Chapter 181: Master Qianjie, Don’t 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 him—he 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 starving—use 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 free—they 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.