Miori Shiba marveled at her transformation. She was genuinely astonished.
"So strong... I feel like I could crush my old self with one hand."
Clicking her tongue, Miori was impressed. While the transformation didn't grant her any new special abilities, the sheer amplification was incredible.
"Feels great, right? If it does, give me your points. All your recent sign-in points, hand them over," Takumi said, grinning mischievously.
She rolled her eyes. "Not happening!"
"No points for you, and here's your item back!" she declared, canceling her magical transformation and thrusting the fan back at him.
She only had a small amount of points, hard-earned from signing in every day. No way she was giving those up.
Takumi looked at her with exasperation as she so casually gave it back.
"Fine, fine. Keep your points. Consider it a freebie. Just make sure you work hard."
"Hmph! Kaguya fell for your trickery, but not me," Miori smirked.
Kaguya-hime had been obsessed with buying games lately. She was completely hooked on every title Takumi uploaded.
"She's easy to bait. What can I say? She loves her games," Takumi shrugged. In truth, Kaguya's addiction was a boon to them all.
The group chatted for a while before Miori and Eucliwood left to tour the surroundings and later visit Velier.
With everyone gone, Takumi was finally alone. He opened the chat group and typed:
Takumi: [I'm back again~!] [Selling magical girl transformation devices! Boost your power and never worry about being weak again.] [Message me if you're interested... You can even become a Mahou Shoujo!]
He was casually promoting his latest invention in the group.
Sagiri: [Mahou Shoujo?? (☆▽☆)]
She seemed intrigued.
Chika Fujiwara: [Done with your errands? Did Eucliwood arrive in your world already?]
Takumi had come back around dawn and hadn't yet updated the group. But from the way he was already selling transformation gear, Chika could guess things had gone well.
Takumi: [(•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑] [Everything's sorted. Velier has been integrated. My world now has several billion more people.]
That was what he considered a real world—one with a population.
Everyone in the group was stunned.
Chika Fujiwara: [Wait, what??? That many people? Already done? Aren't you supposed to be building houses or something?]
She assumed he'd bundled everyone together and dumped them into the world and would now be busy sorting out housing.
Takumi: [....] [I literally carried Velier over and embedded it into my world.] [@Zhongli, old man, the method was a complete success!]
Hadn't he mentioned in the group that he was planning to bring the entire city?
Zhongli: [Congratulations. That puts my mind at ease.]
If it worked for Takumi, then it was a valid method. Next time he needed to move Liyue, he'd have Takumi do it the same way.
Chika Fujiwara: [Embedded... wtf...]
Akeno: [That's... quite the feat. Such overwhelming power.]
Kaguya-hime: [Awesome!! So... can I get some points now?]
The rest of the group emerged, amazed by what Takumi had pulled off.
Takumi: [@Kaguya-hime, dream on. I'm uploading more game bundles from Eucliwood's world right now!]
He casually uploaded more titles he'd brought back.
Kaguya froze. Was he just out to drain her points?
Kaguya-hime: [Come to Gensokyo. I swear I'll beat you up!!]
She was livid.
Takumi: [You sure? 崩壊警告.JPG]
Kaguya-hime: [(ノ｀Д)ノ)
Takumi: [You know... you don't have to buy them.]
Kaguya-hime: [Easy for you to say! Those games are calling to me like little succubi!]
As a hardcore gamer, Takumi's uploads were too tempting. She loved the first batch. With more arriving, how could she resist?
Takumi: [Then report me to the gaming police or something.]
She really was addicted.
Chika Fujiwara: [Time Patrol? Kaguya-chan, stop playing already. Just ignore him~ ╰(￣ω￣ｏ)]
Takumi: [Which "Kaguya-chan" are you talking to? The pretty idiot or the elegant gamer?]
['I can't do anything' has joined the chat.]
Just as he was joking around, a new member joined.
Everyone paused.
Chika Fujiwara: [Password accepted. Please choose your account!]
Sagiri: [Password accepted. Please choose your account!]
Kaguya-hime: [That name... is this from Sanbunko?]
Bronya: [Hm? A new member?]
Zhongli: [Welcome, newcomer.]
Miori Shiba: [Welcome, newcomer.]
Eucliwood: [Welcome, newcomer.]
Takumi: [This is the Herrscher Chat Group. I'm the Final Herrscher v50. I'll lend you my account.]
I Can't Do Anything: [What is this? A chat group from a novel?]
Seeing this sudden invite, she was stunned. And... Bronya?
She glanced at the twin-drill girl nearby in class.
Bronya was in this chat group too?
When did she join?
Puzzled, she quickly changed her display name.
Raiden Mei: [@Bronya, when did you get a golden finger?!]
Clearly, she misunderstood something.