Something's wrong with how I'm watching anime.

A wave of exhaustion washed over him, and Kazama couldn't help but let out a groan.

"Kazama..."

Kerberos's anxious shouts rang in his ears, but Kazama shook his head to indicate that he was alright.

It took Kazama a full three minutes to recover after rubbing his temples.

He took a piece of chocolate from the fruit bowl on the coffee table, tore off the wrapper, and popped it into his mouth. The bitter and sweet taste lingered in his mouth, stimulating his nerves, and only then did Kazama feel much better.

"Your mental energy is greatly depleted..."

Cerberus flapped his wings, floating beside Kaze, and said with a worried expression:

"You suddenly paused just now, and then it immediately turned into this."

"Has something happened?"

P.S.: Due to an operational error, this is a repetition of the previous chapter..........................................

Chapter Sixty-Nine Interference

In the bathroom, Kazama turned on the tap and splashed water on his face. As the cold water stimulated his nerves, Kazama's somewhat listless spirits lifted.

Back in the living room, Cerberus was waiting for him on the sofa.

"The aftereffects of mental energy depletion are similar to those of magic depletion. If you overdraw your energy, you are likely to faint."

Hearing Cerberus's words, Kazama nodded:

"Now we know, but it's normal to have risks since it's an experiment."

"And that's not the key point; the key point is the result of the attempt..."

"You succeeded?" Kerberos asked, recalling Kazama's previous performance.

"Well, the initial attempt was a success." Sitting back on the sofa, Kazama recounted to Cerberus how he had entered the anime world in a special state to conduct his observations.

"Although it has no physical form, it can indeed be observed."

"Furthermore, the perspective in this state is not fixed, but can be moved..."

Traditionally, when observing from the outside, the perspective is fixed on the main character of the story, using this as the primary viewpoint to watch the story unfold.

The observation conducted in the manner described above removes this limitation, meaning it is entirely possible to see the full picture of the world in the story.

"The only problem is that this kind of observation seems to be conditional on the consumption of mental energy... no, or rather, moving the perspective consumes mental energy."

"Another point is that, given my observation conditions at the time, if my sense of time were normal, I observed there for a full five minutes."

"In reality, you're saying it only happened for a fleeting moment?" Kazama asked.

Cerberus nodded affirmatively.

"It really happened in an instant. You opened your eyes almost immediately after you closed them to use your powers."

"Then symptoms of mental exhaustion appeared."

"Is the time different?" Kazama murmured.

"That's normal. The present world is already another world to that world... or even a higher-dimensional world."

Humans perceive time as a physical quantity.

Time is a parameter used by humans to describe the process of material movement or the occurrence of events. The determination of time is based on the laws governing the periodic changes of matter, which are unaffected by external factors.

In this sense, time has no substance.

"However, this is a good thing..."

If Kazama doesn't open his anime watch list, things are stagnant in the real world. But if Kazama actively engages in observing them, the time spent there will be significantly reduced when applied to the real world.

In other words, observing the other world will not consume any additional time that Kazama spends here.

Kazama opened his watchlist once again, and it was still "Dantalian's Bookshelf".

At this moment, compared to the initial perspective, the viewpoint has changed from that classroom to Kazama's final perspective after leaving the observation state: looking down at the entire noble manor from a bird's-eye view.

Will subjective shifts in perspective be reflected in external observations?

As he spoke, Kazama pressed the play button again, the screen flickered, and it returned to the perspective of the story's protagonist, Hugh.

On the phone screen, Hugh is currently interacting with the children who have read the Book of Wisdom.

Then, naturally, he was so rebuked that he couldn't say a word.

Fortunately, the children immediately made it clear that they would not use the wisdom brought by the magical book to interfere with or influence society.

This is also the most obvious side effect of "The Book of Wisdom": although it can stimulate the brain's potential, it can also completely change a person's character.

When Hughes asked the most crucial question: Where is the Book of Wisdom?

The children fell silent.

"The Book of Wisdom has vanished into thin air."

One of the children answered.

"I initially thought that the Black Princess had retrieved it through some special means, but judging from your current performance, that shouldn't be the case."

"The Book of Wisdom has disappeared for some unknown reason. We don't know what this unknown is due to insufficient information."

Upon hearing this answer, Hugh's first reaction was not to doubt, but to recall the strange events that had occurred not long ago.

The illusory book also vanished into thin air.

The fact that Dalia, who was behind him, spoke up at this moment confirmed his thoughts.

"Those who have read the Book of Wisdom wouldn't tell such a meaningless lie. The Phantom Book must have really disappeared into thin air, just like the last one, The Fairy Door."

Not long ago, Hugh and Dalian went to retrieve a phantom book called "Pop-up Picture Book".

This illusion book can turn three-dimensional drawings into real things, and even directly conjure up a dragon.

Just as he was about to be bitten and eaten by the dragon, Hugh used a key to open the bookshelf in Dantalian at the critical moment and took out the magic book "Fairy Door" which contained the spells of elemental spirits.

Using this illusion book, flames were summoned to burn the dragon, and the "Pop-up Picture Book" was successfully retrieved.

But just as they were about to return "The Door to the Fairy," an unexpected incident occurred, and the entire fantasy book vanished into thin air.

Even Dalian, who witnessed the entire disappearance of "Fairy Door" from the sidelines, was confused about what was going on.

"It happened again..."

Hughes rested his chin on his hand, lost in thought.

..........

The disappearance of the Phantom Book was, of course, Kazama's doing. Although the story had undergone subtle changes compared to the original, Kazama's attention was not on that.

"Although the camera angle can be moved, is the main perspective always set to the protagonist?"

Kazama was still pondering the 'observation' function of his superpower.

A moment later, Kazama made another move.

Consciousness and superpowers became connected, and mental energy was invested in it, but this time Kazama did not fully immerse himself in it.

“Observation…”

As this thought crossed Kazama's mind, the screen on his phone changed once again, returning to a view looking down from the sky.

"Sure enough, my perspective and the main perspective can be separated."

Having figured this out, Kazama once again severed his connection with his superpower.

"Being able to observe the world over there is definitely a capability that is no less than 'extraction'."

"However, if we can only observe that world, the limitations are quite significant."

"Perhaps we could try another feature."

"You mean extraction?" Cerberus asked.

"But strictly speaking, the extraction function will have an impact on both sides of the world."

That's true...

Kazama nodded.

"Therefore, this time we will try to unilaterally interfere in the other world."

Chapter Seventy: The Pivot

In the living room, Kazama shared his thoughts with Cerberus:

"The ability to 'extract' superpowers actually has two aspects."

"The first impact is on our world; we can actually obtain items from that side."

"The second is the impact on that world. Without key items, the entire storyline there will shift."

"The second manifestation is actually equivalent to the process of 'interfering' with the other side of the world."

"So, what if we simply intervene, instead of just taking things out?"

Of course, this is just a hypothetical scenario.

However, when everything is unknown and exploration is necessary, proposing a hypothesis is the best approach. Then, the next step is to find ways to verify that hypothesis.

However, given that Kazama had just exhausted most of his mental energy, it was clearly not feasible to make a second attempt immediately.

After resting for most of the day, it wasn't until evening that Kazama felt his mental energy had returned to full strength, and he activated his superpower once again.

Open the anime list and select "Dantalian's Bookshelf".

Boom!

With a familiar sense of awareness, a feeling of sinking as if into the sea, and a convulsive sensation, Kazama opened his eyes once more.

Before me stretched an endless, gray sky.

Aside from the extraordinary powers involved, the story of "Dantrian's Bookshelf" is largely set in the early 20th century world.

At this time, Great Britain was still engaged in vigorous industrial development, and the air quality in the city was only so-so. The manor here, being relatively far from the city center, had a much better environment.