So they wouldn't return. Tsugumi was very clear on that.
While the two chatted, dinner was served. Others also joined them, including Gabriel, who rarely returned just for dinner.
"I heard there's a promising angel candidate here," Gabriel said, scanning the room. Her eyes fell on Kanade Tachibana. "Looks like it's true. Such a kind child..."
"Hehe~! Right? Gabriel-san, you should take Kanade and let her reincarnate as a true angel," Chika Fujiwara said, suddenly excited. This was, after all, the universally recognized angel. Kanade may be able to be resurrected, but wouldn't it be more convenient to just become an angel?
"Mm, I agree," Takumi nodded. "What do you think, Kanade?"
He was pretty sure Fujiwara had already talked to Gabriel, which was likely why she came.
"Huh?" Kanade was bewildered. Become an angel? Though people had called her that before, she always knew it wasn't real. But now a true angel had shown upand even invited her to become one?
Was that really allowed?
Kanade was stunned. Could anyone just become an angel in this world?
"If you agree, I can take you right after this to be reincarnated as an angel," Gabriel said gently, hugging her head. "By the time you're done, Takumi will probably have moved your world over already."
Lately, Takumi had been transferring worlds one after another. There was no doubt he'd bring Kanade's world too. That's why Gabriel brought it up. Once she became an angel, her companions would be brought to this world as well.
"Really? I can... be an angel too?" Kanade was still in disbelief.
"Of course~! If you can't, then who can? Don't worry. Even the Lord wouldn't object," Gabriel smiled with confidence.
"Oh, right, let me introduce myself. My name is Gabriel. I'm an angel. I'm sure you've heard of me in your world too, right?"
As she spoke, her face lit up with assurance. She was certain Kanade's world must have legends about her as well.
Chapter 487: Don't You See What You've Done?
The biblical system exists in many worldsor rather, it is an indispensable pantheon of deities across various worlds. While the name Gabriel may not be as powerful as Michael, anyone who has some understanding of the biblical pantheon in other worlds would likely recognize the name.
That's exactly why Gabriel confidently claimed that Kanade should have heard her name in her own world. And indeed, when Kanade heard the name Gabriel, she was instantly shocked.
"You're really Gabriel?"
Gabrielthe Archangel, a seraphim, a chief angel who holds a crucial guardian position in Heaven. She is responsible for the celestial vigilance of the entire heavens and is said to be the one who sounds the trumpet for Judgment Day. She also symbolizes 'wisdom.'
Kanade was, of course, familiar with the name. When she had stayed in the hospital, she often read books, so she wasn't a stranger to Gabriel's name at all.
Now Gabriel was standing in front of herand even hugging her? She was completely shocked.
"The real deal~!"
Gabriel smiled wryly at Kanade. A soft glow radiated from her body, and a pair of holy wings emerged from her back. A brilliant halo hovered above her head.
With Gabriel's display, Kanade was now certainthis was the archangel of legend!
"Okay! I want to become an angel!"
If possible, she was willing to become an angel. There was no reason to refuse. Wasn't this what she had always hoped for? Precisely because of this, she immediately agreed.
"Good! Then after dinner, we'll proceed with the reincarnation."
Seeing her agree, Gabriel was also delighted. Another little angel was added to the ranks. Gabriel currently loved finding promising candidates and having them reincarnate as angels. After all, Heaven was severely lacking angels now. She sincerely hoped for more archangels like herself.
Once that was settled, everyone started dinner. Kanade loved eating Mapo Tofu. The first time she tasted Mapo Tofu made with ingredients from another world, she instantly fell in love with it. It was the most delicious version she had ever eaten.
After eating to her heart's content, she was directly taken by Gabriel to Heaven for her reincarnation. Meanwhile, Inori Yuzuriha, Tsugumi, and the others temporarily stayed at Takumi's house. Tomorrow, Takumi would assign them new housing. After all, they had already decided to remain in Takumi's world.
Now with their terminals, they were able to contact their companions and found out they had already settled into Takumi's world and were beginning to understand everything about it. Learning this, Inori and the others were finally at ease. With their companions safe, they could now focus on their studies.
All members of Funeral Parlor would begin studying magic in Takumi's world. In addition, people from their original world were gradually migrating to Takumi's world. Once they confirmed it was possible to enter at any time, many were shocked and decided to come to Takumi's world to learn magic.
With such an opportunity, it would be foolish not to seize it. Their original world had experienced the Apocalypse Virus, so many people realized the importance of strength. Only with power could they survive. Those who had been tormented by the virus were especially determined to come and study magic. Mastering power meant they could control their own destinies.
As for newcomers, Takumi welcomed all without discrimination.
However, the next day, Takumi received a message from Ningguang asking him to visit her office. Seeing the message, Takumi was puzzled. It was rare for her to contact him so suddenly. Still, he didn't overthink it and headed straight to Ningguang's office.
"The worlds you've been bringing in keep increasing. Recently, the population has skyrocketed. Although many people are spread out across various cities, some cities are still under a lot of pressure. For instance, Hope City is already bursting at the seams. We're expanding outward every day, but we still can't keep up with the incoming population.
"So, I hope you can use your power to directly build more cities. Otherwise, we really won't be able to accommodate everyone.
"And schoolswe need more educational facilities too."
Ningguang got straight to the point when Takumi arrived. Normally, she wouldn't have needed to contact him, but he had brought in so many worlds, and people from those worlds had been pouring into Takumi's world.
It caused a population explosion.
Ningguang was clearly concerned. More worlds connecting meant hundreds of thousandsor even millionsof people migrating. No single city could handle that kind of load.
Many places hadn't even been built yet. There weren't enough houses, and Takumi's pace of constructing new cities couldn't keep up.
Once people arrived, most didn't want to leave.
This was something Takumi had created, so naturally, Ningguang came to him to fix it. As Takumi listened, the corner of his mouth twitched.
"Yeah... this one's on me."
He had been busy helping group members move their worlds into his, and he'd neglected the internal infrastructure. It was a bit awkward now.
Ningguang shot him an annoyed look.
"Do you realize how much pressure this puts on me? Even with Prometheus helping handle administrative tasks, I'm overwhelmed. Please help us construct more cities immediately. Keqing has already drafted multiple city plans. She's been complaining about you nonstop."
As she spoke, Ningguang gave Takumi a strange look. Keqing was also working on infrastructure, but thanks to Takumi's world-linking spree, she was now swamped. Even someone who loved working overtime like Keqing wanted to lash out.
The workload was never-ending. Takumi was practically dumping all responsibilities on them.
"Emm... Has Ganyu arrived yet? Isn't the Holy Maiden helping? If not, let's just call in Jean and Kamisato Ayaka to help out. Teyvat has plenty of talent."
Takumi stroked his chin. That seemed like a pretty good idea. If one person couldn't handle it, then just call in more reinforcements. No big deal.
"Them? They're all managing their own nations. Don't think they're just idling around. But I've already revived the former Liyue Qixing."
Ningguang fell into thought. Even with those people revived, it still wasn't enough. Maybe they needed to revive even more individuals.
Chapter 488: I Didn't Know About This!
Ningguang actually felt a bit embarrassed about bringing dead people back to continue working. But when she thought about how she couldn't finish the work on her own, that embarrassment vanished instantly. She even had the immortals sent over by the Geo Archon helping out.
Takumi's world was massive. It required a lot of personnel for management. The speed of recruitment couldn't keep up with the number of job vacancies. After all, some people were simply not capable. She didn't want people who just flattered othersshe needed people who could get things done. That's why she had Prometheus select only the best of the best.
Originally, that number was sufficient. But then Takumi brought in a bunch more worlds all at once, and suddenly they were short-handed.
"Then just revive more people!" Takumi said. "As long as they're capable, anyone can be revived. Hmm maybe I can pull some Heroic Spirits from the Fate universe to help with management. Historical figures would be perfect. Other worlds have plenty of useful people too. Plus, you can also use those mecha units. They're a bit rigid, but they don't make mistakes. No matter the race, we can make use of them. I'll help Keqing build some new cities later."
Since he was already here, Takumi figured he might as well help Ningguang resolve these issues. Hearing his words, Ningguang nodded. As long as Takumi took care of it, things would be fine.
Although she could ask Veliona, who also possessed Herrscher of Reason powers, that woman would probably go overboard with cyberpunk designs. So Ningguang had already ruled that out.
"Too bad. If Veliona were more reliable, I wouldn't be bothering you," she sighed.
Takumi chuckled at that. But suddenly, his eyes lit up.
"Wait, I might be able to find you a helper. Hmm let's bring Bronya over!"
Of course, the 'helper' he meant was Bronya, the Herrscher of Reason.
Ningguang gave him an exasperated look. "If you do that, Bronya's not going to let you off easily. Let's not. You do it yourself. Or just make some kind of city-building weapon and let Keqing handle it. Shouldn't be difficult for you."
Getting a helper? Forget it. That might cause unnecessary drama. It was better for Takumi to create a weapon or device that could build cities. It would be easy for him anyway.
Takumi nodded thoughtfully. "Yeah, that's pretty simple. I'll just use the Herrscher of Reason's power to forge a divine key that can materialize cities. Actually, let's do that. If worst comes to worst, I could even give you the Herrscher core, but you're probably more compatible with the Herrscher of Geo. Keqing would suit the Herrscher of Thunder. So yeah, a divine key it is. Prometheus can operate it. Once the city layouts are done, just have Prometheus activate it."
He quickly settled on the idea. He would forge a divine key and toss it into space. Once Prometheus had the city plans, she'd trigger the key to construct them all at once. Easy.
Ningguang was thrilled by this plan. "Perfect! If we have that divine key hanging in the sky, I won't have to come running to you anymore. This is great!"
Having picked up so much knowledge since coming to Takumi's world, she valued convenience more than anything now.
Seeing her so excited, Takumi didn't waste any more time. He materialized the Herrscher of Reason core and began constructing a divine key that resembled a satellite in appearance but was entirely different inside.
Once it was ready, he opened a spatial rift and sent it into orbit. The research institute quickly detected the new satellite.
Dr. Mei looked at it with a puzzled expression. "What is that?"
Prometheus immediately explained, "It's a new divine key Takumi made for building cities."
She then briefed Dr. Mei on all its functions. Upon hearing the explanation, Mei was left speechless. It seemed a bit excessive. But she didn't say anything morethis sort of thing was easy for Takumi.
"Have him make another one and place it over Mars," she said. "The climate there has been fully terraformed. Tell him he can start linking some of the new world portals there."
Then she returned to her work. She was incredibly busy.
Prometheus relayed the request to Takumi, who was a bit speechless. Still, he didn't argue. He just created another key and casually launched it into Mars orbit.
As for linking the new world portals to Mars? Maybe later. Not a big deal.
Takumi's current world hadn't even reached its full potential yet. Mars could wait. This planet was still growing and had already undergone countless transformations. But because Takumi was too powerful, he didn't benefit much from these world upgrades. If he were weaker, the blessings from world evolution would've made him incredibly strong. But since his strength already surpassed the planet's, the gains were negligible.
After finishing all that, Takumi was ready to head out.
Everything was set. No need to manage the follow-up. What a relief~
"By the way," Ningguang suddenly said as if remembering something, "I think a new mission got posted in the chat group this morning. Everyone's off doing missions now. I forgot to tell you."
Hearing that, Takumi froze. A new mission?
He had no idea!
Chapter 489: She Claimed This World with Garlic!!
When did the group mission refresh again?
Takumi was deeply puzzled upon hearing this news. After bidding farewell to Ningguang, he returned and checked the latest mission.
Once inside the chat group, he glanced at the mission list. A mission worth over ten thousand points. And it was just an ordinary world?
Due to spiritual energy awakening, the people of that world couldn't withstand the attacks from magical beasts. Thus, this mission came into being.
Seeing this, Takumi paused. An ordinary world?
He asked in the group chat:
Takumi: [Who's doing this mission? Speak up.]
A world undergoing spiritual revival? That intrigued Takumi. Was it going to end up like his own world?
In his case, no one came to save them back then, and his world perished. But this one got luckythe mission ended up posted in the group, and someone went to help. How unfair.
Bronya: [I'm here!] [What's up?]
Bronya, seeing her husband's message, responded in confusion.
Takumi: [Bronya's exclusive red envelope.] [Mark it with my sigil.] [I'll go check it out later.]
