After hearing about their learning process, Takumi finally understood why they were progressing so rapidly.
"If Acting Grand Master Jean saw how strong you've become, she'd probably be really happy."
"But... she might beat you up too!"
Smiling, Takumi patted Klee's head. Being too strong might not be a good thing.
Jean would definitely come down hard on Klee. Now, Klee had become even more dangerous. She used to just make bombs, but now she could directly use magicno need for bombs anymore.
If Jean found out, she'd probably want to curse out loud. She'd definitely tighten control over Klee.
Hearing this, Klee was overjoyed.
"Jean will be happy? That's wonderful!"
"I'll keep working hard to study! Hehe!"
She laughed gleefully, completely missing the part where Takumi said she might get a beating. That couldn't happenJean loved her the most!
After chatting for a while, Takumi left. Since the girls were progressing well in their studies, he didn't need to interfere.
The next time Takumi appeared, he went directly to Kaguya's residence.
As soon as he arrived, he heard loud shouting from inside the house.
"Top lane needs backup, top lane!!"
"WTF, do you even know how to play? If not, stop playing!"
"Disarm! Where's the disarm?!"
"Pop BKB! Pop BKB now!!"
"Hexblade, use the hexblade!!"
Listening to the shouting, Takumi was baffled. Were these two seriously staying home and playing games all day?
His arrival immediately drew the attention of a certain rabbit.
Upon seeing him, Reisen hurriedly bowed in greeting.
"Lord Takumi!!"
Seeing Reisen so formal, Takumi sighed.
"No need to be so polite, Reisen. Go about your business. I'm just here to see your princess."
These days, only Reisen stayed at Kaguya's place. Tewi was usually out wandering, and Eirin was holed up in her lab, not bothering to come home.
The knowledge Takumi uploaded daily kept piling up, and she couldn't even keep up anymoreso she stopped trying. Besides, Kaguya never left the house anyway, so she wouldn't starve.
The only real concern was whether Takumi might snap and flip her over one day.
But thinking about it again, Eirin just stopped caring. The princess could do whatever she wanted.
After Nyaruko came to visit, Eirin was even less inclined to return. She used to drop by occasionally, but now?
"Princess this, Princess that... Whatever!"
...
After greeting Reisen, Takumi went straight upstairs to Kaguya's gaming room.
As soon as he entered, he saw the two girls yelling into their headsets in front of their computers.
Takumi immediately cut off the internet connection with a thought.
Just as they were in the middle of an intense team fight, the connection suddenly dropped.
"WTF!!" *2
"Why's the internet down?!"
"What happened, what's going on?!"
"We're still in a team fight!!"
Even in Takumi's world, the internet could go down?
Both girls were completely deflated.
"You two seriously need to calm down."
Seeing that they were about to tear the computers apart, Takumi sighed and spoke up.
Didn't they notice someone entering the room?
Hearing Takumi's voice, the two of them whipped around in sync.
"Damn it!!"
"You're the one who cut our internet, aren't you?!"
"Fix it right now!!"
The culprit had appeared. When did he even show up?
Kaguya angrily glared at Takumi.
Takumi didn't get angry. He sat down casually.
"Nyaruko, are you seriously not planning to go back?"
"You've been staying here for quite a while now."
This time, Takumi came specifically to talk about Nyaruko.
She had been staying in Takumi's world for a long time. Was she really never planning to return?
If this kept up, Takumi was worried the other Eldritch beings might show up. With Nyaruko here, it was like broadcasting her coordinates.
It wouldn't be surprising if Cthugha came sniffing her out one day.
Takumi had no doubt about the power of these Outer Gods.
Nyaruko might act laid-back, but her strength was terrifyingTakumi could feel it.
"I'm not going back!!"
"I've decided to immigrate here. Look!"
"Here's my ID."
She proudly flashed her identification card, which Takumi himself had issued.
Watching her smug grin, Takumi twitched slightly.
"Now I'm worried that someone might come looking for you."
"Who knowsmaybe Cthugha is already on her way."
Takumi sighed. It wasn't impossible.
After all, Nyaruko was already here.
Hearing this, Nyaruko fell silent.
Wait... that actually sounded plausible?
They could travel across worldsdoing so just took a long time in the void.
That's why the Outer Gods rarely did it.
But if Cthugha found out that Nyaruko had fled to another world, she'd definitely come sniffing her out.
Even if she wanted to hide, she couldn't.
Now Nyaruko was panicking.
"Um... maybe I should go play in another world for a bit?"
"If I do that, even if Cthugha comes here, she'll chase the wrong world."
"Then I can come back later."
Her ahoge bobbed as she thought up her brilliant plan.
If that's the case, then she just needed to switch worlds temporarily. That way, Cthugha wouldn't be able to track her.
Hearing that ridiculous plan, Takumi rolled his eyes.
"Absolutely not."
"If that's what you're thinking, why not just go back and inform them?"
"You've got enough points anyway."
Takumi firmly rejected her idea.
Chapter 415: Can I Get a Belt?
What kind of idea was thatgo play in another world and come back later?
That would just be leaving markers everywhere. If she really did that, Cthugha would definitely sniff her out.
Wouldn't it be better if Nyaruko just went back first?
Even Kaguya couldn't help but speak up:
"Say, if those Cthulhu-types found out about our world, wouldn't they all come swarming in?"
"Those folks love chaos, don't they?"
"If Nyaruko's having such a good time here, they might want in on the fun too."
She was genuinely curious. Since Nyaruko was living with her, she'd naturally shared plenty about her own world.
Now this thought suddenly came to herif those chaotic beings ever learned about Takumi's world, would they come as a group?
Given their usual antics, it wouldn't be surprising.
"Emm..."
Takumi could imagine it too. Kaguya had a pointthis was entirely possible.
If those beings came over, it would be a huge headache.
Thinking about this, Takumi looked at Nyaruko with even more disdain.
The Cthulhu-type beings were just too bizarre. Just sensing them a little could drive someone mad.
Letting all of them gather here? That would be asking for trouble.
Takumi was feeling done.
"Hey hey hey! Why are you looking at me like that?!"
Nyaruko immediately became unhappy seeing that look.
So rude. Was she that annoying?
"Anyway, you'd better go back for now."
"Sort everything out first, then come back."
"I don't want a bunch of weirdo outsiders suddenly barging into my world. That would be a problem."
Takumi had made up his mind to send her back.
Sort your stuff out before you come back. Otherwise, just stay away.
His world couldn't handle that kind of chaos.
Nyaruko had been hanging around for a long time already. If this went on, some obsessive stalker would probably come knocking.
Better to nip the problem in the bud.
Hearing this, Nyaruko pouted.
"But teleport points are expensive!!"
She was having such a great time here. She really didn't want to go.
"Just download the games and anime to your terminal. That should last you a long time."
"Come back once you've handled your business."
"You're only here for games anyway."
"You can play games anywhere. Just bring them with you."
Takumi made the decision for her.
Games were all she wanted anyway, right? As for everything else, she probably didn't care.
She was only here because Takumi's place had lots of fun games.
"Fine!"
Since Takumi insisted, Nyaruko didn't argue.
She also realized she might really cause trouble for Takumi if she stayed.
If Cthugha really sniffed her out, that would be a problem.
With that in mind, Nyaruko decisively began packing.
She got Prometheus to help her download games and anime, grabbing everything she could.
After getting it all done, she suddenly looked at Takumi with excitement.
"Can I have a Gundam Exia? One that can fight?"
Her eyes sparkled with hope.
She hoped Takumi could fulfill this little dream of hers.
"And if possible, could I get a Kamen Rider belt too?"
"I want Decade's!!"
Before Takumi could even reply, Nyaruko added that.
She wanted the Kamen Rider Decade transformation belt.
Takumi fell silent.
He just stared at Nyaruko.
Nyaruko, seeing Takumi's stare, let out a sheepish laugh and started acting all coy.
"Pretty please?"
That tone
"Tch!! Shut up!!"
Even Kaguya jumped in surprise.
Please act normal!
Hands on her hips, Kaguya glared at Nyaruko, clearly fed up.
"Get lost!"
Takumi materialized a belt and tossed it over.
There was no Gundam. Just a transformation belt and a card case.
"Yay!!"
Even if it was just the belt, Nyaruko was overjoyed.
Grinning, she turned around and teleported home without another word.
After sending her off, Takumi couldn't help but sigh.
"What a troublesome woman."
If Nyaruko stayed in his world, things would eventually get messy.
Good thing she was gone now.
"Too bad. Now I've got no one to game with."
"Come on, you play with me!"
Kaguya glanced at Takumi and sat down at the computer.
Since he drove off her gaming buddy, he could make it up to her.
Takumi looked at her, then sat in the seat Nyaruko just left.
They connected online and started up the game.
"Let's go, let's go!!"
"300 Heroes, launch!"
"Let me show you my 3,000-match Mikasa!!"
Kaguya shouted as they began their co-op gaming session.
They launched a new round of rookie-crushing chaos.
"There sure seem to be a lot of players."
Seeing how quickly they matched into a game, Takumi was surprised.
All the games in his world were managed by Prometheus.
All of them were his own creations.
But now it looked like a lot of people were playing?
Otherwise, how could the queue be that fast?
"Of course!"
"Sometimes people in our world can even see real-life characters."
"Like your Megumi Kato skin, for example."
Once she started talking about this, Kaguya had a lot to say.
She knew the development history of Takumi's games better than anyone.
This game that Takumi casually made had a ton of characters who actually existed in his world.
So naturally, it became super popular.
Takumi nodded in agreement.
He casually scanned the usernames of players currently online.
"Emm..."
"Most of them are those cursed kids."
"Tina gets played the most."
Speaking of which, Takumi started to complain.
Those cursed children loved this game.
Should he implement an anti-addiction system?
They clearly had way too much free time.
But after thinking about it, Takumi gave up.
Let them play.
Otherwise, they'd have no outlet for their energy.
Takumi and Kaguya gamed for a while.
But it didn't take long before he lost interest.
Crushing rookies got boring fast.
"I'm done. This isn't fun anymore."
Saying that, Takumi stood up to leave.
"Alright then. I'll log in and go to sleep."
"Don't want to die suddenly again."
Kaguya stopped playing too.
If she kept going, she might really drop dead again.
Chapter 416: The Moment I Arrive, You Rewind Time?
Takumi said goodbye to Kaguya and rushed home.
Just as Takumi was busy with his own matters, on Nyaruko's end, she had just returned homeonly to be caught red-handed.
"Nyaruko!"
As soon as she stepped inside, a fiery red figure charged at her and hugged her tightly.
"Hehehe!! Nyaruko, Nyaruko! You're finally back!! I was just about to come looking for you."
As it turned out, Takumi's guess had been spot on. If Nyaruko hadn't come back soon, Cthugha really would have gone out to search for her. She had even already locked onto Nyaruko's general direction.
But just as she was preparing to leave, Nyaruko returned. So of course, she was the first to pounce on her.
"Let go, let go!! Damn it, where are you touching?! You pervert!!"
Once Cthugha had latched onto her, Nyaruko went berserk. She exploded with rage and the two quickly descended into a chaotic brawl.
"Hehehe~~~! Nyaruko!! Where did you run off to recently? You weren't even in this world, were you?"
Despite the beating, Cthugha was still ecstatic. She leaned in and took a deep breath of Nyaruko's scent.
Seeing her blissful face, Nyaruko shuddered in revulsion and shoved her away.
"Scram, scram, scram!! Get out of here!! I don't want to play with you anymore!!"
Damn it. That crazy woman.
She wasn't into this kind of stuff! Her tastes were normal!
No. This couldn't go on.
If this continued, something terrible was bound to happen.
With that in mind, Nyaruko decided to get herself a boyfriend. She had already chosen her target: Takumi.
The decision was made in a flash.
"You still haven't answered me, Nyaruko. Where did you go? The company said you resigned."
Cthugha wasn't giving up. She stared at Nyaruko, demanding an explanation.
"Went to another world to have fun. Not your business."
Nyaruko climbed off the ground and shot her a fierce glare. Then she pulled out her terminal and started watching anime.
Hearing this, Cthugha froze.
So it really was another world?
"Seemed really far away."
She muttered thoughtfully. Over the past few days, she had tried to sense Nyaruko's positionit was ridiculously far.
"Of course it was far. And now I've been kicked back here."
Just thinking about it left her a little bitter.
Then she glanced at the group chat and became even more frustrated.
[Group member 'Kaguya Houraisan' checked in and received a 'Random World Teleport Talisman.']
Kaguya Houraisan: [!!!! Finally, something good for me?! @Nyaruko, see? Ever since you left, my luck's been amazing. Don't come back!!]
Not long after Takumi had left, Kaguya checked in and immediately received a teleport talisman? That was just too perfect!
She started to suspect that her bad luck had been due to Nyaruko being nearby. Now that Nyaruko was gone, her suppressed fortune had bounced back.
