Thor Feels Threatened / The Strange Town of Morioh
Even if Miyauchi Hiyage possesses Projection Magic, the projected replicas are still uniquely Shiina Mashiro's. Given Miyauchi Hiyage's current understanding of the soul, it is clearly impossible to break this link.
After studying it for a while, he returned the Soul Crystal to Shiina Mashiro and planned to create a Sealing Technique for Shiina Mashiro, sealing the Soul Crystal directly into her body, just like a Shiina Mashiro. When needed, he could simply draw power from the Soul Crystal within her body, without worrying about accidentally losing it.
"I'll show these projected replicas to Tohru later and see if she can break the contracts on them."
The Imagecrafter class has a high floor and a high ceiling, so Miyauchi Hiyage doesn't expect a normal Imagecrafter to be able to fight the BOSS all the way to the edge of the universe like the Warrior of Light.
Other users certainly don't have a complete set of job templates and top-tier equipment like Shiina Mashiro. It's a sure thing that Shiina Mashiro can reach the top rank.
But if this thing can stably mass-produce Level 1 superhumans, its influence will be completely different.
Moreover, this thing doesn't have many restrictions. In the Final Fantasy universe, characters can basically change jobs as they wish after obtaining the Soul Crystal for the corresponding class. It's practically plug-and-play.
Miyauchi Hiyage had already decided that once this thing was cracked, he would first send a copy to his younger sister.
Renge usually enjoys drawing and is quite imaginative.
It's much better to let her become Imagecrafter than to have her watched by those monks.
Even Miyauchi Hiyage had some thoughts about the profession of Imagecrafter.
While he filled some of his inventory with Unlimited Blade Works Jujutsu High, he still lacked high-end weapons.
If he could draw the weapons from the anime in his previous life, even if they could only last for a few seconds, he could find a way to analyze them and then try to project them.
He might even try his hand at creating a prop from a certain blue cat-shaped robot. After all, the most important thing for Imagecrafter is imagination. What if he could actually create some props that don't involve any rules but are still very useful?
Most importantly, he has the most crucial control over these projected Soul Crystal.
Even if some Imagecrafter has other ideas in the future, as long as he cancels the projection, those people can only use some low-level magic on their own, and there is no need to worry about the other party causing trouble.
However, we must first remove the mark about Shiina Mashiro from the replica of the Soul Crystal.
Miyauchi Hiyage had already decided that if Tohru couldn't handle it, then he would have to find a way to summon the Heroic Spirit Medea and borrow the Rule Breaker that could break contracts.
Because Shiina Mashiro obtained such a useful job template, the other legendary kitchen utensil she acquired Garuda Knife from a certain gourmet anime that can purify ingredients, became almost irrelevant.
After Miyauchi Hiyage registered it in the Unlimited Blade Works encyclopedia, he gave it to Shiina Mahiru. In the future, if Tohru brings back any poisonous ingredients from another world, it can be used to deal with them.
"Since Shinomiya Kaguya has asked, you should tell her about part of the rewards you received."
Shinomiya Kaguya Gokō Ruri received telekinesis from Fubuki, which allows her to reach level one immediately upon mastering it. Ruri Gokou received Elemental Conversion Magic from Ayaka Sajō. Although it is troublesome to use, the effect should be quite remarkable. I believe that Gokō Ruri, with her chuunibyou tendencies, will enjoy this set of rituals and procedures.
In comparison, Shiina Mashiro's current Tri-Color Magic is actually just fireball (red), wind blade (green), and water ball (blue). When fighting, she has to use a paintbrush and Mana to draw the corresponding patterns first, which doesn't seem very powerful. Naturally, she can't compare to Shinomiya Kaguya at the moment.
Considering Shinomiya Kaguya's recent behavior, let's keep her happy for a while.
Miyauchi Hiyage Himekage glanced at the Chat Group and saw that five girls had mentioned receiving rewards from him, while there were probably a few other girls who had hidden their rewards.
After all, he had received a notification from the Diary that nine people had guessed Morioh correctly in this commission activity. Even with Shiina Mashiro included, there were still three girls who hadn't announced their rewards in the group chat.
It's probably those girls who don't like to talk in Chat Group.
There are about 20 people in the Chat Group now, but there are always some who don't chat much in the group. There are also quite a few female characters in the group that he doesn't recognize. They are probably characters from a new anime that appeared after he transmigrated.
The one who didn't speak seemed to be Shiho Miyano. After reuniting with her older sister, she also got in touch with Conan. Now, with Shinomiya Kaguya's support, she would occasionally draw blood from Conan and buried herself in research at the research institute all day long, so she didn't have time to chat in the Chat Group.
As for those he didn't know, perhaps because he had never mentioned them in his Diary and they used online names, Miyauchi Hiyage could only rely on Name Magic to know the addresses and names of a few of the girls in Tokyo.
One is Ayase Saki, and the other is Matsushita Ayami. Miyauchi Hiyage had done some research on their situations through the internet and Jerry. One is a daughter raised by a single mother who works as a bartender, and the other's biological father died in an accident when she was in the second year of junior high school. Her mother remarried but found a scumbag who abused her. Their current family situation is hard to describe.
In short, perhaps due to family background and personal characteristics, these girls only spoke a few words when they joined the group, and the only other time they posted about the comics they received in the group was when Jerry distributed the comics.
Judging from the feedback on the Name Magic and Wonder of U, it seems that both girls have received good rewards. I'll have Shadow Yuuko go and secretly check on them later.
Even if it can't compare to the career template that Shiina Mashiro drew, it should still bring about significant changes to their lives.
Miyauchi Hiyage now wants to gradually build her own extraordinary power. Since these two girls, who are relatively "isolated" in the group, have received rewards, they have officially come into Miyauchi Hiyage's consideration.
But for now, I should figure out how to get Tohru to help me with the work.
Two new characters have been added: one is the female lead of "My Stepsister's Life," and the other is the second female lead in Maruto's new work, "Now That Things Have Gone, I've Fallen in Love with My Childhood Friend." I will post the names of all 20 members of the Chat Group in a few days.
Chapter 280: Tohru Feels Threatened
"So where did you get all this stuff from?"
Tohru frowned, feeling that Miyauchi Hiyage was indeed becoming increasingly strange.
It's one thing if she comes up with something new every two or three days, but how come she came up with three novel things that she's never seen before today?
The Garuda Knife given to Shiina Mahiru seems to be imbued with a faint trace of primordial divine power, and even ordinary people can activate that divine power.
But this thing is actually used to process food. The purpose of this primordial divine power is to purify the toxins in the food and make it healthier to eat.
Which god would be so bored as to use their own resources to create a kitchen knife specifically for mortals?
Tohru observed it carefully and figured that this thing could probably even clean up the toxins in her tail. If Shiina Mahiru couldn't find suitable ingredients in the future, she might as well send a piece of her tail out for the other party to practice on.
And this outrageous kitchen knife was actually the most normal of the three items that Miyauchi Hiyage brought out today.
Of the remaining two items, the Soul Crystal was a treasure that even she would be tempted by.
It's not just because of the brilliant soul that shines within it, but also because it's amazing how this thing can make the operation of ether, which originally required years to master, so simple.
Anyone with a brain and even a tiny bit of talent could at least unleash a few large fireballs with this crystal.
It can be said that as long as the principles and manufacturing methods of this thing can be understood, a more streamlined and convenient new system can be built on the original extraordinary system.
Not only can mages infuse their skills and techniques into crystals, but battle-hardened warriors, master craftsmen, and talented dancers can also use this method to pass on their skills with almost no deviation.
Moreover, this crystal contains at least dozens of novel spells that she has never seen before. If it weren't for the fact that this crystal is already bound to Shiina Mashiro and has been tainted with the aura of Miyauchi Hiyage, and is most likely a knock-off created by Miyauchi Hiyage, she would have liked to add this crystal directly to her collection.
After all, what dragon wouldn't like something shiny? If it does, it's because the treasure isn't dazzling enough.
This Soul Crystal clearly meets Tohru's requirements for a collectible.
"I don't think I can break the contracts on this thing, but I know someone who's good at it. I'll sneak back to them in a couple of days and they should be able to solve the problem... But let's make it clear first, after you break the contracts on this thing, you'd better get me a few dozen of these so I can study their structure and the effects of these runes."
I wonder what the final result would be if this thing were placed in her world?
However, change is always better than stagnation, something Tohru learned after coming to this world.
"In short, you should think it through yourself. In our world, there was once a doctor who invented a Gatling gun that could fight against a large number of enemies with a small number of soldiers in order to reduce battlefield casualties. However, the appearance of this thing only exacerbated the cruelty of war."
Miyauchi Hiyage had told Tohru about this from the beginning: there is currently no solution in this world to the problems of Tohru's world, and Tohru himself has to bear these responsibilities.
Tohru nodded solemnly in response. Even if this thing were successfully developed, it certainly couldn't be spread around at will. For a long time to come, it would have to be controlled by their own people.
Then there's the last and only item that Tohru could feel threatened by.
A tiny pebble, no bigger than a fingernail, actually made her feel threatened!
What's the story behind this thing?
"I don't know what this thing is either. In our world's terms, it's Alien Meteorite that landed on Earth many years ago. As for its purpose... you've actually seen it before."
As Miyauchi Hiyage said this, he summoned his Stand.
Although Tohru needs to activate her Mystic Eyes in reality to clearly see the appearance of the opponent's Stand, she has fought against Miyauchi Hiyage's Stand more than once in the Impression Space and Unlimited Blade Works. She naturally knows how outrageous the extraordinary spiritual entity summoned by Miyauchi Hiyage, which is entirely condensed from spiritual power, is.
She can devour organic matter and Vengeful Spirit and gain their power, and can freely disguise herself as other people. At first, Miyauchi Hiyage's Stand ability can only be described as ordinary, just a disguise ability that is relatively useful in daily life.
But ever since the other party's substitute suddenly gained control over the Law of Calamity last night, this thing's power level has skyrocketed from scrap material to the rule level.
Even if it doesn't pose any real threat to her, its sheer disgusting nature in daily life is enough to make her keep her distance from it.
She had been curious about how Miyauchi Hiyage acquired this ability before, and only now did she finally learn the truth from Miyauchi Hiyage.
"Although my method of obtaining a Stand is rather special, this is the conventional way to obtain a Stand."
Miyauchi Hiyage briefly explained a few ways to awaken a Stand, such as keeping it by your side and gaining its approval to awaken the Stand, or making an arrow from the small piece and piercing it into your body; as long as you don't die, the Stand should awaken.
"As for the limits of a Stand... what I currently possess is the power of causality to manipulate calamities, in addition to making everything unable to reach reality, crossing parallel universes, and performing various manipulations on time."
In terms of sheer expressiveness, there's the Made in Heaven that accelerated and restarted the entire universe, and the ** that brought the boss to the brink of death.
As for the world Over Heaven in a certain game, although it requires touching with both hands, it is considered to have reached the level of the multiverse between the hands, and also has the ability to observe the multiverse.
Of course, the lower limit of Stands is really low, such as the blank tank that breaks armor and reduces defense when it gets angry, and Cheap Trick with purely negative effects.
Therefore, after listening to Miyauchi Hiyage's explanation, Tohru didn't touch the piece at all.
"I don't need its approval. I just feel that this thing is a threat to me. I don't want to create a substitute with some negative effects to disgust myself. You should use this thing on others only after you are confident enough."
Tohru waved his hand dismissively, then took the Soul Crystal and turned to leave.
Chapter 281: The Evil Morioh
I gave everyone a little treat, and I didn't expect that 9 people would guess that I'm in Sendai right now. It seems that the hints were too obvious. But next time, you probably won't be able to guess so easily.
I'll check back in Tokyo to see how much your strength has improved since you received the rewards.
I don't know what rewards those of you who answered the questions correctly received, but I feel that your first lottery prize was guaranteed to be something, even if it was bad.
Unlike me, aside from the Ripple Chi Kung and some other things I got while writing in my diary the first two days, all that came up after that was a jumble of random things. I could hardly find anything useful in a week.
Today I drew another unlimited Ichiraku Ramen voucher, which allows me to randomly summon a bowl of ramen every day. Although it's not very useful, I can use it to make do when I'm too lazy to go out for a meal.
In short, after looking at the requests, most of the people who could guess Sendai could also guess Morioh. The girls who guessed Morioh should be able to get more rewards. It seems that there are two lucky girls who guessed the street I am in right now. I wonder if they can get the full reward.
In short, I'm currently chatting about life with the famous manga artist Morioh Kishibe Rohan the streets of Morioh.
However, I don't recommend that you come to see me for the time being.
After all, Morioh is indeed a rather eerie place.
As a super long-running battle manga that has been serialized for over 30 years, and eight of its parts were completed when I transmigrated, Morioh is the setting for two of those parts. If I didn't have some self-defense capabilities now, I really wouldn't dare to wander here so easily.
Incidentally, Ripple Chi Kung appeared in this manga.
However, because the concept of Ripple Chi Kung was too traditional, and because there was a significant increase in power levels by the time the second part of the series was published, the concept of Ripple Chi Kung was gradually replaced by "Dark Ripple" or "Stand" from the third part onwards.
To be honest, I'm really curious to see how far Ripple Chi Kung continues to expand. Unfortunately, battles between different Stands are definitely more exciting than Ripple clashes. Starting from Part 3, except for Part 7 which introduced other power systems, the remaining parts are all based on Stand battles.
The selling point is the different Stand abilities and the "battle of wits" between Stand User.
Creating life, manipulating time, causality, parallel universes—basically any type of superpower you can think of can be found in Stands.
Unfortunately, so far, I've only drawn an ordinary Stand that's not very useful.
However, I have found the current problems in Morioh, as well as the mysterious Alien Meteorite that chooses "talented people" to awaken their Stands.
Maybe I can find a way to evolve the Stand I currently have.
In contrast, Kishibe Rohan's Stand is completely unreasonable; it turns anyone who has seen his paintings up close or had physical contact with him into a book.
The books will record everything about that person from birth to the present, and even their thoughts will be recorded completely and truthfully in these books.
He could also write commands in books and make people carry them out unconditionally.
This thing is much better than the hypnosis apps in some hypnosis books. Fortunately, Kishibe Rohan is a character created by the manga author based on his own ideal image of a manga artist. He is a character that carries part of the creator's own will and can be said to be the embodiment of the author himself.
Although he has a slightly eccentric personality and an excessively strong curiosity, he will stop at nothing to spy on other people's privacy to satisfy his curiosity and creative desires. However, as someone focused on comics, he would not use his Stand to do anything too outrageous (in fact, in the original work, he caused the death of another unfortunate Stand User because of his curiosity, and he almost ripped out all the books of a member of the main characters shortly after he awakened his ability).
Anyway, although I've basically convinced and confused him, I still don't recommend that you deal with him.
I only met with him because I was confident I could ignore his Stand, and I figured I could tell where the story was going by how he got his Stand.
As for you, although you have the protection of the Diary, there is a certain probability that you can ignore the other party's ability. Even if you are turned into a book, you probably won't record anything related to the Diary. But you probably don't want your privacy to be completely exposed by others.
Moreover, besides Kishibe Rohan, the voyeur, Morioh has now become a breeding ground for venomous creatures. Under the influence of the meteorite fragments buried underground in Morioh, people who enter this place have a chance to obtain a substitute under the guidance of "fate".
This place may be hiding a Stand-wielding, hand-fetishistic killer, an Aliens whose authenticity is unknown, a group of mentally unstable Stone Humans born with Stands, and a local powerful family whose entire members may have awakened Stands.
In short, don't even think about taking any of these Alien Meteorite until the story in this place comes to a close.
I'm almost at the level of a demigod now. When I first discovered this thing and wanted to take it with me, I felt a little uncertain.
After all, the power of this thing is too unreasonable; even a true god might suffer a loss.
However, if you feel you have a destiny bestowed upon you, after I and Morioh have thoroughly investigated the situation in Kishibe Rohan, you can come and try this superpower awakening device without too much trouble.
P. S. If you think you're unlucky or lack willpower, don't try your luck here. Stands are, in a sense, the embodiment of one's own mental strength and will, and they can truly awaken abilities that are purely destructive. If you're unlucky, you could really be ruined.
Attached is a description of the Stand's "Cheap Trick" abilities.
After a long time of not using his brain to write a long diary entry, Miyauchi Hiyage clapped his hands, sent it out, changed some simple descriptions, and then copied and pasted it into the second batch of Diary.
The holders of the second batch of Diary were all too laid-back. Perhaps it was because these people already possessed certain extraordinary abilities. Apart from Haruhi Suzumiya and Kasumi Miwa, the other girls hardly ever revealed their true identities.
It's time to think of something to tempt them.