Chapter 27: Short Preparations

Causality.

They are something that only a Causality Conductor could transfer. With their mere presence alone, they could make the others within their surrounding "remember" their "future" memories.

Of course, this only applies since a "Causality Conductor" is someone who came from a future world line.

Kouzuki: "What do you think, Shiro-kun? Are otherworlders a causality conductor?"

Shiro: "Only by going to your world can I find it out. Mechs and zergs is something that I would like to see."

Kouzuki: "I'm looking forward to it~"

After the small chat ended, Shiro began his preparations. First of all, the Time Memory cards that he has right now. Up until now, he never used it as it'll be troublesome re-arranging his memories while he's doing this mission.

Next would be his weapons. Guns, swords, knives, shields, etc. He already 'memorized' their structures before so he could project them with Gradation Air.

Since they didn't possess any memories and focuses more on their material, its easy to project. Though, he do wonder if he can scan a Noble Phantasm, just like what the protagonist does.

The third thing would be his Weapon Enhancement Cards. Right now, he has three of them. After contemplating for a while, he decided not to use it. His osmanthus sword is very strong to the point that the enhancement that it could give is negligible while his other weapons won't have much effectiveness if their enemies are higher than their pay grade.

The last thing would be his Reality Marbles. When he discovered that he has two, he is dumbfounded. Well, not just him but Romani as well.

How could a single person have 2 different reality marbles? Even if someone has dual origins, he definitely wouldn't have double reality marbles.

Reality Marble, in a sense, is the inner domain of a person. His thoughts, feelings, personality, everything about himself, all into one.

He tested the two of them before, with one being something similar to a library while his other reality marble is something similar to an Emperor's throne.

"If I turn into a servant, perhaps I would be a Foreigner-class. The looks on other servants after I unleash my dual reality marbles is worth anticipating." He mumbled as he recalled the anomaly that he sensed when he used the two of them. "Feelings? No, it's more of a personality."

Whenever he uses one marble, he felt different feelings emerge. During the time he is in the library, he felt tranquility and his desire to pursue more knowledge. He also felt... some kind of nostalgia.

On the other hand, he turned into a ruler when he used the other marble. There, he felt like a perfect leader. Logical and calm yet still having concern for his subjects.

Whenever he's in one of those, he gains new abilities and enhancements.

"Can I battle conceptual gods with this?"

His eyes glowed with the prospect of slaying a conceptual god. Unlike his power system that required slow and gradual progress, all Shiro needs to do is to practice to grasp the power within these reality marbles.

Stashing these thoughts on the back of his mind, he began sorting out the clips in the boxes.

*****

The sound of a silenced sniper rifle rang out on top of a tree, shooting down one of the birds flying with its flock. Due to originum bullets being used, Shiro didn't have any choice but to climb on top of a tall tree, just so that his effective firing range could reach 500 meters.

This is a huge difference when it came to gunpowder bullets that could reach more than 3km range.

If not for this enhanced rifle, its reach with originum can only reach 100m~200m at most.

"Projected bullets is cheaper, haha."

Shiro's legs that was entangled to a branch separated, resulting in him free-falling to the ground. Before he landed, he used his lightness technique to step on a flying leaf.

He tried going from one leaf to another before he landed to the ground.

'My moving sniping lost around 5% of the usual accuracy.' Shiro thought. 'If not for Kal'tsit mentioning the consequences of it, I would definitely try to eliminate him.'

There's also a chance that the tribe will be implicated if he did. That's why he have to do it when he's outside this rainforest, head-on, or when he's inside the temple. That way, those people would chase after him, not the innocent Tiacuhs.

Strange enough, he chose not to implicate the innocents, something that he might not do when he first woke up.

As he went back to Tomimi's village, he sensed people coming from outside the village. What's more strange is that they weren't Tiacuhs, but a mix of different races such as feline, Sarkaz, Anaty, and Liberi.

Knowing that their enemies had come, he disappeared instantly from the spot, rushing towards Kal'tsit's clinic. As he did so, he pulled up his hood.

He immediately calculated some circle spells before refracting the light around him, making him invisible.

Due to that troublesome Charm 100 of his, he couldn't disguise. Yes, he can apply concealment tricks such as bending light with spells, but people would still sense something wrong. Though, this doesn't matter as he's far enough for them to not sense it.

Opening the chat group, he messaged Kal'tsit privately.

[Private] Shiro: "I saw him here, Ferdinand. What a persistent bastard."

[Private] Kal'tsit: "...We have to prepare. Try not to get discovered."

[Private] Shiro: "Take care of Surtr for a while. (PS: I placed some restraints in the house just in case she goes berserk.)

[Private] Kal'tsit: "Alright."

Of course, Shiro didn't forget to put on some kind of restraints in the house. These type of restraints wouldn't activate unless a certain level of power erupts from within.

These restraints are also connected to him via its main energy source, thus he'll know if something happened here.

'If she goes berserk again, it'll definitely be more troublesome.' He thought. 'By that time, I'll surely be forced to use my reality marble.'

They ran to the temple at their fastest speed, so he only took around five minutes before they arrived.

"Sir, don't forget about the jobs that we gave to everyone here. No one else would do it, only us."

"...Let me think for a while."

"I hope a favorable response. A high ranking person would be in your favor when the time comes."

A male Tiacuh of the Archosauria race went ahead and spoke to others. There's only one thing that they have to decide right now, and that is if they'll allow an outsider to visit one of the most important places of the Tiacuhs.

Meanwhile, Shiro loaded his AR 3070 with gunpowder-based bullets as he tied the [Fragrant Olive Sword] to his waist simply by putting the sword beside his waist. It simply stuck to him.

Changing to his robes in a split second, he followed them with haste.