Even though Gensokyo had internet, the connection was terribly slow.
So Kaguya mostly played single-player games—ones that Takumi had uploaded.
And she bought them with points.
Takumi should really know what games she played.
Some single-player games work great with full-dive tech, okay?
Takumi: [Emm... yeah, you really do only play single-player games~.]
He shrugged.
Fine, forget it.
Kaguya probably just wanted full-dive equipment for single-player use.
As for Bronya, she clearly wanted to develop full-dive games.
Alright then—go fetch the tech, upload it to the group, let them buy it.
But to get the source tech, he'd need to go there in person.
He'd ask Asuna about it later.
Right now, she was probably still binge-watching her anime.
She was still trapped in the game, after all.
Takumi chatted in the group for a bit longer before deciding to leave.
"Ophis. I'm heading out."
"Remember that terminal—it works across worlds. Contact me anytime."
"Our contract should soon be finalized. Once it's complete, you'll be able to contact me freely."
Ophis nodded in acknowledgment.
After their brief farewell, Takumi vanished.
He headed back toward the world.
Once Takumi left, Ophis looked over the defenses he had set up.
She then used her own power to alter the spatial structure.
A gray mist enveloped all of Takumi's weapons.
This fog filled the rift with a hazy atmosphere.
For ordinary beings, touching that spatial mist could cause confusion or even lead them astray.
Satisfied with her adjustments, Ophis happily floated around in the rift.
She really loved it here.
...
Takumi returned to his world.
Then retreated to his private villa to relax.
No one else was home.
Lilia was off handling business.
Everyone else had their own responsibilities.
Back at home, Takumi went online to check updates.
The Holy Maiden had already taken action.
She'd promptly published announcements that had been drafted the night before.
As of today, the Magic High School was officially accepting applications.
Anyone who had completed middle school could now learn magic.
There were even programs to train as Magical Armor Girls.
The announcement thrilled many.
Especially the once-cursed children.
Young girls were deeply enchanted by the idea of becoming magical girls.
They all wished they could grow up faster.
Their bodies had already recovered.
They were capable of growing into adulthood.
But for now, Takumi had sent them all to elementary school.
To learn magic, they'd have to wait a few more years.
This made many of them quite impatient.
Takumi saw their posts online—asking if the age requirements could be lowered.
Could they start training from a younger age?
He winced.
"Do I need to implement anti-addiction controls?"
"These girls are using school to go online, huh?"
Good grief, had they all turned into net-addicted lolis?
Should he start enforcing restrictions?
As the big brother of a million lolis, Takumi figured he should give it some thought.
Then again, maybe not.
He didn't want to be too strict with them.
Let them enjoy what they were denied before.
If they ended up failing school, well, off to the assembly lines they'd go!
With that decision made, Takumi opened the group chat again.
He'd assumed Asuna would be binge-watching until evening.
But it turned out she wasn't watching at all.
Kaguya Houraisan: [Let Takumi go! He can pull you out of there!]
Chika Fujiwara: [Yeah! His Erosion Authority is basically a dimensional hack in your world.]
When Takumi entered the chat, he saw everyone discussing this.
He scrolled through the messages.
Asuna had been begging for help—she just wanted to get out of that cursed place.
As for the anime?
Screw the future. She didn't care.
Now that she was in the chat, the future had already changed.
All she wanted now was to escape.
So she turned to the group for help.
Takumi: [I can go, sure. But if I do, I'm probably bringing a lot of people back with me.]
[You cool with that?]
After reading the context, he posted his message.
Asuna's eyes lit up when she saw Takumi's name appear.
Then she paused, confused.
Yuuki Asuna: ["Bringing a lot of people"?]
What did that mean?
She was new—she didn't know about Takumi's world yet.
Takumi: [It means I'll be taking a bunch of people from your world to mine.]
[Even your entire family could immigrate, if you wanted.]
[I'll even give you a free superpower awakening potion~!]
[But in exchange, I'm gonna be packing up a lot of people and things from your world.]
Takumi didn't hide his intentions.
Immigration and power-ups, in exchange for resources and people.
Even if they didn't immigrate, he'd still loot some stuff anyway.
Yuuki Asuna: [!!!!] [You're seriously allowing interdimensional immigration?]
That was world-hopping immigration!
Was he for real?
Chika Fujiwara: [He totally is. Plenty of people have already moved over.]
[@Miori Shiba, @You.]
Those two had already immigrated to Takumi's world.
Even Zhongli was planning to do the same someday.
Chika was honestly tempted.
But she had family, relatives, powerful connections.
They'd never agree to move.
So she hadn't considered it yet.
After learning all this, Asuna was stunned.
Meanwhile, someone else pinged Takumi.
Sagiri: [@Takumi-oniichan... I want to immigrate.]
Sagiri suddenly dropped her request, surprising everyone.
Takumi: [Did something happen?]
Chika Fujiwara: [@Sagiri, what's going on? Why the sudden decision? (ΩДΩ)]
It was all so abrupt!
Everyone was confused.
Why did Sagiri suddenly want to immigrate?
Had something happened?
She got along well with everyone in the group, so naturally, everyone was concerned.