Someone in the Multiverse, Transformed into Fu Hua at the Start Chapter 30

"This is Shenzhou. Over the years, Xiao Shi and I have traveled through Shenzhou while helping you heal. We've experienced many things and met many people."

Her tone was calm, yet it carried a sense of peace and happiness. "Now that you're awake, it's time for us to leave."

"Ah... yeah."

Amber nodded blankly. "Oh, right, where's Xiao Shi?"

"She's never been one to sit still. She's probably out there right now, looking for something interesting to do."

Fu Hua's words sounded just like a parent left at home, making Amber steal a few extra glances at her.

"Alright, call her back first. We need to move on to the next world."

Why did it feel like her master was even more eager than she was?

Amber was a little puzzled, but she wasn't one to dwell on things. Taking back control of Feathered Dust, she returned to reality after five thousand years. The surroundings were completely different from before she lost consciousness—now fully modernized equipment.

Still, she had no attachment to Type-Moon. Since her master was urging her, she stowed the Core of the Herrscher of Reason back into her backpack, pulled back the Herrscher of Reason who was who-knew-where, and called out to the Navigator.

'Navigator, we can cross over now.'

[Command received]

[Fixed coordinates collected. Initiating cross-dimensional transfer.]

The same weightlessness and searing heat as her first crossing washed over her. When she came to, the scene before her had changed into a nondescript room. White walls, tiled floors, and nothing but a single bed—it reminded her of her days in the hospital.

Though even in the hospital, her room had more stuff than this.

After glancing around, Amber looked down at herself. She had returned to her original form—her black bangs and the fact that she couldn't see her own feet confirmed it.

Confirming that all her gear in the backpack was ready for use, she first re-equipped Feathered Dust before relaxing slightly. 'Navigator, where is this?'

[Jujutsu Kaisen]

[Please continue collecting Recognition from key figures.]

[Initiate card draw?]

A series of windows popped up, giving Amber a sense of déjà vu from her first crossing. Once was a fluke, twice was familiar. Even after sleeping for so long, she smoothly opened the draw interface.

Recognition had climbed to 22,000. Unprecedented wealth made Amber's eyes light up before she checked the current banner.

It was Shier.

Amber's heart raced. Shier was one of her favorite fictional wives. The cover showed Shier in different Valkyrie Armors, dazzling her while lifting her spirits. The Herrscher of Death and Life's authority was incredibly useful in this world—no, in any world! It was a top-tier power combining offense and defense.

As for Sukuna, Amber wasn't afraid at all.

Not only was the Herrscher's scale completely out of a Jujutsu Sorcerer's league, but even if something went wrong, she had General Fu Hua on her side—capable of slaying Sukuna!

With that thought, Amber couldn't wait to start drawing. She said directly, "Navigator! First, a free ten-pull! Oh, and skip the miscellaneous stuff—just tell me about high-value items like Stigmata, weapons, and character cards."

[Draw complete]

[Tong Yao ×1, Stigmata: Shier Herrscher of Death and Life (Top), Stigmata: Ryunosuke Uryu (Bottom), Character Card: Shier Fulei (Quantum Sea Period)]

So lucky!

Amber was thrilled. She hadn't pulled the Herrscher of Death and Life Shier character card, but that was fine—she could keep drawing until she got it. She had over 20,000 Stellar Jades, er, Recognition.

"Another ten-pull! Plus... 7,000 weighted."

Her habit of saving where possible won out in the end.

[Draw complete]

[Door of the Other Shore ×1, Stigmata: Ellen Poe (Bottom), Stigmata: Shier Herrscher of Death and Life (Bottom), Character Card: Shier Fulei (Cocolia Orphanage Period), Blessing: All Living Beings of Abundance, One Dharma Realm Heart]

"Huh?"

Amber blinked.

This draw gave her a gold Blessing, a gold weapon, and two gold Stigmata. By all rights, it was lucky... but it wasn't what she wanted.

The gold Blessing's effect was indeed powerful. In-game, it meant: when a character provides healing, other allied targets not receiving the heal recover HP equal to 30% of the healing amount—turning single-target healing into group healing. But...

She had no healing abilities right now. Without the Herrscher of Death and Life's core, this Blessing was completely useless.

Amber wanted to keep going, but seeing her Recognition drop from 22,000 to just 13,000, her hoarder mentality made her hesitate.

After a moment, she decided to be superstitious and not push her luck. Rather than drawing when her luck was bad, she'd wait for better timing.

With that, she used the Quantum Sea Period Shier Fulei character card.

Hmm... It didn't feel like much had changed. Aside from her clothes turning into Shier's classic white top, blue vest, dark-and-light-blue skirt, and blue-striped thigh-highs, there seemed to be no other difference.

Oh, right. Part of Shier's charm was Black Shier, but she didn't seem to have a second personality.

In that case, wasn't she missing the Black Shier armor?

Chapter 2: The Other Me

Fu Hua, who could hear Amber's thoughts, paused for a moment before saying, 'About that... Xiao Shi might be able to help.'

"Xiao Shi?"

Amber was puzzled. "Is Xiao Shi going to play Black Shier?"

'No...'

Fu Hua hadn't expected the Herrscher of Reason's spur-of-the-moment move to actually pay off now. She wasn't keen on putting that consciousness together with Amber, so once it had successfully awakened, she had the Herrscher of Reason keep it close at hand.

To be honest, even now, Fu Hua didn't really want Amber to come into contact with it. But this couldn't be hidden forever—once the Herrscher of Reason came out later, she'd definitely bring it up.

Rather than that, it was better for her to explain the situation herself.

"So... I have another me too?"

Amber was a bit confused hearing this.

'Yes.'

Fu Hua nodded. 'In essence, it's not you, but a consciousness born from the Tide of Chaos through you. I've met her a few times. The process... wasn't pleasant. But I already held prejudice against her. How things really are, you'll have to judge for yourself.'

After a moment's thought, she continued: 'You don't need to worry about danger. Xiao Shi and I will keep an eye on her actions.'

Amber hadn't really thought about danger anyway—if it were truly dangerous, Xiao Bao would have killed her long ago.

With that in mind, she was about to ask Xiao Shi about the situation, only to realize that after switching worlds, she'd only equipped Feathered Dust and forgotten to equip the Core of the Herrscher of Reason.

'I'm suffocating over here!'

The moment she came out of the backpack, the Herrscher of Reason couldn't help shouting: 'I was setting up my stall on the street! I just ran into a customer with good taste, and before I could even say a few words, I got thrown into a dark little room! Now all my antiques are wasted!'

"Uh... sorry."

Amber said awkwardly.

'Hey, that outfit of yours—you really did turn into Shier, huh?'

The Herrscher of Reason belatedly noticed Amber's state.

"Mm..."

Amber nodded.

'I always said you two look almost identical. Now that I see it, it's true. If your face were just a year or two younger, you'd be exactly like Shier. Only your hair and eye colors are different.'

The Herrscher of Reason wore an expression of "I told you so."

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Amber froze. She quickly opened the door to the room and headed for the bathroom.

There was, of course, a mirror in the bathroom. With its help, she finally saw what she looked like now.

...There really wasn't much change. This was completely her face from a year or two ago.

Realizing she was now on a real-name basis online—having kept her "behind the screen" calm in the last world—Amber was suddenly far more startled. The expression on her face grew noticeably more tense.

'Oh right! That makes it even more similar!'

The Herrscher of Reason's eyes lit up.

Amber: ...

The Herrscher of Reason also realized her emotional tone was off: 'I mean, isn't this just playing yourself? The personality isn't exactly the same, but it's very close. Plus, with this Black Amber Armor, isn't it pretty good? Hard to break character!'

Thanks, I feel comforted. But only a little.

"Speaking of which, where's the other me?"

Amber remembered the newborn consciousness Fu Hua had mentioned.

'Hey, she's calling you. Why are you getting shy now that you've met the real person?'

The Herrscher of Reason poked at the consciousness living inside the Herrscher Core.

'What shyness? I just didn't expect that after actually meeting the other me, I'd find her even more pathetic than in my memories. Nothing worth saying.'

A voice identical to her own rang out in her mind. Amber immediately realized this was the other her, born from her own consciousness.

"Huh?"

Amber hadn't expected the other her to start with a sharp tongue. She quickly prepared a counterattack, but what came out was: "Wh-where am I pathetic...!"

No good! Thinking about how she was now looking at herself, she couldn't get the words out...

She was just someone with no real-life friends, a communication failure who only ever talked to people online...

Amber couldn't help feeling a pang of frustration.

Seeing this, Black Amber, who had been somewhat tense inside, relaxed quite a bit.

She was born from the fusion of Amber's consciousness and the Tide of Chaos, filled with hatred for humanity and hostility toward life. Though long-term care and guidance from the Herrscher of Reason, along with the human goodness in Amber's memories, allowed her to suppress the malice within, her existence was ultimately evil.

Not only did Fu Hua think so, but she herself was aware of it.

She had imagined many times what would happen when she and Amber met. Maybe Amber would be wary of her, maybe because of that wariness Fu Hua would destroy her, or maybe Amber would hate her, and she'd have to live with the Herrscher of Reason from then on.

In truth, she had also imagined Amber accepting her, but she didn't dare dwell on it.

Lahmu was a collection of slaughter and chaos, but the most important part of it was love for its mother. Amber couldn't exactly be called her mother, but she did feel a strong fondness and curiosity toward the consciousness that had given birth to her.

If such an existence hated her, it would be painful.

So from the very start, she had built up a defense. As long as she went in expecting to be hated, it wouldn't hurt as much.

But unexpectedly, before the two had even met face to face, this guy started going on about 'another me'...

She felt joy and happiness in her heart, but immediately realized it was entirely because the girl's innocence left her completely unguarded against her.

Did this idiot really understand how dangerous an existence she was? If she wanted to devour this idiot, given the strength of her will, she wouldn't be able to resist at all.

As if wanting to wake Amber up, to make her realize how dangerous she was, or perhaps to make Amber a little more cautious, to understand that she shouldn't think too well of someone she'd just met, Black Amber chose to taunt her with words—like 'being this naive, you're practically an idiot,' 'it's a miracle you've survived this long with that brain of yours,' and similar remarks.

But once the words were on the tip of her tongue, she was afraid of making the girl sad, so she could only force a change of direction.

She had to admit, in this regard, she really did damn well inherit Amber's personality.

Black Amber also knew that Amber was only this relaxed and careless because she had Fu Hua and the Herrscher of Reason as insurance, but... she still felt the delight of being accepted.

'Eh?!'

Seeing the two like this, the Herrscher of Reason laughed even more happily, slipped into Feathered Dust, and looked at Fu Hua, as if to say 'I knew it would be fine,' then said to Amber: 'Black Amber has learned a lot from me over the years, she'll definitely be able to help you. It just so happens she's also filled in Shier's character design for you, so you don't have to worry about OOC anymore.'

After saying this, she continued with her own purpose: 'I'm quite interested in this world too. Let me out first to stretch my legs, you two keep getting along.'

"That works."

Amber nodded.

It seemed because humans had two hands, she could only equip two weapons at once. Right now, Feathered Dust and the Herrscher of Reason core each took up one slot, so she couldn't equip a scythe anymore. Letting the Herrscher out was indeed a good idea.

Chapter 3: Curses and the Blue-Haired Girl

Amber wasn't too worried about the Herrscher of Reason doing anything too excessive in this world. After all, while the Herrscher was a bit of a brat, she actually understood social nuances well enough. Her straightforwardness wasn't due to ignorance of the atmosphere, but rather indifference to it.

Watching Amber accept Black Amber into her body, Fu Hua seemed about to speak, but ultimately held back her worries for now.

When the girl had first fallen into a coma, she had thought that next time, she would eradicate every threat around her. But now, five thousand years later, although she still worried about the girl's safety, she was no longer so consumed by anger that it clouded her judgment.

Amber was her disciple. She should provide help when she stumbled, but she shouldn't place her in a greenhouse without any threats. That would never be the right way for a girl to grow.