Chapter 481: Chapter 481: Inori - Please Let Me Go Back
When Inori regained consciousness again, it was already the middle of the night.
Seeing her awake, Klein couldn't help but say, "Everything's normal now. From here on, your body won't collapse anymore. Also, the other consciousness within you has been extracted. You're now just an ordinary human."
Klein looked at the newly awakened Inori and explained her physical condition.
Inori blinked in confusion.
"Um..."
She didn't quite understand.
What was all this?
Seeing Inori's dazed expression, Klein didn't bother explaining further.
Better to let Takumi handle that.
Thinking of this, she called out, "Prometheus. Notify Takumi. Let him know she's awake."
With that, Klein turned and went back into the lab. Mobius still needed her help with project 107.
Looked like it was another night of overtime.
All Takumi's fault.
Klein was clearly feeling annoyed.
Elsewhere, Takumi received Prometheus' message. Knowing Inori had woken up, he promptly made his way to the research facility.
When he arrived, he saw Inori sitting there, looking dazed.
Clearly, she still hadn't fully grasped what had happened.
When she noticed Takumi, she finally spoke.
"Excuse me, where am I? Can you explain more clearly?"
This man had brought her here, and even had people do something to her.
"Didn't I already explain it once? You still don't understand?"
Takumi sounded helpless.
Hadn't he explained it before?
But Inori shook her head.
"Other worlds and stuff... it's too strange."
It was just... all too weird.
Yet, the abilities Takumi showed didn't seem fake.
Seeing her confusion, Takumi sighed. He decided to directly transmit knowledge into her mind.
The sudden influx stunned Inori.
She quickly focused on the foreign knowledge now appearing in her head.
As she processed the information, her eyes widened.
"Can I go back?"
Inori was shocked.
So this really was another world?
Takumi had revealed everything about this world to her.
Understanding that this wasn't her original world shook her deeply.
"Of course you can go back. It's not a big problem~!"
"But... aren't you going to enjoy your time here first?"
Takumi smiled.
She came all this way, and now she wanted to leave so soon?
"No... I have things I need to do back home."
Inori frowned slightly.
She had disappeared suddenly—her friends must be worried sick.
"You've already been here quite a while. They probably think something happened to you. Since that's the case, why not stay a bit longer?"
"There's a lot here that could benefit you. You could grow stronger here and return more capable. That way, you'll be of more help to your companions."
Why rush back so soon?
Take a break while you're here.
"This..."
Hearing his words, Inori hesitated.
What he said made sense.
She had suddenly vanished—her friends must be panicking.
But exactly because of that, she needed to go back quickly.
Resolving herself, Inori looked firm.
"I want to go back! My friends are waiting for me."
She was resolute.
Seeing her determination, Takumi didn't argue.
"Alright then!! If that's the case, I'll send you back. And I'll bring your world over to mine."
She was too resolute—it wasn't possible to change her mind.
Since that was the case, Takumi decided to accompany her.
Inori blinked.
"You're coming to my world too?"
This strong man, going to her world?
"Yeah. I'm pulling over the worlds of others too."
"Once that's done, you'll be able to freely visit my world as well. I'll also help you eliminate the Apocalypse Virus over there."
Takumi was completely transparent with her.
Inori was thrilled.
"You can eliminate that virus?"
Even someone as emotionless as her couldn't hide her excitement.
"It's no big deal! Let's go. To your world."
Takumi summoned a magic array to envelop them both.
"Wait! When you get there, see if you can find that Genome again. I don't think it's a finished product yet."
Just as Takumi was about to teleport, Mobius's voice rang out.
"Got it! I'll grab someone for you to experiment on later."
Takumi gave her a glance, then activated the array and vanished with Inori.
Turns out, Inori's world was relatively close.
The energy consumption wasn't even as much as when he visited Tomoyo's world.
Watching them disappear, Mobius clicked her tongue but said no more.
She'd wait for Takumi to return.
Meanwhile, she'd dive deep into analyzing that extracted consciousness from Inori.
It must be the original from which Inori was cloned, right?
To think it existed within her like that?
Too curious.
And there seemed to be some link to the Genome too.
Not to mention the viruses in her body...
...
On Takumi's side, he and Inori arrived in her world.
They materialized inside the research lab where Inori had originally stolen the Genome.
As soon as they arrived, the equipment on Inori activated.
"Inori?? Can you hear me?"
Hearing that voice, Inori quickly responded.
"Tsugumi! I'm okay!"
The moment her voice came through, cheering erupted on the other end.
"Thank goodness!! What happened to you? Why did you suddenly vanish?? What's going on?!"
In the time Inori was gone, they had been terrified.
All communication was cut.
It had scared them to death.
Now that she was back, Tsugumi could finally relax.
"It's a little complicated..."
"Eh? Eh?! Inori?"
Before Inori could finish, a spatial portal opened.
Standing on the other side was Tsugumi—still a young cat-girl.
"Tsugumi!!"
Seeing her, Inori lit up and quickly ran over.
Takumi followed behind.
Tsugumi looked from Inori to Takumi, her face full of confusion.
What was going on?
How did Inori disappear and then come back... with a hot guy?!
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