"I bet the people here are going to be utterly confused."
"Mysterious mechas suddenly appear to fight aliens?"
Takumi's face lit up with amusement.
He was clearly looking forward to it.
"Ready to go. Launch at will."
"But weren't you planning to capture the ELS?"
"Why are we attacking them directly?"
Bronya was confused.
Weren't they supposed to capture those things?
"We'll destroy some, capture others."
"These creatures have high research value."
He didn't need to capture them all.
Takumi just needed some samples.
An alien civilization like this surely held a wealth of information.
He only needed their properties and knowledge.
The rest?
He wasn't interested.
Besides, there was no way he could bring them all back.
Once he had a sample, he could replicate them entirely.
Super easy.
Hearing that, Bronya said no more.
Takumi had made up his mindno problem then.
Immediately, the three launched.
The imaginary number channel opened.
Takumi was the first to charge out.
The Franken-Gundam crouched slightly and then, after a short slide, ignited its thrusters.
It soared into space.
Bronya and Jibril followed closely in their own Gundams.
They were near Jupiter now.
Once out, the trio drew their particle weapons
And flew straight toward the derelict ship floating above Jupiter.
Just as they launched, they detected waves of electric signals being fired at them.
But the three blocked them easily.
The ELS had noticed them.
Seeing the three machines, they instantly counterattacked.
The massive ship began to shift.
Countless conical ELS swarmed toward them
Like a locust plague.
Their goal: to corrode the Gundams.
Faced with this, Takumi didn't hesitate.
He attacked.
'Beep beep beep beep!!'
Lock-on alerts echoed in the cockpit.
Takumi pulled the trigger without delay.
Brilliant blasts surged toward the ELS.
Fireworks lit up above Jupiter.
The battle had begun.
Bronya and Jibril, both exhilarated, charged forward in their Gundams.
What followed was a mowing-down session.
As the battle raged near Jupiter
Alarms blared aboard the Celestial Being ship.
Everyone rushed to the control room.
"What's going on?!"
The Celestial Being members were utterly confused.
What was happening?
"Detected combat near Jupiter."
"Visual feed coming up now."
A technician girl reported as she typed rapidly.
Soon, the battle footage of three Gundams fighting the ELS appeared on-screen.
The Celestial Being crew froze at the sight of the three machines.
Especially that Franken-Gundam.
"Exia?"
Someone gasped.
Wasn't that the Exia Gundam from their database?
"No... it's not!"
"That machine is far more powerful than Exia!"
Watching its performance, someone immediately refuted the idea.
It might resemble Exia, but it was clearly far stronger.
At that moment, VEDA responded.
It issued a command for the Celestial Being ship to head for Jupiter.
Because it had already identified them
Those were indeed the ELS.
And the Celestial Being ship had been built precisely to prepare for communication with the ELS.
Chapter 343: Damn, Why Did You Run So Fast?
VEDA's sudden order shocked the members of Celestial Being.
"Get involved now?"
Before they could react, the mothership began moving on its own, heading toward Jupiter.
Realizing this, everyone within Celestial Being was stunned. But they quickly gathered themselves and returned to their stations.
Meanwhile, Takumi, still in the middle of his hack-and-slash game, also noticed the incoming Celestial Being ship.
He didn't particularly care. By the time they arrived, the whole thing would probably be over.
Quietly, he blocked all communication attempts coming from the ship.
No need for unnecessary contact.
He would finish off the ELS, clean up, and head back.
There wasn't much worth exploring in this world. Sure, outer space might hold some secrets, but it was too vast.
Better to return to his own world.
Takumi still had a Random World Transfer Scroll.
He could just use it when he got back.
That's why he wasn't interested in interacting with Celestial Being.
Bronya and Jibril were already having a blast piloting their Gundams.
Especially Jibrilshe hadn't expected piloting a mecha could be so fun.
Battles erupted continuously above Jupiter. Takumi systematically eliminated the smaller ELS.
Even larger ELS units were no match.
Realizing they were no match, the ELS started to retreat.
Just three mobile suits had nearly wiped them out. Who knew how strong these people were?
The ELS weren't stupid. They began preparing to flee.
Takumi noticed and wasn't about to let them get away.
In the next moment, he ditched his Gundam, storing it in imaginary space, and activated his Authority.
Corrosion Authorityactivate!
Everything within sight froze in place. All the ELS stopped moving.
Bronya and Jibril were the first to notice Takumi abandoning his Gundam.
And the group chat lit up with reactions:
Fujiwara Chika: [Are you rage-quitting?] [Did you just unseal your powers?]
Sagiri: [It was just getting good! Why stop now?]
Kaguya Houraisan: [Me in armor: sealed.] [Me without armor: crushing everything.]
Himeko: [Wait, not fighting anymore? You just took control of them?]
Herta: [He just hacked them. He doesn't feel like playing anymore.] [If he waited, they'd escape.]
Takumi: [Exactly. These jerks were getting ready to bolt.] [I'm not letting that happen.]
Takumi quietly gave Herta a thumbs up. She saw right through him.
Yes, the ELS were preparing to run. That's why he had to act now.
With the Authority of the Corrosion Herrscher, liquid metal lifeforms were child's play.
They were all instantly under his control.
After that, Takumi gathered them togetherforming a supermassive battleship.
Every ELS was now accounted for.
The ELS were hive-minded alien organisms. Though they had thoughts, they weren't particularly advanced.
With control secured, Takumi opened a massive imaginary number space portal and signaled to Bronya and Jibril.
"Let's go. This short trip ends here."
"There's nothing left in this world worth staying for."
He'd already secretly downloaded all of Earth's tech.
VEDA and the ELS were both in his grasp now.
Nothing else was worth expecting. Time to go back.
"So fast? I just started having fun," Jibril pouted.
But her hands moved fastshe flew her Gundam straight into the portal.
"Next world, next world," Bronya echoed.
"Too short. Boring."
Takumi's overwhelming efficiency made this entire world boring for her too.
Thankfully, Takumi still had another Random World Transfer Scroll.
Hopefully, the next world would be more entertaining.
Listening to their complaints, Takumi simply chuckled.
He didn't say muchafter collecting both of them into the imaginary space, he scanned his surroundings.
Then, he returned.
Meanwhile, the Celestial Being members were dumbfounded.
The three Gundamsand the ELShad vanished.
"Target lost. Unable to detect."
VEDA gave a similar report.
They were truly gone.
Everyone was speechless.
What just happened?
But there was no one to answer that now.
Takumi had returned to his own world.
Once back, he brought out everything he'd collected from the Gundam 00 world.
He headed straight to the Academy of Sciences.
There, he handed everything over for researchELS included.
Looking at the items Takumi had brought back, Velvi was intrigued.
"Let me see, let me see."
"Go on, do your thing. Just send stuff over if you get more."
She waved him off, clearly excited.
Takumi sighed but didn't say anything.
He still had one last transfer scroll.
So he used it.
The moment he activated it, Kaguya Houraisan messaged in the group:
Kaguya Houraisan: [WTF!!] [Wait for me! Why so fast?!]
She'd watched Takumi disappear before her very eyes.
It broke her.
She was planning to tag along, but nopehe vanished without a word.
Cursing, she quickly looked at the group chat.
By then, Takumi had already arrived in another world.
And he saw her message too.
Takumi: [Why didn't you say so earlier?!] [Too late. I already used it.] [Just watch the stream, will you?]
He couldn't be bothered with her complaints.
If she wanted to come, she should've spoken up.
Now, he was in a whole new world.
This time, Takumi found himself on a beach.
He didn't rush to explore. First, he released Bronya and Jibril.
Chapter 344: How Much? Is It Official?
Bronya and Jibril were released.
They were still wearing the suits Takumi gave them.
After all, they had just exited the cockpit when Takumi let them out.
Once outside, Bronya removed her helmet and shook her hair before looking around.
"What kind of world is this?"
Bronya was also curious about what kind of world they had landed in.
While helping the two change back into their original clothes, Takumi began to sense the situation in this world.
"Not sure yet. Let me check this world's network."
Saying that, Takumi began searching for signals.
Hearing him, Bronya nodded and also began observing the surroundings.
Is this a normal world? Or one with superpowers?
But the ocean...
That immediately brought One Piece to mind.
Surely this isn't the world of One Piece?
Bronya started silently wondering.
On the other hand, Jibril was fascinated by everything around her.
"Tch! Looks like a modern city."
After breaching the network, Takumi quickly figured out the nature of the world.
With so many satellites, it had to be a modern urban setting.
"Modern, huh? Anything special?"
While asking, Bronya pulled out her terminal to connect to the network.
She wanted to check the internet of this world as well.
"Mechas? IS units? Only females can pilot them? Got it."
Sorting through the information online, Takumi instantly understood what kind of world this was.
The one known for hitting the wall of popularity.
"Huh? That thing?"
Bronya looked exasperated after hearing Takumi. Another practically useless world?
Another mecha-themed place?
Fujiwara Chika: [Emm...] [What kind of guaranteed result is this?] [Why are all the worlds like this?]
Seeing the live broadcast and hearing Takumi's words, Chika couldn't help but complain.
What is this nonsense?
Why send Takumi and the others to such a world?
Sagiri: [The mechas in this world don't seem all that great!!] [So... was the guarantee feature a scam?]
Kaguya Houraisan: [Yeah, looks like we got scammed.] [These IS units are boring.]
Everyone watching the broadcast began throwing shade.
The so-called IS units were pretty lackluster.
They weren't even as impressive as the Gundam 00 world Takumi visited earlier.
A weapon that only responds to females and is hailed as the strongest in the world?
It's a joke.
Try dual star-destroyer cannons instead.
After seeing all kinds of high-end tech with Takumi, nobody was impressed by this world.
Takumi: [Well, we're already here. Might as well bring some souvenirs back.]
Seeing the messages in the group, Takumi sighed.
And felt slightly annoyed.
Of all places, they landed in this kind of world.
Even if you dumped him in the Mahouka world, it would've been better.
This world was utterly useless.
As for IS technology and the like, Takumi could easily reverse-engineer it.
Still, since they were here, might as well have some fun.
Call it a vacation.
White Yaksha: [I've got a question.] [You used the random world portal just like that?] [Didn't your power tear the world apart?] [This is really bizarre!]
White Yaksha popped up at this moment.
She'd had a question since earlier.
Takumi just entered this world like it was nothing?
Shouldn't his power have exploded the world?
Someone as strong as him entering these weak little worldshow is that possible?
Takumi: [What if... there's lubrication involved?] [That's why I could enter so easily.]
Reading her message, Takumi stroked his chin.
Honestly, he hadn't thought about it.
He activated a bit of his power
Yeah... it's strong.
But it's strange that this world didn't break apart.
Like something was holding it together.
White Yaksha: [I knew it!] [That random portal must've reinforced the world.] [Otherwise, a guy like you entering would annihilate everything in minutes.]
Clearly, those random world scrolls had hidden effects.
Otherwise, how could Takumi just jump in and out of worlds?
Shoving a behemoth like him into a world would normally cause instant collapse.
Fujiwara Chika: [Products from the chat group are always premium.]
Sagiri: [Products from the chat group are always premium.]
You: [Products from the chat group are always premium.]
Himeko: [Products from the chat group are always premium.]
...
A wave of copy-pasters joined in.
Everyone gave a thumbs up to this explanation.
After all, given that even Teyvat can only accommodate Takumi's consciousness, it made sense.
If Takumi entered other worlds physically, they could explode instantly.
['Nyarlathotep' has joined the chat.]
Just as Takumi was about to turn off the chat and explore with Bronya and Jibril
A new member joined.
And seeing the name, everyone in the group flinched.
Zhongli: [According to universal theory... this is unscientific!!]
sakamaki Izayoi: [Is this the one I'm thinking of?]
Suoh Mikoto: [This is no small matter.]
White Yaksha: [Oh? Looks like someone very interesting just arrived.]
Black Rabbit: [Outer God!!!]
Everyone in the chat recognized the name of this god.
Bronya, stunned, turned to Takumi.
"Is it really that one?"
Hearing her, Takumi rubbed his chin.
"What if... it's Nyaruko?"
Takumi didn't really believe it was the real Nyarlathotep, the Outer God.
He thought it was probably Nyaruko!
Bronya blinked in confusion.
"Aren't they the same?"
Even if it's Nyaruko, isn't she still an Outer God?
"Emm... yeah, you're right!"
Takumi nodded.
Same thing. Let's just hope it's not the unspeakable kind.
Nyarlathotep: [!!!!] [There she is!!!] [The golden finger from manga!!]
