The Concept of Limitless
Jiang Bai walked out of the enormous library carrying the thin magic books.
Makarov was leaning against a pillar by the entrance. When he saw Jiang Bai emerge, he asked with a genial smile, "Well, little Jiang Bai, did you find the magic you wanted?"
"So, what do you think? Fairy Tail's library is a treasure trove. Did you find any powerful magic that caught your eye?"
Jiang Bai waved the books in his hand and answered honestly, "I didn't find any powerful magic, but a few support spells seem pretty useful."
Makarov's smile faltered slightly.
He had thought that, given the boy's talent and ambition, Jiang Bai would be disappointed or even discouraged after finding nothing he wanted in the guild's collection.
But Jiang Bai's next words left him stunned.
Jiang Bai raised his head, his black eyes shining with an almost fanatical confidence.
"Don't worry, old man."
"If the books don't have it, I'll just create the magic I want myself."
The air seemed to freeze for a moment.
Makarov's expression shifted from astonishment to shock, before he finally burst into hearty laughter.
"Bwahahaha! Good! Good! Well said!"
He patted Jiang Bai's slender shoulder vigorously, his small eyes full of appreciation and admiration.
"That's right! Now that's a Fairy Tail wizard!"
"I knew I was right about you, kid! You've got ambition! I'll be waiting to see you create magic that shakes the world!"
With Makarov's encouragement, Jiang Bai returned to his little room in the boys' dormitory.
He spread the books out on the bed and sat cross-legged on the floor, lost in thought.
As for the magic he wanted to create, he already had the beginnings of an idea.
After all, who was Jiang Bai?
He was a seasoned otaku.
He might not have been omniscient, but he hadn't missed a single one of those famous anime series.
When the two keywords "mind" and "space" came together, the image of that man appeared in his mind almost instantly.
A man with white hair, always wearing a blindfold and a faint, cocky smile, yet unreasonably powerful.
Jiang Bai could even recall his signature line clearly.
"Don't worry. I'm invincible."
That was right: the strongest modern sorcerer, known as "5.5toru Gojo."
Damn you, Gege Akutami. Why did you have to turn my Gojo-sensei into 5.5?
Jiang Bai's eyes grew brighter and brighter.
Wasn't the essence of his Limitless Cursed Technique the use of spatial power to place an infinite space around himself that nothing could ever approach, thus preventing any attack from reaching him?
And the "Six Eyes," which supported the technique's precise operation, were linked to mental power.
The Six Eyes allowed perception in every direction without blind spots, as well as extraordinarily precise control over magic power.
These things... Couldn't my mental power do them too?
I was born with all-around perception! As for that extraordinary control, all I need is more practice!
If... If this idea really works...
Wouldn't I be able to have a mana bar that would almost never run out, just like Satoru Gojo?
My greatest weakness, my insufficient magic power, would cease to be a problem!
Jiang Bai's thoughts raced faster and faster, and he even began to formulate a plan for that man's domain—Unlimited Void.
Wouldn't that just mean using Space Magic to confine an enemy within a fixed area, then using an upgraded version of Mental Link to forcibly stuff an enormous amount of useless information into their head all at once, crashing their brain?
Once the idea emerged, he could no longer hold it back.
Jiang Bai looked at the magic books on the bed, his gaze completely changed.
They were no longer ordinary support magic books, but the foundation of his path to being "invincible"!
If anyone disagrees, we'll just do it my way. Hehe.
Excitement!
Unprecedented excitement!
Jiang Bai looked at the magic books in his hands, his heart pounding wildly in his chest, as though it might burst out at any moment.
The broad road to being "invincible" was now laid out clearly before his eyes!
He wasn't someone who liked to indulge in idle fantasies. Now that he had an idea, he had to put it into action immediately!
Jiang Bai took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed his surging emotions, and picked up Space Pouch.
A meal had to be eaten one bite at a time, and a journey taken one step at a time.
To build an absolute defense like Limitless, something that was almost a rule in itself, he first needed to gain a basic grasp of Space Magic.
And Space Pouch was the perfect starting point.
He sat cross-legged on the floor and closed his eyes, carefully guiding the newly born spatial magic power within him along the circulation route described in the book.
A thread at a time, a wisp at a time.
Under his control, the magic power began to intertwine, gather, and compress half a meter in front of him.
Jiang Bai could clearly "see" the space becoming unstable, like a still lake disturbed by a stone, rippling in ways invisible to the naked eye.
Immediately afterward, a black dot the size of a pinprick appeared out of nowhere at the center of the area.
It worked!
Jiang Bai rejoiced and increased the flow of magic power without hesitation.
The black dot rapidly expanded like a silent vortex, forming a pitch-black opening about a meter across in front of him. Inside was a profound void in which nothing could be seen.
He reached out and tentatively pushed the Space Cutting book toward it.
The front half of the book slipped silently into the black hole, as though it had been swallowed.
With a thought, Jiang Bai pulled the book back out, completely undamaged.
With another thought, he made the pitch-black opening rapidly shrink until it vanished, and the space in the room returned to normal.
But he could clearly sense a faint, almost imperceptible connection between himself and the ten-square-meter subspace he had created. He could open it again whenever he wanted.
"Interesting."
The corners of Jiang Bai's mouth rose wildly.