Continuing to collect such data would be pointless.
Soon, with Prometheus's help, a universal tech tree incorporating countless world systems would be complete.
So there was no need to keep collecting more.
At this point, Takumi had already acquired most of what could be obtained from Little Garden's subordinate worlds.
All that remained were minor details.
The grand blueprint had been secured.
No need to fuss over the rest.
After finishing up in the final world, Takumi dropped a message in the group chat.
Takumi: [I'm heading back.] [I'll come again when I have time.]
Seeing the message, Shiroyasha, Izayoi, and the others immediately responded.
They all invited him to visit again next time.
After bidding farewell, Takumi prepared to leave.
Before he departed, he glanced toward the void.
Kurimo was still watching him from there.
She had been silently observing him for quite a while.
Doing nothingjust watching.
Seeing her, Takumi smiled faintly.
The next moment, a terminal appeared in his hand.
He attached a world coordinate and casually tossed it.
The terminal turned into a streak of light and shot out.
With that, Takumi vanished from the void.
Once he had completely disappeared, Kurimo came back to her senses.
She raised her hand, and the terminal landed gently in her palm.
Kurimo stared at the object in her hand, surprised.
Especially at the world coordinate attached to it.
A world outside of Little Garden?
Hmm, that's so far away!
She sensed the coordinate and grew a little frustrated.
It was really far.
Should she go visit?
She thought for a while and made up her mind.
It was boring here anyway.
Usually, she either watched the worlds or slept.
So why not go take a look?
She hadn't really explored outside of Little Garden before.
Usually, she only wandered nearby.
Even though the outside was dangerous, it probably wouldn't be too bad.
But... what was this thing?
She fiddled with it until Prometheus popped up to explain.
After understanding it, Kurimo finally got the picture.
The terminal even contained some data.
"Shiroyasha?"
Kurimo saw the info Takumi had left behind and was surprised.
So she could reach Shiroyasha instantly through this?
Got it!!
Time to go find that woman.
With that thought, Kurimo entered Little Garden.
Straight to Shiroyasha.
...
Meanwhile, Takumi had already returned home.
He'd been away for more than a month.
Probably the longest he'd ever been gone.
"I've never been away this long before," he muttered to himself.
Once home, he began uploading the collected data to his personal server.
It must've held data from hundreds of worlds by now.
While uploading, he gave Prometheus some instructions.
"Prometheus."
Hearing his voice, Prometheus materialized.
"I'm here!"
Seeing the emotionless loli projection, Takumi spoke:
"Organize all the technology I've uploaded." "Compile all the commonalities and build a unified tech tree." "Then have Dr. Mei and the others follow that development path." "We can gradually integrate other unique paths over time."
A single tree that fused the knowledge of countless worlds.
As he spoke, Prometheus's eyes flashed with streams of data.
"Executing." "Would you also like to compile the magical systems?"
Besides technology, there was also magic.
After all, Takumi didn't just collect techhe had a massive amount of magical data as well.
And magic systems were just as complex.
Naturally, that needed to be processed too.
Chapter 376: Algol Is Yours Now
"A magical system?"
Hearing Prometheus bring it up, Takumi nodded.
"Yes, that's also necessary."
"Some of the magic I brought back this time hasn't been recorded before."
"Organize all of it."
"Take things like rune magic, for examplemany are similar, but there are also ones we didn't have before."
"Consider this a supplement."
"Categorize it accordingly."
"Group the miscellaneous ones too, like life-related magic."
Magical systems were vastelemental magic and all sorts of strange varieties existed.
If left unorganized, it would become chaotic.
Since Prometheus brought it up, Takumi naturally took it seriously.
Come to think of it, Takumi still hadn't gathered anything from the world of The Irregular at Magic High School.
That world's scientific magic was pretty good.
Maybe he should draw again and complete more of the magical systems?
Of course, Takumi could also create them himself.
With his vast power and knowledge of magical systems, it wouldn't be difficult to replicate the magic from The Irregular at Magic High School.
Their modern magic
Or the manifestation devices from Date A Live
Were essentially scientific magic, like the CR-UNIT:
Combat Realizer Unit.
Tactical Manifestation Unit.
Calling it a magical tool wouldn't be wrongit just manifested through science.
After all, science and magic were more interconnected than people realized.
As Takumi pondered these things, Prometheus began classifying and compiling the systems as instructed.
"Go on and handle it first."
"Once everything's ready, just let everyone know."
Takumi glanced at Prometheus and dropped the matter.
Let her take care of the rest.
Hearing this, Prometheus said nothing more.
She vanished from in front of Takumi.
Meanwhile, Takumi closed his eyes and began uploading everything.
This time, he had brought back a massive amount.
Uploading would take some time.
While he worked, the others returned home.
Miori Shiba and Lilia walked in from outside.
Upon seeing Takumi sitting on the sofa, their eyes lit up.
But noticing his closed eyes and focused expression, they chose not to interrupt him.
They entered the kitchen and began preparing a meal.
Takumi sensed their return, but said nothing.
By the time he finished uploading, they had already made a lavish lunch.
"Thanks for your hard work."
Stretching lazily, Takumi stood up and headed to the dining room.
"Looks like you had quite a haul this time, huh?"
"I saw lots of new magic entries."
As Miori Shiba served rice, she chatted with Takumi.
While cooking, she had noticed the magical system being updated with new entries.
Clearly, it was from what Takumi had uploaded.
The updates came fast.
Some entries were already being replaced with newer versions.
"Yeah!"
"I visited so many worlds."
"Though a lot of stuff was redundant."
"Prometheus probably picked the best ones for the system."
The harvest this time was immense.
Absolutely overflowing.
"That's great."
"You probably won't have to go out for a long time now, huh?"
After all, Takumi had brought back so much that he seemed overwhelmed.
He couldn't absorb the knowledge fast enough.
Even though much of it was already being shared,
it still couldn't keep up with the pace at which Takumi acquired it.
She was well aware of that.
Takumi nodded helplessly.
"Unless there's a group mission that earns points, I'm probably not going anywhere."
"Speaking of which, that damn group hasn't released a mission in forever."
"So annoying."
As he sat down, Takumi began complaining about the chat group.
Even though the task system was updated,
no new missions had appeared in ages.
Who knows how the refresh mechanism even worked?
"Who knows?"
"The group's mechanics are impossible to understand."
"Just like how new members enter."
"Sometimes a few join in a row, and sometimes none show up for ages."
"Totally unpredictable."
Miori Shiba pursed her lips.
In the beginning, new members were added frequently.
But eventually, the pace slowed down.
To this day, no one understood how it worked.
"Forget it. Let's not talk about that."
"Did everyone from the group leave?"
Takumi began eating as he asked about the state of his own world.
When he went to Little Garden, some members had stayed behind.
They should've left by now, right?
"Not all of them."
"Ying and Guinaifen stayed."
"Nyaruko and Kaguya-hime are off goofing around together."
"Probably playing video games at home."
"Nyaruko probably doesn't want to leave at all."
"Also, the gods from Heaven are still here."
"And so is Akeno."
"The rest probably left."
"That's about it."
Not everyone had left.
Some chose to stay.
Like Nyaruko
She clearly didn't want to go.
She practically wanted to retire at Takumi's place.
Totally addicted.
Takumi was speechless after hearing that.
But after thinking it over, he said nothing more.
If they didn't want to leave, so be it.
Let them stay and have fun.
"Jibril, come down and eat!!"
Seeing Takumi wasn't going to complain, Miori Shiba shouted upstairs.
Usually, she wouldn't bother calling Jibril unless she remembered.
Hearing her voice, Jibril came down shortly after.
Seeing Takumi back, her eyes lit up.
"What did you bring back?"
Takumi had gone to other worlds, so he must've brought back lots of things.
She was very excited.
"Go check the database yourself!"
Takumi rolled his eyes at her.
She probably only cared about what he brought back.
"Yay!"
Jibril cheered and began playing with her terminal while eating.
The others also began eating lunch.
But while things were peaceful on Takumi's end, Shiroyasha was not so lucky.
She stared at the white-haired loli before her, who looked just like her, deep in thought.
Takumi, you really dragged this girl here?
You're unbelievable!!
This white-haired loli, of course, was Kurimo.
After returning to Little Garden, Kurimo immediately sought out Shiroyasha.
And when Shiroyasha saw the terminal in her hands,
she understood everything.
That GDX!!
Chapter 377: So You Just Sold Me Out?
Takumi actually sold her out.
He told Kurimo that she had ties with him. That's probably why Kurimo came to her.
Thinking of this, Shiroyasha became visibly annoyed.
"So, you want to go to his place?"
Looking at the girl in front of her, Shiroyasha felt a little helpless. Since Kurimo came to her door, there had to be a reason.
Was she heading to Takumi's place?
Kurimo nodded.
"Yes! I'm really curious about what other worlds are like."
"Little Garden is so boring!"
Kurimo did indeed want to go see Takumi. After all, she had nothing to do in Little Garden. Might as well go out and have some fun.
"Alright, I'll send you over."
"But let me ask that guy first."
With that, Shiroyasha sent a message.
Shiroyasha: [@takumi, really? You sold me out like that? Kurimo came knocking, saying she wants to go to your place!!]
Takumi had just left a moment ago, and now Kurimo showed up. If he intended for her to go there, why didn't he just take her himself?
Why make her deal with it?
Shiroyasha didn't even know where to start complaining.
Takumi: [If she wants to come, let her.]
[When I saw her earlier, I only wanted to give her a choice.]
[If she wants to visit, she can go to you, or just come directly.]
Shiroyasha: [So that's your excuse for dumping her on me?]
Shiroyasha was not pleased. Being sold out like that, especially if Kurimo found out, wouldn't look good.
That's exactly why she was irritated.
Takumi: [What's the big deal? Wouldn't pulling Kurimo into your side be a good thing?]
[She doesn't have any bad intentions.]
[Besides, what are you afraid of now? You're already powerful enough.]
[No one in Little Garden can threaten you anymore.]
[You're just itching to cause trouble at this point.]
Takumi sighed.
What was Shiroyasha afraid of now?
After all her upgrades from the chat group, what was there to fear?
She could pretty much strut around Little Garden without concern.
And even if Kurimo found outso what?
What harm could it do?
Reading Takumi's reply, Shiroyasha fell silent.
After thinking about it for a moment, she stopped arguing with Takumi.
Actually, he made a lot of sense.
Maybe it really would be fine.
Alright then, decision made.
Thinking so, Shiroyasha turned to Kurimo.
"Come on, Kurimo. Let's have a little chat!!"
She said this with a bright smile.
Kurimo blinked, full of question marks.
Curiosity sparked within her.
Still, she sat down to see what Shiroyasha had to say.
The two spent quite some time talking in that room.
No one knew what they discussed.
But Kurimo didn't come out afterward.
Apparently, Shiroyasha had sweet-talked her into agreeing to something.
They had struck a shady deal.
Once that was done, Shiroyasha sent Kurimo over to Takumi's world.
Receiving the space device from Shiroyasha, Takumi promptly released Kurimo.
He had just finished lunch.
Opening the equipment, Kurimo stepped out and immediately froze.
She had just entered this world and already felt the shift in her body.
Her internal energy was transforming.
In fact, by now, everyone in the group who had visited Takumi's world had undergone the same change.
Their internal energy had all been converted into Honkai energy.
Even Shiroyasha was no exception.
Honkai energy was too convenient to ignore.
That's partly why everyone visited during the New Yearto get their energy systems converted.
"What a strange world."
"My body's energy is changing?"
Kurimo was surprised by the transformation.
It was her first time encountering such a world.
Just entering caused your power to be rewritten, leaving a permanent mark.
"What a domineering world!!"
Yes, Kurimo thought this world was incredibly overbearing.
While it upgraded her energy to Honkai type, it also branded her with its essence.
"Is there a problem?"
Takumi looked puzzled.
Was there really anything wrong with it?
"No, nothing at all!"
Kurimo shook her head.
Although the imprinting was permanent, the benefits were many.
People would instantly know what world you were from.
The only downside was that if you left traces of your aura, you could be tracked.
But in the vastness of the void, so what?
Who could actually find her?
Not really a problem.
"Can I go play?"
"I want to explore your world."
