Chapter 218: Tokisaki Kurumi
[Skill Acquired: Spirit Seal]
[Dimensional Heavenly Tome Fragment Recovery Plan Activated]
[A massive amount of world power has been expended to merge the Talent Awakener into the Date A Live worldline. Please be sure to complete the recovery plan]
[Mission Difficulty: S]
[Mission Time Limit: Undefined]
[Final Mission Objective: Establish a close connection with the Origin Spirit]
[Current Connection Level: 50%]
[Current Mission Objective: Establish close connections with the Ten Spirits (1/10)]
[At the request of the Talent Awakener, portions of the Talent Awakener's memories have been sealed and will be unsealed at an appropriate time]
Watching the missions scroll past before his eyes, Franklin let out a light breath, feeling both speechless and somewhat curious.
Establish a connection with the Origin Spirit—but who exactly was the Origin Spirit? He had absolutely no idea. How was he supposed to establish a connection when he didn't even know who they were? And where did this 50% connection level come from when he didn't even recognize the person? No matter how much Franklin wracked his brain, he couldn't make sense of it.
Sifting through the memories in his mind, he still had no impression of the Origin Spirit at all.
The only vague impression he had was of Tokisaki Kurumi killing evildoers everywhere to absorb spirit power and time, with the ultimate goal of returning to the past to deal with the Origin Spirit.
Another impression was that illusory mosaic-like existence that went around handing out Spirit Crystals.
And lastly, the note about sealing his memories at his own request made Franklin even more speechless. At this moment, he had absolutely no sense that any of his memories had been sealed.
Letting out a breath, he began to observe his surroundings. An empty street lay before him, and the light drizzle falling made the street feel even more desolate and deserted.
His divine sense extended outward. Within six thousand kilometers above and below, there wasn't a single person in sight, nor was there the slightest trace of spiritual energy.
However, somewhat unexpectedly, Franklin saw an extremely familiar figure.
Delicate features, heterochromatic eyes like golden clock faces.
A black-and-red Gothic-style long dress, with a pair of twin ponytails tied atop her head.
At this moment, she was standing on the railing atop an extremely tall building, strolling and dancing freely. Her entire presence was lively, agile, and adorable.
Franklin rose directly into the air and rapidly flew toward Tokisaki Kurumi's position—contact first, and gathering information about the current time second.
Just as he was about to reach her location, Franklin saw through his divine sense that Tokisaki Kurumi suddenly stopped dancing.
Standing on the railing, she spread her arms and let herself fall straight down from the building. Seeing this, Franklin immediately increased his speed.
In an instant, he arrived in midair beside the building and caught the falling Tokisaki Kurumi in a princess carry.
The moment their bodies touched, Tokisaki Kurumi froze, seemingly not expecting anyone else to be here. When her eyes met Franklin's—
From her gaze, Franklin saw shock, confusion, and an extreme longing.
Before Franklin could think further, a strange spatial fluctuation enveloped the two of them.
When he regained his senses, Franklin was already holding Tokisaki Kurumi in an empty street.
Before he could react, a spatial tremor erupted outward with him at its center.
In the blink of an eye, it swept across a hundred-kilometer radius. Streets collapsed, the ground caved in, as if the area had been struck by a nuclear bomb.
Seeing this, Franklin immediately expanded his divine sense. Illusory World Genesis activated, and everything destroyed within those hundred kilometers was rapidly restored.
Only when the spatial tremor finally dissipated a thousand kilometers away did it completely fade. As his cultivation technique circulated, the spiritual energy he had expended visibly recovered to normal.
Tokisaki Kurumi, witnessing all of this, was stunned. The disgust she had felt at being held by the opposite sex vanished at this moment.
Perhaps she only needed to devour this one person to return thirty years into the past and kill the Origin Spirit. Holding this thought, Tokisaki Kurumi also fell into contemplation.
At this time, Franklin had already figured out the principle behind spatial tremors. The way they formed was honestly rather absurd.
All things followed the law of conservation of energy.
In the Neighboring World, there was not the slightest trace of spiritual energy, so nothing would be affected there.
But when Franklin and the spirits were directly teleported into the real world, it was like suddenly having a massive, highly condensed lump of spiritual energy appear out of thin air beneath the surface of a calm lake of spiritual energy. Even though it was small,
the impact on the spiritual energy layer was explosive. The more terrifying the strength, the more exaggerated the expansion data produced in that instant.
And the effect caused by that instantaneous expansion spread outward in the form of a spatial tremor.
To eliminate this effect, the only method Franklin could think of was to instantly absorb that expanded spiritual energy, then release it slowly afterward.
Just now, the spiritual energy within his body had been saturated, making that impossible. Next time, he would only need to retain half of his spiritual energy.
"Hey, mister, could you put me down now? Appearing out of nowhere and suddenly hugging someone—especially hugging a lady—is extremely rude. If you keep holding me, I'll get angry."
Lost in thought, Franklin finally remembered that he was still carrying Tokisaki Kurumi in a princess hold. After putting her down, he let out a breath, and his expression quickly softened.
"Sorry, I got a bit distracted just now."
As he spoke, the shadow beneath Tokisaki Kurumi's feet grew darker and darker, spreading outward as her entire body began to slowly sink.
"Although I don't know who you are, or why you've become a spirit, I still advise you to leave this place as soon as possible. Your existence is extremely special. The scale of the spatial tremor you caused just now was terrifying.
Even though you erased it in an instant using a method I can't understand, making it seem like no spatial tremor ever happened on the surface, that violent energy will definitely attract close attention from the DEM Corporation. If you don't run now, there won't be time. Once you get entangled with them, you might be captured."
Watching the speed at which her figure was sinking, Franklin scratched his head somewhat awkwardly, recalling the longing look she had given him earlier.
Just as Franklin was about to say something, a sense of being wrapped in spatial power came over him again.
Before he could react, he vanished from the spot, leaving only Tokisaki Kurumi alone, stunned, with half her body sunk into the pitch-black shadow.
"Bro, you're finally back. Is this what you meant by awakening spirit power? Not only did you suddenly disappear, but the impact when you reappeared was way too big.
If it weren't for the advance warning of the spatial tremor, and your ability helping to restore everything, the damage would definitely have been another Eurasian Great Disaster."
As the dazed Franklin came back to his senses and clearly saw the girl before him, he immediately froze.
"Bro? Kotori? Am I… your brother?"
The words had barely left his mouth when Franklin felt an intense splitting headache. Countless memories surged into his mind, and the violent pain made even Franklin—who had endured severe injuries from heavenly tribulation—collapse directly to the ground.
Seeing that Franklin didn't seem to be faking it, Itsuka Kotori, wearing a black ribbon, froze for a moment.
She quickly stepped forward to support Franklin, then turned to look back at Murasame Reine beside her, whose dark circles were extremely pronounced.