Chapter 377: So You Just Sold Me Out?

Takumi actually sold her out.

He told Kurimo that she had ties with him. That's probably why Kurimo came to her.

Thinking of this, Shiroyasha became visibly annoyed.

"So, you want to go to his place?"

Looking at the girl in front of her, Shiroyasha felt a little helpless. Since Kurimo came to her door, there had to be a reason.

Was she heading to Takumi's place?

Kurimo nodded.

"Yes! I'm really curious about what other worlds are like."

"Little Garden is so boring!"

Kurimo did indeed want to go see Takumi. After all, she had nothing to do in Little Garden. Might as well go out and have some fun.

"Alright, I'll send you over."

"But let me ask that guy first."

With that, Shiroyasha sent a message.

Shiroyasha: [@takumi, really? You sold me out like that? Kurimo came knocking, saying she wants to go to your place!!]

Takumi had just left a moment ago, and now Kurimo showed up. If he intended for her to go there, why didn't he just take her himself?

Why make her deal with it?

Shiroyasha didn't even know where to start complaining.

Takumi: [If she wants to come, let her.]

[When I saw her earlier, I only wanted to give her a choice.]

[If she wants to visit, she can go to you, or just come directly.]

Shiroyasha: [So that's your excuse for dumping her on me?]

Shiroyasha was not pleased. Being sold out like that, especially if Kurimo found out, wouldn't look good.

That's exactly why she was irritated.

Takumi: [What's the big deal? Wouldn't pulling Kurimo into your side be a good thing?]

[She doesn't have any bad intentions.]

[Besides, what are you afraid of now? You're already powerful enough.]

[No one in Little Garden can threaten you anymore.]

[You're just itching to cause trouble at this point.]

Takumi sighed.

What was Shiroyasha afraid of now?

After all her upgrades from the chat group, what was there to fear?

She could pretty much strut around Little Garden without concern.

And even if Kurimo found out—so what?

What harm could it do?

Reading Takumi's reply, Shiroyasha fell silent.

After thinking about it for a moment, she stopped arguing with Takumi.

Actually, he made a lot of sense.

Maybe it really would be fine.

Alright then, decision made.

Thinking so, Shiroyasha turned to Kurimo.

"Come on, Kurimo. Let's have a little chat!!"

She said this with a bright smile.

Kurimo blinked, full of question marks.

Curiosity sparked within her.

Still, she sat down to see what Shiroyasha had to say.

The two spent quite some time talking in that room.

No one knew what they discussed.

But Kurimo didn't come out afterward.

Apparently, Shiroyasha had sweet-talked her into agreeing to something.

They had struck a shady deal.

Once that was done, Shiroyasha sent Kurimo over to Takumi's world.

Receiving the space device from Shiroyasha, Takumi promptly released Kurimo.

He had just finished lunch.

Opening the equipment, Kurimo stepped out and immediately froze.

She had just entered this world and already felt the shift in her body.

Her internal energy was transforming.

In fact, by now, everyone in the group who had visited Takumi's world had undergone the same change.

Their internal energy had all been converted into Honkai energy.

Even Shiroyasha was no exception.

Honkai energy was too convenient to ignore.

That's partly why everyone visited during the New Year—to get their energy systems converted.

"What a strange world."

"My body's energy is changing?"

Kurimo was surprised by the transformation.

It was her first time encountering such a world.

Just entering caused your power to be rewritten, leaving a permanent mark.

"What a domineering world!!"

Yes, Kurimo thought this world was incredibly overbearing.

While it upgraded her energy to Honkai type, it also branded her with its essence.

"Is there a problem?"

Takumi looked puzzled.

Was there really anything wrong with it?

"No, nothing at all!"

Kurimo shook her head.

Although the imprinting was permanent, the benefits were many.

People would instantly know what world you were from.

The only downside was that if you left traces of your aura, you could be tracked.

But in the vastness of the void, so what?

Who could actually find her?

Not really a problem.

"Can I go play?"

"I want to explore your world."

Kurimo changed the topic.

She wanted to have some fun now.

"Sure!"

"Play however you like."

"If anything comes up, just ask Prometheus."

"She knows everything about this world."

No big deal.

She just wanted to hang out?

Totally welcome.

"Okay, see you then!"

"I'll find you again when I'm ready to go back."

Kurimo waved and dashed off.

She was eager to see what this world had to offer.

After saying that, she ran off and began exploring Takumi's world.

Once outside, she started browsing through information using her terminal.

Soon, she realized something fascinating:

Takumi's world seemed to have quite a few dragons.

That piqued her curiosity.

And not just within the world.

Even outside, there was a very powerful dragon presence.

Thinking of this, Kurimo got excited.

But instead of going to seek out the dragon outside the world, she chose to wander around the city first.

Takumi's world had so many things she had never seen before.

While roaming, she eventually spotted some strange dragons.

Some loved to fly overhead.

Whenever they did, the people below would gasp and cheer.

Were these kids really that excited by dragons?

And those flying dragons looked awfully smug about it.

Kurimo was speechless.

Such boastful dragons—how embarrassing.

Still, their way of flying was pretty interesting.

Without hesitation, Kurimo vanished on the spot.

When she reappeared, she was standing on the very dragon that had just flown past.

The dragon, surprised by the sudden presence, was annoyed—

But the next moment, it was utterly shocked.