren Brigade and Antispiral were able to survive despite their Super Giga Drill causing something that was very simir to one."

  Hearing that, Lenome nods then easily catches the hint I left in my words, and narrowing his eyes he asks, "At the start... What ged?"

  I scratch my head a little embarrassed and say, "Well, I was feeling kinda uneasy because of some personal issue and got a little careless... so I kinda sparked a Spiral Nemesis a real one..."

  I see Lenome and Guame's eyes open wide, Guame also started to shake in fright, but I quickly raise my hands to calm them and say, "Calm down, calm down! The universe isn't going to end! The one I cause happened in a different dimension bound to my soul and more important, I was able to stop it!"

  Hearing that, Lenome rushes toward me and grabs my shoulders, and with a voice full of hope he asks, "Is it true!? You really stopped a Spiral Nemesi!? How!!? you do it again!!?"

  I look at the anxious Lenome and calmly say, "I'll tell you... just not here."

  Then I open a portal to my Soulbouory and invite Lenome, Guame, and Lenome's harem inside.

  We all appear ihe training area where the signs of the Spiral Nemesis I sparked are still present as the ground is gouged out in a spiral pattern something that Leices instantly,

  And ohere, I expin, "As you see, this is where I sparked the Spiral Nemesis, luckily I was able to tain it and stop it before it could cause too much damage..."

  Lenome and the others seem very ied in the surroundings, but sooares at me and once again he simply asks, "How?" but this time, he is more calm than before.

  I touch my Silver Core Drill and expin, "Well, first, I e from a different Universe, ohout Spiral Power. But in its pce, there is a simir form of energy called o, and through my jouro another Universe, I also acquired another form of energy Magic Power... Needless to say that once I arrived in your universe, I also awakehe Spiral Power hidden in my body and that caused quite a bit of problem as they started to csh."

  Hearing that, Lenome realizes the crux of the matter and says, "Indeed, I don't know about this o and Magic Power but Spiral Power is a quite overbearing energy... But since you are here it means that you were able to reach a new baween your energy sources, right?"

  I nod and tinue my expnation, "Right... The problem was that in my quest to further enhance my capabilities and fix the problem of my multiple energy sources, I decided to test the knowledge inating from a Universe very different from this one or all the others I visited before, a knowledge about a supernatural power called Spin that I thought was very patible with Spiral Power and tried to apply that fn knowledge to it thehe enhanced Spiral Power te and ie all my energy sources into one."

  Without waiting for their rea, I tinue, "Needless to say, I was somewhat successful in applying the knowledge of the Spin to the Spiral Power enhang its power and capabilities by a lot as the two were truly patible, but not enough to succeed int the two together, and se all my energy sources. Then I decide to further refine and study both the Spin and Spiral Power before trying again."

  Then with a shudder, I remember my test experience, once again realizing how close I was to losing everything, but I take a deep breath, and after steading myself, I tell them the rest of the story, "But like always, not everything goes acc to the pn, and I finally find a Guruly patible with my mini-type Guhat I named Cratergann..."

  At this point, Lenome realizes something and with a progressively agitated tone, he yells, "Don't tell me... You didn't try to use that unstable ented Spiral Power with your mini-type Gunmen, didn't you? They aren't only tools used fhting, traveling, and merging with teology! Their main fun is to enhahe trol, help el, and speed up the growth of the Spiral Power of their pilots!! If all of that is applied to an unstable Spiral Power it could easily cause it to go berserk! In the best of cases, the mini-type Gunmen will shut down to prevent that a the pilot. But if the pilot's Spiral Power is way to it could easily damage or everoy the mini-type Gunmen and spark a Spiral Nemesis!!!"

  With a wry smile on my face, I say, "As expected of someoh as much experieh Spiral Power as you, Lenome. You guessed exactly what happened. I foolish tried to do that and as you guess, my Spiral Power went out of trol and started a Spiral Nemesis."

  Then my Silver Core Drill shines and in its pces, the Crateris Cloth appears beside me in its steltion Form as I tinue, "Luckily my most trusted partner came to the rescue. With its help, I was able te my o and Magic Power to stall the out-of-trol Spiral Power and slow down the Spiral Nemesis long enough to dare an incredibly risky solution."

  At this point, I give a brief summary of the solution, on how we pe the Crateris Cloth with Cratergann granting it the ability to wield Spiral Power in the hope that it would help me in trolling the berserk Spiral Power, then I say, "Well, sidering the fact that I'm talking with you guys, it is clear that we were successful. In fact, we were much more than that. Not only I gained back trol over Spiral Power, but with the Crateris Cloth's help I was able to further enhahe Spin and pletely merge it with the Spiral Power and then merge all my energy sources into a single ohat I call Spiral o..."

  And to prove that I raise my hand and gee a pure golden drill with small shining spots within that look just like stars, and with a smile, I add, "... At the same time, I reached a brand new level of awareness regarding agic Power, Spiral Power, and Spin uedly attaining Godhood..."

  At this point, Guame shouts, "Wait! Wait! Wait!! Are you telling us that you are some kind of God!? How!?"

  I look at him and ask, "Well, how do you define a God?" making Guame stop and think for a bit, but Lenome replies in his pce, "A being of immense power worshipped by the mass capable of doing acts that seems to break the normal rules of the universe with little or no sequences..."

  Hearing him say that, I nod and say, "And well, I ow stop a Spiral Nemesis by only imposing my will on it, revive the dead, create matter in exge for energy, manipute time and space as I desire, trol over life and souls, receive the power of faith from the people in another universe that I previously saved and even from this universe, I hear their prayers and guide them."

  At this point, Guame opens his mouth wide and excims, "Holy shit!" to which I nod and jokingly say in a totally serious tone, "Yeah, I also think that my droppings ow be sidered holy shit." which further stuns Guame that doesn't know what to say and how to act.

  Then remembering something, I look back at Lenome and say, "Talking about trol over life, I'm pretty sure that I fix Nia's situation with the Anti-Spiral Factor."

  Hearing that, Lenome realizes it too, and asks in a hopeful tone, "Are you sure?" to which I reply, "Yes, I easily wipe out the virus that carries the Anti-Spiral Factor, and remodel Nia's body so that it is once again a pure human free of the Anti-Spiral Factor. But I'm sure that such a thing will for sure catch the Anti-Spiral's attention and bring Antispiral and its forces to Earth. And for sure I don't want to fight it there, as it could easily destroy this gaxy."

  Then I ask Lenome, "By the way, aren't you also able to take care of the Anti-Spiral Factor now that you know that it is impnted into Nia?"

  Hearing my question, Lenome crosses his arms and with a p expression, he says, "Regretfully I 't. Trust me I tried for many years to find a way to get rid of the Anti-Spiral Factor. This is also one of the reasons I fouhe Beauty Vilge. In that vilge at first, I gathered all the girls that we were able to find that were ied by the virus carrying the Anti-Spiral Factor to study it but I wasn't able to find a way to remove it."

  But a frown forms on his face as he tinues, "In fact, I wasn't even truly sure if those people truly carried the Anti-Spiral Factor, as it is hidden way too well, the only reason we suspected that they carried the Anti-Spiral Factor is that the symptoms caused by the virus created by the Anti-Spiral are very peculiar and quite unique."

  Curious about this peculiar virus I ask, "What are the symptoms of this virus?"

  Lenome smiles wryly and says, "The first day the victim is ied, the victim is hit by influenza, but the day it magically disappears and in its pce, there is a crippling migraine, but that only for that day, then two days ter, the victim is hit by diarrhea, but like before that sts only one day, and after that, the victim is fine for the wo days, but ohird day the victim starts to have nausea and vomiting, but like before it stops the day."

  Then with a grave expression, Lenome tinues, "Then the victim is fine... until the fifth day where it is once again hit by the flu, and the cycle restarts, but the time between each step tio increase, the migraine will happen on the eighth day, diarrhea ohirteenth, and nausea and vomiting owenty-first day."

  Leices the surprise on my fad with a smirk he asks, "Started to notice the pattern?"

  I nod and reply, "Yes, it is the fug Fibonacci Sequence, a sequence of numbers in which eaumber is the sum of the two preg ohese numbers are known as the Fibonaumbers which are alsly reted to the golden ratio and be illustrated as a spiral with squares representing the widths of the numbers in the sequening what be called the Golden Spiral, a mathematically endless spiral and the representation of the perfect rotation... What a troll! Antispiral basically doesn't even try to hide it!!"

  Hearing that, Lenome smiles and nods, then he says, "That's right! But while it is easy to identify the victims of the Anti-Spiral Virus, it 't be firmed if the Anti-Spiral Factor is truly impnted in their genes as it is hidden too deeply in their genes and I was never able to find even a trace of it, but I always thought that a strong aptitude for Spiral Power is crucial for the impntation and activation of the Anti-Spiral Factor and Nia's situation firmed my fears..."

  Then I and Leart to bounce ideas and knowledge about the virus, but theopic of our versation starts to branto biology, geics, programming, puter sce, hag, and many other simir topics, so advahat sometimes I also have some difficulty in following him, making me realize that Lenome is truly a treasure trove of stifiowledge on the likes that only be found in the more sci-fi oriented universes.

  And as I realize that, I 't help but think, 'It's easy tet that Lenome is truly one of the most knowledgeable and aplished people in the Omniverse, especially iigineering. He was able to put a human body in biological stasis which he applied to both himself and Guame and created a self-replig asexual food supply through the various animals that popute this Earth, and humanoid warriors, the Beastmen, who would Spiral Power. He also possesses suffitly advanced knowledge of biology to grant other beings such as Viral the state of physical immortality and tireless body. Basically, I'm sure that Lenome's knowledge about the subject could give Mister Sinister and those like him the hardest hard-on of their lives.'

  At the same time, Lenome also seems to enjoy our versation especially when I tell him about the things I have seen in other media, like Star Wars, Star Trek, and Doctor Who, and some of the theories behind them and how they could work.

  But just as we are losing ourselves in this exge of knowledge and ideas, and I feel a familiar sudden untrolble urge to do something, I look at Leraight into his spiral eyes, then I ine and say with a tone of wonder, "Ah, I see you're a Man of Culture as well..."

  Then something happens, as a solemn silence falls on our surroundings, at the same time, I sense something in my Soulbouory ging, and as I focus on it, I sense a new Seed of Culture f right beside the Arifureta ohis Seed of Culture is once again in the shape of a disc, the image printed on this one is a lot simpler than the Arifureta one, but it is equally iic, this time the image is simply the insignia of the Dai-Gurren Brigade, a fming red skull with shades in the shape of Kamina's signature gsses.

  As soon as the Seed of Culture is fully formed, the solemn air surrounding us disappears, and a surprised Lenome asks, "What the hell was that!? And what the hell is it a Man of Culture!?"

  Seeing their fusion, I start to expin to them the Battle Across the Omniverse, about the cept, the other Champions, and the Blessings, then I expin the hiddeure of my blessing, how it ects the universe of the fellow Man or Woman of Culture to my Soulbound Universe, and all the other perks, and the ohat is Lehe most is the fact that the Seed of Culture also be used as a backup to restore the universe in case of destru and more important how it then be used to move the TTGL Universe into my Soulbound Universe o grows big enough to tain it, granting me full authority over it and its rules.

  Hearing that, Lenome excims in wonder as he realizes the true meaning behind that, "That means that if my universe gets ied into this dimension of yours you will the Spiral Nemesis to stop existing in its ey!?"

  I think about it and reply, "Teically yes... but I'm not sure I would do that."

  Lenome narrows his eyes and asks, "Why?" I look back at him and reply, "Because thanks to my assion, I realized that the Spiral Nemesis is simply the natural cycle of your universe's life... It is birthed with the Big Bang, grows and evolves with Spiral Power, and dies with the Spiral Nemesis, only to be bain with an Bang, but this time it would be bigger and stronger capable of handling even more Spiral Power and so further enhang the evolution of the people."

  Then with a smile, I add, "Moreover, if your universe ies with my Soulbouory, I easily transfer all the living beings to another pd put them into a stasis long enough to let your Universe to begins anew and then put them back. Hell, I even speed up the birth of the new Universe so that only an instant will pass for the others, sure there are some problems of logistics but nothing that 't be fixed or resolved..."

  Hearing that Lenome calms down and says, "If it is truly like that... then maybe you are right. That's truly the best way to face the Spiral Nemesis. But I would prefer to be certain of such things."

  Guame then interrupts us and says, "That's all good and well, but we fot about the main topic here. How should we deal with the Anti-Spiral Tribe and Antispiral itself?"

  Lenome nods and crosses his arms, then mutters as he thinks deeply about the current situation, "Indeed. Guame is right. Maybe the best way would be to follow the example of the movie and fight them in the lifeless Anti-Spiral Universe. Moreover, we also have to quickly stop the fight with the Dai-Gurren Brigade... No wait... Should we tinue like this to draw out more of their hidden power because, at their current power, they stand no ce at all... Also, there is a problem with finding the Anti-Spiral hidden universe. In the movie, we were only able to find it thanks to Nia's... ehm... wedding ring..."

  At this point, I interrupt Lenome's musing and say, "About that st issue... We just received the perfect solution for it."

  Lenome looks at me and I clearly see the metaphorical gears in his head turning behind his gaze, then he excims, "The Seed of Culture! Right! You just told us that it ects our universe to this dimension and it allows you to know everything about it. This means that you also know the location of the Anti-Spiral's Universe, right?"

  And with a grin on my face, I reply, "Got it right! They 't hide from me now, I clearly sehe Anti-Spiral's Universe's position!"

  Hearing that, a smile forms on both Guame and Lehen Guame adds, "That's is good and all, but before attag them, we have to take care of the current problems pguing our phe Dai-Gurren Brigade Rebellion, the Anti-Spiral Factor, and the Damocles' Sword above us in the shape of a moon."

  I look at the buff man and small humanoid armadillo and say, "Yes. But I'm pretty sure that both taking care of Cathedral Lazengann and dealing with the virus and the Anti-Spiral Factor will immediately draw the Anti-Spiral's attention and bring Antispiral and his forces here, but it is also true that if we go and attack the Anti-Spiral without dealing with the fake moon and the Anti-Spiral Factor thah would be too vulnerable to a ter-attack. So to avoid useless casualties, I think it is better to first take care of the Dai-Gurren Brigade's rebellion, then we think together of the best way to deal with those problems."

  Lenome nods and says, "You are right. I also think it is better to focus on the most pressing matter first, the Dai-Gurren Brigade. But I want to let them e and attack us because I feel that their willpower still o be sharpened even more and using our forces is the best way to do that, especially sihere is also the threat of those other Champions you spoke of. Moreover, I'm sure that they want to stop me, the evil Spiral King from imposing his tyrannical rule upon the human ray longer..."

  Then he looks at me and with a grin he says, "In fact, I think it is better that the evil Spiral King dies in the ing Teppelin Battle so that the Spiral Warrior Lenome raise again." making me smile back at him uanding his iions.

  At the same time, as he says that, Lenome raises his hand and geed the usual spinning drill, but this time instead of being the usual bright red of the Anti-Spiral Power, the drill formed by Lenome is the usual bright green associated with the Spiral Power.

  Seeing that, Guame says in a choked voice, "L-Lenome... Y-you..." and his voice tio linger as he is uo tinue his sente the same time, I also notice that tears are once more f in the er of his eyes.

  Lenome smiles back at his parthat followed him for thousands of years, always at his side through joyous and difficult times, and says, "That's right, Guame. After seeing all that, it is impossible for me to tio y in that bottomless abyss that I fell such a long time ago, that abyss called despair isn't able to keep me trapped any longer. My soul finally awakened and with it, my will to push through everything to create a better tomorrow for everyo all costs!"

  Then Lenome's Spiral Power starts to overflow and a bright green fire lits up on his scalp while his harem cries out in joy, ""Lenome-sama..."" while I mutter in a low tone, "It is useless to copy the Disney version of Hades with that fming mane... He is still bald."

  Odyin