Two Worlds, Starting with Kaguya of Penglai Mountain

Anna Hanami: "If you're going to set up a phantom image of a god, Kurokawa, what kind of image do you plan to make?"

The blue-haired girl holding the book looked at Kurokawa Kazuya with some curiosity upon hearing his choice.

To be honest, even though she only stayed in the capital for three days, Anna Hanami was completely unable to handle most of the people she interacted with in the city.

This isn't her problem. Any normal modern person who travels from the modern era would naturally feel uncomfortable when interacting with the upper class of a feudal era.

That perspective that takes human life for granted and doesn't consider human life as life itself, that subconscious belief that people should be equal.

They orchestrated all the cruelty in history.

Please note that the equality here is different from the modern understanding of equality. In the eyes of the nobility, it didn't matter how many commoners died.

No matter how ruthless a modern person may be, they would not consider it normal to beat a servant to death for an offensive remark.

But this is quite normal in this world; it's not just the nobles who think this way, but the common people themselves do too.

No film or television work can depict the filth and horror of history in a way that is even one ten-thousandth less than the reality of history. Reality is always more bizarre than fiction.

Anna Hanami: "There are just too many strange people here. I feel like this is a bit unreliable."

She gave her own evaluation.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "I don't object to that. It might be a bit troublesome if we actually do it, as you said, but we should at least give it a try."

Based on the information the two have obtained from the book, they have become distracted.

Individuals who dedicate themselves to their faith will also influence the rules corresponding to the formed virtual image.

It's not that I look down on this era; there are certainly saints and heroes in this era.

But in the end, it's just a handful of people. Given the prevailing values ​​of this era, it's hard to say what kind of meaning this final, illusory image will represent.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Anyway, there are no sunk costs in the early stages, so let's just treat it as an experiment."

As he said this, he shook his head and looked at Anna Hanami in front of him.

Kurokawa Kazuya: "Then until I'm truly capable of protecting myself, I'll have to rely on you, Hanami. Compared to you, who possesses the ability of 'Imagination Manifestation,' I'm utterly powerless."

Anna Hanami: "Then it depends on how you perform, Kurokawa."

The blue-haired girl crossed her arms and slightly raised her head, looking as if she were someone very important.

Anna Hanami: "Kurokawa, how about you beg me?"

The girl's face showed a mischievous expression.

When Kurokawa Kazumi saw Hanami Anzu like this, he simply took out his phone and waved it at her.

Then, looking at the other person, he spoke in a rather serious tone:

"Hanami-kun, you don't want to be unable to watch TV dramas or contact your parents in the future, do you?"

Yanai sees Ancai: "..."

So Kurokawa is the kind of person who would say such strange things to girls?

Anna Hanami: "Can I have someone report Kurokawa for sexual harassment?"

Kazuya Kurokawa: "Sorry, there are no police officers these days."

He made a sarcastic remark to the girl in front of him.

Anna Hanami: "Hearing you say this from Kurokawa's mouth gives me the feeling of suddenly seeing an acquaintance who actually has a perverted side."

The blue-haired girl responded with her own sarcastic remarks.

Kurokawa Kazuya: "Same here. This is the first time I've ever seen someone like you, Hanami, who can eat three bowls of rice in one sitting. That's definitely going to make you fat..."

Anna Hanami: "Absolutely not!!!"

Kurokawa Kazuya's cheek was poked directly by Banami's finger, forcing him to stop talking.

Anna Hanami: "After her time-traveling adventure, Ms. Hanami's figure is returning to an unprecedented peak."

Kazuya Kurokawa: "..."

So even though you've traveled through time, you still care about whether you've gained weight.

Kurokawa Kazuya: "So now, does Hanami have any ideas about the direction of her main training?"

Anna Hachimi: "Pretty much. Kurokawa, what do you think of combining 'Imagination Manifestation' with illusion magic? The interplay of reality and illusion, just like in those TV dramas, sounds incredibly powerful."

The blue-haired girl began gesturing to Kurokawa Kazuya as she spoke.

It's obvious that Anna is quite excited about the fact that she will soon be able to acquire supernatural abilities.

However, upon hearing what the other person said, Kurokawa Kazuya almost instinctively looked at Hanami's stomach.

If it's an illusion, then even if I eat too much and get fat, it should be able to cover it up, right?

Stare~~~~~~

"Kurokawa-kun, are you thinking about something bad right now?"

When Kurokawa Kazuya came to his senses, he was already in front of Anna Hanami's large face.

The girl had a cheerful, innocent face, but now she wore a threatening smile that seemed to harbor ill intent.

Kazuya Kurokawa: "..."

This was probably the first time Kurokawa Kazuya had seen Hanami Anna with this expression.

So it wasn't his imagination after all; the Banami in front of him was completely different from the Banami he had known before.

You've completely let loose after being transported to another world, haven't you?

Chapter Fourteen: Anna's Craving for Delicious Food

The time was the sixth day after the time travel, and the location was a bamboo forest one kilometer away from the house.

The wind rustled through the bamboo forest, and the morning sunlight cast long shadows of the boy and girl.

After careful consideration, Kurokawa Kazuya and Banami Anna decided on their own training path.

It sounds like they're about to begin showcasing their grand ambitions.

But actually, nothing has really changed much.

Cultivation itself is something that always requires a long time before its effects can be truly seen.

Whether it's the path of gods or the path of demons, after thousands of years of human transformation, it has long since become a rather large system.

To truly apply it, the amount of knowledge and practice required is considerable.

It took the two of them six days to finally finish reading the books they needed.

Next, they will need to painstakingly build up their initial foundation bit by bit.

Kurokawa Kazuya needs to shape his own spirit and complete the creation of his first illusory image.

Meanwhile, Anzu Hachimi needs to learn various techniques of Onmyoji using spiritual power and use this spiritual power to complete the circuit construction.

In any case, it's impossible to achieve any results in any short period of time.

This is perfectly normal. If acquiring power were so easy, the world would already be teeming with world-destroying monsters.

Based on this, Anzu Hanami and Kazuya Kurokawa also readjusted their schedules.

Hanami Anna herself even felt as if she had returned to modern society.

It's basically about treating cultivation like going to school, spending the time you would spend at school cultivating, and using the rest of the time to do things you like.

With the internet, coupled with their own ability to "manifest their imaginations," they can achieve this.

Even after running away to another world, Anja Yanami continues to post on her social media without a care in the world.

She even has time to share her life with her friends.

Of course, they did more than just study cultivation scriptures during those six days.

Given the availability of cheat codes, it's impossible not to think about using them to cheat.

Both Kurokawa Kazuya's "Infinite Signal" and Hanami Anna's "Imagination Manifestation" underwent a series of tests.

After several tests, Kurokawa Kazuya's "Infinite Signal" showed no other characteristics besides being a signal that could not be completely blocked.

A series of new discoveries have been made regarding Hanami Anna's "manifestation of fantasy".

In short, the two researchers concluded through their experiments that the items created by "imaginary manifestation" are not the items themselves, nor do they possess any technological or research content.

The phone she conjured had all the functions she remembered, but when you disassembled it, you would find that there was no circuit board inside, only pieces of glowing balls.

The items created by Anna Hachimi are actually these orbs of light, simulated according to Anna Hachimi's ideas.

Once damaged, they will revert to pure energy points and disappear without a trace.

View reality as a virtual game.

Programmer Anzu Hachimi inputs her sensory memories of various experiences, such as touch, smell, and taste, into the items in this game.

Others who use this item will experience the same sensations as Anna Hanami.

These potato chips taste just like the ones Anna Hanami used to eat.

The milk tea tastes just like the one that Anna Hanami once drank.

Of course, besides materializing a huge rock, Anzu Hachimi can also crush people to death with a large rock.

The greater the interference an item has with reality, the more stamina it consumes to materialize.

Based on the results of several experiments, it is estimated that when Banami goes all out, she can conjure up a large rock of about 50 cubic meters and smash it against the ground.

After using her ability, she will collapse to the ground with a thud, her limbs weak, and she will need at least two hours to recover her normal mobility.

It appears that the strength of this ability has not diminished at all.

After all, the various things that Anna Hachimi conjures up have all the functions they should have, and they are no different from the real thing.

The only problem is that food conjured from imagination cannot replenish the energy consumed by the body.

Or more precisely, the energy consumed in producing food cannot be replenished by eating the food again; there is a significant loss in the process.

Therefore, in order to survive, the girl must eat local ingredients.

This has actually led to the problem that is currently troubling Anna Hachimi—

Hanami Anja: "Steam, steam, steam, steam, steam! No stir-frying, no deep-frying, no ice cream! Kurokawa, do you understand how I feel?"

Soy sauce tofu, natto, white rice, and grilled fish—that's a meal for the aristocracy?

The local food was absolutely inedible.

A gentle breeze blew through the girl's fluffy blue hair, causing it to sway gently.

Standing amidst the bamboo, with muddy ground beneath her feet, Anna Hanami rolled up her trousers and gestured with her hands in front of her towards Kazuya Kurokawa.

She spoke with exceptional emotion, and it was clear that her words came from the bottom of her heart.

Chapter Fifteen: A Sudden Realization

Humans are never beings who can give up everything for a single goal.

This is true at least for ordinary people; making their daily lives comfortable is of paramount importance.

Just as making money is for a better life, cultivating oneself is for a more enjoyable life.

If the latter is excluded, then having only the former is meaningless.

Kazuya Kurokawa had actually considered what kind of complaints Anna Hanami might have about the world in the future.

For example, the cultivation process was troublesome, or the living environment was not good, but he really did not expect that the other party's focus was on food.

However, you can't really blame Anna for making this choice.

For a modern person whose palate is accustomed to all kinds of seasonings, sugars, and high-carbohydrate foods in modern society to come to ancient times and eat the meager meals of the ancients would truly be torture.

Anna Hanami's ability "Imagination Manifestation" is essentially a simulation of things in her memories.

That is, using her memories as a database, conjuring up items that left a deep impression on her memory, and making the function of these items a reality.

The food that Hanami Anana can conjure up, and its associated flavors, can only be foods that have left a deep impression on her memory.

At the same time, the things that are conjured are not actually real food, but rather items with fixed attributes.