Deal With Satou

"*Huff* that was kind of fun, wasn't it Satou?"

"Ah… I guess. Wait, how do you know my name?"

"This is a dream, remember, anything is possible"

Yuuya looked at the 15-year-old boy in front of him and could not help but marvel at his mental fortitude. Even reality could not change his mind.

In the anime, Death Match, this guy just took it easy because he somehow convinced himself that he was in a dream.

That was his way and Yuuya had no intention of correcting it. It worked out in the end anyway.

"…"

"Anyway, you should at least know that this place is different. I want to make a deal with you."

Yuuya could not let this dude look at his menu first. He had to seal the deal before that.

"What deal?"

"This world has a lot of things including magic. Here I have a book that can teach you about magic. But in exchange, I want a copy of your menu."

"What are you talking about?"

"Don't play dumb with me. Your meteor shower is still on cool down and even if you manage to pull it off, I can make sure you are still in the AOE. But I don't want to use force."

"…"

"Let's do this, Here is a contract that will bind our souls and if one of us goes against it, they will be obliterated by the universe. It states that neither of us will interfere with each other's interests or safety after the trade. You will get the [Sage's Book] which was a magic book written by a godly magician and in exchange I'll get to copy your system and everything it holds. What do you think?"

Satou had a serious look on his face. He felt like there was something wrong with the whole situation but he did not know what.

This was a dream, why did it have to be so tiring?

But this situation was also not that bad. First, he got to meet a person he could talk to in the middle of nowhere.

He might say it is a dream, but when that arrow from the lizard men grazed him, he was not so sure. But it has got to be a dream.

Second, he had felt this guy's strength and he was not sure that he could fight him. That meteor shower was all he had and since this guy knew about the menu, he was damn sure that he would not stand there and watch him use it.

But all that aside, this guy was talking to him in Japanese. That was Japanese damn it.

When he had the lizardmen speak in their tongue, he felt very strange and uncomfortable. He felt like a stranger here.

And the deal was not that bad. That was a magic book that could teach him all kinds of things. And it was not like he would be losing his menu. It was just a copy.

"Okay. So how are you going to make a copy?"

Right after Satou agreed, the contract turned into a light that split in two and entered both their heads.

Satou felt something chain his soul and he felt a threat. He felt like if he showed even a hint of hostility to the guy in front of him, he would die in the most painful way.

Yuuya also felt something, but it was just a tickle and the chains disintegrated on the spot.

'Aria, what was that? Did it fail?'

[No Idiot. The Contract is enforced by the Fandom Multiverse which is not as strong as your [Eternal Soul]. Plus, you're the husband of those twelve, who'd wanna mess with you?]

'But you do it all the time?'

[That's because I am your little concubine. *Smug*]

'Shameless.'

"Just stay still and don't resist."

Saying that Yuuya put his hands on Satou's forehead and a foreign current went through him for a moment before vanishing.

Satou did not feel any different, if anything, he felt as if a huge load had been lifted from his shoulders. But the feeling was too abstract to grasp it very well.

This was his fate value going down. But he did not lose his protagonist status. Yuuya was sure that Satou would recover in no time.

Yuuya looked at the light in his hand and marveled at how mysterious it was. He had used [Copy, Edit, Paste] to copy the [Menu] but it was too mysterious and he could not understand it.

'Aria, is the Fandom System also like this?'

[No, but not that far off either. It's just multiple times superior but at this level. I guess the [Menu] is more useful to you.]

'Use the [Infinite Cosmic Containment Unit] to make a copy of it. And tell the MCU AU that I want Blackheart abilities. I did not get anything when I visited Tony Stark.'

[Eh? Are you sure? The [Infinite Cosmic Containment Unit] can only make the bare system without the points or the drops you have just copied. You should use the [Copy, Edit, Paste] skill.]

'Just make it first.'

[Okay. Done. It is in the inventory. About MCU, you're not strong enough to demand anything from it.]

'It knows damn well that it cannot kill me. I am not strong enough now, but what about in a few years? What about after I break the Filters? At that time, I might just make its reality my plaything.'

[Yeah I get it. Didn't know you were into such kinky stuff.]

[You have received [Menu]]

[You have received [Blackheart]]

[You should probably never go back to MCU until you can destroy it in a snap.]

'Wasn't planning to. I hate that place anyway.'

"Satou, I am done with it. If you don't understand anything, just ask the [Sage's Book]."

"Ano? Can we trade again in the future?"

"…"

'Can we?'

[Yes. You already made a copy of the [Sage's Book]. Just use your [Synthesis Card] and combine it with the cheap copy of the [Menu]. By that time, you can make your own [Dimensional Chat Group]]

'Are you allowed to tell me this?'

[Yeah, and I gotta prove my worth fast before you get yourself some other concubine.]

"Yeah, when you want to trade, just ask your [Sage's Book]."

With that, Yuuya vanished from the spot. He was in a hurry to inspect his harvest.