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 dream—to 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 decided—no 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 either—you'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.

Ario and Komatsu had only just teamed up.

Ichiryu was still alive.

They could hand over the Three Tigers to him.

Once both worlds were merged, the IGO would still be necessary.

Whether the Gourmet Corps existed or not didn't really matter.

Kevin had already eliminated quite a few of them.

Not every member of the Gourmet Corps was as strong as the Three Tigers.

Hearing this, Mebius nodded.

"Oh, right. Kevin is currently recovering with the help of those gourmet creatures.

Give him one of the serums.

It'll help him recover faster."

Something had occurred to her.

"Got it.

I'll send them over to everyone shortly.

We definitely need to keep pushing this.

Eventually, our world might also connect with this one.

That way we won't have to worry about a food shortage.

If all else fails, we can raise a few ourselves."

The food from the Gourmet world was all high-quality.

The Gourmet Cells were also incredibly valuable.

There's no way Takumi would pass up the chance to bring them to his own world.

Seeing that Takumi understood, Mebius didn't say more.

She slumped back down onto the table.

Takumi looked at the three of them.

Then he stopped paying attention and resumed checking on global situations.

At the same time, his hands stayed busy.

He duplicated more vials of the Gourmet Cell injection.

Once he was done, he sent them to Kevin and the others.

Not just Kevin, but Sakura and Qian Jie got some too.

Even Cosmo, who was flying around hunting monsters in his Gundam, received some.

It was time for everyone to power up.

Kevin was currently hanging around Black Uncle's place.

When Takumi's gift arrived, Kevin froze for a second.

But after Prometheus explained what it was, Kevin didn't hesitate.

If Mebius made it, that was all he needed to know.

Kevin had full faith in his comrade.

The same went for Cosmo and Qian Jie.

Though Qian Jie disliked Mebius, he couldn't deny she was dependable.

All three injected the Gourmet Cells.

After the injection, hunger hit them immediately.

Without hesitation, they dug in!

In no time, the monsters descending upon the world were in serious trouble.

Thanks to Takumi and the others,

The world didn't suffer much from the arrival of the gourmet creatures.

Some people did die,

But most were fine.

Some of the dead weren't victims of the monsters,

But of their own wild behavior during the panic.

Especially in some Western countries,

Where guns were abundant and chaos erupted.

The past two days had been quite the spectacle.

People also started going out to hunt gourmet creatures.

Working in groups of dozens, they were able to take down low-level monsters.

And after tasting the food—

They were ecstatic.

It was heavenly!

Seeing how things were going around the world, Takumi smiled.

He glanced toward Dragon Nation.

After a brief moment of thought, he went over and gave them the synthesis data and a few samples.

That was all he could do for now.

The rest was up to them.

If they couldn't figure it out even with Mebius's extraction methods,

He wasn't going to take the blame.

Still, Takumi had confidence in them.

Different world or not,

Many things were the same.

...

After finishing all that, Takumi returned to the Nakiri household.

Mebius and the others were already eating.

So were Erina and Alice.

They'd already injected the Gourmet Cells.

And now they were starving.

Kato Megumi and Asuna watched them scarfing food down with twitching lips.

They were very relieved they hadn't chosen the Gourmet Cells.

Turning into bottomless pits?

That wasn't something they could deal with.

Especially Asuna.

She had been raised under elite standards.

She could never act like that.

"Did you use the superpower serum?

What abilities did you awaken?"

Takumi looked at Asuna and Kato Megumi.

He was curious.

What kind of abilities did they get?

"Presence Concealment."

Kato Megumi answered expressionlessly.

That summed it up.

"Mine is Cutting..."

Asuna looked delighted as she spoke.

A cutting ability—she could release slashing attacks that cut objects.

A full-on offensive superpower.