209. An Odd Restaurant

After ruminating about the dimensional barrier getting thinner, Izumi remembered something.

"Rori, this pattern seemed to happen in anime as well."

Rori turned to Izumi with a question.

"Huh? You mean…"

"Yup, just as you think. It's an anime that tells about the death of students in one class along with a teacher, and a spider who accidentally gets involved in it. All of them reincarnated into a fantasy world and intact memories of their previous lives with the spider being an exception as it obtained a god's soul fragment during its reincarnation, in which, the spider got the memories of the god who lived her life on earth." Izumi explained what he knew about the current situation.

"A god?"

"Yeah. That god was targeted by certain fools from another world that caused this incident."

The god Izumi was referring to was D, which she integrated into as an Earthling. She faked her identity as a student to live as a normal person. She sounded kind and gentle, but Izumi knew that was just her mask. Playful, yet sinister. That was Izumi's thought of her.

A grand-scale magic attack should be aimed at D. However, since D was living her life as a student by being in a class, the attack obliterated everyone in the class without a trace, with D being the exception.

D felt guilty toward students and a teacher who died due to magic that should only target her. To compensate, she collected their souls and sent them to a certain world to reincarnate while giving them an unknown formula skill as a bonus for each of them. It looked magnanimous from the front, but D had hidden intentions to reincarnate them.

"Those reincarnated fellows will become her plaything." Izumi's expression darkened. It might be fine if she used them as a source of her entertainment. However, what if she did the same to Izumi?

For now, he didn't need to think about it. Most importantly, he had to avoid contact with her.

Then Izumi turned to Rori.

"Let's go back!"

Rori nodded while putting on a serious expression. Hearing Izumi's words about the existence of a god who lived a life like an ordinary human, she couldn't take this lightly. Likewise with Izumi. He felt the need to increase his strength as soon as possible in case D caused trouble in his world.

Izumi performed a hand seal while Rori grabbed him. And then, both of them disappeared from the class.

Izumi and Rori appeared in Izumi's house by using Hiraishin no Jutsu. Izumi sighed. He didn't think that his world could hide an outrageous person such as D. And perhaps, there might be some people with superpowers hiding in the society.

"Although your world looks safe and sound, you can't let your guard down a little, Izumi." Rori commented.

Izumi turned to her.

"If I hadn't seen the news, I wouldn't have known that such a mysterious thing had happened."

"What are you gonna do?" Rori asked. Izumi took a moment of silence by devising a plan. Then, he replied.

"For now, I'm going to sleep. There was no use thinking about measurements against a god like her for now. I still need a few pieces of the puzzle to figure out how to fight a god."

Rori lit her eyes in astonishment.

"I didn't expect him to have planned it. His way of thinking is so sharp, I'm getting more and more interested in him." Rori said inwardly.

Izumi looked at Rori who didn't step out of his room immediately.

"Why are you still in a daze? I'm going to sleep."

With a chuckle, Rori replied.

"Ufufufu. Didn't you crave my body a while ago? Can't be helped, I will accompany you to sleep."

Izumi's face darkened. He opened the door of his room and kicked Rori out. Meanwhile, Rori just gave a chuckle in response.

— — — —

The next day, school ended early which made Izumi go home earlier than usual. Before Izumi went to meet Mihari, he stopped by her mother's cake shop and didn't expect to see Rori wearing a maid outfit. Unconsciously, he took out his phone and took a picture of her.

Rori just chuckled at what Izumi did. She asked.

"Are you really interested in me wearing a maid outfit? I can do that privately, you know. Ufufufu."

"Not at all."

Izumi only answered curtly before he left the cake shop.

On the way, he opened the chat group.

Izumi: See who submits to me and becomes my servant now! *IMG_XXX*

Izumi sent a photo of Rori wearing a maid outfit.

Tabane-chan: Izumi-chan, you're brave enough.

Kuroneko: He'll be done for!

Izumi: You two, don't forget your promise! Don't just talk without acting.

Tabane-chan: *pouting emoji* You don't need to warn me. I'll be there with Kuroneko later.

Kazuma: Eh, Rori came to your world @Izumi??

Izumi: Well, she did. Anyway, we found something had happened in my world. If you want to know the details, you can ask Rori later!

Without explaining further, Izumi closed the chat group and put his phone back in his pocket.

— — — —

Izumi arrived at Gongon Publishing company and met Mihari.

After their greetings, Mihari told him that someone wanted to meet him in person. Mihari couldn't refuse, so she called him right away.

"You even asked me to come here. Don't tell me it's a producer, director, or chief animator looking for me?"

Mihari looked at Izumi in astonishment.

"Eh, you're so sharp, Izumi-kun."

"But, it's weird. I only submitted some volumes of my novels. And I just submitted a volume of one of them."

"Well, I don't know about that. I'll call them. Can you wait inside first?"

Izumi nodded. Before that, he submitted some volumes of the sword art online novel.

An hour later, Izumi met with the chief director of an anime production company. The chief director asked him directly after they introduced each other. He is called Ito. He said that Izumi's novel attracted him since the virtual reality concept was considered a new one. Ito asked if Izumi could finish some volumes in a short time since Ito intended to adapt that novel into an anime.

Izumi said that he had already submitted some volumes earlier. Ito naturally delighted. Izumi had submitted five volumes in total. It was enough to be adapted into an anime.

And it would be better if Izumi could submit at least three or more volumes to get a chance for the next anime adaptation since Ito believed in the potential of the Sword Art Online novel.

They talked for 2 hours. Afterward, Ito asked for leave to return to his company. He also didn't forget to ask for Izumi's contact so that Ito could meet him another time.

"Adapted next year, huh? A year earlier than the premiere in my previous life." Izumi said in his mind.

He didn't look excited or happy about that. Well, it couldn't be helped since that novel wasn't his original. Adapted or not, it didn't matter.

Since his business was over, Izumi went back home. He randomly walked through the crowd after leaving the Gongon Publishing company.

Just then, when he walked through the bustling business district. Precisely in a district with lots of shops, restaurants, and so on.

Izumi felt something strange at the corner of the shopping district.

Since knowing the existence of a god like D in his world. He tried to be more careful and pay more attention to his surroundings. And as he expected, he found an abnormality.

Izumi hastened his pace to head toward the location while suppressing his presence. And not long after, he saw a three-story building where he also felt the abnormality.

Izumi held his chin in thought. He could see the customers going in and out of the restaurant normally. Unmistakably, what he felt were spatial fluctuations from the restaurant's entrance door. But somehow he didn't see any discomfort from the people going in and out of the restaurant.

"As expected. There are other people with powers like me in this world. I don't know if this is good or bad for this world." Izumi muttered.

He tried to detect around him if there was someone who might be quite threatening. But, he sensed nothing.

He slowly took a step forward to approach the restaurant. As soon as he arrived in front of the restaurant, he could see a sign that said that the restaurant was open from Monday to Friday. It's quite odd considering Saturday and Sunday are the busiest days with customers and they should be good days to make more profit.