Chapter 32 A
Kaido, A City Where We Will Get Rich!
Following Kazuha's grand entrance everyone realizes that they are still falling……
"Ok this was very symbolic and all but Kazuha we're still falling from a very high height at the front gate of our enemies."
(Sora)
"Wow, great observation. I uh, didn't think this far…… welp guess the journey is over. Sorry James, you will be missed."
(Sora)
"Can't we all fly or am I missing something."
(Iro)
"We can but I'm sure Amaterasu and the Harbingers put a flight detection layer across all of the cities since the only people that should be able to fly are them. So we'll instantly be caught."
(Travis)
"Wait? If they can do that, what else can they detect? Are we going to have to tiptoe around everything?"
(Iustitia)
"Nah, we shouldn't have to worry. They probably can't put up that many layers since they probably want to put all of their focus onto one that nerfs us. Something that any smart gamer would do."
(Kazuha)
"I don't know what nerfing or a gamer is but he's right they definitely should have put up a layer that can weaken our powers by probably 90% so that their underlings can stand a chance against us."
(Travis)
500ft till hitting the ground
"90%! If that's the case why wouldn't they just fight us themselves?"
(Iustitia)
"I'm sure they are very prideful people. I know that I myself wouldn't fight opponents with great strength at an even greater handicap. Also it would be good training and practice for the next generation."
(Gruff)
"Gruff is absolutely correct. All of the harbingers including me are/were extremely prideful and competitive people who despite some of their very twisted personalities are true warriors at the end of the day that believe in fighting an equal opponent at full strength."
(Travis)
200ft till hitting the ground
"Uh am I the only one who still remembers that we are literally falling at rapid speeds."
(Sora)
"Well I guess I can see that. I would definitely not be able to live with myself if I knew that I beat someone who had the strength to match me while they were at their lowest and weakest unwillingly."
(Iustitia)
50ft till hitting the ground
"Completely ignored, nice. Leave everything to Sora. Artemis, can you do something please."
(Sora)
"Yes, Master Sora. Skill Domain: Mass Distribution."
(Artemis)
Artemis uses a skill domain where she can distribute the amount of mass anything in the area has. She distributed everyone's mass to the ground just enough making it sound that they can fall without making any noise.
5ft till hitting
"OH WAIT WERE STILL FALLING!!!! AHHHH! Huh? Oh that wasn't so bad I thought everything was going to explode. Nothing to worry about after all hehehe."
(Kazuha)
"You fucking little assho-! Artemis let go, you're hurting me."
(Sora)
Artemis is holding onto Sora's face very hard with a forced smile like she is holding back something.
"Excuse Master Sora please he's just a bit angry that you let his achievements go unnoticed."
(Artemis)
"Sure you aren't the angry one…."
(Kazuha)
"Hahaha whatever do you mean Sir Kazuha. I am a very well trained assistant and servant to Master Sora. I could never show hatred or malice to a friend of his, especially one that is oblivious to everyone else's feelings and does things for their own amusement. That was a very good joke."
(Artemis)
"ARTEMIS LET GO I'M GOING TO DIE!"
(Sora)
"I'm sorry I didn't hear those last parts. Also you should let him go. I think he's actually going to die…."
(Kazuha)
"Don't worry about what I said haha it wasn't anything really. Oh Master Sora, when did you get here?"
(Artemis)
Artemis let's go the near dead Sora from being headlocked by her grip with the strength of infinite mass
"What did I do to deserve this? Artem-."
(Sora)
Sora passes out from exhaustion and shock
"Sora? Master Sora? Why aren't you awake? If you don't wake up I tell everyone about *whispers in Sora's ear*. So you better get up."
(Artemis)
In a planck second Sora springs up standing straight and with perfect posture like he's a soldier waiting for orders.
"Yes Ma'am Sora up and ready for duty."
(Sora)
"What the hell did she tell him that guy was about to croak."
(Travis)
"Must be something really embarrassing or serious. Anyways everyone get it together we need to find somewhere to stay."
(Gruff)
"How much money do we have? We need to budget correctly."
(Kazuha)
"Money? Did we need that? We thought that the currency would be different so we dumped it all."
(Gruff)
"You did what?! Ok ok maybe it wasn't a lot. You guys are from The Land of Origin right? Their currency is golden nuggets or GN the current exchange rate for it in The Land of The Sun is -26.52%. So it probably wouldn't have mattered that much."
(Kazuha)
"Uhh I think we had 6 Quadrillion. Nothing much."
(Gruff)
"6 Quadrillion….. SIX QUADRILLION?!?! HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE AND YOU JUST TOSSED IT????? WHERE DO YOU EVEN DISPOSE THAT MUCH OF SOMETHING!"
(Kazuha)
"Wow that is a lot of money we could've bought even the holy castle with that and more."
(Travis)
"Wow, is it really that much? All three of us were always poor so we didn't really understand what is or isn't a lot of money. But we only acquired that money because James can recreate anything in the world if he understands it."
(Gruff)
"Ok. Wow. That's a lot to take in. So do you guys have any money left at all? You didn't think about saving just a little?"
(Kazuha)
"Uhhh let me check."
(Gruff)
Gruff pulls out his sword and cuts out a square in the air. Which opens up to a different scene.
"What the hell. Do you store everything in a pocket dimension?"
(Kazuha)
"Huh? Oh this? This isn't a pocket dimension. It's a different timeline. I'm checking if any other versions of me have money at this time."
(Gruff)
"You can do that with such low effort? Wow! Perks of being an origin god I guess."
(Kazuha)
"Got it! This guy had…….. 200,000GN."
(Gruff)
"Ok so that's like 50,000LTR*. Great, we can do something with that."
(Kazuha)
*LTR- Lower TaiyÅ Ril, The currency used in all of the Lower Districts in The Land of The Sun's Expansive Kingdom.
"Shouldn't we still find a way to make more money legally? We can't just create money or else it will hurt the economy and make us a target for everyone's hate excluding just the Harbingers and Amaterasu."
(Iro)
"Wow you're pretty smart aren't you. It's as the lil mute says. We need to make money. No need to try and be the richest in TaiyÅ*, although we can…. But we only need enough money to survive and protect our anonymous status. Which is why one of us needs to be the head of a corporate superpower. The only candidate is really Iro since she's basically unknown as hell. Also she seems pretty bright."
(Kazuha)
*Taiyo - A shorter way to say "The Land of The Sun
"I'll try to ignore all of your diss towards me since you recognized my genius. I will gladly take this position in taking over all of the gods' capital markets."
(Iro)
"Ok, but first let's please move this conversation somewhere more private."
(Gruff)
"Ok, we should be fine with this amount of money."
(Kazuha)
Kazuha smiled happily at the beginning of his Isekai fantasy journey.
Everyone searches for a hotel or housing that can hold all of them but it's kind of hard to find a cheap place for 7 people.
1 hour later
"How and why did that take so long?! Why is the city so damn huge! Moreover this place cost 40,000LTR a month. This wasn't supposed to happennnnnnnnnnnnnn."
(Iro)
Everyone manages to find an 8-room low end penthouse since everything else was too expensive. Even places with less than 7 rooms cost more than this one.
"Welcome to reality. But your idea will get us out of this spot. It will definitely work."
(Kazuha)
"Oh yeah you two were paired together so you must have discussed our money making plan. How I wish I could be a part of this."
(Travis)
"Well you're in luck my good friend because what we have decided to go with is a clothing monopoly. Using my fantastic Origin: Colorful World. I can instantly imprint an image onto an item, person, thing, concept, and even the laws of reality and all that constructs our universe. Although the other things are unneeded all we needed is the item aspect."
(Iro)
"Ok that sounds great but how will this be a monopoly? Are we going to use propaganda, buy other businesses, create multiple brands, or inflate the market."
(Sora)
"Hahahah, another great question. You see my rainbow queer friend we're going to do ALL OF THOSE. Propaganda to make others look bad, buying up smaller companies and giving them ideas, creating brands from those bought companies or making another one under us, and lastly mass production to take over every store in OMNI. HAHAHAHAHA!"
(Iro)
"I think she's getting too caught up in the corporate boss stereotype."
(Sora)
"I guess she didn't want to be called a mute anymore."
(Gruff)
"Haha love that enthusiasm girl! I believe in you!"
(Iustitia)
"As you should! Now there's one problem."
(Iro)
"Huh?"
(Everyone)
"I can't make a good brand to save my life. Look at these sketches."
(Iro)
Iro shows everyone some drawings she did on brand logos and prototype designs.
"Why is that horse doing a handstand?"
(Travis)
"Huh? That's a person diving. I thought it would look good for swimwear.
(Iro)
"So is this uh donut? Eating a human meant for clothes that you wear when you eat a lot?"
(Iustitia)
"No, that's a snake being picked up by a bird. It's meant for hunters."
(Iro)
"Maybe uh leave the designs to someone else……"
(Kazuha)
"I know that's where all of you guys come into the plan. Please help me with the designs. As many as you can because we can just use the ones we don't pick and use them for later brands. First best one wins! Now GO!"
(Iro)
"This is unfair for Travis since we all have full knowledge on Earth and its many popular brands."
(Kazuha thinking)
"OK! WE'LL DO OUR BEST!"
(Everyone except Iro)
Everyone gets hard at work making designs and having Iro print them on various clothing. This continues for 1 hour until…
"IRO! I'm done!"
(Travis)
"Travis? You finally completed something? Everyone else presented at least 8 designs each but most of them were similar to each. So what do you have for me?"
(Iro)
"Please don't be another red box with white text. Who even would buy something like that. Then there's those two G's."
(Iro thinking)
Iro grabs the paper that Travis is handing towards her and is immediately shocked.
"WOAH! Travis? You did this???? This is wonderful!"
(Iro)
"TRAVIS?!"
(Everyone mid sketch says)
"How?! I've been using every expensive brand from Earth that rich people and stylish people would die for. Yet Iro never gave a reaction like that!"
(Kazuha)
The paper that Iro held shows a detailed sketch on many different pieces of clothing and intricate designs while also including a very stylish logo.
"The difference between Travis and you guys is that I asked for designs and you all just gave me logos. You have to actually sketch what the pants and shirt would look like. Also did all of you buffoons forget I know about Earth brands too?!"
(ro)
"Oh yeah right……."
(Everyone again disappointed now)
"Still. Travis managed something amazing. He created Hoodies, Jeans, Suits, Dresses, Sneakers, and more. Most of this clothing only exists in The Land of Limbo but the others are Earth concepts. To think that he just sketched them for a random task. Then there's this logo. It's Ouroboros in a beautiful electric like waveform. Amazing work Travis you're extremely talented at this. Everyone look at these sketches."
(Iro)
Using a skill she recopies the sketches on more papers and hands them out. Everyone now can see what she is giving such high praise too.
"Woah she's right this really is amazing. I don't think any popular Earth brands can compete with this. I want some of these clothes right now."
(Kazuha)
"They're so cool looking! You even made battle attire."
(Gruff)
"There's also training gear. This logo just makes everything look so cool and high quality."
(Iustitia)
"Uh Iro can you please make these now?! I really want to try them seriously."
(Sora)
"You're really eyeing down the suit aren't you."
(Iro)
"Yes, it's so stylish. It makes you look like a true gentleman."
(Sora)
"Ok ok. Everyone I can give you what you want but first we need to procure the materials needed to make the cloth-"
(Iro)
"EVERYONE! THANK YOU! I will respect and cherish the praise I have received today. It has always been my childhood dream before demi-god status to be the face of clothing. I want to call this brand Eternal to symbolize the mark we'll leave on the future with it. If you would please help me flesh out my dream!"
(Travis)
"Woah! Where did that come from."
(Iustitia)
"Don't you think you're a tad bit delayed."
(Sora)
"Sorry. I just had to process everything. It didn't seem real. Just a few days ago I was wearing rags in a dump eating any critter I could get my hands on. But now I'm standing here in a nice house designing clothes, living a dream and getting told I'm good at. It was a lot to take in."
(Travis)
"Haha Understandable! Don't worry Travis everyone here will support each other and do what we can to help each other. That's the type of team James wanted and what he wanted to do the most. Sorry I'm using past tense, it's WHAT HE WANTS TO DO AND WHAT HE WILL DO! WE WILL GET YOU BACK JAMES!"
(Gruff)
"SHUT UP! You really do have a talent for yelling. But I couldn't have put in better words myself."
(Sora)
"Yeah, all of this is for Origin. Through this business we'll also gain a lot of connections and be able to find this True Manipulation person. So let's find out how to get these materials everyone!"
(Iro)
"ALL RIGHT!"
(Everyone)
Suddenly a loud beep plays from the intercom in their room.
"Attention Room 000, we will have to ask you to keep the noise down, other residents are submitting complaints. If not, we will have to double your rent."
(Hotel Front Desk)
"DOUBLE?! WE'RE SO SORRY IT WON'T HAPPEN AGAIN probably…."
(Everyone)
"Thank You! Enjoy your stay at the Kaido Grand Resort dear guest!"
(Hotel Front Desk)
Chapter 32 B
Kaido, A City Where I Await My Challengers!
5 minutes before the previous events.
"WHAT HE WANTS TO DO AND WHAT HE WILL DO!! WE WILL GET BACK JAMES!!!"
(A Loud Voice)
"Oh my gosh! Those new people are already so loud! I'm calling the front desk."
(???)
"Topaz, there's no need to do that. They're just excited about something."
(Mori Toshi)
"Toshi, you need to learn how to be more unforgiving for people who don't directly mess with you."
(Topaz)
MORI TOSHI IS IN THE SAME HOTEL?!?! Everyone is so close to the people they're looking for and don't even realize it…..
"Maybe you're right. But that won't happen for a while. Unless I lose everything I treasure because of my own naivety."
(Mori Toshi)
"Oh? And what is that you treasure exactly."
(???)
"Ruby, you're up. But the answer is obvious. All 5 of you are the most important things to me. Topaz, Ruby, Lapis, Lazuli, and Opal. My gems."
(Mori Toshi)
"Awwww. That's sweet. I'm still calling the front desk."
(Topaz)
"Damn it. I thought that would distract you long enough."
(Mori Toshi)
Topaz uses a room provided phone to call the front desk.
"Hello? Those new tenants are causing a lot of noise….."
(Topaz)
"Wow! So you didn't mean anything you just said????"
(???)
"Lapis?! You were up?! What do you mean of course I meant it all. You all really are my only reasons for living now. The past 100 years have been wonderful. I'm grateful this world is so big that we can take our time to explore it all."
(Mori Toshi)
"Exactly Lapis. Why would Toshi? Leave us after so long?'
(Lazuli)
"It's not my fault he's always teasing me! It makes it hard to believe anything he says."
(Lapis)
"Ok thanks for helping, please make sure those people understand the message."
(Topaz)
"So what did they say? Topaz?"
(Mori Toshi)
"They said that they'll give them a good warning since they definitely will listen because it was hard for them to even afford living here."
(Topaz)
"Wow, that's harsh. They must've just arrived here and used all of their travel money. Also these places are ridiculously expensive to be fair."
(Mori Toshi)
"40,000 is not a lot of money. That's like pocket change."
(Topaz)
"Topaz your ignorance is showing. Of course that's pocket change since I can literally turn air into money."
(Mori Toshi)
"So? Why don't they do it? Should've been born better."
(Topaz)
"Hmm I won't continue this conversation anymore. Anyways I'm going to head out and do some shopping."
(Mori Toshi)
"Oh can I-"
"AND NO! No one can come with me."
(Mori Toshi)
"Awww"
(All 5 Wives)
"Sorry there's also something I need to do alone. Later everyone, please play nice…..
(Mori Toshi)
Lifes hard when you have to balance the love of 5 women huh. Mori Toshi gets some alone time and heads towards the Kaido shopping district. However someone else is also here…..
"Ah, fresh air. I love those women to death but sometimes it can get a bit suffocating. They're all strong and prideful women which is why I took them in but they might be a bit too prideful."
(Mori Toshi thinking)
"Damn it I just had to lose the damn coin flip. Iustitia had to cheat somehow. Ah whatever lets see what's on the shopping list. Ten thousand fabric, ten….. WAIT! Ten thousand???"
(Sora)
Sora's outburst draws attention too him from the bustling crowd.
"Seems like being around that loud mouth Gruff has influenced me. Now everyone is looking at me. Let's get out of here."
(Sora thinking)
Mori Toshi walks towards the noise to see the commotion.
"Huh? What's going on is someone being bullied for money? Ten Thousand?"
(Mori Toshi)
Sora pushes pass the crowd and tries to escape
"Excuse me. Pardon me. Sorry."
(Sora)
"There's someone going directly opposite."
(Mori Toshi)
"Sorry everyone my apologies for the commotion. Now just let me get ou-. Ow what the hell was that."
(Sora)
Sora collides into Mori Toshi who purposely stood right in his path.
"Wait is this the guy who made the noise?? He touched me?! I knew there were special people here!"
(Mori Toshi thinking)
"Why is he just standing here? And why is looking at me so hard….. wait? Why is his body phasing through other people's? There's no common Origin Skill with that power. That means this guy is either extremely lucky or is a part of the enemy forces here."
(Sora thinking)
The two stare at each other for some time figuring out what they should do in this situation. Then a conclusion was reached...
"Whatever this guy is here for either way we're going to have to fight!"
(Sora and Mori Toshi thinking)
"So I see we both came to the same conclusion…. haven't we?"
(Sora)
"It seems so. Ah I really don't want to fight but I have to figure out who or what you are."
(Mori Toshi)
"Same here."
(Sora)
Mori Toshi and Sora both release loud deep sighs and right after they lock eyes and stare each other down readying their battle stance.
"Birdcage: My World. Wait… huh what the hell! WHY DID I SAY THAT?"
(Sora)
Sora activates his trump card at the start????
"So you can use it. Wow! It's an entirely different dimension."
(Mori Toshi)
"Did you do this?? What's wrong with you?! Something like this will absolutely gain attention from the Harbingers."
(Sora)
"Nothing from my actions will ever alert those guys. Don't worry I have everything under control. So….. what does this thing do?"
(Mori Toshi)
"Under control?? Ok I'll just take your word then I guess. But this? It's exactly as the name states. This is totally and completely all My World. My power here is absolute."
(Sora)
"Wow! Is that so? That seems like a perfect matchup for me. This will be an interesting fight."
(Mori Toshi)
"And what is this power of yours? Something that can coun- whoaaaaaaa what is this!!!!"
(Sora)
Mid way through Sora's sentence he's suddenly in the sky free falling
"This guy must be using some advanced type of misdirection. Otherwise this wouldn't make sense. I'll get to the bottom of this. But for now let's stop falling."
(Sora thinking)
"My World~ Skill: Auto Protect!"
(Sora)
After Sora says this clouds automatically come to catch his fall
"Oh my gosh, that was cool. But…. I can just do this!"
(Mori Toshi)
Mori Toshi aims his hand at the sky lining up perspective and then he just clutches his hand. What happens is simply just
"Unreal….. he just grabbed the sky..."
(Sora)
All of the clouds and the clear blue sky all grabbed away revealing the stars of this seemingly infinite world that belongs to Sora in one man's hand as if it was child's play
"This fight.. I can't win. Who the hell is this guy?"
(Sora thinking)
"I've never tried that before, nice to know I can. All I did was manipulate the amount of space I would have to grab and make it tangible of course, nothing too hard. Well now…. I wonder how hard this hit?"
(Mori Toshi)
Mori Toshi begins to swing the giant sky down.
"Manipulate? Wait, is HE!"
(Sora thinking)
"WAIT! HOLD O-"
(Sora)
As Sora is telling Mori Toshi to wait, the sky already begins to make contact with his head and within an instant the world automatically protects him by knocking him out in one touch and transports him elsewhere. However, the knockout ended the Birdcage.
"Dang it. Done already? I don't think he was really trying. That's a shame. Well then back to shopping. But now I know there's some interesting people here hehe I'll be looking forward to meeting them all."
(Mori Toshi)
Sora is unconscious in an alleyway placed there by his Birdcage. The group's first encounter with True Manipulation ends in an embarrassing loss to one of their strongest. How will the rest of these encounters play out?