Standing next to a world bubble really made you feel how small you were.
But this was normal.
After observing for a while, Takumi got to work.
His clothes transformed, and his body began to expand.
After some unknown time, Takumi had become a giant who could hold a world in one hand.
Now that he was in this form, the world looked extremely tiny in his eyes.
He changed into this form to make storing the entire world easier.
With that in mind, Takumi acted.
A deep, bottomless imaginary space suddenly opened beneath the world bubble.
Then, under Takumi's control, the entire world was swallowed into his imaginary space.
Once it was done, Takumi closed the space and returned to his normal size.
Once fully recovered, Takumi clicked his tongue.
"Most of the time was spent transforming myself."
"An hour of setup for a few seconds of action?"
With a quick self-mocking comment, Takumi stopped thinking about it.
Now that the world was stored, it was time to go home.
With that thought, he vanished from the void and returned to his own world.
Suoh Mikoto didn't react.
He hadn't messaged Takumi in the group chat either.
In fact, he probably didn't even realize the world had already been packed up.
Back in his world, Takumi arrived outside the boundary of reality.
Then, as before, he released his power and opened the imaginary space to release the world bubble.
As the world bubble emerged, it floated into position and fixed itself there.
Seeing this, Takumi raised an eyebrow.
So self-aware?
Didn't even need adjustment.
That was convenient.
Once that was done, Takumi immediately began setting up communication and gateways.
He also started infusing Honkai energy into the world.
This step was necessary.
Otherwise, the world couldn't support Takumi.
Though even if he didn't act, his worlds would naturally be permeated by Honkai energy.
It would gradually replace their original energies.
This was the true reason for marking them with Honkai energy.
After finishing all of this, Suoh Mikoto responded.
He now knew everything was donehis terminal had connected to Takumi's network.
Suoh Mikoto: [Is everything set?] [Where are you putting the portal?]
Now that the network was online, Takumi needed to finish the portals.
Otherwise, no one could travel between the worlds.
This step was essential.
Would there be a new city?
Or something else?
Takumi: [Yeah. I'll place it in your city center.]
[It won't be a problem.]
Naturally, the portal would go in the most central area.
Suoh Mikoto: [Alright. I'll inform the others, so they don't accidentally attack and get themselves killed.]
If those guys didn't know, they'd probably mistake Takumi for some criminal.
They might even attack him.
And then get killed by Takumi.
To avoid that outcome, Suoh figured he'd better warn the other Kings in advance.
Otherwise, it'd be a truly unjust death.
Chapter 470: Ruiko Did You All Forget About Me?
A lot had happened in Suoh Mikoto's world.
He had taken down the Colorless King.
His friend had been resurrected.
And he had openly revealed the existence of the alternate world.
The other Kings had come to understand Suoh Mikoto's strength.
Right now, the Kings were all getting along fairly well.
After all, none of them combined could defeat him.
They'd be crazy not to cooperate.
Suoh sent a group message informing all the Kings about the situation.
The Kings were stunned.
Was the alternate world finally opening up?
Could they go there too?
Excitement spread quickly.
Many Kings were quite curious about this alternate world Suoh spoke of.
A powerful worldhow could that not be enticing?
Takumi finished setting up communications and moved on to building the portal.
He entered the world of K Project himself.
This time, he wasn't worried about the world collapsing under pressure.
This world had already become one of Takumi's subordinate worlds.
So now, Takumi could come and go as he pleased.
He arrived in the city where Suoh resided.
He immediately headed to the central plaza.
Without hesitation, Takumi constructed a large gate there.
As the gate suddenly appeared, the nearby people were startled.
Everyone was dumbfounded.
What just happened?
Many turned their eyes to Takumi.
But he ignored them.
Once the gate and magic array were completed, Takumi sent Suoh the coordinates.
Then he returned to his own world to build the corresponding gate.
After Takumi left, the members of Scepter 4 quickly moved in to seal off the area.
Those rabbit-eared operatives quickly secured the plaza.
The Second King, the Gold King, had already been informed about Takumi.
This sudden portal was undoubtedly his doing.
Soon, representatives from the other clans arrived as well.
The area was quickly occupied by several clans.
Once all the Kings were present, their eyes fell on Suoh Mikoto.
How did this gate work?
Only Suoh would know.
"Don't look at me."
"It's not ready yet."
"We'll wait until the other side's finished."
Suoh shrugged, knowing what they were thinking.
There was no point in having just one gateboth sides had to be ready.
Otherwise, it was useless.
Hearing this, the others settled down and waited quietly.
Suoh Mikoto:
[This is getting ridiculous. Everyone's just sitting around, waiting for the portal to open so they can rush through.]
Watching them, Suoh couldn't help but rant in the chat.
Takumi saw it and laughed.
He was nearly done.
So he replied in the group chat.
Takumi: [Almost ready. In five minutes, you can come through.]
Chika Fujiwara: [The gateway to a new world!]
Sagiri: [New world: get!] [Only a few worlds left, right?]
Ruiko Saten: [Hey, Takumi-nii, why don't you move my world too!!]
At that moment, Ruiko Saten finally spoke up.
Did everyone forget about her?
She wanted to feel like she existed too.
Takumi: [Didn't you plan to immigrate?]
Ruiko's world?
Takumi had never considered moving the Toaru Majutsu no Index world.
At least, not until now.
But now that Ruiko brought it up, maybe it was possible.
He had already left something in the hands of the leader of Academy City.
Now that she mentioned it, maybe they could move the world.
Ruiko Saten: [If we move the world, then I don't need to immigrate!]
[What's the difference, really?]
[If I immigrate, it'll take years. But if we move the world, it can be done now.]
[So I choose to move it now!]
She was absolutely confident.
Why immigrate when the whole world could be moved?
Seeing her message, Takumi could only smile wryly.
Still, after thinking about it, he agreed.
Takumi: [Alright!]
[I'll move Tomoyo's world first.]
[Then I'll come move yours.]
Since that was the case, there was no reason to refuse.
He would move the Index world too.
It'd be a good opportunity to observe Kamijou Touma's development.
Thinking about it, Takumi had a new idea.
If he was going to migrate the world, it would have to wait.
Tomoyo would probably be returning soon.
So Takumi would go with her and bring her world over first.
Once his world was moved, then he could think about the others.
No rush on that front.
Ruiko Saten: [Alright~!]
[Then it's settled!]
Seeing Takumi agree, Ruiko was thrilled.
But when everyone else saw Takumi and Ruiko's conversation, they started getting ideas.
That actually sounded... pretty great.
Some of them had already immigrated, but their native worlds were still intact.
Since Takumi was going to build a Little Garden-like world,
Why not move everyone's worlds over too?
Suddenly, the group chat lit up.
Megumi Kato: [I have a great idea.]
Sagiri: [Same here.]
Asuna Yuuki: [Same!]
Chika Fujiwara: [@Takumi, dear, can you help move our worlds too?]
[Altogether, that's dozens of worlds.]
[Everyone already immigrated anyway, so we might as well bring the worlds over too.]
Chika was ecstatic.
This idea was too good to pass up.
If possible, bring them all.
Move every group member's world here.
As long as the worlds were intact, they could all be relocated.
Kurumi Tokisaki: [If my world is moved, wouldn't that weaken Mio Takamiya's power?]
Usually quiet, Kurumi popped up now.
Seeing everyone's messages, she was tempted too.
She hadn't forgottenonce she grew stronger, she planned to settle things with Mio.
And if moving the world would weaken her, why not?
Sell out that world without hesitation.
White Yaksha: [I support this too. Let's move everyone's worlds.]
[Building something like Little Garden isn't easy.]
[The more worlds, the better.]
[Once there are enough, your main world will undergo a transformation.]
[It's a good thing!]
White Yaksha had joined the discussion.
She strongly supported the suggestion.
It was absolutely feasible.
If Takumi was serious about this, why not move all the group members' worlds to his own?
Besides, it wasn't hard for him to do.
Chapter 471: Oh No! The Princess Brought Back a Prince Consort
Takumi looked at all the chatter in the group chat and fell into deep thought.
So everyone supported this plan?
They wanted to bring their original worlds over too?
Homesickness was real.
Takumi muttered to himself but, after thinking it through, he agreed.
It wasn't a big deal.
He just had to travel to each world.
Those who had already immigrated to his world would go back temporarily.
Otherwise, Takumi didn't have the coordinates of their original worlds.
Even though they had moved to his world, they could still return using the group chat system.
Takumi could accompany them back, bring their worlds over, and then bring them back again.
No points neededperfect!
Takumi: [Alright!] [Once I finish handling everything, I'll bring all your worlds over.]
Takumi agreed.
Everyone was thrilled when they saw that message.
That was all they needed.
Now everything was set.
So satisfying!
Takumi didn't bother saying more to the group chat.
He went back to his own business.
After completing the other spatial gate, he sent a message to Suoh Mikoto in the group.
Then, he had the Mechanoids come to take over the city.
Once everything was handled, Takumi returned home.
On the other end, Suoh Mikoto led his clan to the gate.
They passed through to Takumi's world.
Other clans followed as well.
Upon entering Takumi's world, they were surrounded by Mechanoids.
They were immediately required to register identification and learn the world's rules.
These portals functioned much like immigration checkpoints.
If you came in, you had to go through formalities.
But once done, you didn't have to do it again.
Much more convenient.
Everyone visiting Takumi's world for the first time received a terminal and personal ID.
Only with these could they move freely.
Otherwise, if a Mechanoid scanned and found you had no ID, you'd be detained.
Suoh Mikoto understood these rules well.
He had his clan get their IDs immediately.
Then he led them toward the City of Hope.
That was the place he was most familiar with.
Now that the two worlds were connected, Suoh had no plans to return to his old one.
He would carve out land in Takumi's world and settle there.
That was his next plan.
But he needed money.
So now, he needed to exchange his possessions for currency used in Takumi's world.
Then take his clan out to earn some income.
Otherwise, starving in Takumi's world would be a real problem.
And now that their worlds were linked, their currencies would lose value.
Having more of Takumi's world currency would be more stable.
He understood all of this.
After selling off his items, he had enough money to buy decent housing.
He directly purchased a plot of land and began building a clan estate.
With Mechanoid help, construction could be done in one day.
Effortless.
While the people from the K Project world were having fun in Takumi's world,
Takumi had returned home.
That evening, when Tomoyo came back, Takumi turned to her and asked,
"Tomoyo, let's head to your world tomorrow."
"We'll bring your world over."
Now that today's relocation had succeeded, moving Tomoyo's world wouldn't be a problem.
Tomoyo's eyes lit up.
"You're free now?"
She knew Takumi had been very busy.
So she hadn't been in a rush.
But now that he said this, did that mean he had time to handle things?
"Yeah, I'm free!"
"Let's move your world first."
"Once we're done, I'll move the others."
Takumi smiled as he said this.
Once her world was relocated, he'd observe whether the surrounding worlds would follow.
If they didn't, he'd mark them and return later to relocate them too.
Tomoyo nodded firmly.
"Alright!"
"Then let's go back tomorrow!"
She was looking forward to it.
If the two worlds were connected,
She could easily visit Takumi's world.
There were still so many places she hadn't explored here.
Especially that gaming worldshe loved it.
She even thought about slaying a god or two.
She had all kinds of plans.
So she wanted to stay here.
But she couldn't ignore her homeland either.
She was still a princess, after all.
Now that the worlds would be connected and the networks linked,
She could handle many things remotely.
And have fun however she liked.
That's why she wanted to bring her world over!
That night was her last night staying in Takumi's world.
The next morning, Takumi and Tomoyo set off.
Under everyone's watchful gaze, Takumi activated Tomoyo's magic.
Then, the two vanished together.
After they left, the others went about their business.
Tomoyo would be back later anyway.
No big deal.
...
At that moment, Takumi and Tomoyo were traveling through a spatial corridor.
Here, Takumi could clearly feel the sensation of movement.
It was his first time experiencing this.
The corridor made him thoughtful.
So this is what long-distance space travel feels like?
It wasn't instant.
He used to rely on visual-based teleportationinstant arrival.
