Hearing Takumi's guidance, everyone understood what needed to be done.
They were thrilled.
In recent days, they had been studying the information Takumi gave them.
They had also witnessed his battles.
Honestly, it was more terrifying the more they saw.
Especially the Gourmet World.
They had no confidence facing those creatures.
If Takumi and his group hadn't appeared, this world would probably be doomed.
Takumi didn't say much more.
After offering his advice, he left.
From here on, he just needed to wait for the mission to be completed.
Whatever happened next was no longer his concern.
Takumi returned to the Nakiri estate and began researching NEO.
In the days that followed, the Gourmet World fully merged.
People from both worlds now understood what had happened.
And they had seen the power of the strong in this world.
Though the merge was complete, no one dared to act recklessly anymore.
Chapter 187: Yes, Its an Apocalypse Warning!
The first mission was considered a complete success.
Once the two worlds fully merged, a flurry of messages rang out in the group chat:
[Congratulations to group members Takumi, Zhongli, Fujiwara Chika, Kato Megumi, Yuuki Asuna, Yuu, Akeno, Bronya, and Miori Shiba for completing the mission.]
[Group member 'Takumi' has received: 60,000 points.] [Group member 'Miori Shiba' has received: 10,000 points.] [Group member 'Zhongli' has received: 10,000 points.] [Group member 'Akeno' has received: 9,000 points.] [Group member 'Bronya' has received: 3,000 points.] [Group member 'Yuu' has received: 2,000 points.] [Group member 'Saten Ruiko' has received: 1,500 points.] [Group member 'Fujiwara Chika' has received: 1,500 points.] [Group member 'Yuuki Asuna' has received: 1,000 points.] [Group member 'Kato Megumi' has received: 1,000 points.] [Group member 'Nakiri Alice' has received: 1,000 points.] [Group member 'Takumi' has received: Permanent World Gate.]
One message after another flooded the chat.
Reading these, Takumi raised an eyebrow.
Takumi: [@Yuu, slacking again, huh? You barely did anything, right?]
Yuu didn't even deny it.
Indeed, she had come to loaf around. Though she had taken out a few Gourmet Beasts, she hardly put in any real effort.
Takumi's drone army had basically taken care of everything.
Houraisan Kaguya: [@Takumi, !!!] [Damn, time for revenge!!] [Takumi-nii, look at your poor little sister!!]
Himeko: [Congrats, congrats!]
Suoh Mikoto: [Those point rewards are insane.] [A guaranteed thousand points, huh?]
Boros: [If I knew it'd be like this, I would've gone too!!]
Ais: [So jealous!!]
Those who hadn't joined were filled with regret.
Especially Kaguya. Her resentment toward Yukari Yakumo deepened.
She had missed out on literal millions!!
Takumi: [Look, I don't need your attention. I've got plenty of points.] [@Raiden Mei, @Bronya, @Fujiwara Chika.]
Bronya: [Takumi's exclusive red packet.] [Heretake it. Points for enhancing Heavy Bunny!]
Bronya didn't even bother replying. She just sent over all her points to Takumi.
Similarly, after receiving her points, Saten Ruiko gave hers back to Kato Megumi, who then forwarded them to Takumi to buy an awakening potion.
Asuna and Alice did the same.
Takumi had helped them immensely this time around.
After everything circled around, Takumi's points had surpassed 70,000.
Zhongli: [@Takumi, what exactly is the Permanent World Gate? Is it what you imagined?]
He was very curious.
Could it really create a stable passage to another world at any time?
To him, the Gourmet World was a great resource.
If true, then moving Liyue over might need to be considered.
It could revolutionize their own world.
Takumi, not hiding anything, posted a screenshot in the chat:
[Permanent World Gate] Description: A gate permanently linking two worlds. Can be placed anywhere. Note: Once placed, it cannot be moved or destroyed.
Takumi: [Now Alice can come to my house every day!!]
Houraisan Kaguya: [Holy hell!!] [So that means your world and Alice's world are permanently linked now?] [That's just too good!!]
Kaguya was visibly envious.
An entire world's resourceshow could anyone not be jealous?
Everyone else was, too.
Sagiri: [That means I can finally eat food from Alice's world!!]
Having migrated to Takumi's world, Sagiri was thrilled.
The more worlds his realm connected to, the better.
Zhongli: [Excellent. Then I'll arrange a visit to your world soon.]
After seeing the description, he decided to visit before returning to his own world.
Saved himself some points, too.
Takumi: [I'll place it near the IGO headquarters. One Dragon will help guard it.] [That's basically Alice's front yard.]
Nakiri Alice: [I 100% approve!!]
What? It would be placed in front of her house?
That was more than acceptable.
She had no reason to refuse.
Now she could just go to school at Takumi's place.
Bronya: [Wait for me!]
Saten Ruiko: [Sob sob, I really want to go too, but I have to head back now.]
Only Ruiko had to return.
If she didn't, people might start to worry.
Might even be listed as missing.
Takumi: [Go ahead and head back. Come again when you have more points.] [Don't get hauled in for questioning, okay?]
Seeing her message, Takumi chuckled.
Saten Ruiko: [Alright, I'm going now!] [If I get called in, I'll spill everything!!]
She had already decided.
If she got called in for questioning, she'd just tell them everything about the chat group.
Maybe Aleister would even come to rely on her.
The chat group had no rule against sharing information.
Even if others found out, so what?
It was bound to her alone.
And with a powerhouse like Takumi in the group, they weren't worried.
If any member ran into trouble, others could come help thanks to shared coordinates.
So it really wasn't a big issue.
Fujiwara Chika: [Yes! Apocalypse warning!!] [Let Takumi go collect everyone from that world, leave it as an empty shell, and let them fend for themselves!!]
She totally supported Ruiko.
If Aleister did anything shady, then let Takumi just relocate the whole population.
Takumi, the interdimensional human trafficker, would be more than happy.
He'd boost his world's population and knowledge base.
A win-win situation.
Reading the conversation between those two, Takumi was speechless.
But he didn't deny it either.
Yeah, that was exactly what he was planning.
Takumi: [If your life's in danger, I'll come rescue you. No big deal!] [And maybe steal those 100,000 spicy manga volumes while I'm at it!]
Takumi was already getting excited.
He'd power up a bit more soon.
At this point, with all his points, he feared nothing.
Even heading to the Toaru world wouldn't scare him now.
Chapter 188: A Whole City, Just Like That?
After saying her goodbyes, Saten Ruiko departed.
There would be another chance to visit in the future, but for now, there was simply no time.
Takumi chatted briefly with everyone in the group chat before heading to IGO headquarters to find Ichiryu.
At the moment, Ichiryu was busy in his office. Seeing Takumi arrive, he immediately stopped what he was doing.
"Mr. Takumi?"
Someone appearing suddenly in his office like thisaside from Takumi, there were probably few who could pull that off. Especially since Takumi's style didn't match theirs at all.
"Mr. Ichiryu, a pleasure to meet you~!"
Takumi greeted him with a friendly smile. Once Ichiryu confirmed his identity, he chuckled.
"A pleasure to meet you too! What brings you here today?"
Ichiryu got up from his desk and gestured for Takumi to sit down and talk.
"No need for that. I won't be long. I just came to tell you one thing."
Ichiryu paused, intrigued. "Please go ahead."
Takumi wouldn't show up in person unless it was important.
"I need to set up a teleportation gate not far from IGO's premises. It'll connect directly to my world. I'd like to ask for your help in watching over it. A lot of people will be traveling between the two worlds once it's active."
Ichiryu's eyes lit up instantly.
"Of course!"
He agreed without hesitation.
This was too good an opportunity to pass up. He'd been here for a few days already, and he'd talked to Nakiri Senzaemon, who told him Takumi wasn't from this world. That made him all the more curious about Takumi's world.
Now he was hearing about a passageway to it?
How could he say no?
Keeping an eye on it was a small favor in exchange.
Takumi nodded. "Great. Then I won't bother you further. I'll set the gate up and take care of things on my end. We can figure out traffic arrangements between the worlds later."
With that, Takumi vanished on the spot.
Ichiryu immediately picked up his phone to make arrangements. Once the gate was ready, someone needed to be stationed there.
...
Outside, in the area between IGO and the Nakiri estate, Takumi began preparations. He cleared and leveled the area, then claimed the World Gate.
The next moment, a towering, arched gatefifty meters high and thirty to forty meters widematerialized in the spot he selected.
Takumi was amazed.
Though the gate looked ordinary, a swirling vortex shimmered in the center. It allowed for bidirectional travel: in one side, out the other.
He nodded in satisfaction.
He still needed to see where this gate connected in his own world, but that could wait. First, there were things to sort out here.
Takumi began collecting his spacecraft and other tech.
He also sent a message to Kevin and the others: if they wanted to return, they could now. The portal was open.
Additionally, he had created a gateway from the Gourmet World to outer space.
Since the Eight Kings didn't want to stay confined to the Gourmet World, he figured they could roam the universe instead.
This world's universe had already merged with that of Toriko's world.
Now, space was teeming with ingredients, and there would only be more in the future. Soon, ingredients would span the entire galaxy.
The resources were abundant.
By the time Takumi had finished handling all this, half an hour had passed.
When he returned to the gate, Ichiryu had already dispatched people to oversee it.
And not just anyoneArio and Coco, two of the Gourmet Kings, were standing guard.
Zhongli and the others had also arrived.
Even though Takumi hadn't said anything in the group chat, the gate was impossible to miss.
Seeing everyone present, Takumi announced:
"Alright, let's go. Just walk through."
With that, he stepped in first.
Zhongli and the others quickly followed.
They emerged in Takumi's world, in a wilderness area.
The area was already surrounded by Takumi's security robots. As soon as Takumi appeared, the weapons locked onto him.
He sighed in exasperation.
But once they recognized him, the robots lifted their alert.
His control terminal reconnected to the local network.
The unit he brought back had only been a Prometheus subsystem. Now that he was home, the subsystem synced its data with the mainframe.
Prometheus immediately understood what was going on and issued a command for the robots to withdraw.
"This area needs to be developed. We can build a transit hub here."
Prometheus's voice rang out.
She had instantly calculated everything.
This portal was just a few dozen kilometers from Hope CityTakumi's current residence.
Hope City, named by the Holy Maiden, had been built without Takumi's input.
"Give me a blueprint," he said.
If they were doing this, they might as well do it properly.
In a split second, Prometheus generated several design plans.
Takumi picked one and got to work.
The plan centered around the gate as a public plaza, with shops and facilities.
This new city would become a Gourmet Capital.
People from the other world could visit through the portal.
There would even be culinary schools.
To everyone's shock, Takumi immediately began constructing the entire city.
The ground turned to marble.
Buildings sprang up out of nowhere.
Underground drainage systems were instantly installed.
In less than a minute, the entire landscape transformed.
Everyone was speechless.
"With this kind of ability, you'd tank the global real estate market," Fujiwara Chika muttered.
A whole cityjust like that?
Chapter 189: Bronya Dont Get the Wrong Idea!!
Seeing firsthand what Takumi had just built, Fujiwara Chika was completely dumbfounded.
Wasn't this a bit too ridiculous?
They had returned to what was once wilderness.
Then Takumi asked Prometheus for blueprints
And in an instant, a city was built.
"What's the big deal?"
"The place those kids live inI built that too."
"We'll leave this place temporarily under the management of the robots."
"From now on, this place will be known as Gourmet City."
"We can bring all those special ingredients here to be sold, then transport them to other cities."
"Prometheus, have the Holy Maiden work on the currency exchange between the two sides."
"From now on, all settlements will be in our credit points."
"Design a set of physical currency for me. I'll handle the production."
Takumi shrugged, then called over some of the robots.
He had them transform into vehicles for Chika and the others.
"You guys are free to roam."
"Old man, you can go check out the area you had previously chosen."
"They're already working on it over there."
"I'm heading out."
He turned to Miori Shiba.
Miori extended her hand.
Just as the two were about to leave, Bronya suddenly grabbed Takumi.
"I'm going with you."
Takumi nodded.
Without another word, he vanished with Bronya and Miori.
The rest were left looking at each other in confusion.
But when they saw the transforming robots, they quickly rushed over.
Each gave their destinationSagiri's house.
With Takumi gone, the next best thing was to meet up with Sagiri.
They immediately @-tagged her in the group chat.
Sagiri, receiving the message, promptly sent over her current address.
It was afternoon, and she had just returned from school.
Yuki was next door, and she quickly told her that Asuna was on the way.
Though she hadn't met Asuna, she knew from Sagiri that it was Asuna who had told Takumi to come save her.
She was deeply grateful.
Now that Asuna was coming, her eyes sparkled with excitement.
