Target found.

The blonde woman in the white lab coat was watching us while jotting something down in her notes.

"… I'd like to chat for a bit. Mind if we do?"

"Sure, but are you the True Chaos God?"

"Well, that's what I'm called."

Ooh. Target found… Wait, no good. This cage is blocking Spatial Magic. I can see through it and hear her voice, but my magic won't reach past those bars.

… Teleporting to base still works, though. Hmm, I have no idea what kind of technology this is, but impressive, True Chaos God.

"Okay, so let's have a chat, but come over here first. Isn't it unfair for only one of us to be inside a cage?"

"Don't be ridiculous. You're the ones who broke in here. If you'd properly fallen into the pitfall trap and gotten stripped naked, that'd be one thing, but showing my face to fully-equipped intruders is already more than generous enough. Besides, you slaughtered my modified Lizardmen, so this is robbery and murder. Robbery and murder!"

"Huh? Isn't this place a dungeon?"

"It's an artificial dungeon built by Alchemia. That Lizardman lying over there had a prototype control device implanted in its head, didn't it?"

An artificial dungeon! So those exist too!

Does that mean you can install those lasers that slice up nothing but clothes however you please? The dream of creating my own erotic trap dungeon keeps expanding…

"Right, now that you understand, let's talk. Miss demon's servant."

"Hold on. I'm not a demon's servant. Probably. I think?"

"Robber-murderer… even monster-murderer would be an accurate description, don't you agree? Also, when referring to a god from an opposing faction, 'demon' is actually quite apt. Well, either way works."

That's… actually true. Dammit, I got steamrolled by the True Chaos God's logic.

"Nya nya, can I say something, nya?"

"Hm? What's up, Misha? Want me to massage your butt?"

"Hm? What's up, pink cat lady? Care for some catnip?"

"You two are way too in sync, nya!! … No, what's all this about gods and demons, nya? I totally don't get what you're talking about and it's boring."

Oi, Misha. What have you been listening to this whole time? Actually, you've been following along this far and NOW you're lost??

"Can't be helped, I'll explain again… I was ordered by the Goddess to capture whoever was calling themselves the Chaos God. Apparently, using her beloved's name without permission is a grave offense to the Goddess, and that's why the previous Alchemia was destroyed."

"I see, so Karina was the Goddess's messenger, nya."

"Huh? Punished just for using her beloved's name? That's quite the wrathful deity… Hmm… this throws off my assumptions a bit, but it's still within acceptable range, I suppose?"

She closed her eyes and pressed a hand to her temple. What exactly had caught her off guard?

"So, let me tell you our side of things too. Our god told us that you're a demon trying to destroy the world and asked us to protect it."

"… Hm? God?"

"Must be a different being from your goddess. If they were the same entity, that'd be one seriously nasty case of playing both sides, haha."

So there's a god backing her side too.

Well, it's not like there's any rule saying only one god can exist. At the same time, there's also the possibility it's a fake god…

"By the way, you said the Chaos God name is forbidden, right? Hearing that, I'm now even more convinced my side is trying to set me up… I want to defect to yours."

Hm? Hmm?

"There was something you just said that I can't let slide, so let me confirm something. Okay?"

"Of course. Ask me anything."

"… You just used 'ore' as your first-person pronoun, didn't you? Don't tell me you're a crossdressing boy!? Are those breasts fake!?"

"Of all things, THAT's what you zero in on!? There were so many other things to ask about!?"

No no no, this is extremely important! For my motivation!!