While Kumoko calms her distressed teacher, Izumi and the chat group members discuss before they go to another world to retrieve pure energy sources.
Izumi held prismatic-shaped items. There were many that he showed them on the table. He created those in order to store pure energy. So, he purposely crafted as much as possible.
"Oh right, who is the new member? Have any of you decided yet?" Suddenly, Rori asked. And Izumi replied in an instant.
"I am."
Everyone turned to Izumi. Some are curious, and some can already guess who the new member is.
Without telling who it was, Izumi threw the phone in Tabane's direction that should have been given to the new member.
"You're living with her. So I entrust it to you."
Tabane nodded with a smile. She had expected this. Wielding a pair of Sharingan, Mangekyō Sharingan to be exact, it was just a matter of time before she was invited to the group. And that time has come. She was finally invited to the group.
And that person is none other than Uzumaki Karin. The so-called adoptive little sister of Izumi and Tabane.
At first, Izumi had absolutely no plans to include her in the chat group. However, once the experiment on transplanting a pair of Sharingan eyes was successful, and even upgraded to the next level, Izumi wanted to protect Karin immediately by inviting her to join the group.
Well, not exactly to protect her, but to protect the pair of Mangekyō Sharingan. That was Izumi's first thought before deciding to invite her to the group.
It might be too cruel for Karin since she saw Izumi as her elder brother. Yet, he didn't really think of her as a little sister. It was a bitter truth. Even so, Karin just accepted the fact while trying to change Izumi's view. With the hope that he could view her as his real sister.
Well, the reason he adopted her was due to her bloodline. And knowing that Karin was a very suitable vessel for creating the Sage of Six Paths' eyes, Rinnegan, of course Izumi would make full use of her.
Like, why not? Humans are nothing but tools. After all, most of them wouldn't complain if they got a fair exchange.
Since Izumi already decided on a new member, the enthusiasm of the girls soared because they finally got another girl member.
The matter of annihilating the elven race was over. Saving the reincarnators had already been done perfectly while giving them shelter. In addition, a new member has also been chosen.
What was left for him to do in that world was to hack into the system as well as eliminate Potimas' soul. Well, Potimas' soul still had some use, so Izumi didn't just finish him off right away.
Several days after that, Izumi "played" with Potimas' soul to master his sealing technique. After too many attempts, perhaps, being sealed and unsealed by Izumi nonstop, his soul couldn't hold on and slowly started to fade away.
One day, Kumoko informs him that she may know the location of the system core. With nothing else to do, Izumi immediately told the others to get ready as he planned to go straight to the Ninja world after hacking up the system.
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"So, where are we?" Izumi asked.
Kumoko used her teleportation magic to send Izumi and the others somewhere. The place is so dark, damp, and lacks oxygen. What's more, Izumi could only see his surroundings covered in wet-looking rocks that strangely lacked moss. Although, normally, moss or plants will grow in a damp place like that.
Well, Kumoko said that it was the bottom place in the Great Elroe Labyrinth. It's just that Izumi didn't expect that such a deep place was like a large cave that a 10-meter-tall monster might be able to pass through.
Kumoko led Izumi and the others deeper.
Until everyone saw something intriguing while hearing nonstop chanting in a monotone voice.
"Max skill achieved! Skill evolved to XXX! Max exp achieved! Level up–"
And the one who let out that voice was a beautiful woman with pale skin, short light blue hair with faded dark blue at the ends, and a pair of angelic wings on her back.
Both of her hands were restrained by chains with seals connected to them while her legs seemed to merge with the floor of the labyrinth. Somehow, that seemed like the bondage plays in the H-video. But, it's not.
"That's a real angel. It's the first time I've seen one." Izumi commented after seeing the angel in front of him. And she was probably Sariel. Well, not probably. But she's Sa"real", the angel that was used by D as a system core.
Not only Izumi, but everyone else was also seeing the appearance of an angel race for the first time.
They all approached Sariel who paid no heed to her surroundings as if she had lost consciousness due to having been the core of the system for hundreds of years.
Izumi glanced at Tabane. Tabane nodded and inspected Sariel closely. From the front, left, right, and back.
After confirming, Tabane took out something from her storage space. That thing was something like ports that could be connected from a speaker to her holographic computer. However, there was a difference in the ports. Both ports look like they could expand into grappling hooks.
And sure enough, because Tabane heard that the goddess turned into the core of the system, she immediately created the ports, specifically to hack the system by connecting them to the goddess' body.
After Tabane insisted on plugging the ports into Sariel's back, it didn't take long for data and information from Sariel to enter Tabane's computer. Tabane immediately stepped on the gas to operate it. Specifically, she was looking for a skill that would prevent reincarnators from leaving the current world. After she found it, she couldn't delete the skill from the reincarnators as Sariel prevented her from doing so.
But, Tabane chuckled.
"Hehe, don't underestimate the most genius person across the universe!"
Izumi rolled his eyes after hearing that. But then, he saw her fingers tapping the holographic keyboard at a quick pace, and stopped after she tapped Enter.
It showed the loading screen, which piqued his interest.
"Tabane-chan, what are you doing exactly?" Izumi asked.
"Hmmm, it's something like a virus to disturb the operating system." Tabane replied without turning back. And naturally, her reply shocked the others.
"Tabane, if you do that—"
"I know what you're worried about. Don't worry, I have complete control over this virus. And I can take it back once I'm done erasing those kids' skills."
After a few hours, Tabane managed to remove the "n%I=W" skill from the kids. Unfortunately, he couldn't erase Kumoko's. Because if Tabane did that, Kumoko would be shattered into pieces including her soul since Kumoko already had many skills.
"Hehe, done!"
"As expected of you." Izumi praised her. Then, Tabane turned to Izumi.
"But it's not over yet, I just removed the skill that restricted them from leaving this world."
"Then?" Izumi was a little bit confused.
However, Tabane just waved.
"Kumo-chan, come here!" Tabane called out to Kumoko who made the latter tremble.
Well, it can't be helped. It was the first time Kumoko saw someone who could hack the system created by a god. She didn't know why Tabane called her. But, if she refuses, she will be fucked up.
When Kumoko was in front of her, Tabane took out a port that was stabbed into Sariel's back and thrust it into Kumoko's back.
Once connected, Tabane operated her computer again.
Thanks to Tabane's intelligence, she was able to completely copy Sariel's operating system. And this time, she installed the operating system onto Kumoko's body even though it was still in a beta version. And that operating system links all the reincarnators while separating them from the old operating system.
The reason why Tabane didn't want to let the reincarnators still be connected to Sariel's body was, if this world was destroyed, the system was destroyed as well. And if the system was destroyed, everyone who had a lot of skills would be destroyed as well because the skills they had would return to the system, and their bodies couldn't handle the void left by the skills so they would die immediately.
After successfully integrating the new operating system into Kumoko's body, Tabane removed both ports from their bodies.
Meanwhile, Ariel can't stand the appearance of her benefactor who once saved her from the hands of Potimas who has now become a system.
After seeing how Tabane created a new operating system, Ariel approached Tabane.
"If you can create such a thing, can you transfer the system to me?"
Tabane rolled her eyes, did she think it was so easy to transfer the system?
Even the beta system she created for Kumoko was limited to reincarnators only. Since she had heard from Izumi that Kumoko would become a god or the new administrator, that would serve as insurance for the reincarnators.
Tabane created the system with the note that Kumoko had to become the administrator to be free to operate the system. Giving skills and others can also be done if Kumoko becomes an administrator. And if the system core, or Sariel, was no longer able to survive due to the destruction of the planet, the reincarnators wouldn't be affected since they had different operating systems, unless they still lived on that planet.
"Absolutely no!"
Therefore, after hearing Ariel's request, Tabane couldn't grant it.
It wasn't a matter of her being able to or not, it was because if Tabane did that, it might, or might not, be the planet they were now on would explode.
She gave the system to Kumoko because she was 100% sure that Kumoko could handle it since it was a system that accommodated around 20 people. And the system doesn't give any more skills to the reincarnators as long as Kumoko isn't the administrator yet.
Instead, it's like a shelter, not a system.
"Why? It's clear that you have the ability. Why did you refuse?"
"Let me clarify some things, the system I created for Kumo-chan is a low leveled one. It's a simple and crude system that accommodates only 20 people. The purpose is to separate them from this world's system which is too dangerous if they are still bound by this world's system upon returning to my world. Moreover, Kumo-chan doesn't have full control over the system. And now, this goddess clearly has a whole new level above you. If I transfer the system to you, she will die, you will die, and the system will crumble as well. You're not strong enough to carry the whole operating system of this world."
Tabane slapped Ariel with the truth that she couldn't save Sariel anymore. She felt down and wanted to cry, but she forgot how to cry already.
At that moment, Izumi stepped forward.
"Don't you still have the original plan to save her? If you don't and want to die, I can help you. I'm the agent of hell after all."
*Smack*
Izumi was kicked by Rori as he was thrown to the side.
"Can you have a little bit of delicacy? She purely wanted to save the person she once considered a mother. And she's an elder. Have a little respect for a bit!"
*Cough*
"Hey, I want to lighten the atmosphere for a bit, okay!"
Izumi laid his back on the wall after being kicked. Then he said.
"I understand you want to save her. But would she want to be saved by you if you're the one who's going to be sacrificed? This will turn into an endless loop. You want to save Sariel, but Sariel wants to save all living things on the planet, especially humans. Even if you make a sacrifice and she comes back to life, she will do the same thing to save you."
After Izumi said that, he got up.
"Well, it doesn't concern me at all. After all, we have successfully separated the reincarnators from the system of this world. If you want to be sacrificed, feel free to do so. But, as Tabane said previously, this world will immediately crumble after that, which I don't want at the moment. You know pretty well how the planet's condition is. Are you sure you want to do it?"
And after hearing Izumi's words, Ariel felt doubtful about her decision. She knew very well what Sariel's personality was. And what Izumi said was true. Sariel could have sacrificed her life again for Ariel's sake. It's just that she wondered how Izumi could know that. She wanted to ask but doubted if Izumi would be willing to answer. So she decided to lower her head.
"Well, let's go back for now! Kumo-chan, you will have a chance to transform into a human form after this. So, let's send Ariel back to the castle. After that, we go to a place where you can transform."
"Yes, yes, master." Hearing Izumi's words, of course Kumoko immediately got excited as Izumi wanted to take Kumoko to a place where she could transform.
— — — —
After sending Ariel back to the castle, Izumi then went somewhere with Kumoko using Hiraishin no Jutsu because Izumi had marked the location with the technique formula.
When they got there, Kumoko was dumbfounded when she looked around because what she saw didn't reflect a fantasy world at all. What Kumoko saw was the metallic building underground.
"I-Izumi, are you taking me to another world?"
"What are you talking about? We are in a place untouched by humans. No one has found this yet because this area is far away from continents inhabited by humans." Izumi said. "There is an anti-magic area here. There is also MA energy that operates to control all the robots here. Once finished destroying the robots, you can absorb MA energy because MA energy here is separate from the planet which has nothing to do with destroying the planet and this can make you an administrator. In other words, a god. Follow me!"
Izumi led Kumoko inside.
"Can I transform into a human form after I become an administrator?" Kumoko asked.
"That depends on you. You could transform into a human, and you could become a spider. Or perhaps, you can stay like that as an Arachne."
"Does that mean it's just a possibility?"
"You fool. As I said, it depends on you whether you want to transform into a human or not."
Then, Izumi walked faster toward the building before the alarms switched on throughout the building.
At the same time, the anti-magic field started to activate and patrolling robots began to arrive in front of them.
Izumi activated his IS and started to rampage while destroying those robots using his energy sword. Some drones that appeared from the IS's back also supported him from behind by shooting lasers.
In less than ten minutes, all the robots had been destroyed by him alone.
Upon entering the building, he saw something similar to machines in a factory that could manufacture modules of a product.
As all the machines had stopped operating, Izumi ignored that and walked toward the corridor at the center. It seemed like a corridor that was heading downward.
Izumi and Kumoko followed along the path and saw some sliding doors along the way. And at the end of the corridor, there is a door that seems to have to be opened using a password.
But, Izumi paid no heed. Instead, he brandished his sword, and imbued his sword with his spiritual energy before cutting the door into pieces.
But then, Kumoko froze on the spot. That was because there were countless inorganic eyes waiting on the other side of the door! Tons of gun muzzles were pointed toward them. And they were all being wielded by robots. And then, a flash erupted in front of her.
It was Izumi. In an instant, he destroyed the robots and showed a frightening appearance while standing on the pile of scrap.
He couldn't use the IS inside buildings because the firepower was too great. He was afraid that he might accidentally destroy something he was looking for. So it forced him to activate the Dragon Force.
Buildings like these were scattered across the planet, but thanks to Izumi, Rori, and Tabane, all of them had been destroyed as some of them were Potimas's secret base. And finally, Izumi purposely left a building that has a lot of MA energy but has not been touched.
In the center of the laboratory, he saw a large container emitting energy like the robots earlier.
"Kumo-chan. Here!"
Kumoko approached Izumi and wondered if the large container held MA energy that could make her the administrator. But she didn't doubt that because what Izumi said was always true even though it was sometimes misleading.
"Oh right, we'll meet again when you're done with your apotheosis. In the process of apotheosis, you will gradually be removed from the system and become the administrator. But it takes quite a long time. About 1-4 years. My friends and I can't stay long in this world. So, I'll say goodbye first. If you have mastered the laws of space, you might be able to return to Earth again."
They chatted for a while before Izumi decided to leave and left Kumoko alone.