Tale of Discovery

Chapter 77: Kyoto ; Youkai

[Papa, we've found it.]

On the very same night of the day we returned, Mittelt's voice resounds within my head.

Such great timing. I still have a few days before the Rating Game, which should be more than enough time for me to deal with the matter at hand.

However, there is something else that I need to take care of.

Looking at Ayumi who's holding onto my arm while sleeping, I consider all of my options.

Her education is truly important. So, I need to transfer her to a school, preferably mine, and make sure that she doesn't suffer during and after the process.

That's also the case for the others as well.

Now that I've brought them over to live over here, I must take care of them properly.

Nevertheless, I should take care of that later, as I suppose doing it when I am nearing the deadline of my calling is not the brightest of ideas.

Besides, it's late into the night, so I can't do much right now anyway.

As for the time I'm away in Tokyo, I will have everyone in the residence come over to the Arena. The place is luxurious enough for lounging, so there shouldn't be any problems other than boredom.

Hm... Irene, am I able to take objects into the Arena?

{Affirmative.}

That's it then. I'll just send some consoles and other devices over. They can't possibly connect to the internet, but to deal with that, I can just have them download stuff.

Sora will not be happy, though. She sure loves to browse on 2chan.

Whatever,

"Yo, Ddraig."

[I want to annihilate you.]

"As I said, we can fight anytime you want."

[Tell me, what do you want? You'll only let me out if you need something, after all.]

"Correct, you are. I need you to give me all the information you've got about Kyoto."

[Kyoto? I've never heard of it.]

"How useless are you exactly?"

[How dare you call me, th-]

"Shut up. You literally have no worth. I think I should just go ahead and forcefully place you in a body."

[Stop! Do you even know the worth of the Boosted Gear you have on you?]

Crap. I was too focused on my Code and Plunder abilities that I had forgotten about the Boosted Gear.

Huh? I'm sure that I would've thought about it once it got displayed on my status board...

"Codification."

The familiar status board appears in front of me once again. As expected, nothing has changed since the last time I used it.

Checking the whole list from top to bottom, I don't find Boosted Gear and Power of Destruction.

Irene, can you explain to me why they're not being listed?

{I don't have enough information to reply to Father's inquiry.}

Great. I should be able to use them anyways, right?

{Affirmative.}

"Boosted Gear," I mutter as my left arm gets covered in a glow before a red gauntlet appears.

"Now, Ddraig, explain to me the importance of this thing."

[I have a feeling that I shouldn't.]

"Explain or body transfer."

[Okay, fine! The Booster Gear is a sacred treasure that allows the user to multiply their power twofold with every boost. The typical time between every boost is 10 seconds.]

Hold on... So, in other words, this boosted gear will double my stats as long as I give it time? What is this? Will anything even be able to stop me if I continuously boost myself?

[There is no limit to how much someone can be boosted consecutively, as long as their body is able to handle it.]

Taking my stats into consideration, my body should be able to handle a fairly good amount of boosts, no?

I do wonder if there will be a limit that Ddraig is unaware of. Because the capabilities of the Boosted Gear seem too good to be true.

"Is there anything else that I need to know?"

[Not yet.]

The way he replied means that there is more but it's not worth knowing yet... Well, I will find out all the possibilities whenever I am able to see it in my System status.

---

Now that I've taken everyone apart from those who have school in the Arena, I should head over to Kyoto immediately.

Walking out of the mansion, I check the general direction of Tokyo from where I am.

Once I've got it, I circulate my Holy Essence and make myself completely invisible through Rework.

Feeling the rapid energy decrease, I realize that depending on the way I use low-consuming Effects, it could change the amount of energy being consumed.

Apparently, Rework needs to be continuously be channeled Energy to if I am using it on myself, however, if it's for others, that is not the case at all.

This only serves to remind me that I don't know a lot about my powers and abilities.

Well then,

"Boosted Gear!"

As the red gauntlet appears on my left arm, Ddraig's voice resounds within my head,

[Boost!]

Feeling my strength and senses burst, I immediately move towards Kyoto.

---

In a relatively short time, I reach my designated location.

The boost I get from the Boosted Gear, coupled with Godspeed is simply a cheat.

There is also the fact that I got boosted two more times before I was able to reach Kyoto.

Using my connection with my Angels, I am able to make my way there. As I've used much more energy than I should've, I will simply walk to there, and so I cancel my Rework, Godspeed, and Boosted Gear.

Man, Kyoto sure is crowded.

Looking around me, I can see quite a few tourist buses as well as the tourists themselves.

Following my connection, I reach a long staircase that seems to lead somewhere quite a distance away.

As I'm about to use Clairvoyance to check it out, I feel multiple suspicious presences around me.

"Get out, I know you're there," I exclaim.

Getting no response, I irritatedly say,

"You either get out here or I raze this whole city to the ground."

Is this a bluff? Taking my powers and capabilities into consideration, it shouldn't be.

This time, they seem to be taking my threat more seriously as they step out of their hiding spots.

Weird clothing as well as animal parts.

If I recall correctly, they should be Youkai.

"Care to explain the reason you act in such a way towards me?" I say with a friendly smile.

One of them seems to want something but is hesitating, while the others are getting into a defensive position.

Hm?

Using my Clairvoyance, I find that as I suspected a group of Youkai is going at the fastest speed they're capable of towards what is at the end of the stairs.

Letting out a sigh, I shake my head and say in an exasperated tone,

"I guess I will play with you guys a little before getting back to the important matters."

I wonder if they've got anything interesting for me to plunder...