Seeing her message, Takumi's mouth twitched.
Takumi:
[Scram!]
The hell? Who's your husband?
Takumi was thoroughly annoyed.
Sure, Nyaruko looked like a cute girl, but remembering her real form
His tastes weren't that bizarre.
Nyaruko:
[Waaah!!]
Kaguya Houraisan:
[Please leave!]
Bronya:
[Please leave!]
Miori Shiba:
[Please leave!]
Fujiwara Chika:
[?]
[Wait, what did I just discover???]
Seeing Kaguya's message, Fujiwara Chika was stunned.
No waydid Kaguya fall for Takumi?
Shocking!
Kaguya Houraisan:
[Don't be so dramatic. I have needs too!!]
[Serious face.jpg]
Megumi Kato:
[Uhh congrats, may you have cute kids!]
Sagiri:
[Jealuh, I mean loud furniture...]
Without a doubt, Kaguya's words left the group in stunned silence.
They couldn't believe it.
How had the two of them grown close so fast?
Takumi really was something else.
Watching the group go completely off-topic, Takumi gave up.
Just as he was about to close the chat, Boros suddenly appeared.
Boros:
[Everyone, I've got a mission in my world.]
[Want to fight some aliens?]
Seeing the message, Takumi paused.
You're the alien, aren't you?
Chapter 436, Arent You the Alien?
Bronya: [Seems like you're the alien!]
Fujiwara Chika: [What do you mean by alien?]
Suoh Mikoto: [There really is a new mission, and the reward points are quite generous.] [Image]
Akeno: [Alien invasion?]
Miori Shiba: [An intergalactic overlord is trying to unify the universe, and the Milky Way is their final stop!] [So basically, we're about to fight a galactic war?] [@Takumi, maybe we'll skip this one. You handle it yourself.]
After reading through the message, many in the group expressed disinterest in the mission.
It was a galactic war, after all.
Apparently, this was a campaign to conquer the entire universe, and once done, they'd move on to other worlds.
That meant the enemies were likely to be extremely powerful.
Not many in the chat group were capable of joining such a mission.
Takumi: [Reward: "073" 500,000 points and a World Gateway.] [Alright then, I'll take part.] [Anyone else interested? Sign up if you're in.]
Seeing the reward, Takumi's interest was piqued.
If it were fewer points, he wouldn't have bothered.
But this amount? Enough to get him moving.
Whether anyone else wanted to go was another question.
Shiroyasha: [I really want to go, but I'm swamped!!] [Damn it, the top levels of Little Garden are a mess right now. Some GDXs are even considering starting a new Garden altogether.] [You go ahead!!] [If they piss me off again, I'll just wipe them all out!!]
Sagiri: [Galactic war? Nope, I'm not chasing those points.]
Fujiwara Chika: [It's all pew pew pew, right? I'll pass.]
Others in the group began to chime in too.
Sure, they could leech some points.
But it wasn't worth it.
This wasn't a normal fightit was full-on space warfare.
They'd just be spectators anyway.
Might as well watch the livestream instead.
Let Takumi earn the points himself.
Seeing everyone say that, Takumi didn't press the issue.
Since that was the case, he took the mission for himself.
Without hesitation, he accepted it and set off.
The folks at home would be informed by someone else.
No need for him to explain everything in person.
When Takumi reappeared, he was already aboard Boros's ship.
Boros had docked on the far side of the moon.
Seeing Takumi arrive, Boros spoke:
"Those guys are pretty strong." "My ships have already been destroyed."
With his one eye, Boros looked grimly at the large screen.
Takumi glanced up.
Outside the Milky Way, fleets of ships were advancing.
Even some enormous cosmic lifeforms were approachinglike monsters.
Time for an Ultraman to make an appearance.
"Are you going in?" "Or just staying here?"
Takumi looked at Boros.
Those enemy fleets were swarming.
Compared to them, Boros's fleet looked like child's play.
They were storming straight through.
A lot of aliens were probably already wiped out.
Hearing Takumi's words, Boros was speechless.
"What am I supposed to fight them with? Bet everything I own?" "This time, you go alone."
Since the group wasn't participating, neither was he.
But this world belonged to him, so he could still earn some points.
If he wanted to power up, he'd need a massive amount of them.
Whether he joined the fight or not didn't matter.
Those guys probably weren't even a match for Takumi.
So he'd just play cameraman.
And after this mission, his world would link with Takumi's.
That was a plus.
The rewards included the 500,000 points and a World Gateway.
Hearing this, Takumi nodded.
"Alright!" "Time to get to work."
With that, Takumi vanished on the spot.
When he reappeared, he was near Pluto.
Staring at the approaching fleets, Takumi activated Herrscher Mode.
He floated in space.
The next moment, a series of Imaginary Space portals opened.
"Passage ahead is forbidden!"
Takumi's voice echoed in the enemy fleet's communication channels.
Hearing that, the aliens aboard the ships were stunned.
They'd been infiltrated?
Panic spread.
On one massive ship, a muscular being with three eyes stared at the screen showing Takumi.
He was shocked.
Was this the strongest being in this galaxy?
As he wondered, Takumi had already started his assault.
From behind Takumi, countless cannon barrels emerged from the Imaginary Space.
Terrifying energy began to gather.
Soon, alarms blared throughout the alien fleets.
"Defend, defend!!" "Hurry, deploy defenses!!"
With such intense energy readings,
Chaos erupted in their comms.
Commanders aboard each ship roared.
What the hell?
That kind of energy fluctuation?
They'd seriously messed with the wrong guy.
Takumi had no intention of chatting.
The sooner he finished, the sooner he could go home.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have brought out such heavy firepower.
The Imaginary Space cannons began to fire en masse.
The space cannons salvaged from that ruined world were unleashed.
Purple light illuminated the cosmos.
Even space itself began to warp.
As Takumi attacked, it wasn't just the alien fleet that noticed.
Earth-based organizations also picked up the cosmic disturbances.
Panic spread globally.
The presence of aliens was no longer news.
Everyone knew they existed.
Some were still chilling on the moon.
Sometimes they even came down to shop.
Now, a major cosmic battle?
People were shocked.
They'd noticed strange aerial battles before.
But now the scale had escalated?
Boros soon received a call from Saitama.
Seeing who it was, Boros explained the situation.
Upon hearing the details, Saitama was stunned.
Such a thing happening in space?
And Takumi was involved too.
Saitama, of course, knew who he was.
He immediately asked Boros to send a live feed of the battle.
He wanted to see it for himself.
Boros didn't refuse and forwarded the livestream.
Saitama then saw black holes forming in space.
Seeing them, his face froze.
"The Milky Way's doomed!!"
This was no joke.
What was that? Black holes!
Chapter 437, These Aliens Seem Worth Studying
Black holes appeared in the solar system?
Saitama wasn't stupidshe knew exactly what that meant.
Damn, wasn't this getting way too dangerous?
Watching the livestream feed Boros sent, Saitama's mouth twitched slightly.
This was insane.
Sure, she was strong, but in front of black holes? She could only wait for death.
And of course, these black holes were Takumi's handiwork.
As Takumi launched his attack, cannon barrels erupted, tearing open black holes that began to drag on each other.
Even some planets in the solar system began to shift slightly from their orbits.
But before anything catastrophic could happen, Takumi stabilized them.
He didn't want his battle to destroy the entire solar ecosystem.
Even a slight deviation would be disastrous for Earth.
The black holes Takumi unleashed swallowed up the fleets.
Some of the larger fleets likely had tech to resist black hole forces and escaped quickly.
The smaller ships, however, weren't so lucky.
They were devoured entirely.
Outer space now looked like a cosmic meat grinder.
Countless ships were ground to dust by massive gears.
In one exchange, Takumi wiped out the majority of the fleet.
The few that escaped didn't surprise him.
To be honest, if they couldn't withstand even Takumi's first wave, they weren't worthy of ruling the universe.
Conquer the universe? Ha!
Dream on.
But after escaping, those fleets launched a counterattack.
Beams of light bombarded Takumi from every direction.
Even alien infantry began charging forward.
Watching this, Takumi chuckled.
Maybe these guys weren't bluffing when they claimed to rule the universe.
At least, they were stronger than Boros.
With that thought, Takumi altered space.
The enemy's attacks were redirected to strike their own fleets from all directions.
Using long-range attacks against someone with space manipulation was suicide.
Explosions burst like fireworks across the cosmos.
Satellites on Earth captured the terrifying scene.
After erasing the black holes he had created, Takumi turned to face the charging aliens.
To move freely in space meant they had power.
Takumi summoned meteorites the size of the moon and hurled them.
The aliens didn't dodgeinstead, they charged head-on.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Each meteorite exploded, shattered by their combined strength.
Takumi laughed in surprise.
"They can do that?"
He had just witnessed something incredible.
Their energies merged effortlessly.
That was unheard of.
Normally, energy fusion was risky and difficult.
But these aliens?
No resistance at all.
Their energy combined smoothly, unleashing even more destructive power.
By their level, destroying a moon shouldn't have been that easy.
And yet it was.
Whenever their energy attacks were close enough, they merged naturally.
Takumi could clearly feel ittheir energies were fusing on their own.
Fascinating.
It seemed to be a unique kind of energy.
This species was worth researching.
After all, even with Takumi's control over Honkai energy, it couldn't fuse this effortlessly unless he interfered.
Noticing this anomaly, Takumi grew intrigued.
Without wasting time, he released a powerful burst of energy.
The space in front of him locked down.
Then he controlled the surviving aliens and their ships.
Under their shocked gazes, they floated helplessly toward him.
Once gathered, Takumi wiped out the weaker ones and kept only the strong.
Then he stored all the ships.
"All done."
The group chat members were baffled.
Fujiwara Chika: [It's over already?]
Wow, Takumi's moves had everyone stunned.
They thought the fight would last longer.
But nohe just controlled them and packed them up.
Shiroyasha: [That species is interesting.] [Their energy can merge freely?] [And it's automatic. Not something learned.]
She had seen it during the battle.
No wonder Takumi wanted to collect them.
Takumi: [Exactly!] [These aliens are fascinating.] [So I'm not done yet.] [Got to finish the mission.] [Those fleets are done, but there are more. And their homeworld remains.]
Though he defeated them here, the mission wasn't over.
He still had to head to their home base.
Without saying anything to Boros, Takumi vanished.
He had already learned the fleet's navigation routes.
So now, he had to go.
The livestream fell silent.
Everyone turned to Shiroyasha for clarification.
Fujiwara Chika: [Please explain!!] [I'm so curious. What were you guys talking about?]
Sagiri: [Same here!]
Megumi Kato: [Let us learn something!]
Bronya: [Energy fusion...]
Shiroyasha: [Nothing to hide.] [Energy may look similar, but merging it is tricky.] [You all know about fusion skills, right?] [Why do some work and others don't?] [You've probably tried releasing energy together, only for it to scatter or malfunction.]
[But those aliens you just saw? Their energy merged the instant it was released.] [Not just launched togetherbut truly merged post-attack.]
Simultaneous release and self-merging attacks are very different.
Everyone's energy differsit usually clashes or fails to blend.
But these aliens?
Used it, and it mergedas if they were one being.
Chapter 438, This Planet Is an Energy Source
Everyone in the group understood immediately after reading Byakuyasha's explanation.
Izayoi Sakamaki:
[There's still a big difference between fusion magic and energy fusion.]
[The energy released by these species feels like it was originally a single entity.]
[So when they attack, it naturally fuses together, right?]
[Different individuals produce the same attack, and it fuses easily.]
[Tsk, this is really interesting.]
Zhongli:
[Indeed, quite fascinating.]
[Could that energy possess its own will, similar to Takumi's Honkai energy?]
Even Zhongli found himself intrigued. That could explain why it fused so seamlessly.
Everyone in the group began discussing fervently.
At that moment, Takumi opened a livestream.
Takumi:
[Quick! Look what I found!]
He turned the group chat's camera toward a pale yellow planet before him. It was a gas giant, shrouded in terrifying energy. The gases covering the planet were the same ones the aliens had used.
This was one of the aliens' strongholds. Not their home planet, but where they grew stronger.
Everyone in the group, puzzled by Takumi's message, quickly joined the livestream. Seeing the planet shocked them.
Byakuyasha's eyes sparkled.
Byakuyasha:
[Can we absorb energy from this planet?]
[No wonder their energy fused so easilyit all came from the same planet.]
All doubts were instantly cleared.
These aliens had likely all trained here.
Takumi:
[That seems to be the case.]
[@Boros, want to come over and try absorbing some?]
[Your species should be able to absorb this energy, right?]
[What's most interesting is that this planet's energy seems limitless.]
