⟪ I don't even know what part of the plot this is, but at least it's a good chance to test my new power... The only thing I can think of is when Uryu lured a bunch of Hollows into the city for some stupid competition with Ichigo. Eh, whatever. Let's get this show started. ⟫
With a single thought, David's figure shifted and he was no longer wearing his casual clothes. He now had on a black kosode, a black hakama, a white obi tied around his waist, as well as a pair of tabi and waraji.
Anyone who saw it would think it was a regular black kimono, but it was actually a Shihakushou, the standard black uniform worn by Shinigami. Unlike Ichigo's Shihakushou that wasn't a real Shihakushou, David's was actually a real one granted to him by the system.
David's hair was also now tied up in a small ponytail, the white parts of his hair making up a majority of the visible part of the ponytail. In his right hand, he was holding a completely black katana with an attached chain on the handle and a Manji-shaped guard.
When Marin saw the sudden transformation, she was awed by how handsome David looked.
'Waaaa, I wuv it~! It's like cosplay, but with real magic! I want to hug him~! I want to kiss him~! I want to hear him say "TRANSFORM~!"'
The more supernatural things that Marin saw David do, the more and more she got obsessed with finding out more about him.
With David's transformation completed, he quickly cast a protective barrier around Marin just to be sure that she'd be safe while she watches the fight.
"Stay inside this barrier and if anything happens to you, I'll be alerted right away."
Marin nodded with hearts in her eyes and just watched David walk out of the alley like she was watching an anime.
'This is totally cool~!'
The giant monsters that were falling from the portals had already landed on the ground, throwing debris everywhere and swings their limbs carelessly.
The monsters varied in shape and size, but they all looked like disgusting creatures with multiple limbs, holes in their chests, and giant skull masks of varying designs for their faces.
These creatures are known as Hollows.
Hollows are a race of masked spiritual creatures which are born from human souls who, for various reasons, do not cross over to Soul Society after their deaths and stay in the Human World for too long.
They are corrupt spirits with supernatural powers which devour the souls of both living and deceased humans.
⟪ Alright, Marin should be safe now, but I dunno about anyone else. We're right in the middle of the city and I can only imagine the chaos this shit will cause... Where the hell are the people from Gotei 13? If not them then at least let Yoruichi show up or something. Having a sexy dark-skinned woman fighting alongside me would definitely lift my spirits. ⟫
...
Somewhere in a dusty courtyard, a black cat rolled over and was shocked to hear her name being called.
'So this guy knows about me as well, huh?'
...
As soon as David saw the Hollows in the street, he immediately ran towards them at an amazing speed.
'Holy shit, I've never been this fast before! This feels awesome!'
Holding Zangetsu, David appeared in front of the closest Hollow and swung the blade through its neck, cleanly decapitating it and causing it to scatter into mirage-like dust.
⟪ Wow, that was easier than I thought. This is kinda fun, heheh~! ⟫
David similarly dispatched three more Hollows before wanting to try something different.
He landed on the ground and shifted his gaze to four Hollows that were running towards him.
David gathered and condensed Reiatsu on the tip of his index finger, then when it was fully condensed into a glowing blue bead, his flicked it at one of the Hollows.
It shot straight through the first, continuing until it reached the second one.
The two that were hit by it immediately exploded into dust while the other two weren't in the line of fire.
⟪ Ohhh, that's cool. Should I call this move 'Spirit Flick'? I mean, that's what it is, so... Seems fine. ⟫
[... Haaa...]
⟪ Whatever, it sounds good to me, stop sighing... ⟫
Still wanting to test out the possibilities of his new powers, David attached a Soul, Stability, and a few conditional runes from his own magic system onto the bead of condensed Reiatsu, configuring the Soul rune to wipe out the existence of any entity it hits.
⟪ This attack really shouldn't be shot recklessly, but... I need a guinea pig... ⟫
David launched his existence-erasing attack and it passed through a few more Hollows like a hot knife through butter. It traveled a bit longer before David realized he needed to end the spell before someone innocent dies.
He snapped his fingers and his attack imploded on itself wherever it happened to be, creating a small singularity that sucked in some... unlucky things... before sputtering out of existence.
[Congratulations! You have received Talent: Harem Protagonist Halo (Inspired by literally every ecchi harem franchise in existence)!]
[Congratulations! You have received Talent: Goddess of Luck's Blessing (System Original)!]
'Eh? Why'd I get that all of a sudden?'
[Um... You seem to have either really shitty luck or really good luck, even before earning that luck blessing... You just killed the protagonist of 'Maken-Ki!', Takeru Ooyama, and the protagonist of 'Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie', Yuu Izumi...]
'...'
'Eh?'
[...]
[Yeah...]
'No, like... Not just one protagonist, but two? Are you fucking kidding me right now?'
[I'm serious... But! Since you did it with your existence-erasing runes, their existence has literally been erased. No memories, no pictures, nothing of them remains. Anyone who knew them now have no memory of them whatsoever! Any memory they had is now just replaced with a blank space and they'll only think someone close to them died a long time ago if they think anything at all.]
'Huh, that's convenient... Meh, Takeru was an annoying pervert anyway, though I do feel bad about killing Yuu... I mean, the dude had the worst luck so it makes sense, but still. Anyway, why did I get that Harem Protagonist Halo and what does it do? The Goddess of Luck's Blessing is obvious so you can skip it for now.'
[You got it because killing off a protagonist of a franchise is a major cause of chaos, thus your reward. You should've been able to at least guess that much. As for what it does... Since you don't really have time to focus on it right now, just know that it makes girls focus less on the fact that you'll have a harem and focus more on the fact that they want to make you happy.]
[In short, girls won't care if they're not the only one. As long as they can make you happy and you can make them happy, they'll be content. Think of it as the Protagonist Halo that lowers everyone's IQ, except it only tweaks the women's thought process a bit in your favor.]
[Concerning the Goddess of Luck's Blessing, just don't look at it, okay? It's exactly what you think it is and you'd just be wasting your time...]
'... Mhm... You sound suspicious, but I really don't have the time so I'll leave it for later. As for the Harem Protagonist's Halo, I feel like that's an ability that a hentai protagonist would have...'
[No! It's different! Just... Ugh! Shut up and go play with the Hollows!]
'Yeah, yeah.'
While David was getting a reward and chatting with Chaos-chan, he was still jumping around and clearing out the Hollows, not feeling the slightest bit guilty about killing the protagonists of two entire franchises without even seeing them.
'Chaos-chan, I feel like monologuing a bit while killing these dudes. If they're not already added, can you let Aki Nijou and Minori Rokujo hear my voice as well as Miyako Shikimori? Please and thanks, you're the best, Chaos-chan~!'
[Hmph! I know your tastes, they were already added forever ago along with the rest of the attractive women in that franchise. Now go have fun with whatever you're gonna do!]
'Heheh~, I'd kiss you if I could. You should find a way to get a body.'
David was still jumping around and using Zangetsu to extend his playtime, mainly so he could get practice with his sword as well as go fishing with his inner voice a little bit.
⟪ Now that I think about it, if the disgusting perverted protagonist from Maken-ki! was here, doesn't that mean the girls from that franchise are also here? I gotta say, I would love to meet them all, but I really want to meet the school nurse, Aki Nijou, and the principal, Minori Rokujo. Ugh, they're too beautiful for their own good. ⟫
⟪ I'm not sure why they were both single throughout the entire anime, but they deserve love, dammit! Don't worry, Aki, Minori. If you ever feel lonely, I'll keep you company! Wait, when I was looking for high schools to go to, I never saw Tenbi Academy which is the focal point of the 'Maken-ki!' franchise... Fuck, is this also part of the dumpster fire of a novel that I wrote? ⟫
⟪ Also, if that other guy was here, doesn't that mean that Miyako Shikimori from the franchise 'Shikimori's Not Just a Cutie' is also here? That'd be nice. She's also incredibly beautiful and her cool attitude is way too cute. Ahhh, I want to see if her eyes are as beautiful in real life as they are in the anime. ⟫
⟪ I remember that she's been single throughout her life because the guys are too intimidated by her. I never understood that, why be afraid of a beautiful and strong girl? Shikimori's absolutely adorable! Why are the guys so blind?! If I didn't know that she's an extremely jealous girl, I'd definitely want to date her. ⟫
⟪ Well, I do want to date her, but if she knew I'm going to have a harem without knowing the reason behind it, she'd probably glare at me and give me the cold shoulder. Ugh, that'd hurt my heart... Still, I'd be respectful and call her Shikimori. ⟫
⟪ While I prefer to call girls by their first names because I spent 30 years in America, Shikimori prefers last names because she admires the fact that her grandparents call each other by their last names. Guh, Shikimori is seriously way too cute~! ⟫
⟪ Another girl from that franchise I'd enjoy dating is Yui Hachimitsu. While she's more adorable rather than beautiful, her mascot personality in the franchise made me want to hug her all the time. She's way too funny and I feel like she'd end up getting even more lazy if I taught her magic. ⟫
⟪ Then we have Ai Kamiya and Kyou Nekozaki. They're both beautiful and have their own perks, but I feel like I would get along with Ai better. Well, my past self would, but now that I'm (working on becoming) a confident and shameless bastard, I'd probably end up scaring her off. She's lonely and just wants to make friends, but if someone like me approached her, wouldn't she assume I had impure intentions? ⟫
⟪ Sigh... Alright, I'll think about everything else some other time. I'm already dealing with the Bleach franchise as well as the My Dress-Up Darling franchise, I don't need any others being thrown in right now... ⟫
David finished setting the bait for his listeners and turned his attention back to the Hollows.
His existence must have a strong luring effect because now they're all focused on him. He could see at least a hundred Hollows converging on his location.
"Well, at least they're all grouping up. Should make things easi--"
Before David could finish his sentence, a girl with black hair tied in a spiky ponytail by a white ribbon in a school uniform with a yellow vest, green tie, green plaid skirt, thigh-high black socks, and a short red scarf around her neck, suddenly appeared in front of the group of Hollows.
In her hands were two Japanese short swords glowing with a green energy.
"Haaa!"
She jumped up and slashed the Hollow in front of her extremely quickly, slashing it to pieces before it turned into dust.
"WAHAHAAA~!!!"
Another girl appeared in front of a different Hollow.
This girl was blonde with a blue headband, wearing a white shirt that was completely unbuttoned, showcasing her stomach and massive G-cup breasts, though her nipples were hidden. She's also wearing a blue tie, blue plaid skirt, white gyaru socks, and big metal boots with a black finish and golden trim.
She kicked the Hollow in the head and with a single glowing kick, the Hollow disintegrated.
"HAHAHA~! THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE, ASUKA!"
The blonde girl landed with a large smile on her face.
"Ehhh? I did well, too, Katsu-nee! Anyway, I'm not sure why Hollows are suddenly appearing, but we should take care of them before any casualties occur!"
"Mah mah~, it's fine~! Ikaruga, Hibari, and Yagyuu are taking care of the other places. We should be enough for the small fry here!"
⟪ ... Seriously...? Didn't I literally JUSTsay that I didn't want to deal with another franchise...? Asuka Hanzo, Katsuragi Suzune, Ikaruga Koinuma, Hibari Aoyama, and Yagyuu Gekkou... They're some of the characters in the 'Senran Kagura' franchise. They're all super cute, but... Why the hell are they here?! I just want to get rid of these Hollows and go shopping with my girlfriend! ⟫
⟪ At least it's just these two, otherwise I can tell things would get troublesome. Ikaruga especially, she's too nosy. She may be cute, but I'm not in the mood to deal with random shit right now... ⟫
Asuka and the blonde girl, Katsuragi, froze when they heard what David said.
"EHH?! WHERE--"
As usual, when any girl, in this case Katsuragi, tried asking anything about the inner voice, her voice got cut off and when she tried again, she felt a chill in her heart.
⟪ What the hell is Katsuragi doing now? If you're here to take care of the Hollows, then just do it. If not, stay out of my damn way. While I like perverted girls, you're on the lesbian side of things. You're no better than a man and I want nothing to do with you. ⟫
⟪ Asuka on the other hand, well, she's cute, but she's too innocent and naïve. I'm sure they can handle these Hollows, but what about the big guy that's hiding in the biggest portal? ⟫
The two girls were feeling a mix of emotions.
Katsuragi was curious, then offended, then angry, and finally cautious.
Asuka was curious, then entertained, then embarrassed, and finally cautious.
But they both shared the same thought at the end, 'Big guy?'
The girls came back to their senses and continued to kill the Hollows with their Ki-infused attacks, but the number of Hollows barely decreased.
⟪ Okay, I'd rather not wait around for the big guy to show up later and these girls are taking too long. I'm done playing with the Hollows anyway so I might as well drag him out now. ⟫
David used his Reiatsu to create platforms under his feet and launched himself in the air before standing about 25 meters above the streets.
He created a time-dilation barrier around himself so that time will flow 200 times faster for him than it does on the outside. Unfortunately, 200 is his maximum limit currently and he can't keep it up for long.
While inside his barrier, David began constructing a spell that specifically targets Hollows and ignores other lifeforms.
After an hour, he finally created a spell that's perfect for widespread Hollow annihilation.
He removed the time-dilation barrier and launched his spell into the sky.
The spell ignited midair into an intricate glowing yellowish-white cross pattern, crackling with blinding light and soul pressure.
BOOOM!!!
A wave of radiant light erupted outward in all directions. The Hollows in the vicinity all got incinerated on the spot, their screams distorted as the light tore their souls apart.
⟪ Damn, keeping that time-dilation barrier running really drained me. At least it only took an hour to create that spell. I'll call it... Hmm... Heaven's Purge Array! That's gotta be better than other names I've come up with, right? ⟫
The heroines: 'It's not the worst name you've come up with...'
[... It's not the worst name you've come up with.]
⟪ Heheh~, thank you, Chaos-chan. I'll take that as a compliment. Anyway, that spell destroyed their souls, but kept their existence intact. After all, if I wiped their existence, nobody would remember a thing about them and the Senran Kagura girls would be confused as hell as to why they're fighting out here. ⟫
⟪ ... Hmm, it seems the big guy isn't making his move yet... Ugh, hurry up, I need to go buy a phone! ⟫
David lost his patience and without saying anything to Asuka and Katsuragi, who were now staring at him with their mouths wide open, he flew up to one of the portals and slashed down with Zangetsu, sending massive amounts of Reiatsu into it.
The moment his Reiatsu came into contact with the portal, the connection between Hueco Mundo--the world where Hollows live--and the Human World destabilized, causing the portal to rupture and shatter like glass.
⟪ Huh, that actually worked. Time to close the rest I suppose. ⟫
David then flew to the rest of the portals in his vicinity and broke their connections as well.
Once they were all closed, David landed on the ground about 20 meters away from Marin which happened to be about 5 meters away from Asuka and Katsuragi.
Before any of them could ask David who he is, a man suddenly appeared a few meters in front of David.
⟪ This is the big guy I detected earlier, but... Who the hell even is he? ⟫
"Ohoho~, you're indeed the person I'm looking for! I felt a strong spiritual energy coming from the Human World two days ago and thought it would make for a nice treat. It felt further away at first, but it's definitely you!"
⟪ Uhhh, no? I literally just got Shinigami powers today so there's no way it was me, dude... ⟫
"I'm pretty sure it's not me, but put that aside for now. Who the hell are you and what do you want? I've got things to do today and don't have time to chat with a creepy corpse-looking bastard like you."
The man, who had ghastly pale skin, a bone-white carapace over a white robe, a hole through his ribs glowing a faint red, a long, tattered cloak made of spiritual pressure, dark black hair, and pitch-black sunken eyes, smiled and held out his hands.
"Hoho, now now~. My name is Garveth. I felt a strong spiritual energy in the Human World and decided to come snatch it up! Since I'm coming down here anyway, I thought it would be a good time to test my ability to create Garganta and send my children to the Human World to break the balance of the worlds in the future!"
Garganta is the proper term for the portals that link Hueco Mundo and the Human World, though David prefers to just call them portals.
⟪ This dude was never in the original work, right? He's obviously an Arrancar, but I'm positive he never existed. Arrancars are rare as hell after all. Just how big of a trashy fanfic did I create? I can just... Kill him, right? I don't want to hear some stupid villain backstory or his plans for the future. Unless the villain is a beautiful woman that can be convinced, I don't wanna talk to them... ⟫
"Okay, anything else? Like, is there anyone backing you who would come to the Human World for revenge or something if I kill you?"
⟪ Those plots in Chinese novels were always irritating. Kill the son only to face the father, kill the father only to face the grandfather, kill the grandfather only to face the hidden ancestor deep within the mountain. It was cool the first couple times, but... Meh, I'd prefer to wipe out everything all at once. ⟫
"P-Pardon...? Are you insinuating you have the capability to kill me? The great ME?! I am an Arrancar! I am simply explaining myself out of courtesy, you lowly food supply...!"
"... So, is there anyone backing you or not? Are you supposed to be a member of Aizen's Empanada... Ehhh, Desperado...? Esperado... Espara, Espa... Espada, that's it! Are you supposed to be a member of his Espada group?"
[I gave you a perfect memory, yet you can't remember a simple group name? How disinterested are you in Bleach?]
'Very disinterested. Too much bullshit going on and fights that last too many episodes. I liked the beautiful women and that was it.'
Garveth was stunned for a bit when he heard the name 'Aizen' and 'Espada'.
"You, who are you? How do you know about Aizen's plan to defect?"
David looked bored and rested Zangetsu on his shoulder.
⟪ Because I apparently created this universe and I'm familiar with many franchises, that's how. How could I not know about Aizen defecting from Gotei 13 and all the other bullshit that comes after? ⟫
"I'm God, I know everything. Now tell me, are you related to his little plot or not? I'm getting impatient."
Garveth looked offended.
"Of course not! How could I follow anyone other than myself?! I do things on my own, I don't need to be the dog of anyone! But how did a human like you know about matters not of the Human World?"
⟪ I'm in my Shinigami form, this dude shouldn't know I'm human, right? Dammit, I still have no idea how things in the Bleach franchise work. I'll have to brush up on it if I'm going to be involved with this crap... ⟫
David nodded to himself and without hearing anything else or responding to Garveth's question, he shot straight towards him, slashed down with 25% of his Reiatsu and a soul-obliterating rune imbued in his strike, then returned back to his original standing position.
"What--!"
Before Garveth could even react, he was sliced in half from head to groin, then dispersed into nothingness, his soul obliterated with his existence still intact.
⟪ Seriously, was that it? I mean, I know I said I would kill the villains and whatnot, but that really felt too easy. Aren't Arrancar supposed to be stronger than even old man Yamamoto? Holy shit... Am I really that strong...? Heheh~, nice! Also, Chaos-chan, are events like this going to be common? ⟫
Chaos-chan: 'Stop mentioning me in your inner voice! You'll just confuse people!'
[Since you're you, more random events will happen in the future. I don't know how much the franchises in this world have changed due to you simply existing yet, but I can at least tell you that any world you go to for a Dimensional Quest will follow the original plot. Well, aside from minor changes made to fit you into that world.]
'That's not really reassuring, but thanks... Anyway, is this event done with?'
[Yes, and by the way, you were indeed the one he detected. While he said he detected your spiritual energy, what he really detected was the power of your soul. Since your soul is the strongest one in the universe due to being the creator of Cosma, it makes creatures like Hollows easily detect it and they get greedy for it, mistaking it as massive spiritual energy, or rather a large source of nourishment.]
'Haaa... That makes sense, but it irritates me. Whatever, I'll just let whatever happens, happen.'
[Mm. Also, I'm thinking that when your existence became known to various entities, that Garveth fellow was one of them.]
'... Didn't you say it'd be fine?! Bah, whatever! I'll just kill anything that tries to stir shit up with me!'
While David was conversing with Chaos-chan, he was also waiting to see if anything else would appear.
He didn't distrust Chaos-chan's words when she said the event was over, but it was so random that he didn't want to take any chances.
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(A/N: Sorry, this chapter was a little bit longer than what I normally try to put out. I used to have 8-9k word chapters, but felt that if I were going to publish it online, I should shrink them down so I try to keep them short, but sometimes I get carried away with what's going on... Sorry, I'll try to keep them under 4k or 4.5k words in the future.
Thanks for reading.)