[Ding!]
[Now traveling to Campione! World (First Half).]
[The host will obtain an identity similar to, but different from, the original protagonist. After the plot begins, the host may awaken memories from another world.]
[Before officially entering the instance world, please select the initial abilities you will carry.]
[Campione! World (First Half) is an intermediate world. The host may choose four initial abilities, or four opportunities to use the full power of the main body.]
[If the host requires initial ability slots to rapidly become stronger, the host may also choose to capture the heroines.]
[For each plot heroine captured, the host will obtain one initial ability slot.]
[Capturing heroines requires a certain level of affection, not merely a physical relationship. Please act with discretion when pursuing them.]
[After clearing the first world, the system has unlocked the "Birth Ability" function. The host may project some lower-level abilities into the past, awakening part of that power at birth.]
…
[Ding!]
[The host may exchange one "Initial Ability Slot" for one "Birth Ability Slot."]
[However, due to the system's energy limitations per traversal, the upper limit of "Birth Ability Slots" is Blue. If the chosen reward exceeds Blue rank, the limit will automatically be locked within the Blue evaluation range.]
"Four ability slots, huh…"
Akuto quickly selected several abilities from his many options—ones he judged most suitable.
"First is physique. For physique, I'll take 'Sage Body.' After all, bloodlines like devil blood or angel blood would be far too flashy in the Campione! world. I don't want to be captured and used as a sacrifice for summoning gods and waste one opportunity to use my full power."
"Next is 'Mind Reading.' With 'Mind Reading,' I can ensure that before I awaken my memories, I'm always learning and cultivating at the highest possible rate."
"With 'Mind Reading,' even just a Blue-rank sage bloodline should be enough to reach top-tier devil level before adulthood—basically 'Grand Knight' level."
"Then there's 'Divine Incarnation: Vāmana.' This ability will let me appear anywhere I'm needed in time, and it also provides a certain degree of self-enhancement."
…
The Campione! world's rough power tiers are as follows:
[Apprentice knight, magician, or miko: lower-class devil.
Formal knight, magician, or miko: mid-class devil.
Grand knight, grand magician, first-rate, high-level, upper-class miko, or xia: upper-class devil.
Holy knight, divine beast, demigod, highest seat, top-tier: top-tier devil.
Transcender, pseudo-god, god-ancestor, or authority-boosted divine beasts personally empowered by a Campione or a god (such as the boar): Maou-class.
Heretic Gods, Campiones: Super Maou in a normal state. If a Heretic God is fully "unrestrained," or a Campione erupts, they can reach god-class (DxD's god-class) or even king-god class (DxD's king-god class).
The Last King, or apocalyptic chief gods of the divine realm: Chief God-class in a normal state, and can be boosted as high as Dragon God-class (under the abnormal condition of ten or more Campiones).]
By Akuto's estimate, if he could reach Maou-class power before adulthood and also possess the spatial-type "Divine Incarnation: Vāmana," then even against a Campione he wouldn't panic. Defeating one would be nearly impossible, but escaping would be more than feasible.
…
This time, Akuto didn't arrange things the way he had in the Akame ga Kill! world—"learning magecraft before adulthood to accumulate formula experience and capability."
On one hand, as his strength increased, magecraft he researched while only moderately strong in an instance world had become nearly meaningless for a Chief God-level Akuto.
On the other hand, Akuto already had his own research team. Any research direction could be broken into topics and delegated. He no longer needed to rely only on himself like before.
It could be said that after returning from the Akame ga Kill! world and obtaining the Holy God's knowledge archive, Akuto had undergone a complete transformation.
So at this point, he truly didn't need the weak, incremental gains that came from "growing up" inside an instance world.
Rather than raising his magecraft attainments in another world, it would be better to fully subjugate the Campione! world as early as possible, and bring the world's vast number of curse-users and goddesses into his "Witch's Night."
"As for the last slot, I'll keep one ability slot open like before, just in case."
"If I run into danger that even 'Divine Incarnation: Vāmana' can't escape, I can use it immediately."
"If I don't run into anything dangerous, then after I descend, I'll exchange it for the Boosted Gear."
…
After setting his course of action, Akuto pressed the confirm button.
[Ding!]
[Now traveling to instance world: Campione! World (First Half).]
[Birth abilities: Sage Body, Mind Reading, Divine Incarnation: Vāmana.]
[Initial abilities: None. (The remaining 1 initial ability slot may be exchanged or converted at any time.)]
[Please set your pre-travel action mode according to the mainline tasks. Mainline tasks are as follows:]
[Mainline Task 1: Within one year, subjugate as many Heretic Gods or gods as possible. More subjugations yield higher bonuses.]
[Mainline Task 2: Within one year, defeat or kill as many Campiones as possible.]
[Note: The more defeated or killed, the higher the bonus.]
…
"Mm, even though I guess I've used this many times…"
When it came to the Campione! world, what mattered most wasn't gods and Campiones?
As for building his own faction, that was something he should do in the Akame ga Kill! world.
In the Campione! world, some Campiones relied on Authorities, others relied on schemes, but at best they could be used for errands. In an actual fight, having them cheer on the sidelines would already be about as good as it got.
…
A few minutes later, Akuto finished setting the behavior mode he would follow in the Campione! world before awakening his memories.
[Pre-awakening action mode:
Mode 1: Do your utmost to save the heroines who die or lose their chastity before the plot begins. If necessary, you may use one instance of the main body's power.
Mode 2: You may proactively establish relationships with certain heroines, but there is no need to develop beyond a lover-level relationship. Prioritize quantity of relationships (not depth of intimacy).
Mode 3: You may handle some matters related to the hidden world, but avoid becoming too entangled with Campiones. Ideally, maintain a state where the other side has never met you.]
[Note: Mode 1 has highest priority, Mode 2 second, Mode 3 third.]
[World traversal… start!]
As the system prompt fell, Akuto's figure gradually vanished from Rias's embrace.
…
[Ding!]
[Traversal successful. Please complete the mainline tasks of the Apocalypse world as soon as possible.]
[Pre-awakening action mode results are as follows:]
[After traversal, you obtained a status similar to Kusanagi Godou, becoming the posthumous child of the neighbor next to the Kusanagi family.]
[Because you grew up together from childhood, Kusanagi Shizuka was "raised" by you from a young age, and ever since she was little, she has called you "Akuto-nii."]
[However, aside from Kusanagi Shizuka, parts of the Kusanagi Godou-related plot appear to have changed.]
[Kusanagi Godou is not actually a descendant of House Kusanagi, but an adopted son that Shizuka's mother, Kusanagi Masayo, picked up.]
"Hm?"
Receiving the memories up to this point, Akuto couldn't help raising an eyebrow.
"So Godou being Masayo's adopted son is one thing, but why do his personality and fate seem different from the original plot?"
Just as Akuto said, in the memories he was receiving, Kusanagi Godou displayed many anomalies.
First was personality. In the original plot, Kusanagi Godou looked like a "great good man" on the surface, but deep down—like other Campiones—he was full of strong personal subjectivity. Once his true side was revealed, he had also handled many matters in the posture of a "King of Campiones."
Besides that, the most important point was—
His luck with women.
In the original plot, even if Godou didn't particularly intend it, his fortune with women was absurdly good.
But…
Here, the plot seemed to have shifted in subtle ways.
Kusanagi Godou didn't seem to like interacting with women much, and instead spent his time studying "mythology" and "occultism."
Other than that, though, Godou didn't appear to show anything else abnormal.
[From a young age, for reasons unknown, you seemed to know the fact that "the people of this world are bound by fate," so you were always trying to break their original destinies.]
[Of course, besides that, you also enjoyed interacting with girls.]
[At home, besides getting along very well with Kusanagi Shizuka, you also got along very well with Kusanagi Godou's mother, Kusanagi Masayo.]
[At school, from childhood to the present, because you were outstanding, your excellent childhood friend Tokunaga Asuka fell for you before she ever started interacting with Kusanagi Godou. However, because you were far too noticeable and outstanding at school, she was always insecure.]
[In fact, aside from Tokunaga Asuka herself, even her close friends "Sawa" and "Miyama" would shyly avert their gaze whenever they saw you.]
(End of Chapter)
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