Chapter 335: The World Gate Is an Anchor Point

While Takumi was staying home as usual, he suddenly received a message from Ophis.

The unexpected message left Takumi puzzled.

What's going on?

Why did she suddenly contact him?

After all, Ophis usually never reached out unless something serious was happening.

Still full of questions, Takumi vanished from where he was.

When he reappeared, he had arrived at the dimensional gap.

"Ophis, what's going on?"

Takumi appeared right on top of Ophis' head.

At that moment, Ophis was floating within the dimensional gap in her original form, just like always.

She had contacted Takumi through their contract.

That alone made Takumi uneasy.

If she reached out this way, something serious must've happened.

While asking, Takumi also began sensing the surroundings.

"There are worlds outside colliding toward us," Ophis said.

"And not just one."

She explained the situation to Takumi. That was why she contacted him.

Right now, multiple worlds were converging toward Takumi's world.

Hearing this, Takumi frowned.

"I'll go take a look."

Worlds heading for his own? Was his world about to merge with others?

Takumi opened the group task panel to check if there was a mission.

But there was none.

Still muttering to himself, he disappeared from where he stood.

He exited the world barrier and arrived in the outer dimensional space.

Sure enough, he saw several worlds drifting toward his.

But when Takumi got a clear look at them, he froze.

Those worlds—weren't they the ones he had linked via world gates?

No Game No Life, Shokugeki no Soma, and others.

He could clearly feel the remnants of his own aura on them.

These were all worlds Takumi had visited and marked.

"Hmm? These worlds are converging on mine?"

Takumi was astonished.

He had once considered merging other worlds into his own.

But after establishing world gates, he abandoned that idea.

Yet now, those worlds were coming on their own?

Takumi: [Image] [Image] [Good grief, a bunch of worlds are coming to fuse with ours.]

As soon as Takumi posted this in the group, everyone started chiming in.

Houraisan Kaguya: [Where's the task? Why is there no task?]

Raiden Mei: [What's happening?]

Himeko: [Another world-merging mission? And it's your world again, Takumi?]

Bronya: [Is something big about to happen?]

Shima Miu: [Should we go into alert status?]

Everyone was confused.

A world merge again? And with Takumi's world?

What was going on?

Takumi: [Probably no task.] [All these worlds are connected via world gates.] [So technically, they're already linked to my world.]

Takumi laid out the situation.

Though he wasn't entirely sure himself.

It felt like his world was pulling the others in.

Byakko: [The world gates might be dimensional coordinates.] [Because the worlds are connected, the weaker ones are gravitating toward the stronger.] [Those so-called world gates are likely the anchors.]

Byakko offered her theory.

After seeing the information, she voiced her thoughts.

So the world gates were like attractors?

That explained a lot.

Still, she hadn't expected them to have this effect.

Takumi: [That makes sense.] [But now the question is, will these worlds merge into mine?] [Or will they just orbit around it like satellites?]

The drifting worlds—would they merge in?

Or simply float around his like a ring of satellites?

There was still some distance.

He couldn't tell yet if they'd truly merge.

Byakko: [It's like Little Garden, with countless worlds orbiting the outer layer.] [Maybe your world is heading toward that setup?]

She rubbed her chin thoughtfully.

With several worlds already merged, it was unlikely to happen again.

So those remaining worlds would probably hover around Takumi's world.

Just like in Little Garden.

Takumi: [Whatever. Merge or not, it doesn't matter.] [We'll see when the time comes.]

Takumi still had no definitive idea.

So he decided to stop overthinking it.

When those worlds got closer, he'd figure things out.

Gazing into the vast void, Takumi was dazzled by the sight of countless drifting worlds.

He scanned them all carefully and, finding no danger, turned his attention elsewhere.

Rather than obsess over world mergers...

It was better to focus on his own powers.

Takumi returned to the dimensional gap.

Ophis was already there, quietly waiting.

Seeing him return, she asked curiously, "So?"

What was the deal with those worlds?

"They're all familiar. Nothing wrong." "Probably the world gates acting up." "It's like a bunch of poor relatives coming over to crash."

Takumi scratched his head.

That's basically what it was.

If those worlds had their own consciousness, he'd ask them directly.

...But they didn't.

Still, with them drifting so close, maybe he could lay down a network infrastructure?

Even Honkai...

Takumi's eyes lit up.

Even if they didn't fully merge, as long as they orbited around...

He could still transmit Honkai energy to them.

Gradually convert their power systems to his own.

Replace their magic and other forces with Honkai energy.

Since they were all close, why not share Honkai energy?

If you used Takumi's Honkai energy, you were his friend.

That meant his power would deeply influence those worlds too.

Binding them to his world.

"Brilliant!"

Takumi clapped.

The more he thought about it, the more excited he got.

Ophis was full of question marks.

What was going on with Takumi?

Had he gone crazy?

She was utterly confused.

"Ophis, you just stay here." "Don't worry about those worlds." "If they fuse, I'll handle it." "But I doubt they will." "They'll probably just orbit around ours."

Worlds were like planets in space.

Some orbited massive planets.

Others fused together.

In Takumi's case, it'd likely be the former.

These drifting worlds would orbit his world...

And evolve together with it.