So the Herrscher of Death and Life's Authority could be used like this? That was truly eye-opening.
Wasn't the Herrscher of Death and Life in Bronya's world Seele?
Could she eventually do something like Takumi?
Takumi: [Want it? Come to my room, I'll do the surgery for you!]
Fujiwara Chika: [_]
Sagiri: [_]
Akeno: [Ara ara~! You're not even trying to hide it?]
Miori Shiba: [I agree!] [Let Takumi do a surgery for you. One shot and you'll get stronger.]
Bronya: [(???)] [Get lost!!]
Even from afar she could hear their little schemes. That person!!
In her room, Bronya's face turned red. Shameless!!
And Miori toowhat the hell was that!
Houraisan Kaguya: [Me me me me!!] [Give me 2,000 points and I'll be there in no time!]
But what shocked everyone most was what she said next.
When they saw Kaguya's message, the group was stunned.
Girl, do you even understand what Takumi meant?
Fujiwara Chika: [Do you know what you're saying?]
Yuuki Asuna: [Miss Kaguya, please don't mess around.]
Takumi: [Here to scam me? Blocked~!] [No patience for people who've lost all sense of shame!]
Tsk. So unlucky! Why'd this girl show up?
Though Kaguya was great, Takumi couldn't help but feel put off. Maybe she was just too shameless?
Houraisan Kaguya: [[?Д?]] [As if! I should be the one disgusted by you!!] [You really dare to look down on me, huh?]
Takumi: [100 points. Give me a bit of your blood and flesh.]
Houraisan Kaguya: [Takumi's Exclusive Red Packet] [Is one finger enough?]
Takumi: [Houraisan Kaguya's Exclusive Red Packet] [It's enough!]
Takumi made Kaguya perform the ultimate face-turn in seconds.
Everyone in the group saw their exchange and was left speechless.
Seriously, what kind of terrifying trade was that?
And just like that, it was settled?
At this point, the group genuinely had no idea how to respond.
And they began to understand why Takumi found Kaguya annoying.
That wild woman!!
Fujiwara Chika: [You sold your finger for 100 points?]
Coming from a normal world, Chika was utterly shocked.
Just sold herself like that?
Houraisan Kaguya: [What's the big deal?] [You want one too? I can snap one off right now for you to play with.] [It'll grow back in an instant anyway.] [After being enhanced, it's even faster.]
One finger broken?
A new one grew in less than a second.
That's basically nothing.
Fujiwara Chika: [No thanks!]
Good grief, can't deal with this, seriously can't!
Are you two seriously okay in the head?
You: [Check-in complete. Going to sleep!]
Saten Ruiko: [Goodnight!]
Ais: [Check-in successful. Goodnight.]
Everyone ignored those two after that.
You reminded everyone it was time to check in.
Takumi glanced over and casually checked in.
[Group Member 'Takumi' has successfully checked in.] [Congratulations! Member 'Takumi' has obtained: Infinite Martial Cultivation.]
Fujiwara Chika: [???] [You again??]
Sagiri: [Share your cheat with me!!]
Miori Shiba: [Turn it off already!!]
Zhongli: [A bit outrageous, really.]
Suoh Mikoto: [This is what I see the moment I join the group?]
Suoh had just joined and checked in when he saw Takumi's prize.
But right after his message came in:
[Group Member 'Bronya' has successfully checked in.] [Congratulations! Member 'Bronya' has obtained: Multi-Unit Armament 0019.]
Another person got an item!
Everyone was dumbfounded.
Was the chat group handing out cheat codes now?
... Please give flowers ...
But after that, no one else received any items.
Takumi: [@Bronya, open the door! Let me see that weapon!]
Takumi's eyes lit up at Bronya's prize.
That's the Silverwing set, right?
Multi-Unit Armament 0019wasn't that Heavy Bunny 0019?
In other words, Bronya just evolved into her complete form?
Bronya: [Logging off!]
Bronya didn't want to talk to you and even gave you a side-eye.
Still, she was pretty happy.
She didn't expect to actually receive that set of equipment.
Guess she was lucky after all.
Fujiwara Chika: [AHHHH!!! (Groundhog scream)] [Why do I always get weird stuff while you guys get all the useful things?]
Chika was not okay.
What did she get?
White stockings, thigh-highs??
Self-repairing white thigh-highs?
But Takumi and the others...
Especially Takumi.
Two times in a row he got amazing stuff?
Infinite Martial Cultivationwasn't that from the Type-Moon world?
Instantly maxed out his martial arts?
He got stronger AGAIN?
Kato Megumi: [Been in the group this whole time and never got an item from check-in!]
Sagiri: [Been in the group this whole time and never got an item from check-in!]
Miori Shiba: [Been in the group this whole time and never got an item from check-in!]
Now that you say that, we're really not okay.
They hadn't gotten anything either!
At least Chika had gotten something.
Takumi: [Want cheats? I'm selling!] [One copy!]
Fujiwara Chika: [Shriek!!]
Sell your ass!
Chika didn't want to speak anymore.
She pulled the covers over herself and went to sleep.
Everyone was envious, but hey, it's all luck.
You can't blame anyone for a bad draw.
As everyone finished checking in, they began logging off one by one.
Takumi couldn't help but chuckle to himself.
He glanced at the item he drew and immediately chose to use it.
After gaining the ability, Takumi felt a deeper understanding of all the sword techniques he had mastered.
"Not bad at all!"
After a brief sense-check, Takumi was quite pleased.
It was free, after allwho wouldn't like that?
While it didn't drastically boost his power, it was still a nice upgrade.
Chapter 181: Master Qianjie, Dont You Dare Die on Me
The night passed uneventfully. The next morning, Takumi got up feeling refreshed and joined everyone for breakfast.
As he enjoyed the breakfast prepared by Erina and Alice, Takumi began checking on the state of the world.
"Today, more merges have occurred." "Even more people have arrived in this world." "Other nations have also realized what's going on and have started making contact with those people." "However... Kevin seems to have wiped out quite a few members of the Gourmet Corp."
Looking at the data compiled by Prometheus, Takumi was slightly surprised.
Hearing this, Qianjie snorted.
"He didn't run into any real strong ones."
Qianjie, who had already recovered, was also sitting with everyone enjoying breakfast.
The ones Kevin encountered weren't very strong, so it wasn't a big deal.
Look at himhe had run straight into the Gourmet Corp boss yesterday and nearly got killed.
That was on a whole different level.
Takumi chuckled.
"I'll leave things over there to you again." "Also, I'm lending you this core." "The Herrscher of Flame's core." "Just a temporary loan." "With this, even if you run into someone like Midora, you should be able to hold your own."
To prevent Qianjie from encountering another powerhouse like Midora and nearly dying again, Takumi decided to gear him up.
It was only temporary. He would retrieve the core later.
Looking at the item handed to him, Qianjie frowned.
But with the mask on, no one could see his expression.
After a moment of thought, Qianjie accepted it without refusal.
"Alright."
He took it directly.
Qianjie didn't want to lose again.
If he ever faced such a powerful enemy and got half-killed again, he was sure Mobius would laugh him to death.
Having a backup wasn't a bad idea.
Otherwise, if that really happened, he might just strangle that damn snake!
After receiving the Herrscher core from Takumi, Qianjie headed out.
Takumi teleported him to the area where he had encountered Midora the day before.
Let him handle things over there.
The entire world was under Takumi's surveillance now.
No problems had appeared.
Even local governments had begun cooperating.
After the previous day's research and the battle visible from orbit, many people now believed the world fusion was real.
These weren't threats they could handle on their own.
Although no one knew Takumi's exact goal, since he was helping, they weren't going to refuse.
The world was undergoing massive changes.
No one wanted their nation to vanish overnight.
Clinging to a powerful figure was their best bet.
After breakfast, Bronya headed out with Fujiwara Chika and the others to hunt Gourmet Beasts.
Apparently, Aru and Komatsu weren't home either.
No one knew where they went.
Once the house had mostly emptied out, only a few regular people remained:
Megumi Kato, Asuna, Alice, and Erina.
The four were busy cleaning up.
As they worked, Mobius, Klein, and Velvie entered from outside.
"It's done!" "Here's your stuff!"
Mobius tossed a vial of blue liquid to Takumi the moment she stepped inside.
Takumi caught it steadily and gave a nod.
He glanced at the item in his hand.
A glint flashed in his eyes.
The next moment, he accessed the data Mobius had uploaded to the network.
"You even optimized it?"
After reading through the information, Takumi was surprised.
Mobius had actually refined the formula?
She had completely eliminated the intense reactions caused by injecting Gourmet Cells.
What he held wasn't exactly Gourmet Cells, more like a seed.
Once injected into the body, it would sprout Gourmet Cell seeds inside.
To further grow those cells, one had to consume foods containing Gourmet Cells.
Over time, strength would increase steadily.
Unlike the original Gourmet Cells from Aru's world, which carried risks of death and bizarre side effects.
"Who do you think I am?" "With the core you gave me, this was too easy."
"Alice, please prepare us some breakfast." "We're starvinguse the special ingredients if you can." "Here's your reward, just inject it."
Mobius rolled her eyes at Takumi, then turned to Alice and the others.
She handed each of them a vial of the Gourmet Cell serum.
Alice and Erina were stunned as they took the vials.
They were just... given to them?
The sisters exchanged wide-eyed glances, at a loss for words.
Takumi glanced over and said:
"Take it. You can inject it too." "It won't turn you into muscle-bound freaks." "The others probably already used it." "Do you want it? I can give you one too."
He looked toward Megumi and Asuna.
The two immediately waved their hands.
"No thanks!" "We've decided to study magic instead." "Besides, we don't have access to enough food."
Asuna sounded exasperated.
They didn't want this.
From what Takumi said, it required frequent consumption of Gourmet Cell-rich food, right?
Their world had none.
They couldn't expect someone to deliver food every day.
In that case, it was better to focus on learning magic under Takumi.
Megumi nodded in agreement.
"I'll pass too."
She felt the same.
These things just weren't for them.
Seeing their response, Takumi didn't insist.
Indeed, they weren't suited for it.
Takumi stored away the serums and brought out two other vials.
"Then use this instead." "Just pay me in points later." "These are Psychic Awakening Serums." "Use them now and take this chance to train."
If they didn't want Gourmet Cells, then psychic power it was.
Not freethey could repay with points after the mission.
This time, the two didn't refuse.
After all, this had been their plan all along.
If Takumi was giving them a head start, they'd accept.
Each of them received what they needed.
Then they quickly got to work.
First, they needed to help Mobius and the others with breakfast.
"Make extra, okay?" "Those three probably injected themselves with Gourmet Cells." "They're bottomless pits now!"
Takumi reminded them.
Hearing this, Alice nodded.
"Got it!" "We know what to do."
After seeing how much Aru ate yesterday, they understood perfectly.
Once they left, Takumi turned his gaze to Mobius.
That woman probably had acquired Midora's talent too.
After all, he had loaned her the Herrscher of Death's Authority.
Chapter 182: Mebius: I Stopped Being Human a Long Time Ago~!
Takumi looked at Mebius and couldn't help but ask:
"How much stuff have you implanted into yourself?
Aside from the Three Tigers' talents, what else have you done?"
Facing Takumi's question, Mebius smiled brightly.
"As expected, I couldn't hide it from you.
Of course, I gave myself a full-body optimization~!
Now even if I use Collapse, I won't suffer any side effects.
I have to say, Herrscher Authority is really convenient!
And I plan to keep optimizing my genes."
She was already getting excited~!
If she had gotten the Herrscher Core earlier, would she even have needed to study all that other stuff?
"Now I have a dreamto become the Ultimate Lifeform~!"
Snake-chan was very happy.
"So you're not human anymore?"
Ultimate lifeform?
You've already started abandoning your humanity?
Takumi's sudden comment left her speechless.
"That's right! I'm not human anymore."
Human beings have limits.
So she decidedno more being human!!
"Hmph! Traitor!"
Beside them, Velvie gave Mebius a look of disdain.
Mebius was immediately displeased by the comment.
"You're not human eitheryou're a Herrscher."
Don't act like you're different, little sister.
You're the same!
Klein quietly observed the whole scene and sighed internally.
She waited patiently.
Honestly, she was hungry too.
She regretted listening to the doctor.
She should've just injected the Gourmet Cells.
Now she was starving.
After arguing for a few moments, Mebius and Velvie both quieted down.
They were hungry.
Energy needed to be replenished.
The three of them slumped over.
Mebius looked at Takumi again and asked:
"What are you going to do about that guy?
He's still in the lab.
His physical constitution is genuinely strong.
If we'd had cells like his back then, even the Collapse wouldn't have stood a chance."
She couldn't help but sigh.
Now that she was in a different world, with so much more exposure,
Her perspective had broadened.
Takumi listened to her and after a moment's thought, he replied:
"Once the worlds have fully merged,
Let's hand him over to Ichiryu."
In the Gourmet world, the story had just begun.
