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

Chapter 100 The Method of Opening the Door

"It's a success..."

Seele Dietrich returned to the royal residence from the Dieswald family's country estate.

In the empty study, a heavy book with a silver-plated cover lies quietly on the desk.

This is the third book I've exchanged with the Black Book Princess, and the process went surprisingly smoothly.

Perhaps because of their previous exchange experience, or perhaps because of the Book of Roars that Seele Dietrich brought, as well as the delicious snacks, Dalian only paused for a moment before taking out the phantom book.

Kazama silently observed the entire transaction process.

An invisible force appeared in the study, and Kazama used his mental tentacles to lift the cover of the illusory book.

The effects of the visualization method he had previously acquired were becoming apparent. Although Kazama had only been practicing visualization for a little over a week, the results were excellent.

Kazama's mental strength increased by nearly a third in just one week, but the rate of increase and its effectiveness gradually declined afterward. Clearly, this visualization method is one that is easy to learn in the early stages, but becomes increasingly difficult as one progresses.

The increase in his mental strength also allowed him to observe for a longer period of time, greatly enhancing his ability to interfere with the world of anime series.

Given enough time, and as long as his mental strength continues to grow, quantitative changes will eventually lead to qualitative changes, allowing Kazama to truly influence the world through his own efforts.

Of course, a fulcrum is still essential before that.

Kazama is also helping his collaborator, Miss Seele Dietrich, to gain greater influence in human society in this world by observing and collecting information about future trends.

Let me take a look...

The observation status did not affect Kazama's emotional expression; Kazama was currently feeling both excited and nervous.

The world of "Dantalian Bookshelf" does indeed contain phantom books related to "another world," and Kazama even knows their specific list.

Although these phantom books do not appear in the animation, they do appear in the original novel that is connected to the animation's story.

"The Book of Pioneers" and Kazama's current book, "The One That Can Open the Gate to Another World".

The former's phantom book is extremely dangerous and is not yet needed for initial experiments.

This book, "The One That Can Open the Door to Another World," is perfect for me.

According to the novel's description of the book, it is a magic book left behind by a magician who believed in the "Outer God" who dwells in dimensional rifts.

"Outer Gods...."

Kazama wasn't surprised that gods might actually exist in these worlds with extraordinary backgrounds.

But Kazama was certain that the secrets of the superpower he was bound to—this wondrous thing—absolutely surpassed the so-called 'god-level' beings behind these anime series. At least, the gods in the stories didn't possess the ability to break through dimensions.

"It probably means the literal meaning, not referring to this world, but to gods from outside."

This also confirms Kazama's idea that the concept of another world, the worlds behind the stories in the anime series, may indeed have some kind of connection between them.

"Books written by magicians who believed in external gods..."

This further fueled Kazama's interest in the otherworldly knowledge that might be contained within the book.

"Homage to the Great Silver Key, One Who Unites All Things, One Who Stands at the Gate..."

The book begins with a hymn, or perhaps a prayer.

“He knows where all doors are. For He is the door, He is the key, He is the doorkeeper. The past is He, the present is He, and the future is He, for all things are in Him.”

Goodness...

As he read the words in the phantom book, Kazama couldn't help but raise an eyebrow.

Judging from this prayer, the otherworldly deity worshipped by the magician who wrote this illusory book must have been quite prestigious.

If everything is true, this otherworldly deity, whose real name is unknown but whose nickname is known, probably wields the power over time and space.

Another big shot from the multiverse...

Indeed, in the original novel, Hugh and Dallian were able to easily traverse space using this illusion book and be sent to any place in the world.

Although it doesn't demonstrate the ability to enter other worlds, it's definitely a spatial artifact.

After turning the page, Kazama continued reading.

In the latter part of the story, the handwriting of the person writing the phantom book becomes frantic, as if they are in a state of madness, eager to record the knowledge in their mind.

And that is indeed knowledge related to the mysterious and extraordinary... knowledge about 'doors' and 'opening doors'.

The true way to open the door to another world.

At the same time, the knowledge recorded in this book is extremely obscure.

It is so obscure that it is many times more difficult to understand than the previous "Book of Death Curses", "The Book of Burial", and the fragments of "Six Ren Divine Lessons".

Even Kazama, whose wisdom had been developed through the Book of Wisdom, felt as if he had returned to his original state.

No, it was even worse than before. Before reading the Book of Wisdom, Kazama, though not a genius, was still a top student. But in the face of this knowledge, he seemed to have become a complete failure.

"Damn it, is this knowledge that a magician could possibly possess?"

The origins of the magician who wrote this book are unknown, but the fact that he was able to write this magical book, though his handwriting was messy, shows that he truly had a complete grasp of the knowledge.

His mental energy was quickly depleted, and Kazama was forced to exit this observation mode and return to reality to begin recovering his mental energy.

After restoring his mental strength through visualization, Kazama continued to study through observation.

After repeating this seven or eight times, Kazama finally grasped the general outline of this knowledge.

Mastering it completely is probably no easier than converting Clow Cards.

Kazama has now confirmed that this external deity known as 'Gate' is indeed a true big shot.

"It's practically impossible to put this knowledge to use at this stage."

It's like having mastered all sorts of formulas, but still being unable to solve a problem based on those formulas.

Although Kazama understood the general idea of ​​this knowledge, he was completely unable to use it.

"Fortunately, the book itself can help exercise the power represented by this knowledge."

With the guidance of this magical book, Kazama was able to use this knowledge.

"but..."

Kazama turned to the last page of this phantom book.

The magician who wrote this book stopped abruptly at the most crucial part.

"Under normal circumstances, even if you have a fantasy book, you can't open the door to another world."

"because...."

No coordinates.

The coordinates of the world on the other side of the door.

If connecting to another world is like making a phone call, you have a phone, but how can you get through without the other party's phone number?

For this reason, this phantom book became a portable artifact in the world of Dantalian.

After all, with just one map, the coordinates of this world are readily available.

"hehe..."

Kazama chuckled softly.

What a coincidence, his watchlist had a whole row of isekai (otherworld) 'numbers'.

Chapter 101 Demon Summoning

Ryunosuke Uryu has always looked down on horror movies.

He dislikes not only horror movies, but also war movies, fantasy adventure movies, and any film or virtual work that involves human death.

He didn't understand why humans, who clearly didn't understand death, would painstakingly depict it in these imaginary works, finding endless enjoyment in it.

If it is merely imagination, if it is merely conjecture and experience that is used to depict this ultimate thing, then death is too cheap.

Starting from this point, Ryunosuke Uryu decided to study death.

This is really cool. While others are still fantasizing about what death is, he has already started to explore what death actually looks like.

Of course, it's not about courting death with one's own life, but with the lives of others.

However, death is a very complex topic...

The most basic things concerning death, such as how one dies.

This kind of thing has no limit; its upper limit comes from human imagination.

Ryunosuke Uryu begins his journey in search of death.

The vivid red of arterial bleeding, the feel and temperature of the contents inside the abdominal cavity, the pain felt by the victims from the moment their internal organs were torn out until they died, and the symphony of their screams.

From the very first victim, each different way of dying gave him a different experience.

More, more is needed...

His previous idea was correct; research on death is indeed limited by the limits of human imagination.

Therefore, Ryunosuke Uryu began touring all over the country.

In each place, I use my imagination to experience a different way of dying.

He has enough material to squander.

After all, the lives of just a few people are but a drop in the ocean compared to the more than five billion people in the world, aren't they?

The only thing to worry about is the pursuit by police from various places.

The police officers swarmed around him like flies. Ryunosuke Uryu wasn't afraid.

Who would be afraid of a swarm of flies?

He's just afraid of trouble.

Therefore, without experiencing a certain number of deaths, after a certain period of time, he will leave his current place and go to other places.

However, he lost the pleasure and enthusiasm for pursuing death much faster than he had imagined.