Chapter 54：Breach (2/2)

Continuing his words, the Principal detailed how they set up an ambush. To entrap Lulu. That's the first time the Invading World took notice of the Heroes that were being sent by Earth.

Since she's here, she managed to escape them but that incident made the Principal evaluate the importance of those portals.

Some portals appeared at random just like in Yuko's Otherworld while some appeared at a fixed place like that portal in Raiden's Otherworld. Well, no one can control where it will appear but Yuko's portals have a pattern. Every time it will appear in a different country or kingdom in that world.

”She managed to escape and we made countermeasures for it. But this time, another incident occurred and it's not just them predicting where the next portal will be.”

He paused for a bit to take in everyone's reactions. Yuko and Yumiko not being here means they already knew about it and they were sent somewhere.

Could it be?

”This time, they managed to breach a previous portal. Though small, they finally found traces of Earth.”

He then looked at me. By breach, did that mean they could possibly go here now?

Small and with the two girls not being here, the breach was somewhere else and that's where they were sent to stand guard.

”Kuramoto-kun, I know you just got back but this time, I'll be going to send you again to another world in 3 days time. With Yumiko-chan. I'll give you a break after this crisis is averted.”

Though there were some who were surprised, others already guessed that the breach originated from one of the girls' Otherworld not present here.

Hearing that, Raiden patted my shoulder.

”I can only give you a heads up, Yumiko's Otherworld is different from Yuko's and mine. I once heard about her talking about it like she's always on the run from something.”

Eh? With that kind of description then I better prepare for it soon. I was only given 3 days of rest. Looks like upgrading my Adaptability will have to wait or I can do it in the 3rd world.

But first…

”No problem. But Principal, can you send me to where Yuko is?”

He nodded and continued his explanation and discussed to the heroes what they should do upon getting summoned again. To remove the traces of their portal if it's not fixed or build a fortress if it's fixed at a location.

Every Otherworld has a different situation, so they have to improvise about it.

We moved back to the Principal's Office after it. The other Heroes stayed in the Pocket Dimension to talk among themselves but I know, they'll probably ask Raiden about me. I saw them crowding around him before I left that dimension. Anyway, I'll be choosing 3 of them to add to my Support List and possibly four if I managed to upgrade my System through Yuko's help.

”Looks like you managed to strengthen yourself. I can feel that your strength is already at what they reached a year ago. To close that gap in such a short time, have you realized your potential?”

This sly old man. He's probably aware of the potential of my ability but he downplayed it back then. Letting me think it's something mediocre but in fact, this might possibly be the strongest of them all.

Ah, well, it's not like I can beat Raiden's Temporal Acceleration just with my Adaptability alone but I could think of countermeasures for it when the time comes.

”Something like that, I was already called a monster and other names. Anyway, I found out something from that world.”

Realizing what world I am referring to and my intention by mentioning it, the Principal coughed a bit before nodding his head.

”Let's talk about that later in length. Let's go, I'll bring you to them.”

He stood up and reached his hand on an empty space beside him.

This…

He's opening a portal by himself.

It's unlike that portal that sends us to the Otherworld since I could see what's on the other side. Yuko and Yumiko were standing guard at something like an abandoned building, there's a striking crack in space in front of them. The breach he mentioned earlier, it's only a small crack but if it widened enough, someone or something will pass through it.

By standing guard there, they could immediately deal with it if it happened.