Their commission was suspicious.

Chen Luo remained expressionless.

"There's no favoritism here. I'd give anyone who wanted this hourglass; it's just that Ellie was lucky enough to find it. I'm just a heartless tool to complete this task!" Chen Luo said righteously.

"is it?"

"of course."

"Oh... so why aren't you leaving yet? Didn't you say you were leaving right away?" Xiao Jiu waited for a long time but Chen Luo still didn't get up.

"What's the rush? But if you're really in a hurry, I can go right now." Chen Luo slowly stood up.

"Go for it, Luo Luo!" Alicia waved to Chen Luo as he walked towards the bar door.

"I know. And everyone else, if you can find some suitable items, you can also come to me for enhancements, or ask me for a high-level blessing to venture into the Dimensional Sea. Fireworks aren't so easy to catch, so sharpening your axe won't delay your work. Everyone is welcome to come to me." Chen Luo didn't forget to advertise while responding to Alicia at the bar entrance.

"Yes, yes, go quickly."

Chen Luo left to find the Time Source Crystal for Xiao Jiu.

Ten minutes later, Chen Luo returned.

"jingle."

"Chen Luo? You're back so soon? Did you run into some trouble?" Xiao Jiu asked.

"Here you go." Chen Luo tossed two Time Source Crystals to Xiao Jiu.

These two Time Source Crystals are roughly similar to the Time Source Crystals given to Xiao Jiu earlier, but there are some slight differences.

The properties of the river of time in every world are basically the same, because time rolls ever forward.

However, because the history of each world is different, the Time Source Crystals naturally differ in subtle ways.

"A Time Crystal that just came out of the furnace! That's so fast!" Xiao Jiu exclaimed in surprise.

Although Xiao Jiu knew that Chen Luo was able to help her pry for the Time Crystal while the bar was open, which meant that Chen Luo was confident that he would return in a short time, she did not expect it to take so long.

[Ding! Mission complete!]

"It's nothing. I discussed it with the two world consciousnesses, and each of them gave me 500 primal stones, which solved the problem. However, I had to pry open the Time Source Crystal myself, so it took some time." Chen Luo waved his hand.

Time Crystals are extremely important to Xiao Jiu, but the two worlds Chen Luo visited—Highschool of the Dead and Black Bullet—while possessing stronger combat capabilities outside the main storyline, are more technology-oriented and don't have a high demand for the Time River in the Mysterious Test.

They are useless, but everything will naturally be made up for after the cycle of reincarnation ends.

So it's just a matter of prying open the time source crystal; it's not a big problem.

It's not like Chen Luo won't offer compensation.

Therefore, the everyday world has its advantages, namely that the most precious laws in this world are not valued by the world's consciousness because no one in the world can use them.

However, even if you don't value it, you definitely can't just give it away randomly.

Fortunately, Chen Luo has a high level of credibility, so there shouldn't be any major problems.

The only difficulty in this matter lies in the act of prying the Time Crystal itself.

"It's great to have the ability to travel to other worlds... Low-end resources may not be interchangeable or usable, but high-end resources are completely unknown and can be picked up anywhere," Xiao Jiu said enviously.

"It's not that easy. You have to spend money to get high-level resources without being wanted by the world. I only got 1100 Origin Stones for completing your mission, and those two Time Crystals alone cost me 1000 Origin Stones. I even had to pry open the Time Crystals myself... The remaining 100 Origin Stones were all hard-earned money." Chen Luo sighed.

Although Chen Luo could indeed give less to the world consciousness, he felt it wasn't appropriate.

As for the random rewards, Chen Luo didn't mention them at all. And Xiao Jiu's favorability points... to be honest, they're useless since they've already been capped.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I remember I owe you two world-class items." Xiao Jiu patted his chest, assuring him that he hadn't forgotten.

"I hope you'll have a conscience and not keep me waiting too long. Although I feel like I don't need your world-class items at all."

"How is that possible? I break through very quickly," Xiao Jiu said.

"Let's just assume it's true. Alright, hurry up and break through."

"I've only been at the bar for less than 15 minutes, and I haven't even had a sip of tea yet, and you're already kicking me out?"

"It's just like an ultimate skill. The sooner you use it, the sooner it will cool down. If you break through sooner, you can give the hourglass to Ellie sooner, right? Hurry up and go."

"Ha, what a womanizer who values ​​women over friends!" Xiao Jiu gave Chen Luo a disdainful look.

"..."

However, after obtaining the three Time Source Crystals, even without Chen Luo urging her, Xiao Jiu was indeed getting impatient.

So Xiao Jiu ran towards the bar door, intending to return to the spiritual energy plane and set up a time barrier.

"jingle!"

As the wind chimes rang, Xiao Jiu bumped into a girl who seemed to be quite injured and rushed in.

Xiao Jiu's strength is definitely top-notch in the bar, but the bar is all about the size of the collision, so Xiao Jiu sat down on the ground right there.

The other person wasn't affected, but they looked flustered. After glancing behind them in a panic and quickly closing the bar door, they hurriedly apologized to Xiao Jiu.

"Sorry, I was being chased, so I came in a bit hastily," Kurumi Tokisaki said.

"It's nothing, it's nothing." Xiao Jiu shook her head.

Since they couldn't hurt each other in the bar, and Xiao Jiu had already stored the treasures from the hourglass in her storage container, she didn't suffer any loss.

"Mr. Chen Luo, please help me contact my clone." After glancing around the bar and finding that the other customers were only slightly curious and did not intend to take advantage of her injury, Tokisaki Kurumi breathed a sigh of relief and walked to a short distance away from Chen Luo to say this.

It seems this bar has a really good atmosphere.

"What, you went back 30 years, found the Origin Spirit, attacked it, and then got a GG?" Chen Luo wasn't surprised at all by Tokisaki Kurumi's failure.

This is what time management is like.

It can guarantee one's own survival ability, but it is less capable of causing harm.

Before learning lethal time-based abilities or acquiring powerful weapons, their attack power is relatively weak.

Although Chen Luo knew that Tokisaki Kurumi had the ability to heal herself, he still gave her a healing scroll. Tokisaki Kurumi refused it without any surprise and then shot herself.

The fourth bullet, time reverses.

"Oh?" Kyuu, who was curious about Tokisaki Kurumi's abilities, stopped herself from leaving.

"Go into seclusion. It's nothing special. What are you looking at?" Chen Luo glared at Xiao Jiu.

"Okay," Xiao Jiu drawled, then reluctantly left the bar.

Xiao Jiu is indeed the Heavenly Emperor, but in his childhood, Xiao Jiu possessed the curiosity that children should have.

For example, they might squat on the ground and watch ants carry things into their nests.

Just like now.

“I’ve already contacted your clone, but I must remind you that if you insist on attacking the Primal Spirit, then don’t let the Primal Spirit see the true form of the door. Otherwise, the Primal Spirit can also come to the bar, and then the two of you will only be able to fight like chickens.” Chen Luo reminded him.

"I know, so I used the power of my wishes to create an illusion, making her think I entered a bronze door. The Primal Spirit is too strong... but she shouldn't be able to see through the illusion." Tokisaki Kurumi nodded after recovering from her injuries.

"So what are you planning to do next?" Chen Luo asked.

"...What can I do?" Kurumi Tokisaki asked after a moment's hesitation.

“There are many ways, such as traveling to an earlier time. Let me tell you something: the Primal Spirits were also created by humans to take revenge on them. If you could travel to an earlier time and kill the three magicians who used spirit magic to summon the Primal Spirits, everything would be over,” Chen Luo said.

Chen Luo declined to comment on the fact that the three magicians wanted revenge on humanity because their village had been destroyed, but they were wrong to summon the Primal Spirit, and the spatial quake caused by the Primal Spirit's appearance killed 150 million people.

"This... can I successfully kill those three magicians?" Tokisaki Kurumi was somewhat tempted by the suggestion, but at the same time, she was also a little worried.

As for where Chen Luo learned this news from... it was probably from his future clone, since his clone and Chen Luo should have spent some time alone together after he left.

"If nothing unexpected happens... maybe. If you're willing to sacrifice a little bit." Chen Luo cracked his knuckles.

What do you want to do?

These words weren't spoken by Tokisaki Kurumi, but by Alicia, who was standing next to her.

The entire bar tensed up when they heard the word "cost".

Oh no, so Chen Luo likes this type?

"Why are you guys in the bar looking at me like that? Do you think I'm the kind of guy who would like bad women?" Chen Luo tried to clear his name, seeing that the whole bar seemed to misunderstand him.

“Considering that your first woman… the first woman you came into contact with in the previous civilization was Mebius, I have to consider this possibility.” Alicia sighed.

"But speaking of wicked female villains, I feel like I've played one before. Oh no... should I change my current attributes?" Alicia pondered, stroking her chin.

"Can you guys stop thinking like that? I just wanted to say that I'm suggesting Kurumi Tokisaki become a magical girl."

"Magical...girl?" After everyone in the bar showed knowing expressions, only Kurumi Tokisaki was a little confused.

Seriously, are you even serious, you magical girl?

"We'll talk about everything once my clone arrives." Kurumi Tokisaki shook her head, not daring to make a move.

Because of her past experiences, Kurumi Tokisaki always manages to view everything from a rather unique perspective. For example, when watching magical girls videos, she felt sorry for them, seeing them brainwashed and lured into unpaid labor by magical girl mascots at a young age. They were merely given the title of "hero of justice," yet they were manipulated and exploited without any pay…

Yes, that's right. Tokisaki Kurumi was once tricked like that, and then she killed her best friend with her own hands.

Damn Primal Spirit!

I'm going to kill you!

Kurumi Tokisaki sat demurely in a bar seat, clutching the hem of her skirt tightly.

"jingle!"

"Magical girl? You don't need to worry about the main body. This magical girl won't have any impact. However... the only problem is that when you become a magical girl and make a wish, the wish you make will affect your future magical girl abilities. So if you make different wishes, the results may be different. I can't give you any constructive advice on this." Hanabi said as she walked in and heard the discussion.

The bar patrons were somewhat surprised to see two Kurumi Tokisakis, but they quickly remembered what Yukari Yakumo had mentioned in a chat group when she was bored while exploring the Dimensional Sea.

"Oh, becoming a magical girl comes with a free wish?" Kurumi Tokisaki's eyes lit up.

“That’s right, but unfortunately it’s not the wish of our world, so it’s impossible to use this wish to directly kill those three magicians.” Hanabi knew what Kurumi Tokisaki was thinking, so she shook her head.

"What did you wish for, and what new abilities did you gain?" Kurumi Tokisaki asked.

"I wished for the ability to time, and then I gained the ability to time."

"???"

Kurumi Tokisaki froze on the spot.

Is it okay to be this direct?

"Wait, what type of time ability?"

"It's just a super-enhanced version of the fourth bullet. I don't recommend you make that wish. At most, it can turn the opponent's age back to their youth or even infancy with one shot. It's not very useful," Hanabi said casually.

For the Masked Fool, adapting, rewriting, parodying, and talking nonsense are all basic operations.

"Isn't this easy to use?"

"It's not very effective against old things; the more you use this skill, the stronger the opponent becomes. Besides, you already have many types of time abilities, so it's normal for you to wish for the same time ability repeatedly." Hanabi shook her head.

"Didn't my future self consider this?" Kurumi Tokisaki frowned.

"You're so adorably silly, I mean I have that ability. Original, why did you become a magical girl? Why didn't you just make your clone a magical girl? You can just summon them again if they die anyway." Hanabi shrugged.

“If three thousand magical girls like Kurumi Tokisaki charged in, wouldn’t she be able to defeat three magicians? As the original body, you need to maintain the purity of your body, otherwise, after you become a magical girl, your clones will only be magical girls with the same abilities,” Hanabi said.

Although Hanabi was misleading Kurumi Tokisaki, she also gave a very constructive suggestion.

"Will this work?" Kurumi Tokisaki wondered.

"Of course you can, after all... the increase in power after an ordinary person wishes to become a magical girl is terrifying. The only problem is..."

"What is it?"

"Be careful not to get backfired by your clone, dear original body." Hanabi gave a strange smile.

Kurumi Tokisaki felt uneasy as she laughed.

After all... each clone possesses its own will.

Furthermore, the only thing that communicated with Kurumi Tokisaki from beginning to end was a clone...

Could it be?!

"My dearest self, are you a little panicked?" Hanabi whispered in Tokisaki Kurumi's ear.

"No," Kurumi Tokisaki said, trying to sound nonchalant.

"Ten! It smells like a lie. Hahaha, just kidding. You don't need to be so nervous, after all, you are me. How could I possibly kill myself? Right?" Hanabi said with a smile.

But Tokisaki Kurumi still had some worries.