I, Izayoi Sakamaki, Joined the Chat Group from the Start

"Whoa, what an incredible ability. Was this power something you were born with?"

Seeing a human little girl use a griffin's ability, White Night Yaksha became interested as well. She walked up to Kasukabe Yō and asked curiously.

Kasukabe Yō shook her head. "No. This wooden carving my father gave me is what granted it to me."

A wooden carving?

White Night Yaksha stared intently at the carving hanging before Kasukabe Yō's chest, though no one knew what she was looking at.

Soon, she shook her head. "A complete System Tree. Your father was an extraordinary man."

"Lord White Night Yaksha, could you help appraise it?"

Black Rabbit never passed up a chance for free service. She pressed her palms together and spoke with a cheerful grin.

"Appraise it?"

White Night Yaksha froze slightly, inwardly crying out that this was not her specialty.

"There's no rush. The trial may be over, but the challenge hasn't begun yet, has it?"

White Night Yaksha shook her head slightly, then looked at Izayoi Sakamaki, who had issued the challenge.

At the same time, Izayoi Sakamaki looked at her. After meeting each other's gazes, both understood what the other meant.

One sought amusement.

The other wanted to test his limits.

"But... Lord White Night Yaksha, isn't it already over?"

Black Rabbit was somewhat puzzled, but in the next moment, they reappeared inside that private room.

"Untouched by dust... are you a martial artist?"

After teleporting Black Rabbit and the other two away, White Night Yaksha looked at Izayoi Sakamaki, a kindred spirit who shared her interests.

From the moment they met, she had noticed it. Even the dust had cleverly avoided this boy. That was something only achievable when one's martial arts had reached a certain level.

"A martial artist? I suppose so. There's no need for idle chatter. You and I are the same kind of people. Let's begin the challenge."

About to challenge one of Hakoniwa world's strongest, Izayoi Sakamaki's heart surged with excitement as he stared intensely at White Night Yaksha.

"Hahaha, interesting! Then I won't spoil the mood. I'll give you one chance—use your strongest power to attack me!"

No Parchment appeared. This was merely a private spar between White Night Yaksha and Izayoi Sakamaki, and no one knew the final outcome.

"Then I won't hold back."

Izayoi grinned as the power throughout his body began gathering in his fist.

Brilliant golden light emerged from his body, wrapping tightly around him.

Third Stellar Particle Bodies (3S.nanomachineunit)

This was humanity's ultimate secret, as well as the external manifestation of the Third Perpetual Motion Engine.

Unparalleled power gathered in his right arm, and golden radiance capable of shattering stars and moons illuminated this tiny world.

"White Night Demon King who once ravaged Hakoniwa, take this—my strongest strike!"

"This power has already touched the threshold of Three-digit. It may even be stronger than some weaker Three-digit beings."

Before this power, White Night Yaksha grew serious as well. She put away the Folding Fan she had been casually playing with and faced the attack earnestly.

"Aurora Pillar!"

Ultimate brilliance instantly pierced through Spacetime and arrived before White Night Yaksha.

White Night Yaksha's golden pupils narrowed slightly. Supreme solar power surged forth as she raised a palm before the Aurora Pillar.

Boom—

"Why haven't they come out yet? Lord Izayoi won't be in trouble, will he?"

Inside the room, Black Rabbit paced anxiously, afraid that White Night Yaksha might accidentally beat Izayoi to death.

"Trust him, just as he trusted me earlier."

Kasukabe Yō held the kitten in her arms, soothing its slight jealousy before speaking firmly.

"That's right. That delinquent classmate won't get into trouble so easily."

"Ah, Kasukabe and Hisato, you trust me so much that I'm almost embarrassed."

Just as Hisato Asuka finished speaking, a flippant voice rang out.

Izayoi Sakamaki and White Night Yaksha walked in with their arms around each other's shoulders. But upon closer inspection, White Night Yaksha wore an expression of painful loss.

No Snowflake Is Innocent

That brat actually blew up my arena! And I never formed a challenge contract with him. Great, now there's nowhere to claim reimbursement from. I can only swallow the loss myself.

Still, that guy really was strong, and he possessed great wisdom. I could rest easier leaving No Name in his hands.

As White Night Yaksha pondered this, she took three cards from her robes and handed them to Izayoi and the other two.

"I may not understand appraisal and such, but this Gift Card should be enough, right?"

"For appraisal? I thought it was a greeting card."

"No, this is an incredibly expensive card that can store manifested Gifts. It can also remanifest them at the user's will. Its official name is Laplace's Paper Slip, a fragment of omniscience."

The professional commentator, Black Rabbit, did not miss a single opportunity to explain as she introduced the card's origins.

Izayoi merely pinched the card lightly, and a line of text immediately appeared upon it.

CodeUnknown (Unknown Identity)

"Omniscience? I wouldn't say that."

"What?"

Hearing Izayoi's words, White Night Yaksha, who had been watching him, frowned slightly and quickly came to his side for a look.

"Even Laplace's Paper cannot identify this Gift? As expected of you."

"Right? Hahaha, there's something even more interesting."

Izayoi chuckled. In the next instant, Laplace's Paper spontaneously combusted without fire, turning to ash before White Night Yaksha's astonished eyes.

"Does this... mean it cannot bear it?"

When they arrived at the community Black Rabbit had described as having nothing, everyone was shocked.

Even Izayoi, who had known beforehand, could not help gritting his teeth.

Though it had only been three years, the place was as desolate as if thousands of years had passed.

The earth seemed dead. Not even a blade of grass could grow there.

"Is this the power of a time-based Gift?"

Thinking of the person who had destroyed No Name, Izayoi Sakamaki could not help feeling heavy-hearted.

Not much of No Name's main force had left back then. There had even been many who were no weaker than himself, yet No Name had been destroyed without the slightest ability to resist.

Just how strong had they been?

This was a community that had solved the Final Trial of Humanity.

"Everyone, come over here!"

A cheerful voice utterly unsuited to this dead land rang out. Izayoi Sakamaki turned and saw Black Rabbit carrying the small Water Tree sapling he had given her earlier, slowly placing it in the center of the abandoned reservoir.

In the next moment, the sapling produced an enormous amount of water, filling the entire reservoir.

"Wonderful! Now we have not only drinking water, but enough for daily use as well."

Seeing the happy smile on Black Rabbit's face, Izayoi Sakamaki curled his lip slightly.

So easily satisfied, my foolish little sister.

After a simple rest and some tidying up, everyone was assigned relatively comfortable rooms.

Yet Izayoi Sakamaki felt no sleepiness at all. He sat alone atop a building, gazing at the moon hanging high in the sky with a sense of melancholy.

"Looks like my last hope has been shattered too, though it's not like I ever held much hope to begin with."

Thinking of his conversation with White Night Yaksha, Izayoi felt somewhat downcast.

When he was young, his biological parents had been killed for researching the Third Perpetual Motion Engine. Before they were murdered, Canary, who had been forced to leave Hakoniwa, had spirited him away and taken on the role of his adoptive mother.

During an accident, Canary's Spirit Rank, which had originally been able to sustain her for over five hundred years, was rapidly depleted, leaving her with only five years to live. Of course, Canary, who had solved the Final Trial of Humanity with a mortal body, had long made arrangements for herself.

After her death, her Spirit Rank would return to Hakoniwa, absorb energy through the passage of countless years, and ultimately achieve a different kind of rebirth.

Unfortunately, things did not go as planned. After Canary died, her Spirit Rank did not return to Hakoniwa. Instead, it entered his body, making him one of the strongest Original Candidates.

But... he was already strong enough. He did not need such a thing at all.

While speaking with White Night Yaksha, Izayoi had indirectly probed into this matter, only to receive a negative answer.

Because to resurrect Canary, the first issue would be how to separate the Spirit Rank that had already become a Gift.

Tch, the rules of the Hakoniwa world are way too airtight, aren't they?

Resurrecting people in other worlds is so easy, but in Hakoniwa it's such a damn hassle.

"Wait... other worlds?"

Suddenly, Izayoi seemed to think of something and hurriedly questioned the Chat Group in his mind.

How many Points are needed to resurrect Canary?

At her peak: ** Points
Without her Spirit Rank: 100,000 Points

So it really is possible. But if she has already lost her Spirit Rank, why does it still cost so many Points? Could Points have inflated that quickly?

According to analysis, Canary is a person born to be a hero and requires more Points.

The Chat Group seemed to notice Izayoi's confusion and gave him an answer.

Yoru Who Secretly Ate a Devil Fruit

One hundred thousand Points...

It was a bit much, but at least there was hope. Points might seem precious now, but that was only because, among the current group members, most of their storylines had yet to begin, making missions difficult to trigger.

Once the storylines began, missions would definitely appear one after another. Earning one hundred thousand Points would not be difficult.

Besides, didn't he have his monthly twenty percent discount permission?

Level 1 permission gave twenty percent off. Wouldn't Level 2 give fifty percent off?

"Lord Izayoi, why aren't you downstairs talking with your companions?"

A nimble figure leaped up from below, arriving beside Izayoi Sakamaki to ask him.

"Black Rabbit, there's nothing to talk about. They'll be taking part in a Gift Game tomorrow, so let them get some proper rest."

Looking at Black Rabbit's excellent figure, Izayoi's previously stifled mood improved considerably, and he smiled.

For a lecher, no amount of melancholy could withstand a cute bunny girl like this.

"Lord Izayoi truly is a gentle person."

Black Rabbit completely failed to notice Izayoi's thoughts. She giggled and said, "But thank you so much. If not for the Water Tree you brought, I truly could not have seen any future for the community. Even the water necessary for daily life had to be carried back bit by bit by the community's children from hundreds of kilometers away."

"Oh? Then you should thank me properly."

"Don't worry, Black Rabbit is absolutely not the sort of rabbit who fails to repay kindness. Of course, some things are not allowed."

As she spoke, Black Rabbit recalled the way Izayoi and White Night Yaksha had instantly hit it off. She warily hugged her chest and added a few conditions.