Chapter 148: Please, Stop Talking! I'm Mentally Exploding!!

It wasn't Eden's fault for not noticing. The main issue was that had such a low presence!!

But since they now knew his whereabouts, Eden stopped asking further.

A group of people arrived at the art studio Takumi had prepared for Gracie. This place was one of the best locations available. It was even on the top floor of a skyscraper. Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, one could see the skyline of the city. In the distance was the place where Velia resided. You could see it clearly even from here.

"If you ever need anything, just talk to the robots." "They'll fulfill your requests."

Takumi looked at Gracie and said this.

Hearing Takumi's words, Gracie nodded. "Okay! Thank you, Brother Takumi!"

That "Brother" made Takumi feel really good. Especially with Gracie now sporting a mature lady's figure. This was... just too satisfying!!

However, Takumi didn't show it. After setting up the place for Gracie, he left.

Master Qianjie's shop was actually nearby. This area could be said to be the core district. Takumi had basically claimed the entire building.

Later, if Gracie had a lot of paintings, she could even turn the place into a gallery, exclusively exhibiting her works.

Takumi didn't mind any of this.

After recruiting from several worlds, Takumi finally had researchers who could work independently.

So now, it was time for him to get started on things he needed to do.

First, bringing out Aincrad. Then, studying the things he had absorbed, and maybe creating some new divine authorities.

With those thoughts in mind, Takumi returned home.

Miori Shiba was chatting with Lilia in the courtyard. When she saw Takumi return, she said:

"I forgot to tell you earlier." "We've got new members in the group."

Takumi raised an eyebrow at that. "More new members?" "Did the group unlock a new function or something?"

That really surprised him. Come to think of it, he hadn't checked in today.

"Yep, there's a new feature~!" "The mission board seems to be activated." "Check it yourself." "There's a new way to earn points now."

Miori Shiba explained it to Takumi. Hearing this, he got interested immediately. He opened the chat group and began checking.

First, he looked at the new members: Saten Ruiko, Nakiri Alice?

A Certain Magical Index and Food Wars?

Seeing those two names, Takumi was very surprised. He quickly skimmed through the group messages.

He didn't pay attention further— they were mostly reactions like "OMG!", etc. Probably no one enjoyed reading that part anyway.

The Magical Index world, huh. Those Magic Gods were really powerful. Single-universe level beings.

They could manipulate the entire world, even restart it.

Restarting the world... Takumi could do that too.

Now, he was probably at that level as well?

To put it more mystically, if it's about mastering world rules, then Takumi had quite a few under his control.

His divine authorities could be considered laws, right?

He had mastered the four fundamental forces of the universe. If he went to the Magical Index world, it would be easy for him to restart that world too.

Not a big deal.

As for Nakiri Alice, she's from a slice-of-life world. Her cooking is top-notch!

He set the new members aside for now. Takumi decided to check the new feature first.

He opened the function menu.

The mission panel was now active. Though it didn't have any missions yet.

Takumi read the explanation.

Basically, missions would occasionally refresh here, and group members could take them on—helping out in other worlds and such.

After reading it, Takumi was quite amazed.

Now this was intriguing—what kind of missions would appear?

Though for now, there were no tasks. Still, it was definitely another place to earn points.

That was super helpful.

Takumi needed points to recruit more people. The more points, the better.

After checking the mission system, Takumi also looked at the group shop.

No new items had been added to the shop. That was a bit disappointing.

He shook his head and didn't dwell on it.

Takumi: [Popping up!]

Returning to the group, Takumi posted.

Saten Ruiko, who had been quietly lurking, suddenly lit up.

Saten Ruiko: [Greetings, Boss!!] [Hello, Boss! Newbie requesting guidance!]

Nakiri Alice: [Same here! I'm a newbie too, please guide me!!]

Takumi: [Alright, alright, I'll look after you both!] [Want to immigrate? I'll throw in a superpower awakening potion!!]

So? Want to immigrate? It's a free gift—everyone gets one.

Fujiwara Chika: [Here we go again, the immigration freak!!] [Weren't you already luring a bunch of people from several worlds?] [You even stayed in the Three-Wheeler world for so long!!]

Isn't that enough? Takumi had already brought back so many people! Why was he still inviting more?

Takumi: [The planet I live on expanded greatly due to spiritual energy resurgence.] [It's not your average Earth.] [Even with a few hundred million people, including Velia and the ones I brought back, it's still pretty empty!]

Despite how many people Takumi had brought back, most of the world was still uninhabited.

They were only occupying a small portion.

This world was really huge, okay?

Zhongli: [That's true. Takumi's world is extremely vast!] [Even billions of people would be nothing in that world.]

Back in his past life, Takumi's country already had over a billion people.

Now this world had even more territory, and Velia's arrival only took up a fraction.

So naturally, Takumi was very eager to bring in more immigrants.

Only when the whole planet was full of people would he be satisfied.

Saten Ruiko: [Ah... never mind.] [I don't want to immigrate for now.]

Even though it was tempting, immigration was still a no.

Nakiri Alice: [Same here. I'll pass (Takumi might freak).]

Yeah, she didn't want to either.

Seeing this, Takumi felt a little disappointed.

Takumi: [@Saten Ruiko, your world is super dangerous. You sure you don't want to immigrate?] [Didn't you guys just get rebooted without realizing it?]

Takumi glanced at the group files. Fujiwara Chika and Sagiri had already uploaded the relevant material.

So she should already know how dangerous her world really was.

Those Magic Gods were terrifying to someone like Saten Ruiko.

Saten Ruiko: [....] [Please, stop talking!!] [You're freaking me out again.]

Saten Ruiko's mouth twitched.

Honestly, when she first learned what her world truly was, she had been completely stunned.

Besides superpowers, there were things like magic? And also angels and Magic Gods?

Do you have any idea how massive the psychological trauma was when she found out all that?