Chapter 349: Like a Monkey, So Ugly

Sakura was full of question marks when she heard Takumi's words.

At that moment, she was enjoying tea in the courtyard. Upon hearing what Takumi said, she was momentarily stunned. Alternate space-time counterpart? Her mind filled with confusion.

Immediately, she stood up and walked out. Currently, she didn't have much to do except occasionally teaching combat classes at the academy. That's right, she was still a teacher, primarily instructing in assassination techniques—an area where she was an expert. However, her course load was light, so she had plenty of free time. Most of it she spent accompanying her younger sister.

"What is it?" Sakura looked at Takumi, puzzled.

"Come on! Follow me."

Takumi didn't explain, simply opened a spatial portal and gestured for her to follow.

Seeing this, Sakura's long ears twitched in curiosity as she followed him.

Takumi brought her to the place where Inazuma was being established. When they arrived, she saw a pink-haired fox—Yae Miko.

Sakura froze upon seeing Yae Miko. They looked remarkably alike.

Yae Miko also noticed Takumi's arrival. She turned and saw Sakura.

"Oh?" She was visibly surprised when she saw Sakura's face. "May I ask who you are?"

"Sakura," she replied simply.

Yae Miko's eyes lit up.

"Hello! I'm Yae Miko. Pleased to meet you."

Miko could immediately sense how strong Sakura was. And yet... they looked so similar.

"There's also someone named Yae Sakura," Takumi suddenly added. "You two can chat."

Then he turned his attention to the people busily constructing the new Inazuma. It seemed the city had been re-planned—it was just one massive island here, unlike the scattered archipelago in the original Inazuma.

Besides Yae Miko, Kamisato Ayato had also been transported here. He was now laboring over there.

Takumi wandered around.

Yae Miko didn't mind. This was Takumi's world after all. He could observe whatever he liked.

She turned to Sakura and started chatting. She was very curious about who Yae Sakura was, someone who even shared her name.

Sakura, however, knew exactly who Yae Sakura was. After all, she had met her doppelgänger from the future. Now, meeting another familiar face was truly amusing.

Takumi, meanwhile, had approached Kamisato Ayato.

"Yo! Isn't this Mr. Kamisato? Has your sister not come along?"

Takumi casually greeted Ayato.

Ayato looked puzzled. "Who are you?"

Who was this guy? Did he know him? He didn't look like someone from Inazuma.

Judging by his clothing, he seemed like someone from this world. But he knew about his sister?

"I'm Takumi," he introduced with a grin.

Ayato still had no clue who he was.

"It's fine if you don't know me. You'll get the chance later. Has your sister not arrived yet?"

Clearly, Ayato was confused.

"You know my sister?" he asked, surprised. How could his sister know someone from another world?

"I've heard of her, not very familiar though," Takumi replied with a chuckle, then changed the topic.

They chatted for a bit, but Ayato was busy. He had a lot of responsibilities.

Takumi didn't mind and soon resumed wandering.

Eventually, he left Sakura behind and moved on to visit other nations. Mondstadt and Sumeru had also sent people to build their own cities. With each nation being treated as a city here, it seemed Takumi would need to fit a lot of countries into this space—let alone building infrastructure in space.

Shaking his head, he stopped concerning himself with these affairs and returned home to rest.

Let them handle their own development.

Back home, Takumi began contemplating his divine authority. He decided to postpone drawing lots for now. With so many things brought back, it would be pointless if he couldn't even digest them.

He chose to relax.

Why not focus on solving the issue of his authority and strive to become truly omnipotent?

...

Although Takumi himself had quieted down, his world hadn't.

Cities were being built, students attending classes, and everything operated in an orderly fashion.

New arrivals were continuously being assigned to the Magic Academy, while researchers began learning in Takumi's domain.

Shinonono Tabane had passed Velvie's assessment and become her assistant, now exposed to various advanced projects.

The more she explored this world's science, the more excited she became. So much technology she had never even dared to dream of had already been realized here. She even found perpetual motion machines in the database.

"Is this perpetual motion machine real?" she asked in awe.

"Of course it is," Velvie replied. "The guy who brought you here has one inside his body. There's nothing to be surprised about. In fact, the project I'm working on now is to scale it up."

After answering, Velvie turned to the screen showing images from space. Their fleet had begun contact with an alien civilization.

As they got closer, Velvie saw what those aliens looked like.

"They look like monkeys... so ugly," she muttered instinctively.

Then, she started discussing strategies with Kosma and the others. Those aliens seemed quite aggressive. She had no intention of diplomacy—better to conquer them and obtain their technological data.

With that decision made, she began taking action.

At that moment, Dr. Mei and Mobius also arrived. Naturally, they were monitoring everything happening in space. After all, they were about to engage with aliens.

Everyone wanted to witness this historic moment.