Their commission was suspicious.

A river suddenly appeared out of thin air, and when Kurumi Tokisaki saw it, her eyes instantly became glazed over, as if she had seen something incredibly beautiful.

It wasn't until Hanabi placed her hand in front of Kurumi Tokisaki that Kurumi came to her senses.

A figure emerged from the river.

Chen Luo's face lit up with surprise.

This was a figure that looked exactly like Chen Luo, but as soon as this figure stepped out of the river of time, it suddenly disintegrated and turned into a pool of time water.

"Tsk. As expected, using the River God's power and borrowing Zafkiel's mechanics to summon my future self is still too much of a stretch," Chen Luo said unhappily.

[It would be a miracle if you succeeded! You now possess nearly complete power over your wishes, and the River God's abilities cannot fully replicate such power, so failure is to be expected.]

Chen Luo was really putting Zafkiel and the River God's abilities to the test.

"Chen Luo, you... failed? Speaking of which, Chen Luo, you can't use the River God's power on yourself, right?" Hanabi looked at Chen Luo with great interest.

“That’s right, it didn’t work before. But I need to correct something: although I didn’t succeed in summoning him, it doesn’t mean I failed. The reason I didn’t summon my future self is simply because my future self was too powerful,” Chen Luo said.

Chen Luo was ultimately just a river god, not the god of the river of time.

Perhaps only those who transcend time with the power of time can summon their transcendent selves using the power of the river of time?

If Chen Luo wants to summon his transcendent self, he can't do it now, and he can't use the power of time. He should use the power of wishes to summon it by making a wish.

"And it wasn't without other gains." Chen Luo picked up the only relic he had left behind from his future self.

A piece of...memory bread?

"Crack!" But before Chen Luo could finish eating the memory bread and read what his future self had left him, he heard something shatter behind him.

"My... my Zafkiel! It's shattered?" As Zafkiel behind Chen Luo shattered, Kurumi Tokisaki's heart also shattered.

What have you done?!

I asked you to give me time value, but you ended up ruining my Zafkiel?

"Oh, sorry, I'll fix it for you right away." Chen Luo saw that Zafkiel was shattered all over the ground, so he quickly took out his weapon case and wiped it on the shattered piece of equipment. As the weapon case disappeared, Zafkiel was restored to its original state in front of Kurumi Tokisaki's surprised eyes.

The shattering of the Zafkiel was within Chen Luo's expectations, because Chen Luo knew from the beginning that the Zafkiel could not withstand it, so he canceled the bar's protection mechanism.

Although the main force bearing the pressure of summoning Chen Luo was the River God's power, and Zafkiel only bore 1% of the pressure, this 1% pressure was enough to overwhelm Zafkiel.

However, without disabling the safe mode, Zafkiel cannot use this ability developed by Chen Luoxin without exceeding its limits...

So we'll just have to make do with the old-school Zafkiel.

"Thank you for your help. I'll give you some time points now." Under Tokisaki Kurumi's complicated gaze, Chen Luo reached out his hand towards the puddle of water left on the bar floor where the Chen Luo from the future had disintegrated.

With a light tap of his fingertip, Chen Luo gathered the puddle of water and then tossed the small water ball in his hand toward the Chronosphere.

"Buzz!" After the water sphere came into contact with Zafkiel, Zafkiel's pointer began to spin wildly!

"Hmm~" Kurumi Tokisaki let out a soft moan. After realizing her own abnormality, she immediately covered her mouth and squatted down, seemingly trying her best to suppress her strange behavior.

"Are you alright, main body? Just bear with it, and you'll get used to it." Although Hanabi didn't know what had happened, she still acted in a way that best suited her current persona based on the clues.

With Hanabi's support, Kurumi Tokisaki managed to stand up.

"How is it? Are you satisfied? This time is worth more than enough, isn't it?" Chen Luo turned his head and asked.

"That's enough, but not enough." Kurumi Tokisaki lowered her head, her bangs obscuring her eyes.

"Hmm? I took a look. I've already saved up enough time for you to go back 30 years. Isn't that enough?" Chen Luo said, glancing at Zafkiel behind him.

Although the Twelfth Bullet actually consumes spiritual power... but if it's the River of Time, then there's no problem.

In terms of time-related capabilities, the River of Time can serve as a universal energy source.

Moreover, the water left on the bar floor was the River of Time, and it was also affected by the Authority, making it extremely precious... The reason it was only replenished to the point where Kurumi Tokisaki could return to 30 years ago was because the River of Time had become even more precious due to the influence of the Authority, but it was also less compatible with Zafkiel.

In addition... most of the time the river water was absorbed by the memory bread.

Well, memory bread is actually bread, so it's reasonable that it absorbs water.

Fortunately, Chen Luo from the future still knows to throw the memory bread onto the plate on the table instead of letting it fall directly to the floor.

So although the memory bread was a little damp, it wasn't dirty.

"Not enough! Not enough time! More is needed!" Tokisaki Kurumi raised her head, staring at Chen Luo with fervor!

"!!!" Chen Luo was startled again by Tokisaki Kurumi's gaze.

They breathed a sigh of relief that the bar's security measures hadn't been lifted, preventing them from turning the bar into a nude stage.

As expected, the bar's security system was designed to protect Chen Luo!

but……

[Ding! Mission complete!]

But we've already completed all the missions from Kurumi Tokisaki, how come it's still not enough?

Is it because time points come too easily that they become more greedy?

"But for the main body, in this bar, apart from the first wish being granted as a newbie benefit with no charge, all other wishes require additional payment," Hanabi said before Chen Luo could say anything.

"Extra reward... what do you want?" Tokisaki Kurumi stared intently at Chen Luo.

Although she didn't quite understand why it could replace spiritual power, the time Chen Luo gave her was enough for Tokisaki Kurumi to return to 30 years ago, but Tokisaki Kurumi needed more time to kill the Origin Spirit.

Otherwise, if she had simply gone back 30 years but couldn't defeat the Origin Spirit, Kurumi Nagasaki might have been in even more pain.

We must kill her... that Primal Spirit!

"It's not about what Chen Luo wants, but what we can give him," Huahuo said.

"What can we offer?" Kurumi Tokisaki asked instinctively.

"What do you think?" Hanabi raised an eyebrow.

"..." Tokisaki Kurumi fell silent.

Kurumi Tokisaki is thinking.

Judging solely from the current atmosphere, it seems that Kurumi Tokisaki can't avoid paying this price. However, Kurumi remembers that at the beginning, her clone did say that Chen Luo was her boyfriend, but Chen Luo seemed rather dismissive. Later, her clone said that she was only in love with Chen Luo unrequitedly…

This relationship is so complicated.

"Alright, stop teasing her." Chen Luo tapped Huahuo on the head with a green Shennong Ruler.

This time, Chen Luo didn't use the function to make the other party grow wisdom grass, so nothing strange sprouted on Hanabi's head.

"...So you don't actually need any compensation?" Kurumi Tokisaki asked after letting out a sigh of relief.

Although traveling back 30 years to eliminate the Origin Spirits is indeed Tokisaki Kurumi's most urgent wish, she really doesn't know if sacrificing herself for it is worth it.

Since he has already accumulated enough time power to return to 30 years ago, he only needs to accumulate time power for his own battles now.

But killing the Primal Spirit is a certainty!

This is also to make up for the mistakes I made in the past.

Kurumi Tokisaki was originally an ordinary human young lady living a life of luxury. However, one day after school, she was attacked by an unknown monster and was later rescued by the Origin Spirit. The Origin Spirit claimed to be a partner of justice and said that the spirits were evil beings, hoping that Kurumi would help her to destroy the spirits.

The naive Kurumi believed her, so the Primal Spirit bestowed upon Kurumi a Spirit Crystal, making her a Time Spirit and granting her the Time Angel—[Zafkiel].

After Kurumi became a spirit, she helped her eliminate countless spirits until she defeated the former Flame Spirit, discovered that the Flame Spirit was her friend, and realized that all the spirits she had been eliminating were actually humans!

The Primal Spirit has been deceiving her all along!

If it weren't for Tokisaki Kurumi's timely use of the Fourth Bullet to return to normal, she would have "reversed" (become evil).

Kurumi thus resolved to change the past, no matter the cost.

“Of course I need compensation, but not as much as he said. Don’t pay attention to his hints or anything like that, just give him whatever he has,” Chen Luo said.

Chen Luo didn't intend to use this to restrict people like Tokisaki Kurumi, because what that Origin Spirit did was truly despicable.

The birth of the Primal Spirits was accompanied by a massive spatial quake, which triggered the "Eurasian Great Space Disaster," causing approximately 150 million deaths and injuries.

This matter cannot be simply attributed to the Primal Spirits, because the Primal Spirits were summoned by three magicians who wanted revenge on humanity using spirit magic.

However, the Primal Spirit used humans and tricked Kurumi Tokisaki into killing those monsters, which led Kurumi to kill her friend, and that was indeed her fault.

The "Spirit Crystal," which can grant others the power of spirits, is itself a reversed form. The Primordial Spirits refine the Spirit Crystal by sacrificing a large number of humans. Before the refinement is complete, humans will go berserk and turn into monsters because they cannot withstand the spiritual power. After the refinement is complete, humans can withstand the power of the Spirit Crystal.

The Primal Spirit did this in order to resurrect her beloved.

Chen Luo found it difficult to comment on this, but since he didn't know the Origin Spirit, Kurumi Tokisaki could go ahead and take her revenge if she wanted to.

Even if Kurumi Tokisaki traveled back in time, she probably still wouldn't be able to defeat the Primal Spirit. But how could she give up without trying?

Anyway, Chen Luo had accumulated a lot of the River of Time.

"Give me whatever you have? Anything is fine?" Kurumi Tokisaki asked.

“That’s right, anything is fine. After all, your Eighth Bullet did give me a lot of reference.” Chen Luo nodded.

"What reference?" Hanabi asked curiously.

"Although I can't use this power to summon my future self, because I'm strong now and my future self will definitely be stronger, I feel this memory bread is very important. Also... I can now summon other people's future selves," Chen Luo said.

“Isn’t this overlapping with your river god abilities?” Hanabi said.

"What if I said I could summon countless golden future bodies?" Chen Luo said meaningfully.

"Really?" Hanabi was startled.

Is that outrageous?

“Of course it’s true, why would I lie to you? But… since it hasn’t been actually tested yet, it’s theoretically possible to succeed, but how successful it will be is unclear,” Chen Luo said.

The fact that Chen Luo was able to summon his future self means that this matter is feasible.

That piece of memory bread alone was a great help to Chen Luo.

Unfortunately, the effect of the friend fee is superior to the River God's ability plus Zafkiel in all aspects, so Zafkiel did not appear on the Transcendence buff list.

"I've made up my mind." Just as Chen Luo and Hanabi were discussing this issue, Tokisaki Kurumi suddenly spoke up.

"What have you decided?" Hanabi asked.

"I've decided on the reward I'll give Chen Luo," Kurumi Tokisaki said.

"Oh, what do you want to give me in return?" Hanabi asked with great interest.

Is it coming? Is it coming? Is the big one coming?

"If it's Chen Luo, and you can give me some more of that water so I can gain more time points, I'm naturally willing to pay any reward. But since you say you'll accept any reward, then I won't stand on ceremony," Tokisaki Kurumi said.

Kurumi Tokisaki had never seen anyone like Chen Luo, who could clearly manipulate others through wishes, yet proactively offered the lowest price.

Now, Kurumi Tokisaki understands why her future self would be attracted to the boy in front of her.

“However, I came to the bar too quickly this time, so I have nothing of value. But you have been a great help to me, so I have decided to give you something that is most important to me,” Kurumi Tokisaki said to Chen Luo.

"What is it?" Hanabi was almost bursting out laughing.

Sure enough, you can't go wrong with any of the things you need in a bar – there's always plenty of fun!

"I've decided to give myself to you," Kurumi Tokisaki said.

Hanabi's sense of joy was instantly and completely satisfied!

It was worth it to have worked so hard from the beginning and to have earned Kurumi Tokisaki's trust.

This is so delightful!

Then, in the next moment, Hanabi was pushed towards Chen Luo by Tokisaki Kurumi.

"Since this clone of mine likes you so much, then I'll give her to you. Don't be shy," Kurumi Tokisaki said.

"Hahaha!" The husky disguised as fireworks finally couldn't hold back its laughter.

"???" Hanabi was completely bewildered after being pushed by Tokisaki Kurumi and falling into Chen Luo's arms.

Seriously, are you crazy? Why are you pushing me instead of taking care of yourself?

Oh, wait, am I Tokisaki Kurumi now?

Oh no! I've made a fool of myself!