The energy consumption wasn't even as much as when he visited Tomoyo's world.
Watching them disappear, Mobius clicked her tongue but said no more.
She'd wait for Takumi to return.
Meanwhile, she'd dive deep into analyzing that extracted consciousness from Inori.
It must be the original from which Inori was cloned, right?
To think it existed within her like that?
Too curious.
And there seemed to be some link to the Genome too.
Not to mention the viruses in her body...
...
On Takumi's side, he and Inori arrived in her world.
They materialized inside the research lab where Inori had originally stolen the Genome.
As soon as they arrived, the equipment on Inori activated.
"Inori?? Can you hear me?"
Hearing that voice, Inori quickly responded.
"Tsugumi! I'm okay!"
The moment her voice came through, cheering erupted on the other end.
"Thank goodness!! What happened to you? Why did you suddenly vanish?? What's going on?!"
In the time Inori was gone, they had been terrified.
All communication was cut.
It had scared them to death.
Now that she was back, Tsugumi could finally relax.
"It's a little complicated..."
"Eh? Eh?! Inori?"
Before Inori could finish, a spatial portal opened.
Standing on the other side was Tsugumistill a young cat-girl.
"Tsugumi!!"
Seeing her, Inori lit up and quickly ran over.
Takumi followed behind.
Tsugumi looked from Inori to Takumi, her face full of confusion.
What was going on?
How did Inori disappear and then come back... with a hot guy?!
Chapter 482: Did You Hide Her?!
Takumi looked at the cat-eared girl in front of him and greeted her with a smile.
"Hello there! My name is Takumi."
Hearing his words, Tsubaki looked utterly confused.
Handsome guy, who even are you?
"Alright, little Inori, I've brought you back," he said. "Now I need to get back to work. Your world can't handle my power."
As he spoke, spatial cracks began appearing in front of them.
They were currently in Tsubaki's computer room, and the sudden appearance of spatial rifts left her stunned.
What's going on?
Even Inori was a little dazed seeing this scene. Takumi didn't explain muchhe simply vanished.
If he stayed any longer, this world would collapse.
His sudden disappearance left Tsubaki dumbfounded.
Where did he go? Where is he?
She was completely confused. Who even was that guy?
"Inori?" Tsubaki looked toward her.
Just as Inori was about to explain, the others outside, having heard the commotion, rushed in.
When they saw Inori standing there, they were stunned.
When did she come back?
"Everyone's here. Perfect!" Inori looked around. "There's something I need to tell you all."
She didn't hesitate and started recounting her experience, including the part where Takumi planned to relocate their entire world.
Everyone was completely dumbfounded.
They had no idea what was going on.
Tsubaki then pulled up surveillance footage from her room, showing Inori's sudden appearance, the spatial fissures, and Takumi.
Scene by scene, everyone was left speechless.
And then Inori repeated her story.
After hearing everything, everyone was shocked.
Another world? This had to be a joke, right?
But the facts were right in front of them, and they had no choice but to believe.
And it wouldn't be long before they saw the results for themselves.
Takumi had already begun his work.
After leaving their world, he immediately began packing it up.
That was his goal from the startto take this world with him. So he didn't stay long.
He opened a complex imaginary space and began absorbing the entire world into it.
As he worked, Takumi began to reflect.
Had he missed out on a lot of opportunities?
Since he was always running around different worlds, why hadn't he thought of deploying probes earlier?
He might've been able to recover more worlds.
Deploy probes, mark them with his signature.
Then, if they discovered a world, he could teleport over and collect it.
Takumi had traveled so far just to collect worlds.
And in such a vast dimensional multiverse, there were bound to be some nearby worlds.
So sending out probes made perfect sense.
Thinking this through, Takumi got to work. After packaging this world, he started crafting tens of thousands of probes and sent them into the void to begin exploring the dimensional plane.
Even if they didn't find anything, at least he'd tried.
After deploying them, Takumi returned home.
As soon as he got back to his own world, the group chat blew up.
It was already the next day, and yet Takumi hadn't brought Inori over.
Did he hide her away?
Fujiwara Chika: [Where's my fellow pink-haired buddy??]
Sagiri: [@takumi, hand over Inorino hoarding allowed!!]
Nyaruko: [Where's my wife?]
Takumi: [Your wife's in my arms, shut up! I'm bringing over Inori's world right now.]
He snapped irritably in the group chat.
Why were they all in such a rush?
He wasn't even panickingwhy were they?
Seeing his message, the others were speechless.
He's already hauling the world over?
Fujiwara Chika: [Why is it so fast this time?]
Takumi's speed surprised them. After all, Kurumi's world hadn't even been moved yet, and here he was, relocating Inori's world first.
Takumi: [Inori wanted to go back. She had just stolen the Void Genome. So it's right at the start of the plot.]
That line made the chat even livelier.
Sagiri: [Tsugumi!!! My precious Tsugumi isn't dead!! This is amazing!!]
Nyaruko: [My world isn't ruined yet!! Hand Tsugumi over to me!!]
That girl hadn't died after all.
Everyone in the group got emotional.
Tsugumi Shujo's death was a pain point for many fans.
But now she was alive and well.
This was just too incredible!
Takumi: [I'll talk later. I need to finish this first. I'll bring them over for magic lessons soon.]
Seeing everyone so excited, Takumi left a message and got back to work.
He began unpacking the Guilty Crown world, setting up communication lines and interdimensional portals.
Once the communication was ready, he re-entered the world.
This time, since it had already been moved into his domain, it didn't collapse again.
Takumi floated high above Japan, overlooking the world below, and began working.
As he integrated the world, all its knowledge automatically flooded into his mindincluding data about the Genome.
Now, Takumi could wield the Power of Kings too!
"Let the cannons fire to welcome the birth of a king!" he shouted in a chuunibyou tone.
Silver light exploded around him, spreading out to cover half the Earth.
Many who saw the light in the sky were dumbfounded.
What was going on?
Inori and the others rushed outside.
They were stunned by the sight.
But soon, they noticed something even strangerpurple particles began floating from everyone's bodies, rising into the sky.
Everyone had it.
Realizing this, the crowd was shocked.
"Is this... the Apocalypse Virus?"
"The virus is disappearing," Inori muttered, watching the particles.
Takumi had promised to help resolve the virus issue in her world, and it looked like he hadn't been lying.
Many people who had been close to death due to infection were now being healed.
Those watching their loved ones recover couldn't help but cry tears of joy.
They didn't know what had happenedbut whoever made it happen had their eternal gratitude.
Meanwhile, governments across the globe were completely baffled.
What was going on?
Satellite feeds showed a force affecting the entire planet.
One particularly confused individual was Dauth, the Gravekeeper.
What the hell happened to this world?
The Power of Kings appeared?
But before he could do anything, a void space swallowed him whole.
Takumi had promised Prometheus he'd send her someone to study.
Naturally, Dauth was the one he meant.
Chapter 483: An Angel Has Descended Upon Me
Takumi didn't hesitate and packed up the gravedigger on the spot. He would throw him to Mobius later.
Honestly, this world was rather strange. Ancient civilizations, aliens, and so on. But after scanning through it briefly, it was nothing special.
Takumi quickly lost interest. After all, which world didn't have some form of ancient civilization?
He collected all of the Apocalypse Virus in that world, condensed it into a gray crystal ball, and tossed it into his Imaginary Space.
"If I ever get annoyed with another world," he muttered, "I'll just drop this as poison."
It was still useful, after all.
Having done all that, Takumi turned to Prometheus.
"Notify this world," he said. "I'll go set up the teleportation gate."
Then he descended and got to work.
He picked an empty area near Funeral Parlor and materialized a grand gate, setting up a teleportation array around it.
Meanwhile, Prometheus began hacking the global network, issuing announcements about connecting to another world.
She was already very practiced at this, having done similar things before.
When Prometheus suddenly appeared on screens, the world was stunned.
Another world? Surely that was a joke.
But soon, Prometheus publicly displayed the teleportation gate and even provided satellite imagery.
As everyone stared at the screens, silence swept the world.
It was real.
Inori Yuzuriha saw it as well.
It was indeed Takumi's handiwork.
And the gate seemed to be nearby.
She quickly got up and headed out, with the members of Funeral Parlor following her.
They hurried to the site of the newly built teleportation gate.
Mecha units were already stationed at the gate, but they ignored Inori's group.
"This is the gate to another world?" someone asked.
The announcement had spelled it out clearly: the gate to another world had been established. Anyone interested in learning from another world was welcome.
"Looks like it's real!" Tsubaki was all smiles.
Another worldit was just too amazing.
While they were discussing, Takumi emerged from the gate.
He had just returned after finalizing the setup in City of Hope.
"Yo! You're all here," he greeted. "Inori, come with me. There are some people eager to meet you."
The group chat was already yelling again.
If he didn't bring Inori over, they'd start accusing him of hiding her again.
Inori blinked, but soon nodded. "Alright."
Last time she went to Takumi's world in a rush and left just as fast. Now she had time to take it all in.
"Inori?" Tsubaki looked at her nervously. Others shared the same concern.
Was it really safe to trust this man?
"It's fine," Inori reassured them. "He's not a bad person. He saved me."
As she spoke, she pursed her lips slightly.
She could clearly feel how healthy her body had become. That suffocating feeling from before was gone. She finally felt like her true self.
"This" Ayase, who was in a wheelchair, hesitated.
"You both can come too," Takumi said. "And your legs? We can easily fix that in our world. Come with us."
He watched this play out with exasperation.
Did they really think he was some villain?
"If you're worried, just come along. It's not a big deal."
Tsubaki and Ayase exchanged glances, then nodded.
"We'll come too."
"Me too! I'm going too!" Others began chiming in.
If things were like this, why not all go together?
"No problem," Takumi shrugged. "My world welcomes everyone."
He suddenly remembered something.
He opened a dimensional rift in front of him and reached in, pulling out another vial of Void Genome.
He planned to give it to Mobius.
When the members of Funeral Parlor saw what he pulled out, they were dumbfounded.
But Takumi ignored them.
After stowing the Genome, he turned toward the teleportation gate. The rest quickly followed him.
Just like that, the group entered Takumi's world.
Upon arrival, several mecha units immediately surrounded them.
"First, receive your terminals," Takumi said. "You'll be free to explore afterward. If you have questions, ask Prometheus.
Inori, come with me."
With that, a spatial rift opened, and he stepped inside.
Inori brought Ayase and Tsubaki along and followed.
On their way back, Takumi tossed the gravedigger and Genome to Mobius.
Seeing the items appear out of thin air, Mobius's eyes lit up.
Without hesitation, she called Klein and got to work researching.
Meanwhile, Takumi returned to his villa.
Everyone was already there.
The moment they saw Inori, their eyes lit up.
"Woooow~!"
"She's finally here!"
"Inori! Inori!!"
"I'm Fujiwara Chika, nice to meet you!"
Chika enthusiastically rushed forward and greeted her.
Inori blinked, caught off guard.
Tsubaki and Ayase looked at each other, equally confused.
Then more people from the house poured out, some even surrounding them.
All three were overwhelmed.
How did all these people seem to know them?
Takumi watched the scene and smiled.
Just as he was about to say something, Prometheus's voice suddenly echoed.
"Another person has arrived," she said. "According to the database, her name is Kanade Tachibana!"
Her voice reached Takumi's earsand everyone else's.
"What?!"
"(?)!!"
"Kanade Tachibana??"
"No way!!"
"Are you kidding me???"
"This is amazing!"
"Two arrivals in one day?!"
"Quick, Takumi-oniichan, bring her here!"
"I want to see Angel!!"
"No no no, this time, bring Gabriel too and turn Kanade into a real angel!!"
Everyone in Takumi's house instantly became ecstatic.
Two arrivals in a single day?
This was just too perfect.
An angel really had descended upon them.
Chapter 484: Kanade-chan: I Just Saw Something Unholy!!
Tachibana Kanade's arrival surprised Takumi.
He hadn't expected thatone after another, they were just appearing out of nowhere.
Without the slightest warning, you just showed up.
Takumi glanced at the others and immediately said:
"You all chat with Inori and the others. I'll go bring Kanade over."
Without wasting another word, he vanished on the spot.
Since Kanade was here, naturally, he had to go and bring her over.
Seeing Takumi disappear, everyone began to feel excited.
Inori looked at Chika Fujiwara with a puzzled gaze.
"Um... do you all know us?"
She had been meaning to ask this for a while. Why did everyone act like they knew them already?
