I'm Really Not the Evil God's Lackey - Ch. 161 - Barker's Demise

[MangaDex]

 

[Tsuru37]

Chapter 160 got skipped.

 

[Scrabbleman]

You missed a chapter.

 

[CeeNux]

I’ve decided to skip Chapter 160, as it has already been publicly released by Utoon. Since the chapter is readily available and there’s nothing significant that needs improvement, redoing it would be redundant.

 

[VooXoo]

Not sure if 160 got skipped or is just a mistake in labelling, maybe we are not meant to see what the "chicken and dog" did.
I had forgot how lady Silver looked, not imossible that her design is different from what it was originally, just so long she didn't make a appearance
Nice to see MC realizing he is likely the pet, really expected him to not get it.
I'm guessing that given how Barker was modified countless times and gone through the rebirth process his soul image changed too, a monstrous chimera, weird given how he perceived himself as his original human form, maybe shadowy did it so that MC wouldn't let it out.
And now thousands of the most corrupted in the country witnessed a absurdly powerful individual dying just from getting close to MC, no more troubles from bounty hunters.
Just curious about his demise, did he get eaten from inside the dream and just pop out of existance?

 

[Scrabbleman]

I’ve decided to skip Chapter 160, as it has already been publicly released by Utoon. Since the chapter is readily available and there’s nothing significant that needs improvement, redoing it would be redundant.

That's fair. Thanks for the chapter. I read 160 elsewhere and it's basically a long very gory monologue about how cannibalism is bad. Still, I prefer the quality you put out.

 

[CeeNux]

That's fair. Thanks for the chapter. I read 160 elsewhere and it's basically a long very gory monologue about how cannibalism is bad. Still, I prefer the quality you put out.

Well, thank you for your praise. If time permits in the future, I may consider redoing Chapter 160. For now, it would be an inefficient use of time, as I have other priorities to attend to, and that chapter is full of yapping, which makes the translation and typesetting process significantly more time-consuming.

 

[HayashidaYuki]

That's fair. Thanks for the chapter. I read 160 elsewhere and it's basically a long very gory monologue about how cannibalism is bad. Still, I prefer the quality you put out.

Tbh chapter 160 is a real snoozefest, I literally fell asleep while reading that.

I’ve decided to skip Chapter 160, as it has already been publicly released by Utoon. Since the chapter is readily available and there’s nothing significant that needs improvement, redoing it would be redundant.

Thanks for picking this up! Utoon/riohan is literally putting this behind paywall if not for you, I hope you will keep translating this in the future.

 

[CeeNux]

Tbh chapter 160 is a real snoozefest, I literally fell asleep while reading that.


Thanks for picking this up! Utoon/riohan is literally putting this behind paywall if not for you, I hope you will keep translating this in the future.

I definitely will, as long as someone is willing to pay for raws in my stead😉

 

[Remedil]

Silver has the biggest cake in the dreamscapes

 

[TheGreatALBundy]

Just curious about his demise, did he get eaten from inside the dream and just pop out of existance?

I think he uh...well I think he ate himself till he ceased existing.

Silver has the biggest cake in the dreamscapes

Something to admire for hours on end, preach!

 

[Kneel_Breen]

For anyone curious about what happened in Chapter 160:

After entering the home, Barker (the Country of Death guy) comes across a jail door with a mysterious man inside.

The mysterious man is talking about how dangerous it is to go outside right then as he knows that the rooster and dog are planning on killing him and then eating him.

He also keeps talking about how dangerous things are because there are even the kinds of humans out there who will eat each other.

The man then talks about the fish that he has been preparing to eat, and says that maybe it isn’t even a fish but is instead human flesh made to look like a fish because whoever prepared the fish doesn’t see there being a difference between fish and humans.

Barker gets weirded out by it all and demands that the illusion is lifted, and says that even if the door to the room is locked he will still get inside to kill the mysterious man.

The mysterious man turns around and says that it’s interesting that Barker mentioned that the door was locked, because that door doesn’t exist unless you are some kind of “man-eating devil”. It’s at that point that the man points out (and Barker realizes) that Barker is actually trapped in a small metal cell.

The man says that the cell was made to imprison those who eat their own kind as some kind of act of karma, and that Barker will not be able to leave until the souls of all of those he has eaten are able to restore themselves (which in this case means they will devour his soul until they regain what he took).

Given the details that we’ve seen in previous chapters, I think what happened is that Barker inadvertently entered the dreamscape of the bookstore owner and unwittingly read one of the dream books.

We’ve seen before that whenever the bookstore owner pulls out a book to give to someone, that book comes from Earth. And while the books seem to be automatically translated through magic, they aren’t exactly normal to anyone (besides the MC) who tries to read them.

I like to think that’s due to the fact that those books are quite literally Lovecraftian/Cosmic Horror because they contain information that comes from outside of their universe, but it’s possible that Inky is also enchanting the texts. For example, we saw that someone else was a book about astronomy earlier that ended up giving the reader knowledge about eldritch monstrosities that existed in outer space.

We see that Barker pulls out a book with a title that has “Old Ones” in it. I don’t know what IRL book that refers to, but the mysterious man talked about how only children who had not tasted the flesh of other humans could hope to put an end to the cycle. It’s possible that the IRL book is about something related to stopping cycles of abuse from being passed through the generations.

 

[haoxin]

I don't quite agree with people saying that ch 160 is boring. It has what I come here for, depictions of eldritch imagery. With karmic retribution as a bonus.

 

[urquan]

We see that Barker pulls out a book with a title that has “Old Ones” in it. I don’t know what IRL book that refers to, but the mysterious man talked about how only children who had not tasted the flesh of other humans could hope to put an end to the cycle. It’s possible that the IRL book is about something related to stopping cycles of abuse from being passed through the generations.

The Author of the book is Lu Xun, an influential 20th Century Chinese author and was referenced in previous chapters I think. A lot of his work revolves around pointing out/critiquing the discrepancies between old traditions in China and the modern Western ideas. The particular book shown is called 呐喊 (Scream), I've personally not read it but the wiki article has an excerpt:

In his preface to Nahan, the first collection of his short stories, Lu explained how viewing this scene influenced him to quit studying Western medicine, and to become a literary physician to what he perceived to be China's spiritual problems instead:

At the time, I hadn't seen any of my fellow Chinese in a long time, but one day some of them showed up in a slide. One, with his hands tied behind him, was in the middle of the picture; the others were gathered around him. Physically, they were as strong and healthy as anyone could ask, but their expressions revealed all too clearly that spiritually they were calloused and numb. According to the caption, the Chinese whose hands were bound had been spying on the Japanese military for the Russians. He was about to be decapitated as a 'public example.' The other Chinese gathered around him had come to enjoy the spectacle

His other work Diary of a Madman seems more apt in this scene, especially with the themes of cannibalism

EDIT: it looks like 狂人日记 Diary of a Madman is part of the short story collection 呐喊 (Scream)

 

[dokidoki]

Silver has the biggest cake in the dreamscapes

I love how she looks like a Giant Mommy amazon elf woman next to MC

Hope we get to see more of her and I wonder if MC will ask her if she's training him to become her pet

 

[Kneel_Breen]

The Author of the book is Lu Xun, an influential 20th Century Chinese author and was referenced in previous chapters I think. A lot of his work revolves around pointing out/critiquing the discrepancies between old traditions in China and the modern Western ideas. The particular book shown is called 呐喊 (Scream), I've personally not read it but the wiki article has an excerpt:

His other work Diary of a Madman seems more apt in this scene, especially with the themes of cannibalism

Ahhh, okay. After re-reading Chapter 161 again I realized that they showed the title of “Scream” pretty clearly.

Maybe the author got Scream and Diary of a Madman mixed up, or maybe it was intentional.

 

[ParvaRana]

MAN THIS IS WHAT I WAS HERE FOR! LOVE THE ABSOLUTE TERROR AND RUNNIN!

 

[cocosusprime]

*deep demonic laughter

 

[dowiet]

160 was gruesomely good and it is quite easy to find so I would recommend reading through it.

The sudden realization that the mr bookstore guy may have been a pet for the lady was pretty hilarious

 

[VooXoo]

For anyone curious about what happened in Chapter 160:

After entering the home, Barker (the Country of Death guy) comes across a jail door with a mysterious man inside.

The mysterious man is talking about how dangerous it is to go outside right then as he knows that the rooster and dog are planning on killing him and then eating him.

He also keeps talking about how dangerous things are because there are even the kinds of humans out there who will eat each other.

The man then talks about the fish that he has been preparing to eat, and says that maybe it isn’t even a fish but is instead human flesh made to look like a fish because whoever prepared the fish doesn’t see there being a difference between fish and humans.

Barker gets weirded out by it all and demands that the illusion is lifted, and says that even if the door to the room is locked he will still get inside to kill the mysterious man.

The mysterious man turns around and says that it’s interesting that Barker mentioned that the door was locked, because that door doesn’t exist unless you are some kind of “man-eating devil”. It’s at that point that the man points out (and Barker realizes) that Barker is actually trapped in a small metal cell.

The man says that the cell was made to imprison those who eat their own kind as some kind of act of karma, and that Barker will not be able to leave until the souls of all of those he has eaten are able to restore themselves (which in this case means they will devour his soul until they regain what he took).

Given the details that we’ve seen in previous chapters, I think what happened is that Barker inadvertently entered the dreamscape of the bookstore owner and unwittingly read one of the dream books.

We’ve seen before that whenever the bookstore owner pulls out a book to give to someone, that book comes from Earth. And while the books seem to be automatically translated through magic, they aren’t exactly normal to anyone (besides the MC) who tries to read them.

I like to think that’s due to the fact that those books are quite literally Lovecraftian/Cosmic Horror because they contain information that comes from outside of their universe, but it’s possible that Inky is also enchanting the texts. For example, we saw that someone else was a book about astronomy earlier that ended up giving the reader knowledge about eldritch monstrosities that existed in outer space.

We see that Barker pulls out a book with a title that has “Old Ones” in it. I don’t know what IRL book that refers to, but the mysterious man talked about how only children who had not tasted the flesh of other humans could hope to put an end to the cycle. It’s possible that the IRL book is about something related to stopping cycles of abuse from being passed through the generations.

I've read the 160th chapter and then checked a bit on Lu Xun "The Scream".
The text in it reflects the mad man words, the second dreamworld was a in insane portrayal of that book.
I think that Barker body was eaten from the dream space or he eat himself and it wasn't showed for how gory it was, the rogue hunters after seeing the most powerful individual dying like that, not even able to enter the shop, scattered in panic.
Unless we see his body body mangled outside the store it will likely having disappeared into the dreamworld.
Maybe the "police" MC called will clean it up.